query: FC Barcelona was ranked second in the IFFHS Club World Ranking for 2015.

pos: FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona ( -LSB- fubˈbɔɫ ˈkɫub bərsəˈɫonə -RSB- ) , commonly known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça , is a professional football club based in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain .   Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss , English and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper , the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism , hence the motto `` Més que un club '' ( `` More than a club '' ) . Unlike many other football clubs , the supporters own and operate Barcelona . It is the second most valuable sports team in the world , worth $ 3.56 billion , and the world 's second richest football club in terms of revenue , with an annual turnover of $ 560.8 million . The official Barcelona anthem is the `` Cant del Barça '' , written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs .   Domestically , Barcelona has won 24 La Liga , 29 Copa del Rey , 12 Supercopa de España , 3 Copa Eva Duarte and 2 Copa de la Liga trophies , as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions . In international club football , Barcelona has won twenty European and World titles -- four UEFA Champions League titles and one European Cup , a record four UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup , a shared record five UEFA Super Cup , a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a record three FIFA Club World Cup . Barcelona was ranked first in the IFFHS Club World Ranking for 1997 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 and 2015 and currently occupies the third position on the UEFA club rankings . The club has a long-standing rivalry with Real Madrid ; matches between the two teams are referred to as El Clásico .   Barcelona is one of the most widely supported teams in the world , and the club has the largest social media following in the world among sports teams . Barcelona players have won a record number of Ballon d'Or awards ( 11 ) , with recipients including Johan Cruyff , as well as a record number of FIFA World Player of the Year awards ( 7 ) , with winners including Ronaldo , Romário and Ronaldinho . In 2010 , three players who came through the club 's youth academy ( Lionel Messi , Andrés Iniesta and Xavi ) were chosen as the three best players in the world in the FIFA Ballon d'Or awards , an unprecedented feat for players from the same football school .   Barcelona is one of three founding members of the Primera División that have never been relegated from the top division , along with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid . In 2009 , Barcelona became the first Spanish club to win the continental treble consisting of La Liga , Copa del Rey , and the UEFA Champions League , and also became the first football club to win six out of six competitions in a single year , completing the sextuple in also winning the Spanish Super Cup , UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup . In 2011 , the club became European champions again and won five trophies . This Barcelona team , which won 14 trophies in just 4 years under Pep Guardiola , is considered by some in the sport to be the greatest team of all time . By winning their fifth Champions League trophy on 6 June 2015 , Barcelona became the first European club in history to achieve the continental treble twice .

neg: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League The 2009 -- 10 UEFA Champions League was the 55th season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 18th under the current UEFA Champions League format . The final was played on 22 May 2010 , at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium , home ground of Real Madrid , in Madrid , Spain . The final was won by Italian club Internazionale , who beat German side Bayern Munich 2 -- 0 . Internazionale went on to represent Europe in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup , beating Congolese side TP Mazembe 3 -- 0 in the final , and played in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup against Europa League winners Atlético Madrid , losing 2 -- 0 .   Barcelona were the defending champions , but were eliminated by eventual winners Internazionale in the semi-finals .

neg: History of FC Barcelona The history of Futbol Club Barcelona goes from the football club 's founding in 1899 and up to current time . FC Barcelona , also known simply as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça , is based in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain . The team was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss , English and Spanish footballers led by Joan Gamper . The club played amateur football until 1910 in various regional competitions . In 1910 , the club participated in their first of many European competitions , and has since amassed ten UEFA trophies and a sextuple . In 1928 , Barcelona co-founded La Liga , the top-tier in Spanish football , along with a string of other clubs . As of 2016 , Barcelona has never been relegated from La Liga , a record they share with Athletic Bilbao and arch-rival Real Madrid .   The history of super Barcelona has often been political . Though it is a club created and run by foreigners , Barcelona gradually became a club associated with Catalan values . In Spain 's transition to autocracy in 1925 , Catalonia became increasingly hostile towards the central government in Madrid . The hostility enhanced Barcelona 's image as a focal point for Catalonism , and when Francisco Franco banned the use of the Catalan language , the stadium of Barcelona became one of the few places the people could express their dissatisfaction . The Spanish transition to democracy in 1978 has not dampened the club 's image of Catalan pride . In the 2000s -- a period of sporting success in the club and an increased focus on Catalan players -- club officials have openly called for Catalonia to become an independent state .

neg: 1958–59 FC Barcelona season The 1958 -- 59 season was the 60th season for FC Barcelona .

neg: 2015–16 Real Betis season The 2015 -- 16 Real Betis season was the club 's 107th season in its history . It spent the season participating in La Liga , the top-flight of Spanish football , after playing one season in the Segunda División in 2014 -- 15 .

neg: Universitarios Football Club Universitarios Football Club , also known as Universitarios FC , or UFC , is an American soccer club located in Albuquerque , New Mexico . It was founded in 2007 by international grad students of the University of New Mexico . The club started playing in the third division of the Albuquerque Soccer League in the season 2007/2008 where they got the sixth position . The club won the third division in the season 2008/2009 , also winning the award of the best defense in the league .   On Sunday , April 25 , 2010 , and with one game still pending , the club won the second division of the season 2009/2010 . The club was then promoted to first division in the 2010/2011 season and finished the season in 18th place in the division . In the 2011/2012 season the club finished 13th after a hard fought season and improving from last years performance . In the 2012/2013 season the club finished second behind the title winners whom were a premier team that failed to be put into their division . They won with 119 goals scored with the club only losing to them by two goals . In the 2013/2014 season , the club finished second behind their arch rivals Perspolis in a very tight run for the title . In the 2014/2015 season , the club took first place as the division champions with 84 goals scored in all competitions . The club faces new challenges as the reigning champions with five premier teams in the mix for the 2015/2016 season .

neg: Celtic F.C. in European football Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Glasgow , which has regularly taken part in European competitions since its first appearance in the 1962 -- 63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup . Since then , the club has competed in every UEFA organised competition , with the exception of the now defunct Intertoto Cup .   The club became the first British team and only Scottish team to win the European Cup , by beating Inter Milan in the 1967 final . The team that defeated Inter at the final held at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon have since become known as `` The Lisbon Lions '' . During the 1960s , Celtic also twice reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners ' Cup before reaching a further European Cup final in 1970 where they lost 2 -- 1 to Feyenoord after extra-time , and then two further European Cup semi-finals in 1972 and 1974 .   In more recent years , Celtic reached the 2003 UEFA Cup Final in Seville , which they lost 3 -- 2 after extra time to Porto , and also reached the last 16 of the Champions League on three occasions in the 2006 -- 07 , 2007 -- 08 and 2012 -- 13 seasons . The 2016 -- 17 season competing in the Champions League saw Celtic participating in its 53rd European campaign .   Scott Brown , Celtic 's current captain , holds the club record for the most appearances , playing in 75 matches . Henrik Larsson , who scored twice in the 2003 UEFA Cup Final , is the club 's record goalscorer , with 35 goals .

neg: CONCACAF The Confederation of North , Central America and Caribbean Association Football ( CONCACAF , -LSB- ˈkɒn.kəkæf -RSB- ) is the continental governing body for association football in North America , that includes Central America and the Caribbean regions . Three South American entities -- the independent nations of Guyana and Suriname and the French department of French Guiana -- are also members . CONCACAF 's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs , and to conduct Men 's World Cup and Women 's World Cup qualifying tournaments .   CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City , Mexico , with the merger of the NAFC and the CCCF , which made it one of the then five , now six continental confederations affiliated with FIFA . Canada , Costa Rica , Cuba , El Salvador , Guatemala , Haiti , Honduras , Mexico , Netherlands Antilles ( Curaçao ) , Nicaragua , Panama , Suriname and United States were founding members .   CONCACAF is the third-most successful FIFA confederation . Mexico dominated CONCACAF men 's competition early on and has since won the most Gold Cups since the beginning of the tournament in its current format . The Mexican national team is the only CONCACAF team to win an official FIFA tournament by winning the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup . They have also reached the Round of 16 for the past 6 World Cups . While the U.S. is the only country outside of Europe and South America to receive a medal in the World Cup , finishing third in 1930 , they also reached the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals and the 2009 Confederations Cup final . Between them , Mexico and the U.S. have won all but one of the editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup . In recent years Costa Rica has become a power in the region and in 2014 became the 4th CONCACAF country after the United States , Cuba , and Mexico to make the World Cup quarterfinals . The United States has been very successful in the women 's game , being the only CONCACAF member to win all three major worldwide competitions in women 's football -- the World Cup ( 3 ) , the Olympics ( 4 ) , and the Algarve Cup ( 10 ) . Canada is the only other member to win at least one of the major competitions , winning the Algarve Cup in 2016 .

neg: Club Atlético Atlanta Club Atlético Atlanta is an Argentine sports club from the Villa Crespo district of Buenos Aires . Nicknamed Los Bohemios ( `` The Bohemians '' ) , Atlanta is mostly known for its football team , although the institution also hosts the practise of boxing , martial arts , handball and roller skating .  The squad currently plays at Primera B Metropolitana , the third division of the Argentine football league system .

neg: 2012–13 Primera División (women) The 2012 -- 13 Primera División season was the 25th edition of Spain 's highest women 's football league . FC Barcelona were the defending champions , having won their 1st title in the previous season . The season played from 2 September 2012 , and end on 5 May 2013 .   A total of 16 teams contested the league , 14 of which already contested in the 2011 -- 12 season . Sevilla and Levante Las Planas were promoted from the Segunda División last season .   The championship was decided on the last matchday , when Athletic Club Bilbao met Barcelona . After trailing Athletic the whole season , Barcelona overtook them by winning 2 -- 1 , and thus defended their title .

