T. Stephen Crawford

# T. Stephen Crawford

## Abstract

Thomas Stephen Crawford (1900-1987) was an American chemical engineer known for his research in coal, coal tar and coal gasification. He was a long-serving (1945-1968) dean of the college of engineering at the University of Rhode Island, and namesake of Crawford Hall at the university.

## Biography

T. Stephen Crawford was born in the village of Linton-on-Ouse, near Durham, England on 14 January 1900 to John and Sarah Jane Crawford. John Crawford was employed as a coal miner in the Durham region until he and his whole family immigrated to America in 1913 aboard the RMS Lusitania. The family settled in Kingwood, West Virginia. Upon graduation from high school in 1918, Crawford began his career following his father by working as a coal miner in Elkins Mine #4 near Kingwood. He took his B.S. in chemistry at West Virginia University in 1925, and went on at the same institution to earn his master's degree in chemistry in 1927. He earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Columbia University in 1931. Crawford married Charlotte Sibert Grayson (1907-1997) in 1930, and they had one daughter, Phyllis Lenore (Crawford) Grdenick (b. 1940).

Crawford began his professional career as a chemical engineer with the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company in 1931. Five years later in 1936, he joined the engineering faculty at Rhode Island State College; he became dean of the college in 1945 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1969. In 1952 Crawford was one of three engineering educators to be selected as a year-long participant in the Year-in-Industry program sponsored by the DuPont Chemical Company, and he was named "Engineer of the Year" in 1964 by the Rhode Island Society of Professional Engineers. He was a charter member and first president of the Rhode Island Section of the American Society of Chemical Engineers in 1953, and from 1958 to 1959, he was the chairman of the engineering division of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.

## Community service and legacy

Crawford was an active member of the community in South Kingstown, serving as president of the Tavern Hall Club in 1943. He served as the organist at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Wakefield, Rhode Island for 47 years and served 18 years on the board of trustees of South County Hospital. In 1963, the chemical engineering building at the University of Rhode Island was named Crawford Hall in his honor.


Lil Bibby

# Lil Bibby

## Abstract

Brandon George Dickinson (born July 18, 1994), better known by his stage name Lil Bibby, is an American rapper and record executive from Chicago, Illinois. Beginning his career in 2011, Bibby released his debut mixtape, Free Crack in 2013. The project was followed by Free Crack 2 (2014) and Free Crack 3 (2015) before he signed with Dr. Luke 's Kemosabe Records, an imprint of RCA Records. However, he released no studio albums under the label. He then shifted focus onto expanding his record label— Grade A Productions —in 2017, through which he has signed commercially successful acts including fellow Chicago native, rapper and singer Juice Wrld, as well as Australian rapper and singer the Kid Laroi.

## Career

### 2011–2013: Career beginnings and debut mixtape

In 2013, Lil Bibby released his debut mixtape, Free Crack. He cited Drake and Jadakiss as two of his favorite rappers. Vice stated that the mixtape was apparent in both rappers' influences. The mixtape features guest appearances from fellow Chicagoans Lil Herb and King L, while production was handled by Hit-Boy, Young Chop and The Olympicks, among others. DJ Scream hosted this mixtape. The tape combines his distinctive gruff and imposing voice, along with a solid delivery and flow. Music videos were released for the songs "How We Move" (featuring King L), "Change", "Water" and "Tired of Talkin'".

### 2013–2015: 2014's Freshman Class, Free Crack 2 and Free Crack 3

In December 2013, in an interview with XXL, Bibby hinted that the next step for his career could be an EP. In 2014, it was also stated, that the rapper Drake was a huge fan of Bibby and that they'd spoken in 2013, before the release of Bibby's debut mixtape. Bibby said it pushed him onto improve his debut release, adding the tracks "Water" and "Whole Crew".

In January 2014, Bibby appeared on Sway 's radio show Sway in the Morning. On the show he spoke about the success of his debut mixtape, and also dropped a live freestyle. During the same month, Bibby also featured on New York 's radio station, Hot 97. During the same month, Bibby stated in his interview with Billboard, that he was working on material for an EP, but was waiting on a couple of features. Bibby also appeared on the list of 2014's XXL Freshman Class. He was the last person selected to the list, due to Young Thug 's last minute cancellation.

In August 2014, he guest featured alongside Young Thug and Nicki Minaj on Juicy J 's single " Low," and was later featured on the remix of Kid Ink 's " Main Chick." After a few delays, Bibby's sophomore mixtape, Free Crack 2, was released on August 29, 2014. Hosted by DJ Drama, includes guest appearances from Lil Herb, Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J, Kevin Gates, Jadakiss and Anthony Hamilton, among others. The mixtape has production from Juicy J, Honorable C.N.O.T.E., Sonny Digital and DJ Pain 1, among others. It was released for free digital download and rapidly accumulated over 120,000 downloads.

Free Crack 2 was received with critical acclaim. XXL magazine awarded the mixtape an XL, praising the mixtape's authenticity, catchy hooks and production, while also commenting that the mixtape showcases Bibby's "growth as an artist." RedEye awarded the mixtape three stars out of four, commenting on the tape's maturity and versatility and praising the ability of the song 'Dead or in Prison' to let Bibby's "emotion and natural charisma do the heavy lifting." BET gave the mixtape a positive review, awarding it five stars while commenting on its "new level of depth and introspection, detailing the difficult balance of fame and authenticity and how that effects everyday life in some of America's urban war zones."

In 2015, Lil Bibby received his high school diploma. Initially, he had opted for a GED and after completing the necessary coursework (with straight A's), he decided to re-enroll in high school. His alma mater was from Chicago's Liberty High School. A year later, after several universities had offered him scholarships, Bibby considered studying Computer Engineering at a university, although he ultimately decided against this.

### 2015–2016: FC3 the Epilogue & Free Crack 4

In 2015, Bibby released two singles "Ridah" and "Aww Man" (featuring Future) for an upcoming album, supposedly the fourth installment in his Free Crack series. Both singles failed to reach any domestic charts. In late 2016, Bibby released "Thought It Was A Drought", which was produced by DJ L Beats and Roberto Mario. After a long period without any releases, in early 2018, Bibby began using the hashtag "Free Bibby" on social media, protesting his label's refusal to allow him to release the project.

### 2017–present: Grade A Productions, Juice Wrld, and The Kid Laroi

Bibby, with the help of his brother George "G-Money", launched their own record label known as Grade A Productions. In an interview with XXL, Bibby discussed his transition from being a rapper to starting a record label:

"I really don't know. I like to make people a lot of money. I got enough knowledge and I've studied this rap stuff and I got enough relationships to help an artist, help his family I get a kick out of it 'cause I see how the label does it and my situation. I feel like just helping people."

In 2017, they discovered then upcoming American rapper Juice Wrld after hearing his song " Lucid Dreams ". Under the label, Juice Wrld released his debut studio album Goodbye and Good Riddance on May 23, 2018, which was followed by three singles " All Girls Are the Same ", the aforementioned "Lucid Dreams", and " Lean Wit Me ". In March 2019, Juice WRLD released his second studio album Death Race for Love which was followed by two singles " Robbery ", and "Hear Me Calling".

In 2019, Bibby later discovered upcoming Australian rapper and singer The Kid Laroi after hearing his song "Blessings" from his debut EP 14 With A Dream. In March of that year, Bibby signed Laroi to Grade A. Under the label, Laroi released his debut mixtape F*CK LOVE in July 2020, spawning two singles: " Go " featuring labelmate Juice Wrld (a posthumous verse due to his death in December 2019), and "TELL ME WHY". On November 6, Laroi released a deluxe edition of F*ck Love titled F*ck Love (Savage) which was followed by the single "SO DONE".

On December 8, 2019, Juice Wrld suffered from an overdose at an airport in Chicago which led to his unexpected death. On January 22, 2020, Grade A announced that posthumous projects from Juice Wrld will be released to honor his legacy. His first posthumous album Legends Never Die was released in July of that year, which contained three singles "Righteous", "Tell Me U Luv Me" featuring Trippie Redd, and "Life's A Mess" featuring Halsey. In December 2021, it was followed up with his second posthumous album Fighting Demons. Throughout 2020, other posthumous releases from the artist included "Smile" with The Weeknd, "Real Shit" with Benny Blanco, "Reminds Me Of You" and "Bad Boy" with Young Thug in 2021.

On May 27 2021, Bibby announced Juice Wrld's third and final posthumous album, The Party Never Ends. While Bibby has "confirmed" the release date for the album several times,its official release slate remains unclear. Its supposed lead single, " Lace It " (with Benny Blanco and Eminem) was released in December 2023.

## Grade A Productions

Grade A Productions is a record label founded by Lil Bibby in 2017.

## Personal life

In December 2022, Dickinson acquired an ultra-modern home in Los Angeles for US $7.9 million.

## Discography

### Singles


Mikhail Bobyshov

# Mikhail Bobyshov

## Abstract

Mikhail Pavlovich Bobyshov (Russian: Михаи́л Па́влович Бобышов) (7 November 1885 – 7 July 1964) was a Soviet Russian painter and stage decorator, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Honored Art worker of the Russian Federation, professor of the Repin Institute of Arts.

## Biography

Bobyshov was born in Pogoreloye, in the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. In 1907, he graduated from the Central School of Technical Drawing of Daron Stieglitz, pupil of Vasily Savinsky, Matvey Chizhov. After graduation, received the title of artist and grant for overseas travel. Visited France, England, Italy, Spain. Take place in Art Exhibitions since 1912. From 1926 to 1964, he taught in the Repin Institute of Arts. As a theater artist, he began working in St. Petersburg since 1911. At the same time, he drew for magazines. He designed theatrical performances for the Maliy Opera Theatre, Leningrad Comedy Theatre, the State Academic Theater Opera and Ballet, the Moscow Opera Theater of Stanislavsky and the Maliy Theater, as well as theaters in Kiev, Sofia. He was the author of many paintings and drawings. His works reside in the State Russian Museum, Tretyakov Gallery, in many museums and private collections in Russia, France, Ukraine, Germany, and other countries. He died in Leningrad.

