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List of most-liked Instagram pictures
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Kylie Jenner currently has the most-liked picture on Instagram.
This list contains the top ten pictures with the most likes on the social photo-sharing platform Instagram;[1] Instagram does not provide an official list. As of February 2018, the name announcement of Kylie Jenner's first child is the most-liked picture with over 17 million likes.[2][3]
Top pictures[edit]
Rank
Posted by
Post description
Likes
(millions)
Post date
1. Jenner, KylieKylie Jenner
@kyliejenner Baby name announcement 17.2 000000002018-02-06-0000February 6, 2018[4]
2. Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo
@cristiano Fourth child's birth announcement 11.3 000000002017-11-12-0000November 12, 2017[5]
3. Beyoncé, Beyoncé
@beyonce Twin pregnancy announcement 11.2 000000002017-02-01-0000February 1, 2017[6]
4. Jenner, KylieKylie Jenner
@kyliejenner Pregnancy/Birth announcement 10.6 000000002018-02-04-0000February 4, 2018[7]
5. Gomez, SelenaSelena Gomez
@selenagomez Kidney transplant 10.5 000000002017-09-14-0000September 14, 2017[8]
6. Beyoncé, Beyoncé
@beyonce Twins' birth announcement 10.3 000000002017-07-14-0000July 14, 2017[9]
7. Jenner, KylieKylie Jenner
@kyliejenner Posing in a car 8.9 000000002018-02-12-0000February 12, 2018[10]
8. Kardashian, KhloéKhloé Kardashian
@khloekardashian Pregnancy announcement 8.8 000000002017-12-20-0000December 20, 2017[11]
9. Gomez, SelenaSelena Gomez
@selenagomez Childhood home 8.5 000000002018-01-07-0000January 7, 2018[12]
10. Bieber, JustinJustin Bieber
@justinbieber Showing off new tattoo 8.4 000000002018-01-06-0000January 6, 2018[13]
See also[edit]
List of most-followed Instagram accounts
List of most-liked tweets
List of most-retweeted tweets
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Most Liked Pictures - Popular Chips Instagram Stats | Instagram Statistics". Popular Chips. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Kylie Jenner baby pic causes social media Storm(i)". BBC News. February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
Jump up ^ Davies-Day, Rachel (February 7, 2018). "Kylie Jenner's First Photo Of Daughter Stormi Just Became The Most Liked Instagram Photo Ever". MTV (UK). Retrieved February 7, 2018.
Jump up ^ Kylie Jenner (February 6, 2018). "Instagram post by Kylie Jenner • February 6, 2018 at 3:42pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
Jump up ^ Cristiano Ronaldo (November 12, 2017). "Instagram post by Cristiano Ronaldo • Nov 12, 2017 at 8:19pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ Beyoncé (February 1, 2017). "Instagram post by Beyoncé • Feb 1, 2017 at 6:39pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ Kylie Jenner (February 4, 2018). "Instagram post by Kylie • Feb 4, 2018 at 8:27pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
Jump up ^ Selena Gomez (September 14, 2017). "Instagram post by Selena Gomez • September 14, 2017 at 5:21pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ Beyoncé (July 14, 2017). "Instagram post by Beyoncé • Jul 14, 2017". Instagram. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ Kylie Jenner (February 12, 2018). "Instagram post by Kylie • Feb 13, 2018 at 1:38am UTC". Instagram. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Khloé Kardashian (December 21, 2017). "Instagram post by Khloé Kardashian • December 20, 2017 at 5:21pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
Jump up ^ Selena Gomez (January 7, 2018). "Instagram post by Selena Gomez • Jan 7, 2018 at 5:43am UTC". Instagram. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
Jump up ^ Justin Bieber (January 6, 2018). "Instagram post by Justin Bieber • Jan 6, 2018 at 12:22am UTC". Instagram. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
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Taika Waititi
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Taika Waititi
Waititi at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Taika David Waititi
(1975-08-16) 16 August 1975 (age 42)
Wellington, New Zealand
Alma mater
Victoria University of Wellington
Occupation
Film director, screenwriter and comedian
Years active
1999 - present
Known for
Boy, What We Do in the Shadows, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Thor: Ragnarok
Spouse(s)
Chelsea Winstanley
Taika David Waititi (/ˈtaɪkə waɪˈtiːti/ ( listen);[1] born 16 August 1975), also known as Taika Cohen, is a New Zealand film director, writer, actor, painter and comedian.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2004 short film Two Cars, One Night. His feature films Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople became the top grossing New Zealand films.[2][3] His horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows also received critical acclaim. Waititi's first major Hollywood film, Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok, is scheduled for release on 3 November 2017.
Contents
[hide]
1 Background
2 Career
2.1 Comedy and acting work
2.2 Filmmaking
3 Filmography
3.1 Film
3.2 Television
3.3 Frequent collaborators
3.4 Music videos
3.5 Commercials
4 Reception
4.1 Critical reception
4.2 Box office performance
5 Personal life
6 References
7 External links
Background[edit]
Waititi hails from the Raukokore area of the East Coast region of the North Island of New Zealand, and grew up there and in Wellington,[4] going to Onslow College in his teen years.[5] His father is Māori of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and his mother is of Russian Jewish heritage.[6][7] Waititi has used his mother's surname, "Cohen," for some of his work in film and writing.[8]
Career[edit]
Taika Waititi speaking at 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Comedy and acting work[edit]
While a drama student at Victoria University of Wellington, Waititi was part of the five-member ensemble So You're a Man, which toured New Zealand and Australia with some success.
He was one half of the comedy duo The Humourbeasts alongside Jemaine Clement – recipients of New Zealand's highest comedy accolade, the Billy T Award, in 1999.
In the same period Waititi began acting on screen. He won a local film award for his work as one of the students in successful low-budget Dunedin film Scarfies, and had smaller roles in road movie Snakeskin and TV series The Strip.
After a number of years where he concentrated on directing, Waititi played Thomas Kalmaku in 2011 superhero film Green Lantern,[9] and took large roles in two of his own films: 2010's Boy, and 2013's What We Do in the Shadows, which he co-directed and co-wrote with Jemaine Clement.
