رحيل العلامة المحقِّق الدكتور عدنان درويش

انتقل إلى رحمته تعالى البحَّاثة العلَّامة المؤَرِّخ الدكتور عدنان أحمد درويش،
وذٰلك يوم الأربعاء الواقع في 29 رجب 1435هجرية، الموافق لـ 28 / 5 / 2014 ميلادية، وصُلِّيَ عليه في جامع عبد الرحمٰن بن أبي بكر الصدِّيق القريب من منزله بدمشق، ثم وُورِيَ في الثرى في مقبرة اللَّوَّانِ بكَفَرْسُوسَة.

ولادته ودراسته
ولد الدكتور عدنان في حماة سنة 1931م، هكذا مُسَجَّل في الأوراق الرسمية، وكان يقول رحمه الله: إن الصواب قبل ذٰلك بسنتين، أي: عام 1929م.
حصل على شهادة الدراسة الثانوية في حماة سنة 1954م.
وحصل على الإجازة في اللغة العربية وآدابها من كلية الآداب بجامعة القاهرة عام 1958م.
وعلى شهادة الدكتوراه في التاريخ بمنحة أربعة أعوام من المعهد الفرنسي للدراسات العربية بدمشق سنة 1972م من جامعة ليون بفرنسة.

عمله ومشاركاته
عمل في وزارة الثقافة السورية رئيسًا لشعبةٍ في مديرية إحياء ونشر التراث العربي من سنة 1959م حتى سنة 1967م، ثم مديرًا لمديرية إحياء التراث العربي منذ عام 1968م، وأشرف على إخراج أكثر من مئة كتاب من مختلِف علوم التراث من شعر وتاريخ ولغة و... إلى آخره.
بالإضافة لسلسلة مختارات من التراث العربي.
وشارك في الكثير من المؤتمرات ممثلًا لوزارة الثقافة السورية، وكذٰلك شارك في الكثير من مجالس إدارة المجلات وتحريرها. وكذٰلك في مجالس إدارة مؤسسات أخرى كمكتبة الأسد وبعض كليات جامعة دمشق.

فمن هٰذه الانتماءات:
- عضو مراسل لمجمع اللغة العربية بدمشق.
- عضو مراسل لمعهد البحوث وتاريخ النصوص في المركز الوطني للبحث العلمي في باريس C.N.R.S
- عضو في الهيئة العربية المشتركة لخدمة التراث التابعة للمنظمة العربية للتربية والثقافة والعلوم (أليكسو).
- عضو في لجنة اختيار الفائزين بجائزة الملك فيصل لعامي 1997 ، 1998.
- عضو في جمعية المؤرِّخين المغاربة.
- عضو في هيئة تحرير مجلة الدراسات الشرقية في المعهد الفرنسي للدراسات العربية بدمشق.
- عضو مراسل في هيئة تحرير مجلة البحوث وتاريخ النصوص في المركز الوطني للبحث العلمي في باريس C.N.R.S
- عضو في المجلس الأعلى للعلوم بدمشق.
- عضو في اللجنة الوطنية لحماية آثار مدينة شبام في اليمن.
- عضو مجلس الإدارة ولجنة المخطوطات في مكتبة الأسد بدمشق.
- عضو في اللجنة الوطنية لحماية آثار مدينة صور في لبنان.

الدورات التدريبية:
- دورة في مجمع اللغة العربية بدمشق عام 1960م.
- دورة في جمهورية بلغارية الشعبية على فهرسة المخطوطات، عام 1963م.
- دورة اطلاعية على المخطوطات العربية في الهند 1979م.
- دورة اطلاعية على المخطوطات العربية في تركية عام 1983م.
- دورة اطلاعية على المخطوطات العربية في إيران عام 1991م.
- درَّس مادة (المكتبة العربية) في قسم اللغة العربية في كلية الآداب بجامعة دمشق من سنة 1978م حتى سنة 1981م.

أهم المؤتمرات والندوات:
- حلقة حماية المخطوطات المنعقدة ببغداد في 8 / 11 عام 1975م، قامت بها المنظمة العربية للتربية والثقافة والعلوم (أليكسو).
- حلقة حماية المخطوطات المنعقدة بالكويت في 27 / 12 عام 1977م، قامت بها المنظمة العربية للتربية والثقافة والعلوم (أليكسو).
- مؤتمر المنظمة الإسلامية للتربية والثقافة والعلوم في باكستان في 14 / 7 / 1985م.
- مؤتمر المنظمة الإسلامية للتربية والثقافة والعلوم في المغرب في 24 / 11 / 1991م.
- مؤتمر المنظمة الإسلامية للتربية والثقافة والعلوم في القاهرة في ذكرى السيوطي في 3 / 4 / 1993م.
- مؤتمر الآثار والتراث ، قامت به المنظمة العربية للتربية والثقافة والعلوم (أليكسو) المنعقد في صنعاء 15 / 9 / 1992م.

أعماله العلميَّة
أما أعماله العلمية فتتوزَّع بين إخراج دواوين شعرية، وفهرسة مكتبات، وتحقيق نصوص.
وَيُعَدُّ إخراجه لـ (تاريخ ابن قاضي شُهْبَة) وهو أبرز أعماله العلمية وأهمها، لتقي الدين أبي بكر بن أحمد ابن قاضي شُهْبَة الأسدي الدمشقي (779 – 851 هـ = 1277 – 1448 م) اختصره مؤلِّفه من تاريخه الكبير الذي ذيَّل به على كتب من تقدَّموه من مؤرِّخي الشام: الذهبي والبِرْزَالِيّ وابن كثير والحسيني وغيرهم؛ يعد إخراجه نموذجًا لمنهجه في تحقيق النصوص وفهرستها وإخراجها.
وكان قسمٌ من هٰذا التحقيق مادة للدراسة وإعداد أطروحته العلمية التي أشرف عليها المؤرِّخ المستشرق الفرنسي نيكيتا إيليسيف Nikita Elhséeff (1915-1997)، ونال الإجازة به.
صدر الكتاب في أربع مجلَّدات عن المعهد الفرنسي للدراسات العربية بدمشق والجفَّان والجابي للطباعة والنشر بليماسول قبرص، بين عامي 1977 و1995م.

ما حقَّقه أو صنعه من فهارس المخطوطات:
- ذيل الدرر الكامنة لابن حجر ، صدر عن معهد المخطوطات بالقاهرة ، 1992م.
- الكليات لأبي البقاء الكفَوي، بالاشتراك مع محمد المصري، مؤسسة الرسالة ببيروت، سنة 1993، الطبعة الثانية.
- شرح رَقْم الحلل في نظم الدول، للسان الدين ابن الخطيب، وزارة الثقافة دمشق، 1990م.
- الجمهرة للجواهري، 3 أجزاء، وزارة الثقافة دمشق، 1985 – 1990م.
- فهرس المخطوطات العربية المحفوظة في بلغاريا، جزءان، وزارة الثقافة دمشق، 1969 ، 1974م.
- فهرس المخطوطات المصوَّرة المحفوظة في وزارة الثقافة، 15 جزءًا، وزارة الثقافة دمشق، 1968 – 1980م.
- درر العقود الفريدة في تراجم الأعيان المفيدة للمقريزي، جزءان، وزارة الثقافة دمشق، 1995م.
- صفي الدين الحلِّي، لصلاح الدين الصفدي، وزارة الثقافة دمشق، 1996م.

ما أشرف على تحقيقه أو راجعه أو نقَّحه:
- طبقات الفقهاء الكبرى للعثماني.
- خلاصة العسجد في سيرة الإمام محمد، للبَهْكَلِيِّ، بالاشتراك مع المستشرق الفرنسي توشيرير، المعهد الفرنسي للدراسات العربية بدمشق، 2000م.
- تاريخ مدينة صنعاء، للرازي.
- در السحابة في مناقب القرابة والصحابة، للإمام الشوكاني.
- التاريخ المنصوري، لمجمع اللغة العربية بدمشق.