neg: FIFA Women's Club World Cup The FIFA Women 's Club World Cup is a proposed international women 's association football competition that is being organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ) , the sport 's global governing body . The competition is currently in only planning mode .   A possible format of the tournament is not announced . The men 's FIFA Club World Cup involves seven teams , including the six continental club champions and the host nation 's national club champions . In the women 's tournament the winners of that year 's Copa Libertadores Femenina ( South America ) and UEFA Women 's Champions League ( Europe ) will likely enter . As of 2017 , no Asian , African , North American or Oceanic continental tournaments are being played .

neg: 2009 FIFA Club World Cup The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup ( officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons ) was a football tournament played from 9 December to 19 December 2009 . It was the sixth FIFA Club World Cup and was played in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates . Australia , Japan and Portugal also placed bids to host the tournament , but Portugal later withdrew from the process .   The final was played on 19 December 2009 and was won by European champions Barcelona , who came from behind to defeat the South American entrants , Estudiantes , 2 -- 1 after extra time . Mauro Boselli put Estudiantes ahead in the 37th minute , but Pedro equalised with one minute left in normal time before Lionel Messi scored the winning goal five minutes into the second half of extra time . This made Barcelona the first Spanish side to win the FIFA Club World Cup , and it also meant that they had won a total of six competitions in the 2009 calendar year , beating Liverpool 's record five trophies won in 2001 .

neg: 2015 FC Goa season The 2015 season is FC Goa 's second season in existence in the Indian Super League .

neg: 2015 FC Pune City season The 2015 Season is Pune City 's 2nd season in existence in the Indian Super League .

neg: World championship A world championship is generally an international sports competition open to elite competitors from across the world , representing their nations , and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport or contest .   The title is usually awarded through a combination of specific contests or , less commonly , ranking systems ( e.g. the ICC Test Championship ) , or a combination of the two ( e.g. World Triathlon Championships in Triathlon ) . This determines a ` world champion ' , who or which is commonly considered the best nation , team , individual ( or other entity ) in the world in a particular field , although the vagaries of sport ensure that the competitor recognised at the best in an event is not always the ` world champion ' ( see Underdog ) .   Certain sports do not have a world championship . Instead , they may organise a world cup competition , or they may organize both , for example cycling ( UCI World Championships and UCI World Cups ) ) . Often , the use of the term cup or championship in this sense is just a choice of words . Some sports have multiple champions because of multiple organizations , such as boxing , mixed martial arts and wrestling .   Certain sports do not have a world championship or a world cup as such , but may have one or several world champions . Professional boxing , for example , has several world champions at different weights , but each one of them is decided by a `` title fight '' , not a tournament .   A certain number of sports hold world championships or world cups which are overshadowed , in terms of prestige , by the same events in the Olympic Games , the most prestigious multi-sports event .   Still other sports may or may not have a true world championship but may designate the winners of a domestic competition to be `` world champions . '' This is especially true of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada ; world cups and championships exist in all of the major sports , but the domestic U.S. and Canadian leagues are generally recognized as the world professional championships or the equivalent of a world club championship . ( In American football , although an IFAF World Championship exists , the United States is so far above and beyond the other nations it faces that the winner of the U.S.-based Super Bowl , a competition limited to the 32 teams in the National Football League , is commonly recognized as the world champion . )   Finally , certain professional sports do not have a world championship or world cup , but rather hold a series of events recognised as the elite level in their field ( e.g. tennis has a series of four Grand Slam events recognised as the pinnacle of the game , in addition to key team events , world tour finals and the Olympic Games , but no world championship or world cup ) .

neg: 2010–11 La Liga The 2010 -- 11 La Liga season ( known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons ) was the 80th since its establishment . The campaign began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011 . A total of 20 teams contested the league , 17 of which already contested in the 2009 -- 10 season and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División . In addition , a new match ball -- the Nike Total 90 Tracer -- served as the official ball for all matches .   Defending champions Barcelona secured their third-consecutive and 21st La Liga title after a 1 -- 1 tie with Levante on 11 May 2011 . The result gave Barcelona a 6-point lead with two matches remaining which , combined with their better head-to-head record with Real Madrid , ensured that they finished top of the table . Barcelona led the table since defeating Madrid 5 -- 0 on 23 November 2010 . Since then , they lost only one match en route to winning the title . It was the third straight title for Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola . Lionel Messi won the LFP Award for Best Player , which marked his third consecutive win .   The season was again dominated by Barcelona and Real Madrid , with second-place Madrid 21 points ahead of third-place Valencia . Having encountered each other in the Champions League semifinals and the Copa del Rey final , the top two teams met 4 times in 17 days , for a total of 5 times this season .   The most significant managerial change prior to the start of the season was two-time Champions League-winning José Mourinho taking over at Real Madrid .

neg: 2014 UEFA Europa League Final The 2014 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2013 -- 14 UEFA Europa League , the 43rd season of Europe 's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the fifth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League . It was played at the Juventus Stadium in Turin , Italy on 14 May 2014 , between Spanish side Sevilla and Portuguese side Benfica . Sevilla won the match 4 -- 2 on penalties , following a 0 -- 0 draw after extra time .   Sevilla secured their third title in eight years , after winning the competition in 2006 and 2007 . With this triumph , they joined Juventus ( 1977 , 1990 , 1993 ) , Internazionale ( 1991 , 1994 , 1998 ) and Liverpool ( 1973 , 1976 , 2001 ) as the teams with the most wins . Benfica lost their second consecutive UEFA Europa League final , following their defeat against Chelsea in the 2013 final . Including their runner-up finish in 1983 , Benfica are the team with the most lost finals in the competition .   As the winners , Sevilla earned the right to play against 2013 -- 14 UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid in the 2014 UEFA Super Cup .

neg: 2006 UEFA Champions League Final The 2006 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football match between Barcelona of Spain and Arsenal of England at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis , Paris , France , on Wednesday , 17 May 2006 . It was the final match of the 2005 -- 06 season of Europe 's primary cup competition , the UEFA Champions League . Barcelona were appearing in their fifth final , having won the competition once in 1992 , and lost the other three finals . Arsenal were appearing in the final for the first time and in doing so became the first club from London to feature in the final .   Each club needed to progress through the group stage and knockout rounds to reach the final , playing 12 matches in total . Barcelona won their group and progressed to the final after beating Chelsea , Benfica and Milan , respectively . Arsenal won their group to move into the knockout stage , and progressed without conceding a goal against Real Madrid , Juventus and Villarreal , respectively .   A crowd of 79,500 watched as Jens Lehmann was sent off early in the game . Despite this setback , Arsenal took the lead through Sol Campbell towards the end of the first half . The game turned with the 61st minute introduction of Henrik Larsson as a Barcelona substitute . Larsson provided two assists , one each for Samuel Eto'o and Juliano Belletti . The 2 -- 1 victory was Barcelona 's second triumph in the competition 14 years after they won the European Cup in 1992 .

neg: 2016–17 RCD Espanyol season Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona ( Catalan pronunciation : -LSB- rəˈjaɫ ˈkɫub dəpurˈtiw əspəˈɲɔɫ də βərsəˈɫonə -RSB- ; Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona ) , commonly known as RCD Espanyol , or simply as Espanyol , is a professional sports club based in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain.During the 2016/17 campaign they will be competing in the following competitions : La Liga , Copa del Rey .

neg: 2015–16 Egyptian Second Division The 2015 -- 16 Egyptian Second Division was the 36th edition of the Egyptian Second Division , the top Egyptian non-professional level for football clubs . It represents the second tier in the Egyptian football league system .

neg: Samuel Umtiti Samuel Yves Umtiti ( -LSB- sa.mɥɛl ym.ti.ti -RSB- ; born 14 November 1993 ) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the France national team .   He began his professional career with Lyon in 2012 , winning the Coupe de France and Trophée des Champions that year . He totalled 170 games and three goals before a $ 25 million transfer to Barcelona in 2016 .   After winning 47 caps and scoring three goals at youth level , including winning the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup , Umtiti represented France at UEFA Euro 2016 , where his nation reached the final .


query: Courteney Cox appeared on a show created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman.

pos: Friends Friends ( stylized as F • R • I • E • N • D • S ) is an American television sitcom , created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman , which aired on NBC from September 22 , 1994 , to May 6 , 2004 , lasting ten seasons . With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston , Courteney Cox , Lisa Kudrow , Matt LeBlanc , Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer , the show revolves around six 20-30 something friends living in Manhattan . The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions , in association with Warner Bros. . Television . The original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright , Marta Kauffman , and David Crane .   Kauffman and Crane began developing Friends under the title Insomnia Cafe between November and December 1993 . They presented the idea to Bright , and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the show to NBC . After several script rewrites and changes , including a title change to Six of One and Friends Like Us , the series was finally named Friends .   Filming took place at Warner Bros. . Studios in Burbank , California . All ten seasons of Friends ranked within the top ten of the final television season ratings ; ultimately reaching the No. 1 spot with its eighth season . The series finale on May 6 , 2004 , was watched by around 52.5 million American viewers , making it the fifth most watched series finale in television history , and the most watched television episode of the 2000s decade .   Friends received acclaim throughout its run , becoming one of the most popular television shows of all time . The series was nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards , winning the Outstanding Comedy Series award in 2002 for its eighth season . The show ranked no. 21 on -LSB- -LSB- TV Guide 's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time | TV Guide '' 's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time -RSB- -RSB- and no. 7 on Empire magazine 's The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time . In 1997 , the episode `` The One with the Prom Video '' was ranked no. 100 on TV Guide 's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time . In 2013 , Friends '' ranked no. 24 on the Writers Guild of America 's 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time and no. 28 on TV Guide 's 60 Best TV Series of All Time .

