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text: After Witt's body is recovered and buried by his squadmates, the company receives a new commander, Captain Bosche. They are subsequently relieved of duty and board a waiting LCT, which evacuates them from Guadalcanal.


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text: Beyond these numerous top-billed cast, the ensemble included appearances in smaller roles by many other well-known actors, including Kirk Acevedo, Penny Allen, Mark Boone Junior, Matt Doran, Don Harvey, Danny Hoch, Thomas Jane, Miranda Otto, Donal Logue, and Nick Stahl.


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text: New York-based producer Bobby Geisler first approached Malick in 1978 and asked him to direct a film adaptation of David Rabe's play "In the Boom Boom Room". Malick declined the offer, but instead discussed the idea of a film about the life of Joseph Merrick. Once word got out about David Lynch's film of "The Elephant Man", he shelved the idea. In 1988, Geisler and John Roberdeau met with Malick in Paris about writing and directing a movie based on D. M. Thomas' 1981 novel "The White Hotel". Malick declined, but told them that he would be willing instead to write either an adaptation of Molière's "Tartuffe", or of James Jones' "The Thin Red Line". The producers chose the latter and paid Malick $250,000 to write a screenplay.


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text: Malick began adapting "The Thin Red Line" on January 1, 1989. Five months later, the producers received his first draft, which was 300 pages long. According to an article in "Entertainment Weekly", they gained the director's confidence by "catering to his every whim," providing him with obscure research material, including a book titled "Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia", an audiotape of "Kodo: Heartbeat Drummers of Japan", information on the Navajo code talkers recruited by the United States Marine Corps to communicate in their native Navajo language to evade understanding by Japanese troops intercepting radio transmissions, making his travel plans, and helping the director and his wife Michele get a mortgage for their Paris apartment.


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text: Malick's Guadalcanal would be a Paradise Lost, an Eden, raped by the green poison, as Terry used to call it, of war. Much of the violence was to be portrayed indirectly. A soldier is shot, but rather than showing a Spielbergian bloody face we see a tree explode, the shredded vegetation, and a gorgeous bird with a broken wing flying out of a tree.


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text: Malick spent years working on other projects, including a stage production of "Sansho the Bailiff" and a script known as "The English-Speaker", spending $2 million of the producers' money, half of which for writing. In 1990, he met with James Jones' widow Gloria and Jones' daughter Kaylie about adapting "The Thin Red Line" into a film. By January 1995, Geisler and Roberdeau were broke and pressured Malick to decide which one he would complete. They approached Malick's former agent, Mike Medavoy, who was setting up his own production company, Phoenix Pictures, and he agreed to give them $100,000 to start work on "The Thin Red Line". Medavoy had a deal with Sony Pictures and Malick began scouting locations in Panama and Costa Rica before settling on the rain forests of northern Australia. In April 1997, three months before filming, Sony pulled the plug while crews were building the sets in Queensland, because new studio chairman John Calley did not think Malick could make his movie with the proposed $52 million budget. Malick traveled to Los Angeles with Medavoy to pitch the project to various studios. 20th Century Fox agreed to put up $39 million of the budget with the stipulation that Malick cast five movie stars from a list of 10 who were interested. Pioneer Films, a Japanese company, contributed $8 million to the budget, and Phoenix added $3 million.


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text: Casting for the film became a hot topic. When Sean Penn met Malick, he told him, "Give me a dollar and tell me where to show up." Scripts were also sent to Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall and Tom Cruise. In 1995, once word went out that Malick was making another movie after many years, numerous actors approached him, flooding the casting directors until they had to announce they wouldn't be accepting more requests. Some A-list actors including Brad Pitt, Al Pacino, Gary Oldman, and George Clooney offered to work for a fraction and some even offered to work for free. Bruce Willis even went as far as offering to pay for first-class tickets for the casting crew, to get a few lines for the movie. At Medavoy's home in 1995, Malick staged a reading with Martin Sheen delivering the screen directions, and Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Peter Berg, Lukas Haas, and Dermot Mulroney playing the main roles. In June of that year, a five-day workshop was scheduled at Medavoy's with Pitt dropping by, and culminating with Malick putting on the soundtrack of "Where Eagles Dare" and playing Japanese taiko drums. Malick met with an interested Johnny Depp about the project at the Book Soup Bistro on the Sunset Strip.


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text: Edward Norton flew out to Austin and met Malick, who had been impressed by the actor's screen test for "Primal Fear". Matthew McConaughey reportedly took a day off filming "A Time to Kill" to see Malick. Others followed, including William Baldwin, Edward Burns, Josh Hartnett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Stephen Dorff, and Leonardo DiCaprio; the last of these flew up from the Mexico set of "Romeo + Juliet" to meet Malick at the American Airlines lounge in the Austin airport. Before the casting was finalized, Nicolas Cage had lunch with Malick in Hollywood in February 1996. Malick went off to scout locations and tried calling Cage that summer only to find out that his phone number had been disconnected. Tom Sizemore, however, was offered a more substantial role in "Saving Private Ryan" and, when he could not contact Malick for several days, decided to do Steven Spielberg's film instead. Actors Bill Pullman, Mickey Rourke, and Lukas Haas filmed scenes for the movie but were cut from the final film due to time constraints.<ref name="http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/09/thin-red-line-dvd-first-look-at-mickey.html"></ref> Publicity stills of Pullman (as Sgt. MacTae, in a scene opposite Brody and Chaplin) can be seen online, Haas is pictured in the booklet of the CD soundtrack, and one of Rourke's scenes was restored for the Criterion Blu-Ray/DVD release of the film. Malick wrote a part specifically for Oldman, but the character was eventually scrapped before production began due to too many characters being in the film. He was later thanked in the credits along with Lukas, Viggo Mortensen, Sheen, Rourke, Pullman and Jason Patric.


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text: James Caviezel, who was cast as Private Witt, credits Malick's casting of him as the turning point in his career.


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text: Cinematographer John Toll began talking to Malick in August 1996 several times over the phone about the film. Toll met Malick in September of the same year and was asked to do the film in the beginning of 1997. Malick and Toll began location scouting in February 1997 and started principal photography in June of that year.


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text: Pre-production went slowly. Weeks before filming began, Malick told Geisler and Roberdeau not to show up in Australia where the film was being made, ostensibly because George Stevens Jr. would be the on-location producer supporting line producer Grant Hill. Malick told them that they had upset the studio for refusing to give up above-the-title production credit to Stevens. He did not tell them, however, that in 1996 he had a clause inserted in his contract barring the producers from the set. Geisler and Roberdeau were mystified about this behavior; Geisler told "Entertainment Weekly", "I didn't think he was capable of betrayal of this magnitude."


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text: Malick and Toll shot for 100 days in Australia using Panavision cameras and lenses, 24 days in the Solomon Islands and three days in the United States. They scouted the historic battlefields on Guadalcanal and shot footage, but health concerns over malaria limited filming to daylight hours only. Logistics were also difficult to shoot the entire film there: As director of photography John Toll put it, "It's still a bit difficult to get on and off the island, and we had some scenes that involved 200 or 300 extras. We would have had to bring everybody to Guadalcanal, and financially it just didn't make sense." "The Thin Red Line" was filmed predominantly in the Daintree Rainforest and on Bramston Beach, both in north Queensland, Australia. Filming also took place on Dancer Mountain, which had such rough terrain that trailers and production trucks could not make it up the hill. A base camp was set up and roads carved out of the mountain. Transporting 250 actors and 200 crew members up the hill took two hours. Filming took place in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California near Santa Catalina Island.


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text: Malick's unconventional filming techniques included shooting part of a scene during a bright, sunny morning only to finish it weeks later at sunset. He made a habit of pointing the camera away during an action sequence and focus on a parrot, a tree branch or other fauna. Malick's reputation and working methods commanded great respect among the actors, with both Woody Harrelson and John Savage staying on for an extra month after they finished all of their scenes just to watch him at work.


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text: Bill Pullman, Lukas Haas and Mickey Rourke performed but their scenes were eventually cut. Billy Bob Thornton recorded narration that was scrapped. Martin Sheen and Viggo Mortensen participated in readthroughs of the script and are thanked in the end credits. Editor Leslie Jones was on location for five months and rarely saw Malick, who left her to her own devices. After principal photography wrapped, she came back with a five-hour first cut and spent seven months editing, with Thornton contributing three hours of narrative voice-over material. It was at this point that editor Billy Weber joined and they spent 13 months in post-production and the last four months mixing the film, using four Avid machines with a fifth added at one point. Malick edited the footage one reel at a time with the sound off while listening to a Green Day CD. There were no preview screenings but several in-house ones, the largest for marketing executives which was attended by 15 people. The editors faced the challenge of blending footage of veteran actors with less-experienced ones, integrating the many cameos, and the voice-overs. According to Jones, "Malick removed scenes with dialogue whenever possible, with the final film varying greatly from the original concept." Four months after principal photography, Malick invited Toll to a rough-cut screening of the film. In December 1998, Toll did the first color correction at the lab prior to the film's release in North America.


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text: The editing resulted in many of the well-known cast members being on screen for only a brief period. John Travolta and George Clooney's appearances are little more than cameos, yet Clooney's name appears prominently in the marketing of the movie. The unfinished film was screened for the New York press in December 1998 and Adrien Brody attended a screening to find that his originally significant role, "to carry the movie", as he put it, had been reduced to two lines and approximately five minutes of screen time.


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text: Malick was upset that the studio screened his unfinished version for critics and Penn ended up helping him in the editing room, shaping the final version. Malick spent three more months and cut 45 additional minutes from the film. The director refused to subject his film to test screenings before delivering his final cut. After Geisler and Roberdeau told their story to "Vanity Fair" magazine, Medavoy's attorneys declared them in breach of contract and threatened to remove their names from the film unless they agreed to do no future interviews until after the Academy Awards.


