document_title: Uncle Drew

question_text: who plays the part of uncle drew in the movie

text: Uncle Drew

text: Plot[edit]

text: Uncle Drew is a well-remembered basketball legend who was supposed to play at the Rucker Classic with his team, but due to an uncertain conflict, he and his team broke up and disappeared. Dax is the underappreciated coach of Harlem's Money who is broke and has had a longstanding rivalry with Mookie. Dax was an orphan who planned on becoming a basketball player, but was humiliated by Mookie after he had a shot blocked by him in their youth. Dax risks losing his star player, Casper Jones, as he spent his life savings on entering the Rucker and for buying an expensive pair of shoes for him and his team. However, Mookie swoops in and steals his team anyway leading to an incident involving Dax forcibly trying to remove Casper's shoes that is filmed and humiliatingly goes viral. Due to this, Dax's girlfriend Jess breaks up with him and kicks him out of her apartment.

text: The cantankerous Angelo eventually approaches Dax about meeting Uncle Drew after he is turned down by other players. Drew turns out to be an exceptional basketball player despite his old age and agrees to join Dax under the condition that they recruit his original team.

text: They set off on the road and recruit Preacher who had since become an actual preacher, but incur the wrath of his wife Betty Lou who begins to chase them. They next reunite with the partially blind Lights and the wheelchair bound Boots whose granddaughter, Maya works at the nursing home to look after them. They escape and make it to a karate dojo where they get Big Fella, who still holds a grudge against Drew for their earlier conflict. After his credit card is declined at a gas station, Dax makes a bet with a coach for a young girls basketball team to earn money (in reality trying to win gas money). Drew and his team lose, but they offer up the money to help Dax, and Maya begins to appreciate him for giving the elders another chance at playing.

text: As they make it back to the Rucker, Drew gives each of his team their gear that restores their faith and abilities, but Big Fella breaks his as it does not wipe away their past and he refuses to cooperate with Drew. Eventually, Drew acknowledges his mistake; sleeping with Big Fella's now deceased wife before the big game. He admitted that he too loved her and the two make amends.

text: Meanwhile, Dax learns that Mookie and Jess are now dating, but begins falling for Maya instead who appreciates his caring of the elders. Drew also learns that Dax plans to make money off of the game which angers him, but after learning about Dax's past, he forgives him and tries to give him words of encouragement. While playing against another team, Big Fella suddenly has a heart attack and is forced to stay at the hospital. Betty Lou arrives and decides to fill in for him.

text: Dax and his team, now called the Harlem Buckets, play against Mookie's team in the finals who ends up being an even match for them. In the last bouts of the game, Lights accidentally knocks out Casper and injures himself forcing Dax and Mookie to fill in. Dax still has some doubt about himself, but Drew gives him the advice he needs and manages to make the final shot, finally beating Mookie and earning everyone's respect. As the team go to see Big Fella in the hospital, everyone watches Dax being praised for his comeback on ESPN.

text: During the credits, Jess is shown trying to call Dax about potentially getting back together after breaking up with Mookie. When Dax does not respond, she slowly and comically becomes enraged.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Kyrie Irving as Uncle Drew, a streetball legend.
Lil Rel Howery as Dax Winslow, a streetball team manager.
Ashton Tyler as Young Dax
Shaquille O'Neal as Big Fella, Uncle Drew's former teammate who now runs a martial arts dojo.
Chris Webber as Preacher, Uncle Drew's former teammate who is now a church minister.
Reggie Miller as Wilbur "Lights" Wallace, Uncle Drew's former teammate who is legally blind.
Nate Robinson as Boots, Uncle Drew's former teammate who has selective mutism and appears to be a paraplegic.
Lisa Leslie as Betty Lou, Preacher's wife.
Erica Ash as Maya, Boots' granddaughter and Dax's love interest.
J.B. Smoove as Angelo, a Harlem resident who remembers Uncle Drew.
Mike Epps as Louis, a Harlem resident who is Angelo's friend.
Tiffany Haddish as Jess, Dax's materialistic ex-girlfriend and Mookie's girlfriend.
Nick Kroll as Mookie Bass, Dax's longtime rival.
Aaron Gordon as Casper Jones, a streetball player Mookie steals from Dax.

text: Making cameo appearances as themselves are Sal Masekela, John Calipari, Jon Hammond, Scoop Jackson, Pee Wee Kirkland, Earl Monroe, Chris Mullin, Bill Walton, George Gervin, Steve Nash, David Robinson, Jerry West, Dikembe Mutombo, NeNe Leakes, Rick Barry, Rick Ross, and Ben Nethongkome.

text: Production[edit]

text: On February 16, 2017, PepsiCo announced that they would partner with Temple Hill Entertainment for the production of the film, featuring the character Uncle Drew from the Pepsi Max advertisements.[6] On September 5, 2017, ESPN's SportsCenter revealed the cast via their Twitter account.[7] Lil Rel Howery stated that Kyrie Irving heard about his trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Boston Celtics while filming.[8]

text: Release[edit]

text: On February 12, 2018, Kyrie Irving announced the release date of June 29, 2018 via his Twitter account.[9]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Uncle Drew has grossed $42.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $1.9 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $44.3 million.[3]

text: In the United States and Canada, Uncle Drew was released alongside Sicario: Day of the Soldado, and was projected to gross $11–15 million from 2,742 theaters in its opening weekend.[10] It made $6.1 million on its first day, including $1.1 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $15.5 million, finishing fourth at the box office, behind Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Incredibles 2, and Sicario: Day of the Soldado.[11] It fell 56% in its second weekend, to $6.7 million, finishing sixth.[12]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 62% based on 84 reviews, and an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Kyrie Irving's crossover to comedy is amiable enough to score with basketball fans, but Uncle Drew is held back by formulaic direction and too much product placement."[13] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on reviews from 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[14] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[11]

text: David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a "B–" and wrote: "At heart, Uncle Drew is a personality-driven film. The plot is spare, and the storytelling gets super janky whenever screenwriter Jay Longino is asked to manufacture a new obstacle. But as wince-inducing as it can be to watch the film stall for time, or use the Rucker prize money to muster up some hollow conflict, the climactic streetball showdown pays off."[15] Variety's Peter Debtuge praised the performances of the NBA players and makeup, while saying the film is never that surprising or funny, writing, "While it won't increase your appetite for zero-calorie sugar water one bit (oddly enough, Nike gets far more prominent on-screen placement), this affectionate basketball-themed comedy from sports-savvy director Charles Stone III comes across as an effective feature-length ad for the game itself."[16]

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text:
Year

Award

Category

Nominee

Result

Ref.

2018
People's Choice Awards
Best Comedy Movie Of 2018
Uncle Drew
Pending


document_title: Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2017

question_text: who opened victoria's secret fashion show 2017

question_tokens: who opened victoria 's secret fashion show 2017

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text: Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2017

text: Fashion show segments[edit]

text: Segment 1: Punk Angels[edit]

text:
Performer
Song
Status

Harry Styles
Kiwi
Live performance

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text:
Nationality

Model(s)

Wings

Runway Shows

Notes

 South Africa

Candice Swanepoel

2007 – 2015; 2017-present

Current Angel (2010-present), Comeback

 Denmark

Josephine Skriver

2013–present

Current Angel (2016-present)

 New Zealand United States

Stella MaxwellMartha Hunt

2014–present2013–present

Current Angel (2015-present)Current Angel (2015-present)

 United Kingdom Brazil

Aiden CurtissDaniela Braga

20172014–present

Newcomer

 Brazil United States

Alessandra AmbrosioLily Aldridge

2000-20172009–present

Current Angel (2004-2017)Current Angel (2010-present)

 United States France

Karlie KlossCindy Bruna

2011-2014, 20172013–present

Former Angel (2013-2015), ComebackFitting Model

 Angola United Kingdom

Maria BorgesAlexina Graham

2013–present2017

Newcomer; Outfit originally worn by Gigi Hadid

 Brazil

Adriana Lima

1999–2008, 2010–present

Current Angel  (2000-present)

 United Kingdom China

Leomie AndersonLiu Wen

2015–present2009-2012, 2016–present

 United States

Devon Windsor

2013–present

Fitting Model

 United States China

Grace ElizabethMing Xi

2016–present2013–present

PINK Spokesmodel (2016-present)

 Sweden Portugal

Elsa HoskSara Sampaio

2011–present2013–present

Current Angel (2015-present)Current Angel (2015-present)

 Tanzania Sudan

Herieth PaulGrace Bol

2016–present2017

Newcomer

 United States

Jasmine Tookes

2012–present

Current Angel (2015-present)

text: Segment 2: Porcelain Angel[edit]

text:
Performer
Song
Status

MiguelLi Yundi

Pineapple Skies
Live performance

text:
Nationality

Model

Wings

Runway Shows

Notes

 Denmark

Josephine Skriver

2013–present

Current Angel (2016-present)

 Spain

Blanca Padilla

2014; 2017

Comeback

 Brazil

Barbara Fialho

2012–present

Fitting Model

 United States

Bella Hadid

2016–present

 Netherlands

Roosmarijn de Kok

2017

Newcomer

 New Zealand

Georgia Fowler

2016–present

 Sweden

Kelly Gale

2013–2014; 2016–present

 Norway

Frida Aasen

2017

Newcomer

 New Zealand

Stella Maxwell

2014–present

Current Angel (2015-present)

 Brazil

Daniela Braga

2014–present

 United Kingdom

Aiden Curtiss

2017

Newcomer

 United States

Lily Aldridge

2009–present

Current Angel (2010-present)

text: Segment 3: A Winter's Tale[edit]

text:
Performer
Song
Status

Leslie Odom Jr.
Li Yundi

Winter Song
Live performance

text:
Nationality

Model

Wings

Runway Show

Notes

 Portugal

Sara Sampaio

2013–present

Current Angel (2015-present)

 Austria

Nadine Leopold

2017

Newcomer

 Brazil

Bruna Lirio

2015; 2017

Comeback

 France

Estelle Chen

2017

Newcomer

 China

Liu Wen

2009–2012; 2016–present

 United Kingdom

Alexina Graham

2017

Newcomer

 United States

Vanessa Moody

2017

Newcomer

 China

Ming Xi

2013–present

 Brazil

Gizele Oliveira

2017

Newcomer

 United States

Karlie Kloss

2011–2014; 2017

Former Angel (2013-2015), Comeback

 United States

Devon Windsor

2013–present

Fitting Model

 United States

Martha Hunt

2013–present

Current Angel (2015-present)

text: Segment 4: Millennial Nation[edit]

text:
Performer
Song
Status

Jane Zhang
Work For It  808  Dust My Shoulders Off
Live performance  Medley

text:
Nationality

Model

Wings

Runway Show

Notes

 United States

Grace Elizabeth

2016–present

PINK Spokesmodel (2016-present)