pos: Courteney Cox Courteney Bass Cox ( born June 15 , 1964 ) is an American actress , producer , and director . She is best known for her roles as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends , Gale Weathers in the horror series Scream , and Jules Cobb in the ABC/TBS sitcom Cougar Town , for which she earned her first Golden Globe nomination . Cox also starred in the FX series Dirt . She owns a production company , called Coquette Productions , which was created by Cox and her then-husband David Arquette . Cox also worked as a director on her sitcom Cougar Town and the television film Talhotblond .

neg: Girls (TV series) Girls is an American television series that premiered on HBO on April 15 , 2012 . Created by and starring Lena Dunham and executive produced by Judd Apatow , Girls is a comedy-drama following the lives of four young women living in New York City . The show 's premise and major aspects of the main character were drawn from Dunham 's own life .   The series has received a positive response from critics and consistent accolades , including the 2013 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series -- Musical or Comedy .   Girls sixth and final season concluded on April 16 , 2017 , with a total of 62 episodes .

neg: The X Effect The X Effect is an American relationship-based reality television show created by Douglas Tirola , Teresa Sorkin and David Allan . The program originally aired from June 6 , 2007 to February 2 , 2009 on MTV , spanning three seasons and 30 episodes . The show was hosted by Thomas Bridegroom and Natalia Castellanos .

neg: Dish Nation Dish Nation is a nightly syndicated television program that features celebrity news and humorous commentary on pop culture presented by radio personalities from across the United States . It debuted in July 2011 on Fox Television Stations .

neg: The Carmichael Show The Carmichael Show is an American sitcom television series created by Nicholas Stoller , Jerrod Carmichael , Ari Katcher , and Willie Hunter that premiered on August 26 , 2015 , on NBC . Starring Carmichael , it follows a fictional version of his family . The multi-camera show is set in Charlotte , North Carolina .   On May 15 , 2016 , NBC renewed the series for a 13-episode third season , which premiered with back-to-back episodes on May 31 , 2017 .

neg: Hatch, Match & Dispatch Hatch , Match & Dispatch is an Australian factual television show narrated by Marta Dusseldorp that looks at the work of the staff from the New South Wales Registry of Births , Deaths and Marriages who are there to share in people 's joy and heartache . This eight part observational documentary series began airing on the ABC in 2016 .

neg: Mind Games (TV series) Mind Games is an American drama television series created by Kyle Killen that aired on ABC . The show is about two brothers who run a problem solving firm called Edwards And Associates that employs solutions based on psychological manipulation . It premiered on February 25 , 2014 , and was canceled on March 27 , 2014 .

neg: Search Party (2016 TV series) Search Party is an American dark comedy television series created by Sarah-Violet Bliss , Charles Rogers , and Michael Showalter . TBS picked up the pilot to series in November 2015 . All ten episodes are currently available online . On December 13 , 2016 , TBS renewed the show for a second season .

neg: Related Related is an American comedy-drama series that aired on The WB network during the 2005-2006 television season . It revolved around the lives of four close-knit sisters - of Italian descent , raised in Brooklyn - living in New York City .   The show was created by former Sex and the City writer Liz Tuccillo , and executive produced by Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman . Despite heavy promotion , initial ratings did not warrant the show being picked up for a second season when The WB network was folded into The CW .   The untitled Related theme song is sung by The Veronicas , whose music was regularly featured in episodes .

neg: Phoenix Productions Phoenix Productions is a New York based creative studio that produces advertising , television , film and video production company . The company was formed in 2005 by Chris Phoenix to create the show open and graphics package for Bravo 's Battle of the Network Reality Stars . It has since expanded into marketing , advertising and other programming , most notably the Comedy Central series Important Things With Demetri Martin and Jon Stewart 's `` Night of Too Many Stars '' .  The company bills itself as a combination creative agency , production company and post-production house .

neg: Night Court Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4 , 1984 , to May 31 , 1992 . The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan municipal court , Criminal Court Part 2 , presided over by a young , unorthodox judge , Harold T. `` Harry '' Stone ( played by Harry Anderson ) . The series was created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege , who had previously worked on Barney Miller in the 1970s and early 1980s .

neg: List of Undateable episodes Undateable is an American multi-camera comedy television series that premiered on May 29 , 2014 , as a mid-season replacement on NBC . The series was created by Adam Sztykiel and is based on the book Undateable : 311 Things Guys do That Guarantee They Wo n't be Dating or Having Sex by Ellen Rakieten and Anne Coyle .   On May 13 , 2016 , NBC cancelled the series .

neg: Friends (season 3) The third season of Friends , an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman , premiered on NBC on September 19 , 1996 . Friends was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions , in association with Warner Bros. . Television . The season contains 25 episodes and concluded airing on May 15 , 1997 .

neg: List of Sports Night characters Sports Night is an American comedy-drama which aired on ABC from September 1998 until May 2000 . The show goes behind the scenes at a fictional network sports round-up show , akin to ESPN show Sports Center , and the interactions on and off screen between the eccentric characters .

neg: Cashmere Mafia Cashmere Mafia is an American drama television series which ran on ABC from January 6 , 2008 to February 20 , 2008 . The series was created by Kevin Wade , who also served as executive producer alongside Darren Star , Gail Katz , Jeff Rake and Michael Pressman , with Susie Fitzgerald co-executive producing . Peyton Reed directed the pilot .   ABC decided not to renew the series for a second season .

neg: Testees Testees is a Canadian television series , created by Kenny Hotz ( of Kenny vs. Spenny ) and written and produced by Kenny Hotz and Derek Harvie ( of The Tom Green Show ) . Testees originally aired on Thursdays at 10:30 PM EST on FX and ran from October 9 , 2008 , to December 18 , 2008 . and debuted on October 14 , 2008 , on Showcase in Canada . The show is filmed in Toronto and Hamilton , Ontario . Testees is now showing on FX in the UK , I.Sat in Brazil and Comedy Central in Germany , Austria and the Netherlands . After one season , Testees was not renewed by FX .

neg: Television Writers Vault The Television Writers Vault is an online marketplace within the television industry used for scouting and selling original TV formats , concepts , and intellectual properties to produce as new television shows . It is the first website to deliver new show ideas from people outside of the industry , resulting in successful productions by major networks . 2012 saw the global broadcast of two reality television concepts discovered from the site ; Saw Dogs ( aired on Discovery Channel , TV4 Sweden , and OLN ) and Deals From The Darkside ( aired on SyFy , A&E Australia , OLN , UKTV ) . 2014 saw the premiere of Kim of Queens on Lifetime TV , whose star , Kim Gravel , was discovered pitching her own concepts at the TV Writers Vault .   The service was created and developed by former Merv Griffin Entertainment development executive Scott Manville . In addition to providing a showcase for programming ideas , it also offers educational content for new TV writers and creators on the subjects of creating and pitching new TV show ideas .

neg: Calli Cox Calli Cox ( born Kristy Jo Connelly ; February 26 , 1977 ) is an American former pornographic actress .

neg: Fresno (miniseries) Fresno is a 1986 American television comedy miniseries that parodied prime time soap operas of the time such as Falcon Crest , Dallas , and Dynasty . Fresno was directed by Jeff Bleckner . The series featured high production values , including lavish haute couture gowns by leading costume designer Bob Mackie , a main cast including Carol Burnett , Teri Garr , Charles Grodin and Dabney Coleman , and supporting cast including Charles Keating , Pat Corley , Louise Latham , Tom Poston and Henry Darrow . It was noted at the time as being the first American satirical TV comedy to be made in the then-popular miniseries format .

neg: This Is Not Happening (TV series) This Is Not Happening is an American storytelling show hosted by Ari Shaffir , who also makes other comedy shows . It airs on American cable television network Comedy Central , and had its premiere on January 22 , 2015 . Episodes focus on comedians telling real life experiences comedically .

neg: Nothing Sacred (TV series) Nothing Sacred is an American drama series that aired from 1997 to 1998 on ABC . The series was created by a Jesuit priest named Bill Cain and producer David Manson .


query: Chris Pine appeared in a 2012 American romantic comedy spy film.

pos: This Means War (film) This Means War is a 2012 American romantic comedy spy film directed by McG in which two CIA agents who are best friends discover that they are dating the same woman . The film stars Reese Witherspoon , Chris Pine , and Tom Hardy .

pos: Chris Pine Christopher Whitelaw Pine ( born August 26 , 1980 ) is an American actor . He is known for his role as James T. Kirk in Star Trek ( 2009 ) , Star Trek Into Darkness ( 2013 ) , and Star Trek Beyond ( 2016 ) . He also appeared in the films The Princess Diaries 2 : Royal Engagement ( 2004 ) , Just My Luck ( 2006 ) , Smokin ' Aces ( 2007 ) , Bottle Shock ( 2008 ) , Unstoppable ( 2010 ) , This Means War ( 2012 ) , Rise of the Guardians ( 2012 ) , Horrible Bosses 2 ( 2014 ) , Jack Ryan : Shadow Recruit ( 2014 ) , Into the Woods ( 2014 ) , Z for Zachariah ( 2015 ) , The Finest Hours ( 2016 ) , Hell or High Water ( 2016 ) , and Wonder Woman ( 2017 ) .

