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Dwayne Johnson: Biography, Early Life, Net Worth, Carrer and Relationship

Full NameDwayne Douglas JohnsonNet Worth$800 MillionDate Of BirthMay 2, 1972Age52 yearsHeight and WeightHeight 6 feet 5 inches , Weight 118 kgWifeLauren Hashian

Dwayne Johnson Biography

Born on May 2, 1972, Dwayne Douglas Johnson, better known by his ring name, the Rock, is an American businessman, actor, and professional wrestler. He is a former member of The Bloodline and is signed to the WWE, where he does part-time work. Johnson played a crucial role in the growth and success of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE). He spent eight years as a full-time WWF wrestler before turning to acting. Having made over $3.5 billion in North America and over $10.5 billion globally from his films, he is among the highest-paid and highest-grossing actors in the world. Although he was on the 1991 national championship squad, Johnson mostly served as a backup. Despite his desire to play professional football, he was not selected in the 1995 NFL Draft. He signed a short-term contract with the Calgary Stampeders but was released after his rookie season. Johnson's use of a charming trash talker shtick helped him gain international notoriety very quickly. Following his 2004 departure from the WWE, Johnson made a few appearances until 2013 when he departed the company again. Johnson retired from the WWE in 2019. ten-time global champion, the first African one in the promotion's history Johnson made his screen debut in 2001's The Mummy Returns. He portrayed his first major role in the action fantasy movie The Scorpion King the following year. Since then, he has starred in the action films Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013), Hercules (2014), Skyscraper (2018), San Andreas (2015), Rampage (2018), and the family films The Game Plan (2007), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Tooth Fairy (2010), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), and Jungle Cruise (2021). In addition, he acted in the action comedies Red Notice (2021), Baywatch (2017), Get Smart (2008), and Central Intelligence (2016). His portrayal of Luke Hobbs in the Fast & Furious movies, starting with Fast Five (2011), contributed to the success of the franchise.

Dwayne Johnson’s Early Life

The son of Mataniufeagaimaleata "Ata" Fitisemanu (née Maivia) and former professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles), Johnson was born in Hayward, California, on May 2, 1972. Before moving back to the United States, he spent a brief period of time growing up with his mother's family in Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand, where he played rugby and went to Richmond Road Primary School. Johnson's mother is Samoan, while his father was a Black Nova Scotian. In 1983, Tony Atlas and his father became the first-ever black tag team champions in WWE history. His mother is the adopted daughter of professional wrestler Peter Maivia. Following her husband's death in 1982, Johnson's maternal grandmother Lia took over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling and ran it until 1988, making her one of the first female pro wrestler promoters.Johnson is the Anoaʻi wrestling family's non-blood related through his maternal grandpa Maivia.He was the one who admitted his grandfather and father into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008. Following his move to Hamden, Connecticut, Johnson attended Shepherd Glen Elementary School before transferring to Hamden Middle School. Johnson had previously attended Montclaire Elementary School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to attending Glencliff High School and McGavock High School in Nashville, Tennessee, and Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, in the state's Lehigh Valley, he attended President William McKinley High School in Honolulu.

Dwayne Johnson’s Net Worth

Net Worth: From acting, endorsements, and business endeavors, more than $1.6 billion. Acting career: more than 45 films, including popular series such as Fast & Furious. Teremana Tequila: With a $1 billion market value, owns 30–40% of the company. Charity: Started the Dwayne Johnson Foundation and made donations to many charities. Real estate: has assets valued at more than $28.7 million. Three Amusing "The Rock" Facts Football Origins: Prior to wrestling, he was a University of Miami football player. Wrestling Legacy: A ten-time heavyweight champion in the WWE, also known as "The Rock" Earnings from Social Media: Up to $1.7 million for each Instagram post. A breakdown of Dwayne Johnson's net worth "The Rock," better known as Dwayne Johnson, has a long career that includes more than 45 motion pictures, television series, and TV shows. The majority of his profits from commercial endeavors and endorsements, in addition to his numerous jobs, are made public. An summary of the main assets that make up his net worth is provided here.

Dwayne Johnson Career

Image Credit- Kevin Winter/Getty Images Acting Career - Following a prosperous career in professional wrestling, Johnson made the decision to make the move to the big screen, and he achieved remarkable success very quickly. As soon as he began shooting, he rose to prominence as one of the world's highest-paid performers. In 2020, Forbes listed him as the highest-paid actor. The Rock made $124 million from acting alone in just 2018 alone. Following his mention on Forbes, Johnson shared on social media, saying, "I work incredibly hard but never anticipated (in my wildest dreams) I'd become the highest-paid actor in Forbes's history." "My business attitude and acumen have been developed over time and via failure; I do not hold a Harvard MBA. When I started wrestling for forty dollars a match at flea fairs, my aim was to The well-known actor has acted in fifteen television series and more than forty-five films to date. Here are a some of his most well-known film roles: In 2001, "The Mummy Returns" (as The Scorpion King) "The Rundown" as Beck in 2003 2005's "Be Cool" as Elliot Wilhelm 2010's "The Other Guys" with Christopher Danson Hank Parsons in "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" (2012) Detective James Ransome in "Empire State" (2013) 2014's "Hercules" as Hercules Ray Gaines in "San Andreas" (2015) "Moana" in 2016 as maui The Jungle" (2017) and Dr. Smolder Bravestone in "Jumanji: The Next Level" (2019) 2018's "Skyscraper" starring Will Sawyer Rusty in "Red Notice" in 2021 "Black Adam" as Black Adam in 2022 "Red One" as Callum Drift in 2023 Although the exact amount he has made from each film in which he has starred is unknown, enough information about some of his acting endeavors is available to the public to make a reliable estimate. Johnson received $5.5 million to act in the 2001 film "The Scorpion King." In 2003, he was paid $12.5 million for his part in "The Rundown." He received an incredible $15 million for his performance in "Walking Tall" in 2004 Business Career - RedBird Capital Partners was one of the partners and investors who Johnson bought the XFL from in August 2020 for a total of $15 million. Johnson revealed plans to restart the league in the spring of 2022 within months. Even though the debut was a year behind schedule, the 2023 season began on schedule. The United States Football League and the XFL declared their intention to combine into one league following a prosperous 2023 season. The United Football League (UFL) was the new name of the combined league announced on December 31, 2023. The league would launch on March 30, 2024, with eight clubs. Under XFL Properties LLC, Red Bird Capital Partners, Johnson, and Dany Garcia jointly hold 50% of the UFL.