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text: The film score was composed by Hans Zimmer, with additional music from John Powell. The album was nominated for Best Dramatic Score at the 71st Academy Awards. It was Hans Zimmer's fifth Oscar nomination as a composer, but he lost out to Roberto Benigni's "Life is Beautiful" (music by Nicola Piovani). The album was released by RCA Victor and conducted by Gavin Greenaway. Among the music not written by Zimmer which appears in the film is "In Paradisum" from "Requiem" by Gabriel Fauré and the opening minutes of "The Unanswered Question" by Charles Ives.


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text: Zimmer wrote several hours of music, and an abundance of different themes, before Malick started to shoot the film. The director played the music on the set, while filming, to get himself, and the rest of the crew and actors in the right frame of mind.


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text: The official soundtrack features tracks that were not used on the film and some tracks from the film are not found on the CD.


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text: The film features several pieces of Melanesian choral music sung by the Choir of All Saints in Honiara and the Melanesian Brotherhood in Tabalia, only one of which is featured on the soundtrack. However, another soundtrack was released containing several tracks from the choirs, titled "Melanesian Choirs: The Blessed Islands – Chants from the Thin Red Line", which has since gone out of circulation. This album was re-released by La-La Land Records as part of a special edition in 2019.


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text: "The Thin Red Line" was given a limited release on December 25, 1998, in five theaters where it grossed $282,534 on its opening weekend. The film was given a wide release on January 15, 1999, in 1,528 theaters where it grossed $9.7 million during its opening weekend. The film earned $98,126,565 at the worldwide box office.


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text: On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 81% based on 103 reviews, and an average rating of 7.30/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""The Thin Red Line" is a daringly philosophical World War II film with an enormous cast of eager stars." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.


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text: Gene Siskel described "The Thin Red Line" as the "finest contemporary war film I've seen, supplanting Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" from earlier this year, or even Oliver Stone's "Platoon" from 1986." A more subdued Roger Ebert gave it three stars out of four, saying that it felt confused and unfinished. He wrote, "The movie's schizophrenia keeps it from greatness (this film has no firm idea of what it is about), but doesn't make it bad. It is, in fact, sort of fascinating... The battle scenes themselves are masterful, in creating a sense of the geography of a particular hill, the way it is defended by Japanese bunkers, the ways in which the American soldiers attempt to take it ... Actors like Sean Penn, John Cusack, Jim Caviezel and Ben Chaplin find the perfect tone for scenes of a few seconds or a minute, and then are dropped before a rhythm can be established."


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text: In his review for "Time", Richard Corliss wrote, "Some films deal in plot truth; this one expresses emotional truth, the heart's search for saving wisdom, in some of the most luscious imagery since Malick's last film, the 1978 "Days of Heaven"." Mike Clark of "USA Today" gave the film four out of four stars. Writing in "The Washington Post", Michael O'Sullivan wrote, ""The Thin Red Line" is a movie about creation growing out of destruction, about love where you'd least expect to find it and about angels – especially the fallen kind – who just happen to be men."


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text: Andrew Johnston of "Time Out New York" wrote: "Like Malick's previous efforts – "Badlands (1973)" and "Days of Heaven" (1978) – "Line" is a film of incredible beauty. However, the atmosphere created by John Toll's breathtaking cinematography and Hans Zimmer's powerful score is occasionally compromised. The parade of cameos (John Travolta, George Clooney, Woody Harrelson and John Cusack briefly appear) is somewhat distracting, and the fact that Bell and Witt both have Appalachian accents sometimes makes the characters hard to differentiate. Yet, even though it's confusing at times (and perhaps a little long), "Line" is still a film of rare substance and power."


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text: Owen Gleiberman gave the film a "B−" in his review for "Entertainment Weekly" and wrote, ""The Thin Red Line" could, I think, turn out to be this season's "Beloved", a movie too paralyzingly high-minded to connect with audiences." In her review for "The New York Times", Janet Maslin wrote, "The heart-piercing moments that punctuate its rambling are glimpses of what a tighter film might have been."


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text: In a special episode of Siskel and Ebert, guest host Martin Scorsese selected "The Thin Red Line" as the second best film of the 1990s behind "The Horse Thief".


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text: Jonathan Rosenbaum, film critic for the "Chicago Reader", ranked Malick's film as his second favorite film of 1999.


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text: On September 28, 2010, The Criterion Collection released a special edition of "The Thin Red Line" on DVD and Blu-ray with a new, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised and approved by Terrence Malick and cinematographer John Toll.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: He has numerous hit songs as a singer such as "Because You're My Woman", "Will You Marry Me", "Return" and "The Ordinary Man". He has garnered further recognition as an actor and rose to popularity in parts of Asia with leading roles in popular dramas such as "Brilliant Legacy" (2009), "My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho" (2010), "The King 2 Hearts" (2012), "Gu Family Book" (2013), "You're All Surrounded" (2014), "A Korean Odyssey" (2017–2018), "Vagabond" (2019), and "Mouse" (2021). He was a member of the first season of weekend variety show "1 Night 2 Days" from November 2007 to February 2012, and the host of talk show "Strong Heart" from October 2009 to April 2012.


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text: Lee Seung Gi's success as a singer, actor and host earned him the title "Triple Threat" entertainer. He was first included in "Forbes" Korea Power Celebrity list in 2010 placing seventh, subsequently ranking fourth in 2011 and sixth in 2012, 2015 and 2022. The success of his television dramas in parts of Asia established him as a top Hallyu star. He is also listed as one of the highest paid Korean celebrities of 2021.


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text: In 2021, Lee has been selected as one of the 200 actors (100 males and 100 females) to feature in the Korean actors 200 campaign, run by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). This methodical project's aim is to select actors that best represent the present and future of Korean film and introducing them to film people overseas.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: Lee Seung-gi was born on January 13, 1987, in Banghak-dong, Dobong District, South Korea. His family consists of his parents and younger sister. During his elementary and middle school days, Lee was considered a good student, he was an all rounder and performed equally well in sports, academics and arts and was the elected president of the student council throughout his school years. In school, he became well-versed in English, Japanese and Korean. Lee was also part of a band in his local high school, where he was the lead vocalist. Their band name was initially called Brain Hemorrhage to give a strong impression, but it was later changed to Natural. During his band’s last activity, he was scouted by singer Lee Sun-hee when she saw him perform in a small theater. Although Lee initially rejected the offer to concentrate on his studies, he later accepted it after his mother’s persuasion as Lee Sun-hee was her favorite singer. He trained for 2 years before making his singing debut at the age of 17.


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text: While busy in his career, Lee graduated from Dongguk University obtaining his degree in International Trade and Commerce on February 20, 2009, and received a special achievement award during graduation. He then continued his studies obtaining two master's degrees, Marketing, Trade Theory as well as Finance and Cultural Contents at Dongguk Graduate School. He successfully received Child Psychiatry Counselling Certificate while he was doing "Little Forest" variety show.


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text: Scouted by singer Lee Sun-hee, Lee Seung Gi trained for two years before debuting on June 5, 2004, at the age of 17. "Because You're My Girl", his debut song from his first album "The Dream of a Moth", became a popular ballad which created a 'liking older women' syndrome in South Korea. With this song, he won the Best Newcomer award in various music awards ceremonies in 2004, such as the M.net KM Music Festival and Seoul Music Awards. In 2007, he also won the Best Male Solo Artist award at the M.net KM Music Festival with his song White Lie from his third album "Story of Separation".


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text: He released a digital single titled Will You Marry Me in 2009, which became a hit in South Korea. With this single, he received the Digital Single Bonsang award in the 24th Golden Disc Awards. The same year, he released his fourth album "Shadow", which was a success and received 40,000 pre-order copies before its release.


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text: In 2010, he recorded a duet version of his 2007 song Smile Boy with South Korean figure skater Kim Yuna, which became the official 2010 FIFA World Cup commercial song in South Korea. He also received the Digital Single Bonsang award for the second consecutive time at the 25th Golden Disc Awards with his song Love Taught Me To Drink. This was followed by the release of his fifth album, "Tonight" in 2011, a departure from his usual traditional ballads and encompasses more of a rock band-style sound and melodies. The title song Aren't We Friends instantly topped online music charts upon release. His other single, Era of Love also earned the No. 1 spot on that week's Billboard K-Pop Hot 100.


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text: On March 6, 2012, Seung Gi made his debut in Japan with the release of his first Japanese album "Time for Love" (also translated as "Alone in Love") and a single of the same title. Both the album and single ranked number one on the Oricon Daily Chart. To celebrate his success, Lee held a fanmeeting at Tokyo Dome City Hall. He held a concert at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, on June 1, 2012, three months after his debut.


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text: Back in South Korea the same year, he released an EP titled "Forest". The title song Return set a record for being number one for six consecutive weeks on Billboard's Korea K-Pop Hot 100.


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text: On June 10, 2015, he made his music comeback with his sixth album "And..." after a hiatus of two years and seven months.


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text: On January 21, 2016, his agency, Hook Entertainment, announced that he would be enlisting for his mandatory military service on February 1. As a gift to fans, he also released a new track on January 21 at noon, titled I Am Going to the Military. On March 3, 2016, his song Meet Someone Like Me was released. The single is the last song he recorded before joining the army, and was produced by Psy.


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text: On November 15, 2020, he released a pre-released track titled The Ordinary Man (뻔한 남자), ahead of his anticipated seventh album "The Project", which was released on December 10, 2020.


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text: On June 21, 2022, his agency announced that Lee will be partnering with guitarist Lee Byung-ho from Captain Planet's songwriting team to release the project's theme song on July 1.


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text: In 2004, Lee Seung-gi starred in MBC's sitcom "Nonstop 5". He then officially debuted as an actor in KBS's 2006 weekend drama "The Infamous Chil Sisters".