neg: Simon Fields Simon Fields is a native of London and received his education at Stowe School . After graduation , he worked his way through the television commercial production ranks in London to become production manager for the Moving Picture Company . In 1978 , Fields became a producer for Jon Roseman Productions and moved to L.A. within a year to join its U.S. division . He , producer Paul Flattery and director Bruce Gowers . soon left to form Gowers , Fields , Flattery . In 1982 , Gowers Fields Flattery started representing director Steve Barron , of the UK company Limelight in the U.S. . In 1983 Fields left Gowers , Fields , Flattery with Barron to form the US version of Limelight , a company focused on music video , commercial and feature film production , with operations in Los Angeles and London . As president and CEO , Fields oversaw a television commercial division whose accounts included Calvin Klein , Nike and Budweiser , as well as producing the feature film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . Limelight also became distinguished as a leader in music video production , working on projects with Michael Jackson , Madonna , Prince , Peter Gabriel , A-ha , David Bowie and others .   Toward the end of his twelve-year tenure with Limelight , Fields teamed with director Peter Chelsom in developing and producing feature films . Together they shepherded the Ned Beatty romantic comedy Hear My Song , the Buena Vista distributed Funny Bones starring Oliver Platt and Jerry Lewis ( which earned Fields and Chelsom a London Critics Circle Film Award for British Producer of the Year ) , The Mighty starring Elden Henson , Kieran Culkin and Sharon Stone , Miramax 's romantic comedy Serendipity starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale , and the romantic comedy Shall We Dance , starring Richard Gere , Susan Sarandon and Jennifer Lopez .   Through Nuyorican , Fields has produced several feature films and served as Executive Producer on many television productions : The crime drama Bordertown , starring Jennifer Lopez and Antonio Banderas , the Picture House release of El Cantante , the story of salsa pioneer Hector Lavoe , starring Lopez and Marc Anthony , and the Sony Pictures release of Feel the Noise , a drama set in New York & Puerto Rico . The company has also produced Dancelife , a dance competition reality series for MTV . Nuyorican also has non-scripted/reality division , and had its first series South Beach Tow premiere on TruTV in July 2011 . Simon Fields currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Melanie and two children .

neg: Janeane from Des Moines Janeane from Des Moines is a 2012 American political drama film directed by Grace Lee , written by Lee and Jane Edith Wilson , and starring Wilson as a conservative housewife who attends the 2012 Republican Party primary in Iowa . It mixes elements of mockumentary and real-life interviews with Republican politicians conducted in-character without their knowledge .

neg: Spy (Carly Simon album) Spy is singer-songwriter Carly Simon 's ninth album , and eighth studio album , released in 1979 . It is also her last album for Elektra Records . The title of the album is a tribute to Anaïs Nin , whose quote `` I am an international spy in the house of love '' , is written across the top on the inside jacket . Simon dedicated the album to producer Arif Mardin , in which she wrote in the liner notes , `` Dedicated to Arif who is himself fantastic . ''   Although Spy did not yield any major hit singles , `` Vengeance '' earned Simon a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance , Female in early 1980 , the first year to feature this new category . It peaked at # 48 on the Billboard Pop singles chart . Simon made a music video for the song , and MTV later used a clip from it in a commercial that tried to entice viewers to get stereo sound on their TV sets . The promotional clip was also chosen by Pioneer Electronics to be part of their first demo disc for its then-new Laserdisc player .   The album also features a track entitled `` Never Been Gone '' , which has gone on to become a fan favorite , as well as one of Simon 's personal favorites . In 2009 , she would release an album entitled after the track .

neg: Locked in a Garage Band Locked in a Garage Band is a 2012 Canadian comedy film directed and written by Jennifer Westcott , and produced by Victoria Westcott of Elgin Road Productions . The film stars Scott Lyster , Ella Simon , Katelyn Wallace , Andrew Jenkins , Luke Jennings , and Brittney Wilson . Filmed mainly at one location in Mission , British Columbia , Canada , it was first released on 4 September 2012 .

neg: Be My Slave (film) is a 2012 Japanese erotic thriller film directed by Tôru Kamei , adapted from a novel by Shu Satami . It stars Mitsu Dan as Kana , an office worker who draws a new employee ( Hiroaki Mayama ) into her sadomasochistic sex life at the behest of her master ( Itsuji Itao ) .

neg: Tomorrow Never Dies Tomorrow Never Dies ( 1997 ) is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series , and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond . Directed by Roger Spottiswoode , with the screenplay written by Bruce Feirstein , the film follows Bond as he attempts to stop Elliot Carver , a power-mad media mogul , from engineering world events to initiate World War III .   The film was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli , and was the first James Bond film made after the death of producer Albert R. Broccoli , to whom the movie pays tribute in the end credits . Filming locations included France , Thailand , Germany , Mexico and the United Kingdom . Tomorrow Never Dies performed well at the box office and earned a Golden Globe nomination despite mixed reviews . While its performance at the domestic box office surpassed that of its predecessor , GoldenEye , it was the only Pierce Brosnan Bond film not to open at number one at the box office , as it opened the same day as Titanic , but instead at number two .

neg: Pulp (2012 film) Pulp is a British comedy film directed by Adam Hamdy and Shaun Magher , starring Jay Sutherland and John Thomson On March 2013 it was released exclusively on Xbox Live , becoming the first feature film to be distributed via a games console platform .

neg: The Pineville Heist The Pineville Heist is a 2016 Canadian action film , directed and written by Lee Chambers . The film is based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Chambers .

neg: Sparkle (2012 film) Sparkle is a 2012 American musical film directed by Salim Akil and produced by Stage 6 Films , It was released on August 17 , 2012 , by TriStar Pictures . Inspired by The Supremes , Sparkle is a remake of the 1976 film of the same name , which centered on three singing teenage sisters from Harlem who form a girl group in the late 1960s . The remake takes place in Detroit , Michigan in the 1960s during the Motown era .   The film stars Jordin Sparks , Derek Luke , Whitney Houston , Mike Epps , Cee Lo Green , Carmen Ejogo , Tika Sumpter , Tamela Mann and Omari Hardwick . Sparkle features songs from the original film written by soul musician Curtis Mayfield as well as new compositions by R&B artist R. Kelly . This film is the debut of R&B / pop singer and American Idol winner Jordin Sparks as an actress . Sparkle also marks Whitney Houston 's fifth and final feature film role before her death on February 11 , 2012 , three months after filming ended . The film is dedicated to her memory .

neg: Bullet to the Head Bullet to the Head is a 2012 American action thriller film directed by Walter Hill . The screenplay by Alessandro Camon was based on the French graphic novel Du Plomb Dans La Tête written by Matz and illustrated by Colin Wilson . The film stars Sylvester Stallone , Sung Kang , Sarah Shahi , Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje , Christian Slater , and Jason Momoa . Alexandra Milchan , Alfred Gough , Miles Millar , and Kevin King-Templeton produced the film . The movie follows a hitman and a cop who are forced to work together to bring down a corrupt businessman and mafia boss after they are targeted by the latter 's associates .   The film premiered at the International Rome Film Festival on November 14 , 2012 . The film received a wide United States release on February 1 , 2013 .

neg: Spy Hard Spy Hard is a 1996 American spy comedy film parody starring Leslie Nielsen and Nicollette Sheridan , parodying James Bond films and other action films . The introduction to the movie is sung by comedy artist `` Weird Al '' Yankovic . It is the first film to be written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer . The film 's title is a pun of Die Hard . The film is directed by Rick Friedberg and produced by Doug Draizin and Jeffery Knovitz .   The film was released by Buena Vista Pictures on May 24 , 1996 , receiving generally negative reviews from critics . While many praised Nielsen 's acting and its humor , most found the script , story and its direction lame . The film eventually grossed $ 26 million against a production budget of $ 18 million , making it a relative success .

neg: All's Well, Ends Well 2012 All 's Well , Ends Well 2012 is a 2012 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Chan Hing-ka and Janet Chun . It is the seventh installment in the All 's Well , Ends Well film series .

neg: Chris Coppola Christopher `` Chris '' Coppola is an American actor , voice artist , and comedian . He is best known for such movies as Friday the 13th , Far Cry , Postal , Loveless in Los Angeles , The Polar Express , and Beowulf . He also voiced Dancer in Santa Buddies and appeared in the episode `` Tailgate '' on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother .

neg: Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (2012 film) Jules Verne 's Mysterious Island is a 2012 television film released on Syfy .

neg: An Oversimplification of Her Beauty An Oversimplification of Her Beauty is a 2012 American semi-animated comedy-drama-romance film , directed by Terence Nance , following a quixotic artist who , when stood up by an attractive woman , makes a film about it and shows it to her . It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and has received generally positive reviews from critics .

neg: Johnny English Johnny English is a 2003 British spy comedy film parodying the James Bond secret agent genre infused with comedy similar to Atkinson 's Mr. Bean character . The film stars Rowan Atkinson , Natalie Imbruglia , Ben Miller and John Malkovich . The screenplay was written by Bond writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade , with William Davies , and the film was directed by Peter Howitt .   The film grossed a total of $ 160 million worldwide . The film was followed by a sequel , 2011 's Johnny English Reborn . The film was released in the United Kingdom on April 11 , 2003 , and topped the country 's box office for the next three weekends , before being overtaken by X2 . A second sequel is in pre-production and will release in October 2018 .

neg: General Education (film) General Education is a 2012 comedy film , directed by Tom Morris , starring Chris Sheffield , Maiara Walsh , Elaine Hendrix , Bobby Campo , Janeane Garofalo and Larry Miller and produced by Pelican House Productions . The film was shot in Chico and Gridley , California .