Dwayne Johnson Relationship

Early in the 1990s, Johnson and Dany Garcia were both University of Miami students when they first crossed paths. They tied the knot on May 3, 1997. She is a producer, businesswoman, and professional bodybuilder with the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation. Simone, a daughter, was their only child and was born in Davie, Florida on August 14, 2001. Johnson's left side was partially tattooed with a Samoan Peʻa in 2003. During his visit to Samoa in August 2004, Malietoa Tanumafili II bestowed upon Johnson the noble title Seiuli, which translates to "the son of Malietoa" (Alo o Malietoa), in appreciation for his service to the Samoan people and his lineage from Samoan chiefs. Johnson started dating Lauren Hashian in 2007. Lauren is the daughter of Boston percussionist Sib Hashian. Johnson was filming The Game Plan when they first got together in 2006. Johnson and Hashian got married in Hawaii on August 18, 2019. Jasmine and Tiana, their two daughters, are and Los Angeles residents. In addition, they keep up a house in Southwest Ranches, Florida, and a farm in Virginia. Simone Johnson, the first-ever fourth-generation WWE wrestler, began training at the WWE Performance Center in February 2020, according to an announcement made by WWE. Johnson made her WWE contract announcement on May 16 and she later revealed that Ava Raine will be her ring name in May 2022.

Dwayne Johnson Full Biography

Full NameDwayne Douglas JohnsonNick NameDJ, The Rock, Rocky, The Great One and People ChampionBornMay 2, 1972ProfessionActor, producer, businessman, professional wrestler, footballerPhysical & More Height Weight Height 6 feet 5 inches Weight 118 kgBody MeasurementsChest - 50 Inches Waist - 35 InchesEye ColourBrownBirthplaceHayward, California. United StatesNationalityAmericanHometownCaliforniaEducation School1. Montclaire Elementary School 2. Hamden High School 3. High school in Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaCollegeUniversity Of MiamiEducation QualifcationBachelor of General Studies and a dual major in criminology and physiology. ReligionChristianityHobbiesWorking out, Music, Fishing and MoviesFavourite FoodDonuts, Pizza & cream of rice or oatmeal with buffalo and eggs.Favourite ColorBlackFavourite MovieThe GodfatherSpouse/Wife 1. Dany Garcia (d. 1997; div. 2007) 2. Lauren Hashian (m. 2019)Children3 Read the full article

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Drag Race Down Under season 4 to start filming in Auckland

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Drag Race Down Under season 4 to start filming in Auckland

The Australian queens on season 4 of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under will fly to New Zealand next week to start filming, dashing Aussies’ hopes of a move to Sydney.

Applications for the latest season of the show closed in late November. The season four queens have now been picked and their plane tickets are booked.

The Aussies will fly to Auckland on February 16 to join their New Zealand sisters, with RuPaul also returning as host.

It means filming of the fourth season will be done and dusted in two weeks as Ru is due back in New York by March 4.

That week, RuPaul is releasing his memoir The House of Hidden Meanings, with Ru heading out on a US book tour in March and April.

RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under will return to Australian streaming service Stan later in the year.

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Drag Race Down Under ‘doing our queens a disservice’

Drag Race Down Under‘s return to New Zealand comes after very poor reviews have dogged the Australasian spinoff.

The show has filmed in Auckland ever since the first season during the pandemic in early 2021.

But now even some New Zealand queens want Australia to get a shot at producing the show, according to an Auckland drag whistleblower.

The anonymous drag queen wrote in a scathing op-ed in local outlet Express last October that the show’s “poor production decisions” are “not good enough” and “doing our queens a disservice on the world stage”.

“It’s hard to believe that if an Australian production company took over for season four, things wouldn’t improve,” the queen wrote.

Two Aussies are returning to Drag Race franchise

Last September, drag queen Isis Avis Loren was crowned the winner of season three of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under.

Isis was the first Australian queen to win the series, following two Kiwis, Kita Mean and Spankie Jackzon.

Next week, Sydney’s Hannah Conda – a runner-up on Drag Race Down Under season two – will return to the franchise on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World.

Season two of the UK-based series will premiere in Australia on Stan this Saturday (February 10).

Later this year, another standout Drag Race Down Under queen is tipped to return to the franchise’s new Global All-Stars spinoff.

For the latest LGBTIQA+ Sister Girl and Brother Boy news, entertainment, community stories in Australia, visit qnews.com.au. Check out our latest magazines or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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More Designs by Aotearoa Creatives (part 1)

Alexander Muruo – Good Health

Project Description

Research suggests feeling ‘average’ has become the new norm for a huge proportion of the country. The pace of modern life contributes to all sorts of health issues, amplified by the ongoing effects of COVID-19. Working with agency Hello we created a campaign for "GoodHealth" that holds up a mirror to our daily lives and demonstrates the stresses many of us are under. This is a montage of moments from the campaign.

Biography

Alexander Muruo’s work experience includes being a Lead Designer at Disney in Moscow, Russian Federation, Motion Graphics Designer, and Art Director / Motion Designer in BUNKER — Auckland, New Zealand.

Becca Aiken – Wedding Stationery

Project Description

Kristin and Lucy sought a wedding stationery suite that captured their unique story in a non-traditional way. As a couple who value experiences and moments, I identified the theme of international living and travel, brought to life through memories made along the way.

The suite was executed through formats that connected to their lives. With passions and professions in print and design, the visual language and illustrations communicated key milestones in their relationship. Enhancing a minimalist yet detailed approach, technical print production played an essential role in the suite.

Biography

Becca Aiken is a New Zealand illustrator, designer, and brand developer living and creating in Christchurch, NZ. She is inspired by my surroundings and has worked with a range of different clients from personal commissions to larger corporate bespoke pieces. Aiken currently works as a Senior Brand Manager at Giesen Group Limited.

Ben Galbraith – Neptunes Pizzeria

Project Description

Founded in 2020 Neptunes pizzeria is a family run business based in Gisborne, New Zealand. Leah and her team source the best local produce and hand make everything from scratch - this provided a great opportunity to create a bold, crafted and memorable icon, which stands out from the fast food franchises further up the street. Positioned within casting distance from the Fishing Port, the brand takes on a nautical theme with a colour palette inspired by the east coast. The identity centres around a hand drawn Neptune icon rising from the waters of the East Coast with a slice of pizza speared onto his trident. By going against the current Neptunes Pizzeria has developed a cult following of their legendary pizza!

Biography

Ben Galbraith is a designer with over 15 years’ experience. He’s worked for some of the top design studios in the UK, Australia and Singapore. His strength is in storytelling, adding personality, humour, and creating brands that stand out. He loves building new brands from the ground up or helping established brands win new markets and increase sales.

Chris Flack - Optimal Workshop Empathy Engine

Project Description

Optimal Workshop provides usability testing tools and research methods to help researchers, designers and information architects improve the user experience of their products.

A 38-page, A4, printed booklet that helps inspire and engage readers whilst familiarising their quirky, fun brand culture and business ethos.

