query: Dwyane Wade is a basketball player.

pos: NBA All-Rookie Team The NBA All-Rookie Team is an annual National Basketball Association ( NBA ) honor given since the 1962 -- 63 NBA season to the top rookies during the regular season . Voting is conducted by the NBA head coaches ; who are not allowed to vote for players on their own team . The All-Rookie Team is generally composed of two five-man lineups , a first team and a second team . The players each receive two points for each first team vote and one point for each second team vote . The top five players with the highest point total make the first team , with the next five making the second team . In the case of a tie at the fifth position of either team , the roster is expanded . If the first team consists of six players due to a tie , the second team will still consist of five players with the potential for more expansion in the event of additional ties . Ties have occurred several times , most recently in 2012 , when Kawhi Leonard , Iman Shumpert , and Brandon Knight tied in votes received . No respect is given to positions . For example , the first team had four forwards , and one guard in 2008 , while the first team had four centers ( two of which were forward-centers ) and one guard in 2016 .   Nine All-Rookie Team members have won both the Rookie of the Year Award and the Most Valuable Player Award ( MVP ) during their careers . Wilt Chamberlain and Wes Unseld are the only players to accomplish this feat in the same season . As of the end of the , 29 members of the All-Rookie Team have been elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame , 28 members were not born in the United States and 120 members are active in the NBA .

pos: 2003 NBA draft The 2003 NBA draft was held on June 26 , 2003 , at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City , New York . The NBA announced that 41 college and high school players and a record 31 international players had filed as early-entry candidates for the 2003 NBA draft . The Cleveland Cavaliers , who had a 22.50 percent probability of obtaining the first selection , won the NBA draft lottery on May 22 , and Cleveland chairman Gordon Gund said afterward his team would select LeBron James . The Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets were second and third respectively .   The 2003 draft is known for having one of the most talented draft pools in draft history . Four of the top five picks are NBA All-Stars and `` Redeem Team '' Olympic Gold Medalists : Carmelo Anthony , Chris Bosh , Dwyane Wade , and LeBron James . Many players have been in the starting line-ups of their respective teams ; nine have already participated in an All-Star Game , Dwyane Wade was named NBA Finals MVP in 2006 and won the NBA All Star Game MVP in 2010 , Boris Diaw won the Most Improved Player Award in 2006 , Jason Kapono won the three point shootout back-to-back years in 2007 and 2008 , James Jones won the three point shootout in 2011 , Leandro Barbosa won the Sixth Man Award in 2007 , Kyle Korver set the NBA record for three point shooting percentage in 2010 ( 53.6 % ) , and in the 2009 , 2010 , 2012 , and 2013 seasons LeBron James won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award , and the NBA Finals MVP in 2012 , 2013 and 2016 . Carmelo Anthony won the 2013 NBA Scoring Title and is the only player in NBA history to win at least three Olympic gold medals . Chris Bosh left Toronto in 2010 as its all-time leader in points , rebounds , blocks , double doubles , free throws made and attempted , and minutes played . The 2003 draft class has drawn comparisons to the 1984 and 1996 NBA draft classes , but is also known for the Detroit Pistons making the controversial selection of Darko Miličić with the second pick over other prospects . Four of the first five picks have won an NBA Championship : Darko Miličić with the Pistons in 2004 ; Dwyane Wade with the Heat in 2006 , 2012 and 2013 ; Chris Bosh also with the Heat in 2012 and 2013 ; LeBron James with the Heat in 2012 and 2013 and in 2016 with the Cavaliers . Out of the entire draft , only Nick Collison has played his entire career for the team that drafted him , although Kirk Hinrich , after being traded twice , returned to the Bulls team that drafted him and holds the team record for most career 3-point field goals and is third all-time in games played , behind only Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen . LeBron James , who was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003 , left for the Miami Heat in 2010 , but re-signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers on July 11 , 2014 .

pos: Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago , Illinois . The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member of the league 's Eastern Conference Central Division . The team was founded on January 16 , 1966 . The team plays its home games at the United Center , an arena shared with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . The Bulls saw their greatest success during the 1990s . They are known for having one of the NBA 's greatest dynasties , winning six NBA championships between 1991 and 1998 with two three-peats . All six championship teams were led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan , Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson . The Bulls are the only NBA franchise to win multiple championships and never lose an NBA Finals series in their history .   The Bulls won 72 games during the 1995 -- 96 NBA season , setting an NBA record that stood until the Golden State Warriors won 73 games during the 2015 -- 16 NBA season . The Bulls were the first team in NBA history to win 70 games or more in a single season , and the only NBA franchise to do so until the 2015 -- 16 Warriors . Many experts and analysts consider the 1996 Bulls to be one of the greatest teams in NBA history . As of 2016 , the Bulls are the third most valuable NBA franchise according to Forbes , with an estimated value of $ 2.3 billion , earning approximately $ 67.6 million in operating income from the 2015 -- 16 NBA season . Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose have both won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award while playing for the Bulls , for a total of six MVP awards .   The Bulls share rivalries with the Detroit Pistons , New York Knicks , and the Miami Heat . The Bulls ' rivalry with the Pistons was highlighted heavily during the late 1980s and early 1990s .

pos: National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association ( NBA ) is the major men 's professional basketball league in North America , and is widely considered to be the premier men 's professional basketball league in the world . It has 30 teams ( 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada ) , and is an active member of USA Basketball ( USAB ) , which is recognized by FIBA ( also known as the International Basketball Federation ) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States . The NBA is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . NBA players are the world 's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player .   The league was founded in New York City on June 6 , 1946 , as the Basketball Association of America ( BAA ) . The league adopted the name National Basketball Association on August 3 , 1949 , after merging with its rival National Basketball League ( NBL ) . The league 's several international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head offices located in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York City . NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus , New Jersey .

pos: List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders In basketball , points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throws or field goals . The National Basketball Association 's ( NBA ) scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given season . The scoring title was originally determined by total points scored through the 1968 -- 69 season , after which points per game was used to determine the leader instead . Players who earned scoring titles before the 1979 -- 80 season did not record any three-point field goals because the three-point line was first implemented in the NBA during that season . To qualify for the scoring title , the player must appear in at least 70 games ( out of 82 ) or have at least 1,400 points . These have been the entry criteria since the 1974 -- 75 season .   Wilt Chamberlain holds the all-time records for total points scored ( 4,029 ) and points per game ( 50.4 ) in a season ; both records were achieved in the 1961 -- 62 season . He also holds the rookie records for points per game when he averaged 37.6 points in the 1959 -- 60 season . Among active players , Kevin Durant has the highest point total ( 2,593 ) and the highest scoring average ( 32.0 ) in a season ; both were achieved in the 2013 -- 14 season .   Michael Jordan has won the most scoring titles , with ten . Jordan and Chamberlain are the only players to have won seven consecutive scoring titles ( this was also Chamberlain 's career total ) . George Gervin , Allen Iverson and Durant have won four scoring titles in their career , and George Mikan , Neil Johnston and Bob McAdoo have achieved it three times . Paul Arizin , Bob Pettit , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Shaquille O'Neal , Tracy McGrady , Kobe Bryant , and Russell Westbrook have each won the scoring title twice . Since the 1946 -- 47 season , five players have won both the scoring title and the NBA championship in the same season : Fulks in 1947 with the Philadelphia Warriors , Mikan from 1949 to 1950 with the Minneapolis Lakers , Abdul-Jabbar ( then Alcindor ) in 1971 with the Milwaukee Bucks , Jordan from 1991 to 1993 and from 1996 to 1998 with the Chicago Bulls , and O'Neal in 2000 with the Los Angeles Lakers . Since the introduction of the three-point field goal , O'Neal is the only scoring leader to have made no three-point field goals in his winning season .   At 21 years and 197 days , Durant is the youngest scoring leader in NBA history , averaging 30.1 points in the 2009 -- 10 season . The most recent champion is Russell Westbrook , who averaged a career-high 31.6 points in the 2016 -- 17 season .

pos: 2012 NBA Finals The 2012 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011 -- 12 season of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , and the conclusion of the season 's playoffs . The Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder 4 games to 1 to win their second NBA title . Heat forward LeBron James was named the Finals MVP .   This marked the fourth time in franchise history that the Oklahoma City Thunder appeared in the NBA Finals , and the first time since the Seattle SuperSonics relocated from Seattle , Washington to Oklahoma City , Oklahoma in 2008 . The franchise had previously appeared as the SuperSonics in 1996 . It also marked the Miami Heat 's third appearance in the NBA Finals . The Heat previously appeared in 2006 and 2011 , both times against the Dallas Mavericks .   It was the first NBA Finals in 13 seasons that was not held in either the states of California or Texas ; the 3 teams that won the previous 12 Western Conference titles the Dallas Mavericks , the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs were eliminated by this season 's Western Conference champion , the Oklahoma City Thunder , in that order .   The series began on June 12 , five days later than its originally planned June 7 start . This delay was due to the lockout that pushed the start of the season to late December and shortened the regular season to 66 games . The series then ended on June 21 . Under the 2 -- 3 -- 2 rotation , the Thunder had home-court advantage , since they had a better regular season record than the Heat , and thus hosted the first two games . The Heat also became the first team since the 2008 -- 09 Los Angeles Lakers to win the NBA title after losing the previous year , and the first Eastern Conference team to do so since the 1988 -- 89 Detroit Pistons .

