Dybala

Dybala

Paulo Bruno Exequiel Dybala (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaulo ðiˈβala];[A] Polish: Dybała; born 15 November 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Juventus and the Argentina national team. Considered Europe's top five leagues' 23rd most valuable player from a transfer value perspective CIES,[B] he is commonly referred to as "La Joya" ("The Jewel") due to his creative style of play, pace, talent, technique and eye for goal.[5] Palermitans also refer to him as "U Picciriddu" (“The Kid," in the Sicilian dialect), because of his young age when he signed for Palermo[6].

After beginning his career in Argentina with Instituto de Córdoba in 2011, Dybala moved to Italian club Palermo in 2012. He played three seasons for Palermo, two in Serie A and won Serie B in 2013–14. In 2015, he joined Juventus for an initial fee of €32 million and has since made over 100 appearances for the club, winning the double of Serie A and Coppa Italia in each of his three seasons. He has also been named in the Serie A Team of the Year three times.

Dybala made his senior international debut for Argentina in 2015 and was chosen for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2019 Copa América, helping his nation to win a bronze medal in the latter to tournament.

In late March 2020 Dybala tested positive for Covid-19 disease.

Early life

Dybala was born in Laguna Larga, Córdoba, Argentina.[7] His grandfather, Bolesław Dybała, was from the village of Kraśniów in Poland; he fled from his country of birth to Argentina during World War II.[8][9] Some of his grandfather's family moved to Canada.[10] Dybala's family also has Italian origins through his maternal great-grandmother, whose surname was Da Messa, from the Province of Naples.[8][11][12][13] Dybala obtained Italian citizenship on 13 August 2012.[14]

Club career

Instituto de Córdoba

Nicknamed "La Joya"[15] or "El pibe de la pensión",[16] Dybala made his professional debut in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division) with his hometown club Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba at age 17. In total, he played 40 matches with the club, scoring 17 goals.[17][18] He was the youngest to score a goal, beating the record of Mario Kempes. Dybala was also the first to play 38 consecutive matches in a professional league in the country (again edging Kempes), and was also the first to score two hat-tricks in a season. Dybala also scored in six consecutive games, surpassing the previous record of four matches.[19]

Palermo

On 29 April 2012, U.S. Città di Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini announced the signing of Dybala stating, "We have got Paulo Dybala – the new Sergio Agüero."[20] Later the same day, however, Instituto's general secretary José Teaux stated that the man who had completed the negotiations with Palermo did not have the mandate to sell Dybala. Nonetheless, on 20 July 2012 Palermo released a press announcement confirming the signing of Dybala, who signed a four-year deal with the Sicilian club.[21] According to the financial filing of the club, the transfer fee was €8.64 million.[22]

Dybala made his debut for the club in a Serie A match against Lazio. He scored his first and second goal in Italy on 11 November 2012 when Palermo defeated Sampdoria at home, 2–0.[23] Dybala had his breakthrough season in the 2014–15 Serie A where he scored ten goals in the first half of the season, forming a successful striking partnership with fellow Argentine–Italian Franco Vázquez and being linked with several top European clubs.[24] He finished the season with 13 goals and 10 assists, which made him one of the top assist providers in the league.[25]

Juventus

2015–16 season

On 4 June 2015, Juventus announced the signing of Dybala on a five-year deal for a fee of €32 million (plus €8 million in add-ons).[26][27] He was assigned the number 21 shirt, previously worn by Andrea Pirlo, who left the club that summer.[28] On 8 August, he came on as a 61st-minute substitute for Kingsley Coman against Lazio in the 2015 Supercoppa Italiana. He scored the second goal in the 73rd minute in a 2–0 win in Shanghai.[29] On 30 August 2015, Dybala scored his first league goal for the club in the 87th minute in a 2–1 defeat to Roma.[30] In his first 16 appearances of the season, Dybala managed six goals and two assists in all competitions, with a ratio of a goal every 151 minutes, which was superior to Carlos Tevez's and Alessandro Del Piero's goalscoring ratios in their debut seasons with Juventus. In the club's history, only Roberto Baggio maintained a superior goalscoring record in the opening games of his debut season.[31]

Dybala scored his first career Coppa Italia goal in a 4–0 win over cross-city rivals Torino on 16 December.[32] On 23 February 2016, Dybala scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 2–2 home draw to Bayern Munich in Juventus' first round of 16 leg.[33] On 15 March, it was announced Dybala would miss the second round of 16 leg of the Champions League against Bayern on 16 March due to an edema overload of his left soleus muscle.[34] He returned to action four days later in a 4–1 away win over Torino,[35] but was substituted after sustaining yet another injury.[36] On 21 April, Dybala scored two goals in a 3–0 home win over Lazio, which took his league tally to 16 goals in 31 appearances and also saw him score his 20th goal of the season in all competitions in the process.[37] He finished the season as Juventus' top scorer with 23 goals in all competitions and 19 goals in Serie A, as the club celebrated their Serie A title victory.[38][39]

2016–17 season

Following the departure of Paul Pogba to Manchester United in the summer of 2016, Dybala was offered the number 10 jersey by Juventus, although he turned it down, preferring to keep the number 21 jersey that he had worn during his previous season.[40] Following manager Massimiliano Allegri's switch to a 4–2–3–1 formation, the 2016–17 season saw Dybala operate in a deeper playmaking role behind the club's new signing Gonzalo Higuaín, which saw a decrease in his goalscoring output as he took on increasing defensive and creative duties.[41][42][43] After struggling to score at the beginning of the season, Dybala scored his first goal of the 2016–17 campaign on 27 September, in a 4–0 away win over Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League.[44] He scored his first Serie A goal of the season that weekend, on 2 October, in a 3–0 away win over Empoli.[45]

On 11 April, Dybala scored two goals in Juventus's first-leg Champions League quarter-final fixture against Barcelona, helping the club to a 3–0 home victory.[46] On 13 April 2017, Dybala renewed his contract with Juventus until 2022.[47] On 3 June, Dybala started in the 2017 Champions League Final, but Juventus were defeated 4–1 by defending champions Real Madrid, missing out on the treble.[48]