Biography

Chris Flack was born and raised in Dunedin. During his first year at Otago University he saw a flyer for a graphic design course at the Design & Arts College in Christchurch. This course also offered a scholarship, so he applied and got it. He is currently a design director at Strategy, an independent, strategy, branding and product company, with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin.

Catherine Marion – European Finches

Biography

Catherine Marion is an artist most known for her intricate botanical patterns & colourful illustrations. Her work aims to reconnect people to nature through colourful & stylistic designs.

Project Description

First started this illustration with a hand drawn sketch then added colours and details to the artwork in Adobe Fresco before creating the final texture in Photoshop.

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Ninja Kiwi

Background: Ninja Kiwi is a video games design company based in Auckland, New Zealand. Founded by the Harris brothers, Chris and Stephen in 2006. Over the years they have released over 60 games across Adobe, iOS, Android, Playstation, Nintnedo DS and more recently steam, where they have released Bloons Tower Defense 6 and Bloons TD battles 2. Their most well known for their Bloons tower defense franchise. Ninja Kiwi has a virtual currency known as NK Coins; purchases of games and in-game purchases can be transacted using NK Coins. About eighteen months before its dissolution by its parent company, Mochi Media (another major gaming website) discontinued its virtual currency (Mochi Coins) and replaced it with Ninja Kiwi's virtual currency. Then on the 24th March 2021, Ninja Kiwi was obtained by the Modern Times Group. Development: Ninja kiwi used the Unity engine, unlike how I use Unreal engine, so where as unity focuses on C#, Unreal engine uses C++. Although both in the C language, C# and C++ are 2 different coding languages. The development of the Bloons series has done exceptionally well over the years, increasing in players exceptionally well over the years, as it first started as an adobe flash game on browsers now moving onto the biggest platforms such as steam and the mobile stores. The game itself developing from 2 upgrade trees on towers to currently 3 upgrade paths, with a big upgrade that has been implemented in the new game at the end of the path. Towers now need xp to upgrade the paths which has never been used before in any previous bloons games. The gameplay itself has become alot more interactive, instead of replaying the same map over and over again there are now player and developer made challenges, where you can only use certain towers, have a certain amount of money you can use to be able to complete those challenges. There is also a skill tree that you develop through levelling up your account, unlocking upgrades to specific towers, life increase or xp increase for towers. This makes the game ultimately more replay able, as you can reset your skill tree and change how you play the game.

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where to watch Munster Vs Ulster Rugby Game for New Year's Day clash

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where to watch Munster Vs Ulster Rugby Game for New Year's Day clash

Here is our full guide to 2023 Munster Vs Ulster Rugby live streaming or watching it on TV. How to live stream and watch United Rugby Championship. Munster face Ulster at the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast for a New Year’s Day InterPro clash. On the injury front following a St Stephen’s Day derby with Leinster, Graham Rowntree’s side were left in 11th place on the URC table.

This Sunday, Ulster hosts again after Munster visited the Kingspan Stadium twice last season – winning in Belfast in the penultimate regular season round of the URC, before losing out to Dan McFarland’s side in the quarterfinals at the beginning of June.

Here’s what you need to know ahead of the New Year’s Day InterPro clash:

Venue? Kingspan Stadium. Also known as the Ravenhill Stadium, the Belfast venue is the home of Ulster Rugby.

Time? Kick-off is at 5.15 pm.

Read More: Munster Development Side To Face Ireland U20s

How can I watch Munster Vs Ulster Rugby Game?

The match will be shown live on the daily Rugby. You can also access it on Premier Sports, Viaplay, SuperSport, Discovery + and URC TV.

Jack O’Donoghue captains Munster with six personnel changes and two positional switches to the side that faced Leinster on St Stephen’s Day.

The team is:

Mike Haley, Shane Daly, Antoine Frisch, Malakai Fekitoa, Keith Earls, Jack Crowley, Paddy Patterson, Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, Roman Salanoa, Jean Kleyn, Kiran McDonald, Jack O’Donoghue (C), Alex Kendellen, Gavin Coombes.

Replacements: Scott Buckley, Josh Wycherley, Stephen Archer, Cian Hurley, Jack O’Sullivan, Conor Murray, Ben Healy, Patrick Campbell.

Mike Haley, Malakai Fekitoa and Paddy Patterson come into the backline with Shane Daly moving from full-back to wing and Jack Crowley moving from inside center to out-half.

Here is your Munster team to face Ulster on New Year’s Day 🙌#ULSvMUN #SUAF 🔴 pic.twitter.com/G7djVpn3ss

— Munster Rugby (@Munsterrugby) December 30, 2022

Weekend Rugby Schedule 2022/2023

Saturday, December 31

URC

Zebre v Benetton, 12.30pm, Premier Sports

Sharks v Bulls, 2.45pm, Premier Sports

Stormers v Lions, 5pm, Premier Sports

Gallagher Premiership

Saracens v Exeter, 3pm, BT Sport

Gloucester v London Irish, 3pm

Bath v Newcastle, 3pm

Sunday, January 1

URC

Cardiff v Ospreys, 3pm, BBC Two Wales and Premier Sports

Scarlets v Dragons, 5.15pm, Premier Sports

Ulster v Munster, 5.15pm, Premier Sports

Leinster v Connacht, 7.35pm, Premier Sports

Gallagher Premiership

Northampton Saints v Harlequins, 3pm

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Lock Paul Tito as Blues forwards coach for the 2023 Super Rugby season.

by Brenda Reed on December 29, 2022 at 6:17 pm

The Blues have bolstered their backroom staff by appointing former Hurricanes and Maori All Blacks lock Paul Tito as their forwards coach for the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season. The 44-year-old will join the Auckland-based franchise after spending much of the last four years getting coaching experience overseas and joins the Blues as a replacement

Tommy Reffell has been named among the best players Rugby in the UK

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Ospreys coach Toby Booth says he agreed with referee Craig Evans’ decisions during the Boxing Day derby against the Scarlets. Tonight’s rugby news as five Wales players named in UK’s top 30 and Ospreys disagree with Scarlets over controversy. Scarlets lock Tomas Lezana was sent off in the fifth minute of the festive derby for

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Lord of the Rings Amazon TV Series: Cast, Release Date and Everything to Know

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Amazon’s purportedly billion-dollar-budgeted Lord of the Rings TV series will take place LONG before the events of Peter Jackson’s movies. Setting the tone for this small screen return to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the first two episodes will be directed by J.A. Bayona, who helmed Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

The Lord of the Rings TV series is set during Middle Earth’s Second Age—that’s thousands of years before Bilbo Baggins, Gollum or Aragorn ever existed! Moreover, the end of said age was a full millennium before the Wizards (Gandalf, Saruman, et al.) even arrived in Middle Earth, which makes the series a prequel in an epochal sense.