neg: The Last Day of August The Last Day of August is a 2012 American film drama about four friends recovering from the physical and psychological damage of a car accident . An independent feature film , it was directed by Craig DiFolco with a screenplay written by DiFolco and Sara Rempe . It was the debut film of the writers and the director . Its running time is 75 minutes .

neg: Sun Don't Shine Sun Do n't Shine is a 2012 independent thriller film written and directed by Amy Seimetz . It stars Kate Lyn Sheil and Kentucker Audley . It first premiered on March 10 , 2012 at the South by Southwest Film Festival , where it won a special jury award . The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on April 26 , 2013 , by Factory25 .

neg: Straight Talk Straight Talk is an 1992 American romantic comedy film directed by Barnet Kellman and starring Dolly Parton and James Woods . Parton did not receive solo star-billing in any other theatrically released films until the 2012 film Joyful Noise , alongside Queen Latifah . Her previous starring films had been 9 to 5 ( 1980 ) , The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ( 1982 ) , Rhinestone ( 1984 ) , and Steel Magnolias ( 1989 ) .


query: Ratatouille was directed by one person.

pos: Ratatouille (film) Ratatouille ( -LSB- rætəˈtuːiː -RSB- -LSB- ʁatatuj -RSB- ) is a 2007 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar and released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution . It is the eighth film produced by Pixar and was co-written and directed by Brad Bird , who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005 . The title refers to a French dish , `` ratatouille '' , which is served at the end of the film and is also a play on words about the species of the main character . The film stars the voices of Patton Oswalt as Remy , an anthropomorphic rat who is interested in cooking ; Lou Romano as Linguini , a young garbage boy who befriends Remy ; Ian Holm as Skinner , the head chef of Auguste Gusteau 's restaurant ; Janeane Garofalo as Colette , a rôtisseur at Gusteau 's restaurant ; Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego , a restaurant critic ; Brian Dennehy as Django , Remy 's father and leader of his clan ; Peter Sohn as Emile , Remy 's older brother ; and Brad Garrett as Auguste Gusteau , a recently deceased chef . The plot follows Remy , who dreams of becoming a chef and tries to achieve his goal by forming an alliance with a Parisian restaurant 's garbage boy .   Development of Ratatouille began in 2000 when Pinkava wrote the original concepts of the film . In 2005 , Bird was approached to direct the film and revise the story . Bird and some of the film 's crew members also visited Paris for inspiration . To create the food animation used in the film , the crew consulted chefs from both France and the United States . Bird also interned at Thomas Keller 's The French Laundry restaurant , where Keller developed the confit byaldi , a dish used in the film .   Ratatouille premiered on June 22 , 2007 , at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles , California , with its general release June 29 , 2007 , in the United States . The film grossed at the box office and received universal acclaim . The film later won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature , among other honors .

neg: Philippe Druillet Philippe Druillet ( -LSB- dʁɥijɛ -RSB- ; born 28 June 1944 ) is a French comics artist and creator , and an innovator in visual design .

neg: Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( -LSB- ʒɑ̃lyk ɡɔdaʁ -RSB- ; born 3 December 1930 ) is a French-Swiss film director , screenwriter and film critic . He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement La Nouvelle Vague , or `` New Wave '' .   Like his New Wave contemporaries , Godard criticized mainstream French cinema 's `` Tradition of Quality '' , which `` emphasized craft over innovation , privileged established directors over new directors , and preferred the great works of the past to experimentation . '' As a result of such argument , he and like-minded critics started to make their own films . Many of Godard 's films challenge the conventions of traditional Hollywood in addition to French cinema . He is often considered the most radical French filmmaker of the 1960s and 1970s ; his approach in film conventions , politics and philosophies made him arguably the most influential director of the French New Wave . Along with showing knowledge of film history through homages and references , several of his films expressed his political views ; he was an avid reader of existential and Marxist philosophy .   Since the New Wave , his politics have been much less radical and his recent films are about representation and human conflict from a humanist , and a Marxist perspective .   In a 2002 Sight & Sound poll , Godard ranked third in the critics ' top-ten directors of all time ( which was put together by assembling the directors of the individual films for which the critics voted ) . He is said to have `` created one of the largest bodies of critical analysis of any filmmaker since the mid-twentieth century . '' He and his work have been central to narrative theory and have `` challenged both commercial narrative cinema norms and film criticism 's vocabulary . '' In 2010 , Godard was awarded an Academy Honorary Award , but did not attend the award ceremony .  Godard 's films have inspired many directors including Martin Scorsese , Quentin Tarantino , Brian De Palma , Steven Soderbergh , D. A. Pennebaker , Robert Altman , Jim Jarmusch , Wong Kar-wai , Wim Wenders , Bernardo Bertolucci , and Pier Paolo Pasolini .

neg: Simone Mareuil Simone Mareuil ( -LSB- simɔn maʁøj -RSB- ; 25 August 1899 -- 24 October 1954 ) was a French actress best known for appearing in the surrealist film Un Chien Andalou .   Born Marie Louise Simone Vacher in Périgueux , Dordogne , she appeared in a number of films , most notably director Luis Buñuel 's Un Chien Andalou ( An Andalusian Dog , 1929 ) . She was the second wife of actor Philippe Hersent .   After World War II , she returned to Périgueux , where she fell into a deep depression . She committed suicide by self-immolation -- dousing herself in gasoline and burning herself to death in a public square .

neg: Georges Méliès filmography Georges Méliès ( 1861 -- 1938 ) was a French filmmaker and magician generally regarded as the first person to recognize the potential of narrative film . He made about 520 films between 1896 and 1912 , covering a range of genres including trick films , fantasies , comedies , advertisements , satires , costume dramas , literary adaptations , erotic films , melodramas , and imaginary voyages . His works are often considered as important precursors to further developments in modern narrative cinema , though some recent academicians have argued that Méliès 's films are better understood as spectacular theatrical creations rooted in the 19th-century féerie tradition .   After attending the first demonstration of the Lumière Brothers ' Kinetoscope in December 1895 , he bought a film projector from the British film experimenter Robert W. Paul and began using it to project short films at his theater of illusions , the Théâtre Robert-Houdin , in Paris . Having studied the principles on which Paul 's projector ran , Méliès was able to modify the machine so that it could be used as a makeshift camera . He began making his own short films with it in May 1896 , founded the Star Film Company in the same year , and built his own studio in Montreuil , Seine-Saint-Denis in 1897 . His films A Trip to the Moon ( 1902 ) , The Kingdom of the Fairies ( 1903 ) , and The Impossible Voyage ( 1904 ) were among the most popular films of the first few years of the twentieth century , and Méliès built a second studio , complete with artificial light fittings , in 1907 . However , various factors ( American film piracy , price standardizations prescribed in 1908 by the Motion Picture Patents Company , and the waning popularity of fanciful magic films chief among them ) led eventually to Méliès 's financial ruin and the closing of his studio . His last films were made under the supervision of the rival filmmaker Charles Pathé , and in 1922 -- 23 Méliès sold his studios , closed the Théâtre Robert-Houdin , and discarded his own collection of his negative and positive prints . In 1925 he began selling toys and candy from a stand in the Gare Montparnasse in Paris . Thanks to the efforts of film history devotées , especially René Clair , Jean George Auriol , and Paul Gilson , Méliès and his work were rediscovered in the late 1920s , and he was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1931 .   In the list below , Méliès 's films are numbered according to their order in the catalogues of the Star Film Company . In Méliès 's numbering system , films were listed and numbered according to their order of production , and each catalogue number denotes about 20 meters of film ( thus , for example , A Trip to the Moon , at about 260 meters long , is listed as # 399 -- 411 ) . The original French release titles , as well as the original titles used in the US and UK versions of the Star Film catalogues , are listed in the body of the filmography ; notable variant titles are provided in smaller text . The parenthetical descriptive subtitles used in the catalogues ( e.g. scène comique ) are also provided whenever possible . Films directed by Méliès but not originally released by the Star Film Company ( such as The Coronation of Edward VII , released by Charles Urban , or The Conquest of the Pole , released by Pathé Frères ) are also included . Where available , the list also includes information on whether each film survives , survives in fragmentary form , or is presumed lost . Unless otherwise referenced , the information presented here is derived from the 2008 filmography prepared by Jacques Malthête , augmented by filmographies prepared in the 1970s by Paul Hammond and John Frazer .

neg: Michel Deville Michel Deville ( born 13 April 1931 ) is a French film director and screenwriter .   Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s , paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors . He never achieved the level of critical and international recognition of some of his contemporaries such as François Truffaut , Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol , possibly because of his more conventional filmmaking style . Nevertheless , his films , especially his comedies from the 1970s and 1980s , were popular in his native France .   One of Deville 's comedies , La Lectrice ( The Reader ) was probably his biggest success with international audiences . La Lectrice is about a woman ( played by Miou-Miou ) , who finds work reading novels for the blind but gradually finds herself unwittingly attracting a clientele of fetishists who enjoyed being read to . At one time his films were difficult to find in North America but presently ( 2007 ) seven of his films are available in DVD in the U.S.   His 1980 film Le Voyage en douce was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival . Five years later , his film Death in a French Garden was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival .

neg: Louis Delluc Louis Delluc ( -LSB- dɛlyk -RSB- ; 14 October 1890 -- 22 March 1924 ) was an Impressionist French film director , screen writer and film critic .

neg: Robert Kramer Robert Kramer ( June 22 , 1939 -- November 10 , 1999 ) was an American film director , screenwriter and actor . He directed 19 films between 1965 and 1999 , most of them political cinema made from a left-wing point of view . His film À toute allure was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival .