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text: He was then cast as the male lead in SBS's weekend drama "Brilliant Legacy" in 2009, co-starring Han Hyo-joo. The drama maintained its top spot in viewer ratings throughout its run, with its final episode attaining a viewer rating of 47.1%. The huge success boosted Lee's popularity as an actor and led to increased advertising offers for the actor. For his performance in the drama, he received the "Excellence in Acting" award, the "Top 10 Stars" award and the "Best Couple" award with Han Hyo-joo at the 2009 SBS Drama Awards.


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text: This was followed by SBS's fantasy drama "My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox" in 2010, playing a university student who (despite strong discouragement from his grandfather) wants to drop out in order to pursue his dream of becoming an action movie star. His performance earned him his second "Excellence in Acting" award at the 2010 SBS Drama Awards.


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text: He then starred in MBC's action drama "The King 2 Hearts" (2012) with Ha Ji-won, fantasy-historical drama "Gu Family Book" (2013) with Bae Suzy, and SBS's police drama "You're All Surrounded" (2014).


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text: In 2015, Lee Seung Gi made his film debut with romantic comedy "Love Forecast" which co-stars Moon Chae-won.


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text: In July 2015, Lee was cast in the period comedy film "The Princess and the Matchmaker" with Shim Eun-kyung, directed by "The Face Reader" director Han Jae-rim. The film was released in 2018.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2017, he was the lead actor in the fantasy drama "A Korean Odyssey", written by the Hong sisters. This marked his first project after enlistment.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2019, he and Bae Suzy starred in the spy action drama "Vagabond" as their second drama together. With this drama, he received the Top Excellence Award in a Miniseries and the "Best Couple" award with Bae Suzy at the 2019 SBS Drama Awards.


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text: In 2021, Lee starred alongside Lee Hee-joon in the crime thriller "Mouse", playing the role of Jeong Ba-reum, which earned him the Grand Award (Daesang) for best actor in TV category at the 6th Asia Artist Awards.


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text: On April 7 2022, Lee was confirmed to appear in a KBS drama alongside Lee Se-young titled "The Law Cafe, "it is a healing romance drama about a former prosecutor now landlord and a former Miss Korea now lawyer, based on a popular web novel.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: Lee was a permanent cast member of the first season of "1 Night 2 Days", a segment of KBS's weekend variety show "Happy Sunday", from November 2007 to February 2012. Known by his nickname heodang, his appearance on the show shot him to fame in Korea and made him a household name.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2008, he received the Best Popularity award in the KBS Entertainment Awards due to his popularity with audience in "1 Night 2 Days". He also earned the Top Excellence Host award in the 2010 KBS Entertainment Awards and the Daesang award with the other cast members of the first season at the 2011 KBS Entertainment Awards.


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text: In October 2009, Lee took on a hosting role in SBS's Tuesday night talk show "Strong Heart" with Kang Ho-dong. It was recognized as the Best Program at the 2009 SBS Entertainment Awards and he was awarded the Netizens' Popularity award. He was again recognized for his role in the talk show and received the Top Excellence Host award for two consecutive years at the 2010 and 2011 SBS Entertainment Awards. In March 2012, Lee announced his departure from "Strong Heart" in order to focus on his singing career. He recorded his last episode on March 15, which was broadcast on April 3.


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text: Lee reunited with "1 Night 2 Days" cast members and PD Na Young-seok in the travel-reality show "New Journey to the West" in 2015.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2018, he was chosen to be the MC of Mnet's reality/survival program, "Produce 48". The same year, it was announced that he will join the second season of Netflix's variety show "Busted!". At 2018 SBS Entertainment Awards, he won the Grand Prize (Daesang) for "Master in the House", becoming the youngest entertainer to receive the award.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2019, he joined the cast of "Little Forest" – a healing variety program designed as a home kids garden development project for children. The same year, he featured in the Netflix travel show "Twogether" alongside Taiwanese actor Jasper Liu.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2021, he rejoined the cast of Netflix's variety show "Busted!" for a third season and also joined the SBS golf entertainment show "". On July 24, Lee joined the reality program "Loud" as an MC and Special Agent, a unique position whose task is to provide the remaining contestants with warmth, guidance, and support as they prepare for the finale. On November 20, Lee featured in a Netflix game variety show, "New World". On December 6, he rejoined the hit reality TV show, "Sing Again", for a second season as its MC and Host. In the same year, he won the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Male Variety Performer for his work in "Busted!, Twogether, Hometown Flex, Sing Again ,and Master in the House."


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2022, Lee hosted SBS new year special program "Circle House" – a 10-episode healing talk show that candidly shares the real concerns of the MZ generation in Korea and seeks solutions with applicants.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2023, Lee hosted JTBC "Peak Time" - a show that will offer already-debuted K-pop idols whose activities were halted — whether due to Covid-19, agency issues, or rookie idols who want to step up to the spotlight — a second chance for success.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: On June 1, 2021, Lee Seung Gi established his own production company called Human Made. For one of its program, the company has prepared a performance exclusively for Moment House Japan which features a hybrid of documentary and live performance content. Lee took part in the production of the show as its executive producer starring Korean-American Rapper Jessi. In March 2022, Lee released a Human Made original mini documentary series about food and music titled "Human Table" on the global platform YouTube under the channel name HUMANMADE.


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text: In South Korea, Lee Seung-gi has earned multiple nicknames such as Nation's Umchina (your mother's friend's brilliant son), Nation's Little Brother, Nation's Son-in-Law and Nation's Heodang (adorable klutz), an image he had earned from his appearance in the show, "1 Night 2 Days".


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: Lee's success as a singer, actor and host also earned him the titles "Triple Threat" entertainer, Emperor, and Prince of Ballad.Other nicknames given to him by the media include Human amulet and Weather fairy.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2011 and 2012, he was one of the most in-demand and popular commercial models and celebrity endorsers. Throughout his career, he has endorsed a wide variety of products and services and had ranked high in the monthly endorser survey of the Korea Advertisers Association.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: On June 23, 2012, Lee was one of the torchbearers in the 2012 London Summer Olympics Torch Relay chosen by Samsung. On October 30, 2012, he was appointed as the Honorary Online Ambassador of the nation's campaign by the National Election Commission of South Korea for a fair and clean presidential election.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2021, he was dubbed by the media as the MC with “Sincerity and Empathy”, a name he earned from the JTBC's talent show, Sing Again.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In March 2022, Lee was awarded the Presidential Citation as an exemplary taxpayer on the 56th Taxpayers' Day and was appointed public relations ambassador of 2022 for the National Tax Service.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: On February 1, 2016, Lee Seung Gi began his 21-month mandatory military service as an active duty soldier, entering Nonsan Army Recruit Training Center in Chungcheongnam-do. After training there for five weeks and received the highest score in his training company, he was dispatched to his assigned role following the completion ceremony, where he was awarded the Honors citation. The citation is reportedly given to a total of four people by four companies, one each. He was formally discharged on October 31, 2017, from the military at Jeungpyeong County in North Chungcheong Province where he was a member of the 13th Special Forces Brigade Black Panther, Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command serving as a military intelligence specialist.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: It's reported that Lee Seung Gi had volunteered and completed trainings not required for enlisted soldiers and administrative soldiers, this includes parachute training, wherein he succeeded in a parachute descent drill conducted 730 meters above the ground, other trainings include Krav Maga level 1 and long distance march of 10 kilometers (about 6.21 miles), where he was in the top 10% of the 1000 marathoners,as part of the 'Black Panther' Brigade which was re-designated as the decapitation unit named 13th Special Mission Brigade on December 1, 2017, with the mission of assassinating North Korean leaders following tension with North Korea in the event a war broke out within the two nations.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In October 2016, Lee hosted the military event, 14th Ground Forces Festival, as the goodwill ambassador. The event was co-hosted by Gyeryong City and the army, where visitors can experience and watch the Korean military culture.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: On November 18, 2022, the dispute between Lee and his agency, Hook entertainment was revealed for the first time when Lee had sent a request for transparency of payments to Hook entertainment regarding settlements. Later, on November 21st, through an independent report by "Dispatch", it was revealed that Lee had not been properly settled for 18 years of music revenue and was even gas-lit by his agency since debut.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: On November 25, 2022, Hook Entertainment claimed that the debt relationship with Lee Seung-gi has been settled in 2021 when their contract was renewed and the unsettled music revenue is false.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In response, Lee’s legal representative made another statement on November 28th to refute Hook Entertainment's claim and said Lee’s side never received any music settlement. They further added that the 2021 agreement between Lee and Hook Entertainment concerns 4.7 billion won in real estate investment in Hook Entertainment which they received from Lee in 2011 for the purchase of its building, but CEO Kwon of Hook did not keep her promises related to the investment.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: On December 1, 2022, Lee forwarded a notice to Hook Entertainment to terminate their exclusive contract citing Hook's violation of obligations due to unsettled revenue. According to the reports, Hook Entertainment has partially admitted to some earnings from Lee’s music distribution not being paid to the artist. As a result, Lee’s legal side has obtained evidence to sue Hook Entertainment for violation of management duties, and thus, the artist will be moving forward with the one-sided termination of his contract.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: On December 16, 2022, Hook announced that they had additionally paid the base payment of 1.3 billion KRW, the unpaid settlement amount of 2.9 billion KRW and the delay interest of 1.2 billion KRW, which total about 5.4 billion KRW to Lee Seung-gi. On the same day, Lee posted on Instagram and revealed that he would donate all of the money he received from the settlement to charity. In his letter, Lee writes that although he has received ₩5.4 billion KRW from Hook, the amount he was to receive was one-sidedly decided by the agency and that even now he wasn’t given a full accounting. As such, he will continue with the lawsuit.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: Lee Seung Gi has involved himself with various philanthropic activities. Since 2009, he had donated 1 million won weekly to families who appeared on KBS's “Field Report Companion,” for total of 100 million won. In addition to the donations, Lee Seung Gi also volunteered to personally seek out the families and help them.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: He had also participated in a charity fan signing event for world hunger relief. The event was held at Seoul Hongdae branch of Pizza Hut on October 28, 2012.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2013, Lee donated 5.88 Tons of Rice to Nowon-gu, Seoul. According to Nowon-gu, the 5.88 tons of rice donated by Lee Seung Gi is enough to feed 50,000 children. Nowon-gu plans to distribute the rice to underprivileged groups in the area, including people receiving national basic livelihood security, lower-income families, and single-parent families.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2014, Lee collaborated with CJ E&M to provide assistance to an education contents donation event for low-income female students in the US.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: Lee was awarded the 2018 Korea Sharing Volunteer Award for the 100 M won donation to DongHaeng, volunteer work repairing House of Love, and talent donation to Severance Hospital.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2019, Lee Seung Gi donated 100 million won to Severance hospital for rehab hospital patients’ medical expenses. The donation was used to support wheelchairs, prosthetic legs, prosthetic limbs, and posture aids to 23 children and adolescents with spinal cord injuries. He also participated in the ‘10,000-Won Happiness’ mobile donation.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2020, to help with COVID-19 prevention and aid underprivileged children in Korea, Lee Seung Gi has donated 100 million won to Good Neighbors, an international humanitarian and development NGO.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: In 2021, Lee Seung Gi, along with the cast of , has been donating scholarship money for every birdie scored on the show.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: For his 35th birthday on January 13, 2022, Lee became the first charity fairy under the entertainment category on the celebrity ranking service, Best idol Celeb. Countless fans, including his fandom AIREN, joined forces and collected 61,105,486 votes, passed the charity fairy cut line of 55,555,555 votes, making Lee Seung Gi a charity fairy. A total of 500 thousand won is donated to the Miral Welfare Foundation under Lee Seung Gi's name, it will be used as a fund for the disabled isolated under COVID-19.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: According to his agency on January 27, 2022, Lee had donated 100 million won to support the children and adolescents who are being treated at the Severance Rehabilitation Hospital. A cumulative of 200 million won sponsorship to the hospital as of Jan 2022. It is also reported that Lee's fan club AIREN also joined the sponsorship move and donated 10 million won to Severance Hospital to celebrate Lee's birthday in 2020. According to the reports, Lee stated:


