document_title: Runaways (TV series)

question_text: when does marvel runaways episode 7 come out

text: Runaways (TV series)

text: Premise[edit]

text: Six teenagers from different backgrounds unite against a common enemy — their criminal parents,[1] collectively known as the Pride.[2]

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Rhenzy Feliz as Alex Wilder: A nerd who longs to reunite with his childhood friends, with a high intellect and the leader of the Runaways.[3]
Lyrica Okano as Nico Minoru:
A Wiccan who isolates herself with her gothic appearance and a member of the Runaways.[3] Unlike the comics, Nico does not summon the Staff of One through self-harm. Okano said this was tweaked, "for good reason" as there would be "a lot of young teenagers watching the show and we don't want to promote anything like self-harm because that's serious." She added that an element of drawing blood would still be involved.[4]
Virginia Gardner as Karolina Dean:
An alien passing as a teenager, burdened by her religious upbringing, who wants to pursue her own desires and instead of following in her mother's footsteps. She is a member of the Runaways.[3] Karolina has the ability of flight, to glow with rainbow-colored light, and shoot beams of light.[5]
Ariela Barer as Gert Yorkes: A riot grrrl, social activist, and a member of the Runaways. She also has a telepathic link with her genetically engineered dinosaur, Old Lace.[3]
Gregg Sulkin as Chase Stein:
A high school lacrosse player who is often dismissed as a dumb jock but displays brilliance in engineering and a member of the Runaways.[3] Sulkin and the writers wanted the character to be "more layered" than the comics, and Sulkin felt that Chase was the most changed of the Runaways from the source material.[6] The character is depicted as having the potential to be as much of a genius as his father is,[7] and builds gadgets powerful weaponized gauntlets called "Fistigons".[8] Connor Falk portrays a young Chase.[9]
Allegra Acosta as Molly Hernandez: The youngest member of the Runaways who is characterized by her positive attitude. Molly discovers she has the ability of superhuman strength and invulnerability.[3] Evelyn Angelos portrays a young Molly.[10]
Angel Parker as Catherine Wilder: Alex's mother, a successful lawyer, and a member of Pride.[2]
Ryan Sands as Geoffrey Wilder: Alex's father and a self-made business man who had a grueling path to his success who is a member of Pride.[2]
Annie Wersching as Leslie Dean: Karolina's mother and one of the leaders of the cult-like religious group the Church of Gibborim who is a member of Pride.[2][11]
Kip Pardue as Frank Dean: Karolina's father, a former teen star who is struggling in his professional acting career, who becomes one of the leaders of the Church of Gibborim.[2][11]
Ever Carradine as Janet Stein: Chase's mother who has a brilliant mind, is "a perfect PTA mom", and a member of Pride.[2] Sorel Carradine portrays a young Janet.[9]
James Marsters as Victor Stein:
Chase's father, an engineering genius, and a member of Pride.[2] Marsters was inspired by Vincent D'Onofrio's portrayal of Wilson Fisk in Daredevil, saying it was "exactly opposite of what I was expecting", and also looked for common ground with Victor, saying, "I'm not an abusive parent but I’m not a perfect parent. I don’t think anyone is." He added that Victor just wants Chase to live up to his potential.[7] Tim Pocock portrays a young Victor.[9]
Brigid Brannagh as Stacey Yorkes: Gert's mother, a bioengineer, and a member of Pride.[2]
Kevin Weisman as Dale Yorkes: Gert's father, a bioengineer, and a member of Pride.[2]
Brittany Ishibashi as Tina Minoru:
Nico's mother who is a brilliant innovator, ruthless CEO, and perfectionist "tiger mom" who is a member of Pride.[2] The character previously appeared in the film Doctor Strange, in a minor role as a Master of the Mystic Arts, portrayed by Linda Louise Duan.[12][13][14] The producers felt free to recast the role and create a different version of Tina Minoru since Duan was not named as the character in the film.[15]
James Yaegashi as Robert Minoru: Nico's father and a member of Pride.[2]

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Danielle Campbell as Eiffel: A girl who attends Atlas Academy and looks down on Karolina.
Pat Lentz as Aura: A member of the Church of Gibborim who works for the Deans.
Heather Olt as Frances: A member of the Church of Gibborim who works for the Deans.
DeVaughn Nixon as Darius Davis: An old associate of Geoffrey's who holds a grudge against him.
Cody Mayo as Vaughn: Leslie Dean's assistant at the Church of Gibborim.
Julian McMahon as Jonah:
The leader of Pride and Karolina's biological father.[16] McMahon described Jonah as "the wealthy guy who's pretty ego-driven and mission-driven... who's trying to accomplish certain things and if something were to get in his way he'd plow through it", which he felt was similar to Victor von Doom, who he portrayed in Fantastic Four and its sequel. He also revealed that he did not appear in the earlier episodes as the character in his near-death state, as he had been cast after the first four episodes had been completed.[17] Ric Sarabia portrayed the character in this state,[18] which McMahon stated took five hours of make up application to achieve.[17]

text: Old Lace, a genetically engineered Deinonychus telepathically linked with Gert Yorkes, appears in the series. The character is portrayed by a puppet that was operated by six people, including one person pumping air through the puppet to show the dinosaur breathing. Barer called the puppet "incredible ... You see her emotions. We don’t not make use of that."[19]

text: Guest[edit]

text:
Zayne Emory as Brandon: A member of Chase's lacrosse team.
Timothy Granaderos as Lucas: A member of Chase's lacrosse team.
Nicole Wolf as Destiny Gonzalez: A young woman who joins the Church of Gibborim and is sacrificed soon after by the Pride.
Nathan Davis Jr. as Andre: An associate of Darius' who is used as a sacrifice for the Pride.
Alex Fernandez as Flores: An LAPD lieutenant who works under the Pride.
Ryan Doom as Alphona: Chase's lacrosse coach.
Devan Chandler Long as Kincaid: A man hired by Tina Minoru for devious purposes.
Kimmy Shields as a supporter of Gert's club.
Anjelika Washington as a supporter of Gert's club.
Cooper Mothersbaugh as a supporter of Gert's club.
Amanda Suk as Amy Minoru: Nico's sister, Alex's best friend and Tina and Robert's daughter who died prior to the beginning of the series. Chandler Shen portrays a young Amy.
Vladimir Caamaño as Gene Hernandez: Molly's father and a former member of Pride who died in a fire.
Carmen Serano as Alice Hernandez: Molly's mother and a former member of Pride who died in a fire.
Marlene Forte as Graciela Aguirre: A distant relative of Molly's.

text: Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance as a limo driver.[20]

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original release date

1
"Reunion"
Brett Morgen
Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage
November 21, 2017 (2017-11-21)

A girl named Destiny is "rescued" by the Church of Gibborim from two muggers, who were actually trying to save her. Six months later, friends Alex Wilder, Nico Minoru, Karolina Dean, Gert Yorkes, Chase Stein, and Molly Hernandez have grown apart since the death of Nico's sister, Amy, two years earlier. Alex uses a meeting for their parents' group the Pride to reach out to the others, but they turn him down. They later change their minds: Karolina removes her Church of Gibborim bracelet at a party, sees her hands glowing, and loses consciousness—Chase rescues her from being raped; because of this, Chase stands Gert up for a study session, and she picks up her adopted sister Molly who has discovered that she has super strength and that their parents have a creature in the basement; and Nico arrives after failing to contact Amy's spirit in a ritual. The gathering is awkward, but they soon discover a secret passage in the house that leads to their parents sacrificing Destiny in a ritual. Molly's camera flash is seen by the parents.

