query: Billy Ray Cyrus is the mother of Miley Cyrus.

pos: Miley Cyrus Miley Ray Cyrus ( born Destiny Hope Cyrus ; November 23 , 1992 ) is an American singer , songwriter , and actress . After playing minor roles in the television series Doc and the film Big Fish in her childhood , she became a teen idol starring as the character Miley Stewart in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana in 2006 . Her father Billy Ray Cyrus also starred in the show . She subsequently signed a recording contract with Hollywood Records , and her debut studio album Meet Miley Cyrus ( 2007 ) was certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) having shipped over three million units . She released her second album Breakout and launched her film career as a voice actress in the animated film Bolt in 2008 .   Cyrus starred in the feature film Hannah Montana : The Movie , and began cultivating a more mature image with her EP The Time of Our Lives in 2009 . In 2010 , she released her third album Ca n't Be Tamed , which stands as the lowest-selling record of her career , and starred in the coming-of-age film The Last Song . Cyrus focused on her acting career with several television and film appearances in 2011 and 2012 . Her sexually explicit behavior generated widespread controversy while promoting her fourth album Bangerz ( 2013 ) , her first under her recording contract with RCA Records . Cyrus ' independently-released fifth studio album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz ( 2015 ) deviated from her traditional pop style for more psychedelic experimentation . In 2016 , she was a coach for the eleventh season of the singing competition series The Voice .   With Bangerz , Cyrus achieved her third number-one album on the U.S. Billboard 200 , and fifth overall including Hannah Montana soundtrack albums . She has logged eight top 10 entries on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with : `` See You Again '' , `` 7 Things '' , `` The Climb '' , `` Party in the U.S.A. '' , `` Ca n't Be Tamed '' , `` We Ca n't Stop '' , `` Malibu '' and the chart-topping `` Wrecking Ball '' . Cyrus has earned numerous awards and nominations , as Billboard ranked her as the fourth best-selling female artist of 2009 . She was ranked number thirteen on Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2010 , and in 2013 was declared `` Artist of the Year '' by MTV . She has been included on the Time 100 list of most influential people in 2008 and 2014 .

neg: Joy Rose Martha Joy Rose is a musician and the president and founder of Mamapalooza , a company which advocates for the value of motherhood in society . Rose is also executive director of the Motherhood Foundation , a 501c3 non-profit organization . Mamapalooza and the Motherhood Foundation have established the Museum of Motherhood in New York City , which opened in 2011 .   She was a songwriter and club singer in the 1980s with two dance charts hits , `` In and Out of Love Affairs , '' and `` Sexual Voodoo , '' and founded the rock band Housewives on Prozac in 1997 , which by 2004 had recorded two live albums . She is the mother of Ali Marpet , an American football offensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ( NFL ) .   In 2015 Joy was featured in Peter Freed 's Prime Book , which received international attention for challenging stereotypes about women and aging . The book features images of Christy Turlington and NBC newscaster Natalie Morales among others .

neg: Maybelle Carter `` Mother '' Maybelle Carter ( May 10 , 1909 -- October 23 , 1978 ) was an American country musician . She is best known as a member of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s and also as a member of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters .

neg: Rock City Club Rock City Club was created by Jack Wishna , Ofek Hayon , Brian Silver , music promoter Don Kirshner , and Michael Jackson The management team , partners , and investors attracted to the business include Internet entrepreneurs and music industry executives . One of the original creators of MTV and co-founder of Internet service provider NetZero are listed among the company 's board . It was described by the company as `` the music industry 's first Social Music Network '' .   Some of the biggest music producers in the world , with 162 Grammy Awards to their names , participate in Rock City Club . The Rockcityclub.com `` Producers ' Circle '' includes Phil Ramone and Ron Dante and the people behind acts such as Lady Gaga , Madonna , Jay-Z , Michael Jackson , and Amy Winehouse .   In 2012 , Rock City Club partnered with Slacker online music service to create what it described as the world 's first internet music channel devoted exclusively to giving undiscovered artists and bands the chance to have their music heard by millions of potential fans . The channel was headed by Ron Dante and includes the production expertise of people like Phil Ramone , Kerry Gordy ( son of Motown legend Berry Gordy ) , and Lamont Dozier .

neg: Billy Edd Wheeler Billy Edward `` Edd '' Wheeler ( born December 9 , 1932 , Boone County , West Virginia ) is an American songwriter , performer , writer , and visual artist .   His songs include `` Jackson '' ( Grammy award winner for Johnny Cash and June Carter ) `` The Reverend Mr. Black '' , `` Desert Pete '' , `` Anne '' , `` High Flyin ' Bird '' , `` The Coming of the Roads '' , `` It 's Midnight '' , `` Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back '' , `` Coal Tattoo '' , `` Winter Sky '' , and `` Coward of the County '' ( which inspired a 1981 television movie of the same name ) and have been performed by over 160 artists including Judy Collins , Jefferson Airplane , Bobby Darin , The Kingston Trio , Neil Young , Kenny Rogers , Hazel Dickens , Florence and the Machine , Kathy Mattea , Nancy Sinatra , and Elvis Presley . `` Jackson '' was also recorded by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon for the movie Walk the Line . His song `` Sassafras '' was covered in the folk rock era by Modern Folk Quartet and The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band .   Wheeler is the author-composer of eight plays and musicals , a folk opera ( Song of the Cumberland Gap ) , commissioned by the National Geographic Society , and three outdoor dramas : the long-running Hatfields & McCoys at Beckley , West Virginia , Young Abe Lincoln at Lincoln City , Indiana , and Johnny Appleseed , at Mansfield , Ohio . He has authored six books of humor , four with Loyal Jones of Berea , Kentucky : Laughter in Appalachia , Hometown Humor USA , Curing the Cross-Eyed Mule , and More Laughter in Appalachia , and two as sole author : Outhouse Humor , and Real Country Humor / Jokes from Country Music Personalities . His first novel , Star of Appalachia , was published in January , 2004 , and his second , co-written with Ewel Cornett , Kudzu Covers Manhattan , in 2005 . Song of a Woods Colt , a book of poetry , was published in 1969 . Travis and Other Poems of the Swannanoa Valley ( With Some Poems and Prayers by Dr. Henry W. Jensen ) was published in 1977 . He was the featured author in Appalachian Heritage magazine 's 2008 winter issue , which included 16 of his original paintings . North Carolina 's Our State magazine featured him in its December , 2007 issue .

neg: Whitney Houston discography The discography of American singer Whitney Houston ( 1963 -- 2012 ) consists of seven studio albums , six compilations , two soundtrack albums , five box sets , six extended plays , and fifty-seven singles . In 1985 , Houston released her self-titled debut album . It spent fourteen weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and was certified thirteen times platinum ( Diamond ) by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) , with global sales of 25 million copies . The album produced four US top 5 singles , including three Billboard Hot 100 number-ones . In 1987 , Houston released her second album Whitney . The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and was supported by four US number-one singles : `` I Wan na Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) '' , `` Did n't We Almost Have It All '' , `` So Emotional '' , and `` Where Do Broken Hearts Go '' , which established an unprecedented seven consecutive number one hits by a performer . Whitney was certified 9 × Platinum by the RIAA and topped the charts in numerous countries , having sold in excess of 20 million copies worldwide . Houston 's third studio album , I 'm Your Baby Tonight ( 1990 ) , peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 chart and yielded two number-one singles ; `` I 'm Your Baby Tonight '' and `` All the Man That I Need '' , selling 10 million units worldwide . In February 1991 , Houston released `` The Star Spangled Banner '' performance from Super Bowl XXV as a single , becoming the highest-charting rendition of the national anthem on the Billboard Hot 100 chart .   The Bodyguard soundtrack from her film debut , was released in November 1992 . The album contains tracks by other recording artists but is considered a Houston album by Billboard . It topped the Billboard 200 for twenty non-consecutive weeks , one of the longest tenures by an album in the Nielsen SoundScan era . The album was certified 17 × Platinum the United States and sold over 45 million copies worldwide , becoming the best-selling soundtrack album and one of the top 5 best-selling albums of all time . The lead single from the soundtrack , `` I Will Always Love You '' , topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a then-record-breaking fourteen weeks and was certified 6 × Platinum by the RIAA , peaked at number one on the charts in nearly every country and sold 12 million copies worldwide , becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time . Houston contributed three songs , including her eleventh number-one single `` Exhale ( Shoop Shoop ) '' on the 7x platinum soundtrack album , Waiting to Exhale ( November 1995 ) . The following year she released The Preacher 's Wife in November 1996 . The soundtrack was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA and became the biggest selling gospel album of all time . In 1998 , she released her first studio album in eight years , My Love Is Your Love . The album failed to match the commercial status of her previous albums , peaking at number thirteen , her lowest chart position on the Billboard 200 among her studio albums . Despite initial weak sales , the album went on to achieve multi-platinum status with 11 million units sold worldwide , being certified 4 × Platinum in the United States . From late 1998 to early 2000 , the album generated five singles ; `` When You Believe '' ( duet with Mariah Carey ) , `` Heartbreak Hotel '' , `` It 's Not Right but It 's Okay '' , `` My Love Is Your Love '' , and `` I Learned from the Best '' .   Houston entered the 2000s with her first greatest hits compilation , Whitney : The Greatest Hits , released in May 2000 . The double-disc was certified 3 × Platinum by the RIAA in 2002 and earned 5 × Platinum award posthumously , recognizing 2.6 million in sales throughout the United States . The album hit the top position on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 1.66 million copies in the UK alone . Also , it reached the top ten in many worldwide markets , selling 10 million copies globally . Just Whitney , released in December 2002 , became her first album after renewing her contract with Arista for a record $ 100 million in 2001 . The album failed to earn multi-platinum status , receiving only Platinum award in the US , and became her lowest-selling studio album to date . She released a holiday album , One Wish : The Holiday Album in November 2003 . In September 2009 , Houston returned to the top position of the Billboard 200 with I Look to You , becoming her fourth number-one album on the chart ; which was her first non-soundtrack number-one in 22 years , since 1987 's Whitney . It also topped the album charts of several European countries and was certified Platinum by the RIAA . Her albums Whitney Houston , Whitney , The Bodyguard and Whitney : The Greatest Hits are among the top 100 certified albums according to the RIAA .   According to the RIAA , Houston is the top-selling R&B female artist of the 20th century , and the fourth best-selling female artist in the United States , with shipments of 57 million albums . In addition , until the launch of the RIAA 's digital certification program in 2004 , she had sold 16.5 million physical singles more than any other female solo artist in history . According to the Official UK Charts Company in October 2012 , Houston is at number four in the top 10 biggest selling female singles artists of all-time list with a sales total of 8.5 million singles . Whitney Houston is one of pop music 's best-selling music artists of all-time , with an estimated 170 -- 200 million records sold worldwide .

