query: Singing is something done by Kate Nash.

pos: Do-Wah-Doo `` Do-Wah-Doo '' is a song by English indie pop singer-songwriter Kate Nash , featured on her 2010 second album My Best Friend Is You ( 2010 ) . Written by Nash and produced by Bernard Butler , it was released as the lead single from the album on 12 April 2010 , one week before the release of the album . `` Do-Wah-Doo '' was a moderate commercial success , reaching number 15 on the UK Singles Chart -- a position exceeded only by her hit song `` Foundations '' in 2007 .

pos: My Best Friend Is You My Best Friend Is You is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Nash , released in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2010 and elsewhere on 20 April . The album was originally entitled Crayon Full Of Colour but the name was changed due to Paolo Nutini 's similar song title at that time , `` Pencil Full Of Lead '' . On 13 April 2010 , Kate appeared on John Kennedy 's XFM show Xposure , where they did a track-by-track interview playing the whole of the album . The album spawned three official singles : the lead single `` Do-Wah-Doo '' achieved the most commercial success , charting respectively in European countries . `` I 've Got A Secret '' was released as a promotional single and the fourth single overall .

pos: Girl Talk (Kate Nash album) Girl Talk is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Nash . Nash self-released the album under Have 10p Records along with Fontana in March 2013 after she raised money for the album on PledgeMusic . Girl Talk has received mixed to positive reviews from critics . Featuring a heavier rock-influenced sound , the album is a noticeable departure from her first two indie pop albums . Lyrically , it draws a lot of influence from the riot grrrl movement . Girl Talk did not achieve the chart success of its predecessors , and the three singles released failed to chart .   The vinyl LP version of the record was pressed by United Record Pressing in Nashville , TN .

pos: Foundations (song) `` Foundations '' is a song co-written by British singer-songwriter Kate Nash for her debut album , Made of Bricks ( 2007 ) . It was released as the album 's lead single in June 2007 , her first single since signing with Fiction Records after the success of her debut single `` Caroline 's a Victim '' .

pos: Made of Bricks Made of Bricks is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Nash , released in the United Kingdom on 6 August 2007 by Fiction Records , Cherrytree Records , and the Universal Music Group . The album was a commercial success , topping the UK Albums Chart and spawning a number-two single in the form of the lead single `` Foundations '' . The album was later released in Europe on 10 September and in the United States on 18 September 2007 .

pos: Kate Nash Kate Marie Nash ( born 6 July 1987 ) is an English singer , songwriter , musician and actress . Nash rose to prominence in the UK with the sleeper hit `` Foundations '' ( 2007 ) . Her debut album , Made of Bricks , peaked at number 1 in the UK and number 36 in the US . Nash won the award for Best British Female Artist at the 2008 Brit Awards .   Her second studio album , My Best Friend Is You , was released in 2010 and reached the top 10 in both the UK and Germany . The album 's lead single , `` Do-Wah-Doo '' , peaked at number 15 in the UK , becoming her fourth UK Top 40 single .   After being dropped by her record label , Nash self-released her third studio album , Girl Talk , on 4 March 2013 . The album failed to match the commercial success of Nash 's previous albums , though it charted inside the top 100 in the UK , Ireland , Germany and Austria .   In April 2017 , Nash launched a Kickstarter to finance a fourth studio album . On 21 April 2017 , Nash released a four-track EP , Agenda .

neg: Kate (Ben Folds Five song) `` Kate '' is a song performed by Ben Folds Five released on their 1997 album Whatever and Ever Amen . Written by Ben Folds , Darren Jessee , and Folds 's first wife , Anna Goodman , the song follows a love-struck man who is so obsessed with the girl `` Kate '' that he longs to be her , as shown by the lyric `` I wan na be Kate '' . It peaked at # 39 on the UK Singles Chart .

neg: On High On High is the third album by Canadian singer-songwriter Kate Maki , released on February 12 , 2008 in the USA on Howe Gelb 's record label OW OM Records and in Canada on Kate 's label Confusion Unlimited .   The album 's lead single , `` Blue Morning '' , was highlighted as a `` Song of the Day '' by NPR , KCRW , and WXPN .   The song `` To Please '' was featured in the film Ingenious from 2009 , and the song `` Highway '' was featured in Episode 9 of the television series Hard Rock Medical in 2013 .

neg: Kate - la bisbetica domata Kate - the Taming of the Shrew -LSB- Kate -- La bisbetica domata -RSB- is a 2004 stop-motion-musical adaptation film of Shakespeare 's The Taming of the Shrew , directed by Roberto Lione . The film , which uses a stop motion animation based on paper cut-out figures that Lione called `` papermotion '' , claims to be Italy 's first feature-length stop-motion animation film .

neg: Kate Miller-Heidke discography The discography of Kate Miller-Heidke , an Australian singer-songwriter , consists of four studio albums , four extended plays , and twelve singles .   In Australia , Miller-Heidke has been signed to Sony since 2006 . Prior to this , she released two extended plays independently . Her debut studio album Little Eve was a commercial and critical success , gaining gold sales and receiving four nominations at the 2007 ARIA Awards including `` Best Female Artist '' . In 2008 , she released her second album Curiouser which became her first top 10 release . The album spawned three top 40 singles , including `` Caught in the Crowd '' , for which she and co-writer Keir Nuttall won the 2008 International Songwriting Competition and `` The Last Day on Earth '' , which became her first ever top 10 single . She released her third studio album , Nightflight , in April 2012 . Despite debuting on the charts at # 2 , the album failed to reach the commercial success of her previous releases . Miller-Heidke revealed in September she had left Sony Records , and was working on her fourth solo studio album , O Vertigo ! , independently .

neg: Music Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time . The common elements of music are pitch ( which governs melody and harmony ) , rhythm ( and its associated concepts tempo , meter , and articulation ) , dynamics ( loudness and softness ) , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ( which are sometimes termed the `` color '' of a musical sound ) . Different styles or types of music may emphasize , de-emphasize or omit some of these elements . Music is performed with a vast range of instruments and vocal techniques ranging from singing to rapping ; there are solely instrumental pieces , solely vocal pieces ( such as songs without instrumental accompaniment ) and pieces that combine singing and instruments . The word derives from Greek μουσική #Ancient Greek ( mousike ; `` art of the Muses '' ) .   In its most general form , the activities describing music as an art form or cultural activity include the creation of works of music ( songs , tunes , symphonies , and so on ) , the criticism of music , the study of the history of music , and the aesthetic examination of music . Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies . Common sayings such as `` the harmony of the spheres '' and `` it is music to my ears '' point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to . However , 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music , saying , for example , `` There is no noise , only sound . ''   The creation , performance , significance , and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context . Indeed , throughout history , some new forms or styles of music have been criticized as `` not being music '' , including Beethoven 's Grosse Fuge string quartet in 1825 , early jazz in the beginning of the 1900s and hardcore punk in the 1980s . There are many types of music , including popular music , traditional music , art music , music written for religious ceremonies and work songs such as chanteys . Music ranges from strictly organized compositions -- such as Classical music symphonies from the 1700s and 1800s , through to spontaneously played improvisational music such as jazz , and avant-garde styles of chance-based contemporary music from the 20th and 21st centuries .   Music can be divided into genres ( e.g. , country music ) and genres can be further divided into subgenres ( e.g. , country blues and pop country are two of the many country subgenres ) , although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle , sometimes open to personal interpretation , and occasionally controversial . For example , it can be hard to draw the line between some early 1980s hard rock and heavy metal . Within the arts , music may be classified as a performing art , a fine art or as an auditory art . Music may be played or sung and heard live at a rock concert or orchestra performance , heard live as part of a dramatic work ( a music theater show or opera ) , or it may be recorded and listened to on a radio , MP3 player , CD player , smartphone or as film score or TV show .   In many cultures , music is an important part of people 's way of life , as it plays a key role in religious rituals , rite of passage ceremonies ( e.g. , graduation and marriage ) , social activities ( e.g. , dancing ) and cultural activities ranging from amateur karaoke singing to playing in an amateur funk band or singing in a community choir . People may make music as a hobby , like a teen playing cello in a youth orchestra , or work as a professional musician or singer . The music industry includes the individuals who create new songs and musical pieces ( such as songwriters and composers ) , individuals who perform music ( which include orchestra , jazz band and rock band musicians , singers and conductors ) , individuals who record music ( music producers and sound engineers ) , individuals who organize concert tours , and individuals who sell recordings and sheet music and scores to customers .

neg: Breathing (Kate Bush song) `` Breathing '' is a single by Kate Bush , the first cut from her 1980 album Never for Ever , with backing vocals by Roy Harper .   The single was issued on 14 April 1980 , four months before the album was released , and reached number 16 in the UK charts , remaining in the charts for seven weeks . It was the first single by Bush to feature a non-LP track on its B-side , `` The Empty Bullring '' .

neg: Ode to a Nightingale `` Ode to a Nightingale '' is a poem by John Keats written either in the garden of the Spaniards Inn , Hampstead , London or , according to Keats ' friend Charles Armitage Brown , under a plum tree in the garden of Keats ' house at Wentworth Place , also in Hampstead . According to Brown , a nightingale had built its nest near the house Keats and Brown shared in the spring of 1819 . Inspired by the bird 's song , Keats composed the poem in one day . It soon became one of his 1819 odes and was first published in Annals of the Fine Arts the following July . The poem is one of the most frequently anthologized in the English language .   `` Ode to a Nightingale '' is a personal poem that describes Keats 's journey into the state of negative capability . The tone of the poem rejects the optimistic pursuit of pleasure found within Keats 's earlier poems and , rather , explores the themes of nature , transience and mortality , the latter being particularly personal to Keats .   The nightingale described within the poem experiences a type of death but does not actually die . Instead , the songbird is capable of living through its song , which is a fate that humans can not expect . The poem ends with an acceptance that pleasure can not last and that death is an inevitable part of life . In the poem , Keats imagines the loss of the physical world and sees himself dead -- as a `` sod '' over which the nightingale sings . The contrast between the immortal nightingale and mortal man sitting in his garden , is made all the more acute by an effort of the imagination . The presence of weather is noticeable in the poem , as spring came early in 1819 , bringing nightingales all over the heath .

