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Zookeeper_(film)
Zookeeper (film)
Zookeeper is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Frank Coraci , starring Kevin James , Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb , and featuring the voices of Nick Nolte , Sylvester Stallone , Adam Sandler , Don Rickles , Judd Apatow , Cher , Jon Favreau , and Faizon Love . It revolves around an unlucky zookeeper who turns to the animals at his zoo to help him find love . It was the first MGM movie to be co-produced with Happy Madison , yet distributed by Columbia Pictures . The film was released on July 8 , 2011 . This was the last movie Don Rickles starred in before his death in 2017 . Filming began in Boston on August 17 , 2009 . The film received negative reviews from critics and it earned $ 169.8 million on a $ 80 million budget . Zookeeper was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 11 , 2011 . It is available on Netflix in Canada and the UK .
Yurie_Miura
Yurie Miura
is a Japanese pianist and actress from Oota , Tokyo . After graduating from Ferris High School in Yokohama and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London . In 2001 , she won first prize of the Maria Canals International Music Competition .
Yaysky_District
Yaysky District
Yaysky District is an administrative district ( raion ) , one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast , Russia . As a municipal division , it is incorporated as Yaysky Municipal District . It is located in the north of the oblast . The area of the district is 2669 km2 . Its administrative center is the urban locality ( an urban-type settlement ) of Yaya . Population : 24,982 ( 2002 Census ) ; The population of Yaya accounts for 57.3 % of the district 's total population .
Zinc_finger_protein_784
Zinc finger protein 784
Zinc finger protein 784 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ZNF784 gene .
Written_in_Blood_(novel)
Written in Blood (novel)
Written in Blood is a crime novel by English author Caroline Graham , the fourth book in her popular Chief Inspector Barnaby series , which has been adapted into the equally successful ITV drama Midsomer Murders .
Zeng_Qi
Zeng Qi
Zeng Qi ( ; 1892 -- May 7 , 1951 ) is a politician in Republican China . He was the founder and chairman of the Chinese Youth Party , a third party behind the Nationalist Party and the Communist Party at the time . Category :1892 births Category :1951 deaths Category : Chinese Youth Party Party politicians Category : Chinese journalists
Émile_Moreau_(politician)
Émile Moreau (politician)
Émile Moreau ( 20 June 1877 -- 28 January 1959 ) was a Francophone Canadian politician of the Quebec Liberal Party . He was elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Lac-Saint-Jean ( 1919 -- 1931 ) and then Roberval ( 1931 -- 1935 ) , at the 15th , 16th and 18th Assemblies . He was also Legislative Councillor for Lauzon ( 6 June 1935 -- 1959 ) .
Zénaïde_Fleuriot
Zénaïde Fleuriot
Zénaïde-Marie-Anne Fleuriot ( 28 October 1829 -19 December 1890 ) , was a French novelist . She wrote eighty three novels , all aimed at young women , most of which were published in the series Bibliothèque rose and Bibliothèque bleue . Her writings were initially published under the pseudonym Anna Edianez , Edianez being an anagram of Zénaïde and Anna being derived from one of her own given names , Anne . She also wrote under the names Anna Edianez de Saint-B . and Anna Edianez de L.
Zalman_Moishe_HaYitzchaki
Zalman Moishe HaYitzchaki
Shneur Zalman Moishe HaYitzchoki , usually known familiarly as Reb Zalman Moishe , ( c. 1872-3 Shvat , 1952 ) , was an Orthodox Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi in pre-war Europe , and towards the end of his life , in the Land of Israel . Specifically , he served as a Mashpia ( Hasidic mentor ) and shochet . He was a follower of the Rebbe Rashab and the Rebbe Rayatz .
Young_JV
Young JV
Eduardo JV Arancillo Kapunan III ( born July 23 ) , known as Young JV , is a Filipino Hip-hop recording artist and actor . He became famous for his first urban hit single in 2009 , `` That Girl '' which was composed by himself . He produced his first album , Ready Or Not under PolyEast Records and Doin ' It Big Production . He performs on the variety show ASAP and is a member of an all-male group , A-pop , which is composed of JV himself , Sam Concepcion , Nel Gomez and Jaco Benin . He is a talent from ABS-CBN 's Star Magic known as the `` Urban-Pop Sensation '' .
Zénon_Bacq
Zénon Bacq
Zénon Bacq ( 31 December 1903 in La Louvière -- 12 July 1983 in Fontenoy ) was a Belgian radiobiologist and inventor . He studied medicine at the Université Libre de Bruxelles ( ULB ) , and became an MD in 1927 . He studied at Harvard University ( 1929 -- 1930 ) , with a grant from the FNRS . He taught animal physiology , pathology , as well as pharmacology and radiobiology at the University of Liège ( ULg ) . While studying the chemical transmissions of nerve impulses , he invented processes to guard himself against ionizing radiations . In 1948 he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Biological and Medical Sciences .
Yaw_Ansong_Jr.
Yaw Ansong Jr.
Yaw Ansong Jr. is CEO and co-founder of LoveRealm , a Christian Social Network he co-founded with his triplet brother ( Yaw Ansong Sr. ) . It is currently in open beta . He is a medical practitioner by profession .