 United States

Maggie Laine

2016–present

 United States

Dilone

2016–present

Fitting Model

 China

One Wang

2017

Newcomer Winner of "Road to the Runway"

 Brazil

Samile Bermannelli

2017

Newcomer

 Belgium

Leila Nda

2015; 2017

Comeback

 United States

Lameka Fox

2016–present

 China

Xiao Wen Ju

2016–present

 Angola

Amilna Estevão

2017

Newcomer

 United States

Alanna Arrington

2016–present

 China

Xin Xie

2017

Newcomer

 Australia

Victoria Lee

2017

Newcomer

 Cape Verde

Alecia Morais

2017

Newcomer

 Austria

Nadine Leopold

2017

Newcomer

 United States

Zuri Tibby

2016–present

PINK Spokesmodel (2016-present)

text: Segment 5: Nomadic Adventure[edit]

text:
Performer
Song
Status

Miguel
Told You So
Live performance

text:
Nationality

Model

Wings

Runway Show

Notes

 Brazil

Adriana Lima

1999-2003; 2005–2008; 2010–present

Current Angel (2000-present)

 United States

Jasmine Tookes

2012–present

Current Angel (2015-present)

 Sudan

Grace Bol

2017

Newcomer

 Angola

Amilna Estevão

2017

Newcomer

 South Africa

Candice Swanepoel

2007–2015; 2017–present

Current Angel (2010-present), Comeback

 United Kingdom

Leomie Anderson

2015–present

 Sweden

Elsa Hosk

2011–present

Current Angel (2015-present)Wearing "Swarovski Outfit" (value: $1,000,000)

 France

Cindy Bruna

2013–present

Fitting Model

 Angola

Maria Borges

2013–present

 Netherlands

Romee Strijd

2014–present

Current Angel (2015-present)

 Brazil

Lais Ribeiro

2010–2011; 2013–present

Current Angel (2015-present)

 United States

Taylor Hill

2014–present

Current Angel (2015-present)

 China

Sui He

2011–present

 Brazil

Alessandra Ambrosio

2000-2003; 2005–2017

Current Angel (2004-2017); Last WalkWearing "Swarovski Wings"

text: Segment 6: Goddesses[edit]

text:
Performer
Song
Status

Harry Styles
Only Angel
Live performance

text:
Nationality

Model

Wings

Runway Show

Notes

 Netherlands

Romee Strijd

2014–present

Current Angel (2015-present)

 Brazil

Lais Ribeiro

2010–2011; 2013–present

Current Angel (2015-present) Wearing "Champagne Nights Fantasy Bra" (value: $2,000,000)

 United States

Taylor Hill

2014–present

Current Angel (2015–present)

 China

Sui He

2011–present

 Brazil

Barbara Fialho

2012–present

Fitting Model

 United Kingdom

Megan Williams

2016–present

 United States

Bella Hadid

2016–present

 Netherlands

Sanne Vloet

2015–present

 Spain

Blanca Padilla

2014; 2017

Comeback

 United States

Jourdana Phillips

2016–present

 United States

Dilone

2016–present

Fitting Model

 United States

Vanessa Moody

2017

Newcomer; Outfit originally worn by Kate Grigorieva

text: Finale[edit]

text:
Song List

Performance

Status

The World Is Ours

Catcall

Recording

text: Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima led the finale.

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text:
Name

Runway shows

Notes

Name

Runway shows

Notes

 Alessandra Ambrosio
2000-2003 ; 2005-2017
Current Angel
 Adriana Lima
1999-2003 ; 2005-2008 ; 2010-present
Current Angel

 Lily Aldridge
2009–present
Current Angel
 Candice Swanepoel
2007-2015 ; 2017–present
Current Angel

 Elsa Hosk
2011–present
Current Angel
 Romee Strijd
2014–present
Current Angel

 Josephine Skriver
2013–present
Current Angel
 Jasmine Tookes
2012–present
Current Angel

 Stella Maxwell
2014–present
Current Angel
 Taylor Hill
2014–present
Current Angel

 Martha Hunt
2013–present
Current Angel
 Lais Ribeiro
2010-2011 ; 2013–present
Current Angel

 Sara Sampaio
2013–present
Current Angel
 Bella Hadid
2016–present

 Grace Elizabeth
2016–present
PINK Spokesmodel
 Zuri Tibby
2016–present
PINK Spokesmodel

 Liu Wen
2009-2012 ; 2016–present

 Sui He
2011–present

 Karlie Kloss
2011-2014 ; 2017
Former Angel
 Cindy Bruna
2013–present
Fitting Model

 Ming Xi
2013–present

 Devon Windsor
2013–present
Fitting Model

 Sanne Vloet
2015–present

 Blanca Padilla
2014 ; 2017
Comeback

 Georgia Fowler
2016–present

 Kelly Gale
2013-2014 ; 2016–present

 Maria Borges
2013–present

 Vanessa Moody
2017
Newcomer

 Dilone
2016–present
Fitting Model
 Maggie Laine
2016–present

 Grace Bol
2017
Newcomer
 Jourdana Phillips
2016–present

 Aiden Curtiss
2017
Newcomer
 Alexina Graham
2017
Newcomer

 Daniela Braga
2014–present

 Nadine Leopold
2017
Newcomer

 Leomie Anderson
2015–present

 Barbara Fialho
2012–present
Fitting Model

 Megan Williams
2016–present

 Gizele Oliveira
2017
Newcomer

 Herieth Paul
2016–present

 Alanna Arrington
2016–present

 Roosmarijn de Kok
2017
Newcomer
 Bruna Lirio
2015 ; 2017
Comeback

 Lameka Fox
2016–present

 Samile Bermannelli
2017
Newcomer

 Amilna Estevão
2017
Newcomer
 Xiao Wen Ju
2016–present

 Leila Nda
2015 ; 2017
Comeback
 Victoria Lee
2017
Newcomer

 Estelle Chen
2017
Newcomer

 Xin Xie
2017
Newcomer

 One Wang
2017
Newcomer


document_title: The Beverly Hills Hotel

question_text: who has died in the beverly hills hotel

question_tokens: who has died in the beverly hills hotel

text: The Beverly Hills Hotel

text: History[edit]

text: Early history[edit]

text: In early 1911, Margaret J. Anderson, a wealthy widow, and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel, ordered the construction of the Beverly Hills Hotel, in close proximity to the Burton Green mansion.[3][4][5] Burton Green, an oil tycoon and real estate developer, President of the Rodeo Land and Water Company, had purchased land in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, which had once been owned by the Mexican government. He had begun building mansions on the land, including his own residence, investing some $500,000, but was having difficulty selling them.[6] He hired Anderson to build a hotel, which he named Beverly Farms, after his home in Massachusetts, believing that it would attract people to the area, billing it as "halfway between Los Angeles and the sea". The Hollywood film industry was taking off at the time and investors were looking to develop the area. A May 11, 1911 edition of The Los Angeles Times announced the news that a "huge Mission-style hotel" was to be built by Anderson, with the motto that "her guests were entitled to the best of everything regardless of cost".[7]

text: The hotel opened May 12, 1912, before the city's existence.[4][8] Margaret and Stanley took up residence within the hotel grounds. By 1914, Hollywood directors, actors and actresses such as Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Buster Keaton, Rudolph Valentino and Will Rogers had purchased homes in the area, "transforming bean fields surrounding The Beverly Hills Hotel into prime real estate".[6] The city of Beverly Hills was established. The first five bungalows of the hotel were built in 1915.[9] In 1919, Douglas Fairbanks bought a lodge above the hotel, and expanded it with his wife Mary Pickford, which became known as "Pickfair." [9] According to one publication, a star would know they would finally "made it" when they received a dinner invitation from "Pickfair".[10] Gloria Swanson resided in one of the bungalows of the hotel during her divorce.[11]

text: In 1915, the Andersons donated a portion of the hotel's original grounds to the community of Beverly Hills. It was used to create the community's first public park. Originally known as Sunset Park, it is now Will Rogers Memorial Park.[12] An early tradition was the annual Easter Egg hunt, put on for the children of the guests and employees.[13] Silent film star Harold Lloyd was an early hotel patron, and in 1921 he decided to film a scene at the hotel for A Sailor-Made Man.[14] From 1928 to 1932, the hotel was owned by the Interstate Company. Interstate had to close the hotel during the Great Depression years, although the company leased the bungalows out as rental properties. With Bank of America funding, the hotel reopened in 1932.[15]

text: The glamour years[edit]

text: During the 1930s, The Beverly Hills Hotel became increasingly popular with Hollywood film stars. Fred Astaire took a shine to the hotel, and enjoyed reading the Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter by the pool.[11] Cesar Romero and Carole Lombard were pictured together at the hotel in 1937.[9] In 1938, the Sand and Pool Club was established at the hotel. It proved extremely popular, with white sand imported from Arizona, which made the pool area look like a beach. The following year, it began hosting fashion shows sponsored by local department stores such as Bullock's Wilshire.[15] In 1940, one of the hotel's long-time patrons, Marlene Dietrich, was instrumental in bringing about a change in policy in the Polo Lounge, which had made it compulsory for women to don skirts which she refused to wear.[15]

text: In 1941, Hernando Courtright, the vice president of the Bank of America, purchased the hotel with friends. Irene Dunne, Loretta Young and Harry Warner also became owners of the hotel as a result of their investment with Courtright.[16] Courtright established the Polo Lounge "in honor of a celebrity band of polo players who toasted victories at the restaurant after matches in the bean fields".[6] In 1942, Howard Hughes bought up half a dozen of the bungalows and lived there on several occasions throughout the decades.[9] The hotel accommodated his eccentricities, including his request for "roast beef sandwiches delivered to a nook in a tree".[11] The Beverly Hills Hotel underwent significant renovation in the late forties when the porte cochere was expanded and painted in stripes. In 1947 Courtright opened the Crystal Room and the Lanai Restaurant, later called The Coterie. The building was first painted its famous pink color in 1948 to match the country club style of the period, and it became known as "The Pink Palace".[9] The following year, architect Paul Williams added the Crescent Wing. The Fountain Coffee Shop also opened at this time.[6]

text:
"Back in the days when celebrity was worn with the elegance and grace of diamonds and mink, the Beverly Hills Hotel was where the stars played. W.C. Fields, Humphrey Bogart and the Rat Pack tippled at the bar, Katharine Hepburn did a back flip into the pool in her tennis clothes, and Elizabeth Taylor honeymooned in the bungalows out back -- six times. The Beverly Hills Hotel, known affectionately as "the pink palace," is as Old Hollywood as it gets. Joan Crawford regularly pulled up for lunch in a chauffeured Rolls Royce the color of money, the Beatles slipped in through the back door for an after-hours dip in the pool, and Sidney Poitier danced barefoot in the lobby after winning an Oscar for Lilies of the Field. Over the years, Hollywood discovered that the hotel's original 21 bungalows made an ideal spot to write a screenplay (Neil Simon), have a secret affair (Warren Beatty, pre-Annette Benning), and recover from plastic surgery or a broken marriage".