neg: Lily Allen Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper ( née Allen ; born 2 May 1985 ) , known professionally as Lily Allen , is an English singer , songwriter , actress , and television presenter . She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen . Allen left school when she was 15 and concentrated on improving her performing and compositional skills . In 2005 , she made some of her recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and a contract with Regal Recordings .   Her first mainstream single , `` Smile '' , reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006 . Her debut record , Alright , Still , was well received , selling over 2.6 million copies worldwide and brought Allen a nomination at the Grammy Awards , Brit Awards and MTV Video Music Awards . She began hosting her own talk-show , Lily Allen and Friends , on BBC Three .   Her second studio album , It 's Not Me , It 's You , saw a genre shift , having more of an electropop feel , rather than the ska and reggae influences of the first one . The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Australian ARIA Charts and was well received by critics , noting the singer 's musical evolution and maturity . It spawned the hit singles `` The Fear '' and `` Fuck You '' . This success saw her receive the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist at the 2010 Brit Awards . Allen and Amy Winehouse were credited with starting a process that led to the `` year of the women '' media label in 2009 that saw five female artists making music of `` experimentalism and fearlessness '' nominated for the Mercury Prize .   In 2009 , Allen announced that she would be taking a hiatus from musical activities . In 2011 , she launched her own record label . In 2013 , Allen revealed that she had begun working on her third studio album , which was later titled Sheezus . On 12 November 2013 , Allen premiered the video for her first original song since 2009 , `` Hard out Here '' , which was released as a single five days later .

neg: Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz is the fifth studio album by American singer Miley Cyrus , which was independently released for free online streaming on SoundCloud on August 30 , 2015 . Opting for an album relying less on computerized elements than her previous release , Bangerz ( 2013 ) , Cyrus began planning the project in 2013 before Bangerz was released . Work continued into 2014 and 2015 , when she befriended and began collaborating with the Flaming Lips . In addition to the psychedelic rock band , Cyrus worked with producers Mike Will Made It and Oren Yoel ( with whom she had collaborated on Bangerz ) . The album features guest vocals by Big Sean ( who had appeared on Bangerz ) , Sarah Barthel of Phantogram and Ariel Pink .   Without previous promotion , Cyrus announced that Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz was available for free online streaming when she hosted the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards , released independently . Critics were divided in their opinions of the album ; some applauded Cyrus ' ambition and experimentation , and others considered its production and overall finish lacking . Cyrus has promoted the album with music videos for `` Dooo It ! '' , `` Lighter '' and `` BB Talk '' , performances of `` Karen Do n't Be Sad '' and `` Twinkle Song '' when she hosted Saturday Night Live , and the Milky Milky Milk Tour in November and December 2015 .   On April 10 , 2017 , the album was released commercially on iTunes and other streaming platforms through RCA Records .

neg: Could've Been Me `` Could 've Been Me '' is a song written by Reed Nielsen and Monty Powell , and performed by American country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus . It was released in July 1992 as the second single from his multi-platinum selling debut album , Some Gave All . The song reached number 2 on the U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart , behind `` Love 's Got a Hold on You '' by Alan Jackson and it also reached number-one on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart . It was the follow-up to the number 1 song , `` Achy Breaky Heart '' .

neg: Reel Top 40 Radio Repository The Reel Top 40 Radio Repository , sometimes called REELRADIO , is a virtual museum of radio broadcasts , primarily airchecks from the `` Top 40 '' era of radio in North America . The archives are available by streaming . Established in 1996 as the first online airchecks archive , it was transferred to a dedicated not-for-profit organization , REELRADIO , Inc. , in 2000 . The site is organized as a series of `` collections '' ; most collections represent the archives of a single contributor . As of November 2011 , the repository features more than 2,620 exhibits .   Two collections are tribute sites to famed Los Angeles disc jockeys Robert W. Morgan and The Real Don Steele , and the organization also hosts other sites about the Top 40 eras at WPGC in Maryland and WIXY 1260 in Cleveland .   , the board of directors includes founder Richard `` Uncle Ricky '' Irwin , news reporter Michael Burgess ( known as Mike Scott ) of KGPE ( TV ) , and Bob Shannon ( former vice president of TM Century ) .

neg: Billy Sunday Historic Home The Billy Sunday Historic Home was the residence of William A ( Billy ) Sunday , Helen ( Ma ) Sunday , their four children , and the family 's live-in housekeeper and nanny . Located in the Winona Lake Historic District in Kosciusko County , Indiana , it is a prime example of a bungalow built in the Arts and Crafts architectural style .   The Sunday family spent their summers in Winona Lake for several years prior to 1911 , staying in a home called `` The Illinois , '' which was located on a bluff overlooking MacDonald Island and the lake . In 1911 the family moved permanently to Winona Lake . The Illinois was lifted off its foundation and moved eastward across the street and a new bungalow was constructed in its place . The Sundays named the home `` Mt. Hood . '' ( They owned property in Oregon not far from Mount Hood and this was presumably the inspiration behind the name . )   Many features of the home are typical of the Arts and Crafts Movement including the interior woodwork , shellacked burlap wall treatments , light fixtures , sleeping porches , and it 's exposed rafter tails and beams . It is believed that Helen Sunday was intimately involved in the interior 's design . One of her favorite places in the home was the Inglenook , a cozy seating area that surrounds the fireplace .   Helen Sunday outlived all four of the children as well as her husband . By the 1950s , when Helen lived in the residence alone , the home was already becoming something of a pilgrimage site for admirers who wanted to see where the famed evangelist had lived . Helen thus began to provide informal tours of her home . In 1957 , the year she died , a recording of Mrs. Sunday describing the details of the home was made and the published transcript has served to verify the fact that the home 's interior , other than some rearranging , has been largely preserved as it was when she lived there .   Helen willed the home , along with everything in it , to the Winona Christian Assembly . When the assembly grounds were purchased by Grace College and Theological Seminary in 1968 , Mt. Hood became part of Grace Schools . Most of the manuscript materials from the home were collected by the Grace College and Seminary library and these became the Billy Sunday Papers , the originals of which are housed in the Morgan Library Archives .   Prior to 1998 , the home had never been professionally curated . With the creation of the Village at Winona and the renaissance of the Winona Lake Historic District , however , a professional curator was hired to oversee restoration of the home and curate a new Billy Sunday museum and visitor 's center , which was built near the Sunday property and opened in 2000 . The visitors center educated guests about the historical significance of Billy Sunday and a team of volunteers led tours through the home . Although multiple efforts were made to organize the setup as a state-run historical site , this never materialized and when the principle donor removed funding from the operation , the museum and visitor 's center closed in 2010 . Currently , the home is curated by the Winona History Center at Grace College , which also offers tours .