He also plays Korg via motion capture in his film Thor: Ragnarok.[10]
Filmmaking[edit]
Among a variety of artistic interests, Waititi began making comical short films for New Zealand's annual 48-hour film contest. In 2005 his short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination. At the awards ceremony, he famously feigned falling asleep as the nominations were being read out.[4]
His first feature film, oddball romantic comedy Eagle vs Shark, was released in U.S. theatres for limited distribution in 2007. The film stars Waititi's then real-life partner, Loren Horsley, as Lily. The same year, Waititi wrote and directed one episode of the TV show Flight of the Conchords and was director of another.
His second feature, Boy, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010,[11][12] and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.[13] Waititi also took one of the main roles, as the ex-con father who returns to his family. On its release in New Zealand, Boy received enthusiastic reviews[14] and was successful at the local box office, eclipsing several records.[15] After the success of Boy, Waititi hoped that the film's signature track "Poi E" would get to number one (for the second time) on the New Zealand charts. The song reached number three, but got to number one on iTunes.[16]
In 2011, Waititi directed New Zealand TV series Super City starring Madeleine Sami, who plays five characters living in one city.[17]
In 2013, Waititi co-wrote and co-directed vampire comedy mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows with friend and fellow comedian Jemaine Clement.[18] The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014.[19] Waititi and Clement played members of a group of vampires who live in modern-day Wellington.
Waititi's fourth feature, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.[20] When it was released back in New Zealand, the comedy adventure broke records for a New Zealand film in its opening weekend.[21] Based on a book by the late Barry Crump, the film centres around a young boy and a grumpy man (played by Sam Neill) on the run in the forest.
Waititi wrote the initial screenplay for the 2016 Disney film Moana,[22] which focused on gender and family. Those elements were passed over in favour of what would become the finalized story.
In 2017, Waititi won the award for New Zealander of the Year, but was unable to receive it in person due to work commitments. [23]
Waititi directed his first major Hollywood film, Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok, which is scheduled for release on 3 November 2017.[24][25]
Waititi will be collaborating with Mark Gustafson to direct the upcoming stop-motion animated film Bubbles, which is about the life of Michael Jackson seen in the perspective of his pet chimpanzee, Bubbles.[26]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year
Film
Credited as
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Actor
Notes
1999 Scarfies No No No Yes Role: Alex
2001 Snakeskin No No No Yes Role: Nelson
2001 A New Way Home No No No Yes Short film, Role: Max
2002 John and Pogo Yes No Yes No Short film
2003 Two Cars, One Night Yes No Yes No Short film
2004 Tama Tu Yes No Yes No Short film
2004 Futile Attraction No No No Yes Role: Waiter
2005 What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with some Vampires Yes No Yes Yes Short film, the basis for the later Feature Film Mockumentary
2007 Eagle vs Shark Yes No Yes Yes
2010 Boy Yes No Yes Yes Role: Alamein
2011 Green Lantern No No No Yes Role: Thomas Kalmaku
2013 The Captain No No No Yes Short Film Directed by Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser [27] Role: The Captain
2014 What We Do in the Shadows Yes Yes Yes Yes Role: Viago
2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople Yes Yes Yes Yes Role: Minister
2016 Doctor Strange No No No No Uncredited; directed mid-credits scene.[28]
2016 Moana No No No No Uncredited; wrote initial screenplay[29]
2017 Thor: Ragnarok Yes No No Yes Role: Korg[30]
2018 The Breaker Upperers No Yes No No Executive Producer [31]
2019 Bubbles Yes No No No In Development [32]
Television[edit]
Year
Program
Episode(s)
Credit(s)
2002 The Strip Season 1, 13 Episodes Role: Mostin
2003 Revelations Season 1, Episode 14 Role: Ali
2003 Freaky Season 1, Episode 2 Role: Cleaner
2007-09 Flight of the Conchords "Drive By", "New Zealand Town" Director, writer
2009 The Jaquie Brown Diaries Season 2, Episode 7 Role: Friendly Gypsy
2010 Radiradirah Season 1 Various Sketch Comedy Roles
2011 Super City Season 1 Director
2012 The Inbetweeners (U.S. TV series) Season 1, 5 Episodes Director
2015 Brown Eye Season 1 Writer, Executive Producer
2017 Paranormal Event Response Unit In Development Co-Creator [33]
Frequent collaborators[edit]
Actor
Eagle vs Shark (2007)
Boy (2010)
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
notes
Jemaine Clement
Clement and Waititi also worked together on television series Flight of the Conchords and Radiradirah
Rachel House
Stu Rutherford
Cohen Holloway
Craig Hall
Rhys Darby
Darby and Waititi also worked together on television series Flight of the Conchords and Radiradirah
Cori Gonzalez-Macuer
Oscar Kightley
Kightley and Waititi also worked together on the television series Super City and Radiradirah
Mike Minogue
Sam Neill
Music videos[edit]
"Ladies of the World", Flight of the Conchords (2007)
"Mutha'uckas", Flight of the Conchords (2007)
"Leggy Blonde", Flight of the Conchords (2007)
"Shanks’ Pony", Age Pryor (2007)
"Bright Grey", The Phoenix Foundation (2007)
"My Imminent Demise", Luke Buda (2008)
"40 Years", The Phoenix Foundation (2009)
"World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids)", Method Man (2011)
Commercials[edit]
Waititi has also been a prolific commercial director. He directed Air New Zealand's "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made" featuring Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood as they go through where The Lord of the Rings films were shot. The commercial went viral amassing over 16 million views on YouTube[34]. Waititi directed Tesco's "Borg" which features a comical Thor-esque character shopping in the supermarket, notably, he went onto direct Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok years later.
