title: John Terry

text: Described by "ESPN" as a "commanding, no-nonsense style of player," Terry was a strong, tenacious, and physical defender, who was known for his tough and uncompromising style of play. He usually played as a centre-back, although he initially started out playing as a midfielder in his youth. A tall defender, he excelled in the air, which enabled him to defend crosses and high balls effectively, and also made him a goal threat for his team in the opposing penalty area, despite his defensive playing role. Although he was primarily known for his aggressive tackling, he was also an intelligent player, who was recognised by pundits for his positioning and anticipation, as well as his ability to read the game, which compensated for his lack of pace or athleticism, in particular in his later career; he also stood out for his leadership and bravery throughout his career, as well as his ability organise the back–line. Despite not being a particularly fast player, however, in particular over short distances, Samuel Eto'o once described Terry as being "surprisingly quick," while in his youth, a 2003 match report from an international friendly against Croatia described "speed and tackling ability" as his strengths, while instead citing his reading of the game and ability to defend set pieces in the air as areas in need of improvement. Regarded as one of the best defenders in the world at his peak, he is considered to be one of the greatest central defenders of his generation, as well as one of the best English and Premier League defenders ever.


title: John Terry

text: Despite the praise he received in the media for his defensive skills, critical opinion on Terry's technical ability was frequently divided; throughout his career, he was often paired with an intelligent, more technical and more mobile ball–playing centre-back, such as Ricardo Carvalho at Chelsea or Rio Ferdinand with England, which complemented Terry's more physical playing style as a "stopper," and also provided cover for him, as his lack of pace saw him struggle at times in teams that played a high defensive line. While some pundits, such as Chris Wright of "ESPN" or Robin Bairner and Sulmaan Ahmad of "Goal.com", have cited Terry's technique as a weakness, with Tom Sheen of "The Independent" also noting that his general reputation for lacking speed or elegance in possession and his reluctance to carry the ball out from the back saw him perceived as "a bit of a plodder when on the ball," others, such as Jamie Carragher and Jamie Redknapp, have instead argued that his ability on the ball and composure in possession was an underrated aspect of his game, which did not get as much attention as his tactical sense. During one of Terry's final matches for Chelsea, in a 2017 article for "The Guardian", Barney Ronay noted that "Terry lined up at the heart of the central defensive three," and described him as: "A little heavier, clanking about like an eager old tin man, he still has an excellent touch although, had he played much deeper in the second half, he might have been best served bringing out a shovel and digging a trench in front of his own goal." In 2009, "UEFA.com" praised Terry for his ability to control the ball with his chest. Moreover, although Terry's passing was initially cited as being in need of improvement in his early career, his distribution throughout his career was also generally solid and reliable, which often saw him complete many passes throughout the course of a season with a high success rate, although he usually favoured making simpler short passes on the ground; Michael Cox described his distribution as "underrated" in 2015, however, while Redknapp and Carragher have both noted that Terry was also capable of playing long balls with either foot, despite being naturally right–footed, a trait which Sam Wallace and Tom Sheen of "The Independent" also noticed in 2011 and 2014 respectively, with the latter describing Terry as "an exceptionally two-footed footballer," who "will show off a range of passing with either foot." As Sheen notes, Terry's ability with either foot often allowed him to play as a left–sided centre-back in a four–man defensive line throughout his career. In 2011, Terry was the world's third best passer for players with over 1,000 passes, with a 91.6% pass accuracy rate. Only Barcelona player Xavi (93.0%) and Swansea City player Leon Britton (93.3%) were better. He also played in a three–man back–line on occasion, in particular in his later career under Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, although he struggled to adapt to this formation due to his lack of pace as a result of his advancing age. Despite his reputation as a defender, however, Terry has also drawn criticism in the media for his involvement in several controversial incidents throughout his career, both on and off the pitch.


title: John Terry

text: On 10 October 2018, Terry was appointed assistant head coach of Aston Villa, with newly appointed Dean Smith as head coach. On 26 July 2021, Terry departed Aston Villa after three years at the club, in which they achieved promotion to, and consolidated their position in the Premier League. He described Dean Smith as a great influence on his coaching career. In December 2021, his return to Chelsea, commencing in January 2022 in a coaching consultancy role was announced.


title: John Terry

text: On the UK version of "Pro Evolution Soccer 6", Terry appears on the front cover with Brazil international Adriano.


title: John Terry

text: Terry is married to his childhood sweetheart Toni (née Poole). They married at Blenheim Palace in June 2007. On 18 May 2006, Terry and his wife had twins, a boy and a girl.


title: John Terry

text: Terry was a Manchester United supporter growing up. His older brother, Paul (born 1979), is a former professional footballer, having played for Dagenham & Redbridge and Yeovil Town.


title: John Terry

text: In 2016, Terry paid the £1,600 funeral costs for an eight-year-old Chelsea fan with leukaemia who died after an unsuccessful bone marrow transplantation.


title: John Terry

text: Terry co-owns custom swimwear company Thomas Royall with fellow footballers Sam Saunders and Liam Ridgewell.


title: John Terry

text: In September 2001, Terry and three teammates were fined two weeks' wages by Chelsea for an incident involving American tourists at a Heathrow airport bar in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks. In January 2002, Terry, Chelsea teammate Jody Morris and Des Byrne of Wimbledon were charged with assault and affray after a confrontation with a nightclub bouncer. Terry was banned from selection for the England team for the duration of the case, though he was ultimately cleared of all charges. In 2009, Terry was investigated by Chelsea and the FA for allegedly taking money from an undercover reporter for a private tour of Chelsea's training ground. The club responded that it was "confident that at no time did Terry ask for or accept money in relation to visits to the training ground."


title: John Terry

text: In January 2010, a super-injunction was imposed by a High Court judge preventing the media from reporting allegations that Terry had had a four-month affair in late 2009 with Vanessa Perroncel, the former girlfriend of Wayne Bridge, his former Chelsea and England teammate. The injunction was lifted a week later, and the British media – especially the tabloid press – covered the rumours in great detail in the days following. "The News of the World" and the "Mail on Sunday" subsequently printed apologies to Perroncel for breaching her privacy and stated that the story was "untrue in any case". Perroncel maintains that the alleged affair never took place. The allegations led to then-England manager Fabio Capello removing Terry from the captaincy on 5 February 2010, replacing him with Rio Ferdinand. Terry was reinstated as captain the following year.


title: John Terry

text: On 27 February 2010, Terry played against Bridge for the first time since the incident, where in a highly publicised incident prior to the match, Bridge refused to shake hands with Terry.


title: John Terry

text: In November 2011, Terry was placed under police investigation following an allegation of racist abuse made at Anton Ferdinand during a match between Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers on 23 October 2011. Video footage circulated on the internet led to accusations that Terry called Ferdinand a "fucking black cunt." In response to the video footage, Terry claimed that he was actually asking Ferdinand, "Oi, Anton, do you think I called you a black cunt?" On 21 December 2011, he was charged with using racist language by the Crown Prosecution Service. In February 2012, the Football Association stripped Terry of his England captaincy for the second time, stating that Terry would not captain the national team until the racial abuse allegations against him were resolved. When the trial began in July 2012, Terry entered a not guilty plea and was acquitted of the charge on 13 July 2012.


title: John Terry

text: On 27 July 2012, the FA charged Terry for using "abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour" which "included a reference to the ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race of Ferdinand." The FA had delayed the charge until after the conclusion of Terry's criminal trial. Terry denied the charge. On the eve of the FA's hearing, Terry announced his retirement from the English national football team, saying his position had become "untenable" due to the disciplinary charge. On 27 September 2012, the hearing concluded with Terry being found guilty; he was punished with a four-match ban and a £220,000 fine. In October 2012, Terry decided not to appeal against the verdict and his four-match ban and issued an apology for "the language [he] used in the game" and stated that it was "not acceptable on the football field or indeed in any walk of life."


title: John Terry

text: Terry has been represented in a meme which pictures him taking part in great moments in history and fiction, following his decision to come on to the pitch to lift the European Cup in full kit despite being suspended for the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final; he repeated this when Chelsea won the 2013 UEFA Europa League Final, in which he did not play due to injury. These included the fall of the Berlin Wall, the freeing of Nelson Mandela and the triumph of Rocky Balboa. Over the summer of 2012 this developed into his celebrating current sporting achievements such as 2012 Summer Olympics medal wins by Team GB.


title: Tekken

text: The main games in the series follow the events of the King of Iron Fist Tournament, hosted by the Mishima "Zaibatsu", where players control a plethora of characters to win the tournament and gain control of the company; the conflict between the Mishima family serves as the main focus of the series' plot, while players explore other characters' motivations in aiming to control the Zaibatsu.


title: Tekken

text: Gameplay focuses on hand-to-hand combat with an opponent, with the gameplay system including blocks, throws, escapes, and ground fighting. The series later introduced combos and special moves, with characters also able to stage break arenas. "Tekken" is noted as being one of the first fighting games at the time to use 3D animation.


title: Tekken

text: Japanese video game developer Namco began the series in 1994, with the release of the self-titled first entry. As of 2017, it has nine additional entries, eight spin-off games, and has been adapted into three feature films and other media. "Tekken 2", as well as the third game "Tekken 3", are considered landmark titles; they received critical acclaim for their gameplay and more immersive experience. Subsequent titles have followed this concept, and received generally positive critical responses.


title: Tekken

text: The series has been universally acclaimed and commercially successful, having shipped more than 53.5 million units, making it one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time, and the fourth best-selling fighting game franchise in history. The main series has been widely credited by critics and video game publications for raising the standards of fighting games, praising it for its gameplay mechanics and replay value.


title: Tekken

text: All major installments of the series are originally arcade games, and the boards used to run them have traditionally been based on PlayStation hardware. Following their release in arcades, home releases in the series have mainly been for consoles in the PlayStation line.