neg: Patsy Cline discography The discography of Patsy Cline , an American country pop artist , consists of three studio albums , one compilation album , six extended plays , twenty four singles , and seven B-sides . For material released after the artist 's death in 1963 , see Patsy Cline posthumous discography .   After performing in a band in 1954 , Cline was signed by Bill McCall to Four Star Records , based in Pasadena , California . She made her first recording session for the label in June 1955 , releasing her debut single , `` A Church , a Courtroom , and Goodbye '' in July . Cline issued seventeen singles to the country music recording charts between 1955 and 1960 ; however , only one of them was a major hit . After releasing the singles `` Hidin ' Out '' , `` I Love You Honey '' , and `` I 've Loved and Lost Again '' , her first single issued in 1957 , entitled `` Walkin ' After Midnight '' , peaked at # 2 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs list and # 12 on the Top Pop Songs chart . The song 's success spawned Cline 's self-titled debut album , released in August 1957 . Cline 's additional singles between 1958 and 1960 ranged in variations between country , Gospel , and Rockabilly . These songs included such releases as , `` Three Cigarettes ( In an Ashtray ) , '' `` Come On In ( And Make Yourself at Home ) , '' `` Dear God , '' and `` Crazy Dreams . ''   In late 1960 , Cline signed with Four Star 's distributor , Decca . Working with producer Owen Bradley , Cline 's musical style changed from Honky Tonk to the Pop-influenced Nashville Sound . Her first Decca release was 1961 's `` I Fall to Pieces , '' which was recorded during her first session for the label . The single became her first number one single on the Billboard Country Chart , while also reaching # 12 on the Pop chart , and # 6 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks list . Her second self-titled extended play was issued in August and contained the hit ; however , due to a major car accident , Cline could not promote the song . Its follow-up , `` Crazy '' , was released in October and became another crossover hit , reaching # 2 on the Billboard Country and Adult Contemporary chart , and # 9 on the Pop chart . Cline 's second studio album was then issued in November 1961 , entitled Patsy Cline Showcase and containing both hits . In its re-release in 1963 , the album peaked at # 73 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart .   Cline 's third Decca single , `` She 's Got You '' was released in January 1962 , and became her fourth major hit , reaching number one on Billboard '' 's Country Chart , # 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart , and # 3 on its Adult Contemporary chart . Because an album was not yet released , the extended play also titled , She 's Got You was released in April . She had two other major country hits that year : `` When I Get Thru ' With You '' ( # 10 ) and `` So Wrong '' ( # 14 ) . Her third and final official studio album named , Sentimentally Yours was released in August and contained `` She 's Got You '' , as well as , `` Heartaches '' , which reached # 31 in the United Kingdom . Many of the singles ' B-sides charted on the Country and Pop chart that year , including `` She 's Got You '' 's flip side , `` Strange '' and `` When I Get Thru ' With You '' 's flip , `` Imagine That '' . Cline released her final single during her lifetime in January 1963 entitled , `` Leavin ' on Your Mind . '' The song became a Top 10 hit on the Billboard '' Country Chart , while also reaching # 83 on the Pop chart . Patsy Cline died March 5 , 1963 in a plane crash in Camden , Tennessee .

neg: You May Be Right (song) `` You May Be Right '' is a single written and performed by rock singer Billy Joel from his 1980 album Glass Houses . The song reached # 7 on the US charts and # 6 in Canada . It failed to chart , however , in the UK unlike his preceding and succeeding singles `` All for Leyna '' ( UK # 40 ) and `` It 's Still Rock and Roll to Me '' ( UK # 14 ) . The Japanese single features `` Close to the Borderline '' as a B-side .   `` You May Be Right '' can also be found on disc 2 of Billy Joel 's Greatest Hits - Volumes I and II and Live at Shea Stadium : The Concert albums . The song famously begins with the sound of broken glass . The featured riff of the song loosely borrows from the Buffalo Springfield hit `` Rock and Roll Woman '' on the Buffalo Springfield Again album .   The song was used as the theme song for the television show Dave 's World , as sung by Southside Johnny . The song was performed by Garth Brooks on the live video This Is Garth Brooks recorded in Dallas , Texas , and at Brooks 's 1997 New York concert with Joel as a special guest .   The song has been covered by AVAIL , Alvin and the Chipmunks , Keith Urban , The Vindictives , the New Directions glee club on Glee , Southside Johnny , and the Rock Bottom Remainders .

neg: Rutherford Boyd John Rutherford Boyd ( 1882 , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania -- 1951 , Leonia , New Jersey ) was a 20th-century American sculptor , painter and illustrator .   He was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , and attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts , where he studied under Thomas Anshutz .   He worked as a commercial illustrator in Philadelphia , and was art director for the magazine The Ladies ' Home Journal from 1909 to 1915 . He moved to New York City to become art director for Everybody 's Magazine . Boyd revamped the magazine 's layout under editor Howard Wheeler , but both their tenures at Everybody 's were short . Boyd next worked as art director at Squibb & Company ( now Bristol-Myers Squibb ) . He attended evening classes at the Art Students League of New York .   His illustration work appeared on the covers of national magazines , including The Saturday Evening Post . During the 1920s and 1930s , he exhibited regularly at the annual International Exhibition of Watercolors at the Art Institute of Chicago . He was a member of the American Watercolor Society , the Salmagundi Club , and the Architectural League of New York .   Although his commercial art was realistic , he also created abstract sculptures and drawings . These intensely geometric works were the subject of a 1937 short film , Parabola , by Mary Ellen Bute and Ted Nemeth , with music by Darius Milhaud . At the invitation of abstract artist Josef Albers , Boyd was a guest lecturer at Black Mountain College in North Carolina . With his friend J. Ernest G. Yalden , he designed the Yalden Memorial Sundial ( 1937 ) , at Waterfront Park , in Woods Hole , Massachusetts .   He married fellow PAFA alumna Harriet A. Repplier , and they had two children , Lydia , born 1914 and David , born 1918 . The couple bought the Cole-Allaire House at 112 Prospect Street in Leonia , New Jersey in 1916 , and spent three years restoring it . They renamed it `` Boyd 's Nest , '' and lived there until their deaths . The house is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places .   His watercolor , Flower Garden , Irises and Poppies ( 1929 ) , sold at Sotheby 's New York , on September 24 , 2008 , for $ 43,750 -- an auction record for the artist .

neg: Paula Nelson Paula Carlene Nelson ( born October 27 , 1969 in Houston , Texas ) is an American country music singer and disc jockey . She is the daughter of country music singer and musician Willie Nelson .

neg: Robin Lynn Macy Robin Lynn Macy ( born November 1 , 1958 ) is an American musician , teacher , and gardener , who is best known as a founding member of the female country group the Dixie Chicks .   While a mathematics teacher at St. Mark 's School of Texas , Macy was active in the Dallas bluegrass music scene of the 1980s , and was in a band called Danger in the Air . The band released two independent albums . With the Chicks she was the group 's guitarist , co-lead singer , and occasional songwriter .   Macy left the Dixie Chicks in late 1992 in a dispute with the Erwin sisters about the group 's musical direction . Macy advocated for a `` purer '' bluegrass approach . ( She was not replaced ; the foursome became a trio . It would be still several more years until the Dixie Chicks achieved their big commercial break , when Natalie Maines replaced Laura Lynch as lead singer . )   Macy then joined Sara Hickman and Patty Lege to form the group Domestic Science Club , which issued two albums before disbanding . While still in Dallas , Macy played with an informal group named Round Robin , but she eventually moved to southern Kansas . Macy hosted an evening music show on local NPR affiliate , KERA in Dallas , in the mid-1990s .   She then performed with Mark Bennett , Mike and Vicki Lynn Theobald in The Blue Plate Special . The band performed at the Walnut Valley Festival , in Winfield , Kansas in 1999 .   Big Twang was Macy 's next project . The bluegrass quintet was founded by Macy and won the 1999 RockyGrass Band Championship . The band recorded one CD - Pastures of Plenty . `` Macy 's riveting , seductive voice infuses the band 's renditions of Sting 's ` Secret Journey ' and Nanci Griffith 's ` Time of Inconvenience ' with spellbinding power and soul , '' wrote reviewer David McCarty in Acoustic Guitar magazine ; `` Big Twang is one big talent . '' The band dissolved in 2003 .   Macy remained active in the regional music scene , and also returned to teaching mathematics . In addition , she is the steward of Bartlett Arboretum , a 501 ( c ) 3 non-profit she created . It is located in Belle Plaine , Kansas on a slough north of the Ninnescah River drainage , 20 miles south of Wichita . She discovered the arboretum in 1997 when it was slated for sale ; the owning Bartlett family viewed her arrival as a godsend .  In April 2008 , Macy 's recording Songs from the Garden , original compositions inspired from living among the trees at the arboretum , was released . The arboretum , with its application written by Macy , was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in April , 2010 .   In October 2008 , she formed another trio with Jennifer Pettersen and Monica Taylor called The Cherokee Maidens .  She is currently a teacher of geometry at Wichita Collegiate School .

neg: Deana Martin Deana Martin ( born August 19 , 1948 ) is an American singer , actress , author , performer and daughter of well-known entertainer , Dean Martin .

neg: Peggy Miley Peggy Miley ( born July 5 , 1941 ) is an American actress and writer . She has played supporting roles in films like Alice , The Little Princess , Bandits , The Back-up Plan , and Primary Colors . She is also known for her work in commercials , including a popular Christmas television ad for Cheerios in which she played the grandmother .