pos: Dwyane Wade Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. ( -LSB- dweɪn -RSB- ; born January 17 , 1982 ) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . He has established himself as one of the most well-known and popular players in the league . Wade had the top-selling jersey in the NBA for nearly two years , leading the league in jersey sales from the 2005 NBA Playoffs , until the midpoint of the 2006 -- 07 season .   After a successful college career at Marquette , Wade was drafted fifth overall in the 2003 NBA draft by the Miami Heat . He was named to the All-Rookie team and the All-Star team the following twelve seasons . In his third season , Wade led the Heat to their first NBA championship in franchise history and was named the 2006 NBA Finals MVP . At the 2008 Summer Olympics , Wade led the United States men 's basketball team , commonly known as the `` Redeem Team '' , in scoring , and helped them capture gold medal honors in Beijing , China . In the 2008 -- 09 season , Wade led the league in scoring and earned his first NBA scoring title . With LeBron James and Chris Bosh , Wade guided Miami to four consecutive NBA Finals from 2011 to 2014 , winning back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013 . In 2016 , Wade departed the Heat in free agency to play for the Chicago Bulls .

neg: 1907–08 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team The 1907 -- 08 Georgetown Hoyas men 's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1907-08 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States college basketball season . Maurice Joyce coached the team in his first season as head coach . Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at the Convention Hall at 5th and K Streets NW in downtown Washington , D.C.   Joyce had introduced the new sport of basketball to Washington , D.C. , in 1892 -- the year after its invention by James Naismith -- and had fostered its development there over the next 15 years as Director of Physical Education at the Carroll Institute . In the autumn of 1906 , Georgetown had hired him as its athletic director with an eye toward developing a men 's basketball program at the school , and he had founded the program late that year , in time to field Georgetowns first team in the 1906-07 season . That team had had no coach , relying instead on an elected student manager to provide leadership , monitor the teams finances , and schedule games and practices -- roles now performed by the schools athletic department and coach . For Georgetowns second season in 1907-08 , Joyce formally became the teams first head coach , although this did not diminish the role of the student manager , who continued in his duties ; rather , the head coach acted as a teacher and faculty advisor , available to provide advice to the players during games rather than lead the team on the court . It was not until the late 1920s that the modern role of the head coach as in-game leader emerged .

neg: NBA Live 96 NBA Live 96 is the second installment of the NBA Live video games series . The PC and PlayStation covers features Shaquille O'Neal of the Orlando Magic , while the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis box covers show a photo of the tip-off to Game 1 of the 1995 NBA Finals . The game was published by EA Sports and released on November 30 , 1995 . The PlayStation and PC versions were the first games in the series to feature a 3D rendered court , allowing for multiple camera angles using EA 's `` Virtual Stadium '' technology ( also used by FIFA Soccer 96 ) . The on-court player graphics remained 2D sprites . It was also the first NBA Live game released for the PlayStation . NBA Live 96 is followed by NBA Live 97 .

neg: 2006–07 Miami Heat season The 2006 -- 07 Miami Heat season was the 19th season of the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . Despite injuries to several players , including Dwyane Wade , the Heat repeated as Southeast division champions . With a record of 44 -- 38 , it was clear that the Heat was not the same team of years past . The Heat ended the season with a four-game playoff sweep to the Chicago Bulls in the first round . Following the season , Gary Payton retired .

neg: 1998–99 Toronto Raptors season The 1998 -- 99 NBA season was the Raptors ' fourth season in the National Basketball Association . In the 1998 NBA draft , the Raptors selected Antawn Jamison out of the University of North Carolina with the fourth overall pick . However , they traded Jamison to the Golden State Warriors for his college teammate Vince Carter , who is also second-year star Tracy McGrady 's cousin . Other offseason acquisitions included Charles Oakley from the New York Knicks , Kevin Willis from the Houston Rockets and free agent Michael Stewart . During the regular season , which was shortened due to a four-month lockout , the Raptors moved into their new arena Air Canada Centre . After a 6 -- 12 start , the Raptors played their best basketball winning 12 of their next 14 games . However , they lost 13 of their final 18 games , and finished the season with a 23 -- 27 record , sixth in the Central Division . Carter averaged 18.3 points per game and was named Rookie of the Year . Following the season , John Wallace re-signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks .

neg: Draymond Green Draymond Jamal Green Sr. ( born March 4 , 1990 ) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . Green , who plays primarily at the power forward position , was named to the NBA All-Defensive Team and won his first NBA championship with the Warriors in 2015 . Green was named an NBA All-Star and All-NBA Team member the following two seasons .   Green grew up in Saginaw , Michigan , and played college basketball for Michigan State , where he helped the Spartans earn two Final Four appearances and a Big Ten Tournament championship in 2012 . Throughout his four-year college career , Green earned conference and national honors , including Big Ten Conference Sixth Man of the Year as a sophomore , and consensus All-American and NABC National Player of the Year honors as a senior . He went on to be drafted 35th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors , and later played a key role on the Warriors ' 2015 championship team .   Green , who often plays significant minutes for the Warriors as an undersized center , has been cited as one of the leaders in an emerging trend in the NBA of versatile frontcourt players capable of playing and defending multiple positions , making plays for teammates and spacing the floor .

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: Gary Payton Gary Dwayne Payton ( born July 23 , 1968 ) is an American former professional basketball player . He started at the point guard position . He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics , and holds Seattle franchise records in points , assists , and steals . He also played with the Milwaukee Bucks , Los Angeles Lakers , Boston Celtics and Miami Heat , the last with whom he won an NBA championship . He was nicknamed `` The Glove '' for his excellent defensive ability . He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on September 8 , 2013 .   Payton is widely considered one of the best point guards of all time and is the only point guard that has won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award . He was selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team nine times , an NBA record he shares with Michael Jordan , Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant . He was also a nine-time NBA All-Star and a nine-time All-NBA Team member .   Considered the `` NBA 's reigning high scorer among point guards '' in his prime , Payton is referred to as `` probably as complete a guard as there ever was '' by Basketball Hall of Famer Gail Goodrich .

neg: 2014–15 Houston Rockets season The 2014 -- 15 Houston Rockets season was the 48th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , and the 44th in the Houston area . The Rockets finished the regular season with a 56 -- 26 record , the third best in franchise history . They also won their first ever Southwest Division title and first Division crown since 1994 . The Rockets beat the Dallas Mavericks 4 -- 1 in the first round , advancing to the Western Conference Semifinals for the first time since 2009 . They beat the Los Angeles Clippers in seven games after trailing the series 1 -- 3 , advancing to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 1997 . They became just the ninth team in NBA history to come back from such a deficit -- and currently the only franchise to do so twice . The Rockets ' season ended with a 1 -- 4 loss in the Western Conference Finals to the Golden State Warriors .

neg: 2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season The 2016 -- 17 Cleveland Cavaliers season is the 47th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . For the first time in franchise history , the Cavaliers entered the season as the defending NBA champions . The Cavaliers also broke the record of most made three-pointers in a regular season game with 25 against the Atlanta Hawks .   The Cavaliers finished the regular season with a 51 -- 31 record , securing the 2nd seed . In the playoffs , the Cavaliers defeated and swept the Indiana Pacers in four games in the First Round , advancing to the Semifinals . They then defeated and swept the Toronto Raptors in four games , advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals . They defeated the Boston Celtics in five games to advance to the NBA Finals for the third straight season . In the 2017 NBA Finals , the Cavaliers will face the Golden State Warriors for the third straight year .

neg: Troy Williams Troy Williams ( born December 30 , 1994 ) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers .

neg: Wallace Wade William Wallace Wade ( June 15 , 1892 -- October 7 , 1986 ) was an American football player and coach of football , basketball , and baseball . He served as the head football coach at the University of Alabama from 1923 to 1930 and at Duke University from 1931 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1950 , compiling a career college football record of 171 -- 49 -- 10 . His tenure at Duke was interrupted by military service during World War II . Wade 's Alabama Crimson Tide football teams of 1925 , 1926 , and 1930 have been recognized as national champions , while his 1938 Duke team had an unscored upon regular season , giving up its only points in the final minute of the 1939 Rose Bowl . Wade won a total of ten Southern Conference football titles , four with Alabama and six with the Duke Blue Devils . He coached in five Rose Bowls including the 1942 game , which was relocated from Pasadena , California to Durham , North Carolina after the attack on Pearl Harbor .   Wade served as the head basketball and baseball coach at Vanderbilt University for two seasons ( 1921 -- 1923 ) , tallying a mark of 24 -- 16 , while he was an assistant football coach there . He was also the head baseball coach at Vanderbilt from 1922 to 1923 and at Alabama from 1924 to 1927 , amassing a career college baseball record of 87 -- 45 -- 2 . Wade played football at Brown University . After retiring from coaching , Wade served as the commissioner of the Southern Conference from 1951 to 1960 . He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1955 . Duke 's football stadium was renamed in his honor as Wallace Wade Stadium in 1967 .