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: Since his debut in 2004, Lee has won various awards, including two Baeksang Arts Awards, three Golden Disc Awards, four Asia Artist Awards, four Mnet Asian Music Awards, five Seoul Music Awards, eight SBS Drama Awards, and twelve SBS Entertainment Awards.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: Lee has also won five Bonsang Awards (Main Prize), including two from Golden Disc Awards, one from SBS Music Awards and two from Seoul Music Awards.


title: Lee Seung-gi

text: Lee has received eight Daesang Awards (Grand Prize) nominations, winning three Daesangs, including one from Asia Artist Awards, one from KBS Entertainment Awards, and one from SBS Entertainment Awards. Additionally, Lee was honored at the 2014 Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, held by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, for contributing to Korean culture and spreading Korean Wave, or hallyu. Lee was also selected as the male multi-entertainer of the year at the 2020 Brand of the Year Daesang Award.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the three major Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML–N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), and it is the largest party in terms of representation in the National Assembly of Pakistan since the 2018 general election. With over 10 million members in Pakistan and abroad, it claims to be the country's largest political party by primary membership as well as one of the largest political parties in the world.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Despite Khan's popular persona in Pakistan, the PTI had limited initial success: it failed to win, as a collective, a single seat in the 1997 general election and the 2002 general election; only Khan himself was able to win a seat. Throughout the 2000s, the PTI remained in opposition to the presidency of Pervez Musharraf, who had spearheaded a military government under the Pakistan Muslim League–Quaid (PML–Q) since the 1999 coup d'état; it also boycotted the 2008 general election, accusing it of having been conducted with fraudulent procedures under Musharraf's rule. The global popularity of the "Third Way" during the Musharraf era led to the rise of a new Pakistani political bloc focused on centrism, deviating from the traditional dominance of the centre-left PPP and the centre-right PML–N. When the PML–Q began to decline in the aftermath of Musharraf's presidency, much of its centrist voter bank was lost to the PTI. Around the same time, the PPP's popularity began to decrease after the disqualification of Yousaf Raza Gillani in 2012. Similarly, the PTI appealed to many former PPP voters, particularly in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, due to its outlook on populism.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: In the 2013 general election, the PTI emerged as a major party with over 7.5 million votes, ranking second by number of votes and third by number of seats won. At the provincial level, it was voted to power in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. During its time in opposition, the PTI, with the help of popular slogans such as (), mobilized people in rallies over public distress on various national issues, the most notable of which was the 2014 Azadi march. In the 2018 general election, it received 16.9 million votes—the largest amount for any political party in Pakistan thus far. It then formed the national government in coalition with five other parties for the first time, with Khan serving as the new Pakistani prime minister. However, in April 2022, a no-confidence motion against Khan removed him and his PTI government from office at the federal level. Currently, the PTI governs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab at the provincial level and acts as the largest opposition party in Sindh, while also having significant representation in Balochistan.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Officially, the PTI has stated that its focus is on turning Pakistan into a model welfare state espousing Islamic socialism, and also on dismantling religious discrimination against Pakistani minorities. The PTI terms itself an anti– movement advocating an Islamic democracy centred on egalitarianism. It claims to be the only non-dynastic party of mainstream Pakistani politics in contrast to parties such as the PPP and PML–N. Since 2019, the party has been criticized by political opponents and analysts alike for its failures to address various economic and political issues, particularly the Pakistani economy, which was further weakened in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Khan and the PTI were later praised for leading the country’s economic recovery in the pandemic's later stages. During its time in power, the party faced backlash over its crackdown on the Pakistani opposition as well as its regulation of increased censorship through curbs on Pakistani media outlets and freedom of speech.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was founded by Imran Khan on 25 April 1996 in Lahore. Founded initially as a sociopolitical movement, in June 1996 the first Central Executive Committee of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was formed under the leadership of Imran Khan, including Naeemul Haque, Ahsan Rasheed, Hafeez Khan, Mowahid Hussain, Mahmood Awan and Nausherwan Burki as founding members. PTI began to grow slowly but did not achieve immediate popularity.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: In October 2002, Khan ran for office in the National Elections and became a member of parliament (MP) for Mianwali, his home town. Khan, however, remained deeply critical of the entire political order of Pakistan, which he deemed corrupt, inefficient, and morally bereft of any of the founding principles of Pakistan. In protest, Khan began a grassroots campaign to raise awareness about his political party.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: After Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in 2007 and Nawaz Sharif returned from self-exile in Saudi Arabia, pressure increased upon President Musharraf to hold democratic elections. PTI, in conjunction with many political parties, joined the All Parties Democratic Movement, which was opposed to further military rule. The general election in 2008 resulted in a PPP victory. This election was boycotted by PTI. A membership drive in November and December 2008 resulted in 150,000 people joining the party.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: PTI emerged as a major party in 2013 Pakistani general election. Public distress on various issues against the government in following years, led PTI to emerge as a single largest political party in 2018 Pakistani general election and subsequent formation of a coalition government.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Following its ascent to national government of Pakistan, PTI backed off from certain commitments in its manifesto what was criticised by its opponents as "U-turns". The PTI also raised issue of religious tolerance and greater representation for minorities. On 20 February 2013 PTI launched its 'Education Policy' with plans to introduce a uniform education system with one curriculum in three languages for Urdu, English and regional languages for entire Pakistan in primary schools. PTI promised to crack down on police brutality, restructure the civil service, reform the electoral system, allow for a truly independent judiciary, decentralise state power, and enforce laws which extend personal liberty. The PTI proposed civilian control of Pakistan's military. The Inter-Services Intelligence service would report directly to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and the defence budget would be audited by the government. Imran Khan also pledged to resign should any terrorism take place from Pakistani soil following these reforms.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: PTI organised a protest against drone attacks in Pakistan on 23 November 2013 at Peshawar, where it called on the federal government to force an end to U.S. CIA drone attacks and to block NATO supplies through the country to Afghanistan. "We will put pressure on America, and our protest will continue if drone attacks are not stopped." The U.S. embassy declined to comment on the protest that also temporarily closed a route leading to one of two border crossings used for the shipments.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: The PTI advocated the establishment of South Punjab and Gilgit Baltistan as official provinces in Pakistan.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: The PTI hopes to have a relationship with the US that would be based on "self-dignity and respect" and promised to stop all foreign aid to Pakistan. Imran Khan, the leader of PTI claimed ‘having relations with US, Russia and China is in Pakistan’s interest’ and Pakistan's ‘future is tied up with Russia’. The PTI also promised to make Kashmir issue a top priority and would try and solve the issue permanently so that Pakistan no longer has any border or territorial disputes with any of its neighbours.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: In March 2012, PTI announced to hold US-style intra-party election, according to a press briefing the US-style candidate nomination and ticket-awarding process, PTI would aim to introduce local caucuses on district levels throughout the country. Aspiring candidates would undertake debates and undergo primaries to win a party ticket for contesting on Provincial Assembly or National Assembly seats. The elections were held from October 2012 and ended on 23 March 2013 where the party finally elected the National Council after a long drawn electoral process with over four million registered members for their electoral college. With these elections, PTI has become Pakistan's first political party to hold the largest intraparty election from the general electoral base.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Most of PTI's central leadership was elected, Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi were elected on 20 March 2013. The Secretary information, Secretary Finance, Secretary Social Media, Secretary Political Training, and Secretary Policy Planning are appointed by the chairman and confirmed by the CEC. The executive committee consists of the Central Office bearers (above) and thirty members to be nominated by the chairman from amongst the members of the National Council.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: The elected Provincial Council was finalised on 18 March 2013 for a 4-year term by the various districts of each province it is as follows Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan & Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: In June 2014, a Central Tarbiyati Council was created whose convener is Firdous Shamim Naqvi, In-charge for Curriculum Development Abdul Quayyum Khan Kundi, In-charge Material Production Khawar Shamsul Hasan, In-charge Implementation and Monitoring Col Ejaz Minhas. The Tarbiyati Council will be responsible to train party activists on ideology, election campaigns, and other organizational matters.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has a dedicated central wing for women, led by Nausheen Hamid as its elected president and Seemi Ezdi as its elected general secretary. PTI strongly declares its recognition of the rights of women and undertakes to promote and implement policies that protect women from all strata of society, especially the middle and working classes, recognising urban and rural as equal citizens and encouraging the participation of women in national and political life. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf strongly believes in the representation of women at all decision-making levels.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: The Insaf Student Federation is the official student wing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. ISF is present in all provinces of Pakistan. ISF has held many protests and rallies in all parts of Pakistan to create awareness about different issues.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has a youth wing for people under the age of 40 to help bring attention to their issues and problems. PTI Youth Wing is led by Ali Abbas Bukhari as the elected president.