neg: Olivia Records Olivia Records was a collective founded in 1973 to record and market women 's music . Olivia , named after the heroine of a pulp novel by Dorothy Bussy who fell in love with her headmistress at French boarding school , was the brainchild of ten lesbian-feminists ( the Furies Collective and Radicalesbians ) living in Washington , D.C. who wanted to create a feminist organization with an economic base .   Olivia was co-founded by Judy Dlugacz .   In 1973 , the collective put out a 45 with Meg Christian on one side and Cris Williamson on the other . Yoko Ono responded and said that she wanted to do a side project with Olivia , but the collective politely declined . Without making themselves dependent on any high-profile person , they made $ 12,000 with that 45 , enough to put out singer Meg Christian 's first record , and soon after , Williamson 's groundbreaking album The Changer and the Changed .   Sandy Stone was Olivia 's sound engineer from ca. 1974-1978 , recording and mixing all Olivia product during this period . She resigned as the controversy over her working for a lesbian-identified enterprise increased because she was a transgender woman . The debate continued in Janice Raymond 's book The Transsexual Empire , which devoted a chapter to criticism of `` the transsexually constructed lesbian-feminist '' .   In 1977 , after repeated criticism by Anita Bryant , Olivia put out Lesbian Concentrate , a collection of songs and poetry with part of the proceeds going to benefit the Lesbian Mothers National Defense Fund . Included on the 13 track LP is Meg Christian 's `` Ode To A Gym Teacher '' and Sue Fink 's `` Leaping Lesbians '' .   Olivia moved first to Los Angeles to stay on top of the burgeoning music scene and then to Oakland . The remaining five women of the collective , who had been pooling their money and even living together for the previous seven years , began to disperse . Olivia stopped putting out new records and instead performed a series of 15th anniversary concerts in 1988 . The two concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York City were the largest grossing concerts at that venue in its history . Yet , The New York Times barely mentioned the show .   Even though Olivia Records released world music and salsa records , they were most successful with acoustic solo acts , although sometimes they failed to identify mainstream talent . In 1985 , singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge , then a struggling Los Angeles artist , sent her demo to Olivia , but was ultimately rejected . Etheridge went on to become one of the most popular female performers of the 1990s and arguably the most successful lesbian musician of all time . She saved the rejection letter , signed by `` the women of Olivia , '' which was featured in Intimate Portrait , the Lifetime Television documentary of her life .   Unable to reinvent themselves for the changing musical landscape for women , from riot grrl to Lilith Fair to Ani Difranco , Olivia could no longer sustain itself as a record label .   Olivia Records founded Olivia , the lesbian cruise line , in 1988 .

neg: Busy Man `` Busy Man '' is a song written by Bob Regan and George Teren , and recorded by American country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus . It was released in August 1998 as the second single from his album Shot Full of Love . The song reached a peak of number 3 on the U.S. country singles charts in early 1999 , becoming his first Top 10 hit since `` Somebody New '' in 1993 and his last until `` Ready , Set , Do n't Go '' in 2008 .

neg: 4x4 (song) `` 4x4 '' is a song by American recording artist Miley Cyrus featuring American rapper Nelly from Cyrus ' fourth studio album Bangerz ( 2013 ) . It was written and produced by Pharrell Williams , with additional songwriting provided by Cyrus and Nelly . The song is a country rap track that discusses having fun through the metaphor of a 4x4 truck . The song is sampled in British indie rock band Alt-J 's 2014 single `` Hunger of the Pine '' .   `` 4x4 '' received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics , who appreciated its overall production and individuality compared to the other tracks included on Bangerz . Despite not having been released as a single , it peaked at number 41 on the U.S. Billboard Pop Digital Songs chart . Cyrus first performed the song during her episode of MTV Unplugged in January 2014 , and has also performed it during her Bangerz Tour . In August 2014 , Ubisoft revealed that the song will appear in Just Dance 2015 .


query: Alan Shore is the main character of Boston Legal.

pos: Boston Legal Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC . The series aired from October 3 , 2004 , to December 8 , 2008 . The series , starring James Spader , with Candice Bergen , and William Shatner , is a spin-off of the long-running Kelley series The Practice , following the exploits of former Practice character Alan Shore at the legal firm of Crane , Poole & Schmidt .

pos: James Spader James Todd Spader ( born February 7 , 1960 ) is an American actor . He is best known for portraying eccentric characters in films such as the drama Sex , Lies , and Videotape ( 1989 ) , the action science fiction film Stargate ( 1994 ) , the controversial psychological thriller Crash ( 1996 ) , the erotic romance Secretary ( 2002 ) , and the blockbuster superhero film Avengers : Age of Ultron ( 2015 ) .   His best-known television roles are those of attorney Alan Shore in The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal ( for which he won three Emmy Awards ) , and Robert California in the comedy-mockumentary The Office . He currently stars as high-profile criminal-turned-FBI-informant Raymond `` Red '' Reddington in the NBC crime drama The Blacklist , for which he has earned two Golden Globe Award nominations .

neg: Suffolk University Law School Suffolk University Law School ( also known as `` Suffolk Law School '' ) . Suffolk University Law School is a private , non-sectarian law school located in downtown Boston , Massachusetts . Suffolk University Law School was founded in 1906 by Gleason Archer , Sr. to provide a legal education for those who traditionally lacked the opportunity to study law because of socio-economic or racial discrimination . Suffolk is the fourth-oldest New England law school in continuous existence .   The law school currently has both day and evening , part-time divisions . Suffolk University Law School has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1953 and the Association of American Law Schools since 1977 . The school is located in Sargent Hall on Tremont Street in downtown Boston . Suffolk offers over 200 upper-level electives , the most of any law school in the country , and is consistently ranked one of the most technologically advanced schools in the nation . Suffolk publishes six law reviews , to which students , faculty , and other scholars contribute . Suffolk University Law School alumni are found in high-level judicial , political , and private positions throughout the United States . With over 25,000 alumni , Suffolk is the fourth largest law school in the United States .   According to Suffolk Law 's 2013 ABA-required disclosures , 36.9 % of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time , long-term , JD-required employment nine months after graduation .

neg: Alan Lane Alan Lane ( or similar ) is the name of :   Alan Lane , character in The Jury  Alan Lane ( tennis )  Alan Lane ( director )  Allan Lane ( 1909 -- 1973 ) , actor  Allen Lane ( 1902 -- 1970 ) , British publisher  Allen Lane ( SEPTA station )

neg: Barmet Bay Barmet Bay is a fictional bay in Bayport , the setting for most of the Hardy Boys novels . While research links it to the actual town of Bayport , New York , the original Hardy Boys series never specifies the exact location .   Barmet Bay ( according to The Shore Road Mystery , While the Clock Ticked , and other older titles ) is horseshoe-shaped , and stretches about three miles from its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean to its shores along the fictional town of Bayport . Black rocks line its narrow opening . A channel is marked by buoys , warning ships away from dangerous rocks just beneath the surface . The waters are mostly calm . In wintertime portions of the bay freeze over sufficiently to allow ice boating .   In the original series , smuggling ( opium and silk , for example in The House on the Cliff ) is one of the most common crimes that the Hardy Boys combat , and many stories involve explorations and chase scenes around Barmet Bay and its environs .

neg: Francis X. Bellotti Francis Xavier Bellotti ( born May 3 , 1923 ) is an American lawyer and politician . In his first campaign he was the Democratic nominee for District Attorney of Norfolk County in 1958 , but was defeated in the general election . In 1962 Bellotti was elected as Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1963 to 1965 . In 1964 he had challenged the sitting governor of his own party , Endicott Peabody , and defeated him in the Democratic Primary ; but lost in the general election to John Volpe who thus regained the seat he had lost in 1962 . From 1975 to 1987 he served three terms as Massachusetts Attorney General . In that capacity he instilled professionalism among his staff , was a leader for civil rights and served as President of the National Association of Attorneys General . He also sought the nomination of the Democratic party for governor in 1970 and in 1990 , but was defeated in the Democratic primary election in both elections losing to Kevin White the first time and John Silber the second .   In his official capacity for the state he was the named party in the commercial speech case : First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti , 435 U.S. 765 ( 1978 ) , which established that corporations have some free speech rights under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution .   Bellotti was born in Boston . He graduated from Tufts University in 1947 and received his law degree from Boston College in 1952 . Since leaving office , Bellotti has practiced law in Boston , Massachusetts with the firm of Mintz , Levin , Cohn , Ferris , Glovsky and Popeo . He is the father of twelve children , including Norfolk County Sheriff Michael G. Bellotti .

neg: The Law Firm The Law Firm is an American reality competition series which aired on NBC from July 28 , 2005 , until August 4 , 2005 . It features up-and-coming lawyers competing against each other while trying real court cases with real clients , in front of real judges and juries , resulting in outcomes that are final , legal and binding for the parties . The grand prize is $ 250,000 . Trial attorney and legal analyst Roy Black is the managing partner of The Law Firm . As managing partner , Black decides who will be eliminated each week .   5.08 million viewers tuned into the premiere and later dipped to 4.04 million for its second episode thus leading NBC to pull the series off the air . The remaining episodes aired on Bravo .