title: Tekken

text: The first game in the series, "Tekken", was released in 1994, first as an arcade game and as a port for the PlayStation in 1995. The game features eight playable characters, each with their own sub-boss. The PlayStation version features remixes of the stage themes, and also made the sub-bosses playable for a total of eighteen characters, including a costume swap for Kazuya (Devil Kazuya). In addition, a cutscene is unlocked when the player finishes arcade mode with each of the original eight characters. The canon ending of the game consists of Kazuya exacting revenge on his father Heihachi Mishima, beating him in the tournament and tossing him off the same cliff that he was thrown off by Heihachi.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken 2" was released in 1995 in arcades and in 1996 for the PlayStation. A port was also made several years later for Zeebo. There are ten playable characters as well as fifteen to unlock, for a total of twenty-five characters. The home version features four new modes that would become staples to the series, which were Survival, Team Battle, Time Attack, and Practice. The game features remixes of the arcade versions' characters' themes, and a cutscene unlocked once the player completes the arcade mode. The canon ending of this game consists of Heihachi surviving the fall, entering the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 and defeating Kazuya, throwing him into an erupting volcano and reclaiming the Mishima Zaibatsu. During the events of the second King of Iron First Tournament, Kazuya and Jun Kazama were mysteriously drawn to one another and became intimate.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken 3" was released in arcades and for the PlayStation in 1997 and 1998, respectively. Due to the 19-year storyline span between the game and its predecessor, the game largely features a new cast of characters, including the debut of staple main character Jin Kazama, the child of Kazuya and Jun, as well as now-staple characters Ling Xiaoyu and Hwoarang, with a total of twenty-three characters. The home version includes a mode called "Tekken" Force, as well as the bonus "Tekken Ball" mode, and also includes remixes to the characters' themes from the arcade version. The canon ending of "Tekken 3" consists of Paul Phoenix defeating Ogre and leaving victorious. After its defeat, Ogre transforms into a monstrous creature, "True Ogre". Jin Kazama faces True Ogre and defeats him, avenging his mother. With Ogre out of the way, Jin's grandfather Heihachi shoots him, leaving him for dead. However, Jin survives, being revived by the Devil Gene he inherited from his father.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken Tag Tournament" is the next installment, released in 1999 in arcades and as a launch title for the PlayStation 2 in 2000. Although the game is non-canonical to the storyline, it is considered a major entry to the franchise. In contrast to previous titles, "Tekken Tag Tournament" features tag battles and includes almost all of the "Tekken" characters in the series up until that point in time, for a total of 34 characters. The game ran on the same arcade board with an updated "Tekken 3" engine, and thus saw major graphical upgrades when ported to the PlayStation 2. The home version features remixes of the characters' themes from the arcade version, and also features a bonus "Tekken" Bowl mode. A remastered version of the game, "Tekken Tag Tournament HD", is included in the 2011 collection "Tekken Hybrid", which also contained a playable demo of "Tekken Tag Tournament 2" and the film "Tekken: Blood Vengeance".


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken 4" is the fifth installment and the next canonical game in the series, released in 2001 in arcades and 2002 for the PlayStation 2. Placing distinction on the story, the home version includes a new Story mode that unlocks cutscenes when played, in contrast to previous installments in which such cutscenes were unlocked from playing the Arcade Mode. The game also harbores many gameplay revisions, including the ability for the player to move about before the round begins, as well as walled-stages. For the first time, the themes used in the arcade mode are the same ones put into the home version. There are 23 characters to choose from. The story reveals that Kazuya survived the fall into the volcano from 20 years prior, and enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 to take back the Mishima Zaibatsu. In the canonical ending, Kazuya and Heihachi are both defeated by Jin. Jin unwillingly transforms into his Devil form, but after glimpsing a vision of his mother, Jun (whom he had not seen in six years), he refrains from executing Heihachi.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken 5" was released in arcades in 2004 and 2005 for the PlayStation 2, with a short period of time of transition from arcade to PlayStation, of two months in North America and four months in Japan. There are 32 characters to choose from, including for the first time, Devil Jin and Osaka's Asuka Kazama. Most of the characters who were removed from "Tekken 3" return in "Tekken 5". The home version includes a mode known as Devil Within, a variant of the "Tekken" Force mode introduced in "Tekken 3". In the canonical ending, Jin Kazama defeats his great-grandfather Jinpachi Mishima (who took over the Mishima Zaibatsu shortly after the ending events of "Tekken 4"), and inherits the Mishima Zaibatsu.


title: Tekken

text: Although "Tekken" games normally saw updates to the arcade versions, "Tekken 5" was the first installment in the series that had a revision significant enough that it was rereleased, with the subtitle "Dark Resurrection" in 2005. The game was ported to the PlayStation Portable in 2006 and features two new characters: Emilie "Lili" De Rochefort and Sergei Dragunov. Armor King was also reintroduced as a playable character in this revision. The game also introduces a ranking system to the series. The home version featured new modes, such as Ghost Mode, "Tekken" Dojo Mode, and the two bonus modes, Gold Rush mode, and a revised version of the "Tekken" Bowl mode introduced in "Tekken Tag Tournament". The Devil Within mode from the PlayStation 2 version however, was absent. Namco Bandai saw the fan demand for a console version and a port for the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network was released in 2007, in full 1080p HD. The PlayStation 3 version also saw an update and was retitled "Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection ONLINE", marking the first time in the series that online play was featured. The PlayStation 3 version also made Jinpachi Mishima playable (but not online).


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken 6" was originally released in arcades in 2007, followed by an updated version in 2008 titled "Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion". The home version was based on "Bloodline Rebellion" and was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, marking the first time in the series that a game was multiplatform. The game features a Scenario Campaign mode, which follows gameplay from previous "Tekken" Force modes, which was playable online alongside standard versus. In the Scenario Campaign ending, after being defeated by Heihachi's illegitimate son Lars Alexandersson (who suffered amnesia at one point during the Scenario Campaign), Jin Kazama is revealed to have wreaked havoc and waged war on the world to fill it with negative energy and generate a physical manifestation of Azazel, so that he himself can face and kill him, which he believed that killing Azazel may purge Jin himself from the Devil Gene inside his body. After the battle, Jin's body is found by Raven, and the Devil Gene is still intact in his body.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken Tag Tournament 2" was released in Japanese arcades in 2011. Its console version was released the next year and is based on the updated arcade version called "Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited" that contained new features. The Wii U version which serves as a launch title for the console includes a revised version of the "Tekken" Ball mode from "Tekken 3".


title: Tekken

text: In early 2014, Katsuhiro Harada expressed interest in continuing the series on PlayStation 4. "Tekken 7" was released in Japanese and Korean arcades in 2015. It is the first game in the series to be powered by the Unreal Engine. The game received an update, subtitled "Fated Retribution" and released to arcades on July 5, 2016, and featured the series' second, third, fourth and fifth guest characters, the guest characters appearing are Akuma from the "Street Fighter" franchise by Capcom, Geese Howard from SNK's fighting game franchises, Noctis Lucis Caelum from the "Final Fantasy" franchise by Square Enix and Negan Smith from "The Walking Dead" franchise. The PlayStation 4 version was confirmed at Paris Games Week 2015, and features exclusive content as well as virtual reality support. The Xbox One and Microsoft Windows versions were released on June 2, 2017, alongside the PlayStation 4 version, and are based on the "Fated Retribution". In the canonical ending, considered the conclusion of the Mishima saga, Heihachi takes control of the Zaibatsu, and attempts to expose Kazuya of the Devil Gene, after a failed attempt on capturing a missing Jin, who was found safely by his uncles Lars and Lee. In the end, in their final battle, Kazuya permanently kills Heihachi and throws him into an erupting volcano, whereas Jin, who recovered from his coma thanks to Lars and Lee, declares that he must kill Kazuya to end the cursed Mishima bloodline. It was also revealed that Heihachi killed his wife Kazumi in self-defense because of her possession of the Devil Gene and the fact that she had gained a split personality because of it, shortly after Kazuya was born.


title: Tekken

text: A teaser for a new mainline entry in the series was shown during "Tekken 7"'s tournament at EVO 2022, before being formally announced on September 13, 2022 during Sony's "State of Play" presentation. It is set for release on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC through Steam in 2023. As a continuation from the seventh mainline game, it will focus on a conclusion of Kazuya and Jin's enmity. In contrast to the seventh mainline game's utility of Unreal Engine 4, "Tekken 8" will utilize Unreal Engine 5, making it the first fighting game to do so.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken 3" was also ported to the Game Boy Advance as "Tekken Advance" in 2001. "Tekken 6"-based "" was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012. A free to play version of "Tekken" was released in 2013 for PSN as "Tekken Revolution". "Tekken Card Challenge" was released on the WonderSwan, a Japan-exclusive handheld, in 1999. A spin-off action adventure game featuring series' character Nina Williams as the protagonist, "Death by Degrees", released for the PS2 in 2005. Two mobile "Tekken" spin-off games were released in 2011: a 2D fighting game "Tekken Resolute", which was the first game not to include Heihachi Mishima, and "Tekken Bowl", the bowling mini-game from "Tekken Tag Tournament", for the iOS operating system. "Tekken Bowl" was first game not to include Yoshimitsu, Nina Williams, Paul Phoenix, or King. In 2013, a third mobile game titled "Tekken Card Tournament" was released by Namco Bandai to the App Store for iOS and Google Play Store on Android. That same year, Namco Bandai also released "Tekken Arena" to the Google Play Store on Android. On April 30, 2015, Namco released "Galaga: Tekken 20th Anniversary Edition", a mobile game variant of "Galaga" featuring characters from the franchise. It was originally announced on April 1, 2015.


title: Tekken

text: Namco and Capcom agreed to create crossover games of the "Tekken" and "Street Fighter" franchises. In 2012, "Street Fighter X Tekken" was released, which was developed by Capcom and includes 2D gameplay mechanics as seen in "Street Fighter IV". Namco was also developing "Tekken X Street Fighter", which would feature gameplay mechanics similar to "Tekken Tag Tournament 2", but it was placed on hold indefinitely in 2016.