## Pupils

- Irina Baldina

- Yaroslav Krestovsky

- Igor Veselkin

- Nikolai Brandt

- Joseph Serebriany

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UAAP Season 87 volleyball tournaments

# UAAP Season 87 volleyball tournaments

## Abstract

The UAAP Season 87 volleyball tournaments is the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) volleyball tournaments for the 2024–25 school year.

The high school boys' and girls' tournaments began on September 14, 2024.

## Teams

All eight member universities of the UAAP fielded teams in the collegiate division while 8 universities fielded teams in the boys' and girls' division, respectively.

## Boys' tournament

### Team line-up

### Elimination round

#### Team standings

#### Match-up results

#### Game results

Results on top and to the right of the solid cells are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

## Girls' tournament

### Team line-up

### Elimination round

#### Team standings

#### Match-up results

#### Game results

Results on top and to the right of the solid cells are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

## Overall championship points

In case of a tie, the team with the higher position in any tournament is ranked higher. If both are still tied, they are listed by alphabetical order.

How rankings are determined:

- Ranks 5th to 8th determined by elimination round rankings.

- Semifinals losers ranked by elimination round rankings

- Loser of the finals is ranked 2nd

- Champion is ranked 1st


Wicked (2024 film)

# Wicked (2024 film)

## Abstract

Wicked (also known as Wicked – Part 1) is an upcoming American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. It is the first of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which in turn was based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Gregory Maguire and characters from L. Frank Baum 's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, with Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode (in her film debut), Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Keala Settle, and Peter Dinklage in supporting roles. Set in the Land of Oz, largely before Dorothy Gale 's arrival from Kansas, the plot covers the events of the musical's first act, following green-skinned Elphaba 's studies at Shiz University and the beginning of her path to ultimately becoming the Wicked Witch of the West, alongside an unlikely friendship and later rivalry with a classmate who later becomes Glinda the Good.

Universal Pictures announced the adaptation in 2012 with Marc Platt as a producer. After a long development and multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chu was hired to direct, with Erivo and Grande cast in their respective roles in 2021, along with the decision to split the film into two parts. Principal photography on both films began in December 2022 in England, and was paused in July 2023 due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, eventually resuming then concluding in January 2024.

Wicked will premiere in London on November 18, 2024, with a theatrical release in the United States scheduled for November 22, 2024. The sequel, Wicked Part Two, is scheduled to be released on November 21, 2025.

## Premise

Misunderstood because of her green skin, a young woman named Elphaba forges an unlikely but profound friendship with Glinda, a student with an unflinching desire for popularity. After an encounter with the Wizard of Oz, their lives begin to take very different paths.

## Cast

- Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman born with green skin who later becomes the Wicked Witch of the West Karis Musongole as young Elphaba

- Karis Musongole as young Elphaba

- Ariana Grande as Galinda Upland, a popular young woman who later becomes Glinda the Good

- Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, the Headmistress of Shiz University

- Jeff Goldblum as the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

- Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero Tigelaar, a Winkie prince who meets Elphaba and Galinda at school

- Ethan Slater as Boq, a Munchkin in love with Galinda

- Marissa Bode as Nessarose Thropp, Elphaba's paraplegic younger sister who later becomes the Wicked Witch of the East

- Bowen Yang as Pfannee, one of Galinda's college friends

- Bronwyn James as ShenShen, another of Galinda's college friends

- Keala Settle as Miss Coddle, a new character created for this film

- Peter Dinklage as the voice of Doctor Dillamond, a Goat and History professor at Shiz University

- Aaron Teoh as Avaric Tenmeadows, Fiyero's friend

- Grecia de la Paz as Gilligan, a new character created for this film

- Colin Michael Carmichael as Professor Nikidik, another professor at Shiz University

- Adam James as Galinda's father, a new character created for this film

- Andy Nyman as Frexspar Thropp, Elphaba and Nessarose's father and the Governor of Munchkinland

## Production

### Development

In 2003, the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a revisionist exploration of the characters and setting of L. Frank Baum 's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was adapted as the Broadway musical Wicked. The musical was produced by Universal Pictures ' stage division and directed by Joe Mantello, with musical staging by Wayne Cilento. The Broadway production has inspired long-run productions in Chicago, London, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, as well as Germany and Japan. It was nominated for ten Tony Awards, winning three, and is the 4th longest-running Broadway show in history, with over 7,500 performances. The original Broadway production starred Idina Menzel as Elphaba and Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda.

In a 2009 interview, Maguire stated that he had sold the rights to ABC to make an independent non-musical TV adaptation of Wicked. It would not be based on Holzman's script. On January 9, 2011, it was reported by Entertainment Weekly that ABC would be teaming up with Salma Hayek and her production company to create a TV miniseries of Wicked based solely on Maguire's novel. No further information, such as casting, had been revealed yet.

Chenoweth and Menzel were mentioned as possible film leads. Lea Michele and Amy Adams were also rumored to be potential leads. Potential writers included Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz, while J. J. Abrams, Rob Marshall, James Mangold, and Ryan Murphy were mentioned as possible candidates for director. In December 2012, following the success of Les Misérables, Marc Platt, also a producer of the stage version, announced the film was going ahead, later confirming the film was aiming for a 2016 release. After a long development, Universal announced in 2016 that the film would be released in theatres on December 20, 2019, with Stephen Daldry directing. By 2024, Holzman was credited as the sole writer. In August 2024, it was determined by the Writers Guild of America that Dana Fox collaborated with Holzman on the screenplay and that Craig Mazin contributed additional literary material.

### Pre-production

In May 2017, Schwartz stated that the film would feature "at least two" new songs. On August 31, 2018, Universal put the film on hold, due to production scheduling, and gave the film adaptation of Cats the release date formerly held by the film. On February 8, 2019, Universal announced a new release date of December 22, 2021, for the Wicked film. On April 1, 2020, Universal put the film on hold once again due to Universal shifting release dates amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and gave Sing 2 the 2021 release date. On October 20, 2020, it was announced that Daldry had left the production due to scheduling conflicts. On February 2, 2021, it was announced that Jon M. Chu will take over as director. In August, Alice Brooks was confirmed as the film's cinematographer, after working with Chu before on the film version of In the Heights.

In November, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were cast as Glinda and Elphaba, respectively. Grande had previously performed " The Wizard and I ", a song from the musical, in the NBC special Wicked 15th Anniversary. Erivo previously had performed "I Couldn't Be Happier", an excerpt from the song "Thank Goodness," in the PBS special Wicked in Concert. In June 2022, Chu confirmed the hiring of Nathan Crowley as production designer. On September 21, 2022, it was reported that Jonathan Bailey had joined the cast as Fiyero. In October 2022, it was announced that Jeff Goldblum was in final talks to star as The Wizard. Goldblum completed talks by December, when Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Keala Settle, Aaron Teoh and Colin Michael Carmichael were added to the cast. In April 2024, it was revealed at the 2024 CinemaCon that Peter Dinklage had been cast as Dr. Dillamond.

About preparing for the role of Elphaba, Erivo said to Variety, while expressing her desire to see the stage version on Broadway again before filming: "I'm relearning everything... I want to go and see it again.... When I get to New York at some point I'll pop in and see the show again, that'll be my fifth time." She also said at that time that discussions were underway on what the film will look like, particularly its production design and visual style, and confirmed the hiring of Paul Tazewell as costume designer. Her request to him for Elphaba's costume when she becomes the Wicked Witch of the West involved "a Jean Paul Gaultier collection with a ' new world, kind of gilded age ' feeling".

### Filming

Principal photography was set to commence in June 2022 at the Sky Studios Elstree facilities in the United Kingdom. In July 2021, Stephen Schwartz indicated there were plans to film in Atlanta that year. On April 26, 2022, Chu announced the adaptation will be filmed in two parts, Wicked and Wicked Part Two, saying:

As we prepared the production over the last year, it became impossible to wrestle the story of 'Wicked' into a single film without doing some real damage to it... As we tried to cut songs or trim characters, those decisions began to feel like fatal compromises to the source material that has entertained us all for so many years. We decided to give ourselves a bigger canvas and make not just one 'Wicked' movie but two! With more space, we can tell the story of 'Wicked' as it was meant to be told while bringing even more depth and surprise to the journeys for these beloved characters.

In June 2022, Stephen Schwartz confirmed that a new song would be written for one of the two films:

We found it very difficult to get past ' Defying Gravity ' without a break... That song is written specifically to bring a curtain down, and whatever scene to follow it without a break just seemed hugely anti-climactic... Even as a very long single movie, it required us cutting or omitting things that we wanted to include and that we think fans of the show and the story will appreciate. What we have discussed is that changes need to be 'additive,' to use (producer) Marc Platt's term. They need to add something to the story or the characters. They can't just be changes to do something different. I feel confident that by the time the movie is made, if we all continue to have the same degree of input, I could have a conversation with anyone who has a question about any of the changes made from the stage show and justify why I think it's better for the movie.

On July 18, it was revealed that with the filming process settled at the newly-built Sky Studios in Elstree, England, rehearsals would begin in August with principal photography beginning in November. On December 9, Chu confirmed on Twitter that filming had begun.