neg: West Bay Shore, New York West Bay Shore is a hamlet and census-designated place ( CDP ) in the Town of Islip , Suffolk County , New York , United States . The population of the CDP was 4,648 at the time of the 2010 census .   West Bay Shore is located in the Town of Islip .

neg: Alan Whiting Alan Whiting is a British screenwriter who has written for Heartbeat , Wire in the Blood , Steel River Blues and Kingdom ( which he also co-created ) . `` The Darkness of Light '' , one of his Wire in the Blood episodes , was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Television Feature Or Mini-Series Teleplay in 2005 . He adapted Half Broken Things for Festival Films and it was broadcast on ITV in 2007 .

neg: Alan Stone Alan Stone may refer to :   Alan A. Stone , scholar of law and psychology at Harvard , and film critic  Alan Stone ( opera director ) ( 1929 -- 2008 ) , founder of the Chicago Opera Theater  Alan Stone ( wrestler ) ( born 1977 ) , Mexican professional wrestler  Alan Stone ( fund manager ) , founder of Wallstreet Research  Alan P. Stone ( Director/Producer ) , Ranrox Digital Media

neg: Boston University School of Law Boston University School of Law ( BU Law ) is a nationally recognized law school located in the heart of Boston University 's campus on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston , Massachusetts .   Consistently ranked among the top American law schools , `` U.S. News and World Report '' currently ranks it 23rd in the country . Three specialties are in the top 10 , including Health Law ( # 2 ) , Tax Law ( # 7 ) , and Intellectual Property Law ( # 9 ) . Princeton Review ranks it 1st place nationally in `` Best Professors '' and 8th place for `` Best Classroom Experience . '' For the class of 2018 , the median student LSAT score was 164 and median GPA was 3.68 .   BU was one of the first law schools in the country to admit students regardless of race or gender , the second-oldest law school in Massachusetts , and a charter member of the American Bar Association . Nearly 700 students are enrolled in the full-time J.D. degree program and about 350 in the School 's five LLM degree programs . The School offers more than 200 classes and seminars , 21 study abroad opportunities , and 17 dual degree programs . Students learn critical legal theory and doctrine in classes that average a 10.6:1 student/faculty ratio , while developing professional lawyering skills in the School 's 1L Lawyering Lab , civil and criminal law clinics , national and international externships , pro bono placements , and transactional law program . BU also pioneered a clinic to represent victims of human trafficking in Boston .

neg: Greg Sumner Gregory `` Greg '' Sumner is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera Knots Landing , a long-running serial about middle class life on the fictional cul-de-sac known as Seaview Circle in Los Angeles , California . He was played by actor William Devane between 1983 and 1993 . He debuted in the fourth episode of the fifth season . Devane remained a principal actor in the series until the final episode . The character made his last television appearance in 1997 , when he appeared in the Knots Landing reunion series Knots Landing : Back to the Cul-de-Sac .

neg: Hill and Barlow Hill & Barlow was a law firm in Boston , Massachusetts that was dissolved in 2002 . Founded in 1895 , the firm had been one of the city 's oldest and most elite firms , and was also the 12th largest in Boston at the time of its dissolution , employing 145 lawyers . The firm was founded by Arthur Hill , known for defending the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti . Hill & Barlow was dissolved when approximately one third of the firm , mostly the real estate group , left , eventually joining Piper Rudnick ( now DLA Piper ) in 2003 . ( A group representing authors and movie producers were the first to leave for Fish & Richardson . ) Remaining attorneys reported feeling `` blindsided '' by the unexpected upheaval , but those departing felt that the planned restructuring was coming too late .   Notable former employees include :   Robert Mueller , director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ;  Michael S. Greco , President of the American Bar Association , the Massachusetts Bar Association , the New England Bar Association , and the New England Bar Foundation ;  former Massachusetts governors Endicott Peabody , Michael Dukakis and William Weld ;  Deval Patrick , the first African American Governor of Massachusetts and former U.S. assistant attorney general for Civil Rights under Bill Clinton ;  former Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios ;  Joseph D. Steinfield , Prince Lobel Tye LLP  Gael , Mahony , Holland & Knight  Federal Judge Reginald C. Lindsay , U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ( 1993 ) ;  Jane Schacter , currently a professor at Stanford Law School and former assistant attorney general , Massachusetts ;  Paul R. McDaniel , professor of law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law ;  James R. Repetti , professor of law at Boston College Law School ;  John A. E. Pottow , professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School .  Michael Weisman , adjunct professor of law at Yale Law School and attorney for Marie Evans in Evans v. Lorillard Tobacco which resulted in an $ 152 million jury verdict .  Robert Bone , professor of law at The University of Texas School of Law .  David A. Hoffman , Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and founder of Boston Law Collaborative , LLC  John C. P. Goldberg , professor of law at Harvard Law School  Huyen Pham , professor of law at Texas A&M Law School  Thomas Main , professor of law at UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law

neg: North Shore (TV series) North Shore is an American prime-time soap opera that aired on Fox every Monday at 8 p.m. EST ( 7 p.m. CST ) for seven months in 2004 and 2005 . It centered on the staff and guests of the fictional Grand Waimea Hotel and Resort ( actually the real-life Turtle Bay Resort located near Kahuku , O'ahu ) on Oahu 's North Shore in Hawaii .   From Fox 's website :  Intrigue abounds at the Grand Waimea Hotel , an exclusive Hawaiian escape for the wealthy , powerful and beautiful . Hawaiian native Jason Matthews runs the hotel and makes sure every guest gets everything they need . But when former flame Nicole Booth arrives as the hotel 's new Director of Guest Relations , Jason 's world is turned upside down . But Grand Waimea owner , Vincent Colville , is staying on top of him to make sure his past with Nicole wo n't affect their work life .   North Shore premiered on June 14 , 2004 , with a 13-episode commitment from Fox . The show was canceled in January 2005 after a 21-episode , single-season run . The show ended on a cliffhanger , and the final episode of the series has only had a single airing , not being shown in most territories ( including America ) .

neg: Of counsel Of counsel is , in the legal profession of the United States , often the title of an attorney who has a relationship with a law firm or an organization , but is not an associate or a partner . Some firms use titles such as `` counsel '' , `` special counsel '' , and `` senior counsel '' for the same concept . According to American Bar Association Formal Opinion 90-357 , the term `` of counsel '' is to describe a `` close , personal , continuous , and regular relationship '' between the firm and counsel lawyer . In large law firms , the title generally denotes a lawyer with the experience of a partner , but who does not carry the same workload or business development responsibility .

neg: State Street Block (Boston) State Street Block ( built 1857 ) is a granite building near the waterfront in the Financial District of Boston , Massachusetts . Architect Gridley James Fox Bryant designed it . In the 1850s `` the Long and Central Wharf Corporation ... sold each bay to individual owners , requiring that ` the granite to be used for the sidewalk & facade of each bay must be purchased from the Corporation & erected according to the architect 's plan . ' ''   Walt Whitman visited Boston in 1860 , and wrote about what he saw : `` Noblest of all State Street Block , east of the Custom House , rough granite . The above probably one of the finest pieces of com -LSB- merical -RSB- architecture in the world . '' Another visitor travelling through Boston ( in 1859 ) called it `` a magnificent block . ''   In the mid-20th century , `` nearly three-quarters of the original 22-bay building ... was amputated for construction of the Central Artery ... and the roofline of the remainder has been destroyed . '' The surviving portion of the block was added as part of the Custom House District to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 .

neg: Ally McBeal Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama television series , originally aired on Fox from September 8 , 1997 to May 20 , 2002 . Created by David E. Kelley , the series stars Calista Flockhart in the title role as a young lawyer working in the fictional Boston law firm Cage and Fish , with other young lawyers whose lives and loves were eccentric , humorous and dramatic . The series received critical acclaim in its early seasons , winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series -- Musical or Comedy in 1997 and 1998 , and also winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1999 .

neg: Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Commonwealth Shakespeare Company ( CSC ) was formed in 1996 by artistic director Steven Maler and associate Joan Moynagh to bring free , outdoor Shakespeare to the people of the city of Boston . Since 1996 , CSC has produced one full Shakespeare production each summer starting with A Midsummer Night 's Dream in 1996 at Copley Square . All subsequent productions have taken place in Boston Common , first at the Parkman Bandstand and now at the Parade Ground . In addition to the annual Boston Common productions , CSC presents several free play-reading events during the year : Theatre in the Rough , Shakespeare and Law , as well as Shakespeare and Leadership . CSC has actor-training programs for both high school students and pre-professional actors with its Summer Academy . Throughout the year , CSC partners with area high schools and Boys & Girls Clubs to provide in and after-school theater activities to inner-city youth . In 2013 , CSC became the theatre in residence at Babson College .

