title: Rookie Blue

text: On October 16, 2015, it was announced that "Rookie Blue" had completed its run after six seasons and would not be returning.


title: Rookie Blue

text: There's something really primal about the idea of being a rookie—it hits that horrible, eternal sense of feeling like a fraud, like a kid dressed in grown-up clothes, trying to pretend you know what you're doing. And I thought, what if you were feeling just like that—but with a gun?


title: Rookie Blue

text: Set in Toronto, the series follows the lives of five rookie police officers from fictional 15 Division who have just graduated from the academy. The officers must learn to deal with not only their duties as police officers, but also the problems and expectations of family, friends, and romantic attachments at the office. They are first responders who are about to learn that no amount of training prepares you for life.


title: Rookie Blue

text: "To serve, protect, and..." is usually used in the parade room before shift starts by the officer leading the parade. It always has a significant meaning in the context of the episode plot. More often than not, however, they use "to serve, protect, and don't screw up".


title: Rookie Blue

text: The series is set in Toronto, often referencing local street names and areas. The streets are often recognizable, as is the case with Jameson Avenue in Parkdale, the location of a call-out in the pilot episode.


title: Rookie Blue

text: The series is produced by E1 Entertainment, Canwest, and Thump, Inc. The pilot script was written by Ilana Frank. In February 2009, Canwest ordered the show straight-to-series with a 13 episode order under the working title "Copper". ABC purchased the U.S. broadcast rights to the series in April 2009.


title: Rookie Blue

text: The first role cast was Andy McNally, portrayed by Missy Peregrym, followed by Gregory Smith cast as Dov Epstein. Additional casting was announced in early July. Production began in Toronto, Ontario, on July 14, 2009, and was expected to continue through November 2009. Thirteen episodes were produced.


title: Rookie Blue

text: On June 21, 2010 The Accessible Channel announced that "Rookie Blue" would be the first series to premiere with a simultaneous Described Video broadcast for people with vision impairments.


title: Rookie Blue

text: Filming of the second season took place between September 1, 2010 and January 25, 2011. Tassie Cameron served as head writer and series showrunner, with Georgia Toews serving as writing assistant.


title: Rookie Blue

text: Filming of the combined fifth and sixth seasons took place between January 20, 2014 and October 1, 2014.


title: Rookie Blue

text: On September 3, 2015, during an interview with Missy Peregrym in The Hollywood Reporter, it was reported that the season six finale would likely be the Rookie Blue series finale, since the series regulars have not been called back for another season.


title: Rookie Blue

text: "Rookie Blue" is distributed by E1 Entertainment. NBC Universal Global Networks (also known as Universal Networks International) purchased broadcast rights in all markets except Canada (country of origin), France, Germany, and the United States. Ion Television acquired the off network rights to the series in the United States. Ion ran the show starting in December 2014 on Friday nights at 10:00 p.m. with five episodes in a row, however by mid-February 2015 the show had been pulled from Ion's schedule due to low ratings, and replaced first by "Blue Bloods", then "Cold Case".


title: Rookie Blue

text: Entertainment One releases the show on DVD and a few season on Blu-ray in Region 1. The Canadian releases contain an additional French audio track and the Canadian Blu-ray release is three discs instead of four. In Australia (Region 4), only the first two seasons were released. However, Via Vision Entertainment has acquired the rights to the series and will released the complete series boxset on November 18, 2020.


title: Rookie Blue

text: Metacritic summarizes the response as "mixed or average reviews". One of the more favorable reviews came from Alessandra Stanley of "The New York Times", saying "it's not a groundbreaking police drama, nor is it divertingly cheesy. It's well made and well meaning." Robert Lloyd from the "Los Angeles Times" was also favorable with the show, and agreed with Stanley describing it as nothing new to television, but he rather enjoyed it and saying ""Rookie Blue" doesn't oversell itself. It is modest and plain in a way that makes even its less likely moments feel credible enough." Rob Salem of the "Toronto Star" favorably compared the series to "Grey's Anatomy". "Call it Blues Anatomy (or Academy, take your pick)." Salem found the show "slickly produced and engagingly acted" and had a particular fondness for Missy Peregrym's character, which he described as "the Meredith surrogate". "The Globe and Mail"'s television critic, John Doyle, described "Rookie Blue" as "a good cop show with a terrible title." Doyle went on to say "it's a very slick, glossy melodrama, all handsome actors and admirably sharp storylines. Yet it's true to its Toronto roots."


title: Rookie Blue

text: Among the more negative reviewers was Rob Owen of the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Owen calls the show ""Grey's Anatomy" in a police station." He did however hope to see some interaction between religion and police through one of the characters but stated "Given the generally bland nature of "Rookie Blue", that's probably too much to ask." Paige Wiser from the "Chicago Sun-Times" describes the show as overly generic and claims that the rookies look more like puppies than police officers. She said "if you're looking for a new cop drama to serve and protect your entertainment interests, leave the rookies alone to ripen, and go for a ride-along with Jason Lee's Dwight." Randee Dawn from "The Hollywood Reporter" was much harsher, calling the writing lazy and describing the motivation of the rookies as selfish, saying that they are there to make themselves feel good and not to protect the city. Dawn said "at its core, "Rookie" is a terrible show." Alex Strachan of Montreal's "The Gazette" was unimpressed, stating that "The acting is uneven, the writing and directing aren't particularly stylish or inspired, and you've seen it countless times before." Strachan went on to say that "Rookie Blue" is "a harmless enough diversion on an otherwise lazy summer TV night."


title: Rookie Blue

text: The Canadian premiere drew an audience of 1.9 million viewers with 712,000 in the 18–49 category, placing first for the night and second for the week. It is the highest rated premiere for a Canwest-commissioned drama series within the previous five years.


title: Rookie Blue

text: In the U.S.A the premiere drew 7.253 million viewers and an audience share in the 18–49 category of 2.0 out of 6. Furthermore, it improved upon the programming a year beforehand ("20/20" special) by having +1.6 million viewers and +18% in the 18–49 age group. The premiere became the most successful scripted summer debut in over a year and in nearly six years for ABC.


title: Brawl Stars

text: Brawl Stars is a multiplayer online battle arena and third-person hero shooter video game developed and published by the Finnish video game company Supercell. It was released worldwide on December 12, 2018, on iOS and Android. The game features various game modes, each with a different objective. Players can choose from a selection of Brawlers, which are characters that can be controlled with on-screen joysticks in a game match.


title: Brawl Stars

text: In "Brawl Stars", players battle against other players or AI opponents in multiple game modes. Players can choose between characters called Brawlers that they have unlocked through Boxes, the Brawl Pass, the Trophy Road, or purchased through the Shop to use in battles. On December 2022, Boxes were removed, and all previous methods to get them were replaced with credits and chroma credits, which are used to unlock Brawlers, who are now mostly placed on the "Starr Road".


title: Brawl Stars

text: "Brawl Stars" has a variety of different game modes that players can choose from, each one having a different objective. Players can invite friends to play with them up to the maximum team size of the game mode.


title: Brawl Stars

text: In addition, it is possible to purchase skins with Gems or Star Points, or unlock them through the Brawl Pass, which will alter the appearance, animations, and/or sounds of Brawlers.


title: Brawl Stars

text: In May 2020, a game update added a new reward system called “Brawl Pass”. The Brawl Pass is the game's version of a battle pass. When players compete in battles, they earn Tokens to progress along the Brawl Pass. Players can earn credits, chroma credits, Gems, skins, Pins (emojis that can be used during battles or in a team game room), Coins, Power Points, and Brawlers from the pass. There are two types of Brawl Pass. All players have the free Brawl Pass by default. Players can purchase the premium Brawl Pass with Gems.


title: Brawl Stars

text: Power League is a competitive ranking system added to the game in season 5. This replaced the Power Play system. Players unlock this system at 4500 trophies. There are a total of 19 ranks between bronze one and master. Each season lasts two months. At the end of a Power League season, players gain Star Points based on their rank.


title: Brawl Stars

text: Players can enter Power League solo or with teams of three. The winner is decided on a best-of-three format and ties do not count. Each match starts the game randomly choosing a game mode and map. All players from both teams choose a Brawler to ban. All six players in the match must play with a different Brawler. Players in the team can switch Brawlers with each other if they have the specific Brawler unlocked. Progression is varied based on various factors including the opponents ranks.


title: Brawl Stars

text: Club League was introduced in season 9 as a new weekly competition between Clubs, where eight Clubs compete during the days Wednesday, Friday and Sunday of the week. Tickets are required to play matches. 4 tickets are given on Wednesday and Friday, with 6 tickets given on Sunday. Clubs compete to gain the most Club Trophies possible by players playing in selected matches. Players who play with other Club members are rewarded by earning more Club Trophies for the Club. After each competing day, the Clubs are ranked based on the Club's Trophies to earn Club Points.


title: Brawl Stars

text: When the league ends on every Monday, the Clubs are ranked based on the Club's Points to determine if the Club is promoted or demoted and the number of rewards. Club Ranks are the same as Power League ranks, where progression starts at Bronze I. Each Club member receives Club Coins at the end based on the performance of the Club and the member, which can be used in the Club Shop.


title: Brawl Stars

text: Each season brings a new Brawl Pass and Power League. Each season is accompanied with new skins that are themed to the season.


title: Brawl Stars

text: Supercell set out to develop a team based game similar to "League of Legends" and "Overwatch". The team wanted to create such a game that was designed with mobile devices in mind first. According to Supercell's Frank Keienburg, "Our focus was on retaining a lot of depth while stripping away all the fluff." Although the game contains some elements of the battle royale genre, these were implemented before the genre as a whole took off and the team did not set out to make a game with those elements.