neg: Miranda Sings Miranda Sings is a fictional character , developed on the internet , created in 2008 and portrayed by American comedian , actress and YouTube personality Colleen Ballinger . Ballinger displays videos of the comically talentless , egotistical , misguided and quirky character on her YouTube channel . In these videos , the eccentric , narcissistic , yet endearing character sings and dances badly , gives inept `` tutorials '' , recounts her daily activities , discusses current events that she often misunderstands , collaborates with other YouTubers , and rants about her critics , reading examples of hate mail directed at the character on social media ; she responds to them with her catchphrase : `` Haters Back Off ! '' .   Ballinger created the character as a satire of bad but arrogant singers who believe that posting their videos on YouTube will lead to them breaking into show business . As of February 2017 , the Miranda Sings YouTube channel had surpassed 1.2 billion views and 7 million subscribers , and Miranda had more than 6 million Instagram followers . Miranda has been ranked the 7th `` most popular '' YouTube personality by Daily American , and the channel was ranked No. 38 of all time by NewMediaRockstars . The character also has an active presence on other social media .   Since 2009 , in addition to her internet videos , Ballinger has regularly presented live comedy acts , in character as Miranda Sings , at first in cabaret spaces and later in theaters in New York , London , and other cities in the US , Canada , Europe , Australia and elsewhere . Her acts include Miranda 's signature off-key singing of pop music hits and show tunes , with introductions focusing on the character 's backstory . Her delivery is full of malapropisms , mondegreens and spoonerisms , and the acts incorporate interaction with audience volunteers , giving a `` voice lesson '' to , or singing a duet with , Broadway or other musical celebrities , reading hate mail , and singing while being stabbed through the neck in her `` magic trick '' .   The character has appeared in web series , interviews and an episode of the TV show Victorious . In 2014 , she guest-starred in character on an episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld and appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . In July 2015 , she released a New York Times # 1 best-selling book , written in Miranda 's voice , titled Selp-Helf . Miranda is the main character in the Netflix original series Haters Back Off , which premiered in 2016 and has been renewed for 2017 . Ballinger won a Teen Choice Award and a Streamy Award for her Miranda videos .

neg: List of baritones in non-classical music The baritone voice is typically written in the range from the second G # below middle C to the G # above middle C ( G # 2-G # 4 ) although it can be extended at either end . However , the baritone voice is determined not only by its vocal range , but also by its timbre , which tends to be darker than that of the typical tenor voice .   The term baritone was developed in relation to classical and operatic voices , where the classification is based not merely on the singer 's vocal range but also on the tessitura and timbre of the voice . For classical and operatic singers , their voice type determines the roles they will sing and is a primary method of categorization . In non-classical music , singers are primarily defined by their genre and their gender and not by their vocal range . When the terms soprano , mezzo-soprano , contralto , tenor , baritone , and bass are used as descriptors of non-classical voices , they are applied more loosely than they would be to those of classical singers and generally refer only to the singer 's perceived vocal range .   Successful non-classical baritones display a wide range of vocal qualities and effects that lend a unique character to their voices , many of which are considered undesirable in the operatic or classical baritone singer , such as `` breathy '' ( Jim Reeves ) , `` crooning '' ( Ville Valo ) , `` growling '' ( Neil Diamond ) , and even `` ragged '' ( Bruce Springsteen ) .   The following is a list of singers in various music genres and styles ( most of which can be found on the List of popular music genres ) who have been described as baritones . Additionally , the bands that they have been lead singers of appear in parentheses .

neg: List of songs recorded by Kate Ryan The discography of Kate Ryan , a Belgian World Music Award winner , consists of five studio albums , two Compilation albums and twenty two singles .   Signed by EMI Belgium , Kate Ryan releases her debut album in 2002 Different , which contains singles as `` Désenchantée '' and `` Libertine '' ( which are two covers of Mylène Farmer 's songs ) and Mon cœur résiste encore , French version of her first single `` Scream for More '' . In 2004 , she releases her second album Stronger , which contained `` Only If I '' , `` The Promise You Made '' ( a cover of Cock Robin 's song ) and `` Goodbye '' .   In 2006 , she releases `` Alive '' which contained `` Je t ` adore '' ( her song for Eurovision 2006 ) , `` Alive '' and `` All for You '' as singles . In 2007 she releases `` Voyage , voyage '' , a cover of Desireless and then in 2008 she releases `` L.I.L.Y '' and `` Ella , elle l' a '' ( cover of France Gall 's hit ) and `` I Surrender '' ( cover of Clea ) as singles , all included in her fourth studio album , `` Free '' .   In 2009 she releases a concept album , French Connection , which is a Greatest hits album containing her French hits , covers ( released and unreleased ) and new version of her past hits . The singles were `` Babacar '' and '' Évidemment '' , two more covers of France Gall 's songs . In 2012 , releases Electroshock , with the singles `` LoveLife '' , `` Broken '' and `` Robots '' .

neg: Phonetic pillow Phonetic pillows are pillows made in the various shapes of the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet ( IPA ) . They are used in the teaching of phonetics and speech , primarily in theatre departments in higher education . Dozens of theatre programs have used Phonetic Pillows , including Boston University , North Carolina School of the Arts , Cincinnati Conservatory University of Washington Seattle , Yale School of Drama , Columbia University , University of Pretoria , South Africa , and The Central School of Speech and Drama , London , UK . Phonetic pillows were invented and introduced by Louis Colaianni .   In her book Freeing the Natural Voice , renowned voice coach and teacher Kristin Linklater comments on phonetic pillows as introduced in the book The Joy of Phonetics and Accents saying , '' Colaianni has developed ways of extending freedom and sensuality from voice into speech so that one need no longer divide voicing from speaking . ''   Phonetic pillows are recognized as a tool for Student-centered learning . In the book Student-Centered Learning Online and On Ground , Sarah D'Angelo states , `` Colaianni 's method in particular revolutionized teaching and learning of the IPA with his pedagogical infusion of a post modern art form : soft sculpture . The use of large , soft , colorful , three-dimensional IPA shapes , or `` pillows '' as he calls them , represent each of the phonetic symbols used in spoken American English . ''   `` Phonetic Pillows represent a move to connect the kinesthetic -- fabric , texture , the simple act of throwing and receiving the pillow -- with an intensified visual component ... ''   -- Robert Barton , `` The Vocal Vision , '' ( Applause , 1997 )

neg: Stephen Stills Stephen Arthur Stills ( born January 3 , 1945 ) is an American singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby , Stills , Nash & Young .   Beginning his professional career with Buffalo Springfield , he composed their only hit `` For What It 's Worth , '' which became one of the most recognizable songs of the 1960s . Other notable songs he contributed to the band were `` Sit Down , I Think I Love You , '' `` Bluebird '' and `` Rock & Roll Woman . '' According to bandmate Richie Furay , he was `` the heart and soul of Buffalo Springfield . ''   After Buffalo Springfield broke up , Stills began working with David Crosby and Graham Nash on their debut album . Stills , in addition to writing much of the album , played bass , guitar , and keyboards on most of the album . The album sold over four million copies and at that point , had outsold anything from the three members ' prior bands : the Byrds , Buffalo Springfield , and the Hollies . The album won the trio a Grammy Award for Best New Artist .   Neil Young , formerly of Buffalo Springfield , joined CSN months later for their second concert at Woodstock and subsequent album Déjà Vu . The album found Stills again as a leader of the group . Living up to his nickname `` Captain Many Hands '' he played bass , guitar and keyboard on the title track , and electric guitar and piano on Helpless . The album became a huge success and sold over eight million copies . In its wake all four members of CSNY released solo albums that reached the top 20 .   Stills ' first solo album Stephen Stills went gold and is the only album to feature both Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton . Its hit single , `` Love the One You 're With '' became his biggest solo hit peaking at No. 14 in the Billboard Hot 100 . A string of solo albums , and a band with Chris Hillman called Manassas followed in 1972 . In the summer of 1974 Young reunited with CSN after a four-year hiatus for a concert tour which was recorded and released in 2014 as CSNY 1974 . It was one of the first ever stadium tours , and the largest tour the band has done to date . CSN reunited in 1977 for their album CSN which became the trio 's best selling record . CSN ( Y ) continued to have platinum albums through the 1980s . Stills ' solo career and bands have combined sales of over 35 million albums to date .   Stills was ranked # 28 in Rolling Stones 2003 list of `` The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time '' and # 47 in the 2011 list . Stills became the first person to be inducted twice on the same night into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with CSN and Buffalo Springfield . According to Neil Young , `` Stephen is a genius . ''

neg: Song cycle A song cycle ( Liederkreis or Liederzyklus ) is a group , or cycle , of individually complete songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a unit .   The songs are either for solo voice or an ensemble , or rarely a combination of solo songs mingled with choral pieces . The number of songs in a song cycle may be as brief as two songs or as long as 30 or more songs . The term `` song cycle '' did not enter lexicography until 1865 , in Arrey von Dommer 's edition of Koch 's Musikalisches Lexikon , but works definable in retrospect as song cycles existed long before then . One of the earliest examples may be the set of seven Cantigas de amigo by the 13th-century Galician jongleur Martin Codax .   A song cycle is similar to a song collection , and the two can be difficult to distinguish . Some type of coherence , however , is regarded as a necessary attribute of song cycles . It may derive from the text ( a single poet ; a story line ; a central theme or topic such as love or nature ; a unifying mood ; poetic form or genre , as in a sonnet or ballad cycle ) or from musical procedures ( tonal schemes ; recurring motifs , passages or entire songs ; formal structures ) . These unifying features may appear singly or in combination . Because of these many variations , the song cycle `` resists definition '' . The nature and quality of the coherence within a song cycle must therefore be examined `` in individual cases '' .