neg: Raising the Bar (2008 TV series) Raising the Bar is an American legal drama , which ran on TNT network from September 1 , 2008 to December 24 , 2009 .

neg: Ropes & Gray Ropes & Gray LLP is a global law firm with 11 offices located in the United States , Asia and Europe . The firm has more than 1,200 lawyers and professionals worldwide , and its clients include corporations and financial institutions , government agencies , universities , and health care organizations . It was founded in 1865 in Boston , Massachusetts by John Codman Ropes and John Chipman Gray .   The firm 's major practice areas include private equity , mergers & acquisitions , intellectual property , complex business litigation , securities litigation , health care , life sciences , bankruptcy and business restructuring , government enforcement and white collar crime , privacy & data security , investment management , hedge funds , antitrust , employee benefits , tax , and real estate . Ropes & Gray also is recognized as a global leader in several industries , including life sciences , health care , asset management , TMT ( technology , media & telecommunications ) and retail .

neg: Bradford Meade Bradford Emerson Meade is a fictional character in the American dramedy series Ugly Betty , portrayed by Alan Dale .

neg: Alan Grofield Alan Grofield is a fictional character created by Donald E. Westlake . He is the main protagonist of four of the 28 novels Westlake has written under the pseudonym Richard Stark , and a supporting character in an additional four . Grofield 's first appearance was in the novel The Score , which was published in 1964 .   A career criminal and professional thief , Grofield is a devilishly handsome and charming womanizer whose main passion in life is the stage . This love of theatre does not extend to cinema ; Grofield has a deep disdain for television and film acting , and despite the fact that film and TV roles can be lucrative , Grofield will not pursue acting opportunities in these fields . The primary reason he steals is to keep his summer stock company running , and he might well quit his second profession if he could make a living through his first -- but he finds his second profession fulfilling as well .   During the events of The Score , Grofield meets his future wife and acting partner , Mary Deegan , a hostage taken during the heist in that novel , who insists on leaving town with him . She is referenced in the Grofield novels , and features prominently in Lemons Never Lie . She helps him run his theater , and serves as his leading lady . Grofield is very happy with her , but feels no compunction about being with other women when he 's away on a heist .   Unlike his frequent companion Parker , Grofield is a somewhat inconsistent character , and his adventures run the gamut from hard-boiled crime stories ( Lemons Never Lie ) to more fanciful , James Bond-style globetrotting and intrigue ( The Damsel , The Dame , and The Blackbird ) . Grofield is not mentioned in any of the eight Parker novels after Butcher 's Moon , and we do not learn whether he 's dead , imprisoned , or has simply retired from heisting .


query: The Evil Queen has been voiced by Susanne Blakeslee.

pos: Evil Queen (Disney) The Evil Queen , also known as the Wicked Queen or just the Queen , and sometimes instead identified by her given name as Queen Grimhilde , is the primary antagonist in Disney 's 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and a villain character in the extended Disney 's Snow White franchise . She is based on the Evil Queen character from the European fairy tale `` Snow White '' .   In the film , similar to the Brothers Grimm story , the Evil Queen is cold , cruel , and extremely vain , and obsessively desires to remain the `` fairest in the land '' . She becomes madly envious over the beauty of her stepdaughter , Princess Snow White , as well as the attentions of the Prince from another land ; such love triangle element is one of Disney 's changes to the story . This leads her to plot the death of Snow White and ultimately on the path to her own demise , which in the film is indirectly caused by the Seven Dwarfs . The film 's version of the Queen character uses her dark magic powers to actually transform herself into an old woman instead of just taking a disguise like in the Grimms ' story ; this appearance of hers is commonly referred to as the Wicked Witch or alternatively as the Old Hag or just the Witch . The Queen dies in the film , but lives on in a variety of noncanonical Disney works .   The film 's version of the Queen was created by Walt Disney and Joe Grant , and originally animated by Art Babbit and voiced by Lucille La Verne . Inspiration for her design came from the characters of Queen Hash-a-Motep from She and Princess Kriemhild from Die Nibelungen . The Queen has since been voiced by Eleanor Audley , June Foray , Janet Waldo , Eda Reiss Merin , Louise Chamis and Susanne Blakeslee , and was portrayed live by Anne Francine ( musical ) , Jane Curtin ( 50th anniversary TV special ) , and Olivia Wilde ( Disney Dream Portraits ) , Kathy Najimy ( Descendants ) , and in an alternative version , by Lana Parrilla ( Once Upon a Time ) .   This version of the classic fairy tale character has been very well received by film critics and the public , and is considered one of Disney 's most iconic and menacing villains . Besides in the film , the Evil Queen has made numerous appearances in Disney attractions and productions , including not only these directly related to the tale of Snow White , such as Fantasmic ! , The Kingdom Keepers and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep , sometimes appearing in them alongside Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty . The film 's version of the Queen has also become a popular archetype that influenced a number of artists and non-Disney works .

neg: Bene Gesserit The Bene Gesserit ( -LSB- ˈbɛniː_ˈdʒɛsərɪt -RSB- ) are a key social , religious , and political force in Frank Herbert 's fictional Dune universe . The group is described as an exclusive sisterhood whose members train their bodies and minds through years of physical and mental conditioning to obtain superhuman powers and abilities that can seem magical to outsiders . Acolytes who have acquired the breadth of Bene Gesserit abilities are called Reverend Mothers within the organization 's ranks . Some of these fictional powers are analyzed and deconstructed from a real-world scientific perspective in the book The Science of Dune ( 2008 ) .   Sometimes called witches due to their secretive nature and misunderstood powers , the Bene Gesserit are loyal only to themselves . However , to attain their goals and avoid outside interference , they often screen themselves with the illusion of being loyal to other groups or individuals . Their every move is calculated toward a result . As the skills of a Bene Gesserit are as desirable as an alliance with the Sisterhood itself , they are able to charge a fee to school the women from Great Houses , and install some of their initiates as wives and concubines to their advantage . In 1965 's Dune , the Princess Irulan is quoted ( via epigraph ) :

neg: Trio (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) The Trio is a group of three fictional characters in the sixth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer , who serve as the villains of the season . They continually strive to neutralize Buffy , the Slayer , and thus the primary obstacle to their ultimate goal of taking over Sunnydale . Though initially comic relief and little more than a nuisance to the Scooby Gang , they take a darker turn by the episode `` Dead Things '' . Most of their schemes combine science and mysticism , and they are able to avoid detection by the Scoobies ( who merely assume their conducts to be the doings of demons ) until halfway through the season .   The Trio was formed by Warren Mears , technology expert ; Andrew Wells , summoner of demons ; and Jonathan Levinson , caster of spells . Jonathan was a long time recurring character , having first appeared in season 2 , and was a friendly acquaintance of the Scooby Gang , and Warren had appeared twice in season 5 . While Andrew had never been seen on the show before , his brother was in `` The Prom '' episode , and Andrew often speaks of the time he summoned flying demon monkeys to the school production of Romeo and Juliet , of which Buffy and the Scoobies have no recollection .   The three of them begin season 6 as good friends . Tired of being pushed around , they resolve to combine their expertise and `` take over Sunnydale '' as equal partners . As the stakes rise , the power shifts and Warren gradually dominates the group . Though Jonathan and Andrew lack the malice and hatred of true villains , Warren eventually reveals his true colors as a violent misogynist capable of murder . The Trio is continually thwarted by Buffy , and none of their actions make any name for themselves in Sunnydale 's mystical underground , as revealed in `` Villains '' . The group is ultimately disbanded when , after a face-off with Buffy , Warren flees and leaves Andrew and Jonathan to take the fall with the police .

neg: Queen of the Demonweb Pits Queen of the Demonweb Pits ( Q1 ) is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game written by David Sutherland . The `` Q '' in the module code is an abbreviation for `` queen '' . The module , a sequel to the D series of modules , was novelized in 2001 .   It is the seventh module in an epic series of adventures set in the World of Greyhawk , beginning with raids by local hill giants and other events described in the G1-3 Against the Giants modules . The series becomes an odyssey into the Underdark , as described in the `` Drow '' series of modules : D1 ( Descent into the Depths of the Earth ) , D2 ( Shrine of the Kuo-Toa ) and D3 ( Vault of the Drow ) . D1 and D2 were later compiled into a single adventure , D1-2 : Descent into the Depths of the Earth . This module sends the player characters to the Abyss to defeat the evil demigod Lolth of the drow .