—CNN on The Beverly Hills Hotel.[11]

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text: In 1954, Detroit real estate magnate Ben L. Silberstein bought the hotel for $5.5 million. Courtright later became hotelier at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.[5] The reputation of the Beverly Hills Hotel, as a leading luxury hotel with glamorous patrons, took off during the 1950s and attracted eminent guests such as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, King Albert of Belgium, the Crown Prince of Monaco and Grace Kelly, John Wayne and Henry Fonda.[6] Elizabeth Taylor, one of the hotel's best known guests, would stay with her numerous husbands in the bungalows, and spent six of her eight honeymoons there.[17] Her father owned an art gallery on the ground floor of the hotel. The Polo Lounge became associated with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and the Rat Pack, where they held heavy drinking bouts. In 1956, the pool of the hotel and cabana club was a filming location for Designing Women, starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall. Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand stayed at the hotel during the production of George Cukor's Let's Make Love.[6] Monroe's favorite bungalow was No. 7.[15] George Hamilton and Rex Harrison enjoyed sunbathing at the hotel; Harrison would sunbathe in the nude in Cabana One, and answer the door wearing "just a handkerchief over his private parts".[11]

text:
W. C. Fields

Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart

Grace Kelly

Katharine Hepburn

John Wayne

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra

Marilyn Monroe

Gregory Peck

Richard Burton

Elizabeth Taylor

John Lennon

George Hamilton

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text: In 1963, the comedy picture Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?, starring Dean Martin, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jill St. John and Carol Burnett, was shot at the hotel.[15] In the 1970s, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hid out in one of the bungalows for a week. Richard M. Nixon's chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, and presidential aide John Ehrlichman were eating breakfast in the Polo Lounge when they were informed of the Watergate in 1972.[11] In January, 1976, Peter Finch died of a sudden heart attack while sitting in the hotel lobby. Two months later, he was posthumously awarded the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Howard Beale in the film Network. His co-star Faye Dunaway stayed at the hotel after winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for the same film; in one memorable photograph she was seated by the hotel pool lounging back in a chair surrounded by newspapers and her Oscar trophy.[15] The exterior of the hotel was featured on the album cover art of The Eagles's LP "Hotel California" that same year.[4][18] Two years later, California Suite was filmed at the hotel.[6]

text: Later history[edit]

text: Owner Ben Silberstein died in 1979, and passed the hotel to his two daughters, Muriel Slatkin and Seema Boesky, wife of stock trader Ivan Boesky. In 1986, Marvin Davis bought the hotel from Silberstein's sons-in-law Burt Slatkin and Ivan Boesky.[19] Boesky had bought the outstanding 5% of stock for a reported fortune and decided to sell, despite Slatkin's desire to keep the hotel. Less than a year later, Davis sold the hotel to the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, for $110 million.

text: On December 30, 1992, the hotel closed for a complete restoration, said to be in the region of $100–125 million.[16][17][20] The project lasted two and a half years with the hotel reopening on June 3, 1995, with upgrades to furniture and fittings.[21] The hotel is now managed and owned by the Dorchester Collection, organized in 1996 to manage the hotel interests of the Brunei Investment Agency. The west coast regional director for the Dorchester Collection oversees The Beverly Hills Hotel as well as the Hotel Bel-Air.[22] In 2012, the hotel celebrated its 100-year anniversary and began to remodel its lobby, with the Polo Lounge, pool cabanas and Cabana Cafe, and guest-rooms and suites to be renovated by 2014.[21] The hotel was also named the first historic landmark in Beverly Hills in September 2012.[23]

text: Controversy and boycott[edit]

text: The Sultan of Brunei's stake in the ownership of the hotel drew controversy in April 2014 when he initiated the first phase of a three-phase plan to adapt Brunei's legal system to include aspects of Sharia law[24] implicating his approval of the persecution of homosexuals in the complex legal system there (a two part system involving separate courts and legislation for Islamic and non-Islamic citizens).[25] In protest, a United States national LGBT advocacy organization, the Gill Action Fund, canceled its reservation to hold a conference of major donors at the Beverly Hills Hotel and demanded a refund of its deposit. The hotel management responded by issuing a statement asserting that it does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.[26][27] Fashion designers Brian Atwood and Peter Som subsequently called for wider protests, urging the fashion industry to boycott all of the hotels owned by the Dorchester Collection.[28]

text: Meanwhile, the boycott had attracted support from Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group, as well as numerous Hollywood executives and stars, including Jay Leno and Ellen DeGeneres.[4][29] In addition, a string of organizations joined the boycott, cancelling reservations to hold conferences and other high-profile events at the establishment; travel industry firms likewise signed on to a boycott of all Dorchester Collection hotels.[29][30] Others, including Russell Crowe and Kim Kardashian, have spoken out against the boycott. Crowe stated that despite his disapproval of the new laws in Brunei, it is unfair to punish the hardworking employees of the hotel.[31] Similarly, Kardashian published a blog post voicing her criticism of the boycott and expressing her sympathies for the hotel workers.[32] HR Magazine said that the protests are "misguided" and will not affect the government policy of Brunei when the Dorchester Collection's annual revenue is $300 million while the BIA has over $30 billion in assets from oil and gas.[33]

text: By May 2014, the Beverly Hills City Council passed a resolution urging the Sultan of Brunei to sell the Beverly Hills Hotel.[34][35][36] Lili Bosse, the mayor of Beverly Hills at the time, welcomed the resolution and added that she had made a "personal decision" not to return to the hotel until the situation had been solved.[34][37] The decision was lauded by Rabbi Laura Geller of Temple Emanuel, where Bosse is a congregant.[38] By then the Jewish Journal reported that "more than $2 million worth of events have been canceled at the Beverly Hills Hotel by dozens of groups."[39] Dorchester Collection Chief Executive Officer Christopher Cowdray then responded to the controversy by asking the public to consider the issue at hand in a broader perspective, citing the fact that many brands are backed by foreign investors.[21] Sharia law exists alongside other normative systems and has been adopted by many other Muslim countries,[40] including Saudi Arabia which has major investments in the American hospitality industry, including the Four Seasons and Fairmont hotel chains.[21][24] Adweek declared that "the bad press and protests have tarnished the glamorous image of the Beverly Hills Hotel, one of the most famous hotels in the world" and added that "such extreme brand damage will be difficult to repair".[29]

text: Architecture[edit]

text: Exterior[edit]

text: Judith Kirkwood of Orange Coast Magazine has stated that "The Beverly Hills Hotel is such an icon that my friend, Gretchen, and I wondered if it was a mirage when the taxi pulled up in the porte cochere and deposited us on a red carpet, but realized that it was "more like a peachy pink dream dusted with gold — and green and white striped accents".[17] The original main building of The Beverly Hills Hotel was designed by Pasadena architect Elmer Grey, in the Mediterranean Revival style. Built on a prominence above the main road below, it resembled a white colonial palatial mansion or mission, with verandas and arches fitted with wicker furniture,[12] and at the time was set in the countryside. High above the main entrance are three domes; two flanking the center which are smaller and lower in height, with flags hoisted on them. A trolley-stop pavilion was situated on the western side.[41] The iconic signage and the addition were designed by architect Paul Williams.

text: The extensive gardens, covering 12 acres (4.9 ha), were designed by landscape architect Wilbur David Cook. They contain bougainvillea, banana plants, hibiscus and other tropical flora.[11] Svend Petersen, the Danish-American pool manager at the hotel for forty-two years, became a Hotel Ambassador in 2002.[42] He had notably opened up the pool after hours for The Beatles and taught Faye Dunaway to swim a 1940s freestyle crawl for her appearance in the film Mommie Dearest.[42]

text: Interior[edit]

text: The Sunroom of the hotel, containing Californian craftsman furniture, provides vistas of the Pacific Ocean. A room, known as the Crystal Room, was allocated for small private dinner parties.[43] The principal dining room could accommodate up to 500 people. The Children's dining room, which became the El Jardin Restaurant, is now the iconic Polo Lounge.[44] The Polo Lounge was seen as the premier power dining spot in all of Los Angeles. The lounge was renovated in 1974, and given a softer design with table lamps and flowers.[15] It is fashioned in peachy pink with dark green booths, each featuring a plug-in phone. The photograph behind the bar depicts Will Rogers and Darryl F. Zanuck, two lounge regulars, playing polo. The menu offers a classic Neil McCarthy salad, named after the polo-playing millionaire. The hotel has its own bakery and herb garden, makes its own vinegar and smokes meats. The chef in 2003 was Katsuo Sugiura, who cooked "oak-grilled food with an Asian flair".[17] In 2007, one large suite was converted into the Bar Nineteen12.[15] The fireplace in the hotel's lobby has a fire going every day of the year.[45]

text: A new wing was added to the east side of the main building in the late 1940s. The "Crescent Wing," as it became known, features mature plantings on the balconies.[15]

text: Rooms and bungalows[edit]

text: Bungalow 14 A : Top from left: Patio and view from bungalow Bottom from left: Living Room and Bedroom

text: Each of the rooms has its own balcony and is designed in the Beverly Hills Hotel colors of peachy pinks and greens, apricots and yellows. Several of the more expensive rooms have private patios, Jacuzzis and their own kitchens.[46]