neg: Rob Minkoff Robert R. `` Rob '' Minkoff ( born August 11 , 1962 ) is an American filmmaker . He is known for directing the double Academy Award -- winning animated feature The Lion King ( along with Roger Allers ) .

neg: Arthur Lamothe Arthur Lamothe , ( December 7 , 1928 -- September 18 , 2013 ) was a French-Canadian film director and film producer .

neg: La Roue La Roue ( -LSB- la ʁu -RSB- , `` The Wheel '' ) is a French silent film , directed by Abel Gance , who also directed Napoléon and J'accuse ! . It was released in 1923 . The film used then-revolutionary lighting techniques , and rapid scene changes and cuts .

neg: Werner Herzog Werner Herzog ( -LSB- ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk -RSB- ; born 5 September 1942 ) is a German screenwriter , film director , author , actor , and opera director .   Herzog is considered one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema , along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Margarethe von Trotta , Volker Schlöndorff , Werner Schröter , and Wim Wenders . Herzog 's films often feature heroes with impossible dreams , people with unique talents in obscure fields , or individuals who are in conflict with nature .   French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog `` the most important film director alive . '' American film critic Roger Ebert said that Herzog `` has never created a single film that is compromised , shameful , made for pragmatic reasons , or uninteresting . Even his failures are spectacular . ''  He was named one of the 100 most influential people on the planet by Time magazine in 2009 .

neg: Film director A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film 's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay ( or script ) while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the film .   The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized , or noticed . Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the boundaries of the film 's budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director . Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , film editors or actors . Other film directors have attended a film school . Directors use different approaches . Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue , while others control every aspect , and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely . Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners . Some directors edit or appear in their films , or compose the music score for their films .

neg: James Goldstone James Goldstone ( born June 8 , 1931 in Los Angeles , California ; died November 5 , 1999 in Shaftsbury , Vermont ) was an American film and television director whose career spanned over thirty years .   Goldstone was noted for the momentum and `` fifteen-minute cliffhangers '' that he brought to TV pilots such as Star Trek ( `` Where No Man Has Gone Before '' , 1966 ) , Ironside , and The Bold Ones : The Senator . His later career helped pioneer the concept of `` thirty-second attention span '' pacing over detailed content in his dramatizations of Rita Hayworth , Calamity Jane , and the Kent State shootings for which he won the Emmy .   During his Hollywood career , he directed Paul Newman , Robert De Niro , Robert Shaw , James Garner , Richard Dreyfuss and Sidney Poitier and collaborated with composer and musician , Lalo Schifrin . He `` discovered '' Tiny Tim . In addition to his work in film and television , Goldstone was a longtime leader in the Director 's and Writers Guilds . In his later life , he taught both at Bennington College and in the masters program at Columbia University . During the 1990s he directed a number of theatrical productions in New England . He was also central in the establishment of National Public Radio presence in Vermont and was the moving force behind the creation of the Vermont Arts Council which named its award for new talent the James Goldstone Award .   Goldstone was the son of Hollywood agent and early television producer , Jules Goldstone .

neg: Antonin Artaud Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud , better known as Antonin Artaud ( -LSB- aʁto -RSB- ; 4 September 1896 -- 4 March 1948 ) , was a French dramatist , poet , essayist , actor , and theatre director , widely recognized as one of the major figures of twentieth-century theatre and the European avant-garde .

neg: Allen Wolf Allen Wolf ( born October 29 , 1970 ) is an American film director , screenwriter , film producer , novelist , and board game creator .

neg: Jacques Doillon Jacques Doillon ( -LSB- dwajɔ̃ -RSB- ; born 15 March 1944 ) is a French film director . He has a habit of giving lead roles to inexperienced young actresses in his films on family life and women . Some actresses to break through are Fanny Bastien , Sandrine Bonnaire , Judith Godrèche , Marianne Denicourt and Charlotte Gainsbourg and Juliette Binoche .   Doillon was born in Paris . He had a relationship with actress Jane Birkin in the 1980s , following her break-up with Serge Gainsbourg . Their daughter , Lou Doillon , was born in 1982 .   His 1989 film The 15 Year Old Girl was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival .   His 1990 film La vengeance d'une femme was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival . The following year , his film Le Petit Criminel won an Honourable Mention at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival . In 1993 , his film Le Jeune Werther won the Blue Angel Award at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival . In 1998 , his film Trop ( peu ) d'amour was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival .

neg: Jacques Daniel-Norman Jacques Daniel-Norman ( real name Joseph Jacques Compère ( 2 December 1901 - 5 December 1978 ) was a French film director and screenwriter .

neg: Histoire(s) du cinéma Histoire ( s ) du cinéma ( -LSB- is.twaʁ dy si.ne.ma -RSB- ) is an 8-part video project begun by Jean-Luc Godard in the late 1980s and completed in 1998 . The longest , at 266 minutes , and one of the most complex of Godard 's films , Histoire ( s ) du cinéma is an examination of the history of the concept of cinema and how it relates to the 20th century ; in this sense , it can also be considered a critique of the 20th century and how it perceives itself . The project is considered by many the most important work of the late period of Godard 's career .   Histoire ( s ) du cinéma is always referred to by its French title , because of the word play it implies : histoire means both `` history '' and `` story , '' and the s in parentheses gives the possibility of a plural . Therefore , the phrase Histoire ( s ) du cinéma simultaneously means The History of Cinema , Histories of Cinema , The Story of Cinema and Stories of Cinema . Similar double or triple meanings , as well as puns , are a recurring motif throughout Histoire ( s ) and much of Godard 's work .   The film was screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival . Nine years later , it was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Festival .   The soundtrack was released as a 5-CD boxed set on the ECM record label .

neg: Stuart Gillard Stuart Thomas Gillard ( born April 28 , 1950 ) is a Canadian film and television director . He is best known for directing the films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III ( 1993 ) and RocketMan ( 1997 ) .   He also wrote and directed the romance film Paradise in 1982 , his directing debut .   Additionally , Gillard won the Canadian Film Award for best actor in 1975 for his performance as a journalist in the film Why Rock the Boat ? .   As a television director , Gillard 's credits include Bordertown , The Outer Limits , Charmed , One Tree Hill and 90210 . He has also directed numerous television films , many for ABC Family and Disney Channel such as Girl vs. Monster and Twitches .

neg: Substitution splice The substitution splice is a cinematic special effect in which film makers achieve an appearance , disappearance , or transformation using a cut . It is sometimes also called the stop trick or the stop motion substitution , although the effect is achieved through film editing rather than by literally stopping the camera .   The pioneering French filmmaker Georges Méliès claimed to have accidentally developed substitution splicing while filming street traffic at the Place de l'Opéra in Paris . According to his story , his camera jammed and stopped ; by the time he had solved the difficulty , the traffic had moved on . When the film was screened , a man appeared to change into a woman , and an omnibus seemed to turn into a hearse . No evidence has emerged to support this story , which was probably entirely invented by Méliès . According to the film scholar Jacques Deslandes , it is more likely that Méliès discovered the substitution splice by carefully examining a print of the Edison Manufacturing Company 's 1895 film The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots , in which a primitive version of the trick appears . In any case , the substitution splice was both the first special effect Méliès perfected , and the most important in his body of work .   For some time , film theorists mistakenly believed that the camera was actually stopped for the effect , and then restarted ( hence the occasionally used term `` stop trick '' ) . However , later film historians such as Richard Abel and Elizabeth Ezra established that the effect was the result of Méliès 's careful frame matching during the editing process , creating a seamless match cut out of two separately staged shots . Indeed , Méliès often used substitution splicing not as an obvious special effect , but as an inconspicuous editing technique , matching and combining short takes into one apparently seamless longer shot . Substitution splicing could become even more seamless when the film was colored by hand , as many of Méliès 's films were ; the addition of painted color acts as a sleight of hand technique allowing the cuts to pass by unnoticed .   The substitution splice was the most popular cinematic special effect in early film fantasies , especially those that evolved from the stage tradition of the féerie . Segundo de Chomón is among the other filmmakers who used substitution splicing to create elaborate fantasy effects . D.W. Griffith 's 1909 film The Curtain Pole , starring Mack Sennett , used substitution splices for comedic effect . The transformations made possible by the substitution splice were so central to early fantasy films that , in France , such films were often described simply as scènes à transformation .   This technique is different from the stop motion technique , in which the entire shot is created frame by frame .


query: Kurt Angle won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships.