2
"Rewind"
Roxann Dawson
Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage
November 21, 2017 (2017-11-21)

Before the ritual, Geoffrey Wilder had confronted an old associate from his time as a criminal, threatening him against interfering with the Pride's construction project; Victor Stein was having issues testing the container used in the ritual; Leslie Dean convinced Destiny not to leave the Church of Gibborim until she reaches the stage of "Ultra", which involves the then upcoming secret ritual; her husband Frank, an actor who is not a member of the Pride, lost his agent due to his role as the co-founder of the Church. The group are all reluctant to sacrifice someone the same age as their children, but go ahead anyway. When they see the flash, they race to investigate, but are convinced by the children that there was an electrical problem in the house. Geoffrey later finds Molly's hairpin outside the entrance to the secret passage, while Victor realizes that his container malfunctioned and Destiny is still alive inside it. Meanwhile, Frank unsuccessfully attempts to enter Leslie's private study, where a decrepit figure lies on another of Victor's containers.

3
"Destiny"
Nina Lopez-Corrado
Kalinda Vazquez
November 21, 2017 (2017-11-21)

Karolina is told that Destiny is officially in London for a Church trip. Nico investigates the Staff of One, but is unable to control its power and calls Alex for help. Chase and Gert use some of Victor's inventions to search for Destiny in the Steins' house, and then discover that the creature in the Yorkes' house is a dinosaur genetically engineered by Gert's parents. Tina and Robert Minoru attempt to deal with their deteriorating marriage, due to Amy's death, but it ends with Robert continuing a secret affair with Janet Stein, and Tina returning home to find Nico and Alex (pretending to be romantically involved to avoid suspicion). Catherine Wilder confronts Molly, but the latter lies that she had been sneaking around to steal alcohol for the other children. Catherine promises to tell Molly about her parents, who died in a fire when Molly was young (members of the Pride blamed each other for doing this). The Yorkes plan to move with Gert, Molly, and their dinosaur to a remote ranch in Yucatan now that the Pride is over, but then Destiny's body is found.

4
"Fifteen"
Ramsey Nickell
Tamara Becher-Wilkinson
November 28, 2017 (2017-11-28)

The Pride holds an emergency meeting, though the Yorkes are out searching for their missing dinosaur. Victor accepts responsibility for the failed sacrifice; he and Robert go to find a new one. They attempt to kidnap a homeless man, but they bungle the act and are arrested. Karolina is shunned at school as a slut, and Chase is told to apologize to his lacrosse teammates who he injured when he stopped them from raping her. He instead quits the team. Karolina reveals to Chase how her body glows without her bracelet. She and Gert also look for proof of their parents' innocence, but with Alex's help they realise that Leslie has been selecting people from her church to sacrifice for years. This does not include Amy, who appeared to commit suicide but Nico believes was murdered by the Pride. She goes to the police, but leaves when she sees Victor and Robert talking with a policeman apparently on their payroll. The Yorkes find the dinosaur, doing what Gert tells her to do, and are then threatened by Tina who knows about Yucatan. Alex is kidnapped.

5
"Kingdom"
Jeffrey W. Byrd
Rodney Barnes & Michael Vukadinovich
December 5, 2017 (2017-12-05)

In flashback, Geoffrey makes a deal with the mysterious Jonah to buy up land and has to convince his cellmate Darius to take the blame for shooting someone to get out of prison. In the present, Darius has kidnapped Alex as ransom for Geoffrey to pay one million dollars. Nico gets Karolina, Gert, Molly and Chase to come to the rescue, using the staff to find Alex. Geoffrey shows up with LAPD to take out Darius and his men, Alex shoots Andre, one of Darius' goons, but he gets taken again. Alex's friends show up and using their newfound abilities cause Darius to run. Alex makes it back to Geoffrey who tells him to go home while he preps Andre for a sacrifice. The kids all barge into the secret room only to realize that the Pride has moved the sacrifice somewhere else. Tina reveals that she knows Nico used the staff, but allows her to use it and Victor's time machine shows Los Angeles crumbling in the future. Frank fails going Ultra and the sacrifice works revealing that the man the Pride was reviving is Jonah who demands to see Karolina.

6
"Metamorphosis"
Patrick Norris
Kalinda Vazquez
December 12, 2017 (2017-12-12)

Jonah has all the parents recorded during their first sacrifice so as to keep them in check and to prevent them from leaving the Pride. The Pride hosts their annual gala and the kids use the time to download footage of the previous sacrifices from the Minoru's servers. Gert deduces that Karolina is lesbian, but she gets mad at her for not being honest with Chase. While drunk on the roof, Karolina discovers she can fly and Chase kisses her which she is placid to. Alex and Nico break into Tina's office to get the footage causing Nico to become suspicious of him as he knew the password rather easily. During the Pride members speech, Victor reveals his knowledge of Robert and Janet's tryst and collapses from his brain tumor. Jonah uses his experimental medicine to revive him, making him happily euphoric with his family. Frank appears to know about Leslie and Jonah's secret relationship, but keeps this information to himself. Molly, in an effort to know more about her parents, accidentally lets slip to Catherine about her knowledge of the Pride.

7
"Refraction"
Peter Hoar
Quinton Peeples
December 19, 2017 (2017-12-19)

Victor sees a message from Chase from the future telling him not to pick up the fistigons. Frank gets healing gloves from Jonah causing Leslie to become suspicious. Molly becomes distant from the others and tries joining the cheerleaders who disregard her and finds solace with Karolina. Dale and Stacy discover that Jonah's cure makes people hyperactive and euphoric, but gives them a drawn hangover. At the open house, Leslie gets Janet to break up with Robert who agrees due to Victor's changing behavior and has Tina take Robert back. Geoffrey and Catherine tell Dale and Stacy that they must do something about Molly as she knows about the Pride's activities. They tell Molly she is going to be sent away which angers her and Gert comforts her. Frank discovers that Jonah has been living for a long time and finally confronts Leslie about what she and Jonah have been doing. Nico forces Alex to reveal how he knew Tina's password. Victor suddenly becomes violent again and attacks his son with the fistigons only to get shot by Janet.