text: Five bungalows were originally added to the gardens in 1915 to provide for families who could return each year with their own staff. [47] As of 2015, the hotel has 23 bungalows set out across the gardens. Bungalows 14-21 are known as "Bachelor's Row", due to their association with film stars and their affairs, including Warren Beatty and Orson Welles.[11] In 1990, a private pool and Jacuzzi were added to Bungalow No. 5 to accommodate businessman Walter Annenberg.[15] No.5 had been a favorite of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton who had "a standing room service order for two bottles of vodka at breakfast, and two more at lunch".[11] Taylor also liked No.3, where she stayed during her marriage to Eddie Fisher. Marilyn Monroe favored No. 1 and No. 7. No.1, the most secluded of the bungalows, features an interior described by CNN as "creamy, lush and traditional, decorated in the manner of one's wealthy grandparents". No. 7 has become known as "the "Norma Jean".[11] Dietrich ordered a 7 feet (2.1 m) by 8 feet (2.4 m) bed added to No. 10, the bungalow where John Lennon and Yoko Ono stayed in the 1970s.[11] In 2011 two Presidential Bungalows were established, replacing the tennis courts,[46] with each containing three bedrooms and a private swimming pool and shower.[15]

text: Howard Hughes permanently kept a bungalow at the hotel, however it was a secret whether he was on the premises or not. Often the only person who knew Hughes was at the Beverly Hills was the hotel's chef. Hughes would awaken him in the middle of the night to prepare food for him.[48] It has been alleged that several of the bungalows are haunted. Guests have reported hearing what is believed to be Harpo Marx playing the harp, and seeing an apparition of Sergei Rachmaninoff.[49]

text: Gallery[edit]

text:
Nearing completion

Entrance

Main floor plan

Upper floor plan

Lobby

Dining room

The hotel in 1913


document_title: Survivor (U.S. TV series)

question_text: where did the first season of survivor take place

text: Survivor (U.S. TV series)

text: Format and rules[edit]

text: The first U.S. season of Survivor followed the same general format as the Swedish series. Sixteen or more players, split between two or more "tribes", are taken to a remote isolated location (usually in a tropical climate) and are forced to live off the land with meager supplies for 39 days (42 in The Australian Outback). Frequent physical and mental challenges are used to pit the teams against each other for rewards, such as food or luxuries, or for "immunity", forcing the other tribe to attend "Tribal Council", where they must vote off one of their tribemates.

text: Signaling the halfway point in the game, survivors from both tribes come together to live as one, making it to the 'merge'. At this point, survivor will compete against each other to win Individual Immunity; winning immunity prevents that player from being voted out at Tribal Council. Most players that are voted out after the merge - form the game's "jury". Once the group gets down to three people, a final Tribal Council is held where the remaining players plead their case to the jury members. The jury then votes for which player should be considered the "Sole Survivor" and win the show's grand prize. In all seasons for the United States version, this has included a $1 million prize in addition to the Sole Survivor title; some seasons (particularly earlier seasons) have included additional prizes, such as a car.

text: The U.S. version has introduced numerous modifications, or "twists", on the core rules in order to keep the players on their toes and to prevent players from relying on strategies that succeeded in prior seasons. These changes have included tribal switches, seasons starting with more than two tribes, the ability to exile a player from a tribe for a short time, hidden immunity idols that players can use to save themselves or others at Tribal Council, special voting powers which can be used to influence the result at Tribal Council, chance to return to regular gameplay after elimination through the "Redemption Island" or "The Outcast Tribe" twists, and a final four fire-making challenge as of season 35.

text: Series overview[edit]

text: The United States version is produced by Mark Burnett and hosted by Jeff Probst. Each competition is called a season, has a unique name, and lasts from 13 to 16 episodes. The first season was broadcast as a summer replacement show in 2000. Starting with Survivor: Africa, there have been two seasons aired during each U.S. television season.

text: In the first season, there was a 75-person crew. By season 22, the crew had grown to 325 people.[8]

text: A total of 536 contestants have competed on Survivor's 36 seasons.

text:
List of Survivor (U.S.) seasons

No.

Season title

Location

Original tribes

Winner

Runner(s)-up

Final vote

1
Survivor: Borneo
Pulau Tiga, Sabah, Malaysia
Two tribes of eight
Richard Hatch
Kelly Wiglesworth
4–3

2
Survivor: The Australian Outback
Herbert River at Goshen Station, Queensland, Australia
Tina Wesson
Colby Donaldson
4–3

3
Survivor: Africa
Shaba National Reserve, Kenya[9]
Ethan Zohn
Kim Johnson
5–2

4
Survivor: Marquesas
Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Vecepia Towery
Neleh Dennis
4–3

5
Survivor: Thailand
Ko Tarutao, Satun Province, Thailand
Two tribes of eight picked by the two oldest players, Jake and Jan
Brian Heidik
Clay Jordan
4–3

6
Survivor: The Amazon
Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil
Two tribes of eight divided by gender
Jenna Morasca
Matthew Von Ertfelda
6–1

7
Survivor: Pearl Islands
Pearl Islands, Panama
Two tribes of eight
Sandra Diaz-Twine
Lillian Morris
6–1

8
Survivor: All-Stars
Three tribes of six returning players
Amber Brkich
Rob Mariano
4–3

9
Survivor: Vanuatu
Efate, Shefa, Vanuatu
Two tribes of nine divided by gender
Chris Daugherty
Twila Tanner
5–2

10
Survivor: Palau
Koror, Palau
A schoolyard pick of two tribes of nine; two eliminated without a tribe
Tom Westman
Katie Gallagher
6–1

11
Survivor: Guatemala
Laguna Yaxhá, Yaxhá-Nakúm-Naranjo National Park, Petén, Guatemala
Two tribes of nine, including two returning players
Danni Boatwright
Stephenie LaGrossa
6–1

12
Survivor: Panama
Pearl Islands, Panama
Four tribes of four divided by age and gender
Aras Baskauskas
Danielle DiLorenzo
5–2

13
Survivor: Cook Islands
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Four tribes of five divided by ethnicity: African Americans, Whites, Hispanics, and Asians
Yul Kwon
Ozzy Lusth
Becky Lee
5–4–0

14
Survivor: Fiji
Macuata, Vanua Levu, Fiji
Two tribes of nine divided by a selected castaway, who would join the tribe who lost the first challenge
Earl Cole
Cassandra Franklin & Andria "Dreamz" Herd
9–0–0

15
Survivor: China
Zhelin, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
Two tribes of eight
Todd Herzog
Courtney Yates
Amanda Kimmel
4–2–1

16
Survivor: Micronesia
Koror, Palau
Two tribes of ten: new players against past contestants
Parvati Shallow
Amanda Kimmel
5–3

17
Survivor: Gabon
Wonga-Wongue Presidential Reserve, Estuaire, Gabon
A schoolyard pick of two tribes of nine, starting with the oldest players, Bob & Gillian
Robert "Bob" Crowley
Susie Smith
Jessica "Sugar" Kiper
4–3–0

18
Survivor: Tocantins
Jalapão, Tocantins, Brazil
Two tribes of eight
James "J.T." Thomas Jr.
Stephen Fishbach
7–0

19
Survivor: Samoa
Upolu, Samoa
Two tribes of ten
Natalie White
Russell Hantz
Mick Trimming
7–2–0

20
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
Two tribes of ten returning players, divided by "hero" or "villain" status
Sandra Diaz-Twine
Parvati Shallow
Russell Hantz
6–3–0

21
Survivor: Nicaragua
San Juan del Sur, Rivas, Nicaragua[10]
Two tribes of ten divided by age
Jud "Fabio" Birza
Chase Rice
Matthew "Sash" Lenahan
5–4–0

22
Survivor: Redemption Island
Two tribes of nine, including two returning players
Rob Mariano
Phillip Sheppard
Natalie Tenerelli
8–1–0

23
Survivor: South Pacific
Upolu, Samoa
Sophie Clarke
Benjamin "Coach" Wade
Albert Destrade
6–3–0

24
Survivor: One World
Two tribes of nine divided by gender living on the same beach
Kim Spradlin
Sabrina Thompson
Chelsea Meissner
7–2–0

25
Survivor: Philippines
Caramoan, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Three tribes of six, including three returning players who had been medically evacuated in a previous season
Denise Stapley
Lisa Whelchel & Michael Skupin
6–1–1

26
Survivor: Caramoan
Two tribes of ten: new players against past contestants
John Cochran
Dawn Meehan & Sherri Biethman
8–0–0

27
Survivor: Blood vs. Water
Palaui Island, Santa Ana, Cagayan, Philippines[11]
Two tribes of ten: returning contestants against their loved ones[12]
Tyson Apostol
Monica Culpepper
Gervase Peterson
7–1–0

28
Survivor: Cagayan
Three tribes of six divided by primary attribute: "brawn" vs. "brains" vs. "beauty"[13]
Tony Vlachos
Yung "Woo" Hwang
8–1

29
Survivor: San Juan del Sur
San Juan del Sur, Rivas, Nicaragua
Nine pairs of new players, each with a pre-existing relationship, divided onto two tribes of nine[14]
Natalie Anderson
Jaclyn Schultz
Missy Payne
5–2–1

30
Survivor: Worlds Apart
Three tribes of six divided by social class: "white collar" vs. "blue collar" vs. "no collar"[15]
Mike Holloway
Carolyn Rivera & Will Sims II
6–1–1

31
Survivor: Cambodia
Koh Rong, Cambodia[16]
Two tribes of ten returning players. Players selected by public vote[17]
Jeremy Collins
Spencer Bledsoe & Tasha Fox
10–0–0

32
Survivor: Kaôh Rōng
Three tribes of six divided by primary attribute: "brains" vs. "brawn" vs. "beauty"[18]
Michele Fitzgerald
Aubry Bracco
Tai Trang
5–2–0

33
Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Two tribes of ten divided by generation: millennials vs. Generation X[19]
Adam Klein
Hannah Shapiro & Ken McNickle
10–0–0

34
Survivor: Game Changers
Two tribes of ten returning players[20]
Sarah Lacina
Brad Culpepper
Troy "Troyzan" Robertson
7–3–0

35
Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
Three tribes of six divided by dominant perceived trait: "heroes" vs. "healers" vs. "hustlers"[21]
Ben Driebergen
Chrissy Hofbeck
Ryan Ulrich
5–2–1

36
Survivor: Ghost Island
Two tribes of ten
Wendell Holland
Domenick Abbate
Laurel Johnson
5–5–06–5–0[a]

37
Survivor: David vs. Goliath
Two tribes of ten divided by adversity: "David" (underdogs) vs. "Goliath" (topdogs)
TBA

text: Jump up ^ The final vote was initially tied for Holland and Abbate. Johnson, who received no votes, was then tasked with casting the final tie-breaking vote.