neg: Choir of Hope and Inspiration Choir of Hope and Inspiration is an incorporated association ( registered as Melbourne Street Choir , Inc ) formed in March 2009 under the Associations Incorporation Act 1981 ( Victoria ) . CHI is based in Collingwood , Melbourne and is the community choir formerly known by the name `` The Choir of Hard Knocks '' ( which is the main performing choir ) and ( ii ) the `` Morning Bells '' choir . Together the choirs comprise a total of approximately 70 singers , staff and volunteers .   CHI is governed by a voluntary Committee of Management ( Board ) comprising Father Jeff O'Hare , Peter Wallbridge ( Secretary ) , Liliana Sanelli , Tricia Olsen and Maureen O'Reilly . Former president Anthony Palmer is the MSC 's pro bono lawyer . The board has a broad range of skills and capabilities suited to the CHI including disadvantaged and welfare sector experience , marketing , events management , business affairs and fundraising . The board is now focused on supporting and promoting the unique needs and talents of the singing members and securing the Choir 's future security and viability . Jonathan Welch is also a committee of management member and the CHI 's inaugural director of music .   The CHI is currently engaged in a detailed consultancy process to determine new governing rules , procedures and policies with the choir , staff and volunteers . Following the conclusion of this process ( currently anticipated at the end of July 2009 ) , the choir body , staff and volunteers will formally become members ( as defined under the Associations Incorporation Act ) of the CHI and adopt new rules .   The CHI has a Deductible Gift Recipient status and not-for-profit status with the Australian Tax Office and has now commenced fundraising activities . The CHI 's ( registered as Melbourne Street Choir , Inc 's ) corporate registration details are located at www.business.gov.au .   The main performing choir made their inaugural performance at the 2009 Melbourne International Jazz Festival at Hamer Hall , Melbourne on 29 April .   Following an Australian-wide search for a new name for the main performing choir via its website http://www.savethechoir.com , the main choir has since been relaunched under the name `` Choir of Hope and Inspiration '' -LSB- and first performed under that name at the Geelong Performing Arts Centre on 20 June 2009 .

neg: Lynn Meredith Lynn Meredith is an American musician who was a founding member of Kansas .   Born in Yankton , South Dakota , Meredith 's roots are in rhythm and blues , later branching out into progressive rock in his late teens . Meredith lived in Manhattan , Kansas and formed Saratoga with Kerry Livgren , Don Montre and Dan Wright after high school in Topeka , Kansas . Saratoga merged with another Topeka group , White Clover , that became the first version of Kansas in 1970 . As Kansas began to play original music from member Kerry Livgren , Meredith began using his voice as another instrument , and searched for ways to add to the music using falsetto and various vocalizations .   Kansas I broke up later that year and Kansas II began with some additional new members , but the core of Meredith , Livgren , Montre and Wright remained . Kansas II stayed together until early 1974 when Livgren left the band to join White Clover . That version became the well known version of Kansas .   After Kansas , Meredith did not sing professionally for many years , but recorded with a band called Plastique in the early 1980s . He has since reunited with his other Kansas II cohorts in Proto-Kaw .   Currently , Meredith records with Proto Kaw , the reformed version of Kansas . Proto Kaw re-grouped after the original Kansas II demo recordings were discovered and released on Cuneiform Records in 2002 . This release caused the original members of Kansas to communicate for the first time in 28 years . A reunion party was planned in Kansas City in 2002 and the band enjoyed playing together again . This led to Kerry Livgren writing music for some experimental recordings with the members and an album , Before Became After was released under the Proto Kaw name in April 2004 on the Inside Out Music Label . Since that time , Proto Kaw has begun performing live again and released their third CD The Wait of Glory in January 2006 . They toured Europe in 2006 and released their fourth CD in 2011 entitled `` Forth '' . Recently Lynn Meredith took part in `` Ancient Rites of the Moon '' , the first álbum of the international super group Stardust Reverie Project released in 2014 and performed the vocals for `` Song for Catina '' . He was also asked to perform two additional songs on the new Stardust Reverie album `` Proclamation of Shadows '' entitled `` Silver Bullet '' and `` Wuthering Heights '' .   In 2011 , Meredith , a 1969 graduate of Manhattan High School , was inducted in their `` Wall of Fame '' in a ceremony at the school . He was inducted along with guitarist Dwayne Bailey , who played with Bob Seger and Chicago .   In 2015 , Meredith was inducted in the Kansas Music Hall of Fame , as a member of the group Proto Kaw . The ceremony was held at the Opera House in Lawrence , Kansas .   While away from professional music , Meredith served as an assistant football coach at Kansas State University , Panhandle State University , and Pittsburg State University . Later , he spent over fifteen years as color analyst for Pittsburg State football on KKOW ( AM ) . Meredith is now Vice-President of Marketing and Communications for the NAIA ( National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ) .

neg: Rising Star (U.S. TV series) Rising Star was a short-lived American reality television singing competition which began airing on ABC on June 22 , 2014 . It was based on the international franchise series Rising Star itself based on the Israeli singing competition HaKokhav HaBa ( meaning `` The Next Star '' ) made by Keshet Broadcasting Ltd. . The program format lets viewers vote for contestants via mobile apps . It was filmed live in Los Angeles . The show is also carried in Canada , with advertising simultaneous substitution and voting access on CTV .   Jesse Kinch was the winner of Rising Stars first and only season with a vote of 76 % . Macy Kate holds the record of highest vote with 93 % and she came in 9th place . Daniel & Olivia hold the record of lowest vote with 6 % and they came in last place . Rising Star was cancelled after the season .

neg: Nash Ensemble The Nash Ensemble of London is an acclaimed English chamber ensemble . It was founded by Artistic Director Amelia Freedman in 1964 , while she was a student at the Royal Academy of Music , and was named after the Nash Terraces around the Academy . The Ensemble has won awards from the Edinburgh Festival Critics and the Royal Philharmonic Society , as well as a 2002 Gramophone Award for contemporary music .   In addition to their classical repertoire , the Ensemble performs works by numerous contemporary composers , including Richard Rodney Bennett , Harrison Birtwistle , Elliott Carter , Henri Dutilleux and Peter Maxwell Davies , and has given premier performances of more than 200 works .

neg: Kate Michaels Kate Michaels ( born Kathleen Rebecca Hall , June 2 , 1969 ) is an American singer and actor specializing in big band/swing and musical theater .

neg: Another Op'nin', Another Show `` Another Op ` nin ' , Another Show '' is the opening number of Cole Porter 's 1948 musical Kiss Me , Kate .   Sung by a band of players performing a musical adaption of Shakespeare 's The Taming of the Shrew , the song has become regarded as a show business anthem on a level with `` That 's Entertainment ! '' ( from The Band Wagon ) and `` There 's No Business Like Show Business '' ( from Annie Get Your Gun ) . However , it was not included in the 1953 film version of the musical .   Adelaide Hall , playing the role of Hattie , sang Another Op ` nin ' , Another Show on the West-End stage ( 400 times ) when the London production of Kiss Me , Kate opened on 8 March 1951 at the Coliseum Theatre where it ran for 400 performances .   Patricia Morison ( who starred in the original Broadway production of Kiss Me Kate ) , Marin Mazzie , and Hannah Waddingham have all performed versions of the song . It was also the opening number of episode 514 of The Muppet Show

neg: Backing vocalist Backing vocalists are singers who provide vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists . In some cases , a backing singer may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist 's entry or to sing a counter-melody . Backing vocalists are used in a broad range of popular music , traditional music and world music styles .   Solo artists may employ professional backing vocalists in studio recording sessions as well as during concerts . In many rock and metal bands ( e.g. , the power trio ) , the musicians doing backup vocals also play instruments , such as guitar , electric bass , drums , or keyboards . In Latin or Afro-Cuban groups , backup singers may play percussion instruments or shakers while singing . In some pop and hip-hop groups and in musical theater , the backup singers may be required to perform elaborately choreographed dance routines while they sing through headset microphones .   The style of singing used by backup singers varies according to the type of song and the genre of music the band plays . In pop and country songs , backup vocalists may perform vocal harmony parts to support the lead vocalist . In hardcore punk or rockabilly , other band members who play instruments may sing or shout backup vocals during the chorus ( refrain ) section of the songs .


query: Emma Thompson is a person.

pos: Eric Thompson Eric Norman Thompson ( 9 November 1929 -- 30 November 1982 ) was an English actor , television presenter and producer . He is best remembered for creating and performing the English narration for The Magic Roundabout , which he adapted from the original French Le Manège Enchanté .

pos: Phyllida Law Phyllida Ann Law , ( born 8 May 1932 ) is a Scottish actress , known for her film roles and numerous small screen roles .

pos: Emma Thompson Emma Thompson ( born 15 April 1959 ) is a British actress , activist , author , comedienne and screenwriter . Born in London to English actor Eric Thompson and Scottish actress Phyllida Law , Thompson was educated at Newnham College , University of Cambridge , where she became a member of the Footlights troupe . After appearing in several comedy programmes , she first came to prominence in 1987 in two BBC TV series , Tutti Frutti and Fortunes of War , winning the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her work in both series . Her first film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy , and in the early 1990s she frequently collaborated with her then husband , actor and director Kenneth Branagh . The pair became popular in the British media and co-starred in several films , including Dead Again ( 1991 ) and Much Ado About Nothing ( 1993 ) .   In 1992 , Thompson won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress for the period drama Howards End . In 1993 , she garnered dual Academy Award nominations for her roles in The Remains of the Day as the housekeeper of a grand household and In the Name of the Father as a lawyer . Thompson scripted and starred in Sense and Sensibility ( 1995 ) , which earned her ( among other awards ) an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay , and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress . Other notable film and television credits include : the Harry Potter film series , Wit ( 2001 ) , Love Actually ( 2003 ) , Angels in America ( 2003 ) , Nanny McPhee ( 2005 ) , Stranger than Fiction ( 2006 ) , Last Chance Harvey ( 2008 ) , Men in Black 3 ( 2012 ) , Brave ( 2012 ) and Beauty and the Beast ( 2017 ) . In 2013 , she received acclaim and several award nominations for her portrayal of P. L. Travers in Saving Mr. Banks .   Thompson is married to actor Greg Wise , with whom she lives in London . They have one daughter and an adopted son . She is an activist in the areas of human rights and environmentalism and has received criticism for her outspokenness . She has written two books adapted from The Tale of Peter Rabbit .

neg: Kristin Thompson Kristin Thompson ( born 1950 ) is an American film theorist and author whose research interests include the close formal analysis of films , the history of film styles , and `` quality television , '' a genre akin to art film . She wrote two scholarly books in the 1980s which used an analytical technique called neoformalism . As well , she has co-authored two widely used film studies textbooks with her husband David Bordwell .