neg: Queen Mab Queen Mab ( pronunciation : `` M / ă / v '' ) is a fairy referred to in William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet , where `` she is the fairies ' midwife . '' Later , she appears in other poetry and literature , and in various guises in drama and cinema . In the play , her activity is described in a famous speech by Mercutio written originally in prose and often adapted into iambic pentameter , in which she is described as a miniature creature who performs midnight pranks upon sleepers . Being driven by a team of atomies , she rides her chariot over their noses and `` delivers the fancies of sleeping men . '' Additionally , while driving `` O'er ladies ' lips , who straight on kisses dream , '' she was known to change her mind and instead `` plague '' `` ladies ' lips '' `` with blisters '' if she smelled `` sweetmeats '' or candied fruit eaten to sweeten their breath . Along with this interpretation , others believe the blisters were a reference to the plague or to herpes simplex . She is also described as a midwife to help sleepers ` give birth ' to their dreams . She may be a figure borrowed from folklore , and though she is often associated with the Irish Medb in popular culture , and has been suggested by historian Thomas Keightley to be from Habundia , a more likely origin for her name would be from Mabel and the Middle English derivative `` Mabily '' ( as used by Chaucer ) all from the Latin amabilis ( `` lovable '' ) .

neg: Poem on the Evil Times of Edward II Poem on the Evil Times of Edward II , also known as The Simonie and Symonie and Couetise , is a Middle English poem in three distinct versions probably composed and modified over a century by anonymous authors . The original poem , perhaps not exactly reproduced by any of the surviving texts , has been dated to 1321 by Thomas Wright ( 1839 ) , to 1327 by J. Aberth ( 2000 ) , and to 1322-30 by Dan Embree and Elizabeth Urquhart ( 1991 ) .   Version A is in Edinburgh , National Library of Scotland , MS Advocates 19.2.1 . It is 476 lines long , breaking off in mid-stanza . It can be s dated to the 1320s or 30s .   Version B is in Oxford , Bodleian Library , MS Bodley 48 . It is 413 lines long , but 216 lines have been cut from the manuscript . It can be dated to the 1320s   Version C is in Cambridge , Peterhouse MS 104 . It is 468 lines long , apparently complete . It might be dated to any point up to the date of the manuscript itself -- 1375-1425 .   The three versions vary radically from one another -- much more extensively than is usual for a text that has been merely copied and much more chaotically than is plausible for a text revised by its author . Each version has unique inclusions and omissions ; only 35 percent of the lines in A are shared by B and C.   It was a `` social protest '' poem that arose in the aftermath of the Great Famine of 1315-1317 . It clearly targeted the negligences and vices of specific social groups , such as the clergy and nobility , within the context of the failures of the Great Famine and wars of the early 14th century . The tradition of social protest poems in England would later culminate with Piers Plowman -- see Piers Plowman tradition for further discussion .

neg: Eirene (Rome character) Eirene is a fictional character from the HBO/BBC/RAI original television series Rome , played by Chiara Mastalli . Her name is Greek for `` peace '' .   In the first season of the mini series , the female characters were strong and well drawn . Their lives were depicted and grew while illustrating the woman of the time through society , religion and other parts of Roman life .

neg: Merlin (series 4) The fourth series of the British drama series Merlin began on 1 October 2011 with the episode `` The Darkest Hour - Part 1 '' . It consists of 13 episodes originally shown on Saturday evenings on BBC One and BBC One HD ( repeats shown on BBC Three ) . The series producer was Sara Hamill , and executive producers were Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy . The directors of the series include Alice Troughton , Alex Pillai , Justin Molotnikov and Jeremy Webb . Writers include Julian Jones ( head writer ) , Howard Overman , Jake Michie , Lucy Watkins , and Richard McBrien .   Series four stars the regular cast from the previous series including Colin Morgan , Angel Coulby , Bradley James , Katie McGrath , and Richard Wilson . Credited as a regular , Anthony Head left the series after his character was killed off in `` The Wicked Day '' . Nathaniel Parker joined the regular cast in this series ( credited as such for the first time in `` Aithusa '' ) and John Hurt returned as the voice of the Great Dragon . Supporting cast members include Adetomiwa Edun , Eoin Macken , Tom Hopper , and Rupert Young .   Notable guest actors include Santiago Cabrera , Emilia Fox , Gemma Jones , Phil Davis , James Callis , Lindsay Duncan , Gary Lewis , Charlene McKenna , Janet Montgomery , Terence Maynard , Ben Daniels , Miranda Raison and Caroline Faber .

neg: Dark Queen (Battletoads) The Dark Queen is a fictional character in the Battletoads video game series by Rare introduced in the original Battletoads in 1991 . Dark Queen is a nemesis of the protagonistic Battletoads . She is a mysterious master of evil magic and the supreme commander of a space army bent on galactic conquest . The character has received considerable attention due to her sex appeal as well as for being one of the first major female villains in video games .

neg: Southern Ontario Gothic Southern Ontario Gothic is a subgenre of the Gothic novel genre and a feature of Canadian literature that comes from Southern Ontario . This region includes Toronto , Southern Ontario 's major industrial cities ( Windsor , London , Hamilton , St. Thomas , Oshawa , St. Catharines ) , and the surrounding countryside . While the genre may also feature other areas of Ontario , Canada , and the world as narrative locales , this region provides the core settings .   The term was first used in Graeme Gibson 's Eleven Canadian Novelists ( 1972 ) to recognize an existing tendency to apply aspects of the Gothic novel to writing based in and around Southern Ontario . In an interview with Timothy Findley , Gibson commented that Findley 's novel The Last of the Crazy People shared similarities with the American Southern Gothic genre , to which Findley replied , '' ... sure , it 's Southern Gothic : Southern Ontario Gothic . ''   Notable writers of this subgenre include Alice Munro , Margaret Atwood , Robertson Davies , Jane Urquhart , Marian Engel , James Reaney and Barbara Gowdy .   Like the Southern Gothic of American writers such as William Faulkner , Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty , Southern Ontario Gothic analyzes and critiques social conditions such as race , gender , religion and politics , but in a Southern Ontario context . Southern Ontario Gothic is generally characterized by a stern realism set against the dour small-town Protestant morality stereotypical of the region , and often has underlying themes of moral hypocrisy . Actions and people that act against humanity , logic , and morality all are portrayed unfavourably , and one or more characters may be suffering from some form of mental illness . In a review of Alice Munro 's Dear Life for Quill & Quire , literary critic James Grainger writes that `` Violence , illness , and reputations ruined by a single indiscretion are accepted in Munro 's secretive , repressed communities as a kind of levelling mechanism , rough justice for those who dare to strive for something finer . ''   The Gothic novel has traditionally examined the role of evil in the human soul , and has incorporated dark or horrific imagery to create the desired setting . Some ( but not all ) writers of Southern Ontario Gothic use supernatural or magic realist elements ; a few deviate from realism entirely , in the manner of the fantastical gothic novel . Virtually all dwell to a certain extent upon the grotesque .   Notable works of the genre include Davies ' Deptford Trilogy , Findley 's Headhunter , Atwood 's Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin , and Munro 's Selected Stories .   The genre has been criticised as having `` little or nothing to distinguish it from everyday , garden-variety type realism . ''

neg: Evil-Lyn Evil-Lyn is a fictional character in the Masters of the Universe toy line and the accompanying cartoon series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe .   An evil witch who aids Skeletor as his second-in-command with her powers of darkness . She is vastly more intelligent than Skeletor 's other minions , and while she admits that she is not as powerful as Skeletor , she readily confesses that she hopes to seize her master 's powers and lord it over Eternia herself one day . Thus , she has worked completely independently of Skeletor on multiple occasions . Her trademark is the magic wand crowned with a crystal orb , but Evil-Lyn typically generates magic without the assistance of any instruments .

neg: Big Bertha (comics) Big Bertha ( born Ashley Crawford , legally changed to Bertha Crawford ) is a fictional character , a mutant superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .

neg: Elfen Lied is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto . It was originally serialized in Shueisha 's Weekly Young Jump from June 2002 to August 2005 , with the 107 chapters collected into twelve tankōbon volumes . Elfen Lied revolves around the interactions , views , emotions , and differences between human beings and the Diclonii , a mutant species similar to humans in build but distinguishable by two horns on their heads and `` vectors '' , transparent telekinetically controlled arms that have the power to manipulate and cut objects within their reach . The series is centered on the teenage Diclonius girl `` Lucy '' who was rejected by human beings and subsequently wants revenge .   The series ' title is German as well as Dutch for `` Elves ' Song '' or more formally `` song of the elves ' '' and takes its name from the song `` Elfenlied '' , which is featured in the story . Elfen Lied involves themes of social alienation , identity , prejudice , revenge , abuse , jealousy , regret and the value of humanity . It is also noted for the graphic violence , emotional themes of how the characters change through , and the overall transgressive subject matter of the whole story . A 13-episode anime television series adaptation was produced by the studio Arms and broadcast on AT-X from July to October 2004 . The anime began airing before the manga was complete ; as a result , the plot differed between the two , especially the ending . The anime series has been licensed in North America by ADV Films and in Australia by Madman Entertainment . ADV Films said the series was one of their bestselling and `` most notorious '' releases of 2005 . The Anime Network is streaming the series in English , German , and French .