Wrottesley
Wrottesley
Wrottesley may refer to : Baron Wrottesley , a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ( and any member of the Wrottesley family holding that title ) John Wrottesley ( disambiguation ) Wrottesley ( crater ) , an impact crater on the Moon Wrottesley Hall , Staffordshire
Your_Heart_Breaks
Your Heart Breaks
Your Heart Breaks is a collaborative music project . It began in Bellingham , Washington in 1999 . The project has spread throughout the United States , but resides in Seattle , Washington when not on tour . They now have over 50 members in the lower 48 states and have produced seven albums . They are on six record labels : Plan-It-X Records , MASA , KELP ! , Do n't Stop Believin ' , Do It for the Girls Productions , and Whprwhil Records . Regular members include Clyde Petersen , Karl Blau , and Steve Moore of Earth . Participating musicians include artists such as Kimya Dawson , Forrest Baum , Dave Mathies , Laura Veirs , Cindy Wonderful of Scream Club and members of bands such as The Gift Machine , Winning Lasses , Palisades , Black Cat Orchestra , Team Gina , and Kickball . Their direct influences include queercore and they have also been described as indie rock , folk and punk , although an electronic influence is also obvious on some songs . Singer Clyde Petersen has been quoted as describing the band with the phrase : `` We tell stories '' .
Wynne_baronets
Wynne baronets
The Wynne Baronetcy , of Lees Wood ( modern-day : Leeswood ) in the County of Flint , was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain . It was created on 9 August 1731 for George Wynne , subsequently Member of Parliament for Flintshire . The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet some time between 1764 and 1792 .
Zeadmete_ovalis
Zeadmete ovalis
Zeadmete ovalis is a species of sea snail , a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae , the nutmeg snails .
Zgraja_coat_of_arms
Zgraja coat of arms
Zgraja ( Kunraczyc ) , a variant of the Janina coat of arms , is a Polish coat of arms . It was used by several szlachta ( noble ) families under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth .
Zgliczyn_Witowy
Zgliczyn Witowy
Zgliczyn Witowy -LSB- ` zgliczyn-wi ` towy -RSB- is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radzanów , within Mława County , Masovian Voivodeship , in east-central Poland . It lies approximately 3 km west of Radzanów , 29 km south-west of Mława , and 104 km north-west of Warsaw .
École_nationale_supérieure_des_arts_appliqués_et_des_métiers_d'art
École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art
The École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers , also called the École des Arts Appliqués or Olivier de Serres and abbreviated to ENSAAMA , is a post-baccalauréat teaching establishment for the decorative arts in the 15th arrondissement of Paris , France .
Zana
Zana
Zana may refer to : Mythological figure Zână , a female mythological figure in Romanian mythology Zână , an Illyrian name meaning fairy Zana e malit , an Albanian mythological creature Zana is a Kurdish word meaning wise , knowing , learned , or astute . Zana is a neutral name for both male and female in Kurdish . Zana ( band ) , a Serbian music group Zambian News Agency , the official Zambian news agency `` Zana '' , an Abkhazian `` wild-woman '' believed by some people to have been a relict hominid ; see Almas ( cryptozoology )
York_City_F.C.
York City F.C.
York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York , North Yorkshire , England . The team will compete in the National League North , the sixth tier of league football in England , as of the 2017 -- 18 season . First founded in 1908 , the club played seven seasons in non-League football before folding in 1917 . A new club was formed in 1922 , and played in the Midland League for seven years before joining the Football League . They played in the third tier until 1959 , when they were promoted for the first time . York achieved their best run in the FA Cup in 1954 -- 55 , when they met Newcastle United in the semi-final . They fluctuated between the Third and Fourth Divisions , before spending two seasons in the Second Division in the 1970s . York first played at Wembley Stadium in 1993 , when they won the Third Division play-off final . At the end of 2003 -- 04 , they lost their Football League status after being relegated from the Third Division . The 2011 -- 12 FA Trophy was the first national knockout competition won by York , and they returned to the Football League that season . York are nicknamed `` the Minstermen '' , after York Minster , and the team traditionally play in red kits . They played at Fulfordgate from 1922 to 1932 , when they moved to their current ground , Bootham Crescent . The ground has been subject to numerous improvements over the years , but the club lost ownership of it when it was transferred to a holding company in 1999 . York bought it back five years later , but the terms of the loan used to do so necessitated they move to a new ground . They are due to move into the York Community Stadium in 2018 . York have had rivalries with numerous clubs , but their traditional rivals are Hull City and Scarborough . The club 's record appearance holder is Barry Jackson , who made 539 appearances , while their leading scorer is Norman Wilkinson , with 143 goals .
Zlatina_Deliradeva
Zlatina Deliradeva
Zlatina Deliradeva is a Bulgarian choral conductor .
Year_Zero_(Bernice_Summerfield)
Year Zero (Bernice Summerfield)
Year Zero is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield , a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who .
Yves_Oehri
Yves Oehri
Yves Oehri ( born 15 March 1987 ) is an Liechtensteiner international footballer who plays for YF Juventus , as a right back .