On September 23, Planning Statement, in support of a planning application submitted on behalf of Western Sky Limited, indicated that outdoor filming would occur at a site being developed at Ivinghoe Turf in Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, UK. Early into filming, paparazzi from The Daily Mail were seen flying over the Munchkinland set by hang glider with GoPro cameras attached to their feet as Ariana Grande and the cast and crew filmed "No One Mourns the Wicked," the opening number of the first film. This resulted in the first pictures of Grande in full costume as Glinda being leaked online and sparking online hype and excitement for the adaptation. On this, Grande reflected during a conversation with co-star Johnathan Bailey in an interview for VMan: "I think we were very spoiled to have done this with him. It felt like a teeny, little secret student thing — it's intimacy... It felt so small and private until all of a sudden, we were outside, and the Daily Mail was hand gliding over our set — oh, he should play the pterodactyl in your film."

The original planned shooting dates were between April 6, 2023 and July 14, 2023, with principal photography set to wrap on July 25, 2023, before filming was suspended from July 13, 2023 to November 8, 2023 due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Filming resumed on January 24, 2024 and concluded on January 26, with Chu then revealing that the vocals of the actors during the musical numbers were recorded live on set. Academy Award -winning production sound mixer Simon Hayes collaborated with Chu on the recordings of the actors' vocals, using a variation of the same recording techniques that were implemented on Les Misérables. Chu also cited Steven Spielberg 's 1991 film Hook as a source of inspiration for the film's use of large-scale sets and practical effects to bring the many elements of the Land of Oz to life, including nine million colorful tulips planted on location to surround the Munchkinland set, an actual Yellow Brick Road paved on the ground with real mud and a life-size art deco -inspired train to transport Elphaba and Glinda to the Emerald City.

### Post-production and visual effects

On February 6, 2024, it was confirmed on Twitter that Industrial Light & Magic and Framestore will provide the film's visual effects with Pablo Helman serving as production visual effects supervisor, and that post-production work was in progress, with Chu working remotely with editor Myron Kerstein via communication through the newly-released Apple Vision Pro.

### Music

The soundtrack albums for both Wicked and Wicked Part Two will be released by Republic Records / Verve Label Group, Grande and Erivo's respective record labels, with the soundtrack of the first film being released on November 22, 2024. In July 2024, it was revealed that John Powell had composed the incidental underscore for the film and will do the same for Wicked Part Two. Jeff Atmajian updated William David Brohn 's original orchestrations for the songs and enlarged the orchestra from the stage version's original 23 musicians to 80 for the film. The recording sessions for the orchestra took place at AIR Studios in London, with the musical's original music director Stephen Oremus conducting the song cues and Powell conducting the incidental score cues. Greg Wells served as music producer.

## Marketing

On April 16, 2023, first-look pictures of the film were released through social media, featuring Erivo's Elphaba and Grande's Glinda. Exclusive work-in-progress footage from the film, featuring first listens to Grande and Erivo's respective renditions of " Popular " and " Defying Gravity ", was then presented at CinemaCon on April 26, 2023, introduced on stage by Universal Pictures chairwoman Donna Langley. The first trailer for the film, in the form of a 60 second "First Look," premiered during Super Bowl LVIII on February 11, 2024. The film returned to CinemaCon on April 10, 2024 to present new footage and marked the first time the cast and crew appeared together in public to promote the film. Costumes and props were also on display in the lobby of the venue during this event. A featurette featuring behind-the-scenes footage, and interviews with Chu, Erivo and Grande on how much Wicked and Wicked Part Two mean to them as a cinematic passion project, debuted at the 2024 NBCUniversal Upfront event at Radio City Music Hall on May 13, 2024 and was released online shortly after. The official 3-minute theatrical trailer for the film was released on May 15, 2024, followed by a version produced and animated entirely in the Lego brickfilm style on May 29, 2024. A behind-the-scenes television special, Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked, will air on November 25, 2024 on NBC to promote the film. The network also hosted a promotional tie-in for the film during its coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris throughout the summer, with Erivo, Grande and Yeoh attending the opening ceremony, a viral video of the Emerald City train cruising down tracks in front of the Eiffel Tower and extensive advertising during primetime coverage of the Women's Gymnastics event, with Chu and the cast in attendance at the Qualifying round. On September 4, 2024, character posters were revealed ahead of the release of a new trailer the next day, which remixed "Defying Gravity" with Herbert Stothart 's iconic "Wicked Witch/Miss Gulch" motif from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 's 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz.

On May 20, 2024, it was announced that a wide range of merchandising for the film across toys, apparel, books, beauty products and accessories will be made available from Universal Products & Experiences ahead of the film's release. This will involve retail experiences at the Universal Destinations & Experiences and partnerships with brands including Aerie, Bombas, Cambridge Satchel Company, Swarovski, Crocs, Zaks, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Hallmark, HarperCollins, Hasbro, Funko, Insight Editions, Jakks Pacific, Jazwares, Random House, Ravensburger, Spin Master, Starbucks, Betty Crocker, Amazon, Bloomingdale's, Forever 21, Kohl's, H&M, JCPenney, Target and Walmart. Lego and Mattel will serve as the lead toy partners. On the announcement, Vince Klaseu, president of Universal Products & Experiences, remarked: "It has been so fun to develop and expand the beloved story of Wicked and bring these incredible characters and worlds to life through magical products and immersive retail experiences; our global merchandise program across retail and theme parks reflects the film's empowering themes and bold iconography, paving the way for even more excitement in 2025 with Wicked Part Two... Wicked is very special to us, and we can't wait for fans to embrace these inspiring characters this holiday season." On May 23, Ariana Grande 's cosmetics brand R.E.M. Beauty announced a collaboration inspired by the film.

## Release

Originally announced as one film, Wicked was split into two films in April 2022. The first half will premiere in London on November 18, 2024, and is currently scheduled for a theatrical release by Universal Pictures on November 22, 2024, with engagements in RealD 3D, IMAX, and Dolby Cinema.

The film was previously scheduled to be released on December 20, 2019, December 22, 2021, December 25, 2024, and November 27, 2024, with the latter release date to avoid competition with Avatar: Fire and Ash and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (the former of which was later delayed to 2025 after Thunderbolts*, and later Mufasa: The Lion King took its date), before moving forward by five days to its current date to avoid competition with Moana 2, with the new date putting it against Gladiator II. The new release date would then spark speculation if pitting this film and Gladiator II together could result in a scenario similar to the Barbenheimer phenomenon resulting from the films Barbie and Oppenheimer being released together on July 21, 2023. On July 10, 2024, Gladiator II star Paul Mescal officially dubbed the pair-up as "Glicked" and voiced his support for the two films as a double feature, saying "It would be amazing 'cause I think the films couldn't be more polar opposites and it worked in that context previously. So fingers crossed people come out and see both films on opening weekend." With the film being released two weeks after the 2024 United States presidential election, Marc Platt reflected on the story's increasing relevance in the current political climate, saying "It's a significant election for both of us, but our story aspires to be about the distance people travel to connect with each other, about seeing the other as not the other, about living in a world where sometimes the truth is not real."

## Reception

## Continuation

The sequel film Wicked Part Two is scheduled to be released November 21, 2025, after previously being scheduled for December 25, 2025, and November 26, 2025.


Patrice Higonnet

# Patrice Higonnet

## Abstract

Patrice Louis René Higonnet (born 3 February 1938) is a French author, historian, and retired professor who currently serves as a Robert Walton Goelet Research Professor of French History at Harvard University. He previously taught European history.

## Early life

Higonnet was born in Saint Cloud, France. Higonnet's parents were René Alphonse Higonnet and Thérèse Higonnet (née David).

## Personal life

Higonnet's second wife, Ethel Higonnet, was raped and murdered in Longfellow Park in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1973.

Higonnet subsequently married University of Connecticut professor Margaret Higonnet (née Cardwell) in 1976. He has three children.


Paul Dini

# Paul Dini

## Abstract

Paul McClaran Dini (/ ˈ d iː n i /; born August 7, 1957) is an American screenwriter and comic creator. He has been a producer and writer for several Warner Bros. Animation / DC Comics animated series, most notably Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), and the subsequent DC Animated Universe. Dini and Bruce Timm co-created the characters Harley Quinn and Terry McGinnis.

Dini began writing on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe for Filmation (1983-1984) Then later for Warner Bros. Animation on Tiny Toon Adventures. In addition to Batman: The Animated Series, Dini was a writer for Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), writer and co-creator for The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999), and writer and developer for Batman Beyond (1999–2001). He also co-created Freakazoid! (1995–1997) with Timm, produced Duck Dodgers (2003–2005), developed and scripted Krypto the Superdog (2005–2006). After leaving Warner Bros. Animation in early 2004, Dini went on to write and story edit the first season of the ABC adventure series Lost. Dini wrote the storylines for the Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City video games. In 2010, he created the live action drama series Tower Prep for Cartoon Network.

He has written a number of comic books for DC Comics. Dini and Timm collaborated on The Batman Adventures: Mad Love, which won the Eisner Award for Best Single Story in 1994. Dini and illustrator Alex Ross created the graphic novels Superman: Peace on Earth, Batman: War on Crime, Shazam! Power of Hope, and Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth. His original creations include Jingle Belle, Sheriff Ida Red, and Madame Mirage.

## Early life

Paul Dini was born on August 7, 1957 in New York City to Patricia (McClaran) and Robert Dini, an advertising executive. He is of Italian descent through his father. Dini attended Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California on an art scholarship. He attended Emerson College in Boston, where he earned a BFA degree in creative writing.