Amazon hopes the new Lord of the Rings TV show will be the next Game of Thrones, evidenced by its early Season 2 order. While COVID-19 temporarily halted its New Zealand production back in March 2020, progress ultimately resumed in late-September.

With that set, here’s everything you need to know about the project!

Lord of the Rings Amazon Cast

In the first bit of news on The Lord of the Rings television series in quite some time, Amazon Studios announced a plethora of new cast members. While we’re still not getting any official details on the show’s characters, the latest development proves that the project is a massive ensemble.

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Cynthia Addai-Robinson leads this crop of newcomers.

The London-born, American-raised actress most recently fielded the role of Ramona Garrity on Starz series Power, but genre fans likely best know her as the CWverse’s version of Amanda Waller during Arrow’s brief Suicide Squad storyline, along with roles on USA’ Shooter and—in a setup somewhat close to LOTR—Starz’s Spartacus. She also had a notable role in 2016 actioner The Accountant.

Here’s the rest of the announced additions:

Maxim Baldry (Years and Years)—whose addition was reported by Collider back in October 2019—is now officially confirmed, joined by newcomer Ian Blackburn, Kip Chapman (Top of the Lake), Anthony Crum (Krystal), Maxine Cunliffe (Power Rangers Megaforce), Trystan Gravelle (A Discovery of Witches), Sir Lenny Henry (Broadchurch), Thusitha Jayasundera (Humans), Fabian McCallum (You, Me and The Apocalypse), Simon Merrells (Knightfall), Geoff Morrell (Harrow), Peter Mullan (Westworld), Lloyd Owen (Cleaning Up), Augustus Prew (The Morning Show), Peter Tait (Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), Alex Tarrant (Mean Mums), Leon Wadham (Power Rangers Beast Morphers), Benjamin Walker (Jessica Jones) and Sara Zwangobani (Home and Away).

Interestingly, the addition of Peter Tait marks the return of an alumnus from The Lord of the Rings films, since he was in Return of the King as Shagrat, the Uruk-hai who carried the venom-paralyzed, web-wrapped Frodo back to the Tower of Cirith Ungol before getting into a scrap (over Frodo’s Mithril shirt,) with the bossy Orc known as Gorbag. – In another Peter-related angle, the addition of Peter Mullan should delight fans of HBO’s Westworld who know him as James Delos and his “fidelity” tested robotic doppelgangers.

They join the following existing cast members:

HBO

Robert Aramayo, best known as Young Ned Stark on Game of Thrones, fields the lead role for which the departed Will Poulter was previously tapped. While little is known about the character, he was initially referred to as “Beldor,” and is said to be heroic. Poulter, who was cast back in September 2019, reportedly withdrew from the series over scheduling conflicts.

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Clark put in a dark performance as the star of excellent horror film Saint Maud, in which she played a piously deranged hospice nurse. She also recurred in Season 1 episodes of HBO’s His Dark Materials as the daemon-deprived Sister Clara, and fielded the major role of Mina in the recent Netflix/BBC Dracula miniseries. Clark also notably appeared in horror film Crawl, Benedict Cumberbatch miniseries Patrick Melrose and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Galadriel, an ancient elf from Valinor who predates the First Age, famously used her long-honed magic powers to aid Frodo and the Fellowship in their journey during the Rings Trilogy. Yet, said powers happen to be rooted in her possession of Nenya, one of the three Rings of Power bestowed to the race of Elves; a trinket whose powers come with a caveat since, thanks to Sauron’s trickery, it is ultimately subordinate to the One Ring. Consequently, with the show’s Second Age setting (the era of the Rings of Power,) the inclusion of Galadriel seems to signal a story centered on Sauron’s deceitful claim to fame.

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Markella Kavenagh was revealed back in July 2019 as the first cast member for the series, reportedly set to play a character named Tyra.

Kavenagh was most recently seen co-starring in Australian drama My First Summer and recurred on TV series The Gloaming for Australia’s Stan streaming service. Additionally, she’s no stranger to Amazon Prime originals, having been part of the cast of 2018’s Picnic at Hanging Rock.

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Ema Horvath will play an unspecified character as a series regular, reported Deadline.

A relative newcomer, Horvath made her onscreen debut in the 2017 horror film, Like.Share.Follow, in which she appeared opposite Keiynan Lonsdale (The Flash’s Wally West), and moved on to field roles in 2019 horror films The Gallows Act II and The Mortuary Collection.

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Joseph Mawle will play a villain, reported Variety, whose sources claim that the character will be named “Oren.”

The Oxford-born actor is best known as Benjen Stark on Game of Thrones, which he fielded in Season 1, and eventually returned as the show’s version of book character Coldhands in Season 7. He recently fielded BBC TV runs on drama MotherFatherSon, actioner Troy: Fall of a City and was memorable as a corrupt pugilist police inspector on Ripper Street. He’ll soon be seen in auteur director Terrence Malick’s developing film, The Last Planet.

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Maxim Baldry will field an unspecified “significant” role, reported Collider.

The English actor most recently recurred on 2020’s Season 8 of Showtime’s Strike Back, having recently fielded a breakout performance on HBO television drama series Years and Years. He has been seen on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks, a 2013 guest spot on BBC’s Skins and, back in 2007 as a child, had a three-episode run on HBO’s Rome and was seen that same year in Mr. Bean’s Holiday.

Additional LOTR cast members include: Owain Arthur (A Confession), Nazanin Boniadi (Counterpart), Tom Budge (Bloom), Ismael Cruz Córdova (The Undoing), newcomer Tyroe Muhafidin, newcomer Sophia Nomvete, Megan Richards (Wanderlust), Dylan Smith (I Am the Night), Charlie Vickers (Medici) and Daniel Weyman (Silent Witness). The addition of this group was announced back in January 2020 (just on the cusp of the pandemic,) during the Winter TCA Tour.

Lord of the Rings Amazon Release Date

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings doesn’t have a release date as of yet; a notion that was compounded by the pandemic production delay enacted back in March 2020. However, we do know that filming—specifically to complete the first two episodes—resumed back in late-September.

The series returned to the classic film franchise’s stomping grounds of New Zealand, specifically in Auckland, where production continues. The initial confirmation of that came from Amazon, which issued a statement from showrunners and executive producers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay:

“As we searched for the location in which we could bring to life the primordial beauty of the Second Age of Middle-earth, we knew we needed to find somewhere majestic, with pristine coasts, forests, and mountains, that also is a home to world-class sets, studios, and highly skilled and experienced craftspeople and other staff. And we’re happy that we are now able to officially confirm New Zealand as our home for our series based on stories from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.”

Lord of the Rings Amazon Crew

Juan Antonio (J.A.) Bayona (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Orphanage, The Impossible) directed the story-setting first two episodes. He is also serving as an executive producer, joined by his producing partner, Belén Atienza. “J.R.R. Tolkien created one of the most extraordinary and inspiring stories of all time, and as a lifelong fan it is an honor and a joy to join this amazing team,” Bayona said in a statement. “I can’t wait to take audiences around the world to Middle-earth and have them discover the wonders of the Second Age, with a never before seen story.”