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: On 18 March 2013 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf became the first political party in Pakistan to announce a comprehensive policy for persons with disabilities (PWD). In its vision PTI would like to ensure the rights of disabled people and they be provided with enough opportunities to play their vital role in society. The party strongly believes in the implementation of the 1991 ordinance which ensured a special quota for persons with disabilities. PTI will acknowledge, facilitate and empower all PWDs enabling them to lead independent and self-fulfilling lives. PTI will also raise awareness about the integration of persons with disabilities into society would work towards the prevention of certain avoidable disabilities through early diagnosis and medical treatment. Fulfilling its commitment to persons with disabilities, the KPK government led by the PTI has approved a budget of over Rs 59 Million initially to help provide rehabilitation services to handicapped people at the local hospital near to their area, it is initially slated to be launched in all 25 districts of the province but will expand further with additional budgetary provisions.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Insaf Research Wing (IRW) was a part of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) created to carry out research to find solutions for problems in Pakistan. IRW was created in 2009 to carry out research to find solutions for problems in Pakistan. The foremost goal of IRW was to keep the people of Pakistan and PTI informed and prepared. The wing was composed of 9 committees. Each committee addressed issues related to its field of expertise, which included socio-political, information & technology, economics, energy, healthcare, corruption, foreign affairs, education & environment. The research reports/papers were either commissioned by the central executive committee of PTI or committee members of IRW. The IRW did not follow a preset ideology while carrying out research, nor did it endorse any opinion presented in a published report/paper as an official position. Any published document by the wing did not constitute it as an official position of PTI unless otherwise stated. IRW operated at a national level but its members were located throughout the world bringing in the much needed international experience. IRW practised an open membership policy valid for all Pakistanis regardless of religion or race.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf contested the general elections of 1997, 2002, 2013 and 2018. It boycotted the 2008 general elections.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Less than a year after its founding, PTI contested the 1997 general elections. Imran Khan stood in seven constituencies across Pakistan but did not win a majority in any.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: In the 2002 general elections, party chairman Imran Khan won one seat from Mianwali. PTI secured 0.8% of the popular vote.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: PTI openly boycotted the Pakistani general election on 18 February 2008 because it believed that the election was fraudulent and laced with irregularities.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: On 21 April 2013 Khan, the chairman of PTI, launched his campaign for the 2013 elections from Lahore where he addressed supporters at The Mall, Lahore followed by prayers at the Data Durbar Complex. which was followed by large rallies in Karak and Dera Ismail Khan. He also announced that he would pull Pakistan out of the US-led war on terror and bring peace in the Pashtun tribal belt. On 22 April 2013 Khan addressed different public meetings in Malakand, Lower Dir District and Upper Dir District where he announced that PTI will introduce a uniform education system in which the children of rich and poor will have equal opportunities.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: On the same day he spoke at a rally in Rawalpindi's Constituency NA-56 accompanied by Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad. On 23 April 2013 Khan addressed large rallies in Renala Khurd, Okara and other parts of Sahiwal Division. He challenged PML-N President Nawaz Sharif to a live debate, a challenge which PML-N was quick to decline. On 24 April, Khan addressed rallies Nankana Sahib District, Sheikhupura and Pattoki where he announced that once he comes to power no parliamentarian will receive development funds as they are misused for achieving political gains.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: On 25 April 2013 Khan addressed political gatherings in South Punjab including in Pakpattan, Lodhran and Vehari. On the following day Khan continued his mass campaign in South Punjab, he addressed rallies at Jalalpur Pirwala, Muzaffargarh, Mian Channu, Kabirwala and Khanewal where he promised to end the system of tyranny and announced that once in power he will make law which will allow every village or town to elect its own Station House Officer which he believes will prevent corruption and police brutality, he also promised to eliminate the post of Patwari and make a computerised and professional land record system.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Khan ended his south Punjab campaign by addressing rallies at Bahawalpur, Khanpur, Sadiqabad, Rahim Yar Khan and Rajanpur on 27 April. During the campaign he collectively visited over 25 towns and cities and addressed dozens of rallies and corner meetings, at the end he promised to hang the killers behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto he also said that the local government system is important for the prosperity of Pakistan. On 28 April, Khan moved to central Punjab where he addressed large rallies at Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad and Sargodha while promising people to bring justice and equality to Pakistan.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: On 29 April 2013 Khan addressed rallies at Murree, Talagang, Chakwal, Taxila and Attock. On 30 April, Khan visited his home town of Mianwali where he addressed several rallies, he lashed out on Bhutto's and Sharif's. He is quoted to say 'You can't lead revolution from behind bulletproof glass' he also claimed that he had conquered fear of dying 17 years ago. On 1 and 2 March, Khan addressed gatherings in Sibi, Loralai, Zafarwal, Pasrur, Narowal, Jacobabad and also led a car rally in Rawalpindi. On 3 May Khan continued his campaign at Battagram, Mansehra, Torghar District, Abbottabad and Haripur, followed by rallies at Buner District, Swabi, Charsadda, Mardan, Nowshera and Peshawar on 4th while promising to abandon war on terror.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Pakistan's 2013 elections were held on 11 May 2013 throughout the country. The elections resulted in a clear majority of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), a strong rival of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf but it did managed to take over the Pakistan Peoples Party as the main opposition to PML-N's candidates in the Punjab Province where the parties popularity was able to push 20 representatives to the Punjab Assembly. PTI also emerged as the second largest party in Karachi.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: While according to non-official results announced by Pakistani media and the Election Commission of Pakistan. Imran Khan, Chairman of PTI won three of the four constituencies he contested winning from Constituency NA-1, Constituency NA-56 and Constituency NA-71. While Khan's party PTI won 31 directly elected parliamentary seats which is more than 300 per cent more than it got in 2002 elections. PTI was third-largest party nationally as well as being the largest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and second largest in Punjab. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PTI defeated all mainstream political parties across the province with mostly new candidates. It also won every seat in Peshawar, Nowshera and Mardan district, it is expected that PTI will lead a coalition government in the province. PTI couldn't manage to win a majority in Punjab but made some wins while barely managed to make any inroads in Sindh or Baluchistan. PTI got 34 out of 99 seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: According to the polling data available, PTI performed considerably well in Central and Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while it ceded ground to Jamaat-e-Islami and Jamiat Ulema (F) in Northern Pakhtunkhwa.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa proper, the party failed to get more than 5% of the polled vote in only one constituency, NA-22 Battagram. The party also didn't fare well in FATA which borders the Pakhtunkhwa province. Here PTI won only one constituency, NA-47, out of 12 while failing to win more than 5% of the vote in 3 constituencies NA-36, NA-37, NA-41.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: In Punjab, the party performed the best in the North and the South, where its largest share of seats came from. It managed to win more than 5% of the vote in all constituencies of Northern Punjab. While in Southern Punjab its support was mainly concentrated in Multan along with a belt of districts surrounding it, which include Khanewal, Vehari and Pakpattan. Its performance was lackluster in Rajanpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalnagar, and Muzaffargarh.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: PTI's performance in Central Punjab was limited to gains in the districts of Mianwali, Lahore, Sahiwal, Nankana Sahib, Sheikhupura and Faisalabad. Mianwali district, from where the party's leader, Imran Khan belongs, saw the highest votes polled in the favor of PTI in Punjab at an average of 59.85% in the district's two constituencies. Among other major districts, it performed the worst in Jhang and Sargodha. In Sargodha, it failed to win more than 5% of the vote in 3 out of 5 constituencies, while in Jhang the party failed to field candidates in 3 out of 6 constituencies and got more than 5% vote in only one constituency, NA-86. Hafizabad, Bhakkar and Gujranwala were other weak showings of PTI in Central Punjab.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Apart from Karachi, Sindh was mainly neglected by PTI during much of its election campaign and it shows in the results. The party failed to field its candidates in 19 out of Interior Sindh's 40 constituencies. Where it did field its candidates, it failed to clear the 5% vote benchmark in 18 constituencies. In most such constituencies, the order of the votes was in the hundreds. PTI's only strong showing in interior Sindh was in the constituencies of NA-228 Umerkot and, NA-230 Tharparkar where, the party's vice president, Shah Mehmood Qureshi's spiritual Ghousia Jamaat has a considerable following.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: In Karachi, PTI bagged an average of 20.37% across 18 of 20 constituencies it participated in. The constituency NA-250 of Karachi recorded the highest percentage of votes polled in the favor of PTI at 61.38%.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: In Balochistan, the situation was similar to that of interior Sindh. PTI failed to field its candidates in 4 out of the province's 13 constituencies. Further on, it didn't receive more than 5% of the vote in 7 of the remaining 9. Votes in most of these cases were mere hundreds. It performed relatively well in NA-259 of Quetta proper and NA-265 Sibi where the party got 14.83% and 6.99% of the vote respectively.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Pakistan's 2018 elections were held on 25 July 2018 throughout the country. The elections resulted in a clear majority of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the National assembly with 116 won seats. After 28 women and 5 Minority seats, the total number of seats reached 149. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf obtained 0.16 million votes with 31.82% of total cast votes, hence forming a government in the center with the alliance of MQM-P, PML (Q), BAP, BNP-M, GDA, AML and JWP. PTI also formed government in