title: Tekken

text: "Pokkén Tournament" was announced in August 2014, as a spin-off of the franchise set within the "Pokémon" franchise. It was initially released in Japan as an arcade game, but was released internationally on Wii U in 2016, and is also ported to Nintendo Switch.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken Mobile", another spinoff, was released on March 1, 2018. Although it had a mixed reception from critics, it was well received by the public and exceeded one million downloads.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken" was not originally conceived as a fighting game. The project began as an internal Namco test case for animating 3D character models, and eventually incorporated texture mapping similar to that found in Namco's 1993 racing game "Ridge Racer". Directed by "Virtua Fighter" designer Seiichi Ishii, "Tekken" was intended to be a fundamentally similar title, with the addition of detailed textures and twice the frame rate. "Tekken 4" received negative feedback to the point of being considered the worst installment within the series which led to major changes starting with "5". This was done thanks to the new engine provided by Namco. In retrospect, Harada believes "Tekken 5", and "Tekken 6", managed to attract a new group of fans, something "Tekken 4" failed to do.


title: Tekken

text: As with many fighting games, players choose a character from a lineup and engage in hand-to-hand combat with an opponent. Traditional fighting games are usually played with buttons which correspond to the strength of the attack, such as strong punch or weak kick. "Tekken", however, dedicates a button to each of the four limbs of the fighter. The gameplay system includes blocks, throws, escapes, and ground fighting.


title: Tekken

text: In the original "Tekken", players could only block attacks manually. From then on, starting with "Tekken 2", characters automatically block while not moving forward or performing actions, a feature called "neutral guard." Standing or retreating characters will block high and middle attacks with no input from the player, while crouching characters will duck high attacks and block low ones. Normal middle attacks will hit crouching players, but some special mid-attacks can be blocked by both stand and crouching neutral guards. Meanwhile, pressing backwards will give the player an "active guard" that can withstand certain combo attacks that would normally penetrate the neutral guard. Some characters are equipped with parries and reversals that act like traditional "press button to block" systems.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken 3" introduced several gameplay possibilities that were retained in later games, including the ability to sidestep into the foreground or background. "Tekken 3" and later games also reduced recovery time after being knocked down and gave characters rolls to recover instantly after hitting the ground, allowing the player to get back into the fight more quickly at the risk of being hit while rolling. "Tekken 4" gave characters even greater mobility by adding true 3D movement inside geometrically complex arenas with uneven ground, obstacles, and walls. The 3D gameplay allows damaging side and back throws as a reward for outmaneuvering the opponent, as well as evasive attacks that develop directly from a sidestep.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken 5" saw a combination of walled and infinite arenas, while discarding uneven ground. "Tekken 6" retains much of the design from "Tekken 5" but also includes a "Rage" mode, which activates when a character is near the end of his vitality bar and earns a damage multiplier. "Bound" (later known as "Ground Bound") hits were also added, in which a player connected with an airborne opponent will place him in an inescapable grounded state, allowing combo extensions. "Tekken 6" also has destructible floors and walls that allow the fighters to blast through to new fighting areas when broken. "Tekken Tag Tournament 2" retains these elements while also adding a new kind of stage break ("balcony breaks", which is a combination of floor and wall breaks where characters will go through a breakable wall and fall to a lower level in the same sequence). "Tag 2" specific features include Tag Assaults (cooperative combos triggered by hitting a Bound and a tag at the same time) and Tag Crashes (an emergency tag occurring when downed and the partner is currently in Rage).


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken 7" introduces some movement changes to the "Tekken" formula. The back walk animation is now similar to "Tekken Revolution", featuring a more fluid movement away from the opponent as opposed to a slower shuffle. Regular back rolling from a grounded state has been removed and instead replaced with new rising animation and performing an "ankle kick" (kicking the standing opponent while laying face up on the ground) is now accompanied by a new back roll to help create separation. Balcony breaks from "Tag Tournament 2" are present and function similarly to how they did in solo play. New features include "Power Crushes" (an attack that cannot be interrupted by regular attacks once the animation has begun) and "Rage Arts" (a super move attack that can only be used when your character has hit a Raged state near the end of their vitality meter, sacrificing the Rage mode to perform the attack). Bound has been mostly removed save for specific situations (certain moves can cause a Ground Bound if not combo-ed into and all low parries will cause a Ground Bound effect, similar to "Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion"; floor breaks now result in an effect similar to a Tag Assault in "Tag 2" rather than a standard Ground Bound) and instead, characters now have more frequent access to an "Aerial Tailspin" effect (an attack that throws an opponent backward onto their head as opposed to straight downwards, although it is still inescapable once triggered which means the combo can continue). Later "Tekken 7" updates eventually add "Rage Drive" (also cost Rage mode, and is an equivalent of EX and lower level super moves) as of "Tekken 7: Fated Retribution", with the console ports' post-Season 1 adds two new damage properties which were originally existed in previous characters and still can only work against an opponent while they are on the ground. "Tekken 7" Season 2 adds "Wall Bound" mechanic, which bounces opponents from the wall to nearby them to an airborne state with a knockdown attack, originally used by both NANCY-MI847J in "Tekken 6" and a guest character Geese Howard prior to Season 2. However, currently, only a guest character Negan Smith can utilize Wall Bounce against an airborne opponent via one of his Rage Drives. The last update patch of "Tekken 7" Season 4 adds "Wall Stun", which causes opponents to be bounced from the wall and entered a downed hit stun, whether they were being hit by or blocked their attacking opponents' attack.


title: Tekken

text: Players can choose from a diverse cast that hails from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and fighting styles. A few characters have supernatural origin, such as Devil, Alisa Bosconovitch, Angel, Mokujin, Ogre and Azazel, while animal characters like Kuma, Panda, the Roger family, and Alex provide comic relief. In the story mode of the game, each character generally has their own personal reasons for entering the tournament and competing for the prize.


title: Tekken

text: The protagonist of the series has varied between installments; the character ending of each canon game determines the protagonist of each. Kazuya Mishima was the protagonist in the original game and "Tekken 7", his father Heihachi Mishima was the protagonist of "Tekken 2", and Jin Kazama has been the central protagonist since his debut in "Tekken 3". The conflict between the Mishima family within multiple generations serves as the main conflict to the series' plot according to Katsuhiro Harada who describes it as a simple struggle. Although Lars Alexandersson among other characters are not fully related to them, they serve as major characters within "Tekken 6" where Jin serves as the main antagonist instead of his relatives.


title: Tekken

text: Characters with background connections in the story typically have styles or moves in common. For example, Heihachi and Kazuya Mishima, by virtues of familial connection and studying under the same Advanced Mishima Style Fighting Karate discipline, have very similar moves and a signature "crouch dash" stance for pretty much their entire appearances in the series. Jin Kazama, when he debuted, also had the same Mishima fighting style, though he mixed this with Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts as practiced by his mother, Jun Kazama. For storyline reasons, starting on "Tekken 4", he forwent this in favor of Traditional Karate, a completely different discipline that technically made him an entirely different character, while his old movelist was given to his demonic form, Devil Jin. Meanwhile, there are some characters who were formerly clones of each other before they diverged and gained unique moves, such as Lee Chaolan (a clone of Marshall Law), Anna Williams (a clone of her sister, Nina), and Armor King (a clone of King). Still further, there are also characters who are replacements or "successors" of older characters; this happened principally in "Tekken 3" due to the significant time skip, though some older characters later returned alongside their successors anyway. Examples include Julia Chang (replacing her adoptive mother, Michelle), Hwoarang (replacing his mentor, Baek Doo San, who later returned) and as mentioned above, Jin Kazama (replacing both of his parents, Kazuya and Jun, the former of whom later returned, while the latter was replaced by Asuka Kazama).


title: Tekken

text: Some "Tekken" characters have been featured as guest characters in other video games, such as "Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis", "", "", "Pac-Man Fever", "PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale", "Ridge Racer 6", "Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2", "Soulcalibur II", "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate", and "Urban Reign", as well as in some crossover role-playing video games, including "Cross Edge", "Namco × Capcom", "Project X Zone", "Project X Zone 2", "Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos" and "The King of Fighters All Star".


title: Tekken

text: "", a streaming television anime series, was announced by Netflix in March 2022. It loosely adapts the events of "Tekken 3" and was released on August 18, 2022.


title: Tekken

text: "", a two-part OVA anime series, was released in Japan in 1998. It was developed by Studio Deen and directed by Kunihisa Sugishima. Its story follows Kazuya Mishima's revenge against his father Heihachi in the King of Iron Fist Tournament.


title: Tekken

text: "", a full-length CGI-animated film in Digital 3D directed by Youichi Mouri, premiered in the United States in 2011 and was released in Japan two months later that same year. Digital Frontier developed and Bandai Entertainment distributed the film. "Blood Vengeance" is an alternate retelling between the events of "Tekken 5" and "Tekken 6". It was released in Japan in December 2011 as a part of the "Tekken Hybrid" collection.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken" is a live-action film directed by Dwight Little and starring Jon Foo, Ian Anthony Dale and Kelly Overton. It was released at the AFI Film Festival on November 5, 2009, and in Japan on March 20, 2010, through Warner Bros. The film focuses on Jin Kazama who enters into the King of Iron Fist Tournament after his mother's death. Katsuhiro Harada, director of the "Tekken" video game series, has panned the film.


title: Tekken

text: A prequel to the 2009 film titled "" was released direct-to-DVD on August 12, 2014. It is directed by Wych Kaosayananda and stars Kane Kosugi and Kelly Wenham, with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Gary Daniels returning from the first film. Variety reports that Paul Stevens will produce a Tekken remake with China's company Financing City Network.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken Tag Tournament 2", a live-action short film by Wild Stunt Europe, was released on Namco Bandai Games Europe's YouTube channel on October 19, 2012.


title: Tekken

text: There have been five printed adaptations of the "Tekken" games. Knightstone Comics published both "Tekken Saga" and "Tekken 2", released in October 1997 and September 1998 respectively. Both comics were written by John Kim and illustrated by Walter McDaniel. "Tekken Forever", a comic book by Dave Chi, illustrated by Paco Diaz, and published by Image Comics in December 2001, features a story that focused on the Kazama family and also the Unknown character from "Tekken Tag Tournament". is a manga written by Keiichi Suzuki and published by Shogakukan, which was collected in two tankōbon volumes with the first one on December 5, 2000, and the second one on April 5, 2001. "Tekken Comic" is a manga illustrated by Rui Takato and published by Ultra Egg Jump in 2009. Although the story leads up to the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6, it is non-canonical to the main video game series. In October 2016, Titan Comics announced a new "Tekken" comic book, a four-issue mini-series by Cavan Scott, illustrated by Andie Tong, and published in mid-2017. The series takes place between "Tekken 6" and "7", and deals with Jin struggling against the Devil within him.