title: Brawl Stars

text: The game is notable for its long soft launch period during which virtually every aspect of the game changed. Supercell officially announced the game via a livestream video on June 14, 2017. It received an iOS soft launch in Canada the following day. The soft launch would last a total of 522 days, during which internally it was doubted whether or not the game would ever actually see a general release. Initially the game was played in portrait mode and had players tapping on the screen, this was changed eventually to players using analog controls and playing in landscape mode. Other changes include changing the UI, changing the metagame and transitioning the game from 2D to 3D. Frank Keienburg attributes the difficult beta period to the developers working in a new genre where they "weren't sure how to interpret its success". The game soft-launched in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao and Malaysia for iOS on January 19, 2018, and on June 26, 2018, Android received early access to the game as a continuation of the soft launch.


title: Brawl Stars

text: "Brawl Stars" was made globally and officially available on December 12, 2018. It made more than US$63 million in its first month. On June 9, 2020, "Brawl Stars" was released in Mainland China.


title: Brawl Stars

text: The game has a partnership with Line Friends to create official merchandise, new skins for Brawlers that are based on Line Friends characters, sticker packs on Line messenger, and new content. A pop-up store was opened in January 2020 in South Korea to sell the merchandise from the partnership. Merchandise is also available at major Line Friends retail stores and online. In September 2022, Brawl Stars also partnered with BT21, featuring new skins and Pins in-game.


title: Brawl Stars

text: The game partnered up with Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (PSG), a French professional soccer club, in 2019 to host "Brawl Stars Ball Cup" organized by PSG's esports division. There were three online qualifier events and an online playoff event. The top two teams travelled to Paris for the finals. The finals were played live at PSG's home stadium, Parc des Princes. All matches took place in Brawl Ball, a football-like game mode.


title: Brawl Stars

text: The game partnered up with PSG again in 2020 and 2021. During the partnerships, the game launched the "Paris Saint-Germain Challenge". The challenges are similar to the championship challenges, but all matches are based in the Brawl Ball game mode. In 2020, the game offered a PSG skin for Shelly for players who won nine matches and lost four or fewer times. PSG's esports division also has a team that competed in the 2020 championship challenge. In 2021, the game offered a PSG Mike skin for Dynamike.


title: Brawl Stars

text: The game was nominated for "Mobile Game" and "EE Mobile Game of the Year" at the 15th British Academy Games Awards.


title: Brawl Stars

text: "Pocket Gamer"'s Harry Slater scored the game 3 out of 5. Reviewing the game immediately after global release, he praised that game's progression. He criticized Showdown, the game's battle royale mode, for being the weakest of all the game modes that were in the game. He said that Showdown "doesn't capture the real madness of the genre, and there's a distinct lack of tension since you can pretty much see everyone on the map and what they're up to." He mentioned that something felt "missing in Brawl Stars. You'll play, you'll get new characters, you'll unlock new modes, but you're never having quite as much fun as you feel you should be doing." He continued on to say that "the action is relatively flat - in the team matches you know within the first few seconds which way the game is going." He concluded in disappointment because the game did not seem like "the huge step forward for multiplayer mobile action that a lot of us were hoping for."


title: Brawl Stars

text: "148 Apps"' Campbell Bird scored the game 3.5 out of 5. She started with mentioning that the game felt "like a combination of "Arena of Valor" and "Overwatch"." She praised the game's graphics and the developer's implementation of the progression system to encourage players to play again, as well as the quick matchmaking. However, she criticized the game's controls for feeling "oddly loose and muddy," the characters falling "into pretty predictable hero shooter archetypes," as well as claiming that "every mode in the game is some variation on something you’ve seen before in other, better multiplayer shooters." She also highlighted that the frequent connection issues and unbalanced teams made the experience of playing the game less enjoyable.


title: Brawl Stars

text: "Brawl Stars" has been downloaded over 200 million times. In 2020, "Brawl Stars" had the second highest gross of any mobile game in Europe. It grossed US$526 million in total in 2020, which accounted for more than half its life time revenue.


title: Brawl Stars

text: The Brawl Stars Championship is an open tournament for players across the globe. This tournament consists of the monthly in-game Championship Challenges where players compete in game to win 15 matches in five different game modes and maps without losing 3 matches. After 15 wins, players proceed to the next stage, the regional Monthly Qualifier events, where players must be 16 years or older to participate. Through the qualifier events, players can secure a spot in the regional Monthly Finals. These events would lead to the World Finals.


title: Brawl Stars

text: In 2019, this championship was known as the Brawl Stars "World" Championship. It was held on November 15 to November 16, 2019, at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in South Korea. The first-place winner was Nova Esports after a 30 victory. Other participants competing included Animal Chanpuru, Tribe Gaming, 3Bears, Spacestation Gaming, and PSG Esports. With a $250,000 prize pool, it was the first international event for the game and had teams from North America, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Japan, and South Korea.


title: Brawl Stars

text: In 2020, the World Finals were held between November 21 and 22 with a base $1,000,000 prize pool. Half of the amount was raised through proceeds from an in-game championship package. Eight teams participated in the World Finals, which were originally planned to take place in Katowice, Poland, but was moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PSG Esports was the winner of this year's championship with a prize of $200,000. The other monetary prizes were split between the other teams which won second to eighth place.


title: Brawl Stars

text: In 2021, the Brawl Stars Championship started on February 20. There are eight seasons for the championship that occur once per month starting from February until September. The Championship Challenges and Monthly Qualifiers are each live for two days per season. The top eight teams from the regional Monthly Qualifiers go to the regional Monthly Finals. 16 teams from the Monthly Finals from all seven regions come together to participate in the World Finals, which took place from November 26 to 28 in-person in Bucharest, Romania. The prizes for 2021 are $600,000 in the Monthly Finals, and a minimum of $500,000 in the World Finals with opportunities to increase this amount through in-game offers.


title: Mario Casas

text: Mario Casas Sierra (born 12 June 1986) is a Spanish actor. He rose to fame in Spain with the television series "Los hombres de Paco" (2007-2010), and later in the film "Three Steps Above Heaven" (2010).


title: Mario Casas

text: Casas was born in A Coruña, moving to Barcelona at the age of 4. He eventually decided to become an actor after he enrolled at the Cristina Rota School of Dramatic Arts


title: Mario Casas

text: Casas began appearing in soap operas from 2005 at age 19, before earning minor roles in several Spanish films. Mario Casas began his acting career with episode appearances in television series "" (English: "Obsession"), "Motivos personales" ("Personal Motives") and "Mujeres" ("Women"). He came to domestic media attention with his film debut in the 2006 film "El camino de los ingleses" ("Summer Rain"), directed by Antonio Banderas.


title: Mario Casas

text: That same year he joined the cast of LaSexta series "". Casas then reached international audience as Aitor Carrasco in the Antena 3 series "Los hombres de Paco" ("Paco's Men"), which he starred from 2007 to 2010.


title: Mario Casas

text: In 2009, Casas appeared in two hit films, "Fuga de cerebros" ("Brain Drain") opposite Amaia Salamanca, and "Mentiras y Gordas" ("Sex, Party and Lies") with his best friend Yon González, Ana Maria Polvorosa, Ana de Armas and Hugo Silva. Both managed to lead the box office over the weekend of its release. In 2010, Casas starred in "Carne de neón" ("Neon Flesh") directed by Paco Cabezas. Later that year in December 2010, he starred in "Tres metros sobre el cielo" ("Three Steps Above Heaven") opposite María Valverde. It was eventually the highest-grossing Spanish film of the year. A sequel "Tengo ganas de ti" ("I Want You"), which stars Casas, Valverde and Clara Lago, premiered in 2012. He also appeared in "Miedo" (2010), directed by Jaume Balagueró.


title: Mario Casas

text: Since 2011, Casas has starred the Antena 3 series "El barco" ("The Boat"), he also starred in "Tengo ganas de ti" ("I Want You"), premiered in 2012.


title: Mario Casas

text: During the late 2013 and early 2014, he went to Colombia and Chile for his second film project in English called "Los 33" ("The 33") with Antonio Banderas and Juliette Binoche, a story based on the Chilean mining accident that occurred in 2010. In 2015, Mario also starred in two other films: the new Álex de la Iglesia comedy film "My Great Night", and also in the romantic drama film "Palmeras en la Nieve" ("Palm Trees in the Snow"), where he reunited with the director of the films "Tres metros sobre el cielo" ("Three Steps Above Heaven") and "Tengo ganas de ti" ("I Want You"), Fernando Gonzalez Molina. In 2016, he performed in a thriller movie called "The Invisible Guest" which was a commercial success, although the film had opened to mixed critical responses. The film grossed US$3.9 million in Spain and CN¥172.4 million in China. On Rotten Tomatoes the film had an approval rating of 67% based on reviews from 8 critics.


title: Mario Casas

text: In 2018, Casas starred in "El fotógrafo de Mauthausen" which tells the story of Francisco Boix, a Spanish Republican photographer who was sent to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex during World War II. Casas lost around 12 kilograms (26 pounds) to play Boix during his imprisonment.


title: Mario Casas

text: In October 2022, Casas began to shoot his debut as a feature film director, "Mi soledad tiene alas", written alongside Deborah François and starring his brother Óscar.


title: Mazikeen

text: Mazikeen is a character who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is one of the lilim, a child of Lilith. She first appeared in "The Sandman" (vol. 2) #22 (December 1990), and was created by Neil Gaiman and Kelley Jones. Her name comes from the term "Mazzikin", invisible demons which can create minor annoyances or greater dangers according to Jewish mythology.


title: Mazikeen

text: Mazikeen appears in the television series "Lucifer" (2016-2021), portrayed by Lesley-Ann Brandt, and in the Netflix drama series "The Sandman" (2022), portrayed by Cassie Clare.


title: Mazikeen

text: In the comic book series "Lucifer", Mazikeen is a devoted ally and lover of Lucifer Morningstar. She has also been the war leader of the lilim, a race of warriors descended from Lilith that have been exiled. A great warrior and admired leader, Mazikeen is a prominent character in the "Lucifer" comics. She has the appearance of a human female with long bluish-black hair. Mazikeen first appeared in "The Sandman", where she was Lucifer's servant while he reigned in Hell. At the time, half of her face was normal, but the other half was horribly misshapen and skeletal (not unlike the half-corpse appearance of the goddess, "Hel/Hell/Hela", from Norse mythology), causing her speech to be nearly unintelligible with Lucifer being the only person who understands her. (Gaiman wrote Mazikeen's dialogue by trying to speak using only half of his mouth, and writing down phonetically what came out).