"Moussaka Rap", Pot Noodle (2008)
"I Wish (That Girls Were More Like Pot Noodles)", Pot Noodle (2008)
"Back with no Appetite", Pot Noodle (2008)
"World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids)", Sour Patch Kids (2011)
"Simply The Best", Cadbury Dairy Milk (2011)
"Gold", Wispa (2011)
"Superbowl Brotherhood of Man", NBC (2012)
"Pure", Steinlager (2012)
"New Girl", Old Navy (2012)
"Why Choose?", Old Navy (2012)
"Australia Day", Lambnesia (2013)
"State Of The -Ation", Samsung (2013)
"MIDWULS", Optimum Cable (2013)
"Borg" Tesco (2013)
"Pierce Brosnan", Sky Ireland (2013)
"Blazed", New Zealand Transport Agency (2013)
"#HELLOBEER", Carlton (2013)
"The Kids Party", Nimble (2014)
"The Gas Bill", Nimble (2014)
"The Phone Bill", Nimble (2014)
"Laura", Stop Before You Start (2014)
"Toa", Stop Before You Start (2014)
"Tori", Stop Before You Start (2014)
"Jackson", Stop Before You Start (2014)
"Destiny", Stop Before You Start (2014)
"The Most Epic Safety Video Ever", Air New Zealand (2014)
"Watch It Over and Over", Nova Energy (2014)
"Tinnyvision", New Zealand Transport Agency (2015)
"Choose Your Trebor - Confessions", Trebor Mints (2015)
"Broadband Made Simple", 2degrees (2015)
"Taika's Appeal", New Zealand Human Rights Commission (2017)
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
Film
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
Eagle vs Shark 54% (107 reviews)[35] 55 (25 reviews)[36]
Boy 86% (66 reviews)[37] 70 (19 reviews)[38]
What We Do in the Shadows 96% (157 reviews)[39] 76 (33 reviews)[40]
Hunt for the Wilderpeople 97% (172 reviews)[41] 81 (30 reviews)[42]
Thor: Ragnarok TBD (0 reviews)[43] TBD (0 reviews)[44]
Box office performance[edit]
Film
Studio
Release date
Box office gross
Budget
Reference
New Zealand
North America
Worldwide
Eagle vs Shark Miramax 15 June 2007 (2007-06-15) $733,972 $221,846 $1,298,037 N/A [45]
Boy Transmission Films 25 March 2010 (2010-03-25) $6,750,042 $256,211 $8,621,535 N/A [46]
What We Do in the Shadows Madman Entertainment 19 January 2014 (2014-01-19) $2,001,400 $3,469,224 $6,263,224 $1.6 million [47]
Hunt for the Wilderpeople Madman Entertainment 22 January 2016 (2016-01-22) $8,628,197 $5,205,468 $14,698,454 $2.5 million [48]
Thor: Ragnarok Marvel Studios 3 November 2017 (2017-11-03) TBC TBC TBC TBC [49]
Personal life[edit]
In May 2012, Waititi's wife, Chelsea Winstanley, gave birth to their first daughter, Te Hinekāhu.[50][51]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Taika Waititi Interview. Campus MovieFest Luminaries. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2017 – via YouTube.
Jump up ^ Churchouse, Nick (24 April 2010). "Home Boy hit helps keep local cameras rolling". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "Boy Now Top Grossing NZ Film Of All Time". Voxy.co.nz. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b "Taika Waititi". NZ On Screen.
Jump up ^ Catherall, Sarah (10 December 2014). "My secret Wellington: Taika Waititi". Fairfax New Zealand.
Jump up ^ Tom Hunt (7 February 2012). "Taika Waititi reveals childhood passions". The Dominion Post.
Jump up ^ Elizabeth- cawobeth (3 March 2012). "'Boy' movie review, trailer: A charming New Zealand family movie". newjerseynewsroom.com. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
Jump up ^ Nate Bloom (10 July 2007). "Interfaith Celebrities: Kyra Sedgwick, Baseball's Braun-y Interfaith Rookie and a Jewish Maori director". InterfaithFamily.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
Jump up ^ Borys Kit (15 March 2010). "Two kiwi actors join 'Green Lantern'". Reuters. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
Jump up ^ Lawrence, Derek. "Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi to portray Korg in film". Entertainment Weekly.
Jump up ^ "Release Dates for Boy". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
Jump up ^ RT Staff (2 December 2009). "2010 Sundance Film Festival Lineup Announced". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
Jump up ^ "Awards for Boy (2010)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
Jump up ^ Calder, Peter (25 March 2010). "Boy". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
Jump up ^ Mitchell, Wendy (21 May 2010). "Waititi's Boy sets new record for New Zealand film". Screen Daily. screendaily.com. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
Jump up ^ "Interview with Taika Waititi". Marcus Lush. Auckland. 22 March 2010. ZM. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
Jump up ^ "Super City". TV3. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
Jump up ^ "mock documentary WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS". 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
Jump up ^ "Sundance debut for Kiwi vampire spoof". 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
Jump up ^ "SUNDANCE INSTITUTE COMPLETES FEATURE FILM LINEUP FOR 2016 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL". sundance.org. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
Jump up ^ Sharf, Zack (4 April 2016). "Sundance Crowdpleaser ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’ Makes Box Office History in New Zealand". Indiewire.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
Jump up ^ "Taika Waititi behind Disney script 'Moana'". The New Zealand Herald. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
Jump up ^ Barton, Nicky. "2017 NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR AWARDS WINNERS UPDATE". New Zealander of the Year Awards. Kiwibank. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
Jump up ^ Kit, Borys (2 October 2015). "'Thor 3' Finds Its Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
Jump up ^ Frater, Patrick (21 October 2015). "Marvel’s ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ and Fox’s ‘Alien’ To Shoot in Australia". Variety. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
Jump up ^ "Taika Waititi to Co-Direct Michael Jackson Movie 'Bubbles'". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
Jump up ^ Horton, Perry (7 December 2016). Film School Rejects https://filmschoolrejects.com/the-captain-is-a-hilarious-and-harrowing-hangover-8865cccf69bc/. Retrieved 31 July 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Jump up ^ Gonzalzes, Umberto (28 October 2016). "‘Thor Ragnarok’ Director Taika Waititi Behind ‘Doctor Strange’ Mid-Credit Scene". The Wrap. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
Jump up ^ Hunt, Elle (20 March 2017). "Taika Waititi on shaking up Thor and being a Hollywood outsider: 'They take this stuff so seriously'". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
Jump up ^ Lawrence, Derek (18 April 2017). "Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi to portray Korg in film". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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Indian Cricket League
Sport
Cricket
Founded
2007
Ceased
2009
Divisions
9
No. of teams
9 city teams, 4 international teams
Country
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
World XI
Last
champion(s)
Lahore Badshahs, 2008
The Indian Cricket League (ICL) was a private cricket league funded by Zee Entertainment Enterprises that operated between 2007 and 2009 in India. Its two seasons included tournaments between four international teams (World XI, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) and nine domestic teams notionally located in major Indian cities as well as the champions Lahore Badshahs who were based in Lahore, Pakistan and Dhaka Warriors based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The matches were played in the Twenty20 format. There was also a planned domestic 50-over tournament, but this did not eventuate. While its establishment pre-dated the Indian Premier League, the ICL folded in 2009. Aside from commercial factors, the ICL lacked the support of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and International Cricket Council.