title: Tekken

text: Characters and settings from the series also appear in the collectible card game "Universal Fighting System" by Fantasy Flight Games and in "Epic Battles" by Score Entertainment.


title: Tekken

text: Critical reception to the games has been positive, with the series peaking with the release of "Tekken 3" receiving an average of 96% at Metacritic and GameRankings, and to this day considered one of the greatest fighting games of all time.


title: Tekken

text: In 1999, "Next Generation" listed the "Tekken" series as number 12 on their "Top 50 Games of All Time", commenting that, "In the transition from 16-bit to 32-bit, "Tekken" stole the crown from "Street Fighter" as the king of modern brawlers with addictive fighting in its rawest form."


title: Tekken

text: Developers of non-"Tekken" games have commented on the series in various ways. Ed Boon, the co-creator of "Mortal Kombat", revealed in one of his interviews with "GamePro" that his favorite fighting game out of his competitors is "Tekken". Both Sega and Namco have shown interest in a possible crossover between "Virtua Fighter" and "Tekken", which came in the form of "Project X Zone" and its sequel for the 3DS. The series has often been labelled as a "rival" to "Virtua Fighter" as the two became the most famous 3D fighting game series. On the other hand, Tomonobu Itagaki, designer of the "Dead or Alive" series, expressed dislike for the "Tekken" franchise to the point of placing it as one of his most hated games.


title: Tekken

text: In 2004's "Shaun of the Dead", characters Pete, Shaun, and Ed "stayed up all night, drinking apple schnapps and playing "Tekken 2"." "Tekken 3" is considered one of the greatest games of all time.


title: Tekken

text: In 2012, "Complex" ranked "Tekken" at number 11 on the list of the best video game franchises, commenting: "Just when we thought that the "Street Fighter" franchise was going to be the epitome of fighting games, "Tekken" came to make it share its portion of the knuckle-busting pie. "Tekken" has cult-like fans who live and breathe the moves and storylines."


title: Tekken

text: As of November 2021, the "Tekken" franchise sold over 53.5 million units of games, with a large portion of sales achieved while being exclusive to the PlayStation series of consoles. "Tekken 3", which is critically the most successful in the series, was previously the most successful commercially as well, having sold 8.5 million copies to date, with 1.4 million in Japan, until "Tekken 7" surpassed the record by reaching 9 million sales in June 2022.


title: Tekken

text: Since the series has a long history of being exclusive to PlayStation along with the arcade cabinets running on PlayStation hardware, "Tekken" has been associated closely with the PlayStation brand. Katsuhiro Harada has stated that PlayStation remains the main platform of development for "Tekken".


title: Tekken

text: The first game in the series was the first PlayStation game to sell over a million units, which earned it a "Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition" award in 2008, among other awards including "First Fighting Game To Feature Simulated 3D", and a record for the entire series, "The Best Selling Fighting Series for PlayStation Consoles." "Tekken Tag Tournament" was one of the most popular launch titles for the PlayStation 2.


title: Tekken

text: Another game developed by Namco, "Soulcalibur II", included exclusive characters for different console versions and featured Heihachi Mishima, a character that has been in all "Tekken" games and the protagonist of "Tekken 2", exclusive to the PlayStation 2 version. He was also playable in "PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale" and is Harada's favorite character in the series.


title: Tekken

text: "Tekken 7"s PlayStation 4 announcement trailer featured a retrospective celebration of "20 Years of "Tekken"", and the PlayStation 4 version of the game features exclusive content from previous titles in the series, including character costumes and musical tracks. The PlayStation 4 version was the best selling version of the game, and provided a 6% boost in hardware sales in Japan. While PlayStation Classic was not well received by the public, "Tekken 3" was included in the preloaded collection. "Tekken 3" is also available in all regions.


title: Tekken

text: "Astro's Playroom", a 2020 video game released as a launch title for PlayStation 5 included a homage to the "Tekken" series. The inclusion was supervised by Harada as well.


title: Tekken

text: In May 2012, Namco Bandai opened Tekken Museum in Osaka, Japan. The museum showcases goods, action figures, artworks, life-size statues of "Tekken" characters, and various merchandise. The items on display are rotated regularly so that the museum is worth multiple visits.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The Porsche Cayenne is a series of mid-size luxury crossover sport utility vehicles manufactured by the German automaker Porsche since 2002 (Type 9PA or E1), with North American sales beginning in 2003. It is the first V8-engined vehicle built by Porsche since 1995, when the Porsche 928 was discontinued. It is also Porsche's first off-road variant vehicle since its Super and Junior tractors of the 1950s, and the first Porsche with four doors.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The second-generation Cayenne (Type 92A or E2) was unveiled at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March following an online reveal. The Cayenne shares its platform, body frame, doors and electronics with the similar Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7. It received a facelift in 2014 with minor external changes, and introduced a new plug-in E-Hybrid version, with its public launch at the Paris Motor Show. Since 2008, all engines have featured direct injection technology. The third generation (Type PO536) was unveiled in 2017 at Stuttgart.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The Cayenne is the first Porsche assembled outside of Europe, in Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia. Only the base model 3 liter V6 is assembled in Malaysia, while other models are imported from Slovakia.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The Porsche Cayenne entered the market to a mixed reception, but it proved itself to have excellent performance for an SUV and had comparably good handling as well as powerful engines. The lineup initially consisted of the V8-powered Cayenne S and Cayenne Turbo. Later in the model cycle, VR6 and diesel-powered versions joined the lineup.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The base model is powered by a VW 3.2-L VR6 engine producing . The intake manifold is unique to Porsche, but otherwise the engine is largely the same as the VW engine. Acceleration from is 9.1 seconds with the manual transmission and 9.7 seconds with the Tiptronic S.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The S is powered by a 4.5L V8 engine with a dry-sump lubrication system and variable valve timing. It produces and of torque. Acceleration from takes 6.9 seconds and the top speed is .


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: Introduced only for 2006 (as a pre-GTS concept), the Cayenne S Titanium Edition was a one-year exclusive, limited production SUV featuring a lightweight steel body, featuring an aluminium hood (lighter than the one equipped on the Cayenne S), titanium-painted accented body parts, side lower rocker body panels, Sport-Quad Tip Exhaust chrome tailpipes, 19" titanium painted alloy wheels, bi-xenon headlights, two-tone interior upholstery, Porsche PCM 2.0 w/ trip computer navigation, MP3 audio and Bose cabin surround sound. Under the hood, improvements included sport-tuned suspension, an aerodynamic body package, low-range transfer case, locking differential and a 6-speed automatic Tiptronic transmission. The Cayenne S Titanium Edition is powered by the same 4.5L V8 engine that powered the Cayenne S - still producing and of torque. Acceleration is even quicker than the regular Cayenne S from at sub 6.2 seconds and the top speed is +.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The GTS is powered with a 4.8 L V8 and features a sport suspension and wheels. It is lighter than the Cayenne S and has an aerodynamic body kit. The Porsche Cayenne GTS has a 0– time of 5.7 seconds. A six-speed manual transmission is also offered.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The first-generation Cayenne Turbo has , and can accelerate from 0– in 5.6 seconds. A Turbo S version was built in 2006 to compete with the Mercedes-Benz ML 63 AMG. The Cayenne Turbo and Turbo S include a low-range case, a locking differential, and height-adjustable, off-road suspension. The Turbo S is powered by a twin-turbocharged 4.5 L V8 that produces and of torque; Acceleration from 0– takes 5.0 seconds and the top speed is ; It features a six-speed automatic Tiptronic transmission.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: In 2008 an updated Turbo model, featuring a larger 4.8-L engine, was revealed at the Beijing Auto Show. It produces more power, and can accelerate from 0– in 4.9 seconds. Also revealed with the new Turbo, was a new Turbo S model. Acceleration from 0– for that car takes 4.7 seconds and it can be had with optional ceramic composite brakes.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: Porsche has sold a diesel version of the Cayenne, powered by a 3.0-L V6 VW TDI engine, since February 2009. The engine is rated at and of torque. The car was unveiled at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. The diesel can accelerate from 0– in 8.2 seconds.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The Cayenne S Transsyberia was originally a racing vehicle designed for Transsyberia rally, only 26 were built.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The street version was later built to commemorate Porsche's victory in the Transsyberia rally. It is a variant with the direct-inject 4.8-L V8 from the Cayenne GTS. Sales began in January 2009, with a targeted production run of 600 road vehicles worldwide (285 for North America), but far fewer were actually built (102 for USA, 17 for Canada including 3 which were 6spd manual).


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: In May 2009, a limited edition version based on the Cayenne GTS was introduced, designed by Porsche Design Studio and included a Porsche Design chronograph Type P’6612. Production was limited to 1000 units, 100 in the USA.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The second-generation Porsche Cayenne went on sale in April–May 2010 as a 2011 model, with an official debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. In preparation for the unveiling, the Cayenne production facility in Leipzig, Germany, closed in December 2009 to commence factory retooling for the new model, a process that took 2–3 months.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The 2011 Porsche Cayenne is larger than its predecessors, but features a more slanted rear window, less upright windshield, a more sloping roofline, door-mounted mirrors, smaller windows at the rear of the vehicle, headlights inspired by the Carrera GT, taillights that extend onto the car's tailgate, LED daytime running lights and a vastly redesigned interior much like the Panamera. The 2011 Cayenne is almost lighter than the previous models due to removing the low-range transfer case making it slightly more fuel efficient than the previous lineup. More use of aluminium and magnesium too helped shave weight. Despite its lower stance, the new vehicle's off-road capabilities have been retained without compromising the street performance-oriented layout and design. In addition to a diesel offering, a hybrid version is available. Also, model year 2013 - 2016 diesel Porsche Cayennes are included in the Volkswagen emissions scandal.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: Standard features of the 2011 Porsche Cayenne include air conditioning with dual-zone climate controls, interior air filter, tilt/telescopic leather-wrapped steering wheel with radio controls, cruise control, leather upholstery, eight-way power front seats, outside-temperature indicator, and universal garage door opener in the base model. The Cayenne S adds a power sunroof and memory for the driver's seat. The Cayenne GTS added an optional rearview camera, keyless access and start, and memory system. Finally, the most upscale Cayenne Turbo and Turbo S added a navigation system with voice recognition, optional four-zone climate controls, heated rear seats, premium sound system with six-disc CD changer.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The Cayenne's naturally aspirated and turbocharged V8 engines are shared with the Panamera and have been upgraded for faster acceleration times with more horsepower and torque, as well as more powerful direct-injection technology to improve efficiency. The base Cayenne model Cayenne is tuned to offer .