8
"Tsunami"
Millicent Shelton
Rodney Barnes & Michael Vukadinovich
December 26, 2017 (2017-12-26)

Victor bleeds out as the Pride members arrive to try and patch him up, though this proves to be inefficient. Leslie has Frank arrive to use his healing gloves, but it sends Victor into a coma. Tina contacts Jonah who instructs them to have Janet be sacrificed for Victor causing the Pride to argue. Robert decides to sacrifice himself instead, but Tina destroys the pod reaffirming her devotion to him. Victor is carried away to be revived later. Karolina decides to tell Frank everything she knows about Pride, getting him to her side. Alex reveals to an angry Nico that he was aware of Amy's snooping and was told to keep her information secret. Molly is living with her relative, Graciela, who gives Molly a letter containing a key. It leads her to a locker that holds a VHS tape. Nico finds Amy's things and Alex successfully gets the footage of their parents, but his laptop is destroyed by a sympathetic Chase. In flashback, Amy learns from Alex that her laptop was hacked and confides her findings to Kincaid. Upon "him" finding out, Amy tries to run away from home, but is caught.

9
"Doomsday"
Jeremy Webb
Jiehae Park & Kendall Rogers
January 2, 2018 (2018-01-02)

Ten years prior, Leslie murders Gene and Alice Hernandez with a bomb while Tina listens on the phone. Molly survives due to strange glowing rocks giving her powers. In the present, Janet covers for Victor's absence to the public as Jonah tasks the remaining Pride members with his current plan; to use Geoffrey's drilling company to dig a hole underneath Los Angeles. Darius monitors the area and voices his suspicions to his wife. Molly returns to the group with the VHS tape which contains a video from her parents warning her about the Pride's activities. The kids decide to use the school dance as a cover to infiltrate the drilling site. Before leaving, Gert and Chase have sex while Karolina kisses Nico, revealing her feelings to her. Frank reveals everything he knows to Jonah who relays the fact that the kids know everything to their parents. The kids arrive at the drilling site and manage to stop the drill. The Pride arrive to confront their kids who have all decided to finally take a stand. The kids reveal their powers and the Pride is shocked.

10
"Hostile"
Marc Jobst
Quinton Peeples
January 9, 2018 (2018-01-09)

Karolina is kidnapped by Jonah while the rest of the Runaways hide. They make it to the woods outside L.A. and Gert is forced to let her dinosaur, now named Old Lace, go. Finding new disguises, Chase and Molly sneak into the Church of Gibborim to rescue Karolina while Alex waits outside and overhears his parents announcing their intent to find him by themselves. Leslie and the Yorkes discover that Jonah is digging for something that is "alive". Leslie reveals that she was indirectly responsible for Amy's death and that she is unsure of Frank's loyalty. She manages to convince the Yorkes, the Minorus and Janet to join with her in killing Jonah. Alex makes a deal with Darius by telling him everything about the Pride. In return, Darius gives Alex hundreds of dollars for him and his friends and a gun. Jonah plans his next move with Frank over Victor's body and reveals that he needs another sacrifice. The Runaways make it to a bus stop and are reunited with Old Lace, but are forced to run upon seeing that they have been framed for Destiny's murder.

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: Brian K. Vaughan was hired to write a screenplay for Marvel Studios in May 2008, based on his Runaways.[21] In April 2010, Marvel hired Peter Sollett to direct the film,[22] and a month later Drew Pearce signed on to write a new script.[23] Development on the film was put on hold the following October,[24] and Pearce explained in September 2013 that the Runaways film had been shelved due to the success of The Avengers; the earliest the film could be made was for Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[25] In October 2014, after announcing Marvel's Phase Three films without Runaways, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said the project was "still an awesome script that exists in our script vault…. In our television and future film discussions, it's always one that we talk about, because we have a solid draft there. [But] we can't make them all."[26]

text: Marvel Television, based at ABC Studios, was waiting for the right showrunner before moving forward with a television take on the characters. Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, whose company Fake Empire Productions had an overall deal with ABC, independently brought up the property during a general meeting with the studio,[27][1] and, by August 2016, the pair had spent a year conversing with Marvel about turning Runaways into a television series. That month, Marvel's Runaways was announced from Marvel Television, ABC Signature Studios, and Fake Empire Productions, with the streaming service Hulu ordering a pilot episode and scripts for a full season. Hulu was believed to already have "an eye toward a full-season greenlight."[1][28] Executive producer Jeph Loeb felt "it was an easy decision" to have Hulu air the series over the other networks Marvel Television works with, because "We were very excited about the possibility of joining a network that was young and growing in the same way that when we went to Netflix when it was young and growing on the original side. It really feels like we’re in the right place at the right time with the right show." Loeb and Marvel Television were also impressed by the success of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, which helped further justify the decision.[29] Schwartz and Savage wrote the pilot, and serve as showrunners on the series, as well as executive producers alongside Loeb and Jim Chory.[1][28] In May 2017, Runaways received a 10-episode series order from Hulu at their annual advertising upfront presentation.[30]

text: Fake Empire's Lis Rowinski produces the series,[1][28] and Vaughan serves as an executive consultant.[3] On this, Vaughan noted he "did a little consulting early in the process," but felt the series "found the ideal 'foster parents' in Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage … [who] lovingly adapted [the comics] into a stylish drama that feels like contemporary Los Angeles." He also praised the cast, crew and writers working on the series, and felt the pilot looked "like an Adrian Alphona comic", referring to the artist who worked with Vaughan when he created the characters.[31] Loeb said that it had been Schwartz and Savage who had asked that Vaughan be involved, and said that this was something that "a lot of showrunners don’t immediately gravitate towards." In discussions with Vaughan, Marvel found that he "really wanted to be involved and make sure that it was done, not just properly, but in a way that it would last 100 episodes."[32] On January 8, 2018, Hulu renewed the series for a 13-episode second season.[33]

text: Writing[edit]