İsabeyli
İsabeyli
İsabeyli is a town in Nazilli district of Aydın Province , Turkey . Situated at it is between Aydın ( to west ) and Nazilli ( to east ) . The distance to Nazilli is only 5 km to Aydın is 40 km . The population of İsabeyli was 4943 as of 2012 . The name of the town refers to a certain Turkmen leader named İsa who founded the village in 1600s . The settlement was declared a seat of township in 1963 . A part of Adnan Menderes University ( Aydın University ) campus is in İsabeyli .
Yelena_Nikolayeva_(racewalker)
Yelena Nikolayeva (racewalker)
Yelena Nikolayevna Nikolayeva ( Елена Николаевна Николаева , born February 1 , 1966 in Akshiki , Chuvashia ) is a Russian race walker . Her first international achievement was a fifth place at the 1987 World Championships , something which happened again at the 1991 World Indoor Championships . One year later she won an Olympic silver medal behind Chen Yueling . Success followed over the next years , and in 1996 she became the second and last Olympic champion in the 10 kilometres distance , which was replaced by 20 km . Proving to handle the longer distance as well , she won the title at the 2003 World Championships in Paris .
Yinxiang_(prince)
Yinxiang (prince)
Yinxiang ( 16 November 1686 -- 18 June 1730 ) was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty . The thirteenth son of the Kangxi Emperor , Yinxiang was a major ally of his brother Yinzhen ( that is , the Yongzheng Emperor ) during the latter 's struggle for the succession of the throne . He was made a qinwang ( first-grade prince ) during Yongzheng 's reign and became one of his closest advisors . He died eight years into the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor and was memorialized with top honours by the emperor . When he died , his title was granted `` iron-cap '' status and became perpetually inheritable , one of the only twelve such princes in Qing dynasty history .
Yeşilöz,_Batman
Yeşilöz, Batman
Yeşilöz is a village in the District of Batman , Batman Province , Turkey . As of 2011 , it had a population of 194 people .
Xenolechia_pseudovulgella
Xenolechia pseudovulgella
Xenolechia pseudovulgella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family . It is found in southern Greece and Turkey .
Wygoda,_Zwoleń_County
Wygoda, Zwoleń County
Wygoda -LSB- wy ` goda -RSB- is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Policzna , within Zwoleń County , Masovian Voivodeship , in east-central Poland . It lies approximately 9 km east of Policzna , 15 km north-east of Zwoleń , and 102 km south-east of Warsaw .
Wągrowiec_County
Wągrowiec County
__ NOTOC __ Wągrowiec County ( powiat wągrowiecki ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat ) in Greater Poland Voivodeship , west-central Poland . It came into being on January 1 , 1999 , as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998 . Its administrative seat and largest town is Wągrowiec , which lies 49 km north-east of the regional capital Poznań . The county also contains the towns of Skoki , lying 16 km south of Wągrowiec , and Gołańcz , 18 km north-east of Wągrowiec . The county covers an area of 1040.8 km2 . As of 2006 its total population is 67,606 , out of which the population of Wągrowiec is 24,681 , that of Skoki is 3,866 , that of Gołańcz is 3,342 , and the rural population is 35,717 .
Yuto_Agarie
Yuto Agarie
Yuto Agarie ( born 6 July 1993 ) is a Japanese handball player for Daido Steel and the Japanese national team . He participated at the 2017 World Men 's Handball Championship .
Yume_1_Go
Yume 1 Go
is the eleventh single by the Japanese rock band Nico Touches the Walls , released on December 19 , 2012 . The song was used as the December opening for the TV program CDTV . It was said by Mitsumura that he composed the song during a dream .
Yada_Yada_(album)
Yada Yada (album)
Yada Yada is the eighth studio album by Dutch rock and roll and blues group Herman Brood & His Wild Romance . The album , produced by George Kooymans of Golden Earring , was one of many moderately successful albums by Brood in the mid 1980s ; it reached # 9 on the Dutch album chart on 19 March 1988 , and stayed on the chart for 14 weeks .
Xylorycta_bipunctella
Xylorycta bipunctella
Xylorycta bipunctella is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family . It was described by Walker in 1864 . It is found in Australia . The wingspan is 24-25 mm . The forewings are ochreous-white , with the costa more ochreous-tinged and the costal edge dark fuscous towards the base . There are two moderate roundish dark-grey dots transversely placed in the disc at two-thirds . The hindwings are ochreous-whitish , slightly greyish-tinged .
Łęczyce,_Greater_Poland_Voivodeship
Łęczyce, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Łęczyce -LSB- łen ` czyce -RSB- is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opalenica , within Nowy Tomyśl County , Greater Poland Voivodeship , in west-central Poland . It lies approximately 5 km north-west of Opalenica , 16 km east of Nowy Tomyśl , and 39 km west of the regional capital Poznań .
Eugène_Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco (French: [øʒɛn jɔnɛsko]; born Eugen Ionescu, Romanian: [e.uˈdʒen joˈnesku] (listen); 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and one of the foremost figures of the French Avant-garde theatre. Beyond ridiculing the most banal situations, Ionesco's plays depict the solitude and insignificance of human existence in a tangible way.