2017–18 season

On 4 August 2017, Dybala was named one of the three finalists for the Forward of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League season award.[49] On 9 August, Dybala was confirmed to wear the number 10 shirt for Juventus.[50] On 13 August he scored two goals in a 3–2 defeat to Lazio in the 2017 Supercoppa Italiana.[51] On 15 August, Dybala placed sixth in the 2017 UEFA Best Player of the Year Award.[52] On 26 August, Dybala scored his first hat-trick in Serie A in a 4–2 away win over Genoa.[53] He repeated the feat on 17 September, in his 100th appearance for Juventus, scoring all three goals, including one free-kick, in the club's 3–1 away win over Sassuolo, marking his second hat-trick in Serie A.[54] On 11 March 2018, Dybala scored a brace in a 2–0 home win over Udinese in Serie A; his first goal of the match was also his 100th career goal.[55] He made his 150th appearance in Serie A in a 0–0 away draw against S.P.A.L., on 17 March.[56]

2018–19 season

On 1 September 2018, Dybala made his 100th Serie A appearance for Juventus, coming on as a late second half substitute in a 2–1 away win over Parma.[57][58] On 2 October, Dybala scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 home win over Young Boys in the Champions League.[59] In Juventus's following Champions League group match on 23 October, Dybala scored the only goal of the game in a 1–0 away win over Manchester United.[60] With the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo, Dybala was often deployed out of position in a deeper role by manager Allegri during the 2018–19 season; as a result of this positional switch, as well as struggles with injuries, and difficulties with his manager, Dybala suffered a loss of form, and his goalscoring output decreased significantly, as he managed to score only five goals in 30 league matches, and 10 goals across 42 appearances in all competitions. However, Juventus managed to retain the Serie A title.[61][62]

2019–20 season

Following a disappointing 2018–19 campaign, Dybala was initially linked with moves to Premier League sides Manchester United and Tottenham, although he ultimately remained with Juventus for the 2019–20 season.[61][62][63] Although he was initially not expected to start under the club's new manager Maurizio Sarri, he eventually broke into the first XI and scored his first goal of the season on 6 October 2019, in a 2–1 away win over rivals Inter, to help his side overtake the Nerazzurri at the top of the Serie A table.[63][64] On 7 December, he made his 200th appearance for Juventus in a 3–1 away defeat to Lazio in Serie A.[65]

International career

Due to his family heritage, Dybala was eligible to play for Poland and Italy, but expressly stated that he feels Argentine and had always dreamed of playing for Argentina.[66] Dybala stated “I feel 100 percent Argentinian, I wouldn’t be happy in a national team that didn’t feel like mine, to hear an anthem that isn’t my own, in colours that don’t belong to me".[11]

Dybala was called by the Argentina under-17 team to participate in the XVI Pan American Games, but ultimately did not take part in the competition. On 19 July 2012, he received his first call-up for the under-20 team, but declined the invitation.

On 22 September 2015, Dybala was called for the first time for the Argentina senior team by manager Gerardo Martino,[67] but his first appearance was on 13 October 2015, coming off the bench to replace Carlos Tevez in the 75th minute during a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Paraguay.[68] In May 2016, he was omitted from Argentina's 23-man squad for the Copa América Centenario.[69] Although Juventus insisted that they would not release Dybala for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he was included in Martino's 35-man preliminary under-23 squad for the tournament on 24 May;[70] he was not included in the final squad for the tournament, however.[71]

On 1 September 2016, Dybala was sent off in the first half of a 1–0 home win over Uruguay in a 2018 World Cup qualifier for a second bookable offence.[72] On 13 June 2017, he set up a goal for Joaquín Correa in a 6–0 away friendly win over Singapore.[73]

In May 2018, Dybala was named in Argentina’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia;[74] later that month, he was included in Jorge Sampaoli's final 23-man squad for the tournament.[75] He made his World Cup debut in Argentina's second group match on 21 June, coming on as a second-half substitute for Enzo Pérez in the 68th minute of an eventual 3–0 defeat to Croatia.[76] This was his only appearance in the tournament, as Argentina were eliminated in the round of 16 on 30 June, following a 4–3 defeat to France.[77][78]

Later that year, he scored his first senior international goal on 20 November, in a 2–0 friendly home win over Mexico.[79]

In May 2019, Dybala was included in Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni's preliminary 40-man squad for the 2019 Copa América.[80] Later that month, he was included in the final 23-man squad for the tournament.[81] In Argentina's final group match against Qatar on 23 June, Dybala assisted Agüero's goal in a 2–0 win after coming off the bench for Lautaro Martínez, which enabled them to advanced to the knock-out stages of the competition.[82] In the third-place match against Chile on 6 July, Dybala made his first start of the tournament, and scored Argentina's second goal in an eventual 2–1 win, to help his team capture the bronze medal.[83]

Style of play

A quick, creative, elegant, and agile player, with excellent technical ability and a low centre of gravity,[84][85][86][87][88][89] Dybala is known for his powerful and accurate shots from outside the box, dribbling skills, balance, and close control in limited spaces,[89][90][91] as well as his ability to beat opponents in one on one situations and protect or hold up the ball for teammates with his back to goal.[91] Due to his speed on the ball, positioning, intelligent movement, and ball skills, he excels during counter-attacks[91] and at beating the offside trap when making attacking runs.[92][93] A hardworking player, he is also known for his stamina and defensive contribution off the ball.[91][94] Dybala is capable both of creating chances for teammates, as well as scoring goals himself, due to his vision, passing, link-up play, and ability to drop deep and play off of other players, as well as his powerful and accurate ball-striking ability from both inside and outside the area.[92][93][94][95] Despite his diminutive stature, Dybala is also effective at scoring with his head, due to his acceleration over short distances, and his ability to anticipate defenders inside the box.[89][91][96]