text: Schwartz was a fan of the Runaways comic for some time, and introduced it to Savage, saying, "When you’re a teenager, everything feels like life and death, and the stakes in this story—really felt like that." Loeb described the series as The O.C. of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU),[27] which Schwartz said meant "treating the problems of teenagers as if they are adults" and having the series "feel true and authentic to the teenage experience, even in this heightened context".[15] Loeb noted that it would deal with modern political issues by saying, "This is a time when figures of authority are in question, and this is a story where teenagers are at that age where they see their parents as fallible and human. Just because someone is in charge, doesn’t mean that they’re here to do good."[27] The producers did note that the series would explore the parents' perspective as well, with the pilot telling the story from the Runaways' perspective, and the second episode showing the same story from their parents'—the Pride's—perspective, with the two stories converging midway through the first season.[34]

text: Schwartz likened the tone of Runaways to that of the comics it was based on, calling it "so distinct", saying much of the tone Vaughn used when writing the comics overlapped with the tones Schwartz and Savage like to work in.[15] The pair were excited by the freedom given to them by Hulu over the usual broadcasters they were used to working with, such as allowing the children to swear in the show, not having set lengths for each episode, and being able to explore the parents' story; Hulu wanted "something that felt broad and where we could push the envelope in places". Schwartz described the series as a coming-of-age story and a family drama, with focus on the characters that can lead to long stretches of the series not featuring super powers, so "if you didn’t see the show title, you wouldn’t know that you were in a Marvel show for long stretches ... That was our aesthetic starting place, but there are episodes where there’s some good [Marvel] stuff."[32]

text: Casting[edit]

text: In February 2017, Marvel announced the casting of the Runaways, with Rhenzy Feliz as Alex Wilder, Lyrica Okano as Nico Minoru, Virginia Gardner as Karolina Dean, Ariela Barer as Gert Yorkes, Gregg Sulkin as Chase Stein, and Allegra Acosta as Molly Hernandez.[3] Shortly after, Marvel announced the casting of the Pride, with Ryan Sands as Geoffrey Wilder, Angel Parker as Catherine Wilder, Brittany Ishibashi as Tina Minoru, James Yaegashi as Robert Minoru, Kevin Weisman as Dale Yorkes, Brigid Brannagh as Stacey Yorkes, Annie Wersching as Leslie Dean, Kip Pardue as Frank Dean, James Marsters as Victor Stein, and Ever Carradine as Janet Stein.[2] Loeb praised casting director Patrick Rush, explaining that all of the series regulars for Runaways were the producers' first choice for the role. The majority of the children are portrayed by "fresh faces", which was an intentional choice.[32]

text: By August 2017, Julian McMahon had been cast in the recurring role of Jonah.[16]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Filming on the pilot began by February 10, 2017,[35] in Los Angeles,[36] under the working title Rugrats,[37] and concluded on March 3.[38] Director Brett Morgen was given free rein by Marvel and Hulu to establish the look of the series,[39] and wanted to create a feel that was "very grounded and authentic".[32] He also looked to differentiate between the hand-held, gritty world of the Runaways and the more stylistic world of the Pride. He felt the latter could be explored more in the series moving forward, but was not available to direct any more episodes of the season.[39] Following completion of the pilot and the show's pick-up to series, there was concern among the cast and crew that the impending writers' strike would prevent the series to move forward. However, the strike did not happen, and filming on the rest of the season began at the end of June, again in Los Angeles.[6] Production on the season had concluded by October 21.[40]

text: Music[edit]

text: In May 2017, Siddhartha Khosla was hired to compose the music for the series.[41] Khosla said that, due to his history as a songwriter, his scoring process involves "working on these song-stories and weaving them through different episodes". He described the Runaways score as being "completely synthesized",[42] utilizing analog synthesizers from the 1980s, specifically the Roland Juno-60 and Oberheim Electronics' synths. Khosla compared the "alternative feel" of his score to Depeche Mode, adding "There is an element of rebellion, so sonically going for something that is a little bit outside the box, non-traditional, I felt was an appropriate approach. I feel like I’m making art on this show."[43] Alex Patsavas serves as music supervisor, having done so on all of Schwartz and Savage's previous series.[15] On January 12, 2018, a soundtrack from the first season consisting of 12 licensed tracks plus two by Khosla, was released digitally. Additionally, Khosla's original score for the series was released digitally on January 26.[44]

text:
[show]Runaways (Original Soundtrack)

No.
Title
Artist(s)
Length

1.
"Runaways Theme"
Siddhartha Khosla
1:13

2.
"May I Have This Dance"
Francis and the Lights
2:53

3.
"Cane Shuga"
Glass Animals
3:17

4.
"King Charles"
Yungblud
2:41

5.
"Drinkee"
Sofi Tukker
4:59

6.
"Ocean Eyes (Blackbear Remix)"
Billie Eilish
3:14

7.
"Beat Goes On"
Lizzy Land
3:40

8.
"All My Heroes"
Bleachers
3:03

9.
"Antidote (Live Arrangement)"
Emily Wells
5:43

10.
"Fuerza (feat. Nani Castle)"
Tony Quattro
3:40

11.
"Beyond a Mortal"
Austra
5:45

12.
"Long Life"
Bombadil
2:38

13.
"Blanket Me"
Hundred Waters
4:56

14.
"Gert's Lullaby"
Siddhartha Khosla & Ariela Barer
2:19

text: Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins[edit]

text: Loeb confirmed in July 2017 that the series would be set in the MCU, but that the show's characters would not be concerned with the actions of the Avengers, for example, saying, "Would you be following Iron Man [on social media] or would you be following someone your own age? The fact that they’ve found each other and they’re going through this mystery together at the moment is what we’re concerned about, not what Captain America is doing." The showrunners considered the series' connection to the MCU to be "liberating", as it allowed them to set the series in a universe where superheroics and fantasy are already established and do not need to be explained to the audience.[45] Schwartz said they "were very capable of telling the story that we wanted to tell independent of any of the other Marvel stories that are out there."[15] Loeb added that there were no plans to crossover across networks with the similarly themed Marvel's Cloak & Dagger on Freeform and Marvel's New Warriors, as Marvel wanted the series to find its footing before further connecting with other elements of the universe, though "You'll see things that comment on each other; we try to touch base wherever we can... things that are happening in L.A. are not exactly going to be affecting what's happening in New Orleans [where Cloak & Dagger is set]... It's being aware of it and trying to find a way [to connect] that makes sense."[34]

text: Release[edit]

text: Runaways premiered its first three episodes on Hulu in the United States on November 21, 2017, with the first season consisting of 10 episodes.[29][46] The series aired Showcase in Canada, premiering on November 22.[47] Runaways concluded its first season on January 9, 2018.[48]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: Cast members and Schwartz and Savage appeared at New York Comic Con 2017 to promote the series,[49] where a trailer for the series was revealed, along with a screening of the first episode.[50] The series had its red carpet premiere at the Regency Bruin Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles on November 16, 2017.[51]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 82% approval rating with an average rating of 7.63/10 based on 56 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Earnest, fun, and more balanced than its source material, Runaways finds strong footing in an over-saturated genre."[52] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 68 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[53]

text: Reviewing the first two episodes of the series, Joseph Schmidt of ComicBook.com praised the show for its faithfulness to the comics, but also for some of the changes it made, appreciating the increased focus on the parents. He thought the cast portraying the Runaways was "pretty spot on", but "many of the parents are scene stealers", highlighting the performances of Marsters, Wersching, and Pardue.[54]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Recipient
Result
Ref.