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by having 78 seats, Punjab by having 175 seats and a government of alliance in Balochistan. Following Elections Imran Khan was elected as Prime minister obtaining 176 against Shehbaz Sharif who obtained 96 votes. PTI was also successful in electing its Speaker and deputy speaker national assembly, Asad Qaiser and Qasim Suri respectively. On 4 September 2018, Arif Alvi got elected as 13th President of Pakistan. PTI nominated Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar as C.M. Punjab, Mahmood Khan as C.M. KPK and Jam Kamal Khan as C.M. Balochistan. The party also appointed its governors ; Muhammad Sarwar as Governor of Punjab, Pakistan, Imran Ismail as Governor of Sindh and Shah Farman as Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan appointed his cabinet with key appointments of Minister of Finance given to Asad Umar and Minister of Foreign Affairs to Shah Mehmood Qureshi.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: In the northwestern province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the PTI formed a governing coalition with the Jamaat-e-Islami and Qaumi Watan parties. On 13 May 2013, Parvez Khattak was appointed Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Development Advisory Committee includes Asad Umar, Jehangir Khan Tareen, Ali Asghar Khan, Khalid Mehsud and Rustam Shah Mohmand. There are 15 ministers selected from the coalition govt to form the cabinet for Chief Minister Parvez Khattak.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: PTI launched its first dharna on 14 August 2014. The party was involved in laying siege and paralyzing the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad to stop the Government from functioning. PTI was charged with targeting Pakistan television and parliament and also targeting law enforcement.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: The party founder Imran Khan burned his utility bills to encourage the participants to join his protest against rising electricity prices.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: PTI former leader and in charge for party election tribunal to investigate the corruption and fraud and PTI's internal election rigging. His tribunal expelled Secretary general Jahangir Tareen, PTI's KPK Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and senior leader Nadir Laghari after for manipulating intro-party polls and also reported frauds in party funds.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: PTI supporters have been reported to have attacked media persons during their protest demos. Several female journalists have reported harassment by the party workers. The harassment of women has also been reported in PTI's gatherings.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: During PTI's public protests, Geo News DSNG's had to remove their stickers in order to escape party workers' vandalism. PTI workers also attacked Geo News Islamabad office.


title: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

text: PTI's ex-president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has alleged that Imran Khan was conspiring to dissolve the government with the Supreme court's chief justice Nasirul Mulk.


title: Avan Jogia

text: Avan Tudor Jogia (; born February 9, 1992) is a Canadian actor. He first received recognition for portraying Danny Araujo in the television film "" (2006). After moving to the United States in his late teens, he landed various television roles within series such as "Caprica" (2009–2010).


title: Avan Jogia

text: Jogia had his breakthrough for playing Beck Oliver in the Nickelodeon sitcom "Victorious" (2010–2013), and rose to mainstream prominence for his roles as Danny Desai in the drama series "Twisted" (2013), Tutankhamun in the miniseries "Tut" (2015), Roman Mercer in the paranormal action series "Ghost Wars" (2017–2018) and Ulysses Zane in the comedy series "Now Apocalypse" (2019). Numerous credits in television and cinema include "Spectacular!" (2009), "Finding Hope Now" (2010), "Rags" (2012), "Ten Thousand Saints" (2015), "I Am Michael" (2015) and "" (2019). His directorial debut came in 2011 with the short film "Alex". He stars as Leon S. Kennedy in the 2021 film "".


title: Avan Jogia

text: In 2011, Jogia co-founded the LGBT online organization "Straight But Not Narrow", which seeks to shape the viewpoints of teenagers and adults on matters pertaining to the LGBT community. In 2019, he published his first book, "Mixed Feelings", a series of short stories and poems about multiracial identity. He and his brother Ketan make up the band Saint Ivory. They released an album to complement the book also titled "Mixed Feelings".


title: Avan Jogia

text: Avan Tudor Jogia was born on February 9, 1992, in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of Wendy and Mike Jogia. His father is a British Indian Gujarati, and his mother is of English, German, and Welsh descent. He is the younger brother of Ketan, a music producer in London.


title: Avan Jogia

text: According to "The Start", Jogia was a student at Killarney Secondary School until age 17 when he left to pursue acting full-time, having already gained a number of small television credits. In an interview, he said that his parents withdrew him from middle school in favor of home schooling. He moved to Los Angeles, California on the trial-basis ultimatum that he would land a role within a six-month period – or return to schooling.


title: Avan Jogia

text: Jogia has cited British actor Tim Curry as one of his early acting inspirations, particularly Curry's role as Long John Silver in the 1996 musical adventure comedy film, "Muppet Treasure Island". British actor Sir Ben Kingsley is another of Jogia's inspirations; the two would later appear in the 2015 miniseries "Tut", and work together on the 2016 short film "Of Dogs and Men".


title: Avan Jogia

text: His first role came in 2006 when he portrayed Danny Araujo–the younger brother of teenage transgender woman Gwen Araujo–in the biographical television film "", directed by Agnieszka Holland. In 2007, he had a recurring role in The CW television sitcom "Aliens in America" as the character Sam, and appeared in the Canadian horror television movie "Devil's Diary". He next appeared in the 2008 Nickelodeon network original film "", as Champ Sinclair, a role opposite "" actor Christopher Meloni. He returned to the network the following year, starring in the 2009 film "Spectacular!" as Tajid, alongside future "Victorious" co-star Victoria Justice.


title: Avan Jogia

text: From 2009 to 2010, Jogia had a recurring role in the television series "Caprica", a spin-off of "Battlestar Galactica", on Syfy. Cast as the role of Ben Stark in August 2008, with production of the series' pilot episode completed by the conclusion of that year. In late 2009, he joined the cast of Nickelodeon television series "Victorious". Starring alongside Victoria Justice, Ariana Grande, and Elizabeth Gillies, Jogia played Beck Oliver, the boyfriend of Jade West (played by Gillies). This was the actor's first main role in a television series; a role, which lasted from the series' inception in March 2010, through to the conclusion of the 4th and final season of the show in 2013. Jogia sang background vocals on several cast songs in the show's soundtrack, and had a brief prominent part in the song "Finally Falling" in the episode "Tori the Zombie". Jogia also appeared as Beck in the Nickelodeon film, "iParty with Victorious", a "Victorious" crossover movie with "iCarly".


title: Avan Jogia

text: Throughout his tenure on "Victorious", Jogia starred in various films. In 2010, he appeared in the drama film "Triple Dog", and the gang-crime film "Finding Hope Now" (filmed back in 2009) as the lead character, Santos Delgado. Jogia later directed and starred in "Alex", a short film; this marked his first project he directed. During the following year, he appeared in the 2012 Nickelodeon television movie "Rags", along with Keke Palmer and Drake Bell, portraying Finn Covington.


title: Avan Jogia

text: Jogia was cast in the lead role of Danny Desai on the ABC Family mystery–thriller series "Twisted" (originally titled "Socio"), in October 2012. The role saw Jogia opposite main cast members Maddie Hasson and Kylie Bunbury, and supporting cast members including Denise Richards, Sam Robards and Kimberly Quinn. The series pilot was greenlit in August 2012, and was filmed in October in New York City. In February 2013, ABC Family ordered the show as a series and production commenced in Studio City the following month, on April 3, 2013. On the themes of the series, Jogia remarked, ""Twisted" is similar to "Pretty Little Liars" in that it's about trying to find out who did it, but it's more about the human relationships between characters and the strain that things can put on them. It's also a little bit of a social commentary piece, because it covers very timely issues." The series premiered on June 11, 2013, and ran for 19 episodes; for his role as Desai, Jogia received two nominations at the 2013 and 2014 Teen Choice Awards, in the categories "Summer TV Star: Male" and "Actor: Drama", respectively. ABC Family opted not to renew "Twisted" for a second season, in August 2014.


title: Avan Jogia

text: In 2014, Jogia was cast in the Spike TV miniseries, "Tut", alongside English actor Sir Ben Kingsley. In the lead role of the titular Pharaoh Tutankhamun, Jogia was reunited with "Twisted" actress Kylie Bunbury, who portrayed Suhad –Tutankhamun's love interest. On the casting of Bunbury, Jogia noted that, "[i]t was cool to be able to work with someone [Bunbury] you have built-in chemistry with. Going into this situation, I had no idea what it was going to be like, so knowing I was taking this on with someone I knew really helped." The miniseries, filmed in Morocco, premiered on Spike on July 19, 2015, and concluded on July 21, 2015.


title: Avan Jogia

text: Jogia returned to cinema after joining the cast of multiple films throughout 2014. In February of that year, "Deadline" reported that Jogia would star in "Ten Thousand Saints", an adaption of the 2011 novel of the same name by Eleanor Henderson. Released in 2015, the film also starred Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld and Ethan Hawke. In August 2014, he landed a role in "I Am Michael". Based on Benoit Denizet-Lewis' "New York Times Magazine" article "My Ex-Gay Friend" in 2011, the film's cast includes James Franco, Zachary Quinto and Emma Roberts, along with Jogia who portrays Nico, a gay Buddhist the protagonist (Franco) briefly falls in love with. Principal photography on the film commenced on August 11, 2014, in New York City and concluded later that month. The film was released at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, before a limited release and through video on demand in January 2017. Later in 2015, Jogia appeared as Dark in the short film, "Here Now". Further in 2015, he released a trailer for a horror–thriller short film he directed, entitled "Of Dogs and Men". The short film had appearances by Sir Ben Kingsley, who previously worked with Jogia on "Tut".


title: Avan Jogia

text: Jogia's next credit was the 1970s–based crime drama film "Shangri–La Suite" (also known as "Killing the King"), together with Luke Grimes and Emily Browning. The film follows two young lovers (Grimes and Browning) who go on a journey to Los Angeles with the intent of killing Elvis Presley; Jogia starred as Teijo Littlefoot, an old friend of the protagonist (Grimes), who joins the duo's journey in search of medical transition. The film was released in late 2016. He appeared as Bones, in the 2016 web series short "Last Teenagers of the Apocalypse". The four-part series, which was released on April 21, 2016, was produced and directed by Jogia.