title: Mazikeen

text: When Lucifer resigned, Mazikeen left Hell and ended up following her master (even when he tells her to stop following him), becoming part of the staff at the Lux (Latin for "light"), an elite Los Angeles bar that Lucifer had opened and at which he played piano. To conceal her demonic nature, she covered the deformed half of her face with a silver mask and rarely spoke. In "Lucifer", Mazikeen's face was turned fully human when she was resuscitated by the Basanos following the destruction of the Lux in a fire. This was because the vessel of the Basanos, Jill Presto, did not realize that Mazikeen's face was naturally deformed, and assumed that it was burned in the fire.


title: Mazikeen

text: When Lucifer refused to assist her in restoring her face to its former state, she defected to her family, the Lilim-in-Exile. As their war leader, she led their army against Lucifer's cosmos, allying herself briefly with the Basanos. However, this was a ruse; after a desperate gamble, she bought Lucifer enough time to destroy the Basanos and regain control of his creation. Even during her defection, she is shown crying alone in her war leader tent, and she is repeatedly seen as a fierce defender of Lucifer and his goals.


title: Mazikeen

text: With a new whole face, she initially desired Lucifer to remove the magic that was caused by Presto's wish. After saying that it would take considerable effort and time, she relented and began wearing the half-mask that she had before. She has since worn it intermittently, usually when engaged in battle or on a mission from Lucifer, such as her voyage to the Mansions of Silence.


title: Mazikeen

text: Issue #72 of "Lucifer" saw a dramatic change in the character of Mazikeen. Lucifer, while making his preparations to leave Yahweh's creation forever, transfers a portion of his power to Mazikeen. The portion of the power was the power that Yahweh gave to Lucifer in the beginning had now been given to Mazikeen. This angers Mazikeen greatly, however, as she sees this move as Lucifer running away from and shirking all of his responsibilities. She lashes out against Lucifer with her sword, scarring his face before she leaves him. She tells him that he can heal his face if he chooses, but it will make him a coward.


title: Mazikeen

text: Mazikeen and her mother Lilith did not get along, and Lilith eventually tried to kill her. It is notable though, that Mazikeen took no part in the events during the battle of Armageddon that led to her mother's death. During the latter part of the series, Mazikeen was engaged in a sexual relationship with a human woman named Beatrice (a former Lux employee), who admitted that she had been in love with her for years. Beatrice was eventually cast out into the desert on Lilith's orders, but she was rescued by Elaine. In issue #74, Elaine gives her friends an ending as happy as possible. When it comes to Mazikeen, Elaine notes the "I wouldn't dare" in response to the question of if she planned to give Mazikeen one. She then adds that Beatrice works at the bar that they were in earlier.


title: Mazikeen

text: During the course of the "Lucifer" series, a few details of Mazikeen's past are revealed. Issue #14 establishes that Lilith bore her children, presumably including Mazikeen, while living on the shores of the Red Sea. Mazikeen's father is identified as the serpent demon Ophur—a fact which allowed Mazikeen to drink and regurgitate venom (which is the only power she has). The one-shot story 'Lilith' in issue #50 reveals Mazikeen's childhood with her mother by the Red Sea. At this time, Mazikeen appeared as a normal human child, fiercely defensive of her mother and with a streak of cruelty. A flashback in issue #75 shows Mazikeen first entering Lucifer's service when she comes to Hell to seek asylum for an undisclosed reason. By this time her face is misshapen in the manner first seen in "The Sandman".


title: Mazikeen

text: After Lucifer left this creation in issue #75 of the original series, as revealed in the new series Mazikeen took over as ruler of Hell, whereupon her lilim brothers nailed her hands to the throne to effectively hold her prisoner. She freed herself from the nails by having the fallen archangel Gabriel hack off her hands after he swore fealty to her, after which she reattached her hands and fought a duel with Lucifer and Izanami's son, Takehiko, for the rulership of Hell. She then returned to Lucifer Morningstar and followed him again, plotted to kill the New God, who had been resurrected as an evil deity.


title: Mazikeen

text: Mazikeen, frequently referred to as "Maze" for short, is the confidant and devoted ally of Lucifer Morningstar. "Forged in the bowels of Hell to torture the guilty for all of eternity", Maze is an archdemon who, after having served for eons as his head torturer, accompanied Lucifer "through the gates of Hell", up to Earth (five years prior to the events of the series), where her first act, at Lucifer's instructions, was to cut off his angel wings with her twin Karambit-esque knives "forged in Hell".


title: Mazikeen

text: At the beginning of the series, Maze is serving as head bartender at Lucifer's club, the Lux, as well as his personal bodyguard, concierge, and adjutant. She engages in relations with Lucifer's angel brother, Amenadiel, and even sacrifices her chance to return to Hell in order to save him.


title: Mazikeen

text: In season 2, Maze, unable to return to Hell, starts looking for a new direction on Earth. She later becomes a bounty hunter, having found something that felt right to her. Maze also moves in with Det. Chloe Decker and her daughter, Trixie, whom Maze, surprisingly, gets along with. Additionally, this season tests Maze's relationship with Dr. Linda Martin, her therapist-turned-bestie who discovers her secret.


title: Mazikeen

text: By season 3, Maze has become much more emotionally human, while still retaining her demonic sense of humor and fascination with weapons.


title: Mazikeen

text: In Season 5, Lucifer promises Mazikeen to make her the Queen of Hell after he becomes God followed by the retirement of his father.


title: Mazikeen

text: Mazikeen makes an appearance in the Netflix fantasy drama series "The Sandman" (2022), portrayed by Cassie Clare. Like her comic book and "Lucifer" counterparts, she serves as Lucifer Morningstar's confidant in Hell.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Steve Kloves. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan, it is based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Michael Chabon. Michael Douglas stars as professor Grady Tripp, a novelist who teaches creative writing at a university but has been unable to finish his second novel.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: The film was shot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including locations at Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham University, University of Pittsburgh, and Shady Side Academy. Other Pennsylvania locations included Beaver, Rochester and Rostraver Township. After the film failed at the box office, there was a second attempt to find an audience with a new marketing campaign and a November 8, 2000, re-release, which was also a financial disappointment. Despite this, the film received three Academy Award nominations at the 73rd Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay, winning Best Original Song for Bob Dylan's "Things Have Changed".


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Professor Grady Tripp is a novelist who teaches creative writing at an unnamed Pennsylvania university. He is having an affair with the university chancellor, Sara Gaskell, whose husband, Walter, is the chairman of the English department in which Grady is a professor. Grady's third wife, Emily, has just left him, and he has failed to repeat the grand success of his first novel, published years earlier. He continues to labor on a second novel, but the more he tries to finish it the less able he finds himself to invent a satisfactory ending. The book runs to over 2500 pages and is still far from finished. He spends his free time smoking cannabis.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Grady's students include James Leer and Hannah Green. Hannah and James are friends and both very good writers. Hannah, who rents a room in Grady's large house, is attracted to Grady, but he does not reciprocate. James is enigmatic, quiet, dark and enjoys writing fiction more than he first lets on.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: During a party at the Gaskells' house, Sara reveals to Grady that she is pregnant with his child. Grady finds James standing outside holding what he claims to be a replica gun, won by his mother at a fairground during her schooldays. However, the gun turns out to be very real, as James shoots the Gaskells' dog when he finds it attacking Grady. James also steals a very valuable piece of Marilyn Monroe memorabilia from the house. Grady is unable to tell Sara of this incident as she is pressuring him to choose between her and Emily. As a result, Grady is forced to keep the dead dog in the trunk of his car for most of the weekend. He also allows James to follow him around, fearing that he may be depressed or even suicidal. Gradually, he realizes that much of what James tells him about himself and his life is untrue, seemingly designed to elicit Grady's sympathy.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Meanwhile, Grady's editor, Terry Crabtree, has flown into town on the pretense of attending the university's annual WordFest, a literary event for aspiring authors. In reality, Terry is there to see if Grady has written anything worth publishing, as both men's careers depend on Grady's upcoming book. Terry arrives with a date whom he met on the flight, a transvestite called Antonia Sloviak. The pair become intimate in a bedroom at the Gaskells' party, but immediately afterward, Terry meets James and becomes infatuated with him, and Antonia is unceremoniously sent home. After a night on the town, Terry and James semi-consciously flirt throughout the night, which eventually leads up to the two spending an intimate night together in one of Grady's spare rooms.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Tired and confused, Grady phones Walter and reveals to him that he is in love with Sara. Meanwhile, Walter has also made the connection between the disappearance of the Marilyn Monroe memorabilia and James. The following morning the police arrive with Sara to escort James to the Chancellor's office to discuss the ramifications of his actions. The memorabilia is still in Grady's car, which has conspicuously gone missing. The car had been given to him by a friend as payment for a loan, and, over the weekend, Grady has come to suspect that the car was stolen. Throughout his travel around town, a man claiming to be the car's real owner repeatedly accosted Grady. He eventually tracks the car down, but in a dispute over its ownership, the majority of his manuscript blows out of the car and is lost. The car's owner gives him a ride to the university with his wife Oola in the passenger seat, along with the stolen memorabilia.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Grady finally sees that making things right involves having to make difficult choices. Grady tells the story behind the memorabilia and allows Oola to leave with it. Worried that Grady's choice comes at the expense of damaging James's future, Terry convinces Walter not to press charges by agreeing to publish his book about Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Grady recounts the fate of the main characters: Hannah graduates and becomes a junior editor, James drops out and moves to New York to rework his novel for publication, and Terry "goes right on being Crabtree." Grady finishes typing his new booknow saved on a computerwhich is an account of the recent events, then watches as Sara and their child arrive home.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: After "L.A. Confidential", Curtis Hanson was working on a screenplay of his own and reading other scripts with a keen interest for his next film. Actress Elizabeth McGovern advised Hanson to work with screenwriter Steve Kloves. When he was given the writer's script for "Wonder Boys" and was told that Michael Douglas was interested in starring, he "fell in love with these characters – and they made me laugh." Hanson also identified with Grady Tripp and the "thing building up inside him: frustration, hunger, yearning, et cetera."


