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when does preston burke come back to grey's anatomy | Preston Burke - Wikipedia | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|Preston Burke|
|Grey's Anatomy character|
|First appearance|| " A Hard Day's Night " (1.01) |
March 27, 2005
|Last appearance|| " Didn't We Almost Have It All? " (3.25) |
May 17, 2007
(as series regular)
" We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together " (10.22)
May 1, 2014
(as guest star)
|Created by||Shonda Rhimes|
|Portrayed by||Isaiah Washington|
|In-universe information|
|Full name||Preston Xavier Burke|
|Title|| Chief Of Cardiothoracic Surgery (former) |
M.D.
F.A.C.S.
|Occupation|| Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Klausman Institute for Medical Research (former) |
Chief Of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital (former)Attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital (former)
|Spouse||Edra Burke|
|Significant other||Cristina Yang (ex-fiancée)|
|Relatives|| Jane Burke (mother) |
Donald Burke (father)
Simone Burke (daughter)
Vivianna Burke (daughter)
|Religion||Christian [1]|
Preston Xavier Burke , [2] M.D. , F.A.C.S is a fictional character from the medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy , which airs on ABC in the United States . The character was created by series producer Shonda Rhimes , and was portrayed by actor Isaiah Washington from 2005 to 2007. Introduced as an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, Burke's romantic relationship with intern Cristina Yang formed one of the main storylines in the shows' first three seasons.
Burke made his final appearance in the third season , leaving Seattle in the aftermath of his failed wedding. In 2007, Isaiah Washington ( Preston Burke ) insulted a co-star with a homophobic slur, which resulted in the termination of Washington's Grey's Anatomy contract. On June 7, 2007, ABC announced the decision not to renew Washington's contract, and that he would be dropped from the show after an on-set incident with fellow cast members T. R. Knight and Patrick Dempsey .
While mentioned in passing throughout later seasons, Burke officially returns in the tenth season in order to conclude Cristina Yang's departure from the series. [3]
Preston Burke is the former chief cardiothoracic surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital . He completed his pre-medical studies at Tulane University where he pledged Kappa Alpha Psi , and went on to graduate first in his class from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine . While in college, he met Erica Hahn ( Brooke Smith ), who graduated in second place after him, beginning a rivalry between them. He was once the interim chief of surgery while Dr. Richard Webber ( James Pickens, Jr. ) was healing from his brain surgery. In season 1, it is revealed that Richard had promised him the position but instead enticed his former student, renowned neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd ( Patrick Dempsey ), to Seattle as he felt Burke was becoming arrogant and needed competition to keep him on his toes. He began a relationship with intern Cristina Yang ( Sandra Oh ) but broke it off because he feared it would ruin both of their reputations. Her miscarriage brought them back together. He and Cristina lived together in his perfectly kept apartment.
Towards the end of the second season, he was shot, which affected his control of his right-hand. His temporary fix to this possibly long-term problem was to work together with Cristina during every one of his surgeries so that she could take over in case he might have trouble with his hand. The arrangement fell apart after Cristina, reacting to growing stress after George O'Malley ( T. R. Knight ) caught onto their secret, went to the Chief and confessed everything. Initially, he was engaged in a cold war with Cristina, where neither of them spoke. However, after she broke the silence, he proposed to her and she accepted his proposal. Before their secret was revealed, Burke was to become the next Chief of Surgery, but he had to compete with his fellow attendings for the position. He has since recovered from the injury, after Derek operated on him. For the remainder of the season, Preston and Cristina prepared for the wedding and experienced normal stresses that result from such a process, such as meeting each other's parents.
However, in the finale of season three, on the day of their wedding, Burke told Cristina that he no longer wished to make her do anything against her will, and realized he was trying to make Cristina the woman he wanted her to be, and not accept her as the woman she is. Cristina said she "thought this was what she wanted." He wanted her to say she knew it was what she wanted, so he left her in the chapel. Cristina then returned to their apartment and discovered Burke had left, taking with him the things that meant something to only him (his trumpet, his Eugene Foote collection, his grandmother's picture, and his lucky scrub cap), leaving Cristina devastated.
In the fourth season, Preston's long-time rival and love-to-hate medic Dr. Erica Hahn replaced him as the head of cardiothoracic surgery. Before taking over the position she had tremendous respect for Burke although she would have never admitted it to his face. Hahn disliked Cristina Yang because of her relationships with Dr. Burke and Colin Marlowe. During his employment at a new hospital, he is made the recipient of 2008's Harper Avery, a highly prestigious medical award. Cristina is later hurt that he did not mention her in his article, even though Cristina helped Burke with his recovery from his hand injury.
In season ten, Preston is seen to be living in Zürich, where he runs a privately owned cardiothoracic research hospital. He invited Cristina to the hospital to give a speech on her research. Cristina is both shocked and angered by the sight of Preston, and the former couple exchange bitter sentiments. Cristina claims that the two would never have worked out because she wanted to emulate him, not be by his side. Preston then reveals his ulterior motive for bringing Cristina to Switzerland: to ask her to take over his hospital, which she accepts. He is married to an Italian woman, Edra, and has two daughters, Simone and Vivianna. They are on the verge of moving to Milán.
"In the abstract, Burke was a more awkward and self-hating guy, a little bit of a weasel, but that was before Isaiah walked into the room. Isaiah played him as someone who intensely loves his job. He brought a sense of honor to what Burke does. And with Isaiah, suddenly there was a sexiness to the role, an intelligence and a wit."
Rhimes on Washington's audition as Burke [4]
The character of Preston Burke was originally envisioned as a caucasian, to be played by Paul Adelstein , who starred in Grey's Anatomy 's spin-off Private Practice . However, due to his commitment to a film whose shooting dates changed, the actor had to drop out at the last moment and his character was rethought. [5] [6] Isaiah Washington was originally considered for the role of Derek Shepherd , which eventually went to Patrick Dempsey . [5] Washington later received a callback from Rhimes to play Burke. He commented: "I knew I could never be wrong in my heart about something so good and so genuine. Her writing just seemed very complex, very honest." [7] "I said that I would only do it if I didn't have to be like that guy on that other medical show who was always struggling with his anger." [8]
Shonda Rhimes noted Washington's commitment to his role, revealing that he learns all his surgeries before he performs them on television. [9] "I think if he stopped at an accident on the street, he'd know exactly what to do. He has pulled shifts at hospitals where he follows the surgeons around for 48 hours". At the beginning of the series, Burke is one of the three African American characters, along with Miranda Bailey ( Chandra Wilson ) and Richard Webber ( James Pickens, Jr. ).
In the show's third season, Washington became a central figure in a widely reported backstage controversy. In October 2006, news reports surfaced that Washington had insulted co-star T.R. Knight with a homophobic slur. Shortly after the details of the argument became public, Knight publicly disclosed that he was gay . The situation seemed somewhat resolved when Washington issued a statement, apologizing for his "unfortunate use of words during the recent incident on-set." [10] The controversy later resurfaced when the cast appeared at the Golden Globes in January 2007. While being interviewed on the red carpet prior to the awards, Washington joked, "I love gay. I wanted to be gay. Please let me be gay." [11] After the show won Best Drama, Washington, in response to press queries as to any conflicts backstage, said, "I never called T.R. a faggot." However, in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , Knight said that "everybody heard him." After being rebuked by his studio, Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios ), Washington issued a statement apologizing at length for using the epithet in an argument with Patrick Dempsey. On January 30, 2007, a source told People magazine that Washington was scheduled to return to the Grey's Anatomy set as early on that Thursday for the first time since entering "executive counseling" after making the comments at the Golden Globes. However, on June 7, 2007, ABC announced it had decided not to renew Washington's contract, and that he would be dropped from the show. "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore," Washington said in a statement released by his publicist, borrowing the famous line from Network . In another report, Washington stated he was planning to "spend the summer pursuing charity work in Sierra Leone , work on an independent film and avoid worrying about the show." [12] In a subsequent interview, Washington claimed that "they fired the wrong guy" (referring to Knight) and said he was considering filing a lawsuit as a result. He accused Knight of using the controversy to bolster his own career and increase his salary on Grey's Anatomy. [13] Washington, in late June 2007, began asserting that racism within the media was a factor in his firing from the series. [14] On July 2, 2007, Washington appeared on Larry King Live on CNN , to present his side of the controversy. According to Washington, he never used the "F Word" in reference to Knight, but rather blurted it out in an unrelated context in the course of an argument "provoked" by Dempsey, who, he felt, was treating him like a "B-word," a "P-word," and the "F-word," which Washington said conveyed "somebody who is being weak and afraid to fight back." [15] Washington himself said that his dismissal from Grey's Anatomy was an unfortunate misunderstanding that he was eager to move past.
On March 6, 2014, Shonda Rhimes announced that Washington would return to his role for one episode airing in May to help conclude Sandra Oh 's final storylines as Cristina Yang. Rhimes said of his return, "It's important to me that Cristina's journey unfolds exactly as it should. Burke is vital to that journey -- he gives her story that full-circle moment we need to properly say goodbye to our beloved Cristina Yang." [16]
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Washington said of his character: "He did start out sort of stone-faced, but he's evolved into someone we see as an effective leader and someone who learns how to love and be loved." Thanks to Yang, Washington says Burke "has been able to show levels of vulnerability." [17] In an interview with Oprah Winfrey , Rhimes has described Preston as a "mama's boy", [9] and noted the shock the audience felt when discovering that side of his personality after the arrival of his parents. Isaiah Washington also noted Preston's "determination" and "commitment". [ citation needed ] Rhimes referred to Burke's relationship with Yang by the portmanteau "Burktina", citing " Losing My Religion " as one of her favorite episodes featuring them because it shows their evolution from the beginning of the second season to its end. [18] Ann Oldenburg of USA Today called it "one of the spiciest relationships on TV right now". Drawing a comparison between the two doctors, she said Burke is "tidy" while Yang is "messy"; he is "spiritual" but she is not. [19]
Isaiah Washington has been nominated for multiple awards for his portrayal of Preston Burke. He and the Grey's Anatomy cast won Best Ensemble in a Television Series at the 2006 Satellite Awards . [20] He was awarded "Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series" twice at the NAACP Image Awards , in 2006 and 2007. Washington was recognized along with the rest of the cast at the Screen Actors Guild Awards , receiving three nominations for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" each year from 2006 to 2008, with the 2007 Awards marking a victory. TV Guide named Isaiah Washington "TV's Sexiest Man" in 2006. [ citation needed ]
Burke's relationship with Cristina Yang was considered "one of the most interesting relationships on the show." [21] Similarly, The Orange County Register wrote that their romance became "one of the most touching and funny attractions of Grey's Anatomy ." [17] Oscar Dahl of BuddyTV listed Burke as the fifth most worthless TV character. [22]
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- ^ Episode 12 of Season 2 "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"
- ^ Episode 26 of Season 2 "Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response" | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Burke | 116 |
when does preston burke come back to grey's anatomy | Isaiah Washington to Return to Grey's Anatomy | Scott Garfield—ABC via Getty Images
I saiah Washington, who originally played Dr. Preston Burke in the first three seasons of the hit ABC show Grey’s Anatomy , will return for a May episode after a seven-year absence.
Washington left the show in 2007 after he was accused of using a homophobic slur in reference to his gay co-star T.R. Night. The Grey’s writers wrote him off in a dramatic fashion: Dr. Burke abandoned fiancé Dr. Christina Yang (Sandra Oh) on the day of their wedding in the final episode of the third season.
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Now, Dr. Burke will return for Sandra Oh’s last episode on the show. “It’s important to me that Cristina’s journey unfolds exactly as it should,” Grey’s Anatomy creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes said in a statement. “Burke is vital to that journey — he gives her story that full-circle moment we need to properly say goodbye to our beloved Cristina Yang.”
After the announcement LGBTQ rights group GLAAD issued a statement that approved of Washington’s return: “His PSA and his statements promoting marriage equality in recent years have sent a strong message of support for LGBT people.” | https://time.com/15062/isaiah-washington-to-return-to-greys-anatomy/ | 116 |
when does preston burke come back to grey's anatomy | Grey's Anatomy: Why Isaiah Washington's Burke Left In Season 3 | By
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Isaiah Washington’s departure from Grey’s Anatomy season 3 saw Preston Burke leave Sandra Oh’s Cristina Yang at the alter after an on-set incident.
In June of 2007, it was announced that Isaiah Washington’s character, Dr. Preston Burke, would not return after Grey’s Anatomy season 3. The news came as a shock as Washington was a lead character and the show was a huge hit. Grey’s Anatomy is one of the most popular shows in television history, has recently been renewed for its 18 th season, and has won four Primetime Emmys. So why did Washington’s character leave Grey’s Anatomy ?
Throughout Grey’s Anatomy’s first three seasons, Isaiah Washington played Preston, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital. While saving dozens of lives on the show, Burke also played boyfriend to Cristina Yang (played by Sandra Oh) and mentor to T. R. Knight’s George O’Malley as well as friend and colleague to the rest of the doctors and residents in the story. Burke’s character and Grey’s Anatomy’s Derek Shepherd (played by Patrick Dempsey ) had a particular bond on the show, as both were leaders in their fields of medicine and dating residents (Derek was in a relationship with Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith Grey).
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In Preston Burke’s last episode on Grey’s Anatomy season 3 , “Didn’t We Almost Have It All,” he and Cristina were about to get married when Cristina had doubts. Burke left her at their wedding, and Cristina returned to Burke’s apartment to find him gone. However, the abrupt end for Burke’s character was not originally in the cards. It came after several months of fallout after a disagreement on set between Washington and fellow actor Patrick Dempsey in which Washington allegedly used a homophobic slur - something he denied was targeted at a fellow cast member.
Preston Burke suddenly leaving Sandra Oh's Cristina Yang at the altar was quite a shocking ending to the character, and many were curious about the reasoning behind the sudden nature of Isaiah Washington's exit from Grey's Anatomy . Bridgerton and Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes didn't often have a lot to say about cast members' exits, save for her comments about Katherine Heigl. That being said, Washington's departure was understandably fraught with controversy surrounding the actions that led to his firing by ABC. Surprisingly, Shonda Rhimes didn't and still doesn't hold any ill-will towards any of the cast members for leaving Grey's Anatomy , and Isaiah Washington is included in that. In fact, she praised the chemistry between Oh and Washington. According to Entertainment Weekly , she found their relationship "riveting", commenting on the relationship they shared up to Isaiah Washington's character Preston Burke's exit: "I think that people really loved them together — as damaging as that relationship was for both of them. I think people really loved watching them struggle."
While Shonda Rhimes felt no ill will towards Isaiah Washington after his inflammatory comments, she was still at least aware of the weight of his poor choices. In the same interview with EW, she did reference the actor's on-set behavior and admit that the actor needed to change. Between Grey's Anatomy season 3 and his reappearance, the actor must've done some soul-searching, as he was allowed to be back on the show (if only for a brief appearance). Inventing Anna creator Shonda Rhimes' full comment can be read below.
"I also want to just be clear that Isaiah is a person that we all love and have loved for a very long time. I feel like there have been a lot of people that have been like, ‘How can you do this?’ And I feel very strongly and fully believe in people’s ability to grow and change and learn from their mistakes and when they know better, to do better. If people don’t think that, over the course of seven years, it’s possible for a human being to change, then there really is no future for the human race at all."
Apparently, Patrick Dempsey was actually the main target of the homophobic slur, as Isaiah Washington and he had a tumultuous on-set relationship. The two were both introduced in Grey's Anatomy season 1 , and their touch-and-go relationships with Meredith Grey and Cristina Yang definitely mirrored each other. However, that doesn't mean that the two actors got along in any sense. Washington claims that Patrick Dempsey started the argument that lead up to the slur. According to Washington, he felt as though Dr. McDreamy wasn't treating him with respect and the argument really started over Dempsey's lateness to set. Dempsey then became angry that Washington made comments about not needing actress Ellen Pompeo and claimed that he can act just fine on his own. Understandably, this made Dempsey more upset. The fight came to a head when Washington used the homophobic slur.
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Although Washington denies that the slur was in reference to fellow actor T.R. Knight (who exited Grey’s Anatomy with George’s death in season 6), multiple accounts claim that Washington used a slur linked to Knight’s sexual preferences when arguing with Dempsey. It was subsequently revealed that the pair had a physical altercation on the set leading up to the outburst. Washington later explained (via Larry King Live ) that he never called Knight an “ F-word ” but was telling co-star Dempsey not to treat him like an “ F-word .” When asked what he meant by the term, if not about Knight, Washington said that, to him, the word meant someone who was “ weak ” or “ a person who is not deserving of respect .” Washington issued an apology after the incident but came under fire again when he repeated the term in an interview at the Golden Globes several months later, replying to reporters who inquired about the Grey's Anatomy on-set incident.
Following Washington’s remarks at the Golden Globes, ABC decided not to renew Washington’s contract and fired him from the show. Years later, in 2014, Washington’s character returned to Grey’s Anatomy for co-star Sandra Oh’s last episode, “We Are Never Getting Back Together .” Still, show creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes stated that his return was only to bring closure to Cristina Yang’s storyline. The incident with Washington in 2006 has received new attention with the recent release of Lynette Rice’s book How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey’s Anatomy , in which Patrick Dempsey’s on-set behavior has also been called into question. Off the back of the release, Washington doubled down on comments about Dempsey, insisting that star Ellen Pompeo had been paid to keep the controversy quiet.
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when does preston burke come back to grey's anatomy | Dr. Burke returns to 'Grey's Anatomy': What will happen? | Isaiah Washington may have left Grey's Anatomy on a bad note , but that's not stopping fans of the show from celebrating his just-announced return as Dr. Burke.
In season 3, Cristina Yang ( Sandra Oh ) and Burke ( Isaiah Washington ) were engaged. They were working together. They were in love. Then Burke left Yang at the altar, and that was the last we saw of him. Now that Oh is leaving the show, creator Shonda Rhimes said she felt his return was an integral part of providing closure to Cristina Yang. But what will happen between the two? We've got some ideas:
Cristina and Burke get back together and run off to their happily ever after
We all know how this turned out the first time, with Meredith cutting Cristina out of her wedding dress in a heartbreaking (like every other scene of this show) scene. But if we've learned anything from Grey's , it's that timing can be everything. In the season 3 finale where Burke and Cristina end for good, Meredith is also on the rocks with Derek—never forget the dramatic, "It's over, so over." But now look at them, using Post-its for things other than grocery lists and having babies!
Cristina wasn't ready to get married then, and Burke knew that. And then he left. Since then though, Cristina's been married and divorced. She's grown. Things may be looking up for Cristina and Owen after last night's episode , but just because he got cold feet doesn't mean he's done with kids forever (sorry). And Ross? Not gonna happen. Maybe she's ready for that marriage now, and it would be a perfect way for her to leave with someone she basically started out with on the show.
Not only do they have a history, but he is oh-so-romantic. He may have never had a chance to recite his dreamy vows to Cristina , but Addison was right when she told Burke after hearing the vows: "I think I speak for every woman in this room when I say, dump her. Dump Yang, and marry me." Plus, the two getting back together would mean they'd get to adorably dance with each other for the rest of time. Who doesn't want that?
Burke dies, Version 1
Grey's loves killing off our favorites—rest in peace, 007. So it wouldn't be far off for Shonda Rhimes to bring back Burke just so we could watch him die.
Here's what happens: Burke gets wheeled into the ER for some heart problem—dying from a condition related to the organ he and his former love specialize in, how poetic! Cristina turns out to be his doctor, and she finds the old feelings she had for him return. Sure, he's on his deathbed, but this is true love. Burke's all she wanted all along, she just wasn't ready for marriage when he was. This is one of these oh-my-god-I-messed-up epiphany moments, and then Burke dies—he dramatically codes—and he's gone forever. Cristina can't handle it, even though her reunion with him lasted only a few short days, so she decides that she has to escape Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, and this time, for good. "I'm free!" she cries as she leaves. (Too much?)
Burke dies, Version 2
See above, but instead of re-falling in love with Burke, Cristina releases all this anger she's been holding in. No matter how much time has passed, he did leave her and then went ahead and put in his resignation without even telling her, so the girl has a right to still be a bit mad. He dies. She's done with holding onto memories formed in the hospital. She leaves. The end.
Cristina sees Burke and realizes she's meant to be with Owen
Just what we've always wanted: Owen and Cristina are back together, and they're moving away to start a new life and all that jazz. Cristina is having doubts—is Owen worth leaving her best bud Meredith for? Is it actually going to work this time? Then she finds out Burke is visiting the hospital to showcase this great new procedure he invented. Cristina has a bunch of emotions because, duh. Some of these emotions are "What if I'm still in love with him?" emotions, which just add to all Cristina's fears about settling down with Owen.
Burke shows up, and Cristina feels nothing. No anger. No passion. Nothing! But Burke does. He's all, "I made a mistake!" but because he's Burke and is always stoic, it's more like, "Now is our time, Cristina." Later in the episode, Cristina is finalizing plans to move in with Owen. She's ready.
Burke saves Cristina
Cristina is the one with the heart problem, and she's loopy from the morphine, so she says the only person she'll let operate on her is Burke. Meredith is like, "Cristina, you're silly," but Cristina is insisting and her situation is getting worse so they need to operate ASAP. There's a bunch of debate about whether or not they should call him, but he ends up showing up in her hospital room. Still loopy, Yang has a one-sided heart-to-heart with him and is uncharacteristically mushy. Her condition worsens and she passes out so they rush her into the OR. The suspense!
Burke saves her, and after she wakes up from surgery (and is no longer on morphine) she is shocked to see Burke is there waiting for her to wake up. He saved her life—both by leaving her at the altar, allowing her to live the life she wanted, and by you know, not letting her heart explode or whatever. Cristina has been holding on to her heartbreak from Burke, but this gives her the chance to finally get over it, completely. He gave her life, and now she needs to live it. This means leaving Seattle and pursuing her dream heart surgeon job somewhere far, far away. | https://ew.com/article/2014/03/07/isaiah-washington-burke-greys-anatomy/ | 116 |
when does preston burke come back to grey's anatomy | 'Grey's Anatomy' season 10, episode 22 preview: Burke is back | Cristina is at a crossroads in her career at Grey + Sloan Memorial Hospital. Preview how the return of Burke will affect her decision with the Grey’s Anatomy season 10, episode 22, “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” stills, synopsis, and sneak peeks.
This week fans will see the reunion they have been waiting for! On Grey’s Anatomy season 10, episode 22, “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” Preston Burke will make his return to the show during a critical time in Cristina’s career. At a point in her life where she’s unsure of where she’s at – he’ll arrive with an opportunity.
View the episode stills, synopsis, and two sneak peeks below to see what happens when the former flames come together once more.
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“Cristina looks to Meredith for advice as she assesses her future at the hospital. Derek and Amelia work together on a difficult surgery involving conjoined twins. Meanwhile, Jo is spread too thin when she tries to work on several cases at once and Stephanie realizes the truth about Bailey’s bubble boy case, on “Grey’s Anatomy,” THURSDAY, MAY 1 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
“Grey’s Anatomy” stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Kevin McKidd as Owen Hunt, Jessica Capshaw as Arizona Robbins, Jesse Williams as Jackson Avery, Sarah Drew as April Kepner, Camilla Luddington as Jo Wilson, Gaius Charles as Shane Ross, Jerrika Hinton as Stephanie Edwards and Tessa Ferrer as Leah Murphy.
Guest cast TBA.
“We Are Never Getting Back Together” was written by Joan Rater and directed by Rob Corn.”
Photo credit: ABC/Eric McCandless | https://www.hypable.com/greys-anatomy-season-10-episode-22-we-are-never-getting-back-together-preview-stills-synopsis/ | 116 |
when does preston burke come back to grey's anatomy | Preston Burke - Wikipedia | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|Preston Burke|
|Grey's Anatomy character|
|First appearance|| " A Hard Day's Night " (1.01) |
March 27, 2005
|Last appearance|| " Didn't We Almost Have It All? " (3.25) |
May 17, 2007
(as series regular)
" We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together " (10.22)
May 1, 2014
(as guest star)
|Created by||Shonda Rhimes|
|Portrayed by||Isaiah Washington|
|In-universe information|
|Full name||Preston Xavier Burke|
|Title|| Chief Of Cardiothoracic Surgery (former) |
M.D.
F.A.C.S.
|Occupation|| Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Klausman Institute for Medical Research (former) |
Chief Of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital (former)Attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital (former)
|Spouse||Edra Burke|
|Significant other||Cristina Yang (ex-fiancée)|
|Relatives|| Jane Burke (mother) |
Donald Burke (father)
Simone Burke (daughter)
Vivianna Burke (daughter)
|Religion||Christian [1]|
Preston Xavier Burke , [2] M.D. , F.A.C.S is a fictional character from the medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy , which airs on ABC in the United States . The character was created by series producer Shonda Rhimes , and was portrayed by actor Isaiah Washington from 2005 to 2007. Introduced as an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, Burke's romantic relationship with intern Cristina Yang formed one of the main storylines in the shows' first three seasons.
Burke made his final appearance in the third season , leaving Seattle in the aftermath of his failed wedding. In 2007, Isaiah Washington ( Preston Burke ) insulted a co-star with a homophobic slur, which resulted in the termination of Washington's Grey's Anatomy contract. On June 7, 2007, ABC announced the decision not to renew Washington's contract, and that he would be dropped from the show after an on-set incident with fellow cast members T. R. Knight and Patrick Dempsey .
While mentioned in passing throughout later seasons, Burke officially returns in the tenth season in order to conclude Cristina Yang's departure from the series. [3]
Preston Burke is the former chief cardiothoracic surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital . He completed his pre-medical studies at Tulane University where he pledged Kappa Alpha Psi , and went on to graduate first in his class from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine . While in college, he met Erica Hahn ( Brooke Smith ), who graduated in second place after him, beginning a rivalry between them. He was once the interim chief of surgery while Dr. Richard Webber ( James Pickens, Jr. ) was healing from his brain surgery. In season 1, it is revealed that Richard had promised him the position but instead enticed his former student, renowned neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd ( Patrick Dempsey ), to Seattle as he felt Burke was becoming arrogant and needed competition to keep him on his toes. He began a relationship with intern Cristina Yang ( Sandra Oh ) but broke it off because he feared it would ruin both of their reputations. Her miscarriage brought them back together. He and Cristina lived together in his perfectly kept apartment.
Towards the end of the second season, he was shot, which affected his control of his right-hand. His temporary fix to this possibly long-term problem was to work together with Cristina during every one of his surgeries so that she could take over in case he might have trouble with his hand. The arrangement fell apart after Cristina, reacting to growing stress after George O'Malley ( T. R. Knight ) caught onto their secret, went to the Chief and confessed everything. Initially, he was engaged in a cold war with Cristina, where neither of them spoke. However, after she broke the silence, he proposed to her and she accepted his proposal. Before their secret was revealed, Burke was to become the next Chief of Surgery, but he had to compete with his fellow attendings for the position. He has since recovered from the injury, after Derek operated on him. For the remainder of the season, Preston and Cristina prepared for the wedding and experienced normal stresses that result from such a process, such as meeting each other's parents.
However, in the finale of season three, on the day of their wedding, Burke told Cristina that he no longer wished to make her do anything against her will, and realized he was trying to make Cristina the woman he wanted her to be, and not accept her as the woman she is. Cristina said she "thought this was what she wanted." He wanted her to say she knew it was what she wanted, so he left her in the chapel. Cristina then returned to their apartment and discovered Burke had left, taking with him the things that meant something to only him (his trumpet, his Eugene Foote collection, his grandmother's picture, and his lucky scrub cap), leaving Cristina devastated.
In the fourth season, Preston's long-time rival and love-to-hate medic Dr. Erica Hahn replaced him as the head of cardiothoracic surgery. Before taking over the position she had tremendous respect for Burke although she would have never admitted it to his face. Hahn disliked Cristina Yang because of her relationships with Dr. Burke and Colin Marlowe. During his employment at a new hospital, he is made the recipient of 2008's Harper Avery, a highly prestigious medical award. Cristina is later hurt that he did not mention her in his article, even though Cristina helped Burke with his recovery from his hand injury.
In season ten, Preston is seen to be living in Zürich, where he runs a privately owned cardiothoracic research hospital. He invited Cristina to the hospital to give a speech on her research. Cristina is both shocked and angered by the sight of Preston, and the former couple exchange bitter sentiments. Cristina claims that the two would never have worked out because she wanted to emulate him, not be by his side. Preston then reveals his ulterior motive for bringing Cristina to Switzerland: to ask her to take over his hospital, which she accepts. He is married to an Italian woman, Edra, and has two daughters, Simone and Vivianna. They are on the verge of moving to Milán.
"In the abstract, Burke was a more awkward and self-hating guy, a little bit of a weasel, but that was before Isaiah walked into the room. Isaiah played him as someone who intensely loves his job. He brought a sense of honor to what Burke does. And with Isaiah, suddenly there was a sexiness to the role, an intelligence and a wit."
Rhimes on Washington's audition as Burke [4]
The character of Preston Burke was originally envisioned as a caucasian, to be played by Paul Adelstein , who starred in Grey's Anatomy 's spin-off Private Practice . However, due to his commitment to a film whose shooting dates changed, the actor had to drop out at the last moment and his character was rethought. [5] [6] Isaiah Washington was originally considered for the role of Derek Shepherd , which eventually went to Patrick Dempsey . [5] Washington later received a callback from Rhimes to play Burke. He commented: "I knew I could never be wrong in my heart about something so good and so genuine. Her writing just seemed very complex, very honest." [7] "I said that I would only do it if I didn't have to be like that guy on that other medical show who was always struggling with his anger." [8]
Shonda Rhimes noted Washington's commitment to his role, revealing that he learns all his surgeries before he performs them on television. [9] "I think if he stopped at an accident on the street, he'd know exactly what to do. He has pulled shifts at hospitals where he follows the surgeons around for 48 hours". At the beginning of the series, Burke is one of the three African American characters, along with Miranda Bailey ( Chandra Wilson ) and Richard Webber ( James Pickens, Jr. ).
In the show's third season, Washington became a central figure in a widely reported backstage controversy. In October 2006, news reports surfaced that Washington had insulted co-star T.R. Knight with a homophobic slur. Shortly after the details of the argument became public, Knight publicly disclosed that he was gay . The situation seemed somewhat resolved when Washington issued a statement, apologizing for his "unfortunate use of words during the recent incident on-set." [10] The controversy later resurfaced when the cast appeared at the Golden Globes in January 2007. While being interviewed on the red carpet prior to the awards, Washington joked, "I love gay. I wanted to be gay. Please let me be gay." [11] After the show won Best Drama, Washington, in response to press queries as to any conflicts backstage, said, "I never called T.R. a faggot." However, in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , Knight said that "everybody heard him." After being rebuked by his studio, Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios ), Washington issued a statement apologizing at length for using the epithet in an argument with Patrick Dempsey. On January 30, 2007, a source told People magazine that Washington was scheduled to return to the Grey's Anatomy set as early on that Thursday for the first time since entering "executive counseling" after making the comments at the Golden Globes. However, on June 7, 2007, ABC announced it had decided not to renew Washington's contract, and that he would be dropped from the show. "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore," Washington said in a statement released by his publicist, borrowing the famous line from Network . In another report, Washington stated he was planning to "spend the summer pursuing charity work in Sierra Leone , work on an independent film and avoid worrying about the show." [12] In a subsequent interview, Washington claimed that "they fired the wrong guy" (referring to Knight) and said he was considering filing a lawsuit as a result. He accused Knight of using the controversy to bolster his own career and increase his salary on Grey's Anatomy. [13] Washington, in late June 2007, began asserting that racism within the media was a factor in his firing from the series. [14] On July 2, 2007, Washington appeared on Larry King Live on CNN , to present his side of the controversy. According to Washington, he never used the "F Word" in reference to Knight, but rather blurted it out in an unrelated context in the course of an argument "provoked" by Dempsey, who, he felt, was treating him like a "B-word," a "P-word," and the "F-word," which Washington said conveyed "somebody who is being weak and afraid to fight back." [15] Washington himself said that his dismissal from Grey's Anatomy was an unfortunate misunderstanding that he was eager to move past.
On March 6, 2014, Shonda Rhimes announced that Washington would return to his role for one episode airing in May to help conclude Sandra Oh 's final storylines as Cristina Yang. Rhimes said of his return, "It's important to me that Cristina's journey unfolds exactly as it should. Burke is vital to that journey -- he gives her story that full-circle moment we need to properly say goodbye to our beloved Cristina Yang." [16]
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Washington said of his character: "He did start out sort of stone-faced, but he's evolved into someone we see as an effective leader and someone who learns how to love and be loved." Thanks to Yang, Washington says Burke "has been able to show levels of vulnerability." [17] In an interview with Oprah Winfrey , Rhimes has described Preston as a "mama's boy", [9] and noted the shock the audience felt when discovering that side of his personality after the arrival of his parents. Isaiah Washington also noted Preston's "determination" and "commitment". [ citation needed ] Rhimes referred to Burke's relationship with Yang by the portmanteau "Burktina", citing " Losing My Religion " as one of her favorite episodes featuring them because it shows their evolution from the beginning of the second season to its end. [18] Ann Oldenburg of USA Today called it "one of the spiciest relationships on TV right now". Drawing a comparison between the two doctors, she said Burke is "tidy" while Yang is "messy"; he is "spiritual" but she is not. [19]
Isaiah Washington has been nominated for multiple awards for his portrayal of Preston Burke. He and the Grey's Anatomy cast won Best Ensemble in a Television Series at the 2006 Satellite Awards . [20] He was awarded "Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series" twice at the NAACP Image Awards , in 2006 and 2007. Washington was recognized along with the rest of the cast at the Screen Actors Guild Awards , receiving three nominations for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" each year from 2006 to 2008, with the 2007 Awards marking a victory. TV Guide named Isaiah Washington "TV's Sexiest Man" in 2006. [ citation needed ]
Burke's relationship with Cristina Yang was considered "one of the most interesting relationships on the show." [21] Similarly, The Orange County Register wrote that their romance became "one of the most touching and funny attractions of Grey's Anatomy ." [17] Oscar Dahl of BuddyTV listed Burke as the fifth most worthless TV character. [22]
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- ^ Episode 12 of Season 2 "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"
- ^ Episode 26 of Season 2 "Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response" | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Burke | 116 |
when does preston burke come back to grey's anatomy | Preston Burke - Wikipedia | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|Preston Burke|
|Grey's Anatomy character|
|First appearance|| " A Hard Day's Night " (1.01) |
March 27, 2005
|Last appearance|| " Didn't We Almost Have It All? " (3.25) |
May 17, 2007
(as series regular)
" We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together " (10.22)
May 1, 2014
(as guest star)
|Created by||Shonda Rhimes|
|Portrayed by||Isaiah Washington|
|In-universe information|
|Full name||Preston Xavier Burke|
|Title|| Chief Of Cardiothoracic Surgery (former) |
M.D.
F.A.C.S.
|Occupation|| Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Klausman Institute for Medical Research (former) |
Chief Of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital (former)Attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital (former)
|Spouse||Edra Burke|
|Significant other||Cristina Yang (ex-fiancée)|
|Relatives|| Jane Burke (mother) |
Donald Burke (father)
Simone Burke (daughter)
Vivianna Burke (daughter)
|Religion||Christian [1]|
Preston Xavier Burke , [2] M.D. , F.A.C.S is a fictional character from the medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy , which airs on ABC in the United States . The character was created by series producer Shonda Rhimes , and was portrayed by actor Isaiah Washington from 2005 to 2007. Introduced as an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, Burke's romantic relationship with intern Cristina Yang formed one of the main storylines in the shows' first three seasons.
Burke made his final appearance in the third season , leaving Seattle in the aftermath of his failed wedding. In 2007, Isaiah Washington ( Preston Burke ) insulted a co-star with a homophobic slur, which resulted in the termination of Washington's Grey's Anatomy contract. On June 7, 2007, ABC announced the decision not to renew Washington's contract, and that he would be dropped from the show after an on-set incident with fellow cast members T. R. Knight and Patrick Dempsey .
While mentioned in passing throughout later seasons, Burke officially returns in the tenth season in order to conclude Cristina Yang's departure from the series. [3]
Preston Burke is the former chief cardiothoracic surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital . He completed his pre-medical studies at Tulane University where he pledged Kappa Alpha Psi , and went on to graduate first in his class from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine . While in college, he met Erica Hahn ( Brooke Smith ), who graduated in second place after him, beginning a rivalry between them. He was once the interim chief of surgery while Dr. Richard Webber ( James Pickens, Jr. ) was healing from his brain surgery. In season 1, it is revealed that Richard had promised him the position but instead enticed his former student, renowned neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd ( Patrick Dempsey ), to Seattle as he felt Burke was becoming arrogant and needed competition to keep him on his toes. He began a relationship with intern Cristina Yang ( Sandra Oh ) but broke it off because he feared it would ruin both of their reputations. Her miscarriage brought them back together. He and Cristina lived together in his perfectly kept apartment.
Towards the end of the second season, he was shot, which affected his control of his right-hand. His temporary fix to this possibly long-term problem was to work together with Cristina during every one of his surgeries so that she could take over in case he might have trouble with his hand. The arrangement fell apart after Cristina, reacting to growing stress after George O'Malley ( T. R. Knight ) caught onto their secret, went to the Chief and confessed everything. Initially, he was engaged in a cold war with Cristina, where neither of them spoke. However, after she broke the silence, he proposed to her and she accepted his proposal. Before their secret was revealed, Burke was to become the next Chief of Surgery, but he had to compete with his fellow attendings for the position. He has since recovered from the injury, after Derek operated on him. For the remainder of the season, Preston and Cristina prepared for the wedding and experienced normal stresses that result from such a process, such as meeting each other's parents.
However, in the finale of season three, on the day of their wedding, Burke told Cristina that he no longer wished to make her do anything against her will, and realized he was trying to make Cristina the woman he wanted her to be, and not accept her as the woman she is. Cristina said she "thought this was what she wanted." He wanted her to say she knew it was what she wanted, so he left her in the chapel. Cristina then returned to their apartment and discovered Burke had left, taking with him the things that meant something to only him (his trumpet, his Eugene Foote collection, his grandmother's picture, and his lucky scrub cap), leaving Cristina devastated.
In the fourth season, Preston's long-time rival and love-to-hate medic Dr. Erica Hahn replaced him as the head of cardiothoracic surgery. Before taking over the position she had tremendous respect for Burke although she would have never admitted it to his face. Hahn disliked Cristina Yang because of her relationships with Dr. Burke and Colin Marlowe. During his employment at a new hospital, he is made the recipient of 2008's Harper Avery, a highly prestigious medical award. Cristina is later hurt that he did not mention her in his article, even though Cristina helped Burke with his recovery from his hand injury.
In season ten, Preston is seen to be living in Zürich, where he runs a privately owned cardiothoracic research hospital. He invited Cristina to the hospital to give a speech on her research. Cristina is both shocked and angered by the sight of Preston, and the former couple exchange bitter sentiments. Cristina claims that the two would never have worked out because she wanted to emulate him, not be by his side. Preston then reveals his ulterior motive for bringing Cristina to Switzerland: to ask her to take over his hospital, which she accepts. He is married to an Italian woman, Edra, and has two daughters, Simone and Vivianna. They are on the verge of moving to Milán.
"In the abstract, Burke was a more awkward and self-hating guy, a little bit of a weasel, but that was before Isaiah walked into the room. Isaiah played him as someone who intensely loves his job. He brought a sense of honor to what Burke does. And with Isaiah, suddenly there was a sexiness to the role, an intelligence and a wit."
Rhimes on Washington's audition as Burke [4]
The character of Preston Burke was originally envisioned as a caucasian, to be played by Paul Adelstein , who starred in Grey's Anatomy 's spin-off Private Practice . However, due to his commitment to a film whose shooting dates changed, the actor had to drop out at the last moment and his character was rethought. [5] [6] Isaiah Washington was originally considered for the role of Derek Shepherd , which eventually went to Patrick Dempsey . [5] Washington later received a callback from Rhimes to play Burke. He commented: "I knew I could never be wrong in my heart about something so good and so genuine. Her writing just seemed very complex, very honest." [7] "I said that I would only do it if I didn't have to be like that guy on that other medical show who was always struggling with his anger." [8]
Shonda Rhimes noted Washington's commitment to his role, revealing that he learns all his surgeries before he performs them on television. [9] "I think if he stopped at an accident on the street, he'd know exactly what to do. He has pulled shifts at hospitals where he follows the surgeons around for 48 hours". At the beginning of the series, Burke is one of the three African American characters, along with Miranda Bailey ( Chandra Wilson ) and Richard Webber ( James Pickens, Jr. ).
In the show's third season, Washington became a central figure in a widely reported backstage controversy. In October 2006, news reports surfaced that Washington had insulted co-star T.R. Knight with a homophobic slur. Shortly after the details of the argument became public, Knight publicly disclosed that he was gay . The situation seemed somewhat resolved when Washington issued a statement, apologizing for his "unfortunate use of words during the recent incident on-set." [10] The controversy later resurfaced when the cast appeared at the Golden Globes in January 2007. While being interviewed on the red carpet prior to the awards, Washington joked, "I love gay. I wanted to be gay. Please let me be gay." [11] After the show won Best Drama, Washington, in response to press queries as to any conflicts backstage, said, "I never called T.R. a faggot." However, in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , Knight said that "everybody heard him." After being rebuked by his studio, Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios ), Washington issued a statement apologizing at length for using the epithet in an argument with Patrick Dempsey. On January 30, 2007, a source told People magazine that Washington was scheduled to return to the Grey's Anatomy set as early on that Thursday for the first time since entering "executive counseling" after making the comments at the Golden Globes. However, on June 7, 2007, ABC announced it had decided not to renew Washington's contract, and that he would be dropped from the show. "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore," Washington said in a statement released by his publicist, borrowing the famous line from Network . In another report, Washington stated he was planning to "spend the summer pursuing charity work in Sierra Leone , work on an independent film and avoid worrying about the show." [12] In a subsequent interview, Washington claimed that "they fired the wrong guy" (referring to Knight) and said he was considering filing a lawsuit as a result. He accused Knight of using the controversy to bolster his own career and increase his salary on Grey's Anatomy. [13] Washington, in late June 2007, began asserting that racism within the media was a factor in his firing from the series. [14] On July 2, 2007, Washington appeared on Larry King Live on CNN , to present his side of the controversy. According to Washington, he never used the "F Word" in reference to Knight, but rather blurted it out in an unrelated context in the course of an argument "provoked" by Dempsey, who, he felt, was treating him like a "B-word," a "P-word," and the "F-word," which Washington said conveyed "somebody who is being weak and afraid to fight back." [15] Washington himself said that his dismissal from Grey's Anatomy was an unfortunate misunderstanding that he was eager to move past.
On March 6, 2014, Shonda Rhimes announced that Washington would return to his role for one episode airing in May to help conclude Sandra Oh 's final storylines as Cristina Yang. Rhimes said of his return, "It's important to me that Cristina's journey unfolds exactly as it should. Burke is vital to that journey -- he gives her story that full-circle moment we need to properly say goodbye to our beloved Cristina Yang." [16]
This section needs expansion . You can help by . ( September 2012 )
Washington said of his character: "He did start out sort of stone-faced, but he's evolved into someone we see as an effective leader and someone who learns how to love and be loved." Thanks to Yang, Washington says Burke "has been able to show levels of vulnerability." [17] In an interview with Oprah Winfrey , Rhimes has described Preston as a "mama's boy", [9] and noted the shock the audience felt when discovering that side of his personality after the arrival of his parents. Isaiah Washington also noted Preston's "determination" and "commitment". [ citation needed ] Rhimes referred to Burke's relationship with Yang by the portmanteau "Burktina", citing " Losing My Religion " as one of her favorite episodes featuring them because it shows their evolution from the beginning of the second season to its end. [18] Ann Oldenburg of USA Today called it "one of the spiciest relationships on TV right now". Drawing a comparison between the two doctors, she said Burke is "tidy" while Yang is "messy"; he is "spiritual" but she is not. [19]
Isaiah Washington has been nominated for multiple awards for his portrayal of Preston Burke. He and the Grey's Anatomy cast won Best Ensemble in a Television Series at the 2006 Satellite Awards . [20] He was awarded "Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series" twice at the NAACP Image Awards , in 2006 and 2007. Washington was recognized along with the rest of the cast at the Screen Actors Guild Awards , receiving three nominations for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" each year from 2006 to 2008, with the 2007 Awards marking a victory. TV Guide named Isaiah Washington "TV's Sexiest Man" in 2006. [ citation needed ]
Burke's relationship with Cristina Yang was considered "one of the most interesting relationships on the show." [21] Similarly, The Orange County Register wrote that their romance became "one of the most touching and funny attractions of Grey's Anatomy ." [17] Oscar Dahl of BuddyTV listed Burke as the fifth most worthless TV character. [22]
Specific
- ^ Episode 12 of Season 2 "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"
- ^ Episode 26 of Season 2 "Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response" | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Burke | 116 |
hum dil de chuke sanam italy shooting location | 6 Bollywood Movies That Tricked Us With Fake Locations | “What a beautiful place, we must go there for our next vacation!”--isn’t this exactly what comes to your mind every time you come across those picturesque locations in Bollywood movies? While it doesn’t take much to figure out the special effects and green screens, there are times when we easily get tricked by fake locations. Bollywood sure knows the way to charm the audience with larger-than-life locations. For instance, Budapest being shown as Italy, or Gulmarg is shown as Manali, and the list goes on. We have listed six iconic Bollywood movies that fooled us with their fake locations.
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Back in 1999, we all were convinced that the film was shot in Italy. Sameer kept raving about Italy throughout the film, little did we know he was actually talking about Budapest. Nandini and Vanraj went to Budapest to look for Sameer, and the entire second half of the movie was shot there. Don’t believe us? Check out the iconic Chain Bridge in the backdrop.
After watching the film, trekking with friends in Manali became a thing. But did you know that the trekking scenes in the film were actually shot in Gulmarg and not Manali? Omar Abdullah, former Chief Minister Of Jammu And Kashmir had tweeted: “It's irritating when we roll out the red carpet and facilitate the shoot only to have people believe it's Manali. Those of you planning to visit Manali because of what you saw in #YJHD you should know except for the Temple and Span resort it's ALL Gulmarg. Artistic Licence #YJHD (sic).” Now you know, the reality behind those oh-so-gorgeous snow-capped mountains?
If you were fascinated with the locales shown in Mary Kom and planned to visit Manipur, here’s the thing. The film was not shot in Mary Kom’s home state, Manipur, due to safety concerns and the makers recreated Manipur in Dharamshala and Manali instead. A place you might have been to several times already.
The film’s cinematography was so brilliant that we almost got convinced it was shot in Pakistan and other neighbouring areas. However, it wasn't. Not many know that Zaara’s aalishaan mansion in Pakistan was actually Pataudi Palace. The court scenes were shot in Amritsar’s Khalsa College.
If those jaw-dropping aerial views of Rameswaram made you crave a vacation there, sorry to break it to you, the film was not shot there, but in Wai instead. Wai, near Pune, is quite famous for its Dhom Dam lakeside camping and a major portion of the film was shot there. Must say, Rohit Shetty sure knows the trick.
To our surprise, the film was extensively shot in Lucknow. The epic hand pump sequence by Tara Singh was shot at the Constantia building of La Martiniere College, Lucknow. A few songs that were projected to be in Pakistan were actually filmed in Panchgani, Table Land.
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hum dil de chuke sanam italy shooting location | Location of Bollywood movies shot in Budapest | There have been numerous Bollywood movies shot in Budapest Hungary.
Bollywood Movies have been featuring Budapest and other locations in Europe to record their prime scenes.
In August 2022, Shahrukh Khan was again visiting Budapest for his latest movie shooting.
He was staying in Mercure Budapest Korona as some parts of his shooting were in Hungarian National Museum which is a walking distance from the hotel.
To multiply your joy, we recommend to check the availability of best attractions in Budapest involving Szechenyi Baths , Budapest Parliament , Night cruises , Synagogue , PinBall Museum , St Stephens Basilica , Cave walking , and Shooting range .
As a Bollywood fan, If you are planning to come to Europe in 2023, you would love to visit Budapest Bollywood movie shooting locations,which are easy to access with public transport.
Specially Budapest,which as one of the oldest metro stations and tram system can be explored through Public transport to have a perspective of Hungarian living.
With Budapest Card,you can explore major attractions via public transport for free and get entry to multiple monuments with discounts.You can get it online here .
You can use Budapest public transport tickets , Budapest pass (for 24 hours,72 hours, 1 week) or get a Guided tour for public transportation to have a memorable experience.
Hungarian National Museum is not the first place that many will go on their first Budapest trip, but you can try Tuk Tuk Riksha , which passes across the Hungarian National Museum and major Budapest monuments.
Bollywood film teams including superstars are normally staying closer to the shooting locations, to avoid the traffic in Budapest city.
Although Indians are definitely crazy about visiting locations of Bollywood movies.
One thing they would definitively love are activities involving Ruin pub crawl , Hungarian Wine tasting and Danube River Wine Cruise .
Exploring the Budapest beauty by a river cruise is an activity you should not miss out. Make sure to book in advance as these are gone pretty quickly during peak season.
But these are not only Indians, even the people from other countries are also fans of Bollywood Movies.
Despite many Bollywood movies shot in Budapest, there are many attractions which you may not miss out.
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When talking about Bollywood shooting locations in Europe,Budapest comes as one of top locations.
Many Hindi movies got fame as they were pictured in UK, Switzerland,Australia, USA,Canada and Hungary.The beautiful architecture and the backgrounds in the songs inspired Bollywood fans to visit these countries.
You can save considerable time and money by getting an online eSIM to use data on your trip to Budapest. Click here for further details .
Bollywood has played a big part in marketing the European locations to a wider audience.
Many European places became touristic with visits of Bollywood fans, just because of being part of a famous movie.
As a Bollywood fan, 2023 is the perfect year to visit Budapest to see the sights which were filmed in top Indian Movies.
Heroes and Heroines in Bollywood movies are shown to be driving on Luxury bikes and cars in the cities,which look lovely in movies but in reality, European cities are hell for car owners.
One of the unique sweets in Budapest is the Hungarian Chimney cake. You can try it at various locations as well as attend a Hungarian Chimney cake baking workshop in Budapest .
Among the famous Bollywood movies shot in Europe, DDLJ, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge comes to the memory.
Don2,Dhoom3 and Chori Chori Chupke Chupke are other blockbuster Bollywood movies shot in Europe.
Despite being part of Easter Europe, Hungary has still attracted movie makers from all around the world.
Due to a good setup supporting movie industry and low cost place to shot movies, Budapest has been heavily involved in Hollywood as well Bollywood movies.
Following are the few famous Bollywood movies shot in Budapest.
- Hum Dil Day Chukay Sanam
- Jab Harry Met Sajjal
- Dangal
- Raabta
- Force 2
One of the best hostels starting at 16 USD/night is Capre Noctem,click here to check availability .
Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai have been Budapest guests during the shooting of Hum Dil Day Chukay Sanam.
While Shahrukh Khan and Anushka Sharma were in Budapest for a brief period for shooting of Hawaiyen song.
Amir khan was also coming to Budapest during a short visit for Dangal shooting.
Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon spend a considerable time in Budapest during shooting of Raabta movie in Budapest as almost half of the movie was shot in around city center.
Force 2 was almost completely filmed in prime locations of Budapest,and John Abraham with Sonakshi Sinha were staying in Budapest closer to chain bridge.
Looking for a cheap hostel in Budapest? click here to get the best one.
If you are planning to come to Budapest, be alert as you might encounter a Bollywood star somewhere around Budapest shooting locations.
Considering the history of movies shot in Budapest, following are the top locations and monuments,where you may find a movie shooting with your favorite Bollywood stars.
- Buda Castle
- Fishermen Bastian
- Royal Palace of Budapest
- Balna
- Budapest Parliament
- Gellert Hill
- Opera House
Chain Bridge of Budapest has been shown in various international Movies shot in Budapest.It is among one of the top places for Budapest shooting locations.
To get affordable internet connectivity avoid high roaming charges in Hungary as well as over 200 countries, please use eSIM .
All of the above mentioned Monuments are maximum half hour distance by public transport or by walking from the city center.
You definitely need some planning skills to visit these monuments in limited time you will be in Budapest.
One option can be to book Big Bus tours (book here ), which pass through all the famous monuments shown in Bollywood movies.
If you are coming from Budapest Nepliget Bus Station , you can take Metro M3 to reach the city center and then visit any of the above monuments.
Getting a local SIM card in Hungary as a traveler may cost you a couple of hours to get a English speaking agent,therefore,we recommend getting an eSIM in advance .
Coming from Budapest Airport to city center via Airport Shuttle is also a 45 mins to 1 hour 30 mins journey depending upon whether you use Budapest Metro or taxi as Uber Budapest does not operate.
If you prefer comfortable ride, may be a better idea would be to book an airport transfer.
Once you reach the city center, Budapest sightseeing is possible with tram 2 and 41 that will take you through the Budapest bridges which have been shot in Budapest movies.
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was a great movie featuring Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai. It was released in 1999.
In the movie, Salman khan travels to India from Italy to learn Music and falls in love with the daughter of his music teacher, who is Aishwarya Rai.
Later on, Salman leaves India and comes back to Italy as he promises his master not to talk to his daughter in future.
The second part of the movie shows Aishwarya Rai traveling to Italy with his Husband and tries to find Salman Khan.
One of the top attractions in Budapest is the Great Synagogue. If you plan to visit, make sure to book your ticket in advance to avoid long queues.
Now,this must come to you as a surprise that, in reality, all the scenes of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam were shot in Budapest.
The first fews minutes when Ajay and Aish are wandering in Budapest trams was short around Deak Ferenc ter.
This is the same stop where 100E bus Budapest from Airport will drop you.
Yes, you heard it right, all the movie crew traveled for Budapest shooting and stayed around Budapest City Center.
Jewish district in Budapest is the oldest and most interesting part of Budapest and to know the history, make sure to join Budapest Jewish Heritage Tour .
Whereas,they showed Budapest as Italy in the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
Majority of the movie scenes from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam were shot in Budapest city,along chain bridge,where the most notable Hotel is InterContinental Budapest .
Did you just watch Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam? Feeling sad about Salman Khan?
Don’t worry, he is used to such kind of fate in majority of movies, always loosing his heroine at the end of movie.
But what we are going to tell you will make you even more sad.
Were you planning to visit Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Italy location?
What if you come to know, not a single minute of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was shot in Italy.
It will come a huge surprise that film “Hum Dil Day Chukay Sanam” was shot in Budapest,which is the capital of Hungary.
The dance shown in the movie where Ajay and Aish are dancing in a cafe is traditional Hungarian Dance.
Budapest is famous for its ruin pubs,which provide a unique experience. If you are traveling with your friends,make sure to attend a Ruin pub crawl to visit the best ones.
In the movie,when Aishwarya Rai visits Italy with Ajay Devgon,after the marriage, the bridge,the taxis,the trams, shown in movie were all from Budapest and not Italy.
Of course, Italy is definitely a great country to visit, but not,if you want to visit Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam shooting locations.
For Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Italy location, you will have to to come to Budapest.
Additionally, if you are coming with your partner, its definitely good option to attend Hungarian Folklore Dance Performance & Concert .
All the shots in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, showing Italy in the movie, were basically filmed in Budapest.
The shooting locations are the top attractions in Budapest, and cannot be missed even if you plan a one day solo trip to Budapest.
The tram in which Ajay and Aish are hugging to avoid the ticket inspector is Sightseeing Tram of Budapest.
Budapest Basilica near city center is free to enter. However, to have a memorable experience you should attend a concert and reserve your seats in advance to avoid long queues.
The ticket checker is speaking and shouting in Hungarian but it was shown as Italian.
Another important scene when Aish and Ajay go to visit Salman’s mother in the movie is not in Budapest. It is a small town called Holloko,which is a world heritage site.
Holloko is some 2 to 3 hours away from Budapest city.
It is a very small town that can be covered in 1 hour with beautiful house,however, there is not much happening and pretty few visitors.
Visiting Holloko is a one day tour due to longer distance. You can go there through a guided tour ( Check Availability ) if your stay is in Budapest is more than a week. Otherwise its not worth to go here for a short trip.
When looking for a taxi from Budapest airport to your hotel,always ensure you are not overcharged, one option to get your estimated taxi fare in Budapest is here .
However, there are other smaller towns Esztergom, Visegrad and Szentendre which are half to full day trips from Budapest and can be a great option to visit.
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam song was mostly shot in Budapest.
At the start of the song Hum Dil Day Chukay Sanam, Helen comes to Salman Khan who is praying in a big church.
There are two famous churches in Budapest,One is Basilica of Budapest located in the city center while other is located on Buda side called Mathias Church.
You can enter the Budapest Basilica for free or Donate something while entering.
However,it can be a memorable experience to attend Organ Concert in the St. Stephen’s Basilica .
The Mathias Church on Buda side also offers musical concerts .
Even the taxi which is used in the song Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam where Aish sits has written in Hungarian, Megleptessek Helyett (Surprise Place).
The famous Bridge in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam is the chain bridge.
It is also named as Szechenyi Lanchid in Hungarian. Its location in Budapest is the following.
The bridge where Salman Khan is standing and loudly calling Nandni is the famous chain bridge of Budapest.
In reality, this bridge is so long and noisy due to Danube noise that if someone uses a phone call to talk someone, it will not be easily heard on the other side.
If you are coming with a group of friends, do check out the beer bus that allows you do sightseeing as well.
Chain bridge has big Lions on both Ends and can be matched with the Film scene.
It is most prominent bridge of Budapest and has historical significance.
The area around Chain bridge is accessible with all kinds of public transport and walk able during day and night.
You can book your stay at Marriott hotel Budapest to enjoy the lovely area.
Another good apartment with panoramic view and walking distance from Chain Bridge is Vigadó Square Panorama Apartment .
However, where Aish was standing, is closer to Jewish Shoe Memorial and pretty closer to Budapest Parliament , there is no way once can hear the voice from such a distance.
But in the film, it felt like she could hear him pretty easily.
It’s a distance of more than 1 KM, and the river flowing in between, how can one listen from such a distance.
Exploring the Budapest beauty by a river cruise is an activity you should not miss out. Make sure to book in advance as these are gone pretty quickly during peak season.
The final scene of HUM DIL DAY CHUKAY SANAM is shot in the Opera House of Budapest, where Ash tells Salman she will not be meeting him again.
Well, we have talked about the classic Bollywood movies in Budapest.
Let’s talk about newer movies.
Another Bollywood movie shot in Budapest, Hungary is Jab Harry Met Sajjal.
Shahrukh Khan’s film with Anushka Sharma “Jab Harry met Sajjal” was shot in Budapest as well.
When they are traveling in various countries of Europe with the trains, one of the city was Budapest too.
If you are on a train trip to Budapest and want to check best deals for exploring Europe, click here to get the train tickets availability.
It is one of the Bollywood film in Budapest whose scenes were shot in the famous Buda castle.
You can walk around Buda Castle and National Gallery for free.
The scene around 00:54 in the song Hawayein was shot at the top of Royal Palace.
Luckily, this time the location was presented to be the original location, instead of a fake one.
You can explore whole Europe and Hungary with trains,and one of the best places to check the train packages is through RailEurope .
Amir Khan’s Dangal is a Bollywood movie shot in Budapest.
It is another Bollywood movie in Budapest that followed the trend of recording films in Hungary.
The movie shows Amir and his daughters coming to Budapest via Air from India for participation in the wrestling contest.
Certain scenes from Dangal were shot just in front of the chain bridge.
If you are looking to stay near Budapest parliament, do check Parlament Hotel availability which is walking distance from key attractions in Budapest.
Raabta movie featuring Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon was released in 2017.
The movie did not get much traction, but did come with hit songs, including “Ik Vaari Aa” and “Mai Tera Boyfriend.”
If you are wondering “what is raabta movie shooting location country” or “Where was raabta shot”, you arrived at the right place.
For Raabta movie shooting location Budapest city in Hungary was selected, where Sushant and Kriti are meeting for the first time in the film.
The following scene is closer to the Green Bridge of Budapest where both hero and heroine are running on pest side.
Budapest is a very walk able city and can be explored on foot. However, if you have shorter time, one of the best options to visit top attractions using Hop On Hop Off buses,which are coming every 20 mins. Get your booking in advance and get a 10% discount.
Many scenes of the movie Raabta are from the locations in Budapest, in front of the Basilica.
Some scenes from the movie were recorded closer to Gellert Hotel Budapest.
If you happen to visit Budapest, you can easily cover the area in front of the Basilica that was shown in the film.
The first Half of the trailer until 1:05 shows places from Budapest in the Movie.
The area around Basilica is a great place to hangout in the morning and evening.
As Ik Vaari aa song in Raabta movie was shot in Budapest.
There are various locations where the scenes of the song were filmed.
They are around the city center of Budapest.
Raabta shooting location in the song Ik Vari aa starts at Keleti Playaudvar which is the main Budapest railway station.
One of the unique activities in Budapest is to explore Danube river with a floating bus ride which can go directly into water while driving on the road. Dont miss out the opportunity and book your place in advance.
Later on it shows area around Danube river next to Green Bridge of Budapest where Sushant is running.
The area around green bridge is perfect for sightseeing as well as having e-scooter ride that allows you to cover a larger distance in shorter time.
The dancing at the roof top bar shows buda hill in the back ground.
The last moments of the song include Budapest Basilica,Area around Gellert Hotel,Area next to Buda Castle, and Kalvin ter.
Force 2 is one of prominent Indian movies shot in Budapest.
It involved John Abraham and Sunakshi Sinha who came to Budapest for the Movie shooting.
Both the stars were staying in front of the Chain Bridge.
This time there was no exaggeration by the movie directors and the film crew stayed honest by showing the real shots to be Budapest.
All the film shots and action scenes were mentioned to be Budapest.
Best thing about the film was that it had some shooting scenes from Budapest Parliament and Balna (a building with whale shape) which is pretty close to the Central Market Hall Budapest .
Hungarian parliament building is the most magnificent monument,which is a must visit. Walking around the building is free but entering requires a paid entry. Make sure to reserve your parliament entry ticket in advance.
As Budapest parliament is next to Danube and Jewish shoe memorial, it is a great to book hotel near Parliament. One of the cheapest option closer to Budapest parliament is Boomerang Hostel.
This area is a good option to stay, since you can access any Budapest bridge with Tram 2.
The closest accommodation to Budapest Parliament is Gateway Budapest City Center .
In short, Budapest is a beautiful city with its unique landscape and a prime location for many movies.
The trailer below has Budapest starting from 1:05.
If you are looking to stay near Budapest parliament, do check Parlament Hotel availability which is walking distance from key attractions in Budapest.
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hum dil de chuke sanam italy shooting location | 6 Bollywood Movies That Tricked Us With Fake Locations | “What a beautiful place, we must go there for our next vacation!”--isn’t this exactly what comes to your mind every time you come across those picturesque locations in Bollywood movies? While it doesn’t take much to figure out the special effects and green screens, there are times when we easily get tricked by fake locations. Bollywood sure knows the way to charm the audience with larger-than-life locations. For instance, Budapest being shown as Italy, or Gulmarg is shown as Manali, and the list goes on. We have listed six iconic Bollywood movies that fooled us with their fake locations.
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Back in 1999, we all were convinced that the film was shot in Italy. Sameer kept raving about Italy throughout the film, little did we know he was actually talking about Budapest. Nandini and Vanraj went to Budapest to look for Sameer, and the entire second half of the movie was shot there. Don’t believe us? Check out the iconic Chain Bridge in the backdrop.
After watching the film, trekking with friends in Manali became a thing. But did you know that the trekking scenes in the film were actually shot in Gulmarg and not Manali? Omar Abdullah, former Chief Minister Of Jammu And Kashmir had tweeted: “It's irritating when we roll out the red carpet and facilitate the shoot only to have people believe it's Manali. Those of you planning to visit Manali because of what you saw in #YJHD you should know except for the Temple and Span resort it's ALL Gulmarg. Artistic Licence #YJHD (sic).” Now you know, the reality behind those oh-so-gorgeous snow-capped mountains?
If you were fascinated with the locales shown in Mary Kom and planned to visit Manipur, here’s the thing. The film was not shot in Mary Kom’s home state, Manipur, due to safety concerns and the makers recreated Manipur in Dharamshala and Manali instead. A place you might have been to several times already.
The film’s cinematography was so brilliant that we almost got convinced it was shot in Pakistan and other neighbouring areas. However, it wasn't. Not many know that Zaara’s aalishaan mansion in Pakistan was actually Pataudi Palace. The court scenes were shot in Amritsar’s Khalsa College.
If those jaw-dropping aerial views of Rameswaram made you crave a vacation there, sorry to break it to you, the film was not shot there, but in Wai instead. Wai, near Pune, is quite famous for its Dhom Dam lakeside camping and a major portion of the film was shot there. Must say, Rohit Shetty sure knows the trick.
To our surprise, the film was extensively shot in Lucknow. The epic hand pump sequence by Tara Singh was shot at the Constantia building of La Martiniere College, Lucknow. A few songs that were projected to be in Pakistan were actually filmed in Panchgani, Table Land.
Lead Image Credits: Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and istock
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hum dil de chuke sanam italy shooting location | 6 Bollywood Movies That Tricked Us With Fake Locations | “What a beautiful place, we must go there for our next vacation!”--isn’t this exactly what comes to your mind every time you come across those picturesque locations in Bollywood movies? While it doesn’t take much to figure out the special effects and green screens, there are times when we easily get tricked by fake locations. Bollywood sure knows the way to charm the audience with larger-than-life locations. For instance, Budapest being shown as Italy, or Gulmarg is shown as Manali, and the list goes on. We have listed six iconic Bollywood movies that fooled us with their fake locations.
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Back in 1999, we all were convinced that the film was shot in Italy. Sameer kept raving about Italy throughout the film, little did we know he was actually talking about Budapest. Nandini and Vanraj went to Budapest to look for Sameer, and the entire second half of the movie was shot there. Don’t believe us? Check out the iconic Chain Bridge in the backdrop.
After watching the film, trekking with friends in Manali became a thing. But did you know that the trekking scenes in the film were actually shot in Gulmarg and not Manali? Omar Abdullah, former Chief Minister Of Jammu And Kashmir had tweeted: “It's irritating when we roll out the red carpet and facilitate the shoot only to have people believe it's Manali. Those of you planning to visit Manali because of what you saw in #YJHD you should know except for the Temple and Span resort it's ALL Gulmarg. Artistic Licence #YJHD (sic).” Now you know, the reality behind those oh-so-gorgeous snow-capped mountains?
If you were fascinated with the locales shown in Mary Kom and planned to visit Manipur, here’s the thing. The film was not shot in Mary Kom’s home state, Manipur, due to safety concerns and the makers recreated Manipur in Dharamshala and Manali instead. A place you might have been to several times already.
The film’s cinematography was so brilliant that we almost got convinced it was shot in Pakistan and other neighbouring areas. However, it wasn't. Not many know that Zaara’s aalishaan mansion in Pakistan was actually Pataudi Palace. The court scenes were shot in Amritsar’s Khalsa College.
If those jaw-dropping aerial views of Rameswaram made you crave a vacation there, sorry to break it to you, the film was not shot there, but in Wai instead. Wai, near Pune, is quite famous for its Dhom Dam lakeside camping and a major portion of the film was shot there. Must say, Rohit Shetty sure knows the trick.
To our surprise, the film was extensively shot in Lucknow. The epic hand pump sequence by Tara Singh was shot at the Constantia building of La Martiniere College, Lucknow. A few songs that were projected to be in Pakistan were actually filmed in Panchgani, Table Land.
Lead Image Credits: Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and istock
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hum dil de chuke sanam italy shooting location | Location of Bollywood movies shot in Budapest | There have been numerous Bollywood movies shot in Budapest Hungary.
Bollywood Movies have been featuring Budapest and other locations in Europe to record their prime scenes.
In August 2022, Shahrukh Khan was again visiting Budapest for his latest movie shooting.
He was staying in Mercure Budapest Korona as some parts of his shooting were in Hungarian National Museum which is a walking distance from the hotel.
To multiply your joy, we recommend to check the availability of best attractions in Budapest involving Szechenyi Baths , Budapest Parliament , Night cruises , Synagogue , PinBall Museum , St Stephens Basilica , Cave walking , and Shooting range .
As a Bollywood fan, If you are planning to come to Europe in 2023, you would love to visit Budapest Bollywood movie shooting locations,which are easy to access with public transport.
Specially Budapest,which as one of the oldest metro stations and tram system can be explored through Public transport to have a perspective of Hungarian living.
With Budapest Card,you can explore major attractions via public transport for free and get entry to multiple monuments with discounts.You can get it online here .
You can use Budapest public transport tickets , Budapest pass (for 24 hours,72 hours, 1 week) or get a Guided tour for public transportation to have a memorable experience.
Hungarian National Museum is not the first place that many will go on their first Budapest trip, but you can try Tuk Tuk Riksha , which passes across the Hungarian National Museum and major Budapest monuments.
Bollywood film teams including superstars are normally staying closer to the shooting locations, to avoid the traffic in Budapest city.
Although Indians are definitely crazy about visiting locations of Bollywood movies.
One thing they would definitively love are activities involving Ruin pub crawl , Hungarian Wine tasting and Danube River Wine Cruise .
Exploring the Budapest beauty by a river cruise is an activity you should not miss out. Make sure to book in advance as these are gone pretty quickly during peak season.
But these are not only Indians, even the people from other countries are also fans of Bollywood Movies.
Despite many Bollywood movies shot in Budapest, there are many attractions which you may not miss out.
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When talking about Bollywood shooting locations in Europe,Budapest comes as one of top locations.
Many Hindi movies got fame as they were pictured in UK, Switzerland,Australia, USA,Canada and Hungary.The beautiful architecture and the backgrounds in the songs inspired Bollywood fans to visit these countries.
You can save considerable time and money by getting an online eSIM to use data on your trip to Budapest. Click here for further details .
Bollywood has played a big part in marketing the European locations to a wider audience.
Many European places became touristic with visits of Bollywood fans, just because of being part of a famous movie.
As a Bollywood fan, 2023 is the perfect year to visit Budapest to see the sights which were filmed in top Indian Movies.
Heroes and Heroines in Bollywood movies are shown to be driving on Luxury bikes and cars in the cities,which look lovely in movies but in reality, European cities are hell for car owners.
One of the unique sweets in Budapest is the Hungarian Chimney cake. You can try it at various locations as well as attend a Hungarian Chimney cake baking workshop in Budapest .
Among the famous Bollywood movies shot in Europe, DDLJ, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge comes to the memory.
Don2,Dhoom3 and Chori Chori Chupke Chupke are other blockbuster Bollywood movies shot in Europe.