neg: Amateur Athletic Association (basketball) The Amateur Athletic Association is an amateur basketball league that was created in 1897 . It hosts the annual AAU National Tournament . All players participating have to be amateurs .  During the 1960s players who left college before the formation of the American Basketball League and  American Basketball Association had two three options : The National Basketball League , the Eastern League or AAU basketball . And the AAU basketball was attractive to many players who wished to remain eligible for the Olympics . Several AAU teams were sponsored by corporations which provided jobs to the players on their teams .  Famous NBA names played or coached in the AAU Tournaments such as David Robinson , Larry Brown , Gregg Popovich , Bob Kurland , Mike Krzyzewski ( as a coach ) , Jay Triano , Phil Jordon , Roger Brown , George Yardley , Jim Pollard , Clyde Lovellette and Bob Boozer .

neg: 1998–99 Miami Heat season The 1998 -- 99 NBA season was the 11th season for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association . During the offseason , the Heat signed free agents Terry Porter and Clarence Weatherspoon . In the shortened NBA season , the Heat won 18 of their first 23 games , despite Jamal Mashburn playing just 24 games due to a knee injury , and Voshon Lenard missing 38 games with a broken leg . Miami finished with a 33 -- 17 win-loss record , which earned them the # 1 seed in the Eastern Conference . Alonzo Mourning was named Defensive Player of the Year , and finished second in MVP voting behind Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz .   In the playoffs , the Heat faced the New York Knicks for the third consecutive time . The 8th-seeded Knicks defeated the Heat in the Eastern Conference First round , with Allan Houston of New York hitting a buzzer-beater basket in the winner-take-all Game 5 , which prevailed the Knicks over Miami , 78 -- 77 . This was also their final full season playing at the Miami Arena . Following the season , Porter signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs , and longtime Heat forward Keith Askins retired .

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: James White (basketball) James William White IV ( born October 21 , 1982 ) is an American professional basketball player for Petrochimi Bandar Imam of the Iranian Basketball Super League . Standing at a height of 6 ' 7 '' , and weighing 215 lbs , he plays the positions of shooting guard and small forward . White earned the nickname ` Flight 75 ' due to his leaping ability .   White is well known for his athleticism and his ability to dunk . Since high school , his most famous dunk has been the between-the-legs dunk , with many variations . He is also known for his ability to jump from the free throw line and dunk a basketball with both hands . ` Flight ' White was a runner-up in two notable dunk contests : behind future University of Florida and Golden State Warriors power forward David Lee in the 2001 McDonald 's High School Slam Dunk Contest , and behind North Carolina 's David Noel in the NCAA College Slam Dunk Contest during the 2006 Final Four weekend .

neg: 2013–14 Miami Heat season The 2013 -- 14 Miami Heat season was the franchise 's 26th season in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . They entered the season as two-time defending NBA champions ( third overall ) , and three-time defending Eastern Conference champions , the fourth and final season playing with the `` Big Three '' of Dwyane Wade , LeBron James , and Chris Bosh , and the sixth season under head coach Erik Spoelstra . In a rematch of the previous year 's Eastern Conference Finals , the Heat defeated the Indiana Pacers in six games to become the first team to win four consecutive Eastern Conference championships since the 1986 -- 87 Boston Celtics capped a Boston-dominant string going back to the 1983 -- 84 season . Miami 's quest for a three-peat ended when the San Antonio Spurs , whom they would meet again in a rematch of last year 's NBA Finals and defeated in seven games , won the NBA Finals by a 4 -- 1 margin . Following the season , LeBron left the Heat to rejoin the Cleveland Cavaliers .

neg: Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball The Virginia Cavaliers women 's basketball team represents the University of Virginia in women 's basketball . The school competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . The Cavaliers play home basketball games at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville , Virginia .

neg: Southwest Division (NBA) The Southwest Division is one of the three divisions in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The division is located in the South Central United States and consists of five teams , the Dallas Mavericks , the Houston Rockets , the Memphis Grizzlies , the New Orleans Pelicans and the San Antonio Spurs . Three of the teams , the Mavericks , Rockets , and Spurs , are based in Texas .   The division was created at the start of the 2004 -- 05 season , when the league expanded from 29 to 30 teams with the addition of the Charlotte Bobcats . The league realigned itself into three divisions in each conference . The Southwest Division began with five inaugural members , the Mavericks , the Rockets , the Grizzlies , the Hornets ( now Pelicans ) and the Spurs . The Mavericks , the Rockets , the Grizzlies and the Spurs joined from the now-defunct Midwest Division , while the Pelicans joined from the Central Division .   The Spurs have won the most Southwest Division titles with eight . The Mavericks have won two titles and the Pelicans and Rockets have won one title each . The Grizzlies have never won the Southwest Division title . Four NBA champions came from the Southwest Division . The Spurs won the NBA championship in 2005 , 2007 and 2014 , while the Mavericks won in 2011 . In the 2007 -- 08 season , all four teams that qualified for the playoffs each had more than 50 wins . In the 2010 -- 11 season and the 2014 -- 15 season , all teams in the division had winning percentages above 0.500 ( 50 % ) . In the 2014 -- 15 season , the Southwest Division saw every one of its teams making the playoffs , a feat achieved only twice in the last 30 years . The most recent division champion is the San Antonio Spurs .

neg: NBA high school draftees The NBA high school draftees are players who have been drafted to the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) straight out of high school without playing basketball at the collegiate level . The process of jumping directly from high school to the professional level is also known as going prep-to-pro . Since 2006 , the practice of drafting high school players has been prohibited by the new collective bargaining agreement , which requires that players who entered the draft be 19 years of age and at least one year removed from high school . Contrary to popular belief , the player does not have to play at least a year in college basketball , as the player can choose to instead play in another professional league ( especially overseas ) like Brandon Jennings or Emmanuel Mudiay in Italy and China respectively , simply take the year off , such as the case with Satnam Singh Bhamara , or even hold themselves back a year in high school before declaring for the draft , such as the case with Thon Maker .   The NBA has long had a preference for players who played basketball at the collegiate level ; the vast majority of players to play in the NBA have had college experience . However , there have been numerous notable players who attended high school in the United States and then jumped directly to the NBA without playing college basketball .

neg: Jordan Crawford Jordan Lee Crawford ( born October 23 , 1988 ) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . He played collegiately at Indiana and then Xavier . His brother is Joe Crawford , who has also played in the NBA .


query: Watchmen was number one on The Comics Journals list of the top 100 comics of the 20th century.

pos: Watchmen Watchmen is an American comic-book limited series published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 , and collected in 1987 . The series was created by a British collaboration consisting of writer Alan Moore , artist Dave Gibbons , and colorist John Higgins . Watchmen originated from a story proposal Moore submitted to DC featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from Charlton Comics . As Moore 's proposed story would have left many of the characters unusable for future stories , managing editor Dick Giordano convinced Moore to create original characters instead .   Moore used the story as a means to reflect contemporary anxieties and to deconstruct and parody the superhero concept . Watchmen depicts an alternate history where superheroes emerged in the 1940s and 1960s and their presence changed history so that the United States won the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal was never exposed . In 1985 , the country is edging toward World War III with the Soviet Union , freelance costumed vigilantes have been outlawed and most former superheroes are in retirement or working for the government . The story focuses on the personal development and moral struggles of the protagonists as an investigation into the murder of a government-sponsored superhero pulls them out of retirement .   Creatively , the focus of Watchmen is on its structure . Gibbons used a nine-panel grid layout throughout the series and added recurring symbols such as a blood-stained smiley face . All but the last issue feature supplemental fictional documents that add to the series ' backstory , and the narrative is intertwined with that of another story , an in-story pirate comic titled Tales of the Black Freighter , which one of the characters reads . Structured , at times , as a nonlinear narrative , the story skips through space , time and plot . In the same manner , entire scenes and dialogue have parallels with others through synchronicity , coincidence and repeated imagery .   A commercial success , Watchmen has received critical acclaim both in the comics and mainstream press , and is considered by several critics and reviewers to be one of the most significant works of 20th-century literature . Watchmen was recognized in Times List of the 100 Best Novels as one of the best English language novels published since 1923 , and placed # 91 on The Comics Journals list of the top 100 comics of the 20th century . The BBC described it as `` The moment comic books grew up . ''   After a number of attempts to adapt the series into a feature film , director Zack Snyder 's Watchmen was released in 2009 . A video game series , Watchmen : The End Is Nigh , was released in the same year to coincide with the film 's release . In 2012 , DC Comics published Before Watchmen , a comic-book series acting as a prequel to the original Watchmen series , without Moore and Gibbons ' involvement .