Contents
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1 History
2 League structure
2.1 ICL World Teams
2.2 ICL Domestic Teams
3 Tournaments
3.1 First season
3.2 Second season
4 Reasons for creation
4.1 The "Inverted Pyramid" cricket structure
4.2 Zee Telefilms desire to create sports content
5 Support for the league
6 Controversy
6.1 BCCI Response
6.1.1 ICL takes BCCI to court
7 Pressure on Players from Other National Organisations
8 The Downfall of the ICL
8.1 Transparency Issues
9 The end of ICL
10 Broadcasting of ICL
10.1 Broadcasting Ban
11 References
12 External links
History[edit]
The second season, which added Ahmedabad as a venue, commenced in the last quarter of 2008, with the Lahore Badshahs from Pakistan winning. Many international cricketers played in it like Imran Nazir, Abdur Razzaq, Shane Bond, Inzamam ul haq and Moin Khan was coach of Lahore Badshahs.
League structure[edit]
Each team was coached by a former international cricketer and comprised four international, two Indian and eight budding domestic players. Essel Group also planned to set up cricket academies all over the country. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was assured that it was free to draw from ICL's talent pool. The league became active in November 2007 with matches in the Twenty20 format.
Former international cricketers including Anjingsora Risora, Tony Greig, Dean Jones and Kiran More were hired as board members of the Indian Cricket League.[1] The board positions will be paid positions.[2]
Nine teams of private clubs :
Mumbai Champs
Chennai Superstars
Chandigarh Lions
Hyderabad Heroes
Royal Bengal Tigers (Kolkata)
Delhi Giants
Ahmedabad Rockets
Lahore Badshahs
Dhaka Warriors
Each team had a paid mentor, media manager, psychologist and physiotherapist
There was a US$1 million prize for the winning club team
An Ombudsman is available to look into grievances of players
ICL World Teams[edit]
World XI
John Emburey – Coach,
Chris Cairns – Captain
Ian Harvey,
Jimmy Maher,
Johan van der Wath,
Lou Vincent (Wicketkeeper),
Marvan Atapattu,
Matthew Elliot,
Michael Kasprowicz,
Russel Arnold
India
Steve Rixon – Coach
Rajagopal Satish – Captain
Abbas Ali,
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala,
Abu Nacheem,
Ali Murtaza,
Ambati Rayudu,
Ganapathi Vignesh,
Ibrahim Khaleel (Wicketkeeper),
Love Ablish,
Ravi Raj Patil,
Rohan Gavaskar,
Stuart Binny,
Syed Mohammed,
Thiru Kumaran,
TP Sudhindra,
Sarbjit Singh,
Sumit Kumar(Wicketkeeper),
Tejinder Pal Singh,
V. Sarvanan
A.Ansuman
Pakistan
Moin Khan – Coach
Inzamam-ul-Haq – Captain
Azhar Mahmood
Taufeeq Umar
Imran Farhat
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
Abdul Razzaq
Naved Latif
Humayun Farhat
Shahid Nazir
Hasan Raza
Mohammad Sami
Imran Nazir
Riaz Afridi
Shabbir Ahmed
Bangladesh
Balwinder Sandhu – Coach
Habibul Bashar – Captain
Aftab Ahmed
Alok Kapali
Dhiman Ghosh
Farhad Reza
Manjural Islam
Golam Mabud
Mahbubul Karim
Mohammad Rafique
Mohammad Sharif
Mosharraf Hossain
Shahriar Nafees
Tapash Baisya
ICL Domestic Teams[edit]
Main articles: Chandigarh Lions, Chennai Superstars, Delhi Giants, Hyderabad Heroes, Kolkata Tigers, Mumbai Champs, Ahmedabad Rockets, Lahore Badshahs, and Dhaka Warriors
Tournaments[edit]
First season[edit]
Main articles: ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2007/08, ICL 50s 2007/08, ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007/08, and ICL 20s World Series 2007/08
Second season[edit]
Main articles: ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2008/09 and ICL 20s World Series 2008/09
Reasons for creation[edit]
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Several factors have played a role in formulation of a cricket league and which may run in parallel to the current official Indian cricket control body, BCCI.
The "Inverted Pyramid" cricket structure[edit]
There is wide disparity between the facilities enjoyed by the national team and the regional ones. This makes the regional players far from finished products when they are called to represent their country, preventing a huge country like India from having adequate reserve strength in the national squad when key players are injured or retire. Also, the regional cricket boards depend on the BCCI for hand-outs of funds for infrastructure and grassroots development. The players who are entrenched at the top have strong backing from sports management firms and also can afford the best in personal trainers, physiotherapists and technical consultants, which are well beyond the scope of the average player.
Zee Telefilms desire to create sports content[edit]
The Essel group has expressed a keen desire to help India develop cricketing talent, as well as provide lucrative sports programming for Zee Telefilms, which lost out on the rights to broadcast all BCCI-sanctioned cricket matches in India until 2011.