pos: Kurt Angle Kurt Steven Angle ( born December 9 , 1968 ) is an American professional wrestler , actor , and retired amateur wrestler . He is currently signed to WWE , performing as the on-screen general manager for the Raw brand . While a student at Clarion University of Pennsylvania , Angle won numerous accolades , including being a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I Heavyweight Wrestling Champion . After graduating college , Angle won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships . He then won a freestyle wrestling gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics . Angle is one of four people to complete an amateur wrestling Grand Slam ( junior nationals , NCAA , World Championships , Olympics ) . In 2006 , he was named by USA Wrestling as the greatest shoot wrestler ever and one of the top 15 college wrestlers of all time . He was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2016 for his amateur accomplishments .   Angle made his first appearance at a professional wrestling event in 1996 , with his in-ring debut in 1999 . He signed a long-term contract with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) that same year , and participated in his first televised storyline in March 1999 . After months of unaired matches , Angle made his official debut in November and received his first major push in the company in February 2000 , when he held the European Championship and the Intercontinental Championship simultaneously . Four months later , he won the King of the Ring tournament , and not long after he began pursuing the WWF Championship , which he won in October ; this capped off a rookie year which is considered by many to be the greatest in professional wrestling history . Throughout his tenure in the WWF/WWE , Angle was a six-time world champion ( four reigns as WWF/WWE Champion , one as WCW Champion , and one as WWE 's World Heavyweight Champion ) , a one-time United States Champion , one-time Intercontinental Champion , one-time European Champion , one-time Hardcore Champion , and one-time WWE Tag Team Champion . He is the tenth Triple Crown Champion and the fifth Grand Slam Champion ( achieving this accolade twice under both the original and current format ) in WWE history . On March 31 2017 , Angle was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame , becoming the third active wrestler to be inducted , after Ric Flair and Sting .   After leaving WWE in 2006 , Angle joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA , now Impact Wrestling ) where he became a record six-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion ( and the inaugural titleholder ) , a two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion , and a one-time TNA X Division Champion . He is the second Triple Crown winner in TNA history and the only one to hold all the required titles at once . Angle is also a two-time King of the Mountain . As part of TNA , he made appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling ( NJPW ) and the Inoki Genome Federation ( IGF ) , holding the IWGP Heavyweight Championship once . In 2013 , Angle was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame ( he is the second wrestler -- after Sting -- to be inducted into both the WWE and TNA halls of fame ) .   Between WWF/WWE , Japan , and TNA , Angle has won 13 world championships and 21 total championships . He is the only professional wrestler in history to have won the WWE Championship , WWE 's World Heavyweight Championship , the WCW Championship , the TNA World Heavyweight Championship , and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship . Angle is also the only person to have been King of the Mountain and King of the Ring . He has headlined numerous pay-per-view events for both WWF/WWE and TNA throughout his career , including the flagship event for both promotions : WrestleMania in WWE , and Bound for Glory in TNA . In 2004 , the Wrestling Observer Newsletter inducted Angle into its Hall of Fame , and later named him `` Wrestler of the Decade '' for the 2000s . He is considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time ; ESPN journalist and former WWE personality Jonathan Coachman described Angle as `` the greatest I 've ever seen in the ring '' .

neg: Orlando Jordan Orlando Mason Jordan ( born April 21 , 1974 ) is an American-Australian semi-retired professional wrestler . He is best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , where he was a one-time United States Champion . He is also known for his stint with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) .

neg: Wrestling in Armenia Wrestling ( ըմբշամարտ əmbšamart ) has deep historical roots in Armenia . Wrestling existed in the Armenian Highlands since ancient times . Armenians have their own variant of the game called Kokh . It was recorded that King Tiridates III of Armenia won the Ancient Olympic Games in wrestling in 281 AD . During the Soviet era , wrestling became one of the most practiced sports in Armenia and remained popular after Armenia 's independence in 1991 . Armenian athletes have been successful at international competitions in the last two decades . Many have become World and European champions , both in Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling . Over half of the fifteen Armenian Olympic medalists and the two gold medal winners were wrestlers .

neg: Aram Margaryan Aram Margaryan ( Արամ Մարգարյան , born 27 March 1974 ) is a retired Armenian Freestyle wrestler . He is a World Champion , winning the gold medal in 2002 . Margaryan was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 2009 .

neg: Wrestling at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 96 kg The men 's freestyle 96 kg wrestling competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 7 October and 8 October at the Yangsan Gymnasium .   The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool , with the winners qualify for the semifinals and final by way of direct elimination .

neg: World Wrestling Championships UWW United World Wrestling is the Amateur Wrestling World Championship organized by the United World Wrestling .   The Men 's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904 , and the Men 's Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951 . The Women 's Freestyle championships were first staged in 1987 .

neg: Pro Wrestling International The Pro Wrestling International ( PWI ) is a professional wrestling governing body in the United States .

neg: King of the Ring (1995) King of the Ring ( 1995 ) was the third annual King of the Ring professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on June 25 , 1995 , at the CoreStates Spectrum in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .   The main event was a tag team match in which WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel and Bam Bam Bigelow faced Tatanka and Sycho Sid . Diesel won the match by pinning Tatanka . The main matches on the undercard were Bret Hart versus Jerry Lawler in a `` Kiss My Foot '' match and the King of the Ring Final as Mabel faced Savio Vega .

neg: Robert Roth (sport wrestler) Robert Roth ( 5 July 1898 -- 1959 ) was a Swiss wrestler who won a gold medal in the freestyle heavyweight class at the 1920 Summer Olympics .   Roth was a national champion in schwingen , Swiss national wrestling , in 1919 and 1921 . Between 1922 and 1927 he competed as professional , but than returned to amateurs and won the national title in 1928 and 1931 .   His younger brothers Hans and Fritz were also Olympic wrestlers .

neg: Monday Night Wars The Monday Night War ( s ) is the common term describing the period of mainstream televised American professional wrestling from September 4 , 1995 , to March 26 , 2001 . During this time , the World Wrestling Federation 's ( WWF , now WWE ) Monday Night Raw went head-to-head with World Championship Wrestling 's ( WCW ) Monday Nitro in a battle for Nielsen ratings each week .   The ratings war was part of a larger overall struggle between the two companies , originating in personal animosity between WWF owner Vince McMahon and then-owner of WCW , Ted Turner . The rivalry between the companies steadily escalated throughout the 1990s to include the use of cutthroat tactics and the defections of employees between the two companies . Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) , while not a party to the ratings battle , was also involved as a tertiary player . Throughout the wars , the WWF and WCW would both adopt different concepts and narrative techniques innovated by ECW ; meanwhile , both companies would establish both formal and informal partnerships with the company , with ECW performers either appearing on WWF and WCW shows while still under contract , or outright leaving ECW to work for one of the other two federations .   While WCW was the dominant federation for much of the mid-1990s , a variety of factors coalesced to turn the tide in the WWF 's favor at the end of the decade , including a radical rebranding of their formerly family friendly product to highly sexualized and violent shows geared towards older teens and adults . WCW ultimately ran into financial difficulties as a result of the amount of money they had promised wrestlers during a hiring binge in the early and middle part of the decade , which had been aimed at acquiring large portions of the WWF 's talent roster . Despite efforts to salvage the federation , it was ultimately sold to Vince McMahon , ending the Monday Night Wars .   In retrospect , wrestling commentators have come to see the era of the Monday Night Wars as a golden age of wrestling , with the feud between the two companies bringing out their best quality product both in terms of creativity and the performances of their wrestlers . Many have come to regard the end of the wars -- and , in particular , the subsequent WWE storyline regarding the acquisition of WCW -- as marking a severe decline in the quality of modern wrestling programming . Notably , as of 2017 , no other company has ever emerged as a viable competitor to WWE since the acquisition of WCW , and WWE itself has never again enjoyed the same level of mainstream success that it did during the Wars .

neg: Chip Minton Nathan `` Chip '' Minton III ( born June 9 , 1969 ) is an American former bobsledder and former professional wrestler . He is best known for his participation in the Winter Olympics in 1994 and 1998 , where he represented the United States ' bobsleigh team . He is also known for his brief stint in World Championship Wrestling from 1998 to 1999 .

neg: Cornish wrestling Cornish wrestling ( Omdowl Kernewek ) is a form of wrestling which has been established in Cornwall for several centuries . It is similar to the Breton Gouren wrestling style . The referee is known as a ` stickler ' , and it is claimed that the popular meaning of the word as a ` pedant ' originates from this usage . It is colloquially known as `` wrasslin '' in the Cornish dialect .   The wrestlers in the Cornish style both wear tough jackets enabling them to gain better grip on their opponent . All holds are taken upon the other wrestler 's jacket , grabbing of the wrists or fingers is forbidden as well as any holding below the waist . Although all holds are to be taken upon the jacket , the flat of the hand is allowed to be used to push or deflect an opponent .   The objective of Cornish wrestling is to throw your opponent and make him land as flat as possible on his back . Three sticklers ( referees ) watch and control each bout whilst also recording down the score of points achieved in play . Four pins are located on the back of a wrestler , two at the back of each shoulder and two either side just above the buttocks . If a wrestler manages to throw his opponent flat onto his back , simultaneously scoring with all 4 pins they score four points in that single throw and this is called a `` Back '' to which the bout is then finished and the throwing wrestler is the winner . The sticklers will each raise their sticks when they perceive a Back has been achieved . If two sticklers raise their sticks but one does not a back is still awarded .   The Cornish Wrestling Association was formed in 1923 to standardize the rules and to promote Cornish Wrestling throughout Cornwall and indeed Worldwide .

neg: Scholastic wrestling Scholastic wrestling , sometimes known in the United States as folkstyle wrestling , is a style of amateur wrestling practiced at the high school and middle school levels in the United States . This wrestling style is essentially collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications . It is practiced in 49 of the 50 states in the United States . When practiced by wrestling clubs of younger participants , scholastic wrestling is better known as `` folkstyle '' .   According to an athletics participation survey taken by the National Federation of State High School Associations , boys ' wrestling ranked eighth in terms of the number of schools sponsoring teams , with 9,445 schools participating in the 2006-07 school year . Also , 257,246 boys participated in the sport during that school year , making scholastic wrestling the sixth most popular sport among high school boys . In addition , 5,048 girls participated in wrestling in 1,227 schools during the 2006-07 season . Scholastic wrestling is currently practiced in 49 of the 50 states ; only Mississippi does not officially sanction scholastic wrestling for high schools and middle schools . Arkansas , the 49th state to sanction high school wrestling , began scholastic wrestling competition in the 2008-09 season with over forty schools participating . Shortly after , Ocean Springs High School became the first school in Mississippi to have a high school team .