During college, he began doing freelance animation scripts for Filmation, and a number of other studios. In 1984, he was hired to work for George Lucas on several of his animation projects. Dini later returned to the Star Wars universe in 2007 to script several episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

## Career

### 1980s

Dini wrote episodes for the 1983–1985 animated TV series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, as well as contributing to interviews on the released box sets of the series. He wrote an episode for the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon in 1983, an episode of the Generation One Transformers cartoon series, "The Dweller in The Depths," an episode of the 1985 G.I. Joe cartoon called "Jungle Trap", and contributed to various episodes of the Star Wars: Ewoks animated series, several of which included rare appearances from the Empire.

### 1990s

In 1989, Dini was hired at Warner Bros. Animation to work on Tiny Toon Adventures. Later, he moved on to Batman: The Animated Series, where he worked as a writer, producer and editor, later working on Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, and Batman Beyond. Dini was the writer for the episode " Heart of Ice ", which redefined Mr. Freeze as a tragic character and won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program. He continued working with WB animation, working on a number of internal projects, including Krypto the Superdog and Duck Dodgers, until 2004. In 1989 and 1990, he contributed scripts to the live-action television horror anthology series Monsters: " One Wolf's Family " and " Talk Nice to Me ". Along with Bruce Timm, he created the animated series Freakazoid!.

He has earned five Emmy awards for his animation work. In a related effort, Dini was the co-author with Chip Kidd of Batman Animated, a 1998 non-fiction coffee table book about the animated Batman franchise.

Dini and Bruce Timm introduced Harley Quinn in Batman: The Animated Series as her first appearance was the episode "Joker's Favor" and in 1994, they adapted the character into comics in The Batman Adventures: Mad Love one-shot. In 1994, Dini and Timm won both the Eisner Award for Best Single Story and the Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story for Mad Love. Dini won the same Eisner prize the next year as well, for Batman Adventures Holiday Special, (a one-shot with several Christmas-themed stories) with Timm, Ronnie del Carmen, and others. Harley Quinn was integrated into the mainstream DC Comics continuity in the Batman: Harley Quinn one-shot published in 1999. In Batman Beyond, Dini and Timm co-created Terry McGinnis, the teenage Batman of the future, and his supporting cast. Dini has written several comics stories for DC Comics, including an oversized graphic novel series illustrated by painter Alex Ross featuring Superman (Superman: Peace on Earth), Batman (Batman: War on Crime), Shazam (Shazam! Power of Hope), Wonder Woman (Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth), and the Justice League (Secret Origins and Liberty and Justice). A hardcover collection of the Dini and Ross stories was published in 2005 under the title The World's Greatest Super-Heroes. Among Dini's original creations is Jingle Belle, the rebellious teen-age daughter of Santa Claus.

### 2000s

In 2002, Dini created Sheriff Ida Red, the super-powered cowgirl star of a series of books set in Dini's mythical town of Mutant, Texas. He collaborated with Kevin Smith on Clerks: The Animated Series. He and Bruce Timm collaborated on the Harley and Ivy limited series for DC in 2004. Dini became the writer for DC Comics' Detective Comics as of issue #821 (Sept. 2006) and created a new version of the Ventriloquist in #827 (March 2007). While Grant Morrison was starting a seven-year Batman story on the Batman title composed of long, interlinking arcs, Dini wrote a number of single-issue stories over the following year as well as two crossovers with Morrison's Batman, one focusing on the resurrection of Ra's al Ghul and another on the return of Hush. After Morrison's " Batman R.I.P. " storyline in 2009, creators were moved around titles and Dini started writing two new Batman titles Batman: Streets of Gotham and Gotham City Sirens. Streets of Gotham started and ended with story arcs about Hush while Gotham City Sirens focused on the women of Gotham; he wrote the bulk of both titles during their existence including the first and last issue of both.

In 2006 he announced that he was writing a hardcover graphic novel starring Zatanna and Black Canary. In 2006, Dini was on the writing staff for the first season of the ABC adventure series Lost. The Lost writers were awarded at the 2006 Writers Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Writing for a Dramatic Television Series. The following year he was the head writer of DC's weekly series, Countdown. Dini co-wrote a draft script for the ill-fated Science Ninja Team Gatchaman movie, which never saw the light of day and resulted in him leaving the project. Dini wrote a series for Top Cow Productions, based in a character he created, Madame Mirage. In July 2008, Dini started a partnership with GoAnimate to launch his Super Rica & Rashy series on the platform.

Dini returned to Batman animated adaptations to write the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Legends of the Dark Mite". In the same episode, he appeared in an animated form wearing Harley Quinn's costume in a comic book convention parody scene, along with Bruce Timm wearing Joker's costume next to him. He would go on to write several additional episodes for the series, including " Chill of the Night! ", the teaser of which contained a team-up between Batman and Zatanna, one of Dini's favorite characters. Dini penned the storyline for the Rocksteady Studios video game Batman: Arkham Asylum, released on August 25, 2009. He wrote three episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars: "Cloak of Darkness," "Holocron Heist," and "Voyage of Temptation." On February 14, 2008, the first edition of Dini's column, "200 Words with Paul Dini" was released on the iFanboy site.

### 2010s

Dini is the main creator of the live action drama Tower Prep Cartoon Network series. On August 4, 2010, it was confirmed that Dini will be involved in Marvel Comics' upcoming animated series Ultimate Spider-Man, which aired on Disney XD in 2012. He worked on Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., an animated series centered around the Hulk and his supporting cast. Dini worked with Rocksteady studios once again to create Batman: Arkham City, which was a sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum. He wrote a five-issue comic series set in the game continuity. A building in Arkham City is named Dini Towers in tribute. He did not write the storyline of the third Rocksteady game in the series, Batman: Arkham Knight, due to the company not wanting to hire freelance writers for future games.

Dini wrote the script for Bloodspell, an original graphic novel starring Black Canary and Zatanna. He also performed rewrites on Disney's dark fantasy film Maleficent. His graphic novel Dark Night: A True Batman Story, based on a mugging he experienced in 1993, was published in June 2016. Dini wrote the "Actionland!" chapter in Action Comics #1000 (June 2018) which was drawn by José Luis García-López and Kevin Nowlan.

Paul Dini and his wife, magician Misty Lee, created an online interview feature called "Monkey Talk" on Kevin Smith 's website, Quick Stop Entertainment.com. Dini and Misty Lee appeared on Ken Reid 's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on April 6, 2016.

### 2020s

In September 2020, DC Comics announced that Dini would be among the creators of a revived Batman: Black and White anthology series to debut on December 8, 2020. Dini wrote the prequel to Scoob!, Scoob! Holiday Haunt, set to release through HBO Max. It was canceled in August 2022 by Warner Bros. Discovery.

## Personal life

Dini and his wife Misty Lee, a magician and voiceover actress, live in Los Angeles. Their two Boston terriers, Mugsy and Deuce, were featured in "Anger Management", a 2012 episode of The Dog Whisperer, in which they sought Cesar Millan 's help with their dogs' behavioral problems. Around this time, Dini began an extensive weight loss and exercise regimen which combined dog obedience training.

## Screenwriting credits

## Awards

- Two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations as part of the creation team: 1995, Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) 1991, Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

- 1995, Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

- 1991, Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

- Won seven comics industry Eisner Awards and two Harvey Awards. Eisner and Harvey Award in 1994 for The Batman Adventures: Mad Love; an Eisner for Batman Adventures Holiday Special in 1995, a Harvey for Batman: War on Crime in 2000.

- Eisner and Harvey Award in 1994 for The Batman Adventures: Mad Love; an Eisner for Batman Adventures Holiday Special in 1995, a Harvey for Batman: War on Crime in 2000.

- He received the Writer's Guild Animation Writing award in 1999, and a second WGA award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing for a Dramatic Television Series in 2006 as a member of the writing team for Lost.

- Five-time nominee of the animation industry's Annie Awards.

- Inkpot Award in 2013.


2024 Formula One World Championship

# 2024 Formula One World Championship

## Abstract

The 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship is an ongoing motor racing championship for Formula One cars and is the 75th running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship is contested over a record twenty-four Grands Prix held around the world. It began in March and will end in December.

Drivers and teams compete for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion, respectively. Max Verstappen is the defending Drivers' Champion, while Red Bull Racing - Honda RBPT are the defending Constructors' Champions.

## Entries

The following constructors and drivers are competing in the 2024 World Championship. All teams compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli. Each team is required to enter at least two drivers, one for each of the two mandatory cars.

### Free practice drivers

Across the season, each team has to field a driver in one of the first two free practice sessions who has not competed in more than two races, on two occasions, once for each car.

### Team changes

Alfa Romeo ended their partnership with Sauber and left Formula One in 2023 as Sauber prepares to become the Audi works team in 2026. The team was rebranded as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, competing with the constructor name Kick Sauber. AlphaTauri rebranded as RB and relocated the aerodynamics operations of the team to Milton Keynes in the United Kingdom amidst a management restructure.

### Driver changes

The only change from the drivers contracted at the beginning of 2023 occurred at the former AlphaTauri team, who replaced Nyck de Vries with Daniel Ricciardo from the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix onwards. All driver and team combinations that competed in the final round of the previous season remained unchanged for the start of the next season for the first time in Formula One World Championship history.

#### In-season changes

Carlos Sainz Jr. was forced to withdraw from the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after he was diagnosed with appendicitis and required an appendicectomy. He was replaced by Ferrari reserve and Formula 2 driver Oliver Bearman, who made his Formula One debut. Sainz returned at the following Australian Grand Prix.

From the Italian Grand Prix onwards, Formula 2 driver Franco Colapinto replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams, making his Formula One debut.