tag: ol

text: Production[edit]

text: Concept[edit]

text: The original idea of Survivor was developed by Charlie Parsons in 1994 under the name Castaway. Parsons formed Planet24 with Bob Geldof to produce the show and tried to have the BBC broadcast it, but the network turned it down. Parsons went to Swedish television and was able to find a broadcaster, ultimately producing Expedition Robinson in 1997. The show was a success, and plans for international versions were made.[22]

text: Mark Burnett intended to be the person to bring the show to the United States, though he recognized that the Swedish version was a bit crude and mean-spirited. Burnett retooled the concept to use better production values, based on his prior Eco-Challenge show, and wanted to focus more on the human drama experienced while under pressure. Burnett spent about a year trying to find a broadcaster that would take the show, retooling the concept based on feedback. On November 24, 1999, Burnett made his pitch to Les Moonves of CBS, and Moonves agreed to pick up the show.[22] The first season, Survivor: Borneo was filmed during March and April 2000, and was first broadcast on May 31, 2000. The first season became a ratings success, leading to its current ongoing run.[22]

text: Locations[edit]

text: The American version of Survivor has been shot in many locations around the world since the first season, usually favoring warm and tropical climates. Starting with season 19, two seasons have filmed back-to-back in the same location, to be aired in the same broadcast year. Since season 33,  the show has filmed in the Mamanuca Islands of Fiji.

text:
Continent/Region

Locations (season number)

Africa

 Gabon (17),  Kenya (3)

Asia

 Cambodia (31, 32),  China (15),  Malaysia (1),  Philippines (25 – 28),  Thailand (5)

Oceania

 Australia (2),  Cook Islands (13),  Fiji (14, 33 – 38),  French Polynesia (4),  Palau (10, 16),  Samoa (19, 20, 23, 24),  Vanuatu (9)

Central America

 Guatemala (11),  Nicaragua (21, 22, 29, 30),  Panama (7, 8, 12)

South America

 Brazil (6, 18)

text: Since The Australian Outback, the announcement of each season's winner and subsequent reunion have been broadcast live in front of a studio audience, usually alternating between the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City (home to the CBS' Late Show franchise) and CBS Television City or the CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles.

text: Reception[edit]

text: U.S. television ratings[edit]

text: Survivor has consistently been one of the top 20 most watched shows through its first 18 seasons and from seasons 21 to 23.[23]

text: Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of the United States version of Survivor on CBS.

text: Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.

text:
Season

Timeslot (ET)3

Premiered

Ended

TV season

Rank

Viewers(in millions)

Date

Premiereviewers(in millions)

Date

Finaleviewers(in millions)

Reunionviewers(in millions)

Survivor: Borneo

Wednesday8:00 pm

May 31, 2000[24]

15.51

August 23, 2000

51.69[24]

36.70[25]

2000

2

28.30[26]

Survivor: The Australian Outback

Thursday8:00 pm

January 28, 2001[27]

45.371

May 3, 2001[28]

36.35

28.01

2000–01

1

29.80[29]

Survivor: Africa

October 11, 2001[30]

23.84

January 10, 2002[31]

27.26

19.05

2001–02

8

20.69[32]

Survivor: Marquesas

February 28, 2002[33]

23.19

May 19, 2002[34]

25.87

17.89

6

20.77[35]

Survivor: Thailand

September 19, 2002[36]

23.05

December 19, 2002[37]

24.08

20.43

2002–03

4

21.21[38]

Survivor: The Amazon

February 13, 2003[39]

23.26

May 11, 2003[40]

22.29

17.65

9

19.97[38]

Survivor: Pearl Islands

September 18, 2003

21.50

December 14, 2003[41]

25.23

21.87

2003–04

7

20.72[42]

Survivor: All-Stars

February 1, 2004

33.531

May 9, 2004[43]

24.76

23.92

3

21.49[44]

Survivor: Vanuatu

September 16, 2004[45]

20.06

December 12, 2004[46]

19.72

15.23

2004–05

10

19.64[47]

Survivor: Palau

February 17, 2005[47]

23.66

May 15, 2005[48]

20.80

15.48

5

20.91[49]

Survivor: Guatemala

September 15, 2005[50]

18.41

December 11, 2005[51]

21.18

15.21

2005–06

8[52]

18.30[49]

Survivor: Panama

February 2, 2006[53]

19.20

May 14, 2006

17.07

11.65

11[52]

16.82[54]

Survivor: Cook Islands

September 14, 2006[55]

18.00

December 17, 2006

16.42

13.53

2006–07

13

15.75[56]

Survivor: Fiji

February 8, 2007[57]

16.68

May 13, 2007

13.63

11.43

15

14.83[56]

Survivor: China

September 20, 2007[58]

15.35

December 16, 2007

15.10

12.22

2007–08

8

15.18[59]

Survivor: Micronesia

February 7, 2008[60]

14.02

May 11, 2008

12.92

10.84

11

13.61[59]

Survivor: Gabon

September 25, 2008

13.05[61]

December 14, 2008

13.77

11.74

2008–09

15

13.81[62]

Survivor: Tocantins

February 12, 2009

13.63[63]

May 17, 2009

12.94[64]

11.59[64]

19

12.86[62]

Survivor: Samoa

September 17, 2009[65]

11.66[66]

December 20, 2009

13.97[67]

11.68[67]

2009–10

17

12.34[68]

Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

February 11, 2010[69]

14.15[70]

May 16, 2010

13.46[71]

10.65[71]

14

12.60[68]

Survivor: Nicaragua

Wednesday8:00 pm

September 15, 2010[72]

12.23[73]

December 19, 2010

13.58[74]

11.19[74]

2010–11

11

13.61[75]

Survivor: Redemption Island

February 16, 2011

11.17[76]

May 15, 2011

13.30[77]

10.97[77]

18

12.59[75]

Survivor: South Pacific

September 14, 2011[78]

10.74[79]

December 18, 2011

13.07[80]

9.92[80]

2011–12

18

12.77[81]

Survivor: One World

February 15, 2012

10.79[82]

May 13, 2012

10.34[83]

7.72[83]

26

11.64[81]

Survivor: Philippines

September 19, 2012[84]

11.37[85]

December 16, 2012

11.46[86]

8.77[87]

2012–13

21

11.85[88]

Survivor: Caramoan

February 13, 2013

8.94[89]

May 12, 2013

10.16[90]

8.13[90]

28

10.82[88]

Survivor: Blood vs. Water

September 18, 2013

9.73[91]

December 15, 2013

10.19[92]

7.46[92]

2013–14

252

11.30[93]

Survivor: Cagayan

February 26, 2014

9.40[94]

May 21, 2014

9.58[95]

7.14[95]

Survivor: San Juan del Sur

September 24, 2014

9.75[96]

December 17, 2014

9.79[97]

7.31[97]

2014–15

31

11.35[98]

Survivor: Worlds Apart

February 25, 2015

10.04[99]

May 20, 2015

9.74[100]

7.21[100]

Survivor: Cambodia

September 23, 2015

9.70[101]

December 16, 2015

9.45[102]

6.49[102]

2015–16

26

10.99[103]

Survivor: Kaôh Rōng

February 17, 2016

8.30[104]

May 18, 2016

9.54[105]

6.42[105]

Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X

September 21, 2016

9.46[106]

December 14, 2016

9.09[107]

6.40[107]

2016–17

24[108]

10.32[108]

Survivor: Game Changers

March 8, 2017

7.64[109]

May 24, 2017[110]

8.48[111]

5.84[111]

Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers

September 27, 2017

8.33[112]

December 20, 2017

8.70[113]

5.97[113]

2017–18

25[114]

10.28[114]

Survivor: Ghost Island

February 28, 2018

8.19[115]

May 23, 2018

7.31[116]

4.62[116]

text:
^1  The season premieres of Survivor: The Australian Outback and Survivor: All-Stars each aired after a Super Bowl.
^2  Starting with the 2013–14 TV series ranking, the two seasons aired in that time are listed together as Survivor. Previously, seasons were listed separately.
^3  The season finales of Survivor: Marquesas, and Survivor: The Amazon through Survivor: Blood vs. Water, were aired on Sunday at 8:00 pm. Additionally, when Survivor regularly aired on Thursdays, some episodes were moved to Wednesday at 8:00 pm to accommodate broadcasts of the first two weeks of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text: Primetime Emmy Awards[edit]

text:
Year

Category

Nominee/Episode

Result[117]

2001

Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Special Class)

Won

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Non-Fiction Program

"The Marooning"

Won

Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming

"Honeymoon or Not?"

Nominated

Outstanding Main Title Theme Music

Russ Landau

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming

"Trial by Fire"

Nominated

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special

"Survivor: The Reunion"

Nominated

2002

Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) for VMC Programming

"Finale and the Reunion"

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Two Peas in a Pod"

Nominated

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Series

"Finale and the Reunion"

Nominated

2003

Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program

Nominated

Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"The Importance of Being Earnest"

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"More Than Meats the Eye"

Nominated

Outstanding Reality/Competition Program

Nominated

2004

Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Beg, Barter and Steal"

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Swimming with Sharks"

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Shark Attack"

Nominated

Outstanding Reality/Competition Program

Nominated

Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"They're Back"

Nominated

2005

Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"This Has Never Happened Before"

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"This Has Never Happened Before"

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Culture Shock and Violent Storms"

Nominated

Outstanding Reality/Competition Program

Nominated

Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Love is in the Air, Rats are Everywhere"

Nominated

2006

Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise"

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Starvation and Lunacy"

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Salvation and Desertion"

Nominated

Outstanding Reality/Competition Program

Nominated

Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise"

Nominated

Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise"

Nominated

2007

Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"An Evil Thought"

Nominated

2008

Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"He's a Ball of Goo!"

Nominated

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Jeff Probst

Won

Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming

"Just Don't Eat the Apple"

Nominated

2009

Outstanding Sound Mixing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"The Poison Apple Needs to Go"

Nominated

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Jeff Probst

Won

Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming

"This Camp is Cursed"

Nominated

2010

Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Tonight, We Make Our Move"

Nominated

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Jeff Probst

Won

Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming

"Slay Everyone, Trust No One"

Won

2011

Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Don't You Work for Me?"

Nominated

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Jeff Probst

Won

Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming

"Rice Wars"

Nominated

2012

Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Cult-Like"

Nominated

Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming

"Running the Show"

Nominated

2013

Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

"Create a Little Chaos"

Nominated

Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming

Nominated

Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming

"Zipping Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

Nominated

Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming

"Live Finale and Reunion" (Survivor: Caramoan)

Nominated

"Live Finale and Reunion" (Survivor: Philippines)

Nominated

2014

Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming

"Mad Treasure Hunt"

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming

"Mad Treasure Hunt"

Nominated

2015

Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming

"It's Survivor Warfare"

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming

"It's Survivor Warfare"

Nominated

2016

Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming

"Second Chance"

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming

"Signed, Sealed and Delivered"

Nominated

2017

Outstanding Casting for Reality Programming

Lynne Spiegel Spillman

Nominated

Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming

"The Stakes Have Been Raised"

Nominated

Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming

"About to Have a Rumble"

Nominated

text: Other awards[edit]

text:
Year

Association

Category

Result

Ref.