2018
Saturn Awards
Best New Media Superhero Series
Runaways
Pending
[55]


document_title: Thoroughbreds (2017 film)

question_text: what did amanda do to the horse in thoroughbreds

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text: Thoroughbreds (2017 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: In suburban Connecticut, upper-class high schooler Amanda (Olivia Cooke) euthanizes her crippled horse with a knife, resulting in charges of animal cruelty.

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text: Some time later, Amanda arrives at the home of the more popular and academically-inclined Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy). The girls had previously been best friends but grew apart after the death of Lily's father. They meet under the pretense of hanging out and having a casual tutoring session, but Amanda knows that her mother (Kaili Vernoff) has paid Lily to socialize with Amanda. Lily denies being paid, but Amanda, left emotionless by an unspecified mental disorder, is unfazed. Lily meets with Amanda again, this time voluntarily, and they rekindle their friendship.

text: Lily lives with her mother Cynthia (Francie Swift) and stepfather Mark (Paul Sparks), a wealthy but abrasive man whom she hates. One night, Amanda asks if Lily ever thought about killing Mark, upsetting Lily. However, tensions flare between Lily and Mark when Mark enrolls Lily in a boarding school for girls with behavioral issues. After seeing him berate Cynthia, Lily reconsiders and calls Amanda about the notion of killing him. She proposes that Amanda perform the murder as she would be free of guilt while doing it. However, Amanda believes that her pending animal cruelty trial would make her an immediate suspect, and they decide instead to blackmail drug dealer Tim (Anton Yelchin) into murdering Mark while both of them are out of town. The night of the planned murder, Tim arrives on the property but leaves without killing Mark. The girls agree not to contact Tim again, as his own criminal history will prevent him from alerting the police. Lily impulsively prepares to kill Mark herself but is talked out of it by Amanda.

text: One night, Lily and Amanda are watching a film at home when Lily reveals that she has spiked Amanda's drink with Rohypnol, planning to stab Mark to death and frame Amanda. Lily attempts to back out of the planned murder, but Amanda willingly finishes the drink. While Amanda is unconscious, Lily murders Mark and rubs Amanda with his blood, crying and holding the unconscious Amanda for comfort.

text: Some time later, a recovered and confident Lily encounters Tim, who now works as a restaurant valet. Following Mark's death, Lily has once again found academic success and is interviewing for college admission. Lily gives Tim the tape which she was going to use to blackmail him. She then mentions a letter from Amanda, who has been institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital for Mark's murder. The letter is shown to detail Amanda's experiences at the institution and a recurring dream about a future in which the humans let the community fall into disarray due to their vanity and it becomes overrun by thoroughbred horses. When Tim asks what the letter said, Lily says she threw the letter away without reading it.

text: Production[edit]

text: The script, which Finley had expected to be produced as a stageplay, was instead acquired for production as a film by companies B Story (Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, and Kevin J. Walsh) and June Pictures.[6][7]

text: In April 2016, Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy and Anton Yelchin were announced to have joined the cast. Finley would direct the film.[6][8]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Principal photography began on May 9, 2016,[9] in the Massachusetts towns of Cohasset, Tewksbury, Scituate, Westwood, and Wellesley,[10] concluding on June 5, 2016, 14 days before Yelchin died.[11] Finley said of his experience with Yelchin: "The whole experience was really amazing. As soon as he came on board, we had a great dinner, where we talked about film noir as a genre. He was very keyed into that aspect of this movie, he loved film noir. I felt really, like I knew nothing about movies, talking to him. He was also the sweetest guy, he would never make you feel less-than for not knowing these things. He was just delightful and funny from the beginning, he was awesome throughout and brought a jolt of energy."[12]

text: Release[edit]

text: The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2017, under the name Thoroughbred.[13] Shortly after, Focus Features acquired distribution rights to the film,[14] retitling it Thoroughbreds later in the year, with some help from Universal Pictures.[15] It was released in the United States on March 9, 2018.[16]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 86% based on 133 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Thoroughbreds juggles genres with panache, delivering a well-written and refreshingly unpredictable entry in the teen thriller genre."[17] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]


document_title: 86th Academy Awards

question_text: who won the oscar for best actor in 2014

text: 86th Academy Awards

text: Winners and nominees[edit]

text: The nominees for the 86th Academy Awards were announced on January 16, 2014, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC), at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy, and actor Chris Hemsworth.[14] American Hustle and Gravity tied for the most nominations with ten each.[15]

text: The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 2, 2014. American Hustle became David O. Russell's second consecutive film to earn nominations in all acting categories and the fifteenth film overall in Oscar history to achieve this distinction.[16] It also was the third film after Gangs of New York and True Grit to lose all ten of its nominations.[17] Steve McQueen became the first black director to direct a Best Picture winner and the third such person to receive a nomination for directing.[18] Alfonso Cuaron became the first person of Mexican descent to win Best Director. With Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto's respective wins in the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories, Dallas Buyers Club was the fifth film to win both male acting awards.[19] Additionally, 3 other films (American Hustle, 12 Years a Slave, and The Wolf of Wall Street) also received nominations for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Cate Blanchett became the sixth actress to have won both female acting awards in her career.[19] Lupita Nyong'o was the sixteenth Oscar acting winner to win for a debut film performance and the ninth Best Supporting Actress recipient to achieve this feat.[19] Best Original Song co-winner Robert Lopez became the youngest individual to win an Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award and the twelfth person overall to earn these accolades.[20]

text: Awards[edit]

text: Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().[21]

text:
Best Picture

12 Years a Slave – Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, and Anthony Katagas, producers

American Hustle – Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon, producers
Captain Phillips – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca, producers
Dallas Buyers Club – Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, producers
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, producers
Her – Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, producers
Nebraska – Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, producers
Philomena – Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, and Tracey Seaward, producers
The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, producers

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity

Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor

Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof

Christian Bale – American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld
Bruce Dern – Nebraska as Woodrow "Woody" Grant
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis

Amy Adams – American Hustle as Edith Greensly / Sydney Prosser
Sandra Bullock – Gravity as Dr. Ryan Stone
Judi Dench – Philomena as Philomena Lee
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County as Violet Weston