neg: A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner Marvel Comics Super Special : Blade Runner is the comic book adaptation of the film Blade Runner , published by Marvel Comics in 1982 . It was written by Archie Goodwin with art by Al Williamson , Carlos Garzon with Dan Green and Ralph Reese .   The Jim Steranko cover leads into a 45-page adaptation which includes one possible explanation of the title 's significance in story context : the narrative line , `` Blade runner . You 're always movin ' on the edge . ''   This was issue 22 of the Marvel Comics Super Special series of titles which by this time only printed Marvel 's movie adaptations . It was reprinted in a two issue mini series but without the feature content contained in the special . In some printings , several pages of the comic were published out of order . Other printing set these pages in the correct order .   In the UK it was reprinted as the Blade Runner Annual published by Grandreams . Again , the feature content of the original special was not reprinted .

neg: List of The New York Times Manga Best Sellers The New York Times Best Seller list for manga published in the United States was introduced on March 5 , 2009 , along with two additional lists for hardcover and paperback graphic novels . The three lists are grouped under the `` Graphic Books '' category . Deborah Hoffman , an editor for the Best Seller lists , explained that the term `` Graphic Books '' was selected to create an `` inclusive and expansive '' list which can extend to works of both fiction and non-fiction . Journalist George Gustines announced , in his introduction of the new lists , `` Comics have finally joined the mainstream . '' The announcement was made the week the film Watchmen , based on the comic book of the same name , was released in movie theaters throughout the U.S. . The Best Seller lists are printed weekly in The New York Times Book Review magazine , which is published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times and as a stand-alone publication .   Gustines explained the methodology used to determine the rankings :   Rankings reflect sales of graphic novels -LSB- ... -RSB- at many thousands of venues where a wide range of books are sold nationwide . These include hundreds of independent book retailers ( statistically weighted to represent all such outlets ) ; national , regional and local chains ; online and multimedia entertainment retailers ; university , gift , supermarket , discount department stores and newsstands . In addition , these rankings also include unit sales reported by retailers nationwide that specialize in graphic novels and comic books .   On multiple occasions , manga have been listed outside its designated list . Mike Kiley , then-Senior Vice President of the publisher Tokyopop , explained in 2010 that it has become more difficult to draw a distinguishing line between works that are manga and manga-inspired , such as Korean manhwa and American original English language ( OEL ) manga . A Drifting Life , an autobiographical manga by Yoshihiro Tatsumi , appeared on the May 3 , 2009 , Best Seller list for paperback graphic novels , where it ranked third . X-Men : Misfits , an original English manga based on the X-Men comic book franchise , ranked fifth at its debut on the August 30 , 2009 , paperback graphic novels list , and stayed on the chart for five consecutive weeks . The first volume of a manhwa adaptation of the popular vampire-themed Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer remained on the hardcover graphic novels Best Seller list for 27 consecutive weeks in 2010 .   In January 2017 , the Times decided to stop producing the separate manga best seller list .

neg: Amazing Heroes Amazing Heroes was a magazine about the comic book medium published by American company Fantagraphics Books from 1981 to 1992 . Unlike its companion title , The Comics Journal , Amazing Heroes was a hobbyist magazine rather than an analytical journal .

neg: Legion of Super-Heroes The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team appearing in books published by DC Comics . Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino , the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st centuries of the , and first appears in Adventure Comics # 247 ( April 1958 ) .   Initially , the team was closely associated with the original Superboy character ( Superman when he was a teenager ) , and was portrayed as a group of time travelers . Later , the Legion 's origin and back story were fleshed out , and the group was given its own monthly comic . Eventually , Superboy was removed from the team altogether and appeared only as an occasional guest star .   The team has undergone two major reboots during its run . The original version was replaced with a new rebooted version following the events of the `` Zero Hour '' storyline in 1994 and another rebooted team was introduced in 2004 . A fourth version of the team , nearly identical to the original version , was introduced in 2007 .

neg: Batman: Anarky Batman : Anarky is a 1999 trade paperback published by DC Comics . The book collects prominent appearances of Anarky , a comic book character created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle . Although all of the collected stories were written by Alan Grant , various artists contributed to individual stories . Dual introductions were written by the creatorsboth of whom introduce the character and give insight into their role in Anarky 's creation and development .   Featured as an antagonist in various Batman comics during the '90s , stories based on the character were highly thematic , political , and philosophical in tone . The majority of the collected stories ( `` Anarky in Gotham City '' , `` Anarky : Tomorrow Belongs to Us '' , `` Anarky '' ) are influenced by the philosophy of anarchism , while the final story ( `` Metamorphosis '' ) is influenced by Frank R. Wallace . Although anti-statism is the overarching theme of the collection , other concepts are explored . Anarky 's characterization was expanded throughout the stories to present him first as a libertarian socialist and anarchist , and in the final story as a vehicle for explorations into atheism , rationalism , and bicameralism . Literary references are also utilized throughout the collected stories to stress the philosophical foundations of the character . The collection also tracks the character 's evolution from a petty , street-crime fighting vigilante , to a competent freedom fighter in opposition to powerful forces of evil .   Critics have positively received some of the stories within the collection , analyzing Anarky as a unique force for political commentary and discussion within DC Comics ' storytelling . However , the expansive growth of the character 's unique abilities and characterization has also fueled criticism as having overpowered the character beyond suspension of disbelief .

neg: Heroman is a manga/anime series created by Marvel 's Stan Lee ( story ) , Tamon Ohta ( characters ) , and Bones ( animation ) . The manga is published in Square Enix 's magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan and began serialization in September 2009 , while the anime series premiered on April 1 , 2010 , on TV Tokyo and related stations . Stan Lee came up with the series ' basic plot , referring to the series and character as `` a new hero for the 21st century '' .

neg: The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1963 This is a list of adult fiction books that topped The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 1963 . The list is notable for being blank for part of the winter as the New York Times , like many other newspapers in the city , worked its way through a major newspaper strike . When the strike ended in March , the political thriller Seven Days in May led the list , having also been at the top at the start of the strike in December 1962 . It lasted there only one week before being overtaken by J.D. Salinger 's second No. 1 bestseller in 18 months , the anthologized novellas , `` Raise High the Roof Beam , Carpenters '' and `` Seymour : An Introduction '' .   Salinger 's book led the list for 14 weeks through the spring of 1963 . Daphne du Maurier 's The Glass-Blowers then spent six weeks on the list , followed by Morris West 's novel about the Vatican , The Shoes of the Fisherman ( 14 weeks ) . On October 6 , Shoes gave way to Mary McCarthy 's semi-autobiographical novel The Group , which would spend the next 20 weeks at the top , closing out the year .

neg: Before 1900s in comics This is a timeline of significant events in comics prior to the 20th century .

neg: All Star DC Comics All Star was an imprint of ongoing comic book titles published by American company DC Comics that ran from 2005 to 2008 . DC has published two titles under the All-Star banner , featuring Batman and Superman .   The premise of the imprint was to partner DC Comics ' top tier characters with the most popular and acclaimed writers and artists . The creators had access to all elements in the characters ' histories to present their interpretation for a modern audience that have not read these DC characters ' comics previously , or had not seen them lately . The creative teams were not beholden to any previous and present continuities , and told stories that featured `` the most iconic versions of these characters '' .   The project had been compared to the Ultimate line of Marvel Comics , which was a successful attempt to re-introduce Marvel 's most popular characters to a new generation of readers by presenting new , updated versions unburdened by decades of plotlines . There were several differences between the two imprints , though . While the Ultimate titles have closely interrelated storylines , of the two All-Star series released , there has been no effort to make them conform to each other or indicate they exist in the same continuity . Another is that All-Star did not seek to introduce brand new versions of the characters so much as to present them in unhindered continuity . Robin 's origin was the only one `` rebooted '' in this imprint .   Some observers , and DC themselves , had pointed to the return of DC 's major film franchises as an impetus for All-Star . `` No one can doubt that some kind of continuity shedding is necessary with Superman and Batman coming to the big screens , '' the website Comicon.com wrote . `` Moviegoers entertained by these films would find the current comics storylines impenetrable '' .   With the end of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely 's All-Star Superman and the rebranding of Frank Miller and Jim Lee 's All Star Batman and Robin as Dark Knight : Boy Wonder as well as the introduction of the DC : Earth One line of OGNs , the imprint is effectively defunct .

neg: Cyclops (comics) Cyclops ( Scott Summers ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men . Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby , the character first appeared in the comic book The X-Men # 1 ( September 1963 ) .   Cyclops is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants , who are born with superhuman abilities . Cyclops can emit powerful beams of energy from his eyes . He can not control the beams without the aid of special eyewear which he must wear at all times . He is typically considered the first of the X-Men , a team of mutant heroes who fight for peace and equality between mutants and humans , and one of the team 's primary leaders .   Cyclops is most often portrayed as the archetypal hero of traditional American popular culture -- the opposite of the tough , anti-authority antiheroes that emerged in American popular culture after the Vietnam War ( e.g. , Wolverine , his X-Men teammate ) .   One of Marvel 's most prominent characters , Cyclops was rated # 1 on IGN.com 's list of Top 25 X-Men from the past forty years in 2006 , and the 39th in their 2011 list of Top 100 Comic Book Heroes . In 2008 , Wizard Magazine also ranked Cyclops the 106th in their list of the 200 Greatest Comic Book Characters of All Time . In a 2011 poll , readers of Comic Book Resources voted Cyclops as 9th in the ranking of 2011 Top Marvel Characters .   James Marsden has portrayed Cyclops in the first three and the seventh X-Men films , while in the 2009 prequel film , X-Men Origins : Wolverine , he is portrayed as a teenager by actor Tim Pocock . In 2016 's X-Men : Apocalypse , he is portrayed by Tye Sheridan .