Kevin Magnussen of Haas received two penalty points for causing a collision at the Italian Grand Prix, taking his total to twelve penalty points in twelve months, and triggering an automatic race ban for the following Azerbaijan Grand Prix. He was replaced by Bearman, who raced for the second time in the season as a reserve driver. Magnussen is permitted to return at the subsequent Singapore Grand Prix.

## Calendar

The 2024 calendar comprises a record twenty-four Grands Prix. The Chinese, Miami, Austrian, United States, São Paulo and Qatar Grands Prix will feature the sprint format.

### Calendar expansion and changes

The Chinese Grand Prix returned to the calendar for the first time since 2019 after being cancelled for four years in a row due to difficulties presented by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which was cancelled in the preceding year due to flooding in the area, also returned to the calendar. The Russian Grand Prix was under contract to feature on the 2024 calendar. However, the contract was terminated in 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

## Regulation changes

### Technical regulations

In response to extreme weather conditions resulting in cockpit overheating during the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix, teams are now allowed to install a scoop to the car that is intended to cool down the driver and cockpit area. Wheel covers aiming to reduce spray in wet weather conditions will be further tested during the season. Teams will not be allowed to start wind tunnel or computational fluid dynamics work for the 2026 season, which will see major technical regulations rule changes, until 1 January 2025. However, teams may still do other preliminary research and development work not covered by these restrictions.

#### Tyres

The "alternative tyre allocation" trialled at the 2023 Hungarian and Italian Grands Prix, where drivers were given 11 sets of tyres in an attempt to cut costs in the sport, was discontinued. Therefore, teams reverted to having 13 sets of tyres available per driver during every non-sprint race weekend with the allocation being 12 sets for a sprint weekend. The C0 tyre compound (the hardest compound in Pirelli 's dry tyre range), which was introduced but not used during the 2023 season, was dropped from the tyre line-up. This compound was previously known as the C1, but was renamed at the start of the 2023 season following the introduction of a new C1 compound that slotted between the old C1 and current C2 compounds in terms of hardness. A proposed trial for a ban on tyre blankets for this season and a full ban in 2025 was abandoned.

### Sporting regulations

#### Appeals process

The decision appeal process was amended for the 2024 season. The deadline to submit a right of review request was reduced from fourteen to four days after an event. In an attempt to stop potentially frivolous appeal attempts, the FIA will also introduce a fee for the process.

#### Sprint weekends

The structure of the sprint weekends was changed again for 2024, with the goal of rationalising sprint events and separating them from the rest of the Grand Prix weekend. A sprint weekend now begins with a single practice session, followed by the sprint qualifying session, which sets the starting grid order for the sprint race. The sprint is then the first session to take place on Saturday, followed by qualifying for the main race. The Grand Prix itself remains on Sunday. The FIA sporting regulations for the championship now refer to the qualifying for the sprint as "sprint qualifying", as opposed to "sprint shootout". The term "sprint qualifying" was previously used in the inaugural season of the sprint format in 2021 to refer to the sprint itself. Additionally, sprint weekends now have two separate parc fermé periods as opposed to one. The first lasts from the beginning of sprint qualifying to the end of the sprint, and the second lasts from the beginning of qualifying for the Grand Prix until the start of the Grand Prix itself.

#### DRS usage

The rules for DRS usage in Grands Prix were adjusted slightly. Drivers are now allowed to use DRS one lap after a race start, safety car restart, or red flag restart, one lap earlier than in previous seasons. This was tested during the sprints of 2023.

#### Power unit allocation

The power unit allocation per season was again expanded from three to four per driver for the 2024 and 2025 championships.

#### Maximum lap time

Prior to Thursday's two practice sessions at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, updated rules were introduced to discourage drivers from driving too slowly on in-laps and reconnaissance laps during qualifying. Drivers were initially required to not exceed a maximum time taken to drive through each marshalling sector. This was a change from 2023, when the FIA introduced a maximum time across an entire lap. However, prior to Friday's third practice session and qualifying, the rules were reverted to the 2023 full-lap method, though the rule now applies on both in-laps and out-laps.

#### Penalties

The standard sanction for a driver overtaking another driver off the track and gaining a lasting advantage has been upgraded from a five-second time penalty to a ten-second time penalty, although five-second penalties could still be awarded. The change was made as the five-second penalty was considered insufficient, with drivers regularly gaining more than five seconds through illegally overtaking slower cars off track.

From the Miami Grand Prix onwards the FIA altered the regulations for judging a potential jump start. Under the previous regulations, stewards were unable to penalise a driver for a jump start if it had not been picked up by an FIA transponder. This rule led to Lando Norris of McLaren appearing to avoid a penalty despite visibly moving early at the start of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The update to regulations allows stewards to penalise a driver if they are moving before the start, even if the transponder does not register the infringement. The regulation also clarifies jump starts will be judged "after the four-second light is illuminated and before the start signal is given by extinguishing all red lights."

From the Dutch Grand Prix, penalties accrued during the sprint race which could not be served, due to retirement, can be transferred into grid penalties for their next race. This had already been the case for penalties accrued in Grands Prix.

#### Testing

During the summer break, the regulations were updated to allow teams to create mule cars based on existing cars from the 2020 – 2023 period to enable teams to better prepare for the changes to the technical regulations due for the 2026 season. Teams using the mule cars will only be allowed to use drivers with 500 kilometres (310 mi) of experience of driving a current Formula One car at consistent racing speeds.

#### Red flag procedure

During the summer break, the regulations for red flag procedures were clarified: during a red flag period, cars may be instructed to line-up on the starting grid, instead of in the pit lane, where the pit lane needs to be closed for safety reasons. The regulations were additionally altered to state that a driver who stops outside of the pit lane during qualifying and receives physical assistance will no longer be able to participate in qualifying.

## Season summary

### Pre-season

A single pre-season test was held at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir on 21–23 February. Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari set the fastest time in the three-day test.

### Opening rounds

The season began with a Red Bull Racing 1–2 at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Max Verstappen won the race ahead of teammate Sergio Pérez and Carlos Sainz Jr. After starting on pole, Verstappen led every lap and took fastest lap, for his fifth career grand slam. Charles Leclerc, who started on the front row, finished fourth after dealing with brake issues throughout the race. After finishing sixth in the Constructors' Championship in the previous year, Alpine performed below expectations: Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly qualified nineteenth and twentieth and finished the race in seventeenth and eighteenth, respectively.

Red Bull Racing continued to show their pace at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with Verstappen winning the race ahead of teammate Pérez and Charles Leclerc, with Verstappen securing his 100th podium. While he led a majority of the race, a safety car caused by Lance Stroll 's crash, which allowed a majority of the field to change their strategies, allowed McLaren 's Lando Norris to inherit the lead temporarily before Verstappen overtook him. During the weekend, Sainz was affected with appendicitis, which resulted in his withdrawal from the event. In his place, Ferrari junior driver Oliver Bearman, who had secured pole position for the Formula 2 feature race that same weekend, stood in for Sainz while he underwent surgery. Bearman qualified eleventh and went on to finish seventh. Gasly retired on lap one due to a gearbox problem.

Verstappen's run of nine wins in a row ended at the Australian Grand Prix, where he retired on lap four from a dislodging of his brake disc, marking his first retirement since the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. Returnee Sainz inherited the race lead and took his third career victory, with his teammate Charles Leclerc finishing second for Ferrari's first 1–2 finish since the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. Norris completed the podium and succeeded Nick Heidfeld for the most podiums without a victory in Formula One, while Haas scored double points, and Yuki Tsunoda scored RB 's first points, respectively. Additionally to Verstappen's retirement, both Mercedes drivers also did not finish the race, with Lewis Hamilton having an engine failure and George Russell hitting the wall heavily, ending his race on the last lap.

Verstappen returned to the top step of the podium at the Japanese Grand Prix, where he was unchallenged for the majority of the race with teammate Sergio Pérez, who had his first front-row start since the 2023 Miami Grand Prix, and Sainz completing the podium. The race was red-flagged due to a heavy crash that involved Daniel Ricciardo and Alexander Albon, which necessitated repairs to the tyre barriers. Ricciardo's teammate Tsunoda scored a point, making him the first Japanese driver to score points at their home race since Kamui Kobayashi 's podium in the 2012 edition of the race.

Despite taking pole for the Chinese Grand Prix, Verstappen struggled in qualifying for the first sprint weekend of the season, only qualifying fourth behind sprint pole-sitter Norris, followed by Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. At the beginning of the sprint, Hamilton took the lead from Norris, who slid down to seventh at the first turn. The former would lead for nearly half of the sprint's distance before Verstappen overtook him and won the sprint from Hamilton and Pérez. Verstappen went on to win the Grand Prix the next day from Norris and Pérez, meaning Ferrari did not score a podium for the first time this season.

At the next sprint weekend in the Miami Grand Prix, Verstappen took sprint pole and won the sprint ahead of Leclerc and Pérez, while Ricciardo scored his first points of the season with a fourth place. Verstappen took pole for the Grand Prix and led the race in the opening laps before his pit stop. A safety car triggered by Kevin Magnussen and Logan Sargeant allowed Norris to benefit during his pit stop with him re-joining the race in the lead. Norris was able to open a gap to Verstappen in second and took his maiden Formula One victory, having previously held the record of the most podiums without a victory, and giving McLaren their first victory since the 2021 Italian Grand Prix. Verstappen was second from Leclerc, Pérez, Sainz, with Hamilton achieving his best result of the season at that point with sixth. Ocon scored Alpine's first point of the season with tenth place.

At the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Verstappen equalled Ayrton Senna 's record of most consecutive poles in Formula One history at eight. He also secured his fifth win of the season, ahead of Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc, who finished second and third, respectively.