Best Supporting Actor

Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips as Abduwali Muse
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle as Richard "Richie" DiMaso
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps
Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street as Donnie Azoff

Best Supporting Actress

Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave as Patsey

Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine as Ginger
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County as Barbara Weston-Fordham
June Squibb – Nebraska as Kate Grant

Best Original Screenplay

Her – Spike Jonze

American Hustle – Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club – Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
Nebraska – Bob Nelson

Best Adapted Screenplay

12 Years a Slave – John Ridley based on the book Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Before Midnight – Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke based on characters created by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan
Captain Phillips – Billy Ray based on the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty
Philomena – Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith
The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter based on the book by Jordan Belfort

Best Animated Feature Film

Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho

The Croods – Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders, and Kristine Belson
Despicable Me 2 – Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, and Chris Meledandri
Ernest & Celestine – Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
The Wind Rises – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Best Foreign Language Film

The Great Beauty (Italy) in Italian – Directed by Paolo Sorrentino

The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium) in Dutch – Directed by Felix Van Groeningen
The Hunt (Denmark) in Danish – Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
The Missing Picture (Cambodia) in French – Directed by Rithy Panh
Omar (Palestine) in Arabic – Directed by Hany Abu-Assad

Best Documentary – Feature

20 Feet from Stardom – Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, and Gil Friesen (posthumous award)

The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
Cutie and the Boxer – Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
Dirty Wars – Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
The Square – Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer

Best Documentary – Short Subject

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed

CaveDigger – Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear – Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls – Sara Ishaq
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – Edgar Barens

Best Live Action Short Film

Helium – Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson

Aquél no era yo (That Wasn't Me) – Esteban Crespo
Avant que de tout perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) – Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) – Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
The Voorman Problem – Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

Best Animated Short Film

Mr Hublot – Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares

Feral – Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
Get a Horse! – Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
Possessions – Shuhei Morita
Room on the Broom – Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Best Original Score

Gravity – Steven Price

The Book Thief – John Williams
Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman

Best Original Song

"Let It Go" from Frozen – Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

"Happy" from Despicable Me 2 – Music and Lyrics by Pharrell Williams
"The Moon Song" from Her – Music by Karen Orzolek; Lyrics by Karen Orzolek and Spike Jonze
"Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Music by Paul Hewson, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen (U2); Lyrics by Paul Hewson
"Alone yet Not Alone" from Alone yet Not Alone – Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyrics by Dennis Spiegel (nomination revoked)[a]

Best Sound Editing

Gravity – Glenn Freemantle

All Is Lost – Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Brent Burge and Chris Ward
Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman

Best Sound Mixing

Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munro

Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, and Chris Munro
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, and Tony Johnson
Inside Llewyn Davis – Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland
Lone Survivor – Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, and David Brownlow

Best Production Design

The Great Gatsby – Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn

12 Years a Slave – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
American Hustle – Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
Gravity – Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
Her – Production Design: K. K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

Best Cinematography

Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki

The Grandmaster – Philippe Le Sourd
Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners – Roger Deakins

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Best Costume Design

The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin

12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris
American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping
The Invisible Woman – Michael O'Connor

Best Film Editing

Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker
American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club – John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa[b]

Best Visual Effects

Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash, and Dan Sudick
The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams, and John Frazier
Star Trek Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, and Burt Dalton

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text: Honorary Academy Awards[edit]

text: The Academy held its 5th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 16, 2013, during which the following awards were presented.[22][23][24]

text: Academy Honorary Awards[edit]

text:
Angela Lansbury — An entertainment icon who has created some of cinema's most memorable characters, inspiring generations of actors.
Steve Martin — In recognition of his extraordinary talents and the unique inspiration he has brought to the art of motion pictures.
Piero Tosi — A visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures.

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text: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award[edit]

text: Angelina Jolie

text: Films with multiple nominations and awards[edit]

text:
The following 19 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations
Film

10
American Hustle

Gravity

9

12 Years a Slave

6
Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Nebraska

5
Her

The Wolf of Wall Street

4

Philomena

3
Blue Jasmine

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2
August: Osage County

Despicable Me 2

Frozen

The Grandmaster

The Great Gatsby

Inside Llewyn Davis

The Lone Ranger

Lone Survivor

The following five films received multiple awards:

Awards
Film

7
Gravity

3
Dallas Buyers Club

12 Years a Slave

2
Frozen

The Great Gatsby

text: Presenters and performers[edit]

text: The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.[25][26][27]

text: Presenters[edit]

text:
Name(s)
Role

Fox, CederingCedering Fox
Announcer for the 86th annual Academy Awards

Hathaway, AnneAnne Hathaway
Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor

Carrey, JimJim Carrey
Presenter of the animated heroes montage

Washington, KerryKerry Washington
Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "Happy"

Jackson, Samuel L.Samuel L. Jackson and
Naomi Watts
Presenters of the awards for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Ford, HarrisonHarrison Ford
Presenter of the films American Hustle, Dallas Buyers Club, and The Wolf of Wall Street on the Best Picture segment

Tatum, ChanningChanning Tatum
Introducer of the six winners of the Team Oscar contest

McConaughey, MatthewMatthew McConaughey and
Kim Novak
Presenters of the awards for Best Animated Short Film and Best Animated Feature Film

Field, SallySally Field
Presenter of real life heroes montage

Gordon-Levitt, JosephJoseph Gordon-Levitt and
Emma Watson
Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects

Efron, ZacZac Efron
Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "The Moon Song"

Hudson, KateKate Hudson and
Jason Sudekis
Presenters of the awards for Best Live Action Short and Best Documentary Short Subject

Cooper, BradleyBradley Cooper
Presenter of the award for Best Documentary Feature

Spacey, KevinKevin Spacey
Presenter of the segment of the Honorary Academy Awards and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Davis, ViolaViola Davis and
Ewan McGregor
Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film

Perry, TylerTyler Perry
Presenter of the films Nebraska, Her, and Gravity on the Best Picture segment

Pitt, BradBrad Pitt
Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "Ordinary Love"

Bell, KristenKristen Bell and
Michael B. Jordan
Presenters of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Hemsworth, ChrisChris Hemsworth and
Charlize Theron
Presenters of the awards for Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing

Waltz, ChristophChristoph Waltz
Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress

Cheryl Boone Isaacs (AMPAS president)
Special presentation announcing the museum of motion pictures, to open in 2017.