neg: Superman Emergency Squad The Superman Emergency Squad ( sometimes called the Supermen Emergency Squad ) is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , commonly associate with Superman . They first appeared in Superman 's Pal , Jimmy Olsen # 48 ( October 1960 ) .

neg: Hellfire Club (comics) The Hellfire Club is a fictional society appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The Hellfire Club often comes into confrontation with the mutant superhero team , the X-Men . Although the Club appears to merely be an international social club for wealthy elites , its clandestine Inner Circle seeks to influence world events , in accordance with their own agenda .   Created by the Uncanny X-Men writer/artist duo of Chris Claremont and John Byrne , they were heavily influenced by a 1966 episode of the British television series The Avengers ( `` A Touch of Brimstone '' ) . The name `` Hellfire Club '' in fact has a historical precedent , having been a popular name for gentlemen 's clubs in the 18th century . Additionally , the hierarchy of the Inner Circle is modeled on the pieces of a chess set , with Black and White sets of Kings , Queens , Bishops and Rooks .   The Hellfire Club and its Inner Circle were introduced in `` The Dark Phoenix Saga '' , attempting to subvert the X-Men 's Jean Grey . This incarnation , composed most notably of Black King Sebastian Shaw and White Queen Emma Frost , would remain prominent for many years . After their initial confrontations , the Hellfire Club and the X-Men settled into an uneasy alliance . This eventually changed as endless power struggles perpetuated a series of upheavals within the Inner Circle . The club has appeared in two X-Men animated series ( X-Men : The Animated Series and Wolverine and the X-Men ) , both times being renamed as simply The Inner Circle , due to the hesitations to use the word Hellfire in animated children series . Members of the Hellfire Club appeared in 2011 's X-Men : First Class as the main villains , led by Sebastian Shaw and Emma Frost .

neg: Lists of The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers This is a list of lists by year of The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers .   The New York Times Best Seller list was first published without fanfare on 12 October 1931 . It consisted of five fiction and four non-fiction for the New York City region only . The following month the list was expanded to eight cities , with a separate list for each city .   By the early 1940s , fourteen cities were included . A national list was created 9 April 1942 , in The New York Times Book Review ( Sundays ) as a supplement to the regular paper 's city lists ( Monday edition ) . The national list ranked by weighting how many times the book appeared in each city list .   A few years later , the city lists were eliminated leaving only the national rankings , which was compiled according to `` reports from leading booksellers in 22 cities , '' a system which remains , although the specifics have changed .

neg: High Society (comics) High Society is the second collected volume , and first volume-length story , of Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim 's Cerebus comic book series . It focuses mainly on politics , including Cerebus '' ' campaign for the office of Prime Minister , in the fictional city-state of Iest in Sim 's world of Estarcion . It is generally considered the best book for beginning Cerebus readers to start with , and has been called `` one of the finest storylines of the 1980s '' . The story was published in individual issues from May 1981 ( issue # 26 ) to May 1983 ( # 50 ) , with the collection published in 1986 .   The story is considered a turning point in the Cerebus series , as Sim moved from the `` Conan pastiche '' of the stories contained in the Cerebus , to making a `` piece of political satire , '' the beginning of Sim moving away from individual issue-focused stories and short , two - or three-issue story arcs , to `` longer , far more complex ` novels ' '' lasting hundreds of pages , that were the focus of the rest of the series .   The storyline became the first of the Cerebus `` phone book '' paperback collections to be published . Its success led Sim to abandon the Swords of Cerebus series of 4-issue collections in favour of the larger collections for the final format of the 6000-page Cerebus '' saga .

neg: Events from the Modern Age of Comic Books One of the key aspects of the Modern Age of Comic Books was that it was the beginning of big events . In 1984 , Marvel Comics debuted the first large crossover , Secret Wars , a storyline featuring the company 's most prolific superheroes , which overlapped into a 12-issue limited series and many monthly comic books . A year later , DC Comics introduced its first large scale crossover , Crisis on Infinite Earths , which had long-term effects on the `` DC Universe '' continuity .   In the early and mid-1990s , big events were regularly published by Marvel and DC , often leading to extra publicity and sales . These events helped fend-off competition from Image Comics , and such events were more likely to become `` collector 's items . '' Some events , such as DC 's `` Zero Hour '' and Marvel 's `` Onslaught saga '' spanned a publisher 's entire line while others only affected a `` family '' of interrelated titles . The X-Men and Batman franchises featured crossovers almost annually .   Some of the most significant mid-1990s events , such as Spider-Man 's `` Clone Saga , '' Batman 's `` Batman : Knightfall '' and particularly , `` The Death of Superman '' caused dramatic changes to long-running characters and received coverage in the mainstream media .   These events led to significant sales boosts and publicity , but many fans began to criticize them as excessive and lacking compelling storytelling . They also complained that monthly series had become inaccessible because one had to follow a number of comics to understand the full storyline . By the end of the 1990s , the number of large crossovers decreased , but they were still launched sporadically .

neg: BFI TV 100 The BFI TV 100 is a list compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute ( BFI ) , chosen by a poll of industry professionals , to determine what were the greatest British television programmes of any genre ever to have been screened .

neg: Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) Captain Marvel ( Mar-Vell ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and designed by artist Gene Colan and first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes # 12 ( December 1967 ) .   The character debuted during the Silver Age of comic books and has made many appearances since then , including a self-titled series and the second volume of the Marvel Spotlight series . Captain Marvel was ranked 24th in IGN 's list of `` The Top 50 Avengers '' and has appeared in television series and video games .

neg: The Sight & Sound Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time The following are the `` Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time '' according to the worldwide opinion polls conducted by Sight & Sound and published in the journal 's September 2012 issue . They published the critics ' list , based on 846 critics , programmers , academics , and distributors , and the directors ' list , based on 358 directors and filmmakers . Sight & Sound , published by the British Film Institute , has conducted a poll of the greatest films every 10 years since 1952 .

neg: Watchmen: Motion Comic The Watchmen : Motion Comic is a 2008 American animated short film series of motion comics for web and television based on the DC comic book series Watchmen , written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons . The series consists of twelve abridged 25 -- 30 minute segments , each based on and sharing a name with one of the twelve chapters of the book . Both male and female characters are voiced by actor Tom Stechschulte . It was released on DVD in March 2009 to coincide with the Watchmen movie 's release .

neg: Captain Marvel (DC Comics) Captain Marvel , also known as Shazam , is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . Artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker created the character in 1939 . Captain Marvel first appeared in Whiz Comics # 2 ( cover-dated Feb. 1940 ) , published by Fawcett Comics . He is the alter ego of Billy Batson , a boy who , by speaking the magic word `` SHAZAM '' ( acronym of 6 Greek `` immortal elders '' - Solomon , Hercules , Atlas , Zeus , Achilles , and Mercury ) , can transform himself into a costumed adult with the powers of superhuman strength , speed , flight , and other abilities .   Based on book sales , the character was the most popular superhero of the 1940s , outselling even Superman . Fawcett expanded the franchise to include other `` Marvels '' , primarily Marvel Family associates Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. , who can harness Billy 's powers as well . Captain Marvel was also the first comic book superhero to be adapted into film , in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial titled Adventures of Captain Marvel .   Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953 , partly because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics , alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman . In 1972 , DC licensed the Marvel Family characters from Fawcett , and returned them to publication . By 1991 , DC had acquired all rights to the characters . DC has since integrated Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family into their DC Universe and has attempted to revive the property several times , with mixed success . Due to trademark conflicts over another character named `` Captain Marvel '' owned by Marvel Comics since 1967 , DC chose to publish the character 's adventures in a comic book titled Shazam ! for many years , leading many to assume that this was the character 's name . DC later officially renamed the character `` Shazam '' when relaunching its comic book properties in 2011 .   In addition , since 1972 , the character has been featured in two television series adaptations , one live action and one animated , by Filmation , and an upcoming Warner Bros. . Shazam ! feature film scheduled for release in 2019 as part of the DC Extended Universe . Captain Marvel was ranked as the 55th greatest comic book character of all time by Wizard magazine . IGN also ranked Captain Marvel as the 50th greatest comic book hero of all time , stating that the character will always be an enduring reminder of a simpler time . UGO Networks ranked him as one of the top heroes of entertainment , saying , `` At his best , Shazam has always been Superman with a sense of crazy , goofy fun '' .


query: Seville is the 30th most populous municipality in the European Union.