Bryan Cogman, a winter-tested writer with Westeros work on his CV from Game of Thrones, is onboard the writing team as a consultant, as first reported by Variety. After starting as an assistant to showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Cogman has since worn many hats on HBO’s Game of Thrones going back to the show’s first season, having written 11 episodes total—the most recent of which was Season 8’s pre-battle character study, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”—and served as a producer on several episodes, ascending to co-executive producer for the last two seasons. He’s also attached to the screenplay for Disney’s live-action adaptation of its 1963 Arthurian animated classic, The Sword in the Stone.

J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay are handling the day-to-day duties as showrunners for the series, having been brought onboard the project back in July 2018; well before Amazon divulged any official details on the series. The collaborative duo have relatively thin CVs, with work on the script to 2016’s Star Trek Beyond being their only non-Rings major entry.

Here’s the officially released list of the show’s creative team:

Executive producers Lindsey Weber (10 Cloverfield Lane), Bruce Richmond (Game of Thrones), Gene Kelly (Boardwalk Empire) and Sharon Tal Yguado; writer/executive producer Gennifer Hutchison (Breaking Bad); writer/executive producer Jason Cahill (The Sopranos) writer/executive producer Justin Doble (Stranger Things); consulting producers Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones) and Stephany Folsom (Toy Story 4); producer Ron Ames (The Aviator); writer/co-producer Helen Shang (Hannibal), and writing consultant Glenise Mullins.

Lord of the Rings Amazon Story

Amazon has been teasing the plot for The Lord of the Rings series for a few years now. The officially released series-era map not only confirmed the show’s time period, stating, “Welcome to the Second Age,” but bore another bountiful clue: the five-pointed-star-shaped southwest island kingdom of Númenor. An ancient kingdom of Men with long lifespans, Númenor flourished throughout much of the Second Age until the initial incursions of Sauron, which eventually led to the kingdom’s legendary fall (which culminated with the entire island sinking into the sea,) and King Elendil’s arrival on the mainland, where he eventually founded the kingdom of Gondor.

Welcome to the Second Age: https://t.co/Tamd0oRgTw

— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) March 7, 2019

We could also take this to mean that the Lord of the Rings TV show might showcase the formation of Gondor and the era in which Sauron’s insidious plot first came to a head; events that were briefly chronicled in Tolkien’s posthumously-published quasi-Biblical Middle Earth chronicle, The Silmarillion, specifically in the section titled “Akallabêth.”

Amazon Prime Video narrowed down the show’s time period by provocatively posting maps of Middle Earth, including downloadable versions hosted on the main Amazon site. Having started by posting a label-less version of the Middle Earth map, Amazon would incrementally reveal things by updating the map with land labels, which provided valuable clues about the show’s time setting. The first major revelation came in February 2019 with the release of a map containing a name that’s archaic to the familiar era of the Third Age, in which The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings novels and Peter Jackson-directed films take place.

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Additionally, the familiar sight to Rohan’s south, the great kingdom of Gondor, was nowhere to be seen on the map. This was a crucial clue, since Gondor (along with Northern Kingdom Arnor,) was founded by King Elendil and his sons during the Second Age of Middle Earth in 3320, setting up a climactic confrontation in 3441 between “The Last Alliance of Elves and Men” against Sauron and his evil army from Mordor—again, as depicted in the Fellowship prologue.

Consequently, with the Lord of the Rings series confirmed to take place in the Second Age, speculation can begin on how it might fill story gaps of the first war over the One Ring, potentially showcasing movie prologue characters like King Elendil, his son and eventual One Ring-owner, Isildur, as well as the powerful high-born Elven king, Gil-galad. Moreover, it appears that we might finally get to see Sauron himself as an actual character, rather than a giant irritated flaming eye!

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New Zealand! Day 0: Just An Ocean Away

Date of Reference: Friday, June 8, 2018

Memphis International Airport (MEM) is growing to be my favorite airport. See, what was once a hub for the now defunct Northwest Airlines has now lost significant traffic (and thereby passengers) running through the modestly sized facility. As a result of all of this, I was able to park my car, check in, walk through the security checkpoint, and find my gate in about 10 minutes. Let's see anyone do that at ORD or LAX!

MEM is currently undergoing a renovation that will effectively downsize the airport and update the concourses with more modern amenities. The New York Times recently wrote in more detail on the current status of Memphis' humble airport recently. I'll leave a link to that article and MEM's ongoing renovation intentions below, respectively:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/us/memphis-airport.html

http://www.flymemphis.com/modernization

New Zealand is the first nation to greet the day on the other side of the International Date Line. It is 15 hours ahead of US Central Daylight time (the time zone I live and work in.) My route to New Zealand takes me from Memphis to Houston, which is just over an hour flight. From Houston, it takes 15 hours to fly direct to Auckland, New Zealand. Currently, the Houston, TX, USA to Auckland, NZ route is the 7th longest flight in the world. Easy as pie! I can do that in my sleep... hopefully! Maybe I will be able to count the thousands of New Zealand sheep in my head as an attempt at sleep (more on New Zealand agriculture later…) Jet lag was something I definitely had to manage throughout the week.

I arrived to the airport a few hours before my 7 PM flight. Coming direct from work has its advantages in beating the 5 o'clock rush on the I-240 loop. While I awaited my flight from Memphis to Houston, I found some fun local paintings from students across the various high schools around the Memphis metro area.

The painting below was a fun fusion of the recognizable template of Egyptian hieroglyphs (a nod to Memphis, Egypt) while enfusing the many treasures Memphis, TN has to offer. See if you can find all the images that are associated with Memphis, TN! (I’ll put some details of images and locations underneath the picture)

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Moving around the picture clockwise, starting with bottom left:

1.The Pyramid - Located in downtown Memphis, the Pyramid used to be a basketball coliseum and concert venue. After a few years sitting vacant as a result of the arrival of the newer FedEx Forum just off of Beale Street, Bass Pro Shops (a hunting and outdoor apparel department store) has moved in, converting this icon into a store, restaurant, bowling alley, hotel, duck museum, and skyline/Mississippi River observation deck, which is accessible by the largest free-standing elevator in the US.

2. Memphis Grizzlies Logo - The logo for the Memphis Grizzlies, the city's own NBA franchise.

3. Tiger - the mascot of the University of Memphis.

4. Corky’s BBQ logo - Corky’s is a popular regional franchise restaurant known for their fall-off-the-bone dry rub pork ribs.Seeing the pig in the chef’s hat is almost as synonymous as the wafting smell of smoked meat and charcoal.