Despite being part of Easter Europe, Hungary has still attracted movie makers from all around the world.
Due to a good setup supporting movie industry and low cost place to shot movies, Budapest has been heavily involved in Hollywood as well Bollywood movies.
Following are the few famous Bollywood movies shot in Budapest.
- Hum Dil Day Chukay Sanam
- Jab Harry Met Sajjal
- Dangal
- Raabta
- Force 2
One of the best hostels starting at 16 USD/night is Capre Noctem,click here to check availability .
Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai have been Budapest guests during the shooting of Hum Dil Day Chukay Sanam.
While Shahrukh Khan and Anushka Sharma were in Budapest for a brief period for shooting of Hawaiyen song.
Amir khan was also coming to Budapest during a short visit for Dangal shooting.
Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon spend a considerable time in Budapest during shooting of Raabta movie in Budapest as almost half of the movie was shot in around city center.
Force 2 was almost completely filmed in prime locations of Budapest,and John Abraham with Sonakshi Sinha were staying in Budapest closer to chain bridge.
Looking for a cheap hostel in Budapest? click here to get the best one.
If you are planning to come to Budapest, be alert as you might encounter a Bollywood star somewhere around Budapest shooting locations.
Considering the history of movies shot in Budapest, following are the top locations and monuments,where you may find a movie shooting with your favorite Bollywood stars.
- Buda Castle
- Fishermen Bastian
- Royal Palace of Budapest
- Balna
- Budapest Parliament
- Gellert Hill
- Opera House
Chain Bridge of Budapest has been shown in various international Movies shot in Budapest.It is among one of the top places for Budapest shooting locations.
To get affordable internet connectivity avoid high roaming charges in Hungary as well as over 200 countries, please use eSIM .
All of the above mentioned Monuments are maximum half hour distance by public transport or by walking from the city center.
You definitely need some planning skills to visit these monuments in limited time you will be in Budapest.
One option can be to book Big Bus tours (book here ), which pass through all the famous monuments shown in Bollywood movies.
If you are coming from Budapest Nepliget Bus Station , you can take Metro M3 to reach the city center and then visit any of the above monuments.
Getting a local SIM card in Hungary as a traveler may cost you a couple of hours to get a English speaking agent,therefore,we recommend getting an eSIM in advance .
Coming from Budapest Airport to city center via Airport Shuttle is also a 45 mins to 1 hour 30 mins journey depending upon whether you use Budapest Metro or taxi as Uber Budapest does not operate.
If you prefer comfortable ride, may be a better idea would be to book an airport transfer.
Once you reach the city center, Budapest sightseeing is possible with tram 2 and 41 that will take you through the Budapest bridges which have been shot in Budapest movies.
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was a great movie featuring Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai. It was released in 1999.
In the movie, Salman khan travels to India from Italy to learn Music and falls in love with the daughter of his music teacher, who is Aishwarya Rai.
Later on, Salman leaves India and comes back to Italy as he promises his master not to talk to his daughter in future.
The second part of the movie shows Aishwarya Rai traveling to Italy with his Husband and tries to find Salman Khan.
One of the top attractions in Budapest is the Great Synagogue. If you plan to visit, make sure to book your ticket in advance to avoid long queues.
Now,this must come to you as a surprise that, in reality, all the scenes of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam were shot in Budapest.
The first fews minutes when Ajay and Aish are wandering in Budapest trams was short around Deak Ferenc ter.
This is the same stop where 100E bus Budapest from Airport will drop you.
Yes, you heard it right, all the movie crew traveled for Budapest shooting and stayed around Budapest City Center.
Jewish district in Budapest is the oldest and most interesting part of Budapest and to know the history, make sure to join Budapest Jewish Heritage Tour .
Whereas,they showed Budapest as Italy in the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
Majority of the movie scenes from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam were shot in Budapest city,along chain bridge,where the most notable Hotel is InterContinental Budapest .
Did you just watch Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam? Feeling sad about Salman Khan?
Don’t worry, he is used to such kind of fate in majority of movies, always loosing his heroine at the end of movie.
But what we are going to tell you will make you even more sad.
Were you planning to visit Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Italy location?
What if you come to know, not a single minute of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was shot in Italy.
It will come a huge surprise that film “Hum Dil Day Chukay Sanam” was shot in Budapest,which is the capital of Hungary.
The dance shown in the movie where Ajay and Aish are dancing in a cafe is traditional Hungarian Dance.
Budapest is famous for its ruin pubs,which provide a unique experience. If you are traveling with your friends,make sure to attend a Ruin pub crawl to visit the best ones.
In the movie,when Aishwarya Rai visits Italy with Ajay Devgon,after the marriage, the bridge,the taxis,the trams, shown in movie were all from Budapest and not Italy.
Of course, Italy is definitely a great country to visit, but not,if you want to visit Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam shooting locations.
For Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Italy location, you will have to to come to Budapest.
Additionally, if you are coming with your partner, its definitely good option to attend Hungarian Folklore Dance Performance & Concert .
All the shots in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, showing Italy in the movie, were basically filmed in Budapest.
The shooting locations are the top attractions in Budapest, and cannot be missed even if you plan a one day solo trip to Budapest.
The tram in which Ajay and Aish are hugging to avoid the ticket inspector is Sightseeing Tram of Budapest.
Budapest Basilica near city center is free to enter. However, to have a memorable experience you should attend a concert and reserve your seats in advance to avoid long queues.
The ticket checker is speaking and shouting in Hungarian but it was shown as Italian.
Another important scene when Aish and Ajay go to visit Salman’s mother in the movie is not in Budapest. It is a small town called Holloko,which is a world heritage site.
Holloko is some 2 to 3 hours away from Budapest city.
It is a very small town that can be covered in 1 hour with beautiful house,however, there is not much happening and pretty few visitors.
Visiting Holloko is a one day tour due to longer distance. You can go there through a guided tour ( Check Availability ) if your stay is in Budapest is more than a week. Otherwise its not worth to go here for a short trip.
When looking for a taxi from Budapest airport to your hotel,always ensure you are not overcharged, one option to get your estimated taxi fare in Budapest is here .
However, there are other smaller towns Esztergom, Visegrad and Szentendre which are half to full day trips from Budapest and can be a great option to visit.
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam song was mostly shot in Budapest.
At the start of the song Hum Dil Day Chukay Sanam, Helen comes to Salman Khan who is praying in a big church.
There are two famous churches in Budapest,One is Basilica of Budapest located in the city center while other is located on Buda side called Mathias Church.
You can enter the Budapest Basilica for free or Donate something while entering.
However,it can be a memorable experience to attend Organ Concert in the St. Stephen’s Basilica .
The Mathias Church on Buda side also offers musical concerts .
Even the taxi which is used in the song Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam where Aish sits has written in Hungarian, Megleptessek Helyett (Surprise Place).
The famous Bridge in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam is the chain bridge.
It is also named as Szechenyi Lanchid in Hungarian. Its location in Budapest is the following.
The bridge where Salman Khan is standing and loudly calling Nandni is the famous chain bridge of Budapest.
In reality, this bridge is so long and noisy due to Danube noise that if someone uses a phone call to talk someone, it will not be easily heard on the other side.
If you are coming with a group of friends, do check out the beer bus that allows you do sightseeing as well.
Chain bridge has big Lions on both Ends and can be matched with the Film scene.
It is most prominent bridge of Budapest and has historical significance.
The area around Chain bridge is accessible with all kinds of public transport and walk able during day and night.
You can book your stay at Marriott hotel Budapest to enjoy the lovely area.
Another good apartment with panoramic view and walking distance from Chain Bridge is Vigadó Square Panorama Apartment .
However, where Aish was standing, is closer to Jewish Shoe Memorial and pretty closer to Budapest Parliament , there is no way once can hear the voice from such a distance.
But in the film, it felt like she could hear him pretty easily.
It’s a distance of more than 1 KM, and the river flowing in between, how can one listen from such a distance.
Exploring the Budapest beauty by a river cruise is an activity you should not miss out. Make sure to book in advance as these are gone pretty quickly during peak season.
The final scene of HUM DIL DAY CHUKAY SANAM is shot in the Opera House of Budapest, where Ash tells Salman she will not be meeting him again.
Well, we have talked about the classic Bollywood movies in Budapest.
Let’s talk about newer movies.
Another Bollywood movie shot in Budapest, Hungary is Jab Harry Met Sajjal.
Shahrukh Khan’s film with Anushka Sharma “Jab Harry met Sajjal” was shot in Budapest as well.
When they are traveling in various countries of Europe with the trains, one of the city was Budapest too.
If you are on a train trip to Budapest and want to check best deals for exploring Europe, click here to get the train tickets availability.
It is one of the Bollywood film in Budapest whose scenes were shot in the famous Buda castle.
You can walk around Buda Castle and National Gallery for free.
The scene around 00:54 in the song Hawayein was shot at the top of Royal Palace.
Luckily, this time the location was presented to be the original location, instead of a fake one.
You can explore whole Europe and Hungary with trains,and one of the best places to check the train packages is through RailEurope .
Amir Khan’s Dangal is a Bollywood movie shot in Budapest.
It is another Bollywood movie in Budapest that followed the trend of recording films in Hungary.
The movie shows Amir and his daughters coming to Budapest via Air from India for participation in the wrestling contest.
Certain scenes from Dangal were shot just in front of the chain bridge.
If you are looking to stay near Budapest parliament, do check Parlament Hotel availability which is walking distance from key attractions in Budapest.
Raabta movie featuring Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon was released in 2017.
The movie did not get much traction, but did come with hit songs, including “Ik Vaari Aa” and “Mai Tera Boyfriend.”
If you are wondering “what is raabta movie shooting location country” or “Where was raabta shot”, you arrived at the right place.
For Raabta movie shooting location Budapest city in Hungary was selected, where Sushant and Kriti are meeting for the first time in the film.
The following scene is closer to the Green Bridge of Budapest where both hero and heroine are running on pest side.
Budapest is a very walk able city and can be explored on foot. However, if you have shorter time, one of the best options to visit top attractions using Hop On Hop Off buses,which are coming every 20 mins. Get your booking in advance and get a 10% discount.
Many scenes of the movie Raabta are from the locations in Budapest, in front of the Basilica.
Some scenes from the movie were recorded closer to Gellert Hotel Budapest.
If you happen to visit Budapest, you can easily cover the area in front of the Basilica that was shown in the film.
The first Half of the trailer until 1:05 shows places from Budapest in the Movie.
The area around Basilica is a great place to hangout in the morning and evening.
As Ik Vaari aa song in Raabta movie was shot in Budapest.
There are various locations where the scenes of the song were filmed.
They are around the city center of Budapest.
Raabta shooting location in the song Ik Vari aa starts at Keleti Playaudvar which is the main Budapest railway station.
One of the unique activities in Budapest is to explore Danube river with a floating bus ride which can go directly into water while driving on the road. Dont miss out the opportunity and book your place in advance.
Later on it shows area around Danube river next to Green Bridge of Budapest where Sushant is running.
The area around green bridge is perfect for sightseeing as well as having e-scooter ride that allows you to cover a larger distance in shorter time.
The dancing at the roof top bar shows buda hill in the back ground.
The last moments of the song include Budapest Basilica,Area around Gellert Hotel,Area next to Buda Castle, and Kalvin ter.
Force 2 is one of prominent Indian movies shot in Budapest.
It involved John Abraham and Sunakshi Sinha who came to Budapest for the Movie shooting.
Both the stars were staying in front of the Chain Bridge.
This time there was no exaggeration by the movie directors and the film crew stayed honest by showing the real shots to be Budapest.
All the film shots and action scenes were mentioned to be Budapest.
Best thing about the film was that it had some shooting scenes from Budapest Parliament and Balna (a building with whale shape) which is pretty close to the Central Market Hall Budapest .
Hungarian parliament building is the most magnificent monument,which is a must visit. Walking around the building is free but entering requires a paid entry. Make sure to reserve your parliament entry ticket in advance.
As Budapest parliament is next to Danube and Jewish shoe memorial, it is a great to book hotel near Parliament. One of the cheapest option closer to Budapest parliament is Boomerang Hostel.
This area is a good option to stay, since you can access any Budapest bridge with Tram 2.
The closest accommodation to Budapest Parliament is Gateway Budapest City Center .
In short, Budapest is a beautiful city with its unique landscape and a prime location for many movies.
The trailer below has Budapest starting from 1:05.
If you are looking to stay near Budapest parliament, do check Parlament Hotel availability which is walking distance from key attractions in Budapest.
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam starred Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn and Aishwarya Rai. This film is one of the most loved and iconic films made by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. This film is also considered a cult classic. From the chemistry between the lead actors to the mature acting of the supporting cast this film was loved by fans. But did you know that the climax of the film which was shown as Italy in the film was actually not Italy? Read here to know more about it.Ajay Devgn's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was shot in Budapest
Aishwarya Rai was seen in the role of Nandini in the film.
But towards the end of the film, she travels all the way to meet her love Sameer. It is all possible as Vanraj learns about their love and makes an effort to unite the lovers. But all fans of the film know what happens at the end. But here is the interesting bit about this film's climax. Nandini says that she wants to go to Italy but if we actually see the place where the shoot happened was Budapest.
The makers of the film Sanjay Leela Bhansali passed off Budapest as Italy to the viewers. The cast of the movie had travelled to Budapest where the shoot was done on the Chain Bridge located in Budapest. This place is one of the most popular tourist places in the city. But all fans know that the scene from the film was fantastically shot. Take a look at the clip here to know more.Here are some pictures of the Chain Bridge located in Budapest On Work front
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hum dil de chuke sanam italy shooting location | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam|
|Directed by||Sanjay Leela Bhansali|
|Screenplay by|| Kanan Mani |
Kenneth Phillipps
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
|Story by|| Pratap Karvat |
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
|Based on|| Na Hanyate |
(by Maitreyi Devi )
|Produced by||Sanjay Leela Bhansali|
|Starring|| Salman Khan |
Aishwarya Rai
Ajay Devgn
|Cinematography||Anil Mehta|
|Edited by||Sanjay Leela Bhansali|
|Music by||Ismail Darbar|
Production
company
|Distributed by|| Sony Pictures Networks |
Eros International
Release date
Running time
|188 minutes|
|Country||India|
|Language||Hindi|
|Budget||₹ 16 crore [1]|
|Box office||₹ 51.38 crore [1]|
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam ( transl. I have given my heart away, darling ) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali . It was released internationally as Straight From the Heart . [2] The film stars Salman Khan , Ajay Devgn , and Aishwarya Rai . Based on Rashtriyashayar Jhaverchand Meghani's play " Shetal ne Kathe" , the film narrates the story of a newlywed man who discovers that his wife is in love with another man, and decides to unite them. The film has also been described as a loose adaptation of Maitreyi Devi 's Bengali novel Na Hanyate , although the film itself does not credit it as a source. [3]
It was filmed throughout the Gujarat - Rajasthan border region, in addition to Budapest , Hungary , which was used to represent Italy. The film premiered in the Indian Panorama section at the 1999 International Film Festival of India . [4] The Bengali film Neel Akasher Chandni was inspired by this movie. [5]
The film was a commercial success and emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian films of the year, earning ₹ 510 million (US$6.4 million). It received predominantly positive reviews from critics. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam received 17 nominations at the 45th Filmfare Awards , including Best Actor (Khan and Devgn), and won 7 awards, including Best Film , Best Director (Bhansali), Best Actress (Rai), and Best Male Playback Singer (Udit Narayan).
Nandini ( Aishwarya Rai ) is the daughter of Pundit Darbar ( Vikram Gokhale ), a renowned proponent of Indian classical music . It is announced that a young man named Sameer ( Salman Khan ) will be arriving to stay with the Darbar family, as he wants to grasp the intricacies of Indian classical music under the guidance of the Pundit. He is accommodated in Nandini's room, causing her to shift elsewhere and, hence, take a dislike to Sameer. At first, the two tease and prank one another, but soon enough, they fall deeply in love. The two share romantic moments during several family events, including weddings and festivals.
One day, the couple is caught rehearsing their wedding vows by the Pundit. The old man is enraged since he has already planned Nandini's wedding with the young lawyer Vanraj ( Ajay Devgn ), who had fallen in love with her during her cousin Anu's wedding. Sameer is banished from the household, and the Pundit quits singing since he believes Nandini has brought shame to the family. Sameer is made to vow that he'll never meet Nandini again. Although he initially acquiesces and leaves for Italy, he soon starts writing letters to Nandini, asking her to join him, but his letters do not reach her. After a futile suicide attempt, Nandini reluctantly weds Vanraj. He tries to consummate their marriage on their wedding night, but Nandini is disgusted by his approach and acts coldly toward him. He asks her for an explanation, but she chooses to remain silent.
Nandini finally receives Sameer's letters, and Vanraj walks in on her reading them. He is enraged and initially decides to return her to her parents, but soon realizes that since she is in love with another man, the right thing to do would be to unite the pair. Vanraj seeks his parents' consent, which they give after disagreeing at first. Nandini and Vanraj arrive in Italy but come up against dead ends searching for Sameer. During their search, they are mugged and Nandini is shot in the arm. Moved by Vanraj's gentleness and affection towards her, Nandini begins to warm up to him. Eventually, they are able to locate Sameer through his mother, and Vanraj dutifully arranges for their meeting on the night of Sameer's debut concert. He then bids farewell to Nandini and walks away, heartbroken.
Upon meeting Sameer, she apologizes to him and tells him that she has come to love Vanraj. She reflects upon the unwavering love and devotion that Vanraj has showered upon her throughout their relationship, and realizes that Vanraj is her true soul mate. Sameer realizes she no longer has the love for him that he once saw in her. Heartbroken, Sameer lets her go back to Vanraj, which she readily accepts, and Sameer breaks down after she leaves, and his mother consoles him. She runs back to Vanraj and tells him that she cannot live without him. Vanraj adorns a mangala sutra around her neck, and they embrace each other.
The soundtrack had lyrics by Mehboob Kotwal and music by Ismail Darbar . Voices on the soundtrack include those of Kavita Krishnamurthy , Alka Yagnik , Kumar Sanu , Udit Narayan , Hariharan , Vinod Rathod , Sultan Khan , Shankar Mahadevan , KK , and others. It received nine Filmfare Award nominations in the music and singing categories and produced some winners as well. [13] Vikas Bhatnagar of Planet Bollywood gave the soundtrack 10 out of 10 stars and said it has "cemented it's [sic] place in the history books of greatest ever Hindi soundtracks." According to the Indian trade website, box office India the film's soundtrack sold 3.5 million units sold, this films soundtrack was the third highest selling album of the year. [14]
|No.||Title||Singer||Length|
|1.||"Chand Chupa Badal Mein"||5:46|
|2.||" Nimbooda "||6:23|
|3.||"Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan"||5:00|
|4.||"Man Mohini"||Shankar Mahadevan||2:26|
|5.||"Jhonka Hawa Ka"||5:46|
|6.||"Dholi Taro Dhol Baaje"||6:16|
|7.||"Love Theme"||2:11|
|8.||"Tadap Tadap"||6:36|
|9.||" Albela Sajan "||3:20|
|10.||"Kaipoche"||5:03|
|11.||"Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam"||6:45|
|Total length:||55:32|
|Award [a]||Date of ceremony [b]||Category||Recipient(s)||Result||Ref.|
|Bollywood Movie Awards [c]||8 June 2000||Best Director||Sanjay Leela Bhansali||Won||[15]|
|Best Actress (Critics)||Aishwarya Rai Bachchan||Won|
|Best Male Playback Singer||Kumar Sanu for "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan"||Won|
|Best Story||Pratap Karvat , Sanjay Leela Bhansali||Won|
|Best Screenplay||Kenneth Philips , Sanjay Leela Bhansali||Won|
|Best Cinematography||Anil Mehta||Won|
|Best Costume Designer||Neeta Lulla||Won|
|Filmfare Awards||13 February 2000||Best Film||Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam||Won|| [16] |
[17]
[18]
|Best Director||Sanjay Leela Bhansali||Won|
|Best Actor||Ajay Devgn||Nominated|
|Salman Khan||Nominated|
|Best Actress||Aishwarya Rai Bachchan||Won|
|Best Music Director||Ismail Darbar||Nominated|
|R. D. Burman Award||Won|
|Best Background Score||Anjan Biswas||Won|
|Best Lyricist||Mehboob for "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan"||Nominated|
|Mehboob for "Tadap Tadap"||Nominated|
|Best Male Playback Singer||KK for "Tadap Tadap"||Nominated|
|Kumar Sanu for "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan"||Nominated|
|Udit Narayan for "Chand Chupa Badal Mein"||Won|
|Best Female Playback Singer||Alka Yagnik for "Chand Chupa Badal Mein"||Nominated|
|Kavita Krishnamurti for "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam"||Nominated|
|Kavita Krishnamurti for " Nimbooda "||Nominated|
|Best Choreography||Saroj Khan for " Nimbooda "||Won|
|Best Art Direction||Nitin Chandrakant Desai||Won|
|International Indian Film Academy Awards||24 June 2000||Best Film||Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam||Won|| [19] |
[20]
[21]
|Best Director||Sanjay Leela Bhansali||Won|
|Best Story||Pratap Karvat , Sanjay Leela Bhansali||Won|
|Best Screenplay||Sanjay Leela Bhansali||Won|
|Best Dialogue||Amrik Gill||Won|
|Best Cinematography||Anil Mehta||Won|
|Best Actor||Ajay Devgn||Nominated|
|Salman Khan||Nominated|
|Best Actress||Aishwarya Rai Bachchan||Won|
|Best Music Director||Ismail Darbar||Nominated|
|Best Lyricist||Mehboob for "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan"||Nominated|
|Mehboob for "Chand Chupa Badal Mein"||Nominated|
|Mehboob for "Tadap Tadap"||Nominated|
|Best Male Playback Singer||KK for "Tadap Tadap"||Nominated|
|Kumar Sanu for "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan"||Nominated|
|Udit Narayan for "Chand Chupa Badal Mein"||Won|
|Best Female Playback Singer||Kavita Krishnamurti for "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan"||Nominated|
|Kavita Krishnamurti for "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam"||Nominated|
|Best Choreography||Saroj Khan for " Nimbooda "||Won|
|Best Sound Recording||Jitendra Arya||Won|
|Best Sound Re-Recording||Suresh Kathuria||Won|
|National Film Awards||18 September 2000||Best Music Direction||Ismail Darbar||Won||[22]|
|Best Choreography||Vaibhavi Merchant and Sameer–Arsh Tanna for "Dholi Taro"||Won|
|Best Cinematography|| Cameraman : Anil Mehta |
Laboratory Processing : Adlabs
|Won|
|Best Production Design||Nitin Chandrakant Desai||Won|
|Screen Awards||23 January 2000||Best Film||Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam||Won|| [23] |
[24]
|Best Director||Sanjay Leela Bhansali||Won|
|Best Story||Pratap Karvat , Sanjay Leela Bhansali||Nominated|
|Best Screenplay||Kenneth Philips , Sanjay Leela Bhansali||Won|
|Best Dialogue||Amrik Gill||Won|
|Best Cinematography||Anil Mehta||Won|
|Best Actress||Aishwarya Rai Bachchan||Won|
|Best Supporting Actor||Ajay Devgn||Nominated|
|Best Supporting Actress||Smita Jaykar||Nominated|
|Best Music Director||Ismail Darbar||Nominated|
|Best Lyricist||Mehboob for "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan"||Nominated|
|Best Male Playback Singer||KK for "Tadap Tadap"||Nominated|
|Udit Narayan for "Chand Chupa Badal Mein"||Nominated|
|Best Female Playback Singer||Kavita Krishnamurti for "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam"||Won|
|Best Choreography||Saroj Khan for " Nimbooda "||Won|
|Best Art Direction||Nitin Chandrakant Desai||Won|
|Best Costumes||Shabina Khan||Nominated|
|Best Special Effects||Ramesh Meer||Won|
|Zee Cine Awards||11 March 2000||Best Film||Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam||Won|| [25] |
[26]
[27]
[28]
[29]
|Best Director||Sanjay Leela Bhansali||Won|
|Best Screenplay||Nominated|
|Best Story||Pratap Karvat , Sanjay Leela Bhansali||Won|
|Best Dialogue||Amrik Gill||Won|
|Best Cinematography||Anil Mehta||Won|
|Best Actor – Male||Ajay Devgn||Nominated|
|Best Actor – Female||Aishwarya Rai Bachchan||Won|
|Lux Face of the Year [d]||Won|
|Best Music Director||Ismail Darbar||Nominated|
|Best Background Score||Anjan Biswas||Nominated|
|Best Lyricist||Mehboob for "Chand Chupa Badal Mein"||Nominated|
|Best Playback Singer – Male||Udit Narayan for "Chand Chupa Badal Mein"||Won|
|Best Playback Singer – Female||Kavita Krishnamurti for " Nimbooda "||Won|
|Best Choreography||Samir Tanna–Arsh Tanna for "Dholi Taro"||Nominated|
|Saroj Khan for " Nimbooda "||Won|
|Vaibhavi Merchant for "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan"||Nominated|
|Best Editing||Bela Sehgal||Nominated|
|Best Costume Design||Neeta Lulla||Nominated|
|Shabina Khan||Nominated|
|Best Art Direction||Nitin Chandrakant Desai||Won|
|Best Sound Recording||Jitendra Chaudhary||Nominated|
|Best Re-Recording||Suresh Kathuria||Nominated|
|Best Song Recording||Bishwadeep Chatterjee||Nominated|
|Best Special Effects (Visual)||Ramesh Meer||Nominated|
- ^ Awards, festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order.
- ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
- ^ as Zee Gold Bollywood Awards.
- ^ also for Taal . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hum_Dil_De_Chuke_Sanam | 117 |
hum dil de chuke sanam italy shooting location | Ajay Devgn's 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' climax was shot at THIS place & not in Italy | Bollywood News
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam starred Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn and Aishwarya Rai. This film is one of the most loved and iconic films made by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. This film is also considered a cult classic. From the chemistry between the lead actors to the mature acting of the supporting cast this film was loved by fans. But did you know that the climax of the film which was shown as Italy in the film was actually not Italy? Read here to know more about it.
Aishwarya Rai was seen in the role of Nandini in the film. She plays the role of a daughter of a classical singer from whom Sameer (Salman Khan) comes to learn music. But while he is learning music he falls in love with the teacher's daughter. While both are in love Nandini's parents do not agree to the notion of Sameer getting married to Nandini and she is then married to Vanraj played by Ajay Devgn.
But towards the end of the film, she travels all the way to meet her love Sameer. It is all possible as Vanraj learns about their love and makes an effort to unite the lovers. But all fans of the film know what happens at the end. But here is the interesting bit about this film's climax. Nandini says that she wants to go to Italy but if we actually see the place where the shoot happened was Budapest.
The makers of the film Sanjay Leela Bhansali passed off Budapest as Italy to the viewers. The cast of the movie had travelled to Budapest where the shoot was done on the Chain Bridge located in Budapest. This place is one of the most popular tourist places in the city. But all fans know that the scene from the film was fantastically shot. Take a look at the clip here to know more.
Ajay Devgn was last seen in the movie Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior . this film was based on the real-life story of Maratha Warrior Tanaji Malusare. The movie stars Ajay Devgn, Kajol, and Saif Ali Khan in the lead roles. Ajay was seen portraying the role of Tanhaji, Kajol was seen as Lakshmi Bai, and Saif Ali Khan was seen in the role of Udaybhan Rathod. The movie is directed by Om Raut and produced by Bhushan Kumar and Ajay. The movie hit the theatres on January 10, 2020. Now he will be seen in films like Bhuj: The Pride Of India, Sooryavanshi and RRR . | https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/ajay-devgns-hum-dil-de-chuke-sanam-climax-was-shot-at-this-place.html | 117 |
who wrote the song statue of a fool | A Controversial Hit Covered by Ricky Van Shelton | “Statue of a Fool” is a controversial song covered by Ricky Van Shelton. According to Genna Sapia-Ruffin, David Ruffin wrote and originally released the track in 1958. David Ruffin’s mother had this recorded on page 251 of her book A Memoir: David Ruffin – My Temptation (1993-2003, 1st Books Library). Genna shared that when David was recording under the name “Little Eddie Bush”, the song came to life. However, as he was only seventeen years old at that time, later covers of the song gave writing credits to Jan Crutchfield.
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Since a number of country artists made their own covers. In 1969, country music artist Jack Greene recorded and released “Statue of a Fool” as a single. It instantly became a number 1 hit. Sometime in 1974, Brian Collins made his own cover on his second album: This Is Brian Collins . It peaked at number 10 on the country charts. David Ruffin, formerly of The Temptations, rerecorded the song in 1975, with his name unchallenged as the sole writer. Bill Medley, formerly of The Righteous Brothers, also released a rendition in 1979 that occupied the 91 st spot on the same chart. In 1989, it was recorded by country music artist Ricky Van Shelton, who released it as a single from the album, RVS III. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Also, his version hit #1 on the Canadian RPM country singles chart.
By 1990, Shelton was one of Nashville’s top stars. He has won numerous CMA and was holding up a string of hits for the record label Columbia. In his live concerts, he started using “Statue of a Fool” . As part of his success, he received a great enthusiastic crowd response.
One day, Steve Buckingham asked Shelton about the song. Ricky’s producer told him that it was an old Jack Greene hit, written by Jan Crutchfield way back 1969. Buckingham had never heard Greene’s record. He contacted Crutchfield to inform him of Ricky’s intention to cut “Statue of a Fool” and release it as a single. Shelton’s version stayed on the charts for 26 weeks. He landed the runner-up position for two weeks.
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who wrote the song statue of a fool | The Controversy behind Jack Greene’s “Statue of a Fool” | “Statue of a Fool” is one of the timeless ballads in the country music scene. The song skyrocketed and reached millions of listeners in the late 60s to early 70s. Up to these days, country music obsessives considers it as one of the best songs of all time. Jack Greene , initially recorded the song and even placed it at number one on the country charts. Nevertheless, the song has a controversy regarding its authorship.
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In most research and sources, the writing was credited to Jan Crutchfield , a respected and credible songwriter way back. He’s been writing a song for artists from the 1960’s to 2000s. On the other hand, “Statue of a Fool” was originally composed by David Ruffin . This is according to his wife, Genna Sepia-Ruffin . It was written in her book “A Memoir: David Ruffin-My Temptation.” She clearly stated that it was her husband who wrote the words and lyrics of “Statue of a Fool.” David Ruffin originally wrote and released the song in 1958 under the name “Little Eddie Bush.” At that time, he was just seventeen years old. Perhaps, the reason why the authorship went to Jan Crutchfield .
Despite the controversy, the song is still one of the best that it can remind us the beauty of country sounds in the 60s and 70s. With this, let’s all listen to Jack Greene , Brian Collins, Ricky Van Shelton , and David Ruffin’s renditions of the controversial hit “Statue of a Fool.”
Among all the versions of “Statue of a Fool,” Jack Greene’s was the most successful. His rendition has received a massive response from the listeners. It placed at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
“Statue of a Fool” was re-released in 1989. Moreover, it was part of Ricky Van Shelton’s album “RVS III.” His cover reached number two on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
In 1974, Brian Collins released his cover of “Statue of a Fool.” It was part of his album “This is Brian Collins.” Also, his cover placed number ten on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Visit our website www.countrythangdaily.com to read more of our featured articles. Also, follow our Facebook Page , Instagram , Pinterest , and Twitter for more updates. You may also leave your comments below for the country artists, legends, and songs you would like us to feature.
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who wrote the song statue of a fool | The Controversy behind Jack Greene’s “Statue of a Fool” | “Statue of a Fool” is one of the timeless ballads in the country music scene. The song skyrocketed and reached millions of listeners in the late 60s to early 70s. Up to these days, country music obsessives considers it as one of the best songs of all time. Jack Greene , initially recorded the song and even placed it at number one on the country charts. Nevertheless, the song has a controversy regarding its authorship.
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03:30
In most research and sources, the writing was credited to Jan Crutchfield , a respected and credible songwriter way back. He’s been writing a song for artists from the 1960’s to 2000s. On the other hand, “Statue of a Fool” was originally composed by David Ruffin . This is according to his wife, Genna Sepia-Ruffin . It was written in her book “A Memoir: David Ruffin-My Temptation.” She clearly stated that it was her husband who wrote the words and lyrics of “Statue of a Fool.” David Ruffin originally wrote and released the song in 1958 under the name “Little Eddie Bush.” At that time, he was just seventeen years old. Perhaps, the reason why the authorship went to Jan Crutchfield .
Despite the controversy, the song is still one of the best that it can remind us the beauty of country sounds in the 60s and 70s. With this, let’s all listen to Jack Greene , Brian Collins, Ricky Van Shelton , and David Ruffin’s renditions of the controversial hit “Statue of a Fool.”
Among all the versions of “Statue of a Fool,” Jack Greene’s was the most successful. His rendition has received a massive response from the listeners. It placed at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
“Statue of a Fool” was re-released in 1989. Moreover, it was part of Ricky Van Shelton’s album “RVS III.” His cover reached number two on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
In 1974, Brian Collins released his cover of “Statue of a Fool.” It was part of his album “This is Brian Collins.” Also, his cover placed number ten on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Visit our website www.countrythangdaily.com to read more of our featured articles. Also, follow our Facebook Page , Instagram , Pinterest , and Twitter for more updates. You may also leave your comments below for the country artists, legends, and songs you would like us to feature.
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who wrote the song statue of a fool | Statue of A Fool | Ricky Van Shelton Vinyl Record Memories | Among all the versions of “Statue of a Fool,” Jack Greene’s 1969 recording was the most successful.
His rendition received a massive response at the time from listeners resulting in a #1 listing on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Greene's version held its rightful place at the top of the charts but 20 years later my personal favorite remains the Statue of A Fool cover by Ricky Van Shelton.
In 1989 the song was re-released as part of Ricky Van Shelton's album "RVS III. The song used an illustration of a fool in reference to a man who let the love of his life slip away. Shelton's cover version peaked at #2 on the charts. The song was so popular it remained on the charts for 26 weeks and an additional 2 weeks in the runner-up spot.
The song was centered around the emotion of regret for wasting his chance of spending the rest of his life with the woman he loved. Along with regret was a deep sadness mixed with internal thoughts and memories of a man who has been fool enough to make the biggest mistake of his life.
As you listen to the song pay close attention to the studio session players, especially Barry Beckett on the piano. Without session players many hit songs would never see the top forty. Ricky Van Shelton's vocal delivery proves again that he can churn out a heartfelt ballad and the session players blend perfectly with his solid performance. You can really hear the emotion behind this song when Ricky sings it, and how beautifully sad this song really is.
The song concludes on a statue erected to stand high for everyone to know and be reminded not to imitate the "fool."
Statue of A Fool is credited to Jan Crutchfield and released by Jack Greene in 1969.
According to Genna Sapia-Ruffin, girlfriend of David Ruffin, former member of The Temptations, Ruffin wrote and originally released the song on a 78 RPM in 1958, when he was recording under the name "Little Eddie Bush." However, as he was only seventeen years old at that time, later covers of the song gave writing credits to Jan Crutchfield.
Genna Sapia-Ruffin said this information is listed on page 251 of her book, A Memoir: David Ruffin - My Temptation.
Ruffin re-recorded the song in 1975 for the album Who I Am, with his name unchallenged as the sole writer.
If you look on Discogs.com you will see the album listed. On the reverse side is a listing of the songs and the songwriter. David Ruffin's name is listed as songwriter under the song "Statue of A Fool."
RVS III is the third album by country music artist by Ricky Van Shelton.
The singles released from the album were “Statue of a Fool” (#2), “I’ve Cried My Last Tear for You”(#1), “I Meant Every Word He Said” (#2), and “Life’s Little Ups and Downs” (#4).
The album was certified platinum by the RIAA on April 8, 1991. According to Allmusic.com Barry Beckett was the piano player on Shelton's RVS III album.
Record producer and keyboard player Barry Beckett was involved in many classic singles and albums from the 1960s to the 1990s in a variety of genres but especially rhythm'n'blues, Southern soul, rock and country music. Starting out as a session musician at Rick Hall's FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1967, he teamed up with drummer David Hawkins, bassist David Hood and rhythm guitarist Jimmy Johnson to form the Muscles Shoals Rhythm Section.
Beckett didn't read music and played everything by ear but his distinctive piano and organ flourishes were an integral part of many timeless records. He saw the keyboards as "a very transparent instrument. It's very easy to come up with a mood on a track."
It was around 1969, Atlantic Records, their main client at the time, advanced them the funds to install an eight-track and then a 16-track console in an old casket factory and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios thrived at 3614 Jackson Highway, Sheffield, Alabama. From there everything music wise just got better.
American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder, Barry Edward Beckett died on June 10, 2009. He was 66.
The song brings back some seventies night clubbing memories from the Hamilton-Cincinnati area where I grew up when you could not enter a night-club, roadhouse, or even a neighborhood bar without hearing this song playing on a Jukebox or with a live band.
Statue of A Fool was a #1 song for Jack Greene in 1969 and twenty years later was a #2 Country song for Ricky Van Shelton.
Ricky's cover also reached #1 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks the same year while Green's original only charted #3 back in '69.
Enjoy this great tear-jerker by a premier talent and if you've never heard Ricky sing "From a Jack to a King," I believe he also does that song better than the original. Just my opinion.
Statue of A Fool - Vinyl Record Memories
Recorded 1958 by David Ruffin.
Written by David Ruffin?
Recorded 1969 by Jack Greene
Written by Jan Crutchfield?
Recorded 1989 by Ricky Van Shelton
Somewhere there should be for all the world to see
A statue of a fool made of stone
The image of a man who let love slip through his hands
And then just let him stand there all alone
And there on his face a gold tear should be placed
To honor the million tears he's cried
And the hurt in his eyes would show so everyone would know
That concealed is a broken heart inside
So build a statue and oh build it high so that all can see
Then inscribe the World's Greatest Fool...
and name it after me...
after meeeeeeeeee...
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what is the difference between violet and purple color | Difference between Violet and Purple - Newton’s Color Wheel | The key difference in understanding these two colours is that violet is an actual colour that is noticeable in nature due to its presence in the electromagnetic spectrum. The range of colour violet has a wavelength that ranges from 380 nm to 450 nm.
Purple is an unnatural mixture of red and blue that leads to its creation. Violet on the other can be produced with the help of a prism when white light passes through it causing it to split into colours. Understanding dispersion in a glass prism can be beneficial in understanding the differences between the two colours.
Difference between Violet and Purple
|Violet is a spectral colour occurring in our visible spectrum||Purple is not a spectral colour|
|It is a natural colour that is observable in nature||It is a man-made colour made by a combination of 2 colours|
|Violet was understood as a fundamental colour in Newton’s colour wheel||Purple was not accepted by Newton in his colour wheel|
|Violet contains a single shade||Purple has numerous shades to it|
|Violet is not as distinct as purple||Purple has a very bold and distinct colour|
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what is the difference between violet and purple color | Difference between Violet and Purple - Newton’s Color Wheel | The key difference in understanding these two colours is that violet is an actual colour that is noticeable in nature due to its presence in the electromagnetic spectrum. The range of colour violet has a wavelength that ranges from 380 nm to 450 nm.
Purple is an unnatural mixture of red and blue that leads to its creation. Violet on the other can be produced with the help of a prism when white light passes through it causing it to split into colours. Understanding dispersion in a glass prism can be beneficial in understanding the differences between the two colours.
Difference between Violet and Purple
|Violet is a spectral colour occurring in our visible spectrum||Purple is not a spectral colour|
|It is a natural colour that is observable in nature||It is a man-made colour made by a combination of 2 colours|
|Violet was understood as a fundamental colour in Newton’s colour wheel||Purple was not accepted by Newton in his colour wheel|
|Violet contains a single shade||Purple has numerous shades to it|
|Violet is not as distinct as purple||Purple has a very bold and distinct colour|
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what is the difference between violet and purple color | Difference between Violet and Purple - Newton’s Color Wheel | The key difference in understanding these two colours is that violet is an actual colour that is noticeable in nature due to its presence in the electromagnetic spectrum. The range of colour violet has a wavelength that ranges from 380 nm to 450 nm.
Purple is an unnatural mixture of red and blue that leads to its creation. Violet on the other can be produced with the help of a prism when white light passes through it causing it to split into colours. Understanding dispersion in a glass prism can be beneficial in understanding the differences between the two colours.
Difference between Violet and Purple
|Violet is a spectral colour occurring in our visible spectrum||Purple is not a spectral colour|
|It is a natural colour that is observable in nature||It is a man-made colour made by a combination of 2 colours|
|Violet was understood as a fundamental colour in Newton’s colour wheel||Purple was not accepted by Newton in his colour wheel|
|Violet contains a single shade||Purple has numerous shades to it|
|Violet is not as distinct as purple||Purple has a very bold and distinct colour|
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what is the difference between violet and purple color | Difference between Violet and Purple - Newton’s Color Wheel | The key difference in understanding these two colours is that violet is an actual colour that is noticeable in nature due to its presence in the electromagnetic spectrum. The range of colour violet has a wavelength that ranges from 380 nm to 450 nm.
Purple is an unnatural mixture of red and blue that leads to its creation. Violet on the other can be produced with the help of a prism when white light passes through it causing it to split into colours. Understanding dispersion in a glass prism can be beneficial in understanding the differences between the two colours.
Difference between Violet and Purple
|Violet is a spectral colour occurring in our visible spectrum||Purple is not a spectral colour|
|It is a natural colour that is observable in nature||It is a man-made colour made by a combination of 2 colours|
|Violet was understood as a fundamental colour in Newton’s colour wheel||Purple was not accepted by Newton in his colour wheel|
|Violet contains a single shade||Purple has numerous shades to it|
|Violet is not as distinct as purple||Purple has a very bold and distinct colour|
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what is the difference between violet and purple color | Difference between Violet and Purple - Newton’s Color Wheel | The key difference in understanding these two colours is that violet is an actual colour that is noticeable in nature due to its presence in the electromagnetic spectrum. The range of colour violet has a wavelength that ranges from 380 nm to 450 nm.
Purple is an unnatural mixture of red and blue that leads to its creation. Violet on the other can be produced with the help of a prism when white light passes through it causing it to split into colours. Understanding dispersion in a glass prism can be beneficial in understanding the differences between the two colours.
Difference between Violet and Purple
|Violet is a spectral colour occurring in our visible spectrum||Purple is not a spectral colour|
|It is a natural colour that is observable in nature||It is a man-made colour made by a combination of 2 colours|
|Violet was understood as a fundamental colour in Newton’s colour wheel||Purple was not accepted by Newton in his colour wheel|
|Violet contains a single shade||Purple has numerous shades to it|
|Violet is not as distinct as purple||Purple has a very bold and distinct colour|
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what is the difference between violet and purple color | Difference between ‘violet’ and ‘purple’ | People say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so let’s take a look at the two colours in comparison (there are various shades of purple and violet, and the following picture shows some of the more common ones):
So, purple is more reddish and saturated, while violet is more bluish and less saturated. Case closed, right?
There is more in it than the eyes can see (quite literally). To understand the difference, we have to take a look at how our eyes work first. The electromagnetic spectrum is a continuous range of wavelengths, only a tiny part of which is visible to humans:
We see neither the ultraviolet wavelengths and shorter, nor the infrared wavelengths and longer. How do we see the rest? We have three types of colour-sensitive cells in our eyes, so-called cones . The cones don’t perceive just a single wavelength; they are activated by a whole range of wavelengths, and the signals received from the cones are then processed by the brain in such a way that every colour can be thought of as composed of three different elementary signals.
The following picture shows approximately how the brain perceives different spectral colours (the higher the curve, the higher the intensity of the elementary signal the brain receives):
Note that this chart does not show the spectral properties of the cones themselves (but they look similar). It represents the CIE 1931 colour space, which, simply put, corresponds to the signals after they have been processed by the brain.
For example, when you see monochromatic (pure) red light on the very right side of the spectrum, only the “red” signal path is activated, which tells your brain to create the impression of red. On the other hand, when you see pure green light (in the middle), both “green” and “red” paths are activated, but your brain knows that “a lot of green activation and a bit less red activation” is in fact just a pure green colour, which is what you see.
When a mixture of photons that have different wavelengths hits the retina (creating a ratio of red, green, and blue activation different from any spectral colour), the brain will perceive it as an entirely different colour. For example, there is no white wavelength. What we perceive as “white” is in fact just a mixture of many different spectral colours.
The “red” signal path has an interesting additional property. As you can see above, it has a small bump of activation around the short-wavelength (violet) end of the visible spectrum. When violet light hits the retina, both the “blue” path and (much less) the “red” path are activated. The brain interprets this kind of input in a specific way, which we call “violet”.
It is worth noting that the pigment in the “green” cones themselves also has a small peak of absorption around violet wavelengths, but the brain seems to ignore it (it is not possible to simulate the perception of violet by a combination of green and blue light).
As we noted before, many colours we can see are not in the visible spectrum. When you see an object, typically a mixture of different wavelengths reaches your retina, which causes the cones to be activated at a ratio not achievable by a spectral colour.
Our brains are very good at interpreting this mixture (it would be silly to simply throw away a part of the incoming information and make everything look like the closest spectral colour), and, as a result, we are able to see several million different colours, most of which are not present in the spectrum.
As we noted at the beginning of the article, purple looks more “reddish” than violet, and that’s absolutely correct. Purple is formed by mixing red and blue in a ratio close to 1:1, whereas violet is perceived by your eyes as containing more blue than red.
However, as you can see from the picture above, no spectral colour activates the “blue” path and the “red” path at the ratio of 1:1 without also stimulating the “green” path. In other words purple is not a spectral colour. You can have a source of monochromatic violet light (i.e. a source producing just a single wavelength), but everything that looks purple must emit both red and blue light.
To us, humans, purple looks like a more saturated shade of violet, but violet objects in nature are fundamentally different from purple ones. Purple objects are “red and blue at the same time”, whereas violet objects are… just violet.
If you take a look at the distance between violet and blue in the picture of the spectrum above, it is about the same as the distance between green and orange. Purple is a mixture of red (which is at the opposite side of the spectrum than violet) and blue (which is relatively far from violet), so it is, in terms of wavelengths, a completely different colour.
The reason why purple and violet look similar to us is because they stimulate our cones in a similar way, but most other animals don’t share the same types of cones and “post-processing” . This means that to other animals, purple and violet may look completely different!
Now imagine a violet flower petal with a purple pattern on it. Depending on the particular shades, this pattern might be completely invisible to us, while many other animals could see it as clearly as we can see an orange pattern on green background. Even common consumer cameras wouldn’t help us; they are designed to capture the same red-green-blue information as our eyes do, so even taking a photo of the petal and editing it in Photoshop would not uncover the pattern. Quite fascinating, isn’t it? | https://jakubmarian.com/difference-between-violet-and-purple/ | 119 |
what is the difference between violet and purple color | Difference between ‘violet’ and ‘purple’ | People say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so let’s take a look at the two colours in comparison (there are various shades of purple and violet, and the following picture shows some of the more common ones):
So, purple is more reddish and saturated, while violet is more bluish and less saturated. Case closed, right?
There is more in it than the eyes can see (quite literally). To understand the difference, we have to take a look at how our eyes work first. The electromagnetic spectrum is a continuous range of wavelengths, only a tiny part of which is visible to humans:
We see neither the ultraviolet wavelengths and shorter, nor the infrared wavelengths and longer. How do we see the rest? We have three types of colour-sensitive cells in our eyes, so-called cones . The cones don’t perceive just a single wavelength; they are activated by a whole range of wavelengths, and the signals received from the cones are then processed by the brain in such a way that every colour can be thought of as composed of three different elementary signals.
The following picture shows approximately how the brain perceives different spectral colours (the higher the curve, the higher the intensity of the elementary signal the brain receives):
Note that this chart does not show the spectral properties of the cones themselves (but they look similar). It represents the CIE 1931 colour space, which, simply put, corresponds to the signals after they have been processed by the brain.
For example, when you see monochromatic (pure) red light on the very right side of the spectrum, only the “red” signal path is activated, which tells your brain to create the impression of red. On the other hand, when you see pure green light (in the middle), both “green” and “red” paths are activated, but your brain knows that “a lot of green activation and a bit less red activation” is in fact just a pure green colour, which is what you see.
When a mixture of photons that have different wavelengths hits the retina (creating a ratio of red, green, and blue activation different from any spectral colour), the brain will perceive it as an entirely different colour. For example, there is no white wavelength. What we perceive as “white” is in fact just a mixture of many different spectral colours.
The “red” signal path has an interesting additional property. As you can see above, it has a small bump of activation around the short-wavelength (violet) end of the visible spectrum. When violet light hits the retina, both the “blue” path and (much less) the “red” path are activated. The brain interprets this kind of input in a specific way, which we call “violet”.
It is worth noting that the pigment in the “green” cones themselves also has a small peak of absorption around violet wavelengths, but the brain seems to ignore it (it is not possible to simulate the perception of violet by a combination of green and blue light).
As we noted before, many colours we can see are not in the visible spectrum. When you see an object, typically a mixture of different wavelengths reaches your retina, which causes the cones to be activated at a ratio not achievable by a spectral colour.
Our brains are very good at interpreting this mixture (it would be silly to simply throw away a part of the incoming information and make everything look like the closest spectral colour), and, as a result, we are able to see several million different colours, most of which are not present in the spectrum.
As we noted at the beginning of the article, purple looks more “reddish” than violet, and that’s absolutely correct. Purple is formed by mixing red and blue in a ratio close to 1:1, whereas violet is perceived by your eyes as containing more blue than red.
However, as you can see from the picture above, no spectral colour activates the “blue” path and the “red” path at the ratio of 1:1 without also stimulating the “green” path. In other words purple is not a spectral colour. You can have a source of monochromatic violet light (i.e. a source producing just a single wavelength), but everything that looks purple must emit both red and blue light.
To us, humans, purple looks like a more saturated shade of violet, but violet objects in nature are fundamentally different from purple ones. Purple objects are “red and blue at the same time”, whereas violet objects are… just violet.
If you take a look at the distance between violet and blue in the picture of the spectrum above, it is about the same as the distance between green and orange. Purple is a mixture of red (which is at the opposite side of the spectrum than violet) and blue (which is relatively far from violet), so it is, in terms of wavelengths, a completely different colour.
The reason why purple and violet look similar to us is because they stimulate our cones in a similar way, but most other animals don’t share the same types of cones and “post-processing” . This means that to other animals, purple and violet may look completely different!
Now imagine a violet flower petal with a purple pattern on it. Depending on the particular shades, this pattern might be completely invisible to us, while many other animals could see it as clearly as we can see an orange pattern on green background. Even common consumer cameras wouldn’t help us; they are designed to capture the same red-green-blue information as our eyes do, so even taking a photo of the petal and editing it in Photoshop would not uncover the pattern. Quite fascinating, isn’t it? | https://jakubmarian.com/difference-between-violet-and-purple/ | 119 |
what is the difference between violet and purple color | Difference between ‘violet’ and ‘purple’ | People say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so let’s take a look at the two colours in comparison (there are various shades of purple and violet, and the following picture shows some of the more common ones):
So, purple is more reddish and saturated, while violet is more bluish and less saturated. Case closed, right?
There is more in it than the eyes can see (quite literally). To understand the difference, we have to take a look at how our eyes work first. The electromagnetic spectrum is a continuous range of wavelengths, only a tiny part of which is visible to humans:
We see neither the ultraviolet wavelengths and shorter, nor the infrared wavelengths and longer. How do we see the rest? We have three types of colour-sensitive cells in our eyes, so-called cones . The cones don’t perceive just a single wavelength; they are activated by a whole range of wavelengths, and the signals received from the cones are then processed by the brain in such a way that every colour can be thought of as composed of three different elementary signals.
The following picture shows approximately how the brain perceives different spectral colours (the higher the curve, the higher the intensity of the elementary signal the brain receives):
Note that this chart does not show the spectral properties of the cones themselves (but they look similar). It represents the CIE 1931 colour space, which, simply put, corresponds to the signals after they have been processed by the brain.
For example, when you see monochromatic (pure) red light on the very right side of the spectrum, only the “red” signal path is activated, which tells your brain to create the impression of red. On the other hand, when you see pure green light (in the middle), both “green” and “red” paths are activated, but your brain knows that “a lot of green activation and a bit less red activation” is in fact just a pure green colour, which is what you see.
When a mixture of photons that have different wavelengths hits the retina (creating a ratio of red, green, and blue activation different from any spectral colour), the brain will perceive it as an entirely different colour. For example, there is no white wavelength. What we perceive as “white” is in fact just a mixture of many different spectral colours.
The “red” signal path has an interesting additional property. As you can see above, it has a small bump of activation around the short-wavelength (violet) end of the visible spectrum. When violet light hits the retina, both the “blue” path and (much less) the “red” path are activated. The brain interprets this kind of input in a specific way, which we call “violet”.
It is worth noting that the pigment in the “green” cones themselves also has a small peak of absorption around violet wavelengths, but the brain seems to ignore it (it is not possible to simulate the perception of violet by a combination of green and blue light).
As we noted before, many colours we can see are not in the visible spectrum. When you see an object, typically a mixture of different wavelengths reaches your retina, which causes the cones to be activated at a ratio not achievable by a spectral colour.
Our brains are very good at interpreting this mixture (it would be silly to simply throw away a part of the incoming information and make everything look like the closest spectral colour), and, as a result, we are able to see several million different colours, most of which are not present in the spectrum.
As we noted at the beginning of the article, purple looks more “reddish” than violet, and that’s absolutely correct. Purple is formed by mixing red and blue in a ratio close to 1:1, whereas violet is perceived by your eyes as containing more blue than red.
However, as you can see from the picture above, no spectral colour activates the “blue” path and the “red” path at the ratio of 1:1 without also stimulating the “green” path. In other words purple is not a spectral colour. You can have a source of monochromatic violet light (i.e. a source producing just a single wavelength), but everything that looks purple must emit both red and blue light.
To us, humans, purple looks like a more saturated shade of violet, but violet objects in nature are fundamentally different from purple ones. Purple objects are “red and blue at the same time”, whereas violet objects are… just violet.
If you take a look at the distance between violet and blue in the picture of the spectrum above, it is about the same as the distance between green and orange. Purple is a mixture of red (which is at the opposite side of the spectrum than violet) and blue (which is relatively far from violet), so it is, in terms of wavelengths, a completely different colour.
The reason why purple and violet look similar to us is because they stimulate our cones in a similar way, but most other animals don’t share the same types of cones and “post-processing” . This means that to other animals, purple and violet may look completely different!
Now imagine a violet flower petal with a purple pattern on it. Depending on the particular shades, this pattern might be completely invisible to us, while many other animals could see it as clearly as we can see an orange pattern on green background. Even common consumer cameras wouldn’t help us; they are designed to capture the same red-green-blue information as our eyes do, so even taking a photo of the petal and editing it in Photoshop would not uncover the pattern. Quite fascinating, isn’t it? | https://jakubmarian.com/difference-between-violet-and-purple/ | 119 |
what is the difference between violet and purple color | Difference between Violet and Purple - Newton’s Color Wheel | The key difference in understanding these two colours is that violet is an actual colour that is noticeable in nature due to its presence in the electromagnetic spectrum. The range of colour violet has a wavelength that ranges from 380 nm to 450 nm.
Purple is an unnatural mixture of red and blue that leads to its creation. Violet on the other can be produced with the help of a prism when white light passes through it causing it to split into colours. Understanding dispersion in a glass prism can be beneficial in understanding the differences between the two colours.
Difference between Violet and Purple
|Violet is a spectral colour occurring in our visible spectrum||Purple is not a spectral colour|
|It is a natural colour that is observable in nature||It is a man-made colour made by a combination of 2 colours|
|Violet was understood as a fundamental colour in Newton’s colour wheel||Purple was not accepted by Newton in his colour wheel|
|Violet contains a single shade||Purple has numerous shades to it|
|Violet is not as distinct as purple||Purple has a very bold and distinct colour|
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what is the difference between violet and purple color | Violet vs. Purple: difference explained in simple terms | Some people call it purple and some call it violet. For a long time, I also thought both purple and violet are different types of purple colors. Let’s see in simple terms what the difference is between purple and violet.
Purple and violet are two different colors. Violet is the true color that we can see naturally in the world. Also, violet is made from a single wavelength of light while purple is the color our brain perceives when our eyes receive both red and blue light at the same time.
To understand purple and violet we can go down the rabbit hole of light and color vision of humans. But I will explain these to you in simple terms.
As said before violet is the true color that we see and purple is the perceived color by our brain. the reason why we see both these colors the same is that both of them are processed the same way by our eyes.
You cannot mix violet color either with light or paint colors. It is a true color that we cannot make otherwise just like red, green, and blue or primary colors. You will only see a violet color when your eyes receive a single wavelength of 380 nanometers of light.
But you can mix the purple color with both light and paint colors. You just need to combine red and blue color lights or paints in a 1:1 ratio. When mixing purple color paints always use magenta and blue color in a 2:1 ratio for the best saturation and intensity of color.
Light is a form of energy in the world. We receive light from the sun in the daytime and light from bulbs in the nighttime. If you have heard of something called the electromagnetic spectrum, light is a part of that. Light has both electric and magnetic fields to it, just like all the rays of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Interestingly, like most other animals with vision, humans can see a part of this electromagnetic spectrum. We call this the visible light. Different energies of electromagnetic rays have different wavelengths. So the visible light part of the electromagnetic field has a wavelength between 380 to 700 nanometers.
The reason why we can only see between the 380 to 700 nanometers is that our eyes only have cells to detect these wavelengths. After detecting these wavelengths our brain gives us an impression of color for different wavelengths in the visible light spectrum. That is how we can see the world beautifully.
But as our eyes do not have cells to detect electromagnetic rays outside of the visible light spectrum, our eyes cannot see them. As an example, we cannot see radio waves that have a very long wavelength and are outside of the visible light spectrum.
We, humans, have evolved with our ability to see colors. At the back of our eyes, some photoreceptors allow us to see colors from the light that we receive to our eyes. There are two types of photoreceptors in our eyes called rods and cones.
Rods allow us to see in the dark or dim light while cones allow us to see in daylight. This is because rods are more sensitive to light than our cones. When it comes to color, cones play a big role.
There are three types of cone cells in our eye. They allow us to distinguish and see different wavelengths of light. These wavelengths are short, medium, and long wavelengths of the visible light spectrum.
Our brains create impressions of colors when we receive different wavelengths. The color we see when a short wavelength of visible light was received by our eye is blue. Likewise, we see green in mid wavelengths and red in long wavelengths of light.
Our eyes have 3 types of photoreceptors that can sense light as said before. Let’s call them red, green, and blue cone cells. These are made to accurately detect colors. Well, most of it. We can detect all the light wavelengths in the visible light spectrum without a problem when we receive only one wavelength of visible light at a time.
This is what happens when we see violet color. Violet color is in the visible light range of the electromagnetic spectrum and it has a wavelength of around 380 nanometers. It is the shortest wavelength of the visible spectrum. So when our eyes receive 380 nanometers single wavelength our brain interprets it as a violet color.
There is a clear-cut way of seeing violet color. There is an actual wavelength in the visible spectrum that we perceive as a violet color. So we call violet a true color. Because what we see as violet is there in the world as an electromagnetic ray with a wavelength of 380 nanometers.
Before we talked about single wavelengths hitting on our eyes. Now let’s see what happens when two or more wavelengths hit on our eyes. When we receive 2 or more wavelengths our brain cannot distinguish the two wavelengths or colors separately.
So let’s say that we received both red and green lights. They have 700 and 550 nanometers of wavelength. When we receive both of these wavelengths at the same time our brains combine both wavelengths and show us the color of the combined wavelength.
That’s why we see yellow color with a 580-nanometer wavelength when we receive both red and green lights at the same time. So our brain thinks what our eye received was a wavelength of 580 nanometers and not that they are two different wavelengths. This is why we can mix colors and more on this later.
The same scenario happens when we see the purple color except purple is not there in nature. Purple light does not exist in nature. Let’s see how this happens. We see purple color when we receive both blue and red color lights in a 1:1 ratio at the same time.
But the problem is that we do not have any wavelengths that match in the visible light spectrum that matches the combination of blue and red lights in a 1 :1 ratio. In this case, our brain invents a color that is not out there as an electromagnetic ray.
This color is purple. There is no true purple light in the world. Therefore purple does not have a wavelength. It is just a color made up in our brain. But other species may see a different color instead of purple. Because they might have different mechanisms in the eye that detects color and mechanisms in the brain that perceives color differently.
You might be thinking that can we make violet color by combining two wavelengths. The answer is no. You cannot make true violet light of 380 nanometers. There are no two or more wavelengths that can make this 380 nanometers of wavelength in the cone cells in our eye. The only way of seeing true violet color is by receiving a single wavelength of 380 nanometers by our eyes.
Now we know purple and violet are two different colors. But they seem to be a very similar color. You might see violet as a bluish-purple color while purple is a combination of red and blue but a more reddish color. This is true and this is how we pursue violet and purple.
However now you know they are two different colors, one with a wavelength and the other without. The reason why they look very similar is that our eyes process these two colors the same way.
Art and mixing paints are easy when we know what is light and how we see lights. Now forget about an electromagnetic ray with a certain color or a wavelength. When we mix lights they absorb together. We call this an additive color model.
But when we mix paint, light is absorbed by the pigments in the paint. let’s see this in detail. Pigments give color to paint. The way we see a certain color in a pigment is because that pigment reflects light after absorbing all the other lights.
Take as an example red paint. Red paint has red pigments and that is what gives paint its color. Now the light from either sunlight or a man-made source of light hits on the pigment. This is usually white light. As you know white light is a combination of all the colors in the visible light spectrum.
Now our red pigment can absorb all other colors except red. So red pigment reflects the red light to our eyes. That is how we see color. So in this process, a part of white light was absorbed by the pigment, and this light is lost or subtracted. Therefore this color model is known as the subtractive color model.
Use the subtractive color model when mixing paints and use the additive color model when mixing lights. Hower know hat the purple color you get we mixing
There is no true way of making violet color with paint. The best way is to use violet color pigments like ultramarine violet, cobalt violet, and dioxazine violet color. You can make a color closer to violet color by mixing quinacridone magenta and ultramarine blue in a 2:1 ratio.
If you are interested to know more about mixing violet colors you can read my article ‘ What colors make violet? The color mixing guide included ‘.
To mix the purple color combine ultramarine blue, magenta, and titanium white in a ratio of 1:15:3. Purple can also be made as a shade of magenta, by mixing a dash of black with magenta color.
If you want to know more about mixing purple and magenta you can read my article ‘ What colors make magenta? The color mixing guide included ‘.
Now, the digital screens we use work with colors just like our eyes do. It produces the same colors our eyes are most sensitive to. these three colors are red, green, and blue. This is known as the RGB color model. But you might have seen something violet on the screens all the time. How do screens do this?
Digital screens like mobile devices, TV, and computers make a similar color to violet. They make violet color by mixing both red and blue color light with the intensity of blue color light is higher than red. You should note that this is not the true violet color.
As said before true violet color cannot be made by combining two wavelengths. The only way to produce a violet color is with a single wavelength that is shorter than the blue wavelength. But these digital screens can produce purple color always by mixing red and blue light.
The reason why digital screens only have three lights or RGB colors and not violet light is for convenience. They can make make a very similar color to violet by combining red and blue colors. So mixing a color similar to violet is a very cost-effective method for digital screens.
Violet and purple are often interchangeably used by different countries and ethnicities. This happens because these two colors look very similar to us humans. Some may pursue both purple and violet colors like violet and vice versa.
If you have read through this article you may know that purple and violet are two different colors but they are processed similarly in our eyes. That’s why we see them as similar colors. An animal that has a different composition in the eye and who processes colors differently in the brain may see purple and violet as totally different colors.
We often see purple as a more reddish mixture of red and blue while violet is a more bluish mixture of red and blue. But violet is a very unique color that cannot even be mixed and it is not purple color. But with paints like acrylic, watercolor, and oil paint you can purchase violet pigments like cobalt violet, ultramarine violet, and dioxazine violet.
What is darker, purple or violet?
To us, purple is a lighter color or lighter value and violet is a darker color or darker value. You can see the difference in the below images.
Now let’s see what meaning the color purple and violet has and what feelings these colors can evoke in us.
Purple and violets are often used to represent royalty, luxury, and elegance. It is such a beautiful color in nature as well as a bright luxury color to use in the paintings. You will need his color when doing floral paintings a lot.
what I recommend is getting paint like dioxazine violet. You can also use quinacridone magenta as purple color. These will add bright luxury colors to your paintings.
Also, I have included the hex codes of both purple and violet below.
Violet #8F00FF
Purple #800080
As you can see these purple and violet colors we see on the digital screens are a bit different than what we see in nature. You will not see colors with this intensity and saturation in nature. Also, you will not be able to make colors like this by mixing paint pigments when painting. You can always make similar colors as to what we see in nature when painting.
The difference between purple and violet is an interesting subject as many have gotten this wrong. Most people think that both of these colors are the same. But in reality, they are very different colors. One truly exists in nature and the other one is just made up in our brain. It is such an interesting subject to study and know how much we can make up things in our brain that are actually not there.
I got interested in this one ebook that explains more about the color vision of humans in detail. It does that in a simple interesting tone where you will not get bored. The book is ‘ Basic Vision: An Introduction to Visual Perception ‘. I learned a lot from that. So happy reading all! | https://paintinggal.com/violet-vs-purple-difference-explained-in-simple-terms/ | 119 |
what is the difference between violet and purple color | Purple vs Violet | Difference between Purple and Violet
By Theydiffer - June 28, 2018
There are so many categories existing in the world of color. Nevertheless, we know that there are three primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) and three secondary colors (orange, green, and purple), all of which can be easily identified even by kindergartners. However, there are certain colors that are perceived to be the same but have two different names; like purple and violet, for instance. But have you ever paused to think how these two colors are actually differentiated? Read on and we’ll shed some light on these colors often associated with royalty, creativity, and tranquility.
|Purple||Violet|
|Color does not exist in the electromagnetic spectrum||Color is present in the electromagnetic spectrum|
|A color that is merely perceived by the brain, seen as a mixture of two primary colors||An existing color that has its own wavelength of light – one of the colors of the rainbow|
|More saturated||Less saturated|
|Equal parts red and blue||More bluish|
Purple easily falls under several people’s list of top favorite colors. But what many don’t know is that purple doesn’t exist and is just a perceived color. The term “purple” was derived from the Greek word porphura, which refers to “purple fish” or the “purple dye” derived from said fish.
Violet is an existing color which is seen in the electromagnetic spectrum. You’ll see violet as the innermost color of the rainbow. The term “violet” was originally derived from the Latin word viola , which refers to the name of the “violet flower.”
The main difference between purple and violet is that the former is just a perceived color while the latter is a real one. This is evidenced by what is seen in an electromagnetic spectrum. The electromagnetic spectrum is what scientists call the total existing range of light. Purple does not exist in this electromagnetic spectrum, whereas violet is seen on one end of the spectrum.
The color purple is just a subjective color that is caused by the human brain and the eyes functioning together. According to scientists, purple doesn’t exist since there is no wavelength of light produced that is called purple. It is just a mixture of two primary colors, red and blue, and it appears more saturated than violet.
Violet, on the other hand, has a wavelength and is a color that sits between blue and ultraviolet. When sunlight is split with the use of a prism, violet can be seen on one end. This particular color can be described objectively from a physical standpoint and is less saturated than purple. | https://theydiffer.com/difference-between-purple-and-violet/ | 119 |
what is the difference between violet and purple color | Purple vs Violet | Difference between Purple and Violet
By Theydiffer - June 28, 2018
There are so many categories existing in the world of color. Nevertheless, we know that there are three primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) and three secondary colors (orange, green, and purple), all of which can be easily identified even by kindergartners. However, there are certain colors that are perceived to be the same but have two different names; like purple and violet, for instance. But have you ever paused to think how these two colors are actually differentiated? Read on and we’ll shed some light on these colors often associated with royalty, creativity, and tranquility.
|Purple||Violet|
|Color does not exist in the electromagnetic spectrum||Color is present in the electromagnetic spectrum|
|A color that is merely perceived by the brain, seen as a mixture of two primary colors||An existing color that has its own wavelength of light – one of the colors of the rainbow|
|More saturated||Less saturated|
|Equal parts red and blue||More bluish|
Purple easily falls under several people’s list of top favorite colors. But what many don’t know is that purple doesn’t exist and is just a perceived color. The term “purple” was derived from the Greek word porphura, which refers to “purple fish” or the “purple dye” derived from said fish.
Violet is an existing color which is seen in the electromagnetic spectrum. You’ll see violet as the innermost color of the rainbow. The term “violet” was originally derived from the Latin word viola , which refers to the name of the “violet flower.”
The main difference between purple and violet is that the former is just a perceived color while the latter is a real one. This is evidenced by what is seen in an electromagnetic spectrum. The electromagnetic spectrum is what scientists call the total existing range of light. Purple does not exist in this electromagnetic spectrum, whereas violet is seen on one end of the spectrum.
The color purple is just a subjective color that is caused by the human brain and the eyes functioning together. According to scientists, purple doesn’t exist since there is no wavelength of light produced that is called purple. It is just a mixture of two primary colors, red and blue, and it appears more saturated than violet.
Violet, on the other hand, has a wavelength and is a color that sits between blue and ultraviolet. When sunlight is split with the use of a prism, violet can be seen on one end. This particular color can be described objectively from a physical standpoint and is less saturated than purple. | https://theydiffer.com/difference-between-purple-and-violet/ | 119 |
what is the difference between violet and purple color | Difference between Violet and Purple - Newton’s Color Wheel | The key difference in understanding these two colours is that violet is an actual colour that is noticeable in nature due to its presence in the electromagnetic spectrum. The range of colour violet has a wavelength that ranges from 380 nm to 450 nm.
Purple is an unnatural mixture of red and blue that leads to its creation. Violet on the other can be produced with the help of a prism when white light passes through it causing it to split into colours. Understanding dispersion in a glass prism can be beneficial in understanding the differences between the two colours.
Difference between Violet and Purple
|Violet is a spectral colour occurring in our visible spectrum||Purple is not a spectral colour|
|It is a natural colour that is observable in nature||It is a man-made colour made by a combination of 2 colours|
|Violet was understood as a fundamental colour in Newton’s colour wheel||Purple was not accepted by Newton in his colour wheel|
|Violet contains a single shade||Purple has numerous shades to it|
|Violet is not as distinct as purple||Purple has a very bold and distinct colour|
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what is the difference between violet and purple color | The important difference between violet and purple | Here’s an example of the two hues we are talking about:
As we can see in the image above, violet leans more towards blue, and purple leans more towards red. We know this by imagining where each hue lies on the color wheel and then decide whether it’s a cool or warm color . But, there’s another important difference between violet and purple.