pos: Seville Seville ( -LSB- səˈvɪl -RSB- Sevilla -LSB- seˈβiʎa -RSB- , -LSB- seˈβi ʝa -RSB- ) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville , Spain . It is situated on the plain of the river Guadalquivir . The inhabitants of the city are known as sevillanos ( feminine form : sevillanas ) or hispalenses , after the Roman name of the city , Hispalis . Seville has a municipal population of about 703,000 , and a metropolitan population of about 1.5 million , making it the fourth-largest city in Spain and the 30th most populous municipality in the European Union . Its Old Town , with an area of 4 km ² , contains three UNESCO World Heritage Sites : the Alcázar palace complex , the Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies . The Seville harbour , located about 80 km from the Atlantic Ocean , is the only river port in Spain . Seville is also the hottest major metropolitan area in the geographical Western Europe , with summer average high temperatures of above 35 ° C.   Seville was founded as the Roman city of Hispalis . It later became known as Ishbiliya after the Muslim conquest in 712 . During the Muslim rule in Spain , Seville came under the jurisdiction of the Caliphate of Córdoba before becoming the independent Taifa of Seville ; later it was ruled by the Muslim Almoravids and the Almohads until finally being incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile under Ferdinand III in 1248 . After the discovery of the Americas , Seville became one of the economic centres of the Spanish Empire as its port monopolised the trans-oceanic trade and the Casa de Contratación ( House of Trade ) wielded its power , opening a Golden Age of arts and literature . In 1519 , Ferdinand Magellan departed from Seville for the first circumnavigation of the Earth . Coinciding with the Baroque period of European history , the 17th century in Seville represented the most brilliant flowering of the city 's culture ; then began a gradual economic and demographic decline as silting in the Guadalquivir forced the trade monopoly to relocate to the nearby port of Cádiz .   The 20th century in Seville saw the tribulations of the Spanish Civil War , decisive cultural milestones such as the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 and Expo ' 92 , and the city 's election as the capital of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia .

neg: Council of the European Union The Council of the European Union ( often still referred to as the Council of Ministers , or sometimes just called the Council ( Consilium ) ) is the third of the seven institutions of the European Union ( EU ) as listed in the Treaty on European Union . It is part of the essentially bicameral EU legislature ( the other legislative body being the European Parliament ) and represents the executive governments of the EU 's member states . It is based in the Europa building in Brussels .

neg: Pilas, Spain Pilas is a municipality in the province of Seville , Spain .   Category : Municipalities of the Province of Seville

neg: São Vicente (Lisbon) São Vicente ( English : Saint Vincent ) is a Portuguese parish , located in the municipality of Lisbon . This new parish was created with the 2012 Administrative Reform of Lisbon , merging the former parishes of São Vicente de Fora , Graça and Santa Engrácia . The population in 2011 was 15,339 , in an area of 1.99 km ² .

neg: Municipality of Thessaloniki The Municipality of Thessaloniki is the second largest municipality by population in Greece after the Municipality of Athens . According to the 2011 Greek census , it has a population of 324,766 inhabitants . The municipality includes the historical center ( including the majority of city 's monuments ) and about one third of the Thessaloniki Urban Area .

neg: Cómpeta Cómpeta is a town and municipality in the comarca of Axarquía , and province of Málaga , part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain . The municipality is situated approximately 18 kilometres from the coast ( Costa del Sol ) , and 52 kilometres from Málaga , the provincial capital . It is situated at 638 metres above sea level in the foothills of La Maroma ( the highest peak of the Sierra Tejeda ) . The population is spread over the southern slopes of the Sierra de Almijara .   Cómpeta has a population of approximately 4,000 residents and the natives are called competeños . Cómpeta residents are diverse in both culture and nationality , with many residents originating from other countries across Europe such as the UK and other Northern European countries including Germany , Denmark , The Netherlands and Norway .   Cómpeta 's patron saint is San Sebastian . During the last weekend in July , Cómpeta celebrates its patron saint by holding a fair .   On 15 August of every year ( Assumption Day ) , Cómpeta celebrates the ` Noche del Vino ' ( ` night of the wine ' ) , which is a festival declared of tourist interest by official government decree ( ` Declaración de Interés Turístico National de Andalucia ' ) .   It takes approximately one hour to reach the village from Málaga Airport , along the coastal motorway and then inland via the well maintained mountain road .

neg: Province of Huelva Huelva ( -LSB- ˈwelβa -RSB- , -LSB- ˈwɛɹβa -RSB- ) is a province of southern Spain , in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia . It is bordered by Portugal , the provinces of Badajoz , Seville , and Cádiz , and the Atlantic Ocean . Its capital is Huelva .   Its area is 10,148 km ² . Its population is 483,792 ( 2005 ) , of whom about 30 % live in the capital , and its population density is 47.67 / km ² . It contains 79 municipalities .   The economy is based on agriculture and mining . The famous Rio Tinto mines have been worked since before 1000 BC , and were the major source of copper for the Roman Empire . As an indication of the scope of ancient mining , sixteen million tons of Roman slag have been identified at the Roman mines . British companies resumed large-scale mining in 1873 ; the district is the namesake of the Rio Tinto Group .   The province contains Palos de la Frontera , and Moguer , where Christopher Columbus sailed out of on his first voyage in 1492 , and shares the Parque Nacional de Doñana .

neg: Seville Metro The Seville Metro ( Metro de Sevilla ) is a 18 km light metro network serving the city of Seville , Spain and its metropolitan area . The system is totally independent of any other rail or street traffic . All 22 stations were built with platform screen doors .   It was the sixth Metro system to be built in Spain , after those in Madrid , Barcelona , Valencia , Bilbao and Palma de Mallorca . Currently , it is the fifth biggest Metro company in Spain by number of passengers carried -- it carried 14.45 million passengers in 2014 .

neg: Villanueva de San Juan Villanueva de San Juan is a city located in the province of Seville , Spain . According to the 2005 census , the city has a population of 1440 inhabitants .

neg: Madrid City Council election, 1979 The 1979 Madrid City Council election was held on Tuesday , 3 April 1979 , to elect the city council of the municipality of Madrid . All 59 seats in the City Council were up for election .   The Union of the Democratic Centre ( UCD ) emerged as the most voted party , but in a seat tie with the second force , the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) , at 25 seats . As neither had an absolute majority of seats , it was up to the Communist Party of Spain ( PCE ) 9 seats to decide which party was to govern in Madrid .   Finally , an agreement between the PSOE and PCE resulted in Enrique Tierno Galván being named as the first democratically elected Mayor of Madrid .

neg: Golden Banana The Golden Banana or `` sun belt '' is a term used by analysts when discussing urbanisation in a European context . It denotes an area of higher population density lying between Valencia in the west and Genoa in the east along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea , defined by the `` Europe 2000 '' report from the European Commission in 1995 to be analogous to the Blue Banana . The region is a centre for information technology and manufacturing .

neg: El Cuervo de Sevilla El Cuervo de Sevilla is a Spanish municipality located in the province of Seville , in Andalusia . It has a population of 7745 ( 2006 ) and an area of 31 km ² . It 's 72 km from the provincial capital , Seville .

neg: Spanish local elections, 1991 The 1991 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday , 26 May 1991 , throughout all 8,082 Spain municipalities , simultaneously with regional elections in 13 of the 17 autonomous communities -- all except for Andalusia , the Basque Country , Catalonia , and Galicia . All 66,308 councillors were up for election , as well as 153 seats of the 3 Basque Juntas Generales , 139 seats of the 7 Canarian cabildos and the indirectly-elected 1,032 seats of the 38 provincial deputations .

neg: Politics of Andorra The politics of Andorra take place in a framework of a parliamentary constitutional diarchy , and a multi-party system . Executive power is exercised by the government , with the Head of Government of Andorra as chief executive . Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament . The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature .   Before 1993 , Andorra 's political system had no clear division of powers into executive , legislative , and judicial branches . A constitution ratified and approved in 1993 establishes Andorra as a sovereign parliamentary democracy that retains the President of France and Bishop of Urgell as co-princes and heads of state . However , the head of government retains executive power . The two co-princes serve coequally with limited powers that do not include an individual veto over government acts ( however , a bill can in effect be `` vetoed '' if both do not sign the legislation ) . They are each represented in Andorra by a personal representative .   The fundamental impetus for this political transformation was a recommendation by the Council of Europe in 1990 that , if Andorra wished to attain full integration in the European Union ( EU ) , it should adopt a modern constitution that guarantees the rights of those living and working there . A Tripartite Commission -- made up of representatives of the co-princes , the General Council , and the Executive Council -- was formed in 1990 and finalized the draft constitution in April 1991 , making the new constitution a fact .   One remaining , though symbolic , legacy of Andorra 's special relationship with France and Spain , is that the Principality has no postal service of its own -- French and Spanish postal services operate side by side , although each of them issues separate stamps for Andorra , instead of using their own .