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The Cayenne comes powered by a 3.6-L VR6 engine producing , the Cayenne S features the same 4.8-L V8 in the Panamera S models producing and the Cayenne Turbo comes with Panamera Turbo's 4.8 L twin turbo V8 producing . The Cayenne S Hybrid uses an Volkswagen-sourced 3.0-L V6 engine producing , paired with a nickel metal hydride battery capable of , for a total of . A manual gearbox serves as the standard transmission system on the base Cayenne, with all other models featuring an eight-speed Tiptronic as standard equipment. The low-range transfer case found in the previous generation has been removed. All vehicles will feature about 10% less weight than their predecessors, 70 kg worth of standard equipment in excess of that found on the current model and a more heavily contoured rear bench.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: Available Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDCC) active anti-roll bars, Adaptive air suspension and Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM).


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: In September 2012 Porsche announced the Cayenne S Diesel. This model is fitted with the Volkswagen 4.1-L V8 TDI engine. In October 2012, Porsche confirmed the addition of a new Cayenne Turbo S.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: In July 2014, Porsche launched a facelifted Cayenne range, with minor exterior alterations and new power-train options, including a plug-in E-Hybrid and downsizing of the S model's 4.8-L V8 to a turbocharged 3.6-L V6.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: At the IAA 2005, Porsche announced it would produce a hybrid version of the Cayenne before 2010 (Porsche Cayenne Hybrid). Two years later, at the IAA 2007, Porsche presented a functioning Cayenne Hybrid and demonstration model of the drivetrain.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: Notable modifications to this car include an electric vacuum pump and hydraulic steering pump, allowing the car to function even when the engine is deactivated. A 288-volt nickel metal hydride battery is placed under the boot floor, occupying the space normally used for a spare tire.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The production version, called the 'S' Hybrid, was launched in 2010, with a 3.0-L petrol V6 linked with an electric motor to achieve emissions of 193 g/km. The S Hybrid was launched in the U.S. market in November 2010.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: In July 2014, Porsche announced the launch of the Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid, a plug-in hybrid with an all-electric range between under the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) standard. The plug-in model displaced the Cayenne S Hybrid from the line up, and it is part of the revised range. The Cayenne S E-Hybrid is the first plug-in hybrid in the premium SUV segment, allowing Porsche to become the first automaker with three production plug-in hybrid models. Deliveries in Germany were scheduled to begin in October 2014. Sales in the U.S. began in November 2014.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The following are the official EPA ratings of the Cayenne S E-Hybrid compared with the others models of the 2015 line up available in the U.S.:


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: On 1 May 2017, a 2017 Porsche Cayenne S Diesel set the Guinness World Record for heaviest aircraft pulled by a production car. The Cayenne towed a 265-ton Air France Airbus A380 to a distance of 42 meters, breaking the previous 2013 record of a Nissan Patrol towing a 170-ton Ilyushin Il-76 to a distance of 50 meters. After the attempt Porsche repeated the test using a petrol-powered Cayenne Turbo S with 800 Nm of torque, 50 Nm less than the S Diesel, in an effort to prove the Cayenne's remarkable ability.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: The third-generation Porsche Cayenne, which was redesigned from front to back and now bears more of a resemblance to the 911, was revealed on August 29, 2017, as a 2019 model, based on the Volkswagen Group MLB platform.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: A model with a more rakish roofline called the Cayenne Coupé became available in 2019. It was revealed during the 2019 Shanghai Auto Show in April 2019. At launch, there were two models, the Cayenne Coupé and Cayenne Turbo Coupé.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: In June 2021, a Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT lapped 7:38:925 at Nürburgring Nordschleife. The car was driven by test driver Lars Kern.


title: Porsche Cayenne

text: On June 30, 2021, Porsche introduced the Cayenne Turbo GT version. It uses a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine (which Porsche claims to produce 631 hp) and claimed 0– in 3.3secs/0– in 3.1secs. It is equipped with 22-inch wheels with Pirelli P Zero Corsa tyres. Ride height is 18mm lower and total vehicle height is 30mm lower.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: Hasan Minhaj ( ; born September 23, 1985) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host of Indian descent. His Netflix show "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj" won two Peabody Awards and two Webby Awards.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: After working as a stand-up comedian and appearing in minor television roles, Minhaj came to prominence for his work on "The Daily Show" as its senior correspondent from 2014 to 2018. He was the featured speaker at the 2017 White House Correspondents’ Dinner.<ref name="Busis_4/29/2017"></ref> His first stand-up comedy special, "", was released on Netflix on May 23, 2017, received positive reviews from critics and won him his first Peabody Award in 2018.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: Minhaj left "The Daily Show" in August 2018 to host a weekly comedy show, "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj", which debuted on Netflix on October 28, 2018. In April 2019, he won his second Peabody Award for "Patriot Act", and was included on "Time"s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: Hasan Minhaj was born on September 23, 1985, in Davis, California, to Indian Muslim parents from Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. His parents, Najme and Seema Minhaj ("née" Usmani) immigrated to the United States from India. After his birth, he and his father, an organic chemist, remained in the United States. His mother returned to India for eight years to complete medical school, visiting the U.S. after three years to give birth to his sister in 1989. He attended Davis Senior High School, graduating in 2003. Minhaj then attended the University of California, Davis, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. He graduated in 2007.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: While in college, he became interested in comedy after seeing Chris Rock's "Never Scared", the first stand-up special he watched. He began traveling to San Francisco to perform. In 2008, he won Wild 94.9's "Best Comic Standing" competition, which resulted in his working as an opening act for Katt Williams, Pablo Francisco, and Gabriel Iglesias. He also worked part-time for the website Ning, an experience he used to write comedy. Minhaj lists Kevin Shea, W. Kamau Bell, and Arj Barker as inspirations.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: In 2009, Minhaj moved to Los Angeles to perform on NBC's "Stand-up for Diversity", on which he was a finalist.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: In 2011, he was recurring on the TV sitcom "State of Georgia" and starred in various roles on the MTV hidden camera show "Disaster Date". Through posting on YouTube, he was cast as the host of "Failosophy" on MTV. In 2013, Minhaj appeared in guest roles on "Arrested Development" and "Getting On." He hosted "Stand Up Planet" in 2013 and a web series, "The Truth with Hasan Minhaj", in 2014. In 2014, he voiced Rabi Ray Rana in the video game "Far Cry 4".


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: On November 19, 2014, Minhaj joined "The Daily Show" as a correspondent, the last one hired by then-host Jon Stewart. Minhaj was asked to come in for an audition with new material after he sent in a tape of him performing an idea for a "Daily Show" segment, but he initially panicked as he had no other material prepared. The Friday before Minhaj's audition, Ben Affleck and Bill Maher got into a heated exchange about Islam on Maher's show, and Minhaj used this for a new sketch he called "Batman vs. Bill Maher".


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: On June 18, 2016, Minhaj performed a set as the host of the annual Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner. The set gained attention for his condemnation of the United States Congress' inaction in passing gun control legislation.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: On April 29, 2017, Minhaj was the featured speaker at the 2017 White House Correspondents' Dinner, where he took on the traditional role of roasting Washington, D.C. society, national politics, current events, the current president, the Washington press corps, and the American media.<ref name="Heil_4/11/2017"></ref> He criticized U.S. President Donald Trump, who was boycotting the dinner,<ref name="Gold_4/11/2017"></ref> calling him the "liar in chief," and reminded the press to do their job.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: Minhaj's one-man show, "Homecoming King", debuted Off-Broadway in October 2015. The show featured a central theme of the immigrant experience in the United States today, illustrated with stories from Minhaj's life as a second-generation Indian-American Muslim. He later turned the show into his first stand-up special, "", which premiered on Netflix on May 23, 2017. The special was filmed at the Mondavi Center at Minhaj's alma mater, UC Davis, in January 2017, and won a television Peabody Award.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: In March 2018, Netflix announced that Minhaj would host his own weekly show on the platform. The new show, entitled "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj", premiered on October 28, 2018. The show received an initial order of 32 episodes. "Patriot Act" explores the modern cultural, political and economic landscape. In April 2019, Minhaj was listed among "TIME"s 100 most influential people in the world, and won his second Peabody Award for "Patriot Act". Some months after Minhaj's episode on the student loan crisis aired, he was called to testify regarding the issue before the US Congress in September 2019. In August 2020, Minhaj announced the series would not be renewed after 40 episodes.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: On November 27, 2018, Comedy Central aired a special titled "Goatface", featuring Minhaj, Fahim Anwar, Asif Ali, and Aristotle Athari. In February 2019, Minhaj played on the "Away" roster during the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at the Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: In September 2019, he testified during a U.S. House Committee on Financial Services hearing on student loan debt.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: On November 13, 2020, it was announced that Minhaj would join season 2 of the Apple TV+ drama "The Morning Show" in a recurring role.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: In 2021-2022, Minhaj performed a comedy tour across the United States that culminated in the release of a Netflix special "The King's Jester" in October 2022.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: On October 30, 2022, Minhaj appeared as a contestant on "Celebrity Jeopardy!", where his animated and over-the-top reactions earned him the dubious accolade of 'most annoying contestant ever' by the show's long time fans.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: Minhaj has said his comedy influences include Richard Pryor, Dave Chappelle, Trevor Noah, Junot Diaz, Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, and Stephen Colbert.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: Despite identifying as a Muslim, Minhaj considers himself "non-dogmatic" and has expressed his struggles with various Islamic beliefs and practices.