وله بحوث في الدوريات الآتية:
- مجلة مجمع اللغة العربية بدمشق.
- مجلة معهد المخطوطات العربية بالقاهرة.
- مجلة التراث العربي بدمشق.
- مجلة الدراسات الشرقية في المعهد الفرنسي للدراسات العربية بدمشق.
- مجلة الفكر العربي المعاصر ببيروت.

معاوية رضي الله عنه هو الميزان في حب الصحابة

رغبة مني في زيادة المعلومة و التوسع في العنوان الذي أشرقت به سحاب الخير بمقال أخينا المفضال : الواضح (1)

أقول : يلهث الكثير ممن استهوته الشياطين بالطعن في معاوية رضي الله عنه ، وإن لم يطعن قلل من شأنه بأن يسمه بأنه من مسلمة الفتح وأنه من الطلقاء إلى غيرها من الأمور .. حتى وصل بالبعض منهم إلى أن يتوقف في شأنه و يعرضه على ميزان الجرح والتعديل .. ناسياً أو متناسياً أنه من صحابة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، وأن الأمة قد أجمعت على تعديلهم دون استثناء من لابس الفتن منهم و من قعد .. و لم يخالف في ذلك إلا شذوذ من المبتدعة . انظر حول عدالة الصحابة : الاستيعاب لابن عبد البر (1/19) و فتح المغيث (3/103) و شرح الألفية للعراقي (3/13-14) والإصابة (1/9) و مقدمة ابن الصلاح (ص 147) والباعث الحثيث (ص 181-182) وشرح النووي على صحيح مسلم (15/149) والتقريب للنووي (2/214) والمستصفى للغزالي (ص 189-190 ) وفي غيرها من الكتب .

ذكر النووي في شرح صحيح مسلم (8/231) و ابن القيم في زاد المعاد (2/126) أن معاوية رضي الله عنه من مسلمة الفتح ، أي أنه أسلم سنة ( 8 هـ ) ، في حين ذكر أبو نعيم الأصبهاني كما في معرفة الصحابة (5/2496) و الذهبي كما في تاريخ الإسلام - عهد معاوية - ( ص 308) أنه أسلم قبيل الفتح .

ومرد الاختلاف بين المصادر حول تاريخ إسلام معاوية رضي الله عنه يعود إلى كون معاوية كان يخفي إسلامه ، كما ذكر ذلك ابن سعد في الطبقات (1/131) ، وهو ما جزم به الذهبي ، حيث قال : أسلم قبل أبيه في عمرة القضاء أي في سنة ( 7 هـ ) وبقي يخاف من الخروج إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من أبيه .. وأظهر إسلامه عام الفتح . انظر : تاريخ الإسلام عهد معاوية ( ص 308) .

وبعد هذا هل يبقى مطعن في معاوية رضي الله عنه من كونه من مسلمة الفتح وليس في ذلك مطعن - . وإن سلمنا بأنه من مسلمة الفتح ؛ فهل هذا يقلل من شأن صحبته رضي الله عنه ؟!

و لمن لا يعرف معاوية جيداً أعرّفه به : إن معاوية رضي الله عنه كان من كتاب الوحي ، و من أفضل الصحابة و أصدقهم لهجة و أكثرهم حلماً فكيف يعتقد أن يقاتل الخليفة الشرعي و يهرق دماء المسلمين من أجل ملك زائل ، و هو القائل : والله لا أخير بين أمرين ، بين الله و بين غيره إلا اخترت الله على سواه . سير أعلام النبلاء للذهبي (3/151) .

وقد أفرد ابن أبي الدنيا وأبو بكر بن أبي عاصم تصنيفاً في حلم معاوية رضي الله عنه ، ولعل هذا من بركة دعاء الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم لمعاوية . انظر : تاريخ الإسلام للذهبي عهد معاوية ( ص 315) .

روى الترمذي في فضائل معاوية أنه لما تولى أمر الناس كانت نفوسهم لا تزال مشتعلة عليه ، فقالوا كيف يتولى معاوية و في الناس من هو خير مثل الحسن و الحسين . قال عمير و هو أحد الصحابة : لا تذكروه إلا بخير فإني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول : اللهم اجعله هادياً مهدياً و اهد به . رواه الإمام أحمد في المسند (4/216) و صححه الألباني في صحيح سنن الترمذي (3/236) . و زاد الإمام الآجري في كتابه الشريعة (5/2436-2437) لفظة : ( ولا تعذبه ) . إسناده صحيح .

و أخرج الإمام أحمد ، عن العرباض بن سارية رضي الله عنه قال : سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول : اللهم علم معاوية الكتاب و قه العذاب . فضائل الصحابة (2/913) إسناده حسن .

و أخرج أبو داود و البخاري في الأدب المفرد من طريق أبي مجلز قال : خرج معاوية على ابن الزبير و ابن عامر ، فقام ابن عامر و جلس ابن الزبير ، فقال معاوية لابن عامر : اجلس فإني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول : من أحب أن يتمثل له الرجال قياماً فليتبوأ مقعده من النار . سنن أبي داود (5/398) و الأدب المفرد (ص 339) ، الشريعة للآجري (5/2464) .

و أخرج ابن كثير في البداية والنهاية بسند صحيح ، أن معاوية رضي الله عنه ، كان إذا لقي الحسن بن علي رضي الله عنهما قال : مرحباً بابن رسول الله وأهلاً ، و يأمر له بثلاثمائة ألف ، و يلقى ابن الزبير رضي الله عنه فيقول : مرحباً بابن عمة رسول الله وابن حواريه ، ويأمر له بمئة ألف . البداية والنهاية (8/137) .

و أخرج الآجري عن الزهري قال : لما قتل علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه و جاء الحسن بن علي رضي الله عنهما إلى معاوية ، فقال له معاوية : لو لم يكن لك فضل على يزيد إلا أن أمك من قريش و أمه امرأة من كلب ، لكان لك عليه فضل ، فكيف و أمك فاطمة بنت رسول صلى الله عليه وسلم ؟! . أنظر كتاب الشريعة (5/2469-2470) إسناده حسن .

و فضائل معاوية رضي الله عنه كثيرة ثابتة عموماً و خصوصاً ، فبالإضافة إلى ما ذكرت ، أورد شيئاً منها ..

فأما العموم .. فلما رواه البخاري ومسلم من حديث أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه مرفوعاً ( لا تسبوا أصحابي فلو أن أحدكم أنفق مثل أحد ذهباً ما بلغ مد أحدهم ولانصيفه ) .

وأهل العلم مجمعون قاطبة على أن معاوية من أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ، ولا شك أنه داخل في عموم هذا النص ، فمن سبه أو طعن فيه آثم بلا ريب بل سب الصحابة رضي الله عنهم من الكبائر .

وأما خصوصاً .. فلما رواه مسلم من حديث ابن عباس قال : كنت ألعب مع الصبيان فجاء رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فتواريت خلف باب ، فجاء فحطأني حطأة وقال : اذهب وادع لي معاوية ، قال : فجئت فقلت هو يأكل ، قال : ثم قال لي : اذهب فادع لي معاوية ، قال : فجئت فقلت : هو يأكل ، فقال : لا اشبع الله بطنه .

قال الحافظ الذهبي في التذكرة (2/699) : لعل هذه منقبة لمعاوية لقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : اللهم من لعنته أو شتمته فاجعل ذلك له زكاة و رحمة .

وقال الإمام النووي رحمه الله في شرح صحيح مسلم (16/156) : قد فهم مسلم رحمه الله من هذا الحديث أن معاوية لم يكن مستحقاً للدعاء عليه ، فلهذا أدخله في هذا الباب ، وجعله من مناقب معاوية لأنه في الحقيقة يصير دعاءً له .