José_Ferrer
José Ferrer
José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992), known as José Ferrer, was a Puerto Rican actor and theatre and film director. He was the first Puerto Rican-born actor and the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award (in 1950 for Cyrano de Bergerac).In 1947, Ferrer won the Tony Award for his theatrical performance of Cyrano de Bergerac, and in 1952, he won the Distinguished Dramatic Actor Award for The Shrike, and also the Outstanding Director Award for directing the plays The Shrike, The Fourposter, and Stalag 17.Ferrer's contributions to American theatre were recognized in 1981, when he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 1985, he received the National Medal of Arts from Ronald Reagan, becoming the first actor to receive that honor.
Raven-Symoné
Raven-Symoné
Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman (; born December 10, 1985), also known mononymously as Raven, is an American actress and singer, who VH1 ranked at number nine on their "100 Greatest Kid Stars of All Time" list in 2012.She began her career as a child actress, appearing as Olivia Kendall on The Cosby Show (1989–1992) and Nicole Lee on Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1993–1997), both of which earned her a number of awards and nominations. As a teenager, she starred as Raven Baxter on the Disney Channel television series That's So Raven (2003–2007), for which she was nominated for numerous accolades. Since 2017, Raven-Symoné has reprised her role as Raven Baxter on Raven's Home, for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming. Her film credits include Dr. Dolittle (1998), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), College Road Trip (2008), and successful television films, including Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999), The Cheetah Girls (2003), its sequel The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), For One Night (2006), and Revenge of the Bridesmaids (2010). Raven-Symoné has also lent her voice to the animated series Kim Possible for the character Monique, and films such as Tinker Bell (2008).In music, Raven-Symoné released her debut studio album at the age of seven, Here's to New Dreams (1993), which saw the moderate commercial success of the single "That's What Little Girls Are Made Of". Her subsequent studio albums, Undeniable (1999), This Is My Time (2004), and Raven-Symoné (2008) saw some commercial success on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. She also contributed vocals to several soundtracks from her Disney projects, including The Cheetah Girls (2003), That's So Raven (2004), That's So Raven Too! (2006), and The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), several of which were certified platinum and gold. She was also a co-host of the ABC daytime talk show The View from 2015 to 2016.
Cléopâtre
Cléopâtre
Cleopatra VII Philopator (Koinē Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; 69 – 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. After the death of Cleopatra, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire, marking the end of the second to last Hellenistic state and the age that had lasted since the reign of Alexander (336–323 BC). Her native language was Koine Greek, and she was the only Ptolemaic ruler to learn the Egyptian language.In 58 BC, Cleopatra presumably accompanied her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes, during his exile to Rome after a revolt in Egypt (a Roman client state) allowing his daughter Berenice IV to claim the throne. Berenice was killed in 55 BC when Ptolemy returned to Egypt with Roman military assistance. When he died in 51 BC, the joint reign of Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy XIII began, but a falling-out between them led to open civil war. After losing the 48 BC Battle of Pharsalus in Greece against his rival Julius Caesar (a Roman dictator and consul) in Caesar's Civil War, the Roman statesman Pompey fled to Egypt. Pompey had been a political ally of Ptolemy XII, but Ptolemy XIII, at the urging of his court eunuchs, had Pompey ambushed and killed before Caesar arrived and occupied Alexandria. Caesar then attempted to reconcile the rival Ptolemaic siblings, but Ptolemy's chief adviser Potheinos viewed Caesar's terms as favoring Cleopatra, so his forces besieged her and Caesar at the palace. Shortly after the siege was lifted by reinforcements, Ptolemy XIII died in the 47 BC Battle of the Nile; Cleopatra's half-sister Arsinoe IV was eventually exiled to Ephesus for her role in carrying out the siege. Caesar declared Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy XIV joint rulers, but maintained a private affair with Cleopatra that produced a son, Caesarion. Cleopatra traveled to Rome as a client queen in 46 and 44 BC, where she stayed at Caesar's villa. After the assassinations of Caesar and (on her orders) Ptolemy XIV in 44 BC, she named Caesarion co-ruler.In the Liberators' civil war of 43–42 BC, Cleopatra sided with the Roman Second Triumvirate formed by Caesar's grandnephew and heir Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. After their meeting at Tarsos in 41 BC, the queen had an affair with Antony. He carried out the execution of Arsinoe at her request, and became increasingly reliant on Cleopatra for both funding and military aid during his invasions of the Parthian Empire and the Kingdom of Armenia. The Donations of Alexandria declared their children Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene II, and Ptolemy Philadelphus rulers over various erstwhile territories under Antony's triumviral authority. This event, their marriage, and Antony's divorce of Octavian's sister Octavia Minor led to the Final War of the Roman Republic. Octavian engaged in a war of propaganda, forced Antony's allies in the Roman Senate to flee Rome in 32 BC, and declared war on Cleopatra. After defeating Antony and Cleopatra's naval fleet at the 31 BC Battle of Actium, Octavian's forces invaded Egypt in 30 BC and defeated Antony, leading to Antony's suicide. When Cleopatra learned that Octavian planned to bring her to his Roman triumphal procession, she killed herself by poisoning, contrary to the popular belief that she was bitten by an asp.Cleopatra's legacy survives in ancient and modern works of art. Roman historiography and Latin poetry produced a generally critical view of the queen that pervaded later Medieval and Renaissance literature. In the visual arts, her ancient depictions include Roman busts, paintings, and sculptures, cameo carvings and glass, Ptolemaic and Roman coinage, and reliefs. In Renaissance and Baroque art, she was the subject of many works including operas, paintings, poetry, sculptures, and theatrical dramas. She has become a pop culture icon of Egyptomania since the Victorian era, and in modern times, Cleopatra has appeared in the applied and fine arts, burlesque satire, Hollywood films, and brand images for commercial products.