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: In January 2015, Minhaj married his longtime partner Beena Patel, whom he had met in college. Patel received a Doctor of Public Health in 2013 and has since worked with homeless patients and is management consultant for MedAmerica. According to Minhaj in his comedy special "The King's Jester", he and his wife dated for ten years before he proposed to her. Minhaj and Patel are both second-generation Indian Americans; she is a Hindu of Gujarati descent, and he is a Muslim of Uttar Pradeshi descent, something he discussed in his comedy special, "." The couple lived in New York City prior to the pandemic, but have since moved to nearby Greenwich, Connecticut. They have a daughter (born April 2018) and a son (born February 2020).


title: Hasan Minhaj

text: Minhaj has spoken about his and his wife's struggle to conceive. After determining the issue was with his own fertility rather than his wife's, Minhaj underwent a varicocele repair procedure, after which the couple were able to have two children.


title: Predestination (film)

text: Predestination is a 2014 Australian science fiction thriller film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, and Noah Taylor, and is based on the 1959 short story " '—All You Zombies—' " by Robert A. Heinlein.


title: Predestination (film)

text: In March 1975, an agent stops a bombing of a public building in New York City, but is caught in a gunfight, containing the bomb too late and suffering severe burns. Someone unseen helps him grasp his time-travel device, which he uses to retreat to his employer's facility in 1992. The agent considers his mission a failure because the "Fizzle Bomber," the unidentified serial-bombing fugitive he confronted, remains at large and will carry out his bombing on another day, ultimately killing over ten thousand.


title: Predestination (film)

text: The agent recovers from his injuries, but facial reconstruction surgery and vocal cord damage have altered his face and voice. His superiors force his imminent retirement due to the dangers of the extensive time travel undertaken over the course of his career. His doctor diagnoses him with symptoms of psychosis and depression, but does not disclose this.


title: Predestination (film)

text: The agent is sent on his final mission. Working undercover in 1970 New York City as a bartender, he converses with a customer who writes true confession articles under the pen name "The Unmarried Mother". The reticent customer begins telling his own life story after much prompting.


title: Predestination (film)

text: Born female, the customer grew up as Jane in a Cleveland orphanage. Superior in intellect and physical strength but plain in appearance, Jane suffered as an unloved outcast and was never adopted. These qualities, however, led a man named Robertson to recruit her for SpaceCorp, a space flight organization seeking young women as R&R companions for male astronauts. During Jane's aptitude testing, a physical examination revealed an undiscovered, disqualifying medical condition. Keeping this a secret, Robertson rejected Jane under a pretense while promising to re-enlist her.


title: Predestination (film)

text: In 1963, Jane fell in love with a man by a chance encounter, briefly finding happiness before the man deserted her one day. Robertson finally revealed to Jane that SpaceCorp was a front to recruit elite operatives with no family ties for a secret government agency, but Jane became disqualified again due to being pregnant by her lover. While performing a Caesarean section, doctors discovered Jane was intersex. As a result of a forced hysterectomy due to birth complications, Jane underwent gender reassignment through an ordeal of extensive surgeries. Amidst all this, her baby was abducted by an unidentified man. Resenting her lover for ruining her life, Jane adopted the name of John and eventually moved to New York City.


title: Predestination (film)

text: The agent offers John the chance to take revenge on his lover scot-free, in return for John taking over the agent's job. The agent time travels with John to Cleveland in 1963, admitting that he works for Robertson's secret agency, the Temporal Bureau, which uses time travel to prevent crimes. Following instructions for finding Jane in the past, John unwittingly falls in love with his younger self and realizes that the agent set him up to become Jane's lover. Despite knowing that their love is doomed, John cannot bring himself to break off their relationship.


title: Predestination (film)

text: Deviating from his mission, the agent illegally time travels to March 1975 to pursue the Fizzle Bomber once more. The Fizzle Bomber beats him in combat, leaving him to witness, and help, his earlier burned self. The agent expects to be punished by execution, but Robertson excuses him, dismissing the Bureau's protocols.


title: Predestination (film)

text: Continuing his mission, the agent brings Jane's baby, born from her self-fertilization by John, back in time to the Cleveland orphanage in 1945. Thus, Jane, John, and their baby are the same person, a predestination paradox. The agent returns to 1963 and convinces John to leave Jane at the preordained time, inducting John into the Temporal Bureau in 1985 and completing his mission. Robertson extols the importance of John's future role at the Bureau as a unique operative with no ties to the past or future. The agent still regrets his failure to stop the Fizzle Bomber, but Robertson credits the Fizzle Bomber for motivating the Bureau's growth and success.


title: Predestination (film)

text: The agent chooses to retire to New York City in 1975 shortly before the March attack; arriving, he decommissions his time-travel device as planned, but the device remains operational. He also finds that Robertson gave him an exact location and time where the Fizzle Bomber will be found. There, he discovers that the Fizzle Bomber is his future self, who claims that his bombings averted greater death tolls in alternate futures. The Bomber also claims that Robertson set up this path for him. Vowing that he will not become the Bomber, the agent guns down his older self.


title: Predestination (film)

text: John's surgical scars are shown on the agent's body, confirming that Jane, John, the agent, and the Fizzle Bomber are all the same person. Robertson knowingly orchestrated this agent's existence, responsible for both his own conception and death. On a tape recording left for John, the agent contemplates whether the future can be changed.


title: Predestination (film)

text: The film is based on the 1959 short story ""—All You Zombies—"" by Robert A. Heinlein. At one point in an internal monologue in the film, the narrator quotes the story title. On 14 May 2012, the Spierig brothers—who had already written a screenplay—were announced as the directors of "Predestination". Peter Spierig explained in August 2014 that they remained close to Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 short story. They did not try to take apart the logic of the more than 50-year-old narrative: "... so we [Spierig brothers] worked on the [premise] that if there was a way to pick apart the logic, over that time it would have been done by now. We kind of say, 'let's trust the short story and trust that logic', so we stuck very closely to it."


title: Predestination (film)

text: Hawke was selected for the lead role, while Wolfhound Pictures and Blacklab Entertainment collaborated to produce the film. Hawke explained in November 2014 that he is a longtime fan of the science fiction genre, but prefers its human elements, rather than special effects:


title: Predestination (film)

text: Whether it's Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, H. G. Wells or whoever ... that kind of mind-bendy science-fiction where you can really attack themes in a new way. And when I read "Predestination" it was like: "What the f*** did I just read?!"


title: Predestination (film)

text: Arclight Films had bought the international rights to the film, and on 18 May 2012, Tiberius Film attained the German rights to the film from Arclight. On 23 May 2012, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired the American and some international rights to the film.


title: Predestination (film)

text: On 5 September 2012, Screen Australia announced that it would finance the film as part of a A$4.8 million (US$3.6 million) investment in three feature films.


title: Predestination (film)

text: On 28 February 2013, Snook signed on to star in one of the film's lead roles, followed by Taylor, who joined the cast of the film on 13 May 2013. Also in 2013, Pinnacle Films secured the Australian and New Zealand distribution rights to the film.


title: Predestination (film)

text: On 19 February 2013, pre-production was scheduled to begin on 25 February 2013, while shooting was scheduled to begin on 8 April 2013 in Melbourne, for a duration of six weeks. By 13 May 2013, filming was underway. Filming predominantly took place at the Docklands Studios Melbourne facility, located approximately from the city of Melbourne's Central Business District (CBD). Some scenes were shot at the Abbotsford Convent, located in the inner-city Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford, the foyer of 333 Collins Street, the University of Melbourne old quad, and at the RMIT Design Hub.


title: Predestination (film)

text: In regard to Snook, the Spierig brothers explained to the media that they always seek to cast a lesser-known actor in their films. Michael Spierig later compared Snook's acting ability to that of fellow Australian actress Cate Blanchett. They also said that they prefer to film in Australia, with its rebates and incentives, but will film in any geographical location.


title: Predestination (film)

text: "Predestination"s global premiere was held on 8 March 2014 at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, US. The film was then selected for the opening night gala of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), held at the Hamer Hall venue on 31 July 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. The MIFF promotional material described "Predestination" as a "distinctive blend of sci-fi, noir and crime fiction with a Bukowskian streak." The Sydney premiere of the film, which also featured a live Q&A session with the directors, occurred on 6 August 2014 at the Palace Verona cinema.


title: Predestination (film)

text: The film went on general release in the United Kingdom on 13 February 2015. Following the release of two trailers, and a seven-minute excerpt that was published on 3 December 2014, "Predestination" premiered on 9 January 2015 in the United States.


title: Predestination (film)

text: On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film had a score of 84% based on 111 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9 out of 10. The site's critical consensus stated: "Fun genre fare with uncommon intelligence, "Predestination" serves as a better-than-average sci-fi adventure—and offers a starmaking turn from Sarah Snook." The film also has a score of 69 out of 100 on Metacritic based on reviews from 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".


title: Predestination (film)

text: "Variety" magazine's review of the film called it an "entrancingly strange time-travel saga" that "succeeds in teasing the brain and touching the heart even when its twists and turns keep multiplying well past the point of narrative sustainability." In anticipation of the MIFF opening night's screening, the "Sydney Morning Herald"'s National Film Editor Karl Quinn called Snook's performance a "career-making role". In terms of the plot, Quinn states that it is "intriguing" even though it could "unravel at the slightest tug on a thread of loose logic."


title: Predestination (film)

text: The lead character was variously described as transgender or intersex in different media articles. Hawke told "The Guardian" that the narrative is relevant to all people: "There's something about "Predestination" that actually does get at identity, for me".


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: Katherine Jane Parkinson (born 9 March 1978) is an English actress. She appeared in Channel 4's "The IT Crowd" comedy series as Jen Barber, for which she received a British Comedy Best TV Actress Award in 2009 and 2014, and was nominated twice for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, winning in 2014. Parkinson studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and has appeared on stage in the plays "The Seagull" (2007), "Cock" (2009), and "Home, I'm Darling" (2018), for which she was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play.