Adams, AmyAmy Adams and
Bill Murray
Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography

Kendrick, AnnaAnna Kendrick and
Gabourey Sidibe
Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing

Goldberg, WhoopiWhoopi Goldberg
Presenter of The Wizard of Oz 75th anniversary tribute and the performance of "Over the Rainbow"

Cumberbatch, BenedictBenedict Cumberbatch and
Jennifer Garner
Presenters of the award for Best Production Design

Chris EvansChris Evans
Presenter of the superheroes montage

Close, GlennGlenn Close
Presenter of the In Memoriam tribute

Hawn, GoldieGoldie Hawn
Presenter of the films Philomena, Captain Phillips, and 12 Years a Slave on the Best Picture segment

Travolta, JohnJohn Travolta
Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "Let It Go"

Biel, JessicaJessica Biel and
Jamie Foxx
Presenters of the awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song

Cruz, PenélopePenélope Cruz and
Robert De Niro
Presenters of the awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay

Jolie, AngelinaAngelina Jolie and
Sidney Poitier
Presenters of the award for Best Director

Day-Lewis, DanielDaniel Day-Lewis
Presenter of the award for Best Actress

Lawrence, JenniferJennifer Lawrence
Presenter of the award for Best Actor

Smith, WillWill Smith
Presenter of the award for Best Picture

text: Performers[edit]

text:
Name(s)
Role
Performed

William RossWilliam Ross
Musical arranger and Conductor
Orchestral

Williams, PharrellPharrell Williams
Performer
"Happy" from Despicable Me 2

O, KarenKaren O and
Ezra Koenig
Performers
"The Moon Song" from Her

U2, U2
Performers
"Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Pink Pink
Performer
"Over the Rainbow" as part of The Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary tribute

Midler, BetteBette Midler
Performer
"Wind Beneath My Wings" during the annual In Memoriam tribute

Menzel, IdinaIdina Menzel
Performer
"Let It Go" from Frozen

text: Ceremony information[edit]

text: Despite the mixed reception received from the preceding year's ceremony, the Academy rehired Neil Meron and Craig Zadan as producers for the second consecutive year.[28] However, actor Seth MacFarlane announced that he would not host the Oscars for a second time. In a statement released through Twitter, he wrote "Traumatized critics exhale: I'm unable to do the Oscars again. Tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep."[29] Furthermore, actress and comedian Tina Fey, who co-hosted the 70th Golden Globe Awards more than a month earlier with fellow Saturday Night Live alumnus Amy Poehler, told Huffington Post columnist Mike Ryan that she would reject any offer to host an Oscar telecast commenting, "I just feel like that gig is so hard. Especially for, like, a woman – the amount of months that would be spent trying on dresses alone – no way.”[30]

text: Shortly after the election of AMPAS president Cheryl Boone Isaacs in August 2013, Meron and Zadan announced that comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres would host the 2014 ceremony.[31] They explained their decision to bring back DeGeneres as host saying, "As a longtime friend, we had always hoped to find a project for us to do together and nothing could be more exciting than teaming up to do the Oscars. There are few stars today who have Ellen's gift for comedy, with her great warmth and humanity. She is beloved everywhere and we expect that the audience at the Dolby Theatre and in homes around the globe will be as excited by this news as we are."[32] DeGeneres expressed that she was thrilled to be selected to emcee the gala again, commenting, "I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say – the third time’s the charm."[33]

text: As with last year's theme of music and the movies, Meron and Zadan centered the show around a theme. This year, they christened the show with a theme of saluting movie heroes commenting, "By celebrating the gamut of heroes who have enriched our movie-going experience, we hope to create an evening of fun and joy. And that includes the filmmakers and actors who take risks and stimulate us with provocative subjects and daring characters. They are all heroes in the cinematic landscape."[34] To coincide with the theme, AMPAS presented an exhibition in the lobby of its Beverly Hills headquarters titled "The Oscars Celebrate Movie Heroes". The exhibit featured posters, photographs, and artifacts from 70 different films featuring literary, comic book, and real life heroes.[35] Furthermore, actor Andrew Garfield, who portrayed the titular character in The Amazing Spider-Man, was scheduled to appear onstage with five-year-old cancer survivor Miles Scott with Garfield christening Scott as an "official superhero". The segment was scrapped, however, due to time constraints.[36]

text: Several other people were involved with the telecast and its promotion. Tony Award-winning art director Derek McLane designed a new set and stage design for the show.[37] Filmmaker Paul Feig produced and directed a one-minute trailer promoting the event featuring DeGeneres and 250 dancers dancing and lip-synching to the song "The Walker" by rock band Fitz & the Tantrums.[38] During the ceremony, actor Channing Tatum introduced a group called "Team Oscar". The team consisted of six young film students from colleges across the country selected by AMPAS whose role was to deliver Oscar statuettes to the presenters during the gala.[39] Television personality and former Miss USA titleholder Rachel Smith hosted "Inside the Oscars", a behind-the-scenes video blog on the Oscar ceremony website.[40]

text: Box office performance of nominated films[edit]

text: At the time of the nominations announcement on January 16, 2014, the combined gross of the nine Best Picture nominees at the American and Canadian box offices was $645 million, with an average of $72 million per film.[41] When the nominations were revealed, Gravity was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $256 million in domestic box office receipts.[42] Captain Phillips was the second-highest-grossing film with $105.5 million; this was followed by American Hustle ($105.4 million), The Wolf of Wall Street ($80.7 million), 12 Years a Slave ($39 million), Philomena ($22.3 million), Dallas Buyers Club ($16.8 million), Her ($9.9 million), and finally Nebraska ($8.5 million).[41]

text: Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 47 nominations went to 14 films on the list. Only Frozen (1st), Despicable Me 2 (3rd), Gravity (7th), The Croods (14th), Captain Phillips (29th), American Hustle (30th), and The Wolf of Wall Street (42nd) were nominated for Best Picture, Best Animated Feature or any of the directing, acting or screenwriting awards.[42] The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Iron Man 3 (2nd), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (8th), Star Trek Into Darkness (11th), The Great Gatsby (17th), Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (31st), The Lone Ranger (38th), and Saving Mr. Banks (48th).[42]

text: DeGeneres' Oscar selfie[edit]

text: Prior to the introduction of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement montage, DeGeneres and several ceremony attendees such as Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum, Lupita Nyong'o, and Peter Nyong'o (Lupita's brother) participated in a group selfie. The resulting tweet initially disabled the site and was eventually retweeted on Twitter over 3.4 million times.[43] It surpassed the previous record retweet of Barack and Michelle Obama's post-election hug photo, which had been retweeted 778,000 times, in just 35 minutes.[44]

text: "Adele Dazeem" incident[edit]