neg: Gerena Gerena is a Spanish municipality in the province of Seville , 25 kilometers far from the province capital , Seville .   Category : Municipalities of the Province of Seville

neg: Sevillanas Sevillanas ( -LSB- seβiˈʝanas -RSB- ) are a type of folk music and dance of Seville and its region . They were derived from the Seguidilla , an old Castilian folk music and dance genre . In the nineteenth century they were influenced by Flamenco . They have a relatively limited musical pattern but are rich in lyrics based on country life , virgins , country towns , neighborhoods , pilgrimage , and love themes . They are sung by a plethora of local groups , like the Los Romeros de la Puebla , Los Amigos de Gines , Las Corraleras de Lebrija , Cantores de Hispalis , and Los del Río . Every year , dozens of new sevillanas on CD are published .   Sevillanas can be heard mainly in fairs and festivals , including the famous Seville Fair , La Feria de Abril . There is an associated dance for the music : `` Baile por sevillanas '' , consisting of four different parts . One can find schools teaching `` baile por sevillanas '' in nearly every town in Spain .   Sevillanas Rocieras are a religiously oriented genre of the Sevillana , with particular emphasis on the Virgin of the Rocío . They are sung in numerous religious and cultural events in the South of the country .

neg: Instinción Instinción ( -LSB- instinˈθjon -RSB- , -LSB- ɪ̃ʰtːɪnˈθjon -RSB- ) is a municipality of Almería province , in the autonomous community of Andalusia , Spain .

neg: Belém (Lisbon) Belém ( -LSB- bɨˈlɐ̃ȷ̃ -RSB- ) , whose name is derived from the Portuguese word for Bethlehem , is the southwesternmost civil parish of the municipality of Lisbon . Until 2012 , the area of Belém had its own historic parish , named Santa Maria de Belém . In 2012 , the Administrative Reform of Lisbon resulted in the merging of the latter and the parish of São Francisco Xavier , thus creating the new parish of Belém . Located at the mouth of the River Tagus , it is located 6 km west of the city centre and 2 km west of Ponte 25 de Abril ( 25th of April Bridge ) . Many of Portugal 's distinctive buildings and landmarks are located in this area , including the Jerónimos Monastery and the Tower of Belém . The population in 2011 was 16,528 , in an area of 10.43 km ² .

neg: Parla Parla ( -LSB- ˈpaɾ.la -RSB- ) is a municipality of the Madrid Metropolitan Area , Spain . It is located in the southern part of the autonomous community , approximately 20 km from the capital , Madrid . , it has a population of 164,182 .

neg: Rivas-Vaciamadrid Rivas-Vaciamadrid ( -LSB- ˈribas baθiamaˈðɾið -RSB- , -LSB- ˈribas baθiamaˈðɾiθ , - ˈðɾi -RSB- ) is the 15th most populated city in the Community of Madrid , Spain . It belongs to the Madrid metropolitan area and is located just 15 km from central Madrid , to the south-east . In the southern part of the municipality , the Manzanares river flows into the Jarama , which is part of the Lower Manzanares and Jarama Rivers Regional Park . Almost three quarters of the municipality form part of the park , making it an important ecological centre with numerous lakes and various species of wildlife and fauna .   It has been one of the fastest growing municipalities in Spain in recent years , growing from 500 inhabitants in the 1980s to its current figure of 84,000 . It is bordered to the north by Madrid and San Fernando de Henares , to the south by Arganda del Rey and San Martín de la Vega , to the east by Mejorada del Campo and Velilla de San Antonio , and to the west by Getafe and Madrid ( the district of Villa de Vallecas . )   Rivas-Vaciamadrid municipality is the seventh richest in Spain , according to a 2014 list , and has the fourth lowest rate of population in risk of poverty , among municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants . It is the most populated city in Spain governed by United Left .


query: Keanu Reeves wrote a book.

pos: Keanu Reeves Keanu Charles Reeves ( -LSB- kiːˈɑːnuː -RSB- ; born September 2 , 1964 ) is a Canadian actor , director , producer , and musician .   Reeves is best known for his acting career , beginning in 1985 and spanning more than three decades . He gained fame for his starring role performances in several blockbuster films including comedies from the Bill and Ted franchise ( 1989 -- 1991 ) ; action thrillers Point Break ( 1991 ) , Speed ( 1994 ) , and the John Wick franchise ; psychological thriller The Devil 's Advocate ( 1997 ) ; supernatural thriller Constantine ( 2005 ) ; and science fiction/action series The Matrix ( 1999 -- 2003 ) . He has also appeared in dramatic films such as Dangerous Liaisons ( 1988 ) , My Own Private Idaho ( 1991 ) , and Little Buddha ( 1993 ) , as well as the romantic horror Bram Stoker 's Dracula ( 1992 ) .   Since becoming active in the film industry , Reeves has earned critical acclaim . One New York Times critic praised Reeves ' versatility , saying that he `` displays considerable discipline and range ... he moves easily between the buttoned-down demeanor that suits a police procedural story and the loose-jointed manner of his comic roles '' . However , Reeves has spent much of his later career being typecast . A recurring character arc in many roles he has portrayed is one of saving the world , as can be seen in the characters of Ted Logan , Buddha , Neo , Johnny Mnemonic , John Constantine , and Klaatu . His acting has garnered several awards , including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .   During his film career , Reeves has engaged in several forms of artistic expression . Active as a musician for over a decade , he played bass guitar for the bands Dogstar and Becky . Acting onstage , he performed as Prince Hamlet for the Manitoba Theatre Centre 's production of Hamlet . He wrote the text for a picture book , Ode to Happiness , illustrated by Alexandra Grant . He has also produced a documentary , Side by Side , and directed the martial arts film Man of Tai Chi .

neg: Halloween (children's book) Halloween is a 2002 children 's book written by Jerry Seinfeld and illustrated by James Bennett .   It is a humorous description of an American Halloween from a child 's point of view , from bad trick-or-treat candy to pajama-like costumes , based on the author 's childhood experiences .

neg: Election (1999 film) Election is a 1999 American black comedy-drama film directed and written by Alexander Payne and adapted by him and Jim Taylor from Tom Perrotta 's 1998 novel of the same title . The plot revolves around a high school election and satirizes both suburban high school life and politics . The film stars Matthew Broderick as Jim McAllister , a popular high school social studies teacher in suburban Omaha , Nebraska , and Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick , around the time of the school 's student body election . When Tracy qualifies to run for class president , McAllister believes she does not deserve the title and tries his best to stop her from winning .   Although a box office bomb , Election received critical acclaim . The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay , a Golden Globe nomination for Witherspoon in the Best Actress category , and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film in 1999 .

neg: God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian God Bless You , Dr. Kevorkian , by Kurt Vonnegut , is a collection of short fictional interviews written by Vonnegut and first broadcast on WNYC . The title parodies that of Vonnegut 's 1965 novel God Bless You , Mr. Rosewater .

neg: The Pluto Files The Pluto Files : The Rise and Fall of America 's Favorite Planet is a book written by the astrophysicist and Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson . The book is about Pluto , which was demoted to the status of dwarf planet in August 2006 by the International Astronomical Union , thereby depriving it of its planet-hood . The book also focuses on the fact that many Americans rallied their support for this icy dwarf on the edge of the Solar System because it was discovered by an American .   The book was given a good review by Jon Stewart in a guest segment with Tyson on The Daily Show . During the interview , Stewart humorously lauded the book as `` the most exciting book about Pluto you will ever read in your life , '' as well as `` the compelling story of how -LSB- Tyson -RSB- destroyed Pluto 's life . ''   The book explains in full detail the journey of Pluto 's life from its days as Planet X , to its discovery in the early 20th century and all the way to its current title as a Trans-Neptunian object .   The book appeared on the extended hardcover nonfiction bestseller list in The New York Times in February 2009 .

neg: Book of Sketches Book of Sketches is a collection of spontaneous prose poetry by the American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac , published posthumously in 2006 . The poems , written in 1952 and 1953 in a notebook carried in his breast pocket , describe Kerouac 's travels through the U.S. states of New York , North Carolina and Kansas , and the cities of San Francisco , California ; Denver , Colorado ; Mexico City , Mexico ; and his birthplace of Lowell , Massachusetts . They also discuss themes of art , life , American , Buddhism , jazz , the role of the writer , loneliness and the wandering lifestyle . Book of Sketches features an introduction by the artist George Condo

neg: Reds (film) Reds is a 1981 American epic drama film co-written , produced and directed by Warren Beatty . The picture centers on the life and career of John Reed , the journalist and writer who chronicled the Russian Revolution in his book Ten Days That Shook the World . Beatty stars in the lead role alongside Diane Keaton as Louise Bryant and Jack Nicholson as Eugene O'Neill .   The supporting cast includes Edward Herrmann , Jerzy Kosinski , Paul Sorvino , Maureen Stapleton , Gene Hackman , Ramon Bieri , Nicolas Coster and M. Emmet Walsh . The film also features , as `` witnesses , '' interviews with the 98-year-old radical educator and peace activist Scott Nearing , author Dorothy Frooks , reporter and author George Seldes , civil liberties advocate Roger Baldwin , and the American writer Henry Miller , among others .   Beatty was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director and the film was nominated for Best Picture , but lost to Chariots of Fire . Beatty , Keaton , Nicholson and Stapleton were nominated for Best Actor , Best Actress , Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress , respectively . Stapleton was the only one of the four to win . Beatty was also nominated , along with co-writer Trevor Griffiths , for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay , but lost to Chariots of Fire . Beatty became the third person to be nominated for Academy Awards in the categories Best Actor , Director and Original Screenplay for a film nominated for Best Picture .   In June 2008 , the American Film Institute revealed its `` Ten Top Ten '' -- the best ten films in ten `` classic '' American film genres -- after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community . Reds was acknowledged as the ninth best film in the epic genre .