neg: Emma Lathen Emma Lathen is the pen name of two American businesswomen : an economist Mary Jane Latsis ( July 12 , 1927 -- October 29 , 1997 ) and an economic analyst Martha Henissart ( born 1929 ) , who received her B.A. in physics from Mount Holyoke College in 1950 .   Henissart and Latsis met as graduate students at Harvard . As Lathen , they wrote numerous mystery novels starring John Putnam Thatcher , a Wall Street banker . The pseudonym is constructed from two authors ' names `` M '' of Mary and `` Ma '' of Martha , and `` Lat '' of Latsis and `` Hen '' of Henissart . They also wrote under the pseudonym R. B. Dominic ; all the Dominic stories feature Congressman Benton Safford as the sleuth . `` The authors have a distinctive talent for writing clearly and entertainingly about complicated financial intrigues , for combining these business matters with current events , and for creating tightly plotted mysteries that produce fascinating and civilized novels . ''   Each book features events in a specific industry or activity with which Thatcher or Safford become involved in the course of their work . The books often refer to specific public events in their plotting ; for example , When in Greece is mostly set in that country during the Colonels ' Revolution , and Going for the Gold involves the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid . Others relate to more general social and other trends , such as Death Shall Overcome which links with the Civil Rights Movement .

neg: Emma Kaye Emma Kaye is the founder and CEO of a full funded startup venture called Bozza .   Emma has a number of seminal ( and enduring ) business and industry ventures to her name , and attained multiple professional accolades and leading-light endorsements in the course of a steadily evolving , outwardly mercurial-seeming career spanning only 15 years . She draws attention to the strong business underpinning of her work , pointing out that her involvement has twice had the result of giving sustainable business direction and African brand equity to a highly charged , emerging sector .

neg: Iain Blair Iain Blair ( 12 August 1942 -- 3 July 2011 ) was a Scottish actor and author who , using the pen name Emma Blair wrote a series of romantic novels .

neg: Anthony Thompson (American football) Anthony Q. Thompson ( born April 8 , 1967 ) is a former professional American football running back and a current pastor at the Lighthouse Community Church in Bloomington , Indiana .

neg: Jason Thompson (writer) Jason Thompson ( born October 13 , 1974 ) is an American writer , journalist , comics artist , and editor . He has edited for Viz Media and is the author of Manga : The Complete Guide .

neg: Emma Trelles Emma Trelles is a Latina poet and writer .

neg: Anna Thompson Anna Thompson may refer to :   Anna Thompson ( athlete ) ( born 1976 ) , Australian runner  Anna Thompson ( netball player ) ( born 1986 ) , New Zealand netball player  Anna Levine ( born 1953 ) , American actress , also credited as Anna Levine Thompson

neg: Thompson River The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Fraser River , flowing through the south-central portion of British Columbia , Canada . The Thompson River has two main branches , the South Thompson River and the North Thompson River . The river is home to several varieties of Pacific salmon and trout . The area 's geological history was heavily influenced by glaciation , and the several large glacial lakes have filled the river valley over the last 12,000 years . Archaeological evidence shows human habitation in the watershed dating back to at least 8300 years . The Thompson was named by Fraser River explorer , Simon Fraser , in honour of his friend , Columbia Basin explorer David Thompson . Recreational use of the river includes whitewater rafting and angling .

neg: Mark Thompson (historian) Mark Thompson ( born 1959 ) is an award-winning British historian . The most recent of his four books is Birth Certificate : The Story of Danilo Kis ( 2013 ) , which was described by Adam Thirlwell , in a lead review in the Times Literary Supplement , as `` a great biography of the work as much as the life '' .   The White War . Life and Death on the Italian Front , 1915-1919 ( 2008 ) is the first comprehensive narrative history in English of the part played by Italy in World War I . It was selected as Book of the Week by The Guardian newspaper , and hailed there as `` magnificent ... original , masterly and definitive . ''   Forging War ( 1999 ) is an account of the media manipulation that took place before and during the Wars of Yugoslav Succession .   A Paper House ( 1992 ) is a political travelogue which describes the federal republic of Yugoslavia upon the brink of dissolution .   Thompson has also edited , with Louis Mackay , Something in the Wind : Politics after Chernobyl ( 1988 ) , and has translated fiction from French , Italian and Croatian .   His CV includes stints as the head of media analysis for the biggest peacekeeping mission mounted by the United Nations ( UNPROFOR ) , in 1994 and 1995 ; the first political officer to serve with the UN 's smallest peacekeeping mission ( UNMOP ) in 1997 ; the spokesman and head of media affairs for the mission to Croatia of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ) in 1998 and 1999 ; and the Balkans Program Director of the International Crisis Group ( ICG ) in 2000 and 2001 .   In 2015 , Thompson took up a position as Reader in Modern History at the University of East Anglia ( half time ) . He lives in Oxford , where he supervises a small number of undergraduate and graduate students at the Faculty of History . Thompson is an alumnus of Merchant Taylors ' School , Northwood .

neg: Anne Thompson (artist) Anne Thompson is a Brooklyn-based visual artist and creator of the `` Central Collective '' archive . She received an MFA from the Yale School of Art in 2002 and teaches at the University of Missouri . She is represented by Hudson Franklin gallery in New York City .

neg: Emma Nyra Emma Chukwugoziam Obi ( born July 18 , 1988 ) , professionally known by her stage name Emma Nyra , is an American-born Nigerian singer-songerwriter , actress and model .

neg: Emma B Emma Louise Boughton ( born 27 November 1970 in Oxford , Oxfordshire ) , better known as Emma B , is a radio presenter in the UK .

neg: Finder (novel) Finder is a fantasy fiction novel written by Emma Bull and published in 1994 .

neg: Emma E. Hickox Emma E. Hickox A.C.E ( neè Burford ; born 11 April 1964 ) is a successful British film editor based in LA and London .   A member of American Cinema Editors , Hickox has worked as a features and TV editor since the early 1990s . She has a varied and versatile resume from comedies , drama 's and musicals , including large Hollywood films such as Bad Moms featuring Mila Kunis , Rock of Ages featuring Tom Cruise , and smaller independent films such as Becoming Jane with Anne Hathaway and ` The Boat That Rocked ' from Richard Curtis with Philip Seymour Hoffman .   She is a founding member of the British Independent Film Awards with the Debut Directors award given in her fathers name , ` The Douglas Hickox Award ' . Hickox is the daughter of Academy Award winning film editor Anne V. Coates , and Douglas Hickox ( died 1988 ) , a cult British film director . John Coates , her uncle , was a film and TV producer for ( Yellow Submarine & The Snowman ) .   She is married with two daughter and has two brothers , and a sister .   Emma is represented by Wayne Fitterman at WME in Los Angeles , and Lynda Mamy of United Agents in London

neg: Naomi Thompson Naomi Thompson is a singer .   In the early-to-late 1980s , she worked with Caron Wheeler and Claudia Fontaine under the name Afrodiziak , which recorded for Haysi Fantayzee on their track The Sabres Of Paradise , backup vocals on Elvis Costello 's 1983 international hit `` Everyday I Write the Book '' , The Specials ' song Free Nelson Mandela , Heaven 17 's songs Sunset Now , `` The Fuse '' , `` Reputation '' and ... ( And That 's No Lie ) , on Madness ' songs `` Michael Caine '' and `` The Sweetest Girl '' and Howard Jones ' songs `` Things Can Only Get Better '' and `` Life in One Day '' .

neg: James Thompson (fighter) James Thompson ( born 16 December 1978 ) is an English professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division . A professional competitor since 2003 , Thompson has also formerly competed for PRIDE FC , Bellator MMA , Cage Rage , EliteXC , Sengoku , DREAM , KSW , Rizin , and the SFL .

neg: Jade Thompson Jade Louise Thompson ( born 22 January 1991 ) is an English model , and winner of Britain & Ireland 's Next Top Model Cycle 7 formerly titled Britain 's Next Top Model .

neg: Emma Kaufman Emma Kaufman ( 1881-1979 ) was a Japanese and international YWCA administrator and philanthropist . For over 25 years she served as a secretary on the staff of Tokyo Y.W.C.A. , and also a member of the national Y.W.C.A. committee of Japan . In 1929 she was honored for her distinguished service to the Japanese Y.W.C.A. by being presented with the Emperor 's silver cup . During the Golden Jubilee celebration of the `` Y '' in Japan , a special ceremony was held for the unveiling of a bust of Kaufman . In 1941 Kaufman was appointed by the world 's Y.W.C.A. executive committee to make a survey of the British West Indies . In 1965 she received an International Cooperation Year medal from Cardinal Leger at a ceremony in Montreal . Kaufman is a daughter of the founder of the K-W Y.W.C.A.

neg: Shelley Thompson Shelley Thompson is a Canadian actress best known for her character Barbara Lahey on the hit Canadian mockumentary program Trailer Park Boys .   Born in Calgary , Alberta , Shelley trained at RADA in London , and worked for many years in the UK . She played roles in London 's West End and at the Royal National Theatre , as well as leading roles in regional theatres . She was a regular in BBC radio drama during her time in Britain , and recorded dozens of audio books -- titles including work by Margaret Atwood and Jane Smiley . She played Rita in the family series , Mike and Angelo for six years , and made guest appearances on Drop The Dead Donkey , EastEnders and Chelworth . She also played the role of Sarah 's stepmother Irene in Jim Henson 's 1986 fantasy epic Labyrinth . She 's appeared in eleven seasons of Trailer Park Boys , both specials , and the Feature Film .   Since returning to Canada , her work has included season at the Atlantic Theatre Festival ( Ariel in the Tempest and Viola in Twelfth Night ) , work at the Neptune Theatre , The Prairie Theatre  Exchange , The Globe Theatre , Regina , and Festival Antigonish .   Since 2012 , she 's been shifting focus to stage and screenwriting and directing . Her plays include plays A Kind of Faith ( produced 2004 ) Leaving Wonderland ( Premiered Halifax , 2015 ) , children 's plays Bluenose Billy ( 2006 , co-written with Sheldon Currie and Griffen Prize-winning poet Anne Simpson ) , Belinda the Bicycle Witch ( 2008 ) , Lost and Found ( 2009 ) , ... And How Are We Today ( co-written with poet Anne Simpson ) .   Recently seen on stage in : A Good Death , Be My Baby , Criminal Genius .   Her poetry has been a finalist in the Atlantic Writing Competition , and has appeared in literary journals Toward the Light and Papirmasse , and on the CBC website . Short stories have been included in anthologies and broadcast in collaboration with The Blue Engine String Quartet on CBC Radio - Christmas 2010 and 2011 .   Presently shifting to writing/directing for film , she has just finished her first narrative short , DAWG ( Festivals include the Atlantic Film Festival , The San Diego International Kids Film Festival , Nickle Film festival NFL and more ... )  Presently : working on features ( Dawn Her Dad and the Tractor , Billy , Dash and Dawg , and The Benefit . In 2015 she was a resident at the Canadian Film Centre , Toronto , as a screenwriter , and in 2016 was invited to be one of eight Women In the Directors Chair ( 2017 ) .   Thompson is a counsellor with ACTRA Maritimes , chair of the Women 's Committee , and a keen advocate for LGBTQ issues .   Awards include : ACTRA Maritimes winner for ( short ) Two Penny Road-Kill 2013 , Best Supporting Actress , LA 's Love Unlimited Festival , 2011 for ( short ) WAKE , and Gemini , 2008 , Best Ensemble , as Barb Lahey , for Trailer Park Boys . Merritt Award - Best Actress in a Leading Role - for Glorious . Several Stage nominations for : Humble Boy -- Flora , Criminal Genius -- Shirley , Tamara ( Dora ) -- Aelis .