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Kloves, best known for writing and directing "The Fabulous Baker Boys", returned to the film business after a self-imposed seven-year retirement to adapt Michael Chabon's novel for the money and also because he identified with Grady. He was originally going to direct the film as well but bowed out and Hanson came on board. Kloves had never adapted a novel before but was encouraged by Chabon to make the material his own. Additional changes were made once Hanson came on board. For example, he felt that James Leer would be a fan of Douglas Sirk's films as opposed to Frank Capra as he is in the novel.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Paramount was not interested in making a quirky, character-driven comedy drama until Douglas agreed to work well below his usual large fee. The actor gained 25 pounds for the film by consuming pizza, subs, and beer. One of the challenges for Hanson was to take a plot that, as he put it, "is meandering and, apparently, sort of aimless," and a character that "does things that even he doesn't really know why he's doing them," and try to create a "feeling of focus" to keep the audience interested. Another challenge the director faced was working in actual locations in very cold weather that was constantly changing.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Robert Downey Jr. was on probation during the winter of 1999 when Hanson considered him for a role in "Wonder Boys". Hanson was cautious because of the actor's drug history and concerned because it would be a tough film shot in sequence in Pittsburgh in the winter. Downey flew to Pittsburgh and had a long dinner conversation with Hanson where they addressed his problems. The actor demonstrated a commitment to the project and Hanson hired him. Reportedly, Downey acted professionally for the entire four-and-a-half month shoot, but after it ended, he returned to Los Angeles and violated his parole.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: In an interview with Marc Maron, actor Rob McElhenney stated that he was initially cast in a minor role as Holmes' love interest, but was informed by Hanson that he would be cut out of the film during post-production.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Paramount suggested shooting "Wonder Boys" in Toronto or New York City but after reading the book, Hanson realized how important Pittsburgh was to the story, that it was a "wonder boy," much like the film's main protagonist Grady Tripp, "it's a city that had this glorious past of wealth and success that ended. And then it had to deal with figuring out what's next. What happens after triumph?" "Wonder Boys" was filmed in Pittsburgh, including locations at Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham College, and Shady Side Academy. Other Pennsylvania locations included Beaver, Rochester, and Rostraver Township. Hanson felt that Pittsburgh was "right, emotionally and thematically" for the film. The city was experiencing a mild winter during the film's shoot and they had to use a lot of artificial snow.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Hanson contacted Dante Spinotti about working on the film in November 1998. They had worked previously together on "L.A. Confidential." Spinotti had six weeks of pre-production, which he used to perform a variety of tests and shoot a number of important background plates for several scenes that take place at night, in cars. He knew that these scenes included some very critical acting and suggested using the green screen process for greater control. During pre-production, Hanson and Spinotti used the Kodak Pre View System to storyboard complicated sequences by altering digital still images in a way that simulated the imaging characteristics of camera films. Hanson suggested Spinotti see "The Celebration" for its technique of keeping the camera extremely close to the actors and carrying deep focus from one actor to the other. Spinotti suggested using a hand-held camera so that the film would not look static. On the first day of shooting, they incorporated some hand-held shots. Hanson liked the results and they used the technique extensively for the rest of the shoot.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Hanson had been a fan of Bob Dylan's music since childhood and a great admirer of his soundtrack for "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid". Dylan admired Hanson's previous film, "L.A. Confidential" and after much convincing, screened 90 minutes of rough footage from "Wonder Boys". Hanson picked Dylan because, as he said, "Who knows more about being a Wonder Boy and the trap it can be, about the expectations and the fear of repeating yourself?"


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: In addition to Dylan, Hanson built the score around nine singer-songwriters including Leonard Cohen and Neil Young. The entire soundtrack is integrated into the film with Hanson playing some of the songs for the actors on the Pittsburgh set to convey a scene's "aural texture," as he put it. The soundtrack features several songs by Bob Dylan, including one new composition, "Things Have Changed," which would win the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Hanson also created a music video for the song, filming new footage of Bob Dylan on the film's various locations and editing it with footage used in "Wonder Boys" as if Dylan were actually in the film. According to Hanson, "Every song reflects the movie's themes of searching for past promise, future success and a sense of purpose."


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: In its opening weekend, "Wonder Boys" opened at No. 7 in the US and Canadian box office and grossed a total of US$5.8 million in 1,253 theaters. It went on to gross $19,393,557 there and $14,033,031 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $33,426,588. Based on a $55 million budget, the film was a box office bomb.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: The film received largely positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports an 81% "Fresh" rating, based on 125 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's consensus states: "Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire do wonders in this clever dark comedy." On Metacritic, the film has a 73 out of 100 score, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: In a four-star review, Roger Ebert, film critic of the "Chicago Sun-Times," praised "Wonder Boys" as "the most accurate movie about campus life that I can remember. It is accurate, not because it captures intellectual debate or campus politics, but because it knows two things: (1) Students come and go, but the faculty actually lives there, and (2) many faculty members stay stuck in graduate-student mode for decades". Emanuel Levy of "Variety" wrote, "The movie's frivolous touches and eccentric details emphasize its dry, measured wit and the power of comedy to underscore serious ideas. Massively inventive, "Wonder Boys" is spiked with fresh, perverse humor that flows naturally from the straight-faced playing". A.O. Scott from "The New York Times" wrote, "The problem is that everyone involved seems to have agreed that it was a great idea for a movie and pretty much left it at that".


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: In his review for "Time", Richard Corliss wrote, ""Wonder Boys" reminds us of a distant age (the '70s) when bad movies were better: not stupid teen romps but sad, off-kilter studies of adults adrift. It is a rare current example of that endangered species, the honorable failure". "Entertainment Weekly" gave the film a "C+" rating and Owen Gleiberman wrote, "Curtis Hanson may have wanted to make a movie that gleamed with humanity as much as "L.A. Confidential" burned with malevolence, but he's so intent on getting us to like his characters that he didn't give them enough juice." Looking back in his "Salon.com" review, critic Andrew O'Hehir felt that Hanson, "and cinematographer Dante Spinotti capture both Pittsburgh (one of the most serendipitously beautiful American cities) and the netherworld of boho academia with brilliant precision. If you went to a liberal-arts college anywhere in the United States, then the way Grady's ramshackle house looks in the wake of Crabs' enormous all-night party should conjure up vivid sense-memories".


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Many critics blamed Paramount's initial ad campaign for the film not finding a mainstream audience. The "Wall Street Journal"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Joe Morgenstern praised Douglas' work in the film, but criticized the poster, which featured a headshot of Douglas: "a raffishly eccentric role, and he's never been so appealing. (Don't be put off by the movie's cryptic poster, which makes him look like Michael J. Pollard.)" The "Los Angeles Times"' Kenneth Turan also slammed the poster: "The film's ad poster brings Elmer Fudd to mind." Hanson said that the poster made Douglas look "like he was trying to be Robin Williams". In an interview with Amy Taubin, Hanson said, "The very things that made Michael and I want to do the movie so badly were the reasons it was so tricky to market. Since films go out on so many screens at once, there's a need for instant appeal. But "Wonder Boys" isn't easily reducible to a single image or a catchy ad line".


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: Hanson felt that the studio played it safe with the original ad campaign. They also released it a week after the Academy Award nominations were announced and the studio spent more money promoting the films of theirs that were nominated and not enough on "Wonder Boys." The studio pulled the film out of theaters and quickly canceled the video release. Hanson and the film's producer Scott Rudin lobbied to have it re-released. They designed a new campaign including posters and a trailer for the re-release that emphasized the ensemble cast.


title: Wonder Boys (film)

text: "Wonder Boys" was released on VHS and DVD by Paramount Home Video in North America, Warner Home Video in international territories, except the United Kingdom and Universal Pictures Video and Vision Video in the United Kingdom in 2001.


title: Vice Principals

text: Vice Principals is an American dark comedy television series starring Danny McBride, Walton Goggins, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Dale Dickey, Georgia King, Sheaun McKinney, Busy Philipps and Shea Whigham. The co-creators were Danny McBride and Jody Hill. The series was ordered by HBO in May 2014 with an 18-episode pickup, and the series was split into two seasons for a designed finite run. The series began to shoot in 2015 and wrapped in mid-2016, and premiered on July 17, 2016. The second and final season premiered on September 17, 2017, and concluded on November 12, 2017.


title: Vice Principals

text: "Vice Principals" focuses on ill-tempered, dogmatic, and disliked vice principal of North Jackson High School, Neal Gamby (Danny McBride), and his ambitions of being promoted to the principal's chair when the principal is due to step down. However, when the current principal (Bill Murray) retires, he reveals that he trusts neither Gamby nor his scheming and seemingly sociopathic co-vice principal Lee Russell (Walton Goggins), and so has recommended neither of them as his successor; instead, outsider Dr. Belinda Brown (Kimberly Hébert Gregory) is hired. When Gamby's attempt to get the school faculty to veto the appointment backfires (as Brown quickly makes a positive impression on the staff with her goal-oriented agenda and amicability with students), he conspires with Russell to find some way of ruining Brown's reputation and installing himself as principal. The show chronicles the schemers' gradual self-destruction as their own biases and unlikable personalities increasingly alienate Brown and the rest of their co-workers.


title: Vice Principals

text: On June 15, 2015, the "Charleston City Paper" reported "Vice Principals" filming in the North Charleston, South Carolina neighborhood of Park Circle. The newspaper added that comic actors Will Ferrell and Bill Murray would make cameo appearances in the series. Scenes that take place in the school were shot on the campus of R. B. Stall High School and also filmed on campus of West Ashley High School.


title: Vice Principals

text: The score was composed by Joseph Stephens. The soundtrack was released by Waxwork Records in 2019 on a double LP pressed to 180 gram vinyl. The release included liner notes by McBride and Stephens.