قلت : وهذا الحديث أخرجه مسلم تحت الأحاديث التي تندرج تحت باب من لعنه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أو سبه أو دعا عليه ، وليس هو أهلاً لذلك كان له زكاة وأجراً و رحمة .

ومن فضائله ما قاله ابن عباس رضي الله عنه : ما رأيت رجلاً كان أخلق للملك من معاوية ، كان الناس يردون منه على أرجاء واد رحب ، و لم يكن بالضيق الحصر العصعص المتغضب . رواه عبد الرزاق في المصنف (برقم 20985) بسند صحيح . إلى غيرها من الفضائل ..

أما ما يتشدق به البعض من نقلهم عن اسحاق بن راهوية أنه قال : ( لا يصح عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في فضل معاوية شيء ) .

فلا يثبت عنه ، فقد أخرج الحاكم كما في السير للذهبي (3/132) والفوائد المجموعة للشوكاني ( ص 407) عن الأصم أبي العباس محمد بن يعقوب الأصم حدثنا أبي ، سمعت ابن راهوية فذكره . و في الفوائد : سقطت ( حدثنا أبي ) ، و هي ثابتة فالأصم لم يسمع من ابن راهوية .

قلت : يعقوب بن يوسف بن معقل أبو الفضل النيسابوري والد الأصم مجهول الحال ، فقد ترجمة الخطيب في تاريخه (14/286) فما زاد على قوله : قدم بغداد وحدث بها عن إسحاق بن راهوية ، روى عنه محمد بن مخلد .

ولم يذكر فيه جرحاً ولا تعديلاً ، وله ذكر في ترجمة ابنه من السير (15/453) ولم يذكر فيه الذهبي أيضاً جرحاً ولا تعديلاً ، وذكر في الرواة عنه عبد الرحمن بن أبي حاتم ، ولم أجده في الجرح والتعديل ، ولا في الثقات ابن حبان . و بهذا فإن هذا القول ضعيف لم يثبت عن إسحاق بن راهوية رحمه الله .

و الذين لا يعرفون سيرة معاوية يستغربون إذا قلت لهم بأنه كان من الزاهدين و الصفوة الصالحين ، روى الإمام أحمد بسنده إلى علي بن أبي حملة عن أبيه قال : رأيت معاوية على المنبر بدمشق يخطب الناس و عليه ثوب مرقوع . كتاب الزهد (ص 172) .

و أخرج ابن كثير عن يونس بن ميسر الزاهد - و هو أحد شيوخ الإمام الأوزاعي - قال : رأيت معاوية في سوق دمشق و هو مردف وراءه وصيفاً و عليه قميص مرقوع الجيب و يسير في أسواق دمشق . البداية و النهاية (8/134) .

و قد أوردت هذه الأمثلة ليعلم الناس أن الصورة الحقيقية لمعاوية تخالف الصورة المكذوبة التي كان أعداؤه و أعداء الإسلام يصورونه بها ، فمن شاء بعد هذا أن يسمي معاوية خليفة ، أو أمير المؤمنين ، فإن سليمان بن مهران - الأعمش - و هو من الأئمة الأعلام الحفاظ كان يسمى بالمصحف لصدقه ، كاد يفضل معاوية على عمر بن عبد العزيز حتى في عدله .

و من لم يملأ - أمير المؤمنين - معاوية عينه ، و أراد أن يضن عليه بهذا اللقب ، فإن معاوية مضى إلى الله عز وجل بعدله و حلمه و جهاده و صالح عمله ، وكان و هو في دنيانا لا يبالي أن يلقب بالخليفة أو الملك . انظر حاشية محب الدين الخطيب على العواصم من القواصم (ص 217) .

و ذكر ابن العربي في كتابه العواصم أنه دخل بغداد و أقام فيها زمن العباسيين و المعروف أن بين بني العباس و بني أمية ما لا يخفى على الناس ، فوجد مكتوباً على أبواب مساجدها خير الناس بعد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أبو بكر ثم عمر ثم عثمان ثم علي ثم معاوية خال المؤمنين رضي الله عنهم أجمعين . العواصم من القواصم (ص 229-230) .

و قد سئل عبد الله بن المبارك ، أيهما أفضل : معاوية بن أبي سفيان ، أم عمر بن عبد العزيز ؟
فقال : و الله إن الغبار الذي دخل في أنف معاوية مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أفضل من عمر بألف مرة ، صلى معاوية خلف رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، فقال : سمع الله لمن حمده ، فقال معاوية : ربنا ولك الحمد . فما بعد هذا ؟ وفيات الأعيان ، لابن خلكان (3 /33) ، و بلفظ قريب منه عند الآجري في كتابه الشريعة (5/2466) .

و أخرج الآجري بسنده إلى الجراح الموصلي قال : سمعت رجلاً يسأل المعافى بن عمران فقال : يا أبا مسعود ؛ أين عمر بن عبد العزيز من معاوية بن أبي سفيان ؟! فرأيته غضب غضباً شديداً و قال : لا يقاس بأصحاب محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم أحد ، معاوية رضي الله عنه كاتبه و صاحبه و صهره و أمينه على وحيه عز وجل . كتاب الشريعة للآجري ( 5/2466-2467) شرح السنة لللالكائي ، برقم (2785) . بسند صحيح .

و كذلك أخرج الآجري بسنده إلى أبو أسامة ، قيل له : أيهما أفضل معاوية أو عمر بن عبد العزيز ؟
فقال : أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يقاس بهم أحد . كتاب الشريعة (5/2465-2466) بسند صحيح ، و كذلك أخرج نحوه الخلال في السنة ، برقم (666) .

و قد قال عبد الله بن المبارك رحمه الله : معاوية عندنا محنة ، فمن رأيناه ينظر إليه شزراً اتهمناه على القوم ، يعني الصحابة . انظر البداية والنهاية لابن كثير (8/139) .

و سئل الإمام أحمد : ما تقول رحمك الله فيمن قال : لا أقول إن معاوية كاتب الوحي ، ولا أقول إنه خال المؤمنين فإنه أخذها بالسيف غصباً ؟
قال أبو عبد الله : هذا قول سوء رديء ، يجانبون هؤلاء القوم ، ولا يجالسون ، و نبين أمرهم للناس . انظر : السنة للخلال (2/434) بسند صحيح .

وقال الربيع بن نافع الحلبي ( ت 241 هـ ) رحمه الله : معاوية ستر لأصحاب محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ، فإذا كشف الرجل الستر اجترأ على ما وراءه . البداية والنهاية (8/139) .

فوائد ..
قال محب الدين الخطيب رحمه الله : سألني مرة أحد شباب المسلمين ممن يحسن الظن برأيي في الرجال ما تقول في معاوية ؟ فقلت له : و من أنا حتى اسأل عن عظيم من عظماء هذه الأمة ، و صاحب من خيرة أصحاب محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ، إنه مصباح من مصابيح الإسلام ، لكن هذا المصباح سطع إلى جانب أربع شموس ملأت الدنيا بأنوارها فغلبت أنوارها على نوره . حاشية محب الدين الخطيب على كتاب العواصم من القواصم ( ص 95) .

و قبل أن أختم ، أورد رأياً طريفاً للمؤرخ العلامة ابن خلدون في اعتبار معاوية من الخلفاء الراشدين فقد قال : إن دولة معاوية و أخباره كان ينبغي أن تلحق بدول الخلفاء الراشدين و أخبارهم ، فهو تاليهم في الفضل والعدالة والصحبة . أنظر هذا القول في العواصم من القواصم ( ص 213) .

و ما ضر المسك معاوية عطره ، أن مات من شمه الزبال والجعل .. رغم أنف من أبى ..