query: Transformers: Age of Extinction was put out in 2014.

pos: Transformers: Age of Extinction Transformers : Age of Extinction is a 2014 American science fiction action film based on the Transformers franchise . It is the fourth installment of the live-action Transformers film series and a stand-alone sequel to 2011 's Transformers : Dark of the Moon , taking place five years after its events . Like its predecessors , it was directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger , with Steven Spielberg and Bay as executive producers . It stars Mark Wahlberg , with Peter Cullen reprising his role as the voice of Optimus Prime , as the lead roles . It is the first film in the series to not feature the original human characters from the first three films , but features a new cast of human characters and many new Transformers including : the Dinobots , Lockdown , Stinger , Junkheap , Hound , Crosshairs and Drift . Returning Transformers include : Optimus Prime , Bumblebee , Ratchet , Leadfoot , Brains and Megatron ( now known as Galvatron ) . The film was released on June 27 , 2014 , in IMAX and 3D .   Transformers : Age of Extinction was panned by critics , many of whom considered it poorly directed , badly acted , and terribly written . According to Rotten Tomatoes , it is the worst reviewed film in the series , holding an 18 % approval rating . It also received seven nominations at the 35th Golden Raspberry Awards , including Worst Picture and Worst Prequel , Remake , Rip-off or Sequel , with Bay and Kelsey Grammer winning the awards for Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor respectively . The film grossed over $ 1.104 billion worldwide , making it the highest-grossing film of 2014 , the second highest-grossing film in the Transformers series , the 19th film to gross over $ 1 billion , and the 16th highest-grossing film of all time . It was the only film to gross over $ 1 billion in 2014 .   A sequel , Transformers : The Last Knight , is set to be released on June 21 , 2017 , with Cullen , Tucci , and Wahlberg returning , and Bay directing .

neg: The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots The Transformers : Maximum Dinobots was a story arc from IDW Publishing 's The Transformers , and followed The Transformers : All Hail Megatron .

neg: Tow-Line Tow-Line is the name of two fictional characters in the various Transformers universes .

neg: Lorenzo di Bonaventura Lorenzo di Bonaventura ( -LSB- loˈrɛntso di bɔ nɑ vɛnˈtu rɑ -RSB- ; born November 29 , 1957 ) is an American film producer and founder of his company Di Bonaventura Pictures . He is best known for producing the Transformers film series .

neg: Death's Head Death 's Head is a fictional character appearing in British comics and American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character is depicted as a robotic bounty hunter ( or rather , as he calls himself , a `` freelance peace-keeping agent '' ) . The character was created by writer Simon Furman and artist Geoff Senior for the company 's Marvel UK imprint . Furman decided to use Death 's Head in his Transformers stories , but believed that characters appearing in Transformers `` were prone to be absorbed into that title 's catchall copyright '' ( allowing Hasbro to contest their ownership ) and led to a one-page strip titled `` High Noon Tex '' ( which was subsequently published in various Marvel UK titles ) being hastily created to establish Marvel 's ownership of the character . Furman has stated that he chose the name Death 's Head for the character while unaware of the `` Nazi-connotations of the name '' .   The character was later redesigned and relaunched as Death 's Head II , acting as one of the flagship characters for Marvel UK 's 1990s expansion . This version of Death 's Head also inspired two spin-off characters , Death Wreck and Death Metal , each of which starred in its own limited series .   Later , in 2005 , fans used a poll on Marvel 's website to vote for the character 's return . This led to a third version of Death 's Head , Death 's Head 3.0 , created by original Death 's Head writer Simon Furman . Simon Furman said in 2011 that the character was still popular because `` he 'll never change or compromise or grow or repent or agonise like most comic book characters . He 's this unchanging , uncompromising rock that other characters bounce off . But you still kind of love him . Weird . ''

neg: Gears of War Gears of War is a video game franchise created and originally owned by Epic Games , developed and managed by The Coalition , and owned and published by Microsoft Studios . The series focuses on the conflict between humanity , the subterranean reptilian hominids known as the Locust Horde , and their mutated counterparts , the Lambent & the Swarm . The franchise consists of five third-person shooter video games , which has also been supplemented by a comic book series and five novels .   The first installment , titled Gears of War , was released on November 7 , 2006 for the Xbox 360 . The game follows protagonist Marcus Fenix , a soldier in the Coalition of Ordered Governments tasked to lead a last-ditch effort to destroy the Locust Horde and save humanity . Two subsequent titles , Gears of War 2 ( 2008 ) and Gears of War 3 ( 2011 ) , continued Fenix and humanity 's ongoing conflict with the Locust Horde and Lambent forces . In 2013 , Epic Games and Microsoft released Gears of War : Judgment , a prequel to the series ' first title , which instead focuses on Damon Baird , one of Fenix 's squad-mates . Gears of War : Ultimate Edition was released for Microsoft Windows on March 1 , 2016 . The series ' third sequel , Gears of War 4 , is set 25 years after Gears of War 3 and follows Marcus Fenix 's son , JD , as he battles new foes that threaten humanity .   Gears of War was developed by Epic Games . Cliff Bleszinski , who has previously worked on Epic 's Unreal Tournament games , served the series ' lead game designer for the first three installments . He was inspired by gameplay elements from Resident Evil 4 , Kill Switch , and Bionic Commando . The series was also guided by Rod Fergusson , the executive producer and director of development of Epic Games until 2012 . The first four installments of the Gears of War series used a modified version of the Unreal Engine 3 engine . On January 27 , 2014 , Microsoft acquired all rights to the franchise from Epic Games . Canadian studio The Coalition developed Gears of War 4 , which was released on October 11 , 2016 for the Xbox One and Windows 10 .   Gears of War became one of the best-selling franchises for the Xbox 360 . The series is well known for its emphasis on cover-based combat , in which players can use objects to avoid gunfire or safely engage enemies . All five installments in Gears of War featured several multiplayer modes that allowed players to compete against each other or team-up to battle AI opponents on Xbox Live . The Gears of War games have been amongst the most popular and most played titles on Xbox Live .

neg: Transformers: Victory is an anime series produced by Toei Animation . It is a Japanese-produced spin-off of the well-known original Transformers cartoon , and the final complete animated series from the original `` Generation 1 '' era .

neg: The Transformers (1986 video game) The Transformers is a platform shoot 'em up game based on the Transformers franchise . It was written by Denton Designs and released by Ocean Software for the Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64 home computers in 1986

neg: Spike Witwicky Spike Witwicky is a regular character in the Transformers comics and television series .   Spike and the rest of the Witwicky family members are the closest human allies of the Autobots . Their motto is `` No sacrifice , no victory '' . They appeared in the original television and comic book series and later in the live action films .

neg: Beast Wars: Transformers (video game) Beast Wars : Transformers is a third-person shooter developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Cambridge and published by Hasbro Interactive and Takara on December 5 , 1997 for PlayStation and May 31 , 1998 for PC . It is based on the popular Transformers : Beast Wars animated series , specifically the first season , after the introduction of Airazor and Inferno .

neg: Transformers Label series The Transformers Label series is a line of the Transformers series by Takara Tomy released exclusively in the Japanese market . The toys in this line consist of transforming robot figures with certain themes such as working electronic devices or crossover licenses with other brands and franchises .

neg: Joss Whedon Joss Whedon ( -LSB- ˈwiːdən -RSB- ) ( born Joseph Hill Whedon on June 23 , 1964 ) is an American screenwriter , film and television director , film and television producer , comic book author , and composer . He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-founder of Bellwether Pictures , and is best known as the creator of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( 1997 -- 2003 ) , Angel ( 1999 -- 2004 ) , Firefly ( 2002 ) , Dollhouse ( 2009 -- 10 ) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ( from 2013 ) .   Whedon co-wrote the Pixar film Toy Story ( 1995 ) , wrote and directed the Firefly film continuation Serenity ( 2005 ) , co-wrote and directed the Internet mini-series Dr. Horrible 's Sing-Along Blog ( 2008 ) , co-wrote and produced the horror comedy The Cabin in the Woods ( 2012 ) , and wrote and directed the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films The Avengers ( 2012 ) and its sequel Avengers : Age of Ultron ( 2015 ) .

neg: CineStar IMAX Lahore CineStar ( or Cinestar IMAX Cinema ) is the first IMAX and one of the top 3D movie theatres in Pakistan . It is based in Township , Lahore , Punjab . In March 2012 it was reported that CineStar had signed on an agreement with IMAX Corporation to open up IMAX theatres in Pakistan . In March 2014 , it was announced that Pepsi Pakistan and CineStar had signed on to be partners and acquired the rights for IMAX theatres across Pakistan . The IMAX was launched on June 26 , 2014 with the release of Transformers : Age of Extinction in Pakistan .  Good cinema

neg: TransBot TransBot , known in Japan as , is a video game for the Sega Master System originally released in 1986 . It is a sci-fi-themed shoot 'em up inspired by Transformers .