5. Memphis In May International Festival Logo - Memphis In May is a month long festival of music, BBQ, and other various arts. It is Memphis’ largest event of the year, drawing several thousands of people into the city throughout its duration.

6. M - in reference to both the City and University of Memphis.

7. Gibson’s Donuts Logo - a highly popular local donut restaurant that's notorious across Memphis and is recognized by this logo.

8. Gibson Guitar - Memphis is the home of the famous Gibson Guitar company, where countless musicians have honed their craft strumming the smooth strings of this legendary instrument, assembled right here.

9. Music notes - Reference to Memphis as the home of the Blues and Rock and Roll (both BB King and Elvis Presley got their first big break recording at the Memphis studios).

10. Pharoah Elvis- I found this one very clever, as the pharaoh (king) in this painting depicts the “King of Rock and Roll”, Elvis Presley. His home, Graceland, can still to this day be visited in Memphis.

11. Memphis Red Bird Logo - Memphis is also home to a minor league baseball team known as the Redbirds. It’s an excellent chance to see some great talent play, many of whom go on to play in the Major Leagues. The Redbirds are also a scouting team for the MLB Franchise, St. Louis Cardinals.

12. Stax Museum Logo - While Memphis has many great stories of Rock and the Blues, it also has a rich history with Soul. Many of the hits found in the Soul genre were recorded at the Stax recording studio. While the studio is still in operation, it also functions as a well-curated museum.

13. The M Bridge - The M bridge is an icon of the downtown Memphis cityscape. It spans the entire length of the Mississippi River, connecting West Memphis, Arkansas to downtown Memphis, TN.

I arrived in Houston just in time to transfer to my 10:30 PM flight to Auckland. I was glad the flight was at night, as this encouraged me to get some much needed rest. Beyond the horizon, waiting for me on the other side of the world was a multitude of adventures I will certainly remember the rest of my life…

Stay tuned to this feed for more posts regarding my adventures in New Zealand! It was a phenomenal trip, and I look forward to sharing more stories and images of that beautiful place with you soon!

Chris

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Lord of the Rings Amazon TV Series: Cast, Release Date and Everything to Know

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Amazon’s purportedly billion-dollar-budgeted Lord of the Rings TV series will take place LONG before (as in thousands of years before) the events of Peter Jackson’s movies. Setting the tone for this small screen return to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the first two episodes will be directed by J.A. Bayona, who helmed Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Amazon hopes the new Lord of the Rings TV show will be the next Game of Thrones, evidenced by its early Season 2 order. While COVID-19 would temporarily halt its New Zealand production back in March 2020, progress ultimately resumed in late-September.

With that set, here’s everything you need to know about the project!

Lord of the Rings Amazon Cast

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Morfydd Clark has a lead role as a familiar character, as first reported by Variety. She will play a younger version of Galadriel, the ancient elven Lady of Lothlórien, famously played by Cate Blanchett in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and (in a appearance anachronistic to the novel,) The Hobbit films. Clark put in a dark performance as the star of last year’s horror film, Saint Maud, in which she played a piously deranged hospice nurse. She also recurred in Season 1 episodes of HBO’s His Dark Materials as the daemon-deprived Sister Clara, and fielded the major role of Mina in the recent Netflix/BBC Dracula miniseries. Clark also notably appeared in horror film Crawl, Benedict Cumberbatch miniseries Patrick Melrose and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

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Markella Kavenagh was revealed back in July 2019 as the first cast member for the series, reportedly set to play a character named Tyra. Kavenagh was most recently seen co-starring in Australian drama My First Summer and recurred on TV series The Gloaming for Australia’s Stan streaming service. Additionally, she’s no stranger to Amazon Prime originals, having been part of the cast of 2018’s Picnic at Hanging Rock.

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Ema Horvath will play an unspecified character as a series regular, reported Deadline. A relative newcomer, Horvath made her onscreen debut in the 2017 horror film, Like.Share.Follow, in which she appeared opposite Keiynan Lonsdale (The Flash’s Wally West), and moved on to field roles in 2019 horror films The Gallows Act II and The Mortuary Collection.

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Joseph Mawle will play a villain, reported Variety, whose sources claim that the character will be named “Oren.” The Oxford-born actor is best known as Benjen Stark on Game of Thrones, which he fielded in Season 1, and eventually returned as the show’s version of book character Coldhands in Season 7. He recently fielded BBC TV runs on drama MotherFatherSon, actioner Troy: Fall of a City and was memorable as a corrupt pugilist police inspector on Ripper Street. He’ll soon be seen in auteur director Terrence Malick’s developing film, The Last Planet.

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Maxim Baldry will field an unspecified “significant” role, reported Collider. The English actor most recently recurred on 2020’s Season 8 of Showtime’s Strike Back, having recently fielded a breakout performance on HBO television drama series Years and Years. He has been seen on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks, a 2013 guest spot on BBC’s Skins and, back in 2007 as a child, had a three-episode run on HBO’s Rome and was seen that same year in Mr. Bean’s Holiday.

The rest of the ensemble consists of Owain Arthur, Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Budge, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers and Daniel Weyman. The addition of this group was announced back in January 2020 (just on the cusp of the pandemic,) during the Winter TCA Tour.

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Bryan Cogman, a winter-tested writer with Westeros work on his CV from Game of Thrones, is onboard the writing team as a consultant, as first reported by Variety. After starting an assistant to showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Cogman has since worn many hats on HBO’s Game of Thrones going back to the show’s first season, having written 11 episodes total—the most recent of which was Season 8’s pre-battle character study, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”—and served as a producer on several episodes, ascending to co-executive producer for the last two seasons. He’s also attached to the screenplay for Disney’s live-action adaptation of its 1963 Arthurian animated classic, The Sword in the Stone.

Here’s the officially released list of the show’s creative team:

Lord of the Rings Amazon Story

Amazon has been teasing the plot for The Lord of the Rings series for a few years now. The officially released series-era map not only confirmed the show’s time period, stating, “Welcome to the Second Age,” but bore another bountiful clue: the five-pointed-star-shaped southwest island kingdom of Númenor. An ancient kingdom of Men with long lifespans, Númenor flourished throughout much of the Second Age until the initial incursions of Sauron, which eventually led to the kingdom’s legendary fall and King Elendil’s arrival on the mainland, where he eventually founded the kingdom of Gondor.

Welcome to the Second Age: https://t.co/Tamd0oRgTw

— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) March 7, 2019

Given Amazon’s subsequent teases, which recall tropes connected to the Ring of Power, one might further deduce that the Lord of the Rings series will specifically chronicle the epoch’s mythology-setting events. Pertinently, the sporadically posted lines in the teasers recall the Second Age story in which Sauron deceived the kingdoms of Elves, Men and Dwarves with rings of power that he secretly controlled with the One Ring; a story famously told in The Fellowship of the Ring film prologue by Cate Blanchett’s Galadriel (a character played on this series by Markella Kavenagh). We could also take this to mean that the Lord of the Rings TV show might showcase the formation of Gondor and the era in which Sauron’s insidious plot first came to a head; events that were briefly chronicled in Tolkien’s posthumously-published quasi-Biblical Middle Earth chronicle, The Silmarillion, specifically in the section titled “Akallabêth.”