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: Parkinson was also a main cast member of the series "Doc Martin" for three series (2005–2009). She co-starred in all three series of "Humans", a science-fiction drama on AMC/Channel 4, which aired from 2015 until 2018. She has also appeared in the films "The Boat That Rocked" (2009) and "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" (2018).


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: Parkinson was born on 9 March 1978 in Hounslow, London, to an English mother and Northern Irish father, the historian Alan Parkinson. She grew up in Tolworth and Surbiton, and studied at Tiffin Girls' School before reading classics at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, although she left before graduating in order to star in the play "The Age of Consent", which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2001.


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: From 2005 until 2009, Parkinson played Pauline Lamb, a doctor's receptionist and later phlebotomist, in series two to four of the long-running ITV comedy-drama series "Doc Martin".


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: While working on "Doc Martin", she was asked by her LAMDA friend Chris O'Dowd to audition for the comedy series "The IT Crowd" as the show was having trouble casting a female lead. In an interview with "The Independent", Parkinson said that the show‘s creator Graham Linehan originally wanted Jen to be "likeable" but that "I know what he wanted now – he wanted her to be the more normal person people could relate to." "The IT Crowd" premiered in 2006 and ran for four series, ending in 2014. While the character served as a straight man to the two main male characters, Parkinson's performance was well received by critics and audiences, with her being nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2011. She went on to win the award in 2014.


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: In 2007, she appeared in a new production of Chekhov's "The Seagull" at London's Royal Court Theatre, alongside Kristin Scott Thomas and Mackenzie Crook, for which she received positive reviews.


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: She also contributed sketch characters to Katy Brand's ITV2 show "Katy Brand's Big Ass Show" (2007-2009), having been friends with Brand since their time at university. At the end of 2009, she appeared in the Olivier award winning play "Cock" at the Royal Court Theatre with Ben Whishaw and Andrew Scott.


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: She has performed several times on BBC Radio 4, including on ""; "Mouth Trap", which she also co-wrote with Brand; and "The Odd Half Hour". She also featured in television advertisements for Maltesers alongside fellow actress and comedian Amanda Abbington.


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: Parkinson played Sophie, one of the lead roles along with Mark Heap in BBC Four's three-part comedy series "The Great Outdoors" (2010). In 2010 and 2011, she appeared in two plays: "Season's Greetings" at the National Theatre; and as Lady Teazle in "The School for Scandal" at the Barbican Centre. That same year, she appeared in "The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff", which premiered on BBC Two in 2011; and in 2012 she made a guest appearance as Kitty Riley in "The Reichenbach Fall", the second series finale of the series "Sherlock".


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: In 2012 and 2013, she played the roles of Diana in "Absent Friends" at the Harold Pinter Theatre, and Laura in "Before the Party" at the Almeida Theatre, respectively. In 2014, Parkinson appeared in "Sardines", the first episode of the anthology series "Inside No. 9", alongside Ben Willbond, as well as the miniseries "The Honourable Woman", which aired in the UK on BBC Two and in the USA on SundanceTV.


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: In 2015 she starred in the BBC One comedy series "The Kennedys", written by Emma Kennedy about growing up on a Stevenage estate in the 1970s. She also played one of the lead roles in all three series of the British-American science fiction series "Humans", which aired on Channel 4 and AMC between 2015 and 2018.


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: In 2016 Parkinson performed in the stage play "Dead Funny" at the Vaudeville Theatre. In 2018 and 2019 she performed in "Home, I'm Darling", for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award, as well as in "Defending the Guilty", a legal sitcom which aired for one series on BBC Two and was subsequently renewed for a second, before being cancelled due to coronavirus.


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: She played Emma Jeanne Desfosses in Marjane Satrapi's film adaptation of Lauren Redniss's "Radioactive" in 2019, detailing the life of Marie Curie.


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: In 2019, Parkinson's debut work as a playwright, "Sitting", had its London premiere, following a month-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe. The play was well reviewed, with "The Guardian" writing "Parkinson delicately reveals connections that, by the end, give the play a wistful emotional weight." Parkinson adapted the play for BBC Four in early 2021.


title: Katherine Parkinson

text: Parkinson appeared in series 10 of "Taskmaster" in 2020. Parkinson won the second episode but was behind in total points for the majority of the series, and ended up in last place.


title: Three Dog Night

text: Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in 1967, with founding members consisting of vocalists Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, and Chuck Negron. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie (bass), Michael Allsup (guitar), and Floyd Sneed (drums). The band had 21 "Billboard" Top 40 hits between 1969 and 1975, with three hitting number one. Three Dog Night recorded many songs written by outside songwriters, and they helped to introduce mainstream audiences to writers such as Randy Newman ("Mama Told Me Not to Come"), Paul Williams ("An Old Fashioned Love Song"), and Hoyt Axton ("Joy to the World", "Never Been to Spain").


title: Three Dog Night

text: The official commentary included in the CD set "Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975" states that vocalist Danny Hutton's girlfriend, actress June Fairchild (best known as the "Ajax Lady" from the Cheech and Chong movie "Up In Smoke") suggested the name after reading a magazine article about Aboriginal Australians, in which it was explained that on cold nights they would customarily sleep while embracing a dingo, a native species of wild dog. On colder nights they would sleep with two dogs and, if the night were freezing, it was a "three dog night".


title: Three Dog Night

text: Musician Van Dyke Parks, an arranger at Warner Bros Records, disputed the above story and claimed that he coined the name. He wrote, "I wuz nuts about Hutton's girlfriend. Quite a dancer. Yet, she didn't read "Mankind" magazine, nor have an inkling of anthropology and the cold aboriginal nights that inspired my suggestion."


title: Three Dog Night

text: The three vocalists, Danny Hutton (who got his start with Hanna-Barbera Records in 1964), Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells (who landed a recording contract with Dunhill Records) first came together in 1967. They initially went by the name of Redwood and made some recordings with Brian Wilson while the Beach Boys were working on the album "Wild Honey".


title: Three Dog Night

text: Redwood were briefly poised to be one of the first artists signed to the Beach Boys' Brother Records. According to Beach Boy Mike Love, "[Brian] had them in the studio for several days, and he was really funny. They didn't meet up to his expectations. ... They'd go in and they wouldn't sing well enough for him. ... but they went off and made billions." Brian attempted to produce an album for Redwood, but after the recording of three songs, including "Time to Get Alone" and "Darlin'", this motion was halted by his bandmates, who wanted Brian to focus on the Beach Boys' contractual obligations. According to Negron, due to the commercial failure of "Smiley Smile" and Brian's waning commitment to his band, "the other Beach Boys wanted Brian's immense songwriting and producing talents used strictly to enhance their own careers". Negron then noted that he would have done the same thing if in the Beach Boys' position.


title: Three Dog Night

text: Shortly after abandoning the Redwood moniker in 1968, the vocalists hired a group of backing musicians – Ron Morgan on guitar, Floyd Sneed on drums, Joe Schermie from the Cory Wells Blues Band on bass, and Jimmy Greenspoon on keyboards – and soon took the name Three Dog Night. Morgan left the band before its first album was recorded and subsequently joined the Electric Prunes. Michael Allsup was quickly recruited to replace Morgan on guitar.


title: Three Dog Night

text: Three Dog Night made its official debut in 1968 at the Whisky a Go Go, at a 5 p.m. press party hosted by Dunhill Records. They were still in the process of making their first album "Three Dog Night" when they heard the favorable reactions from the hypercritical audience.


title: Three Dog Night

text: The album "Three Dog Night" was a success with its hit songs "Nobody", "Try A Little Tenderness", and "One" and helped the band gain recognition and become one of the top-drawing concert acts of their time.


title: Three Dog Night

text: In December 1972, Three Dog Night hosted Dick Clark's first New Year's Eve special, which was then entitled Three Dog Night's New Year's Rockin' Eve.


title: Three Dog Night

text: In 1973, Three Dog Night filed a $6 million lawsuit against their former booking agent, American Talent International (ATI), for continuing to advertise in the media that the band was still with their agency when in fact they signed with William Morris Agency in October 1972. Other damages were sought due to ATI taking deposits for booking Three Dog Night, whom they no longer represented.


title: Three Dog Night

text: Joe Schermie left in early 1973 due to "problems arising that were apparently unresolvable". His replacement was Jack Ryland in 1973, and the band then became an eight-piece with the inclusion of a second keyboard player, Skip Konte (ex-Blues Image), in late 1973. In late 1974, Allsup and Sneed left to form a new band, SS Fools, with Schermie and Bobby Kimball of Toto. New guitarist James "Smitty" Smith and drummer Mickey McMeel were recruited, but by 1975, Smith was replaced by Al Ciner from Rufus and the American Breed, and Ryland by Rufus bassist Dennis Belfield. Mickey McMeel would go on to co-star as "Turkey", the drummer of Kaptain Kool and the Kongs, in the children's television series "The Krofft Supershow".


title: Three Dog Night

text: For the albums "Cyan", "Hard Labor", and "Coming Down Your Way", Hutton did not show up for many of the recording sessions. Cory Wells became fed up with his frequent absence and Hutton was fired from the band in late 1975. He was replaced by Jay Gruska.


title: Three Dog Night

text: Hours before the first concert of their 1975 tour, Chuck Negron was arrested for the possession of narcotics but was soon released on $10,000 bond.


title: Three Dog Night

text: "Coming Down Your Way", released in May 1975, failed to sell well in the United States, likely due to poor promotion on account of the band's recently switched label, ABC, and the growing popularity of disco music. Disappointed by this, the band decided "Til The World Ends" would be the only single released off the album, which ended up being the group's last Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hit.


title: Three Dog Night

text: Jay Gruska toured with the band to promote their last album, "American Pastime", released in March 1976. Still, the album did not sell well for the same reasons as before. However, the only single released off the album, "Everybody's a Masterpiece" became an Adult contemporary hit. Another former Rufus band member, Ron Stockert, was recruited as second keyboardist after Konte left in the first half of 1976. The group played their final show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on July 26, 1976.