neg: Transformers: Scramble City , sometimes referred to as just is an episode of The Transformers released as an OVA ( Original Video Animation ) in Japan in April 1986 . It was created as a promotional video for the new line of ` Scramble City ' toys and the cassettes were paired with the toy sets . Despite strong belief ( such as that voiced on the 20th Anniversary DVD bonus commentary for the episode ) , it was not meant to introduce Japanese audiences to the new characters from The Transformers : The Movie ( considering Ultra Magnus , Ramhorn , Steeljaw , and Ratbat are the only ones from the film that appear in it ) . Chronologically , it takes place years before the movie during the early stages of construction on Autobot City . But since Trypticon appeared ( and was supposed to debut in Five Faces of Darkness ) , it can be assumed that this video takes place after Alternity .

neg: Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark is a 2014 film based on the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 anime series . The movie is set during the events of the series , primarily as the eponymous spaceship Yamato makes its way back to Earth after a long voyage to the planet Iscandar .

neg: Autómata Autómata is a 2014 Spanish-Bulgarian science fiction action film starring Antonio Banderas . The film is directed by Spanish director Gabe Ibáñez and co-written by Ibáñez with Igor Legarreta and Javier Sánchez Donate . Along with Banderas , the film stars Birgitte Hjort Sørensen , Melanie Griffith , Dylan McDermott , Robert Forster and Tim McInnerny .

neg: List of accolades received by Star Wars: The Force Awakens Star Wars : The Force Awakens is a 2015 epic space opera film directed , co-produced , and co-written by J. J. Abrams . The seventh installment in the main Star Wars film series , and first of three in Star Wars sequel trilogy , it stars Harrison Ford , Mark Hamill , Carrie Fisher , Adam Driver , Daisy Ridley , John Boyega , Oscar Isaac , Lupita Nyong ` o , Andy Serkis , Domhnall Gleeson , Anthony Daniels , and Max von Sydow . The Force Awakens is set 30 years after Return of the Jedi ; it follows Rey , Finn , and Poe Dameron 's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight alongside the Resistance , led by veterans of the Rebel Alliance , against Kylo Ren and the First Order , a successor group to the Galactic Empire .   The Force Awakens was premiered by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on December 14 , and was released in United States and Canada on December 18 , 2015 . The Force Awakens opened across 14,300 theaters , breaking numerous box-office records and became the first film to earn more than $ 100 million worldwide in a single day . The film grossed a worldwide total of over $ 2 billion on a production budget of $ 306 million becoming the highest-grossing release of 2015 , and the fastest film to earn $ 1 billion worldwide , doing so in twelve-days . The Force Awakens became the third film in history to surpass $ 2 billion worldwide ( after Avatar ( 2009 ) and Titanic ( 1997 ) ) , doing so on its 53rd day of release .   Rotten Tomatoes , a review aggregator , surveyed 360 reviews and judged 92 percent to be positive . The Force Awakens garnered many awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for Abrams ' direction , its action sequences , visual effects , editing and Ridley 's and Boyega 's performances . Several awards held their nominations before the December release of The Force Awakens , making the film ineligible for the 73rd Golden Globe Awards and some other awards ceremonies . However , the film was added to the 21st Critics ' Choice Awards 's slate of best picture nominees after a special vote by the board of directors , and the announcement of the 2015 American Film Institute Awards was delayed until after the release of film , where it was named one of Top Ten Films of the year .   The Force Awakens received five nominations at the 88th Academy Awards as Best Original Score , Best Sound Editing , Best Sound Mixing , Best Film Editing and Best Visual Effects . The film garnered four nominations at 69th British Academy Film Awards , and won for Best Special Visual Effects and a special BAFTA Rising Star Award for John Boyega . At the 21st Empire Awards , the film received nine nominations and won five including Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film , and Best Director for J.J. Abrams . The Force Awakens became the most nominated film in Saturn Awards history with total of thirteen nominations at 42nd Saturn Awards and won eight including Best Science Fiction Film , Best Director and Best Special Effects . The film received seven nominations from the Visual Effects Society , winning four including Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture . Star Wars : The Force Awakens received eleven nominations at MTV Movie Awards , the most for the ceremony and won three including Movie of the Year .

neg: Space opera Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare , melodramatic adventure , interplanetary battles , as well as chivalric romance , and often risk-taking . Set mainly or entirely in outer space , it usually involves conflict between opponents possessing advanced abilities , futuristic weapons , and other sophisticated technology . The term has no relation to music but is instead a play on the terms `` soap opera '' and `` horse opera '' , the latter of which was coined during the 1930s to indicate clichéd and formulaic Western movies . Space operas emerged in the 1930s and they continue to be produced in literature , film , comics , and video games .   Notable space opera novels include the Foundation series ( 1942 -- 1999 ) by Isaac Asimov , the Lensman series ( 1948-1954 ) by E. E. Smith and the Ender 's Game series ( 1985 -- present ) by Orson Scott Card . An early notable space opera film was Flash Gordon ( 1936 -- present ) created by Alex Raymond . In the late 1970s , the Star Wars franchise ( 1977 -- present ) created by George Lucas brought a great deal of attention to the subgenre .

neg: The Signal (2014 film) The Signal is a 2014 American science fiction thriller film directed by William Eubank and co-written with Carlyle Eubank and David Frigerio . The film stars Brenton Thwaites and Laurence Fishburne . The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on June 13 , 2014 . The film is among an increasing number of low-budget , independent science fiction films to be included at the Sundance Film Festival in recent years .

neg: James Bachman James Hamilton Bachman ( born 24 February 1972 ) is an English comedian , actor and writer . He has written for and acted in many British television and radio programmes , including That Mitchell and Webb Look , Saxondale , Bleak Expectations and Sorry , I 've Got No Head . In 2014 he co-starred in the film Transformers : Age of Extinction .   He is the grandson of the best-selling author M. M. Kaye , and holds both British and American citizenship .


query: Wilt Chamberlain scored zero points over his career.

pos: Wilt Chamberlain Wilton Norman Chamberlain ( August 21 , 1936 -- October 12 , 1999 ) was an American basketball player . He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors , the Philadelphia 76ers , and the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) ; he played for the University of Kansas and also for the Harlem Globetrotters before playing in the NBA . The 7 foot 1 inch Chamberlain weighed 250 pounds as a rookie before bulking up to 275 and eventually to over 300 pounds with the Lakers . He played the center position and is widely considered one of the greatest and most dominant players in NBA history .   Chamberlain holds numerous NBA records in scoring , rebounding , and durability categories . He is the only player to score 100 points in a single NBA game or average more than 40 and 50 points in a season . He also won seven scoring , eleven rebounding , nine field goal percentage titles and led the league in assists once . Chamberlain is the only player in NBA history to average at least 30 points and 20 rebounds per game in a season , a feat he accomplished seven times . He is also the only player to average at least 30 points and 20 rebounds per game over the entire course of his NBA career . Although he suffered a long string of professional losses , Chamberlain had a successful career , winning two NBA championships , earning four regular-season Most Valuable Player awards , the Rookie of the Year award , one NBA Finals MVP award , and being selected to 13 All-Star Games and ten All-NBA First and Second teams . Chamberlain was subsequently enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978 , elected into the NBA 's 35th Anniversary Team of 1980 , and chosen as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History of 1996 .   Chamberlain was known by various nicknames during his basketball playing career . He hated the ones that called attention to his height such as `` Goliath '' and `` Wilt the Stilt '' , which was coined during his high school days by a Philadelphia sportswriter . He preferred `` The Big Dipper '' , which was inspired by his friends who saw him dip his head as he walked through doorways . After his basketball career ended , Chamberlain played volleyball in the short-lived International Volleyball Association , was president of this organization , and is enshrined in the IVA Hall of Fame for his contributions . Chamberlain was also a successful businessman , authored several books , and appeared in the movie Conan the Destroyer . He was a lifelong bachelor , and became notorious for his claim to have had sexual intercourse with as many as 20,000 women .

neg: Ed Macauley Charles Edward `` Ed '' Macauley ( March 22 , 1928 -- November 8 , 2011 ) was a professional basketball player in the NBA . His playing nickname was `` Easy Ed . ''   Macauley spent his prep school days at St. Louis University High School , then went on to Saint Louis University , where his team won the NIT championship in 1948 . He was named the AP Player of the Year in 1949 .   Macauley played in the NBA with the St. Louis Bombers , Boston Celtics , and St. Louis Hawks . Macauley was named MVP of the first NBA All-Star Game ( he played in the first seven ) , and was named to the NBA 's All-NBA First Team three consecutive seasons . He was named to the All-NBA second team once , in 1953 -- 54 -- the same season he led the league in field goal percentage . Macauley 's trade ( with Cliff Hagan ) to St. Louis brought Bill Russell to the Celtics . In the two years he coached with the Hawks , he led them to an 89 -- 48 record , with a 9 -- 11 playoff record .   Macauley scored 11,234 points in ten NBA seasons and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960 . At age 32 , he still holds the record for being the youngest male player to be admitted . His uniform number 22 was retired by the Celtics and he was also awarded a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame .   In 1989 Macauley was ordained a deacon of the Catholic Church . With Father Francis Friedl , he coauthored the book Homilies Alive : Creating Homilies That Hit Home .   He died on November 8 , 2011 , at his home in St. Louis , Missouri . He was 83 .

neg: 1958–59 St. Louis Hawks season The 1958 -- 59 St. Louis Hawks season was the franchise 's 13th season in the NBA . Despite winning the NBA Championship , Alex Hannum was replaced as coach of the Hawks in 1958 -- 59 . The new coach was Andy Phillip , and he lasted 10 games before being replaced by Ed Macauley .  The Hawks made player changes . Clyde Lovellette was brought in from the Cincinnati Royals .  The Hawks won the Western Division with a record of 49 wins and 23 losses . Bob Pettit won his 2nd NBA MVP award as he led the league in scoring with 29.2 points per game .  In the Western Division Finals , the Hawks were defeated by the Minneapolis Lakers in 6 games .

neg: Three-peat Three-peat is a term used primarily in American sports to refer to winning three consecutive championships . The term , a portmanteau of the words three and repeat , originated with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association , during their unsuccessful campaign for a third consecutive championship during the 1988 -- 89 season , having won the previous 2 NBA Finals in 1987 and 1988 against the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons , but were swept by the Pistons in the 1989 NBA Finals . The term is a registered trademark owned by Hardo Beers , the Lakers ' Hardo strength coach from 1981 -- 1990 , although it was coined by L.A. player Byron Scott immediately after their victorious championship defense against the Detroit Pistons in the 1988 NBA Finals .