Last time we talked about how we see things because of light, which makes use of additive color theory . In short: different mixtures of the primaries used for light (red, green, and blue), create every other color of light. We visualise this on what is called the visible spectrum of light .
Turns out, violet is part of the visible light spectrum but purple is not. This means that when we see violet, we actually see violet. But when we see purple, we see red and blue at the same time . Our eyes and brains perceive it as purple, but it’s not part of the visible light spectrum.
When it comes to mixing colors, purple exists out of equal amounts of blue and red. Violet, however, exists out of blue, and a lot lesser amount of red. If we place these colors on the color wheel purple sits right between red and blue, and violet sits between purple and blue. Since purple leans toward the general warm colors it is considered a warm hue. Violet leans towards the cool colors so it is considered a cool hue.
Like when misnaming cyan and magenta for blue and red , people misinterpret purple for violet as a force of habit. They usually stick to one word and go with it. While it isn’t a huge deal if people do this, it can lead to confusing situations and it’s technically incorrect. Good thing you can now teach them the difference :)
To avoid muddiness, we need to mix colors of the same temperature. We need to mix cool blues with cool yellows to create vibrant greens since greens are considered cool colors. We need to mix warm reds with warm yellows to create warm vibrant oranges since oranges are considered warm colors. When it comes to purple and violet though, it is different.
Let’s try all possible combinations and see what we get:
First I mixed a cool blue (cyan) with a warm red . The mixture in the middle which is purple comes out very dull. Violet, which leans more towards the blue looks very dull as well.
On the top right, I mixed a warm blue with a warm red . The outcome is very similar to the previous colors, but they are slightly less dull.
On the bottom left I mixed a cool blue (cyan) with a cool red (magenta). The outcome is a lot brighter than the previous colors!
Lastly, on the bottom right, I mixed a warm blue with a cool red (magenta). The outcome looks very similar to the previous colors.
Let’s see if what we see is actually true. I sampled the colors and looked at the saturation percentage. 100% saturation means the color is at its full vividness. 0% saturation means the color is completely gray.
The first set of colors (top and bottom one), are the lowest in saturation. The second set of colors are a lot more saturated.
Even though we barely see the difference between the last two sets in the previous image, the saturation percentage shows that there is a distinct difference in saturation. The last set of colors are the brightest purple and violet!
There we have it: To create the most vivid violet and purple we need to mix a warm blue with a cool red .
Make sure to save the above guide for future reference!
It’s important to remember that we try to make the most vivid hues we can. In this case, we need a warm blue and a cool red. We can always shift from going from violet to purple and vice versa by adjusting the ratio between red and blue!
If we purposely want to dull the color down we add the opposite color on the color wheel. | https://www.oleanderstudios.com/difference-between-violet-and-purple/ | 119 |
what is the difference between violet and purple color | The important difference between violet and purple | Here’s an example of the two hues we are talking about:
As we can see in the image above, violet leans more towards blue, and purple leans more towards red. We know this by imagining where each hue lies on the color wheel and then decide whether it’s a cool or warm color . But, there’s another important difference between violet and purple.
Last time we talked about how we see things because of light, which makes use of additive color theory . In short: different mixtures of the primaries used for light (red, green, and blue), create every other color of light. We visualise this on what is called the visible spectrum of light .
Turns out, violet is part of the visible light spectrum but purple is not. This means that when we see violet, we actually see violet. But when we see purple, we see red and blue at the same time . Our eyes and brains perceive it as purple, but it’s not part of the visible light spectrum.
When it comes to mixing colors, purple exists out of equal amounts of blue and red. Violet, however, exists out of blue, and a lot lesser amount of red. If we place these colors on the color wheel purple sits right between red and blue, and violet sits between purple and blue. Since purple leans toward the general warm colors it is considered a warm hue. Violet leans towards the cool colors so it is considered a cool hue.
Like when misnaming cyan and magenta for blue and red , people misinterpret purple for violet as a force of habit. They usually stick to one word and go with it. While it isn’t a huge deal if people do this, it can lead to confusing situations and it’s technically incorrect. Good thing you can now teach them the difference :)
To avoid muddiness, we need to mix colors of the same temperature. We need to mix cool blues with cool yellows to create vibrant greens since greens are considered cool colors. We need to mix warm reds with warm yellows to create warm vibrant oranges since oranges are considered warm colors. When it comes to purple and violet though, it is different.
Let’s try all possible combinations and see what we get:
First I mixed a cool blue (cyan) with a warm red . The mixture in the middle which is purple comes out very dull. Violet, which leans more towards the blue looks very dull as well.
On the top right, I mixed a warm blue with a warm red . The outcome is very similar to the previous colors, but they are slightly less dull.
On the bottom left I mixed a cool blue (cyan) with a cool red (magenta). The outcome is a lot brighter than the previous colors!
Lastly, on the bottom right, I mixed a warm blue with a cool red (magenta). The outcome looks very similar to the previous colors.
Let’s see if what we see is actually true. I sampled the colors and looked at the saturation percentage. 100% saturation means the color is at its full vividness. 0% saturation means the color is completely gray.
The first set of colors (top and bottom one), are the lowest in saturation. The second set of colors are a lot more saturated.
Even though we barely see the difference between the last two sets in the previous image, the saturation percentage shows that there is a distinct difference in saturation. The last set of colors are the brightest purple and violet!
There we have it: To create the most vivid violet and purple we need to mix a warm blue with a cool red .
Make sure to save the above guide for future reference!
It’s important to remember that we try to make the most vivid hues we can. In this case, we need a warm blue and a cool red. We can always shift from going from violet to purple and vice versa by adjusting the ratio between red and blue!
If we purposely want to dull the color down we add the opposite color on the color wheel. | https://www.oleanderstudios.com/difference-between-violet-and-purple/ | 119 |
is a dill pickle a fruit or vegetable | Is Dill Pickle A Vegetable? | - Post author
Originally Answered: Is a pickle considered a vegetable or fruit? Pickles are made from cucumbers which are considered vegetables . They are actually the fruit of the cucumber plant, but are used in salads and for pickles and not for desserts or sweet foods, hence it is a vegetable.
So what’s the verdict – is a pickle a fruit? Yes, pickles are fruits, but more than that, pickles are technically also vegetables and berries . Pickles are made from cucumbers, which grow from a blossom and contain seeds but no pit. Botanically speaking, they are a vegetable, fruit, and berry all at once.
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Technically, pickles may be considered both a fruit and a vegetable . While they are made from cucumbers, which are a vegetable, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled them a “fruit of the vine” because of their seeds.
Pickles are made from cucumbers, which are considered a vegetable . Technically they’re actually the fruit of the cucumber plant, but chefs still consider them a vegetable because of how they’re served and eaten.
Best Cucumber (Dill): Grillo’s Pickles Italian Dill Spears
Grillo’s packs its cucumbers with fresh garlic and grape leaves, both of which lend a slight bite. Make these your go-to snacking pickle.
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Fermented pickles are full of good bacteria called probiotics, which are important for gut health .
Vegetables can be grouped according to the edible part of each plant: leaves (lettuce), stalks (celery), roots (carrot), tubers (potato), bulbs (onion), and flowers (broccoli) . In addition, fruits such as the tomato and seeds such as the pea are commonly considered vegetables.
Fruits commonly mistaken as vegetables: Tomatoes, Peppers, Beans, Peapods, Avocado, Squash, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Olives, Corn Kernels, Pumpkins & Nuts . Another thing I couldn’t believe made the fruit list are nuts. Nuts are technically a fruit that is made up of a hard shell and a seed.
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Check before buying!
- Artichoke. Asparagus. Aubergene (eggplant) Avocado. Beet. Bok Choy.
- Cauliflower. Celeriac. Celery. Chard (Red and Swiss) Chicory. Corn.
- Jicama. Kale. Kohlrabi. Leeks. Arugula Lettuce.
- Peas. Snap Sugar Peas. Snow Peas. Anaheim Peppers. Sweet peppers.
- Acorn Squash. Butternut Squash. Patti Pan Squash. Spaghetti Squash. Swede.
Throughout history and pre-history, human bodies have been preserved through various methods both intentional and unintentional. Though, so far as I can tell, no one has ever been preserved in a pickle vat .
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The health benefits of pickles may include a supply of probiotics, diabetes management, improved digestion, liver protection , and the ability to heal ulcers.
Both fermented and non-fermented pickles offer a great source of Vitamin K, a crucial component for proper bone health. Fermented pickles get the green light for being gut-friendly as well as an anti-inflammatory , while non-fermented pickles can help lower blood sugar, thanks to their vinegar content.
Although pickles have some health benefits, it’s not a good idea to eat pickles every day because they tend to be high in salt. Too much sodium can: Increase water retention . Cause hypertension .
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Pickles are very high in sodium because it’s an important part of the brining process. Consuming too much salt in your daily diet can contribute to high blood pressure . Anyone who is on blood pressure medication or looking to reduce their sodium intake should eat pickles in moderation or look for low sodium options.
The pickles that McDonald’s uses are Kosher dill spears with thicker slices than your typical kosher dills , according to the Huffington Post. The thicker slices allow them to stay on the burger better, and it also means they bring more flavor to the burger. These aren’t just cheap pickles thrown onto any sandwich.
Just one teaspoon of salt per every cup of water you use is all that’s needed. Don’t eat so many pickles at once, or eat them every day . The high sodium content is bad for the heart. The acidity of pickles can also be harsh on the stomach.
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Researchers guess that probiotics—a.k.a. “good” bacteria—in fermented foods boost the production of GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), a chemical messenger in the brain that has the same effect as anti-anxiety medications .
Pickles are a great midnight snack . Actually, they’re a great snack at any time of the day. They are incredibly low calorie, only adding an additional five to 10 calories per pickle, depending on the size. They give the consumer a strong flavor, plenty of salt, and still a crunchy satisfaction for the taste buds.
According to botanists, there is no such thing as a vegetable . Wolfgang Stuppy, a research leader in comparative plant and fungal biology at the U.K.’s world-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Wakehurst Place, told the BBC, “The term vegetable doesn’t exist in botanical terminology.”
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Types of vegetables
- Leafy green – lettuce, spinach and silverbeet.
- Cruciferous – cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and broccoli.
- Marrow – pumpkin, cucumber and zucchini.
- Root – potato, sweet potato and yam.
- Edible plant stem – celery and asparagus.
- Allium – onion, garlic and shallot.
Baby vegetables.
- Category # 1. Brassica:
- Category # 2. Fruit vegetables:
- Category # 3. Gourds and squashes:
- Category # 4. Greens:
- Category # 5. Fungus:
- Category # 6. Roots and tubers:
- Category # 7. Pods and seeds:
- Category # 8. Stems:
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is a dill pickle a fruit or vegetable | Is Pickle A Fruit Or Vegetable? Here’s Why It is A Fruit – A Healthy Meal | Is pickle a fruit or vegetable? It is a fruit. However, it is a tricky question because most people refer to a pickle as a cucumber. If that is the case, then pickle is a fruit. However, a pickle can be a fruit or a vegetable depending on what you have pickled. So a cucumber pickle is a fruit but not all pickles are cucumbers.
Cucumbers are technically fruits because they contain seeds, although they are typically used in savory dishes.
Generally, fruits are defined as the sweet-tasting seed-bearing parts of plants while vegetables are the savory non-seed-bearing parts.
However, there are exceptions to this, so read on to discover why this is the case.
A fruit, according to the botanical definition, is the edible reproductive structure of a flowering plant. In other words, fruits develop from a plant’s flowers.
Merriam-Webster simplifies the definition like this: a fruit is “anything that grows on a plant that is used to send out the seeds into the world.”
According to the culinary definition, fruits are typically sweet or tart and are used in desserts, jams, smoothies, and syrups.
The common definition of a fruit, that most of us are familiar with, is any sweet-tasting, fleshy food that grows on a tree or bush.
While a vegetable does not have a botanical definition, it generally refers to any edible part of a plant other than the fruit.
Veggies are grouped based on the part of the plant eaten such as;
- leaves (mint)
- roots (turnips and carrots)
- stem (asparagus and rhubarb),
- bulbs (garlic and onion)
- tubers (potato)
- flowers (cauliflower and broccoli)
When it comes to culinary uses, most vegetables are typically eaten as part of the main course instead of as a dessert. So, where do these definitions leave cucumbers, tomatoes, and melons? And is dill pickle a fruit or vegetable?
Before answering the question “are pickles a fruit or vegetable?”, it is important to know what a pickle is.
Dictionaries define a pickle as a food article, preserve, or relish that is preserved in brine or vinegar.
Pickles are often used as a side dish. They can be eaten as a snack, added to sandwiches and salads, or used as a condiment. It is important to take note that pickles can be made from either fruits or vegetables.
In the U.S., the word “pickle” is synonymous with cucumber because this is the most common pickle that you see in stores.
Pickled cucumber is one that has been soaked in brine (water, vinegar, and salt) mixed with spices. As cucumbers soak in the mixture, they transform into pickles.
But, a pickle is so much more than a cucumber.
There are a variety of fruits and vegetables that can be pickled. Some of the most popular options other than cucumbers are peppers, onions, dill, and tomatoes.
However, you can really pickle any fruit or vegetable that you like including beets, asparagus, carrots, cauliflower, radishes, squash, fennel, parsnips, and so on.
The best way to find out which ones you like the best is to experiment and try out different combinations.
Let’s look at it this way: You can pickle a cucumber, but cucumber is not a pickle.
As you know by now, fruits are those that develop from flowers and are vital for the plant’s survival. Going by this definition, anything that grows on a plant and contains seeds is a fruit including cucumbers, tomatoes, avocados, and melons.
That’s right. Cucumbers and tomatoes grow from the flowers of the plant and contain seeds. If you have ever seen a cucumber plant, you will know that it produces yellow flowers that produce the cucumber fruit.
So, the answer to the question “are pickles a fruit or vegetable?”. It is a fruit!
And, the answer to the question “is dill pickle a fruit or vegetable?” It is a fruit too. Generally, most people will identify dill pickle as dill cucumber pickles. Once again, it is the most commonly found pickle in stores and these cucumbers are often pickled with dill herbs.
And yet it can get tricky, if you are referring to pickled dill. Now, it only relates to either dill seeds or dill leaves. Dill seeds are dried fruits of the plant while dill leaves can be considered vegetables. Both of them can be pickled or fermented as preserved food to be used at a later time.
The pickling process was developed thousands of years ago basically as a way to preserve food.
When food is preserved in an acidic solution, it prevents the growth of bacteria and other microorganisms. This means pickled food can last for a much longer time than non-pickled food.
There are many different types of pickling solutions, but the most common one is vinegar. Other solutions include brine (a saltwater solution), wine, and oil as mentioned in our “ how is pickling vinegar made ” post. The food is usually soaked in the pickling solution for a period of time, anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks. After the food has been pickled, it can be stored in a cool, dark place for months or even years.
To pickle a cucumber, you need to soak the cucumber in brine (water, salt, and spices) for several days and knowing how to use pickling vinegar the right way will prove useful.
This process allows the cucumber to absorb the flavors of the vinegar and spices. After the cucumber has been soaked, it is then placed in a jar or container with vinegar and spices. The cucumber will continue to absorb the flavors of the vinegar and spices over time, resulting in a delicious and tangy treat.
A faster way to pickle cucumber is to bring to boil a mixture of sugar, salt, vinegar, spices, and herbs, pour it on cucumbers, and allow them to soak for a short while.
You now have the answer to the questions “are pickles a fruit or vegetable?” and “what is a pickle?”
But, there are some people who also wonder if pickling is the same as fermentation.
Pickling and fermentation are both processes that are used to preserve food. Both processes involve the use of bacteria to convert the sugars in food into lactic acid, which helps to prevent the growth of other harmful bacteria.
However, they cannot be used interchangeably. Pickling is a short-term preservation method that involves adding vinegar or another acidic solution to the food. This method is typically used for vegetables and fruits.
The pickling process involves boiling the vegetable or fruit in a solution of water, salt, or vinegar with herbs and spices and packing them into containers.
Fermentation, on the other hand, is a long-term preservation method that uses salt to inhibit the growth of bacteria. This method is typically used for meats, dairy products, and vegetables.
Fermentation, on the other hand, doesn’t require heat or an acidic solution. You can ferment foods with just salt. The natural bacteria in fruits, meat, and vegetables convert the sugars in these foods into acid that then preserves the food.
So which one should you use to preserve your food? It really depends on your preference. If you like sour-tasting food, fermentation is a great option. If you prefer your food to be saltier, then pickling is the way to go.
There is some debate on whether pickles are healthy or not. Some people believe that pickles are healthy because they are low in calories and fat.
However, pickles may not be suitable for those with certain health conditions who need to be on a low sodium diet such as high blood pressure, heart, or kidney disease. This is because pickles tend to be high in sodium.
If you are on a low-sodium diet, you can choose low-sodium pickles or control the amount of salt you put in homemade pickles to enjoy your favorite snack.
The debate on “are pickles a fruit or vegetable?” is likely to continue. In fact, the answer to this question depends on how you define the difference between a fruit and a vegetable and what has been pickled.
Regardless, remember that you can relish your favorite pickles whether they are fruits or vegetables!
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Of course, we know this isn’t the question of all questions, and many people probably didn’t even know a pickle was a cucumber until they saw that sentence.
What is a conundrum, however, is the questions that arise over the status of the pickle and cucumber. Are they fruit? Perhaps a vegetable? Maybe they are a berry. Or, perhaps they are all three!
In this article, we will be delving deep into the world of pickles and discovering whether they are a fruit, or whether they have some other status. However, in order to do this, we must first establish what a pickle even is.
Nope, it’s not a trick question, and it will all become clear in just a second, so keep on reading….
The term pickle is in itself very confusing. If you ask for a pickle in every country of the world, you will not always be given the same thing. In the UK for example you will likely be handed a pickled onion (imagine a minuscule white onion in vinegar).
Here in the States, you will be given a small green cucumber in vinegar. In Korea, you may get kimchi or some pickled ginger. Some countries may even give you pickled beetroot, and even a pickled boiled egg!
Then you get the pickles that resemble sauce. For example, sandwich pickles (think of popular British brands such as Branston pickles), and piccalilli are all examples of different types of pickles!
Suffice to say, it is confusing! However, all ‘pickle’ refers to is the act of pickling which is when a food is fermented in vinegar, alongside salt, various herbs and spices, and sugar. Of course, it is most common to see these small green cucumbers, and they are sold worldwide.
However, many other vegetables, and even fruits and nuts can be pickles, too. The aforementioned piccalilli often has pickled cauliflower among other vegetables.
For the sake of clarity, in the article when we refer to the term ‘pickle’ we mean these.
As you will have read, pickles in this context are small green cucumbers (also known as pickled gherkins ). This tells you that they are related to the cucumber at least in some way
Pickles are actually cucumbers that have been grown to be that size, specifically for the purposes of pickling. In all ways but size, they are exactly like the large cucumbers you can buy in a store for your salad . They have high water content and a fresh taste.
When they are pickled they are kept in a mixture of vinegar, often with salt, sugar, and other herbs or spices added such as dill. This preserves the cucumber and gives them a moreish, sour taste that is so loved by people all over the globe.
They are either kept whole in jars where they can be eaten or used in a dip, or they are pre sliced where they can be used in burgers, on pizzas, in a salad, and in many more recipes.
As you have probably guessed by now, pickles (at least in this context) are indeed cucumbers. That is, they start their life as a cucumber before being picked and pickled to turn into the sour green snacks that we all know and love.
Because they have not reached the full size of a cucumber, many people may refer to them as baby cucumbers or simply small cucumbers.
However, it is important to remember that the term ‘pickle’ is a generalization and is given to any food that has been pickled such as pickled onion, pickled egg, and pickled ginger. So, not all pickles are cucumbers , but all cucumbers can be turned into pickles (confused yet?).
That being said, it is highly likely that if you ask for a pickle whilst you are in America, you will be bright out a small pickled cucumber. If you want to save the confusion in other parts of the world you can simply ask for a gherkin and you will be brought out the same thing.
Now, in order to establish the answer to the question asked at the beginning of the article, we must first get an idea as to what a cucumber is. By asking ‘is a pickle a fruit?’ you are also asking ‘is a cucumber a fruit?’.
Let’s find out the answer to that now, shall we? In order to answer this as thoroughly as possible, we should first establish the difference between a fruit and a vegetable.
We know this sounds super condescending but trust us when we essay there is a reason for this in order to establish whether a cucumber (and by default, a pickle) is a fruit, we must gain a better understanding of what the difference is between a fruit and a vegetable.
The obvious answer that springs to the mind of most people we ask is that fruit is sweet and a vegetable is savory. This is definitely the most common way of identifying one from the other, and certainly, from a culinary perspective, it is correct. However, from a botanical perspective, the difference is a little more confusing.
The botanical definition of a vegetable is that it is something that comes from a plant that can be consumed by a human. This includes all parts of the plant such as the leaves, flowers, roots, stems, seeds, and fruit. Yep, you read that correctly - fruit.
This means that from the perspective of botany, the fruit of a plant is a vegetable.
What this indicates is that ‘vegetable’ is a broad term used to discuss any part of a plant that is edible for consumption by a human.
So, by this example, a cucumber is technically a vegetable in the sense that it is an edible plant safe for consumption by humans. However, the definition doesn’t stop there. Keep on reading to find out what we mean by ‘fruit’.
Botanically speaking, a fruit is the part of a flowering plant that bears a seed. The fruit is, technically, the seed. Now, by this definition, not every fruit is edible. Just think of the number of flowering plants out there that bear seeds in this way - not all of them are safe for eating!
From a culinary perspective, a fruit is an edible food that typically has seeds inside. For example, an apple, an orange, a pear, a lemon, and a peach would all classify as fruit. Technically, a banana cannot be included on this list as it does not contain a seed. In fact, a banana is a berry (more on this later).
With this definition of fruit in mind, it is clear that a cucumber must also be included on the ‘fruit’ list. This is because the cucumber is the fruit of a flowering plant and has seeds inside!
So, with this in mind, a cucumber - and by definition, a pickle - is both a member of the vegetable family and the fruit family. To complicate this, even more, we have the culinary definitions of fruit and vegetables to consider.
Because of the fact that cucumbers do not have a sweet taste, they are often not counted as fruit in terms of the culinary perspective. Instead, they are treated as a vegetable.
But wait, that’s not all! We can complicate this even further by defining the term ‘berry’ for you!
A berry is a bit of a funny one to try and explain! Many people will be sat there thinking “but isn’t a berry a type of fruit?”. You are not wrong!
Typically, the term fruit brings to mind an abundance of colorful foods, with berries taking center stage. For example, strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries are some of the most popular fruits in countries all over the world. However, they are actually not even berries!
In the botanical sense, a berry is a name given to the fruit of a plant that does not have a pit. By this, we mean that they are produced from one single flower. This means that the plant has one single ovary!
So, in a technical and botanical sense, any fruit that comes from a flowering plant with only one ovary is a berry. This also means that any fruit that comes from a plant with multiple ovaries is not a berry.
By this definition, raspberries and strawberries are actually not berries at all, because they come from a flowering plant that has multiple ovaries.
However, from a culinary perspective, berries are very different from this botanical definition. Raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries are all the most commonly known and used ‘berries’, but not one of them is a true berry in the botanical sense. However, from a culinary understanding, these are all classed as berries.
On the other hand, some very surprising fruits and vegetables are technically classed as berries. These include bananas, kiwifruits, redcurrants, tomatoes, eggplants, watermelons, pumpkins (yes, really!), and of course, the humble cucumber.
This means that the cucumber is not just a vegetable, not just a fruit, but also a berry. In turn, this also means that a pickle is technically all of these things, too.
So, in conclusion, we wanted to draw your attention back to the original reason for this article. We have been on a rollercoaster ride of botanical and culinary definitions.
Suffice to say that it is difficult to give a definitive answer to whether a pickle is a fruit. In truth, a pickle could be seen as a fruit, vegetable, or berry, depending on your perspective. In fact, you can see it as all three!
Conversely, many people may actually prefer to call it none of the above, since technically it is only the cucumber that belongs to all of these three groups. The pickle, by contrast, is made using a cucumber but also has other vital components such as vinegar, salt, sugar, and spices.
As well as this, to say that ‘all pickles are fruits’ is incorrect when you consider our earlier definition of a pickle and the fact that it does not solely refer to a pickled cucumber, but a whole host of other pickled foods.
In our opinion, the pickle (and in this context we mean the small pickled cucumber) is indeed a fruit, but it is also a berry and a vegetable, too. How you view the pickle is your choice entirely, and whether you call it a fruit, a vegetable, a berry, or nothing at all, then you are still correct!
We hope this article has been useful to you and that you learned something new and interesting! Now you know the next time you bite into a kosher dill pickle or get inspired with a new pickle recipe .
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is a dill pickle a fruit or vegetable | What Pickles Can Do for Your Health | Written by Angela Nelson
Pickles do more than add a crunchy, tangy bite to your favorite sandwich or burger. Pickled cucumbers also pack loads of vitamins and minerals in their vinegary brine.
Cucumbers are native to India, where they’ve been eaten since before written history. Christopher Columbus brought cucumbers to the Americas in the 15th century. People began pickling them about 4,000 years ago as a way to preserve them and to extend their shelf life for transport.
Today, you can pickle cucumbers yourself. Grocers sell lots of varieties, including whole dill pickles, sliced sweet pickles, and sour spears.
Like most vegetables, pickles are almost all water and have very little fat or protein . They also have a high concentration of vitamins because the salty brine draws out the water from the pickles.
Their nutritional values vary depending on the type. For example, a whole dill pickle has about:
- 20% of the daily recommended amount of vitamin K , which helps your blood clot and keeps your bones strong
- 6% of the calcium adults need for strong bones and teeth and healthy nerves
- 6% of your daily requirement of potassium , which helps your nerves work right
- 3%-4% of your daily requirement of vitamin C , an antioxidant that protects your cells from damage
- 1% of the daily value for vitamin A , important for your vision , immune system , and a healthy pregnancy
If you prefer a smaller serving of pickles, a half cup of sliced sweet bread and butter pickles has:
- More than 3% of your daily value for vitamin A
- About 1/3 of your daily requirement of vitamin K
- About 4% of the calcium for the day
- About 2% of your daily requirement of potassium
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Fermented foods like kefir, kimchi, and miso can help keep your gut healthy. But most pickles on grocery shelves are not fermented, which uses yeast, bacteria, and other microbes to preserve foods. Instead, pickles often get their sharp tang from soaking in a brine of vinegar and spices.
For fermented pickles, try a health food store or make them yourself. Look for labels that say “naturally fermented.” When you open the jar, you should see bubbles on the surface, a sign of live bacteria inside.
Helps digestion. Fermented pickles are full of good bacteria called probiotics , which are important for gut health .
Fights diseases . Cucumbers are high in an antioxidant called beta- carotene , which your body turns into vitamin A. Carotene is a powerful compound that’s been shown to help lower your chances of dying of heart disease , stroke , cancer , respiratory diseases, and other conditions.
May ease muscle cramps . Some athletes swear by pickle juice after exercise to quickly replace lost electrolytes . One study found that pickle juice may work slightly better than water to relieve muscle cramps . But the evidence is weak.
Curb sugar spikes . Pickle juice, specifically the vinegar in it, may help keep your blood sugar levels even. That may benefit people who are at risk for diabetes .
A big drawback with pickles is that they’re brimming with salt. Just one large dill pickle has more than 2/3 of the ideal amount of sodium an average adult should have for the whole day. Too much salt in your diet can raise your blood pressure , which in turn ups your chances for heart attack , stroke , diabetes , and kidney disease . Sodium also can leach calcium from your bones. That can weaken your bones and raises your risk for a broken bone .
There are two main ways to make pickles yourself. One way is to brine them in vinegar. The other way is to ferment the cucumbers with just salt and water. No matter the method, follow these general tips:
- Pick cucumbers that are fresh, firm, and damage-free.
- Use canning or pickling salt. Other salts cloud up the brine.
- Add dill seed, horseradish, mustard seed, garlic, and any other spices.
- Follow boiling and canning instructions carefully to prevent bad bacteria from growing inside.
- Keep pickles in sealed jars for several weeks before you eat them.
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Pickled cucumbers are loved by many, despite being an acquired taste to others. They are most commonly found as a topping for burgers but are absolutely delicious when eaten on their own. Pickles also come in many varying flavors and aren’t at all that difficult to make on your own at home. With that being said, is a pickle a fruit or a vegetable? Technically – both, and also a berry! Let’s learn more in the article below.
By most definitions, a pickle is a cucumber that has been through the process of pickling. This pickled cucumber is then referred to as a pickle after the process has been completed. Cucumbers are by far the most common item of food to be pickled but they are not the only item that commonly undergoes this process.
It is very common for other foods such as Spanish onions , eggs, herring, and kimchi to be pickled although they are still referred to as what you started with. The only exception to this is a cucumber which is referred to as a “pickle” after the process.
Without discussing the pickling process too much, more on that in a moment, pickles are cucumbers that have been left in an airtight container full of different herbs and spices as well as vinegar. The cucumber pickles are submerged in this and left for a while in order to absorb all of the flavors captured inside the container. It is an excellent way to preserve food as well as give it a whole new flavor. Pickled cucumbers are the most common as the flavor of cucumber is not very bold, so they are easy to manipulate into other flavors.
In its simplest form, pickling is the method of preserving or extending the shelf life of food by either anaerobic fermentation or submersion in vinegar. Most items after this process are prefaced with the word “pickled” however, cucumbers especially are now referred to as pickles. This process affects both the food’s texture and flavor.
Many food items can be pickled but the most popular ones are:
- Pickled cucumber
- Pickled ginger
- Pickled herring
- Pickled egg
- Pickled onion
- Pickled fruits
Pickled foods are arguably an acquired taste as they have very intense and bold flavors. However, for foods such as onions, some people prefer them in their pickled form as the resulting flavor is enhanced by the onion’s naturally strong taste.
Anaerobic fermentation is a process of encouraging good bacteria to grow which helps make a pickled food item less vulnerable to bad bacteria that cause food to spoil. The term ‘ anaerobic ‘ means that no oxygen is required for this process to take place, hence why the process is carried out in an airtight container and the food item is fully immersed in vinegar or brine.
Fruit is used as a categorical term to describe the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a flowering plant that encloses its seed. This means that in a botanical sense, fruits have their seeds inside them, yet they are restricted to only being ripened ovaries that are either sweet or pulpy. The term ‘botanical’ is incredibly scientific and is used as a way of categorization, it differs a lot from the culinary sense of the definition, which is a lot more common to people.
Some examples of botanical fruits may surprise you. Here are some examples:
- Apricots
- Bananas
- Grapes
- Bean pods
- Corn grains
- Tomatoes
- Cucumbers
- Acorns
- Almonds
As you can see from the list, the term ‘fruit’ is a lot different than what you would normally describe it as. While you may consider acorns and almonds to be nuts, they are technically fruits. From this, you can see why some people question the definition of a lot of foods as the terms are all quite relative. This will be spoken about shortly, but what you use to define items such as acorns and almonds is actually the culinary definition instead of the botanical one. While using a botanical definition, you can see that your fruit salad may not be entirely full of fruit.
The term vegetable refers to the fresh and edible parts of certain herbaceous plants such as roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and seeds (check out if bananas have seeds ). While many fruits are eaten raw, it is common that vegetables undergo a more detailed preparation before being consumed, such as being skinned or cooked. In comparison to fruits, vegetables have more tame flavors that focus on being earthy and deep instead of being sweet and light, as fruits are. Vegetables are a more savory item and are commonly paired with meats whereas it is rare for fruits to do the same.
While fruit is a botanical term with a set definition, the term vegetable is a very loose and general term that includes most things that are considered edible and come from plants.
An example of some vegetables are:
- Carrot
- Potato
- Onion
- Broccoli
- Lettuce
Some items excluded from the list, namely tomatoes, may surprise you. However, botanically speaking they are not a vegetable.
Berry is more of a sub-category when compared to the likes of fruits and vegetables. This is because berries are fruits but without the stone or pit being included. Once again, this is the botanical perspective of it which is a lot more strict in how things are defined. For instance, eggplants and avocados are considered berries whereas strawberries are not, despite being named as such.
Other berries include:
- Cranberries
- Coffee
- Bananas
- Tomatoes
If you picture the two categories “fruit” and “berry” as a Venn diagram then it is much easier to understand. Some fruits can be both a fruit and a berry, while others can only be considered a fruit.
I have spoken a fair bit about the categories falling under the definition of botanical or culinary, but what do I actually mean?
Botanical refers to the scientific study of botany, which is plants. So the categorization has to be much stricter in a lab setting. Botanically speaking, many things are considered to be in a different category to what we would normally consider, and this is because they fit certain criteria despite other attributes proving the opposite. An example of this is the tomato. It does not have a fruity flavor, and by all means, should be a vegetable but because the seeds are found inside of it, it is classed as a fruit by a botanical definition.
The other side of this argument is a culinary definition. A culinary definition is from a cooking perspective and is much more commonly known. So with the example of the tomato, despite fitting the definition of being a fruit, its flavor and use is much more in line with being a vegetable, so it is categorized as such from a culinary perspective.
The main difference between the two is how they are sorted. Botanically they are sorted using very strict criteria where if they fit the bill, they are labeled. However, a culinary definition is all to do with how they are used in cooking. If the flavors are sweeter and pair better in a sweet dish then they are likely to be labeled as fruits. Whereas if the flavor is a lot deeper and can be used with meats and other aromatic vegetables then they are expected to be labeled as such.
To get a correct and accurate answer to this, we must look at what a pickle is. It is typically a small pickled cucumber, and cucumbers have their seeds on the inside which botanically speaking make them fruit. If you are strictly looking for a scientific answer then yes, they are fruit. However, some people argue that they should not be in a category at all due to having other main ingredients such as vinegar and salt. Other people would argue that culinarily speaking, they are vegetables due to their flavor profile and how they are used in cooking.
To play devil’s advocate and add unnecessary chaos to the whole ordeal, pickles can also be looked at as a berry because they are fruits but without pits inside of them. The answer to this question really changes depending on what parameters you set when asking it, and also how strict you intend to be.
Perhaps reading this far has got you wanting to try sliced pickles or even fried pickles for the first time, or maybe you’re craving one as it has been ages. Despite your reasoning, you will be happy to know that they are ridiculously easy to make on your own at home. The recipe can change depending on how you want to flavor your pickles, the following recipe will be for dill pickles.
As for ingredients, you will need:
- Cucumbers
- Mustard seeds
- Peppercorns
- Dill sprigs
- Water
- Distilled white vinegar
- Cane sugar
- Sea salt
You may notice that I did not include any measurements, and that is very intentional. The beautiful thing about pickling cucumbers or any other vegetable or fruit is that everything is up to you. If you want to find the perfect pickle, it won’t be on any websites. It will be found by you after many attempts at altering the seasoning until you get it just right to match your exact preferences.
Firstly you will need to quarter your cucumbers lengthways or slice them horizontally into small chip-sized pieces. I prefer the longer quarters but it is completely up to you. If you are using small cucumbers then you can just use a few handfuls of them without cutting them up.
After you have prepared your cucumbers, you will want to place them in a mason jar that has an airtight lid, or any other container with a similar lid. Now it is time to add your aromatics such as garlic, dill sprigs, mustard seeds, and peppercorns. As mentioned, play around with it. Find what works best for you.
Now it is time to add equal parts of water and distilled white vinegar to your container and fully submerge everything. Once everything is immersed in liquid, add your salt and sugar. A couple of teaspoons of each will be enough.
After this, it is time to close the container and let the process commence. This consists of leaving the container in a cupboard or fridge for a week without opening it. The longer you leave it after this, the stronger the flavor will get.
To conclude this confusing mess of a question; the answer is entirely dependent on what parameters you are setting. If you are speaking entirely scientifically then a pickle can be looked at as a berry due to its lack of a pit. However, if you want to look at it from a culinary perspective, it can be classed as a vegetable. Whatever you class it as only one thing is for certain, they’re delicious.
Pickles do count as a vegetable. This is only from a culinary perspective, however, as there are two main ways to look at the classes of foods. Pickles are scientifically a fruit as their seeds are on the inside but when used in a culinary context, they are more akin to vegetables and are therefore classified as such.
A pickle is fruit when defined by a scientific parameter. The seeds are on the inside and it is therefore classed as a fruit. The only other way to look at this would be from a culinary perspective as this will have a different criterion for what is defined as what. Pickles are used in a similar manner to a lot of vegetables and are therefore defined as such when spoken about in a culinary context.
A pickle is seen as both a fruit and a vegetable because it can easily fit into both categories. When choosing which class food fits into, you can either assign it based on a botanical definition or a culinary definition. The difference between the two is that the botanical definition is more scientific and strict whereas the culinary definition mostly pays attention to how it is used in cooking.
A cucumber is technically a fruit by all rules of science. However, when used in a kitchen it acts a lot more like a vegetable than it does fruit. This has led to it being classed as a vegetable in a culinary definition – essentially when it is being cooked it is called a vegetable. Otherwise, scientifically it is a fruit. | https://www.alices.kitchen/ingredients/is-a-pickle-a-vegetable-or-a-fruit/ | 120 |
is a dill pickle a fruit or vegetable | Is A Pickle A Fruit Or Vegetable? | Spice and Life | A pickle is a cucumber that has been soaked in brine (water, vinegar, and salt) mixed with spices. The soak can last for weeks or even months. The resulting cucumber is cured in the mixture and becomes a pickle.
There are endless variations of pickles, made from different vegetables and fruits, with an endless variety of flavors. So what makes a pickle a pickle? And more importantly, how do you make them? Keep reading to find out!
This is a question that has divided families for generations. Well, you might well be astonished by the answer. " A pickle is a cucumber which has been preserved in vinegar or brine ," and you may think: a pickle is a vegetable!
You will be surprised by the following: cucumbers are grown from flowering plants and produce large quantities of seeds, which can be used to grow cucumber plants in the future. It is because of this primary function that they are classified as fruits rather than vegetables.
Have you ever wondered how pickles are made? It's a pretty interesting process, and today we're going to take a look at it.
Pickles are cucumbers that have been soaked in vinegar or brine . They can be made at home or bought at the store. Some people like to add pickles to their sandwiches, while others eat them as a snack .
Pickles are a low-calorie food and are a good source of vitamin K and potassium. There are many different types of pickles, including dill, sweet, bread and butter, and refrigerator.
Pickling is the process of preserving food (fruits and vegetables) by immersing it in brine (salt water) solution or vinegar.
The food can be left whole or sliced into spears, coins, or cubes. The preservation method can also add flavor to the food. There are many different types of pickles, but all involve some kind of acidic elements like vinegar, lemon juice, or wine . So how do you pickle something? It's actually pretty simple!
Pickling Step by Step Guide:
- Assemble the jars – Clean and dry jars.
- Get the vegetables ready – Other fruits and vegetables that work well for pickles include asparagus, beets , bell peppers, cauliflower, carrots, ginger, onions, parsnips, and tomatoes, in addition to cucumbers.
- Toss in the seasonings – herbs, and garlic.
- Toss in the veggies – Vegetables of your choice.
- Prepare the brine – bring vinegar, a cup of water, and salt, to a simmer over medium-high heat, and pour the mixture into a jar.
- Air bubbles should be removed – Tap gently on all sides to remove any air bubbles and top it up with brine.
- Close the jars – Seal the jars with lids.
- Cool and store in the refrigerator – Bring in to room temperature before refrigerating your homemade pickles.
Pickles are cucumbers that have been soaked in a pickling solution. But, are they still cucumbers? Some people would say no - that once the cucumber has been soaked in the pickling solution, it is transformed into a pickle.
Others would say that a pickle is simply a cucumber that has been preserved in vinegar and spices . So, what's the answer? Are pickles cucumbers or not? Well, that all depends on who you ask!
There is no definitive answer, but it is an interesting question to consider. What do you think? Is a pickle a cucumber?
There is debate over whether or not cucumber is a fruit or a vegetable. According to science, a cucumber is a fruit because cucumbers are grown from seeds, which can be used to grow cucumber plants in the future.
They are classed as fruits rather than vegetables because of this primary function. However, most people consider cucumbers to be vegetables because they are used in savory dishes, not sweet ones. What do you think? Is a cucumber a fruit or a vegetable? Let us know in the comments!
Gherkins are a sort of pickle, although there are a few key distinctions between them and pickles: Gherkins are smaller than regular cucumber pickles since they are made from younger cucumbers. Gherkins are crunchier and have a bumpier texture than pickles.
Pickles are not only delicious, but they also provide a wide range of vitamins and minerals.
Pickles, like most vegetables, are almost totally made up of water and contain very little fat or protein. Because the salty brine sucks the water out of the pickles, they have a high vitamin concentration.
Depending on the type, they have different nutritional values. For instance, the whole dill pickle has approximately:
- Vitamin K , which helps your blood clot and keeps your bones strong, is 20% of the daily necessary dose.
- 6% of the calcium that people require for strong bones, teeth, and nerves.
- 6% of your daily potassium needs, which helps your nerves function properly, and Vitamin C , which is an antioxidant that protects your cells from damage, is in the range of 3% to 4% of your daily requirement.
- Vitamin A is necessary for your vision, immune system, and healthy pregnancy at 1% of the daily intake.
Pickles are a favorite for many people. They can be added to so many different dishes or eaten alone as a snack . Here are some recipes to get the most out of your pickles!
Is A Pickle A Vegetable?
Is a pickle a vegetable? You might be surprised to learn that they are cucumbers and Cucumbers are grown from seeds, which can be used to grow cucumber plants in the future. They are classed as fruits rather than vegetables because of this primary function.
Is A Pickle A Berry?
Pickles are technically fruits, but they are also vegetables and berries. Cucumbers, which develop from a flower and have seeds but no pit, are used to make pickles. They are a vegetable, fruit, and berry all at once, according to botany.
Is A Cucumber A Fruit?
A botanical fruit is made up of at least one seed and grows from the plant’s flower. Cucumbers are considered as fruit under this classification because they contain small seeds in the center and grow from the cucumber plant’s flower.
- A pickle is a cucumber that has been preserved in vinegar or brine.
- All types of pickles involve some kind of acidic elements like vinegar, lemon juice, or wine.
- The pickling process involves immersing food (fruits and vegetables) in a brine (salt water) solution or vinegar to preserve it.
- According to science, a cucumber is a fruit because cucumbers are grown from seeds, which can be used to grow cucumber plants in the future.
- In this blog, we also discussed a few health benefits of pickles.
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Is a pickle a fruit? Or is a pickle a vegetable? What’s the best recipe for making pickles and how do we best store them? We’ll answer these questions and more in this post. And we’ve also included a bonus of 5 other food facts that may surprise you and your kids.
Following is our complete guide of the classification of pickles. Follow along to learn more about Is a Pickle a Fruit?.
When we grow vegetables in our garden or buy them at the grocery store, we likely refer to a pickle as a vegetable. After all, what are pickles made from? If you don’t know, you’re soon to find out. But is a pickle REALLY a vegetable, according to scientific classification and botany?
There are differences in how some might classify fruits and vegetables. In the following paragraphs we’ll take a look a solid definition to help us move forward in defining whether a pickle is a fruit. These definitions can also be applied to other fruits, vegetables, and berries in helping to classify them on a daily basis. But the big question Is a Pickle a Fruit?
The significant difference in definitions lies between the common usage versus how a botanist would classify them. Fundamentally, generalities might say that anything that’s sweet is considered a fruit and anything that is not, is considered a vegetable.
Or anything that can be consumed raw is a fruit, and anything that must be cooked is a vegetable. But we can do better than that. Let’s take a look at some definitions.
What is a Fruit?
Generally speaking, a fruit is defined as a generally sweet, fleshy product that grows on a bush, tree, or other plant and can be eaten raw.
Scientifically speaking, a fruit is the structure that includes seeds, it grows on a plant from the ovary after the plant flowers. Fruits are how flowering plants distribute their seeds.
Generally speaking, a vegetable is the edible portion of a plant eaten as food by humans or animals. It can include leaves, stems, bulbs, flowers, tubers, and roots.
Scientifically speaking, a vegetable is a part of an herbaceous plant that is edible. An herbaceous plant is a non-woody plant as contrasted with a woody plant such as bush or a tree.
Generally speaking, a berry is typically small, round in shape, may contain many seeds, is edible and juicy. A berry can be sweet, sour, or tart.
Scientifically speaking, a berry can be defined as a fleshy fruit that usually has many seeds. The berry grows from a single ovary of a single flower. Typically, the inside walls of berries are not distinct from one another.
Using our definitions above, a cucumber can be classified as a fruit. This is true from a scientific perspective because the cucumber forms on a plant where the flower was, and it has seeds inside the cucumber itself which is where the plant distributes its seeds. And, Is a Pickle a Fruit?
What is the difference? Again, using our definition above, a cucumber can be scientifically classified as a berry. The cucumber forms from a flower, contains a single ovary, as well as seeds.
Furthermore, a cucumber is defined as a pepos, which is a sub category of berry. It is a fleshy berry with many seeds and a hard, thick rind.
Pickles can be made in a variety of ways. Just go to any good-sized grocery store and you will see several varieties of pickles.
Pickles are canned from whole cucumbers, sliced cucumbers, mini cucumbers, huge cucumbers, and chopped cucumbers and come in several shapes and sizes.
Pickles are made from cucumbers that have been soaked in a brine made from vinegar, water, salt, and a mixture of seasonings. Dill pickles, for example, consist of dill for seasoning. The cucumbers are left to set in the brine for a length of time, which then alters the flavor of the cucumber and becomes the pickle juice.
Other pickle flavors of pickle seasonings might include garlic, pepper, allspice, cinnamon, or cloves, to name a few.
We remember when we were kids, we used to have a large garden. We would help our mom make pickles each summer from the cucumbers and dill that we grew ourselves. The pickles were delicious and helped us become addicted to dill pickles.
A pickle is made from a cucumber. So, in some respects you could say that a pickle is a cucumber. There are also some varieties of cucumbers that are referred to as a pickling cucumber. They are ones that are thought to work best for the pickling process. They are smaller, more compact and maintain crispy aspects.
According to these definitions, scientifically speaking cucumbers are fruits, not vegetables, and this changes everything. Well, not literally everything.
Following are some related questions that you might find helpful when it comes to pickles.
If you were to consider a plain cucumber as a vegetable serving then that would be fine. However, pickles have too much salt to be considered a vegetable serving. Pickles are great condiments on our burgers or accessories to other foods, but they don’t count as a vegetable serving.
From a health aspect, the answer to your burning question would be that a pickle is merely a condiment. It has too much salt to count as a healthy vegetable serving. It still has aspects that are good for you such as fiber and vitamins, but it is better known as a condiment.
Yes, pickles are vegan because all the ingredients used to make the pickles including the cucumbers, brine, and seasonings are sourced from plant-based ingredients rather than animal-based items. If you’re on a vegan diet, pickles would qualify for your diet.
You might be wondering what the difference is between a gherkin and a pickle. So which is it? In North America a pickle generally refers to a cucumber that has been pickled or soaked in brine and seasoning.
On the other hand, a gherkin refers to a specific variety of cucumber that has been pickled. A gherkin is usually a smaller, younger pickle that is more bumpy and crispier than a regular cucumber.
Culturally in North America a pickle refers to a pickled cucumber or a cucumber that has been soaked in pickling brine. But pickle can also mean any kind of vegetable that has been pickled by being soaked in pickling brine. What category does a pickle belong in?
Pickling is not just limited to cucumbers. There are a whole variety of fruits and vegetables that can be pickled for flavor enhancement as well as for storage preservation. Here are some ideas.
cucumbers
asparagus
beets
peppers
carrots
green beans
parsnips
tomatoes
onions
garlic
fennel
mushrooms
squash
turnips
corn
blueberries
strawberries
grapes
peaches
watermelon
cherries
Pickles were thought to be brought to the United States by Christopher Columbus. Pickles were ideal because they can be stored for long lengths of time at room temperature. The pickle brine and salt content help to preserve them for storage purposes.
Pickles are so widely enjoyed by Americans. It is a favorite food and condiment. Did you know that on average approximately 8.5 pounds of pickles are consumed by the Average American per year? That’s a lot of pickles.
Nix vs. Hedden was a 1893 Supreme Court case that ruled that a tomato should be classified as a vegetable rather than a fruit. If you’re wondering what was involved in this case, it was important because President Arthur at the time required tax to be paid on imported vegetables, but not fruit. Mr. Nix’s company became one of the largest produce sellers during this time. The Supreme Court’s ruling made it so Mr. Nix’s company no longer had to pay taxes on imports.
Following is the nutritional value of pickles. Please note that this estimate is based on a single serving and varies based on the brand of pickles used.
Calories 2
Total Fat 0g
Saturated Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 262mg
Total Carbohydrates 0.5g
Dietary Fiber 0.3g
Total Sugar 0.2g
Protein 0.1g
To make a classic dill pickle, you’ll need the following ingredients. It’s what classic pickles are made from.
pickling cucumbers
1 ½ cups white vinegar
2 cups water
4 tsp dill seeds
1 tsp mustard seeds
4 cloves garlic
2 tbsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
If you’re never made them before and you’re wanting to know how to make pickles, add the pickles and spices to each sanitized jar. Then make the water, vinegar, salt and sugar brine. Boil the brine and add it to the jars and then seal them using a hot water bath or whatever your favorite method is.
Plants are designed to bear fruit as a means of spreading their seeds and multiplying. It’s the way God designed them. The fruit around the seeds entices animals such as birds, squirrels, raccoons, and deer to eat the fruit and the seeds pass through them unharmed which causes them to be dispersed and potentially grow in another location.
The culinary definition of a fruit is any sweet tasting produce. A sour tasting produce item is often considered a fruit too.
The culinary definition of a vegetable is any edible portion of an herbaceous plant.
We’ve classified cucumbers as a fruit or even a berry specifically, but what about pickles? It seems logical that since cucumbers are unaltered in their form and how they’re produced from the process of going from cucumber to pickle, they remain a fruit in the pickle state as well. Adding a brine to them does not change their state of fruit vs. vegetable.
The pickling process includes adding cucumbers to a brine or vinegar mixture and allowing them to soak to alter the flavor and for preservation purposes. It allows the shelf life of the cucumbers to be extended.
Anaerobic fermentation is fermentation that doesn’t utilize oxygen in the process. In the case of making pickles, the vinegar or brine causes the fermentation. The cucumbers are pushed under the liquid and anything under the liquid is deprived of oxygen.
Indeed, pickles are cucumbers. Pickles are cucumbers that have been preserved with a vinegar mixture or brine mixture. Now that we’ve solved that, let’s take a look at some interesting facts along the same lines that might surprise you and your kids.
According to our scientific definition that we outlined above, a carrot is considered a vegetable because it is the edible portion of a herbaceous plant. A carrot is not classified as a fruit.
Yes, according to the scientific definition, corn is considered a fruit, though it’s typically eaten and generally thought of as a vegetable, as are peppers, zucchini, squash, and tomatoes.
No, a strawberry does not fit the definition of a berry and is not really a berry at all. I hope you don’t feel like we just pulled the rug out from under you, but the fact of the matter is that strawberries are scientifically classified as a fruit because their seeds are not inside a fleshy skin, but rather are located on the outside.
Pickles shouldn’t really count as part of your serving of 5 a day of vegetables or fruits. While they might be considered a vegetable or fruit for the reasons mentioned above, but they have quite a bit of salt or vinegar, depending on the brand or the recipe used for them to be fitting to count as a 5 a day.
If you’re focusing on getting in five fruits or vegetables in your diet in a day, you’ll be happy to know that an onion can count toward your goal. They are great because they help to form the base in many seasonings and dishes and are a favorite for us.
Yes, like the cucumber a zucchini is a fruit, contrary to general cultural definitions. A zucchini grows on flowering part of the plant, which is what defines a fruit. I remember stepping into our summertime garden as kids and admiring zucchini plants full of blossoms in the warm sun and watching the zucchini form on the blossom.
Yes, a watermelon is a fruit because it forms from the flower on the watermelon vine.
Yes, a jalapeno is scientifically classified, according to botany as a fruit, because it has several seeds inside a fleshy fruit.
A jalapeno fits the definition of fruit as the fleshy pepper grows from the flower on the plant.
Popcorn should not be considered a replacement for one of your vegetable servings or fruit servings in the day. While popcorn has some nutritional value if cooked properly, it does not have the vitamins and minerals that would be founds in fruits and vegetables.
Now that we’ve taken a look at various qualifications to meet the expectations for a five a day, let us know what your favorite five a day is. Do you tend to like more fruits or vegetables?
Quick pickles are exactly what the name alludes to they are pickles that can be made quickly. Quick pickles that are made at home and are more or less known as refrigerator pickles. Here’s more information to assist you with making them.
You’ve never heard of the term quick pickle before? If that’s the case, that’s okay. We’ll describe how to make them in the following paragraphs.
We’ve boiled down the process for making quick pickles with just 4 basic steps. Here’s what to do:
You’ll want to wash any jars that need it thoroughly with soap and water. Or better yet, place them in the dishwasher to make sure they’re well sanitized.
The second step is to prepare the vegetables. We’ll assume we’re using cucumbers in this case. We would trim off any of the stems on the vine end of the cucumber and wash the cucumbers well. If you want sliced pickles, this is the time to slice them. If you prefer them whole, just leave them whole.
To make the brine or vinegar mixture, be sure to select and follow a good recipe. Add the brine to the cucumbers that have been placed in the jars.
Pickles should be placed in the refrigerator to cool overnight or as long as desired.
There are a variety of fruits and vegetables that are best for pickling. Here are some ideas.
parsnips
tomatoes
onions
garlic
fennel
mushrooms
squash
turnips
corn
cucumbers
asparagus
beets
peppers
carrots
green beans
The key to flavoring your pickles is to find a good recipe that sounds delicious and follow it. For example, our favorite recipe for pickles is a classic recipe that includes dill, and garlic as seasonings. See our recipe above.
Even though we prefer more of the savory flavor that comes with dill pickles, you can also create a sweeter version that includes cinnamon, sugar, ginger and other flavorful aspects if you desire.
We use distilled white vinegar when making pickles. It’s something that we tend to keep around the house and it’s not expensive to buy. But you might also choose to use apple cider vinegar, white wine, or rice vinegar. They’re all fair game.
How long your pickles will last depends on how your pickles are canned and stored. If you’re just making quick refrigerator pickles in a bowl in the fridge, they’ll likely last about 3 days. But if you’re doing a canning production and sealing your pickles with a water bath or pressure canner, you can keep them longer.
Unopened canned pickles can be stored at room temperature in a pantry for 2 years. If you buy them from the store they can be stored the same and can last at best quality for about 2 years. But as always if they smell strange or have a strange color, by all means throw them out.
After your pickles are opened, they should be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container and can last for about the same amount of time, roughly two years.
There are many health benefits that can be obtained from eating pickles. If you like pickles, then you’re going to love these facts.
The nutritional value and profile of pickles varies depending on their type as well as the brand. For example, according to my pickle jar, a whole pickle can give you:
Calcium 15 mg
Potassium 25 mg
Vitamin K
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Fermented pickles can be a great assistance in gut health, but they’re not found on average grocery store shelves. Instead, look for pickles that are labeled “naturally fermented” and show signs of live bacteria by having bubbles on the surface. If you look at health food stores these are usually the best bet in finding naturally fermented pickles.
There are many health benefits that come with eating pickles. They are high in antioxidants, probiotics, help with electrolyte balancing.
Antioxidants. Pickles have beta-carotene antioxidants that help strengthen an immune system from sickness and diseases.
Probiotics. Probiotics are what assist with good gut health. Naturally fermented pickles consist of micro-organisms that help restore the gut and overall body health.
Electrolytes . Because pickles are high in sodium and contain some potassium, they can be effective in helping to naturally balance electrolytes.
Along with the benefits, there are also potential drawbacks for eating pickles if they’re not consumed in moderation or if they’re consumed by an individual who already struggles with health problems that could be worsened by the consumption of pickled cucumbers.
If you struggle with high blood pressure, you’ll want to be careful of eating too many pickles because they have a hefty sodium content. The same is true with those who are prone to liver and kidney stress, osteoporosis, or gastric cancer. The high sodium levels found in cucumber pickles might put you at higher risk.
For example, on the back of my pickle jar it says that the serving size is one pickle. And from that one pickle you will consume 7% of your daily value of sodium.
To make cucumber pickles at home, you’ll want to use good, firm cucumbers that are fresh. Young cucumbers that are smaller in size and are crisp tend to work best.
In order to make pickles, you’ll want to gather your ingredients and equipment and decide how you’ll want to seal the jars if you’re going for length of storage, for example you can use a water bath or a pressure cooker as a couple of options.
If you’re simply making quick pickles like we’ve mentioned above, then you don’t necessarily need to worry about sealing anything off and processing it for length of storage. They’re simply intended to be eaten in the short term and stored in the refrigerator.
There are a variety of fruits, vegetables, and even meats that can be pickled for length of storage and enhances flavor. It’s not just cucumbers.
If you grow a garden, in essence the sky’s the limit in deciding which products to pickle. Or finding items at the local farmer’s market or roadside stand to be pickled can be fun and enhances the length of storage at the same time.
Being on guard against spoilage can be necessary when canning and dealing with pickled fruits and vegetables. If your item turns discolored, the texture changes, the flavor is altered, or smell seems strange, throw it out. It’s never worth risking your health against spoilage.
Common pickle problems can include your item not sealing appropriately. This is probably the number one problem. If the item doesn’t seal, you should try again to seal it with your preferred method. If it still doesn’t seal, it should be placed in the refrigerator and eaten in a few days or throw it out.
Placing fermented and pickled food products in cool storage such as the refrigerator can help them to remain stable for several months. It helps to keep them from becoming moldy and growing microorganisms.
The great thing about pickles is that by soaking them in a brine mixture, or mixture of salt, vinegar, and seasonings it preserves them for storage. Once they’re sealed in a jar or sealed through your home canning process, they can be kept at room temperature for a length of time.
I can still remember the visual aspects of our lower-level pantry shelves lined with jars of pickles that our mom canned each summer, from our garden, when we were kids. A beautifully delicious sight to behold.
After the jar of pickles has been opened, or the seal has been broken, your pickles should be stored in the refrigerator until they’re consumed.
Scientifically speaking, a pickle is a fruit according to its growth and classification. Did you know that the answer to your question, “Is a Pickle a Fruit?” would be yes?
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International Pickle Week officially kicks off today, May 16. Read on for some facts that will pickle…er, tickle you.
- Americans eat an average of nine pounds of pickles every year.
- America was named after Amerigo Vespucci, a pickle merchant.
- Christopher Columbus reportedly packed his ships (the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria) with vitamin-C rich pickles to keep his crew from getting scurvy, a disease caused by vitamin-C deficiency that often ravaged ship crews on long voyages.
- 40 percent of U.S.-produced pickles were claimed by the U.S. Army for soldier rations during WWII .
- Technically, pickles may be considered both a fruit and a vegetable. While they are made from cucumbers, which are a vegetable, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled them a “fruit of the vine” because of their seeds.
- Elvis was a fan of fried pickles.
- International Pickle Week was started in 1948 by the Pickle Packers International, Inc. trade association, to honor the ancient, world-renowned food during the heart of cucumber planting season.
- The celebration actually lasts for 11 days, through May 26.
- A website has been created by the M.A. Gedney Company (producers of Cains, Gedney and Del Monte Pickles); each day during International Pickle Week, the website will reveal a new pickle project – trivia, activities, a daily recipe and more.
In summary, “Pickles have played an important role in our culture for more than 4,000 years,” said Joe Pinto, vice president of marketing and sales for pickle producer M.A. Gedney Company. “What other food was considered a beauty treatment by Cleopatra, a performance enhancer by Napoleon and Julius Caesar, a medicinal necessity by explorers, and a comforting treat by Thomas Jefferson… and is still relevant and delicious today?”
Ice cream, anyone?
Source: Pickle Packers International
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is a dill pickle a fruit or vegetable | Is A Pickle A Fruit Or Vegetable? | Pickles are an interesting food because they’re made from cucumbers through a process called pickling . Cucumbers are put in a jar with brine, a mixture of vinegar and water, and spices. They’re left inside the jar for many weeks and left to ferment. The result is a pickle. Their taste and texture depends on how long you let them ferment and the cucumbers, brine and spices that were used. Technically a pickle is considered both a fruit and a vegetable . They’re made from cucumbers, which are a vegetable, but they contain seeds like a fruit. And weirdly enough, pickles can also be considered a berry . Cucumbers grow from a blossom and contain seeds but no pit. Botanically speaking, they’re a fruit, vegetable, and berry all at once. But to most people cucumbers are considered a vegetable and so are pickles.
There’s a big difference between the culinary classification of fruits and vegetables compared to their botanical definition . Every chef I’ve ever asked this question to has told me pickles are a vegetable because they’re mad from cucumbers. And most chefs consider cucumbers to be a vegetable. But are pickles still cucumbers after they’re pickled? The answer is yes, pickles are pickled cucumbers and still retain most of the nutrients found in a fresh cucumber.
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing portion of a flowering plant . And not all fruit is edible. But in culinary terms, fruit is generally thought of as being sweet and colorful. Apples, grapes, bananas, pears and peaches are all examples of fruit. Or fruit an taste sour like a lemon, lime or grape fruit. They’re usually eaten raw, but can be cooked into a variety of dishes.
According to botany, many foods most of us consider vegetables or grains are actually fruit . Bean pods contain seeds and grow on a flowering plant, so they’re technically a fruit. But most people think of them as a vegetable.
Wheat grains, tomatoes, corn and cucumbers also contain seeds and grow on flowering plants . But people don’t think of them as being fruit.
Whether or not a pickle is a fruit depends on if your a scientist or a cook . To a scientist, a pickle may be considered a fruit because it grows on a flowing plant and has seeds. But to everyone else it’s a vegetable.
According to botanists, vegetables are the part of a plant that can be eaten by humans . This includes the leaves, stem, root, flowers, and even the fruits. This means according to botany, a fruit is also a vegetable.
But in the culinary world, different parts of a plant are given their own designations and no longer considered vegetables . This includes fruits, nuts, flowers, and grains.
However, there are some exceptions . To most chefs, fruits like tomatoes, eggplant, and cucumbers are referred to as vegetables. Similarly, flowers such as broccoli and cauliflower, and seeds such as pulses, which includes beans, peas and lentils, are also called vegetables.
So what food is a vegetable depending on who’s asking . To a scientist, just about everything we eat that’s grown is technically a vegetable. But to a chef we make clear distinctions. Although there are still exceptions.
To a chef a cucumber is considered a vegetable and not a fruit , and therefore so is a pickle.
In the United States, a pickle is a pickled cucumber . But in other countries it has a different meaning. In the UK a pickle refers to a pickled onion. In Korea, you’ll probably get kimchi or pickled ginger. And in some countries you may get a pickled egg or meat.
The word pickle refers to the act of pickling . When food is fermented in brine along with various herbs and spices, it’s considered pickled.
All sorts of vegetables, fruits, nuts and other foods can be pickles . But here in the U.S. pickles are pickled cucumbers. They’re exactly the same food as the large cucumbers many people cut up and add to salad. They have a high water content and a fresh taste with a touch of sweetness.
When cucumbers are pickled, they’re added to a mixture of brine and other herbs, spices or ingredients such as garlic . The entire mixture is put in an airtight jar and kept sealed for weeks. This preserves the cucumber and gives it a unique taste that many people love around the world.
Pickles can be eaten whole right out of the jar , sliced for hamburgers or chopped to make a relish.
To a botanist, a cucumber is a fruit . They grow on a flowering plant and have seeds inside of them. But to a chef a cucumber, and a pickle, are a vegetable.
From a culinary perspective, cucumbers are considered a vegetable . This heavily influences the way they’re served and eaten. For example, you don’t find cucumber in a fruit salad, but it’s used in vegetable dishes and salads.
Cucumbers are almost always served raw and have a slight sweetness to them . So I can understand the argument for considering them a fruit. Cucumber water is an example of serving them more like a fruit than a vegetable. But they don’t have enough natural sweetness to be used in most fruit dishes or desserts.
All fruits are technically also vegetables, so you would be correct calling a cucumber either a fruit or a vegetable . It all depends on your point of view and how you’re preparing the cucumber. But this versatility doesn’t extend to pickles. I can’t see any way of working a pickle into a fruit dish. Once the cucumber is pickled, it’s taste changes and it looses it’s sweetness. This change helps solidify a pickle as a vegetable.
And then there are berries. In botany, a berry is a type of fleshy fruit that doesn’t have a pit . They’re produced from a single flower on a flowering plant. And that plant can only have a single ovary. By this definition, fruits like peaches are not berries. But neither are raspberries or strawberries because they’re made from flowers with multiple ovaries. Although chefs consider raspberries and strawberries to be berries.
Bananas, grapes, and cucumbers can also be considered berries because they fit the definition . But outside of botany no one does.
To a chef, a berry is any fleshy fruit that doesn’t have a pit . This includes strawberries, raspberries, black berries and blue berries. The great thing about berries is that the word berry is usually in it’s name.
In technical terms to a botanist, a cucumber is also a berry . But to a cook, it’s still just a vegetable. And so is a pickle.
Here’s another question, does a cucumber change once it’s been pickled ? The answer is no, a pickled fruit or vegetable is still the same fruit or vegetable, regardless of how it’s prepared.
Pickling is a form of food preservation . Most recipes use a mixture of vinegar and water mixed with spices to create brine. Cucumbers, brine and spices are placed in a jar or other airtight container and allowed to ferment for weeks. Other ingredients such as herbs and garlic cloves can also be added for flavor.
Pickling can be used to preserve just about any fruit or vegetable. Cucumbers and cabbage are the two most popular foods that are pickled. They create Pickles and Kimche.
If you ask for a pickle in the United States, you’ll receive a pickled cucumber . But in other parts of the world you could be served pickled fruits, vegetables, eggs, fish, or meat.
When cucumbers are pickled they’re turned into a pickle . But not all pickles are cucumbers. Be careful if your on vacation in another country and ask for a pickle. There’s no telling what you’ll get. The term pickle is a general terms that could mean any pickled food. In most vacation spots that are used to serving U.S. style food, you’ll probably get a regular pickle. But in rural areas you could be served all sorts of pickled foods.
In countries that call other foods pickles, ask for a gherkin . It’s another word for what we call a pickle.
To a botanist, a cucumber is technically a fruit, vegetable, and a berry . So to them, a pickle is both a fruit and a vegetable. But most of us are not botanists. To a chef, home cook, or regular person, a pickle is a vegetable because they’re made from cucumbers.
Pickling a fruit or vegetable does not change what it is . So pickles are generally considered a vegetable.
The definition of foods and what name we call them depends on how it’s used, where you live and who you ask . But here in the United States, we consider pickles a vegetable and not a fruit or a berry.
Here’s a list of fun questions related to pickles. If you have any more, email them to me and I’ll add them to the list.
Pickles are made from cucumbers, which are considered a vegetable. Technically they’re actually the fruit of the cucumber plant, but chefs still consider them a vegetable because of how they’re served and eaten. Cucumbers are most commonly used in salads and to make pickles and not for desserts.
Botanists use a more technical definition for foods and consider them a fruit. So you’d be correct in calling them both a fruit and a vegetable.
Most countries have a recommended number of servings of fruits and vegetables that a person should eat in a day. Here in the U.S. that number is 4–5 servings. But do pickles count as a vegetable serving? Yes they do, as long as the serving size is the same. It would be the same as eating a serving size of cucumbers.
A serving of vegetables is about a 1/2 cup or 75 grams. That’s a big pickle. A few sliced pickles on your hamburger or some relish on a hot dog are not considered a serving.
Pickles are considered a vegan food because they contain no animal products. They’re just regular small cucumbers that have been preserved in brine with spices. All of the ingredients used to pickle a cucumber are also vegan.
Some pickle labels may use the term “lacto-fermentation.” This does not mean there is lactose (milk) used in the pickling process. Lacto refers to the sugars in food breaking down into lactic acid.
In many parts of the world, the word pickles may refer to any food item that has been pickled. This could mean pickled eggs, meat or fish. In those cases, pickles are not vegan.
Gherkin refers to a small pickled cucumber in the UK and many other countries. But here in the U.S., a small pickled cucumber would simply be called a pickle. Be careful when your on vacation and order gherkins instead of pickles. You could be served pickled eggs, meat, fish, vegetables or fruits instead.
- On average, each American eats about nine pounds of pickles per year.
- America was named after Amerigo Vespucci, a pickle merchant.
- Christopher Columbus supposedly packed his ships, the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, with vitamin-C rich pickles to keep his crew from getting scurvy.
- 40% of all U.S.-produced pickles were claimed by the U.S. Army for soldier rations during.
- Technically, pickles may be considered both a fruit and a vegetable. While they are made from cucumbers, which are a vegetable, they contain seeds which also makes them a fruit.
- Elvis was a fan of fried pickles.
- International Pickle Week was started in 1948 by the Pickle Packers International, Inc. trade association. It’s meant to honor the world-renowned food during the heart of cucumber planting season. It runs from May 15-24, which is actually 10 days instead of 7.
- Cleopatra considered pickles to be a beauty treatment.
- Pickles have been around for more than 4,000 years.
Pickles are an interesting food because they’re made from cucumbers through a process called pickling . Cucumbers are put in a jar with brine, a mixture of vinegar and water, and spices. They’re left inside the jar for many weeks and left to ferment. The result is a pickle. Their taste and texture depends on how long you let them ferment and the cucumbers, brine and spices that were used. Technically a pickle is considered both a fruit and a vegetable . They’re made from cucumbers, which are a vegetable, but they contain seeds like a fruit. And weirdly enough, pickles can also be considered a berry . Cucumbers grow from a blossom and contain seeds but no pit. Botanically speaking, they’re a fruit, vegetable, and berry all at once. But to most people cucumbers are considered a vegetable and so are pickles.
There’s a big difference between the culinary classification of fruits and vegetables compared to their botanical definition . Every chef I’ve ever asked this question to has told me pickles are a vegetable because they’re mad from cucumbers. And most chefs consider cucumbers to be a vegetable. But are pickles still cucumbers after they’re pickled? The answer is yes, pickles are pickled cucumbers and still retain most of the nutrients found in a fresh cucumber.
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what does the marine stewardship council logo mean | What does the MSC label mean | - only fishing healthy stocks,
- being well-managed so stocks can be fished for the long-term, and
- minimising their impact on other species and the wider ecosystem.
Fishing which is ineligible and ‘out-of-scope’ of entering assessment to the MSC Fisheries Standard include:
• target amphibians, reptiles, birds and/or mammals
• use destructive fishing practices (such as poison or explosives)
• have been successfully convicted for forced labour violations within the last two years
• are conducted under a controversial unilateral exemption to an international agreement
• are purely aquaculture (although some forms of enhanced fishery are eligible for assessment)
• have been convicted of shark finning violations within the last two years
We are currently reviewing the MSC Fisheries Standard which may include revising our criteria for what can be considered as ‘out-of-scope’.