title: Avan Jogia

text: In 2017, he starred in the psychological thriller "The Drowning" (previously, "Border Crossing"), directed by Bette Gordon, with Julia Stiles and Josh Charles. Adapted from Pat Barker's 2001 novel "Border Crossing", Jogia portrayed the central character, Danny, who was rescued from drowning by the man (Charles) who aided his conviction for murder 12 years earlier. Jogia starred in the comedy film "The Outcasts", alongside lead actress Victoria Justice. Later, Jogia appeared in "The Year of Spectacular Men", a film directed by Lea Thompson. Thompson is the mother of Zoey Deutch, who also appears in the film opposite Jogia. He played Sebastian, the "loving boyfriend" of a movie star (Deutch), followed by a role in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", a contemporary film adaption of the comedy of the same name written by William Shakespeare. Jogia starred in Syfy's 13-episode series titled "Ghost Wars" that premiered in 2017, and it was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, but it was canceled at the beginning of 2018.


title: Avan Jogia

text: Jogia also landed a co-lead role with Eve Hewson in Rebecca Addelman's directorial debut, "Paper Year". Production on the project commenced in October 2016, and was released in 2018. He portrays Matt in the 2018 romantic comedy, "The New Romantic", which stars Jessica Barden and Camila Mendes. That year, Jogia was also cast in the upcoming dramatic film "The Artist's Wife", together with Bruce Dern and Lena Olin. The film is scheduled to premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival in December 2019. In June 2018, Jogia was chosen to lead the Starz comedy series "Now Apocalypse", alongside Kelli Berglund, Beau Mirchoff, and Roxane Mesquida. Jogia portrayed Ulysses Zane, who, along with his friends "are on various quests pursuing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles." The series, which marked Jogia's second project with writer and director Gregg Araki (after "Here Now"), aired in March 2019, and was later cancelled after one season. That same year, he appeared in the action comedy "Shaft", and had a bigger role, as a laid-back musician, in the sequel "".


title: Avan Jogia

text: In September 2019, Jogia published a book, "Mixed Feelings", on growing up with a mixed-race identity, and whether there is a correlation in the experiences of those of mixed race. The book comprises a series of personal stories and poems about Jogia's life. He noted, "there was a massive appetite for this conversation", and having reached out to his social media following, he "was able to sort of communicate with these people, interview with them, sort of to take parts of their stories [...] and mash them up within the book."


title: Avan Jogia

text: Jogia describes himself as "spiritual," having spent months as a Buddhist and has roots in Hinduism. Jogia maintains that he has ""looked at all kinds of ways of being, because I'm curious about what it takes to be human."" Jogia is also a dual citizen of Canada and the United Kingdom. Jogia has a number of tattoos; one on his chest, leg, upper leg, shoulder, back, and his lower arm. Jogia uses he/they pronouns.


title: Avan Jogia

text: Jogia co-founded the online PSA organization "Straight But Not Narrow" (SBNN) in 2011, with Heather Wilk and Andre Pochon in conjunction with the support of fellow actor, Josh Hutcherson. The non-profit organization aims towards changing the attitudes and viewpoints of heterosexuals about the LGBTQIA+ community. Jogia believed that: ""[t]here was no one making straight youth responsible for their apathy. When you see a bully beating up a kid and you stand idle, that's as loud, or louder, than the actual oppression"", and thus established the organization. In 2019, during an interview with Attitude, Jogia stated he does not feel comfortable labeling his sexuality.


title: Laura Marano

text: Laura Marie Marano (born November 29, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role in the Disney Channel series "Austin & Ally" as Ally Dawson. Marano was one of the five original classmates in "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?". She starred in "Without a Trace" for three seasons and "Back to You". Marano starred in the indie film "A Sort of Homecoming", the Disney Channel Original Movie "Bad Hair Day", and the Netflix original movie "The Perfect Date".


title: Laura Marano

text: In 2015, she signed with Big Machine Records and released her debut single "Boombox" on March 11, 2016, and "La La" later that year. On October 5, 2018, Laura Marano released the single "Me" as an independent artist.


title: Laura Marano

text: Marano was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the younger daughter of college professor Damiano Marano and former actress Ellen Marano, who owns the Agoura Children's Theatre. Her father is of Italian descent. Marano was first introduced to acting at her mother's theatre. At age five, Marano began expressing interest in acting professionally to her parents along with her older sister Vanessa, who is also an actress. Marano began learning to play the piano, at age nine.


title: Laura Marano

text: Marano attended traditional school while she worked, even when she booked a full-time job on "Austin & Ally", instead of doing school on set. "I go to an actual high school and my friends and everybody there have been so supportive," said Marano. "It's nice when I'm not working to go to that school and be surrounded by really supportive friends." In 2015 Marano enrolled at the University of Southern California majoring in Philosophy, Politics and Law.


title: Laura Marano

text: Marano's first acting role was when she was five years old. Since then, she worked for multiple productions at the Stage Door Theater. She has appeared in numerous commercials and had small roles on "Ghost Whisperer", "Medical Investigation", "Huff" and "Joan of Arcadia". Her bigger roles in television have been in "Without a Trace" and other shows. She played the child role of Keira Knightley's character in the film "The Jacket" and had a small flashback role in the film "Superbad". She was a regular cast member on the Fox game show, "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" and played the role of Gracie Carr on FOX's sitcom "Back to You". Marano has since appeared in several episodes of "The Sarah Silverman Program". Initially she was cast in the pilot episode, "Batteries", as the child version of Sarah Silverman, and the writers liked her so much they brought her back for a larger role as a girl Sarah coaches to win a beauty pageant ("Not Without My Daughter"). On the DVD commentary track, co-star Brian Posehn notes that Marano knew everyone else's lines better than they did. She also appeared in "Dexter" as the child version of Debra Morgan, and in "Heroes" as Alice Shaw, the child version of Diana Scarwid's character.


title: Laura Marano

text: In 2011, Marano began playing Ally Dawson on the Disney Channel series "Austin & Ally". In 2013, Marano recorded four solo songs and one duet with Ross Lynch for the soundtrack album "". "Me and You" debuted within the U.S. "Billboard" Kid Digital Songs chart at number thirteen before rising to the sixth spot, spending eleven weeks on the chart. "Redial" debuted at number nineteen before peaking at number eighteen, spending four weeks on the chart. Also in 2013, Marano recorded a duet with her "Austin & Ally" co-star Ross Lynch entitled "I Love Christmas" for Disney Channel's third holiday compilation album, "Holidays Unwrapped". On November 25, 2013, the song was released as a promotional single. On December 14, "I Love Christmas" debuted within the U.S. "Billboard" Holiday Digital Songs chart peaking at number fifty.


title: Laura Marano

text: In 2014, Marano voiced Rachel in four episodes of "". She also appeared as Hammu in "Fish Hooks" and as Fangs in "Liv and Maddie". Also in 2014, she appeared in a music video produced for British pop-rock group The Vamps and American singer Demi Lovato called "Somebody to You". In March 2015, Marano stated that she had signed a record deal with Universal's Big Machine Records. In the same year, Marano starred in Disney Channel's Original Movie, "Bad Hair Day". The film was first released on February 6, 2015, on Disney Channel and had its premiere broadcast in the US on February 13. She also starred as the young version of Amy in "A Sort of Homecoming", which tells the story of a girl who returns to her home town in Louisiana from her career in New York City. On January 10, 2016, "Austin and Ally" ended after four seasons.


title: Laura Marano

text: On January 13, 2016, Marano debuted her own radio talk show on Radio Disney entitled "For the Record with Laura Marano". The weekly one-hour show chronicles Marano's journey as she launches her music career, featuring interviews with a guest star in each episode. The show also provides listeners tips on how one can pursue a career in music. The show has featured various guest stars including Nick Jonas, Ariana Grande, Meghan Trainor, OneRepublic, Troye Sivan and Zendaya. The first episode of the show, which aired January 12, 2016, guest starred her co-stars of "Austin & Ally".


title: Laura Marano

text: On March 11, 2016, Marano released her debut single called "Boombox". The music video for the single released on April 4, 2016, and accumulated over 6 million views in a week. The video currently holds over 60 million views. It guest stars actor and comedian Ken Jeong, along with his daughter Zooey, and was directed by Cole Walliser. On April 30, 2016, Marano performed the single at the 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards, which aired on Disney Channel on May 1. Marano also performed the song on "Today" as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month on May 31, 2016. Marano released her second single, "La La", on August 25, 2016. At the end of 2016, Big Machine Records made the decision to drop all of their pop artists, except for Taylor Swift. On May 18, 2017, it was announced that Marano had signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2017. In 2018, they parted ways, because the people who had signed her left Warner Bros.


title: Laura Marano

text: On October 1, 2018, Marano announced in a Q&A video posted on her YouTube channel that she would be releasing new music as an independent artist. She named her own label Flip Phone Records, as Marano is known for still using a flip phone. On October 5, 2018, she released the single "Me" . In January 2019, she released the single "Let Me Cry" along with its music video. In February 2019, Marano performed at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles and released the single "F.E.O.U.". On March 8, 2019, she released her debut EP, "Me", featuring two unheard tracks and a new remix to "F.E.O.U.".


title: Laura Marano

text: On April 12, 2019, Marano released "A Little Closer", as part of the soundtrack of the Netflix original movie "The Perfect Date", which also sees Marano playing the role of Celia.


title: Laura Marano

text: In June 2019, the Lie To Me music video came out, followed by the F.E.O.U. music video in October of the same year.


title: Laura Marano

text: On November 22, 2019, Marano released both "Me and the Mistletoe" featuring Kurt Hugo Schneider, her first original Christmas single, and the soundtrack of "A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish", which Marano stars in the movie.