neg: 1994 NBA Finals The 1994 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1993 -- 94 National Basketball Association ( NBA ) season , featuring the Western Conference 's Houston Rockets defeating the Eastern Conference 's New York Knicks .   This matchup was Hakeem Olajuwon 's second NBA Finals appearance , his other being in 1986 , where Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics defeated the Houston Rockets four games to two . The series was Patrick Ewing 's first NBA Finals appearance . The Rockets came in with strong determination to win not only the franchise 's first NBA championship , but the city 's first championship in a league that still existed , while the Knicks were looking to add a third NBA championship trophy , as the Knicks ' last trophy came from the 1973 NBA Finals . The Knicks also hoped to impress their new owners Viacom , who had just bought Paramount Communications ( formerly Gulf + Western ) , their longtime owners ( after the series however , Viacom sold the Knicks and the rest of the Madison Square Garden properties ) .   The series was hailed as a meeting of the two great centers who had previously played for a championship in college . In 1984 while Olajuwon was with the University of Houston and Ewing was with Georgetown University , Georgetown had beaten Houston 84 -- 75 in the 1984 NCAA Championship game . In this series , however , Olajuwon outperformed Ewing , outscoring him in every game of the series and posting numbers of 26.9 ppg on 50.0 % shooting compared to Ewing 's 18.9 ppg on 36.3 % shooting . However , Ewing set an NBA finals record in the series with a total of 30 blocks , and he tied the single-game record of 8 blocks in Game 5 . Tim Duncan would later set the record for most blocks in a Finals series ( 2003 ) with 32 blocks in six games while Dwight Howard would set the record for most blocked shots in a Finals game with 9 blocked shots in Game 4 of the 2009 Finals while with the Orlando Magic .   During the series , the Houston Rockets played seven low-scoring , defensive games against the New York Knicks . After splitting the first two games in Houston , the Knicks won two out of three games at Madison Square Garden , which also hosted the Rangers first Stanley Cup celebration in 54 years during the series .   In Game 6 , however , Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon blocked a last-second championship-winning shot attempt by John Starks , giving the Rockets an 86 -- 84 victory and forcing a Game 7 , which made Knicks Coach Pat Riley the first ( and to this date , the only ) coach in a Game 7 NBA Finals on two different teams , having been with the Los Angeles Lakers in and . In addition , the Knicks set a record for most playoff games played in one season , with 25 . The Detroit Pistons tied this record in . The Boston Celtics , coached by Doc Rivers , would surpass it during their championship season of 2008 when they played 26 .   The Rockets beat the Knicks in Game 7 , 90 -- 84 , enabling the city of Houston to not only celebrate its first NBA and fifth professional sports championship ( first in an existing league ) , but also deny New York from having both NBA and NHL championships in the same year ( Chicago had suffered this fate in 1992 , with the Bulls winning their second NBA championship and the Blackhawks losing in the Stanley Cup Finals ) . For his efforts Olajuwon was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player . For the Knicks , Riley had the unfortunate distinction of having become the first ( and to this date , the only ) coach to lose a Game 7 NBA Finals on two different teams , having lost to the Celtics in 1984 . It also denied him the distinction of being the first coach to win a Game 7 NBA Finals with two different teams , having defeated the Detroit Pistons in 1988 .   NBC Sports used Ahmad Rashād ( Knicks sideline ) and Hannah Storm ( Rockets sideline ) .   Hal Douglas narrated the season-ending documentary Clutch City for NBA Entertainment .

neg: Jayhawkers (film) Jayhawkers is an American sports drama/biographical film directed by Kevin Willmott , following the life of Wilt Chamberlain , Phog Allen , and the 1956 Kansas Jayhawks basketball team .

neg: Garfield Smith Garfield Smith ( born November 18 , 1945 ) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA and ABA . He was drafted with the tenth pick in the third round of the 1968 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics . In two seasons in the NBA , Smith averaged 2.7 points per game and 2.1 rebounds per game . Smith also played one season in the ABA for the San Diego Conquistadors where he averaged 3.7 points per game and 4.3 rebounds per game .

neg: NBA Most Valuable Player Award The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) is an annual National Basketball Association ( NBA ) award given since the 1955 -- 56 season to the best performing player of the regular season . The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy , which is named in honor of the first commissioner ( then president ) of the NBA , who served from 1946 until 1963 . Until the , the MVP was selected by a vote of NBA players . Since the , the award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada , each of whom casts a vote for first to fifth place selections . Each first-place vote is worth 10 points ; each second-place vote is worth seven ; each third-place vote is worth five , fourth-place is worth three and fifth-place is worth one . Starting from 2010 , one ballot was cast by fans through online voting . The player with the highest point total wins the award . , the current holder of the award is Stephen Curry , who won both the 2015 and 2016 MVP Awards .   Every player who has won this award and has been eligible for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has been inducted . Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the award a record six times . Both Bill Russell and Michael Jordan won the award five times , while Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James won the award four times . Russell and James are the only players to have won the award four times in five seasons . Moses Malone , Larry Bird and Magic Johnson each won the award three times , while Bob Pettit , Karl Malone , Tim Duncan , Steve Nash and Stephen Curry have each won it twice . Only two rookies have won the award : Wilt Chamberlain in the and Wes Unseld in the 1968 -- 69 season . Hakeem Olajuwon of Nigeria , Tim Duncan of the U.S. Virgin Islands , Steve Nash of Canada and Dirk Nowitzki of Germany are the only MVP winners considered `` international players '' by the NBA .   Stephen Curry in 2015 -- 16 is the only player to have won the award unanimously . Shaquille O'Neal in 1999 -- 2000 and LeBron James in 2012 -- 13 are the only two players to have fallen one vote shy of a unanimous selection , both receiving 120 of 121 votes . Since the , every winner was from a team that won at least 50 games in the regular season that year.Except for seasons affected by lockouts , when the schedule was shortened from the norm of 82 games . Karl Malone won in 1998 -- 99 when Utah was 37 -- 13 in 50 games , which projected to 60 wins in 82 games . James won in 2011 -- 12 when the Miami Heat were 46 -- 20 in 66 games , which projected to 57 wins .

neg: 1994–95 Cleveland Cavaliers season The 1994 -- 95 NBA season was the 25th season of the National Basketball Association for the franchise based in Cleveland , Ohio . This was also the team 's first season playing at the Gund Arena . During the offseason , the Cavaliers signed unrestricted free agent Michael Cage . Despite losing Brad Daugherty and Gerald Wilkins for the entire season , and Mark Price for 34 games due to injuries , the Cavaliers posted an 11-game winning streak in December which led them to a 20 -- 8 start . However , they played below .500 for the remainder of the season , finishing 4th in the Central Division with a 43 -- 39 record . Tyrone Hill was the team 's leading rebounder and was selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game . However , the Cavaliers would lose to the New York Knicks 3 -- 1 in the first round of the playoffs . Following the season , Price was traded to the Washington Bullets , Hot Rod Williams was dealt to the Phoenix Suns , and Wilkins left in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft .   For the season the team added black , light blue and orange to their color scheme , as well as new uniforms and a logo , which would remain in use until 2003 . Although , the uniforms were slightly changed in 1997 .   Key Dates :

neg: 1993–94 Utah Jazz season The 1993 -- 94 NBA season was the Jazz 's 20th season in the National Basketball Association , and 15th season in Salt Lake City , Utah . During the offseason , the Jazz signed unrestricted free agent All-Star forward Tom Chambers , and acquired Felton Spencer from the Minnesota Timberwolves . John Stockton led the league in assists for the seventh straight season , as Karl Malone joined the list in all-time points scored topping the 19,000 point mark . Both were selected for the 1994 NBA All-Star Game . At midseason , the Jazz traded Jeff Malone to the Philadelphia 76ers for Jeff Hornacek . With the addition of Hornacek , the Jazz went on to win ten consecutive games between February and March . They won nine of their final eleven games finishing third in the Midwest Division with a 53 -- 29 record .   In the first round of the playoffs , the Jazz defeated the 4th-seeded San Antonio Spurs after losing Game 1 . In the semifinals , they took a 3 -- 0 series lead over the 8th-seeded Denver Nuggets . However , the Jazz would lose the next three games to the Nuggets , then finally win Game 7 and advance to the next round . In the Western Conference Finals , they lost five games to the Houston Rockets . Following the season , Tyrone Corbin was traded to the Atlanta Hawks .

neg: Michael Wilson (basketball) Michael Wilson is a former player of the Harlem Globetrotters and the University of Memphis , also known as ` Wild Thing ' .   Wilson , 6 ' 5 , holds the world record for the highest dunk . On April 1 , 2000 , Wilson dunked a basketball on a goal set at 3.65 m ( 12 feet ) from the floor ; the feat placed him in the Guinness Book Of World Records , and broke a previous record held by former Arizona State University basketball star Joey Johnson , the younger brother of former NBA great Dennis Johnson . However , Wilt Chamberlain was also known to have performed the feat on an experimental basket set up by Phog Allen at the University of Kansas in the 1950s . Chamberlain , unlike Wilson , did not have the advantage of being given an alley oop . In 2001 the record ( 3.65 m ) was repeated by Robertas Javtokas from Lithuania during a local All Stars day .   Michael Wilson played high school basketball at Melrose High School in Memphis , Tennessee . The Texarkana Gazette reported that he had a 52-inch vertical leap .   In 1995 , he was a starter on the University of Memphis Tiger basketball team that went to the Sweet 16 under coach Larry Finch .   Wilson is the former Director of Headfirst Basketball .   He is now founder and CEO of World Record Basketball .