Individual fishers or vessels cannot be MSC certified, only fishing operations. This means fisheries can go out and fish for both MSC certified and non-certified catch but only on separate trips.
An MSC certificate covers a vessel, fleet or individual operator using a certain gear type , fishing on a particular target stock. All these aspects are taken into account during a fishery assessment to the MSC Fisheries Standard , and is referred to as the Unit of Certification or UoC.
Vessels, fleets or individual operators fishing outside of the confines of their certification, would not be classed as MSC certified and therefore could not for example sell this catch into the certified supply chain or have these products carry an MSC ecolabel.
Vessels linked to fishing operations that are covered by an MSC certificate are publicly available through a vessel list document submitted for each fishery under ‘assessments’ on our website .
Our certification process is independent, verifiable and based on science. We do not directly certify fisheries – they gain certification from an independent assessor and there are multiple opportunities for NGOs and others to contribute to the process.
It can sometimes take years of hard work to improve before a fishery can become MSC certified. Even when a fishery gains certification, this is only the start of the journey. Every year, assessors carry out surveillance reports to check on progress and re-assess fisheries every five years.
Under our Standard requirements, fisheries must improve continuously until they reach what we consider to be the best practice in sustainability. If fisheries do not make the required improvements within a specified time, they can have their certificates suspended until they reach the level of performance required by the MSC Standard.
The fisheries that are MSC certified are often at the forefront of innovations and best practice globally.
The MSC blue fish label is only applied to wild fish or seafood products from fisheries that have been certified to the MSC Standard. Our Chain of Custody Standard for supply chain businesses ensures MSC certified fish and seafood is separated from that which is non-certified and is clearly labelled.
More than 7,000 businesses worldwide are MSC Chain of Custody certified, including over 48,000 sites from supermarkets and restaurants to processors, distributors and warehouses. These businesses are audited on an annual basis and subject to unannounced audits, to ensure they are conforming to requirements on traceability, labelling and separation.
The MSC also sometimes commissions independent DNA tests on MSC labelled products to guard against fish fraud, ensuring MSC certified seafood has not been substituted for a different – possibly endangered – species. Research published in the journal Current Biology shows that mislabelling rates on MSC labelled products are less than 1% - significantly lower than other seafood labelling.
Everyone has a part to play. You should look and ask for MSC certified, sustainably sourced seafood when you visit the market, fishmonger or supermarket, or when you eat at a restaurant. The more public pressure there is for sustainable seafood products, the faster that unsustainable fishing practices will be eliminated.
We also want governments to act to end harmful fisheries subsidies which contribute to overfishing, as well as set fishing quotas in line with scientific advice on what is sustainable. We know how to tackle overfishing but we all need to play our part collectively in ending it. | https://www.msc.org/what-we-are-doing/our-approach/what-does-the-blue-msc-label-mean | 121 |
what does the marine stewardship council logo mean | What does the MSC label mean | - only fishing healthy stocks,
- being well-managed so stocks can be fished for the long-term, and
- minimising their impact on other species and the wider ecosystem.
Fishing which is ineligible and ‘out-of-scope’ of entering assessment to the MSC Fisheries Standard include:
• target amphibians, reptiles, birds and/or mammals
• use destructive fishing practices (such as poison or explosives)
• have been successfully convicted for forced labour violations within the last two years
• are conducted under a controversial unilateral exemption to an international agreement
• are purely aquaculture (although some forms of enhanced fishery are eligible for assessment)
• have been convicted of shark finning violations within the last two years
We are currently reviewing the MSC Fisheries Standard which may include revising our criteria for what can be considered as ‘out-of-scope’.
Individual fishers or vessels cannot be MSC certified, only fishing operations. This means fisheries can go out and fish for both MSC certified and non-certified catch but only on separate trips.
An MSC certificate covers a vessel, fleet or individual operator using a certain gear type , fishing on a particular target stock. All these aspects are taken into account during a fishery assessment to the MSC Fisheries Standard , and is referred to as the Unit of Certification or UoC.
Vessels, fleets or individual operators fishing outside of the confines of their certification, would not be classed as MSC certified and therefore could not for example sell this catch into the certified supply chain or have these products carry an MSC ecolabel.
Vessels linked to fishing operations that are covered by an MSC certificate are publicly available through a vessel list document submitted for each fishery under ‘assessments’ on our website .
Our certification process is independent, verifiable and based on science. We do not directly certify fisheries – they gain certification from an independent assessor and there are multiple opportunities for NGOs and others to contribute to the process.
It can sometimes take years of hard work to improve before a fishery can become MSC certified. Even when a fishery gains certification, this is only the start of the journey. Every year, assessors carry out surveillance reports to check on progress and re-assess fisheries every five years.
Under our Standard requirements, fisheries must improve continuously until they reach what we consider to be the best practice in sustainability. If fisheries do not make the required improvements within a specified time, they can have their certificates suspended until they reach the level of performance required by the MSC Standard.
The fisheries that are MSC certified are often at the forefront of innovations and best practice globally.
The MSC blue fish label is only applied to wild fish or seafood products from fisheries that have been certified to the MSC Standard. Our Chain of Custody Standard for supply chain businesses ensures MSC certified fish and seafood is separated from that which is non-certified and is clearly labelled.
More than 7,000 businesses worldwide are MSC Chain of Custody certified, including over 48,000 sites from supermarkets and restaurants to processors, distributors and warehouses. These businesses are audited on an annual basis and subject to unannounced audits, to ensure they are conforming to requirements on traceability, labelling and separation.
The MSC also sometimes commissions independent DNA tests on MSC labelled products to guard against fish fraud, ensuring MSC certified seafood has not been substituted for a different – possibly endangered – species. Research published in the journal Current Biology shows that mislabelling rates on MSC labelled products are less than 1% - significantly lower than other seafood labelling.
Everyone has a part to play. You should look and ask for MSC certified, sustainably sourced seafood when you visit the market, fishmonger or supermarket, or when you eat at a restaurant. The more public pressure there is for sustainable seafood products, the faster that unsustainable fishing practices will be eliminated.
We also want governments to act to end harmful fisheries subsidies which contribute to overfishing, as well as set fishing quotas in line with scientific advice on what is sustainable. We know how to tackle overfishing but we all need to play our part collectively in ending it. | https://www.msc.org/what-we-are-doing/our-approach/what-does-the-blue-msc-label-mean | 121 |
what does the marine stewardship council logo mean | Use the blue MSC label | Show your customers your fish comes from a sustainable source by using the MSC label. Find out how to show your commitment to certified sustainable seafood.
- The MSC blue label is your assurance that the product has been independently verified for its sustainability. DNA testing, investigations and unannounced audits are effective deterrents for mislabelling.
- The blue MSC label represents the world’s most recognised and market-leading seafood certification scheme as endorsed by GSSI and the UN FAO.
- Research shows consumers most trust scientists and NGOs to tackle ocean health and independent certification increases consumer trust in brands . | https://www.msc.org/for-business/use-the-blue-msc-label | 121 |
what does the marine stewardship council logo mean | Marine Stewardship Council - Wikipedia | The Marine Stewardship Council ( MSC ) is a non-profit organization which aims to set standards for sustainable fishing . Fisheries that wish to demonstrate they are well-managed and sustainable compared to the MSC's standards are assessed by a team of Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs).
The mission of the MSC is to use its ecolabel, for which the MSC receives royalties for licensing it to products, and fishery certification program to recognise and reward sustainable fishing practices.
The MSC has faced criticism in the past, mainly centering on its close ties to the fishing industry and conflict of interest stemming from royalties received by the industry for its certification label.
When buyers choose MSC-certified fish, well-managed fisheries are rewarded for sustainable practices. In turn, the growing market for certified sustainable seafood generates a powerful incentive for other fisheries to demonstrate they are fishing sustainably or to improve their performance so that they too can be eligible for MSC certification. In this way, the MSC program helps to harness market forces to incentivise positive environmental change. [3]
A study commissioned and funded by MSC [4] : 746 found that MSC-certified fisheries show improvements that deliver benefits to the marine environment. Benefits included: increased stocks; improved management of stocks; reduced bycatch; expansion of environmentally protected areas; and increased knowledge about ecosystem impacts amongst fishers. [4] [5]
The MSC was founded in 1996, inspired by the Grand Banks cod fishery collapse . In 1999 it became independent of its founding partners, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Unilever . [1] MSC has a staff of around 140 spread across the headquarters in London, regional offices in London, Seattle, Singapore and Sydney, and local offices in Edinburgh, Berlin, The Hague, Paris, Cape Town, Tokyo, Reykjavik, and the Baltic region. [6]
The MSC program is open to all fisheries regardless of size, scale, location and intensity and runs a Developing World Program to ensure equal access to the program.
As of February 2016, there are over 20,000 seafood products available with the MSC ecolabel, sold in around 100 countries around the world. As of May 2016, there are over 280 fisheries that have been independently certified as meeting the MSC's environmental standard for sustainable fishing and over 90 are currently undergoing assessment. [7] Around 3,300 companies operating in 34,500 sites have met the MSC Chain of Custody standard for seafood traceability. [8] The MSC works in partnership with a number of organisations, businesses and funders around the world but is fully independent of all. [2]
The MSC environmental standard for sustainable fishing was developed over two years through a consultative process involving more than 300 expert organizations and individuals around the world. It is consistent with the ‘Guidelines for the Eco-labelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Wild Capture Fisheries’ adopted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2005. [9]
Fisheries that want certification and to use the ecolabel pay US$20,000 to more than $100,000 to an independent, for-profit contractor that assesses the fishery against the MSC standard and determines whether to recommend certification. [10] The assessors are independently accredited to perform MSC assessments by Accreditation Services International (ASI). After certification, fisheries undergo annual audits costing $75,000 per audit and are recertified every five years. [10]
The Marine Stewardship Council is a program for wild fisheries and does not include aquaculture production.
Some types of ‘enhanced fisheries’ can be certified but there is a well-defined type of enhancement to which the MSC standard for sustainability can be applied:
- The fishery must rely on catching fish from the wild at some stage, either Catch and Grow or Hatch and Catch.
- Species must be native to the geographic region of the fishery.
- It is not possible to substantially augment the fishes’ food or give them medicines (except in the case of Hatch and Catch fisheries such as salmon hatcheries, where the fry are reared only to a small size prior to release to the wild).
- Habitat can be modified but it must be possible to reverse the impact the enhanced fishery has on the habitats and wider ecosystem. [11]
To ensure a robust assessment and to ensure that the independent team of experts has all the available information on the fishery, the assessment process is open to a range of stakeholders to participate – this could be other fisheries, NGOs, governments, or other bodies.
Stakeholders are invited to participate in the process from the outset, and throughout the assessment, stakeholders are given the opportunity to submit information and comment on reports, all of which are made public and available for anyone to see on the MSC website. [12]
The MSC is governed by a board of trustees of up to 15 members. In addition a Technical Advisory Board and a Stakeholder Council advise the Board. The structure of these bodies involves a wide range of stakeholders with different views so that decisions reflect many sectors and interests. [13] It is an example of a product-oriented multistakeholder governance group .
The MSC manages a second standard called Chain of Custody for traceability. If seafood is to be sold with the MSC ecolabel, every business in the supply chain must be assessed and certified by an independent body against the MSC Chain of Custody standard. This ensures that only seafood from a certified sustainable fishery is sold with the MSC label. [14]
As of March 2019, the use of DNA barcoding by the MSC has reduced species mislabelling (sometimes done fraudulently) to less than 1% among covered products, compared to the sector average of roughly 30%. [15]
The MSC is a registered charity [16] and non-profit organisation [17] and depends on various sources of funding. From 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012, the MSC's total income was £15 million. Total expenditure for the same period was £12 million. The MSC Board recognises it as generally good practice to hold reserves as a protection against any financial difficulties in the future. A reserves target of 6 to 9 months’ cover is considered to be necessary, at least as an aspiration, given the MSC's absence of a subscribing membership and uncertainty, as a market-based program, of its various income streams. [18]
In 2009 Greenpeace published a comprehensive assessment of the MSC. Overall the report states several positive effects, but also many aspects that make the MSC a weak certification. [19]
Jared Diamond 's 2005 book Collapse discussed MSC and the similar Forest Stewardship Council as good examples of collaboration among environmentalists and businesses for a sustainable economy . [20]
Andrew Balmford's book Wild Hope (Chicago University Press, 2012) devotes a chapter to the MSC as a successful strategy for achieving conservation goals through a collaborative, market-based solution.
Critics claim that the MSC has certified fisheries that are harming the environment and those with a high level of bycatch, the killing of non-target species such as dolphins and turtles. [21] These concerns are furthered by the fact that the industry pays the MSC to be certified, which is presented as a conflict of interest. [22] In addition, there is no guarantee that the seafood is ethical, as animal welfare is not considered and suffocation is still the standard slaughter method for fish, [23] who possess not only the ability to feel pain but emotions and sentience. [24] [25] [26] [27]
Since 2009, the MSC has been criticized for certifying fisheries that have, in the view of some, questionable sustainability. The most controversial certification has been that of the Ross Sea Antarctic toothfish fishery. [28] [29] Some scientists and stakeholders in the seafood industry consider the fishery "exploratory", since so little is known about it. [28] [30] However toothfish has been fished commercially for over 30 years and the fishery has been closely managed by Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources since 1982. [31] Scientists had accused the assessor, which recommended the fishery for certification, of ignoring unfavorable data. The independent adjudicator later sent back the recommendation for certification to the assessor for reconsideration. [10] The fishery was certified with adjustments to the scoring on the contested indicators and additional requirements for providing scientific data to aid research on toothfish stocks.
The MSC received criticism from Greenpeace and the Pew Environment Group among others over its certification of Antarctic krill . Although the fishery may have been healthy, critics believed that "scientific data on the fishery’s impact [wa]s lacking, and that the council’s decision [wa]s thus based on guesswork". As a result, Whole Foods Market stated it would stop selling all krill oil supplements even with the ecolabel. [10]
As part of the MSC certification the krill fishery committed to further scientific research and 100% observer coverage, specifically addressing the concerns about risks posed to other species by krill fishing. [32] Fishing pressure on krill is very low – less than 1% of estimated biomass - and the management rules established by CCAMLR ensure fishing activities minimise risks to the krill population or other species. [33]
In early 2010, the MSC was criticised by environmental groups like the Sierra Club for certifying the British Columbia sockeye salmon fishery [34] [35] [36] when stocks in the Fraser River (a part of the fishery) had been in decline since the early 1990s. [37] The year before, the salmon run of the Fraser River (a part of the fishery) was only 1.4 million (M) of a predicted 11 M salmon and had prompted the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to launch a judicial enquiry. [38] The 2010 run was 30 M and the 2011 run is estimated to be greater than 4 M. [39] The Fraser Sockeye 2010 think tank at Simon Fraser University stated that the large 2010 run was due mainly to the cyclical peak of fish from the Adams River and that returns were high only for a subset of tributaries . [40] However, it stated that "the large unresolved uncertainties […] highlight our collective uncertainty about the relative roles of climate change, aquaculture, and fisheries management in determining salmon returns". [40]
An appropriate management response to the decreased stocks was taken and the fishery was closed to allow the stocks to recover. The fishery is now operating successfully and has an ongoing commitment to protecting weak populations and decreasing bycatch. Catch level is set in-season in accordance with each year's run size. [41]
In February 2011, several European WWF chapters objected to certification of the Denmark North Sea plaice fishery. [42] The concerns raised were taken into account and the fishery concerned implemented a habitat strategy to ensure enhanced protection of vulnerable habitats through measures such as closed areas, gear modifications, technical developments and targeted research. [43]
However, in an independent study of seven different seafood ecolabelling and certification programs, commissioned by WWF International and carried out by Accenture Development Partnerships in 2009, [44] the MSC ranked highest across all 103 criteria. The study was repeated in 2012 and the MSC again was determined ‘best in class’, scoring twice as highly as the next nearest certification program analysed.
Some scientists like Sidney Holt and Daniel Pauly have suggested that a system where assessments are carried out by commercial contractors paid by the fisheries creates a conflict of interest because assessors have a financial incentive in recommending fisheries and getting more work and profits from the resulting annual audits. [30] However, the practice of companies paying external auditors for assessments to independent standards (such as accounting or quality standards) is widespread throughout all business and non-profit sectors. Third party assessment by accredited certifiers, independent of the standard setter, is also a key feature of the United Nations FAO guidelines on ecolabelling fisheries and fish products, and one of the criteria that the global community of MSC stakeholders value in the MSC program. [10]
In December 2016 Private Eye reported that a leaked internal WWF document concluded that because the MSC receives royalties from licensing its ecolabel (providing 75% of the organisation's revenue) there is a conflict of interest and it has relaxed its sustainability requirements, enabling more products to carry its label, thereby increasing its own income. [45] [ better source needed ]
In 2018 Open Seas and the National Trust for Scotland formally objected to MSC certified scallop dredging practices. [46]
The 2021 documentary Seaspiracy was critical of the Marine Stewardship Council, arguing it offers a false sense of assurance to consumers about the products possessing the MSC label. It cited close ties to the fishing industry and weak and ineffective certification processes. [ citation needed ]
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what does the marine stewardship council logo mean | Blue ticked off: the controversy over the MSC fish ‘ecolabel’ | The MSC’s coveted blue tick is the world’s biggest, and some say best, fishery ecolabel. So why is it in the headlines – and does it really do what it says on the tin?
T his month, two right whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence were found entangled in fishing gear. One, a female, was first spotted entangled off Cape Cod last year, but rescuers were not able to fully free her; the other, a male, is believed to have become entangled in the Gulf .
Hunted to near extinction before a partial whaling ban in 1935, North Atlantic right whales are once more critically endangered, with only 356 left. The main threat remains human contact: entanglement in fishing gear, and ship strikes. Fatal encounters, caused in part by the whales’ migratory shift into Canada’s snow crab grounds, have soared: more than a tenth of the population died or were seriously injured between 2017 and 2021, mostly in Canada and New England.
One of the threats they face is from the growing crab and lobster fisheries. The whales migrate from their calving grounds in Florida to feed in Canada – putting them on a collision course with the pots and traps.
“We’re talking millions of lines, placed in the water every year,” says Kate O’Connell, a marine wildlife consultant for the Animal Welfare Institute. “These animals are running the gauntlet – and it’s getting harder and harder for them to survive.”
When a whale gets entangled, ropes from buoys on the surface to the seabed traps can become embedded in its skin, weighing it down and leaving it unable to swim or feed properly, leading to a “really traumatising death”, O’Connell says.
But what makes it even more concerning to conservationists is that some of the fisheries they say threaten the right whale were certified as “sustainable” by the world’s largest fisheries certification programme: the Marine Stewardship Council .
The MSC, which grants the right to use its well-known “blue tick” label on products, has grown from 315 certified fisheries in 2017 to 421, representing 14% of all global fish landings. In the last year its labelled products were worth $12bn (£9.5bn). In the absence of governments looking after our oceans, “the MSC is definitely the best we’ve got” in terms of consumer labels, according to Ruth Westcott of the environmental alliance Sustain.
The MSC hit the headlines in March, however, when the controversial Netflix documentary Seaspiracy accused it of certifying fisheries with a high level of “bycatch” – whereby species such as dolphins and turtles are caught in fishing nets – and said its certification was too easily achieved.
The MSC denied the allegations and, alongside several other organisations, accused the film-makers of making “misleading” claims . The producers deny this.
But the plight of right whales shows how fine a line the MSC has to walk, between conservationists and the fishing industry, and has reignited a fierce debate over what it means when you see a blue MSC label on a fish package in the supermarket.
Certainly, the presence of MSC-certified fisheries along the migration route of one of the world’s most endangered mammals has become emblematic of the contradictions the organisation has to confront. Even one dead whale a year brings the species closer to extinction.
Another ecolabel, from the conservation group WWF, takes a different tack. This month, WWF Hong Kong revised its seafood guide to downgrade “Boston lobster”, the generic Chinese term for all two-clawed American lobster species, to “red/avoid” because its harvesting grounds overlap with the habitat of North Atlantic right whales.
Why then, conservationists say, would MSC give any fishery in the right whales’ range the green light to fish there?
Critics also argue that the very nature of the MSC’s model, with fisheries paying to be certified, poses a conflict of interest.
Is the MSC, the world’s biggest fisheries certification scheme, still fit for purpose?
The heart of the matter may come down to the fact that the MSC exists not just to protect the environment but also to ensure thriving fisheries.
Rupert Howes, MSC chief executive, says it is about “resource management”, not pure conservation.
“We’re passionate about oceans and marine ecosystems and ocean resilience,” he says, “but we’re also deeply concerned about global food insecurity and indeed the 500m livelihoods the FAO [UN Food and Agriculture Organization] estimate depend on the global seafood industry.”
He admits that the organisation is “not perfect”, and says the level of criticism is “difficult”.
“There’s a tendency for everybody to want us to resolve their particular issues,” Howes says. “And there’s a limit. We’re already complex and costly compared with other assurances.” He is at pains to point out what the MSC does well: “Nothing carries the label without traceability. Nothing carries the label without a recertification every five years, and the audit every year.”
He argues that the MSC system is vastly superior to the industry self-certifying; he also notes that, while some organisations are promoting improvement projects, many have no traceability, action plan or outcome. Unlike some other ecolabels, with “desk-based research”, Howe says, the MSC works with fisheries to “drive improvements”.
“Stakeholders sometimes feel because we’re working with the markets that it’s compromised, but it isn’t,” he says.
To be certified by MSC takes up to 18 months. First, a fishery is assessed by independent “conformity assessment bodies” (CABs). They visit the fishery, consult experts and consider all available data to decide whether it meets MSC criteria. There are several checks and balances, including third-party monitoring of the CABs and an independent evaluation of the assessment. In addition, environmental organisations can object to certification, which often results in additional conditions placed on fisheries.
Sixteen of its 421 fisheries are currently suspended, including the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery and the Gulf of St Lawrence snow crab fishery, which has now withdrawn from the MSC altogether. In the past five years, a quarter of all new assessments ended without certification. But since 2001, MSC said it had received 51 objections before certification, which resulted in three fisheries not being certified.
Howes believes the market model is driving a more sustainable ocean. “The MSC is just trying to empower consumers to do their part to reward, in our mind, the ones that are doing the right thing.”
But the right thing means different things to different people. Scores of organisations have expressed concern that the MSC’s certification process does not properly account for bycatch, particularly of sharks and cetaceans. In 2018, a group of 66 conservation groups and academics accused the MSC of not paying enough attention to the protection of species not specifically targeted by fisheries.
Conservationists argue the MSC lacks a “gut check” on endangered species – and right whales are a good example. In 2017, due to threats to endangered species, O’Connell and 53 international organisations urged the MSC to reassess a number of fisheries, including the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery. The same year, the MSC suspended a “sustainable” snow crab fishery , the Gulf of St Lawrence, after right whales were found dead in its fishing gear. But it did not suspend the lobster fishery until 2020, after the federal judge had ruled that US fishing authorities had overlooked the impact of lobster fisheries on right whales.
The MSC argues that certification is “part of the solution” to right whale entanglement because it drives good practice, such as monitoring and taking steps to avoid interactions. In the case of the right whales, the CABs that certified the fisheries in question have said there is “no evidence” of them causing a threat, and that it imposed conditions on some to “monitor and reduce the risk”.
Since the Gulf of St Lawrence deaths and suspension in 2017, “there have been no reports of right whale deaths within an MSC certified fishery”, according to the MSC. Its fisheries used colour-coded gear, it said, to identify which fishery was responsible for any entanglements that occur, and if issues arose it could audit and investigate quickly.
Last month, however, a paper co-authored by Amy Knowlton, a senior scientist at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium, reported an alarming reduction in the size of right whales , suggesting their stunted growth could be the result of hauling around fishing gear. It is estimated that 85% of right whales have suffered at least one entanglement.
“A lot of fisheries are in denial they are part of the problem,” says Knowlton. One of her biggest concerns, she says, is the “need to get this firm evidence before a fishery will do anything. We don’t know where the majority of these entanglements occur but we do know they occur throughout the range.”
Today, six lobster and snow crab trap and pot fisheries within the right whales’ range remain MSC-certified as “sustainable”. But none of them should be, in O’Connell’s opinion, given the cumulative risk from multiple fishing lines. The MSC’s guidelines “remain weak”, she says, and are in desperate need of a thorough review.
The MSC says it is doing just that: undertaking a review of the fishery standard on which it bases its certification.
As part of the review, it has proposed a “more precautionary approach” to endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) species, says Rohan Currey, the MSC’s chief science and standards officer. Every marine mammal, reptile, amphibian and seabird would now all be regarded as ETP species, “irrespective of how abundant it is”.
This would, says Currey, trigger a condition for certified fisheries to reduce its bycatch, or unintentional catch, of these animals.
He says the review will examine the possibility of including sharks and other species, and also look at requirements for independent data collection – for instance, using observers or electronic monitoring – as well as potentially broadening the criteria for cumulative risks to a fishery.
The review will end in 2022. However, because of the FAO’s rules allowing fisheries three years to comply, any changes would not be likely to take effect until at least 2023 for new fisheries – and 2025 for those already in the scheme.
In the meantime, the MSC’s own advisory council is growing concerned. Rory Crawford, of BirdLife International, one of the advisory council stakeholders, conducted a study of 23 fisheries in 2019 and found that only three were actively working to monitor and minimise bycatch .
“Consumers cannot be fully confident that certified fish comes without impacts on non-target species, from sharks to seabirds to whales,” he concluded.
Given that standards have not changed since 2019, he says, there are still MSC-certified fisheries that are not doing their best to minimise seabird bycatch, such as bird scaring or weighted lines.
“As a consumer purchasing a blue-tick product, I’d want to know that every effort was being made to minimise or even eliminate non-target bycatch, irrespective of whether it’s a ‘critically endangered’ Tristan albatross or ‘least concern’ common guillemot,” he says.
Ruth Westcott, campaign coordinator at the environmental alliance Sustain, says that in the absence of governments looking after our oceans, “the MSC is definitely the best we’ve got” in terms of labels. While the system has failed, it was “not all doom and gloom” for the consumer, she said. “As a consumer, you can buy from fishmongers or direct from a fishery – as close to the source as possible. Then look at the MSC or MCS rating scheme.”
Crawford notes that MSC certification has resulted in improvements for some fisheries, such as the Namibian hake, where seabird bycatch fell by 90% . He wants the MSC to require independent data, as well as explicit requirements that fisheries minimise bycatch of species of “least concern”, such as eider ducks and northern Fulmars, which fisheries catch in their thousands.
WWF, which co-created the MSC scheme two decades ago, is perhaps the highest-profile organisation calling for it to reform.
WWF has already lodged objections to several proposed certified fisheries, and says the MSC should be “more rigorous” in its standards, and needs to apply the “precautionary principle” as a matter of course. Last year, WWF and the Pew Charitable Trusts objected to the MSC’s certification of its first bluefin tuna fishery, saying it was too early to declare the stock fully recovered . An audit of the assessment of the fishery identified “minor nonconformity” issues, including around the impartiality of the CAB, which MSC said had since been addressed.
“I would not trust all of the fisheries to be sustainable,” says Giuseppe Di Carlo, WWF’s director of the WWF Mediterranean marine initiative. “WWF expects MSC to make reforms in the standard, and also in the assurance process, the implementation of standards.”
He says there is a conflict of interest at the heart of the scheme because the fisheries pay the CABs fees of $20,000 to $500,000 for the assessment. The MSC also charges retailers royalties of up to 0.5% of the net wholesale value of seafood sold, for using its label.
The MSC says any risk is mitigated by numerous reviews and consultations to ensure all the evidence is fairly and correctly interpreted. A formal objection process is also available for further scrutiny, it says.
In the meantime, it is likely to be four years before most fisheries will be pressed to make any improvements at all – assuming the MSC review even recommends they do so.
“Drastic changes are going on: increasing biodiversity loss, climate change, overfishing,” says O’Connell. “Right whales don’t have time for all this to be figured out. They’re coming to the point where they will hit a tipping point, and it will be too late.”
However, MSC insisted action was already being taken and said: “It is not a case of waiting for the outcome of the fisheries standards review to help right whales.”
As for the bigger picture, says Michelle Cho, a specialist in bycatch at the Anderson Cabot Center, the MSC needs to take a hard look at itself.
“There’s a lot of criteria they need to follow, there are the assessment bodies, and they have their guidance on how to score things,” says Cho. “But a lot of us feel that ‘gut check’ is not there.
“If things are cumulatively contributing to a species going extinct, is that really sustainable?”
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what does the marine stewardship council logo mean | Is Sustainable-Labeled Seafood Really Sustainable? | Capt. Art Gaeten holds a blue shark that was caught during a research trip in Nova Scotia. Scientists are studying the impact of swordfish fishing methods on the shark population.
Part one of a three-part series by Daniel Zwerdling and Margot Williams.
Rebecca Weel pushes a baby stroller with her 18-month-old up to the seafood case at Whole Foods, near ground zero in New York. As she peers at shiny fillets of salmon, halibut and Chilean sea bass labeled "certified sustainable," Weel believes that if she purchases this seafood, she will help protect the world's oceans from overfishing.
But some leading environmentalists have a different take: Consumers like Weel are being misled by a global program that amounts to "greenwashing" — a strategy that makes consumers think they are protecting the planet, when actually they are not.
At Whole Foods, the seafood counter displays blue labels from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an international, nonprofit organization. The MSC is a prime example of an economic trend: Private groups, not the government, are telling consumers what is good or bad for the environment. The MSC says its label guarantees that the wild seafood was caught using methods that do not deplete the natural supply. It also guarantees that fishing companies do not cause serious harm to other life in the sea, from coral to dolphins.
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The idea is spreading fast throughout the food industry. Megachains like Target, Costco and Kroger are selling seafood with the MSC label. McDonald's says you are munching on "certified sustainable" wild Alaskan pollock every time you eat a Filet-O-Fish sandwich. The fast-food company has used MSC-certified fish since 2007 in the U.S., and as of February, they are putting the MSC logo on their fish sandwich boxes.
Poll results from a recent survey of 3,000 Americans, conducted on behalf of NPR, by Truven Health Analytics. Questions were asked — in general — about sustainable seafood and labeling.
Source: Truven Health Analytics-NPR Health Poll; margin of error +/- 1.8 percentage points
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Consumers like Weel say the labels help them feel better about the products they buy. "I want to feel that I'm doing the right thing," says Weel, a pediatrician, as her 4 ½-year-old daughter bolts into the vegetable aisle in neon-colored boots. When Weel shops for seafood, she says, she wants to make choices "that will help preserve the wild fish populations in the oceans."
Executives at Whole Foods say they are helping consumers do exactly that, by pledging in recent years to sell as many MSC-certified products as possible. Seafood is the last major food that people catch in the wild, and "we can't just go out and find more fish to catch," says Carrie Brownstein, global seafood quality standards coordinator for Whole Foods.
Brownstein cites a 2012 United Nations report that warned that almost 30 percent of the world's wild fisheries are "overexploited," and more than 57 percent of wild fisheries are "at or very close" to the limit.
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Other groups have devised ranking systems for seafood. The Monterey Bay Aquarium labels products like a traffic light — green, yellow or red — to urge shoppers to buy or avoid a particular fish. The Blue Ocean Institute has a similar system. The MSC reports it has labeled roughly 8 percent of the global seafood catch, worth more than $3 billion. That makes it the most widespread and best-known rating scheme around the world.
A recent survey of 3,000 Americans, conducted on behalf of NPR, suggests that a majority of consumers want to feel good about the seafood they buy. The poll by Truven Health Analytics found that almost 80 percent of the people who eat seafood regularly said it is "important" or "very important" that their seafood is sustainably caught.
If they buy MSC-labeled seafood, they may be paying a premium. Brownstein says Whole Foods charges more for some of its seafood labeled "certified sustainable," although she wouldn't give numbers. Some fishing industry executives told NPR that they are getting roughly 10 percent more for their MSC-labeled products than for seafood that's not certified sustainable.
That's one reason why many environmentalists who supported the MSC in the past say you might be troubled to know what the MSC and supermarkets like Whole Foods are not telling you:
"We would prefer they didn't use the word sustainable ," says Gerry Leape, an oceans specialist at the Pew Environment Group, one of the major foundations working on oceans policies. Leape has supported the MSC for more than a decade as a member of its advisory Stakeholder Council.
But he and other critics say that the MSC system has been certifying some fisheries despite evidence that the target fish are in trouble, or that the fishing industry is harming the environment. And critics say the MSC system has certified other fisheries as sustainable even though there is not enough evidence to know how they are affecting the environment.
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When a customer sees the MSC's sustainable label at the supermarket, "the consumer looks at the fish and says, 'Oh, it has the label on it, it must be sustainable,' " Leape says. "And in some fisheries that the MSC has certified, that's not necessarily the case."
Biologist Susanna Fuller, co-director of marine programs at Canada's Ecology Action Centre, agrees. "We know ... that blue stamp doesn't mean that you're sustainable," she says. When asked if consumers should choose MSC-labeled seafood, Fuller pauses. "It's a gamble," she says.
Still, even the MSC's sharpest critics say they support the broad ideas behind the organization and its stated goals.
"Originally I thought it was a good idea," says Jim Barnes, director of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, a network of dozens of environmental groups around the world. "The world needed something like this to help steer consumer decisions, and so I wasn't against it at all at the beginning. And I'm not totally against it now." But Barnes worries that the MSC is straying from its mission and needs a dramatic overhaul. "It can be a force for good. If it continues on the path that it's on, however, and doesn't solve a lot of these issues that have been raised," he says, "I don't think it will be."
Protecting The Oceans And The Bottom Line
The MSC was born because of a crisis.
Michael Sutton, one of its founders, says that he and his colleagues dreamed up the idea after the cod industry collapsed off the Nova Scotia coast in 1992. Cod fishing had been the foundation of the region's economy and culture, worth an estimated $700 million each year. But when the cod population plunged to a fraction of previous levels, the Canadian government banned cod fishing — putting thousands of people out of work.
Rupert Howes is CEO of the Marine Stewardship Council. "We want to see the global oceans transformed onto a sustainable basis," he tells NPR.
"It was so bad in some of these coastal communities, the government had to send in suicide-prevention teams," recalls Sutton, who was then vice president of the World Wildlife Fund. "We were not only trashing our marine environment, but we were ruining the character of coastal communities that had existed on fisheries for centuries," Sutton says.
Sutton and other environmental advocates, and many scientists, warned that the cod collapse taught the world a sobering lesson: Government agencies that were supposed to monitor and regulate fishing were often doing a lousy job. Cod weren't the only fish in trouble. Studies showed that populations of major species like swordfish, marlin and tuna were plunging too. "So we needed to do something drastic," Sutton says.
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He and colleagues decided to convince industry executives that protecting the oceans would also protect their bottom line. Sutton made a pilgrimage to the Unilever conglomerate, then one of the largest producers of frozen seafood — including fish sticks.
"My pitch to Unilever was, 'The future of their frozen fish business is at stake,' " Sutton remembers. "Overfishing is not only bad for the environment, but it's really bad for business, because it means that they're not going to have fish in the future the way they have them today."
Unilever and the World Wildlife Fund joined hands in 1997, and set up the MSC. Unilever eventually sold its seafood subsidiary and left the program, but the founding partner left its mark: From the day the MSC opened its doors in London, it has been a balancing act between industry and the environment.
Today, the MSC has more than 100 employees worldwide, including about 60 at its headquarters in a renovated building down the street from St. Paul's Cathedral.
"MSC has a global vision," says Rupert Howes, the organization's chief executive officer. "We want to see the global oceans transformed onto a sustainable basis."
MSC's System Of Certification
Swordfish from Canada are marked with a label from the Marine Stewardship Council at a Whole Foods in Washington, D.C. The MSC says its label means the fish were caught by a sustainable fishery, but critics says it's not always so clear.
Here's the MSC's basic idea: Executives of a growing number of food companies want to be "green." Some genuinely want to protect the environment; others may be mainly seeking a marketing edge. But when it comes to seafood, those executives don't have the time or knowledge to figure out which fishing companies are plundering the ocean and which ones are doing a good job. So the MSC does the work for them.
The MSC does not certify fisheries itself. Instead, a fishery that wants the label hires one of roughly a dozen commercial auditing companies to decide whether its practices comply with the MSC's definition of "sustainable." The MSC's standard for sustainability includes dozens of items, but they're designed to assess whether the population of a fishery's target species is healthy; if the fishing practices don't cause serious harm to other life in the sea — including by accidentally catching other animals, which is called bycatch; and if the fishery has good management. If the commercial auditors give the fishery a passing score, then the fishery gets the right to use the blue "Certified Sustainable Seafood" label. It can be a long and expensive process. Some certifications have taken years, and the fisheries have paid the auditing firms up to $150,000 or more.
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Howes says that when a store sells MSC-certified seafood, the label announces to consumers, "We care where our fish comes from." He adds that as a growing number of food companies sell MSC-labeled seafood, executives of fisheries that don't have it are motivated to join the program. That catalyzes "real and lasting change in the way the oceans are fished," Howe says.
During the MSC's first decade, there wasn't much demand for sustainable seafood by the U.S. food industry, and the MSC "almost went bankrupt," Sutton says. And that put the spotlight on the MSC's financial model.
The way that executives structured it, MSC's budget comes partly from foundation grants. But some revenue comes from the licensing fees that MSC charges businesses for the right to sell seafood with the MSC label. So as long as many supermarket chains were not promoting it, the MSC wasn't getting much money.
Then, in 2006, everything changed. The MSC and its supporters had sent a series of delegations to Bentonville, Ark., world headquarters of Wal-Mart. The delegations helped convince Wal-Mart executives to promise that all the seafood they sell in the U.S. would be MSC-certified by 2012.
"We had to get Wal-Mart," Sutton says. "The significance of their commitment, of course, is that once Wal-Mart made a commitment to the Marine Stewardship Council, every other major retailer had to follow suit, because none of them wanted to be less progressive than Wal-Mart." Sure enough, other discount chains promised to go sustainable, too. "Overnight, the demand far outstripped the supply," says Sutton, "and so the suppliers had to catch up."
Since Wal-Mart made its pledge in 2006, the MSC system has certified seven times as many fisheries as it did during the same period before, according to NPR's analysis. Still, the MSC system has not been able to certify enough seafood for Wal-Mart to meet its 2012 deadline, according to Bob Fields, a senior buyer for Wal-Mart and Sam's Club.
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The explosion in sales of MSC-labeled products at leading chain stores has transformed the organization's finances. The year that Wal-Mart pledged to promote MSC-labeled seafood, the MSC received most of its income from foundation grants — 75 percent, according to the MSC annual report. Meanwhile, it received only 7 percent of its income from label licensing fees.
Today, those licensing fees generate more than half of the MSC's revenue.
And since Wal-Mart executives embraced sustainable seafood, the MSC has also received millions of dollars in grant money from the Walton Family Foundation, which was created by Wal-Mart's founder and is governed by his descendants. The Walton Family Foundation has become one of the MSC's largest donors, according to financial reports. The director of the foundation's environment programs, Scott Burns, served on the MSC's board of directors before he went to Walton.
Source: Marine Stewardship Council documents, NPR research
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Critics say that the day Wal-Mart embraced sustainable seafood, it was a blessing for the MSC system — and a curse. The critics charge that the MSC system has compromised its standards to keep up with the booming demand from Wal-Mart and other chains that followed suit. Fuller, of the Ecology Action Centre, says she has watched the MSC system "struggling with meeting the demands of the system that they helped create ... They have ended up having to lower the bar."
When ocean specialist Daniel Pauly, a fisheries professor at the University of British Columbia, talks about the MSC today, he sounds dispirited. Pauly took part in early meetings in London that helped create the MSC and now says he has lost faith in the system. "The MSC is doing the business of the business community," Pauly says, not the environment.
Capt. Art Gaeten holds a blue shark caught off the coast of Nova Scotia during a research outing. Studies show that 35 percent of sharks caught by swordfish boats die either on the hook or within days of release.
Balancing 'Sustainable' Swordfish With At-Risk Sharks
Some environmentalists and scientists say if you want to understand why they're losing faith in the MSC, look at the battle over certifying Canadian swordfish. Next time you buy swordfish at a store like Whole Foods, it might come from a controversial fishery off the coast of Nova Scotia.
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Fishermen have known for ages that when they go swordfishing in some parts of the Atlantic, they will accidentally catch sharks — lots of sharks, says Steve Campana, who runs the Canadian government's Shark Research Laboratory, near Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Steve Campana runs the Canadian Shark Research Laboratory. He works to tag sharks with satellite transmitters to find out how long they survive after being caught and released.
When NPR caught up with Campana one morning, he and his research crew were heading into the Atlantic on a 34-foot trawler, the Dig It. They were planning to attach sophisticated satellite transmitters to blue sharks.
"On average, from what we've seen over the years, the swordfishermen catch about five blue sharks for every one swordfish," Campana said, holding onto a metal strut as the Dig It bounced through the waves. Add it up, studies suggest , and Canada's long-line swordfish boats — so named because they typically let out 30 or 40 miles of fishing line, dangling more than 1,000 hooks — accidentally catch tens of thousands of sharks every year.
This touches on one of MSC's three fundamental rules, even though studies show swordfish are plentiful. The second rule says that a fishery is not sustainable if it does not maintain "the integrity of ecosystems" — which means, in part, that it's not sustainable if there is too much bycatch.
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, which is funded and appointed by the Canadian government, has warned that the main kinds of sharks that swordfishermen accidentally catch are "threatened" or "endangered" or "of special concern."
Swordfishermen generally release the sharks. But there had been few studies on what happens to those sharks after fishermen let them off the hooks — until Campana and his colleagues came along. About six years ago, they started tagging sharks with satellite transmitters before fishermen set them free.
Shark charter operator Art Gaeten (right) and recreational shark fisherman Shawn Knowles struggle to hold a blue shark in position while shark biologist Anna Dorey attaches a satellite tag to its back. Researchers say about five blue sharks are caught for every one swordfish. Scientists are trying to determine what happens to the sharks after they are released.
During one outing, the crew showed how they do it: They snagged a 5-foot blue shark on a hook baited with mackerel, reeled it in, and then pinned the thrashing shark against the boat's broad, flat railing. They jabbed a satellite transmitter, which looks like a turkey baster with a barb on one end, into the shark's leathery skin.
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And then they let the shark go, the transmitter protruding like an unsightly growth. The device is equipped with a computer chip that records data every 10 seconds, including where the shark goes, how deep it goes, and how long it stays there. After about 10 months, the tube pops off the shark and floats to the surface, beaming all the information via satellite to Campana. When the transmitter shows that a shark went to the deepest part of the sea and just stayed there, Campana knows when and where the shark died.
Campana and his colleagues published some of their first findings based on these studies in July 2009, in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series. Their studies showed that up to 35 percent of the sharks caught by swordfish boats die, either right on the hook or within days after the fishermen set them free. The findings suggested that Canadian swordfish boats accidentally kill almost two sharks for every swordfish they catch.
Campana says that when you put these findings in context, it is troubling. Other studies suggest that the populations of major kinds of sharks in the North Atlantic have plunged as much as 40 to 60 percent in just the past few decades. "Any time you see consistent declines like that, and the fact that all of these large sharks seem to have declined all over the world," Campana says, "it's just a worrisome pattern."
The president of Canada's swordfish industry, the Nova Scotia Swordsfishermen's Association, dismisses Campana's conclusions. Campana's report on shark deaths could not have come at a worse time for Canada's swordfish industry. Only months before the report was published, the association, which catches most of Canada's commercial swordfish, had applied to the MSC for certification. The industry sells much of its swordfish to Whole Foods and other stores in the U.S.
Those conclusions "were not close to what the industry felt was reality," Troy Atkinson, president of the association, says while sitting in his store, crammed with giant spools of plastic fishing line and boxes of heavy metal hooks. He runs the main business that supplies equipment to Canada's swordfishing fleet.
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"We're sometimes portrayed as a bunch of cowboys out to harvest the last buffalo," he says. "We're portrayed as some of the worst in the world. And it's just not correct."
Atkinson cites reports by other researchers that conclude that the population of blue sharks off the coast of Canada is healthy – especially reports by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which represents dozens of governments whose nations fish the Atlantic. So, Atkinson says, Canada's swordfishermen could catch and kill even more sharks without hurting the environment.
Other studies suggest the evidence is contradictory, and that scientists don't know for sure what is happening to sharks across the Atlantic. For example, the optimistic ICCAT researchers whom Atkinson cites acknowledge that their conclusions are "highly uncertain" because they're based on unproven assumptions and incomplete data. However, studies showing that blue sharks have sharply declined focus on a limited region.
So scientists and environmentalists were dumbfounded in early 2012 when the MSC system decided that Canada's swordfish industry can use the label "Certified Sustainable Seafood."
"That is absolutely the kind of fishery that should not be certified," says Leape of Pew Environment Group. "That fishery is outrageous."
Certifying Canadian swordfish "is the worst thing they can do, says Fuller, of the Ecology Action Centre. "That is not at all the way it should go."
A Program Based On 'Science And Evidence'
The Ecology Action Centre and dozens of other environmental groups denounced the MSC. The groups said in a letter to the MSC system that roughly 10 percent of Canada's swordfish are caught with harpoons — a method environmentalists support because there is hardly any bycatch. But the long-line boats that supply most of the swordfish catch a "staggering" number of sharks, as the environmentalists put it. "Certifying [Canada's long-line swordfish boats] compromises the credibility of the MSC," the groups warned, "and the sustainable seafood movement as a whole."
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Howes, from the MSC, disagrees. He says the controversy over Canadian swordfish "illustrates a key feature of the MSC program, which is the fact that the program is premised on science and evidence. That fishery has met the MSC standard."
The analysts who evaluated the fishery for the MSC system agreed that the swordfish boats do kill large numbers of sharks. They acknowledged that the optimistic studies on sharks that the swordfish industry cites are uncertain, but they concluded that the weight of evidence suggests it is "highly likely" there are plenty of blue sharks left in the sea. The analysts also stressed that, by all accounts, other countries kill far more sharks than Canada's swordfishermen do. So, they said, Canada causes only a small part of the bycatch problem.
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"We are not saying that shark bycatch doesn't matter," says Howes. "What we're saying implicit within the labeling of that fishery is, the shark bycatch of that unique individual certified fishery is safe. It's within ecological limits."
Barnes, of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, says the controversy over Canadian swordfish illustrates why the booming demand for sustainable seafood actually threatens to hurt the movement more than help it. "The bottom line is that there are not enough truly sustainable fisheries on the earth to sustain the demand," Barnes says. "The retailers and wholesalers all want access to this kind of label because they're trying to ... make money with their consumers. There's nothing wrong with that; that's how the world works."
But Barnes charges that the MSC is labeling some fisheries as sustainable — even when they are not — partly to fill the seafood counters at Wal-Mart and other large chains. "I'm not down on Wal-Mart at all, don't get me wrong," he says. "But to get on line with big chains as your goal leads you down a path that I don't think the originators of the MSC intended."
Howes could hardly disagree more. "If you really want to contribute to the transformation of our economic systems more generally, you've got to engage with the big guys. And therefore, I absolutely welcome Wal-Mart's commitment," he says. "That will drive change."
Howes continues: "Will that overload the MSC system? No."
He argues that there's no way the MSC could label problem fisheries sustainable just to satisfy demand, because, he says, the certifiers evaluate each fishery based only on scientific evidence. But he adds, "We want to see oceans fished sustainably forever. We're not going to achieve that by becoming a small niche organization that engages with a handful of perfect fisheries."
Researcher Barbara Van Woerkom contributed to this story. | https://www.npr.org/2013/02/11/171376509/is-sustainable-labeled-seafood-really-sustainable | 121 |
what does the marine stewardship council logo mean | Marine Stewardship Council - Wikipedia | The Marine Stewardship Council ( MSC ) is a non-profit organization which aims to set standards for sustainable fishing . Fisheries that wish to demonstrate they are well-managed and sustainable compared to the MSC's standards are assessed by a team of Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs).
The mission of the MSC is to use its ecolabel, for which the MSC receives royalties for licensing it to products, and fishery certification program to recognise and reward sustainable fishing practices.
The MSC has faced criticism in the past, mainly centering on its close ties to the fishing industry and conflict of interest stemming from royalties received by the industry for its certification label.
When buyers choose MSC-certified fish, well-managed fisheries are rewarded for sustainable practices. In turn, the growing market for certified sustainable seafood generates a powerful incentive for other fisheries to demonstrate they are fishing sustainably or to improve their performance so that they too can be eligible for MSC certification. In this way, the MSC program helps to harness market forces to incentivise positive environmental change. [3]
A study commissioned and funded by MSC [4] : 746 found that MSC-certified fisheries show improvements that deliver benefits to the marine environment. Benefits included: increased stocks; improved management of stocks; reduced bycatch; expansion of environmentally protected areas; and increased knowledge about ecosystem impacts amongst fishers. [4] [5]
The MSC was founded in 1996, inspired by the Grand Banks cod fishery collapse . In 1999 it became independent of its founding partners, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Unilever . [1] MSC has a staff of around 140 spread across the headquarters in London, regional offices in London, Seattle, Singapore and Sydney, and local offices in Edinburgh, Berlin, The Hague, Paris, Cape Town, Tokyo, Reykjavik, and the Baltic region. [6]
The MSC program is open to all fisheries regardless of size, scale, location and intensity and runs a Developing World Program to ensure equal access to the program.
As of February 2016, there are over 20,000 seafood products available with the MSC ecolabel, sold in around 100 countries around the world. As of May 2016, there are over 280 fisheries that have been independently certified as meeting the MSC's environmental standard for sustainable fishing and over 90 are currently undergoing assessment. [7] Around 3,300 companies operating in 34,500 sites have met the MSC Chain of Custody standard for seafood traceability. [8] The MSC works in partnership with a number of organisations, businesses and funders around the world but is fully independent of all. [2]
The MSC environmental standard for sustainable fishing was developed over two years through a consultative process involving more than 300 expert organizations and individuals around the world. It is consistent with the ‘Guidelines for the Eco-labelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Wild Capture Fisheries’ adopted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2005. [9]
Fisheries that want certification and to use the ecolabel pay US$20,000 to more than $100,000 to an independent, for-profit contractor that assesses the fishery against the MSC standard and determines whether to recommend certification. [10] The assessors are independently accredited to perform MSC assessments by Accreditation Services International (ASI). After certification, fisheries undergo annual audits costing $75,000 per audit and are recertified every five years. [10]
The Marine Stewardship Council is a program for wild fisheries and does not include aquaculture production.
Some types of ‘enhanced fisheries’ can be certified but there is a well-defined type of enhancement to which the MSC standard for sustainability can be applied:
- The fishery must rely on catching fish from the wild at some stage, either Catch and Grow or Hatch and Catch.
- Species must be native to the geographic region of the fishery.
- It is not possible to substantially augment the fishes’ food or give them medicines (except in the case of Hatch and Catch fisheries such as salmon hatcheries, where the fry are reared only to a small size prior to release to the wild).
- Habitat can be modified but it must be possible to reverse the impact the enhanced fishery has on the habitats and wider ecosystem. [11]
To ensure a robust assessment and to ensure that the independent team of experts has all the available information on the fishery, the assessment process is open to a range of stakeholders to participate – this could be other fisheries, NGOs, governments, or other bodies.
Stakeholders are invited to participate in the process from the outset, and throughout the assessment, stakeholders are given the opportunity to submit information and comment on reports, all of which are made public and available for anyone to see on the MSC website. [12]
The MSC is governed by a board of trustees of up to 15 members. In addition a Technical Advisory Board and a Stakeholder Council advise the Board. The structure of these bodies involves a wide range of stakeholders with different views so that decisions reflect many sectors and interests. [13] It is an example of a product-oriented multistakeholder governance group .
The MSC manages a second standard called Chain of Custody for traceability. If seafood is to be sold with the MSC ecolabel, every business in the supply chain must be assessed and certified by an independent body against the MSC Chain of Custody standard. This ensures that only seafood from a certified sustainable fishery is sold with the MSC label. [14]
As of March 2019, the use of DNA barcoding by the MSC has reduced species mislabelling (sometimes done fraudulently) to less than 1% among covered products, compared to the sector average of roughly 30%. [15]
The MSC is a registered charity [16] and non-profit organisation [17] and depends on various sources of funding. From 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012, the MSC's total income was £15 million. Total expenditure for the same period was £12 million. The MSC Board recognises it as generally good practice to hold reserves as a protection against any financial difficulties in the future. A reserves target of 6 to 9 months’ cover is considered to be necessary, at least as an aspiration, given the MSC's absence of a subscribing membership and uncertainty, as a market-based program, of its various income streams. [18]
In 2009 Greenpeace published a comprehensive assessment of the MSC. Overall the report states several positive effects, but also many aspects that make the MSC a weak certification. [19]
Jared Diamond 's 2005 book Collapse discussed MSC and the similar Forest Stewardship Council as good examples of collaboration among environmentalists and businesses for a sustainable economy . [20]
Andrew Balmford's book Wild Hope (Chicago University Press, 2012) devotes a chapter to the MSC as a successful strategy for achieving conservation goals through a collaborative, market-based solution.
Critics claim that the MSC has certified fisheries that are harming the environment and those with a high level of bycatch, the killing of non-target species such as dolphins and turtles. [21] These concerns are furthered by the fact that the industry pays the MSC to be certified, which is presented as a conflict of interest. [22] In addition, there is no guarantee that the seafood is ethical, as animal welfare is not considered and suffocation is still the standard slaughter method for fish, [23] who possess not only the ability to feel pain but emotions and sentience. [24] [25] [26] [27]
Since 2009, the MSC has been criticized for certifying fisheries that have, in the view of some, questionable sustainability. The most controversial certification has been that of the Ross Sea Antarctic toothfish fishery. [28] [29] Some scientists and stakeholders in the seafood industry consider the fishery "exploratory", since so little is known about it. [28] [30] However toothfish has been fished commercially for over 30 years and the fishery has been closely managed by Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources since 1982. [31] Scientists had accused the assessor, which recommended the fishery for certification, of ignoring unfavorable data. The independent adjudicator later sent back the recommendation for certification to the assessor for reconsideration. [10] The fishery was certified with adjustments to the scoring on the contested indicators and additional requirements for providing scientific data to aid research on toothfish stocks.
The MSC received criticism from Greenpeace and the Pew Environment Group among others over its certification of Antarctic krill . Although the fishery may have been healthy, critics believed that "scientific data on the fishery’s impact [wa]s lacking, and that the council’s decision [wa]s thus based on guesswork". As a result, Whole Foods Market stated it would stop selling all krill oil supplements even with the ecolabel. [10]
As part of the MSC certification the krill fishery committed to further scientific research and 100% observer coverage, specifically addressing the concerns about risks posed to other species by krill fishing. [32] Fishing pressure on krill is very low – less than 1% of estimated biomass - and the management rules established by CCAMLR ensure fishing activities minimise risks to the krill population or other species. [33]
In early 2010, the MSC was criticised by environmental groups like the Sierra Club for certifying the British Columbia sockeye salmon fishery [34] [35] [36] when stocks in the Fraser River (a part of the fishery) had been in decline since the early 1990s. [37] The year before, the salmon run of the Fraser River (a part of the fishery) was only 1.4 million (M) of a predicted 11 M salmon and had prompted the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to launch a judicial enquiry. [38] The 2010 run was 30 M and the 2011 run is estimated to be greater than 4 M. [39] The Fraser Sockeye 2010 think tank at Simon Fraser University stated that the large 2010 run was due mainly to the cyclical peak of fish from the Adams River and that returns were high only for a subset of tributaries . [40] However, it stated that "the large unresolved uncertainties […] highlight our collective uncertainty about the relative roles of climate change, aquaculture, and fisheries management in determining salmon returns". [40]
An appropriate management response to the decreased stocks was taken and the fishery was closed to allow the stocks to recover. The fishery is now operating successfully and has an ongoing commitment to protecting weak populations and decreasing bycatch. Catch level is set in-season in accordance with each year's run size. [41]
In February 2011, several European WWF chapters objected to certification of the Denmark North Sea plaice fishery. [42] The concerns raised were taken into account and the fishery concerned implemented a habitat strategy to ensure enhanced protection of vulnerable habitats through measures such as closed areas, gear modifications, technical developments and targeted research. [43]
However, in an independent study of seven different seafood ecolabelling and certification programs, commissioned by WWF International and carried out by Accenture Development Partnerships in 2009, [44] the MSC ranked highest across all 103 criteria. The study was repeated in 2012 and the MSC again was determined ‘best in class’, scoring twice as highly as the next nearest certification program analysed.
Some scientists like Sidney Holt and Daniel Pauly have suggested that a system where assessments are carried out by commercial contractors paid by the fisheries creates a conflict of interest because assessors have a financial incentive in recommending fisheries and getting more work and profits from the resulting annual audits. [30] However, the practice of companies paying external auditors for assessments to independent standards (such as accounting or quality standards) is widespread throughout all business and non-profit sectors. Third party assessment by accredited certifiers, independent of the standard setter, is also a key feature of the United Nations FAO guidelines on ecolabelling fisheries and fish products, and one of the criteria that the global community of MSC stakeholders value in the MSC program. [10]
In December 2016 Private Eye reported that a leaked internal WWF document concluded that because the MSC receives royalties from licensing its ecolabel (providing 75% of the organisation's revenue) there is a conflict of interest and it has relaxed its sustainability requirements, enabling more products to carry its label, thereby increasing its own income. [45] [ better source needed ]
In 2018 Open Seas and the National Trust for Scotland formally objected to MSC certified scallop dredging practices. [46]
The 2021 documentary Seaspiracy was critical of the Marine Stewardship Council, arguing it offers a false sense of assurance to consumers about the products possessing the MSC label. It cited close ties to the fishing industry and weak and ineffective certification processes. [ citation needed ]
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what does the marine stewardship council logo mean | Is Sustainable-Labeled Seafood Really Sustainable? | Capt. Art Gaeten holds a blue shark that was caught during a research trip in Nova Scotia. Scientists are studying the impact of swordfish fishing methods on the shark population.
Part one of a three-part series by Daniel Zwerdling and Margot Williams.
Rebecca Weel pushes a baby stroller with her 18-month-old up to the seafood case at Whole Foods, near ground zero in New York. As she peers at shiny fillets of salmon, halibut and Chilean sea bass labeled "certified sustainable," Weel believes that if she purchases this seafood, she will help protect the world's oceans from overfishing.
But some leading environmentalists have a different take: Consumers like Weel are being misled by a global program that amounts to "greenwashing" — a strategy that makes consumers think they are protecting the planet, when actually they are not.
At Whole Foods, the seafood counter displays blue labels from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an international, nonprofit organization. The MSC is a prime example of an economic trend: Private groups, not the government, are telling consumers what is good or bad for the environment. The MSC says its label guarantees that the wild seafood was caught using methods that do not deplete the natural supply. It also guarantees that fishing companies do not cause serious harm to other life in the sea, from coral to dolphins.
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The idea is spreading fast throughout the food industry. Megachains like Target, Costco and Kroger are selling seafood with the MSC label. McDonald's says you are munching on "certified sustainable" wild Alaskan pollock every time you eat a Filet-O-Fish sandwich. The fast-food company has used MSC-certified fish since 2007 in the U.S., and as of February, they are putting the MSC logo on their fish sandwich boxes.
Poll results from a recent survey of 3,000 Americans, conducted on behalf of NPR, by Truven Health Analytics. Questions were asked — in general — about sustainable seafood and labeling.
Source: Truven Health Analytics-NPR Health Poll; margin of error +/- 1.8 percentage points
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Consumers like Weel say the labels help them feel better about the products they buy. "I want to feel that I'm doing the right thing," says Weel, a pediatrician, as her 4 ½-year-old daughter bolts into the vegetable aisle in neon-colored boots. When Weel shops for seafood, she says, she wants to make choices "that will help preserve the wild fish populations in the oceans."
Executives at Whole Foods say they are helping consumers do exactly that, by pledging in recent years to sell as many MSC-certified products as possible. Seafood is the last major food that people catch in the wild, and "we can't just go out and find more fish to catch," says Carrie Brownstein, global seafood quality standards coordinator for Whole Foods.
Brownstein cites a 2012 United Nations report that warned that almost 30 percent of the world's wild fisheries are "overexploited," and more than 57 percent of wild fisheries are "at or very close" to the limit.
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Other groups have devised ranking systems for seafood. The Monterey Bay Aquarium labels products like a traffic light — green, yellow or red — to urge shoppers to buy or avoid a particular fish. The Blue Ocean Institute has a similar system. The MSC reports it has labeled roughly 8 percent of the global seafood catch, worth more than $3 billion. That makes it the most widespread and best-known rating scheme around the world.
A recent survey of 3,000 Americans, conducted on behalf of NPR, suggests that a majority of consumers want to feel good about the seafood they buy. The poll by Truven Health Analytics found that almost 80 percent of the people who eat seafood regularly said it is "important" or "very important" that their seafood is sustainably caught.
If they buy MSC-labeled seafood, they may be paying a premium. Brownstein says Whole Foods charges more for some of its seafood labeled "certified sustainable," although she wouldn't give numbers. Some fishing industry executives told NPR that they are getting roughly 10 percent more for their MSC-labeled products than for seafood that's not certified sustainable.
That's one reason why many environmentalists who supported the MSC in the past say you might be troubled to know what the MSC and supermarkets like Whole Foods are not telling you:
"We would prefer they didn't use the word sustainable ," says Gerry Leape, an oceans specialist at the Pew Environment Group, one of the major foundations working on oceans policies. Leape has supported the MSC for more than a decade as a member of its advisory Stakeholder Council.
But he and other critics say that the MSC system has been certifying some fisheries despite evidence that the target fish are in trouble, or that the fishing industry is harming the environment. And critics say the MSC system has certified other fisheries as sustainable even though there is not enough evidence to know how they are affecting the environment.
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When a customer sees the MSC's sustainable label at the supermarket, "the consumer looks at the fish and says, 'Oh, it has the label on it, it must be sustainable,' " Leape says. "And in some fisheries that the MSC has certified, that's not necessarily the case."
Biologist Susanna Fuller, co-director of marine programs at Canada's Ecology Action Centre, agrees. "We know ... that blue stamp doesn't mean that you're sustainable," she says. When asked if consumers should choose MSC-labeled seafood, Fuller pauses. "It's a gamble," she says.
Still, even the MSC's sharpest critics say they support the broad ideas behind the organization and its stated goals.
"Originally I thought it was a good idea," says Jim Barnes, director of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, a network of dozens of environmental groups around the world. "The world needed something like this to help steer consumer decisions, and so I wasn't against it at all at the beginning. And I'm not totally against it now." But Barnes worries that the MSC is straying from its mission and needs a dramatic overhaul. "It can be a force for good. If it continues on the path that it's on, however, and doesn't solve a lot of these issues that have been raised," he says, "I don't think it will be."
Protecting The Oceans And The Bottom Line
The MSC was born because of a crisis.
Michael Sutton, one of its founders, says that he and his colleagues dreamed up the idea after the cod industry collapsed off the Nova Scotia coast in 1992. Cod fishing had been the foundation of the region's economy and culture, worth an estimated $700 million each year. But when the cod population plunged to a fraction of previous levels, the Canadian government banned cod fishing — putting thousands of people out of work.
Rupert Howes is CEO of the Marine Stewardship Council. "We want to see the global oceans transformed onto a sustainable basis," he tells NPR.
"It was so bad in some of these coastal communities, the government had to send in suicide-prevention teams," recalls Sutton, who was then vice president of the World Wildlife Fund. "We were not only trashing our marine environment, but we were ruining the character of coastal communities that had existed on fisheries for centuries," Sutton says.
Sutton and other environmental advocates, and many scientists, warned that the cod collapse taught the world a sobering lesson: Government agencies that were supposed to monitor and regulate fishing were often doing a lousy job. Cod weren't the only fish in trouble. Studies showed that populations of major species like swordfish, marlin and tuna were plunging too. "So we needed to do something drastic," Sutton says.
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He and colleagues decided to convince industry executives that protecting the oceans would also protect their bottom line. Sutton made a pilgrimage to the Unilever conglomerate, then one of the largest producers of frozen seafood — including fish sticks.
"My pitch to Unilever was, 'The future of their frozen fish business is at stake,' " Sutton remembers. "Overfishing is not only bad for the environment, but it's really bad for business, because it means that they're not going to have fish in the future the way they have them today."
Unilever and the World Wildlife Fund joined hands in 1997, and set up the MSC. Unilever eventually sold its seafood subsidiary and left the program, but the founding partner left its mark: From the day the MSC opened its doors in London, it has been a balancing act between industry and the environment.
Today, the MSC has more than 100 employees worldwide, including about 60 at its headquarters in a renovated building down the street from St. Paul's Cathedral.
"MSC has a global vision," says Rupert Howes, the organization's chief executive officer. "We want to see the global oceans transformed onto a sustainable basis."
MSC's System Of Certification
Swordfish from Canada are marked with a label from the Marine Stewardship Council at a Whole Foods in Washington, D.C. The MSC says its label means the fish were caught by a sustainable fishery, but critics says it's not always so clear.
Here's the MSC's basic idea: Executives of a growing number of food companies want to be "green." Some genuinely want to protect the environment; others may be mainly seeking a marketing edge. But when it comes to seafood, those executives don't have the time or knowledge to figure out which fishing companies are plundering the ocean and which ones are doing a good job. So the MSC does the work for them.
The MSC does not certify fisheries itself. Instead, a fishery that wants the label hires one of roughly a dozen commercial auditing companies to decide whether its practices comply with the MSC's definition of "sustainable." The MSC's standard for sustainability includes dozens of items, but they're designed to assess whether the population of a fishery's target species is healthy; if the fishing practices don't cause serious harm to other life in the sea — including by accidentally catching other animals, which is called bycatch; and if the fishery has good management. If the commercial auditors give the fishery a passing score, then the fishery gets the right to use the blue "Certified Sustainable Seafood" label. It can be a long and expensive process. Some certifications have taken years, and the fisheries have paid the auditing firms up to $150,000 or more.
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Howes says that when a store sells MSC-certified seafood, the label announces to consumers, "We care where our fish comes from." He adds that as a growing number of food companies sell MSC-labeled seafood, executives of fisheries that don't have it are motivated to join the program. That catalyzes "real and lasting change in the way the oceans are fished," Howe says.
During the MSC's first decade, there wasn't much demand for sustainable seafood by the U.S. food industry, and the MSC "almost went bankrupt," Sutton says. And that put the spotlight on the MSC's financial model.
The way that executives structured it, MSC's budget comes partly from foundation grants. But some revenue comes from the licensing fees that MSC charges businesses for the right to sell seafood with the MSC label. So as long as many supermarket chains were not promoting it, the MSC wasn't getting much money.
Then, in 2006, everything changed. The MSC and its supporters had sent a series of delegations to Bentonville, Ark., world headquarters of Wal-Mart. The delegations helped convince Wal-Mart executives to promise that all the seafood they sell in the U.S. would be MSC-certified by 2012.
"We had to get Wal-Mart," Sutton says. "The significance of their commitment, of course, is that once Wal-Mart made a commitment to the Marine Stewardship Council, every other major retailer had to follow suit, because none of them wanted to be less progressive than Wal-Mart." Sure enough, other discount chains promised to go sustainable, too. "Overnight, the demand far outstripped the supply," says Sutton, "and so the suppliers had to catch up."
Since Wal-Mart made its pledge in 2006, the MSC system has certified seven times as many fisheries as it did during the same period before, according to NPR's analysis. Still, the MSC system has not been able to certify enough seafood for Wal-Mart to meet its 2012 deadline, according to Bob Fields, a senior buyer for Wal-Mart and Sam's Club.
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The explosion in sales of MSC-labeled products at leading chain stores has transformed the organization's finances. The year that Wal-Mart pledged to promote MSC-labeled seafood, the MSC received most of its income from foundation grants — 75 percent, according to the MSC annual report. Meanwhile, it received only 7 percent of its income from label licensing fees.
Today, those licensing fees generate more than half of the MSC's revenue.
And since Wal-Mart executives embraced sustainable seafood, the MSC has also received millions of dollars in grant money from the Walton Family Foundation, which was created by Wal-Mart's founder and is governed by his descendants. The Walton Family Foundation has become one of the MSC's largest donors, according to financial reports. The director of the foundation's environment programs, Scott Burns, served on the MSC's board of directors before he went to Walton.
Source: Marine Stewardship Council documents, NPR research
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Critics say that the day Wal-Mart embraced sustainable seafood, it was a blessing for the MSC system — and a curse. The critics charge that the MSC system has compromised its standards to keep up with the booming demand from Wal-Mart and other chains that followed suit. Fuller, of the Ecology Action Centre, says she has watched the MSC system "struggling with meeting the demands of the system that they helped create ... They have ended up having to lower the bar."
When ocean specialist Daniel Pauly, a fisheries professor at the University of British Columbia, talks about the MSC today, he sounds dispirited. Pauly took part in early meetings in London that helped create the MSC and now says he has lost faith in the system. "The MSC is doing the business of the business community," Pauly says, not the environment.
Capt. Art Gaeten holds a blue shark caught off the coast of Nova Scotia during a research outing. Studies show that 35 percent of sharks caught by swordfish boats die either on the hook or within days of release.
Balancing 'Sustainable' Swordfish With At-Risk Sharks
Some environmentalists and scientists say if you want to understand why they're losing faith in the MSC, look at the battle over certifying Canadian swordfish. Next time you buy swordfish at a store like Whole Foods, it might come from a controversial fishery off the coast of Nova Scotia.
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Fishermen have known for ages that when they go swordfishing in some parts of the Atlantic, they will accidentally catch sharks — lots of sharks, says Steve Campana, who runs the Canadian government's Shark Research Laboratory, near Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Steve Campana runs the Canadian Shark Research Laboratory. He works to tag sharks with satellite transmitters to find out how long they survive after being caught and released.
When NPR caught up with Campana one morning, he and his research crew were heading into the Atlantic on a 34-foot trawler, the Dig It. They were planning to attach sophisticated satellite transmitters to blue sharks.
"On average, from what we've seen over the years, the swordfishermen catch about five blue sharks for every one swordfish," Campana said, holding onto a metal strut as the Dig It bounced through the waves. Add it up, studies suggest , and Canada's long-line swordfish boats — so named because they typically let out 30 or 40 miles of fishing line, dangling more than 1,000 hooks — accidentally catch tens of thousands of sharks every year.
This touches on one of MSC's three fundamental rules, even though studies show swordfish are plentiful. The second rule says that a fishery is not sustainable if it does not maintain "the integrity of ecosystems" — which means, in part, that it's not sustainable if there is too much bycatch.