Édouard_Séguin
Édouard Séguin
Édouard Séguin (January 20, 1812 – October 28, 1880) was a French physician and educationist born in Clamecy, Nièvre. He is remembered for his work with children having cognitive impairments in France and the United States.
Opéra_de_Monte-Carlo
Opéra de Monte-Carlo
The Opéra de Monte-Carlo is an opera house, which is part of the Monte Carlo Casino located in the Principality of Monaco.With the lack of cultural diversions available in Monaco in the 1870s, Prince Charles III, along with the Société des bains de mer, decided to include a concert hall as part of the casino. The main public entrance to the hall was from the casino, while Charles III's private entrance was on the western side. It opened in 1879 and became known as the Salle Garnier, after the architect Charles Garnier, who designed it.During the renovation of the Salle Garnier in 2004–05, the company presented operas at the Salle des Princes in the local Grimaldi Forum, a modern conference and performance facility where Les Ballets de Monte Carlo and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra regularly perform.
Simón_Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte-Andrade y Blanco (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830), generally known as Simón Bolívar (Spanish: [siˈmom boˈliβaɾ] (listen), English: BOL-iv-ər, -⁠ar also US: BOH-liv-ar) and also colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama to independence from the Spanish Empire.Bolívar was born into a wealthy family and as was common for the heirs of upper-class families in his day, was sent to be educated abroad at a young age, arriving in Spain when he was 16 and later moving to France. While in Europe he was introduced to the ideas of the Enlightenment, which later motivated him to overthrow the reigning Spanish in colonial South America. Taking advantage of the disorder in Spain prompted by the Peninsular War, Bolívar began his campaign for independence in 1808. The campaign for the independence of New Granada was consolidated with the victory at the Battle of Boyacá on 7 August 1819. He established an organized national congress within three years. Despite a number of hindrances, including the arrival of an unprecedentedly large Spanish expeditionary force, the revolutionaries eventually prevailed, culminating in the patriot victory at the Battle of Carabobo in 1821, which effectively made Venezuela an independent country.Following this triumph over the Spanish monarchy, Bolívar participated in the foundation of the first union of independent nations in Latin America, Gran Colombia, of which he was president from 1819 to 1830. Through further military campaigns, he ousted Spanish rulers from Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, the last of which was named after him. He was simultaneously president of Gran Colombia (present-day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador), Peru, and Bolivia, but soon after, his second-in-command, Antonio José de Sucre, was appointed president of Bolivia. Bolívar aimed at a strong and united Spanish America able to cope not only with the threats emanating from Spain and the European Holy Alliance but also with the emerging power of the United States. At the peak of his power, Bolívar ruled over a vast territory from the Argentine border to the Caribbean Sea.Bolívar fought 100 battles, of which 79 were important, and during his campaigns rode on horseback 70,000 kilometers, which is 10 times more than Hannibal, three times more than Napoleon, and twice as much as Alexander the Great. Bolívar is viewed as a national icon in much of modern South America, and is considered one of the great heroes of the Hispanic independence movements of the early 19th century, along with José Miguel Carrera, José de San Martín, Francisco de Miranda and others. Towards the end of his life, Bolívar despaired of the situation in his native region, with the famous quote "all who served the revolution have plowed the sea". In an address to the Constituent Congress of the Republic of Colombia, Bolívar stated "Fellow citizens! I blush to say this: Independence is the only benefit we have acquired, to the detriment of all the rest."
Pablo_Larraín
Pablo Larraín
Pablo Larraín Matte (Spanish pronunciation: [laraˈin]; born 19 August 1976) is a Chilean filmmaker. He has directed seven feature films and co-directed one television series, including the Academy Award-nominated films No (2012) and Jackie (2016). In 2017, Larraín and his brother Juan de Dios were the producers of Sebastián Lelio's A Fantastic Woman, which was the first Chilean film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Curaçao
Curaçao
Curaçao ( KEWR-əss-oh, -⁠ow, -⁠OH, -⁠OW; Dutch: [kyraːˈsʌu, kur-] (listen); Papiamento: Kòrsou, [ˈkɔrsɔu̯]) is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 mi) north of the Venezuelan coast. It is a constituent country (Dutch: land) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Together with Aruba and Bonaire it forms the ABC islands. Collectively, Curaçao, Aruba and other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean.The country was formerly part of the Curaçao and Dependencies colony from 1815 to 1954 and later the Netherlands Antilles from 1954 to 2010, as "Island Territory of Curaçao" (Dutch: Eilandgebied Curaçao, Papiamento: Teritorio Insular di Kòrsou) and is now formally called the Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao, Papiamento: Pais Kòrsou). It includes the main island of Curaçao and the much smaller, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"). Curaçao has a population of 158,665 (January 2019 est.) and an area of 444 km2 (171 sq mi); its capital is Willemstad.