Essel Group had originally launched Zee Sports earlier with the anticipation of securing at least some of the BCCI telecast rights in 2006. This was followed by Zee acquiring 50 percent in TEN Sports in November 2006 for Rs. 2.57 billion. This gave the company a few international cricket rights – West Indies, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Cricket played in India generates Rs. 10 billion in advertising and subscription revenue and Subhash Chandra has been acutely aware of his company missing out on this lucrative cricket pie.
During his battle with BCCI and ESPN Star Sports for the five-year telecast rights in August–September 2004 in the Bombay High Court, Chandra was present every day for the hearings. Despite Zee bidding the highest at $307 million, BCCI and its then president Jagmohan Dalmiya denied him the rights.
The pain of denial has been with Chandra since 2000 when the ICC World Cup rights were sold to NewsCorp's Global Cricket Corporation (GCC) for $550 million despite Zee bidding the highest at $650 million citing Zee's insufficient sports marketing experience.
In August 2005, Zee again emerged as a forerunner with a pitch of over $340 million while ESPN Star Sports, the other principal contender, is believed to have offered around $325 million. BCCI took the stance that Zee was not qualified as a specialist broadcaster and refused to consider Zee's proposal. The matter expectedly went to court and Doordarshan emerged the beneficiary.
Chandra then tried the political route too and supported Sharad Pawar's candidature as BCCI president against Dalmiya. Pawar emerged victorious but not Chandra. In the last round of bidding in February, last year, it was Nimbus who bagged BCCI's telecast rights till 2011 for $613 million with Zee trailing at $513 million.
Since there was a Zee-Nimbus alliance before the bidding, media pundits thought Nimbus' bid was a Zee front. But Nimbus chose to go its own way and launched its own sports network – NEO Sports. In 2012, Star Sports bought broadcasting rights for international and domestic matches in India for more than $550 million.
Support for the league[edit]
The ICL received some support from unexpected quarters. There was a fear that lack of access to infrastructure, like the premier cricket stadiums, would limit the success of the operation of the league, but support from various government bodies boosted the league. Camps were held at Mayajaal in Chennai, a private resort with adequate cricket facilities.[3] The then head of Indian Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav showed his backing by opening all the cricket stadiums controlled by the Indian Railways to the league. Describing the ICL as a "good initiative", Prasad issued a statement saying that the BCCI and ICL should each come up with a cricket team and play against each other to show who's the best.[4] The state government of West Bengal also agreed to rent its cricket grounds, notably Eden Gardens, to the league.[5] In Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation provided its Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium for matches.
Controversy[edit]
BCCI Response[edit]
The BCCI refused to recognise the ICL as a cricket league, and criticised Kiran More and Kapil Dev for joining the ICL.[6] Kapil Dev's association with ICL was seen by the establishment as a conflict of interest as he was also the chairman of National Cricket Academy, a BCCI owned cricket facility.[7] On 21 August 2007 Kapil Dev was sacked from his NCA post.[8] Subhash Chandra had earlier stated that the ICL will go ahead regardless of the BCCI's stance. The International Cricket Council gave a statement through its chief executive, Malcolm Speed, that the ICC would not recognize the ICL unless the BCCI chooses to recognise it. The ICC looks at the ICL as an issue to be sorted out by the BCCI. On 25 July 2012 Kapil Dev informed BCCI that he had resigned from the ICL.[9]
Faced with the threat of young players joining the ICL, the BCCI jacked up prize money for winners, runners-up and losing semi-finalists across all tournaments. An average domestic cricketer can hope to make around Rs 35,000 per match day from the season of 2007–08: more than double the Rs 16,000 they got in 2005–06. The BCCI has also planned to do away with honorary selectors, who will be paid professionals from September 2008 onwards.[10]
The BCCI started its own international Twenty20 league. The official league, which launched in April 2008, is called the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket. The league model is based on the franchise model of the National Football League and Major League Baseball in the US.[11]
ICL takes BCCI to court[edit]
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In August 2007, the ICL filed a petition against the BCCI in the Delhi High Court accusing the BCCI of threatening and intimidating them and other state organisations, and asked the court to stop BCCI from interfering with its attempts to sign up players for its tournaments. It also petitioned that the BCCI stop trying to "out-hire" cricket stadiums in India that are owned by the state governments, in anti-competitive attempts to stop the ICL from using them to play matches.
On 27 August 2007, the Delhi High Court ruled in favour of the ICL. In its ruling, the Delhi High Court said that players should not suffer in the battle between corporate giants. The court has issued notices to all corporate sponsors, the state cricket associations & the BCCI against terminating valid contracts of players joining the ICL.[12]
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) of India had asked its Director-General of Investigation to do an initial investigation into the BCCI's action against players who had joined the ICL. The investigation was based on media reports of the BCCI giving an open statement that it will ban players who join ICL. It was also reported in the media that all state associations, under direction from the BCCI, have cancelled contracts with players.[13]
Pressure on Players from Other National Organisations[edit]
In considering rejoining the ICL former England wicketkeeper Paul Nixon was said to have put his career in jeopardy because any player that signs up with the ICL, which does not have official status from the International Cricket Council, risks losing their registration.[14]
The addition of a new team from Dhaka in Bangladesh, consisting largely of Bangladesh internationals caused more controversy as the cricket board of that country banned the players for 10 years for joining the 'rebel' ICL.[15] Faced with the departure of so many players the board appealed to other Bangladeshi players to reject the new ICL team, stay loyal to the board and embrace the opportunity to play for their country.[16]
The Downfall of the ICL[edit]
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The future of ICL became uncertain when BCCI banned ICL players from playing international matches. Since then many ICL players have returned to their national team including famous players like Shane Bond (now retired) and Abdul Razzaq.
BCCI after seeing the success of ICL wanted to start their own league called "IPL". So, BCCI didn't miss any chance to stop the league by banning players and stadiums associated with ICL.