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, which is funded and appointed by the Canadian government, has warned that the main kinds of sharks that swordfishermen accidentally catch are "threatened" or "endangered" or "of special concern."
Swordfishermen generally release the sharks. But there had been few studies on what happens to those sharks after fishermen let them off the hooks — until Campana and his colleagues came along. About six years ago, they started tagging sharks with satellite transmitters before fishermen set them free.
Shark charter operator Art Gaeten (right) and recreational shark fisherman Shawn Knowles struggle to hold a blue shark in position while shark biologist Anna Dorey attaches a satellite tag to its back. Researchers say about five blue sharks are caught for every one swordfish. Scientists are trying to determine what happens to the sharks after they are released.
During one outing, the crew showed how they do it: They snagged a 5-foot blue shark on a hook baited with mackerel, reeled it in, and then pinned the thrashing shark against the boat's broad, flat railing. They jabbed a satellite transmitter, which looks like a turkey baster with a barb on one end, into the shark's leathery skin.
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And then they let the shark go, the transmitter protruding like an unsightly growth. The device is equipped with a computer chip that records data every 10 seconds, including where the shark goes, how deep it goes, and how long it stays there. After about 10 months, the tube pops off the shark and floats to the surface, beaming all the information via satellite to Campana. When the transmitter shows that a shark went to the deepest part of the sea and just stayed there, Campana knows when and where the shark died.
Campana and his colleagues published some of their first findings based on these studies in July 2009, in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series. Their studies showed that up to 35 percent of the sharks caught by swordfish boats die, either right on the hook or within days after the fishermen set them free. The findings suggested that Canadian swordfish boats accidentally kill almost two sharks for every swordfish they catch.
Campana says that when you put these findings in context, it is troubling. Other studies suggest that the populations of major kinds of sharks in the North Atlantic have plunged as much as 40 to 60 percent in just the past few decades. "Any time you see consistent declines like that, and the fact that all of these large sharks seem to have declined all over the world," Campana says, "it's just a worrisome pattern."
The president of Canada's swordfish industry, the Nova Scotia Swordsfishermen's Association, dismisses Campana's conclusions. Campana's report on shark deaths could not have come at a worse time for Canada's swordfish industry. Only months before the report was published, the association, which catches most of Canada's commercial swordfish, had applied to the MSC for certification. The industry sells much of its swordfish to Whole Foods and other stores in the U.S.
Those conclusions "were not close to what the industry felt was reality," Troy Atkinson, president of the association, says while sitting in his store, crammed with giant spools of plastic fishing line and boxes of heavy metal hooks. He runs the main business that supplies equipment to Canada's swordfishing fleet.
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"We're sometimes portrayed as a bunch of cowboys out to harvest the last buffalo," he says. "We're portrayed as some of the worst in the world. And it's just not correct."
Atkinson cites reports by other researchers that conclude that the population of blue sharks off the coast of Canada is healthy – especially reports by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which represents dozens of governments whose nations fish the Atlantic. So, Atkinson says, Canada's swordfishermen could catch and kill even more sharks without hurting the environment.
Other studies suggest the evidence is contradictory, and that scientists don't know for sure what is happening to sharks across the Atlantic. For example, the optimistic ICCAT researchers whom Atkinson cites acknowledge that their conclusions are "highly uncertain" because they're based on unproven assumptions and incomplete data. However, studies showing that blue sharks have sharply declined focus on a limited region.
So scientists and environmentalists were dumbfounded in early 2012 when the MSC system decided that Canada's swordfish industry can use the label "Certified Sustainable Seafood."
"That is absolutely the kind of fishery that should not be certified," says Leape of Pew Environment Group. "That fishery is outrageous."
Certifying Canadian swordfish "is the worst thing they can do, says Fuller, of the Ecology Action Centre. "That is not at all the way it should go."
A Program Based On 'Science And Evidence'
The Ecology Action Centre and dozens of other environmental groups denounced the MSC. The groups said in a letter to the MSC system that roughly 10 percent of Canada's swordfish are caught with harpoons — a method environmentalists support because there is hardly any bycatch. But the long-line boats that supply most of the swordfish catch a "staggering" number of sharks, as the environmentalists put it. "Certifying [Canada's long-line swordfish boats] compromises the credibility of the MSC," the groups warned, "and the sustainable seafood movement as a whole."
Additional studies and information on sustainable fishing and labeling.
Howes, from the MSC, disagrees. He says the controversy over Canadian swordfish "illustrates a key feature of the MSC program, which is the fact that the program is premised on science and evidence. That fishery has met the MSC standard."
The analysts who evaluated the fishery for the MSC system agreed that the swordfish boats do kill large numbers of sharks. They acknowledged that the optimistic studies on sharks that the swordfish industry cites are uncertain, but they concluded that the weight of evidence suggests it is "highly likely" there are plenty of blue sharks left in the sea. The analysts also stressed that, by all accounts, other countries kill far more sharks than Canada's swordfishermen do. So, they said, Canada causes only a small part of the bycatch problem.
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"We are not saying that shark bycatch doesn't matter," says Howes. "What we're saying implicit within the labeling of that fishery is, the shark bycatch of that unique individual certified fishery is safe. It's within ecological limits."
Barnes, of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, says the controversy over Canadian swordfish illustrates why the booming demand for sustainable seafood actually threatens to hurt the movement more than help it. "The bottom line is that there are not enough truly sustainable fisheries on the earth to sustain the demand," Barnes says. "The retailers and wholesalers all want access to this kind of label because they're trying to ... make money with their consumers. There's nothing wrong with that; that's how the world works."
But Barnes charges that the MSC is labeling some fisheries as sustainable — even when they are not — partly to fill the seafood counters at Wal-Mart and other large chains. "I'm not down on Wal-Mart at all, don't get me wrong," he says. "But to get on line with big chains as your goal leads you down a path that I don't think the originators of the MSC intended."
Howes could hardly disagree more. "If you really want to contribute to the transformation of our economic systems more generally, you've got to engage with the big guys. And therefore, I absolutely welcome Wal-Mart's commitment," he says. "That will drive change."
Howes continues: "Will that overload the MSC system? No."
He argues that there's no way the MSC could label problem fisheries sustainable just to satisfy demand, because, he says, the certifiers evaluate each fishery based only on scientific evidence. But he adds, "We want to see oceans fished sustainably forever. We're not going to achieve that by becoming a small niche organization that engages with a handful of perfect fisheries."
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when did alison go missing in pretty little liars | Alison DiLaurentis | Alison “Ali” Lauren DiLaurentis (previously Rollins ) is one of the Liars and main character in the television series Pretty Little Liars and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists on Freeform . She is portrayed by Sasha Pieterse .
The beloved and notorious mean girl of Rosewood who once faked her death to escape the tumultuous A , Alison traveled to Beacon Heights to leave her past behind and start anew. She was soon pulled back into old habits after the town experienced their first murder and a fresh set of new liars stood accused. Alison is a member of the DiLaurentis family.
Alison was born in Rosewood , Pennsylvania , to the wealthy and prestigious DiLaurentis family . She is the only daughter of Jessica and Kenneth DiLaurentis , the younger half-sister of Jason , and the adoptive younger sister of Charlotte . Because Charlotte was sent to Radley Sanitarium , Alison didn't remember that she had an adoptive sibling. Alison was manipulated by her mother from a young age, and forced to keep secrets and lies from a primitive age.
As a pre-teen and teenager, Alison was the resident "it girl" and "Queen Bee" of Rosewood's teenage circle. Her close-knit group consisted of her best friends Hanna , Aria , Spencer , and Emily . Alison was described as beautiful, manipulative, secretive, and vindictive. She could make people feel special which made them dependent on her as they wanted to continue that feeling. Alison was known only by her close friends to have a sweet and caring side.
Jessica and Kenneth knew their daughter to be fiercely independent and recklessly obstinate when challenged. She never had a close relationship with her brother, Jason , as they fought frequently. She was also manipulated as a child by her secretive mother who often argued with her father. Alison was a bully who tormented many students at Rosewood High before her disappearance on September 1, 2009 . Although Alison seemed to have a perfect life, she was being harassed by a mysterious text-messenger named " A ", shortly before her disappearance.
One year after her disappearance, “ Alison's body ” was found buried in the backyard of the DiLaurentis house , now inhabited by the St. Germain 's. The autopsy stated that she suffered a blow to the head and subsequently suffocated to death, with dirt being found in her lungs. The item that was used to incapacitate her was discovered to be a large rock. On the night of her attack, her hand appeared from the ground and confirmed she was buried alive [3] . A mysterious woman discovered Alison and pulled her from the soil.
In the present day, it is seen that Alison may be alive and could secretly be Red Coat , the mysterious blonde watching her former friends. In " Now You See Me, Now You Don't ", it is confirmed that Alison is alive. Carla Grunwald revealed that she had pulled Alison from the shallow grave. She said Alison was afraid of " A " and would subconsciously call out for help that only Carla could hear, due to Carla being a psychic.
In Grave New World , the Liars finally catch Alison in her red coat, used as a disguise from "A". Alison said that she couldn't come home until the person was stopped, as it was too dangerous. She fled when the Liars turned their backs to her.
In " A is for Answers ", the Liars met Alison in New York and she explained what happened the night she went missing. Ali confirmed all the people she met throughout the night while on her journey to expose "A". She then revealed that she was hit over the head from behind, by what she know knew was rock - not a shovel. Alison's mother witnessed the attack and thought that Alison was dead due to her lifeless state. To protect attepted killer from getting caught, Jessica buried Alison in the backyard - unaware that her daughter was alive. Alison confirmed that Mrs. Grunwald saved her, however, Alison ran before she got to the hospital. Late that night, Mona Vanderwaal found her and took her to the Lost Woods Resort and convinced Alison to fake her death to please the villainous "A". The next morning, Alison had gotten dressed as Vivian Darkbloom , and left town. In the present day, the Liars convinced Alison to come back to Rosewood with them.
Alison returned to Rosewood in " Whirly Girlie ", which shocked the entire town as they still thought she was dead. Throughout the next episodes, Alison and the Liars try to find out who the ruthless "A" is until they and Mona begin to suspect Alison of being "A", as part of her "biggest game yet". This was a master ploy by the real A to isolate Alison. A's plan was to separate her from her friends and the social hierarchy. Their goal was to break the Liar's trust in Alison. On Thanksgiving, Mona is seemingly murdered before she proved that Alison murdered Bethany. Alison was arrested later for the murders of both Mona Vanderwaal and Bethany Young.
After she is cleared of the murders, Alison is reunited with her traumatized friends back in Rosewood. As they search for A and attempt to recuperate, Alison begins searching for her long-lost brother , who is A . As she seeks to understand his reasons for tormenting her she is kidnapped and taken to Radley Sanitarium . Alison is surprised to learn that "A"/Charles is her transgender sister, Charlotte . After learning her sisters' story, Alison and Jason have Charlotte institutionalized where she undergoes intense therapy for five-years. Alison remained in Rosewood for the length of Charlotte's recovery and later fought for her to be released into her custody. The night Charlotte is released she seemingly commits suicide, but the case later branches into a homicide investigation .
After a few months, a love-deprived Alison impulsively marries Archer Dunhill , her longtime boyfriend and Charlotte's former doctor. The Liars grow to suspect Alison as Charlotte's murderer, and after Caleb releases their evidence to A, who wants to make Charlotte's killer suffer. Later that night, Elliott reveals himself to be Archer Dunhill, Charlotte's longtime boyfriend, and one of A's who wanted revenge on Charlotte's killer. Archer continues to torture her in Welby, the institution that Alison voluntarily committed herself, while under the guise of her "concerned husband Dr. Elliot Rollins ". Alison later escapes and helps the Liars cover-up Archer's murder after Hanna runs him over with her car.
Alison is released from Welby and into the care of her long-lost Aunt, Mary Drake . Alison attempts to grow closer to Mary but this is thwarted when Mary's true intentions and history are revealed. In the events leading up to the reveal of the new A, Alison discovers she is pregnant via artificial insemination. During her stay at Welby, Archer had inseminated her with Emily 's eggs and a then unknown man 's sperm. Alison finds solace in Emily, and the pair later fall in love. After a year or so, Alison and Emily have settled into Alison's childhood home and are raising their beautiful twin daughters, Lily and Grace , together in Rosewood . Alison later proposed to Emily and alongside their friends, they unmasked A.D. once and for all.
With A gone for good and nothing holding her back, Alison began to experience hardships in her marriage to Emily - they were sometimes happy and sometimes not. Their issues were due to trust and who they were as individuals, and a couple, without A. They continued to raise their twin daughters together, although Alison longed to better support her family and leave her past behind her. After getting a job in the picturesque town of Beacon Heights , Alison moved across the country to be a teaching assistant at Beacon Heights University . While she taught at the university she simultaneously worked to get her degree so she can return to Rosewood and teach at Hollis College . Alison's plans were quickly derailed by Beacon Heights' first-ever murder, and the surprising appearance of her high school nemesis, Mona Vanderwaal .
Although Alison seemed to have it all, she was easily threatened by people who intimidated her. Her jealousy and lust for power often got the best of her, It caused her to act cruel and selfish. Likewise, her fearless nature also helped her to get revenge on her enemies or protect her friends. Alison was vindictive and cunning, she often used other people as tools in her manipulations - she was the snake behind an angel's face.
Nobody told a lie better than Alison DiLaurentis. She had a way of using people's secrets against them. She kept information about her life from her friends but managed to learn their secrets. Alison often held secrets over her friends so she could stay in control of them and her environment. She spun a web of lies so tangled, that when she was on the run, her friends were stranded to face "A".
Since Season 5 B, Alison's personality has changed significantly. She has become a better person. She is now more reserved and wants nothing more than to be happy. If someone or something threatens her or her friends, though, she has no problem letting her original "bitchy" side shine through.
After a handful of years, Alison has become less threatening and has placed the manipulative mean girl she was in high school behind her. She is focused on her future and has become a loving, devoted wife. She is a dedicated mother and friend who wants nothing more than to support her family. Despite having toned down in the many years since high school, Alison remains fierce and independent never allowing herself to be pushed around by those who wish to undermine her.
Alison is a very attractive young woman with an angel face, golden blonde hair, bright blue eyes, and a dimple in the center of her chin. In high school, she wore her hair in curls or pulled back. She was slender and graceful are wore fashionable, yet feminine, attire. Alison's bold personality is reflected in her confident stance and walk. She often wore ankle boots, heels, or sandals. On the night of her disappearance, she wore a yellow tank top , black leggings, and ankle boots. She also used to wear her " Alison " bracelet and an anklet .
In Seasons 5 and 6, Alison is in her late teens and early twenties. She has a curvy and mature build. She wore bright-colored dresses paired with a leather jacket. She liked traditional clothing such as blazers which she paired with jeans. She maintained her golden blonde hair, though it varies in length throughout the seasons. She wore dark, almost gothic clothing in Season 5, including long black sweaters and edgy tops. She would occasionally break the black theme by wearing a colored jacket or scarf.
After five-years, Alison began to wear floral dresses, or jumpers, that accented her curvy, beautiful figure. Her blonde hair was worn almost exclusively in curls or waves. She paired her clothes with several accessories. She kept her nude makeup look, often sporting a pink or red lip paired with neutral eyeshadow and dark eyeliner. In Season 7, she dropped the dark eyeliner to go with a more natural look. Two years later, Alison's blonde hair remained long, however, she began sporting straightened bangs with a pink lip.
In " The Perfectionists ", Alison's style is notably different than her previous styles. Her hair is long and her bangs have grown out. Her wavy locks reach just below her collarbone with a wind-blown hairstyle. While teaching, she wears dress jackets or blazers, paired with dark pants and simplistic heels. Her style has matured since her time in Rosewood , and she wears minimal accessories or only ones that compliment her outfit. Her recurring fashion item is a blue jacket with large black buttons. Alison's classic pink lip from high school was replaced with either deep reds or nude matte lipsticks. She wears darker eyeliner on her upper lid, thick brown eyebrows, and light pink blush.
In " Death and the Maiden ", Carla Grunwald mentions Alison to Caleb when she tells him that The Liars were in Ravenswood looking for Alison. She adds that Alison was long gone by now.
Alison is mention by Ms. Grunwald to Caleb saying that The Liars were in Ravenswood looking for her, but she was long gone by now.
In " My Haunted Heart ", Hanna thanks Ms. Grunwald for pulling Alison out of the ground that night.
Before disappearing, Alison met with Ian at The Kissing Rock , where they made a video of them making out. In the footage shown to the girls by Agent Cooper in " Know Your Frenemies ," Alison teases Ian by saying, "I know you want to kiss me." Ian replies, "Come closer." A struggle appears to occur, and the camera falls to the ground, losing focus on the other two. Then, Alison's hand falls into view of the camera; her hand grabs onto some dirt and leaves, before going limp. She falls and you can only see her unmoving hand. In " The Devil You Know ", she grabs at the dirt then lets go of it and laughs. She stands and thanked Ian for coming. She then puts his jacket on and walks away.
The girls originally thought the video proved that Ian murdered Alison, but upon seeing additional footage, courtesy of "A," they are left to wonder. In some video footage from the same night in " The Blond Leading the Blind " Ian claimed to Garrett and Jenna that he met Alison at "The Kissing Rock" in order to obtain the N.A.T. Club videos that she had taken. Unbeknownst to him, Alison had already stored the videos away and gave Emily the key.
The footage was last seen playing on the board game Liar's Lament in " Farewell, My Lovely ".
Ian Thomas : Briefly Dated. Ian and Alison had a brief relationship the summer Alison disappeared. They dated while he was on a break from his longtime girlfriend Melissa Hastings . Alison outed his secret club and used it, plus the tape she secretly recorded of them, to black Ian into leaving her alone. Their relationship ended the night of her disappearance , though Alison returned to Rosewood briefly to save Spencer's life by pushing Ian off the bell tower.
Ezra Fitz : Briefly Dated. (see " Ezrison ") They first met in a college bar near Hollis. Alison lied about her age and led Ezra to believe she was CeCe's roommate at UPenn. Ezra began writing a book about her, but on the night Alison disappeared, he found out she was lying to him, and he ended the relationship. His infatuation with her drove him to continue his book and befriend Aria Montgomery and her other friends. Alison and Ezra would later become friends through his relationship with Aria, though they never truly trusted one another due to their past.
Beach Hottie / Darren Wilden : Briefly Dated. Their relationship first started during Alison and Cece 's trip to Cape May , as Alison lied to Darren about her age as he was over 21 while she was under 16 at the time. She was attracted to him to the point where she had a pregnancy scare that Summer, with Darren believed to have been the father by those around her. She ended the relationship that Summer.
Cyrus Petrillo : Briefly Dated. Alison met Cyrus during her time in hiding from " A ", as his shady past helped her establish connections. Their relationship turned sour when Cyrus tried to steal Alison's belongings which resulted in him stabbing her thigh. When she returned to Rosewood and forced to lie about a kidnapping, the police presented Cyrus as the alleged suspect. They brought her to the location of her stabbing, and though she didn't give verbal confirmation, she was triggered by the room which the police chose as confirmation. Cyrus was initially set to be prosecuted in the kidnapping but was released. She paid him to disappear so he did.
Emily Fields : Divorced, co-parents (see " Emison "). Alison was Emily's childhood crush and the first girl Emily truly loved, though she didn't have the chance to tell Alison before her disappearance . Alison favored Emily in their friend group , and often spoke of running away to Paris together. They shared a few of what Alison called "practice kisses", and Alison often flirted with Emily. She saved Emily from a barn fire and confided that she missed Emily the most before kissing her. When Alison returned from her abduction with Emily's help, the girls grew closer and eventually slept together . While their relationship endured many ups and downs in the years that followed, they always found their way back to one another either as friends or hookups. Alison's refusal to accept her bisexuality and inability to process her feelings for Emily often drove them apart. Through the help of Emily's ex-girlfriend , Alison realized that she loved Emily and wanted to be with her. With this realization, Alison admitted her true feelings and they began a relationship . However, when A.D. impregnated Alison with Emily's eggs, they faced a new obstacle on whether or not to become mothers after this extreme violation of consent. Emily was supportive of Alison's choices both when she thought about an abortion and when she decided to keep the child. Two years later , the women were mothers to twin daughters Lily and Grace . Alison later proposed to Emily and they wed shortly after. Their relationship remained rocky as Emily struggled to cope with their pasts and accept that Alison had truly changed from the viscous mean girl she once was. This drove them apart and Alison accepted a job in Beacon Heights , where Emily ultimately sent Alison divorce papers. They agreed to remain co-mothers to their twins but to see other people after their divorce was finalized.
Lorenzo Calderon : Briefly Dated. (see " Lorison ") Alison first met Lorenzo shortly after her release from prison, when the entire town seemingly turned away from her despite her exoneration. Lorenzo was the only person who believed her and saw her as someone other than the former high school mean girl. He came to see her one day, though her father kicked him out which angered her. They bonded over their mutual understanding of one another and kissed . They dated for a while and he supported her throughout the difficulties of Rosewood . When Alison stole Lorenzo's key card to gain access to the Rosewood PD to learn more about her potential sibling , he believed that she used him to get information and told her that he couldn't trust her anymore.
Archer Dunhill/Elliott Rollins : Illegally Married (see: Arcison ). After Charlotte was committed to Welby State Psychiatric Hospital , Alison began to bond with her sisters flirtatious doctor, Elliot Rollins. They began a secret relationship as Alison didn't want to risk setting Charlotte's progress back. She believed Elliot had "saved Charlotte's soul" and that he "took care" of Charlotte. When Alison and Elliot told Charlotte about their relationship following her release from Welby, she ran out of the house and too the church which later led to her murder . Alison was devastated which prompted Elliot to console her. They decided to elope . After their union, Alison suffered a series of "accidents" and began to worry she was going insane. She admitted herself to Welby State Psychiatric Hospital for treatment. Elliot revealed that he wore the Darren Wilden mask to drive Alison insane. He subjected her to torture in Welby via medication, barbaric devices, and isolation. He believed that Alison had murdered Charlotte , his real lover, and pretended to fall for Alison to convince her of Charlotte's stability. He planned to kill her in the woods when she fought back against him, freed herself, and ran into the path where Hanna Marin and The Liars accidentally hit Elliot which killed him. Alison helped her friends bury her husband, then learned that his real name was Archer Dunhill and he had been impersonating the real Dr. Rollins. Their marriage was ruled fraudulent, though repercussion of their relationship made a heavy impact on Alison.
Alison was the ringleader of her group of friends. The group consisted of Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily. Alison had hated Mona , who was dorky at the time and constantly made fun of her. When Aria thought about being nice to her and waiting for her, Alison convinces her not to. Alison treated Hanna like her lackey, Emily is hinted to be more than a friend, and Spencer and Alison often clashed with one another. She also made fun of Lucas a lot and called him a hermaphrodite, or "Hermie," which led to Lucas smashing up her memorial. She did not like Jenna and referred to her as "Jenna the Jerk", stating that she found her creepy. Alison had ultimate power over her friends, getting them to do what she wanted despite their objections. No one ever stood up to her, except Spencer although the latter backed down almost immediately when Ali spoke. Though she was cruel at times, she truly and deeply cared for the girls. She thought by telling them what to wear, how to act, who to date - was helping them.
Aria Montgomery (see " Alia ") - Alison has a more neutral relationship with Aria than the other three girls. She seems to have the loosest connection to Aria, compared to the other three girls. They seem to get along and have a casual friendship. They don't get into many arguments, nor does Alison treat Aria like a lackey. However, Aria does follow Alison's suggestions most of the time. For the most part, Alison lets Aria do her own thing and doesn't get involved in her personal life. The only exception to this was when she threatened her father about his affair, and would sometimes use it to manipulate Aria. They are both naturally independent and obsessed with their sophistication.
Emily Fields (see " Emison ") - Emily and Alison first met in junior high, when Alison took Emily under her wing and invited her into her group of friends. Emily, unbeknownst to both of them at the time, had a crush on Alison. The girls were the closest girls in the group and told each other secrets that no one else knew and shared memories. Alison knew that Emily was gay and used this to discreetly tease her or make her uncomfortable about her sexual orientation. As time went on, the pair shared romantic notions and eventually shared kisses. However, Alison refused to accept her bisexuality and rudely turned Emily when it came to having a relationship. Alison went missing soon after, and Emily was devastated over the loss of her best friend. When Emily found out Alison was alive, she helped her return home and the pair began to form a bond once again. Alison was seemingly more comfortable in her sexuality and slept with Emily. The girls had the foundation to start a relationship, but their relationship fell apart before it could get more serious. As time went on, both girls dated other people, with Alison only dating males while Emily owned her sexuality. It wasn't until years later when Alison was unknowingly inseminated with Emily's daughters (a cruel pregnancy orchestrated by " A "), that the pair accepted their feelings for one another and started a relationship. For two years, they raised their twin daughters together before Alison proposed to Emily. After another two years, Alison and Emily struggled to find their footing in their relationship now that A is gone. While they love each other, their issues boiled down to trust and who they are as people and a couple no that A is out of their lives. After Alison was chosen for a faculty position at BHU , she moved from Rosewood to Beacon Heights to pursue her degree. While they still remain in a relationship, they are on separate journeys for the time being.
Hanna Marin (see " Halison ") - Alison gave Hanna the name "Hefty Hanna", mocking her weight. Despite being the sweetest of the bunch, Hanna was often cruelly mocked and teased by Alison. This is seen in " Know Your Frenemies " as well as in " Never Letting Go " and other episodes. In "Know Your Frenemies" we also find that Alison even convinces Hanna to throw up to lose weight, therefore starting an eating disorder for Hanna. She also convinces Hanna not to eat in " Pilot " with the excuse she is being a friend. She is very mean to her during " To Kill a Mocking Girl " and calls her a wannabe and other rude words leaving Hanna in tears, and she doesn't stop until Aria tells her to. Alison tells Hanna that she didn't mean it and that she was freaked out about " The Jenna Thing ." Alison also mentioned in her diary that she almost convinced 'Hefty Hanna' to shave her head. Out of the four girls, Alison seems to be the meanest to Hanna. She was often jealous of Hanna as she knew that Hanna had the potential to take her place as the most popular girl at Rosewood High. All Hanna had to do was lose weight and gain confidence, which was why she made her feel insecure. Hanna also has the most hallucinations about Ali, such as in the hospital and with her therapist. This could be because she never stood up to Alison subconsciously feels upset about never doing so (although she once tried to get Ali to stop bullying Lucas, but ultimately backed down). After Alison returned, the pair formed an unlikely friendship.
Spencer Hastings (see " Spalison ") - Her relationship with Spencer is different then with the other girls. They were always fighting and trying to out-do each other. Spencer was the only one of the four girls who ever stood up to Ali. This becomes apparent in " Pilot ", when they argue inside Spencer's house, the night of Ali's disappearance. During their fight, Ali threatened to tell Melissa about Spencer kissing Ian or she would. Spencer threatened that if Ali told Melissa, she would everyone the truth about " The Jenna Thing ." Also in " If At First You Don't Succeed, Lie, Lie Again " she is again seen pressuring Spencer to tell her sister about Ian. Spencer told Alison that she was sick of her games and that Alison was dead to her already. Alison appeared distraught and then angrily leaves. Spencer is the most like Alison: smart, determined, sophisticated, and will do just about anything to be the best. After the five-year time-skip, they find out that they are biological cousins, and this seemingly brings them closer as they start confiding and helping one another more.
Mona Vanderwaal (see " Monison ") - The relationship between Mona and Alison started antagonistic, as Alison bullied and treated Mona poorly in their first few years of High School. Mona, desperate to fit in, often hung around Alison and her friends, only to be rejected by the group and humiliated by them several times. Alison even nicknamed her Loser Mona and turned the school against her. Mona started sending Alison threatening messages and texts using the alias A in an attempt to scare her, which she succeeded in doing. However, she never really wanted to hurt her. One night, Mona was out for a walk when she saw who she believed was Alison. She was overcome with rage and anger toward the girl who had made her life a living hell. She hit the girl over the head with a shovel, although this wasn't Alison but Bethany Young . Mona later helped Alison disappear, and became A to torture The Liars and eventually Alison for what they did to her. After Alison returned, their relationship worsened with Mona even framing Alison for her death, and Alison was sentenced to prison for it before eventually being released. After Alison's release, several events ( A's Dollhouse , the A reveal, etc) eventually changed their relationship from antagonistic to friendly, with Mona eventually being accepted into the circle of friends (despite hesitation and push-back). While they no longer have an antagonistic relationship, they still don't trust one another as they both know what the other is capable of.
Nolan Hotchkiss - Nolan was the first member of the Perfectionists to contact Alison. She was his new English TA. During her first lesson, he made sly remarks toward her. After class, he warned her that while his mother, Claire Hotchkiss , may claim that Alison was in Beacon Heights as a reminder of his sister , it was more than that. His remarks and mysterious air made Alison look into the Hotchkiss family more. Nolan felt that he could trust Alison, and wanted to tell her about Taylor being alive. He texted her asking her to him on the roof of Thorne Hall. However, due to the power being down in that area of campus, Alison never received the text. Nolan was murdered that night before he could tell Alison the whole story. Later, Taylor confided to Alison that Nolan thought they could trust her.
Jessica DiLaurentis - Alison often threw tantrums to get what she wanted from her mother Jessica, as seen in " Turn of the Shoe ." She would hold her breath until Jessica gave in, a trick Alison perfected at the age of five to get what she wanted. Jessica also took notice of CeCe Drake's growing bad influence over Alison and tried to put a stop to it. Alison seemed to challenge her mother's authority somewhat to do the things she wanted. In " A is for Answers ," Alison reveals that Jessica is the person who buried her alive and knows who her attempted murderer is. Jessica covered for this person until her death. Shana Fring also mentions in " EscApe From New York " that Jessica was afraid of Alison. When Jessica's body was found by Pepe , Ali stood in the background wearing a hoodie to prevent her from being seen and cried.
Jason DiLaurentis (see " Jalison ") - Jason is Alison's half-brother, due to their Mothers cheating on their Father with Peter Hastings , Jason grew up a DiLaurentis, but is biologically still a Hastings. She did not have such a great relationship with her brother Jason, due to his drug addiction and their mutual disrespect for each other's boundaries. Both had no qualms going into each other's room, stealing and breaking each other's belongings. Some glimpses of that were seen in " The Goodbye Look ," " My Name Is Trouble ," and " Surface Tension ." In one instance, Alison had fled one of her brother's house parties in tears. She blamed her distress on Jason and his friends' invasiveness in her room but left the particulars vague. In their later years, the pair seemed to have bonded and formed a sibling relationship, especially after the revelation of Charles and Charlotte DiLaurentis . After Alison was released from Welby , Jason used a court over to take caregiver rights away from Mary Drake and reenter Alison's life.
Kenneth DiLaurentis - Alison's relationship with her father Kenneth is indeterminate. Kenneth is stern and intimidating and seems to impose his authority on Jason more than Alison. He seems oblivious to the things that Alison has done. In " Whirly Girlie ," Kenneth comes back to Rosewood when he finds out that Alison is alive. When Alison comes home, he is very protective of her and wouldn't let her leave the house. Kenneth promises Alison that he will never let her out of his sight again. Alison appears to care deeply for her father, more so than she does about her mother or brother. When she attempted to run away in " Run, Ali, Run ", she was upset when her father wasn't home. She wanted to say goodbye to him before she left. After the revelation of Charlotte DiLaurentis , Kenneth turned his back on Charlotte and anyone who wanted to help her, which included Alison. The two have not talked since.
Charlotte DiLaurentis (see " Chalison ") - While under the alias of CeCe Drake, Charlotte dated Alison's brother, Jason. She began to hang out around Alison, and their similar traits were clear to everyone around them. They eventually became very close friends. Charlotte taught Alison how to be wicked and helped her stay in control of her fellow students. Alison told CeCe secrets about her circle of friends. Charlotte and Alison had a sisterly relationship while Alison was in high school. The games they would play caused Jessica to dislike Charlotte's influence on Alison. Jessica even called their friendship is "toxic" and even feared them together. According to Jessica, they would pretend to be one another, even going as far as Charlotte dressing up as Alison and going to Radley to scare Jessica. Despite there bond, Charlotte held a grudge against Alison for getting her kicked out of college. Charlotte even killed Darren Wilden to protect Alison. "CeCe Drake" eventually revealed her true identity as Charlotte DiLaurentis (born Charles DiLaurentis ), the long-lost sister of Jessica and Alison. She was the leader of the A-Team and the one who was after the Liars and Alison the whole time. Charlotte only made herself known to The Liars as " CeCe Drake " so that she could watch over them and be ' A '. She wanted to punish them for wanting her sister gone. Alison's relationship with her sister was one that took time, since Charlotte was the one who tortured her friends. Charlotte explained everything to Alison and The Liars . She was admitted to Welby State Psychiatric Hospital in an attempt to undo the trauma and darkness from her past. Alison and Jason stayed behind to take care of her and to make sure that Charlotte received the care she needed. When Charlotte was discharged from Welby, she was murdered at the bell tower. Alison later found out that Charlotte was her biological cousin and adopted sister, which Charlotte knew, and had lied to her their whole relationship.
Duncan Albert - Alison had some sort of secret friendship or relationship with Duncan before her death. Duncan saw a side of her she didn't show other people. It seemed that even though using a fake name, Alison was much more honest and real with him. It seemed like an indication of what a better person the adult Ali would have been like but never got a chance to happen. Duncan met Alison/Vivian in a bookstore in Brookhaven. Vivian often spoke about her four friends to Duncan, which mean she trusted him to a certain extent. He reveals that he and Vivian met up at a place near Brookhaven quite often during the summer Alison disappeared. He also reveals that he knew Vivian's real name was Alison but was unaware of her death until Aria told him. During the friendship, Duncan often took Alison up to his helicopter. He explains that he and Alison used to fly often and that she used to feel free, safe, and in control. He also mentions that he might have been in love with Alison.
Paige McCullers - When CeCe sees Paige and Emily together, she reveals to Spencer about Paige's violent past with Alison. In a flashback at one of the Liar's sleepovers, they are trading clothes when Aria points out the bruises on Alison's back. Ali simply replies " Oh Pigskin gave them to me " they asked who Pigskin is but Alison brushes it off, as Alison does with everyone. Alison was going to tell everyone that Paige is a lesbian. Alison had an enmity of sorts against Paige. Alison once received a kick to the back during soccer from Paige after Alison annoyed her. Alison swore vengeance upon "Pigskin" and began plotting her revenge. After she learned of Paige's secret pining for Emily, Alison forged love letters in Emily's name and sent them to Paige. This eventually leads to Alison intercepting one of Paige's letters. Alison then used the letter to blackmail Paige into becoming her "property". CeCe speculates that Alison might have been afraid of Paige. In " Miss Me x 100 ," Alison tries to make amends with Paige and apologizes for the way she treated her, but Paige doesn't accept her apology, saying that Alison is still a horrible person. In " The DArkest Knight " Emily invites Paige to Spencer's house while they are waiting for the police to find Hanna. Alison is visibly uncomfortable to be in the same room as Paige. She even asks Emily why she invited her as "she has nothing to do with this". She claimed it was pathetic that Paige was using the situation to get close to Emily. When Paige comforts Emily, Alison says, "Ugh, I'm gonna be sick" and leaves the room. Later, Paige comes to drop off job application forms for Emily and gets upset seeing that Emily slept at Alison's house. Paige says that Alison is trying to drive them apart and that Emily should call her when she "decides to cut the strings" with Alison. After Paige and Emily break up for the final time, Paige visits Alison and made Alison realize that she does love Emily. Because of this, Alison admits her feelings eventually.
Taylor Hotchkiss ( see: " Talison " ) - Alison first learned of Taylor when she arrived in Beacon Heights . Taylor was the dead daughter of BHU founder Claire Hotchkiss , and the seemingly perfect sister of Nolan . Several people in town commented on Alison's resemblance to Taylor, which Alison initially brushed off. After investigating the circumstances around Taylor's death, she found inconsistencies. She recognized the inconsistencies due to her history with faking her death. Alison eventually found Taylor's RV, which lead her to finally meeting Taylor. After convincing her to return home, Taylor and Alison have formed a friendship.
Alison seemingly died of suffocation, which is revealed in " The Jenna Thing " and mentioned once again in " For Whom the Bell Tolls ." More information on her death is revealed in " Save the Date ". Alison had been hit from behind or was running away when she had been hit on the head. The wound had come from a curved, blunt object, which Spencer believed to be her old field hockey stick. However, the impact didn't kill her immediately. The autopsy found her lungs to be filled with dirt, implying that she had been inhaling dirt in the last moments before her death. Her assailant either knocked her unconscious or temporarily paralyzed her. The attacker proceeded to bury her alive. We later come to find in " Over My Dead Body " that the "curved, blunt object" actually wasn't a field hockey stick, but a shovel.
Alison was buried by the same object that damaged her head. In " It Happened 'That Night' ," Alison's body is stolen from her grave. In " This Is A Dark Ride " Alison's body is found in the ice cooler at the Halloween Ghost Train Party, after Toby and Noel fight, knocking the Cooler down, showing a black leather bag. Also shown the same episode was a flashback of her hand coming out of the ground, revealing she may have escaped. It was revealed in a flashback in " A DAngerous GAme " that someone helped pull Ali out of the ground. We can see a hand reaching down and grabbing Ali's. In Now You See Me, Now You Don't , it is revealed that Carla Grunwald was the hand who pulled her out, meaning Alison did not die, and is still alive, hiding from A . Whose body it remained unknown for a length of time. Alison was hit with a shovel and buried alive but survived. Someone else was also hit with a shovel and buried alive, but died. In " A is for Answers ", it's revealed that Alison was hit over the head with a large stone, not a shovel as previously believed. Her mother saw whoever hit her and buried her alive (thinking she was dead) to protect the person who did it.
In Miss Me x 100 it's revealed a girl named Bethany Young , who was a 17-year-old patient at the Radley, escaped from the mental hospital the night Ali went missing, and is the one in Alison's grave, as well as the body who was found in the Pilot . In Taking This One to the Grave , it is revealed Ali's mom was having an affair with Bethany's father, and Alison knew about this and lured Bethany to Rosewood the night she "died", possibly to kill her. Alison acted as if she did not know who Bethany was, and is now possibly not hiding from "A", but is "A".
- She, along with the other Liars, blinded Jenna Marshall with a stink-bomb in a prank intended for Toby Cavanaugh .
- Ali strongly disliked Jenna seemingly because Jenna refused to be intimidated by Ali and refused to join her group of friends, saying that she'd prefer to pick her own friends.
- Ali used to display sociopathic qualities, such as being controlling, paranoid, charming, seductive, dominant, incapable of remorse, and extremely intelligent. Though at times, Ali does seem to display real emotion. In the later seasons, she displayed less of these qualities.
- In " For Whom the Bell Tolls ", Ian attempts to murder Spencer by pushing her off the bell tower. Someone in a black hoodie comes to rescue Spencer and pushes Ian off the bell tower, leaving him to fall onto ropes, hanging. It is revealed in " A is for Answers " that this was Alison trying to keep Spencer alive. She also reveals that Ian wasn't dead when she left.
- She was kissed by Emily Fields , but later informed her that she likes boys and would only kiss her for practice for the real thing. However, years later, Alison comes out as bisexual and begins a romantic relationship with Emily.
- When Alison came back after revealing herself alive she tells Emily that those kisses weren't just for practice, and they kiss.
- Spencer knew Alison was seeing an "older boy" the summer she disappeared. The girls did not know for sure that the mystery guy was Ian until seeing The Kissing Rock video in " Careful What U Wish 4 ".
- Spencer Hastings was the only one of her friends who did stand up to Ali when she was being a bully.
- Her signature lipstick color in High School was Jungle Red.
- Alison foreshadowed her own death in " Please, Do Talk About Me When I'm Gone " when she said that she would die in a tragic way.
- In " This Is A Dark Ride ", Alison's body is discovered after going missing in the episode, " It Happened 'That Night' ".
- Ali once thought she was pregnant during her trip to Cape May with CeCe , but Mona revealed that it was a false alarm and she wasn't.
- Alison is the character that has the most secrets. This is probably why she was almost killed.
- In " A dAngerous gAme ", it was revealed that Alison could be possibly alive.
- In " Now You See Me, Now You Don't ", it was confirmed that Alison is, in fact, alive and hiding from A .
- In " Grave New World ", the girls finally come face to face with Alison and she tells them that she can't come back because it's not safe.
- In " A is for Answers ", Alison tells the girls everything about the night she went missing.
- In " Taking This One to the Grave ", it is revealed Alison might have been lying this whole time, and could actually be "A".
- In " Pretty Isn't the Point ", Mike revealed to Aria that Mona was going to frame Alison for her death in order for Mona to figure out who "A" is. She also stated to Mike that she would go away and come back when she found out who "A" was. This further proves that Alison had nothing to do with Mona's death, and is not "A".
- In " The Mirror Has Three Faces ", her mom reveals that CeCe and Ali "wore" each other's personalities.
- It is revealed in " A is for Answers " that she was the one who pushed Ian off the bell tower. She also revealed she was the one who pulled Hanna from the Thornhill Lodge on the night of the fire because Hanna had been left to burn while all the other girls were already safe.
- In " Taking This One to the Grave " it was revealed that Alison's full name is " Alison Lauren DiLaurentis ".
- The only season finale in which Alison doesn't physically appear is " UnmAsked ", as it was revealed that her appearance in the episode was only a story from Mona.
- Sometime between " Welcome to the Dollhouse " and " Game On, Charles ", she was released from prison. This is because of the footage from the dollhouse that Lieutenant Tanner sees at the end of " Welcome to the Dollhouse ".
- She is the third main character to become engaged, after Aria and Hanna .
- Ironically, the name Alison means "truth" in Irish. It also means "noble" - everything Alison is not since she is a manipulative liar.
- Sasha Pieterse , the actress who plays Alison, first auditioned to play Hanna Marin , but the producers had her try out for Alison and she eventually got the role.
- In her bedroom, a picture frame of her, Jason, and a girl identical to her can be seen. Under the picture frame, there is a wall decoration in French that says “C’est le double du rire et de doubler le sourire et double la peine si vous êtes bénis avec des jumeaux.” which means “That's double the laughter and double the smiles and double the trouble when you are blessed with twins!”.
- I. Marlene King revealed in an interview that this was hinting at the existence of Charlotte DiLaurentis , Alison's adoptive sister and biological cousin.
- Her former surname DiLaurentis is an anagram for 'Liars United', very similar to the tagline for Season 4 " Liars Unite ".
- Alison and Charlotte represent Alison and Courtney from the books.
- In " Welcome to the Dollhouse " it is revealed that she has a brother named Charles and that her brother is A.
- In " Game Over, Charles ", It is revealed who A is, Charles, Charles is then revealed to be CeCe Drake , who is a transgender woman. Her real name is Charlotte DiLaurentis , this is what CeCe wants to be called in " Game Over, Charles " and during the time jump .
- In The DArkest Knight , Alison discovers that she is pregnant with somebody's child. She is distraught about this because she assumes that the child is Archer Dunhill's. However, the child she is carrying is actually Emily's.
- On September 25th, 2017, it was announced that Alison would return alongside Mona Vanderwaal for the Pretty Little Liars spinoff, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists . | https://prettylittleliars.fandom.com/wiki/Alison_DiLaurentis | 122 |
when did alison go missing in pretty little liars | Sequence of Events - Alison's Disappearance | This article details the sequence of events surrounding the disappearance of Alison DiLaurentis from June to September 1st and September 2nd of 2009.
This is a list of events leading up to the disappearance of Alison DiLaurentis . These events occur after The First Secret , in October 2008.
A majority of the following took place before and within the first episode, Pilot , though several offscreen.
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Aria, Spencer, Emily and Hanna begin to prepare for Alison’s memorial. The memorial sparks memories of a summer day that the girls had spent lounging by the shore of the lake. Ironically, the girls had spoken about immortality and the fantasy of living in this moment forever. Alison had said that one could attain that only by dying young and leaving behind a beautiful corpse. Getting into it, Alison had romanticized how fabulous it would be to die in a mysterious way.
Jenna had come to start a barbecue, wearing her now familiar shades then taking them off. Alison expressed her annoyance, and Emily commented on Toby's conspicuous absence. When Alison responded by mocking him in conversation, Spencer rolled her eyes and pointed out how typical it was of Alison to taunt others. But, she softened when the girls all agreed that this day was perfect and then shared their dream that they would be friends until they grow old.
Alison had spotted Noel with a girl named Prudence. Alison had torn into her too, suggesting that she was anything but chaste with Noel and provocatively suggested that she had gotten a boob job. Aria had ogled at Noel applying sun block on her enviously. As if reading her mind, Alison asked if she would "also" do something like that to get Noel's attention. She then teased Aria for falling for brainy guys. She also called Noel immature and simultaneously perfect for Aria, flustering her. Ali said she preferred more mature guys.
When Lucas had run in front of them to pick up his toy motor boat, she had incessantly made offensive comments to him. Finally, Hanna had exclaimed "hey" as if to stand up to Alison and stop her from teasing him, but she recoiled and sat silent. Alison then turned on her, warning her to never let a moment pass, as Lucas trudged away.
Alison had commented on the pair of Noel and Prudence heading to where assumed was The Kissing Rock. She had, as a matter of fact, informed Emily that people had gone there to kiss for hundreds of years. She then looked Emily daringly in the eyes and asked her who she would like to take to The Kissing Rock. Emily had just smiled shyly while staring back. [1]
At a party, Ali send a text to Prudence that causes her to break up with Noel for Aria. Noel coldly says "Happy now?" before chasing after her. When Aria asks why, Ali answers "I only kill when I eat, or when I'm bored." [2]
It all starts when Alison claims she spotted Toby peeping through her bedroom window while the girls were getting dressed (later proven to be a lie). To get revenge, Alison suggests that they go to Toby's house to set off what Ali claims is a stink bomb in the garage (which was Toby's hangout at the time). Aria, Hanna, Emily and Spencer all don't think it's a good idea and Emily and Aria want to go back but Alison won't let them. She tells them it's a harmless prank to teach Toby a lesson and assures them no one is inside. Alison gets a match from Spencer, lights the stink bomb, and throws it into the garage.
She then tells the girls to run, without explaining what she sees inside. The stink bomb, which is actually a firecracker, causes an explosion and the garage catches fire. This sis what ends up blinding Jenna. After the accident, Hanna insists that they go to the cops and fess up, only to be yelled at by Alison. Toby lies to the police about the incident, saying it was he who set the garage on fire after Alison blackmails him with information about his and Jenna's physical relationship, thus making "The Jenna Thing" a huge secret for Aria, Hanna, Emily and Spencer, who were accomplices to Alison's prank and all lied to the police about it. Toby is sent to a reform school for a year after the incident.
In the aftermath of The Jenna Thing, Alison bought the other Pretty Little Liars friendship bracelets with their names on them to seal their friendship so the secret will never get out. Alison had given the girls the bracelets in the same restaurant in which Emily is now sitting, having the flashback. At the time, she had even suggestively asked Emily to tie hers for her. [3]
Alison and Emily kiss in the library. Emily later kisses Ali's neck in the locker room but she rejects her. [4]
Alison visited Toby in the juvenile facility. She thinks he was the person writing notes to people as "A" while Jenna was in the hospital. He says it wasn't him and that he wishes he knew who was doing it because he'd love to help them. He thinks that Alison and her posse deserved to get those notes. [5]
Spencer flashes back to a college party Alison had snuck them into with fake ID's, probably in an effort to spy on Ian. Ian had been flirting with a particularly tipsy girl and had gone off with her to one of the rooms upstairs. Looking back, the girls wish they had said something to Melissa sooner about Ian.
The girl that Ian had left with had suddenly taken a nasty tumble down the stairs in the middle of the party. They had all exchanged looks after her fall, although Ali had been nowhere in sight, but Ian had been at the top of the stairs. In hindsight, the girls are left to question whether Ian had pushed that girl.
When Alison had shown up, she had seemed either oblivious to the girl's accident or indifferent. Later, when the police had come, the girls were afraid of being caught underage at a drinking party. Alison took charge of the situation, brazenly asking the police officer for a ride home in his car, not wanting to take the bus, claiming that she felt too tipsy to drive when really she wasn't old enough to even have a license. The girls got into the car, and Ali and Ian exchanged looks from across the lawn.
It was revealed in Season 4 that the police and others thought CeCe was the one who pushed the girl and it prompted her expulsion from college.
It was revealed in Season 7 however that Noel Kahn had been the one that push the girl down the stairs and that Alison used the information to Blackmail him into help her. Although they paid off the police into not arresting him so the blame was placed on CeCe Drake. [6]
Alison catches Ian and Spencer kissing. [7]
While standing on the DiLaurentis porch, Spencer flashes back to one summer when Ali and the girls were lounging in the DiLaurentis' front yard. Jason had stormed out of the house, accusing Alison of messing with his stuff. She retorted back sharply, mocking him and his friends for being stoners; the girls laughed. When Jason went back into the house, they questioned Alison whether she had stolen what he claimed she had. She had admitted it gleefully. When Emily asked her whether she was worried that Jason would rip apart her room in search of his things, she mischievously replied that he would never find what she hid. Just then, a smashing sound was heard from inside the house. [8]
Jason was having a party with his friends, and a distraught Alison had come to Spencer's house seeking refuge from the drunk boys at the party. She had been in a tearful state, but had lashed out when the girls tried to show her compassion and support, insulting them and turning impersonal. Emily had been over at the time as well, and the two girls wondered what had happened to Alison that upset her so much, other than party boys stumbling into her bedroom for all sorts of reasons. She makes up a story about her grandmother not being well, but the girls don't buy it. [9]
Alison attempts to blackmail Spencer into telling Melissa about the kiss. [10]
Alison and Jason fight with Spencer's field hockey stick. [11]
Flashback to a chubby Hanna entering a hair salon and being sat next to a dark-haired girl named Vivian Darkbloom. Hanna recognizes Ali's voice and is surprised to see that Vivian is actually Alison! Ali says she is pretending to be someone else and asks Hanna to play along. When Hanna asks why, Ali says she does it all the time because she is bored and suggests Hanna do the same sometime. Ali hints she gets sick of being herself sometimes, and pulls off the wig. [12]
Alison playing the piano in the living room. Jessica DiLaurentis very angrily slams the cover on the piano keyboard down, nearly crushing Alison's fingers. Jessica asks Ali if she thought the stunt she and CeCe pulled was funny. Ali has no idea what she is talking about. Jessica explains she had gotten a call from the Radley staff saying that Alison may be a danger to herself and she wants to stay in Radley. Jessica had then panicked and rushed off to Radley, running red lights to get there quickly. The girl she found was dressed in Ali's clothing, but it was CeCe Drake. Ali laughs and says she can't believe "that crazy bitch actually did it." Jessica says that their friendship is toxic, to which Ali says so are a lot of things, and that Cece is no longer welcome in their house. Unruffled, Ali continues playing the piano. [13]
Alison tells the girls about meeting Ezra at a pub while hanging out with CeCe. Alison tricks him into thinking she's a literature buff.
Alison and Ezra have a date at a bar where she reads him a story she wrote. [14] Ezra takes Alison to the Fitzgerald Theater in New York City. [15]
Before she went to Cape May, she had a sleepover at Spencer's house. During the night, she came into the house teary-eyed with a bloody lip. Mrs. Hastings asked her what had happened, and Ali told her that she had to promise not to tell her parents. Mrs. Hastings embraced her, and Ali suddenly quit her tearful act and smiled, telling her that she was just overreacting. [16]
Jessica tells the story of the summer before Ali went to Cape May to Hanna. While at a restaurant/café with Alison, Jessica agrees to buy Ali the Yellow Tank Top she wants even though she said earlier that it was too revealing.
Ali then asks her Mom if she and the Liars could go to Cape May for the last weekend of summer because they "need a major sleepover" and they need to go there because if they have a sleepover at Rosewood "it would suck." Jessica says no but Ali holds her breath to gain her approval, her Mom gives in after 45 seconds of her holding her breath but only for 1 night. Hanna then reveals that Ali never asked them to go and Jessica says that she suspected her being with an "older crowd".
Spencer starts using drugs, causing her and Melissa to get into a huge fight. Alison walks in on Veronica cleaning up their mess. [17]
Jessica finds out that CeCe Drake is actually her daughter Charlotte as she and the rest of the DiLaurentis family prepare to leave for Cape May. [18]
In her first visit to Cape May, she met this boy commonly known as "the Beach Hottie " and they had a sexual relationship with each other, and after one night, she returned to Rosewood. [19]
When the girls had all been hanging out in Hanna's kitchen with Regina , Alison had mysteriously questioned Hanna's grandmother. She had been talking about her two sons, Tom and Patrick, when Alison had suddenly asked what it would take to have one of them removed from her will. Regina had been taken aback by the question, but Alison had pressed on with: if one of her sons sold an expensive family heirloom to buy drugs, would that constitute dismissal from the family tree? Regina had gone along with it, saying that anyone that messed up would constitute a truncated family tree. [20]
Ali asked her Mother to have a vacation at her Grandma's and she agreed. Alison left Rosewood again and went to her Grandmother's in Georgia, but she only went there briefly so that she had an alibi to go to Cape May. During her stay she spent time with Tippi. [21]
Jessica tries to convince Ali that Spencer is "A". [22]
During her stay at her Grandma's, she was calling Mrs. Grunwald in her secret room in Cicero College to help her find out who A is. Because of Ali calling her Tippi picked up Carla's number. [23]
Other than calling Carla, Ali was also calling Board Shorts because Tippi knows him.
After briefly staying at her Grandma's again she returned to Cape May, New Jersey with CeCe. There she met up with "the Beach Hottie" again. [24]
While CeCe and Ali were in Cape May, Detective Wilden and Melissa were also there. Wilden was on vacation with some friends while CeCe only told Emily that Melissa was there.
Ali thought she was pregnant with Wilden's baby and went to CeCe for help, [25] but it was actually a false alarm [26] .
As the summer was ending she secretly went to Rosewood again to track down " A ".
In Hector's flashback, we see Ali demanding Hector give her the money he owes her. He hasn't been paid yet, so he doesn't have the money for Ali, but she is desperate and tells him to give her whatever he has on him and they can call it square. He hands her some money not even close to the amount he actually owes her, but Ali doesn't care. She just asks what the fastest way is to get to Route 30. He gives her the directions and she runs out, jumping into a mysterious black car. Hector says that he couldn’t see the driver. This flashback takes place the summer Ali disappeared. Aria asks Hector why Melissa was here, and he says that she wanted to know about the Ali masks so he made her the same deal as he did with Emily - her face in exchange for information. [27]
Alison and A sent messages to each other using the Rosewood Observer's Classified Ads, this was going on for a month before A arranged for them to meet in Brookhaven on Labor Day Morning. [28]
During the Masquerade Ball, Spencer is chatting with Mona, she brings up the last time Mona saw Ali - at a vintage shop in Brookhaven. She had seen Ali, dressed strangely, spying on someone. Mona tells Alison that in exchange for keeping Ali's secret she wants to be popular, Alison then takes out a postcard and writes a phone number on it, which she tears off and hands to Mona. [29] . This "flashback" never actually occurred, because after the girls found out they couldn't trust Mona, one Liar questioned the reality of this story and Mona did not defend its validity. Also, Alison doesn't mention this meeting in " A is for Answers ."
Alison was also blackmailing Byron Montgomery that summer about his affair with Meredith. She was leveraging their affair for financial gain, getting payments from Byron. He wanted to stop the blackmail and didn't want to keep paying her off, threatening to take action against her. [30]
When Ian and Melissa were still dating, she got pregnant and she went to Hilton Head to get a secret abortion, but it never happened as she miscarried, that's why Melissa's new pregnancy was much more important to her. [31]
When Melissa, Ian, and Spencer are chatting with Mrs. Ackard at the Rosewood Founder's Festival, the Hilton Resort is brought up by Mrs. Ackard, and based on Melissa's initial responses, it seems that Melissa and Ian stayed in different rooms while they were there, why they did that was because Alison was in the same room as Ian at the time. [32]
Alison and Ian went to Hilton Head the same time as Melissa did, to get her mind off "A". [33]
Alison went to Hilton Head with Ian in order to focus her mind off of "A". She was staying in the same room with him, when she overhears a conversation between Melissa and Ian. Melissa tells Ian she knows Alison in the room, and tells her he can't see her again. Ian tells Melissa Alison means nothing to him. Alison notices Ian's videos and notices the Jenna and Toby video. She makes a copy of the videos and leaves to meet Jenna.
Alison (presumably dressed as Vivian Darkbloom ) calls Duncan Albert to come pick her up in his airplane from Hilton Head, South Carolina. He drops her off in a field nearby Philadelphia, concluding that Alison was secretly in town 6–7 hours before the girls believed her to have arrived. (Flashback, " Salt Meets Wound " and Airplane scene between Aria and Duncan, " Eye of the Beholder ")
Alison checks into the Lost Woods Resort under the alias "Vivian Darkbloom". She has also checked in once before. She checks into Room 1. (The guestbooks found by Spencer and Aria, " UnmAsked ")
Alison, after a long correspondence through personal ads in the The Rosewood Observer , was supposed to finally meet/confront "A" on Spruce Street (in front of the creepy Doll Hospital in Brookhaven ). However since Alison was shown later to have not known Mon was A. It is probable that the meeting never took place, or if it did Alison never saw Mona. All that is known is that the meeting was scheduled. ( Spencer's discovery in newspapers, " If These Dolls Could Talk ").
According to an online newspaper article, at an unknown time (unknown if it's before or after the meeting), Ali was believed to have called the police on a payphone on the junction of Spruce street. (Hanna's discovery on the internet, " Who's In The Box? ").
Alison visits Jenna at the hospital and shows Jenna a video of her and Toby together and blackmails Jenna into keeping " The Jenna Thing " a secret, stating that if Jenna ever returned to Rosewood, or send her another text, Alison would bury her. Alison tells Jenna that the video will be kept "under lock and key." Alison walks out and gets a text from "A", stating they will kill her tonight. Alison realizes Jenna is not "A". (Flashback, " For Whom the Bell Tolls ", " A is for Answers ")
Sometime before visiting Emily later in the day (presumably on her way back home), she bought a storage locker, into which she deposited a flash drive containing Ian Thomas ' creepy/pervy videos, including the video of Jenna and Toby, inside one of her old lunch boxes. (presumed from " Monsters in the End ")
Alison returns home, pulling up in a taxi, and is greeted by the girls after "supposedly" returning by bus from her summer vacation at her grandma's house in Georgia. She is beautifully tanned, but also complains that her arms are sore. Spencer sees a Hilton Head resort tag on Alison's luggage. After Spencer asks her about Hilton Head being in South Carolina, Alison responds, "Why so many questions?" Alison seems excited, saying she can't spill every detail and to "wait for it." (Flashback, " Salt Meets Wound ")
Alison returns to her home. Alison goes into her bedroom, and notices a gift from her Mother. It is a yellow Blouse Alison mentioned having like some weeks earlier. She puts it on, and turns around and is shocked to see, written on her mirror in Jungle Red lipstick: "I'm everywhere. And soon, you'll be nowhere. -A".
Alison after returning home then visits Emily and gives her a snow globe: a key to said storage locker (with the label) is hidden inside of it. Alison tells Emily to keep it safe because it's "a lot more valuable than it looks." Alison tells Emily she needs to go because she has "a prior engagement" but that she will meet up with the girls later. Alison then leaves Emily's house. (Flashback, " Monsters in the End ")
Alison has dinner with her family before the sleepover. (Mentioned by Aria in " Never Letting Go ")
Mrs. DiLaurentis is on the phone with someone, seemingly upset. She says "How could this have happened? Please send someone!" She was most likely talking about her son and Bethany Young escaping Radley. Alison is about to leave for the sleepover, when her mother tells her she cannot go out. She tells Alison she knows things about Spencer's family. Jessica DiLaurentis returns to her urgent phone call, and Alison sneaks some of her pills while she isn't looking. (Flashback, A is for Answers )
Alison arrives at Spencer's barn, purposefully scaring the other four girls in process, before proceeding to hang out at their sleepover party. Toby calls Ali but she doesn't answer. Ali sits down and drugs the girls drinks believing that if she gets another text while they’re asleep, she can rule them out as A suspects. Sometime later in the night, the girls, except Alison, all fall asleep drunk. (Scenes, " Pilot ")
Alison opens the barn door and meets with Toby. He lends Alison his sweater because it was cold. They met so Toby could thank her for helping him be free of Jenna's manipulations. When they part, Toby sees Alison get into a car with Ezra, and she is still wearing Toby's sweater. (Scene, " Keep Your Friends Close ," Toby to Emily).
Ali gets in the car with Ezra. Ezra is mad because Alison lied about her age. Alison's bracelet falls off, and she puts it on the other wrist. Ezra leaves, and tells Alison this is goodbye, ending their relationship. (Flashback, " A is for Answers ")
Spencer wakes up and sees Ali not there and waits for Ali to come back. (Flashback. "A is for Answers)
Alison meets with Ian at The Kissing Rock , where they make a makeout-tape. Alison teases Ian, "I know you want to kiss me." Ian replies, "Come closer." A struggle appears to occur, and the camera falls to the ground, losing focus on the other two. Then, Alison's hand falls into view of the camera; her hand grabs onto some leaves and dirt, before going limp. Alison giggles and gets up. Ian kisses her. After the video, Alison threatens Ian with the videos, and to stop threatening her. Ian warns her not to tell anyone, or else people will get hurt and storms off. (Scene with video that "A" sent, " Know Your Frenemies ") (flashbacks, " A is for Answers ")
Alison goes back to the barn. All the girls are asleep...except for Spencer. Spencer stares at Ali and says "I've been waiting for you." Alison and Spencer go into the house and argue. Alison pressures Spencer to tell Melissa about her and Ian, or she will. Spencer says to Alison that she is sick of her games. Spencer says, "You are dead to me already." Alison then leaves with Spencer angry trying to go upstairs but Spencer decides to go outside instead of her room. Someone takes a picture of Alison in front of Spencer's barn, with Spencer's shadow in the shot. (Flashback, " If At First You Don't Succeed, Lie, Lie Again ")
CeCe Drake/Charlotte DiLaurentis went to Alison's house after escaping Radley. She witnessed the fight between Ali and Spencer, as they go outside, Mrs. DiLaurentis also saw the fight and paid CeCe to not tell anybody. (Spencer's discovery in Ezra's research, " She's Come Undone ").
Spencer follows Alison, telling her that their conversation isn't over but Alison says it is and so are they. Spencer yells at her to stop walking, and she grabs a nearby shovel. Alison looks at her, a bit frightened and tells her to put the shovel down before she hurts herself. (Flashback, " She's Come Undone ").
She tries to attack Ali but collapses, Spencer's ADHD pills falls out of her pocket and gets picked up by Ali. Spencer runs away from Ali but Ali follows trying to catch up to Spencer. When she did catch up, Spencer then begged Ali to not tell anyone. Ali agreed, and tells her not to take the pills anymore. Alison sends Spencer back to the barn to sleep. (flashbacks, " A is for Answers ")
Melissa watches Spencer and Alison fight and sees Spencer walk away with the shovel. (Flashback, No One Here Can Love or Understand Me )
After Alison and Ian's encounter at the Kissing Rock, Ian arrives at Ali's house before Ali can get home, and he meets up with Garrett Reynolds and Jenna Marshall who are gathered in Alison's bedroom and looking for the copy of the N.A.T. Club videos that she had stolen from them (" The Blond Leading the Blind "). While searching, Melissa arrives distressed and looking for Alison, probably to confront her about being with Ian.
Garrett and Jenna leave Ian and Melissa alone, and exit the house into the DiLaurentis backyard. Alison confronts them, and reminds Jenna of the promise she made if she ever came back to Rosewood. Jenna tries to attack Alison, and a small fight breaks out. Alison pushes Jenna who falls over a lawn chair. Jenna grabs a nearby field hockey stick that belonged to Spencer, and goes for Alison.
Garrett grabs the stick from Jenna. He raises his eyebrows in confirmation to Alison, who slightly nods and he proceeds to pretend to kill Alison with the field hockey stick, but was really hitting the tree. Jenna asks if she's dead, and Garrett says he took care of it and the two then run away.
A little bit later, Garrett comes back to see if Alison is okay, and is surprised to see her talking to Byron Montgomery , Aria's father. Alison says "If you don't pay for your mistakes, how do you become a better person?" Byron replies back "You say all these grown-up things, yet you're still a child." Alison smirks and says "You know what I'm capable of." Garrett makes a noise and the conversation is interrupted. He runs off leaving Alison and Byron looking on to see who was there. (Flashbacks, " This Is A Dark Ride ")
After Garrett left the scene, Byron continues their conversation, telling Ali that he didn't bring any money. Alison threatens Byron, and he responds by bringing up that if Alison tells Ella it will really hurt Aria, and he doesn't believe she is that horrible of a person. Alison retorts by saying that he clearly doesn't know her that well then.
Byron begins to walk away, and Alison threatens him again saying it's his last chance to save himself. Byron turns while he is leaving and replies, "Yes it is," presumably meaning he was going to tell Ella himself. Alison screams back "You made your bed Mr. Montgomery," Byron turns back and sees Melissa Hastings coming out from the DiLaurentis' back door on the phone with someone.
She seems distressed, and says into the phone "What do I have to do, call 911 to get your attention?" Byron takes notice, then turns and leaves. (Flashback, " Misery Loves Company ")
CeCe later stated that Alison had called her, sounding distressed while asking about the videos. When she arrived she met Melissa who begged her to get the videos back from Alison. When she talked to Alison, Ali agreed and left to go get them but never returned (CeCe told Emily this in Hot Water . However, this could be a lie, because Alison never mentions this, nor does Melissa.)
Jason DiLaurentis stumbles out onto his porch, drunk and high. After stumbling down the steps and attempting to drink from a garden hose, he sees Melissa and talking to someone in Alison’s yellow top about something seemingly important, he sees her talking to CeCe. After witnessing this, Jason collapses in a lawn chair and passes out again. (Flashback, " What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted ") (In " Game Over, Charles " Charlotte DiLaurentis confirmed she wasn’t wearing the the yellow top and Jason probably saw Ali or Bethany and confused the faces because he was drunk and high.)
Sometime after this, Garrett or Jenna, or both, slipped a note to Jason that says "I know what you did", in order to make him believe he hurt Alison, since Jenna thought Garrett had killed her. ( revealed in Over My Dead Body )
Alison waits in the barn, staring at her friends sleeping. She waits for a text from "A". She does not get one. (Flashback, " A is for Answers ").
Alison goes home, thinking she has won because "A" didn't try to kill her. She sees her angry Mother in the window. Suddenly, her Moms anger turns into terror. Alison is hit behind the head with a rock by CeCe/Charlotte believing Alison was actually Bethany and collapses. The bloody rock falls to the ground. Her Mom covers her mouth in shock and Charlotte stares down and Ali’s body horrified.
Jessica then buried Alison where the DiLaurentis' backyard gazebo was being constructed, thinking she is dead. She is screaming to CeCe, "What have you done?! What have you done?!" Alison attempts to tell her Mom she is alive, but cannot move due to temporary paralysis. (Flashback, " A is for Answers ")
Charlotte is sitting under a tree, crying as her Mother yells at her. She begs her to forgive her, to believe her when she says she thought it was Bethany, not Alison. (Flashback, " Game Over, Charles ")
Soon after, Alison is able to reach her arm out of the dirt to try to free herself. Carla Grunwald has a bad feeling (this could be a vision) and goes to Alison's backyard, only to find Alison's hand sticking. She pulls Alison out of the ground. Mrs. Grunwald drives Alison to a hospital, but Alison runs away when she goes inside to get help. (Flashbacks, " This Is A Dark Ride ," " A DAngerous GAme ," and " Now You See Me, Now You Don't ")
Meanwhile, Jessica pays off Wilden to give Charlotte an alibi. Charlotte, still devastated, goes in his car to Radley.
After Ali was pulled out of the ground, Bethany Young , after escaping Radley, wanders onto the DiLaurentis backyard searching for Jessica. Mona Vanderwaal sees Bethany from behind, believing her to be Alison and so filled with rage for all the bullying she’d suffered because of Ali, grabbed the same shovel Spencer had grabbed earlier and struck Bethany on the head with it. She was hit so hard that it makes an indentation on her skull and she falls unconscious next to the gazebo site. (Revealed in " Game Over, Charles ")
Shortly after, Melissa finds Bethany lying on the ground facedown with a gash in her head next to the empty grave. Melissa thinks this is Alison because because of her blonde hair. She thinks Spencer killed her while they were fighting and in an attempt to protect her sister, Melissa pushed Bethany into the pit where Alison had been and buries her alive, ultimately killing her, not realizing she wasn't Alison nor was she dead. (Flashback, " No One Here Can Love or Understand Me ")
Aria, Hanna, and Emily wake up to find Alison and Spencer gone. Spencer then appears and says she has looked everywhere but cannot find Alison and that she thinks she heard a scream, that scream was probably from Bethany. (Scene, " Pilot ")
After Ali ran away from Mrs. Grunwald, a car pulls up. It’s Mona . She takes Ali to the Lost Woods Resort, checks in as Vivian Darkbloom per Alison's request, and cleans her wounds. She tells Ali that she needs to fake her death, in order for "A" to leave her alone. Alison is seen sleeping. Next door, we see Mona in her "A" lair. (flashbacks, " A is for Answers ")
Mona helps disguise Alison with a black wig and clothes so she can disappear. Before she leaves Alison gives Mona tips on how to be the person she wants to be.
Alison gets in her car, and sees Mona staring at her. Alison smiles and leaves. Mona stands there, with an eerie smile on her face. (Flashback, " A is for Answers ").
Before the Sleepover
- Alison, after returning home, then visits Emily and gives her a snow globe: a key to said storage locker (with the label) is hidden inside of it. Alison tells Emily to keep it safe because it's "a lot more valuable than it looks." Alison tells Emily she needs to go because she has "a prior engagement" - What was the "prior engagement"? And if ever, who did she meet up with?
- Who gave Ali the bloody lip in a season 3 flashback?
Marlene said in this interview: “during that episode and Ali’s life, she was really taunting the girls about these older people she was hanging out with, sort of a bad crowd. In the writers room we never said specifically who it was, but in our minds, it was that group of people. She was trying to make the PLLs jealous, she was hanging out with older people, probably Charlotte and college kids, the same group of kids who threw the poor girl down the stairs. It lives in that world.”
- Garrett and Jenna leave Ian and Melissa alone, and exit the house into the DiLaurentis backyard. Then after Ali and Byron's conversation Byron sees Melissa come out talking to someone - What happened to Ian after Melissa comes out? And who was Melissa talking to on the phone?
- Jason saw Melissa talking to a woman in the same yellow top Alison was in. He assumes it was CeCe, but it was confirmed by her that it wasn't her and it was most likely Bethany; however she only assumes that - Was Melissa talking to Bethany or someone else? And what were they talking about?