Dustin Byfuglien

Dustin Byfuglien (/ˈbʌflɪn/ BUF-lin;[1] born March 27, 1985) is an American professional ice hockey player currently playing and serving as an alternate captain for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted as a defenseman, he has played both forward and defense in his career, although he has generally played defense in recent years.
Early life
Byfuglien was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Cheryl Byfuglien and Rick Spencer. His mother is of Norwegian and Swedish descent, and his father is African-American. Cheryl moved to Roseau, Minnesota, with Dustin to be closer to her family while Rick stayed in Minneapolis to continue college; the two never wed. In Roseau, Byfuglien was exposed to the game of hockey where he found an instant love for the sport, which soon turned into a calling. Byfuglien's stepfather, Dale Smedsmo, played four games in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1972, and 110 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA).[2][3] Rick Spencer played college football for the St. Cloud State Huskies.

Due to being academically ineligible under Minnesota State High School League rules to play at Roseau High School, Byfuglien first moved to Warrenville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, to play AAA under-18 hockey for the Chicago Mission then moved to Canada to play major junior hockey.

Playing career
Byfuglien played major junior hockey for both the Brandon Wheat Kings and Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Byfuglien was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in 2003. Originally a defenseman at the start of the 2007–08 season, he was moved to a right wing position to give the team a larger body near the net.[4]

He spent parts of his first two seasons with the Blackhawks' minor league team at the time, the Norfolk Admirals, and the Blackhawks. He excelled in his third professional season, becoming the first Rockford IceHogs player to earn the American Hockey League's Player of the Week award, when he scored one goal and had five assists in four games. Byfuglien had seven points in eight games with Rockford before earning a recall on November 3, 2007, to the Chicago Blackhawks and never returned to the IceHogs.

He had a goal in his first shift with the Blackhawks in the 2007–08 season on November 3 against the St. Louis Blues and recorded his first career hat-trick against the Phoenix Coyotes on November 30.[5] He finished tied for fifth on the team with 19 goals and 36 points in his third season with the team, all while making a transition to forward throughout the campaign. He played a major role in the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup winning season in 2010, scoring 11 goals with five assists in the playoffs, including three goals in the Finals
On June 24, 2010, Byfuglien was traded by Chicago, along with Brent Sopel, Ben Eager and Akim Aliu, to the Atlanta Thrashers for the New Jersey Devils' first and second round pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, Marty Reasoner, Joey Crabb and Jeremy Morin.[7] The Thrashers moved Byfuglien back to his natural position of defense, although he had experience as a first-line and second-line winger with the Blackhawks, including the Blackhawks' run to the Stanley Cup in 2010. He became an alternate captain for the Thrashers after a few months into the 2010 season. Byfuglien was selected to his first All-Star Game, along with teammate Tobias Enström.

In the 2011 All-Star Game's Skill Competition, his slap shot was clocked at 102.5 mph.

On February 15, 2011, the Thrashers signed Byfuglien to a five-year, $26 million contract extension. He scored 12 goals along with 41 assists during the 2011–12 season that saw the Thrashers move to Winnipeg. Byfuglien appeared in 66 games for the Jets that season.

On April 2, 2015, Byfuglien was suspended four games for cross-checking New York Rangers forward J. T. Miller in the head during a March 31 game.[8]

On February 8, 2016, Byfuglien signed a five-year, $38 million contract extension with the Jets to remain with the team through the 2020–21 season.[9]

On September 13, 2019, he was granted an indefinite personal leave of absence by the Winnipeg Jets.[10]

Personal life
Byfuglien is an avid fisherman, and competed in the 2011 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship on Rainy Lake. On August 31, 2011, Byfuglien was arrested on Lake Minnetonka and booked on suspicion of boating while intoxicated.[11] Byfuglien pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to two days of community service on July 23, 2012.[12]

Byfuglien and his wife, Emily, have three children.[13][14] All of the couple's children were born in Winnipeg.

The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch is a 2019 American drama film directed by John Crowley and written by Peter Straughan, adapted from the 2013 novel of the same name by Donna Tartt. It stars Ansel Elgort as a young man whose troubled childhood leads him to the world of art forgery. Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard, Finn Wolfhard, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, and Nicole Kidman appear in supporting roles.

The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically released in the United States on September 13, 2019.
Plot
13-year-old Theo Decker's mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On his instructions, he is placed with the Barbours, the family of his estranged friend Andy, as he has no family in the city and his father has run off.

Theo reconnects with his nerdy friend Andy and becomes close to Andy's mother, Samantha Barbour (Nicole Kidman), who encourages his appreciation for her antiques and art. After Samantha finds an engraved ring in Theo's possession, he goes to visit the shop where it came from, Hobart & Blackwell. The shop is run by James "Hobie" Hobart, whose deceased partner Welton "Welty" Blackwell died in the bombing and gave the ring to Theo to return. Welty's niece Pippa was also at the museum and survived the bombing. Hobie allows Theo to visit with Pippa, who has serious injuries, and the two bond. Theo begins to regularly visit Hobie, even after Pippa leaves to live with her aunt in Texas.

Theo begins to settle into life with the Barbours and is invited to vacation with them, with Andy hinting that his parents are considering adopting him. Before they can, Theo's estranged alcoholic father, Larry (Luke Wilson), newly detoxed, and his girlfriend Xandra (Sarah Paulson) arrive to reclaim Theo and relocate him to Las Vegas. One of the few items he takes with him is The Goldfinch, one of the few remaining paintings by Carel Fabritius which Theo picked up after the bombing.

Eight years later, Theo is living back in New York city and runs into Platt, Andy's older brother. Platt informs Theo that his father was bipolar and that he and Andy were killed in a boating accident during one of his manic phases. Theo goes to visit a now sickly Mrs. Barbour and reconnects with Andy's younger sister Kitsy, who flirts with him.

Theo now works selling the antiques that Hobie finds and restores. A disgruntled art dealer accuses Theo of selling a fake, which Theo offers to buy back. However the dealer believes that Theo possesses The Goldfinch and is using it as collateral to finance his shop. Theo is shocked that the man made the connection between him and the painting, but laughs as he is still firmly in possession of the painting.

Eight years earlier, when Theo was living in Las Vegas, he managed to make one friend, Boris, a Ukrainian immigrant whose father was extremely abusive. Boris, who had also lost his mother, introduced Theo to drugs and alcohol. Theo's father, sliding further into alcoholism and gambling, died in a car accident. Terrified that Xandra would place him in foster care, Theo decided to run back to New York and begged Boris to come with him. Boris promised he would follow Theo in a few days, but ultimately never did.

Theo becomes engaged to Kitsy, whom he does not love, still harbouring a secret love for Pippa, who now lives in London. He catches Kitsy cheating on him, but decides to remain in their engagement due to his love for Mrs. Barbour and Kitsy's permissive attitude towards his drug habit.

Looking to score pills one day, Theo goes to an unknown bar where he runs into Boris. The two reconnect, with Boris telling Theo that he owes everything to their friendship. Boris apologizes to Theo which Theo initially believes is for never coming to New York City, but which he realizes is because Boris stole The Goldfinch years ago, after Theo showed it to him during a blackout, and used it to finance his life of crime. Boris is now no longer in possession of the painting, as a gang of thugs have stolen it.

At Theo's engagement party to Kitsy, Boris arrives and tells him he has a plan to recover The Goldfinch. They fly to Amsterdam, where Theo pretends to be a wealthy businessman and they steal the painting back. However, the plan goes sour, Boris is shot and Theo kills a man in self-defense, all while losing the painting again.

Theo goes to his hotel room and tries to commit suicide, only to be rescued by Boris. Boris tells Theo that, knowing where the painting was, he had a friend call in a tip to the police to recover the painting which was successfully collected along with other lost and stolen art including a Rembrandt. Boris argues that perhaps their strange and unwieldy path was all for the greater good and that it is all part of the strange thing called life.