2001

TCA Awards

Program of the Year

Nominated

[118]

2001

Outstanding New Program

Nominated

[118]

2011

Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming

Nominated

[119]

2013

Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming

Nominated

[120]

2013

Critics' Choice Television Awards

Best Reality Series – Competition

Nominated

[121]

2014

Best Reality Series – Competition

Nominated

[122]

2014

TCA Awards

Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming

Nominated

[123]

2016

Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming

Nominated

[124]

2017

Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming

Nominated

[125]

2018

GLAAD Media Awards

Outstanding Reality Program

Won

[126]

text: Post-show auctions[edit]

text: At the end of each U.S. Survivor season from Survivor: Africa onward, various Survivor props and memorabilia are auctioned online for charity. The most common recipient has been the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.[127] Most recently, proceeds have gone toward The Serpentine Project, a charity founded by Jeff Probst, dedicated to helping those transitioning out of foster care upon emancipation at 18 years of age.[128] Items up for auction have included flags, mats, tree mails, contestant torches, contestant clothing, autographed items, immunity idols and the voting urn.[129]

text: Controversies and legal action[edit]

text:
In February 2001, Stacey Stillman filed a lawsuit claiming that producers interfered in the process of Survivor: Borneo by persuading two members of her tribe (Sean Kenniff and Dirk Been) to vote her off instead of Rudy Boesch.[130]
During a reward trip on Survivor: The Australian Outback, Colby Donaldson removed coral from the Great Barrier Reef and, on the same trip, a helicopter involved with the production crew flew around protected seabird rookeries. Both acts violated Australian law and the incidents could have resulted in fines up to A$110,000. Mark Burnett, the executive producer, issued an apology on behalf of Donaldson and the Survivor production team.[131]
At the tribal immunity challenge for the final four players on Survivor: Africa, host Jeff Probst asked which female player in their season had no piercings. Kim Johnson answered Kelly Goldsmith, got the point, and went on to win the challenge, which put her through to the final three and ultimately (after winning another immunity challenge) the final two. Unbeknownst to the producers, another contestant on "Africa", Lindsey Richter, also had no piercings. Lex van den Berghe's answer had been Lindsey, but the show did not award him a point, which could have significantly changed the outcome of the challenge and the overall game. CBS later paid van den Berghe and Tom Buchanan, who had finished in fourth place, a settlement.[132]
In the fifth episode of Survivor: All-Stars, a naked Richard Hatch came into contact with Sue Hawk after she blocked his path during an immunity challenge. Hatch was voted out that day for other reasons, but Hawk quit the game two days later as a result of what had happened. Hawk considered filing a lawsuit against the parties involved, but appeared with Hatch on The Early Show the morning after the sixth episode aired, stating she opted out of legal action because CBS had helped her "deal with the situation".[133]
Rupert Boneham, a contestant on Pearl Islands and All-Stars, was extremely popular with television audiences, but finished eighth and fourth, respectively, in his appearances on the show. As part of a special on the All-Stars reunion (Survivor: America's Tribal Council), a contest for the 18 players was created, where the winner would be selected by the viewing audience to receive a $1 million prize. Boneham unsurprisingly won this prize, with more than 80% of the votes cast. Many fans of the show saw this as a way of diluting the overall concept of the show, that instead of outwitting, outplaying and outlasting your fellow tribe members to win the game, a player could now play specifically just to gain popularity with the show's audience, regardless of how well they played the game, and still be rewarded with a large prize.[134]
In January 2006, Richard Hatch, the winner of the first season of Survivor, was charged and found guilty of failing to report his winnings to the IRS to avoid taxes. He was sentenced to four years and three months in prison.[135]
In the beginning of Survivor: Cook Islands, the tribes were grouped according to their race. Probst claimed the choice came from the criticism that Survivor was "not ethnically diverse enough",[136] but several long-term sponsors, including Campbell's Soup, Procter & Gamble, Home Depot, and Coca-Cola[137] dropped their support of the show shortly after this announcement, leading to speculation that the decisions were in response to the controversy. Each company has either denied the link to the controversy or declined to comment.
The selection process for the 14th season came under fire when it was revealed that, of the entire Survivor: Fiji cast, only Gary Stritesky had gone through the application process for the show; the rest of the contestants were recruited.[138] Probst defended the process, citing finding diversity of cast as a reason.
At the Survivor: China reunion show, Denise Martin told producers and the audience that she had been demoted to a janitor from a lunch lady due to the distraction she was to students from her appearance on the show. Because of her misfortune, Burnett awarded Martin $50,000. But Martin would later recant her story after the school district she worked for publicly stated that she had taken the custodial position before appearing on the show.[139] Martin then decided to donate the $50,000 to charity.[140]
A brief uncensored shot of Marcus Lehman's genitals during the premiere episode of Survivor: Gabon led to the show and network being asked to apologize for the incident.[141]
Jim Early (aka Missyae), who was a user on one of the fan forums for Survivor, was sued by Burnett, his production company, and CBS in August 2010, for allegedly releasing detailed spoiler information for Survivor: Samoa and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. Early revealed that he was getting his information from Russell Hantz, a contestant on both seasons, through both phone calls and emails. Early complied in the lawsuit by providing such evidence, eventually leading to its dismissal in January 2011. Although legal action has yet to be taken against Hantz, the contract for a player in Survivor includes a liability of up to $5 million for the premature revealing of a season's results.[142] Hantz has stated that the claim is false.[143]
Contestants that did not make the jury in Survivor: Caramoan were not allowed on stage for the reunion show. While Jeff Probst claimed that the new stage could not accommodate all 18 of the attending contestants, the format change was panned because the show's fans and fellow contestants felt that it was unfair for them to be left out in the audience. Erik Reichenbach, who finished 5th and did not even get a chance to speak at the reunion, called out the producers for their treatment of the contestants. Calling it a farce, he criticized how the reunion show left so many unanswered questions about the other contestants and his own evacuation during the season finale. He also criticized how the pre-jury members were completely left out in favor of featuring the show's former contestants, like Rob Mariano and Rudy Boesch.[144]
In the sixth episode of Survivor: Game Changers, Jeff Varner revealed at Tribal Council that fellow contestant Zeke Smith was a transgender man. This caused an immediate uproar amongst his tribemates and host Jeff Probst, which led to Varner's immediate elimination. The incident was covered by various news outlets, with fans heavily criticizing Varner's actions. Varner explained himself following the episode's airdate and expressed regret for his actions. Varner was also fired from his real estate job after the episode aired.[145]

text: Merchandise[edit]

text: The success of Survivor spawned a wide range of merchandise from the very first season. While early items available were limited to buffs, water bottles, hats, T-shirts, and other typical souvenir items, the marketability of the franchise has grown tremendously. Today, fans can find innumerable items, including computer and board games, interactive online games, mugs, tribal-themed jewelry, beach towels, dog tags, magnets, multi-function tools, DVD seasons, Survivor party kits, insider books, soundtracks, and more.

text: Home media releases[edit]

text:
DVD name
Release date

Season One: The Greatest and Most Outrageous Moments
January 9, 2001

Season Two: The Greatest and Most Outrageous Moments
September 25, 2001

text: Seasons 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10 were released in stores. The remaining seasons have been released exclusively on Amazon.com through their CreateSpace manufacture on demand program. Select seasons have also been released on Blu-ray.

text:
DVD name
DVD release date[146]
Blu-ray release date

The Complete First Season: Borneo
May 11, 2004
n/a

The Complete Second Season: The Australian Outback
April 26, 2005
n/a

The Complete Third Season: Africa
October 5, 2010
n/a

The Complete Fourth Season: Marquesas
October 5, 2010
n/a

The Complete Fifth Season: Thailand
October 25, 2011
n/a

The Complete Sixth Season: The Amazon
November 22, 2011
n/a

The Complete Seventh Season: Pearl Islands
February 7, 2006
n/a

The Complete Eighth Season: All-Stars
September 14, 2004
n/a

The Complete Ninth Season: Vanuatu – Islands of Fire
December 5, 2006
n/a

The Complete Tenth Season: Palau
August 29, 2006
n/a

The Complete Eleventh Season: Guatemala – The Maya Empire
May 22, 2012
n/a

The Complete Twelfth Season: Panama – Exile Island
May 22, 2012
n/a

The Complete Thirteenth Season: Cook Islands
December 11, 2012
n/a

The Complete Fourteenth Season: Fiji
December 11, 2012
n/a

The Complete Fifteenth Season: China
January 27, 2014
n/a

The Complete Sixteenth Season: Micronesia – Fans vs. Favorites
January 31, 2014
n/a

The Complete Seventeenth Season: Gabon – Earth's Last Eden
September 11, 2014
n/a

The Complete Eighteenth Season: Tocantins – The Brazilian Highlands
August 5, 2014
n/a

The Complete Nineteenth Season: Samoa
November 18, 2014
n/a

The Complete Twentieth Season: Heroes vs. Villains
February 22, 2011
n/a

The Complete Twenty-First Season: Nicaragua
November 18, 2014
n/a

The Complete Twenty-Second Season: Redemption Island
October 7, 2015
TBA

The Complete Twenty-Third Season: South Pacific
October 7, 2015
TBA

The Complete Twenty-Fourth Season: One World
September 23, 2016
July 11, 2017

The Complete Twenty-Fifth Season: Philippines
September 23, 2016
July 11, 2017

The Complete Twenty-Sixth Season: Caramoan – Fans vs. Favorites
October 26, 2017
December 22, 2017

The Complete Twenty-Seventh Season: Blood vs. Water
November 13, 2017
November 1, 2017

The Complete Twenty-Eighth Season: Cagayan
December 22, 2017
November 1, 2017

The Complete Twenty-Ninth Season: San Juan del Sur – Blood vs. Water
TBA
TBA

The Complete Thirtieth Season: Worlds Apart
TBA
TBA

The Complete Thirty-First Season: Cambodia – Second Chance
TBA
TBA

The Complete Thirty-Second Season: Kaôh Rōng
TBA
TBA

The Complete Thirty-Third Season: Millennials vs. Gen X
TBA
TBA

The Complete Thirty-Fourth Season: Game Changers – Mamanuca Islands
TBA
TBA

text: All seasons are available on CBS All Access, the network's over-the-top subscription streaming service.