- If Mona hit Bethany and Melissa buried her, how did an Alison bracelet end up on the body?
We saw a flashback of Jessica yelling at Ali for playing games with CeCe; where CeCe pretends to be Alison in Radley. The purpose of this flashback was to show us that CeCe had Alison’s clothes. “She’s dressed head to toe in your clothes” said Jessica. So, that night when Bethany stole all of CeCe’s clothes at Radley (because CeCe had out privileges and Bethany wanted to get out to hurt Jessica for the affair with her father), an Alison bracelet was amongst the pile of CeCe’s clothes.
- Is there a reason we have never seen Bethany’s face (as an adult)? Even in her drawings, she blurs out her face.
No reason. Bethany’s story finished in 610.
- Who was buried first: Alison or Bethany?
Bethany was buried after Alison because Melissa pushed Bethany in an already caved grave, which Jessica caved for Alison first.
- Who killed Bethany?
Mona physically hit Bethany with the shovel, thinking it was Alison. However, as per Alison’s (Bethany’s) autopsy report, the actual cause of death was suffocation. So, Bethany died not from Mona’s bashing, but from Melissa burying her. Melissa buried Bethany to protect Spencer, as she thought Spencer hurt Ali.
- Did Alison know Bethany? Were those letters real?
Nope, we are lead to believe that they were fake and were planted by Charlotte as a way for the girls to suspect Ali as A and to get Ali in prison, ultimately, to keep her in Rosewood.
Jason said he saw Charlotte talking to Melissa that night. In 3x19, Charlotte confirmed this (saying Ali asked her to talk to Melissa about finding the NAT videos). Then later in 610, she denies speaking to Melissa, claiming Jason saw Bethany. Which is true, and why does Charlotte keep changing her story?
The latter is true: it was Bethany. I’m always going with the more recent reveal, because the more recent something is, the more likely the writers revised and updated their answer. They’re not likely to go from old to new then back to old. But they can go from old to new. But I guess we’ll never know for sure.
- Did Mary or Jessica bury Alison?
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when did alison go missing in pretty little liars | Sequence of Events - Alison's Disappearance | This article details the sequence of events surrounding the disappearance of Alison DiLaurentis from June to September 1st and September 2nd of 2009.
This is a list of events leading up to the disappearance of Alison DiLaurentis . These events occur after The First Secret , in October 2008.
A majority of the following took place before and within the first episode, Pilot , though several offscreen.
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Aria, Spencer, Emily and Hanna begin to prepare for Alison’s memorial. The memorial sparks memories of a summer day that the girls had spent lounging by the shore of the lake. Ironically, the girls had spoken about immortality and the fantasy of living in this moment forever. Alison had said that one could attain that only by dying young and leaving behind a beautiful corpse. Getting into it, Alison had romanticized how fabulous it would be to die in a mysterious way.
Jenna had come to start a barbecue, wearing her now familiar shades then taking them off. Alison expressed her annoyance, and Emily commented on Toby's conspicuous absence. When Alison responded by mocking him in conversation, Spencer rolled her eyes and pointed out how typical it was of Alison to taunt others. But, she softened when the girls all agreed that this day was perfect and then shared their dream that they would be friends until they grow old.
Alison had spotted Noel with a girl named Prudence. Alison had torn into her too, suggesting that she was anything but chaste with Noel and provocatively suggested that she had gotten a boob job. Aria had ogled at Noel applying sun block on her enviously. As if reading her mind, Alison asked if she would "also" do something like that to get Noel's attention. She then teased Aria for falling for brainy guys. She also called Noel immature and simultaneously perfect for Aria, flustering her. Ali said she preferred more mature guys.
When Lucas had run in front of them to pick up his toy motor boat, she had incessantly made offensive comments to him. Finally, Hanna had exclaimed "hey" as if to stand up to Alison and stop her from teasing him, but she recoiled and sat silent. Alison then turned on her, warning her to never let a moment pass, as Lucas trudged away.
Alison had commented on the pair of Noel and Prudence heading to where assumed was The Kissing Rock. She had, as a matter of fact, informed Emily that people had gone there to kiss for hundreds of years. She then looked Emily daringly in the eyes and asked her who she would like to take to The Kissing Rock. Emily had just smiled shyly while staring back. [1]
At a party, Ali send a text to Prudence that causes her to break up with Noel for Aria. Noel coldly says "Happy now?" before chasing after her. When Aria asks why, Ali answers "I only kill when I eat, or when I'm bored." [2]
It all starts when Alison claims she spotted Toby peeping through her bedroom window while the girls were getting dressed (later proven to be a lie). To get revenge, Alison suggests that they go to Toby's house to set off what Ali claims is a stink bomb in the garage (which was Toby's hangout at the time). Aria, Hanna, Emily and Spencer all don't think it's a good idea and Emily and Aria want to go back but Alison won't let them. She tells them it's a harmless prank to teach Toby a lesson and assures them no one is inside. Alison gets a match from Spencer, lights the stink bomb, and throws it into the garage.
She then tells the girls to run, without explaining what she sees inside. The stink bomb, which is actually a firecracker, causes an explosion and the garage catches fire. This sis what ends up blinding Jenna. After the accident, Hanna insists that they go to the cops and fess up, only to be yelled at by Alison. Toby lies to the police about the incident, saying it was he who set the garage on fire after Alison blackmails him with information about his and Jenna's physical relationship, thus making "The Jenna Thing" a huge secret for Aria, Hanna, Emily and Spencer, who were accomplices to Alison's prank and all lied to the police about it. Toby is sent to a reform school for a year after the incident.
In the aftermath of The Jenna Thing, Alison bought the other Pretty Little Liars friendship bracelets with their names on them to seal their friendship so the secret will never get out. Alison had given the girls the bracelets in the same restaurant in which Emily is now sitting, having the flashback. At the time, she had even suggestively asked Emily to tie hers for her. [3]
Alison and Emily kiss in the library. Emily later kisses Ali's neck in the locker room but she rejects her. [4]
Alison visited Toby in the juvenile facility. She thinks he was the person writing notes to people as "A" while Jenna was in the hospital. He says it wasn't him and that he wishes he knew who was doing it because he'd love to help them. He thinks that Alison and her posse deserved to get those notes. [5]
Spencer flashes back to a college party Alison had snuck them into with fake ID's, probably in an effort to spy on Ian. Ian had been flirting with a particularly tipsy girl and had gone off with her to one of the rooms upstairs. Looking back, the girls wish they had said something to Melissa sooner about Ian.
The girl that Ian had left with had suddenly taken a nasty tumble down the stairs in the middle of the party. They had all exchanged looks after her fall, although Ali had been nowhere in sight, but Ian had been at the top of the stairs. In hindsight, the girls are left to question whether Ian had pushed that girl.
When Alison had shown up, she had seemed either oblivious to the girl's accident or indifferent. Later, when the police had come, the girls were afraid of being caught underage at a drinking party. Alison took charge of the situation, brazenly asking the police officer for a ride home in his car, not wanting to take the bus, claiming that she felt too tipsy to drive when really she wasn't old enough to even have a license. The girls got into the car, and Ali and Ian exchanged looks from across the lawn.
It was revealed in Season 4 that the police and others thought CeCe was the one who pushed the girl and it prompted her expulsion from college.
It was revealed in Season 7 however that Noel Kahn had been the one that push the girl down the stairs and that Alison used the information to Blackmail him into help her. Although they paid off the police into not arresting him so the blame was placed on CeCe Drake. [6]
Alison catches Ian and Spencer kissing. [7]
While standing on the DiLaurentis porch, Spencer flashes back to one summer when Ali and the girls were lounging in the DiLaurentis' front yard. Jason had stormed out of the house, accusing Alison of messing with his stuff. She retorted back sharply, mocking him and his friends for being stoners; the girls laughed. When Jason went back into the house, they questioned Alison whether she had stolen what he claimed she had. She had admitted it gleefully. When Emily asked her whether she was worried that Jason would rip apart her room in search of his things, she mischievously replied that he would never find what she hid. Just then, a smashing sound was heard from inside the house. [8]
Jason was having a party with his friends, and a distraught Alison had come to Spencer's house seeking refuge from the drunk boys at the party. She had been in a tearful state, but had lashed out when the girls tried to show her compassion and support, insulting them and turning impersonal. Emily had been over at the time as well, and the two girls wondered what had happened to Alison that upset her so much, other than party boys stumbling into her bedroom for all sorts of reasons. She makes up a story about her grandmother not being well, but the girls don't buy it. [9]
Alison attempts to blackmail Spencer into telling Melissa about the kiss. [10]
Alison and Jason fight with Spencer's field hockey stick. [11]
Flashback to a chubby Hanna entering a hair salon and being sat next to a dark-haired girl named Vivian Darkbloom. Hanna recognizes Ali's voice and is surprised to see that Vivian is actually Alison! Ali says she is pretending to be someone else and asks Hanna to play along. When Hanna asks why, Ali says she does it all the time because she is bored and suggests Hanna do the same sometime. Ali hints she gets sick of being herself sometimes, and pulls off the wig. [12]
Alison playing the piano in the living room. Jessica DiLaurentis very angrily slams the cover on the piano keyboard down, nearly crushing Alison's fingers. Jessica asks Ali if she thought the stunt she and CeCe pulled was funny. Ali has no idea what she is talking about. Jessica explains she had gotten a call from the Radley staff saying that Alison may be a danger to herself and she wants to stay in Radley. Jessica had then panicked and rushed off to Radley, running red lights to get there quickly. The girl she found was dressed in Ali's clothing, but it was CeCe Drake. Ali laughs and says she can't believe "that crazy bitch actually did it." Jessica says that their friendship is toxic, to which Ali says so are a lot of things, and that Cece is no longer welcome in their house. Unruffled, Ali continues playing the piano. [13]
Alison tells the girls about meeting Ezra at a pub while hanging out with CeCe. Alison tricks him into thinking she's a literature buff.
Alison and Ezra have a date at a bar where she reads him a story she wrote. [14] Ezra takes Alison to the Fitzgerald Theater in New York City. [15]
Before she went to Cape May, she had a sleepover at Spencer's house. During the night, she came into the house teary-eyed with a bloody lip. Mrs. Hastings asked her what had happened, and Ali told her that she had to promise not to tell her parents. Mrs. Hastings embraced her, and Ali suddenly quit her tearful act and smiled, telling her that she was just overreacting. [16]
Jessica tells the story of the summer before Ali went to Cape May to Hanna. While at a restaurant/café with Alison, Jessica agrees to buy Ali the Yellow Tank Top she wants even though she said earlier that it was too revealing.
Ali then asks her Mom if she and the Liars could go to Cape May for the last weekend of summer because they "need a major sleepover" and they need to go there because if they have a sleepover at Rosewood "it would suck." Jessica says no but Ali holds her breath to gain her approval, her Mom gives in after 45 seconds of her holding her breath but only for 1 night. Hanna then reveals that Ali never asked them to go and Jessica says that she suspected her being with an "older crowd".
Spencer starts using drugs, causing her and Melissa to get into a huge fight. Alison walks in on Veronica cleaning up their mess. [17]
Jessica finds out that CeCe Drake is actually her daughter Charlotte as she and the rest of the DiLaurentis family prepare to leave for Cape May. [18]
In her first visit to Cape May, she met this boy commonly known as "the Beach Hottie " and they had a sexual relationship with each other, and after one night, she returned to Rosewood. [19]
When the girls had all been hanging out in Hanna's kitchen with Regina , Alison had mysteriously questioned Hanna's grandmother. She had been talking about her two sons, Tom and Patrick, when Alison had suddenly asked what it would take to have one of them removed from her will. Regina had been taken aback by the question, but Alison had pressed on with: if one of her sons sold an expensive family heirloom to buy drugs, would that constitute dismissal from the family tree? Regina had gone along with it, saying that anyone that messed up would constitute a truncated family tree. [20]
Ali asked her Mother to have a vacation at her Grandma's and she agreed. Alison left Rosewood again and went to her Grandmother's in Georgia, but she only went there briefly so that she had an alibi to go to Cape May. During her stay she spent time with Tippi. [21]
Jessica tries to convince Ali that Spencer is "A". [22]
During her stay at her Grandma's, she was calling Mrs. Grunwald in her secret room in Cicero College to help her find out who A is. Because of Ali calling her Tippi picked up Carla's number. [23]
Other than calling Carla, Ali was also calling Board Shorts because Tippi knows him.
After briefly staying at her Grandma's again she returned to Cape May, New Jersey with CeCe. There she met up with "the Beach Hottie" again. [24]
While CeCe and Ali were in Cape May, Detective Wilden and Melissa were also there. Wilden was on vacation with some friends while CeCe only told Emily that Melissa was there.
Ali thought she was pregnant with Wilden's baby and went to CeCe for help, [25] but it was actually a false alarm [26] .
As the summer was ending she secretly went to Rosewood again to track down " A ".
In Hector's flashback, we see Ali demanding Hector give her the money he owes her. He hasn't been paid yet, so he doesn't have the money for Ali, but she is desperate and tells him to give her whatever he has on him and they can call it square. He hands her some money not even close to the amount he actually owes her, but Ali doesn't care. She just asks what the fastest way is to get to Route 30. He gives her the directions and she runs out, jumping into a mysterious black car. Hector says that he couldn’t see the driver. This flashback takes place the summer Ali disappeared. Aria asks Hector why Melissa was here, and he says that she wanted to know about the Ali masks so he made her the same deal as he did with Emily - her face in exchange for information. [27]
Alison and A sent messages to each other using the Rosewood Observer's Classified Ads, this was going on for a month before A arranged for them to meet in Brookhaven on Labor Day Morning. [28]
During the Masquerade Ball, Spencer is chatting with Mona, she brings up the last time Mona saw Ali - at a vintage shop in Brookhaven. She had seen Ali, dressed strangely, spying on someone. Mona tells Alison that in exchange for keeping Ali's secret she wants to be popular, Alison then takes out a postcard and writes a phone number on it, which she tears off and hands to Mona. [29] . This "flashback" never actually occurred, because after the girls found out they couldn't trust Mona, one Liar questioned the reality of this story and Mona did not defend its validity. Also, Alison doesn't mention this meeting in " A is for Answers ."
Alison was also blackmailing Byron Montgomery that summer about his affair with Meredith. She was leveraging their affair for financial gain, getting payments from Byron. He wanted to stop the blackmail and didn't want to keep paying her off, threatening to take action against her. [30]
When Ian and Melissa were still dating, she got pregnant and she went to Hilton Head to get a secret abortion, but it never happened as she miscarried, that's why Melissa's new pregnancy was much more important to her. [31]
When Melissa, Ian, and Spencer are chatting with Mrs. Ackard at the Rosewood Founder's Festival, the Hilton Resort is brought up by Mrs. Ackard, and based on Melissa's initial responses, it seems that Melissa and Ian stayed in different rooms while they were there, why they did that was because Alison was in the same room as Ian at the time. [32]
Alison and Ian went to Hilton Head the same time as Melissa did, to get her mind off "A". [33]
Alison went to Hilton Head with Ian in order to focus her mind off of "A". She was staying in the same room with him, when she overhears a conversation between Melissa and Ian. Melissa tells Ian she knows Alison in the room, and tells her he can't see her again. Ian tells Melissa Alison means nothing to him. Alison notices Ian's videos and notices the Jenna and Toby video. She makes a copy of the videos and leaves to meet Jenna.
Alison (presumably dressed as Vivian Darkbloom ) calls Duncan Albert to come pick her up in his airplane from Hilton Head, South Carolina. He drops her off in a field nearby Philadelphia, concluding that Alison was secretly in town 6–7 hours before the girls believed her to have arrived. (Flashback, " Salt Meets Wound " and Airplane scene between Aria and Duncan, " Eye of the Beholder ")
Alison checks into the Lost Woods Resort under the alias "Vivian Darkbloom". She has also checked in once before. She checks into Room 1. (The guestbooks found by Spencer and Aria, " UnmAsked ")
Alison, after a long correspondence through personal ads in the The Rosewood Observer , was supposed to finally meet/confront "A" on Spruce Street (in front of the creepy Doll Hospital in Brookhaven ). However since Alison was shown later to have not known Mon was A. It is probable that the meeting never took place, or if it did Alison never saw Mona. All that is known is that the meeting was scheduled. ( Spencer's discovery in newspapers, " If These Dolls Could Talk ").
According to an online newspaper article, at an unknown time (unknown if it's before or after the meeting), Ali was believed to have called the police on a payphone on the junction of Spruce street. (Hanna's discovery on the internet, " Who's In The Box? ").
Alison visits Jenna at the hospital and shows Jenna a video of her and Toby together and blackmails Jenna into keeping " The Jenna Thing " a secret, stating that if Jenna ever returned to Rosewood, or send her another text, Alison would bury her. Alison tells Jenna that the video will be kept "under lock and key." Alison walks out and gets a text from "A", stating they will kill her tonight. Alison realizes Jenna is not "A". (Flashback, " For Whom the Bell Tolls ", " A is for Answers ")
Sometime before visiting Emily later in the day (presumably on her way back home), she bought a storage locker, into which she deposited a flash drive containing Ian Thomas ' creepy/pervy videos, including the video of Jenna and Toby, inside one of her old lunch boxes. (presumed from " Monsters in the End ")
Alison returns home, pulling up in a taxi, and is greeted by the girls after "supposedly" returning by bus from her summer vacation at her grandma's house in Georgia. She is beautifully tanned, but also complains that her arms are sore. Spencer sees a Hilton Head resort tag on Alison's luggage. After Spencer asks her about Hilton Head being in South Carolina, Alison responds, "Why so many questions?" Alison seems excited, saying she can't spill every detail and to "wait for it." (Flashback, " Salt Meets Wound ")
Alison returns to her home. Alison goes into her bedroom, and notices a gift from her Mother. It is a yellow Blouse Alison mentioned having like some weeks earlier. She puts it on, and turns around and is shocked to see, written on her mirror in Jungle Red lipstick: "I'm everywhere. And soon, you'll be nowhere. -A".
Alison after returning home then visits Emily and gives her a snow globe: a key to said storage locker (with the label) is hidden inside of it. Alison tells Emily to keep it safe because it's "a lot more valuable than it looks." Alison tells Emily she needs to go because she has "a prior engagement" but that she will meet up with the girls later. Alison then leaves Emily's house. (Flashback, " Monsters in the End ")
Alison has dinner with her family before the sleepover. (Mentioned by Aria in " Never Letting Go ")
Mrs. DiLaurentis is on the phone with someone, seemingly upset. She says "How could this have happened? Please send someone!" She was most likely talking about her son and Bethany Young escaping Radley. Alison is about to leave for the sleepover, when her mother tells her she cannot go out. She tells Alison she knows things about Spencer's family. Jessica DiLaurentis returns to her urgent phone call, and Alison sneaks some of her pills while she isn't looking. (Flashback, A is for Answers )
Alison arrives at Spencer's barn, purposefully scaring the other four girls in process, before proceeding to hang out at their sleepover party. Toby calls Ali but she doesn't answer. Ali sits down and drugs the girls drinks believing that if she gets another text while they’re asleep, she can rule them out as A suspects. Sometime later in the night, the girls, except Alison, all fall asleep drunk. (Scenes, " Pilot ")
Alison opens the barn door and meets with Toby. He lends Alison his sweater because it was cold. They met so Toby could thank her for helping him be free of Jenna's manipulations. When they part, Toby sees Alison get into a car with Ezra, and she is still wearing Toby's sweater. (Scene, " Keep Your Friends Close ," Toby to Emily).
Ali gets in the car with Ezra. Ezra is mad because Alison lied about her age. Alison's bracelet falls off, and she puts it on the other wrist. Ezra leaves, and tells Alison this is goodbye, ending their relationship. (Flashback, " A is for Answers ")
Spencer wakes up and sees Ali not there and waits for Ali to come back. (Flashback. "A is for Answers)
Alison meets with Ian at The Kissing Rock , where they make a makeout-tape. Alison teases Ian, "I know you want to kiss me." Ian replies, "Come closer." A struggle appears to occur, and the camera falls to the ground, losing focus on the other two. Then, Alison's hand falls into view of the camera; her hand grabs onto some leaves and dirt, before going limp. Alison giggles and gets up. Ian kisses her. After the video, Alison threatens Ian with the videos, and to stop threatening her. Ian warns her not to tell anyone, or else people will get hurt and storms off. (Scene with video that "A" sent, " Know Your Frenemies ") (flashbacks, " A is for Answers ")
Alison goes back to the barn. All the girls are asleep...except for Spencer. Spencer stares at Ali and says "I've been waiting for you." Alison and Spencer go into the house and argue. Alison pressures Spencer to tell Melissa about her and Ian, or she will. Spencer says to Alison that she is sick of her games. Spencer says, "You are dead to me already." Alison then leaves with Spencer angry trying to go upstairs but Spencer decides to go outside instead of her room. Someone takes a picture of Alison in front of Spencer's barn, with Spencer's shadow in the shot. (Flashback, " If At First You Don't Succeed, Lie, Lie Again ")
CeCe Drake/Charlotte DiLaurentis went to Alison's house after escaping Radley. She witnessed the fight between Ali and Spencer, as they go outside, Mrs. DiLaurentis also saw the fight and paid CeCe to not tell anybody. (Spencer's discovery in Ezra's research, " She's Come Undone ").
Spencer follows Alison, telling her that their conversation isn't over but Alison says it is and so are they. Spencer yells at her to stop walking, and she grabs a nearby shovel. Alison looks at her, a bit frightened and tells her to put the shovel down before she hurts herself. (Flashback, " She's Come Undone ").
She tries to attack Ali but collapses, Spencer's ADHD pills falls out of her pocket and gets picked up by Ali. Spencer runs away from Ali but Ali follows trying to catch up to Spencer. When she did catch up, Spencer then begged Ali to not tell anyone. Ali agreed, and tells her not to take the pills anymore. Alison sends Spencer back to the barn to sleep. (flashbacks, " A is for Answers ")
Melissa watches Spencer and Alison fight and sees Spencer walk away with the shovel. (Flashback, No One Here Can Love or Understand Me )
After Alison and Ian's encounter at the Kissing Rock, Ian arrives at Ali's house before Ali can get home, and he meets up with Garrett Reynolds and Jenna Marshall who are gathered in Alison's bedroom and looking for the copy of the N.A.T. Club videos that she had stolen from them (" The Blond Leading the Blind "). While searching, Melissa arrives distressed and looking for Alison, probably to confront her about being with Ian.
Garrett and Jenna leave Ian and Melissa alone, and exit the house into the DiLaurentis backyard. Alison confronts them, and reminds Jenna of the promise she made if she ever came back to Rosewood. Jenna tries to attack Alison, and a small fight breaks out. Alison pushes Jenna who falls over a lawn chair. Jenna grabs a nearby field hockey stick that belonged to Spencer, and goes for Alison.
Garrett grabs the stick from Jenna. He raises his eyebrows in confirmation to Alison, who slightly nods and he proceeds to pretend to kill Alison with the field hockey stick, but was really hitting the tree. Jenna asks if she's dead, and Garrett says he took care of it and the two then run away.
A little bit later, Garrett comes back to see if Alison is okay, and is surprised to see her talking to Byron Montgomery , Aria's father. Alison says "If you don't pay for your mistakes, how do you become a better person?" Byron replies back "You say all these grown-up things, yet you're still a child." Alison smirks and says "You know what I'm capable of." Garrett makes a noise and the conversation is interrupted. He runs off leaving Alison and Byron looking on to see who was there. (Flashbacks, " This Is A Dark Ride ")
After Garrett left the scene, Byron continues their conversation, telling Ali that he didn't bring any money. Alison threatens Byron, and he responds by bringing up that if Alison tells Ella it will really hurt Aria, and he doesn't believe she is that horrible of a person. Alison retorts by saying that he clearly doesn't know her that well then.
Byron begins to walk away, and Alison threatens him again saying it's his last chance to save himself. Byron turns while he is leaving and replies, "Yes it is," presumably meaning he was going to tell Ella himself. Alison screams back "You made your bed Mr. Montgomery," Byron turns back and sees Melissa Hastings coming out from the DiLaurentis' back door on the phone with someone.
She seems distressed, and says into the phone "What do I have to do, call 911 to get your attention?" Byron takes notice, then turns and leaves. (Flashback, " Misery Loves Company ")
CeCe later stated that Alison had called her, sounding distressed while asking about the videos. When she arrived she met Melissa who begged her to get the videos back from Alison. When she talked to Alison, Ali agreed and left to go get them but never returned (CeCe told Emily this in Hot Water . However, this could be a lie, because Alison never mentions this, nor does Melissa.)
Jason DiLaurentis stumbles out onto his porch, drunk and high. After stumbling down the steps and attempting to drink from a garden hose, he sees Melissa and talking to someone in Alison’s yellow top about something seemingly important, he sees her talking to CeCe. After witnessing this, Jason collapses in a lawn chair and passes out again. (Flashback, " What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted ") (In " Game Over, Charles " Charlotte DiLaurentis confirmed she wasn’t wearing the the yellow top and Jason probably saw Ali or Bethany and confused the faces because he was drunk and high.)
Sometime after this, Garrett or Jenna, or both, slipped a note to Jason that says "I know what you did", in order to make him believe he hurt Alison, since Jenna thought Garrett had killed her. ( revealed in Over My Dead Body )
Alison waits in the barn, staring at her friends sleeping. She waits for a text from "A". She does not get one. (Flashback, " A is for Answers ").
Alison goes home, thinking she has won because "A" didn't try to kill her. She sees her angry Mother in the window. Suddenly, her Moms anger turns into terror. Alison is hit behind the head with a rock by CeCe/Charlotte believing Alison was actually Bethany and collapses. The bloody rock falls to the ground. Her Mom covers her mouth in shock and Charlotte stares down and Ali’s body horrified.
Jessica then buried Alison where the DiLaurentis' backyard gazebo was being constructed, thinking she is dead. She is screaming to CeCe, "What have you done?! What have you done?!" Alison attempts to tell her Mom she is alive, but cannot move due to temporary paralysis. (Flashback, " A is for Answers ")
Charlotte is sitting under a tree, crying as her Mother yells at her. She begs her to forgive her, to believe her when she says she thought it was Bethany, not Alison. (Flashback, " Game Over, Charles ")
Soon after, Alison is able to reach her arm out of the dirt to try to free herself. Carla Grunwald has a bad feeling (this could be a vision) and goes to Alison's backyard, only to find Alison's hand sticking. She pulls Alison out of the ground. Mrs. Grunwald drives Alison to a hospital, but Alison runs away when she goes inside to get help. (Flashbacks, " This Is A Dark Ride ," " A DAngerous GAme ," and " Now You See Me, Now You Don't ")
Meanwhile, Jessica pays off Wilden to give Charlotte an alibi. Charlotte, still devastated, goes in his car to Radley.
After Ali was pulled out of the ground, Bethany Young , after escaping Radley, wanders onto the DiLaurentis backyard searching for Jessica. Mona Vanderwaal sees Bethany from behind, believing her to be Alison and so filled with rage for all the bullying she’d suffered because of Ali, grabbed the same shovel Spencer had grabbed earlier and struck Bethany on the head with it. She was hit so hard that it makes an indentation on her skull and she falls unconscious next to the gazebo site. (Revealed in " Game Over, Charles ")
Shortly after, Melissa finds Bethany lying on the ground facedown with a gash in her head next to the empty grave. Melissa thinks this is Alison because because of her blonde hair. She thinks Spencer killed her while they were fighting and in an attempt to protect her sister, Melissa pushed Bethany into the pit where Alison had been and buries her alive, ultimately killing her, not realizing she wasn't Alison nor was she dead. (Flashback, " No One Here Can Love or Understand Me ")
Aria, Hanna, and Emily wake up to find Alison and Spencer gone. Spencer then appears and says she has looked everywhere but cannot find Alison and that she thinks she heard a scream, that scream was probably from Bethany. (Scene, " Pilot ")
After Ali ran away from Mrs. Grunwald, a car pulls up. It’s Mona . She takes Ali to the Lost Woods Resort, checks in as Vivian Darkbloom per Alison's request, and cleans her wounds. She tells Ali that she needs to fake her death, in order for "A" to leave her alone. Alison is seen sleeping. Next door, we see Mona in her "A" lair. (flashbacks, " A is for Answers ")
Mona helps disguise Alison with a black wig and clothes so she can disappear. Before she leaves Alison gives Mona tips on how to be the person she wants to be.
Alison gets in her car, and sees Mona staring at her. Alison smiles and leaves. Mona stands there, with an eerie smile on her face. (Flashback, " A is for Answers ").
Before the Sleepover
- Alison, after returning home, then visits Emily and gives her a snow globe: a key to said storage locker (with the label) is hidden inside of it. Alison tells Emily to keep it safe because it's "a lot more valuable than it looks." Alison tells Emily she needs to go because she has "a prior engagement" - What was the "prior engagement"? And if ever, who did she meet up with?
- Who gave Ali the bloody lip in a season 3 flashback?
Marlene said in this interview: “during that episode and Ali’s life, she was really taunting the girls about these older people she was hanging out with, sort of a bad crowd. In the writers room we never said specifically who it was, but in our minds, it was that group of people. She was trying to make the PLLs jealous, she was hanging out with older people, probably Charlotte and college kids, the same group of kids who threw the poor girl down the stairs. It lives in that world.”
- Garrett and Jenna leave Ian and Melissa alone, and exit the house into the DiLaurentis backyard. Then after Ali and Byron's conversation Byron sees Melissa come out talking to someone - What happened to Ian after Melissa comes out? And who was Melissa talking to on the phone?
- Jason saw Melissa talking to a woman in the same yellow top Alison was in. He assumes it was CeCe, but it was confirmed by her that it wasn't her and it was most likely Bethany; however she only assumes that - Was Melissa talking to Bethany or someone else? And what were they talking about?
- If Mona hit Bethany and Melissa buried her, how did an Alison bracelet end up on the body?
We saw a flashback of Jessica yelling at Ali for playing games with CeCe; where CeCe pretends to be Alison in Radley. The purpose of this flashback was to show us that CeCe had Alison’s clothes. “She’s dressed head to toe in your clothes” said Jessica. So, that night when Bethany stole all of CeCe’s clothes at Radley (because CeCe had out privileges and Bethany wanted to get out to hurt Jessica for the affair with her father), an Alison bracelet was amongst the pile of CeCe’s clothes.
- Is there a reason we have never seen Bethany’s face (as an adult)? Even in her drawings, she blurs out her face.
No reason. Bethany’s story finished in 610.
- Who was buried first: Alison or Bethany?
Bethany was buried after Alison because Melissa pushed Bethany in an already caved grave, which Jessica caved for Alison first.
- Who killed Bethany?
Mona physically hit Bethany with the shovel, thinking it was Alison. However, as per Alison’s (Bethany’s) autopsy report, the actual cause of death was suffocation. So, Bethany died not from Mona’s bashing, but from Melissa burying her. Melissa buried Bethany to protect Spencer, as she thought Spencer hurt Ali.
- Did Alison know Bethany? Were those letters real?
Nope, we are lead to believe that they were fake and were planted by Charlotte as a way for the girls to suspect Ali as A and to get Ali in prison, ultimately, to keep her in Rosewood.
Jason said he saw Charlotte talking to Melissa that night. In 3x19, Charlotte confirmed this (saying Ali asked her to talk to Melissa about finding the NAT videos). Then later in 610, she denies speaking to Melissa, claiming Jason saw Bethany. Which is true, and why does Charlotte keep changing her story?
The latter is true: it was Bethany. I’m always going with the more recent reveal, because the more recent something is, the more likely the writers revised and updated their answer. They’re not likely to go from old to new then back to old. But they can go from old to new. But I guess we’ll never know for sure.
- Did Mary or Jessica bury Alison?
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when did alison go missing in pretty little liars | Pretty Little Liars: the case of the missing Alison DiLaurentis | Pretty Little Liars' Alison may finally be regaining her edge and getting back to the character we know and love...
Warning: contains spoilers for Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Liars has always had a singular obsession with dead or missing blonde girls. It’s iconic, after all – the all-American white girl from a wealthy family, someone who undoubtedly has secrets of her own, is made the victim of some terrible crime, leaving behind a slew of grieving family and friends eager to rewrite history.
For mystery narratives, it long-ago entered the deconstruction stage, from Gone Girl to Twin Peaks and tons of procedural dramas in-between.
Alison DiLaurentis, the OG missing blonde girl on Pretty Little Liars , played into this idea from the beginning of the show. Missing after the first scene of the pilot, dead by the end and immortalised in the opening credits for five and a half seasons, Alison was the catalyst for everything that touched our protagonists from day one. In those days the show was still finding its feet, and the missing girl was the best way for the writers to do that.
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I remember watching Paper Towns , the vastly inferior John Green adaptation following The Fault in Our Stars , and thinking about this trope. While that film tries to subvert our expectations of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl from the perspective of the boy who loved her from afar, early seasons of PLL dived right into what that character can mean for the survivor girls left behind.
With her, Pretty Little Liars made a statement of intent. This was going to be a show about girls, the guys around them firmly sidelined and secondary, and Alison was going to be a part of that story even from beyond the grave.
There’s a reason the inhabitant of the coffin in the show’s credits is never shown in full. It’s nails and lips and hair – superficial fragments of a girl who had become more myth than human being. Those that really knew her were left to tell her story to the audience through rose-tinted flashbacks and stolen moments.
It’s the idea that the secret ‘bad girl’, the one hiding behind a pretty face and middle-class upbringing, has to die as a form of punishment. She’d seen the seedy underbelly of Rosewood and, as the show’s theme tune continually attests, two can only keep a secret if one of them is dead.
The issue with a character like Alison is that, when she’s been constructed from disparate parts recalled by all of those who knew her, it’s hard for her to be a real character. That wouldn’t have mattered if, like in Veronica Mars before it, she had just stayed dead. Alison was a spectre that hung over the Liars for four whole seasons and, when we learned she had not died at all, she suddenly had to be a real person again.
Season five struggled, but ultimately did a decent job, of presenting a broken, vulnerable, human girl to us. What might have happened to her in those missing years has always been left half-said, the horrors of which we can only assume aren’t suitable for an ABC Family/Freeform audience.
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This narrative doesn’t ordinarily go so far as to reinsert the dead girl back into her own story, but it could have been one of the smartest things Pretty Little Liars ever did.
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Since then her arbitrary role has been repeatedly inhabited by others – first by Bethany Young, who we discovered had been the real person in Alison’s grave, then by Sara Harvey, then finally by Charlotte DiLaurentis. It’s interesting to note that, though the image of the twenty-something year old Liars (now including Alison) has been updated, the footage of the dead blonde girl being prepared for her funeral hasn’t changed at all.
But all of this has taken its toll on the character, and since the start of season six fans have noticed a significant shift in how Alison is written and portrayed. She instantly became meek, and sensible, and boring. She taddled on her friends, supervised girls’ soccer clubs and married the world’s most boring doctor.
The girl that had once faked her own death and survived for years on her own had essentially become a suburban housewife, and it didn’t feel like natural character progression. It felt like she had been silenced all over again, and it felt like the writers were wasting the opportunity of having resurrected her at all.
Since the five-year time jump, the show has placed Alison very firmly in the victim role. That’s Pretty Little Liars ‘ bread and butter, condemning the stealing of young girls’ agency and control, but for it to happen so overtly to Alison felt wrong. She became a prop, her personality bending to where the writers needed her to be.
When we left her after season six, she was strapped to a bed in a shady psychiatric hospital while her new husband pumped her with drugs that made her think she was crazy.
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But this year feels like an apology. She was instrumental in getting Rollins killed and, in the latest episode, despite still reeling from her ordeal, she was suspicious of Mary Drake, on guard around former enemies and friends, and herself disbelieving that she had become so lost in the first place.
There’s a sense now that the show has remembered who Alison was, and what she represented. Not likeable, or even redeemable in the traditional sense, but a strong enough personality to dig out of her own grave rather than be wrongly memoralised by those who had exploited her.
At the end of all this, Alison’s story might make some kind of sense, and I’m glad. I don’t believe the writers knew where they were headed all along, but there’s a crumb of a good idea in making Alison the most settled of the Liars post-A. She’d lost her edge, and maybe her victimisation at the hands of another male in Rosewood can now be the driving force behind the character getting back to being the Alison we know and love.
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when did alison go missing in pretty little liars | Alison DiLaurentis | Alison “Ali” Lauren DiLaurentis (previously Rollins ) is one of the Liars and main character in the television series Pretty Little Liars and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists on Freeform . She is portrayed by Sasha Pieterse .
The beloved and notorious mean girl of Rosewood who once faked her death to escape the tumultuous A , Alison traveled to Beacon Heights to leave her past behind and start anew. She was soon pulled back into old habits after the town experienced their first murder and a fresh set of new liars stood accused. Alison is a member of the DiLaurentis family.
Alison was born in Rosewood , Pennsylvania , to the wealthy and prestigious DiLaurentis family . She is the only daughter of Jessica and Kenneth DiLaurentis , the younger half-sister of Jason , and the adoptive younger sister of Charlotte . Because Charlotte was sent to Radley Sanitarium , Alison didn't remember that she had an adoptive sibling. Alison was manipulated by her mother from a young age, and forced to keep secrets and lies from a primitive age.
As a pre-teen and teenager, Alison was the resident "it girl" and "Queen Bee" of Rosewood's teenage circle. Her close-knit group consisted of her best friends Hanna , Aria , Spencer , and Emily . Alison was described as beautiful, manipulative, secretive, and vindictive. She could make people feel special which made them dependent on her as they wanted to continue that feeling. Alison was known only by her close friends to have a sweet and caring side.
Jessica and Kenneth knew their daughter to be fiercely independent and recklessly obstinate when challenged. She never had a close relationship with her brother, Jason , as they fought frequently. She was also manipulated as a child by her secretive mother who often argued with her father. Alison was a bully who tormented many students at Rosewood High before her disappearance on September 1, 2009 . Although Alison seemed to have a perfect life, she was being harassed by a mysterious text-messenger named " A ", shortly before her disappearance.
One year after her disappearance, “ Alison's body ” was found buried in the backyard of the DiLaurentis house , now inhabited by the St. Germain 's. The autopsy stated that she suffered a blow to the head and subsequently suffocated to death, with dirt being found in her lungs. The item that was used to incapacitate her was discovered to be a large rock. On the night of her attack, her hand appeared from the ground and confirmed she was buried alive [3] . A mysterious woman discovered Alison and pulled her from the soil.
In the present day, it is seen that Alison may be alive and could secretly be Red Coat , the mysterious blonde watching her former friends. In " Now You See Me, Now You Don't ", it is confirmed that Alison is alive. Carla Grunwald revealed that she had pulled Alison from the shallow grave. She said Alison was afraid of " A " and would subconsciously call out for help that only Carla could hear, due to Carla being a psychic.
In Grave New World , the Liars finally catch Alison in her red coat, used as a disguise from "A". Alison said that she couldn't come home until the person was stopped, as it was too dangerous. She fled when the Liars turned their backs to her.
In " A is for Answers ", the Liars met Alison in New York and she explained what happened the night she went missing. Ali confirmed all the people she met throughout the night while on her journey to expose "A". She then revealed that she was hit over the head from behind, by what she know knew was rock - not a shovel. Alison's mother witnessed the attack and thought that Alison was dead due to her lifeless state. To protect attepted killer from getting caught, Jessica buried Alison in the backyard - unaware that her daughter was alive. Alison confirmed that Mrs. Grunwald saved her, however, Alison ran before she got to the hospital. Late that night, Mona Vanderwaal found her and took her to the Lost Woods Resort and convinced Alison to fake her death to please the villainous "A". The next morning, Alison had gotten dressed as Vivian Darkbloom , and left town. In the present day, the Liars convinced Alison to come back to Rosewood with them.
Alison returned to Rosewood in " Whirly Girlie ", which shocked the entire town as they still thought she was dead. Throughout the next episodes, Alison and the Liars try to find out who the ruthless "A" is until they and Mona begin to suspect Alison of being "A", as part of her "biggest game yet". This was a master ploy by the real A to isolate Alison. A's plan was to separate her from her friends and the social hierarchy. Their goal was to break the Liar's trust in Alison. On Thanksgiving, Mona is seemingly murdered before she proved that Alison murdered Bethany. Alison was arrested later for the murders of both Mona Vanderwaal and Bethany Young.
After she is cleared of the murders, Alison is reunited with her traumatized friends back in Rosewood. As they search for A and attempt to recuperate, Alison begins searching for her long-lost brother , who is A . As she seeks to understand his reasons for tormenting her she is kidnapped and taken to Radley Sanitarium . Alison is surprised to learn that "A"/Charles is her transgender sister, Charlotte . After learning her sisters' story, Alison and Jason have Charlotte institutionalized where she undergoes intense therapy for five-years. Alison remained in Rosewood for the length of Charlotte's recovery and later fought for her to be released into her custody. The night Charlotte is released she seemingly commits suicide, but the case later branches into a homicide investigation .
After a few months, a love-deprived Alison impulsively marries Archer Dunhill , her longtime boyfriend and Charlotte's former doctor. The Liars grow to suspect Alison as Charlotte's murderer, and after Caleb releases their evidence to A, who wants to make Charlotte's killer suffer. Later that night, Elliott reveals himself to be Archer Dunhill, Charlotte's longtime boyfriend, and one of A's who wanted revenge on Charlotte's killer. Archer continues to torture her in Welby, the institution that Alison voluntarily committed herself, while under the guise of her "concerned husband Dr. Elliot Rollins ". Alison later escapes and helps the Liars cover-up Archer's murder after Hanna runs him over with her car.
Alison is released from Welby and into the care of her long-lost Aunt, Mary Drake . Alison attempts to grow closer to Mary but this is thwarted when Mary's true intentions and history are revealed. In the events leading up to the reveal of the new A, Alison discovers she is pregnant via artificial insemination. During her stay at Welby, Archer had inseminated her with Emily 's eggs and a then unknown man 's sperm. Alison finds solace in Emily, and the pair later fall in love. After a year or so, Alison and Emily have settled into Alison's childhood home and are raising their beautiful twin daughters, Lily and Grace , together in Rosewood . Alison later proposed to Emily and alongside their friends, they unmasked A.D. once and for all.
With A gone for good and nothing holding her back, Alison began to experience hardships in her marriage to Emily - they were sometimes happy and sometimes not. Their issues were due to trust and who they were as individuals, and a couple, without A. They continued to raise their twin daughters together, although Alison longed to better support her family and leave her past behind her. After getting a job in the picturesque town of Beacon Heights , Alison moved across the country to be a teaching assistant at Beacon Heights University . While she taught at the university she simultaneously worked to get her degree so she can return to Rosewood and teach at Hollis College . Alison's plans were quickly derailed by Beacon Heights' first-ever murder, and the surprising appearance of her high school nemesis, Mona Vanderwaal .
Although Alison seemed to have it all, she was easily threatened by people who intimidated her. Her jealousy and lust for power often got the best of her, It caused her to act cruel and selfish. Likewise, her fearless nature also helped her to get revenge on her enemies or protect her friends. Alison was vindictive and cunning, she often used other people as tools in her manipulations - she was the snake behind an angel's face.
Nobody told a lie better than Alison DiLaurentis. She had a way of using people's secrets against them. She kept information about her life from her friends but managed to learn their secrets. Alison often held secrets over her friends so she could stay in control of them and her environment. She spun a web of lies so tangled, that when she was on the run, her friends were stranded to face "A".
Since Season 5 B, Alison's personality has changed significantly. She has become a better person. She is now more reserved and wants nothing more than to be happy. If someone or something threatens her or her friends, though, she has no problem letting her original "bitchy" side shine through.
After a handful of years, Alison has become less threatening and has placed the manipulative mean girl she was in high school behind her. She is focused on her future and has become a loving, devoted wife. She is a dedicated mother and friend who wants nothing more than to support her family. Despite having toned down in the many years since high school, Alison remains fierce and independent never allowing herself to be pushed around by those who wish to undermine her.
Alison is a very attractive young woman with an angel face, golden blonde hair, bright blue eyes, and a dimple in the center of her chin. In high school, she wore her hair in curls or pulled back. She was slender and graceful are wore fashionable, yet feminine, attire. Alison's bold personality is reflected in her confident stance and walk. She often wore ankle boots, heels, or sandals. On the night of her disappearance, she wore a yellow tank top , black leggings, and ankle boots. She also used to wear her " Alison " bracelet and an anklet .
In Seasons 5 and 6, Alison is in her late teens and early twenties. She has a curvy and mature build. She wore bright-colored dresses paired with a leather jacket. She liked traditional clothing such as blazers which she paired with jeans. She maintained her golden blonde hair, though it varies in length throughout the seasons. She wore dark, almost gothic clothing in Season 5, including long black sweaters and edgy tops. She would occasionally break the black theme by wearing a colored jacket or scarf.
After five-years, Alison began to wear floral dresses, or jumpers, that accented her curvy, beautiful figure. Her blonde hair was worn almost exclusively in curls or waves. She paired her clothes with several accessories. She kept her nude makeup look, often sporting a pink or red lip paired with neutral eyeshadow and dark eyeliner. In Season 7, she dropped the dark eyeliner to go with a more natural look. Two years later, Alison's blonde hair remained long, however, she began sporting straightened bangs with a pink lip.
In " The Perfectionists ", Alison's style is notably different than her previous styles. Her hair is long and her bangs have grown out. Her wavy locks reach just below her collarbone with a wind-blown hairstyle. While teaching, she wears dress jackets or blazers, paired with dark pants and simplistic heels. Her style has matured since her time in Rosewood , and she wears minimal accessories or only ones that compliment her outfit. Her recurring fashion item is a blue jacket with large black buttons. Alison's classic pink lip from high school was replaced with either deep reds or nude matte lipsticks. She wears darker eyeliner on her upper lid, thick brown eyebrows, and light pink blush.
In " Death and the Maiden ", Carla Grunwald mentions Alison to Caleb when she tells him that The Liars were in Ravenswood looking for Alison. She adds that Alison was long gone by now.
Alison is mention by Ms. Grunwald to Caleb saying that The Liars were in Ravenswood looking for her, but she was long gone by now.
In " My Haunted Heart ", Hanna thanks Ms. Grunwald for pulling Alison out of the ground that night.
Before disappearing, Alison met with Ian at The Kissing Rock , where they made a video of them making out. In the footage shown to the girls by Agent Cooper in " Know Your Frenemies ," Alison teases Ian by saying, "I know you want to kiss me." Ian replies, "Come closer." A struggle appears to occur, and the camera falls to the ground, losing focus on the other two. Then, Alison's hand falls into view of the camera; her hand grabs onto some dirt and leaves, before going limp. She falls and you can only see her unmoving hand. In " The Devil You Know ", she grabs at the dirt then lets go of it and laughs. She stands and thanked Ian for coming. She then puts his jacket on and walks away.
The girls originally thought the video proved that Ian murdered Alison, but upon seeing additional footage, courtesy of "A," they are left to wonder. In some video footage from the same night in " The Blond Leading the Blind " Ian claimed to Garrett and Jenna that he met Alison at "The Kissing Rock" in order to obtain the N.A.T. Club videos that she had taken. Unbeknownst to him, Alison had already stored the videos away and gave Emily the key.
The footage was last seen playing on the board game Liar's Lament in " Farewell, My Lovely ".
Ian Thomas : Briefly Dated. Ian and Alison had a brief relationship the summer Alison disappeared. They dated while he was on a break from his longtime girlfriend Melissa Hastings . Alison outed his secret club and used it, plus the tape she secretly recorded of them, to black Ian into leaving her alone. Their relationship ended the night of her disappearance , though Alison returned to Rosewood briefly to save Spencer's life by pushing Ian off the bell tower.
Ezra Fitz : Briefly Dated. (see " Ezrison ") They first met in a college bar near Hollis. Alison lied about her age and led Ezra to believe she was CeCe's roommate at UPenn. Ezra began writing a book about her, but on the night Alison disappeared, he found out she was lying to him, and he ended the relationship. His infatuation with her drove him to continue his book and befriend Aria Montgomery and her other friends. Alison and Ezra would later become friends through his relationship with Aria, though they never truly trusted one another due to their past.
Beach Hottie / Darren Wilden : Briefly Dated. Their relationship first started during Alison and Cece 's trip to Cape May , as Alison lied to Darren about her age as he was over 21 while she was under 16 at the time. She was attracted to him to the point where she had a pregnancy scare that Summer, with Darren believed to have been the father by those around her. She ended the relationship that Summer.
Cyrus Petrillo : Briefly Dated. Alison met Cyrus during her time in hiding from " A ", as his shady past helped her establish connections. Their relationship turned sour when Cyrus tried to steal Alison's belongings which resulted in him stabbing her thigh. When she returned to Rosewood and forced to lie about a kidnapping, the police presented Cyrus as the alleged suspect. They brought her to the location of her stabbing, and though she didn't give verbal confirmation, she was triggered by the room which the police chose as confirmation. Cyrus was initially set to be prosecuted in the kidnapping but was released. She paid him to disappear so he did.
Emily Fields : Divorced, co-parents (see " Emison "). Alison was Emily's childhood crush and the first girl Emily truly loved, though she didn't have the chance to tell Alison before her disappearance . Alison favored Emily in their friend group , and often spoke of running away to Paris together. They shared a few of what Alison called "practice kisses", and Alison often flirted with Emily. She saved Emily from a barn fire and confided that she missed Emily the most before kissing her. When Alison returned from her abduction with Emily's help, the girls grew closer and eventually slept together . While their relationship endured many ups and downs in the years that followed, they always found their way back to one another either as friends or hookups. Alison's refusal to accept her bisexuality and inability to process her feelings for Emily often drove them apart. Through the help of Emily's ex-girlfriend , Alison realized that she loved Emily and wanted to be with her. With this realization, Alison admitted her true feelings and they began a relationship . However, when A.D. impregnated Alison with Emily's eggs, they faced a new obstacle on whether or not to become mothers after this extreme violation of consent. Emily was supportive of Alison's choices both when she thought about an abortion and when she decided to keep the child. Two years later , the women were mothers to twin daughters Lily and Grace . Alison later proposed to Emily and they wed shortly after. Their relationship remained rocky as Emily struggled to cope with their pasts and accept that Alison had truly changed from the viscous mean girl she once was. This drove them apart and Alison accepted a job in Beacon Heights , where Emily ultimately sent Alison divorce papers. They agreed to remain co-mothers to their twins but to see other people after their divorce was finalized.
Lorenzo Calderon : Briefly Dated. (see " Lorison ") Alison first met Lorenzo shortly after her release from prison, when the entire town seemingly turned away from her despite her exoneration. Lorenzo was the only person who believed her and saw her as someone other than the former high school mean girl. He came to see her one day, though her father kicked him out which angered her. They bonded over their mutual understanding of one another and kissed . They dated for a while and he supported her throughout the difficulties of Rosewood . When Alison stole Lorenzo's key card to gain access to the Rosewood PD to learn more about her potential sibling , he believed that she used him to get information and told her that he couldn't trust her anymore.
Archer Dunhill/Elliott Rollins : Illegally Married (see: Arcison ). After Charlotte was committed to Welby State Psychiatric Hospital , Alison began to bond with her sisters flirtatious doctor, Elliot Rollins. They began a secret relationship as Alison didn't want to risk setting Charlotte's progress back. She believed Elliot had "saved Charlotte's soul" and that he "took care" of Charlotte. When Alison and Elliot told Charlotte about their relationship following her release from Welby, she ran out of the house and too the church which later led to her murder . Alison was devastated which prompted Elliot to console her. They decided to elope . After their union, Alison suffered a series of "accidents" and began to worry she was going insane. She admitted herself to Welby State Psychiatric Hospital for treatment. Elliot revealed that he wore the Darren Wilden mask to drive Alison insane. He subjected her to torture in Welby via medication, barbaric devices, and isolation. He believed that Alison had murdered Charlotte , his real lover, and pretended to fall for Alison to convince her of Charlotte's stability. He planned to kill her in the woods when she fought back against him, freed herself, and ran into the path where Hanna Marin and The Liars accidentally hit Elliot which killed him. Alison helped her friends bury her husband, then learned that his real name was Archer Dunhill and he had been impersonating the real Dr. Rollins. Their marriage was ruled fraudulent, though repercussion of their relationship made a heavy impact on Alison.
Alison was the ringleader of her group of friends. The group consisted of Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily. Alison had hated Mona , who was dorky at the time and constantly made fun of her. When Aria thought about being nice to her and waiting for her, Alison convinces her not to. Alison treated Hanna like her lackey, Emily is hinted to be more than a friend, and Spencer and Alison often clashed with one another. She also made fun of Lucas a lot and called him a hermaphrodite, or "Hermie," which led to Lucas smashing up her memorial. She did not like Jenna and referred to her as "Jenna the Jerk", stating that she found her creepy. Alison had ultimate power over her friends, getting them to do what she wanted despite their objections. No one ever stood up to her, except Spencer although the latter backed down almost immediately when Ali spoke. Though she was cruel at times, she truly and deeply cared for the girls. She thought by telling them what to wear, how to act, who to date - was helping them.
Aria Montgomery (see " Alia ") - Alison has a more neutral relationship with Aria than the other three girls. She seems to have the loosest connection to Aria, compared to the other three girls. They seem to get along and have a casual friendship. They don't get into many arguments, nor does Alison treat Aria like a lackey. However, Aria does follow Alison's suggestions most of the time. For the most part, Alison lets Aria do her own thing and doesn't get involved in her personal life. The only exception to this was when she threatened her father about his affair, and would sometimes use it to manipulate Aria. They are both naturally independent and obsessed with their sophistication.
Emily Fields (see " Emison ") - Emily and Alison first met in junior high, when Alison took Emily under her wing and invited her into her group of friends. Emily, unbeknownst to both of them at the time, had a crush on Alison. The girls were the closest girls in the group and told each other secrets that no one else knew and shared memories. Alison knew that Emily was gay and used this to discreetly tease her or make her uncomfortable about her sexual orientation. As time went on, the pair shared romantic notions and eventually shared kisses. However, Alison refused to accept her bisexuality and rudely turned Emily when it came to having a relationship. Alison went missing soon after, and Emily was devastated over the loss of her best friend. When Emily found out Alison was alive, she helped her return home and the pair began to form a bond once again. Alison was seemingly more comfortable in her sexuality and slept with Emily. The girls had the foundation to start a relationship, but their relationship fell apart before it could get more serious. As time went on, both girls dated other people, with Alison only dating males while Emily owned her sexuality. It wasn't until years later when Alison was unknowingly inseminated with Emily's daughters (a cruel pregnancy orchestrated by " A "), that the pair accepted their feelings for one another and started a relationship. For two years, they raised their twin daughters together before Alison proposed to Emily. After another two years, Alison and Emily struggled to find their footing in their relationship now that A is gone. While they love each other, their issues boiled down to trust and who they are as people and a couple no that A is out of their lives. After Alison was chosen for a faculty position at BHU , she moved from Rosewood to Beacon Heights to pursue her degree. While they still remain in a relationship, they are on separate journeys for the time being.
Hanna Marin (see " Halison ") - Alison gave Hanna the name "Hefty Hanna", mocking her weight. Despite being the sweetest of the bunch, Hanna was often cruelly mocked and teased by Alison. This is seen in " Know Your Frenemies " as well as in " Never Letting Go " and other episodes. In "Know Your Frenemies" we also find that Alison even convinces Hanna to throw up to lose weight, therefore starting an eating disorder for Hanna. She also convinces Hanna not to eat in " Pilot " with the excuse she is being a friend. She is very mean to her during " To Kill a Mocking Girl " and calls her a wannabe and other rude words leaving Hanna in tears, and she doesn't stop until Aria tells her to. Alison tells Hanna that she didn't mean it and that she was freaked out about " The Jenna Thing ." Alison also mentioned in her diary that she almost convinced 'Hefty Hanna' to shave her head. Out of the four girls, Alison seems to be the meanest to Hanna. She was often jealous of Hanna as she knew that Hanna had the potential to take her place as the most popular girl at Rosewood High. All Hanna had to do was lose weight and gain confidence, which was why she made her feel insecure. Hanna also has the most hallucinations about Ali, such as in the hospital and with her therapist. This could be because she never stood up to Alison subconsciously feels upset about never doing so (although she once tried to get Ali to stop bullying Lucas, but ultimately backed down). After Alison returned, the pair formed an unlikely friendship.
Spencer Hastings (see " Spalison ") - Her relationship with Spencer is different then with the other girls. They were always fighting and trying to out-do each other. Spencer was the only one of the four girls who ever stood up to Ali. This becomes apparent in " Pilot ", when they argue inside Spencer's house, the night of Ali's disappearance. During their fight, Ali threatened to tell Melissa about Spencer kissing Ian or she would. Spencer threatened that if Ali told Melissa, she would everyone the truth about " The Jenna Thing ." Also in " If At First You Don't Succeed, Lie, Lie Again " she is again seen pressuring Spencer to tell her sister about Ian. Spencer told Alison that she was sick of her games and that Alison was dead to her already. Alison appeared distraught and then angrily leaves. Spencer is the most like Alison: smart, determined, sophisticated, and will do just about anything to be the best. After the five-year time-skip, they find out that they are biological cousins, and this seemingly brings them closer as they start confiding and helping one another more.
Mona Vanderwaal (see " Monison ") - The relationship between Mona and Alison started antagonistic, as Alison bullied and treated Mona poorly in their first few years of High School. Mona, desperate to fit in, often hung around Alison and her friends, only to be rejected by the group and humiliated by them several times. Alison even nicknamed her Loser Mona and turned the school against her. Mona started sending Alison threatening messages and texts using the alias A in an attempt to scare her, which she succeeded in doing. However, she never really wanted to hurt her. One night, Mona was out for a walk when she saw who she believed was Alison. She was overcome with rage and anger toward the girl who had made her life a living hell. She hit the girl over the head with a shovel, although this wasn't Alison but Bethany Young . Mona later helped Alison disappear, and became A to torture The Liars and eventually Alison for what they did to her. After Alison returned, their relationship worsened with Mona even framing Alison for her death, and Alison was sentenced to prison for it before eventually being released. After Alison's release, several events ( A's Dollhouse , the A reveal, etc) eventually changed their relationship from antagonistic to friendly, with Mona eventually being accepted into the circle of friends (despite hesitation and push-back). While they no longer have an antagonistic relationship, they still don't trust one another as they both know what the other is capable of.
Nolan Hotchkiss - Nolan was the first member of the Perfectionists to contact Alison. She was his new English TA. During her first lesson, he made sly remarks toward her. After class, he warned her that while his mother, Claire Hotchkiss , may claim that Alison was in Beacon Heights as a reminder of his sister , it was more than that. His remarks and mysterious air made Alison look into the Hotchkiss family more. Nolan felt that he could trust Alison, and wanted to tell her about Taylor being alive. He texted her asking her to him on the roof of Thorne Hall. However, due to the power being down in that area of campus, Alison never received the text. Nolan was murdered that night before he could tell Alison the whole story. Later, Taylor confided to Alison that Nolan thought they could trust her.
Jessica DiLaurentis - Alison often threw tantrums to get what she wanted from her mother Jessica, as seen in " Turn of the Shoe ." She would hold her breath until Jessica gave in, a trick Alison perfected at the age of five to get what she wanted. Jessica also took notice of CeCe Drake's growing bad influence over Alison and tried to put a stop to it. Alison seemed to challenge her mother's authority somewhat to do the things she wanted. In " A is for Answers ," Alison reveals that Jessica is the person who buried her alive and knows who her attempted murderer is. Jessica covered for this person until her death. Shana Fring also mentions in " EscApe From New York " that Jessica was afraid of Alison. When Jessica's body was found by Pepe , Ali stood in the background wearing a hoodie to prevent her from being seen and cried.
Jason DiLaurentis (see " Jalison ") - Jason is Alison's half-brother, due to their Mothers cheating on their Father with Peter Hastings , Jason grew up a DiLaurentis, but is biologically still a Hastings. She did not have such a great relationship with her brother Jason, due to his drug addiction and their mutual disrespect for each other's boundaries. Both had no qualms going into each other's room, stealing and breaking each other's belongings. Some glimpses of that were seen in " The Goodbye Look ," " My Name Is Trouble ," and " Surface Tension ." In one instance, Alison had fled one of her brother's house parties in tears. She blamed her distress on Jason and his friends' invasiveness in her room but left the particulars vague. In their later years, the pair seemed to have bonded and formed a sibling relationship, especially after the revelation of Charles and Charlotte DiLaurentis . After Alison was released from Welby , Jason used a court over to take caregiver rights away from Mary Drake and reenter Alison's life.
Kenneth DiLaurentis - Alison's relationship with her father Kenneth is indeterminate. Kenneth is stern and intimidating and seems to impose his authority on Jason more than Alison. He seems oblivious to the things that Alison has done. In " Whirly Girlie ," Kenneth comes back to Rosewood when he finds out that Alison is alive. When Alison comes home, he is very protective of her and wouldn't let her leave the house. Kenneth promises Alison that he will never let her out of his sight again. Alison appears to care deeply for her father, more so than she does about her mother or brother. When she attempted to run away in " Run, Ali, Run ", she was upset when her father wasn't home. She wanted to say goodbye to him before she left. After the revelation of Charlotte DiLaurentis , Kenneth turned his back on Charlotte and anyone who wanted to help her, which included Alison. The two have not talked since.
Charlotte DiLaurentis (see " Chalison ") - While under the alias of CeCe Drake, Charlotte dated Alison's brother, Jason. She began to hang out around Alison, and their similar traits were clear to everyone around them. They eventually became very close friends. Charlotte taught Alison how to be wicked and helped her stay in control of her fellow students. Alison told CeCe secrets about her circle of friends. Charlotte and Alison had a sisterly relationship while Alison was in high school. The games they would play caused Jessica to dislike Charlotte's influence on Alison. Jessica even called their friendship is "toxic" and even feared them together. According to Jessica, they would pretend to be one another, even going as far as Charlotte dressing up as Alison and going to Radley to scare Jessica. Despite there bond, Charlotte held a grudge against Alison for getting her kicked out of college. Charlotte even killed Darren Wilden to protect Alison. "CeCe Drake" eventually revealed her true identity as Charlotte DiLaurentis (born Charles DiLaurentis ), the long-lost sister of Jessica and Alison. She was the leader of the A-Team and the one who was after the Liars and Alison the whole time. Charlotte only made herself known to The Liars as " CeCe Drake " so that she could watch over them and be ' A '. She wanted to punish them for wanting her sister gone. Alison's relationship with her sister was one that took time, since Charlotte was the one who tortured her friends. Charlotte explained everything to Alison and The Liars . She was admitted to Welby State Psychiatric Hospital in an attempt to undo the trauma and darkness from her past. Alison and Jason stayed behind to take care of her and to make sure that Charlotte received the care she needed. When Charlotte was discharged from Welby, she was murdered at the bell tower. Alison later found out that Charlotte was her biological cousin and adopted sister, which Charlotte knew, and had lied to her their whole relationship.
Duncan Albert - Alison had some sort of secret friendship or relationship with Duncan before her death. Duncan saw a side of her she didn't show other people. It seemed that even though using a fake name, Alison was much more honest and real with him. It seemed like an indication of what a better person the adult Ali would have been like but never got a chance to happen. Duncan met Alison/Vivian in a bookstore in Brookhaven. Vivian often spoke about her four friends to Duncan, which mean she trusted him to a certain extent. He reveals that he and Vivian met up at a place near Brookhaven quite often during the summer Alison disappeared. He also reveals that he knew Vivian's real name was Alison but was unaware of her death until Aria told him. During the friendship, Duncan often took Alison up to his helicopter. He explains that he and Alison used to fly often and that she used to feel free, safe, and in control. He also mentions that he might have been in love with Alison.
Paige McCullers - When CeCe sees Paige and Emily together, she reveals to Spencer about Paige's violent past with Alison. In a flashback at one of the Liar's sleepovers, they are trading clothes when Aria points out the bruises on Alison's back. Ali simply replies " Oh Pigskin gave them to me " they asked who Pigskin is but Alison brushes it off, as Alison does with everyone. Alison was going to tell everyone that Paige is a lesbian. Alison had an enmity of sorts against Paige. Alison once received a kick to the back during soccer from Paige after Alison annoyed her. Alison swore vengeance upon "Pigskin" and began plotting her revenge. After she learned of Paige's secret pining for Emily, Alison forged love letters in Emily's name and sent them to Paige. This eventually leads to Alison intercepting one of Paige's letters. Alison then used the letter to blackmail Paige into becoming her "property". CeCe speculates that Alison might have been afraid of Paige. In " Miss Me x 100 ," Alison tries to make amends with Paige and apologizes for the way she treated her, but Paige doesn't accept her apology, saying that Alison is still a horrible person. In " The DArkest Knight " Emily invites Paige to Spencer's house while they are waiting for the police to find Hanna. Alison is visibly uncomfortable to be in the same room as Paige. She even asks Emily why she invited her as "she has nothing to do with this". She claimed it was pathetic that Paige was using the situation to get close to Emily. When Paige comforts Emily, Alison says, "Ugh, I'm gonna be sick" and leaves the room. Later, Paige comes to drop off job application forms for Emily and gets upset seeing that Emily slept at Alison's house. Paige says that Alison is trying to drive them apart and that Emily should call her when she "decides to cut the strings" with Alison. After Paige and Emily break up for the final time, Paige visits Alison and made Alison realize that she does love Emily. Because of this, Alison admits her feelings eventually.
Taylor Hotchkiss ( see: " Talison " ) - Alison first learned of Taylor when she arrived in Beacon Heights . Taylor was the dead daughter of BHU founder Claire Hotchkiss , and the seemingly perfect sister of Nolan . Several people in town commented on Alison's resemblance to Taylor, which Alison initially brushed off. After investigating the circumstances around Taylor's death, she found inconsistencies. She recognized the inconsistencies due to her history with faking her death. Alison eventually found Taylor's RV, which lead her to finally meeting Taylor. After convincing her to return home, Taylor and Alison have formed a friendship.
Alison seemingly died of suffocation, which is revealed in " The Jenna Thing " and mentioned once again in " For Whom the Bell Tolls ." More information on her death is revealed in " Save the Date ". Alison had been hit from behind or was running away when she had been hit on the head. The wound had come from a curved, blunt object, which Spencer believed to be her old field hockey stick. However, the impact didn't kill her immediately. The autopsy found her lungs to be filled with dirt, implying that she had been inhaling dirt in the last moments before her death. Her assailant either knocked her unconscious or temporarily paralyzed her. The attacker proceeded to bury her alive. We later come to find in " Over My Dead Body " that the "curved, blunt object" actually wasn't a field hockey stick, but a shovel.
Alison was buried by the same object that damaged her head. In " It Happened 'That Night' ," Alison's body is stolen from her grave. In " This Is A Dark Ride " Alison's body is found in the ice cooler at the Halloween Ghost Train Party, after Toby and Noel fight, knocking the Cooler down, showing a black leather bag. Also shown the same episode was a flashback of her hand coming out of the ground, revealing she may have escaped. It was revealed in a flashback in " A DAngerous GAme " that someone helped pull Ali out of the ground. We can see a hand reaching down and grabbing Ali's. In Now You See Me, Now You Don't , it is revealed that Carla Grunwald was the hand who pulled her out, meaning Alison did not die, and is still alive, hiding from A . Whose body it remained unknown for a length of time. Alison was hit with a shovel and buried alive but survived. Someone else was also hit with a shovel and buried alive, but died. In " A is for Answers ", it's revealed that Alison was hit over the head with a large stone, not a shovel as previously believed. Her mother saw whoever hit her and buried her alive (thinking she was dead) to protect the person who did it.
In Miss Me x 100 it's revealed a girl named Bethany Young , who was a 17-year-old patient at the Radley, escaped from the mental hospital the night Ali went missing, and is the one in Alison's grave, as well as the body who was found in the Pilot . In Taking This One to the Grave , it is revealed Ali's mom was having an affair with Bethany's father, and Alison knew about this and lured Bethany to Rosewood the night she "died", possibly to kill her. Alison acted as if she did not know who Bethany was, and is now possibly not hiding from "A", but is "A".
- She, along with the other Liars, blinded Jenna Marshall with a stink-bomb in a prank intended for Toby Cavanaugh .
- Ali strongly disliked Jenna seemingly because Jenna refused to be intimidated by Ali and refused to join her group of friends, saying that she'd prefer to pick her own friends.
- Ali used to display sociopathic qualities, such as being controlling, paranoid, charming, seductive, dominant, incapable of remorse, and extremely intelligent. Though at times, Ali does seem to display real emotion. In the later seasons, she displayed less of these qualities.
- In " For Whom the Bell Tolls ", Ian attempts to murder Spencer by pushing her off the bell tower. Someone in a black hoodie comes to rescue Spencer and pushes Ian off the bell tower, leaving him to fall onto ropes, hanging. It is revealed in " A is for Answers " that this was Alison trying to keep Spencer alive. She also reveals that Ian wasn't dead when she left.
- She was kissed by Emily Fields , but later informed her that she likes boys and would only kiss her for practice for the real thing. However, years later, Alison comes out as bisexual and begins a romantic relationship with Emily.
- When Alison came back after revealing herself alive she tells Emily that those kisses weren't just for practice, and they kiss.
- Spencer knew Alison was seeing an "older boy" the summer she disappeared. The girls did not know for sure that the mystery guy was Ian until seeing The Kissing Rock video in " Careful What U Wish 4 ".
- Spencer Hastings was the only one of her friends who did stand up to Ali when she was being a bully.
- Her signature lipstick color in High School was Jungle Red.
- Alison foreshadowed her own death in " Please, Do Talk About Me When I'm Gone " when she said that she would die in a tragic way.
- In " This Is A Dark Ride ", Alison's body is discovered after going missing in the episode, " It Happened 'That Night' ".
- Ali once thought she was pregnant during her trip to Cape May with CeCe , but Mona revealed that it was a false alarm and she wasn't.
- Alison is the character that has the most secrets. This is probably why she was almost killed.
- In " A dAngerous gAme ", it was revealed that Alison could be possibly alive.
- In " Now You See Me, Now You Don't ", it was confirmed that Alison is, in fact, alive and hiding from A .
- In " Grave New World ", the girls finally come face to face with Alison and she tells them that she can't come back because it's not safe.
- In " A is for Answers ", Alison tells the girls everything about the night she went missing.
- In " Taking This One to the Grave ", it is revealed Alison might have been lying this whole time, and could actually be "A".
- In " Pretty Isn't the Point ", Mike revealed to Aria that Mona was going to frame Alison for her death in order for Mona to figure out who "A" is. She also stated to Mike that she would go away and come back when she found out who "A" was. This further proves that Alison had nothing to do with Mona's death, and is not "A".
- In " The Mirror Has Three Faces ", her mom reveals that CeCe and Ali "wore" each other's personalities.