Leclerc took pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix, ending Verstappen's run of eight consecutive pole positions; the latter qualifying sixth on the grid. At the start, Pérez got into a crash with Magnussen and his teammate Nico Hülkenberg, causing a red flag. The Alpines of Ocon and Gasly also had a collision, with the former retiring as a result. Ocon received a grid penalty for the following race in Canada. Leclerc took his first win since the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix, becoming the first Monégasque driver to win his home event since Louis Chiron won the 1931 edition and the first Monégasque driver to win it as a World Championship event. Oscar Piastri took his first podium of the season in second, and Sainz finished third after originally dropping back on lap one as a result of a puncture caused by a collision with Piastri.

After a dead heat between Verstappen and Russell during qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix, with Russell winning out by virtue of setting the time first, the start was held under intermediate conditions. Ferrari recorded its first retirements of the season when Leclerc and Sainz failed to finish, with Leclerc experiencing engine issues. Sainz meanwhile spun at turn 7 and collected Albon, who was the last Williams on track at that time as Sargeant had retired earlier. This was Ferrari's first double retirement since the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Meanwhile, Sergio Pérez, who got knocked out in Q1 for the second consecutive race weekend in a row, failed to finish after he spun into the barrier, damaging the back of his RB20. He was later given a three-place grid penalty to be served in the following Spanish Grand Prix for trailing back to the pits with a damaged rear wing. Two safety car periods were observed during the race, which was won by Verstappen ahead of Norris and Russell, who recorded Mercedes' first podium of the season. Hamilton, who attained the fastest lap of the race, finished behind Russell in fourth, his best result of the season to date.

### European rounds

Norris took pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix, but lost the lead to Russell after a slow start. Verstappen overtook Russell on lap three and led the remainder of the race to take victory ahead of Norris and Hamilton, who recorded his first podium of the season and Mercedes' second consecutive podium in a row.

The Austrian Grand Prix featured the third sprint of the season. Verstappen took pole position for the sprint, which he proceeded to win ahead of the McLarens of Piastri and Norris. Verstappen also took pole position for the main race and was on course to win after leading the majority of it, but Norris soon closed the gap to him after a slow pit stop for Verstappen, who was now on older tyres with Norris having a tyre advantage. After multiple laps battling for the lead, Verstappen and Norris made contact, marking Norris' second retirement of the season following the Miami Grand Prix sprint, and Verstappen dropped down to fifth after a puncture. Russell benefited from the two making contact to take his second career victory, and Mercedes' second victory in the ground effect era, after the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix. He was joined on the podium by Piastri and Sainz.

Russell took pole position for the British Grand Prix and led the first half of the race, which was held under intermittent rain, before retiring due to a water cooling issue. Norris inherited the lead after passing Russell, but he lost time switching to soft tyres after the period of rain had ended. Hamilton took advantage of this to inherit the lead as Norris' soft tyres began to degrade, allowing Verstappen, who was on hard tyres, to overtake him. By the end of the race, Verstappen began to close in on Hamilton, but the latter held on to take his first victory since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Following Russell's victory at the Austrian Grand Prix a week earlier, Mercedes won consecutive Grands Prix for the first time since 2021. Hamilton's victory was the 104th of his career, and his ninth British Grand Prix victory, which also broke the record he shared with Michael Schumacher for most Grand Prix wins at a single circuit. This made Hamilton the first driver to win after his 300th start.

Norris and Piastri locked out the front row at the Hungarian Grand Prix, which was McLaren's first front-row lockout since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix. Piastri led a majority of the race before Norris gained the lead via an undercut. McLaren invoked team orders on Norris, telling him to slow down and let Piastri by to take his maiden Grand Prix victory and McLaren's first 1–2 finish since the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, where Norris had also finished second to his teammate. The result meant they overtook Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship. Hamilton, having battled with Verstappen for the majority of the race, finished in third for his 200th career Formula One podium, and Verstappen, who criticised the car's pace and strategy options, ended up finishing in fifth after colliding with Hamilton. Meanwhile, Pérez, who was knocked out of Q1 after crashing out, recovered from sixteenth to seventh.

Verstappen qualified fastest for the Belgian Grand Prix, but took a grid penalty leaving second-fastest Leclerc on pole position. Hamilton jumped Pérez off the line and overtook Leclerc in the opening laps to take the lead of the race before Russell shuffled into the lead following pit stops. Russell was running older hard tyres, but brought the car home without any further pit stops to take what was initially a victory ahead of Hamilton and Piastri. Russell was later disqualified post-race due to having an underweight car, promoting Hamilton to victory, Piastri to second and Leclerc to the podium. This marked the first time that a driver was disqualified from first place since Michael Schumacher at the 1994 edition of the race.

The Dutch Grand Prix marked the first race following the summer break. Norris took pole position for the race, but lost out to second-placed Verstappen at the start. Norris caught up to, and passed Verstappen and went on to win his second Grand Prix, by over twenty-two seconds, ahead of Verstappen; Leclerc completed a one-stop strategy to finish in third. Norris's victory marked McLaren's first at the venue since Niki Lauda 's triumph in 1985, and ended a three-year streak of Verstappen victories at the Circuit Zandvoort since its reintroduction to the Formula One calendar in 2021.

At the Italian Grand Prix, Norris and Piastri locked-out the front row for McLaren ahead of third-placed Russell with the Ferraris in fourth and fifth. Norris lost out at turn four to Piastri, and Russell sustained front-wing damage. Most teams opted to run a two-stop strategy, but Ferrari opted to run a one-stop strategy which Leclerc initially criticised. The one-stop strategy would pay off eventually, with Leclerc cycling into the lead ahead of Piastri. Leclerc kept his lead until the chequered flag was flown to win the Grand Prix, scoring Ferrari's first victory at their home race since 2019, which was also won by Leclerc. Piastri and Norris, the latter scoring the fastest lap on lap 53, rounded off the podium. The race also saw the debut of Franco Colapinto for Williams, the team replacing Logan Sargeant for the rest of the season. Colapinto finished twelfth in his debut race.

### Closing rounds

At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Leclerc took the pole position ahead of Piastri and Sainz, while Verstappen qualified sixth and Norris down in 17th. Norris would make up two places after Hamilton and Ocon were relegated to a pit lane start for changing power unit components during parc fermé. In the race, Leclerc maintained his lead off the line with Piastri in second, ahead of Pérez in third. The front-runners started on the medium tyres before swapping them for hards. The leading trio maintained their places, closely following each other after the round of pit stops. Piastri took the lead on lap 20 and defended it against Leclerc for the rest of the race to take his second victory. Pérez and Sainz, while battling for third, crashed on the penultimate lap, which elevated Russell to the last podium spot. Norris, who initially started fifteenth, finished fourth ahead of his championship rival Verstappen and also took the fastest lap. Colapinto, who had made his debut in the previous race, scored the first points of his Formula One career, after finishing eighth; this made him the first Argentinian driver to score a point since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix. Bearman, who returned as a replacement for the banned Magnussen, took the final point. McLaren took the lead of the Constructors' Championship from Red Bull, leading it for the first time since the 2014 Australian Grand Prix. This also marked the first time a non-Red Bull team led the Constructors' Championship since the 2022 Miami Grand Prix.

## Results and standings

### Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten classified drivers, the driver who sets the fastest lap during the Grand Prix (only if one of the top ten), and the top eight of the sprint. In the case of a tie on points, a countback system is used where the driver with the most Grand Prix wins is ranked higher. If the number of wins is identical, then the number of second places is considered, and so on. Points are awarded using the following system:

### World Drivers' Championship standings

Notes:

- † – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

### World Constructors' Championship standings

Notes:

- † – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

- Rows are not related to the drivers: within each constructor, individual Grand Prix standings are sorted purely based on the final classification in the race (not by total points scored in the event, which includes points awarded for fastest lap and sprint).


The Deaths of Ian Stone

# The Deaths of Ian Stone

## Abstract

The Deaths of Ian Stone is a 2007 British-American horror film directed by Dario Piana. The film stars Mike Vogel and Christina Cole.

The story centers on an American man living in Britain, Ian Stone (Vogel), who is killed each day by mysterious beings. He then enters a new existence, unaware of his prior lives. When he begins to remember past existences, he is once again in danger of being killed, with each death more gruesome than the last.

## Plot

Ian Stone is an average man. He loves ice hockey but lives for his girlfriend, Jenny Walker. Late one night while driving home from a painful loss on the ice, Ian thinks he sees a dead body near the railroad tracks. Investigating the grisly discovery, Ian is attacked by the "corpse", forced onto the tracks and run over by a train.

He wakes up in an office cubicle. He is older and living with a beautiful woman named Medea. Jenny is not his girlfriend, just a co-worker, and one of a number of apparently familiar faces.

Ian meets a strange old man who tells him he is in danger. The old man tells him that he is being hunted by the Harvesters, a group of mind-controlling characters who cannot be killed and feed off human fear. He explains that every day, at different times and different places, the clocks stop and they come after him to kill him. The only problem is that Ian won't stay dead. He wakes in a new life, a new place, only for the cycle to repeat itself. Suddenly one of the Harvesters attacks the old man and Ian runs. They chase Ian back to his apartment where Medea, who is clearly one of them, is waiting. Once again, Ian is killed.

He wakes to find he is a junkie in a rundown apartment, with Jenny living a few doors down. He implores her to remember him, desperately reaching out and searching for someone to help him make sense of what's going on. When the Harvesters come again Jenny and Ian have no choice but to run. As they seek refuge on a subway train heading out of town, Jenny confesses to her memories of Ian's former lives. Later on, the old man meets Ian in the train again while Jenny sleeps. It is then that the old man reveals that he is one of the Harvesters, and hints at Ian's involvement with them.