Tightrope_(Janelle_Monáe_song)
Tightrope (Janelle Monáe song)
Tightrope is a 2010 song by American singer Janelle Monáe, the first official single from The ArchAndroid.The single premiered on February 11 on Pitchfork Media website, earning an immediate 9/10 rating and its coveted "Best New Music" tag. The companion song, "Cold War," debuted on February 12 via Monáe's official website.The official remix, titled "Tightrope (Wondamix)", features rappers B.o.B and Lupe Fiasco. The solo version of the song without Big Boi is also featured in the video game Just Dance 3. It was featured during the end credits for Happy Feet Two, in a version that interpolates some singing from one of the characters and also features a new verse from American child actor and rapper Lil' P-Nut which replace Big Boi's verse. The song also featured on the third season finale of teen drama 90210.
Café_Society_(film)
Café Society (film)
Café Society is a 2016 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, and Ken Stott. The plot follows a young man who moves to 1930s Hollywood, where he falls in love with the assistant to his uncle, a powerful talent agent.The film had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 11, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 15, 2016, by Amazon Studios and Lionsgate. It received generally positive reviews and grossed $43 million. It received nomination at the Golden Eagle Award in 2017 for Best Foreign Language Film.
Ricardo_Montalbán
Ricardo Montalbán
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Meriño, KSG (; Spanish pronunciation: [montalˈβan]; 25 November 1920 – 14 January 2009) was a Mexican-American film and television actor. Born in Mexico, Montalbán's career spanned seven decades, during which he became known for performances in a variety of genres, from crime and drama to musicals and comedy.Among his more well-known roles, he portrayed Armando in the Planet of the Apes film series from the early 1970s, starring in both Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). As the villain Khan Noonien Singh, a genetically enhanced human, he starred in both the original Star Trek television series (1967) and the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).Ricardo Montalbán played Mr. Roarke on the television series Fantasy Island (1977–1984). He won an Emmy Award for his role in the miniseries How the West Was Won (1978), and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1993.Montalbán was professionally active into his 80s, when he provided voices for animated films and commercials, and appeared as Grandfather Valentin in the Spy Kids franchise. During the 1970s and '80s he was a spokesman in automobile advertisements for Chrysler, including those in which he extolled the "rich Corinthian leather" used for the Cordoba's interior.
L'Oréal
L'Oréal
L'Oréal S.A. is a French personal care company headquartered in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine with a registered office in Paris. It is the world's largest cosmetics company and has developed activities in the field concentrating on hair colour, skin care, sun protection, make-up, perfume, and hair care.
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Víctor Manuelle
Víctor Manuel Ruiz Velázquez (born September 27, 1968), known professionally as Víctor Manuelle, is a successful Latin Grammy nominated American salsa singer, known to his fans as El Sonero de la Juventud ("The Singer Of Youths"). He is identified primarily with salsa romantica or "salsa monga". Victor Manuel has neither recorded in English, nor made a Latin pop album, nor (with rare exceptions) ventured into acting, preferring to remain a musician grounded within salsa music.
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This Is My Time (Raven-Symoné album)
This Is My Time is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter and actress Raven-Symoné, released in the United States on September 21, 2004 by Hollywood Records. The album is her debut with the Disney-owned label and debuted at number fifty-one on the U.S. Billboard 200, with 19,000 copies sold in its first week. It nevertheless became Raven-Symoné's best-selling solo album, selling 235,000 copies up to February 2, 2007 in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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1974 Cypriot coup d'état
The 1974 coup d'état in Cyprus was a military coup d'état by the Greek Army in Cyprus, the Cypriot National Guard and the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. On 15 July 1974 the coup plotters ousted President Makarios III and replaced him with pro-Enosis (Greek irridentist) nationalist Nikos Sampson as replaced president, only for 2 days. The Sampson regime was described as a puppet state, whose ultimate aim was the annexation of the island by Greece; in the short term, the coupists proclaimed the establishment of the "Hellenic Republic of Cyprus". The coup was viewed as illegal by the United Nations and violated human rights laws.
Bañuela
Bañuela
Bañuela or La Bañuela, also known as La Mójina, is the highest peak of the Sierra Morena, Spain.
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Undeniable (Raven-Symoné album)
Undeniable is the second (and first independently released) studio album by American singer Raven-Symoné. Although her first album was full of kid-rap, she used this album to display her vocal ability while still holding true to her roots in rap. The album was released on May 4, 1999 and to date has sold over 2,000 copies.
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Quvenzhané Wallis
Quvenzhané Wallis ( kwə-VAN-jə-nay; born August 28, 2003) is an American actress and author. In 2012, she starred as Hushpuppy in the drama film Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the youngest actress ever to be nominated, as well as the first (and, to date, only) person born in the 21st century nominated for an acting Oscar. She also starred as Annie Bennett in the 2014 adaptation of Annie, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.In 2017, Wallis published two books, Shai & Emmie Star in Break an Egg! and A Night Out with Mama. She has since published two more books: Shai & Emmie Star in Dancy Pants! and Shai & Emmie Star in To the Rescue!.
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Dulé Hill
Karim Dulé Hill (; born May 3, 1975) is an American actor and tap dancer. He played personal presidential aide and Deputy Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Charlie Young, on the NBC drama television series The West Wing, for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and pharmaceutical salesman-private detective Burton "Gus" Guster on the USA Network television comedy-drama Psych. He also had minor roles in the movies The Guardian, Holes and She's All That and a recurring role on Ballers. In 2018, it was announced that Hill would join the regular cast of Suits for season 8, after a recurring role in season 7. Hill also serves as a member of the Screen Actors Guild Hollywood Board of Directors.