A versatile forward, he is capable of playing in any offensive position: he started out playing as a left winger for Instituto in Argentina towards the beginning of his career,[84] but since moving to Italy he has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles, including as a main striker, as a centre-forward, as a supporting forward, as an attacking midfielder, in a free role as a wide playmaker, as a right-sided inside forward, as a false attacking midfielder, as a false-9,[84][95][97][98][99][100] or even as an inverted winger on the right flank, where he is able to cut into the centre and curl shots on goal with his stronger left foot.[89][91][99] He has also been used in a free attacking role on occasion, in which he is given licence to roam about the final third of the pitch, and either drop into the middle, or switch between the flanks, due to his ability to create from the left or cut inside and score from the right.[84] Because of his work-rate and involvement in the build-up of his team's attacking plays, in addition to his goalscoring ability, former Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri even deployed Dybala as an offensive-minded central midfielder on occasion (known as a "mezz'ala", in Italian),[101][102] and described him as a "box-to-box player" ("tuttocampista", in Italian) in 2018.[103] He has also operated in a deeper playmaking role on occasion.[104] Dybala is also accurate from both free kicks and penalties.[105][106] His playing style has drawn comparisons with compatriots Sergio Agüero,[20] Javier Pastore,[107] Carlos Tevez,[108] Omar Sívori,[109] Diego Maradona,[110] and Lionel Messi,[85] as well as former Italian forwards Vincenzo Montella,[111] Alessandro Del Piero,[112] and Roberto Baggio;[113] the latter described Dybala as the number 10 of the future in 2017.[114] Widely considered to be a highly talented prospect in world football,[93][94][115][116][117][118][119][120][121] in 2014, Don Balón named him one of the 100 most promising young players in the world born after 1993.[122] Despite his talent, however, his mentality, consistency, and leadership qualities have come into question at times in the media.[123]

After scoring a goal, Dybala is known for using his signature "mask" celebration; regarding the gesture, he commented: "My mask gesture isn't so much a goal celebration but rather a message. It's an ideal mask, which gladiators wore to fight. In Doha against Milan, after we lost Supercoppa, the idea of this celebration was born."[124]

Personal life

Dybala has several tattoos on his body: two stripes on his left arm, an Arabic tattoo as well as a crowned football on his leg.[125] On 21 March 2020, Dybala and his girlfriend, Oriana Sabatini, tested positive for COVID-19, amid its pandemic in Italy.

Shaheen Bagh

Shaheen Bagh

The Shaheen Bagh protest is an ongoing continuous sit-in peaceful protest, led by women, that began in response to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in both houses of Parliament on 11 December 2019 and the ensuing police intervention against students at Jamia Millia Islamia who were opposing the Amendment.[3][4][5] Protesters have agitated not only against the citizenship issues of the CAA, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR), but also against police brutality, unemployment, poverty and for women's safety.[6] Mainly consisting of Muslim women, the protesters at Shaheen Bagh, since 15 December 2019,[7] have blocked a road[b] in New Delhi using non-violent resistance for 97 days as of 21 March 2020.[8] It has become the longest ongoing continuous protest against CAA-NRC-NPR.[9] As a precautionary measure Delhi Police have barricaded the neighbouring major highways around the area. Following the North East Delhi riots, police barricading and presence in the area increased with over ten companies, 1000 personnel, being assigned to Shaheen Bagh.[10] The protests have even continued despite coronavirus pandemic restrictions in place.

The leaderless protest has become politicized and is generally against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.[8] The protesters have also supported unions opposing the government's anti-labour policies and have protested against recent happenings such as the 2020 JNU Attack, and have shown solidarity with Kashmiri Pandits.[11][12] The barricaded and tented venue has drawn large crowds; The Wire notes that tens of thousands of protesters have participated.[13] The Shaheen Bagh protest has inspired similar Shaheen Bagh-style protests across the country, such as in Gaya, Kolkata, Prayagraj, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

The blockade became a campaigning issue in the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. Some politicians promised to immediately remove the blockade after being voted into power, and were accused by their opponents of prolonging the demonstration to agitate voters. The blocked road affects more than 100,000 vehicles a day, adding hours to some journeys. As the area is also a border point into the capital, thousands of trucks are being diverted to other border points.

Five petitions have been filed to stop the blockade. The Delhi High Court refused to hear the first two pleas and on 14 January 2020 declared the blockade to be a police matter. The Delhi Police have said that they will not use force to end the blockade. A third petition highlighted the difficulty faced by students with upcoming board examinations. The matter also reached the Supreme Court of India with two pleas being filed. Following the initial hearings, on 17 February the Supreme Court appointed three mediators to initiate conversations with the protesters regarding shifting to a location which doesn't block a public place. As of 5 March 2020 the second round of talks with the interlocutors is underway and the next hearing is on 23 March.

Even after the spread of the coronavirus in India, including additional restrictions enforced by the government under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, which includes a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people and the closure of schools, colleges, cinema halls and weekly markets among other things, the Shaheen Bagh protest still continues as of 17 March 2020. As a precautionary measure the protesters are planning a more "controlled gathering".

On 12 December 2019, the Parliament of India passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), which amends the Citizenship Act of 1955 to grant a swifter path to Indian citizenship under the assumption of religious persecution to any individual belonging to the specific religious minorities of Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, for those who entered India on or before 31 December 2014.[14] However, the Act does not mention Muslims and does not offer eligibility benefits to Muslim immigrants or immigrants belonging to other religions or from other countries,[15][16] such as Sri Lankan Tamil refugees,[17][18] Rohingya Muslim and Hindu refugees from Myanmar, and Buddhist refugees from Tibet.[19] It is also alleged that the National Register of Citizens (NRC), which the government plans to implement for the country in 2021, could be used to deprive Muslims of Indian citizenship.[20]

The CAA–NRC issue also ignited protest of the economic crisis and economic disparities that the country is facing.[21][6] Women's safety, rising cost of commodities, increasing unemployment and poverty have acted as catalysts for the protest.[6][22] The Indian economy has been witnessing a decreasing growth rate,[23] increasing household debt,[24] inflation,[25] unemployment[26] and economic inequality.[27] The State Bank of India estimated a growth rate of 4.6% for the financial year (FY) 2020,[28] which would be the lowest since the 2008 Global Recession where the growth rate had been 3.9%.[29] The unemployment rate of India was reported to have reached a 45-year high of 6.1% in FY 2017–18.[30] The Center for Monitoring Indian Economy stated the unemployment rate to be 8.45% with a rate of 37.48% for the 20–24 age group and 12.81% for the 25–29 age group in October 2019.[31] According to the 2019 report of the Pew Research Center, 393.7 million jobs are in a vulnerable state.[32] Oxfam India data states that control of the country's wealth by the richest 1% of the population increased from 58% to 73% between 2018 and 2019, while the wealth of the poorest 50% increased by 1%. The WPS-index (Women, Peace and Security index) ranked India at 133 amongst 167 countries in 2019–20.[33]