title: Vice Principals

text: "Vice Principals" received positive reviews from critics in season 1 and reviews for season 2 in general highly praised the show. On Rotten Tomatoes, season 1 has a rating of 64%, based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 6.48/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""Vice Principals" is sporadically amusing and benefits from its talented stars, but its mean-spirited humor sometimes misses the mark." On Metacritic, the season has a score of 56 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Season 2 has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 7.0 out of 10 based on 10 reviews.


title: Vice Principals

text: The complete first season of "Vice Principals" was released on DVD and Blu-ray by HBO Home Entertainment (which is distributed through Warner Home Video) on February 7, 2017. The complete series was released on DVD by HBO Home Entertainment on April 10, 2018.


title: Staci Keanan

text: Anastasia Love Sagorsky, also known as Staci Keanan, is an American deputy district attorney, law professor, and former actress. Keanan is best known for portraying the role of Nicole Bradford on the NBC sitcom "My Two Dads", from 1987 to 1990, and as Dana Foster on the ABC/CBS sitcom "Step by Step", from 1991 to 1998.


title: Staci Keanan

text: Keanan was born in Devon, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Jacqueline (née Love) and Irv Sagorsky, a car salesman. She has a sister, Pilar.


title: Staci Keanan

text: In 2002, Keanan graduated "cum laude" with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and a minor in French from UCLA. Her academic honors include membership in the Golden Key International Honour Society and Phi Beta Kappa honor societies.


title: Staci Keanan

text: At age five, she began modeling and appeared in print, radio, and television advertisements, including television commercials for My Little Pony, Burger King and Hershey's Kisses. As a youth, Keanan moved with her mother and sister to New York City, where she changed her name to "Staci Love" and began appearing in summer stock. She made her credited television debut in the 1987 miniseries ""I'll Take Manhattan".


title: Staci Keanan

text: At the age of 12, shortly after she moved with her family to Los Angeles, she was cast as Nicole Bradford in the TV series "My Two Dads". The series ran from 1987 to 1990. During the 1990-91 season, she co-starred in the short-lived series "Going Places" with Alan Ruck, Heather Locklear, and Hallie Todd. The following year, Keanan was cast as Dana Foster in the TV series "Step by Step" which aired from 1991 to 1998. By 1997 Keanan had changed her name from "Staci" to "Stacy."


title: Staci Keanan

text: Keanan had roles in the short "Stolen Poem" (2004) and the films "Hidden Secrets" (2006), and "Death and Cremation" (2010) with Brad Dourif, Jeremy Sumpter, and Daniel Baldwin. In 2009 Keanan appeared in "Holyman Undercover", and in 2010 she appeared in a cameo in "You Again" with "Step by Step" castmates Christine Lakin and Patrick Duffy. She also co-starred in the 2009 film "Sarah's Choice".


title: Staci Keanan

text: Keanan attended Southwestern Law School and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2013. She currently practices law under her given birth name, Anastasia Sagorsky, in the Los Angeles area. In 2014, Keanan worked as a Deputy District Attorney in the Riverside County District Attorney's Office prosecuting felony cases involving violent crime or death. Keanan joined the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office as a Deputy District Attorney in 2016 where she currently serves. In January 2021, she became an adjunct associate professor of law at Southwestern Law School. In 2022, she taught a course on how to properly prosecute/defend driving under the influence (DUI) cases in court.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: The House of Representatives (, pronounced ; commonly referred to as the ', literally "Second Chamber of the States General") is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General, the other one being the Senate. It has 150 seats, which are filled through elections using party-list proportional representation. Generally, the house is located in the Binnenhof in The Hague, however, it has temporarily moved to the former building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Bezuidenhoutseweg 67 in the Hague while the Binnenhof is being renovated.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: Although the body is officially called the "House of Representatives" in English, it is not a direct translation of its official Dutch name, the "Second Chamber of the States General", "Second Chamber" or more colloquially just the "Chamber". Rather than "representative" ("afgevaardigde"), a member of the House is referred to as "(Tweede) Kamerlid", or "member of the (Second) Chamber".


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: The House of Representatives is the main legislative body of the States General, where discussions of proposed legislation and review of the actions of the cabinet take place. Both the Cabinet and the House of Representatives itself have the right to propose legislation; the House of Representatives discusses it and, if adopted by a majority, sends it on to the Senate. Review of the actions of the cabinet takes the form of formal interrogations, which may result in motions urging the cabinet to take, or refrain from, certain actions. No individual may be a member of both parliament and cabinet, except in a caretaker cabinet that has not yet been succeeded when a new House is sworn in.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: The House of Representatives is also responsible for the first round of selection for judges to the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. It submits a list of three names for every vacant position to the Government. Furthermore, it elects the Dutch Ombudsman and their subsidiaries.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: The normal term of the House of Representatives is four years. Elections are called when the government loses the parliament's confidence, the governing coalition breaks down, the term of the House of Representatives expires or when no governing coalition can be formed.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: Anyone eligible to vote in the Netherlands also has the right to establish a political party and contest in elections for the House of Representatives. Parties wanting to take part must register 43 days before the elections, supplying a nationwide list of no more than 50 candidates (80 if the party already has more than 15 seats). Parties that do not have any sitting candidates in the House of Representatives must also pay a deposit (11,250 euro for the March 2021 elections, for all districts together) and provide 30 signatures of support from residents of each of the 20 electoral districts in which they want to collect votes.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: Candidate lists are given to voters at least 14 days before the election. Each candidate list is numbered, with the candidate in the first position being known as the "lijsttrekker" ("list puller"). The lijsttrekker is usually appointed by the party to lead its election campaign, and is almost always the party's political leader and candidate for Prime Minister. Parties may choose to compete with different candidate lists in each of the 20 electoral districts, but as seats are allocated on a national rather than district level, most parties have almost identical lists in all districts with candidates running. Only large parties usually have some regional candidates at the bottom of their lists. From 1973 until its abolition in June 2017 it was possible for two or more parties to combine their separate lists to increase the chance of winning a remainder seat. This was known as a 'list combination' or "Lijstverbinding" / "lijstencombinatie".


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: Citizens of the Kingdom of the Netherlands aged 18 and over have the right to vote, with the exception of 1) prisoners serving a term of more than one year, 2) those who have been declared incapable by court because of insanity, 3) residents of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, unless they have spent ten years residing in the Netherlands or work for the Dutch civil service. Eligible citizens residing in the Netherlands are able to vote if they are registered in a municipal population register ("Basisregistratie Personen"). Eligible citizens living outside of the Netherlands can permanently register to vote at the municipality of The Hague, provided they have a current Dutch passport or identity card.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: A single vote can be placed on any one candidate. Many voters select one of the "lijsttrekkers" (Jan Peter Balkenende, for example, received 2,198,114 of the CDA's 2,608,573 votes in the November 2006 elections), but alternatively may give a preference vote for a candidate lower down the list.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: Once the votes have been counted, the seats are allocated to the parties. The number of valid national votes cast is divided by 150, the number of seats available, to give a threshold for each seat (the "kiesdeler"); 1/150th is approximately 0.67% of the valid votes. Each party's number of votes is divided by this threshold, and rounded down to the nearest whole number, to give an initial number of seats equal to the number of times the threshold was reached. Any party that received fewer votes than the threshold fails to gain representation in the House of Representatives. After the initial seats are allocated, the remainder seats are allocated among the parties that received at least one seat, using the D'Hondt method of largest averages. This system slightly favours the larger parties. Since parties that received fewer votes than required to obtain one whole seat are not eligible for remainder seats, there is a de facto election threshold of 0.67%. This threshold is one of the lowest for national parliaments in the world, and there are usually multiple parties winning seats with 2% or less of the vote. Any party that did not have seats in the House at the time of the election will have its deposit refunded if it receives more than 75% of the threshold (1/200th of the vote).


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: Once the number of seats allocated to each party is known, they are usually allocated to candidates in the order that they appear on the party's list. (Hence, before the elections, the candidates near the top may be described as in an electable position, depending on the number of seats that the party is likely to obtain.) At this stage, however, the preference votes are also taken into account. Any candidate receiving more than one quarter of the threshold on personal preference votes (the 'preference threshold' or "voorkeursdrempel", 0.1675% of the total number of valid votes), is considered elected in their own right, leapfrogging candidates higher on the list. After the November 2006 elections, only one candidate received a seat exclusively through preference votes, while the 26 other candidates who reached the preference threshold were already elected based on their position on the list. If a candidate cannot take up the position in parliament (e.g., if they become a minister, decide not to enter parliament, or later resign) then the next candidate on the list takes their place.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: After all seats are allocated, a series of negotiations take place in order to form a government that, usually, commands a majority in the chamber. Since 2012, the House of Representatives appoints a "scout" to ask the major party leaders about prospective coalitions. On basis of the scout's interviews, the House of Representatives then appoints an informateur, who checks out possible coalitions, and formateur, who leads negotiations (before 2012, the informateur and formateur were appointed by the monarch). It typically takes a few months before the formateur is ready to accept a royal invitation to form a government and become prime minister. All cabinet members must resign from parliament, as the constitution does not allow a cabinet member to simultaneously hold a seat in the House of Representatives.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: Due to the nationwide party-list system and the low election threshold, a typical House of Representatives has ten or more factions represented. Such fragmentation makes it nearly impossible for one party to win the 76 seats needed for a majority in the House of Representatives. Since the current party-list proportional representation system was introduced in 1918, no party has reached the number of seats that are theoretically required to govern alone or win enough for an outright majority. The highest amount of seats won by a single party since then has been 54 out of 150, by the CDA in 1986 and 1989. Between 1891 and 1897, the Liberal Union was the last party to have an absolute majority of seats in the House of Representatives. All Dutch cabinets since then have been coalitions of two or more parties.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: Historically, there have been 100 seats in the House of Representatives. In 1956, this number was increased to 150, at which it remains today.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: To give an overview of the history of the House of Representatives, the figure on the right shows the seat distribution in the House from the first general elections after World War II (1946) to the most recent election. The left-wing parties are located towards the bottom, while the Christian parties are located in the centre, and the right-wing parties towards the top. Occasionally, single-issue (or narrow-focus) parties have arisen, and these are shown at the extreme top. Vertical lines indicate general elections. Although these are generally held every four years, the resulting coalition governments do not always finish their term without a government crisis, which is often followed by new elections.


title: House of Representatives (Netherlands)

text: The small fraction of voters, which were not represented by any party in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands despite valid vote, is increasing. The unrepresented vote fraction is shown below:


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: Jock Zonfrillo (born Barry Zonfrillo, 4 August 1976) is a Scottish television presenter and former chef currently based in Melbourne, Australia.