title: Laura Marano

text: On April 10, 2020, Marano released the single "When You Wake Up", followed by "Can't Hold On Forever" in May of the same year.


title: Laura Marano

text: In June 2020, Marano released the remixes to these past two singles, respectively featuring Mark Diamond and PLTO.


title: Laura Marano

text: In August 2020, the singer released a new single, titled "Honest With You", and during the same month, it was announced that her sophomore EP, titled "You", would be coming out in fall of the same year, aiming for an October release. On September 18, 2020, the singer released a fourth single, "Can't Help Myself", along with the announcement of the release date of the EP, "YOU".


title: Laura Marano

text: On September 21, the singer announced her first virtual tour, "The YOU Tour", which would take place during the month of October, with four unique live-stream shows every week, from October 3 to 24, with each concert being unique and with a different formulation.


title: Laura Marano

text: On January 22, 2021, the singer released the acoustic version of the single "Something To Believe In", whereas the music video was released on February 19, 2021.


title: Laura Marano

text: On April 16, the remix of the single, "Honest With You", with the Malaysian singer Alextbh, was released.


title: Laura Marano

text: On May 21, the remix of "Can't Help Myself" was released, featuring Jean Deaux and produced by Poe Leos and on the same day, the deluxe version of the EP, "YOU", was announced.


title: Laura Marano

text: On December 31, 2021, the single "Dance With You" was released, featuring the electronic duo Grey, whereas on January 20, 2022, the single "Worst Kind of Hurt", with singer-songwriter Wrabel was released. Both songs are part of the soundtrack of the Netflix rom-com, "The Royal Treatment", in which Marano also stars, released in January 2022. In February, a live performance of "Worst Kind Of Hurt" featuring Wrabel was released on Marano's YouTube channel, whereas the music video for "Dance With You" was released in March. Moreover, Marano and Michael Trewartha from Grey performed the song on "The Kelly Clarkson Show" during the same month.


title: Laura Marano

text: In March 2022, the singer announced her first national concert tour, "The Us Tour", set for summer 2022 and counting of 22 dates across the United States. On tour Marano performed several tracks on piano and with her band, which consisted of Mark Diamond on guitar and Ross Hodgkinson on drums.


title: Laura Marano

text: Later that month, it was announced that Marano was to lead Netflix's interactive rom-com, "Choose Love".


title: Laura Marano

text: In August 2013, Marano was named the 2013 UNICEF's Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Ambassador, which encouraged children to raise money on Halloween to help children around the world. About the campaign, Laura said "I'm so excited to celebrate Halloween this year by encouraging kids to support UNICEF's lifesaving work. The Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign is a fun, easy way for kids to learn about world issues and to help other kids who are less fortunate." In August 2014, Marano was ambassador for the Disney and Birds Eye Vegetables campaign 'Step up to the plate'. The campaign's goal is to encourage children in the United States to explore healthy foods such as vegetables. In April 2019, Laura Marano hosted a fashion show for Childhelp during National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The campaign raised money to help abused and neglected children.


title: The Crown (season 4)

text: The fourth season of "The Crown", which follows the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II, was released by Netflix on 15 November 2020.


title: The Crown (season 4)

text: Olivia Colman stars as Elizabeth, with main cast members Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Josh O'Connor, Marion Bailey, Erin Doherty and Emerald Fennell all reprising their roles from the third season. Gillian Anderson, Emma Corrin and Stephen Boxer are added to the main cast. Additionally, Charles Dance returns in the season's first episode and Claire Foy reprises her role as Elizabeth in a cameo flashback scene.


title: The Crown (season 4)

text: The fourth season covers the time period between 1979 and 1990, is set during Margaret Thatcher's 11-year run as prime minister. Lady Diana Spencer is introduced early in the series. Events depicted include the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, their 1983 tour of Australia and New Zealand, the Falklands War, Michael Fagan's break-in at Buckingham Palace, Lord Mountbatten's funeral, the Princess of Wales's appearance at the Barnardo's Champion Children Awards, and at the end of the series, Thatcher's departure from office, as well as the marital difficulties of Charles and Diana.


title: The Crown (season 4)

text: The following actors are credited in the opening titles of single episodes in which they play a significant role:


title: The Crown (season 4)

text: By October 2017, "early production" had begun on an anticipated third and fourth season, and by the following January, Netflix confirmed the series had been renewed for a third and fourth season.


title: The Crown (season 4)

text: The producers recast some roles with older actors every two seasons, as the characters age. In October 2017, Olivia Colman was cast as Queen Elizabeth II for the third and fourth seasons. By January 2018, Helena Bonham Carter and Paul Bettany were in negotiations to portray Princess Margaret and Prince Philip, respectively, for these seasons. However, by the end of the month Bettany was forced to drop out due to the time commitment required. By the end of March 2018, Tobias Menzies was cast as Philip for the third and fourth seasons. In early May 2018, Bonham Carter was confirmed to have been cast. The next month, Erin Doherty was cast as Princess Anne. A month later, Josh O'Connor and Marion Bailey were cast as Prince Charles and the Queen Mother, respectively, for the third and fourth seasons. In October 2018, Emerald Fennell was cast as Camilla Shand. In December 2018, Charles Dance was cast as Louis Mountbatten. In April 2019, Emma Corrin was cast as Lady Diana Spencer for the fourth season. In September 2019 Gillian Anderson, who had been rumoured since that January to be in talks to portray Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season, was officially confirmed for the role.


title: The Crown (season 4)

text: The fourth season began filming in August 2019 and completed in March 2020. The producers confirmed that filming was completed ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown; the release date was not delayed.


title: The Crown (season 4)

text: The fourth season was released on Netflix on 15 November 2020. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 2 November 2021.


title: The Crown (season 4)

text: Rotten Tomatoes reported a 95% approval rating for the season based on 107 reviews, with an average rating of 8.62/10 and a critical consensus: "Whatever historical liberties "The Crown" takes are easily forgiven thanks to the sheer power of its performances – particularly Gillian Anderson's imposing take on The Iron Lady and newcomer Emma Corrin's embodiment of a young Princess Diana." On Metacritic, the season holds a score of 86 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".


title: The Crown (season 4)

text: Writing in "The Atlantic", Shirley Li describes the drama as "sharper than ever" and "splashy", but observes that, in contrast to the first three seasons, the fourth criticises the Queen for her "ignorance" and "stubborn devotion to tradition". In the "Evening Standard", Katie Rosseinsky wrote that the season's episodes are "dizzyingly beautiful and staggering in scope", and highlights the outstanding performances of Anderson and Corrin as Thatcher and Lady Diana, respectively. In "The New Zealand Herald", university professor Giselle Bastin described the season as "a masterly portrait of the turbulent 1980s" and complimented the production standards, casting and acting. BBC's arts editor, Will Gompertz, gave the series a rating of four out of five, praising Corrin and Bonham Carter but criticising Anderson's performance for "forever craning her neck from side-to-side as if scanning for a tasty lettuce leaf, while over-egging her Thatcher impression to such an extent she is close to unwatchable at times".


title: The Crown (season 4)

text: In a critical review, Dominic Patten of "Deadline Hollywood" complimented the earlier seasons but said that the fourth had "substantially tweaked timelines" and was "sub-standard soap", and that, despite Colman's performance, some of the other characters were like ""Spitting Image" live-action caricature[s]". Writing in "The Guardian", Simon Jenkins described the season as "fake history", "reality hijacked as propaganda, and a cowardly abuse of artistic licence" which fabricated history to suit its own preconceived narrative. The season has reportedly received backlash from the British royal family and some royal commentators. Royal historian Hugo Vickers stated: "In this particular series, every member of the royal family...comes out of it badly, except the Princess of Wales (Diana). It's totally one sided, it's totally against Prince Charles". Royal biographer Penny Junor criticised the season as portraying the British royal family as "villains", stating that "The Crown's royals are wild, cruel distortions of the people I've known for 40 years".


title: The Crown (season 4)

text: Season four became the first drama series to sweep all categories at the 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards. Olivia Colman and Claire Foy won the 2021 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series respectively for the episode "48:1." Josh O'Connor won the 2021 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the episode "Terra Nullius." Tobias Menzies won the 2021 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the episode "Gold Stick." Gillian Anderson won the 2021 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in the episode "Favourites."


title: Bend It Like Beckham

text: Bend It Like Beckham (also known as Kick It Like Beckham) is a 2002 sports comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha from a screenplay by Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, and Guljit Bindra. The film stars Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Juliet Stevenson, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi. In "Bend It Like Beckham", Jesminder Bhamra (Nagra) and Jules Paxton (Knightley) chase careers in professional football despite their parents' wishes.


title: Bend It Like Beckham

text: Development for the film began after Chadha, Bindra, and Berges completed the screenplay by early 2001. Nagra and Knightley were hired soon after, with casting rounded out with the additions of Meyers, Kher, Stevenson, Lewis, and Panjabi by that May. Principal photography began in June 2001 and lasted until that September, with filming locations including London, Shepperton Studios, and Hamburg. Production collaborated with The Football Association, while the film's title refers to David Beckham's curling free kick technique.


title: Bend It Like Beckham

text: "Bend It Like Beckham" was theatrically released first in the United Kingdom on 12 April 2002 by Redbus Film Distribution. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the screenplay, light-hearted tone, and commentary on South Asian social norms and culture. "Bend It Like Beckham" grossed $76.6 million at the box office, making it the highest-grossing football sports film. In 2015, it was adapted into a that opened at the Phoenix Theatre.


title: Bend It Like Beckham

text: Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra is the daughter of British Indian Sikhs living in Hounslow, London. Jess is infatuated with football, but her parents do not support her interest. However, she sometimes plays in the park with boys, including her best friend, Tony, who is gay although her family thinks he has his eye on her. Her family is occupied with planning for Jess's sister Pinky's imminent wedding.