The protest

The Shaheen Bagh protest was launched on the afternoon of 14 December 2019, when 10 to 15 local women began to blockade Kalindi Kunj Road (Road 13A[34]), a six-lane highway bordering the Muslim-dominated neighbourhood of Shaheen Bagh in southeast Delhi. More locals joined and it became a continuous sit-in protest.[35] Many of the women are hijab- and burqa-wearing Muslim homemakers.[36] Elderly women have also joined the protest,[37][38] and children and newborn babies have been present with their parents.[39][40] The protesters have been supported and coordinated by more than a hundred volunteers, including students and professionals from Delhi. These volunteers organized themselves around different tasks: setting up makeshift stages, shelters and bedding; providing food, water, medicine, and access to toilet facilities; installing CCTV cameras and bringing in outside speakers.[41] Within 10 days, the peaceful protest had grown to cover nearly one kilometre (0.5 mi) of the highway, supported by donations.[42] On 2 January 2020, some prominent volunteers withdrew and urged to stop the protest, fearing that its message could be hijacked by political parties with the approach of the Delhi election, which they felt could "tarnish the image of the movement" and raise the risk of violence.[34] However, the women protesters immediately made it clear through social media that they would continue

With crowds reaching as high as 100,000, the protest became one of the longest sit-in protests of this magnitude in modern India.[35][13] Its stages became a prominent platform to voice issues, and gained support from Punjab farmers.[44][45] A number of protestors cited the 2019 Jamia Milia Islamia attack, in which about 200 student protestors were injured by Delhi police at the primarily Muslim JMI university.[46] CNN reported that a woman named Bahro Nisa quit her job to continue full-time protest, saying "They tried to stifle the voices of our children [...] as mothers, we decided to stand up".[47] An article in Business Standard called the protest "A new kind of satyagraha [English: civil protest]", noting how a girl was allowed to express her doubts on stage by explaining her dilemma of supporting the CAA while understanding its dangers.[48]

On 31 December 2019, thousands of camping protestors sang the Indian national anthem at midnight,[49][50] on what was reportedly Delhi's second-coldest night in the previous 100 years.[3][4][51] The protest had one of its largest crowds on 12 January 2020.[52] On 26 January, the 71st Republic Day of India, over 100,000 people assembled at the protest site.[53][54] The flag was hoisted by three local elderly women who became known as "Shaheen Bagh dadis" ("grandmother" in Urdu) during the protest and by the mother of Rohith Vemula.[55][56] That day, Umar Khalid and Jigesh Mevani visited the area and delivered their respective speeches.[57]

A health camp has also been set up beside the camped protesters. Doctors and nurses along with medical students from different medical institutes and hospitals voluntarily joined for the purpose.[58][59] Sikh farmers have also come and set up a langer (free community kitchen) in the area.[60]

The barricaded area has been visited by numerous politicians such as Indian National Congress (INC) leaders Mani Shankar Aiyar[61] and Shashi Tharoor,[62] social activist Chandrashekhar Azad[63] and celebrities such as Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub.[50] On 14 February 2020, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap visited Shaheen Bagh and delivered a speech.[64][65] On the same day, the protestors also paid homage to the 40 martyred Central Reserve Police Force personnel in the 2019 Pulwama attack, a suicide bombing attack by terrorists.[66][67]

Culture

Protest art became the voice of resistance and dissent during the event,[68] and the area has been covered in murals, graffiti, posters and banners.[8][68][69] A number of scale models were installed, including one of a detention camp, depicting those used as a consequence of the NRC in Assam.[70][71] A miniature replica of India Gate bears the names of those killed during the anti-CAA protests across India. Protestors built and erected a 12-metre-high (40 ft) iron welded structure in the shape of India, painted with the message "Hum Bharat ke log CAA-NPR-NRC nahi maante" (English: We the people of India reject CAA-NPR-NRC).[72] Hundreds of paper boats were arranged in the shape of a vast heart facing a small model battle tank; the boats were inscribed with the words of Hum Dekhenge (We will witness), a poem of resistance written by Faiz Ahmad Faiz, with the many small and fragile boats dwarfing the tank which represented state oppression.[73][59] Posters proclaim that the protesters are "a bouquet, not the lotus" (the symbol of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP]), giving the message of unity in diversity.[74]

The protest art has been made by anyone, including students from Delhi University, JMI, Jadavpur University and Hyderabad Central University. A reading area called "Read for Revolution" had been set up with hundreds of crowd-sourced books as well as writing materials,[7][75] drawing allusions to the JMI attack in which police allegedly ransacked the university's library and assaulted those inside.[48] On 17 January, a bus stop was converted into the Fatima Sheikh-Savitribai Phule library, which provided material on the country's constitution, revolution, racism, fascism, oppression and various social issues

War

War

War is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff. The story follows an Indian soldier assigned to eliminate his former mentor who has gone rogue. Principal photography for the film began in the second week of September 2018 and concluded in March 2019. Initially titled Fighters, the title was changed after the release of the official teaser in July 2019. Its music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar, with lyrics written by Kumaar, and released under the banner YRF Music.

Made on a budget of ₹150 crore, War was theatrically released in India and 4DX on 2 October 2019, the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.[4] The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of Roshan and Shroff as well as the action sequences, but criticism for its predictable storyline.The movie is also dubbed and released in Tamil and Telugu .War set the record for the highest-opening day collection made by a Bollywood film in India.[5] With a worldwide gross of over ₹475 crore, the film emerged as a huge box office success, and the highest-grossing Indian film of 2019.

Plot

In New Delhi, a mysterious sniper is contacted by an aged secret agent, V.K. Naidu (Mohit Chauhan) , to kill a target from a distance. However, the sniper instead shoots Naidu, and escapes, and is thus shown to be rogue former Research and Analysis Wing agent Kabir (Hrithik Roshan), considered one of the agency's best.

Shortly after Kabir's boss and RAW joint secretary, Colonel Sunil Luthra (Ashutosh Rana), relays his betrayal to Defence Minister Sherna Patel, she calls for the agency to summon Khalid Rahmani (Tiger Shroff), a RAW agent who was previously mentored by Kabir, and is in complete awe of the former agent. A flashback shows Khalid's introduction to Kabir, who questions Sunil about Khalid's loyalty to the nation, arguing that Khalid's late father, Abdul Rahmani, proved himself a traitor both to the nation and Kabir himself when he shot him. However, in full awe of Kabir, who he regards as a major inspiration, Khalid insists that he will serve his country, no matter what, and regain his family's honour.