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: He is the founder of The Orana Foundation and one of the current "MasterChef Australia" judges alongside Andy Allen and Melissa Leong.


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: Barry Zonfrillo started working in kitchens as a dishwasher part-time at the age of 13, while still at school. He left school aged 15 and started an apprenticeship in the kitchens of The Turnberry Hotel, after which he worked at the Arkle Restaurant in Chester. Zonfrillo then worked for Marco Pierre White before travelling to Australia for 12 months to work at Restaurant 41 in Sydney On returning to the UK, Zonfrillo was appointed to his first head chef position aged 22 at The Tresanton Hotel, Cornwall, England.


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: Zonfrillo returned to Australia in January 2000 as the head chef at Restaurant 41 in Sydney. In November 2013, he opened Restaurant Orana and Street ADL in Adelaide, replacing Street ADL with Bistro Blackwood in September 2017. In August 2017, Restaurant Orana was named Australia's 2018 Restaurant of the Year by "Gourmet Traveller" Magazine; the same year Zonfrillo was named Australia's 2018 Hottest Chef in The Australian. In October 2018, Orana was named Australia's 2019 Restaurant of the Year by the Good Food Guide.


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: Zonfrillo opened Nonna Mallozzi in December 2018. He closed it in July 2019 after posting losses exceeding $140,000 in the time it was open. Late 2019 Bistro Blackwood closed, followed by Orana in March 2020. The combined debts amounted to approximately $3.2 million. Zonfrillo's long-term restaurant manager, Greta Wohlstadt, had resigned in the weeks leading up to the closure of Orana.


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: In October 2019, Zonfrillo was announced as one of the new judges for MasterChef Australia, alongside Melissa Leong and Andy Allen. At that time, he remarked to an Adelaide newspaper that nothing would change for Restaurant Orana and Bistro Blackwood: "You’ll see me probably just as often (...) It’s a 50-minute flight from Melbourne and the restaurant is only a 15-minute drive from the airport so I can be standing in Orana very quickly.” Some weeks later, Bistro Blackwood closed, followed by Orana in March 2020. In July 2020, Zonfrillo was announced as one of the judges for Junior Masterchef Australia in 2020.


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: In July 2021, Zonfrillo commenced selling purportedly handmade bracelets with skulls on them for up to $500 each, under the brand Caim. At the time, Zonfrillo remarked: "Caim is Scottish Gaelic, pronounced kyem. It’s not religious – it’s an invisible circle of protection that you draw around your body with your hand, to remind you of being safe and loved, even in the darkest times.”


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: In 2002, Zonfrillo deliberately set fire to Martin Krammer, an apprentice chef in his kitchen, for working too slowly. Subsequently, damages in excess of $75,000 were awarded against Zonfrillo. Later in May 2007 Zonfrillo was declared bankrupt after a creditors petition from Martin Krammer was successful in the Federal Magistrates Court. According to Krammer, "He [Zonfrillo] never paid me a cent".


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: In 2016, Zonfrillo started The Orana Foundation, to preserve historical cooking techniques and ingredients of the Indigenous Australians. The Orana Foundation was awarded the Good Food Guide Food For Good Award in October 2017. Questions were subsequently raised in the media regarding Zonfrillo’s management of the charity. Zonfrillo launched defamation proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia in September 2020 against Nationwide News relating to an article concerning the Orana Foundation. Nationwide News settled the court case. An apology was printed in The Australian newspaper on 17 December 2020 and published on their website.


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: On 5 October 2020, Restaurant Orana (The Living Room Bar Pty Ltd) and Bistro Blackwood (Blackwood Bistro Pty Ltd) entered into voluntary administration, with substantial unpaid debts, amounting to approximately $3.2 million. A preliminary report filed by the Voluntary Administrators with ASIC in October 2020, recorded that initial investigations were being undertaken into whether the restaurant companies were trading while insolvent, if there had been unfair preferences or potential breaches of director duties, and concerning related party loans. Zonfrillo also had to sell his family home in the Adelaide Hills after the closure of Orana.


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: On 28 July 2021, Simon & Schuster published Zonfrillo's controversial memoir, "Last Shot". A subsequent feature in "The Sydney Morning Herald" questioned his stories, notably his claims of having visited "hundreds of Indigenous communities", as well of the stories of his alleged drug use. Marco Pierre White, referred to as a father figure in the book, stated that "almost everything he has written about me is untrue". Simon & Schuster replied that the book was "a historical account written from the personal knowledge of the subject writing it.”


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: Zonfrillo was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His mother's family is Scottish from Dalmellington, Ayrshire while his father is Italian from Scauri, Italy. He attended Belmont Academy in Ayr, Scotland.


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: On 1 January 2017, Zonfrillo married his third wife, Lauren Fried. The couple met on Twitter in October 2014. In February 2018, Fried and Zonfrillo had a son who was born two months premature and weighed only 1.2 kgs.


title: Jock Zonfrillo

text: After the closure of his restaurants, Zonfrillo and his family relocated to Melbourne around March 2020. They now reside in the suburb of Carlton. Fried and Zonfrillo had a daughter in October 2020.


Visa requirements for Pakistani citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Pakistan by the authorities of other states. As of November 2022, Pakistani citizens had visa-free, visa on arrival, or e-visa access to 32 countries and territories ranking the Pakistani passport 109th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: The ninth season of the American television medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" began airing in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on September 27, 2012, with the season premiere "Going, Going, Gone" and consists of 24 episodes with the season finale "Perfect Storm" airing on May 16, 2013. The season was produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and The Mark Gordon Company; the showrunners being Tony Phelan and Joan Rater. The season was officially released on DVD as a 6-disc box-set under the title of "Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Ninth Season - Everything Changes" on August 27, 2013 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: The season follows the characters dealing with the aftermath of the season 8 plane crash that claimed the life of Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh) and upon rescue Mark Sloan (Eric Dane), who dies after sustaining injuries from the crash. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) finds his surgical career in doubt after badly damaging his hand but Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) ultimately manages to save his hand. The show's protagonist Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) deals with the loss of her half-sister Lexie and later discovers that she is pregnant. Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) is severely traumatized upon rescue and later decides to take up her fellowship in Minnesota. Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw), another survivor of the plane crash, upon return, realizes that her leg had to be amputated to save her life, reacts badly to this, becoming bitter and blaming her wife Callie and her former friend Alex Karev (Justin Chambers). To prevent the doctors' court case from being thrown out, Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) decides to divorce Yang, but the two agree to start again. The hospital itself becomes liable for the crash, putting its future in extreme doubt prompting the 4 crash survivors and Torres to purchase the hospital. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) marries her partner Ben Warren (Jason George), April Kepner (Sarah Drew) returns home to Ohio, but is brought back by Hunt to rejoin the hospital and she restarts her relationship with Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams).


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: The season ended with an average of 12.51 million viewers and ranked #26 which was higher than the previous 2 seasons and in the 18-49 key demographic ranked at #10. Ellen Pompeo won the Favorite TV Drama Actress at the 39th People's Choice Awards and the show itself won the Favorite Network TV Drama. It was announced by ABC on May 10, 2013 that the tenth season of "Grey's Anatomy" would begin in the fall of 2013.


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: The number in the "No. in series" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No. in season" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. "U.S. viewers in millions" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episodes live. Each episode of this season is named after a song.


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: "Grey's Anatomy" was renewed by ABC on May 10, 2012. In June 2012, ABC set the premiere date of "Grey's Anatomy" to September 27, 2012, and it would remain in the Thursday 9:00pm timeslot that it has had since the third season. In October 2012, it was reported that this season would have the same episode count as season 8, meaning it would have a total of 24 episodes. Shonda Rhimes revealed that the season 9 finale would not revolve around a 'disaster' episode.


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: In May 2012, it was announced that 6 original cast-mates, Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens, Jr. and Patrick Dempsey had renewed their contracts for another 2 seasons, as Meredith Grey, Cristina Yang, Alex Karev, Miranda Bailey, Richard Webber and Derek Shepherd respectively. In July 2012, it was announced that cast member Eric Dane would not be returning to "Grey's Anatomy" as a series-regular, and would leave after 2 episodes to give his character a proper ending. In addition, Chyler Leigh requested to be released from her contract to spend more time with her family and her character was killed off in the season 8 finale, while Kim Raver also departed from the show following the events of the season 8 finale, having declined the offer of a contract extension. Other series regulars, Sara Ramirez, Kevin McKidd, Jessica Capshaw, Sarah Drew, and Jesse Williams all returned to the series as regulars, though Capshaw would not have a major role in the first few episodes because of her maternity leave.


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: In August 2012, it was announced that Camilla Luddington, Gaius Charles and Tina Majorino had been cast as Jo Wilson, Shane Ross, and Heather Brooks respectively; these characters would be the new interns of Seattle Grace-Mercy West. "TVGuide" later reported that even with all of the recurring cast being added to "Grey's Anatomy" for the new season that "True Blood" star Camilla Luddington is the only actress with an option to become a series-regular. In September 2012, it was announced that Jerrika Hinton and Tessa Ferrer had been cast as new interns Stephanie Edwards and Leah Murphy respectively. In August 2012, it was announced that Debbie Allen would reprise her role as Catherine Avery at sometime in series, and she is set to direct the third episode. In September 2012, it was announced that Steven Culp would be cast as a new doctor at a new hospital, and would be known as Dr. Parker.