neg: Todd Hays Todd Dennys Hays ( born May 21 , 1969 ) is an American former bobsledder who competed from 1994 to 2006 . Competing in three Winter Olympics , he won the silver medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002 , breaking a 46-year medal drought for the US national bobsleigh team .   He also won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 2003 and a bronze in 2004 . He finished third four times in the Bobsleigh World Cup , earning them twice in combined men 's ( 2003-4 , 2005-6 ) and once each in the two-man ( 2005 -- 06 ) and four-man events ( 2003 -- 04 ) .   Hays was raised in Del Rio , Texas . Prior to his bobsleigh career , Hays also was involved in American football and kickboxing . This included playing linebacker for the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma for which he was part of the team that defeated San Diego State University in the Freedom Bowl in 1991 . He also is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity . Hays played two seasons with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League before switching to kickboxing where he became national champion in 1993 .   He competed in the 1995 Vale Tudo Freestyle Fighting Championship in Japan . Winning his first bout against Koichiro Kimura via submission , Hays was set to face Rickson Gracie in his second fight of the tournament . However , he had sustained an injury to his shoulder which caused him to decide to leave the tournament . Todd is featured in the film Choke : Rickson Gracie , a documentary of the Brazilian fighter 's preparation for the 1995 Vale Tudo tournament . In it , he explains how he had chosen to enter the tournament in Japan and fight under this rule set to make money , as he wanted to be able to finance his true dream ; to compete in the Olympics as a bobsledder .   Hays retired from bobsleigh after the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and returned to coaching football in the United States . In 2008 , Hays attempted a comeback in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . On December 9 , 2009 , Hays sustained an injury during practice at the bobsleigh , luge , and skeleton track in Winterberg , Germany . Medical personnel for the US Bobsleigh Team evaluated Hays ' condition in Lake Placid , New York and stated Hays suffered from an intraparenchymal hematoma which was originally suspected to be a concussion . The doctors in turn forced Hays into retirement to avoid any further brain damage .   Subsequently Hays became a bobsleigh coach , working with Mike Kohn weeks after returning from Winterberg to help him clinch the third slot for the US national team at the 2010 Winter Olympics . He worked with the Dutch bobsleigh team in the 2010-11 season , coaching Esmé Kamphuis to a second place at a World Cup event at Cesana Pariol , the first medal ever won by a Dutch bobsleigh crew . Subsequently the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation announced in May 2011 that Hays would take up the position of head coach for the US women 's team from July of that year . Despite leading the women 's team to two medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics , it was announced in May 2014 that Hayes had lost his job after changes to USBSF 's coaching structure resulting in the men 's and women 's head coach positions being merged . After leaving the US team Hays became head coach and technical director for the Jamaican bobsled team for the 2014 -- 15 season .

neg: SuperBrawl I SuperBrawl was the first ever first annual professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) under the SuperBrawl banner , which ended up encompassing eleven pay-per-views in total between 1991 and 2001 . The show took place on May 19 , 1991 and was held at the Bayfront Arena in St. Petersburg , Florida .   The main event of the show was a match between then reigning WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair and the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami with both world championships on the line . In the United States the match was promoted as simply being for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship , not promoting the fact that Fujinami had defeated Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in March 1991 . The undercard saw Bobby Eaton win the WCW World Television Championship from Arn Anderson while The Steiner Brothers defended the WCW World Tag Team Championship . In the opening match , The Fabulous Freebirds won the vacant WCW United States Tag Team Championship . The show consisted of twelve matches , with some of the matches being edited out of the official VHS tape release of the show . The event also featured the television debut of Johnny B. Badd .   In 2015 , all WCW pay-per-views were made available on the WWE Network .

neg: Arawat Sabejew Arawat Sabejew ( born 24 September 1968 ) is a German Freestyle wrestler . He won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics . Sabejew was also a two-time World Championships medalist , winning gold in 1994 and silver in 1995 .

neg: Stone Cold Steve Austin Steve Austin ( born Steven James Anderson on December 18 , 1964 , later Steven James Williams ) , better known by the ring name `` Stone Cold '' Steve Austin , is an American actor , media personality , producer , and retired professional wrestler who is signed to a Legends contract with WWE . Veteran pro wrestling journalist Wade Keller remarked that Austin is `` in every conversation for the greatest wrestling act of all time '' , as well as for `` the most profitable and the most influential '' .   He enjoyed a successful mid card career as `` Stunning '' Steve Austin in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) and a stint as a main event performer in Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) during the early and mid 1990s , before signing with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) in 1995 as The Ringmaster . Rebranded `` Stone Cold '' Steve Austin the following year , he gained significant mainstream popularity as a disrespectful , beer-drinking antihero who routinely defied the establishment and his boss , company chairman Vince McMahon . This persona of Austin 's became the `` poster boy '' of the Attitude Era , a boom period in WWF business in the latter 1990s and early 2000s . He also devised the long-standing `` What ? '' chant in pro wrestling . Several prominent industry figures , including McMahon , have declared Austin to be the biggest star in WWF/E history , while stressing that he surpassed the popularity of Hulk Hogan .   Austin held 19 championships throughout his wrestling career ; he is a six-time WWF Champion , a two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion , and a four-time WWF Tag Team Champion , thus making him the fifth Triple Crown Champion in WWE history , while also being a two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion , a two-time WCW World Television Champion , a one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion , and a one-time NWA World Tag Team Champion in WCW . He was also the winner of the 1996 King of the Ring tournament , as well as the 1997 , 1998 , and 2001 Royal Rumbles , making him the only three-time winner of the event . Furthermore , he was awarded the unsanctioned Million Dollar Championship by Ted DiBiase .   Austin has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF , including three WrestleManias ( XIV , XV , and X-Seven ) . He was forced to retire from in-ring competition in 2003 due to a series of knee injuries and a serious neck injury . Throughout the rest of 2003 and 2004 , he was featured as the Co-General Manager and `` Sheriff '' of Raw . Since 2005 , he has continued to make occasional appearances , and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009 by Vince McMahon . In 2011 , Austin returned to WWE to host the reboot of the reality series Tough Enough .

neg: Backlash (2003) Backlash ( 2003 ) was the fifth annual Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It was presented by Castrol GTX , and took place on April 27 , 2003 , at the Worcester Centrum in Worcester , Massachusetts and starred talent from the promotion 's Raw and SmackDown ! brands .   The main event and featured match of the Raw brand was the encounter of Goldberg and The Rock , where Goldberg , in his first WWE Pay-Per-View , defeated Rock by pinfall , following a spear and a Jackhammer . The featured match on the undercard was a WWE Championship match from the SmackDown ! brand , between John Cena and the reigning champion , Brock Lesnar , where Lesnar defeated Cena by pinfall after an F-5 . The other predominant match on the undercard was a six-man tag team match from the Raw brand , between the team of Triple H , Ric Flair , and Chris Jericho facing Shawn Michaels , Kevin Nash , and Booker T. Triple H , Flair , and Jericho won the match by pinfall , after Triple H hit Nash with a sledgehammer . The predominant undercard match from the SmackDown ! brand was the encounter of The Big Show and Rey Mysterio , where Big Show pinned Mysterio after a chokeslam .   The event grossed $ 450,000 with 10,000 ticket sales and had a 0.67 buyrate . Following the event , Goldberg began a feud with Chris Jericho . At Bad Blood , Goldberg defeated Jericho via pinfall after a Jackhammer . Brock Lesnar began a storyline with The Big Show over the WWE Championship . At Judgment Day , Lesnar defeated The Big Show in a Stretcher match to retain the WWE Championship . Triple H engaged in a storyline with Kevin Nash over the World Heavyweight Championship . At Judgment Day , Nash defeated Triple H via disqualification ; due to WWE regulations , Triple H retained the championship .

neg: Bobby Lashley Franklin Robert `` Bobby '' Lashley ( born July 16 , 1976 ) is an American professional wrestler , mixed martial artist , former collegiate amateur wrestler and former United States Army sergeant currently signed to both Bellator MMA , where he is undefeated through five heavyweight fights , and to Impact Wrestling , where he is the current Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion in his fourth reign .   In TNA , along with his four reigns as TNA World Heavyweight Champion , Lashley is a one-time X Division Champion and one-time and final King of the Mountain Champion . He is also known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , where he is a two-time ECW World Champion and one-time United States Champion . Lashley is a six time world champion ( 2 ECW , 4 TNA ) the first Black/African American to win the ECW and the only to win the TNA , he currently serves as the face of Impact Wrestling .   Lashley attended Missouri Valley College , where he won three national college amateur wrestling championships , in 1996,1997 and 1998 , he was the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ) National Wrestling Champion . He later joined the United States Army , where he continued to wrestle . He was training for the Olympics in 2004 , when he suffered a knee injury while doing business at a bank where a robbery broke out . The injury ended his Olympic plans , and he went into professional wrestling soon after .

neg: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines , Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories . Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18 gold medals being contested in all . This was the first Olympic Games that included women 's wrestling events on the program .

neg: Lou Thesz Aloysius Martin `` Lou '' Thesz ( April 24 , 1916 -- April 28 , 2002 ) was an American professional wrestler .   A fourteen-time world champion , he held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship three times , for a combined total of 10 years , three months , and nine days ( 3,749 days ) -- longer than anyone else in history . Thesz is widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time . Among his many accomplishments , he is credited with inventing a number of professional wrestling moves and holds such as the belly to back waistlock suplex ( later known as the German suplex due to its association with Karl Gotch ) , the Lou Thesz press , stepover toehold facelock ( STF ) , and the original powerbomb .