During the conversation between the two that follows a highly crucial and intense mission which turns out to be a success, Kabir takes Khalid to account after noticing his one-sided aim, to which Khalid responds by citing that his father's treason resulted in him being severely smashed in the right eye by a school bully, which impaired his vision. Kabir, however, reveals that he was indeed testing him, and accepts Khalid after seeing his love and chemistry with his mother Nafeesa, inducting him into his special force team, which comprises a few fellow agents, namely one Saurabh (Yash Raj Singh), hacker Aditi (Anupriya Goenka) and fellow agents Prateek and Muthu. Kabir plans his next mission, which is targeted at criminal mastermind and terrorist-cum-businessman Rizwan Illiyasi. The mission nearly succeeds with the team overpowering Illiyasi, but when he proclaims to Kabir that there is a mole in his team who is fully loyal to his terrorist cause, the agents giving Kabir's team company are suddenly shot down by Saurabh, who, it turns out, is the defector, as he was blinded by greed and had accepted Illiyasi's offer of nearly $100 million to betray his country. An enraged Khalid leaves the spot and chases Saurabh, whose act of shooting the guards supporting the agents results in a deadly shootout. Kabir tries his best to stop Khalid, but in vain. On the other hand, Kabir, who nearly succeeds in shooting Illiyasi, is suddenly shot unconscious by Illiyasi's henchmen.

Kabir wakes up to find himself seriously handicapped while he finds Khalid on bed, having been supposedly recovered unconscious by the army on the shore. Eventually, he turns rogue, and the story shifts back to present day, wherein Khalid struggles to find Kabir but fails, and is nearly taken off the case when another agent is murdered, though he convinces Sunil and Sherna to give him one last chance, and it is at this point, when he finds Kabir briefly and learns about the latter's next target, Dr. Utpal Biswas, that he realizes that Kabir is actually targeting associates of Illiyasi, Biswas and Naidu being among those responsible, and is on an undercover mission to recover a secret document that Illiyasi badly needs. However, even after this, when he is unable to prevent Biswas from being killed, a furious Khalid gives chase to Kabir, who escapes again.

Later, it is shown that Kabir has been on a holiday, and frequently gives company to a young girl named Roohi. He reminisces about Roohi's single mother Naina, who he had started a relationship with in order to make her a perfect civilian asset. Upon learning of his true identity, Naina was mistrustful and hesitant to help him, but agreed for her five-year-old daughter's sake. Kabir assured Naina of her safety, to which the latter replied that she has lost all her faith on him. However, during Naina's mission to spy on Illiyasi's associate Firoze Contractor, an initially confident Kabir, who actually had been in touch with Aditi all along, suddenly finds out that among Illiyasi's many contacts was a plastic surgeon, Dr. Mallika Singhal, who had previously helped Illiyasi with a plastic surgery. Realizing that Contractor is actually a disguised Illiyasi, he rushes to Naina's aid, but is too late to save her life.

Presently, Khalid traces Kabir through Roohi to a Christmas party in winding, and they have a brief discussion at Kabir's hideout, when they are suddenly attacked. Both of them fight off the attackers and make it to Aditi's wedding in Kerala, whereupon they receive the drive with the secret code that Illiyasi needs. However, while Kabir hands over the drive to Khalid and they celebrate on a boat, he is later poisoned while sharing a drink with Khalid, who is revealed to actually be Saurabh.

A flashback to the chase between Khalid and Saurabh shows Khalid being shot dead by Illiyasi, following which Saurabh undergoes plastic surgery to disguise himself as Khalid. As part of the scheme, Illiyasi's henchmen shoot Saurabh so he can be recovered by the Indian Army. In the present, Saurabh throws the poisoned and seemingly helpless Kabir into a river.

Saurabh returns to his headquarters – a fully armed weapons ship which houses Illiyasi – and launches an anti-satellite missile to destroy the Indian military satellite monitoring the Indo-Pakistani border that supports communications for Indian military forces in remote areas. Just as the missile takes off, Kabir parachutes aboard and single-handedly attacks the ship, eliminating Illyasi's army and confronts Saurabh, revealing that he had known that the latter was not Khalid, having seen him aim and shoot in a way which Khalid couldn't do due to a vision impairment, and also for his choice to drink alcohol, considered forbidden by Khalid. Hence, he put Aditi to spy on him, and had acquired an antidote for the poison in his drink. Deciding Illiyasi has become expendable, Saurabh shoots him dead in the ensuing confrontation and flees. Kabir gives chase to Saurabh and overpowers him after an intense fight in a church. The church's dome collapses on Saurabh, killing him.

The intelligence agency honours Khalid posthumously for his sacrifice, with Nafeesa receiving an award from the President. Kabir, still believed by the public to be a deserter, spends some family time with Roohi, and continues with his next undercover mission after a brief conversation with his boss.

Cast

Hrithik Roshan as Major Kabir

Tiger Shroff as Captain Khalid Rahmani / Saurabh

Vaani Kapoor as Naina

Ashutosh Rana as Colonel Sunil Luthra

Anupriya Goenka as Aditi Nahta

Dipannita Sharma as Dr. Mallika Singhal

Soni Razdan as Nafeesa Rahmani

Arif Zakaria as Dr. Utpal Biswas

Mohit Chauhan as V. K. Naidu

Swaroopa Ghosh as Sherna Patel

Dishita Sehgal as Roohi

Sanjeev Vasta as Rizwan Iliyasi

Mashhoor Amrohi as Feroz Contractor

Yash Raaj Singh as Saurabh

Salmin Sheriff as Oslav

Imran Ahemed as Saini

Shahbaz Akhtar as Vishal

Shrikant Dwivedi as Derrick

Jesse Lever as Muthu

Midhat Ullah Khan as Saeed Addam

Ravi Awana as Basheer Hassib

Abuzar Behzad as RAJ

Prathmesh as himself(Cameo appearance)

Production

Development

On Yash Chopra’s birth anniversary, Yash Raj Films announced a new action film starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff.[6] Vaani Kapoor was finalised to play the female lead.[7][8] Two international action choreographers from Hollywood and Korea were employed to design action sequences.[9]

The climax scene of the film was shot actually on the Arctic Circle, becoming the first ever Indian film to do so. Siddharth the director stated, "We want to push the benchmark of action movies that are made in our country. So, we are bringing two of the biggest action choreographers together to design some of the most outlandish and visually-spectacular sequences. On one hand, we have Andy R Armstrong from Hollywood and on the other, we have Mr SeaYoung Oh, who is an outstanding martial arts action choreographer from South Korea."[9]

Filming

Principal photography began in the second week of September 2018.[10] The film also has a dance off between the two stars.[11] The film schedule was wrapped up in the beginning of March 2019.