Cast
Ansel Elgort as Theodore "Theo" Decker, Audrey and Larry's son.
Oakes Fegley as young Theo
Nicole Kidman as Samantha Barbour, Chance's wife and the seemingly chilly but kind and wealthy socialite mother of Platt, Kitsey and Andy who takes in the orphaned Theo.
Aneurin Barnard as Boris Pavlikovsky, a cosmopolitan son of a Ukrainian émigré who becomes Theo's close friend.
Finn Wolfhard as young Boris
Sarah Paulson as Xandra, a prostitute and the ex-girlfriend of Larry Decker.
Luke Wilson as Larry Decker, Theo's emotionally abusive father, Audrey's husband and a failed actor turned gambler and alcoholic.
Jeffrey Wright as James "Hobie" Hobart, Theo's mentor, Pippa's legal guardian and Welty's partner.
Ashleigh Cummings as Pippa, Theo's unrequited love and obsession.
Aimee Laurence as young Pippa
Willa Fitzgerald as Kitsey Barbour, Andy and Platt's sister, Theo's fiancé and Chance and Samantha's daughter.
Denis O'Hare as Lucius Reeve, a dangerous art collector who discovers Theo's secret.
Boyd Gaines as Chance Barbour, Samantha's husband and Kitsey, Andy and Platt's father.
Peter Jacobson as Mr. Silver
Luke Kleintank as Platt Barbour, Andy and Kitsey's older brother and Chance and Samantha's son.
Jack DiFalco as young Platt
Robert Joy as Welton "Welty" Blackwell, Hobie's partner.
Ryan Foust as Andy Barbour, Chance and Samantha's son and Platt and Kitsey's brother who is a school-friend of Theo.
Hailey Wist as Audrey Decker, Theodore's mother and Larry's wife.
Production
In July 2014, film rights to the novel were sold to Warner Bros. Pictures and RatPac Entertainment with ICM Partners brokering the deal.[5] Two years later, John Crowley was hired to direct the film adaptation.[6] In August 2017, Warner Bros. finalized a deal with Amazon Studios to co-finance the adaptation, where Amazon would invest in more than a third of the project's budget and obtain streaming rights to the picture on its Prime service, while Warner Bros. would distribute the film in theaters worldwide.[7]

On October 4, 2017, after a two-month casting search, Ansel Elgort was selected to portray the lead role of Theodore "Theo" Decker, following his breakout turn in Baby Driver.[8] On the same day, cinematographer Roger Deakins revealed to Variety that The Goldfinch is his next project after Blade Runner 2049.[9] Later that month, in light of his recent performance in Dunkirk, Aneurin Barnard was cast as Boris.[10] On November 15, Sarah Paulson was cast as Xandra.[11] By late November, Trevor Gureckis was hired as the film's composer.[12] In December 2017, Willa Fitzgerald and Ashleigh Cummings joined the cast.[13][14] During the same month, Kelley Dixon from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul was enlisted to be the film's editor.[15][better source needed] In January 2018, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Wilson, Finn Wolfhard, and Luke Kleintank joined the cast.[16][17][18][19] Later that month, the rest of the cast was announced as principal production commenced.[20]

Principal photography began in New York on January 23, 2018,[20][21] before moving to Albuquerque on April 3, 2018 for the rest of production.[22]

Marketing
Footage from the film was first shown at CinemaCon on April 2, 2019.[23] First official images were released on May 28, 2019,[24] as well as the first official teaser poster of the film.[25] The first official trailer was released on May 29, 2019.[26]

Release
The Goldfinch had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2019.[27] It was theatrically released in the United States on September 13, 2019, after previously being set for October 11.[28][29]

Reception
Box office
In the United States and Canada, The Goldfinch was released alongside Hustlers, and is projected to gross $5–8 million from 2,500 theaters in its opening weekend.[4]

Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 25% based on 102 reviews with an average rating of 4.46/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Beautifully filmed yet mostly inert, The Goldfinch mishandles its source material, flattening a complex narrative into a largely uninvolving disappointment."[30] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 41 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews

Kaillie Humphries

Kaillie Humphries (born Kaillie Simundson September 4, 1985) is a Canadian bobsledder. Humphries was the Olympic champion in the two-woman at the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Olympics. With her victory in 2014 she became the first female bobsledder to defend her Olympic title. Due to her repeat championship she was named flagbearer for the closing ceremonies at the 2014 Games together with brakewoman Heather Moyse. Humphries is also the two-time defending overall World Cup champion.

In 2014 Humphries and Elana Meyers became the first women to pilot a mixed-gender team in the first international four-man bobsleigh competition to allow women to compete with/against men.[2] As of the end of the 2013-14 World Cup season, Humphries has won 28 Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) World Cup medals, 7 FIBT World Championships medals, and 2 Olympic Games medals. Humphries received the 2014 Lou Marsh Award, given annually to Canada's top athlete.

On January 9, 2016, Humphries became the first woman to drive an all-female team against men in a four-person World Cup bobsled race; her teammates were Cynthia Appiah, Genevieve Thibault and Melissa Lotholz
Early years
Humphries did not start as a bobsledder but competed in alpine ski racing before the age of 16. After breaking both legs in separate crashes, she retired from the sport.[5] In 2002 Humphries began her bobsleigh career as a brakeman, and was an alternate to the Canadian team at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino.[6]

Career
In 2007, Humphries was placed low on the Canadian depth chart and did not feature at the 2006 Winter Olympics. In an effort to compete she considered representing the United Kingdom, the country of her then-fiancé, Dan Humphries. Opting to remain with the Canadian team, she gained a spot on the roster after signing up for a bobsleigh driving school.[7] She won the silver medal in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany.

Following a seventh-place finish in 2009-10 Bobsleigh World Cup season series, Humphries ran well throughout the 2009-10 Bobsleigh World Cup season, finishing second overall with one win, two other podium finishes, and never less than a top-six finish (in a field of 20) over the eight-race season.[8]

Humphries 2009-10 World Cup season prepared her for the first prominent achievement of her career—winning the gold medal in the Two-woman competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics, with her 2009-10 brakeman Heather Moyse. The silver medal was won by fellow Canadians Shelley-Ann Brown and Helen Upperton. It marked the first time of the 2010 Olympics that Canadians had won two medals in one event.[9] The win completed a childhood dream for Humphries. After the final run she said that "I don't think I can put it into words yet, we did our job, you know. The goal I set as a little kid, to have done it, is amazing."[7]

After the 2010 Olympic win, Humphries met with less success on the World Cup tour and in World Championship competition for nearly two seasons. She only finished on the podium once during the 2010–11 World Cup season, though her consistent top-10 finishes allowed her to finish in third place for the overall season. Humphries slid to fifth place for the overall 2011–12 World Cup season, though she did have four podium finishes, including three gold medals, by the end of the season.

Humphries teamed up with brakeman Emily Baadsvik, then brakeman Jennifer Ciochetti, for the consecutive wins in the last two races of the 2011–12 World Cup season. Humphries and Ciochetti also won the 2012 World Championship race in Lake Placid, adding a World Championship to Humphries' Olympic Championship. This was also the first gold for any Canadian woman's sled team at the World Championships. When asked about what her result means on top of her Olympic gold she said that "It feels amazing. It is another goal accomplished. This means a lot to me. I feel like I'm still growing as a pilot and I try to learn from every experience. I have been working on my consistency and I'm glad it showed here."[10] In the team event, Humphries went on to help guide the Canadians to a bronze medal as well, adding to her medal tally that year.[11]

Humphries' three gold medals to finish the winter of 2011–12 was the start of a winning streak that would eventually break records for woman's bobsleigh competition.[12]

Competitive dominance
Humphries, with new brakeman Chelsea Valois, was the dominant pilot during the 2012–13 Bobsleigh World Cup season. The pair finished on the podium at all nine races that season, including a historic five straight wins from the start of the season.[12] They won the overall season championship with a record 1,960 points on a season of six gold, a silver and two bronze medal finishes.