text: Other media[edit]

text: Video games[edit]

text: In the 2001 Survivor video game for PC, developed by Infogrames, it allows players to play and create characters for the game based on the Borneo or Australian Outback cast members. The game also includes a character creation system for making custom characters.

text: Gameplay consists of choosing survivors' skills (fishing, cooking, etc.), forming alliances, developing relationships with other tribe members, and voting off competitors at tribal council.

text: The game was very poorly received by critics. GameSpot gave the game a 'Terrible' score of 2.0 out of 10, saying "If you're harboring even a tiny urge to buy this game, please listen very carefully to this advice: Don't do it."[147] Likewise, IGN gave the game a 'Painful' 2.4 out of 10, stating "It is horribly boring and repetitive. The graphics are weak and even the greatest Survivor fan would break the CD in two after playing it for 20 minutes."[148] The game was the recipient of Game Revolution's lowest score of all time, an F-.[149] An 'interactive review' was created specially for the game, and features interactive comments like "The Survival periods are about as much fun as" followed by a drop-down menu, "watching paint dry/throbbing hemorrhoids/staring at air/being buried alive."[149]

text: On November 4, 2009, it was announced that a second video game adaptation would be released for the Wii and Nintendo DS. The game would require players to participate in various challenges like those in the reality shows in order to win.[150]

text: Soundtracks[edit]

text: Various soundtracks have been released featuring music composed by Russ Landau, including soundtracks for seasons 9 through 27 (with the exception of season 14).[151]

text: Thrill ride[edit]

text: The Tiki Twirl thrill ride at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California was originally called Survivor: The Ride.  The ride includes a rotating platform that moves along an undulating track. Riders can be sprayed by water guns hidden in oversized tribal masks.  Theme elements included drums and other familiar Survivor musical accents playing in the background, Survivor memorabilia throughout the queue and other merchandise for sale in nearby gift shops.[152]


document_title: Hunter Street (TV series)

question_text: when is the new hunter street coming out

text: Hunter Street (TV series)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Five foster children in Amsterdam attempt to find out what happened to their missing foster parents.[2]

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Stony Blyden as Max
Mae Mae Renfrow as Tess
Kyra Smith as Anika
Thomas Jansen as Daniel
Daan Creyghton as Sal

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Ronald Top as Erik Hunter
Tooske Ragas as Kate Hunter
Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing as Simone
Zoë Harding as Sophie
Barnaby Savage as Tim

text: Production[edit]

text: The series is produced in the Netherlands[1] by Blooming Media, and was co-developed with the Nickelodeon Netherlands television series De Ludwigs.[2] Nickelodeon made it known that the series' first season would contain 20 episodes on March 2, 2017.[3] The series was renewed for a second season of 20 episodes on April 25, 2017.[4]

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Season 1 (2017)[edit]

text:
No.
Title [5][6]
Original air date [5][6]
Prod.
code [5]
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
"The New Hunter"
March 11, 2017 (2017-03-11)[a]
101
1.82[8][a]

2
"Saganash"
March 13, 2017 (2017-03-13)
102
1.24[7]

3
"The Secret Room"
March 14, 2017 (2017-03-14)
103
1.34[9]

4
"Principal"
March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15)
104
1.30[10]

5
"Rinus"
March 16, 2017 (2017-03-16)
105
1.34[11]

6
"The Key"
March 20, 2017 (2017-03-20)
106
1.12[12]

7
"The Blue Diamond"
March 21, 2017 (2017-03-21)
107
1.33[13]

8
"MGP"
March 22, 2017 (2017-03-22)
108
1.33[14]

9
"Aunt Hedwig & Uncle Eugene"
March 23, 2017 (2017-03-23)
109
1.34[15]

10
"Contact"
March 24, 2017 (2017-03-24)
110
1.05[16]

11
"The Relatives"
March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27)
111
1.29[17]

12
"The Red Diamond"
March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)
112
1.29[18]

13
"Cassandra's Map"
March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29)
113
1.27[19]

14
"Anika's Birthday"
March 30, 2017 (2017-03-30)
114
1.30[20]

15
"The Maze"
March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)
115
1.19[21]

16
"Undercover"
April 3, 2017 (2017-04-03)
116
1.18[22]

17
"Sophie"
April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04)
117
1.33[23]

18
"Bruhl"
April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)
118
1.50[24]

19
"Almost Back"
April 6, 2017 (2017-04-06)
119
1.38[25]

20
"The Deed"
April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)
120
1.55[26]

text: Notes[edit]

text: ^ Jump up to: a b This episode was shown as a preview on March 11, 2017, and then as the official series premiere on March 13, 2017. The viewership data is 1.33 million viewers[7] for the official premiere on March 13, 2017.

text: Special (2017)[edit]

text:
Title [5][6]
Original air date [5][6]
Prod.
code [5]
U.S. viewers
(millions)

"Clued In: A Hunter Street Special"
March 17, 2017 (2017-03-17)
999
1.11[27]

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
First aired
Last aired
Avg. viewers
(millions)

Date
Viewers
(millions)
Date
Viewers
(millions)

1
20
March 11, 2017 (2017-03-11)
1.82[8]
April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)
1.55[26]
1.32


document_title: Scarlett O'Hara

question_text: who played scarlette o'hara in gone with the wind

text: Scarlett O'Hara

text: Biography[edit]

text: O'Hara is the oldest living child of Gerald and Ellen O'Hara. She was born in 1844 or 1845 on her family's plantation Tara in Georgia. She was named Katie Scarlett, after her father's mother, but is always called Scarlett, except by her father, who refers to her as "Katie Scarlett."[3] She is from a Catholic family of Irish and French ancestry, and a descendant of an aristocratic Savannah family on her mother's side (the Robillards). O'Hara has black hair, green eyes, and pale skin. She is famous for her fashionably small waist.[4] Scarlett has two younger sisters, Susan Elinor ("Suellen") O'Hara and Caroline Irene ("Carreen") O'Hara, and three little brothers who died in infancy. Her baby brothers are buried in the family burying ground at Tara, and each was named Gerald O'Hara, Jr.

text: Personality[edit]

text: Scarlett O'Hara is an atypical protagonist, especially as a female romantic lead in fiction. When the novel opens, Scarlett is sixteen. She is vain, self-centered, and very spoiled by her wealthy parents. She can also be insecure, but is very intelligent, despite her fashionable Southern-belle pretense at ignorance and helplessness around men. She is somewhat unusual among Southern women, whom society preferred to act as dainty creatures who needed protection from their men. Scarlett is aware that she is only acting empty-headed, and resents the fashionable "necessity" of it, unlike most of her typical party-going Southern belles social set.

text: Outwardly, Scarlett is the picture of southern charm and womanly virtues, and a popular belle with the country males. The one man she truly wants, however, is her neighbor, Ashley Wilkes – the one man she can't have. The Wilkes family has a tradition of intermarrying with their cousins, and Ashley is promised to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton of Atlanta. Scarlett's motivation in the early part of the novel centers on her desire to win Ashley's heart. When he refuses her advances (which no well-bred Southern lady would be so forward as to make), she takes refuge in childish rage, and spitefully accepts the proposal of Charles Hamilton, Melanie's brother, in a misguided effort to get back at Ashley and Melanie.

text: Rhett Butler, a wealthy older bachelor and a society pariah, overhears Scarlett express her love to Ashley during a barbecue at Twelve Oaks, the Wilkes' estate. Rhett admires Scarlett's willfulness and her departure from accepted propriety as well as her beauty. He pursues Scarlett, but is aware of her impetuousness, childish spite, and her fixation on Ashley. He assists Scarlett in defiance of proper Victorian mourning customs when her husband, Charles Hamilton, dies in a training camp, and Rhett encourages her hoydenish behavior (by antebellum custom) in Atlanta society. Scarlett, privately chafing from the strict rules of polite society, finds friendship with Rhett liberating.

text: The Civil War sweeps away the lifestyle for which Scarlett was raised, and Southern society falls into ruin. Scarlett, left destitute after Sherman's army marches through Georgia, becomes the sole source of strength for her family. Her character begins to harden as her relatives, the family slaves and the Wilkes family look to her for protection from homelessness and starvation. Scarlett becomes money-conscious and more materialistic in her motivation to ensure that her family survives and Tara stays in her family, while other Georgia planters are losing their homes. This extends to stealing her younger sister's fiancé, going into business herself (well-bred southern ladies never worked outside the home), engaging in controversial business practices and even exploiting convict labor in order to make her lumber business profit. Her conduct results in the accidental death of her second husband, Frank Kennedy, and shortly after she marries Rhett Butler for "fun" and because he is very wealthy.

text: Scarlett is too insecure and vain to truly grow up and realize her pursuit of Ashley is misdirected until the climax of the novel. With the death of Melanie Wilkes, she realizes her pursuit of Ashley was a childish romance. She realizes she never really loved Ashley and that she has loved Rhett Butler for some time. She pursues Rhett from the Wilkes home to their home, only to discover he has given up hope of ever receiving her love, and is about to leave her. After telling him she loves him, he refuses to stay with her, which leads to the famous line, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Wracked with grief, but determined to once again pursue and win her man, realizing that Tara is what matters most to her (other than Rhett) Scarlet returns home to Tara to launch her pursuit of Rhett at a later time.

text: Searching for Scarlett[edit]

text: While the studio and the public agreed that the part of Rhett Butler should go to Clark Gable (except for Clark Gable himself), casting for the role of Scarlett was harder. The search for an actress to play Scarlett in the film version of the novel famously drew the biggest names in the history of cinema, such as Bette Davis (who had been cast as a Southern belle in Jezebel in 1938), and Katharine Hepburn, who went so far as demanding an appointment with producer David O. Selznick and saying, "I am Scarlett O'Hara! The role is practically written for me." Selznick replied rather bluntly, "I can't imagine Rhett Butler chasing you for twelve years." [5] Jean Arthur and Lucille Ball were also considered, as well as relatively unknown actress Doris Davenport. Susan Hayward was "discovered" when she tested for the part, and the career of Lana Turner developed quickly after her screen test. Tallulah Bankhead and Joan Bennett were widely considered to be the most likely choices until they were supplanted by Paulette Goddard.