Shortly before the conclusion of the inaugural tournament, the ICL announced its plans for expansion, which include a fifty over tournament in February 2008, and the expansion of the ICL Indian Championship to eight teams for the second tournament, due to be held in September and October 2008.[17]
A similar initiative has been launched in United States by the PayAutoMata group but details have yet to emerge.[18]
In October 2008, the promoters of the ICL, Zee and its parent company Essel Sports Pvt. Ltd, had applied for trademark registration of T20 under Class 28 of the Trade Mark Rules, 2002.[19] [20]
Transparency Issues[edit]
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Independent analysts have had difficulty gauging the financial viability of the ICL due to the lack of transparency of the league's operations. Terms of contracts are hidden and advertising revenue from match telecasts – considered to be a major contributor to revenues – have never been disclosed. Because they are unsanctioned by the ICC, the teams do not have access to the best facilities across the whole country or access to the best players, limiting their ability to generate high gate revenues. This lack of transparency leads to questions regarding the overall viability of the ICL's business model.[citation needed]
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The end of ICL[edit]
The ICL has now come to an end after all its players dropped out. This was because of the offer of amnesty given by BCCI to players choosing to leave the ICL.
Broadcasting of ICL[edit]
Since the ICL was conducted by Zee Telefilms, the ICL was broadcast in most domains on the Zee network.[21]
Broadcaster
Regional Broadcast Rights
Zee Sports
Global Rights, India—Hindi, Bangladesh & US
Ten Sports
India—English, Bangladesh, Pakistan & Middle East
BTV
Bangladesh
ATN Bangla
Bangladesh
Gateway
North Africa
Telkom-Malaysia
Malaysia
Astro TVIQ
Malaysia
Fox Sports
Australia
Zee Music
UK
Zee Smile
Asia[citation needed]
Zee TV
Africa
Caribbean Media Corporation
Caribbean
Broadcasting Ban[edit]
In November 2008, the Bangladeshi government set a ban on the broadcasting of live matches of the ICL on the private held Diganta TV channel in the country. This would extend to the ICL World Series featuring the country's national team.[22]
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Jump up ^ Cricket on Times of India | Live Cricket Score, Cricket News, India Cricket. Cricket.indiatimes.com (1 January 1970). Retrieved on 2013-12-23.
Jump up ^ Press Trust of India (23 August 2007). "State minister allows ICL use of Eden Gardens". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
Jump up ^ Press Trust of India (13 June 2007). "BCCI shoots down ICL". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
Jump up ^ Shanbhag, Sudhakar (13 June 2007). "BCCI Not To Recognise Zee-Promoted Indian Cricket League". Worldcuplatest.com. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
Jump up ^ Press Trust of India (21 August 2007). "Kapil sacked as NCA Chairman". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
Jump up ^ "Kapil Dev resigns from ICL, returns to BCCI". Wisden India. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
Jump up ^ Press Trust of India (21 June 2007). "BCCI hikes domestic match fees". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
Jump up ^ Jamie Alter (13 September 2007). "International Twenty20 league launched". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
Jump up ^ "Delhi HC orders companies to let players join ICL". Reuters. 27 August 2007.
Jump up ^ "Cricket row under MRTPC scanner".
Jump up ^ Hoult, Nick (1 October 2008). "Paul Nixon may put county career in jeopardy by rejoining 'rebel' Indian Cricket League". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
Jump up ^ "Bangladesh vow to ban ICL rebels". BBC News. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
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External links[edit]
The Official Site of the Indian Cricket League -
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Sing (2016 American film)
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Sing
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Garth Jennings
Produced by
Chris Meledandri
Janet Healy
Written by
Garth Jennings
Starring
Matthew McConaughey
Reese Witherspoon
Seth MacFarlane
Scarlett Johansson
John C. Reilly
Taron Egerton
Tori Kelly
Music by
Joby Talbot
Edited by
Gregory Perler[1]
Production
company
Illumination Entertainment
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date
September 11, 2016 (2016-09-11) (TIFF)
December 21, 2016 (2016-12-21) (United States)
Running time
108 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$75 million[2]
Box office
$634.1 million[2]
Sing is a 2016 American computer-animated musical comedy-drama film produced by Illumination Entertainment.[3] It was directed and written by Garth Jennings, co-directed by Christophe Lourdelet[1] and starring the voices of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, and Tori Kelly. The film is about a group of anthropomorphic animals that enter a singing competition, hosted by a koala hoping to save his theater.
The film includes more than 60 songs from famous artists and also has an original song by Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande called "Faith," which was nominated for a Golden Globe.[4] It screened on the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2016, premiered at Microsoft Theater on December 3, 2016 and was released in the United States on December 21, 2016, by Universal Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews and grossed $634 million worldwide. Along with The Secret Life of Pets, it marked the first time that Illumination Entertainment released two feature films in the same year.
A sequel, entitled Sing 2, has been announced for a release on December 25, 2020.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Voice cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Release
5.1 Home media
6 Reception
6.1 Box office
6.2 Critical response
6.3 Accolades
7 Sequel
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
In a world of anthropomorphic animals, koala Buster Moon owns a theater, having been interested in show business since his father took him to his first music show as a child. Following financial problems brought up by the bank representative Judith, he tells his wealthy friend Eddie that he will host a singing competition with a prize of $1,000. But Buster's assistant, Miss Crawly, accidentally appends two extra zeroes, and the promotional fliers showing $100,000 are blown out of Buster's office into the city streets.
Animals from all around the city gather for auditions. Those selected include housewife and mother of 25 piglets Rosita; street musician mouse Mike; mobster's son gorilla Johnny; and punk-rock porcupine Ash. Shy teenage elephant Meena fails her audition out of stage fright, while Ash's boyfriend Lance is dismissed from the contest. Rosita is paired with another contestant, an exuberant pig named Gunter, for a dance routine. Although Buster discovers the flyers show a prize of $100,000 (money he does not have), he remains optimistic. Buster convinces Eddie to arrange a visit with Eddie's grandmother, former opera singer and theater actress Nana Noodleman, to persuade her to sponsor the prize money. She is hesitant to contribute but agrees to see a private screening of the show.