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The name on the map in question was “Calenardhon,” which is the ancient original name of the pastoral plains of the region that we know as the kingdom of Rohan (founded in 2510 in the Third Age), which we saw on magnificent display in the Rings Trilogy’s 2002 middle act, The Two Towers. Additionally, the familiar sight to Rohan’s south, the great kingdom of Gondor, was nowhere to be seen on the map. This was a crucial clue, since Gondor (along with Northern Kingdom Arnor,) was founded by King Elendil and his sons during the Second Age of Middle Earth in 3320, setting up a climactic confrontation in 3441 between “The Last Alliance of Elves and Men” against Sauron and his evil army from Mordor—again, as depicted in the Fellowship prologue.

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That’s all we know about Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series. We, along with the franchise’s legion of fans, anxiously await any update that comes our way.

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IHG Signs First voco Hotel in New Zealand

IHG has signed a franchise agreement with Pro-invest that will see the first voco hotel in New Zealand open in Auckland in 2021. Located in the very heart of Auckland’s city centre, on the corner of Albert and Wyndham Street, the property will be dual-branded, as the 200-room voco Auckland City Centre will share the site with the 294-room Holiday Inn Express Auckland City Centre. The two hotels will have separate branding and guest entrances, but will share facilities.

Ronald Barrott, CEO of Pro-invest, said, “We are extremely excited to have the honour of opening New Zealand’s first voco. Such an iconic address demands a great brand, and when IHG first launched voco in 2018, its sustainability focus really struck a chord with me and I realised that it was a perfect fit for us. I’m so excited to add voco to our portfolio of hotels, complementing our growing estate of Holiday Inn Express hotels in New Zealand and Australia, in partnership with IHG.” The signing of voco Auckland City Centre continues the rapid growth of the brand since it launched in June 2018, complementing voco hotels in Australia’s Gold Coast, Yarra Valley, Hunter Valley, Melbourne and Sydney. IHG currently has 51 hotels operating under four brands in Australasia, including: InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, voco and Holiday Inn Express, with another 35 in the pipeline, including Hotel Indigo. 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diarynz · 5 years

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Super Rugby: Blues CEO Michael Redman to step down

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Super Rugby: Blues CEO Michael Redman to step down

Blues chief executive Michael Redman, fresh off securing perhaps his biggest signing in All Black Beauden Barrett, is stepping down after six years in the role.

Redman joined the Blues in October 2013 and has led the Auckland franchise through its transition from a part-time operation within a provincial union to a fully professional franchise employing 19 full-time staff and with world class facilities.

“From the outset I initially envisaged five seasons but it was vitally important to provide stable leadership for our staff and sponsors during this last 12 months of unprecedented shareholder, governance and coaching changes,” Redman said.

“But I believe it is now important the Blues get the opportunity to appoint someone to lead the club for the next five-plus years and that is not me.”

“Signing Barrett was my last play,” he added.

Redman said not achieving on-field success has been deeply frustrating but he leaves the club having helped assemble a coaching group as good as any in Super Rugby with world class support staff.

“Now we have just signed one of the best players in the world. We have fantastic staff and I know success is just around the corner.”

Board Chair Don Mackinnon thanked Redman for his six years of dedicated, professional leadership.

“Despite facing numerous challenges, Michael has managed to grow our commercial revenue and oversee our move to a stunning facility that will set the Club up for decades to come. He has developed a strong team, worked incredibly hard and has led with integrity and intelligence. We thank him for all he has done. Michael will always be part of the Blues family.”

New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew praised Redman for his contribution to the Blues and NZ Rugby.

“Michael can be very satisfied with what he has achieved at the Blues having steered the organisation through some challenging periods as it matured into an independent Super Rugby club.

“He has made significant contributions to rugby from his work on Collective Employment Agreements, to innovations in commercial and player contracting, and establishing a world class base for the Club at Epsom. That base, which sees the commercial and administration team working alongside the High-Performance group, coaches and team, has helped to underline a strong Blues culture and identity.

“While we hope Michael is not completely lost to rugby, we wish him well in his next ventures.”

Redman will leave the club in September after completing the 2019 season review and the 2020 budget.

“The big rocks are in place for next season both on and off the field. We have some exciting announcements regarding our 2020 draw and Auckland Rugby are using our training facility starting in a few weeks. So, someone can come in and have time to get their feet under the desk.”

Redman acknowledged the leadership of former and current chairs Tony Carter and Don Mackinnon.

“I have been very fortunate to work for two outstanding Chairs in Tony and Don and I thank them sincerely for their support and advice over the years.

“I will always be a Blues fan.”

Mackinnon confirmed the process to recruit a new CEO would begin immediately.

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Makers' names: Zara, Meg, and Annie-rose Collins

Petition sheet number: 152

Person honouring: Mary Flora Rigg

Relationship to makers: Unknown

When Mary signed the 1893 petition, she was 37, and an experienced nurse with a sister and mother who were very involved in the fight for suffrage and the protection of women and children.

Mary Flora Rigg was born in 1856 in Sydney, to parents Elizabeth Bryan and Charles Rigg. She was the second-eldest of 11 children. Her parents had emigrated from Ireland and England but married in Tasmania in 1853. Charles was a Methodist minister and as a result the family moved around a lot. Eventually they settled in Otago.

At the time that she signed the petition, Mary was living on Cargill St in Dunedin with her mother and her sister, Rosa Rigg, and was working as a nurse. Another sister, Emily Rigg, was nearby in George St – she was also a nurse and was involved in the Women’s Franchise League and the Society for the Protection of Women and Children.

Elizabeth Rigg [the mother] had signed the 1892 petition seeking women's suffrage. She was also a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Women’s Franchise League.

Mary and Rosa signed the 1893 petition twice – their names appear on both sheet 152 and sheet 174.

In 1903 Mary made a claim against the City Corporation for underpaying her. She had been working as matron at the Caversham Immigration Barracks Hospital (scarlet fever hospital).

Mary never married. Following the death of her mother in 1918, she moved to Auckland, where her sisters both lived.

Mary died in the Auckland Infirmary in Epsom in May 1940, aged 84.