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: In September 2012, it was announced that William Daniels, former "Boy Meets World" star, and Jason George would reprise their roles as Dr. Craig Thomas, and Ben Warren respectively. In September 2012, "TVLine" reported that "Bones's" Andrew Leeds had been cast in a potentially recurring role for the ninth season. In December 2012, "Wetpaint" reported that Constance Zimmer had been cast in a recurring role as Dr. Cahill and would appear in at least 4 episodes. In November 2012, it was announced that Neve Campbell, known for her role in "Scream" (1996), would be cast as one of Derek's sisters. It was not until late November that her role was revealed as Liz Shepherd, a therapist. In November 2012, it was announced that in 2013, someone would die on "Grey's Anatomy". "TVGuide" then reported that Loretta Devine, who is known as Adele Webber, would be reprising her role for 2 episodes, and that she would be the one to die. In November 2012, "TVLine" reported that Nip/Tuck alum Roma Maffia was cast in a recurring role as a member of the hospital board. In December 2012, "TVLineTVLine" "and" "Wetpaint" reported that "Ringer" and "Switched at Birth" star, Justin Bruening, was cast as a paramedic known as Matt.


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: In January 2013, it was announced that Gaius Charles, Tina Majorino, Jerrika Hinton and Tessa Ferrer were all given the option to become series-regulars if "Grey's Anatomy" were to be renewed. Sarah Chalke is set to guest-star in an episode in the spring, as "TVLine" reported in January 2013. It was announced by "E! Online" on March 29, "One Tree Hill" alumni Hilarie Burton will be cast in a recurring role as a specialist in an investigation going on in the hospital. Her character is to arrive on the twenty-second episode of the season. However, this later turned out to be untrue as Burton ended up portraying a specialist doctor named Lauren Boswell.


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: "Grey's Anatomy's" ninth season opened up to 11.73 million viewers with a 4.4/12 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. The viewership for the episode was an 11% increase from the previous season premiere, which was viewed by a total of 10.38 million people. The rating was a 7% increase from the previous season premiere, which received a 4.1/10 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. The Nielsen score additionally registered the show as the week's highest-rated drama in the 18–49 demographic. As of December 2012, "Going, Going, Gone" has served as the season's most-viewed episode. "Run, Baby, Run" is the season's least-viewed episode, with 8.17 million viewers and a 2.9/8 Neilsen rating/share in the 18-49 demographic. At the time, the season finale was the series' lowest-watched season finale with 8.99 million viewers and 3.1 in the 18-49 rating demographci.


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: The season received positive reviews with critics praising numerous aspects of the long-running medical drama including the bonds of the characters with each other and its connection with the audience. Robert Bianco of "USA Today" noted that after 9 seasons, "There's still life left in "Grey's"." "What Culture" gave a positive review for the season, ""Grey's Anatomy" has developed into a fine example of how a TV show can mature beyond its initial purpose." "Toronto Star" called it "a solid return to form." "TV Fanatic" gave a largely positive review to the season, ""Grey's Anatomy" always knows how to bring the drama and they did not fail in the Season 9."


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: Melissa Maerz of "Entertainment Weekly" also gave a positive response stating, "There's still one good reason to keep watching: Where else can you find such deep friendships between co-workers?" Margaret Lyons of "New York Magazine" wrote that the first part of the season "has been mostly a downer, thanks in part to a whole bunch of people dying at the beginning of the season and also the shocking lack of interesting romances."


title: Grey's Anatomy (season 9)

text: "Examiner.com" reviewing the season finale wrote, "["Grey's"] delivered yet another epic and emotional season finale that pushes our characters in challenging new directions." The site added, "'Perfect Storm' gets 5 out of 5 stars. This storm brought on all kinds of emotional strife and death that truly tests the seasoned doctors and pushes them to their element. They bond together, guiding each other through the dark and as the dust settles from this mayhem, there are casualties of all kinds. The tragedy that leaves us hanging until next fall is one hell of a thrill ride full to the brim with shocks."


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: Sonali Kulkarni (born 3 November 1974) is an Indian actress, producer, and writer who primarily appears in Marathi and Hindi films. She has also appeared in Kannada, Tamil, Gujarati and English films. She has worked in over 70 films, both commercial and experimental, as well as some international projects, and is regarded as one of the most versatile Marathi actresses. Kulkarni has won a National Film Award, two Maharashtra State Film Awards, and four Filmfare Marathi Awards, and has been nominated for one Filmfare Award, two IIFA Awards, and one Screen Award.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: Although born into a middle-class Maharashtrian family in Pune, Kulkarni was drawn to acting at an early age and had attended Satyadev Dubey's acting workshops. At the age of 18, she made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film Cheluvi (1992). Later, she debuted with Mukta (1994) in Marathi. This was followed by critical praise with Doghi (1995), Daayraa (1996), and Gharabaher (1999), the former earning her Maharashtra State Film Award and Filmfare Marathi Award. Subsequently, she starred in Mission Kashmir (2000), Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000), Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (2001), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Taxi Number 9211 (2006), and Singham (2011). She received further acclaim and a National Film Award for her portrayal of a powerful woman in the Marathi-language, short film Chaitra (2002).


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: Kulkarni garnered further successes with Deool (2011), Pune 52 (2013), The Good Road (2013), Gulabjaam (2018), and Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar (2018). Moreover, she won three Filmfare Marathi Awards for her roles in the biography Dr. Prakash Baba Amte-The Real Hero (2014), the emotional drama "Kaccha Limbu" (2017), and the survival drama Pension (2021).


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: Apart from acting, Kulkarni used to write a weekly column for a supplement of the Marathi daily newspaper Loksatta called "So Kul". In 2010, she published her article book "So Kul..." She also formed "So kul Productions", which produced the Marathi and Hinglish play "WhileLily & Night Rider".


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: Kulkarni was born in Pune, Maharashtra. Her father is an engineer, and she has two older brothers, Sandeep and Sandesh. She attended Abhinava Vidyalaya and graduated from Ferguson College, where she majored in Political Science and received a scholarship in Marathi literature. She is trained in Bharatnatyam for eleven years and in classical music for four years. For her interest in acting, she attended a workshop by Satyadev Dubey, after which she and Sandesh formed a theatre group called Samanvay. Sandesh is presently working as a director and is married to film and theatre actress Amruta Subhash.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: Kulkarni made her screen debut as the titular character in Girish Karnad's Kannada film Cheluvi. Karnad first saw her when she was still in college and approached her for the project. The film is based on , in which she portrays a poor young woman with a hidden magical ability that allows her to shift into a tree that blooms with exotic flowers. When the film was released, it was also dubbed into Hindi.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: The first Marathi film to star Kulkarni was Mukta (1994), which was directed by Jabbar Patel. It is the narrative of an upper-caste girl and a lower-caste guy who struggle with their caste's contradictions. It is recognised as one of the most significant Marathi films made between 1993 and 1998. The same year, she appeared in the Tamil romantic film May Maadham, which was a commercial failure. Mani Ratnam had recommended her name to the director. She then acted in the NFDC-produced film Doghi (1995), for which she got Maharashtra State Film Award and Filmfare Marathi Award for best actress.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: In 1996, Kulkarni starred in the first installment of Amol Palekar's trilogy on sexuality, Daayraa. The story revolves around a love relationship between a transvestite dancer and a gang-raped lady who starts dressing up as a male. The film had its world premiere at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival and was also shown at the London Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and Vancouver Asian Film Festival. However, due to its controversial topic, it was not screened in Indian theatres. The film received positive reviews and gained her widespread acclaim. At the Festival de Valenciennes, she received the Best Actor Award—Grand Prix du Jury. Her other releases during this time were the English-language film "Vrindavan Film Studios" by Italian filmmaker Lamberto Lambertini and the award-winning Marathi political drama Gharabaher.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: She also collaborated with Doordarshan on a Hindi film, "Gulabari", which aired in 1995, as well as television shows such as "Badalte Rishtey" and "Kata Rute Kunala" in 1996. The latter received RAPA Awards for Best Television Performance of the Year. She was also seen in one episode ("Kya Yahi Pyaar Hai" - Directed by Tanuja Chaturvedi) of the Star Bestsellers TV Series, which ran on Star Plus from 1999 to 2000.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: In 2000, Kulkarni's first release was Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Mission Kashmir. She portrayed the roles of Sanjay Dutt’s wife and Hrithik Roshan’s foster mother. Saisuresh Sivaswamy from Rediff, calling her a "real scene-stealer," wrote, "She excels in a role that brings out the entire gamut of a mother's emotions, and finally gives her life to save her husband's." Filmfare critic Suman Tarafdar observed, "Kulkarni, as the belle from Lucknow, does the loving wife and mother with a touch of realism not generally seen in Indian mainstream cinema." She was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category at several award ceremonies, including the Filmfare awards, IIFA awards, and Screen awards. That same year, she saw the commercial release of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, an English-Hindi bilingual film on B. R. Ambedkar's struggle to liberate the downtrodden classes. She was cast as Ramabai Ambedkar, the first wife of Ambedkar, who was played by Mammootty. This was her second project with Jabbar Patel.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: In 2001, she appeared in two successful Hindi films: Rajat Mukherjee's romantic thriller Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya, which received critical acclaim and grossed ₹ 281 million (US $3.5 million) at the box office, and Farhan Akhtar's coming-of-age comedy-drama film Dil Chahta Hai, in which she starred opposite Saif Ali Khan and the film went on to become the year's fifth highest-grossing film.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: Mehul Kumar's Kitne Door Kitne Paas, critically acclaimed musical ensemble Dil Vil Pyar Vyar, and Agni Varsha, a silver screen adaptation of Girish Karnad's Mahabharata play The Fire and The Rain, being box-office failures in 2002. Despite her unsuccessful Hindi films, she received a Special Mention – Non-Feature Film at the 49th National Film Awards for her role in the Marathi culturally diverse short film Chaitra. Based on author G.A. Kulkarni's story of the same name, the tale is about a proud woman, her beautiful redemption from an unfair societal insult, and her tragic bad luck, set during the Haldi-Kumkum festival.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: In 2004, she was seen in Devrai, directed by filmmaker duo Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar. She got second-best actress at the 42nd Maharashtra State Film Awards for her performance as Seena, the sister of a man with schizophrenia who is battling to come to terms with his sickness. She then starred as one of four widowers in White Rainbow, a film set in the Hindu holy city of Vrindavan in north India. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama wrote, "Sonali Kulkarni may not be in complete form, but she makes a sincere effort." She also appeared in Makarand Deshpande's "Hanan" and Gurinder Chadha's Bride and Prejudice.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: She made her Gujarati cinema debut in 2005 with Love Is Blind, which went on to win eleven Gujarat State Film Awards. Her next film was "Fuoco Su di Me", an international Italian language film in which she co-starred alongside Omar Sharif and "Massimiliano Varrese". For her portrayal, she was awarded Best Actress at the 2006 Milan International Film Festival.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: In 2006, Kulkarni was seen in Milan Luthria’s comedy thriller Taxi No. 9211, in which she starred with Nana Patekar and John Abraham. She featured as Sunita Shastri, Patekar's wife, in the film. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama called her performance "exceptional," adding, "Her sequences with Nana are commendable." The film earned positive reviews from critics and was a moderate box office success. She was nominated for a Stardust award. Kulkarni went on to feature in the romantic comedy I See You and Sakhi, as well as the ensemble films Sirf and Via Darjeeling and the anthology films Darna Zaroori Hai and Mumbai Cutting. She was one of the participants in the reality shows Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2 and .