text: The young English actress Vivien Leigh, virtually unknown in America, saw that several English actors, including Ronald Colman and Leslie Howard, were in consideration for the male leads in Gone with the Wind. Her agent happened to be the London representative of the Myron Selznick talent agency, headed by David Selznick's brother, Myron. Leigh asked Myron to put her name into consideration as Scarlett on the eve of the American release of her picture Fire Over England in February 1938. David Selznick watched both Fire Over England and her most recent picture, A Yank at Oxford, that month, and thought she was excellent but in no way a possible Scarlett, as she was "too British". But Myron Selznick arranged for David to first meet Leigh on the night in December 1938 when the burning of the Atlanta Depot was being filmed on the Forty Acres backlot that Selznick International and RKO shared. Leigh and her then lover Laurence Olivier (later to be her husband) were visiting as guests of Myron Selznick, who was also Olivier's agent, while Leigh was in Hollywood hoping for a part in Olivier's current movie, Wuthering Heights. In a letter to his wife two days later, David Selznick admitted that Leigh was "the Scarlett dark horse", and after a series of screen tests, her casting was announced on January 13, 1939. Just before the shooting of the film, Selznick informed Ed Sullivan: "Scarlett O'Hara's parents were French and Irish. Identically, Miss Leigh's parents are French and Irish."[6]

text: In any case, Leigh was cast—despite public protest that the role was too "American" for an English actress—but Leigh was able to pull off the role so well that she eventually won an Academy Award for her performance as Scarlett O'Hara.

text: Other actresses considered[edit]

text: A great number of actresses were considered. In fact, there were approximately 32 women who were considered and or tested for the role. The search for Scarlett began in 1936 (the year of the book's publication) and ended in December 1938.[7]

text: Between 1936 and 1938, the following actresses were considered for the role, which required playing Scarlett from 16 years of age until she was 28 (actress age in 1939, the year of Gone With the Wind's release, when Leigh was 26).

text:
Lucille Ball (28)
Constance Bennett (35)
Clara Bow (34)
Mary Brian (33)
Ruth Chatterton (47)
Claudette Colbert (36)
Joan Crawford (35)
Bette Davis (31)
Frances Dee (30)
Irene Dunne (41)
Madge Evans (30)
Glenda Farrell (35)
Alice Faye (24)
Joan Fontaine (22), sister of Olivia de Havilland, who played Mellie (23)
Kay Francis (34)
Janet Gaynor (33)
Paulette Goddard (29)
Jean Harlow (28)
Susan Hayward (22)
Katharine Hepburn (32)
Miriam Hopkins (37)
Rochelle Hudson (23)
Dorothy Lamour (25)
Andrea Leeds[8] (25)
Carole Lombard (31)
Anita Louise (24)
Myrna Loy (34)
Pola Negri (42)
Maureen O'Sullivan (28)
Merle Oberon (28)
Ginger Rogers (28)
Norma Shearer (37)
Ann Sheridan (24)
Gale Sondergaard, who also was considered for but ultimately lost the role of the Wicked Witch of the West the same year[8] (40)
Barbara Stanwyck (32)
Gloria Stuart (29)
Margaret Sullavan (30)
Gloria Swanson (40)
Lana Turner who was considered by Cukor to be too young to have the depth for the role (18)
Linda Watkins (31)
Mae West (46)
Jane Wyman (22)
Loretta Young (26)

text: Between late 1937 and mid-1938, approximately 128 actresses were nominated for the role of Scarlett through letters of suggestion sent to Selznick International Pictures from the public.[8]

text: Adaptations[edit]

text:
A 1966 musical stage adaptation was a major hit in Japan and London's West End, but failed to survive in America where it starred Lesley Ann Warren and Harve Presnell. It closed after engagements in Los Angeles and San Francisco, never opening on Broadway.
In 1980 a film about the search for Scarlett O'Hara was made entitled Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara War with actress Morgan Brittany impersonating Vivien Leigh, whom she resembled.
In the 1994 TV mini-series based on the sequel Scarlett, the character was played by English actress Joanne Whalley.
In the Margaret Martin musical Gone with the Wind, the role of Scarlett O'Hara was originated by Jill Paice.
In the South Korean stage production Girls' Generation member Seohyun played Scarlett, alongside Bada, former member of S.E.S..

text: Historical sources for the character[edit]

text: While Margaret Mitchell used to say that her Gone with The Wind characters were not based on real people, modern researchers have found similarities to some of the people in Mitchell's own life as well as individuals she heard of. Rhett Butler is thought to be based on Mitchell's first husband, Red Upshaw. Scarlett's upbringing resembled that of Mitchell's maternal grandmother, Annie Fitzgerald Stephens (1844–1934), who was raised on a plantation in Clayton County, Georgia (where the fictional Tara was placed), and whose father was an Irish immigrant. Another source for Scarlett might have been Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, the mother of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt. Martha grew up in a beautiful Southern mansion, Bulloch Hall, in Roswell, just north of Atlanta, Georgia. Her physical appearance, beauty, grace and intelligence were well known to Mitchell and the personality similarities (the positive ones) between Martha, who was also called Mittie, and Scarlett were striking.[citation needed]

text: Comparisons to other characters[edit]

text: Troy Patterson of Entertainment Weekly argued that Ally McBeal, the main character of the television series with the same name, has similarities to O'Hara and that "Scarlett and Ally are fairy-tale princesses who bear about as much resemblance to real women as Barbie and Skipper."[9] Patterson wrote that Ally is similar because she is also a child from a ruling class family, "pines hopelessly after an unavailable dreamboat", and has a "sassy black roommate" in place of a "mammy" to "comfort her".[9]

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ Taylor, 1989 & 62.
Jump up ^ "Shrewd, Selfish Scarlett: A Complicated Heroine". NPR. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
Jump up ^ Mitchell 1936, pp. 404, 413, 451.
Jump up ^ "[T]here was no one in Fayetteville, Jonesboro or in three counties, for that matter, who had so small a waist." Mitchell 1936, pp. 75–76. With a tightly-laced corset, she could fit into a dress with a 17-inch dress. Mitchell 1936, p. 76.
Jump up ^ Higham, Charles (2004). Kate: The Life of Katharine Hepburn. New York City, NY: W. W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-32598-9. Pg. 94
Jump up ^ "Letter from David O. Selznick to Ed Sullivan". Harry Ransom Center - The University Of Texas At Austin. Jan 7, 1939. Archived from the original on 2006-09-07.
Jump up ^ Thompson, David. "Hollywood", 1930s pgs. 178 - 182
^ Jump up to: a b c "The Making of Gone With The Wind" Part 2, Documentary circa 1990s.
^ Jump up to: a b Patterson, Troy, Ty Burr, and Stephen Whitty. "Gone With the Wind." (video review) Entertainment Weekly. October 23, 1998. Retrieved on December 23, 2013. This document has three separate reviews of the film, one per author.


document_title: Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

question_text: where is santa rosa beach located in florida

text: Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

text:
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

unincorporated community

Coordinates: 30°21′41″N 86°09′33″W / 30.361486°N 86.159116°W / 30.361486; -86.159116Coordinates: 30°21′41″N 86°09′33″W / 30.361486°N 86.159116°W / 30.361486; -86.159116

Country
 United States

State
 Florida

County
 Walton

Elevation
193 ft (59 m)

Time zone
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

 • Summer (DST)
CDT (UTC-5)

ZIP code
32459

text: Santa Rosa Beach is an unincorporated community in Walton County, Florida, United States. It belongs to the Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

text: Location[edit]

text: Santa Rosa Beach is located on the Emerald Coast, between Laguna Beach and Destin. It lies north of U.S. Route 98, on the southern shores of the Choctawhatchee Bay, more precisely on Hogtown Bayou.

text: Although not incorporated, the community has a specific zip code, 32459, which also includes the closest communities: to the east Point Washington, to the southeast Grayton Beach and Seaside, and to the west Miramar Beach.

text: Overall, this zip code covers a land area of 65 square miles (plus 0.82 square miles of water area) for a population of 11,457 (4,831 households) according to the 2010 census.[1]


document_title: Crossed fingers

question_text: where did the term fingers crossed come from

text: Crossed fingers

text: Origin[edit]

text: The origin of the gesture traces back to the biblical Kingdom of Israel. Courts of Mosaic law would often render verdicts with the phrase "May God have mercy upon your soul" in order to reaffirm God's supreme authority over the law. Most judges felt that while they could pass a sentence of death upon a person, they personally did not have the authority to destroy souls and that only God had the authority to do that.[4][5][6][7][8] As a result, some judges would cross their fingers whenever they said the phrase as a result of concern for the criminal's soul as they said it as a prayer.[9][10][4][5]

text: Common usage of the gesture traces back to the early centuries of the Catholic Church. Common use of crossed fingers is found in the Christians who would cross their fingers in order to invoke the power associated with Christ's cross for protection, when faced with evil.[1] Moreover, Christians, when persecuted by the Romans, used the symbol of crossed fingers in order to recognize one another and assemble for Holy Mass. "When they were persecuted in Rome, Christians would secretly come together with the sign of the fish, and they would hold up their crossed fingers, as a Sign of the crossed emblem that had once been on the vestments of the army of Barabbas. It became a custom everywhere, for Christians when meeting, to make the sign of a cross by crossing their fingers." In 16th century England, people continued to cross fingers or make the sign of the cross in order to ward off evil, as well as when people coughed or sneezed.[11][12]

text: This superstition thus became popular among many early European Christian cultures. In some places, a comrade or well-wisher placed his index finger over the index finger of the person making the wish, the two fingers forming a cross. The one person makes the wish, the other empathizes and supports. Over centuries, the custom was simplified, so that a person could wish on his own, by crossing his index and middle fingers to form an X. But traces remain—two people hooking index fingers as a sign of greeting or agreement is still common in some circles today.

text: Charles Panati believes that the act of crossing one's fingers as a sign of luck or making a wish traces back to pre-Christian times, speculating that the cross was a symbol of unity and benign spirits dwelt at the intersection point.[13] A wish made on a cross was a way of "anchoring" the wish at the intersection of the cross until the wish was fulfilled.

text: Anecdotal use[edit]

text: The 1787 A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions by Francis Grose records the recommendation to keep one's fingers crossed until one sees a dog to avert the bad luck attracted by walking under a ladder.

text: Exception[edit]

text: In Vietnam the gesture is considered rude,[14][15] especially to another person. Referring to female genitals, it is comparable to the finger in western culture.

text: In German-speaking countries and also Sweden the gesture is only known for vitiating oaths. Wishing for luck is gestured by pressing thumbs. The same gesture is used in many Slavic countries such as Poland,[16] the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and ex-Yugoslav[17] republics.