Humphries' success in the winter of 2012-13 included a repeat as World Champion, placing first while setting a track record at the 2013 FIBT World Championship race in St. Moritz.[13] This win meant that Humphries finished on the podium in all 10 FIBT races during 2012-13, while extending her consecutive FIBT podium finishes to 13 when counting the last two races of the 2011–12 World Cup season plus the 2012 FIBT World Championship race.[12] This streak of 13 consecutive podiums over two seasons included a run of eight consecutive wins from the end of 2011–12 through the start of 2012–13, while teamed with three different brakemen (Baadsvik for one win, Ciochetti for two wins and Valois for six wins/ten podiums).[14]

The 2013-14 World Cup season saw Humphries reunited with her Vancouver 2010 teammate, Heather Moyse. Humphries would extend her podium streak to 15 consecutive, with a win in the first race of the 2013-14 season and a silver in the second race – an unbroken medal-winning streak of 11 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 2 bronze medals from the end of 2011–12 to the start of 2013–14. Humphries ran well through the entire 2013–14 World Cup series, trading podium positions with the American team of pilot Elana Meyers and brakeman Lauryn Williams throughout the season, with Humphries winning her second consecutive World Cup season title.

This close 2013–14 contest between the Canadians and Americans carried into the 2014 Sochi Olympics competition. Meyers and Williams led after Day 1 of competition having produced two runs built on track record push starts that uncharacteristically beat out the Canadian team at what was their strong suit. Despite being beaten on the start times, Humphries made fewer driving errors and produced cleaner runs but was still just over two tenths of a second back from the lead time. On the second day of competition, the Americans again won out on quick starting pushes but made several driving errors on the technical course. Humphries' clean piloting propelled the Canadians from second place into the gold medal position, allowing them to become the first female bobsleigh team to repeat as Olympic champions, the first female Canadian Olympians to repeat as champions since Catriona Le May Doan, and etching their names into Olympic history. Humphries said of the record setting achievement: "How do you describe achieving a dream? This is a four-year goal of ours. This has been something that we've done together. Winning gold is amazing, but walking away satisfied is better. After the third run I knew that if we did the business we could be on top."[15][16]

Historic competitions with men
In September 2014, the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing announced that they would allow mixed-gender crews to compete in four-man bobsleigh. On November 1, 2014, Humphries piloted a mixed-gender team to the bronze medal in the Canadian four-man bobsleigh championships, allowing her team to join crews led by Justin Kripps and Chris Spring as official Canadian entries on the international circuit.[17][18]

On November 15, 2014, Humphries and Elana Meyers of the United States became the first women to compete with/against men in an international four-man bobsleigh competition, in the season-opening North American Cup race in Park City, Utah.[2] Humphries piloted her mixed-gender sled to a sixth-place finish, Meyers piloted hers to seventh.[2][19][20] Later the same month Humphries and Meyers became the first women to win medals in international four-man bobsleigh competition when they finished second and third in the first of two North American Cup races at the Calgary track.[21]

Humphries won the 2014 Lou Marsh Award in December 2014 as Canada's top athlete for the year.[22]

On January 9, 2016, Humphries became the first woman to drive an all-female team against men in a four-person World Cup bobsled race; her teammates were Cynthia Appiah, Genevieve Thibault and Melissa Lotholz.[3][4] Although they finished last Humphries said the purpose was to help get a four-woman bobsleigh division added to the Olympics.[3] Humphries knew their entry would not be a contender due to the 300 pound weight difference between her team and the all-men teams.[4]

Personal
Humphries has competed since 2004 and currently slides with Phylicia George as her brakeman. She was married to Dan Humphries, a former bobsledder who competed for Great Britain and Canada.[23] However the pair divorced before the 2014 Olympics and Kaillie may or may not return to her maiden name of Simundson.[24]

Activism
Humphries is affiliated with three main causes, the "I've been Bullied" campaign; "Right to Play", a sports program for underprivileged children and youth; and with the Special Olympics.

The "I've Been Bullied" campaign warns people of the long-term effects of bullying. She speaks about her personal experience as a victim of bullying, and she discusses the importance of avoiding bullying in any sports. "Right to Play" is an organization that uses sport and play as a way to "educate and empower" children facing difficulties such as disease and conflict. She is in this organization with the other Canadian Olympic gold medallist, gymnast Kyle Shewfelt. Humphries and Shewfelt brought equipment for sports and set up some sports programs for the underprivileged children and youth when Humphries and Shewfelt traveled to Liberia in April 2011. They want to give some of the children a chance to change their lives. In the Special Olympics, Humphries speaks regularly at a few elementary schools at Calgary about the importance of physical activity, setting goals, and saying "no" to drugs.[25]

Career highlights
Olympic Winter Games
2006 – Turin, Alternate – Push Athlete, Did Not Compete
2010 – Vancouver, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Heather Moyse
2014 – Sochi, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Heather Moyse
2018 – PyeongChang, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Phylicia George
FIBT (IBSF) World Cup Overall Season Championship
Third, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) overall in the 2009–10 FIBT World Cup season
Third, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) overall in the 2010–11 FIBT World Cup season
Second, 2nd, silver medalist(s) overall in the 2014–15 FIBT World Cup season
First, 1st, gold medalist(s) overall in the 2012–13 FIBT World Cup season
First, 1st, gold medalist(s) overall in the 2013–14 FIBT World Cup season
First, 1st, gold medalist(s) overall in the 2015–16 FIBT World Cup season
World Championships
2008 – Altenberg, 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd with Combined Team Event
2011 – Winterberg, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Heather Moyse
2011 – Winterberg, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Combined Team Event
2012 – Lake Placid, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Jennifer Ciochetti
2012 – Lake Placid, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Combined Team Event
2013 – St. Moritz, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Chelsea Valois
2013 – St. Moritz, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Combined Team Event
2016 – Igls, 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd with Melissa Lotholz,
2017 – Königssee, 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd with Melissa Lotholz
World Cup Single Events
2007/2008 – Lake Placid, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Heather Moyse
2008/2009 – Whistler, 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd with Heather Moyse
2008/2009 – Park City, 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd with Shelley-Ann Brown
2009/2010 – Lake Placid, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Combined Team Event
2009/2010 – Lake Placid, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Heather Moyse
2009/2010 – Igls, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Heather Moyse
2009/2010 – Königsee, 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd with Heather Moyse
2009/2010 – Altenberg, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Heather Moyse
2010/2011 – Whistler, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Heather Moyse
2011/2012 – Königsee, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Combined Team Event
2011/2012 – Königsee, 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd with Emily Baadsvik
2011/2012 – La Plagne, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Emily Baadsvik
2011/2012 – Whistler, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Emily Baadsvik
2011/2012 – Calgary, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Jennifer Ciochetti
2012/2013 – Lake Placid, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Chelsea Valois
2012/2013 – Park City, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Chelsea Valois
2012/2013 – Whistler, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Chelsea Valois
2012/2013 – Winterberg, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Chelsea Valois
2012/2013 – La Plagne, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Chelsea Valois
2012/2013 – Altenberg, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Chelsea Valois
2012/2013 – Königsee, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Chelsea Valois
2012/2013 – Igls, 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd with Chelsea Valois
2012/2013 – Sochi, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Chelsea Valois
2013/2014 – Calgary, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Heather Moyse
2013/2014 – Park City, 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd with Heather Moyse
2013/2014 – Lake Placid, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Heather Moyse
2013/2014 – St. Moritz, 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st with Heather Moyse
2013/2014 – Königsee, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Heather Moyse
2014/2015 – Calgary, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Kate O'Brien
2014/2015 – Altenberg, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Melissa Lotholz
2014/2015 – Lake Placid, 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd with Melissa Lotholz
2014/2015 – Sochi, 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd with Melissa Lotholz
2015/2016 – Lake Placid, 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd with Melissa Lotholz[26]
Europa Cup
2006/2007 – Europa Cup, 1st, gold medalist(s) Champion
World Junior Championship
2006 – Silver Medalist, 

Felicity Huffman

Felicity Kendall Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an American actress and convicted fraudster. She is the recipient of numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and has received nominations for an Academy Award, and a BAFTA Award.