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Jacques Clément
Jacques Clément (1567 – 1 August 1589) was a French conspirator and the assassin of King Henry III.He was born at Serbonnes, in today's Yonne département, in Burgundy, and became a Dominican lay brother.During the French Wars of Religion, Clément became fanatically religious and an ardent partisan of the Catholic League. Viewing Protestantism as heresy, he talked of exterminating the Huguenots and formed a plan to assassinate Henry III. His project was encouraged by some of the heads of the League, in particular Catherine de Guise, the Duchess Montpensier. He was assured of worldly rewards if he succeeded and of eternal bliss if he failed. Having obtained letters for the king, he left Paris on 31 July 1589 and reached Saint-Cloud, the headquarters of Henry, who was besieging Paris, on 1 August 1589.
Sacré-Cœur,_Paris
Sacré-Cœur, Paris
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur (French: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, pronounced [sakʁe kœʁ]), is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. Sacré-Cœur Basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. It is a popular landmark, and the second-most visited monument in Paris. Sacré-Cœur Basilica has maintained a perpetual adoration of the Holy Eucharist since 1885. The basilica was designed by Paul Abadie. Construction began in 1875 and was completed in 1914. The basilica was consecrated after the end of World War I in 1919.It is considered as both a political and cultural monument, representing a national penance for the defeat of France in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War and for the actions of the socialist Paris Commune of 1871. Sacré-Cœur Basilica was built in a neighborhood which witnessed significant events by the Paris Commune of 1871.
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René Goscinny
René Goscinny (French: [ʁəne ɡɔsini], Polish: [ɡɔɕˈtɕinnɨ] (listen); 14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French comic editor and writer, who created the Astérix comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Raised largely in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he attended French schools, he lived for a time in the United States. There he met Belgian cartoonist Morris. After his return to France, they collaborated for more than 20 years on the comic series Lucky Luke (in what was considered the series' golden age.)He wrote Iznogoud with Jean Tabary. Goscinny also wrote a series of children's books known as Le Petit Nicolas (Little Nicolas).
Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( BYURK; Icelandic: [pjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtouʰtɪr̥] (listen); born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and DJ. Over her four-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on a range of influences and genres spanning electronic, pop, experimental, trip hop, classical, and avant-garde music.Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and first gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes, whose 1987 single "Birthday" was a hit on UK and US indie stations and a favourite among music critics. After the band's 1992 breakup, Björk embarked on a solo career, coming to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Her other albums include Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), and Utopia (2017).Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart and she is reported to have sold between 20 and 40 million records worldwide as of 2015. She has had 31 singles reach the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top 40 hits in the UK, including the top 10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad", and the top 20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 15 Grammy nominations. In 2015, she was included in Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Björk was ranked number 60 and number 81 in Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers and songwriters lists, respectively.In addition to her music career, Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in her home country Iceland. A full-scale retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015.
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Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (; Spanish: [peˈnelope ˈkɾuθ ˈsantʃeθ]; born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress and model. Signed by an agent at the age of 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television, and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón (1992). Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Belle Époque (1992), Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000), and Woman on Top (2000). Cruz achieved recognition for her lead roles in the 2001 films Vanilla Sky, All the Pretty Horses, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and Blow. She has garnered numerous awards, including an Academy Award from three nominations.She has since appeared in a wide variety of films, including the comedy Waking Up in Reno (2002), the thriller Gothika (2003), the Christmas film Noel (2004), the action-adventure films Sahara (2005) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), the romantic comedy To Rome with Love (2012), the crime drama The Counselor (2013), and the mystery film Murder on the Orient Express (2017). She was praised for her roles in Volver (2006) and Nine (2009), receiving Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for each. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2008 for playing volatile painter María Elena in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She is the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award, as well as the first Spanish actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2018, Cruz made her American television debut as Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace in the FX series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.Cruz has modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren, Chanel and L'Oréal, and along with her younger sister Mónica Cruz, has designed clothing for Mango. Cruz has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working with Mother Teresa; she donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun's mission.
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Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of eleven. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright, publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards. Many of his works, such as Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit, have remained in the regular theatre repertoire. He composed hundreds of songs, in addition to well over a dozen musical theatre works (including the operetta Bitter Sweet and comic revues), screenplays, poetry, several volumes of short stories, the novel Pomp and Circumstance, and a three-volume autobiography. Coward's stage and film acting and directing career spanned six decades, during which he starred in many of his own works, as well as those of others.At the outbreak of the Second World War Coward volunteered for war work, running the British propaganda office in Paris. He also worked with the Secret Service, seeking to use his influence to persuade the American public and government to help Britain. Coward won an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 for his naval film drama In Which We Serve and was knighted in 1969. In the 1950s he achieved fresh success as a cabaret performer, performing his own songs, such as "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", "London Pride" and "I Went to a Marvellous Party".Coward's plays and songs achieved new popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, and his work and style continue to influence popular culture. He did not publicly acknowledge his homosexuality, but it was discussed candidly after his death by biographers including Graham Payn, his long-time partner, and in Coward's diaries and letters, published posthumously. The former Albery Theatre (originally the New Theatre) in London was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in his honour in 2006.