neg: Jack Chamberlain (sportsman) John `` Jack '' Aloysius Chamberlain ( 29 August 1884 -- 1 April 1941 ) was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football , cricket and rugby union at a high level .   After spending some time in Tasmania , Chamberlain moved to Sydney at the age of 17 and played Australian rules football for Paddington . During this time , he twice represented New South Wales at interstate football . He took up soccer when he moved to Perth two years later but gave it away in 1906 to play for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football Association . Chamberlain also played cricket in the summer and played one first-class match for Western Australia against New South Wales in March 1907 .   In 1908 he signed with the Norwood Football Club in the South Australian Football League . Playing as a forward , Chamberlain kicked 30 goals to top his club 's goalkicking and fall just three short of league leader J. Mathieson from Port Adelaide . He participated in the 1908 Challenge Final , which Norwood lost narrowly , and represented South Australia in that year 's Melbourne Carnival .   Chamberlain played for Norwood initially in 1909 but during the year was relocated to Singapore , through his work with the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company . While in Singapore he played rugby union and represented the Crown colony in fixtures again the Malay State . He also played for the Straits Settlements cricket team , appearing in four matches against the Federated Malay States between 1910 and 1913 . In 1914 , while on leave , Chamberplain played again with Norwood .   Two brothers , Cornelius and Leonard , were also gifted sportsmen . They played league football with Norwood and first-class cricket for South Australia .

neg: 1993–94 Atlanta Hawks season The 1993 -- 94 NBA season was the Hawks ' 45th season in the National Basketball Association , and 26th season in Atlanta . In the offseason , Michael Jordan shocked the NBA by announcing his retirement . This meant that various teams in the league had an opportunity to contend for a championship . The Hawks hired Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens as their new head coach . Wilkens was a star guard for the franchise when it was based in St. Louis in the 1960s . Wilkens was quickly moving up the all-time coaching wins list after successful runs with the Seattle SuperSonics and Cleveland Cavaliers . Wilkens employed a defensive system which benefited several members of the team . The team also signed free agents Craig Ehlo and Andrew Lang during the offseason .   The Hawks got off to a slow start losing four of their first five games , but then went on a 14-game winning streak as they held a 34 -- 13 record before the All-Star break . Despite being in first place in the East , the Hawks would trade franchise leading scorer Dominique Wilkins to the Los Angeles Clippers for All-Star forward Danny Manning on February 24 . By the end of the season , the Hawks finished first overall in the Eastern Conference with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses . Guards Stacey Augmon and Mookie Blaylock were both named to the NBA All-Defensive team . Blaylock was also selected for the 1994 NBA All-Star Game along with Wilkins , and Coach of The Year , Lenny Wilkens coaching the Eastern Conference .   In the playoffs , the Hawks defeated the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in five games after trailing 2 -- 1 , but lost to the 5th-seeded Indiana Pacers four games to two in the semifinals . Following the season , Manning signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Phoenix Suns , Duane Ferrell signed with the Indiana Pacers , and second-year forward Adam Keefe was traded to the Utah Jazz .

neg: Larry Cannon (basketball) Lawrence T. `` Larry '' Cannon ( born April 12 , 1947 ) is a retired American basketball player , a former 6 ' 5 '' ( 1.93 m ) guard born and raised in Philadelphia . At Lincoln High , he set scoring records that stand to this day . Cannon scored more points all-time than any Philadelphia high school player not named Wilt Chamberlain .

neg: 1999–2000 Phoenix Suns season The 1999 -- 2000 NBA season was the 32nd season for the National Basketball Association 's Phoenix Suns . During the offseason , the Suns acquired All-Star guard Anfernee Hardaway from the Orlando Magic , while signing free agent Rodney Rogers and re-signing former Suns center Oliver Miller . Scott Skiles would come on as head coach , replacing Danny Ainge after a 13 -- 7 start to the season . The Suns would finish third in the Pacific Division at 53 -- 29 , and extend the franchise 's record for playoff appearances before losing in the Western Conference semifinals .   Clifford Robinson led the team in scoring at 18.5 points per game . Hardaway , Jason Kidd , Rodney Rogers , Tom Gugliotta , and top draft pick Shawn Marion rounded out a list of six Suns players averaging double-digits in points . Kidd led the NBA in assists per game and was tied for fifth in steals , while being selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game . Rogers finished the regular season fourth in three-point field goal percentage , and won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award . Kidd would earn All-NBA First Team and NBA All-Defensive Second Team honors . In March , former Suns guard Kevin Johnson came out of his retirement and played in six games . He would then retire for the second time after the playoffs .   The Suns finished with the same regular season record , but did not have home court advantage going into their first round match-up with the San Antonio Spurs . Still , the Suns would advance to their first conference semifinals appearance since the 1994 -- 95 season en route to taking the series three games to one . The Suns lost in the conference semifinals to new league MVP Shaquille O'Neal and the eventual champion Los Angeles Lakers four games to one . Following the season , Rex Chapman retired , Miller was released and Luc Longley was traded to the New York Knicks .

neg: Jack Parr (basketball) Jack Parr ( March 13 , 1936 -- January 4 , 2015 ) was an American professional basketball player . Parr was born in Louisville , Kentucky . He played college basketball at Kansas State University . Kansas State retired his jersey , and his number 33 is hanging from the rafters . He was drafted by the Cincinnati Royals in the 10th round of the 1958 NBA draft . He played 66 games for the Royals in 1958 -- 1959 , averaging 4.0 points per game .   Jack Parr was not what you would call a picture player early in his career , but he was endowed with an intensity and inner drive that spearheaded him to All-America stature . Rugged and strong , he would sweep the boards . Parr 's assortment of shots included a hook and a soft `` face the basket '' jumper . Against Kansas in Lawrence in 1958 , Parr made perhaps his greatest defensive play . With the final seconds ticking away , Kansas went to Wilt Chamberlain under the basket for an assumed easy lay-in . Parr went straight up and batted the ball away , enabling K-State to take a thrilling 79 -- 75 victory .   Three times Parr gained all-league honors . Twice he helped the Wildcats to conference championships and NCAA play and twice received All-America recognition . He still holds KSU 's single-season rebounding record and is second on the career charts . He ranks 10th among the all-time Wildcat scoring leaders with 1,184 points . Parr played one season professionally with the Cincinnati Royals before turning to private business and becoming a Big Eight basketball official . He died in January 2015 , aged 78 , at his home in Lindsborg , Kansas .

neg: 1992–93 Atlanta Hawks season The 1992 -- 93 NBA season was the Hawks ' 44th season in the National Basketball Association , and 25th season in Atlanta . Prior to the start of the season , the Hawks acquired point guard Mookie Blaylock from the New Jersey Nets . After losing their season opener at home to the New York Knicks 106 -- 94 , the Hawks would defeat the defending champion Chicago Bulls on the road , 100 -- 99 at the Chicago Stadium on November 7 . However , they got off to a rough start losing five of their first seven games , which led them to a mediocre 12 -- 17 start in early January . With a 26 -- 31 record , they would win 12 of their next 13 games while posting a 12 -- 3 record in March , on their way to finishing fourth in the Central Division with a 43 -- 39 record .   Dominique Wilkins surpassed Bob Pettit as the Hawks all-time scoring leader , finishing second in the league in scoring averaging 29.9 points per game . He was named to the All-NBA Second Team and selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game . However , in the first round of the playoffs , the Hawks would be swept by the Bulls in three straight games . Following the season , head coach Bob Weiss was fired .   For the season , the Hawks changed their uniforms which lasted until 1995 .

neg: 2003–04 Sacramento Kings season The 2003 -- 04 NBA season was the Kings ' 55th season in the NBA and 19th in Sacramento . The season was best remembered for the team making a move in the offseason , acquiring Brad Miller from the Indiana Pacers and signing free agent Anthony Peeler . Superstar forward Chris Webber , who spent most of the season recovering from microfracture knee surgery , then serving a suspension due to the Ed Martin scandal , returned for the final 23 games of the season in which they played mediocre basketball the rest of the way .   Still , the Kings finished the season second in the Pacific Division with a 55 -- 27 record . In the first round of the playoffs , the Kings got the last laugh as they defeated their archrivals the Dallas Mavericks in five games , before falling to Kevin Garnett and the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round as Webber missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer in Game 7 . This ended the Kings ' attempt at a championship as their core would be dismantled the following season , which included Vlade Divac re-signing as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers , and Gerald Wallace leaving for the 2004 NBA Expansion Draft .

neg: 1994–95 Minnesota Timberwolves season The 1994 -- 95 NBA season was the Timberwolves ' 6th season in the National Basketball Association . During the offseason , the Timberwolves acquired Sean Rooks from the Dallas Mavericks . Under new head coach Bill Blair , the Timberwolves continued to struggle losing 13 of their first 14 games , as Michael Williams missed all but one game of the season due to a left heel injury . Midway through the season , top draft pick Donyell Marshall was traded to the Golden State Warriors for Tom Gugliotta . Despite a stellar season from second-year star Isaiah Rider leading the team in scoring with 20.4 points per game , the Timberwolves lost nine of their final ten games . They finished last place in the Midwest Division with a 21 -- 61 record , setting a dubious record in becoming the first team ever to lose 60 or more games in four consecutive seasons .

neg: Offensive rating Offensive rating or offensive efficiency is a statistic used in basketball to measure either a team 's offensive performance or an individual player 's efficiency at producing points for the offense . It was created by author and statistician Dean Oliver .   For teams , the formula is : 100 x Pts / 0.5 * ( ( Tm FGA + 0.4 * Tm FTA - 1.07 * ( Tm ORB / ( Tm ORB + Opp DRB ) ) * ( Tm FGA - Tm FG ) + Tm TOV ) + ( Opp FGA + 0.4 * Opp FTA - 1.07 * ( Opp ORB / ( Opp ORB + Tm DRB ) ) * ( Opp FGA - Opp FG ) + Opp TOV ) )   For players , the formula is : Offensive Rating = ( Points Produced / Individual Possessions ) x 100   Points can be produced through field goals , free throws , assists , and offensive rebounds . Individual possessions are the sum of a player 's scoring possessions ( field goals , free throws , plus partial credit for assists ) , missed field goals and free throws that the defense rebounds , and turnovers .

neg: 2003 NBA All-Star Game The 2003 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 9 , 2003 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta , home of the Atlanta Hawks . This game was the 52nd edition of the North American National Basketball Association ( NBA ) All-Star Game and was played during the 2002 -- 03 NBA season .   The West defeated the East 155-145 in double overtime , with Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves winning the Most Valuable Player . Garnett scored 37 points , grabbed 9 rebounds , and had 5 steals . Allen Iverson led the East with 35 points .   This was the first All-Star Game to be transmitted on cable television , through TNT . This was also the 14th and final All-Star Game that Michael Jordan participated in , as a result of his final retirement after the 2002 -- 03 season .