Huffman began her acting career in theatre, and in the 1990s also had many supporting roles in film and television. She starred as Dana Whitaker in the comedy-drama Sports Night from 1998 to 2000, which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. She is best known for her role as Lynette Scavo in the ABC comedy-drama Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she earned the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the debut season of the series, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three consecutive Golden Globe nominations.

Huffman drew critical praise for her performance as a transgender woman in the independent film Transamerica (2005). The role earned her a Golden Globe Award, Independent Spirit Award, National Board of Review, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Huffman has also starred in such films as Reversal of Fortune (1990), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), Magnolia (1999), Path to War (2002), Georgia Rule (2007), Phoebe in Wonderland (2008), Rudderless (2014), and Cake (2014). From 2015 to 2017, she starred in a third ABC series, the anthology crime drama American Crime, for which she received critical acclaim including three Primetime Emmy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations and a Screen Actors Guild nomination.

Huffman was arrested on March 12, 2019, for her involvement with a nationwide college entrance exam cheating scandal, charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, and released on $250,000 bail.[2] On May 13, Huffman pleaded guilty to federal charges for paying $15,000 to have a proctor correct SAT questions answered incorrectly by her daughter.[3] On September 13, she was sentenced to 14 days in prison, a $30,000 fine, 250 hours of community service and one year supervised release for her part in the scandal.[4] Huffman must report to prison on October 25 to serve her 14-day sentence.
Early life
Huffman was born in Bedford, New York, into a wealthy Christian family, the daughter of Grace Valle (née Ewing; 1921–2009) and Moore Peters Huffman (1910–1987), a banker and partner at Morgan Stanley.[5][6] Her parents divorced a year after her birth, and she was raised by both of them.[7][8] When she was a young teenager, she discovered that her biological father was Roger Tallman Maher, who was a family friend.[7] She has six sisters[9] and a brother. In the 1970s her mother left New York and bought property in Snowmass, Colorado, where Felicity and her siblings spent their youth.[10][11] Her great-grandfather was Gershom Moore Peters (1843–1919), founder of the Peters Cartridge Company and prominent Baptist minister, author of The Master.[12] Another great-grandfather, Frederick Berthold Ewing, graduated from Yale University and became a prominent St. Louis businessman. Her great-great-grandfather was Joseph Warren King (1814–1885), founder of the King Mills Powder Company.[13] She has German, English, Scots-Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, and Irish[7] ancestry.

Huffman attended The Putney School, a private boarding high school in Putney, Vermont, and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan in 1981. She attended New York University, Circle in the Square Theatre School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England.[14][15]

Career
Early career in theatre
Huffman made her debut on stage in 1982 and in the 1980s and 1990s worked as a rule on stage productions.[16] In 1988, she debuted on Broadway in the role as Karen in David Mamet's play Speed the Plow.[15][16] In 1995, Huffman won Obie Award for her performance in the play The Cryptogram by David Mamet.[16] In 1999 she starred in the premiere of David Mamet's play Boston Marriage, about the daringly intimate relationship between two turn-of-the-century women, as well as in several other major theatrical productions.[17][18]

Earliest television and film roles
Huffman debuted on the big screen in 1988 with a small role in Mamet's film Things Change. Two years later, she appeared as Minnie, a Harvard law school student in the courtroom drama Reversal of Fortune. Her other credits include 1992 thriller Quicksand: No Escape with Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson, The Water Engine opposite William H. Macy, and supporting roles on The Heart of Justice (1992), Hackers (1995), Harrison: Cry of the City (1996) and The Underworld (1997).

Huffman starred on the television mini-series Golden Years, based on the novel by Stephen King in 1991. In 1994, she starred in the ABC pilot Thunder Alley as Ed Asner's daughter, but was replaced in subsequent episodes by Diane Venora when the series began.[16] During the 1990s, she appeared mostly in guest roles on such shows as The X-Files, Early Edition, Chicago Hope and Law & Order. In 1997, she starred in Mamet's film The Spanish Prisoner.[16][19]

From 1998 to 2000, she portrayed Dana Whitaker in the series Sports Night, for which she received several awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy.[15] After the completion of Sports Night, she gave birth to her first child and soon returned to work. In 2001, she starred on the not picked up CBS pilot Heart Department In 2003, she starred in Showtime's miniseries Out of Order.

In 1999, she appeared in the Paul Thomas Anderson's ensemble drama Magnolia and television adaptation of 1938 movie A Slight Case of Murder along with William H. Macy.[16] In 2002 she played Lady Bird Johnson in the HBO award-winning movie Path to War and made a cameo appearance in Door to Door, which starred, and was written by, her husband.[16] She also starred in Snap Decision (2001) with Mare Winningham, Raising Helen (2004) as Kate Hudson's character's older sister, and Christmas with the Kranks (2004), as the best friend of Jamie Lee Curtis's character.

Desperate Housewives and Transamerica
After a recurring role on the NBC sitcom Frasier, Huffman landed a leading role in an ABC comedy series Desperate Housewives, co-starring with Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher, and Eva Longoria.[15] Huffman won an Emmy Award for her work on Desperate Housewives (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series) in 2005, as well as two 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards (Best Actress - Comedy Series and part of Best Ensemble - Comedy Series) in 2006 and received several other awards. A report in November 2010 suggested that Huffman, along with co-star Teri Hatcher, would be quitting Desperate Housewives, but ABC denied the claim.[20] The series ended in May 2012, after eight seasons.[21]

In 2005, Huffman starred in the independent drama Transamerica, playing Bree, a pre-operative transgender woman who, on the brink of her transforming surgery, discovered that in her youth she had fathered a son - who is now a troubled teen hustler on the run.[16] Huffman's performance in Transamerica was praised by many critics and garnered her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, as well as nominations for Best Actress (Screen Actors Guild) and Best Actress (Academy Awards), and several other awards and nominations. Huffman is now a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[22]

In 2007, Huffman starred in Garry Marshall's Georgia Rule with Jane Fonda and Lindsay Lohan, and 2008 on independent drama Phoebe in Wonderland. She made a film, Lesster, as a writer, director and actress in 2010.[23]

Subsequent career and American Crime
Huffman said that after seeing her as Lynette Scavo on Housewives for eight years it was difficult for audiences to think of her as anything else. She said that's why she was eager for a role that's a distinctive departure.[24] After Desperate Housewives finale, Huffman reunited with playwright David Mamet in the comedy play November. The play debuted on September 26 and ended on November 4, 2012.[25] In 2012, she also appeared in the ensemble cast independent movie, Trust Me, opposite Clark Gregg.[26]

On February 15, 2013, Huffman signed on for the lead role of the Fox drama pilot Boomerang, directed by Craig Brewer. The show centers on Margie Hamilton, a spy and master of disguise, who is the matriarch of the Hamilton clan, a "briskly professional assassin who can kill and dispose of a suspected terrorist in the afternoon – then switch to wife and mother mode without a hitch".[27] However, Fox did not pick up Boomerang as a new series.[28]