Joe Exotic

Joe Exotic

The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park is a park displaying animals in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. The park is licensed by the State of Oklahoma as a rendering facility.[1] It was purchased and re-opened by Jeff Lowe, a South Carolina businessman once convicted of mail fraud,[2][3] in February 2016, shortly before its founder, Joseph Maldonado-Passage, né Joseph Schreibvogel and nicknamed "Joe Exotic", attempted to hire a hitman to kill Carole Baskin, Chief Executive Officer of Big Cat Rescue,[4] who had won a lawsuit against him in 2013

Establishment and history

The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park is situated on 16 acres (6.5 ha) and began as a shelter for endangered and exotic species of animals. The zoo was home to over 50 species of animals and 200 big cats, such as tigers, lions, puma, ligers and tigons.[citation needed]

Legal problems

Between February and June 2006 PETA had an investigator work as an employee.[9] The group subsequently released footage.[10] PETA alleged that animals were starved and "routinely hit, punched, kicked, sprayed with cold water, and struck with rakes and shovels."[11][12] In 2012, the Humane Society of the United States released video taken by an undercover investigator. It included footage of a tiger being dragged across gravel, big cats being hit and Maldonado-Passage instructing staff to smack cubs to make them walk.[13][14] HSUS claimed that 5 tigers died during their investigation, one of which did not receive veterinary care.[14] In May 2014, the USDA cited the park for failure to provide adequate veterinary care. According to officials, an injured bear's wound reopened and an employee attempted to stitch it. The injury subsequently worsened and the bear was euthanized.[15]

Feeding big cats was a large expense for the zoo so Joe would take in donated horses and shoot them in the head. He fed them to the tigers.[16]

On October 6, 2017 Joe's husband Travis Maldonado accidentally fatally shot himself in the head. The shooting occurred while the zoo was opened and in front of an employee.[17]

Arrest and Conviction

In September 2018, Maldonado-Passage was indicted and arrested by the FBI for attempting to hire someone to murder Carole Baskin, who runs Big Cat Rescue.[18] He was convicted April 2, 2019.[7] Maldonado-Passage has since been arrested and convicted of two counts of murder-for-hire, eight violations of the Lacey Act and nine of the Endangered Species Act.[6][7] On January 22, 2020 he was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison.[8]

New ownership

The new owner of the zoo, Jeff Lowe, plans to close the zoo in Wynnewood and move the animals to a new location near Thackerville.[7]

Documentary

The 2020 Netflix original documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness is centered around Maldonado-Passage

كاتلين جينر

كاتلين جينر

كاتلين جنر (بالإنجليزية: Caitlyn Jenner) (مواليد 28 أكتوبر 1949 في ماونت كيسكو)، واسمها قبل التحول بروس جينر هي ممثلة في تلفزيون الواقع ورياضية أمريكية. حصلت قبل تحولها الجنسي على الميدالية الذهبية في الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 1976 في مونتريال عن لعبة العشاري. أعلنت سنة 2015 عن إجراء عملية تحول جنسي كامل لها.

السيرة الذاتية

بطل أولمبي فاز بذهبية في "سباقات المضمار والميدان" للرجال، من جري ورمي وقفز، في دورة الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية عام 1976 بمونتريال، وهو أيضاً لاعب سابق بكرة القدم الأمريكية الجامعية، وتألق لاحقاً كنجم تلفزيون الواقع، كما شارك بمسلسلات شهيرة، منها CHiPs الذي استمر حتى عام 1988.

بروس جينر بعد تحوله إلى امرأة

وجينّر أب لـ 6 أبناء، وكان زوجاً طوال 23 سنة للكاتبة والمذيعة الأمريكية كريستن هوتون، التي طلقها في مارس/آذار الماضي، وتزوج قبل هوتون بامرأتين، كريستن كراونوفر في 1972 ورزق منها بابن وابنة، وطلقها بعد 9 سنوات، ثم تزوج في عام 1981 من ليندا ثومبسون، وهي ملكة جمال سابقة أنجبت منه ابنين، وطلقها أيضاً بعد 9 أعوام.

وقبل التحول إلى الجنس اللطيف كان لجينر حساب على تويتر باسم @iambrucejenner وأغلقه الاثنين الماضي، منهياً 65 سنة من حياته كرجل، وفتح في اليوم نفسه بديلا باسم @caitlyn_jenner اكتظ سريعاً بالمتابعين الذين بلغ عددهم مليونين و260 ألفاً حتى صباح يوم الأربعاء 3 يونيو/حزيران، وهم في زيادة مستمرة.

وأشار بروس جينّر أنه ظل طوال حياته يهرب مما كان عليه، ووصف نفسه في السابق قائلا: "بروس يكذب دائما، لقد عاش كذبة بشأن هويته استمرت طوال حياته، وأنا لا أستطيع أن أفعل ذلك بعد الآن".

Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner; October 28, 1949) is an American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal–winning decathlete.

Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery. Convinced by Olympic decathlete Jack Parker's coach, L. D. Weldon, to try the decathlon, Jenner culminated a 6 year decathlon career by winning the men's decathlon event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal,[3][4] setting a third successive world record and gaining fame as "an all-American hero".[5] Given the unofficial title of "world's greatest athlete",[6] Jenner established a career in television, film, writing, auto racing, business, and as a Playgirl cover model.[7]

Jenner has six children with three successive wives—Chrystie Crownover, Linda Thompson, and Kris Jenner—and has since 2007 appeared on the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians with Kris, their daughters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and Kris's other children Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian. Assigned male at birth, Caitlyn Jenner publicly came out as a trans woman in April 2015. Her new name was publicly announced in July of that year, with her name and gender being legally changed the following September.[8] From 2015 to 2016, Jenner starred in the reality television series I Am Cait, which focused on her gender transition. In January 2017, she underwent sex reassignment surgery.[9] Jenner has been called the most famous transgender woman in the world.[10][11]