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Unique ID number: VRS.2019.491

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sfdfmoviereviews · 7 years

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Other Thoughts on Spider-Man Homecoming

The third cinematic iteration of Spider-Man gives us a hero who lives in the shadow of franchise giants. As we discussed on the podcast, the legacy of Uncle Ben and the value of a Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man are virtually absent here. Instead Peter Parker spends his days awaiting the validation of old billionaire Tony Stark, and disgruntled at what little good he can do. He is entirely dependent on technological gifts from Iron Man for capability and recognition. His intellectual prowess serves only to win some academic trivia night, and his ability to discover and invent is irrelevant. He seeks not to do good or make good for the sake of those things but to gain the approval of an old rich man. He has no agency for anything else.

Michael Keaton’s Diesel Punk Bird Guy, in contrast, is building an empire. Foiled by a bureaucracy that favours the old money, he sets out to forge a life for himself and his family in the new world afforded by constant alien invasion and villainy. Granted he sells weapons to criminals-which is why he’s the villain-, but he adapts to and thrives in a place that beguiles others, and all for the people he loves.

Spider-Man: Homecoming is only the latest in a long series of superhero films about passive heroes and active villains. General Zod’s drive to preserve Krypton and Lex Luthor’s existential angst are more compelling than whatever the sad men are down about in the first two DCEU films. Helmut Zemo’s ability to bring chaos to the Avengers is far more startling than Tony Stark being upset by Alfre Woodard. Hell, even wobbly-armed Cara Delevigne’s drive for revenge is more interesting than the Suicide Squad’s constant indecision.

There’s an interesting dynamic here. These heroes are uniformly conservative in the simplest sense of the word; they seek to protect what is rather than building something new. When they do try to move the human race forward it backfires spectacularly- witness the results of Tony Starks Ultron project. Villains in contrast are no longer the cackling monsters of yesteryear. The drive for narrative complexity imbues them with some kind of grounded motive, which is frequently the only interesting idea in these films. Of course, all too often the drive to bring in all four quadrants means the climax must constitute a spectacular fight, and so no discussion- and thus no repudiation- of their ethos takes place.

It’s worth noting that there is a fine line to walk here. Nolan’s Dark Knight is hardly seeking to preserve the entrenched corruption in Gotham, and attempts to drive the people of the city towards a more just and safe world. In doing so, he verges on the authoritarian. To go too far from the hero as preserver of the status quo risks aggrandising the dictatorial.

It’s also worth noting that sometimes the ‘more interesting’ villain is only so because they’re the only one doing anything on screen. Witness 1968’s Thunderbird 6, in which the Black Phantom is far more engaging to watch not because of what he is trying to do but because he’s simply doing more than hanging around sipping cocktails on an airship or needling Brains about building a new Thunderbird. In this case the villain isn’t driving the narrative, he is the narrative.

But to return to more abstract matters. Spider-Man: Homecoming is something of a reckoning for superhero movies. It’s the third time around, it assumes we already know the basics: spider bite, powers, dead uncle. It’s great conceit is our hero’s envy for all the other heroes. And in doing so- in forgoing the basics of this iconic hero in favour of a compelling villain and some hero worship- it turns on the lights behind the half-silvered mirror that film holds to society. Which of these characters- the self-made bird guy family man or the kid who wants to be in with the gods of the world- most resembles what the world in general and America in particular looks for in an upstanding citizen, the kind who might be fit for public office? And yet which do we root for?

There’s a old old trend at play here. In the eighties, when everyone wanted to get rich, the movies told us that money was less than family, so that the have-nots might feel better about their lacklustre wealth (a strategy that surely made some people very rich). In the 2010s, when greater caution and responsibility was demanded of those institutions that had led to the GFC, we have lionised the wolves and the short sellers, such that we might be comforted that at least someone made a buck. So when individualism is ascendant, is it any wonder that the hero wants nothing more than to be one of the cool kids? Does that mean it is right to cast yourself in the image of others?

Tim

P.S I saw this at a screening organized by Auckland comic book shop Heroes For Sale. If you’re here you should totally get in on these screenings. $15 ($10 if you have a subscription at the shop) gets you into the Silvia Park X-Treme screen with a bunch of cool nerds and people who dress up get to sit in the Premier lounge.

#spider-man: homecoming #man of steel #batman v superman: dawn of justice #captain america: civil war #avengers: age of ultron #thunderbird 6 #power rangers.#tim

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The Rogues Rant #239

Welcome to The Rogues Rant, an occasional look at all things Rugby

Finally some good news for Rugby fans. Foxtel have announced that Super Rugby will return to our TV screens as of Saturday June 13 with the New Zealand Super Rugby Aotearoa match between the Highlanders and the Chiefs at Dunedin. With New Zealand lifting crowd restrictions, huge crowds are expected for this match and the already sold out Blues V Hurricanes match at Eden Park, Auckland on Sunday 14th. The games are the first of the Kiwi tournament involving all five of the NZ Super Rugby franchises. With a deal being reached between Rugby Australia and Foxtel for TV coverage the Super Rugby AU tournament will kick off on Friday 3rd July. Queensland Reds will host the Waratahs at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night with the Brumbies and Rebels to meet the next night in Canberra. While the New Zealanders will be cheered on by their loyal fans, the Aussie matches will be played without spectators with Coronavirus restrictions still in place at this stage. Bring it on!

On the international front the England Rugby Premiership will resume on August 15 with nine rounds remaining to complete their interrupted season. World Rugby has also been working on a new format for the 2021 International Season. At present it looks likely that a new approach will be taken which will impact on all levels of senior Rugby. The likely format will see the Southern Hemisphere Rugby Championship Tests played during February and March next year followed by Super Rugby AU and Club Rugby at all levels to be played from April through to September. The Australian home Test series against Northern Hemisphere sides will be played during October followed by the Wallabies Northern Hemisphere tours in November. It’s a new format which is needed as it appears that the old Super Rugby format is well and truly buried with South Africa clearly heading towards a European involvement. There is still a lot of work needed to come up with a workable and efficient structure for Club and Super Rugby in Australia. If we are to see the Wallabies performances improve and Australian Rugby climb back up the International ratings, then a new and progressive development program has to be implemented by Rugby Australia, and soon.

Some sad news this week with the passing of Terry Troy recently. Terry was heavily involved with the development of the Tech Waratahs Junior Club in the late 1990’s which laid the foundation for the success of the Tech Tahs Senior club throughout the “Naughties”. Terry also contributed strongly to the administration of the successful Illawarrior Senior and Colts squads of 2005. After moving to the Southern Highlands, Terry also contributed to Bowral Rugby Club over the years and was a regular at Eridge Park recently enjoying the resurgence of the famous club. Rest in Peace Terry Troy.

A very important IDRU Board meeting is sitting down as this column goes to air. We are pretty much at crunch time now if we are going to see any local rugby played in 2020. With there still so much indecision surrounding the whole Coronavirus situation I can only see one decision eventually being made, but when? See you in 2021.

All opinions offered in this column are the opinion of the author. They should not be considered to represent the views of the IDRU.

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