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Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, also US: , Swedish: [ˈsɛ̂lːma ˈlɑ̂ːɡɛˌɭøːv] (listen); 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author and teacher. She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909. Additionally, she was the first woman to be granted a membership in the Swedish Academy in 1914.
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Janelle Monáe
Janelle Monáe Robinson (; born December 1, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, actress, and record producer. Monáe is signed to Atlantic Records, as well as to her own imprint, the Wondaland Arts Society. Monáe has received eight Grammy Award nominations. Monáe won an MTV Video Music Award and the ASCAP Vanguard Award in 2010. Monáe was also honored with the Billboard Women in Music Rising Star Award in 2015 and the Trailblazer of the Year Award in 2018. In 2012, Monáe became a CoverGirl spokesperson. Boston City Council named October 16, 2013 "Janelle Monáe Day" in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, in recognition of her artistry and social leadership.Monáe's musical career began in 2003 upon releasing a demo album titled The Audition. In 2007, Monáe publicly debuted with a conceptual EP titled Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase). It peaked at number two on the US Top Heatseekers chart, and in 2010, through Bad Boy Records, Monáe released a first full-length studio album, The ArchAndroid, a concept album and sequel to her first EP. In 2011, Monáe was featured as a guest vocalist on fun.'s single "We Are Young", which achieved major commercial success, topping the charts of more than ten countries and garnering Monáe a wider audience. Monáe's second studio album, The Electric Lady, was released in 2013 and debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, serving as the fourth and fifth installments of the seven-part Metropolis concept series.In 2016, Monáe made her theatrical film debut in two high-profile productions; Monáe starred in Hidden Figures as NASA mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Jackson, and also starred in Moonlight. Hidden Figures was a box office success, while Moonlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 89th annual ceremony. Monáe's third studio album, Dirty Computer, also described as a concept album, was released in 2018 to widespread critical acclaim; it was chosen as the best album of the year by several publications and earned Monáe two nominations at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. The album debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 and was further promoted by Monáe's Dirty Computer Tour, which lasted from June to August 2018.
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Luis Guzmán
Luis Guzmán (born October 22, 1956) is a Puerto Rican actor. His career spans over forty years and includes dozens of films and television shows.Guzmán starred in Steven Soderbergh's films Out of Sight, The Limey and Traffic. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in The Limey. He also starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's films, Boogie Nights, Magnolia and Punch-Drunk Love. He starred in the HBO original series How to Make It in America and the Netflix series Narcos. He also starred in the CBS medical drama Code Black, where he portrayed senior nurse Jesse "Mama" Salander. He also co-starred on Cameron Crowe's Roadies, a comedy-drama on Showtime, as Gooch, a seasoned crew tour bus driver.
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Raven-Symoné (album)
Raven-Symoné is the fourth studio album by American singer-actress Raven-Symoné. The album was released on April 29, 2008 in the United States. It was her last album released by Hollywood Records and is her latest album to date.
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Vive le Québec libre
Vive le Québec libre! (French: [vivᵊ ləkebɛk ˈlibʁᵊ], 'Long live free Quebec!') was a phrase in a speech delivered by President Charles de Gaulle of France on July 24, 1967, during an official visit to Canada under the pretext of attending Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec. While giving an address to a large crowd from a balcony at Montreal City Hall, he uttered "Vive Montréal ! Vive le Québec !" ("Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec!") and then added, followed by loud applause, "Vive le Québec libre !" ("Long live free Quebec!") with particular emphasis on the word libre. The phrase, a slogan used by Quebecers who favoured Quebec sovereignty, was seen as giving his support to the movement. The speech caused a diplomatic incident with Canada's government, and was condemned by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, saying that "Canadians do not need to be liberated". In France, though many were sympathetic to the cause of Quebec nationalism, de Gaulle's speech was criticized as a breach of protocol.
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Raúl Castro
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (; American Spanish: [raˈul moˈðesto ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban politician who is currently serving as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the one-party communist state, succeeding his brother, Fidel Castro, in April 2011.Castro has also been a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba, the highest decision-making body, since 1975. He served as the Minister of the Armed Forces from 1959 to 2008. His ministerial tenure made him the longest-serving minister of the armed forces. Because of his brother's illness, Castro became the acting President of the Council of State in a temporary transfer of power from 31 July 2006.Castro was officially made President by the National Assembly on 24 February 2008, after his brother, who was still ailing, announced on 19 February 2008 that he would not stand again. He was re-elected President on 24 February 2013. Shortly thereafter, Castro announced that his second term would be his final term, and that he would not seek re-election in 2018. He stepped down from the presidency on 19 April 2018 after his successor, Miguel Díaz-Canel was elected by the National Assembly following parliamentary elections. Castro remains the First Secretary of the Communist Party, is head of the constitutional reform commission, and also continues to have a seat representing Santiago de Cuba's Segundo Frente municipality in the National Assembly. He is still reckoned as the de facto leader of the country, retaining oversight over his successor.He is expected to step down as First Secretary at the Eighth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, which is scheduled to take place 16 to 19 April 2021.