Early life

Caitlyn Marie Jenner was born William Bruce Jenner on October 28, 1949, in Mount Kisco, New York.[12] She was known as Bruce Jenner until June 2015. Her parents are Esther Ruth (née McGuire) and William Hugh Jenner, who was an arborist.[13][14] She is of English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, and Welsh descent.[15] Her younger brother, Burt, was killed in a car accident in Canton, Connecticut on November 30, 1976, shortly after Jenner's success at the Olympic Games.[16][17] As a young child, Jenner was diagnosed with dyslexia.[18]

Jenner attended Sleepy Hollow High School in Sleepy Hollow, New York, for her freshman and sophomore years[19][20] and Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut, for her junior and senior years, graduating in 1968.[21] Jenner earned a football scholarship and attended Graceland College (now Graceland University) in Lamoni, Iowa, but was forced to stop playing football because of a knee injury.[22] Recognizing Jenner's potential, Graceland track coach L. D. Weldon encouraged Jenner to switch to the decathlon.[23] Jenner debuted as a decathlete in 1970 in the Drake Relays decathlon in Des Moines, Iowa, finishing in fifth place.[24] Jenner graduated from Graceland College in 1973 with a degree in physical education.[25]

Decathlon career

Early career

At the 1972 U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, Jenner was in fifth place in the men's decathlon, behind Steve Gough and Andrew Pettes, with only the last event remaining. Needing to make up a 19-second gap on Gough in the men's 1500 metres, Jenner qualified for the Olympic team by running a fast final lap, finishing 22 seconds ahead of the other runners. This prompted the Eugene Register-Guard to ask: "Who's Jenner?"[26][27] Following the Olympic Trials, Jenner finished in tenth place in the decathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.[28] By watching Soviet Mykola Avilov win the event, Jenner was inspired to start an intense training regimen. "For the first time, I knew what I wanted out of life and that was it, and this guy has it. I literally started training that night at midnight, running through the streets of Munich, Germany, training for the Games. I trained that day on through the 1976 Games, 6–8 hours a day, every day, 365 days a year."[29]

After graduating from Graceland, Jenner married girlfriend Chrystie Crownover and moved to San Jose, California. Crownover provided most of the family income by working as a flight attendant for United Airlines.[30] Jenner trained during the day and sold insurance at night, earning US$9,000 a year.[31][32] In the era before professional American athletes were allowed to compete in Olympic sports, this kind of training was unheard of. On the other hand, Soviet athletes were state-sponsored, which gave them a certain advantage over amateur American athletes.[33][34][34] During this period, Jenner trained at the San Jose City College (SJCC) and San Jose State University (SJSU) tracks.[35][36] San Jose athletics centered on SJCC coach Bert Bonanno; at that time, the city was a hotbed for training and was called the "Track Capital of the World".[32] Many other aspiring Olympic athletes also trained at San Jose; the list included Millard Hampton, Andre Phillips, John Powell, Mac Wilkins, and Al Feuerbach.[35][37] Jenner's most successful events were the skill events of the second day: hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500 meters.[5][38]

Olympic success

Jenner was the American champion in the men's decathlon event in 1974, and was featured on the cover of Track & Field News magazine's August 1974 issue.[39][40] While on tour in 1975, Jenner won the French national championship,[41] and a gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games, earning the tournament record with 8,045 points.[25] This was followed by new world records of 8,524 points at the U.S.A./U.S.S.R./Poland triangular meet in Eugene, Oregon on August 9–10, 1975, breaking Avilov's record,[42] and 8,538 points at the 1976 Olympic trials, also in Eugene.[27][43] The record in Eugene was a hybrid score because a timing system failure and wind aided marks. Still, Jenner was proud of "A nice little workout, huh?"

"We got what we wanted. We scared the hell out of everybody in the world only a month away from the Games."[44]

Of the 13 decathlons Jenner competed in between 1973 and 1976, the only loss was at the 1975 AAU National Championships, when a "no height" in the pole vault marred the score.[25]

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Jenner achieved five personal bests on the first day of the men's decathlon – a "home run" – despite being in second place behind Guido Kratschmer of West Germany. Jenner was confident: "The second day has all my good events. If everything works out all right, we should be ahead after it's all over." Following a rainstorm on the second day, Jenner watched teammate Fred Dixon get injured in the 110 meter hurdles,[45] so took a cautious approach to the hurdles and discus, then had personal bests in the pole vault, when Jenner took the lead, and javelin.[46] By that point, victory was virtually assured, but it remained to be seen by how much Jenner would improve the record. In the final event—the 1500 meters, which was seen live on national television—Jenner looked content to finish the long competition. Jenner sprinted the last lap, making up a 50-meter deficit and nearly catching the event favorite, Soviet Leonid Litvinenko, who was already well out of contention for the gold medal, but whose personal best had been eight seconds better than Jenner's personal best before the race. Jenner set a new personal best time and won the gold medal with a world-record score of 8,618 points.

Impact

After the event, Jenner took an American flag from a spectator and carried it during the victory lap, starting a tradition that is now common among winning athletes.[50][51] Abandoning vaulting poles in the stadium, with no intention of ever competing again, Jenner stated that: "In 1972, I made the decision that I would go four years and totally dedicate myself to what I was doing, and then I would move on after it was over with. I went into that competition knowing that would be the last time I would ever do this."[29] Jenner explained, "It hurts every day when you practice hard. Plus, when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?"[5]

As a result of winning the Olympic decathlon, Jenner became a national hero and received the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States and was also named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year in 1976.[4][22]

Jenner's 1976 world and Olympic record was broken by four points by Daley Thompson at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow; Thompson's victory was perhaps tainted by the U.S.-led boycott of the Moscow Olympics in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, though the top American at the time, Bobby Coffman, was not expected to push Thompson or challenge Jenner's record. In 1985, Jenner's Olympic decathlon score was reevaluated against the IAAF's updated decathlon scoring table and was reported as 8,634 for comparative purposes. This converted mark stood as the American record until 1991, when it was surpassed by eventual gold medalist, and world record holder, Dan O'Brien of Dan & Dave fame.[52] As of 2018, Jenner was ranked twenty-sixth on the world all-time list and ninth on the American all-time list.[53]

Jenner was inducted into the United States National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1980, the Olympic Hall of Fame in 1986, the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame and the Connecticut Sports Hall of Fame in 1994, and the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.[54] For almost 20 years, San Jose City College hosted an annual Bruce Jenner Invitational competition.