neg: Mr. Burns Charles Montgomery Burns , known as C. Montgomery Burns and Monty Burns , but usually referred to simply as Mr. Burns , is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons , and is voiced by Harry Shearer . Burns is the evil owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and is also Homer Simpson 's boss . He is assisted at almost all times by Waylon Smithers , his loyal and sycophantic aide , adviser , confidant and secret admirer .   Although originally conceived as a one-dimensional , recurring villain who might occasionally enter the Simpsons ' lives and wreak some sort of havoc , Burns ' popularity has led to his repeated inclusion in episodes . He is a stereotype of corporate America in his unquenchable desire to increase his own wealth and power , inability to remember his employees ' names ( including Homer 's , despite frequent interactions -- which has become a recurrent joke ) and lack of concern for their safety and well-being . Reflecting his advanced age , Burns is given to expressing dated humor , making references to Jazz Age popular culture , and aspiring to apply obsolete technology to everyday life . Conan O'Brien has called Burns his favorite character to write for , due to his arbitrarily old age and extreme wealth .   Burns ' trademark expression is the word `` Excellent '' , muttered slowly in a low , sinister voice while steepling his fingertips . He occasionally orders Smithers to `` release the hounds '' , so as to let his vicious guard dogs attack any intruders , enemies or even invited guests . Burns is Springfield 's richest and most powerful citizen ( and also the richest person in Springfield 's state ; his current net worth has been given as $ 7.3 billion by Forbes , though it fluctuates wildly depending on the episode ) . He uses his power and wealth to do whatever he wants , usually without regard for consequences and without interference from the authorities . These qualities led Wizard Magazine to rate him the 45th greatest villain of all time . TV Guide named him # 2 in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time . In 2016 , Rolling Stone ranked him # 8 of their `` 40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time '' .

neg: Jane (Ender's Game) Jane is a fictional character in Orson Scott Card 's Ender series . She is an artificial sentience thought to exist within the ansible network by which spaceships and planets communicate instantly across galactic distances . She has appeared in the novels Speaker for the Dead , Xenocide , and Children of the Mind , and in a short story `` Investment Counselor '' . Her ` face ' , a computer-generated hologram that she uses to talk to Ender , is described as plain and young , and it is illustrated in First Meetings as having a bun .   This article is arranged to reflect the Ender timeline . However , the Ender Quartet : Ender 's Game ( 1985 ) , Speaker for the Dead ( 1986 ) , Xenocide ( 1990 ) , and Children of the Mind ( 1994 ) was written first ; then Ender 's Shadow ( 1999 ) , First Meetings ( 2004 ) , and Shadow of the Giant ( 2005 ) .

neg: Draconian (Doctor Who) The Draconians are an extraterrestrial race . They were featured in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Their only television appearance to date was in the 1973 serial Frontier in Space . Unlike many `` monster '' races in Doctor Who , the Draconians were articulate and portrayed as having a sophisticated and advanced culture like feudal Japan . In later interviews , Jon Pertwee cited the Draconians as his favourite of all the monsters he had encountered during his time as the Doctor .   The Draconian Empire was a vast spacefaring feudal civilisation of reptilian humanoids , centered on the planet Draconia , with a society stratifed along class and gender lines ( for example , females were not permitted to speak in the presence of the Emperor ) that was bound by a strong code of honour . The Draconian Empire dated back to at least the 21st century , when a space plague that afflicted their world was dealt with by the Doctor . For his services , the 15th Emperor made the Doctor a noble of Draconia .   The Earth Empire 's first contact with the Draconian Empire was in the year 2520 . The ship sent by the Draconians for the peace mission was a battlecruiser , as befitted a noble of Draconia , although ( as agreed ) its missile banks were empty and it was otherwise unarmed . However , both Draconian and Earth ships were caught in a neutron storm , damaging the Earth ship and destroying the Draconian ship 's communications systems . As a result , the Draconian ship was unable to respond to the Earth ship 's signals . The commander of the Earth ship saw what he perceived to be a battlecruiser bearing down on his crippled vessel and gave the order to attack , destroying the battlecruiser and triggering off a brief but bloody war in which millions of lives were lost . An uneasy peace was negotiated in the end , leading to two decades of cold war and the carving out of a frontier between the two empires .   In 2540 , several incidents involving attacks on cargo freighters along their respective borders nearly led to the war turning hot once more , with both sides accusing the other of piracy and violating the frontier . These attacks turned out to be the work of Ogron mercenaries under the orders of the renegade Time Lord known as the Master , who was using a sonic hypnosis device to make the Earth crews see the Ogrons as Draconians and vice versa . The Master had allied himself with the Daleks , who were launching another bid for galactic conquest and hoped to pick up the pieces after a new Earth-Draconia War . The plot was revealed by the Third Doctor , and instead of going to war against each other , the two empires united against the Daleks .

neg: Red Claw (Batman) Red Claw is a fictional character , an enemy of Batman , making her debut in Batman : The Animated Series '' and appearing in three episodes of the show . In her appearances , she is voiced by Kate Mulgrew .

neg: Brianne Siddall Brianne Siddall ( born August 25 , 1963 in Encino , California ) , also known under her stage names of Ian Hawk and Brianne Brozey , is an American voice actress . She is known for voicing Tommy Himi and Calumon in over a hundred episodes of the popular anime Digimon and its video games , as well as for voicing Tsukasa and Elk in the anime . hack / / Sign and the . hack games . In the late 1990s Siddall , under the stage name Ian Hawk , was hired to perform as the voice of Myōjin Yahiko for the Sony dub of the Ruroni Kenshin anime and OAV , which premiered in the United States under the title Samurai X . This initial attempt to market the series proved unsuccessful and the series was later re-dubbed by Media Blasters , who chose to hire Bang Zoom ! Entertainment to redub the series . She also voiced characters for Pioneer and Bang Zoom ! including Kunikida in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya , Ruby and Rina in Saint Tail . In live-action voice-over , she voiced Impus , the infant version of the character Prince Olympius , in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue , and Circuit the robotic owl in Power Rangers Time Force . She voiced Jim Hawking , the kid crew member in Outlaw Star , which had a run on Cartoon Network 's Toonami and Adult Swim programming blocks , She also voiced main character Al Izuruha in the Mobile Suit Gundam OAV , Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 : War in the Pocket .

neg: Dramatic soprano A dramatic soprano is a type of operatic soprano with a powerful , rich , emotive voice that can sing over , or cut through , a full orchestra . Thicker vocal folds in dramatic voices usually ( but not always ) mean less agility than lighter voices but a sustained , fuller sound . Usually this voice has a lower tessitura than other sopranos , and a darker timbre . They are often used for heroic , often long-suffering , tragic women of opera . Dramatic sopranos have a range from approximately low A ( A3 ) to `` high C '' ( C6 ) . Some dramatic sopranos , known as Wagnerian sopranos , have an exceptionally big voice that can assert itself over a large orchestra ( of more than 80 or even 100 pieces ) . These voices are substantial , often denser in tone , extremely powerful and , ideally , evenly balanced throughout the vocal registers . Wagnerian sopranos usually play mythic heroines . Successful Wagnerian sopranos are rare and often Wagnerian roles are performed by Italianate dramatic sopranos .

neg: Joan Gerber Joan Gerber ( July 29 , 1935 -- August 22 , 2011 ) was an American voice actress who provided voices for a variety of cartoons .   Her most challenging voice role was `` all the children in a Japanese train wreck '' for a Godzilla television episode . She voiced Freddy the Flute for H.R. Pufnstuf , which she identified as a favorite role . She also voiced the Queen of Oz in the animated cartoon Dorothy in the Land of Oz . She was described as talented and possessing a `` golden throat '' and a `` splendid singing voice '' .   She had one daughter from her marriage to Frank Dowse . Gerber died on August 22 , 2011 , at the age of 76 . < ref  name = SAG > Profile , Screen Actor 's Guild Magazine '' , Vol . 52 , No. 3 , pg . 76 ( Fall 2011 ) . </ref>

neg: Voice (grammar) In grammar , the voice of a verb , also called diathesis -LSB- daɪˈæθəsɪs -RSB- and ( rarely ) the gender of a verb , describes the relationship between the action ( or state ) that the verb expresses and the participants identified by its arguments ( subject , object , etc. ) . When the subject is the agent or doer of the action , the verb is in the active voice . When the subject is the patient , target or undergoer of the action , the verb is said to be in the passive voice .   For example , in the sentence :   The cat ate the mouse .   the verb `` ate '' is in the active voice . However , in the sentence :   The mouse was eaten by the cat .   the verbal phrase `` was eaten '' is passive .   In the sentence :   The hunter killed the bear .   the verb `` killed '' is in the active voice , and the doer of the action is the `` hunter '' .  A passive version of the sentence is :   The bear was killed by the hunter .   where the verbal phrase `` was killed '' is followed by the word `` by '' and then by the doer `` hunter '' .   In a transformation from an active-voice clause to an equivalent passive-voice construction , the subject and the direct object switch grammatical roles . The direct object gets promoted to subject , and the subject demoted to an ( optional ) complement . In the first example above , the mouse serves as the direct object in the active-voice version , but becomes the subject in the passive version . The subject of the active-voice version , the cat , becomes part of a prepositional phrase in the passive version of the sentence , and can be left out entirely .