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: Kulkarni had eight releases in 2009, the first of which was Gajendra Ahire's Gulmohar, in which she portrayed a devoted and supportive wife. Gabhricha Paus, written and directed by Satish Manwar, was her next release. The film depicts the suicides of cotton farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha area. Gabhricha Paus was highly appreciated at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and it became the only Indian film to get a distribution prize of 15,000 Euros from the Hubert Bals Fund. Following its premiere, it was chosen for several film festivals, including the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Durban International Film Festival, the Goa Marathi Film Festival, and the Kolhapur International Film Festival. She next played an Indian television star newsreader in Delhi in the highly praised Mohandas, a nightmarish drama of identity theft that culminates into a humiliating betrayal of governmental corruption and conspiracy. The film got nominations at both the South Asian International Film Festival and the Fribourg International Film Festival. Later, she co-starred alongside Milind Soman in the short story "Aushadh Ghenara Manus" in the anthology film Gandha, a combination of three separate stories linked by the common component of the human sense of smell. Well Done, Abba, Love Khichdi, and Shadow are among her other films from the year.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: In 2011, Kulkarni earned her second nomination for an IIFA award for her performance in Rohit Shetty's Singham as an honest inspector's wife seeking justice for her husband's suicide. Komal Nahta of Koimoi found her "excellently restrained." Next, her role in Deool as Vahini, a simple woman with a strong faith in God and a commitment to her family, was a box-office blockbuster. The romantic thriller "Pratibimb", starring Ankush Chaudhari, was her last release of the year. She was pregnant at the time of the shoot. She won the Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar for Best Actress for the film.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: In 2013, she worked with debutant director Nikhil Mahajan in the thriller Pune 52, as the frustrated wife of an unsuccessful man. The film was a commercial hit. Then she reprised the role of Sharmila Tagore from the original in "Konkanastha", a remake of director Mahesh Majrekar's own film Viruddh. Her last release was the Gujarati film, The Good Road. It was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, becoming the first Gujarati film ever selected.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: Following that, Kulkarni appeared in Dr. Prakash Baba Amte-The Real Hero, Aga Bai Arechyaa 2, and Sugar Salt Ani Prem. The former received critical praise and a Filmfare award for best actress for her portrayal of Mandakini Amte, a real-life medical practitioner and social worker, in the biopic. Surabhi Redkar of koimoi stated, "Sonali lives up to it as she easily gets into the character of Manda, who is a lovable character in the film." Mihir Bhanage of TOI noted, "It is one of those roles that utilised her acting prowess to the fullest." The film was one of the top Marathi hits of 2014.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: In 2017, Kulkarni featured in Govind Nihalani's Marathi film "Ti ani Itar", which was a screen adaptation of Manjula Padmanabhan's play Lights Out. Her second release was Prasad Oak's directorial black-and-white film "Kaccha Limbu", based on Jaywant Dalvi's novel Runanubandha. The film, set in the 1980s, is about a couple's ongoing battle to care for their 15-year-old mentally challenged child, who begins to develop sexual impulses. She portrayed a simple, family-oriented woman opposite Ravi Jadhav. Both the film and her performance received great acclaim. TOI's Mihir Bhanage writes, "Kulkarni pulls off a rather complex character with grace…" Namrata Joshi of The Hindu praised her for "bringing out the requisite nuances and predicaments of her character." Her performance earned her third Filmfare Marathi Award and her second Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar in the category of Best Actress. She also acted in Poster Boys, the Hindi remake of the Marathi film of the same name, starring Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: In 2018, her chemistry with Siddharth Chandekar in Gulabjaam was praised. Mihir Bhange of TOI called the film "a tasty meal that leaves a sweet aftertaste," adding, "she [Kulkarni] is the salt in the film; that bit without which the recipe would be bland and incomplete." Yogesh Pawar of DNA stated, "She brings to her Radha Agarkar an organic vulnerability and strength that sets the tone for her character's trajectory." Alok Deshpande, The Hindu reviewer, wrote: "Kulkarni has delivered one of the best performances of her career in Gulabjaam. Her anger, helplessness, rare smiles, and surrendering to the past, paint a memorable Radha." Her subsequent films, Hope Aur Hum and Madhuri, garnered mixed reviews, although her acting was praised. She then portrayed veteran Hindi and Marathi actress Sulochana Latkar in the biography Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: Kulkarni played a widow and mother to a young boy in Pension (2021), a drama about a family of three who relies heavily on the pension that the elderly lady receives as a result of her late husband's service. She was awarded Best Actress by the Critics at the Filmfare Marathi Awards. In April 2021, she presented Sony TV's popular real-life-based crime show, Crime Patrol Satark: Justice Reloaded. In the same year, she made her OTT debut in the web series Mumbai Diaries 26/11 and The Whistleblower on Amazon Prime Video and SonyLIV, respectively.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: Kulkarni has been in a number of theater plays throughout the years. She played Laxmi in Sakharam Binder, the most controversial play by Vijay Tendulkar, which was directed by her brother Sandesh Kulkarni and featured Sayaji Shinde as the title character.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: In 2014, Kulkarni founded her production company, "Sokul", and produced the plays "White Lilly & Night Rider" in Marathi and Hinglish, in which she also performed. Later, during Baba Amte's centenary year, she presented a special show called "Karunopanished". As a tribute to Baba Amte's literary legacy, Kulkarni and Sachin Khedekar recited portions from novels written by him.


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: Kulkarni began writing for "Viva", a supplement to the Marathi daily newspaper Loksatta, in June 2005 and continued till May 2007. She used to write a column every week called "So Kul". Her articles for the modern Maharashtrian lady have received a lot of attention throughout the years. The newspaper and Rajhans Prakashan combined those writings and released a book, "So kul...", in 2010. Nana Patekar said during the book's launch, "Whenever I read her articles, I feel she is talking to me. There is so much simplicity in her writing."


title: Sonali Kulkarni

text: She was married to the film and theatre director Chandrakant Kulkarni for a short period but later got divorced. After a brief relationship with Nachiket Pantvaidya, the current head of Sony Entertainment Television, she married him in 2010. The couple has a daughter, Kaveri, born in 2011.


title: Butterfly pea flower tea

text: Butterfly pea flower tea, commonly known as blue tea, is a caffeine-free herbal tea, or tisane, beverage made from a decoction or infusion of the flower petals or even whole flower of the "Clitoria ternatea" plant. "Clitoria ternatea" is also known as butterfly pea, blue pea, Aprajita, Cordofan pea, Blue Tea Flowers or Asian pigeonwings.


title: Butterfly pea flower tea

text: Derived from a plant that is common to most South East Asian countries, butterfly pea flower tea has been brewed for centuries but only recently been introduced to tea drinkers outside the indigenous area. Butterfly pea flower tea gains its distinctive tint from the deep blue color of the petals that has made the plant a popular dye for centuries. One of the aspects of the tea is the fact that the liquid changes color based on the pH level of the substance added to it, for instance, adding lemon juice to the tea will turn it purple.


title: Butterfly pea flower tea

text: "Clitoria ternatea", bluetea also referred to as the butterfly pea, blue pea, aprajita, Cordofan pea or Asian pigeonwings, is a plant from the family Fabaceae and is commonly found throughout South East Asia. The bright blue petals from the flowers of the butterfly-pea plant have been used as an ingredient in herbal tea drinks throughout the region for centuries as well as used in cooking. The blue flower imparts its blue color when steeped in warm or hot water, leading it to being used as a dye, as well as to add color to various foods such as the rice dish "nasi kerabu".


title: Butterfly pea flower tea

text: In Thailand and Vietnam the butterfly blue pea flower tea is commonly mixed with honey and lemon for a drink usually served after dinner, or a refreshment at hotels and spas, a preparation called "nam dok anchan" in Thai. The "nam dok anchan" drink has been described as being a typical local drink like chamomile tea is in other parts of the world. The tea is found in both hot and cold varieties, where the cold version is often mixed with honey, mint, cinnamon, passion fruit, and ginger.


title: Butterfly pea flower tea

text: For centuries butterfly pea flower tea was only known in South East Asia but in recent years, through the proliferation of travel shows and food blogging, it has become known outside its area of origin. it is not readily available in supermarkets, primarily offered by specialty online retailers, although negotiations have been going on to introduce the tea in Whole Foods Market in the United States.


title: Butterfly pea flower tea

text: The flavor of the tea has been described as "earthy and woody—more similar to a fine green tea than it is to Blue Curaçao or Jolly Ranchers" in a January 2016 article on the "Bon Appétit" website.