In the 1970s, Olympic athletes were considered to be amateurs and were not allowed to seek or accept payment for their positions as sports celebrities. During the Cold War in 1972, three major Olympic titles that had a long history of American success – basketball, the 100 meter dash, and decathlon – were won by Soviet athletes. All Soviet athletes were professionals, while the United States was limited to amateurs.[62][33][34][34] Jenner became an American hero by returning the decathlon title to the United States. "After the Games were over," Jenner said, "I happened to be the right guy, at that right place, at that right time."[29] Tony Kornheiser of The New York Times wrote: "Jenner is twirling the nation like a baton. He and wife, Chrystie, are so high up on the pedestal of American heroism, it would take a crane to get them down."[5][30][63]

After the expected Olympic success, Jenner planned to cash in on whatever celebrity status could follow a gold medal in the same mold as Johnny Weissmuller and Sonja Henie, who had become major movie stars following their gold medals. This would require forgoing any future Olympic competition. At the time, Jenner's agent George Wallach felt there was a four-year window – until the next Olympics – upon which to capitalize. Wallach reported that Jenner was being considered for the role of Superman, which ultimately went to Christopher Reeve. "I really don't know how many offers we have," Wallach claimed. "There are still unopened telegrams back at the hotel and you just can't believe the offers that poured in during the first two days."[64]

Jenner appeared on the cover of the August 9, 1976, issue of Sports Illustrated,[65] the February 1979 issue of Gentleman's Quarterly,[66] and on the cover of Playgirl magazine.[7] Jenner became a spokesperson for Tropicana, Minolta, and Buster Brown shoes.[29] Jenner was also selected by the Kansas City Kings with the 139th overall pick in the seventh round of the 1977 NBA draft despite not having played basketball since high school.[67] The publicity stunt was executed by team president/general manager Joe Axelson to mock the Kansas City Chiefs' yearly claims that they planned on selecting "the best athlete available" in the National Football League Draft. Jenner was presented with a jersey customized with the number 8618, the Olympic-gold-medal-winning score, but would never appear as an active player with the Kings.[68]

Wheaties spokesperson

In 1977, Jenner became a spokesperson for Wheaties brand breakfast cereal and appeared in a photograph on the cover of the cereal box. After taking over from Olympic champion Bob Richards, Jenner was second in a succession of athletes featured as spokespersons for the brand. Mary Lou Retton succeeded Jenner in 1984.[71]

On November 22, 1977, Jenner went to San Francisco to refute charges filed by San Francisco district attorney Joseph Freitas that General Mills—the maker of Wheaties—had engaged in deceptive advertising in its campaign that featured Jenner. Jenner liked Wheaties and ate the breakfast cereal two or three times a week, which supported the advertising campaign's claims. Two days later, Freitas withdrew the suit, saying that it was "a case of overzealousness" on the part of his staff.[72]

When Jenner came out as a trans woman in 2015, General Mills stated that: "Bruce Jenner continues to be a respected member of Team Wheaties." After a negative response to this initial statement, Mike Siemienas, General Mills's brand media relations manager, clarified it by saying: "Bruce Jenner has been a respected member of Team Wheaties, and Caitlyn Jenner will continue to be."[73]

Television and film career

The comedy Can't Stop the Music (1980) was Jenner's only theatrical release until 2011. Jenner had some success with a television career, starring in the made-for-TV movies The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story[74] (1980) and Grambling's White Tiger (1981).[75] During the 1981–1982 season, Jenner became a semi-regular cast member in the police series CHiPs, guest-starring as Officer Steve McLeish for six episodes, substituting for star Erik Estrada, who was locked in a contract dispute with NBC and MGM.[3] Jenner also appeared in an episode of the sitcom Silver Spoons called "Trouble with Words", wherein her personal issues with dyslexia were revealed in a storyline about a recurring teenage character with the same problem.

Jenner appeared in the series Learn to Read[76] and in the video games Olympic Decathlon[77] (1981) and Bruce Jenner's World Class Decathlon (1996).[78] The "hero shot", the finish of the final event of the 1976 Olympic decathlon, and the Wheaties cover, were parodied by John Belushi on Saturday Night Live, endorsing "Little Chocolate Donuts".[79] In 1989, Jenner played herself in the comedy short Dirty Tennis written by James Van Patten.

كوستا كوفي

كوستا كوفي

كوستا كوفي (بالإنجليزية: Costa Coffee) شركة مقاهي متعددة الجنسيات مقرها الرئيس في دونستبل، المملكة المتحدة. وهي أكبر سلسلة مقاهي في المملكة المتحدة وثاني أكبر سلسلة مقاهي في العالم (بعد ستاربكس). في 31 أغسطس 2018 ، أعلنت كوكاكولا انه تعتزم شراء السلسلة مقابل 3.9 مليار جنيه استرليني ، ومن المتوقع أن تكتمل هذه الصفقة في النصف الأول من عام 2019 .

تأسست كوستا كوفي في لندن عام 1971 من قبل الاخوين الإيطاليين سيرجيو وبرونو كوستا،ومنذ عام 1995، نمت السلسلة إلى أكثر من 1700 متجر في 28 دولة.

لمحة تاريخية

أسست في لامبيث في إنكلترا عام 1971 من خلال الأخوين الإيطاليين سيرجيو وبرونو كوستا.مع معاونت اخيهم الاصغر جينت كارلوو تم افتتاح أكبر محمصة كوستا جوفي في عام 2017 و اسم المتذوق الرسمي الذي يختار القهوة المناسبة إلى مجموعة كوستا كوفي هو السيد جينارو بيليشيا الذي تم تأمين لسانه ب10 مليون باوند

التشغيل والعمليات

تنتشر فروع المقهى في كثير من دول العالم منها: بريطانيا: 760 مقهى، بلغاريا، الصين، كرواتيا، قبرص، التشيك، اليونان، الهند، أيرلندا، بولندا، باكستان، رومانيا، روسيا، صربيا، إسبانيا، الجبل الأسود، تركيا.

أما الدول العربية، فمقاهي كوستا واسعة الانتشار، الدول التي تتواجد فيها كوستا كافيه في العالم العربي: السعودية، الكويت، الإمارات، البحرين، قطر، سلطنة عمان، الأردن، لبنان، سوريا، مصر.