- It is revealed in " A is for Answers " that she was the one who pushed Ian off the bell tower. She also revealed she was the one who pulled Hanna from the Thornhill Lodge on the night of the fire because Hanna had been left to burn while all the other girls were already safe.
- In " Taking This One to the Grave " it was revealed that Alison's full name is " Alison Lauren DiLaurentis ".
- The only season finale in which Alison doesn't physically appear is " UnmAsked ", as it was revealed that her appearance in the episode was only a story from Mona.
- Sometime between " Welcome to the Dollhouse " and " Game On, Charles ", she was released from prison. This is because of the footage from the dollhouse that Lieutenant Tanner sees at the end of " Welcome to the Dollhouse ".
- She is the third main character to become engaged, after Aria and Hanna .
- Ironically, the name Alison means "truth" in Irish. It also means "noble" - everything Alison is not since she is a manipulative liar.
- Sasha Pieterse , the actress who plays Alison, first auditioned to play Hanna Marin , but the producers had her try out for Alison and she eventually got the role.
- In her bedroom, a picture frame of her, Jason, and a girl identical to her can be seen. Under the picture frame, there is a wall decoration in French that says “C’est le double du rire et de doubler le sourire et double la peine si vous êtes bénis avec des jumeaux.” which means “That's double the laughter and double the smiles and double the trouble when you are blessed with twins!”.
- I. Marlene King revealed in an interview that this was hinting at the existence of Charlotte DiLaurentis , Alison's adoptive sister and biological cousin.
- Her former surname DiLaurentis is an anagram for 'Liars United', very similar to the tagline for Season 4 " Liars Unite ".
- Alison and Charlotte represent Alison and Courtney from the books.
- In " Welcome to the Dollhouse " it is revealed that she has a brother named Charles and that her brother is A.
- In " Game Over, Charles ", It is revealed who A is, Charles, Charles is then revealed to be CeCe Drake , who is a transgender woman. Her real name is Charlotte DiLaurentis , this is what CeCe wants to be called in " Game Over, Charles " and during the time jump .
- In The DArkest Knight , Alison discovers that she is pregnant with somebody's child. She is distraught about this because she assumes that the child is Archer Dunhill's. However, the child she is carrying is actually Emily's.
- On September 25th, 2017, it was announced that Alison would return alongside Mona Vanderwaal for the Pretty Little Liars spinoff, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists . | https://prettylittleliars.fandom.com/wiki/Alison_DiLaurentis | 122 |
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Ryan Hurst
|Born|
Ryan Douglas Hurst
June 19, 1976
Santa Monica, California , U.S.
|Occupation||Actor|
|Years active||1993–present|
|Spouse|
Molly Cookson
( m. 2005)
|Parent||Rick Hurst (father)|
Ryan Douglas Hurst [1] (born June 19, 1976) is an American actor, known for his roles as Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans (2000), Sgt. Ernie Savage in We Were Soldiers (2002), Tom Clarke in Taken (2002), Opie Winston in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2012), Chick Hogan in Bates Motel (2015–2017), Li'l "Foster" Farrell in Outsiders (2016–2017), Beta in The Walking Dead (2019–2020), and Hector Bonner in Bosch (2019–2021). He portrayed the Norse god Thor in the 2022 video game God of War Ragnarök , for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination. [2]
Hurst was born in Santa Monica, California , the son of Candace Kaniecki, an acting coach, who currently runs the Candace Kaniecki (Herman) Acting School, and Rick Hurst , an actor best known for playing "Deputy Cletus Hogg" in the Dukes of Hazard . [3] He attended Santa Monica High School . [4] He converted to Sikhism and his Sikh name is Gobind Seva Singh. [5] [6]
Growing up in a Hollywood family, Hurst made a very early start in show business, with a recurring role in the NBC teen situation comedy series Saved by the Bell: The New Class . [7] In the 1998 epic war film Saving Private Ryan , Hurst portrayed Michaelson, a paratrooper who, despite a temporary hearing loss, is able to communicate to Captain John H. Miller ( Tom Hanks ) the approximate location of Private Ryan. In 2000, Hurst followed this with a role in Rules of Engagement and the central supporting role of Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans . Additionally, he appeared in the war film We Were Soldiers (2002) as Sgt. Ernie Savage, played the football player Lump Hudson in the black comedy thriller film The Ladykillers (2004), and starred in the TNT police drama series Wanted (2005). From 2005 to 2007, Hurst gained recognition for portraying the recurring role of Allison DuBois ' half-brother, Michael Benoit, in NBC's supernatural procedural drama series Medium .
Hurst's big break came when he was cast as Opie Winston in the FX crime drama series Sons of Anarchy . Originally a recurring cast member in the first season , he was promoted to main cast member for the following season and went on to become a fan favorite. His character, newly released from a five-year prison stint and "living right", but not making ends meet, goes back to SAMCRO to provide for his family, despite his wife's objections and his knowing the risks. Hurst's portrayal of Opie earned him the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2011. Also in 2011, Hurst voiced Jedidiah in the animated box office hit Rango . He also stars in the WGN America series Outsiders . In August 2018, it was announced that he would star as Beta on AMC 's The Walking Dead . [8] His debut episode, " Guardians ", premiered on March 3, 2019. [9]
In 2022, Hurst voiced Thor in God of War: Ragnarök and also provided the motion-capture.
Hurst and Molly Cookson met in 1994 and married in May 2005. [10] [11] Together, they founded the production company Fast Shoes. [12] In April 2013, Hurst purchased a 3,400 square-foot home in Woodland Hills, California for $1.71 million. [13]
|Year||Title||Role||Notes|
|1997||The Postman||Eddie March|
|1998||Patch Adams||Neil|
|Saving Private Ryan||Paratrooper Michaelson|
|2000||Rules of Engagement||Captain Hustings|
|Remember the Titans||Gerry Bertier|
|2001||Perfect Lover||Guy|
|Venus and Mars||Roberto|
|2002||We Were Soldiers||Sgt. Ernie Savage|
|Lone Star State of Mind||Tinker|
|2004||The Ladykillers||Lump Hudson|
|2006||Noble Things||Kyle Collins|
|2008||Chasing the Green||Ross Franklin|
|2011||Rango||Jedidiah||Voice|
|2013||CBGB||Mad Mountain|
|2018||A Million Little Pieces||Hank|
|2020||Superman: Man of Tomorrow||Lobo||Voice|
|Year||Title||Role||Notes|
|1993||Saved by the Bell: The New Class||Crunch Grabowski||2 episodes|
|1994||Beverly Hills, 90210||Student Actor||Episode: "Divas"|
|1995–1996||Campus Cops||Wayne Simko||9 episodes|
|1995||JAG||Dirk Grover||Episode: "Shadow"|
|1996||Boston Common||Nikolai||2 episodes|
|Wings||Barry||Episode: "Too Beautiful for You"|
|1999||L.A. Doctors||Kevn Raives||2 episodes|
|2002||Touched by an Angel||Doug||Episode: "Two Sides to Every Angel"|
|John Doe||Elvis Braithwaite||Episode: "Mind Games"|
|Taken||Adult Tom Clarke||5 episodes|
|2004||Dr. Vegas||Steve||Episode: "All In"|
|2005||House||Sam McGinley||Episode: "The Mistake"|
|Wanted||Agent Jimmy McGloin||13 episodes|
|2005–2007||Medium||Michael Benoit||3 episodes|
|2006||Everwood||Ed Carnahan||Episode: "Across the Lines"|
|CSI: Miami||Detective Michael Lloyd||Episode: "Curse of the Coffin"|
|2007||Raines||Marco||Episode: "Pilot"|
|Heartland||Mark Evans||Episode: "Pilot"|
|2008–2012||Sons of Anarchy||Harry "Opie" Winston||54 episodes|
|2011||Law & Order: Special Victims Unit||Doug Loveless||Episode: "Bombshell"|
|2013||King & Maxwell||Edgar Roy||10 episodes|
|2015–2017||Bates Motel||Chick Hogan||15 episodes|
|2015||Axe Cop||Chupacabra||Voice, episode: "Night Mission: The Extincter"|
|2016–2017||Outsiders||Li'l "Foster" Farrell||26 episodes|
|2019||Bosch||Hector Bonner||8 episodes|
|2019–2020||The Walking Dead||Beta|| Recurring (Season 9) |
Main cast (Season 10)
14 episodes
|2019||Fear the Walking Dead||Episode: " Today and Tomorrow " (uncredited) [14]|
|2020–2022||S.W.A.T.||Terry Luca||4 episodes|
|2021–present||Paradise City||Oliver Ostergaard||TV spinoff of American Satan|
|2021–2022||The Mysterious Benedict Society||Milligan||Main role|
|Year||Title||Role|
|2022||God of War Ragnarök||Thor|
|Year||Association||Category||Nominated work||Result|
|2011||Satellite Awards||Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film||Sons of Anarchy||Won [15]|
|2023||British Academy Games Awards||Performer in a Supporting Role||God of War Ragnarök||Nominated [16]| | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Hurst | 123 |
who is the actor who played opie on sons of anarchy | Ryan Hurst - Wikipedia | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ryan Hurst
|Born|
Ryan Douglas Hurst
June 19, 1976
Santa Monica, California , U.S.
|Occupation||Actor|
|Years active||1993–present|
|Spouse|
Molly Cookson
( m. 2005)
|Parent||Rick Hurst (father)|
Ryan Douglas Hurst [1] (born June 19, 1976) is an American actor, known for his roles as Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans (2000), Sgt. Ernie Savage in We Were Soldiers (2002), Tom Clarke in Taken (2002), Opie Winston in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2012), Chick Hogan in Bates Motel (2015–2017), Li'l "Foster" Farrell in Outsiders (2016–2017), Beta in The Walking Dead (2019–2020), and Hector Bonner in Bosch (2019–2021). He portrayed the Norse god Thor in the 2022 video game God of War Ragnarök , for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination. [2]
Hurst was born in Santa Monica, California , the son of Candace Kaniecki, an acting coach, who currently runs the Candace Kaniecki (Herman) Acting School, and Rick Hurst , an actor best known for playing "Deputy Cletus Hogg" in the Dukes of Hazard . [3] He attended Santa Monica High School . [4] He converted to Sikhism and his Sikh name is Gobind Seva Singh. [5] [6]
Growing up in a Hollywood family, Hurst made a very early start in show business, with a recurring role in the NBC teen situation comedy series Saved by the Bell: The New Class . [7] In the 1998 epic war film Saving Private Ryan , Hurst portrayed Michaelson, a paratrooper who, despite a temporary hearing loss, is able to communicate to Captain John H. Miller ( Tom Hanks ) the approximate location of Private Ryan. In 2000, Hurst followed this with a role in Rules of Engagement and the central supporting role of Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans . Additionally, he appeared in the war film We Were Soldiers (2002) as Sgt. Ernie Savage, played the football player Lump Hudson in the black comedy thriller film The Ladykillers (2004), and starred in the TNT police drama series Wanted (2005). From 2005 to 2007, Hurst gained recognition for portraying the recurring role of Allison DuBois ' half-brother, Michael Benoit, in NBC's supernatural procedural drama series Medium .
Hurst's big break came when he was cast as Opie Winston in the FX crime drama series Sons of Anarchy . Originally a recurring cast member in the first season , he was promoted to main cast member for the following season and went on to become a fan favorite. His character, newly released from a five-year prison stint and "living right", but not making ends meet, goes back to SAMCRO to provide for his family, despite his wife's objections and his knowing the risks. Hurst's portrayal of Opie earned him the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2011. Also in 2011, Hurst voiced Jedidiah in the animated box office hit Rango . He also stars in the WGN America series Outsiders . In August 2018, it was announced that he would star as Beta on AMC 's The Walking Dead . [8] His debut episode, " Guardians ", premiered on March 3, 2019. [9]
In 2022, Hurst voiced Thor in God of War: Ragnarök and also provided the motion-capture.
Hurst and Molly Cookson met in 1994 and married in May 2005. [10] [11] Together, they founded the production company Fast Shoes. [12] In April 2013, Hurst purchased a 3,400 square-foot home in Woodland Hills, California for $1.71 million. [13]
|Year||Title||Role||Notes|
|1997||The Postman||Eddie March|
|1998||Patch Adams||Neil|
|Saving Private Ryan||Paratrooper Michaelson|
|2000||Rules of Engagement||Captain Hustings|
|Remember the Titans||Gerry Bertier|
|2001||Perfect Lover||Guy|
|Venus and Mars||Roberto|
|2002||We Were Soldiers||Sgt. Ernie Savage|
|Lone Star State of Mind||Tinker|
|2004||The Ladykillers||Lump Hudson|
|2006||Noble Things||Kyle Collins|
|2008||Chasing the Green||Ross Franklin|
|2011||Rango||Jedidiah||Voice|
|2013||CBGB||Mad Mountain|
|2018||A Million Little Pieces||Hank|
|2020||Superman: Man of Tomorrow||Lobo||Voice|
|Year||Title||Role||Notes|
|1993||Saved by the Bell: The New Class||Crunch Grabowski||2 episodes|
|1994||Beverly Hills, 90210||Student Actor||Episode: "Divas"|
|1995–1996||Campus Cops||Wayne Simko||9 episodes|
|1995||JAG||Dirk Grover||Episode: "Shadow"|
|1996||Boston Common||Nikolai||2 episodes|
|Wings||Barry||Episode: "Too Beautiful for You"|
|1999||L.A. Doctors||Kevn Raives||2 episodes|
|2002||Touched by an Angel||Doug||Episode: "Two Sides to Every Angel"|
|John Doe||Elvis Braithwaite||Episode: "Mind Games"|
|Taken||Adult Tom Clarke||5 episodes|
|2004||Dr. Vegas||Steve||Episode: "All In"|
|2005||House||Sam McGinley||Episode: "The Mistake"|
|Wanted||Agent Jimmy McGloin||13 episodes|
|2005–2007||Medium||Michael Benoit||3 episodes|
|2006||Everwood||Ed Carnahan||Episode: "Across the Lines"|
|CSI: Miami||Detective Michael Lloyd||Episode: "Curse of the Coffin"|
|2007||Raines||Marco||Episode: "Pilot"|
|Heartland||Mark Evans||Episode: "Pilot"|
|2008–2012||Sons of Anarchy||Harry "Opie" Winston||54 episodes|
|2011||Law & Order: Special Victims Unit||Doug Loveless||Episode: "Bombshell"|
|2013||King & Maxwell||Edgar Roy||10 episodes|
|2015–2017||Bates Motel||Chick Hogan||15 episodes|
|2015||Axe Cop||Chupacabra||Voice, episode: "Night Mission: The Extincter"|
|2016–2017||Outsiders||Li'l "Foster" Farrell||26 episodes|
|2019||Bosch||Hector Bonner||8 episodes|
|2019–2020||The Walking Dead||Beta|| Recurring (Season 9) |
Main cast (Season 10)
14 episodes
|2019||Fear the Walking Dead||Episode: " Today and Tomorrow " (uncredited) [14]|
|2020–2022||S.W.A.T.||Terry Luca||4 episodes|
|2021–present||Paradise City||Oliver Ostergaard||TV spinoff of American Satan|
|2021–2022||The Mysterious Benedict Society||Milligan||Main role|
|Year||Title||Role|
|2022||God of War Ragnarök||Thor|
|Year||Association||Category||Nominated work||Result|
|2011||Satellite Awards||Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film||Sons of Anarchy||Won [15]|
|2023||British Academy Games Awards||Performer in a Supporting Role||God of War Ragnarök||Nominated [16]| | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Hurst | 123 |
who is the actor who played opie on sons of anarchy | Ryan Hurst - Wikipedia | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ryan Hurst
|Born|
Ryan Douglas Hurst
June 19, 1976
Santa Monica, California , U.S.
|Occupation||Actor|
|Years active||1993–present|
|Spouse|
Molly Cookson
( m. 2005)
|Parent||Rick Hurst (father)|
Ryan Douglas Hurst [1] (born June 19, 1976) is an American actor, known for his roles as Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans (2000), Sgt. Ernie Savage in We Were Soldiers (2002), Tom Clarke in Taken (2002), Opie Winston in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2012), Chick Hogan in Bates Motel (2015–2017), Li'l "Foster" Farrell in Outsiders (2016–2017), Beta in The Walking Dead (2019–2020), and Hector Bonner in Bosch (2019–2021). He portrayed the Norse god Thor in the 2022 video game God of War Ragnarök , for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination. [2]
Hurst was born in Santa Monica, California , the son of Candace Kaniecki, an acting coach, who currently runs the Candace Kaniecki (Herman) Acting School, and Rick Hurst , an actor best known for playing "Deputy Cletus Hogg" in the Dukes of Hazard . [3] He attended Santa Monica High School . [4] He converted to Sikhism and his Sikh name is Gobind Seva Singh. [5] [6]
Growing up in a Hollywood family, Hurst made a very early start in show business, with a recurring role in the NBC teen situation comedy series Saved by the Bell: The New Class . [7] In the 1998 epic war film Saving Private Ryan , Hurst portrayed Michaelson, a paratrooper who, despite a temporary hearing loss, is able to communicate to Captain John H. Miller ( Tom Hanks ) the approximate location of Private Ryan. In 2000, Hurst followed this with a role in Rules of Engagement and the central supporting role of Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans . Additionally, he appeared in the war film We Were Soldiers (2002) as Sgt. Ernie Savage, played the football player Lump Hudson in the black comedy thriller film The Ladykillers (2004), and starred in the TNT police drama series Wanted (2005). From 2005 to 2007, Hurst gained recognition for portraying the recurring role of Allison DuBois ' half-brother, Michael Benoit, in NBC's supernatural procedural drama series Medium .
Hurst's big break came when he was cast as Opie Winston in the FX crime drama series Sons of Anarchy . Originally a recurring cast member in the first season , he was promoted to main cast member for the following season and went on to become a fan favorite. His character, newly released from a five-year prison stint and "living right", but not making ends meet, goes back to SAMCRO to provide for his family, despite his wife's objections and his knowing the risks. Hurst's portrayal of Opie earned him the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2011. Also in 2011, Hurst voiced Jedidiah in the animated box office hit Rango . He also stars in the WGN America series Outsiders . In August 2018, it was announced that he would star as Beta on AMC 's The Walking Dead . [8] His debut episode, " Guardians ", premiered on March 3, 2019. [9]
In 2022, Hurst voiced Thor in God of War: Ragnarök and also provided the motion-capture.
Hurst and Molly Cookson met in 1994 and married in May 2005. [10] [11] Together, they founded the production company Fast Shoes. [12] In April 2013, Hurst purchased a 3,400 square-foot home in Woodland Hills, California for $1.71 million. [13]
|Year||Title||Role||Notes|
|1997||The Postman||Eddie March|
|1998||Patch Adams||Neil|
|Saving Private Ryan||Paratrooper Michaelson|
|2000||Rules of Engagement||Captain Hustings|
|Remember the Titans||Gerry Bertier|
|2001||Perfect Lover||Guy|
|Venus and Mars||Roberto|
|2002||We Were Soldiers||Sgt. Ernie Savage|
|Lone Star State of Mind||Tinker|
|2004||The Ladykillers||Lump Hudson|
|2006||Noble Things||Kyle Collins|
|2008||Chasing the Green||Ross Franklin|
|2011||Rango||Jedidiah||Voice|
|2013||CBGB||Mad Mountain|
|2018||A Million Little Pieces||Hank|
|2020||Superman: Man of Tomorrow||Lobo||Voice|
|Year||Title||Role||Notes|
|1993||Saved by the Bell: The New Class||Crunch Grabowski||2 episodes|
|1994||Beverly Hills, 90210||Student Actor||Episode: "Divas"|
|1995–1996||Campus Cops||Wayne Simko||9 episodes|
|1995||JAG||Dirk Grover||Episode: "Shadow"|
|1996||Boston Common||Nikolai||2 episodes|
|Wings||Barry||Episode: "Too Beautiful for You"|
|1999||L.A. Doctors||Kevn Raives||2 episodes|
|2002||Touched by an Angel||Doug||Episode: "Two Sides to Every Angel"|
|John Doe||Elvis Braithwaite||Episode: "Mind Games"|
|Taken||Adult Tom Clarke||5 episodes|
|2004||Dr. Vegas||Steve||Episode: "All In"|
|2005||House||Sam McGinley||Episode: "The Mistake"|
|Wanted||Agent Jimmy McGloin||13 episodes|
|2005–2007||Medium||Michael Benoit||3 episodes|
|2006||Everwood||Ed Carnahan||Episode: "Across the Lines"|
|CSI: Miami||Detective Michael Lloyd||Episode: "Curse of the Coffin"|
|2007||Raines||Marco||Episode: "Pilot"|
|Heartland||Mark Evans||Episode: "Pilot"|
|2008–2012||Sons of Anarchy||Harry "Opie" Winston||54 episodes|
|2011||Law & Order: Special Victims Unit||Doug Loveless||Episode: "Bombshell"|
|2013||King & Maxwell||Edgar Roy||10 episodes|
|2015–2017||Bates Motel||Chick Hogan||15 episodes|
|2015||Axe Cop||Chupacabra||Voice, episode: "Night Mission: The Extincter"|
|2016–2017||Outsiders||Li'l "Foster" Farrell||26 episodes|
|2019||Bosch||Hector Bonner||8 episodes|
|2019–2020||The Walking Dead||Beta|| Recurring (Season 9) |
Main cast (Season 10)
14 episodes
|2019||Fear the Walking Dead||Episode: " Today and Tomorrow " (uncredited) [14]|
|2020–2022||S.W.A.T.||Terry Luca||4 episodes|
|2021–present||Paradise City||Oliver Ostergaard||TV spinoff of American Satan|
|2021–2022||The Mysterious Benedict Society||Milligan||Main role|
|Year||Title||Role|
|2022||God of War Ragnarök||Thor|
|Year||Association||Category||Nominated work||Result|
|2011||Satellite Awards||Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film||Sons of Anarchy||Won [15]|
|2023||British Academy Games Awards||Performer in a Supporting Role||God of War Ragnarök||Nominated [16]| | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Hurst | 123 |
who is the actor who played opie on sons of anarchy | Ryan Hurst - Wikipedia | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ryan Hurst
|Born|
Ryan Douglas Hurst
June 19, 1976
Santa Monica, California , U.S.
|Occupation||Actor|
|Years active||1993–present|
|Spouse|
Molly Cookson
( m. 2005)
|Parent||Rick Hurst (father)|
Ryan Douglas Hurst [1] (born June 19, 1976) is an American actor, known for his roles as Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans (2000), Sgt. Ernie Savage in We Were Soldiers (2002), Tom Clarke in Taken (2002), Opie Winston in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2012), Chick Hogan in Bates Motel (2015–2017), Li'l "Foster" Farrell in Outsiders (2016–2017), Beta in The Walking Dead (2019–2020), and Hector Bonner in Bosch (2019–2021). He portrayed the Norse god Thor in the 2022 video game God of War Ragnarök , for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination. [2]
Hurst was born in Santa Monica, California , the son of Candace Kaniecki, an acting coach, who currently runs the Candace Kaniecki (Herman) Acting School, and Rick Hurst , an actor best known for playing "Deputy Cletus Hogg" in the Dukes of Hazard . [3] He attended Santa Monica High School . [4] He converted to Sikhism and his Sikh name is Gobind Seva Singh. [5] [6]
Growing up in a Hollywood family, Hurst made a very early start in show business, with a recurring role in the NBC teen situation comedy series Saved by the Bell: The New Class . [7] In the 1998 epic war film Saving Private Ryan , Hurst portrayed Michaelson, a paratrooper who, despite a temporary hearing loss, is able to communicate to Captain John H. Miller ( Tom Hanks ) the approximate location of Private Ryan. In 2000, Hurst followed this with a role in Rules of Engagement and the central supporting role of Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans . Additionally, he appeared in the war film We Were Soldiers (2002) as Sgt. Ernie Savage, played the football player Lump Hudson in the black comedy thriller film The Ladykillers (2004), and starred in the TNT police drama series Wanted (2005). From 2005 to 2007, Hurst gained recognition for portraying the recurring role of Allison DuBois ' half-brother, Michael Benoit, in NBC's supernatural procedural drama series Medium .
Hurst's big break came when he was cast as Opie Winston in the FX crime drama series Sons of Anarchy . Originally a recurring cast member in the first season , he was promoted to main cast member for the following season and went on to become a fan favorite. His character, newly released from a five-year prison stint and "living right", but not making ends meet, goes back to SAMCRO to provide for his family, despite his wife's objections and his knowing the risks. Hurst's portrayal of Opie earned him the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2011. Also in 2011, Hurst voiced Jedidiah in the animated box office hit Rango . He also stars in the WGN America series Outsiders . In August 2018, it was announced that he would star as Beta on AMC 's The Walking Dead . [8] His debut episode, " Guardians ", premiered on March 3, 2019. [9]
In 2022, Hurst voiced Thor in God of War: Ragnarök and also provided the motion-capture.
Hurst and Molly Cookson met in 1994 and married in May 2005. [10] [11] Together, they founded the production company Fast Shoes. [12] In April 2013, Hurst purchased a 3,400 square-foot home in Woodland Hills, California for $1.71 million. [13]
|Year||Title||Role||Notes|
|1997||The Postman||Eddie March|
|1998||Patch Adams||Neil|
|Saving Private Ryan||Paratrooper Michaelson|
|2000||Rules of Engagement||Captain Hustings|
|Remember the Titans||Gerry Bertier|
|2001||Perfect Lover||Guy|
|Venus and Mars||Roberto|
|2002||We Were Soldiers||Sgt. Ernie Savage|
|Lone Star State of Mind||Tinker|
|2004||The Ladykillers||Lump Hudson|
|2006||Noble Things||Kyle Collins|
|2008||Chasing the Green||Ross Franklin|
|2011||Rango||Jedidiah||Voice|
|2013||CBGB||Mad Mountain|
|2018||A Million Little Pieces||Hank|
|2020||Superman: Man of Tomorrow||Lobo||Voice|
|Year||Title||Role||Notes|
|1993||Saved by the Bell: The New Class||Crunch Grabowski||2 episodes|
|1994||Beverly Hills, 90210||Student Actor||Episode: "Divas"|
|1995–1996||Campus Cops||Wayne Simko||9 episodes|
|1995||JAG||Dirk Grover||Episode: "Shadow"|
|1996||Boston Common||Nikolai||2 episodes|
|Wings||Barry||Episode: "Too Beautiful for You"|
|1999||L.A. Doctors||Kevn Raives||2 episodes|
|2002||Touched by an Angel||Doug||Episode: "Two Sides to Every Angel"|
|John Doe||Elvis Braithwaite||Episode: "Mind Games"|
|Taken||Adult Tom Clarke||5 episodes|
|2004||Dr. Vegas||Steve||Episode: "All In"|
|2005||House||Sam McGinley||Episode: "The Mistake"|
|Wanted||Agent Jimmy McGloin||13 episodes|
|2005–2007||Medium||Michael Benoit||3 episodes|
|2006||Everwood||Ed Carnahan||Episode: "Across the Lines"|
|CSI: Miami||Detective Michael Lloyd||Episode: "Curse of the Coffin"|
|2007||Raines||Marco||Episode: "Pilot"|
|Heartland||Mark Evans||Episode: "Pilot"|
|2008–2012||Sons of Anarchy||Harry "Opie" Winston||54 episodes|
|2011||Law & Order: Special Victims Unit||Doug Loveless||Episode: "Bombshell"|
|2013||King & Maxwell||Edgar Roy||10 episodes|
|2015–2017||Bates Motel||Chick Hogan||15 episodes|
|2015||Axe Cop||Chupacabra||Voice, episode: "Night Mission: The Extincter"|
|2016–2017||Outsiders||Li'l "Foster" Farrell||26 episodes|
|2019||Bosch||Hector Bonner||8 episodes|
|2019–2020||The Walking Dead||Beta|| Recurring (Season 9) |
Main cast (Season 10)
14 episodes
|2019||Fear the Walking Dead||Episode: " Today and Tomorrow " (uncredited) [14]|
|2020–2022||S.W.A.T.||Terry Luca||4 episodes|
|2021–present||Paradise City||Oliver Ostergaard||TV spinoff of American Satan|
|2021–2022||The Mysterious Benedict Society||Milligan||Main role|
|Year||Title||Role|
|2022||God of War Ragnarök||Thor|
|Year||Association||Category||Nominated work||Result|
|2011||Satellite Awards||Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film||Sons of Anarchy||Won [15]|
|2023||British Academy Games Awards||Performer in a Supporting Role||God of War Ragnarök||Nominated [16]| | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Hurst | 123 |
who is the actor who played opie on sons of anarchy | Opie Winston | Harry 'Opie' Winston was a member of the Sons of Anarchy MC on the FX original series Sons of Anarchy . Played by American actor Ryan Hurst , Opie makes his debut in the series' premiere episode, " Pilot ", in the series' first season. He plays a recurring role through the series' first, second , third , fourth , and fifth seasons before his murder. His father, Piney , was also a member of the club and one of the First 9 . He was best friends with the club's former President, Jackson "Jax" Teller and just finished a 5 year prison sentence in the Chino State Penitentiary. He fathered 2 children with his deceased wife, Donna Winston , and later marries Lyla Winston , a pornstar employed by LuAnn Delaney , the owner of Cara Cara and wife of Otto "Big Otto" Delaney . Like Jax, the club was in his blood; it's the only life and family he had ever known. Opie was killed in San Joaquin County Correctional Facility . After a brutal beating and fatal blow to the back of the head, he met his demise in the Season 5 episode " Laying Pipe ". He is seen once more, as a corpse, in the series' subsequent episode, " Stolen Huffy ", in the same season.
Opie's most powerful trait was his unbreakable loyalty towards SAMCRO and his best friend, Jax. Even after spending five years in jail for the club, he was willing to do anything to help the Sons. After his release from prison, Opie was torn between leaving the club and becoming a family man or staying with SAMCRO and risking his life and freedom once again. He eventually chose to stay in the club and, after the death of his wife, he completely alienated his children, out of grief.
Opie, though seemingly gentle, has a vicious streak, as he savagely beat Tig when he confessed to be responsible for Donna's murder, and went on to threaten Agent Stahl for it, making her believe he was going to kill her. However, he revealed his gun was empty, telling her to remember that "the outlaw had mercy," causing her to break down after he left. He later killed her in the same way Tig killed Donna.
Opie ultimately sacrificed himself for the club, and for Jax, not wanting his best friend to die.
We first meet Opie, a lumberjack by day and on and off member of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club who has recently been released from prison on club related crimes. His best friend and Vice President of the club, Jax, is attempting to convince him to assist the club in raiding a warehouse belonging to rival club, the Mayans ; after they raided the Son's warehouse and stole their guns. Opie is at first reluctant, telling Jax that he is "earning straight" now after he promised his wife, Donna Winston , that he was done with the club life. Opie is eventually convinced after admitting to Jax that he is in a lot of debt.
Donna later catches Opie filling his bag with explosives and she is upset and furious to learn he is working with the club again. Jax overhears their argument and tells Opie he shouldn't go to the raid and he will explain to club President, Clarence "Clay" Morrow that Opie had to take his kid to the emergency room.
Opie is still broke and his family is facing a lot of debt, Donna assures him that everything will be okay. Opie visits his father, Piermont "Piney" Winston, who is also a member of the club and asks him to borrow some money. Piney tells his son he can't lend him any but Clay is doing a protection run tonight which will score him some easy cash, Opie is doubtful but Piney tells him to start facing his issues.
We later see Opie and Clay talking about their history. He has agreed to do the run for some easy cash. After Clay hijacks the run himself to sell the product, Opie is surprised but agrees with Clay. Opie also tells Clay he is back in the club.
Jax and Opie are clearing out Opie's garage looking for baby gear in preparation for Jax's son to come home from the hospital. Donna learns that Opie is assisting at the charity fundraiser led by Jax's mother, Gemma Teller Morrow . Donna is sceptical of both Gemma and the fundraiser but Opie insists it isn't a "club thing".
Opie is later at the table when Clay opens a vote about Kyle Hobart , excommunicated member of SAMCRO who is responsible for Opie ending up in prison. He wants to attend the fundraiser to see his son's band play. The majority of the club are uninterested, but Opie says he would like Kyle to be allowed to come.
Opie and his family arrive at the fundraiser and Opie explains to Jax that he hasn't told Donna the reason Kyle was excommunicated from the club. Opie also explains to Jax he was hoping that Kyle would be alone without SAMCRO and rarely being able to see his kids. Instead he seems happy, a contrast to Opie who is still having difficulties with his family. Jax and Opie also learn that Kyle still has his large SAMCRO tattoo on his back. Excommunicated members are supposed to have all SAMCRO ink blacked over. Opie informs Jax he will handle it.
He confronts Kyle and they begin to fight.
Outside Jax is talking to Donna and explains why Kyle is no longer a member of SAMCRO. He tells her that Opie will never leave SAMCRO and that Donna knows it.
Jax finds Kyle and Opie after their fight. Kyle explains he misses the club life and wants to bring an idea about stolen vehicle parts to SAMCRO; Opie informs him that they will speak to Clay. Opie and Kyle return to the clubhouse with Jax and the rest of the club head out on business. Jax and the others return after handling their Chinese business and Opie leaves to go to the fundraiser to assist Gemma; the rest of the club take care of Kyle and his ink he hadn't removed.
The club lands in trouble after an old friend of Piney, Nate Meineke , purchases some AKs from SAMCRO. The AKs are then used to assault a prison transport and kill 2 civilians and a cop. Clay is arrested in connection and Piney feels very guilty. Opie insists that everything will be sorted, Jax asks him to take Piney up to the cabin, a secure location away from the town to keep Piney out of trouble.
Jax and Robert "Bobby Elvis" Munson visit the cabin to speak to Piney and Opie. Piney says that Nate will buy the rest of the AKs as all other buyers have dropped out as the Sons are now carrying a lot of heat ;with the A.T.F raiding the clubhouse in connection with the prison bus breakout.
The following day, Opie, Jax and Piney meet with Nate and his crew to do the deal. Nate's crew load the guns and begin to head out. Opie and Piney get back in to the truck and Opie presses a button on a remote. An explosion is heard in the distance. The bags that Nate's crew carried away were filled with explosives.
The club are trying to come up with money to purchase another gun shipment. Jax saves an injured truck driver and when him and Opie visit the man in hospital, he is badly beaten. They visited him as they want information about where he is buying his drugs from. He confesses that he owes Ernest Darby , local neo-nazi and drug dealer. He says that Darby's guys stole his truck hauling a valuable tanker of diesel. Jax and Opie leave the hospital to see the tanker leaving, they give chase and are able to hijack the truck back from Darby's men.
Later that night after a meeting between the Sons and the Irish is interrupted by the Mayans, Jax, Clay, Opie and Alexander "Tig" Trager discuss outside the bar. Opie, Clay and Tig are ready for war as it seems the Mayans and the Nords , Ernest Darby's gang have formed an alliance against the Sons. Jax isn't so sure. Clay tells Opie to reach out to the other club charters and get their President's in Charming as soon as possible.
Donna arrives at the clubhouse furious with Opie. His boss from the lumber mill called and he will be fired unless he shows up to his next shift. Donna says Opie she will not put up with his devotion to the club anymore. As soon as Donna leaves Opie tells Jax he can't survive without the club and needs to earn as much as he can, he's all in, regardless of what Donna wants.
Later, Opie is present at the chapter wide meeting led by Clay. He announces that the feud with the Mayans is over and the Sons will not sell them guns. Opie votes in favour of the Mayan vote. The club is discussing a hit proposed to them by the Irish to assassinate a man who killed a member of the IRA. In exchange for a free shipment of guns and money. Opie, keen to get back in favour with Clay, says he will do the killing; Jax is sceptical but Opie insists. Clay tells Bobby to make sure that Opie is the one pulling the trigger.
The following day, Opie tells Jax that Donna has taken the kids and gone to her mother's. Jax again questions why Opie wants to do the hit and he reiterates his loyalty to the club.
Jax, Bobby and Opie go to carry out the hit. They go over the plan and Opie approaches the man, Brenan Hefner . He hesitates before pulling the trigger and Bobby shoots him himself, the trio escape but little did they know there was a witness.
Jax and Opie talk in the garage. Opie tells Jax he was right and that he wasn't ready to get back in the club life after failing to shoot Hefner. Jax comforts Opie.
Donna is back in town and is being questioned by A.T.F agent June Stahl. She notices the packed boxes and tells Donna she is smart for getting away from Opie and the club. Donna, sensing where Stahl is going retorts that she doesn't know anything about Opie's club business and even if she did, she'd never rat on him.
At the clubhouse, Opie presses clay for his money for the Hefner job. Clay obliges and Bobby says he will pull the money from the funds. Clay, sensing something is up tries to question Opie but he brushes it off as family stuff. Bobby then tells Clay that Opie's heart is in the club, but his head isn't.
Opie and Donna talk and Donna says that she is taking the kids and is moving in with her mother for good. Opie tells Donna that everything he does he is doing for her and the kids and can earn real money with the club.
At a club meeting about the A.T.F. Opie and Jax decide they are going to get in to the police station with assistance from Wayne Unser to talk to the various women from SAMCRO that Stahl has had arrested. Tig, Bobby and Piney head to a local bar and instigate a huge brawl, prompting response from the cops and allowing Opie and Jax to sneak in to the empty station. At the last moment, sensing Opie isn't all in, Jax instructs him to wait while he heads in with Unser.
The following morning we learn that Bobby has been positively ID'd in connection with the murder of Hefner after a young girl witnesses the killing.
The following day, the clubhouse is raided by the A.T.F and Bobby is arrested on suspicion of murder. A club meeting is immediately called and Clay notices that Opie isn't present. The club become suspicious but Jax insists that he will find Opie and bring him back to the clubhouse. Jax's clues lead him to the station where he finds Unser in a holding cell after Stahl has detained him for questioning. Unser says he doesn't know where Opie is but will let him know if he finds anything. Back at Opie's house, Jax talks to a neighbour and finds out that Opie and his family were seen leaving with the A.T.F early that morning, seemingly by his own choice.
Back at the clubhouse, Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz speaks to Tig and Clay and claims that he has spoken to an insider they have in the banking sector and a huge chunk of Opie's loan has been paid off by federal wire transfer. Clay tells Tig and Juice to not say anything to anyone. Clay and Tig immediately begin to theorise that Opie has either ratted, or Stahl wants the club to think he has ratted.
Outside, Mary Winston , Opie's mother has come to speak to the club. She received a call that she has to pick up her grandkids from a department of justice facility and wants to know what's going on and what Opie has done. At the table Tig and Clay fill Jax in on Opie's finances and Tig is seemingly convinced of his betrayal; Jax is of course doubtful. Clay tells Jax the truth may be hard to swallow. Jax says that if Opie has ratted on the club he will kill him himself.
Stahl is questioning a confused Opie at the DoJ facility. She reveals she knows about the hit on Hefner which Opie denies, he says he wants his lawyer. Stahl continues to taunt Opie; asking him what the club will think when they hear that he willingly left with his family and find out that his bills have been paid. Opie realises he is being set up as the informant. Stahl says she can only hold him and his family for 48 hours and the real identity of the witness will not be revealed until the pre-trial at Bobby's hearing which could take a while. Opie tells Stahl he will tell the club the truth, she says that Clay won't believe him.
Stahl then visits Donna and explains why her family is here and the club will soon believe that Opie is the rat.
Donna is allowed to see Opie and he explains to her that Stahl isn't on their side and she just wants the club.
Mary arrives to collect the kids and voices her distaste for her son and ex-husband saying they're both criminals and Donna should get as far away from the club as possible.
At the DoJ facility Opie and Donna are leaving; refusing the help of the A.T.F. Stahl desperately tries to convince Donna but the pair leave. We also learn that Stahl has tracked all of Opie's vehicles.
Back at the clubhouse, Opie arrives to explain himself to the club. Clay sends Tig outside to check Opie's vehicles for monitoring equipment, still suspecting him. Opie explains himself to the table including how Stahl wanted to set him up and that he is all in for the club. Outside, Tig has found the tracking devices in Opie's car and phone. The rest of the club leave and Tig tells Clay what he has found. Clay knows what must be done but it clearly hurts him, he knows Jax will never be able to kill Opie and a vote about him will cause a rift, Tig says they must do it quietly and Clay agrees. Jax enters soon after and Clay reassures him Opie is in the clear.
Opie is present at a club meeting. They are desperate to get the Mayan deal started and make some cash when they inevitably have to bail Bobby out of jail. Jax and Opie discuss the future of the club; Jax is keen to try and move the club in a more legitimate direction but Opie is doubtful it can ever happen. Donna arrives and tells Opie that Mary wants to take the kids out for the day, Opie agrees and Donna also agrees to attend Jax's coming home party for his recently born son.
Tig and Clay make plans to make Opie's death look accidental in a deal they have later involving the Mayans and the One-Niners . Stahl has also realised that the club believe Opie has turned on them as the trackers they planted have gone dead.
Opie and Tig drive to the gun collection point. They are jumped by the Niners as planned by Clay while the deal is going down. Opie saves Tig's life; Tig takes aim at Opie but is unable to kill him, the pair escape the warehouse. At the clubhouse, Tig lies to Clay and tells him that he couldn't get a clear shot on Opie. Clay hatches another plan to kill Opie in a drive by.
At the station, Stahl is packing to leave Charming, too many deaths have led her to be pulled off the case. David Hale , Deputy Chief is concerned that Opie will be killed. Stahl tells him that the identity of the witness will be released tomorrow and then the club will know it wasn't Opie. Hale remarks that a lot can happen in one night.
At Jax's house, the club are celebrating his son coming home for the first time. Donna and Opie head outside to bring the kids home. Tig, also leaves and rides away, ready to kill Opie in his truck as he leaves. In a last second twist of fate, Donna says she wants to go in to town and come back to help Gemma clean up after the party. Opie gets in the car and drives off with his kids while Donna gets in Opie's truck and drives away.
Unser arrives at Jax's house to speak to Clay. Hale had told him what he had found out from Stahl about the A.T.F setting Opie up as the rat, he didn't know about the wire and the witness was a girl who lived in Hefner's building. Clay attempts to call Tig but he doesn't have his phone on him.
Opie arrives at the traffic lights where he sees the bloodied corpse of Donna, he drops to his knees and sobs as he holds her. Unser suggests that what happened is a case of mistaken identity and a "tragic mistake", staring daggers at Clay as he says this.
Opie is at home sobbing while his kids sleep, unaware of what happened to their mother.
Jax goes to visit Opie. Opie confesses he blames himself for what happened as it's related to the club, Jax tries to comfort him but his words fall on deaf ears; Opie knows it is his fault Donna is dead.
Later the club learn from the SAMCRO lawyer that Opie is finally going to be pulled in for his part in the murder of Hefner, the same day as Donna's funeral. The only hope the club have of keeping Opie out of jail is by finding the witness and dealing with them.
Jax visits the station and Hale tells him exactly what he told Unser, Jax knows that it was down to Clay to have Opie killed.
The club makes plans to assault the safehouse and deal with the witness. Stahl visits Bobby in jail and tells him what has happened as he is unaware. He learns that Donna is dead and it was the club who killed her thinking he was Opie, she then tells him that Opie will be arrested the following day after Donna's funeral and the prosecutor will seek the death penalty for both of them.
Jax confronts Clay about the truth about Opie but Clay lies and tells him that he would never try to hurt Opie or Donna. SAMCRO deal with the witness.
The following day, Opie attends Donna's funeral with his family.
Jax visits Opie to check up on him, he has understandably been quite distant from the club recently, which everyone is being respectful of. Jax updates him on club business, SAMCRO is now selling to the Irish until A.T.F heat dies down, they will continue to sell to the Niners for the time being but are looking for other opportunities. Opie still believes that they killed Donna. Opie leaves to go to the clubhouse.
At the table, Clay announces that they believe Mayans are responsible for the slaying of Donna. He brings up some fake proof and Opie is seemingly convinced, he says he wants to kill the Mayan responsible. Tig, Filip "Chibs" Telford and Jax will go with him.
They scout Mayan territory and locate the man they believe to be responsible, Elian Perez . They give chase and are able to capture him and bring him to an industrial location. Opie interrogates the man but he proclaims his innocence, Opie wants to be certain that this is the man responsible; despite Jax trying to get him to do the job quickly. In the meantime, Tig shoots Elian through the cheek, claiming he tried to reach for his gun. Jax doubles down that the man is responsible and Opie finishes him off. He then carves the anarchy symbol in his chest stating he wants Alvarez to know. After the rest leave, Jax makes the kill look like it was done by the Niners, not wanting blowback for the club.
Later, at Bobby's welcome home party; Piney tells Opie he needs to be a better father as he has been dodging his kids since the incident. Opie is also present when the League of American Nationalists (L.O.A.N) led by Ethan Zobelle and some associates pay a visit to SAMCRO and warn them to stop selling guns to the Niners. Clay laughs off the threat and threatens Zobelle in return.
Opie later leaves the party and returns home to see his kids are sleeping.
Opie and Tig put guns together for the Niners who are looking to buy, expecting the Mayans to come for them after the death of Elian Perez. Tig tells Opie he's not alone.
Opie later takes part in the raid of Georgie Caruso's porn studio along with Jax, Bobby, Juice and Kip "Half-Sack" Epps , he beats up Georgie's men with a baseball bat.
Opie is later present at the table, Jax poses the idea of working with Luann Delaney's porn studio, offering her protection among other services for half the profits. Clay is doubtful but eventually comes around when Jax poses the idea that a legitimate business will keep the law off their backs. Opie and the rest of the club all agree and the vote passes.
Later that night, Opie attends the gun deal with the Niners, they are ambushed by the Mayans and the guns are taken. Recklessly, Opie stands while bullets rain around him as he brazenly walks up to the Mayans truck, shooting and killing one of them as they escape. Clay looks concerned as Opie rides away.
Opie and Half-Sack are out repossessing cars when they see a man selling drugs, they approach him and Opie warns him not to deal in Charming, the man retorts that he isn't anyone and some muscle appear, they are the Aryan Brotherhood . Opie begins to walk towards the three armed men but Half-Sack is able to convince him to back down.
Opie and others later return and threaten the dealer, demanding to know where Ernest Darby's drug labs are, the dealer eventually cracks and gives up the location.
Opie is present at the table when the club take a vote on how to deal with the drug house. Opie and the club eventually vote in favour to let Hale and the police deal with it, as a way to test if Hale is working with L.O.A.N as his brother, Jacob Hale Jr, local businessman is already working with them.
Later that night, Opie and the rest of the club go to the drug lab to destroy it; Hale, although not working for Zobelle was convinced by him to turn a blind eye. Opie plants explosives under the house and detonates them from the inside, once again, putting himself in a very dangerous situation for seemingly no reason.
At Luann's studio later that night. Jax confronts Opie about his recent recklessness but Opie replies saying he isn't trying to get himself killed and he is just doing it for the club. Jax reminds him he is a father and his kids should be his top priority.
Opie and the rest of SAMCRO head out on a charity run for a children's hospital. The run is also disguised as a way for the club to move guns. They pay a visit to the Irish on their way up the country.
Tig is injured on the ride up and is taken to a hospital, while he is there they become suspicious and discover he has a warrant. As he is leaving the hospital bounty hunters arrive and arrest him. Clay says the delivery will still take place but is unable to ride away as his arthritis in his hands is getting worse. Opie sits with him and offers him some comfort and convinces Clay that the club should rescue Tig first.
Piney arrives with the trailer to assist in moving the motorbikes. Opie watches as Jax and Clay nearly get in to a fight over what to do about Tig. Piney makes the decision for the club and enlists the help of Jax, Chibs, Half-Sack and Happy to help save Tig.
Upon their return Jax and Opie argue, Jax believes that Opie is taking Clay's side too often as he and Clay are constantly at odds over club activities recently.
Opie and the others are eventually successful in delivering the gun shipment to the Chino Valley charter . At the party later that night, Opie, Bobby and Chibs discuss the beef between Clay and Jax. Chibs seems to think that Jax is trying to push Clay out of power but Opie affirms that "Clay's not goin' anywhere"
Opie is still very depressed over the death of Donna. He becomes distant from his children, starts crashing at the Club house and begins to take more risks for the club. He is eventually asked by Jax if he has some sort of death wish.
Opie meets Lyla Dvorak , a porn star who works for Luann who has come to the garage for car repairs. Opie gets another mechanic to give Lyla a lift to her son's school.
Opie later is present when Clay finally pays a visit to Zobelle to threaten and try to extort him. Hale gets some footage from Zobelle of Opie blowing up the drug lab. The club wants to vote on retaliation after Otto was attacked in prison. Opie is doubtful they will have enough votes and wants to try and convince some other club members who are usually on the fence to vote for retaliation.
A brawl erupts in the street between SAMCRO and L.O.A.N after the club find out L.O.A.N are trying to buy and develop land in Charming. Opie and the club are arrested but are later freed by Hale after Unser exposes Zobelle for who he and L.O.A.N really are. He gives SAMCRO some intel and the evidence he has on Opie destroying the drug lab.
Opie later sits at the table with the rest of the club to vote on retaliation for Otto. The vote ties 4-4, no retaliation.
Lyla returns to collect her car and gives Opie her number. Opie and the club are horrified when a car bomb goes off in the garage and Chibs is badly wounded.
Mary arrives to speak to Jax, she is growing increasingly concerned about Opie. He doesn't come home anymore and won't speak to his kids.
At the table, Clay demands retaliation after Zobelle tried to have 2 SAMCRO members killed in 24 hours. Nobody objects this time. Jax speaks to Opie about what Mary said but Opie only replies aggressively and informs Jax that it's Clay's club and he needs to back down.
Jax says he is going to see Chibs in hospital but is really looking to team up with Hale to take down Zobelle. Opie informs Clay that Jax is up to something and is tasked with following him. Jax is able to lose Opie as he tails him. The club eventually finds their way to AJ Weston's house, member of the Aryan Brotherhood and associate of L.O.A.N. Jax and Hale have beaten them to it. Gunshots ring out from the house and the club rush to it. Inside, Jax has realised it is Weston's kids defending their home, Jax tries to reason with the boy but outside the club start laying down fire. Jax is able to save the boy and stop the shooting.
Opie follows Jax outside but Jax insists they both want the same thing, he is just taking charge.
Opie and the club later go to a meeting they believe Zobelle to be at. Jax already knows this from Hale and has agreed to let Hale handle the arrest of Zobelle. Jax has to tell the truth that the rally will be packed with Aryan Brotherhood members and walking in there and taking Zobelle is suicide and they should wait for the police. Clay doesn't care and tells the club to arm up. They breach the building only to discover it is a church meeting led by Zobelle; Weston fires some shots to cause chaos and Zobelle flees. Opie gives chase. The rest of the club try to escape but do so just as the police arrive. Opie chases Zobelle through the streets but ends up crashing his bike, he returns to the meeting just in time to see the rest of the club being arrested.
Mary arrives at the garage with Opie's kids meaning he will have to look after them today. Clay manages to negotiate some protection with the club are in jail but he needs Opie to assist with taking care of a snitch on the outside.
Opie meets with Vic Trammel , another cop on the SAMCRO payroll to get him to frame Venus Bell , the dealer on the outside by planting drugs in their car. He enlists the help of Lyla and asks if she can get her dealer to get him some drugs to use to frame Venus. Lyla is sceptical but Opie promises that nothing will come back to her if there is a problem.
Lyla's dealer, Angus , arrives and Opie beats him and takes the drugs, threatening him to not come back. Opie then breaks in to Venus' car and plants the drugs, Trammel watches and then moves in for the arrest but he is shot by Venus when he approaches the car. Opie drives to Trammel and calls for backup.
Opie returns to Luann's studio to thank Lyla for her assistance, Lyla offers to look after Opie's kid, he is hesitant but accepts. He makes it clear to Lyla that he doesn't want his kids to be around him anymore because of who he is and what he does.
Opie later goes to collect his kid's from Jax's house. Gemma and Tara Knowles had refused to let Lyla take Opie's kids. He apologises for the Lyla issue and says he trusts her but Tara isn't sure. He explains that Mary has left town and he is on his own with the kids again, Tara tries to convince Opie he isn't alone but he thinks he is.
The rest of the club is bailed from jail after some hard work from Gemma and Opie.
Bobby calls an unofficial meeting. He says the rift between Jax and Clay is getting worse and is going to hurt the club. They got in to a violent brawl while in jail. Opie says he will speak to Jax and try to get some information out of him.
Bobby attends a club meeting with the Chinese. They want to buy guns from SAMCRO, Clay is interested but uncertain. Henry Lin , offers SAMCRO Chuck Marstein back, a man who Otto protected on the inside but eventually lied about being able to set up business between the Chinese and SAMCRO. Clay is uninterested after Chuckie screwed SAMCRO in the past. Knowing the Chinese will kill him, Tig, taking pity on Chuckie says SAMCRO will take him and he can take over the books at the Cara Cara which will give Bobby more club time.
Opie receives a call from Jax telling him to get down to the Cara Cara, he takes Chuckie with him. Opie comforts Lyla who is distressed after Georgie has once again attacked Luann's business. Opie admits to the club that he is casually seeing Lyla and Jax invites him to bring Lyla over to a club dinner that Gemma is doing that night.
Outside Jax is surprised to see Chuckie. Opie, Bobby and Jax listen intently while he spills some inside information about the Lin Triad and their ongoing war with the Mayans. This is why he wants guns and is pushing Niners turf, they decide to check in with Laroy on their way to Georgie's studio.
With the help of Chuckie, Opie, Jax and Bobby are able to attack Georgie and steal back Luann's equipment and tapes. Opie also personally threatens Georgie about Lyla. They then make their way to a Niner bar only to discover it has been taken over by the Mayans, they surround and capture the trio. Jax voices his concern for Opie once again before Alvarez arrives, telling Jax to bring the message back to Clay that he will spare them today but the truce between the Mayans and SAMCRO is over.
They return to Jax's house for dinner in time to see Lyla storming out. She is furious over the disrespect she receives from the other women of SAMCRO. Back inside another brawl nearly erupts when half the club lost their gun shipment as Bobby, Opie and Jax were not around to help. Hale arrives to deliver the harrowing news that Luann has been found dead. Clay immediately knows Jax is behind the payback for what happened and the night ends in disaster as the club is in disarray.
Opie attends a meeting with the Chinese, he learns that the CCTV footage from the Christian centre is poor quality and a lot of the victims don't want to get involved. Lin wants the club to deal with a upcoming court case and make sure the judge is dealt with. Clay assigns Opie along with Happy and Bobby for this.
Opie, Bobby and Jax set out to go to the judges house. Jax has taken Happy's place unbeknownst to Clay. They capture the judge and bring him inside his house. The judge's son, Alex Franklin arrives unannounced and immediately begins arguing with his father. The club are worried as they were going to use the son as leverage but with the father and son clearly not getting along, they have nothing to use against the judge. Opie threatens Alex and even shoots him in the foot but the judge will not back down. Opie loses his cool and heads outside. They are eventually able to persuade the judge after threatening to destroy his dead wife's belongings.
Opie attempts to stop Jax from going Nomad after the Cara Cara is burned down. Jax blames Clay and decides he has had enough of SAMCRO under his leadership.
Opie and Half-Sack head out on a repossessing run. They repo a woman's van only to discover it is full of homemade bullets. The club return to the Wahewa area to investigate. They speak to the Chief of the tribe and he agrees to sell the club ammo and also offers them mushrooms to sample. Opie and Clay discuss the vote to allow Jax to transfer, Clay tries to offer some fatherly advice to Opie.
Opie later attends the church meeting and casts his vote as a "Yea" to Jax being allowed to transfer. The vote passes unanimously.
Opie attends church with the rest of the club. In order to unite Jax and Clay and stop Jax from leaving, Gemma told the truth about being raped by L.O.A.N members on the night of Bobby's coming home party.
An intoxicated and overcome with guilt Tig arrives at the clubhouse and sees Opie working on a bike he has been restoring. He asks Opie why Donna was driving the truck the night she died before proclaiming that she wasn't supposed to be in the truck. A startled Opie finally realises what Tig is trying to say and launches a brutal assault on him. A bloodied Tig explains everything; how Stahl set Opie up with wiretaps and made him look like a rat and how it was supposed to be Opie in the truck on that fateful night. Tig sobs his apologies as Jax and Clay arrive to stop the beating. Opie makes a swift exit and the club realise he is going to go after Stahl; who is back in Charming for the I.R.A and the Sons.
Opie tracks Stahl to the police station and begins to tail her and the other agents as she leaves. Jax heads inside to speak to Hale to try and get word to Stahl. Opie is successful in finding Stahl and holds her at gunpoint, threatening her but ultimately showing mercy.
Back at the clubhouse, Opie talks to Jax and asks what he should do, how can he call the men who killed his wife his brothers. Jax wants Opie to read John Teller's manuscript. Opie's loyalty to Clay ends here.
Opie later faces the club at the table and tells Clay that he will not be leaving and "the secret dies here". He also confesses that when he went after Stahl, he saw Chibs leaving her office. He asks the club not to jump to conclusions but hear Chibs out. Chibs later arrives and the club listens while he explains that he was trying to protect his wife, Fiona Larkin and daughter from Jimmy O'Phelan , his estranged wife's partner and high ranking member of the IRA. Stahl would give SAMCRO and his wife immunity if she got the IRA. Stahl went back on her agreement and is going to tell Jimmy Chibs' plan which would lead to his family being killed. Chibs has done no wrong as far as the club is concerned as no deal was made. Suddenly, Piney bursts through the doors and shoots 2 rounds at Clay before being disarmed.
Opie asks to speak to his father and later explains what happened to Clay. Piney thought that Opie would kill Clay once he found out the truth about Donna so he would just do it himself to stop the club turning on his son. Opie hopes Clay can look the other way given the circumstances and that Piney has nothing else to live for without the club. Opie is grateful when Clay gives Piney a pass.
Opie sends his family to the clubhouse while SAMCRO prepare for war with L.O.A.N. All SAMCRO family members and associates are to be kept safe until the business with Zobelle is finally finished. There are also some Nomad members and other charters assisting during this time, namely Happy and SAMTAC Herman Kozik .
Opie, Jax and Juice head in to town to give some hard truth to Weston. Zobelle is dealing heroin with the Mayans and guns with the Niners. They taunt Weston saying that Zobelle clearly isn't a true believer in their racist cause. They further provoke Weston when they get his sons taken away by protective services. Weston and Jax agree to a night time brawl, 10 Aryans versus 10 sons. No weapons and no witnesses.
The club then meet with Laroy and Lin. SAMCRO want to unite the trio against L.O.A.N and the Mayans.
The club complete their gun deal with the IRA despite the betrayal of Edmond Hayes who has been threatened in to working with the A.T.F.
The club head out to meet the Aryan's for their fight. Upon arrival they learn the Aryans have come with more men and they are all armed. Weston is shocked when the Chinese and the Niners arrive with weapons of their own. They decide maybe fists are best after all and a brawl ensues with SAMCRO winning out. Hale, Unser and more cops soon arrive. Weston is arrested for burning down the Cara Cara.
With the help of Unser the club bust in to Impeccable Smokes and Opie holds Zobelle while Clay threatens to execute him. Hale arrives realising what Unser's plan is and Zobelle is able to save himself from SAMCRO by getting himself arrested for drug possession.
Opie and the rest of the club anxiously wait outside the police station for news on Weston and Zobelle. Unser eventually emerges and announces that Weston will go free as Chuckie's testimony is unreliable and Zobelle has been an Federal Burea of Investigation ( F.B.I. ) informant all along, using his smarts to make money off L.O.A.N while giving the F.B.I what they need. Zobelle is escorted out by a Mayan entourage.
A stalemate is happening on main street in Charming. The Mayans are posted up outside Impeccable Smokes with Zobelle inside and SAMCRO are on the other side. Chibs, Jax and Opie head out to deal with the now free Weston. They make plans to deal with Weston when he has been separated from his kid. Weston is in a tattoo parlour but fortunately, the owner, Irish Freddy is a friend of the club and Opie gives him a call and asks him to assist in dealing with Weston. Freddy jabs Weston causing him to have to go to the bathroom where the trio are waiting. Weston is then executed by Jax.
Juice calls the club seeing that Zobelle is finally preparing to leave. SAMCRO arm up as they begin to follow the Mayan convoy. Happy and Piney are able to kill some Mayans with a surprise attack from the back of a truck. Clay spares Alvarez and Zobelle takes off in the car himself. The club follow him to a rest stop but need to wait for it to clear out before taking care of Zobelle. Jax receives a panicked call from Tara and Opie, Chibs and Jax leave the rest of the club to deal with Zobelle while they race back to Charming.
They arrive at Jax's house to find that Half-Sack has been stabbed to death and Jax's son, Abel Teller has been taken by Cameron Hayes , believing that Gemma is responsible for killing Edmond. A cleverly orchestrated plan by Stahl after accidentally killing Edmond and Gemma being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The club race to the docks to stop Cameron but they are too late, he has escaped with Abel.
Opie and the rest of the club visit Jax; he is in quite a state since Abel's kidnapping. The club has some new information on his kidnapping. Opie carries a very drunk Jax to the bathroom to shower, probably for the first time in a while.
Down at the docks, the club are searching for Cameron's whereabouts after meeting with a forger who made some documents for Cameron. While there the club spot 2 suspicious men carrying fuel who quickly run when the club spot them. Opie and the club give chase but end up being held at gunpoint by the rest of the crew, Jax is able to calm the situation and the gangsters are able to give some more information; they bought some AKs from Cameron and the boat.
Opie and the rest of the club later attend Half-Sack's wake. As they gather outside a van pulls up and begins shooting in to the crowd. Opie dives to the floor and in the aftermath the shooter had fallen out of the side of the truck and Jax had jumped on him and was pounding his head in to the floor, Opie quickly reacts and restrains Jax from killing the man.
Eager to gain some information about the drive by. The club visit St. Thomas where the shooter is being held and with assistance from Chuckie gain access to his room and rough him up a little but are unable to get any information out of him. Partly, because Jax broke his jaw. Jax and Opie are able to deduce however that he is a member of the Calaveras Motorcycle Club . A puppet club for the Mayans.
The club enlists the help of a bounty hunter to try and track down Cameron. Fortunately, Bobby's ex-wife's husband, Sergio Coletti is a bounty hunter. He agrees to help the club if they assist him in catching a target. Jax, Juice and Opie head to a sex shop where the target is. Opie is guarding the door but is distracted by some pornographic DVD's starring Lyla. Meanwhile, in the back of the store Juice and Jax are able to apprehend the target but his crew are able to run to the back and draw guns on the pair due to Opie being distracted. Regardless, he is able to get to the back and beat down the 2 men allowing the capture of the target.
Opie and the club later arrive at the home of Hector Salazar , the Calaveras President. Opie lures him in to opening the door before the club rush inside and restrain him, they later interrogate him by having Opie and Jax driving inches from his head while he is buried in the ground. They get the information they need but decide to let Salazar go free, to avoid further conflict with the Mayans.
The club want to fund an ally club, Grim Bastards Motorcycle Club. They are based in Lodi and so can assist in stopping the Mayans expanding on their turf. They want guns from SAMCRO and they pay a visit to Lin. Lin says they can have the guns if he can have 5 Cara Cara girls for his new clients to have sex and shoot pornography with, apparently white girls are popular in Asia. Jax asks Opie if he can speak to Lyla to see if she can get some of the girls willing to help. Opie is clearly starting to worry about Lyla being in the porn business.
The club later learn from Serg that Cameron has made his way to Canada. The club are also surprised that they are going to have to go back to jail until their trial for the earlier gun charges when they attacked the Christian centre. Jax doesn't want the club to skip trial and risk them all getting longer sentences. Clay sarcastically calls a vote and asks "Who's up for a Canadian adventure?". Unsurprisingly, the vote is unanimous.
Opie later asks Lyla about the porn gig for the Chinese and she is happy to ask some of the girl's; even volunteering herself to do it for free to help the club which Opie is obviously very unhappy with but Lyla talks him in to it.
At Lin's restaurant, his clientele are having a great time with the Cara Cara girls, Opie loses his cool when he sees Lyla with one of them and attacks the man leading to an all out brawl between the club and Lin's clients.
Back at the clubhouse Opie apologises for messing up the deal with Lin. Jax offers him some womanly advice before he leaves to take Lyla home. The rest of the club learn that the SAMBEL President has been in contact with SAMCRO. Cameron is in Ireland, he is also dead.
The club is still struggling to figure out exactly where Abel is. Jimmy O is insisting that Cameron never had Abel with him when he was captured and executed. Opie fronts Jax $10k so that he can pay Serg's tracker friend to assist in Vancouver. He admitted he sold the vintage bike he had been working on for the cash.
Gemma, who has been on the run since Stahl framed her for the murder of Edmond has taken her chance to head back to Charming to see Abel, she still doesn't know he has been kidnapped. The club race after her to stop her finding out the truth but it is too late. Maureen Ashby , wife of the SAMBEL President has called her and informed her that her grandson is in Ireland. This is part of Kellan Ashby's plan to bring SAMCRO to Ireland to deal with the threat of Jimmy O.
When Lyla and her porn star friends are entertaining businessmen for a deal between SAMCRO and the Lin Triad , Opie starts a fight that loses the club a good cash payment and guns. He went to Belfast , Northern Ireland to back up Jax's search for his son Abel . He also kills Agent June Stahl in the same fashion that Tig killed Donna.
Lyla and Opie were married in the Season Premiere, their wedding was also used as a cover to retaliate against the Russians for going after Jax in prison. When the new wife asked his involvement he kept club secrets and told her they had nothing to do with murdering the Russians. Opie wants Lyla to get out of the porn business, but she continues to work doing girl on girl. He even tries to impregnate her to get her out.
When visiting her at work he finds her stash of birth control confirming that she does not want to stop working in the industry cause it is "all she knows". This really hurts Opie, inciting a one night stand with her porn star co-worker Ima (who also slept with Jax in season 3) at the club house. Lyla confesses to Opie that she had an abortion before he went to Belfast, which causes their relationship to slowly fall apart, and does finally snap when V-Lin is tasked to bring her to the SOA compound for protection during the heavy battles with Lobo Sonora she gives V-Lin the slip and bails on her new family after such a short time. When Opie does finally catch up with Lyla when looking for Georgie, Opie is cold and indifferent and says he does not blame her for leaving as he did not think it would work out anyways, Lyla responds with a verbal kick in the heart saying "nothing will work out until she (Donna) is dead".
He finds out that Clay killed his father Piney and is enraged that Clay has taken his wife, Donna, and his father away from him. Clay has to be stopped before he can hurt any one else he loves. He then immediately shoots Clay two times. In an attempt to stop Opie's rage, Jax shoots him in the wrist, then takes him to Piney's cabin, where he tells him to stay put until everything is cleared up.
Soon Jax returns. Opie asks him if Clay was dead, to which Jax replied "No", which angered Opie. Jax told him he would take the gavel and said that he wanted Opie to be his Vice-President—but he did not tell Opie the whole truth, which Opie already knew, so he was further angered. He told Jax that omitting the full truth is the same as lying, and doesn’t show up for Jax 's investiture as President of SAMCRO.
Opie was out of the club for a short while because he was unable to sit next to the man who killed his father and was not willing to go along with Jax's plan of hiding the truth from the club. He was seen placing a for sale sign on Piney's motorcycle. After Clay visits Opie and tells him he shouldn't leave just because Clay is there, Opie decides to come back. He arrives at the clubhouse as Jax, Chibs, and Tig are surrendering into custody and punches Sheriff Roosevelt to force his arrest along with the others, in order to stay close and protect his brothers.
While incarcerated, Jax is forced to accept a deal under Damon Pope's terms: Tig is to remain in the pen, to be tortured forever and Jax must choose the life of another Son to give up in exchange for the freedom of the remaining two. Jax refuses to appoint one of his brothers as sacrifice and plans to offer up himself instead. Opie won't allow Jax to follow through with his plan and assaults the commanding, 'Solitary' Sergeant, thereby forcing himself into the role of sacrificial lamb. The irate Sergeant orders Opie be taken to the box, where he's left alone with a pipe to fight Pope's agents, 4:1 as the others watch helplessly, accepting his fate, Opie reassures them, saying "I got this." Opie initially puts up a fight, managing to wound several of his attackers, but is ultimately overpowered by them, and savagely beaten. Badly wounded, and with no strength to fight back, Opie looks to a horrified Jax, before he is struck in the back of the head with the pipe killing him. Afterwards, Jax brokers a deal with Pope that has the remaining three Sons, including Tig released from so he can use Tig's gratitude to his advantage to leverage Tig into siding with him. Pope agrees, impressed with Jax's ability to see the advantage in bad circumstances.
Jax vows to avenge Opie's fate. He later finds out the sergeant's name and murders both him and his wife. Jax and the sons also track down Randall Hightower (the inmate responsible for dealing the fatal blow to the back of Opie's head and the cousin of Grim Bastards president, T.O. Cross ). Despite Cross's pleas, Jax orders Chibs to kill Randall, who repeats Opie's final words ("I got this") and shoots Randall in the back of the head, finally avenging Opie for good.
The loss of Opie is still prevalent in the sixth season. Jax and other members including Chibs are seen wearing a new patch saying "In memory of Opie," and Lyla cries and asks for Opie after she is tortured by Amir Ghanezi and his brother Kia Ghanezi at their torture porn studio in Stockton .
Opie is also mentioned in the episode Aon Rud Persanta , along with Half-Sack and Phil Russel , by Wayne Unser when, in an attempt to dissuade Gemma from raising Abel and Thomas, he says that their parents would have tried to prevent the lives they led if they had a second chance.
His grave is also seen in the season finale.
Opie's grave is briefly seen at the cemetery when Wayne Unser visits Tara 's grave to lay flowers at it. (" Black Widower ")
Jax visits Opie's grave at the cemetery and places his "SO" and "NS" rings on top of the tombstone. Later, Jax echos Opie's final words ("I got this") as his final line to the SAMCRO members before riding off to his death. (" Papa's Goods ")
- Unnamed Russian - Ran over ( Issue 9 )
- Unnamed Russian - Shot in chest with shotgun. ( Bratva )
- Unnamed Russian (possibly) - Shot by Jax, Opie, Oleg or Vlad ( Bratva )
- Viktor Krupin - Shot 4 times in chest ( Bratva )
Opie's bike is close to Jax's bike in many ways. It is a 2003 Harley Davidson Dyna Super Glide Sport with front drag fairing, taped thunderheader exhaust and a custom badlander seat. Opie has embraced the SOA logo on a pile of skulls for his paint on the fuel tank. The engine has been black powder coated. He has drag bars with high risers for handlebars instead of the T-Bars that are common among the rest of the club.
- Opie is the third main character to die in the series.
- As seen in A Mother's Work , he was buried next to his wife Donna Winston .