title: Three Dog Night

text: In 1979, NBC reported that the band's accountant "was shot in the arm and paralyzed, in what the police believe was a mob dispute over Three Dog Night." Joe Ulloa, a "reputed mob enforcer from New York", was investigated as being involved.


title: Three Dog Night

text: In 1981, Three Dog Night reunited and released the ska-inspired "It's a Jungle" in 1983 on the small Passport Records label, which garnered some airplay on the new wave circuit. The EP failed to sell after Passport went bankrupt. The reunion featured all of the original members, except Joe Schermie, who was succeeded by Mike Seifrit until 1982, and then by Richard Grossman, who stayed until 1984. Two guitarists, Paul Kingery and Steve Ezzo, occasionally played with the band, filling in for Allsup on dates he was not able to make between 1982 and 1984. Ezzo replaced Allsup when he departed in late 1984 to take care of some personal and family matters. Sneed was let go from the band at the same time. In early 1985, keyboardist Rick Seratte (formerly of Poco and later with Whitesnake and others) filled in for Greenspoon, who was ill, and the band hit the road with a revised lineup that included Seratte, Steve Ezzo, bassist Scott Manzo and drummer Mike Keeley. The band toured all through 1985, but in late '85, Negron was forced back into rehab. Seratte left the band to pursue other offers and Greenspoon rejoined the band with Negron in late 1985 and were back touring with the group.


title: Three Dog Night

text: By December 1985, after a relapse into his drug habit, Negron was let go, and the group continued with Wells and Hutton fronting the band and Paul Kingery was brought back on guitar to cover Chuck's vocal harmonies. In 1986, their song "In My Heart" was featured in "".


title: Three Dog Night

text: More changes in personnel occurred when guitarist T. J. Parker and vocalist and bassist Gary Moon replaced Kingery and Manzo in 1988, and were replaced themselves by Mike Cuneo and Richard Campbell during 1989.


title: Three Dog Night

text: Allsup returned to the group to replace Cuneo in the spring of 1991. Negron entered drug rehab, but did not return to the band.


title: Three Dog Night

text: In 1993, Three Dog Night performed for The Family Channel show "Spotlight on Country", filmed in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Kingery returned to the band as their bass player in 1996 following Campbell's departure.


title: Three Dog Night

text: Original bassist Joe Schermie died on March 26, 2002. In May 2002 the band released "Three Dog Night with The London Symphony Orchestra". The album was recorded in Los Angeles and in London at Abbey Road Studios and includes two new songs: "Overground" and "Sault Ste. Marie". They also released a DVD of a filmed symphony performance from 2000 titled "Three Dog Night Live With the Tennessee Symphony Orchestra" in May 2002. In the summer of 2004, 80s bassist Scott Manzo returned briefly to fill in for Paul Kingery.


title: Three Dog Night

text: In October 2004, Three Dog Night released "The 35th Anniversary Hits Collection Featuring The London Symphony Orchestra". The album includes live versions of "Eli's Coming", "Brickyard Blues", "Try a Little Tenderness", and "Family of Man". In August 2008, they released "Three Dog Night Greatest Hits Live", a compilation of previously unissued live recordings from concerts in Frankfurt, Germany and Edmonton, London in 1972 and 1973. On October 24, 2009, they released three new songs: "Heart of Blues", "Prayer of the Children", and "Two Lights In The Nighttime". They issued two new songs on their "35th Anniversary Hits Collection Featuring The London Symphony Orchestra".


title: Three Dog Night

text: In the summer of 2012, guitarist Allsup was hospitalized for an intestinal disorder, forcing Kingery to move back to guitar, while Danny's son Timothy Hutton played bass. This happened again during the summer of 2015 when Allsup was forced to miss some shows. On March 11, 2015, Jimmy Greenspoon died from cancer, aged 67. His place at the keyboards was taken by Eddie Reasoner who had substituted for him when he took ill in mid-2014.


title: Three Dog Night

text: On October 21, 2015, Cory Wells died at his home in Dunkirk, New York at age 74. In November 2015, the band announced that singer David Morgan would be joining them on the road. He was a former member of the Association. In April 2017, Howard Laravea replaced Eddie Reasoner on keyboards. He was formerly with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.


title: Three Dog Night

text: When Three Dog Night returned to touring in August 2021, it was without Michael Allsup, who was replaced with Tim Hutton on bass. Paul Kingery switched back to guitar. Danny Hutton has stated during concert appearances that Three Dog Night has been recording a new album, before performing their new song "Prayers of the Children".


title: Drawing

text: Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, erasers, markers, styluses, and metals (such as silverpoint). Digital drawing is the act of drawing on graphics software in a computer. Common methods of digital drawing include a stylus or finger on a touchscreen device, stylus- or finger-to-touchpad, or in some cases, a mouse. There are many digital art programs and devices.


title: Drawing

text: A drawing instrument releases a small amount of material onto a surface, leaving a visible mark. The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials, such as cardboard, wood, plastic, leather, canvas, and board, have been used. Temporary drawings may be made on a blackboard or whiteboard. Drawing has been a popular and fundamental means of public expression throughout human history. It is one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating ideas. The wide availability of drawing instruments makes drawing one of the most common artistic activities.


title: Drawing

text: In addition to its more artistic forms, drawing is frequently used in commercial illustration, animation, architecture, engineering, and technical drawing. A quick, freehand drawing, usually not intended as a finished work, is sometimes called a sketch. An artist who practices or works in technical drawing may be called a drafter, draftsman, or draughtsman.


title: Drawing

text: Drawing is one of the oldest forms of human expression within the visual arts. It is generally concerned with the marking of lines and areas of tone onto paper/other material, where the accurate representation of the visual world is expressed upon a plane surface. Traditional drawings were monochrome, or at least had little colour, while modern colored-pencil drawings may approach or cross a boundary between drawing and painting. In Western terminology, drawing is distinct from painting, even though similar media often are employed in both tasks. Dry media, normally associated with drawing, such as chalk, may be used in pastel paintings. Drawing may be done with a liquid medium, applied with brushes or pens. Similar supports likewise can serve both: painting generally involves the application of liquid paint onto prepared canvas or panels, but sometimes an underdrawing is drawn first on that same support.


title: Drawing

text: Drawing is often exploratory, with considerable emphasis on observation, problem-solving and composition. Drawing is also regularly used in preparation for a painting, further obfuscating their distinction. Drawings created for these purposes are called studies.There are several categories of drawing, including figure drawing, cartooning, doodling, and freehand. There are also many drawing methods, such as line drawing, stippling, shading, the surrealist method of entopic graphomania (in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots), and tracing (drawing on a translucent paper, such as "tracing paper", around the outline of preexisting shapes that show through the paper).


title: Drawing

text: In fields outside art, technical drawings or plans of buildings, machinery, circuitry and other things are often called "drawings" even when they have been transferred to another medium by printing.


title: Drawing

text: Drawing is one of the oldest forms of human expression, with evidence for its existence preceding that of written communication. It is believed that drawing was used as a specialised form of communication before the invention of the written language, demonstrated by the production of cave and rock paintings around 30,000 years ago (Art of the Upper Paleolithic).


title: Drawing

text: These drawings, known as pictograms, depicted objects and abstract concepts. The sketches and paintings produced by Neolithic times were eventually stylised and simplified in to symbol systems (proto-writing) and eventually into early writing systems.


title: Drawing

text: Before the widespread availability of paper, 12th-century monks in European monasteries used intricate drawings to prepare illustrated, illuminated manuscripts on vellum and parchment. Drawing has also been used extensively in the field of science, as a method of discovery, understanding and explanation.


title: Drawing

text: In 1609, astronomer Galileo Galilei explained the changing phases of Venus and also the sunspots through his observational telescopic drawings. In 1924, geophysicist Alfred Wegener used illustrations to visually demonstrate the origin of the continents.


title: Drawing

text: Drawing is used to express one's creativity, and therefore has been prominent in the world of art. Throughout much of history, drawing was regarded as the foundation for artistic practice. Initially, artists used and reused wooden tablets for the production of their drawings. Following the widespread availability of paper in the 14th century, the use of drawing in the arts increased. At this point, drawing was commonly used as a tool for thought and investigation, acting as a study medium whilst artists were preparing for their final pieces of work. The Renaissance brought about a great sophistication in drawing techniques, enabling artists to represent things more realistically than before, and revealing an interest in geometry and philosophy.


title: Drawing

text: The invention of the first widely available form of photography led to a shift in the hierarchy of the arts. Photography offered an alternative to drawing as a method for accurately representing visual phenomena, and traditional drawing practice was given less emphasis as an essential skill for artists, particularly so in Western society.


title: Drawing

text: Drawing became significant as an art form around the late 15th century, with artists and master engravers such as Albrecht Dürer and Martin Schongauer (c. 1448-1491), the first Northern engraver known by name. Schongauer came from Alsace, and was born into a family of goldsmiths. Albrecht Dürer, a master of the next generation, was also the son of a goldsmith.


title: Drawing

text: Old Master Drawings often reflect the history of the country in which they were produced, and the fundamental characteristics of a nation at that time. In 17th-century Holland, a Protestant country, there were almost no religious artworks, and, with no King or court, most art was bought privately. Drawings of landscapes or genre scenes were often viewed not as sketches but as highly finished works of art. Italian drawings, however, show the influence of Catholicism and the Church, which played a major role in artistic patronage. The same is often true of French drawings, although in the 17th century the disciplines of French Classicism meant drawings were less Baroque than the more free Italian counterparts, which conveyed a greater sense of movement.


title: Drawing

text: In the 20th century Modernism encouraged "imaginative originality" and some artists' approach to drawing became less literal, more abstract. World-renowned artists such as Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat helped challenge the status quo, with drawing being very much at the centre of their practice, and often re-interpreting traditional technique.


title: Drawing

text: Basquiat's drawings were produced in many different mediums, most commonly ink, pencil, felt-tip or marker, and oil-stick, and he drew on any surface that came to hand, such as doors, clothing, refrigerators, walls and baseball helmets.