Encouraged by her grandfather, Meena tries to ask Buster for another chance, but becomes his stage hand instead. When one of the acts quits, and another is injured, Meena is added as an act. The performers' individual problems begin to hinder rehearsals: Rosita flounders in her dance routine with Gunter, after having been distracted by her parenting duties that have fallen into disarray. After discovering Lance with a new girlfriend and evicting them from her apartment, Ash is devastated and can no longer sing her assigned song, Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe." Johnny is torn between having to help his father as the driver of a getaway car in a heist and making the practices. When he tries to do both, he does not show up for the planned pickup in time, and his father and his gang are arrested. Meena does not get any help in overcoming her stage fright, and Mike, certain that the prize money is as good as his, buys a fancy car to impress a female mouse, and then swindles a group of bears in a card game at a nightclub.
The day of the screening, the bears interrupt the show, demanding the money from Mike, who in turn, points to Buster. The bears open the chest containing the prize money, but it is nowhere near $100,000. The glass tank full of luminescent squids that Buster got to light up the theater breaks under all their weight, flooding the theater, which then comes crashing down. With the lot repossessed by Judith, Buster, who had been living in his theater's office desk, takes up residence at Eddie's place (his parents' pool house). Although the contestants (besides Mike, who saw Buster as a fraud) visit him and try to cheer him up, Buster is too despondent to listen to them. He tries to start over by opening a car wash, using the same bucket that his father had used to earn money for Buster's theater.
When Meena goes to the theater's rubble lot and sings Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," Buster hears her and is inspired to reinstate the show without the prize money. They perform on a makeshift stage on the lot in front of Rosita and Meena's family members. As Rosita and Gunter perform Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," more animals are attracted to the scene as the show is broadcast on the news. Johnny's rendition of Elton John's "I'm Still Standing" impresses his father, who then escapes from prison to reconcile with him. Despite an interruption by Judith, Ash sings her original rock song "Set It All Free." Mike returns to the show and sings Frank Sinatra's "My Way." Meena finally overcomes her fears and sings Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing," which literally brings down the house. The show becomes a success and impresses Nana, who was in the audience. Nana buys the lot and the theater is rebuilt and reopened.
Voice cast[edit]
Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Tori Kelly, Taron Egerton, and Nick Kroll at the film's premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Matthew McConaughey as Buster Moon, an optimistic koala who plans to save his theater from closure by holding a singing competition.[3][5]
Reese Witherspoon as Rosita, a pig who gave up her teenage music dreams to become a devoted wife to Norman, and mother to their 25 piglets.[5]
Seth MacFarlane as Mike, an arrogant street musician mouse with a big Frank Sinatra-esque voice.[5]
Scarlett Johansson as Ash, a teenage porcupine punk rocker who takes part in an alternative-rock music duo with her boyfriend Lance.[1][5]
John C. Reilly as Eddie Noodleman, a sheep and Buster's friend who doubts the future of the theater.[5][6]
Tori Kelly as Meena, a teenage elephant with an exquisite singing voice and severe stage fright.[5]
Taron Egerton as Johnny, a teenage gorilla who wants to sing, though his father would rather have him follow his criminal footsteps.[5]
Jennifer Saunders as Nana Noodleman, a sheep and Eddie's grandmother who was a singer in her glory days.[7][8]
Jennifer Hudson[1] as Young Nana
Garth Jennings as Miss Crawly, an elderly iguana with a glass eye who is Buster's administrative assistant.[1]
Peter Serafinowicz as Big Daddy, a gorilla gang leader who wants his son Johnny to follow in his crime business.[1]
Nick Kroll as Gunter, a passionate dancing pig who is partnered with Rosita for the show.[9][7]
Beck Bennett as Lance, a porcupine and Ash's boyfriend.[1]
Jay Pharoah[7] as Meena's grandfather who pressures her to overcome her stage fright.
Nick Offerman[7] as Norman, a pig and Rosita's husband.
Leslie Jones as Meena's mother
Rhea Perlman as Judith,[1][10] a brown llama from the bank who warns Buster that his theater will be repossessed if he does not pay.
Laraine Newman as Meena's grandmother
Adam Buxton as Stan, a gorilla who is a member of Big Daddy's gang.
Brad Morris as Baboon, whom Mike attacks for not donating more money to his street performances.
Bill Farmer as News Reporter Dog, who documents Buster's singing competition.
The voices of Rosita's piglet children were provided by Oscar, Leo, Caspar, and Asa Jennings, the children of Garth Jennings, the film's writer and director. Jennings had directors Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson provide "additional voices", continuing a tradition of the three friends appearing in each other's films.[11]
Production[edit]
In January 2014, it was announced that Garth Jennings would write and direct an animated comedy film for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, about "courage, competition and carrying a tune,"[12] which was originally titled Lunch,[13] and then retitled as Sing.[5]
On January 14, 2015, Matthew McConaughey was cast in the film's lead voice role.[3] Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy produced the film.[3] On June 17, 2015, it was confirmed that McConaughey's character is named Buster and that John C. Reilly would voice Eddie, a sheep and Buster's best friend.[6] In November 2015, it was announced that Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, Tori Kelly and Taron Egerton had joined the cast of the film.[5]
The film features 65 pop songs, the rights to which cost 15 percent of the film's $75 million budget.[14] The animation was created entirely in France by Illumination MacGuff.[15]
Soundtrack[edit]
Main article: Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
A soundtrack album for the film was released on December 21, 2016.
Release[edit]
The almost complete[16] film was screened as a work in progress beginning September 11, 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival.[17] Universal Studios released the film on December 21, 2016.[18]
Home media[edit]
Sing was released on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Ultra HD Blu-ray and DVD on March 21, 2017. It includes three short films: Gunter Babysits, Love at First Sight, and Eddie's Life Coach.[19]
In Gunter Babysits, Gunter offers to watch over Rosita and Norman's piglets while they are away as he works to prove himself to be a good babysitter.