When they disembark they are again confronted by a group of Harvesters, each a mass of pulsating veins, pitch-black muscles and flesh. Some of the barely human faces are recognizable from Ian's previous lives, including Medea who reveals a shocking truth: Ian was one of these monsters until he rebelled against the colony and managed to kill one other Harvester, and Medea used to be his "mate". Medea tries to force Ian to feed again and return to the "fold", but Ian resists.

Medea and the Harvesters attack once more, and she explains that his rebellion came after his first encounter with Jenny. So moved was he by the girl that he wished to live a mortal life with her. Before Medea can harm Jenny, however, a final change comes over Ian with the help of Gray, the old Harvester who had helped him before. Apparently Ian found a sustenance that was far superior to fear or pain, and so did the old man: love. Making this connection to a human being changes the specific nature of a Harvester, which allowed the old man (and now Ian) to kill the members of their kind. Gray had urged Ian to protect Jenny out of experience; having lost his love to the Harvesters, he could only feed on fear again and he spent what remained of his life slowly starving himself and trying to find love again. Gray implores Ian to feed from him and tap into those emotions of affection and kinship; Gray dies while restoring Ian. Ian regains his true power: his Harvester-self is finally born out of his human flesh, uniquely exuding goodness rather than malevolence. He now has the capacity to turn the tables on these creatures and to feed on their fear and to give life. He then rescues Jenny, who is being stalked by the clan.

Ian creates a new life for himself and Jenny, in which he is a successful professional hockey player with her at his side. Jenny has no recollection of their harrowing adventure; but Ian, having realized his abilities, will begin to take the fight to the Harvesters.

## Cast

- Mike Vogel as Ian Stone

- Christina Cole as Jenny Walker

- Michael Dixon as Brad Kopple

- Jaime Murray as Medea

- Charlie Anson as Josh Garfield

- Michael Feast as Gray

- Andrew Buchan as Ryan

- Marnix van den Broeke and Jeff Peterson as Harvesters

## Home media

The Deaths of Ian Stone was released via Region 1 DVD on March 18, 2008.

## Soundtrack

The film score by Elia Cmiral was released on Perseverance Records June 20, 2008.

## Reception

Critical reception for the movie has been mixed and it holds a rating of 57% on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 6/10, based on 7 reviews.


Temple (EP)

# Temple (EP)

## Abstract

Temple is the first Extended play by American heavy metal band Thy Will Be Done. It is the band's first release on their own Eye.On Lion Recordings. The EP peaked at #9 on the Billboard Heatseekers charts. Sirius XM The album was voted Revolver Magazine's "Album of the Week" upon its debut.

## Background

In June of 2011, the band began pre-production on a follow-up to their 2009 album In Ancient of Days. In November the band announced they'd completed work on the album, and that The groups own rhythm guitarist Kurt Fraunfelter oversaw the engineering of the release with Zeuss (Whitechapel, Chimaira) handling mixing duties at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, Massachusetts.

In November of 2011, the band that they would be headlining the inaugural "Strength Beyond Strength" tribute to the late "Dimebag" Darrell Abbottevent on December 8th at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts. Proceedsfrom the event would be donated to help after-school music programs in the Worcester area.

The first track from the upcoming release, titled "You, The Apathy Divine," premiered exclusively through Revolver on June 21, 2012. The track was released as a digital download on June 26 via iTunes following their performance with Metallica at Orion Music + More, on June 24, 2012. "You, The Apathy Divine" climbed steadily on SiriusXM Liquid Metal's weekly Top 12 countdown "The Devil's Dozen," eventually hitting the #1 position for 4 straight weeks. The single remained a top requested song for 20+ weeks, and listeners ultimately voted it as one of the top 12 most requested songs for 2012.

In late June into July of 2012 the group co-headed a tour of Japan with The Aggressive Dogs.

On August 15, 2012, the band announced that their upcoming EP would be titled Temple and would arrive on September 25, to be released independently via their label Eye.On Lion Records. Speaking on their decision to independently-release the EP, the band stated:

“As a band, we’ve always wanted to preserve our expressions as well as the way they reach the listener. It’s important for us to have a fan feel, see, and hear the finished piece as closely to the creative source of energy as possible. Eye.On Lion is a way for us to offer our artistic creations to those who choose to support us and by proxy, excludes a lot of ‘middle-people’.”

In September of 2012, the band released another track, titled "The Great Rebuilding," via absolutepunk.net. They also performed at "Stillborn Fest 2012" with Hatebreed, Emmure, and others.

In 2012, the band performed with Metallica at Orion Music + More, as well as Party to the Apocalypse 2012 starring Shadows Fall, God Forbid and Trumpet the Harlot. The band joined Shai Hulud, Altars, and Beyond The Shore to tour the U.S. in spring 2013.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Thy Will Be Done, except where noted

## Personnel

Thy Will Be Done

- J. Costa – vocals

- Chris Drapeau – electric guitar

- Kurt Fraunfelter – electric guitar

- Brendan Misturado – bass

- Jay Waterman – drums


2024 in Brazilian football

# 2024 in Brazilian football

## Abstract

The following article presents a summary of the 2024 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which will be the 123rd season of competitive football in the country.

## Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started on 13 April 2024 and will end on 8 December 2024.

- Athletico Paranaense

- Atlético Goianiense

- Atlético Mineiro

- Bahia

- Botafogo

- Corinthians

- Criciúma

- Cruzeiro

- Cuiabá

- Flamengo

- Fluminense

- Fortaleza

- Grêmio

- Internacional

- Juventude

- Palmeiras

- Red Bull Bragantino

- São Paulo

- Vasco da Gama

- Vitória

## Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B started on 19 April 2024 and will end on 26 November 2024.

- Amazonas

- América Mineiro

- Avaí

- Botafogo (SP)

- Brusque

- Ceará

- Chapecoense

- Coritiba

- CRB

- Goiás

- Guarani

- Ituano

- Mirassol

- Novorizontino

- Operário Ferroviário

- Paysandu

- Ponte Preta

- Santos

- Sport

- Vila Nova

## Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C started on 20 April 2024 and will end on 20 October 2024.

- ABC

- Aparecidense

- Athletic

- Botafogo (PB)

- Caxias

- Confiança

- CSA

- Ferroviária

- Ferroviário

- Figueirense

- Floresta

- Londrina

- Náutico

- Remo

- Sampaio Corrêa

- São Bernardo

- São José (RS)

- Tombense

- Volta Redonda

- Ypiranga (RS)

### Relegation

The four worst placed teams, São José (RS), Ferroviário, Aparecidense and Sampaio Corrêa, were relegated to the following year's fourth level.

## Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

The 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D started on 27 April 2024 and will end on 29 September 2024.

- Água Santa

- Águia de Marabá

- Altos

- América de Natal

- Anápolis

- ASA

- Atlético Cearense

- Audax Rio

- Avenida

- Barra

- Brasil de Pelotas

- Brasiliense

- Cametá

- Capital

- Cianorte

- Concórdia

- Costa Rica

- CRAC

- CSE

- Democrata SL

- FC Cascavel

- Fluminense (PI)

- Hercílio Luz

- Humaitá

- Iguatu

- Inter de Limeira

- Ipatinga

- Iporá

- Itabaiana

- Itabuna

- Jacuipense

- Juazeirense

- Manauara

- Manaus

- Maracanã

- Maranhão

- Maringá

- Mixto

- Moto Club

- Nova Iguaçu

- Novo Hamburgo

- Patrocinense

- Petrolina

- Porto Velho

- Portuguesa (RJ)

- Potiguar de Mossoró

- Pouso Alegre

- Princesa do Solimões

- Real Brasília

- Real Noroeste

- Retrô

- Rio Branco

- River

- Santa Cruz de Natal

- Santo André

- São José

- São Raimundo

- Sergipe

- Serra

- Sousa

- Tocantinópolis

- Trem

- Treze

- União Rondonópolis

Villa Nova and Democrata GV declined to participate in the Série D. The berths were awarded to Patrocinense and Caldense. Patrocinense accepted but Caldense refused to participate and were replaced by Democrata SL.

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D final will be played between Retrô and Anápolis.

### Promotion

The four best placed teams, Anápolis, Retrô, Itabaiana and Maringá, were promoted to the following year's third level.

## Super cup

### Supercopa Rei

The 2024 Supercopa Rei was played on 4 February 2024 between Palmeiras and São Paulo.

São Paulo won the super cup after defeating Palmeiras.

## Domestic cups

### Copa do Brasil

The 2024 Copa do Brasil started on 20 February 2024 and will end on 10 November 2024.

### Copa do Nordeste

The competition featured 16 clubs from the Northeastern region. It started on 3 February 2024 and ended on 9 June 2024. The Copa do Nordeste final was played between Fortaleza and CRB.

Fortaleza won the cup after defeating CRB.

### Copa Verde

The competition featured 24 clubs from the North and Central-West regions, including two teams from Espírito Santo. It started on 22 February 2024 and ended on 29 May 2024. The Copa Verde final was played between Paysandu and Vila Nova.

Paysandu won the cup after defeating Vila Nova.

## National team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazilian national team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2024.

### Friendlies

### 2024 Copa América

### 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

## Women's football

### Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1

The 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 started on 15 March 2024 and will end on 22 September 2024.

- América Mineiro

- Atlético Mineiro

- Avaí

- Botafogo

- Corinthians

- Cruzeiro

- Ferroviária

- Flamengo / Marinha

- Fluminense

- Grêmio

- Internacional

- Palmeiras

- Real Brasília

- Red Bull Bragantino

- Santos

- São Paulo

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 final will be played between Corinthians and São Paulo.