text: While introducing the performance of "Let It Go" from Frozen, actor John Travolta accidentally mispronounced singer Idina Menzel's name as "Adele Dazeem". As a result, Travolta became the subject of mockery and ridicule in the media.[45] According to a source for E!, Menzel revealed that she was not upset about the mishap.[46] Afterwards, Menzel reportedly printed up satirical playbills that promoted her name as Adele Dazeem, noting her past work in Nert (Rent), Wicked-ly (Wicked) and Farfignugen (Frozen).[47][48] Three days after the ceremony, Travolta publicly apologized to Menzel for mispronouncing her name.[47] The following year, Menzel and Travolta appeared onstage together as award presenters, with the former introducing the latter as "Glom Gozingo".[49]

text: Critical reviews[edit]

text: The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette television critic Rob Owen wrote, "Ms. DeGeneres brought predictable respectability to Sunday's 86th Academy Awards. Too bad this particular brand of predictable respectability was a bore." He also criticized the clip packages saluting movie heroes as "big a waste of time as Oscar montages almost always are."[50] Columnist Alan Sepinwall of HitFix commented, "It was a long, disjointed ceremony, and what was fun and likely to endure came entirely from the winners and their speeches." He went on to say that many of DeGeneres's stunts fell flat and that The Wizard of Oz 75th anniversary tribute "felt much too random."[51] Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter said, "It was a turgid affair, badly directed, poorly produced and featuring an endless string of either tired or wince-inducing moments by DeGeneres, who, by the last 30 or so minutes, seemed to have given up entirely." In addition, he noted that the show was overstuffed with montages and stunts that dragged down the pacing of the telecast.[52]

text: Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively. Television critic Matt Roush of TV Guide commented that DeGeneres "made the Oscars' inevitable dull patches felt less painful than usual." He also praised the cast and several musical numbers from the show.[53] Frazier Moore of the Associated Press lauded DeGeneres's performance writing that, "She seemed to be committed to an unspoken theme for the evening: Humanize Hollywood's glitterati for the viewers. In return, the stars were on their best behavior." He concluded, "All in all, a sleek show was the Oscarcast. Few bombshells, fewer embarrassments, from fade-in to fade-out." [54] Entertainment editor Marlow Stern of The Daily Beast raved, "DeGeneres followed in the footsteps of the most successful awards show hosts—Billy Crystal, the duo of Fey & Poehler, etc.—who have taken advantage of the audience, engaging in gleeful interactions with the plethora of A-listers there (when they’re not mocking them)."[55]

text: Ratings and reception[edit]

text: The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 43.74 million people over its length, which was a 6% increase from the previous year's ceremony.[56] An estimated 72 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards.[57] The show also earned higher Nielsen ratings compared to the previous telecast with 24.7% of households watching over a 38 share.[58] In addition, the program scored a higher 18-49 demo rating with a 13.3 rating over a 33 share among viewers in that demographic.[59] It was the highest viewership for an Academy Award telecast since the 72nd ceremony held in 2000.[13]

text: In July 2014, the ceremony presentation received eight nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmys.[60] The following month, the ceremony won one of those nominations for Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety, Nonfiction, Reality, or Reality-Competition Program (Derek McLane, Joe Celli, and Gloria Lamb).[61]

text: In Memoriam[edit]

text: The annual In Memoriam tribute was presented by actress Glenn Close.[62] The montage featured an excerpt of the main title from Somewhere in Time by composer John Barry.[63] At the conclusion of the tribute, singer Bette Midler performed her song "Wind Beneath My Wings" from the film Beaches.[64]

text:
James Gandolfini
Karen Black
Tom Laughlin
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Carmen Zapata
Hal Needham
Richard Shepherd
Stuart Freeborn
Gerry Hambling
Jim Kelly
Stephenie McMillan
Les Blank
Eileen Brennan
Paul Walker
Fay Kanin
Charles L. Campbell
Deanna Durbin
Frédéric Back
A. C. Lyles
Elmore Leonard
Annette Funicello
Petro Vlahos
Eduardo Coutinho
Saul Zaentz

Riz Ortolani
Peter O'Toole
Ray Harryhausen
Brian Ackland-Snow
Richard Griffiths
Sid Caesar
Roger Ebert
Shirley Temple
Joan Fontaine
Run Run Shaw
Juanita Moore
Mickey Moore
Stefan Kudelski
Harold Ramis
Eleanor Parker
Ray Dolby
Julie Harris
Maximilian Schell
Richard Matheson
Gilbert Taylor
Tom Sherak
Esther Williams
Philip Seymour Hoffman

text: Shortly after Midler finished singing, camera assistant Sarah Jones, who died more than a week prior to the ceremony, was briefly mentioned before the commercial break.[64]


document_title: Alabama elections, 2018

question_text: who is running for lieutenant governor in alabama

text: Alabama elections, 2018

text: Governor[edit]

text: Incumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey, who assumed the office upon the resignation of Robert J. Bentley, is running for election to a full term.

text: Lieutenant governor[edit]

text: The office of Lieutenant Governor is currently vacant.

text: State House Representative Will Ainsworth, State Senator Rusty Glover, and Public Serice Commission President Twinkle Cavanaugh[2] are running for the Republican nomination.[3][4][5] Dr. Will Boyd from Florence is running unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

text: Attorney general[edit]

text: Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King is seeking the Republican Nomination. [6]

text: Incumbent Republican Attorney General Steve Marshall, who was appointed by Governor Bentley in February 2017 after appointing Attorney General Luther Strange to the U.S. Senate, is running for a first full term.[7]

text: Former Chief Deputy Attorney General Alice Martin is running for the Republican nomination.[8]

text: Attorney Joseph Siegelman, son of Governor Don Siegelman, is seeking the nomination of the Democratic Party. [9]

text: Chris Christie is running for attorney general on the Democratic ballot. Chris has been a trial lawyer at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings for 30 years. [10]

text: Secretary of State[edit]

text: Incumbent Republican Secretary of State John Merrill is eligible to run for re-election to a second term.

text: State auditor[edit]

text: Incumbent Republican State Auditor Jim Zeigler is eligible to run for re-election to a second term.

text: State treasurer[edit]

text: Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Young Boozer is term-limited and cannot run for re-election to a third consecutive term.

text: Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries[edit]

text: Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan is term-limited and cannot run for re-election to a third consecutive term. The candidates are Lowndesboro Mayor, Rick Pate who also is Chairman of the Lowndes County Republican Party, T.O. (Tracy) Crane, former FBI Field Intelligence Supervisor, Gerald Dial Alabama State Senator and Cecil Murphy.

text: Public Service Commission[edit]

text: The two Associate Commissioner seats on the Alabama Public Service Commission will be up for election. Incumbent Republican Commissioners Jeremy Oden, who was appointed to the Commission by Governor Bentley in December 2012, and Chip Beeker, who was first elected in 2014, are both eligible to run for re-election.

text: United States House of Representatives[edit]

text: All of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election in 2018.