neg: Hazard E. Reeves Hazard Earle Reeves , Jr. ( July 6 , 1906 -- December 23 , 1986 ) was an American pioneer in sound and sound electronics , and introduced magnetic stereophonic sound to motion pictures . He was also the president of over 60 companies , including Cinerama Inc. .

neg: Tom Kealey Tom Kealey is an American writer .

neg: Stroker Ace Stroker Ace is a 1983 American action comedy film , directed by Hal Needham and filmed in North Carolina and Georgia . Burt Reynolds stars as the eponymous Stroker Ace , a NASCAR driver .   The co-stars were Jim Nabors , Loni Anderson , Ned Beatty , Parker Stevenson , and Bubba Smith , with appearances by many NASCAR drivers , such as : Dale Earnhardt , Richard Petty , Neil Bonnett , Harry Gant , Terry Labonte , Kyle Petty , Benny Parsons , Tim Richmond , Ricky Rudd , Cale Yarborough , and announcers Ken Squier , David Hobbs , and Chris Economaki . The movie was filmed on location at Charlotte Motor Speedway , Talladega Superspeedway and the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton , Georgia . The theme song was performed by Charlie Daniels .   Burt Reynolds turned down the role of astronaut Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment to do this film . The role went to Jack Nicholson , who went on to win an Academy Award . Reynolds said he made this decision because `` I felt I owed Hal more than I owed Jim '' but that it was a turning point in his career from which he never recovered . `` That 's where I lost them , '' he says of his fans .   The movie was adapted from the 1974 novel Stand On It , an autobiography of fictional driver `` Stroker Ace . '' The novel 's joint authors , William Neely and Robert K. Ottum , based the book on actual events from the racing world but with their protagonist as the subject .

neg: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a 2017 popular science book by Neil deGrasse Tyson , centering around a number of basic questions about the universe . Published on May 2 , 2017 , by the W. W. Norton & Company , the book is a collection of Tyson 's essays that appeared in Natural History magazine at various times from 1997 to 2007 .   Tyson has appeared on season 25 , episode 170 of the Charlie Rose show talking about the book .

neg: The Adventures of Superman (novel) The Adventures of Superman is a novel by George Lowther . It was first published in 1942 with illustrations by Joe Shuster , the co-creator of Superman . A facsimile edition was released in 1995 by Applewood Books , with a new introduction by Roger Stern .   This book is the first novelization of a comic book character , and also the first Superman story credited to someone other than Jerry Siegel . It was Lowther who first provided many now-familiar details of Superman 's birth and early life . The first two chapters provided the first detailed description of the planet Krypton , and renamed Kal-El 's parents Jor-El and Lara who previously had been named Jor-L and Lora . The next three chapters dealt with Clark Kent 's childhood on the farm of his adoptive parents , Eben and Sarah Kent . ( In the comics , the Kents suffered through many name changes before settling on Jonathan and Martha in 1952 . ) In the sixth chapter , Clark arrived in Metropolis and got a job with the Daily Planet , while the remaining eleven chapters deal with a mystery involving ghost ships and Nazi spies .   The book is illustrated with four full-page color illustrations , six full-page black-and-white illustrations , and numerous sketches , all examples of Joe Shuster 's work .   Category :1942 American novels  Category : Superman novels  Category :1940 s fantasy novels

neg: Hadassah: One Night with the King Hadassah : One Night with the King is a 2004 novel by Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen based upon a retelling of the Biblical Book of Esther . However , `` One Night with the King '' follows almost identically the novel `` Esther '' by Nathaniel Weinreb in plot , including direct quotes and events in the novel . It was made into a film released in 2006 in the United States . Tenney is one of the producers of the film .

neg: Sleeper (1973 film) Sleeper is a 1973 American futuristic science fiction comedy film , directed by Woody Allen and written by Allen and Marshall Brickman . The plot involves the adventures of the owner of a health food store who is cryogenically frozen in 1973 and defrosted 200 years later in an ineptly led police state . The film contains many elements which parody notable works of science fiction and was made as a tribute to comedians Groucho Marx and Bob Hope .

neg: Breakfast on Pluto Breakfast on Pluto is a 1998 novel by Patrick McCabe . The book was shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize , and was adapted for the screen by McCabe and Neil Jordan ; Jordan directed the 2005 film . The author derived the novel 's title from the 1969 hit record Breakfast On Pluto by Don Partridge .

neg: This Changes Everything This Changes Everything : Capitalism vs. the Climate is Naomi Klein 's fourth book ; it was published in 2014 by Simon & Schuster . In it , Klein argues that the climate crisis can not be addressed in the current era of neoliberal market fundamentalism , which encourages profligate consumption and has resulted in mega-mergers and trade agreements hostile to the health of the environment .   The book debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at number five on 5 October 2014 .   A documentary based on the book , titled This Changes Everything , was directed by Avi Lewis and produced by Alfonso Cuaron , Danny Glover and Seth MacFarlane .

neg: Black Hawk Down (film) Black Hawk Down is a 2002 American war film co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott . The screenplay by Ken Nolan is adapted from the non-fiction book of the same name by Mark Bowden , which in turn is based on the 29-part series of articles published in The Philadelphia Inquirer chronicling the events of a 1993 raid in Mogadishu by the U.S. military aimed at capturing faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid and the ensuing firefight , known as the Battle of Mogadishu .   The film features a large ensemble cast , including Josh Hartnett , Ewan McGregor , Eric Bana , Tom Sizemore , William Fichtner , Jason Isaacs , Tom Hardy , and Sam Shepard . It won two Oscars for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing at the 74th Academy Awards . Although it was received positively by critics , the film was strongly criticized by a number of groups and military officials .   In 2009 , an extended cut of the film was released on DVD . The cut contained an additional 8 minutes of footage increasing the running time to 152 minutes . This extended cut has yet to be released on Blu-Ray .

neg: Joe Bob Goes to the Drive In Joe Bob Goes to the Drive In is the first book by John Bloom under the pen name Joe Bob Briggs . It consists of his movie reviews written between 1982 and 1985 .   Joe Bob was Bloom 's satirical creation , allowing him to spoof stereotypical `` redneck '' Texan values while giving genuine praise to schlock films . It was not widely known until he was fired in 1985 that Briggs was not , in fact , a real person .   Joe Bob exclusively viewed movies in drive-ins , in his Oldsmobile Toronado with any one of several girlfriends . According to his column , he has four ex-wives , and is always on the lookout for `` ex-wife number five '' . An entire fictional cast of characters popped up over the period of the column , who would often be mentioned in the story along with the movie reviews .   The entire book is made up of columns and shorter segments called `` Joe Bob 's Mailbag , '' when Joe Bob writes back to his fans , and often his critics . The only two people who actually appear in the first person are Joe Bob and Stephen King , who saw several of his books made into movies during that period and actually wrote the introduction to the book when it was compiled and published in 1987 .   Joe Bob/Bloom lived in Texas during the duration of both this book and its sequel , Joe Bob Goes Back to the Drive In . At first his column appeared solely in The Dallas Times-Herald , but was eventually syndicated before Joe Bob was dropped completely . This event actually signals the end of the book , when Joe Bob states that he had been ` killed ' .   Category : Books about film

neg: Keanna Reeves Keanna Reeves ( born Janet Derecho Duterte September 24 , 1970 ) is a Filipina actress . Reeves first gained national attention and notoriety in the Philippines for revealing she was a private escort girl service in December 2004 , and confessing that lawmakers were among her clients .

neg: Science book A science book is a work of nonfiction , usually written by a scientist , researcher , or professor like Stephen Hawking ( A Brief History of Time ) , or sometimes by a non-scientist such as Bill Bryson ( A Short History of Nearly Everything ) . Usually these books are written for a wide audience presumed to have a general education rather than a specifically scientific training , as opposed to the very narrow audience that a scientific paper would have , and are therefore referred to as popular science . As such , they require considerable talent on the part of the author to sufficiently explain difficult topics to  people who are totally new to the subject , and a good blend of storytelling and technical writing . In the UK , the Royal Society Prizes for Science Books are considered to be the most prestigious awards for science writing . In the US , the National Book Awards briefly had a category for science writing in the 1960s , but now they just have the broad categories of fiction and nonfiction .   There are many disciplines that are well explained to lay people through science books . A few examples include Carl Sagan on astronomy , Jared Diamond on geography , Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins on evolutionary biology , David Eagleman on neuroscience , Donald Norman on usability and cognitive psychology , Steven Pinker , Noam Chomsky , and Robert Ornstein on linguistics and cognitive science , Donald Johanson and Robert Ardrey on paleoanthropology , and Desmond Morris on zoology and anthropology , and Fulvio Melia on black holes .

neg: You Are Going to Prison You Are Going to Prison is a non-fiction book by Jim Hogshire . As its title implies , it is a practical guide for those who are facing their first experience with incarceration . In 2006 , it was loosely adapted into the film Let 's Go to Prison .