#### Relegation

The four worst placed teams, Atlético Mineiro, Avaí, Santos and Botafogo, were relegated to the following year's second level.

### Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2

The 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 started on 13 April 2024 and ended on 4 August 2024.

- 3B da Amazônia

- Athletico Paranaense

- Bahia

- Doce Mel

- Fortaleza

- JC

- Juventude

- Minas / ICESP

- Mixto

- Recanto

- Remo

- São José

- Sport

- AD Taubaté

- UDA

- VF4

CBF excluded Real Ariquemes from all national competitions due to regularization issues. They were replaced by Recanto Ceará declined to participate in the Série A2. CBF awarded their berth to Uberlândia but they refused to participate and were replaced by Doce Mel.

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 final was played between Bahia and 3B da Amazônia.

Bahia won the league after defeating 3B da Amazônia.

#### Promotion

The four best placed teams, Sport, 3B da Amazônia, Bahia and Juventude, were promoted to the following year's first level.

#### Relegation

The four worst placed teams, Recanto, Doce Mel, VF4 and UDA, were relegated to the following year's third level.

### Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3

The 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3 started on 13 April 2024 and ended on 27 July 2024.

- Ação

- Acauã

- Aliança

- Atlético Acreano

- Botafogo (PB)

- Brasil de Farroupilha

- Confiança

- Coritiba

- CRESSPOM

- ESMAC

- Fluminense (SC)

- IAPE

- Mixto (PB)

- Nacional VRB

- Náutico

- Operário

- Paraíso

- Paysandu

- Pinda

- Porto Velho

- R4

- Realidade Jovem

- Rio Negro

- Sobradinho

- Tarumã

- Tiradentes

- União

- Vasco da Gama

- Vila Nova / UNIVERSO

- Vila Nova (ES)

- Vitória

- Ypiranga (AP)

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3 final was played between Vasco da Gama and Paysandu.

Vasco da Gama won the league after defeating Paysandu.

#### Promotion

The four best placed teams, Vitória, Ação, Paysandu and Vasco da Gama, were promoted to the following year's second level.

### Super cup

#### Supercopa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The competition featured 8 clubs chosen between the top-twelve 2023 Série A1 and the top-four 2023 Série A2, with only one team for state. It started on 9 February 2024 and ended on 18 February 2024. The Supercopa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino final was played between Cruzeiro and Corinthians.

Corinthians won the super cup after defeating Cruzeiro.

### National team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2024.

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2024:

#### Friendlies

#### 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup

#### 2024 SheBelieves Cup

#### 2024 Summer Olympics


The Deli (film)

# The Deli (film)

## Abstract

The Deli is a 1997 American independent comedy-drama film directed by John Gallagher and starring Mike Starr and Matt Keeslar.

## Cast

- Mike Starr as Johnny

- Matt Keeslar as Andy

- Judith Malina as Mrs. Amico

- Brian Vincent as "Pinky"

- Ice-T as Phil, The Meat Man

- Michael Imperioli as Matty

- David Johansen as Cabbie

- Heather Matarazzo as Sabrina

- Debi Mazar as Teresa

- Jerry Stiller as Petey "Cheesecake"

- Frank Vincent as Tommy "Tomatoes"

- Burt Young as J.D.

- Michael Badalucco as Eric, The Soda Man

- Heavy D as Bo

- Iman as Avocado Lady

- William McNamara as Kevin

- Gretchen Mol as Mary

- Chris Noth as Sal

- Tony Sirico as Tony

- Shirley Stoler as Irma

## Reception

Michael Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune gave the film a mixed review and wrote, "This movie takes a talented and likable cast and an interesting working-class Italian-American background and then wastes them on sitcom scenes and side-of-the-mouth jokes."

Joe Leydon of Variety also gave it a mixed review and wrote that "this small-budget indie comedy is too slight to make much impact on critics or ticketbuyers."


The Details (film)

# The Details (film)

## Abstract

The Details is a 2011 American independent black comedy film written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes. It stars Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, Kerry Washington, Laura Linney, Ray Liotta and Jonah Hill as the narrator. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and went into limited release on November 2, 2012.

## Plot

Jeff Lang, an obstetric gynaecologist (OBGYN), and his wife Nealy live in Seattle with their two-year-old son, Miles. Considering a second child, they decide to enlarge their small home and lay expensive new grass in their backyard. Worms in the grass attract raccoons, who destroy the grass, and Jeff goes to great lengths to get rid of them, mixing poison with a can of tuna. Their neighbor, Lila, tells Jeff that her cat Matthew is missing, and Jeff does not yet realize he may be responsible.

After arguing with Nealy over his raccoon obsession, Jeff asks his childhood best friend, Becca, for advice. After drinks at a bar, they walk to the nearby house that Becca shares with her husband, Peter. Becca shows Jeff the collectible car that is her husband's pride and joy, and they have sex in the garage. Later, Lila, desperate to talk to Jeff, chases him to his office. Peter is waiting there, and confronts Jeff about his affair with Becca, which Lila possibly overhears. She leaves without talking to Jeff.

After work, Jeff visits Lila, who shows him proof that he accidentally poisoned Matthew. Distraught, she tells Jeff that she knows of his affair and blackmails him into having sex with her immediately. Jeff is unable to disengage before the act is completed but is confident the chances of Lila becoming pregnant are slim. He returns home, where Nealy tells him Peter stopped by. Meeting Peter at his restaurant, Jeff is offered the choice between calling Nealy to admit the affair or paying Peter $100,000.

Rendezvousing with Peter on a bridge, Jeff gives him the $75,000 he was able to get, having taken out a loan. Peter tosses the money into the river and chastises Jeff, warning that if he keeps making the same poor decisions, his life will be ruined. Jeff is inspired to reevaluate his life.

Jeff learns that his friend Lincoln, a basketball star in college until a car accident ruined his chances of turning pro, is dying of kidney failure. Determining that he is a perfect organ match, Jeff offers Lincoln a kidney. Recuperating from the surgery, a groggy Jeff is visited by Lila, who giddily reveals she is pregnant with his child. Dazed, Jeff does not immediately react, but later meets Lila in a coffee shop, telling her he will not be a father to the child. Lila says she just wants Jeff to be around for the baby's sake.

Jeff reveals all this to Lincoln, also telling him about a strange dream in which Lila was killed by an arrow. Lincoln, feeling beholden to Jeff for saving his life and landing him a dream job as a basketball coach, takes it upon himself to eliminate Lila. He buys an archery set and hunts her down in a park.

Nealy calls Jeff with news that police are interviewing everyone on their block about Lila's death. Lincoln's church honors Jeff with a special ceremony, during which he shares a silent exchange with Lincoln, knowing he killed Lila. On the way home, a guilt-stricken Jeff tells Nealy everything, but not before he intentionally kills a raccoon crossing the road. A hysterical Nealy laughingly tells Jeff of her own infidelity, and they decide to put everything behind them and start fresh.

Sometime later, their grass has been replaced with flowers, solving the raccoon problem, and Nealy is pregnant. Jeff laments that though things have turned out for the better, he will always worry about being found out.

## Cast

- Tobey Maguire as Jeff Lang

- Elizabeth Banks as Nealy Lang

- Kerry Washington as Rebecca Mazzoni

- Ray Liotta as Peter Mazzoni

- Laura Linney as Lila

- Dennis Haysbert as Lincoln

## Production

The film is loosely inspired by events in director Estes’ own life.

### Release

The film was released on video-on-demand and iTunes in October, and was released in theaters in November.

The Details premiered on January 24, 2011 at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival after being sold to The Weinstein Company for $8 million.

## Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 46% based on 35 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on 13 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Reviewing the film for The New York Times, film critic Stephen Holden commented, "At certain moments, the male characters’ decisions bring to mind those turning points in Woody Allen ' s Crimes and Misdemeanors, when your breath catches in your throat, and your impulse is to cry, 'Oh no!'" Of Maguire's performance, Reuters said, "the 37-year-old actor is finally growing up on screen." Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Gary Goldstein describes the film as "strangely entertaining" and praises the ensemble cast.

Variety 's Peter Debruge describes The Details as a darkly comedic exploration of domestic disintegration. He notes that the film offers scathing self-examination, creating an uneasy yet mature viewing experience. Writing for SFGATE, Mick LaSalle describes The Details as " not just entertaining, but potentially useful. " He notes a hidden moral strictness and that the film's comedy might make its message get lost on those who need it most. He highlights the "exceptional" two-person scenes in the screenplay and praises the performance of Laura Linney, which he describes as "marvelous, abandoned and meticulous acting." LaSalle concludes by stating that the film is "committed and passionate" and "one of the most perceptive and morally persuasive movies of 2012."

Andrew Schenker of Slant Magazine described the film as "as smug and self-satisfied as its privileged lead character." Schenker argues that Estes displaces Jeff's guilt onto other characters, avoiding holding him accountable for his actions. He also highlights the disconnection strategy employed by the director, where Jeff's actions seem justified compared to the eccentricities of other characters. Schenker concludes that the guilt-ridden ending and cynical elements of the film add to its self-satisfied nature, resembling the ugliness of its "privileged hero."

IndieWire 's Eric Kohn describes The Details as a film that follows the familiar mold of exploring the perils of suburban discontent. He comments on the symbolic overstatements throughout the movie and the filmmaker's intentions to critique the American dream and argues that the dark underbelly of the American dream has been explored extensively in previous films, making The Details seem like a remake rather than a fresh take. While acknowledging some interest in the performances and the soundtrack, Kohn states that the film struggles to find purpose and allow the comedic eccentricities to prevail. Ultimately, he grades the film with a D+ and suggests that its reception may be mixed due to its difficult timing and prior exploration of similar themes.