In Love at First Sight, Johnny sets Miss Crawly up with an online dating website where she manages to score a date with a lizard named Herman.
In Eddie's Life Coach, Eddie's mother sets Eddie up for a digital training seminar where he will be assigned to a dachshund named Garry "The Winner" Wishman.
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Sing grossed $270.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $363.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $634.1 million, against a production budget of $75 million.[2] Deadline.com calculated the net profit of the film to be $194.2 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenue for the film, making it the 7th most profitable release of 2016.[20]
In North America, the film opened alongside Passengers and Assassin's Creed, and was expected to gross around $70 million from 4,022 theaters over its first six days of release.[21] The film made $1.7 million during its Tuesday night previews.[22] It went on to gross $35.2 million in its opening weekend (a six-day total of $75.5 million), finishing second at the box office behind Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which was in its second week.[23] Sing holds the record for being the highest-grossing film to never finish first at the North American box office, besting My Big Fat Greek Wedding ($241.4 million in 2002).[24]
Critical response[edit]
On the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 73% based on 168 reviews, and an average rating of 6.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Sing delivers colorfully animated, cheerfully undemanding entertainment with a solid voice cast and a warm-hearted – albeit familiar – storyline that lives up to its title."[25] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100 based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[26] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[27]
Brian Truitt of USA Today gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars and wrote, "In a year full of talking-animal hits, Sing isn't quite as strong a number. It's a tale that might not be particularly thought-provoking but sure is toe-tapping."[28] In her review for the Los Angeles Times, Katie Walsh called Sing, "a cute movie with genuinely funny moments (keep an eye out for the koala car wash), and some great tunes to boot."[29] The Arizona Republic's Bill Goodykoontz was rather mixed about the movie in his review and overall said, "Sing is like an album with a good song here and there, but too much filler and not enough hits."[30] Reviewing the version of the film screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, Stefan Pape of the British website HeyUGuys gave the film a mixed review of 2/5, stating that "Garth Jennings's Sing effectively acknowledges early on that it's following a completely unoriginal formula, and yet carries on regardless."[31] While Peter Debruge of Variety, who also saw the film during the same festival, did not find the subplots to have any "profound life lessons," he overall praised Jennings' direction, the cast's voice performances and the film's silliness.[32]
Accolades[edit]
List of awards and nominations
Award
Date of ceremony
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
Ref(s)
AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards February 6, 2017 Best Movie for Grownups who Refuse to Grow Up Sing Nominated [33]
Annie Awards February 4, 2017 Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production Joby Talbot [34]
Golden Globe Awards January 8, 2017 Best Animated Feature Film Sing [35]
Best Original Song "Faith" – Ryan Tedder, Stevie Wonder and Francis Farewell Starlite
Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 17, 2016 Best Song – Animated Film [36][37]
Best Soundtrack Album Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Outstanding Music Supervision – Film Jojo Villanueva Won
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards March 11, 2017 Favorite Animated Movie Sing Nominated [38]
Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie Reese Witherspoon
Most Wanted Pet
Favorite Soundtrack Sing
Saturn Awards June 28, 2017 Best Animated Film Nominated [39]
Sequel[edit]
Universal and Illumination have announced plans for a sequel, tentatively titled Sing 2, slated for December 25, 2020.[40]
References[edit]
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^ Jump up to: a b c "Sing (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Kit, Borys (January 14, 2015). "Matthew McConaughey to Star in Illumination Animated Film (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
Jump up ^ Amidi, Amid (September 9, 2016). "A Complete List of Every Song in Illumination's 'Sing'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Truitt, Brian (November 10, 2015). "Sneak peek: A-list animals 'SING' together". USA Today. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Hopewell, John (June 17, 2015). "Annecy: Chris Meledandri on Matthew McConaughey as a Koala Legit Theater Owner, 'The Grinch'". Variety. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Trumbore, Dave (November 11, 2015). "Meet the Animated Animals of Illumination Entertainment's 2016 Musical Comedy, 'Sing'". Collider. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
Jump up ^ Buxton, Adam (April 14, 2016). "EP.16 - Pub Walk With Garth Jennings". soundcloud.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
Jump up ^ Yuen, Jenny (September 11, 2016). "TIFF 2016: Matthew McConaughey optimistic about 'Sing'". Toronto Sun. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
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Jump up ^ Weintraub, Steve 'Frosty' (2016-12-19). "Garth Jennings on Getting Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson to Provide Voices in 'Sing'". Collider. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
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Jump up ^ Kilday, Gregg (December 9, 2016). "Illumination's Chris Meledandri Talks Success Secrets, Rumors He'll Head DreamWorks". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
Jump up ^ Keslassy, Elsa (2 December 2016). "Oscar's French Animation Connection Draws on Deep Talent Pool".
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Jump up ^ Hammond, Pete (August 23, 2016). "Universal & Illumination To Launch 'Sing' With Live Jennifer Hudson And Tori Kelly Performances At Toronto". Deadline. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
Jump up ^ McClintock, Pamela (January 15, 2014). "Universal Dates 'Despicable Me 3,' New 'Grinch Who Stole Christmas'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
Jump up ^ Wolfe, Jennifer (February 14, 2017). "Illumination Entertainment's 'Sing' Headed to Retail". Animation World Network. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
Jump up ^ Fleming Jr, Mike (March 28, 2017). "No. 7 'Sing' Box Office Profits – 2016 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Tournament". Deadline.com. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Will 'Rogue One' Vanquish The Christmas B.O. Competition?". Deadline.com.
Jump up ^ "'Sing's' Box-Office Debut Tops 'Assassin's Creed,' 'Passengers' in Tuesday Night Previews". The Hollywood Reporter.
Jump up ^ "With 'Fences,' 'La La Land' Enter Top 10 As 'Rogue One' & 'Sing' Rule Holiday – Monday AM Update". Deadline.com. December 27, 2016. Sing* (Ill/Uni) 4,022 locations, 4-day $54.9M, 3-day: $35.2M, 4-day: $13,7K average, Total: $75.5M, 1 wk
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