In 2013, Huffman starred in the independent drama Rudderless,[29] and in the adventure film Big Game opposite Samuel L. Jackson.[30][31] She also starred in another independent drama Stealing Cars,[32] and was cast in the comedy film Zendog.[33] In April 2014 she appeared in the independent film Cake opposite Jennifer Aniston
In 2014, Huffman was cast as the lead in the ABC anthology legal drama pilot American Crime created by John Ridley.[35][36][37] The pilot was picked up to series in May 2014.[38][39][40] On October 2, 2014, it was announced that Huffman would be star and executive producer alongside Carol Mendelsohn in her untitled drama about a special agent (Huffman) who is the fearless leader of a team of young agents on the New York City Joint Terrorism Task Force. The project was developed for ABC, but was not green-lighted for 2015–16 television season.[41] American Crime debuted on ABC in March, 2015 and Huffman received critical acclaim for her performance as an antagonistic character.[42][43][44] Robert Bianco from USA Today said in his review "A triumph for Oscar winner John Ridley, who created, produced and directed American Crime, and a reconfirmation that Felicity Huffman is one of the best actors we have... In no case is that truer than with Huffman's Barb, who is the morally questionable center of the story. Barb is a Lifetime movie heroine: a tough, divorced mother who raised her children alone, and is fighting now to bring her son's murderer to justice. Except this isn't that kind of show, and Barb's battles have not just made her stronger; they've made her hate all the people she's felt she had to fight. Which is why Huffman's gut-wrenching performance is so startling. A bundle of barely concealed fury, Huffman forces us to invest in a woman who thinks her bigotry makes her not just right, but noble."[45]

In 2018, Huffman was cast in two Netflix projects: comedy-drama film Otherhood based on the novel Whatever Makes You Happy by William Sutcliffe,[46] and Ava DuVernay' miniseries When They See Us about the famous Central Park jogger case from 1989 in which a jogger was attacked in Central Park in New York City.[46] She also starred in the second season of the Epix comedy-drama Get Shorty.[47] She also was cast as a title character in the drama film Tammy's Always Dying directed by Amy Jo Johnson.[48]

Her upcoming Netflix comedy Otherhood was not released as originally scheduled on April 26, 2019,[49] but will be released on July 21, 2019 in the United States and on August 2, 2019 in Germany.[50]

Personal life
Huffman dated actor William H. Macy on-and-off for 15 years[51] before they married on September 6, 1997. They have two daughters, Sophia and Georgia.[15] She has appeared on television, in movies, and on stage many times with her husband; the couple each received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 7, 2012.[52][53]

Huffman identifies as pro-choice, and has campaigned for women's rights on behalf of NARAL.[54] In 2005, Huffman revealed that she had suffered from both anorexia and bulimia in her late teens and twenties.[55]

Huffman is the co-author of the self-help book A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend.[56] On March 1, 2012, Huffman launched What The Flicka, a website dedicated to women and mothers where she was a regular contributor. In March 2019, the website was reportedly deactivated.[57]

2019 arrest on federal charges
Main article: 2019 college admissions bribery scandal
Huffman was among dozens charged by the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office on March 12, 2019, in a nationwide college entrance exam cheating scandal.[58][59][60] Prosecutors alleged that Huffman's $15,000 donation to the Key Worldwide Foundation, ostensibly a charitable contribution, was in fact payment to a person who pretended to be Huffman's daughter, took the SAT for her, and received a score greatly improved from the daughter's score on the Preliminary SAT (PSAT).[61] Huffman was arrested at her California home on March 12 and charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services fraud.[62][63] She appeared on March 13 in Los Angeles Federal Court, where federal agents took her passport and the court released her on $250,000 bail. At her court appearance in Boston on April 3, she acknowledged her rights, charges, and maximum possible penalties; she waived a pretrial hearing, signed conditions of her release, and was allowed to leave.[64] On April 8, she agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.[65]

Huffman pled guilty to honest services fraud on May 13, 2019. Huffman was sentenced to 14 days in prison on September 13. Following her release, she received a year of probation, was fined $30,000, and ordered to undergo 250 hours of community service.

Eddie Money

Edward Joseph Mahoney (March 21, 1949 – September 13, 2019), known professionally as Eddie Money, was an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who had success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 songs and platinum albums. Money is well known for songs like "Baby Hold On", "Two Tickets to Paradise", "Think I'm in Love", "Shakin'", "Take Me Home Tonight", "I Wanna Go Back", "Walk on Water", and "The Love in Your Eyes
Early years
Edward Joseph Mahoney was born into a large Irish Catholic family in Brooklyn. His parents were Dorothy Elizabeth (née Keller) and Daniel Patrick Mahoney.[2][3][4] He grew up on Long Island.[5] Like his grandfather, father, and brother, Money was a member of the New York City Police Department; he left after two years to pursue a career in music.[6] In 1968, Money moved to California.[7]

Music career
After moving to Berkeley, California, Money became a regular at city clubs. He secured a recording contract with Columbia Records. In the late 1970s, he charted with singles such as "Baby Hold On" and "Two Tickets to Paradise".[8] Money continued his successes and took advantage of the MTV music video scene in the early 1980s with his humorous narrative videos for "Think I'm in Love" and "Shakin'".[citation needed] His career began to decline after an unsuccessful album in 1983 and struggles with drug addiction.[9]

Money made a comeback in 1986, and returned to the mainstream rock spotlight with the album Can't Hold Back. "Take Me Home Tonight", a duet with Ronnie Spector, peaked at no. 4 in the United States. "I Wanna Go Back" reached no. 14, and "Endless Nights" peaked at no. 21.[9] Can't Hold Back was certified platinum.[10] Money followed that album with Nothing to Lose (1988). That album featured the Top 10 hit "Walk on Water" (1988) and the Top 40 hit "The Love in Your Eyes" (1989).[11]

From 1992 on Money traditionally opened the summer concert season for DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan.[12] In January 2010, he performed a medley of his hit singles during the halftime performance at the Liberty Bowl.[13]

Money wrote and performed original songs for the films Americathon (1979), Over the Top, Back to the Beach (both 1987), and Kuffs (1992), along with the television series Hardball (1989–1990).[14]

Health issues led Money to cancel his summer tour in July 2019. He had developed pneumonia while recovering from heart valve surgery.[15] While planning to hit the road later that year, he was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer during what he thought was a "routine checkup".[16] Money died on September 13, 2019.[17]

Television
Money made several television appearances on American sitcoms.[18] He played himself on an episode of the sitcom The King of Queens in May 2002, which also used his name.[19][20]

In 2012, Money appeared in a GEICO insurance commercial in which he owns a travel agency and sings "Two Tickets to Paradise" to a family that wants tickets for a vacation.[21][22]

A reality television series about Money and his family, Real Money, debuted on AXS TV on April 8, 2018.[23][24][25] An episode sharing his cancer diagnosis aired on the AXS TV network one day before he died. The show's second season is expected to follow Money's "journey as he tells his family about the disease and undergoes treatment."[26]

Personal life
Money married his wife Laurie Harris in 1989.[27] They have five children: Zachary, Jessica, Joseph, Julian, and Desmond.[28] He "made his home" in the Bay Area, performing regularly in San Francisco clubs.[29]

Money joined a 12-step program in 2001. Of his addiction, he said that he came to the realization that he did not need drugs or alcohol for his "quick wit".[30]

Death
On August 24, 2019, Money, a long-time smoker, revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer.[31] He died from complications from heart valve surgery at his home in Los Angeles on September 13, 2019, at age 70.[32][33] The family statement read in part, “It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. We cannot imagine our world without him. We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music.”[15]

Discography
Main article: Eddie Money discography
Studio albums

Eddie Money (1977)
Life for the Taking (1978)
Playing for Keeps (1980)
No Control (1982)
Where's the Party? (1983)
Can't Hold Back (1986)
Nothing to Lose (1988)
Right Here (1991)
Love and Money (1995)
Ready Eddie (1999)
Wanna Go Back (2007)
Brand New Day (2019)[34]