- Opie appeared in all but three of the first season's thirteen episodes. Following his promotion to main cast in the second season's premiere, he appeared almost in all episodes (except season four's episode " Una Venta ") until his funeral at the end of season five's fourth episode, Stolen Huffy . This totals to 53 appearances.
- Opie, Piney, Gemma and Unser are the only main characters to appear as a corpse after the episode in which they are killed.
- Opie, along with Jax, are the only known "Legacies" in SAMCRO. A "legacy" is biker terminology for being the offspring of a member, with said offspring eventually becoming members themselves of the MC.
- In the Sons of Anarchy spin off series, Mayans MC . Happy is seen to have a pet dog also named "Opie", presumably after his fallen brother. | https://sonsofanarchy.fandom.com/wiki/Opie_Winston | 123 |
who is the actor who played opie on sons of anarchy | Ryan Hurst - Wikipedia | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ryan Hurst
|Born|
Ryan Douglas Hurst
June 19, 1976
Santa Monica, California , U.S.
|Occupation||Actor|
|Years active||1993–present|
|Spouse|
Molly Cookson
( m. 2005)
|Parent||Rick Hurst (father)|
Ryan Douglas Hurst [1] (born June 19, 1976) is an American actor, known for his roles as Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans (2000), Sgt. Ernie Savage in We Were Soldiers (2002), Tom Clarke in Taken (2002), Opie Winston in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2012), Chick Hogan in Bates Motel (2015–2017), Li'l "Foster" Farrell in Outsiders (2016–2017), Beta in The Walking Dead (2019–2020), and Hector Bonner in Bosch (2019–2021). He portrayed the Norse god Thor in the 2022 video game God of War Ragnarök , for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination. [2]
Hurst was born in Santa Monica, California , the son of Candace Kaniecki, an acting coach, who currently runs the Candace Kaniecki (Herman) Acting School, and Rick Hurst , an actor best known for playing "Deputy Cletus Hogg" in the Dukes of Hazard . [3] He attended Santa Monica High School . [4] He converted to Sikhism and his Sikh name is Gobind Seva Singh. [5] [6]
Growing up in a Hollywood family, Hurst made a very early start in show business, with a recurring role in the NBC teen situation comedy series Saved by the Bell: The New Class . [7] In the 1998 epic war film Saving Private Ryan , Hurst portrayed Michaelson, a paratrooper who, despite a temporary hearing loss, is able to communicate to Captain John H. Miller ( Tom Hanks ) the approximate location of Private Ryan. In 2000, Hurst followed this with a role in Rules of Engagement and the central supporting role of Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans . Additionally, he appeared in the war film We Were Soldiers (2002) as Sgt. Ernie Savage, played the football player Lump Hudson in the black comedy thriller film The Ladykillers (2004), and starred in the TNT police drama series Wanted (2005). From 2005 to 2007, Hurst gained recognition for portraying the recurring role of Allison DuBois ' half-brother, Michael Benoit, in NBC's supernatural procedural drama series Medium .
Hurst's big break came when he was cast as Opie Winston in the FX crime drama series Sons of Anarchy . Originally a recurring cast member in the first season , he was promoted to main cast member for the following season and went on to become a fan favorite. His character, newly released from a five-year prison stint and "living right", but not making ends meet, goes back to SAMCRO to provide for his family, despite his wife's objections and his knowing the risks. Hurst's portrayal of Opie earned him the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2011. Also in 2011, Hurst voiced Jedidiah in the animated box office hit Rango . He also stars in the WGN America series Outsiders . In August 2018, it was announced that he would star as Beta on AMC 's The Walking Dead . [8] His debut episode, " Guardians ", premiered on March 3, 2019. [9]
In 2022, Hurst voiced Thor in God of War: Ragnarök and also provided the motion-capture.
Hurst and Molly Cookson met in 1994 and married in May 2005. [10] [11] Together, they founded the production company Fast Shoes. [12] In April 2013, Hurst purchased a 3,400 square-foot home in Woodland Hills, California for $1.71 million. [13]
|Year||Title||Role||Notes|
|1997||The Postman||Eddie March|
|1998||Patch Adams||Neil|
|Saving Private Ryan||Paratrooper Michaelson|
|2000||Rules of Engagement||Captain Hustings|
|Remember the Titans||Gerry Bertier|
|2001||Perfect Lover||Guy|
|Venus and Mars||Roberto|
|2002||We Were Soldiers||Sgt. Ernie Savage|
|Lone Star State of Mind||Tinker|
|2004||The Ladykillers||Lump Hudson|
|2006||Noble Things||Kyle Collins|
|2008||Chasing the Green||Ross Franklin|
|2011||Rango||Jedidiah||Voice|
|2013||CBGB||Mad Mountain|
|2018||A Million Little Pieces||Hank|
|2020||Superman: Man of Tomorrow||Lobo||Voice|
|Year||Title||Role||Notes|
|1993||Saved by the Bell: The New Class||Crunch Grabowski||2 episodes|
|1994||Beverly Hills, 90210||Student Actor||Episode: "Divas"|
|1995–1996||Campus Cops||Wayne Simko||9 episodes|
|1995||JAG||Dirk Grover||Episode: "Shadow"|
|1996||Boston Common||Nikolai||2 episodes|
|Wings||Barry||Episode: "Too Beautiful for You"|
|1999||L.A. Doctors||Kevn Raives||2 episodes|
|2002||Touched by an Angel||Doug||Episode: "Two Sides to Every Angel"|
|John Doe||Elvis Braithwaite||Episode: "Mind Games"|
|Taken||Adult Tom Clarke||5 episodes|
|2004||Dr. Vegas||Steve||Episode: "All In"|
|2005||House||Sam McGinley||Episode: "The Mistake"|
|Wanted||Agent Jimmy McGloin||13 episodes|
|2005–2007||Medium||Michael Benoit||3 episodes|
|2006||Everwood||Ed Carnahan||Episode: "Across the Lines"|
|CSI: Miami||Detective Michael Lloyd||Episode: "Curse of the Coffin"|
|2007||Raines||Marco||Episode: "Pilot"|
|Heartland||Mark Evans||Episode: "Pilot"|
|2008–2012||Sons of Anarchy||Harry "Opie" Winston||54 episodes|
|2011||Law & Order: Special Victims Unit||Doug Loveless||Episode: "Bombshell"|
|2013||King & Maxwell||Edgar Roy||10 episodes|
|2015–2017||Bates Motel||Chick Hogan||15 episodes|
|2015||Axe Cop||Chupacabra||Voice, episode: "Night Mission: The Extincter"|
|2016–2017||Outsiders||Li'l "Foster" Farrell||26 episodes|
|2019||Bosch||Hector Bonner||8 episodes|
|2019–2020||The Walking Dead||Beta|| Recurring (Season 9) |
Main cast (Season 10)
14 episodes
|2019||Fear the Walking Dead||Episode: " Today and Tomorrow " (uncredited) [14]|
|2020–2022||S.W.A.T.||Terry Luca||4 episodes|
|2021–present||Paradise City||Oliver Ostergaard||TV spinoff of American Satan|
|2021–2022||The Mysterious Benedict Society||Milligan||Main role|
|Year||Title||Role|
|2022||God of War Ragnarök||Thor|
|Year||Association||Category||Nominated work||Result|
|2011||Satellite Awards||Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film||Sons of Anarchy||Won [15]|
|2023||British Academy Games Awards||Performer in a Supporting Role||God of War Ragnarök||Nominated [16]| | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Hurst | 123 |
where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | Achilles tendon - Wikipedia | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|Achilles tendon|
|Details|
|Location||Back of the lower leg|
|Identifiers|
|Latin||tendo calcaneus, tendo Achillis|
|MeSH||D000125|
|TA98||A04.7.02.048|
|TA2||2662|
|FMA||51061|
| Anatomical terminology |
[ edit on Wikidata ]
The Achilles tendon or heel cord , also known as the calcaneal tendon , is a tendon at the back of the lower leg , and is the thickest in the human body. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It serves to attach the plantaris , gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcaneus (heel) bone. These muscles, acting via the tendon, cause plantar flexion of the foot at the ankle joint , and (except the soleus) flexion at the knee .
Abnormalities of the Achilles tendon include inflammation ( Achilles tendinitis ), degeneration, rupture , and becoming embedded with cholesterol deposits ( xanthomas ).
The Achilles tendon was named in 1693 after the Greek hero Achilles . [7]
The oldest-known written record of the tendon being named for Achilles is in 1693 by the Flemish/Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyen . In his widely used text Corporis Humani Anatomia he described the tendon's location and said that it was commonly called "the cord of Achilles." [8] [9] The tendon has been described as early as the time of Hippocrates , who described it as the " tendo magnus " (Latin for "great tendon") and by subsequent anatomists prior to Verheyen as " chorda Hippocratis " (Latin for "Hippocrates' string"). [9]
Verheyen referred to the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel by his mother Thetis when she dipped him in the River Styx as a baby to render his body invulnerable. As the heel by which she held him was not touched by the water, it was his one vulnerable spot (hence the expression " Achilles' heel ") and he was eventually killed by a poison dart to the heel. The name thus also refers to the particularly disabling and painful effect of an injury to this tendon. [9] The first closed rupture was described by Ambroise Pare in the sixteenth century. [9]
The Achilles tendon is also known as the " tendo calcaneus " (Latin for "calcaneal tendon"). [9] Because eponyms (names relating to people) have no relationship to the subject matter, most anatomical eponyms also have scientifically descriptive terms. The term calcaneal comes from the Latin calcaneum , meaning heel.
The Achilles tendon connects muscle to bone, like other tendons , and is located at the back of the lower leg. The Achilles tendon connects the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles to the calcaneal tuberosity on the calcaneus (heel bone). [10] The tendon begins near the middle of the calf, and receives muscle fibers on its inner surface, particularly from the soleus muscle, almost to its lower end. Gradually thinning below, it inserts into the middle part of the back of the calcaneus bone. The tendon spreads out somewhat at its lower end so that its narrowest part is about 4 cm (1.6 in) above its insertion. [11]
The tendon is covered by the fascia and skin, and stands out prominently behind the bone; the gap is filled up with areolar and adipose tissue . A bursa lies between the tendon and the upper part of the calcaneus. It is about 15 centimetres (6 in) long.
Along the side of the muscle, and superficial to it, is the small saphenous vein . The sural nerve accompanies the small saphenous vein as it descends in the posterior leg, traveling inferolateral to it as it crosses the lateral border of the Achilles tendon. [12] The tendon is the thickest tendon in the human body. [11] It can receive a load stress 3.9 times body weight during walking and 7.7 times body weight when running. [13]
The blood supply to the Achilles tendon is poor, and mostly via a recurrent branch of the posterior tibial artery , and some through arterial branches passing through surrounding muscles. [11]
Acting via the Achilles tendon, the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles cause plantar flexion of the foot at the ankle . This action brings the sole of the foot closer to the back of the leg. The gastrocnemius also flexes the leg at the knee. Both muscles are innervated by the tibial nerve . [14] Because the fibres of the tendon spiral about 90 degrees, fibres from the gastrocnemius tend to attach to the outer part of the bone, whereas fibres from the soleus tend to attach closer to the midline. [11]
Vibration of the tendon without vision has a major impact on postural orientation. [15] Vibration of the tendon causes movement backwards and the illusion of a forward body tilt in standing subjects. [16] This is because vibrations stimulate muscle spindles in the calf muscles. The muscle spindles alert the brain that the body is moving forward, so the central nervous system compensates by moving the body backwards.
Main article: Achilles tendinitis
Inflammation of the Achilles tendon is called Achilles tendinitis . Achilles tendinosis is the soreness or stiffness of the tendon, particularly worse when exercising, and generally due to overuse. [17] The most common symptoms are pain and swelling around the affected tendon. [18] The pain is typically worse at the start of exercise and decreases thereafter. [19] Stiffness of the ankle may also be present. [20] Onset is generally gradual. [18]
It commonly occurs as a result of overuse such as running . [20] [19] Other risk factors include trauma, a lifestyle that includes little exercise, high-heel shoes , rheumatoid arthritis , and medications of the fluoroquinolone or steroid class. [18] Diagnosis is generally based on symptoms and examination . [19]
While stretching and exercises to strengthen the back are often recommended for prevention, evidence to support these measures is poor. [21] [22] [23] Treatment typically involves rest, ice, non-steroidal antiinflammatory agents (NSAIDs), and physical therapy . [18] [20] A heel lift or orthotics may also be helpful. [20] [19] In those in who symptoms last more than six months despite other treatments, surgery may be considered. [20] Achilles tendinitis is relatively common. [20]
Achilles tendon degeneration (tendinosis) is typically investigated with either MRI or ultrasound . In both cases, the tendon is thickened, may demonstrate surrounding inflammation by virtue of the presence of paratenonitis, retrocalcaneal or retro-achilles bursitis . Within the tendon, increased blood flow, tendon fibril disorganisation, and partial thickness tears may be identified. Achilles tendinosis frequently involves the mid portion of the tendon but may involve the insertion, which is then known as enthesopathy. Though enthesopathy may be seen in the context of advancing age, it is also associated with arthritis such as gout and the seronegative spondyloarthritides . Achilles tendinosis is a known risk factor for calf muscle tears. [24] | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_tendon | 124 |
where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | Achilles Tendon: Function, Anatomy and Common Conditions | The Achilles (uh-KILL-ease) tendon is a band of tissue in the back of your leg. This tendon links your heel bone (calcaneus, pronounced cal-KAY-nee-us) to your calf muscles. It’s also called the calcaneal tendon.
You have two Achilles tendons, one in each leg. The Achilles tendons are the strongest and biggest tendons in your body. The Achilles averages about 15 centimeters (6 inches) in length, but it’s up to 26 centimeters (10 inches) long in some people.
Achilles tendons can handle about four times a person’s body weight. But people commonly experience Achilles tendon injuries because of the stress put on this tendon. Almost 1 in 4 athletes have an Achilles tendon injury during their lifetime.
The Achilles tendon, also called the heel cord, helps lift your heel off the ground. You use this tendon when you:
- Climb stairs.
- Jump.
- Run.
- Stand on your tiptoes.
- Walk.
The Achilles tendon starts in the middle of your calf and extends down to your heel. It connects your calf muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus muscles) in the back of your lower leg to the heel bone in your foot.
The gastrocnemius muscle has two heads that crisscross the knee joint. This muscle flexes your knee and ankle. The soleus muscle flexes your foot to point your toes downward.
Strong collagen fibers make up the Achilles tendon. As with other tendons, a layer of paratenon cells surround each layer of the Achilles. The paratenon layer provides blood flow to the tendon and lubricates its movement.
Healthcare providers often classify parts of the Achilles as the:
- Noninsertional Achilles tendon: The parts of the Achilles that are higher up the calf, including the midtendon and preinsertional tendon.
- Midtendon: The part of the Achilles at the narrowest part of the ankle, visible as a cordlike structure at the back of the lower calf or upper ankle.
- Preinsertional Achilles tendon: The part of the tendon just above the heel.
- Insertional Achilles tendon: The point where the Achilles tendon attaches to the heel bone.
Bursae, small sacs of fluid, cushion your Achilles tendon at its insertion point into your heel. The bursae aren’t part of the Achilles itself, but injuries to the tendon often affect them.
Problems involving the Achilles tendon are called Achilles tendinopathy. Achilles tendon disorders include:
- Anterior Achilles tendon bursitis : Walking, often in high-heeled shoes, inflames the bursa at the back of your heel.
- Achilles paratenonitis: Overuse, repeated movements or poorly fitted shoes inflame the paratenon.
- Achilles tendinitis (tendonitis) : Too much activity, like running, walking or sports, causes your Achilles tendon to swell and become painful.
- Achilles tendinosis: Overuse or aging gradually causes your tendon to degenerate, resulting in thickening due to scar tissue.
- Achilles tendon rupture : Running uphill, jumping or quickly changing speed or direction can tear the Achilles tendon completely or partially.
- Posterior Achilles tendon bursitis: Extra strain on the Achilles tendon (from injuries to the heel or diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or gout ) inflames the bursa.
Your healthcare provider first does a physical exam to check for Achilles tendinopathy. Your provider looks for Achilles tendon pain when they move or press your tendon.
They examine the area around your heel and lower leg for:
- A knot on the back of the leg or bruising over the tendon (signs of a tendon rupture).
- Swelling, tenderness, redness or warmth (signs of tendinitis, tendon bursitis or Achilles paratenonitis).
- Thickening or small bumps (signs of tendinosis).
Your healthcare provider may also use tests including:
- Thompson test (calf squeeze test): If your foot doesn’t flex downward when your provider presses your calf, you may have an Achilles tendon rupture.
- Matles test (knee function test): If the toe end of your foot doesn’t point away from your leg when your provider bends your knee at a right angle, you may have an Achilles tendon rupture.
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) : Your provider can see detailed images of your leg and ankle. These images can help diagnose an Achilles tendon rupture and other Achilles problems.
- Ultrasound (sonography) : Your provider can scan images of your Achilles tendon to look for a tendon rupture.
- X-rays : Your provider may take X-rays of your foot to check for problems related to tendinopathy, such as degeneration or bone spurs. They can also use X-rays to find hardening of the lower part of the Achilles tendon, a sign of tendinitis.
Healthcare providers usually treat calcaneal tendon problems with nonsurgical treatments, including:
- Immobilization: A boot or leg cast may help treat moderate to severe Achilles tendon problems, including partial tendon ruptures.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) : Over-the-counter medicines can help manage Achilles tendon pain.
- Orthotics: Custom-made shoe orthotics or heel-lift orthotics can ease pain, especially if you have Achilles tendinitis or tendinosis.
- Physical therapy: Stretches and exercises can strengthen your calf muscle.
- RICE therapy: Rest, ice, compression (with a sports bandage or tape) and elevation can help your tendon heal.
If you completely rupture your Achilles tendon, you may need surgery as soon as possible. Your health provider makes a recommendation based on your overall health, age, medical history and seriousness of the tear. Health providers often treat partial Achilles tendon ruptures with nonsurgical treatments.
To help reduce your risk of Achilles tendon problems:
- Alternate high-impact with low-impact activities.
- Avoid activities that place stress on your Achilles tendons, such as running up hills.
- Do daily exercises to stretch and strengthen your calf muscles.
- Increase the duration and intensity of your activity at a gradual pace.
- Take time for a warmup before you exercise.
- Wear well-fitting shoes designed for the activity you’re doing.
If you still experience pain and symptoms three to six months after you start treatment, you should talk to a healthcare provider. In some cases, severe Achilles tendonitis can lead to an Achilles tendon rupture, which requires surgery.
A note from Cleveland Clinic
Your Achilles tendon connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. Though the Achilles tendon is strong, people frequently experience Achilles tendon injuries. Conditions that impact the Achilles tendon include bursitis, tendinitis, tendinosis and tendon rupture. Providers treat most Achilles tendon issues nonsurgically, though tendon rupture often requires surgery. With proper rest and activity, many Achilles tendon injuries heal within three to six months. | https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/21927-achilles-tendon | 124 |
where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | Achilles tendon - Wikipedia | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|Achilles tendon|
|Details|
|Location||Back of the lower leg|
|Identifiers|
|Latin||tendo calcaneus, tendo Achillis|
|MeSH||D000125|
|TA98||A04.7.02.048|
|TA2||2662|
|FMA||51061|
| Anatomical terminology |
[ edit on Wikidata ]
The Achilles tendon or heel cord , also known as the calcaneal tendon , is a tendon at the back of the lower leg , and is the thickest in the human body. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It serves to attach the plantaris , gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcaneus (heel) bone. These muscles, acting via the tendon, cause plantar flexion of the foot at the ankle joint , and (except the soleus) flexion at the knee .
Abnormalities of the Achilles tendon include inflammation ( Achilles tendinitis ), degeneration, rupture , and becoming embedded with cholesterol deposits ( xanthomas ).
The Achilles tendon was named in 1693 after the Greek hero Achilles . [7]
The oldest-known written record of the tendon being named for Achilles is in 1693 by the Flemish/Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyen . In his widely used text Corporis Humani Anatomia he described the tendon's location and said that it was commonly called "the cord of Achilles." [8] [9] The tendon has been described as early as the time of Hippocrates , who described it as the " tendo magnus " (Latin for "great tendon") and by subsequent anatomists prior to Verheyen as " chorda Hippocratis " (Latin for "Hippocrates' string"). [9]
Verheyen referred to the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel by his mother Thetis when she dipped him in the River Styx as a baby to render his body invulnerable. As the heel by which she held him was not touched by the water, it was his one vulnerable spot (hence the expression " Achilles' heel ") and he was eventually killed by a poison dart to the heel. The name thus also refers to the particularly disabling and painful effect of an injury to this tendon. [9] The first closed rupture was described by Ambroise Pare in the sixteenth century. [9]
The Achilles tendon is also known as the " tendo calcaneus " (Latin for "calcaneal tendon"). [9] Because eponyms (names relating to people) have no relationship to the subject matter, most anatomical eponyms also have scientifically descriptive terms. The term calcaneal comes from the Latin calcaneum , meaning heel.
The Achilles tendon connects muscle to bone, like other tendons , and is located at the back of the lower leg. The Achilles tendon connects the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles to the calcaneal tuberosity on the calcaneus (heel bone). [10] The tendon begins near the middle of the calf, and receives muscle fibers on its inner surface, particularly from the soleus muscle, almost to its lower end. Gradually thinning below, it inserts into the middle part of the back of the calcaneus bone. The tendon spreads out somewhat at its lower end so that its narrowest part is about 4 cm (1.6 in) above its insertion. [11]
The tendon is covered by the fascia and skin, and stands out prominently behind the bone; the gap is filled up with areolar and adipose tissue . A bursa lies between the tendon and the upper part of the calcaneus. It is about 15 centimetres (6 in) long.
Along the side of the muscle, and superficial to it, is the small saphenous vein . The sural nerve accompanies the small saphenous vein as it descends in the posterior leg, traveling inferolateral to it as it crosses the lateral border of the Achilles tendon. [12] The tendon is the thickest tendon in the human body. [11] It can receive a load stress 3.9 times body weight during walking and 7.7 times body weight when running. [13]
The blood supply to the Achilles tendon is poor, and mostly via a recurrent branch of the posterior tibial artery , and some through arterial branches passing through surrounding muscles. [11]
Acting via the Achilles tendon, the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles cause plantar flexion of the foot at the ankle . This action brings the sole of the foot closer to the back of the leg. The gastrocnemius also flexes the leg at the knee. Both muscles are innervated by the tibial nerve . [14] Because the fibres of the tendon spiral about 90 degrees, fibres from the gastrocnemius tend to attach to the outer part of the bone, whereas fibres from the soleus tend to attach closer to the midline. [11]
Vibration of the tendon without vision has a major impact on postural orientation. [15] Vibration of the tendon causes movement backwards and the illusion of a forward body tilt in standing subjects. [16] This is because vibrations stimulate muscle spindles in the calf muscles. The muscle spindles alert the brain that the body is moving forward, so the central nervous system compensates by moving the body backwards.
Main article: Achilles tendinitis
Inflammation of the Achilles tendon is called Achilles tendinitis . Achilles tendinosis is the soreness or stiffness of the tendon, particularly worse when exercising, and generally due to overuse. [17] The most common symptoms are pain and swelling around the affected tendon. [18] The pain is typically worse at the start of exercise and decreases thereafter. [19] Stiffness of the ankle may also be present. [20] Onset is generally gradual. [18]
It commonly occurs as a result of overuse such as running . [20] [19] Other risk factors include trauma, a lifestyle that includes little exercise, high-heel shoes , rheumatoid arthritis , and medications of the fluoroquinolone or steroid class. [18] Diagnosis is generally based on symptoms and examination . [19]
While stretching and exercises to strengthen the back are often recommended for prevention, evidence to support these measures is poor. [21] [22] [23] Treatment typically involves rest, ice, non-steroidal antiinflammatory agents (NSAIDs), and physical therapy . [18] [20] A heel lift or orthotics may also be helpful. [20] [19] In those in who symptoms last more than six months despite other treatments, surgery may be considered. [20] Achilles tendinitis is relatively common. [20]
Achilles tendon degeneration (tendinosis) is typically investigated with either MRI or ultrasound . In both cases, the tendon is thickened, may demonstrate surrounding inflammation by virtue of the presence of paratenonitis, retrocalcaneal or retro-achilles bursitis . Within the tendon, increased blood flow, tendon fibril disorganisation, and partial thickness tears may be identified. Achilles tendinosis frequently involves the mid portion of the tendon but may involve the insertion, which is then known as enthesopathy. Though enthesopathy may be seen in the context of advancing age, it is also associated with arthritis such as gout and the seronegative spondyloarthritides . Achilles tendinosis is a known risk factor for calf muscle tears. [24] | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_tendon | 124 |
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The Achilles tendon or heel cord , also known as the calcaneal tendon , is a tendon at the back of the lower leg , and is the thickest in the human body. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It serves to attach the plantaris , gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcaneus (heel) bone. These muscles, acting via the tendon, cause plantar flexion of the foot at the ankle joint , and (except the soleus) flexion at the knee .
Abnormalities of the Achilles tendon include inflammation ( Achilles tendinitis ), degeneration, rupture , and becoming embedded with cholesterol deposits ( xanthomas ).
The Achilles tendon was named in 1693 after the Greek hero Achilles . [7]
The oldest-known written record of the tendon being named for Achilles is in 1693 by the Flemish/Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyen . In his widely used text Corporis Humani Anatomia he described the tendon's location and said that it was commonly called "the cord of Achilles." [8] [9] The tendon has been described as early as the time of Hippocrates , who described it as the " tendo magnus " (Latin for "great tendon") and by subsequent anatomists prior to Verheyen as " chorda Hippocratis " (Latin for "Hippocrates' string"). [9]
Verheyen referred to the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel by his mother Thetis when she dipped him in the River Styx as a baby to render his body invulnerable. As the heel by which she held him was not touched by the water, it was his one vulnerable spot (hence the expression " Achilles' heel ") and he was eventually killed by a poison dart to the heel. The name thus also refers to the particularly disabling and painful effect of an injury to this tendon. [9] The first closed rupture was described by Ambroise Pare in the sixteenth century. [9]
The Achilles tendon is also known as the " tendo calcaneus " (Latin for "calcaneal tendon"). [9] Because eponyms (names relating to people) have no relationship to the subject matter, most anatomical eponyms also have scientifically descriptive terms. The term calcaneal comes from the Latin calcaneum , meaning heel.
The Achilles tendon connects muscle to bone, like other tendons , and is located at the back of the lower leg. The Achilles tendon connects the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles to the calcaneal tuberosity on the calcaneus (heel bone). [10] The tendon begins near the middle of the calf, and receives muscle fibers on its inner surface, particularly from the soleus muscle, almost to its lower end. Gradually thinning below, it inserts into the middle part of the back of the calcaneus bone. The tendon spreads out somewhat at its lower end so that its narrowest part is about 4 cm (1.6 in) above its insertion. [11]
The tendon is covered by the fascia and skin, and stands out prominently behind the bone; the gap is filled up with areolar and adipose tissue . A bursa lies between the tendon and the upper part of the calcaneus. It is about 15 centimetres (6 in) long.
Along the side of the muscle, and superficial to it, is the small saphenous vein . The sural nerve accompanies the small saphenous vein as it descends in the posterior leg, traveling inferolateral to it as it crosses the lateral border of the Achilles tendon. [12] The tendon is the thickest tendon in the human body. [11] It can receive a load stress 3.9 times body weight during walking and 7.7 times body weight when running. [13]
The blood supply to the Achilles tendon is poor, and mostly via a recurrent branch of the posterior tibial artery , and some through arterial branches passing through surrounding muscles. [11]
Acting via the Achilles tendon, the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles cause plantar flexion of the foot at the ankle . This action brings the sole of the foot closer to the back of the leg. The gastrocnemius also flexes the leg at the knee. Both muscles are innervated by the tibial nerve . [14] Because the fibres of the tendon spiral about 90 degrees, fibres from the gastrocnemius tend to attach to the outer part of the bone, whereas fibres from the soleus tend to attach closer to the midline. [11]
Vibration of the tendon without vision has a major impact on postural orientation. [15] Vibration of the tendon causes movement backwards and the illusion of a forward body tilt in standing subjects. [16] This is because vibrations stimulate muscle spindles in the calf muscles. The muscle spindles alert the brain that the body is moving forward, so the central nervous system compensates by moving the body backwards.
Main article: Achilles tendinitis
Inflammation of the Achilles tendon is called Achilles tendinitis . Achilles tendinosis is the soreness or stiffness of the tendon, particularly worse when exercising, and generally due to overuse. [17] The most common symptoms are pain and swelling around the affected tendon. [18] The pain is typically worse at the start of exercise and decreases thereafter. [19] Stiffness of the ankle may also be present. [20] Onset is generally gradual. [18]
It commonly occurs as a result of overuse such as running . [20] [19] Other risk factors include trauma, a lifestyle that includes little exercise, high-heel shoes , rheumatoid arthritis , and medications of the fluoroquinolone or steroid class. [18] Diagnosis is generally based on symptoms and examination . [19]
While stretching and exercises to strengthen the back are often recommended for prevention, evidence to support these measures is poor. [21] [22] [23] Treatment typically involves rest, ice, non-steroidal antiinflammatory agents (NSAIDs), and physical therapy . [18] [20] A heel lift or orthotics may also be helpful. [20] [19] In those in who symptoms last more than six months despite other treatments, surgery may be considered. [20] Achilles tendinitis is relatively common. [20]
Achilles tendon degeneration (tendinosis) is typically investigated with either MRI or ultrasound . In both cases, the tendon is thickened, may demonstrate surrounding inflammation by virtue of the presence of paratenonitis, retrocalcaneal or retro-achilles bursitis . Within the tendon, increased blood flow, tendon fibril disorganisation, and partial thickness tears may be identified. Achilles tendinosis frequently involves the mid portion of the tendon but may involve the insertion, which is then known as enthesopathy. Though enthesopathy may be seen in the context of advancing age, it is also associated with arthritis such as gout and the seronegative spondyloarthritides . Achilles tendinosis is a known risk factor for calf muscle tears. [24] | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_tendon | 124 |
where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | Achilles tendinitis - Symptoms and causes | Achilles tendinitis is an overuse injury of the Achilles (uh-KILL-eez) tendon, the band of tissue that connects calf muscles at the back of the lower leg to your heel bone.
Achilles tendinitis most commonly occurs in runners who have suddenly increased the intensity or duration of their runs. It's also common in middle-aged people who play sports, such as tennis or basketball, only on the weekends.
Most cases of Achilles tendinitis can be treated with relatively simple, at-home care under your doctor's supervision. Self-care strategies are usually necessary to prevent recurring episodes. More-serious cases of Achilles tendinitis can lead to tendon tears (ruptures) that may require surgical repair.
The pain associated with Achilles tendinitis typically begins as a mild ache in the back of the leg or above the heel after running or other sports activity. Episodes of more-severe pain may occur after prolonged running, stair climbing or sprinting.
You might also experience tenderness or stiffness, especially in the morning, which usually improves with mild activity.
If you experience persistent pain around the Achilles tendon, call your doctor. Seek immediate medical attention if the pain or disability is severe. You may have a torn (ruptured) Achilles tendon.
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Achilles tendinitis is caused by repetitive or intense strain on the Achilles tendon, the band of tissue that connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. This tendon is used when you walk, run, jump or push up on your toes.
The structure of the Achilles tendon weakens with age, which can make it more susceptible to injury — particularly in people who may participate in sports only on the weekends or who have suddenly increased the intensity of their running programs.
A number of factors may increase your risk of Achilles tendinitis, including:
- Your sex. Achilles tendinitis occurs most commonly in men.
- Age. Achilles tendinitis is more common as you age.
- Physical problems. A naturally flat arch in your foot can put more strain on the Achilles tendon. Obesity and tight calf muscles also can increase tendon strain.
- Training choices. Running in worn-out shoes can increase your risk of Achilles tendinitis. Tendon pain occurs more frequently in cold weather than in warm weather, and running on hilly terrain also can predispose you to Achilles injury.
- Medical conditions. People who have psoriasis or high blood pressure are at higher risk of developing Achilles tendinitis.
- Medications. Certain types of antibiotics, called fluoroquinolones, have been associated with higher rates of Achilles tendinitis.
Achilles tendinitis can weaken the tendon, making it more vulnerable to a tear (rupture) — a painful injury that usually requires surgical repair.
While it may not be possible to prevent Achilles tendinitis, you can take measures to reduce your risk:
- Increase your activity level gradually. If you're just beginning an exercise regimen, start slowly and gradually increase the duration and intensity of the training.
- Take it easy. Avoid activities that place excessive stress on your tendons, such as hill running. If you participate in a strenuous activity, warm up first by exercising at a slower pace. If you notice pain during a particular exercise, stop and rest.
- Choose your shoes carefully. The shoes you wear while exercising should provide adequate cushioning for your heel and should have a firm arch support to help reduce the tension in the Achilles tendon. Replace your worn-out shoes. If your shoes are in good condition but don't support your feet, try arch supports in both shoes.
- Stretch daily. Take the time to stretch your calf muscles and Achilles tendon in the morning, before exercise and after exercise to maintain flexibility. This is especially important to avoid a recurrence of Achilles tendinitis.
- Strengthen your calf muscles. Strong calf muscles enable the calf and Achilles tendon to better handle the stresses they encounter with activity and exercise.
- Cross-train. Alternate high-impact activities, such as running and jumping, with low-impact activities, such as cycling and swimming. | https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/achilles-tendinitis/symptoms-causes/syc-20369020 | 124 |
where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | Achilles tendinitis - Symptoms and causes | Achilles tendinitis is an overuse injury of the Achilles (uh-KILL-eez) tendon, the band of tissue that connects calf muscles at the back of the lower leg to your heel bone.
Achilles tendinitis most commonly occurs in runners who have suddenly increased the intensity or duration of their runs. It's also common in middle-aged people who play sports, such as tennis or basketball, only on the weekends.
Most cases of Achilles tendinitis can be treated with relatively simple, at-home care under your doctor's supervision. Self-care strategies are usually necessary to prevent recurring episodes. More-serious cases of Achilles tendinitis can lead to tendon tears (ruptures) that may require surgical repair.
The pain associated with Achilles tendinitis typically begins as a mild ache in the back of the leg or above the heel after running or other sports activity. Episodes of more-severe pain may occur after prolonged running, stair climbing or sprinting.
You might also experience tenderness or stiffness, especially in the morning, which usually improves with mild activity.
If you experience persistent pain around the Achilles tendon, call your doctor. Seek immediate medical attention if the pain or disability is severe. You may have a torn (ruptured) Achilles tendon.
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Achilles tendinitis is caused by repetitive or intense strain on the Achilles tendon, the band of tissue that connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. This tendon is used when you walk, run, jump or push up on your toes.
The structure of the Achilles tendon weakens with age, which can make it more susceptible to injury — particularly in people who may participate in sports only on the weekends or who have suddenly increased the intensity of their running programs.
A number of factors may increase your risk of Achilles tendinitis, including:
- Your sex. Achilles tendinitis occurs most commonly in men.
- Age. Achilles tendinitis is more common as you age.
- Physical problems. A naturally flat arch in your foot can put more strain on the Achilles tendon. Obesity and tight calf muscles also can increase tendon strain.
- Training choices. Running in worn-out shoes can increase your risk of Achilles tendinitis. Tendon pain occurs more frequently in cold weather than in warm weather, and running on hilly terrain also can predispose you to Achilles injury.
- Medical conditions. People who have psoriasis or high blood pressure are at higher risk of developing Achilles tendinitis.
- Medications. Certain types of antibiotics, called fluoroquinolones, have been associated with higher rates of Achilles tendinitis.
Achilles tendinitis can weaken the tendon, making it more vulnerable to a tear (rupture) — a painful injury that usually requires surgical repair.
While it may not be possible to prevent Achilles tendinitis, you can take measures to reduce your risk:
- Increase your activity level gradually. If you're just beginning an exercise regimen, start slowly and gradually increase the duration and intensity of the training.
- Take it easy. Avoid activities that place excessive stress on your tendons, such as hill running. If you participate in a strenuous activity, warm up first by exercising at a slower pace. If you notice pain during a particular exercise, stop and rest.
- Choose your shoes carefully. The shoes you wear while exercising should provide adequate cushioning for your heel and should have a firm arch support to help reduce the tension in the Achilles tendon. Replace your worn-out shoes. If your shoes are in good condition but don't support your feet, try arch supports in both shoes.
- Stretch daily. Take the time to stretch your calf muscles and Achilles tendon in the morning, before exercise and after exercise to maintain flexibility. This is especially important to avoid a recurrence of Achilles tendinitis.
- Strengthen your calf muscles. Strong calf muscles enable the calf and Achilles tendon to better handle the stresses they encounter with activity and exercise.
- Cross-train. Alternate high-impact activities, such as running and jumping, with low-impact activities, such as cycling and swimming. | https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/achilles-tendinitis/symptoms-causes/syc-20369020 | 124 |
where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | Achilles tendinitis - Symptoms and causes | Achilles tendinitis is an overuse injury of the Achilles (uh-KILL-eez) tendon, the band of tissue that connects calf muscles at the back of the lower leg to your heel bone.
Achilles tendinitis most commonly occurs in runners who have suddenly increased the intensity or duration of their runs. It's also common in middle-aged people who play sports, such as tennis or basketball, only on the weekends.
Most cases of Achilles tendinitis can be treated with relatively simple, at-home care under your doctor's supervision. Self-care strategies are usually necessary to prevent recurring episodes. More-serious cases of Achilles tendinitis can lead to tendon tears (ruptures) that may require surgical repair.
The pain associated with Achilles tendinitis typically begins as a mild ache in the back of the leg or above the heel after running or other sports activity. Episodes of more-severe pain may occur after prolonged running, stair climbing or sprinting.
You might also experience tenderness or stiffness, especially in the morning, which usually improves with mild activity.
If you experience persistent pain around the Achilles tendon, call your doctor. Seek immediate medical attention if the pain or disability is severe. You may have a torn (ruptured) Achilles tendon.
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Achilles tendinitis is caused by repetitive or intense strain on the Achilles tendon, the band of tissue that connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. This tendon is used when you walk, run, jump or push up on your toes.
The structure of the Achilles tendon weakens with age, which can make it more susceptible to injury — particularly in people who may participate in sports only on the weekends or who have suddenly increased the intensity of their running programs.
A number of factors may increase your risk of Achilles tendinitis, including:
- Your sex. Achilles tendinitis occurs most commonly in men.
- Age. Achilles tendinitis is more common as you age.
- Physical problems. A naturally flat arch in your foot can put more strain on the Achilles tendon. Obesity and tight calf muscles also can increase tendon strain.
- Training choices. Running in worn-out shoes can increase your risk of Achilles tendinitis. Tendon pain occurs more frequently in cold weather than in warm weather, and running on hilly terrain also can predispose you to Achilles injury.
- Medical conditions. People who have psoriasis or high blood pressure are at higher risk of developing Achilles tendinitis.
- Medications. Certain types of antibiotics, called fluoroquinolones, have been associated with higher rates of Achilles tendinitis.
Achilles tendinitis can weaken the tendon, making it more vulnerable to a tear (rupture) — a painful injury that usually requires surgical repair.
While it may not be possible to prevent Achilles tendinitis, you can take measures to reduce your risk:
- Increase your activity level gradually. If you're just beginning an exercise regimen, start slowly and gradually increase the duration and intensity of the training.
- Take it easy. Avoid activities that place excessive stress on your tendons, such as hill running. If you participate in a strenuous activity, warm up first by exercising at a slower pace. If you notice pain during a particular exercise, stop and rest.
- Choose your shoes carefully. The shoes you wear while exercising should provide adequate cushioning for your heel and should have a firm arch support to help reduce the tension in the Achilles tendon. Replace your worn-out shoes. If your shoes are in good condition but don't support your feet, try arch supports in both shoes.
- Stretch daily. Take the time to stretch your calf muscles and Achilles tendon in the morning, before exercise and after exercise to maintain flexibility. This is especially important to avoid a recurrence of Achilles tendinitis.
- Strengthen your calf muscles. Strong calf muscles enable the calf and Achilles tendon to better handle the stresses they encounter with activity and exercise.
- Cross-train. Alternate high-impact activities, such as running and jumping, with low-impact activities, such as cycling and swimming. | https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/achilles-tendinitis/symptoms-causes/syc-20369020 | 124 |
where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | Achilles Tendon Pain: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment | HSS | safety-message
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The Achilles tendon is a thick tendon located in the back of the leg. It connects the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles in the calf to an insertion point at the calcaneus (heel bone). It is the strongest tendon in the body and allows people to push off while walking, running and jumping.
Achilles injuries can occur in several places, but the most common area is at the muscle-tendon junction – the area where the calf muscles join with the tendon. Injuries in this area often heal on their own. This junction has a smaller blood supply than does the muscular area of the leg, however. This makes the healing process slower than it is in many other leg injuries.
Chronic, long-lasting Achilles tendon disorders range from overuse injuries that cause inflammation or degeneration, to acute traumas such as Achilles tendon ruptures. Pain along the back of the ankle or in the heel are often the result of distinct problems along the course of the Achilles tendon or at its point of attachment to the heel of the foot. This type of pain may also be caused by retrocalcaneal bursitis , which is sometimes called Achilles tendon bursitis. Learn about more specific Achilles tendon conditions in the articles shown below.
Since a lack of flexibility is a major cause of injury, proper stretching of the lower leg is the most basic way to prevent Achilles tendon strains or tears. As is the case with many other conditions injuries, it is important to stay as fit as possible during the healing and rehabilitation process. Swimming and other non-impact exercises are best, including bicycling, if that activity does not cause any pain (which would indicate a likelihood of reinjury). Running should be avoided at all costs until a rehabilitation specialist, trainer or doctor advises that sufficient recovery has taken place.
Most people who have injuries and inflammation related to overuse of the tendon undergo nonsurgical treatments. These can include:
- rest or other modification of activities
- physical therapy (rehabilitation)
- nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ) such as ibuprofen
- (for some patients) platelet-rich plasma injections (also known as PRP injections)
In rehabilitation, a physical therapist or athletic trainer may employ ultrasound, electrical stimulation, cold therapy (icing) and massage to promote healing. They will also teach the patient specific stretches and strength training exercises to regain function and prevent future problems.
Less often, patients who do not benefit from these therapies may require surgery.
Achilles tendon repair can get you back into your daily life — and even back to high-impact sports. But not all hospitals achieve the same results. Some are more reliable than others. The HSS Hospital Reliability Scorecard can help you make sure you're asking the critical questions to find the hospital that's right for you. Understanding these data points will help you make the best decision for care: See hospital reliability data | https://www.hss.edu/condition-list_achilles-tendon.asp | 124 |
where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | Achilles Tendon: Function, Anatomy and Common Conditions | The Achilles (uh-KILL-ease) tendon is a band of tissue in the back of your leg. This tendon links your heel bone (calcaneus, pronounced cal-KAY-nee-us) to your calf muscles. It’s also called the calcaneal tendon.
You have two Achilles tendons, one in each leg. The Achilles tendons are the strongest and biggest tendons in your body. The Achilles averages about 15 centimeters (6 inches) in length, but it’s up to 26 centimeters (10 inches) long in some people.
Achilles tendons can handle about four times a person’s body weight. But people commonly experience Achilles tendon injuries because of the stress put on this tendon. Almost 1 in 4 athletes have an Achilles tendon injury during their lifetime.
The Achilles tendon, also called the heel cord, helps lift your heel off the ground. You use this tendon when you:
- Climb stairs.
- Jump.
- Run.
- Stand on your tiptoes.
- Walk.
The Achilles tendon starts in the middle of your calf and extends down to your heel. It connects your calf muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus muscles) in the back of your lower leg to the heel bone in your foot.
The gastrocnemius muscle has two heads that crisscross the knee joint. This muscle flexes your knee and ankle. The soleus muscle flexes your foot to point your toes downward.
Strong collagen fibers make up the Achilles tendon. As with other tendons, a layer of paratenon cells surround each layer of the Achilles. The paratenon layer provides blood flow to the tendon and lubricates its movement.
Healthcare providers often classify parts of the Achilles as the:
- Noninsertional Achilles tendon: The parts of the Achilles that are higher up the calf, including the midtendon and preinsertional tendon.
- Midtendon: The part of the Achilles at the narrowest part of the ankle, visible as a cordlike structure at the back of the lower calf or upper ankle.
- Preinsertional Achilles tendon: The part of the tendon just above the heel.
- Insertional Achilles tendon: The point where the Achilles tendon attaches to the heel bone.
Bursae, small sacs of fluid, cushion your Achilles tendon at its insertion point into your heel. The bursae aren’t part of the Achilles itself, but injuries to the tendon often affect them.
Problems involving the Achilles tendon are called Achilles tendinopathy. Achilles tendon disorders include:
- Anterior Achilles tendon bursitis : Walking, often in high-heeled shoes, inflames the bursa at the back of your heel.
- Achilles paratenonitis: Overuse, repeated movements or poorly fitted shoes inflame the paratenon.
- Achilles tendinitis (tendonitis) : Too much activity, like running, walking or sports, causes your Achilles tendon to swell and become painful.
- Achilles tendinosis: Overuse or aging gradually causes your tendon to degenerate, resulting in thickening due to scar tissue.
- Achilles tendon rupture : Running uphill, jumping or quickly changing speed or direction can tear the Achilles tendon completely or partially.
- Posterior Achilles tendon bursitis: Extra strain on the Achilles tendon (from injuries to the heel or diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or gout ) inflames the bursa.
Your healthcare provider first does a physical exam to check for Achilles tendinopathy. Your provider looks for Achilles tendon pain when they move or press your tendon.
They examine the area around your heel and lower leg for:
- A knot on the back of the leg or bruising over the tendon (signs of a tendon rupture).
- Swelling, tenderness, redness or warmth (signs of tendinitis, tendon bursitis or Achilles paratenonitis).
- Thickening or small bumps (signs of tendinosis).
Your healthcare provider may also use tests including:
- Thompson test (calf squeeze test): If your foot doesn’t flex downward when your provider presses your calf, you may have an Achilles tendon rupture.
- Matles test (knee function test): If the toe end of your foot doesn’t point away from your leg when your provider bends your knee at a right angle, you may have an Achilles tendon rupture.
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) : Your provider can see detailed images of your leg and ankle. These images can help diagnose an Achilles tendon rupture and other Achilles problems.
- Ultrasound (sonography) : Your provider can scan images of your Achilles tendon to look for a tendon rupture.
- X-rays : Your provider may take X-rays of your foot to check for problems related to tendinopathy, such as degeneration or bone spurs. They can also use X-rays to find hardening of the lower part of the Achilles tendon, a sign of tendinitis.
Healthcare providers usually treat calcaneal tendon problems with nonsurgical treatments, including:
- Immobilization: A boot or leg cast may help treat moderate to severe Achilles tendon problems, including partial tendon ruptures.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) : Over-the-counter medicines can help manage Achilles tendon pain.
- Orthotics: Custom-made shoe orthotics or heel-lift orthotics can ease pain, especially if you have Achilles tendinitis or tendinosis.
- Physical therapy: Stretches and exercises can strengthen your calf muscle.
- RICE therapy: Rest, ice, compression (with a sports bandage or tape) and elevation can help your tendon heal.
If you completely rupture your Achilles tendon, you may need surgery as soon as possible. Your health provider makes a recommendation based on your overall health, age, medical history and seriousness of the tear. Health providers often treat partial Achilles tendon ruptures with nonsurgical treatments.
To help reduce your risk of Achilles tendon problems:
- Alternate high-impact with low-impact activities.
- Avoid activities that place stress on your Achilles tendons, such as running up hills.
- Do daily exercises to stretch and strengthen your calf muscles.
- Increase the duration and intensity of your activity at a gradual pace.
- Take time for a warmup before you exercise.
- Wear well-fitting shoes designed for the activity you’re doing.
If you still experience pain and symptoms three to six months after you start treatment, you should talk to a healthcare provider. In some cases, severe Achilles tendonitis can lead to an Achilles tendon rupture, which requires surgery.
A note from Cleveland Clinic
Your Achilles tendon connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. Though the Achilles tendon is strong, people frequently experience Achilles tendon injuries. Conditions that impact the Achilles tendon include bursitis, tendinitis, tendinosis and tendon rupture. Providers treat most Achilles tendon issues nonsurgically, though tendon rupture often requires surgery. With proper rest and activity, many Achilles tendon injuries heal within three to six months. | https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/21927-achilles-tendon | 124 |
where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | All About Achilles Tendon Injuries | An Achilles tendon injury can happen to anyone, whether you’re an athlete or just going about your everyday life.
The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in your body. It stretches from the bones of your heel to your calf muscles. You can feel it: a springy band of tissue at the back of your ankle and above your heel. It lets you point your toes toward the floor and raise up on your tiptoes.
It’s common for this tendon to get injured. It can be mild or moderate and feel like a burning pain or stiffness in that part of your leg. If the pain is severe, your Achilles tendon may be partly or completely torn.
Achilles tendinitis is another type of injury in which some part of your tendon is inflamed. There are two main types of this condition, which affect different parts of your tendon:
- Noninsertional Achilles tendinitis. Fibers in the middle of your tendon break down, swell, and get thick.
- Insertional Achilles tendinitis. This affects the lower part of your heel, where your tendon inserts, or goes into, your heel bone. It can cause bone spurs .
The most obvious sign is pain above your heel, especially when you stretch your ankle or stand on your toes. It may be mild and get better or worse over time. If the tendon ruptures, the pain is instant and severe. The area may also feel tender, swollen, and stiff.
If your Achilles tendon tears, you may hear a snapping or popping noise when it happens. You could have bruising and swelling, too. You also may have trouble pointing your toes and pushing off your toes when you take a step.
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Achilles tendon injuries are common in people who do things where they quickly speed up, slow down, or pivot, such as:
- Running
- Gymnastics
- Dance
- Football
- Soccer
- Baseball
- Softball
- Basketball
- Tennis
- Volleyball
These injuries tend to happen when you start moving suddenly as you push off and lift your foot rather than when you land. For instance, a sprinter might get one at the start of a race as they surge off the starting block. The abrupt action can be too much for the tendon to handle. Men over 30 are especially prone to Achilles tendon injuries.
You can also injure your Achilles tendon if you stress it over and over again with high-impact activities. These are known as repetitive stress injuries.
You don’t have to be an athlete to get this kind of injury. If you step into a hole or fall from a high place, you could rupture your Achilles.
These things may make you more likely to get an Achilles tendon injury:
- You wear high heels, which can stress the tendon.
- You have "flat feet," also called fallen arches . This means that when you take a step, the impact causes the arch of your foot to collapse, stretching the muscles and tendons.
- Your leg muscles or tendons are too tight.
- You have bone spurs.
- You add time to your exercise routine or do more intense activity.
- You start a new type of exercise.
- You wear shoes that don’t fit well or aren’t right for the kind of physical activity you do.
- You work out on uneven surfaces.
- You take medicines called glucocorticoids or antibiotics called fluoroquinolones.
- You have a chronic condition that can weaken your Achilles, like rheumatoid arthritis , lupus , gout , or diabetes .
Doctors sometimes mistake an Achilles tendon injury for sprained ankle . To make the right diagnosis, your doctor will start with a physical exam. They may want to see you walk or run so they can look for problems that might have led to your injury.
They also might do something called the calf squeeze test. You'll kneel on a chair or bench or lie on your stomach on the exam table. Your doctor will gently squeeze the calf muscle on your healthy leg. This will pull on the tendon and make your foot move. Next, they’ll do the same thing on your other leg. If your Achilles tendon is torn, your foot won't move, because your calf muscle won't be connected to your foot.
Your doctor may test your range of motion to see if you can move your ankle the way you should. They may also do imaging tests, such as X-ray or MRI . These tests can show what kind of tendon damage you have and help them decide on the best treatment for you.
Minor to moderate Achilles tendon injuries should heal on their own. To speed the process, you can:
• Rest your leg. Avoid putting weight on it as best you can. You may need crutches.
• Ice it. Ice your injury for up to 20 minutes at a time as needed.
• Compress your leg. Use an elastic bandage around the lower leg and ankle to keep down swelling.
• Raise (elevate) your leg. Prop it on a pillow when you're sitting or lying down.
• Take anti-inflammatory painkillers . Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen and naproxen can help with pain and swelling. Follow the instructions on the label to help prevent side effects, such as bleeding and ulcers. Take them with food. Check with your doctor first if you have any allergies, have medical problems, or take any other medication. If you need them for longer than 7 to 10 days, call your doctor.
• Use a heel lift. Your doctor may recommend that you wear an insert in your shoe while you recover. It will help protect your Achilles tendon from further stretching.
• Practice stretching and strengthening exercises. Your doctor or physical therapist can recommend ones for you to try.
• Take part in low-impact activities. When your doctor says it’s OK, activities like swimming can help promote healing.
If your Achilles is torn, your doctor may recommend surgery. The younger and more active you are, the more likely that surgery will be the best option.
You should have the surgery within 4 weeks of the injury. Your surgeon will make a small incision in the back of your ankle and sew the Achilles back together. Sometimes they’ll need to sew other tendons in to make things even stronger. Between 80% and 90% of these operations are successful.
Your doctor could decide not to do surgery if you’re older and less active, or if you have only a partial tear.
The nonsurgical route will involve lots of physical therapy and doing stretches and exercises on your own. You might also have ultrasound or shockwave therapy. You may have to wear a cast, a walking boot, or heel cups to take pressure off the tendon and keep it from moving.
You’ll have a longer road to full recovery, and you’ll run a bigger risk of reinjuring the tendon.
Recovery may take months, but it depends on how serious your injury is. Different conditions heal at different rates.
You can still be active while your injury heals. Ask your doctor what’s OK to do. But don't rush things. Don't try to return to your old level of physical activity until:
- You can move your leg as easily and freely as your uninjured leg.
- Your leg feels as strong as your uninjured leg.
- You don't have any pain in your leg when you walk, jog, sprint, or jump.
If you push yourself too much before your Achilles tendon injury fully heals, you could get injured again, and the pain could become a long-lasting problem. You may be able to avoid some of these issues if you replace high-impact sports like running with low-impact exercise. Activities such as swimming or cycling put less stress on your tendon.
Here are some things you can try:
- Stretch and strengthen your calves.
- Cut down on uphill running.
- Wear shoes with good support that fit well.
- Stop exercising if you feel pain or tightness in the back of your calf or heel.
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where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | Achilles Tendon - Physiopedia | The Achilles (calcaneal) tendon is a common tendon shared between the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of the posterior leg. It connects the two muscle groups (collectively, triceps surae) to the calcaneus . Generally, the tendon winds 90 degrees on its path towards the heel, such that the gastrocnemius attaches laterally and the soleus attaches medially. [1] It is the thickest tendon in the human body and has the capacity to withstand large tensile forces. [2]
A subcutaneous calcaneal bursa permits movement of the skin over the flexed tendon. A deep bursa of the Achilles tendon reduces friction to allow free movement of the tendon over the bone. [1]
The tendon provides a distal attachment site for the gastrocnemius (lateral and medial heads) as well as the soleus muscles. It inserts onto the posterior surface of the calcaneus (heel bone). The plantaris tendon also fuses with the medial side of the Achilles tendon proximal to its attachment site. [3]
Through the action of the triceps surae, which raises the heel and lowers the forefoot, the Achilles tendon is involved in plantar flexion of the foot (approximately 93% of the plantar flexion force). [1] The contraction of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles result in a translational force through the Achilles tendon that results in plantar flexion of the foot. This action is very significant in human locomotion and propulsion responsible for actions such as walking, running and even jumping. [2] [4] Also, these motions exert the greatest load on the Achilles tendon, with tensile loads up to about ten times the body's weight. The anatomy of the tendon provides for both elasticity (recoil) and shock-absorbance in the foot. [1] It is the largest and strongest tendon in the human body and is capable of supporting tensional forces produced by movement of the lower limb. [5]
The Achilles tendon has its blood supply from longitudinal arteries which course the length of the tendon from two main blood vessels [6] :
- Posterior tibial artery: Which supplies the proximal and distal sections.
- Peroneal artery: Which supply the middle section.
The tendon has a generally poor blood supply throughout its length, as measured by the number of vessels per cross-sectional area. [2] In addition, a relative region of hypovascularity exists in its midsection which usually happens to be the site around which most injuries occur. This has been attributed as a contributing factor to diminished healing after trauma. [2]
Overall, the tendon has a relatively poor blood supply throughout its length, as measured by vessels per cross-sectional area. Also, there is a relatively hypovascular area in the midsection, which correlates to the location of many injuries: the area approximately 2 to 6 cm from the tendon's insertion point. Some have also suggested that poor vascularity contributes to diminished healing after trauma. Blood supply to the tendon also diminishes with age.
The Achilles tendon is innervated by nerves of the muscles from which it is formed and cutaneous nerves. the sural nerve particularly plays a major role in its innervation with a smaller supply from the tibial nerve. [7] The nerve endings form a longitudinal plexus which supplies afferent fibres in the great majority of the tendon. [8] The afferent receptors are largely located close to the osteotendinous junction and have all four types of receptors which are the type I, II, III, IV receptors (Ruffini corpuscle pressure receptors, Vater-Paccinian corpuscle sensitive to movement, Golgi tendons mechanoreceptors and free nerve endings that serve as pain receptors). [7]
The Achilles tendon is susceptible to damage with repetitive use or overload. These types of injuries typically occur in athletes and are usually sports or exercise-related. [5]
The most common types of injuries are due to overuse and Achilles Tendon disorders, of which 55%-65% are diagnosed as Achilles Tendinopathy . Insertional issues ( Retrocalcaneal Bursitis and Insertional Tendinopathy) account for 25%-35% of cases, with the remaining diagnosed as partial tears or undiagnosed complete ruptures. [5]
Complete Rupture of the Achilles Tendon has been estimated to occur at a rate of 5.5 to 9.9 per 100,000 in North America and between 6 to 18 per 100,000 in Europe. [9] Roughly 60-75% of ruptures take place in sporting activities, including basketball and soccer. [5]
The foot is plantar flexed against resistance or gravity (body weight) while observing the posterior leg.
- Palpation and physical examination
A summary of treatment interventions for Achilles Tendinopathy can be found in the Achilles Tendinopathy Toolkit .
Optimal treatment of acute Achilles Rupture is a highly contested topic [13] , but can be broken down into:
- Open Operative
- Percutaneous Operative
- Nonoperative Types. [5]
If a physician advocates for a non-surgical approach, the foot is typically placed in a cast or splint, such that it is held in plantar flexion. This treatment can be combined with early physiotherapy. [14]
More recently, evidence-based guidelines for managing Achilles Tendon Rupture have been released by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). None of the recommendations have a grading of "strong", but consensus recommendations based on expert opinion advocate the need for a detailed patient history and physical examination in diagnosis. [9] [13] The group also recommends a more cautious approach in operative treatment for certain patients, including those with diabetes and/or neuropathy, aged 65 or older, who are obese or who have sedentary lifestyles, who are immuno-compromized, and who use tobacco. [9] The only recommendations rated as "moderate" in strength (fair quality evidence) were specifically for post-operative interventions . These were the suggestions for:
- Protective weight bearing and
- Use of a protective device that allows mobilization 2-4 weeks post-operatively. [13] [9]
A review on the topic advocates for educating patients on the potential risks and benefits of each type of treatment, including operative and nonoperative types. [13]
A meta-analysis of randomized trials of Achilles tendon rupture repair has suggested that a nonoperative approach, in which plantar flexion is used to produce tendon apposition, can allow adequate healing. Functional bracing and modified postoperative mobilization, including daily active plantar flexion exercises, may stimulate tendon healing and reduce the potential rate of re-rupture. [14] | https://www.physio-pedia.com/Achilles_Tendon | 124 |
where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | Achilles Tendon Pain: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment | HSS | safety-message
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The Achilles tendon is a thick tendon located in the back of the leg. It connects the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles in the calf to an insertion point at the calcaneus (heel bone). It is the strongest tendon in the body and allows people to push off while walking, running and jumping.
Achilles injuries can occur in several places, but the most common area is at the muscle-tendon junction – the area where the calf muscles join with the tendon. Injuries in this area often heal on their own. This junction has a smaller blood supply than does the muscular area of the leg, however. This makes the healing process slower than it is in many other leg injuries.
Chronic, long-lasting Achilles tendon disorders range from overuse injuries that cause inflammation or degeneration, to acute traumas such as Achilles tendon ruptures. Pain along the back of the ankle or in the heel are often the result of distinct problems along the course of the Achilles tendon or at its point of attachment to the heel of the foot. This type of pain may also be caused by retrocalcaneal bursitis , which is sometimes called Achilles tendon bursitis. Learn about more specific Achilles tendon conditions in the articles shown below.
Since a lack of flexibility is a major cause of injury, proper stretching of the lower leg is the most basic way to prevent Achilles tendon strains or tears. As is the case with many other conditions injuries, it is important to stay as fit as possible during the healing and rehabilitation process. Swimming and other non-impact exercises are best, including bicycling, if that activity does not cause any pain (which would indicate a likelihood of reinjury). Running should be avoided at all costs until a rehabilitation specialist, trainer or doctor advises that sufficient recovery has taken place.
Most people who have injuries and inflammation related to overuse of the tendon undergo nonsurgical treatments. These can include:
- rest or other modification of activities
- physical therapy (rehabilitation)
- nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ) such as ibuprofen
- (for some patients) platelet-rich plasma injections (also known as PRP injections)
In rehabilitation, a physical therapist or athletic trainer may employ ultrasound, electrical stimulation, cold therapy (icing) and massage to promote healing. They will also teach the patient specific stretches and strength training exercises to regain function and prevent future problems.
Less often, patients who do not benefit from these therapies may require surgery.
Achilles tendon repair can get you back into your daily life — and even back to high-impact sports. But not all hospitals achieve the same results. Some are more reliable than others. The HSS Hospital Reliability Scorecard can help you make sure you're asking the critical questions to find the hospital that's right for you. Understanding these data points will help you make the best decision for care: See hospital reliability data | https://www.hss.edu/condition-list_achilles-tendon.asp | 124 |
where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | Achilles tendon rupture - Symptoms and causes | Achilles (uh-KILL-eez) tendon rupture is an injury that affects the back of your lower leg. It mainly occurs in people playing recreational sports, but it can happen to anyone.
The Achilles tendon is a strong fibrous cord that connects the muscles in the back of your calf to your heel bone. If you overstretch your Achilles tendon, it can tear (rupture) completely or just partially.
If your Achilles tendon ruptures, you might hear a pop, followed by an immediate sharp pain in the back of your ankle and lower leg that is likely to affect your ability to walk properly. Surgery is often performed to repair the rupture. For many people, however, nonsurgical treatment works just as well.
Although it's possible to have no signs or symptoms with an Achilles tendon rupture, most people have:
- The feeling of having been kicked in the calf
- Pain, possibly severe, and swelling near the heel
- An inability to bend the foot downward or "push off" the injured leg when walking
- An inability to stand on the toes on the injured leg
- A popping or snapping sound when the injury occurs
Seek medical advice immediately if you hear a pop in your heel, especially if you can't walk properly afterward.
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Your Achilles tendon helps you point your foot downward, rise on your toes and push off your foot as you walk. You rely on it virtually every time you walk and move your foot.
Rupture usually occurs in the section of the tendon situated within 2 1/2 inches (about 6 centimeters) of the point where it attaches to the heel bone. This section might be prone to rupture because blood flow is poor, which also can impair its ability to heal.
Ruptures often are caused by a sudden increase in the stress on your Achilles tendon. Common examples include:
- Increasing the intensity of sports participation, especially in sports that involve jumping
- Falling from a height
- Stepping into a hole
Factors that may increase your risk of Achilles tendon rupture include:
- Age. The peak age for Achilles tendon rupture is 30 to 40.
- Sex. Achilles tendon rupture is up to five times more likely to occur in men than in women.
- Recreational sports. Achilles tendon injuries occur more often during sports that involve running, jumping, and sudden starts and stops — such as soccer, basketball and tennis.
- Steroid injections. Doctors sometimes inject steroids into an ankle joint to reduce pain and inflammation. However, this medication can weaken nearby tendons and has been associated with Achilles tendon ruptures.
- Certain antibiotics. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics, such as ciprofloxacin (Cipro) or levofloxacin (Levaquin), increase the risk of Achilles tendon rupture.
- Obesity. Excess weight puts more strain on the tendon.
To reduce your chance of developing Achilles tendon problems, follow these tips:
- Stretch and strengthen calf muscles. Stretch your calf until you feel a noticeable pull but not pain. Don't bounce during a stretch. Calf-strengthening exercises can also help the muscle and tendon absorb more force and prevent injury.
- Vary your exercises. Alternate high-impact sports, such as running, with low-impact sports, such as walking, biking or swimming. Avoid activities that place excessive stress on your Achilles tendons, such as hill running and jumping activities.
- Choose running surfaces carefully. Avoid or limit running on hard or slippery surfaces. Dress properly for cold-weather training, and wear well-fitting athletic shoes with proper cushioning in the heels.
- Increase training intensity slowly. Achilles tendon injuries commonly occur after an abrupt increase in training intensity. Increase the distance, duration and frequency of your training by no more than 10 percent weekly. | https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/achilles-tendon-rupture/symptoms-causes/syc-20353234 | 124 |
where does the achilles tendon attach to the calf | Achilles Tendon: Function, Anatomy and Common Conditions | The Achilles (uh-KILL-ease) tendon is a band of tissue in the back of your leg. This tendon links your heel bone (calcaneus, pronounced cal-KAY-nee-us) to your calf muscles. It’s also called the calcaneal tendon.
You have two Achilles tendons, one in each leg. The Achilles tendons are the strongest and biggest tendons in your body. The Achilles averages about 15 centimeters (6 inches) in length, but it’s up to 26 centimeters (10 inches) long in some people.
Achilles tendons can handle about four times a person’s body weight. But people commonly experience Achilles tendon injuries because of the stress put on this tendon. Almost 1 in 4 athletes have an Achilles tendon injury during their lifetime.
The Achilles tendon, also called the heel cord, helps lift your heel off the ground. You use this tendon when you:
- Climb stairs.
- Jump.
- Run.
- Stand on your tiptoes.
- Walk.
The Achilles tendon starts in the middle of your calf and extends down to your heel. It connects your calf muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus muscles) in the back of your lower leg to the heel bone in your foot.
The gastrocnemius muscle has two heads that crisscross the knee joint. This muscle flexes your knee and ankle. The soleus muscle flexes your foot to point your toes downward.
Strong collagen fibers make up the Achilles tendon. As with other tendons, a layer of paratenon cells surround each layer of the Achilles. The paratenon layer provides blood flow to the tendon and lubricates its movement.
Healthcare providers often classify parts of the Achilles as the:
- Noninsertional Achilles tendon: The parts of the Achilles that are higher up the calf, including the midtendon and preinsertional tendon.
- Midtendon: The part of the Achilles at the narrowest part of the ankle, visible as a cordlike structure at the back of the lower calf or upper ankle.
- Preinsertional Achilles tendon: The part of the tendon just above the heel.
- Insertional Achilles tendon: The point where the Achilles tendon attaches to the heel bone.
Bursae, small sacs of fluid, cushion your Achilles tendon at its insertion point into your heel. The bursae aren’t part of the Achilles itself, but injuries to the tendon often affect them.
Problems involving the Achilles tendon are called Achilles tendinopathy. Achilles tendon disorders include:
- Anterior Achilles tendon bursitis : Walking, often in high-heeled shoes, inflames the bursa at the back of your heel.
- Achilles paratenonitis: Overuse, repeated movements or poorly fitted shoes inflame the paratenon.
- Achilles tendinitis (tendonitis) : Too much activity, like running, walking or sports, causes your Achilles tendon to swell and become painful.
- Achilles tendinosis: Overuse or aging gradually causes your tendon to degenerate, resulting in thickening due to scar tissue.
- Achilles tendon rupture : Running uphill, jumping or quickly changing speed or direction can tear the Achilles tendon completely or partially.
- Posterior Achilles tendon bursitis: Extra strain on the Achilles tendon (from injuries to the heel or diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or gout ) inflames the bursa.
Your healthcare provider first does a physical exam to check for Achilles tendinopathy. Your provider looks for Achilles tendon pain when they move or press your tendon.
They examine the area around your heel and lower leg for:
- A knot on the back of the leg or bruising over the tendon (signs of a tendon rupture).
- Swelling, tenderness, redness or warmth (signs of tendinitis, tendon bursitis or Achilles paratenonitis).
- Thickening or small bumps (signs of tendinosis).
Your healthcare provider may also use tests including:
- Thompson test (calf squeeze test): If your foot doesn’t flex downward when your provider presses your calf, you may have an Achilles tendon rupture.
- Matles test (knee function test): If the toe end of your foot doesn’t point away from your leg when your provider bends your knee at a right angle, you may have an Achilles tendon rupture.
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) : Your provider can see detailed images of your leg and ankle. These images can help diagnose an Achilles tendon rupture and other Achilles problems.
- Ultrasound (sonography) : Your provider can scan images of your Achilles tendon to look for a tendon rupture.
- X-rays : Your provider may take X-rays of your foot to check for problems related to tendinopathy, such as degeneration or bone spurs. They can also use X-rays to find hardening of the lower part of the Achilles tendon, a sign of tendinitis.
Healthcare providers usually treat calcaneal tendon problems with nonsurgical treatments, including:
- Immobilization: A boot or leg cast may help treat moderate to severe Achilles tendon problems, including partial tendon ruptures.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) : Over-the-counter medicines can help manage Achilles tendon pain.
- Orthotics: Custom-made shoe orthotics or heel-lift orthotics can ease pain, especially if you have Achilles tendinitis or tendinosis.
- Physical therapy: Stretches and exercises can strengthen your calf muscle.
- RICE therapy: Rest, ice, compression (with a sports bandage or tape) and elevation can help your tendon heal.
If you completely rupture your Achilles tendon, you may need surgery as soon as possible. Your health provider makes a recommendation based on your overall health, age, medical history and seriousness of the tear. Health providers often treat partial Achilles tendon ruptures with nonsurgical treatments.
To help reduce your risk of Achilles tendon problems:
- Alternate high-impact with low-impact activities.
- Avoid activities that place stress on your Achilles tendons, such as running up hills.
- Do daily exercises to stretch and strengthen your calf muscles.
- Increase the duration and intensity of your activity at a gradual pace.
- Take time for a warmup before you exercise.
- Wear well-fitting shoes designed for the activity you’re doing.
If you still experience pain and symptoms three to six months after you start treatment, you should talk to a healthcare provider. In some cases, severe Achilles tendonitis can lead to an Achilles tendon rupture, which requires surgery.
A note from Cleveland Clinic
Your Achilles tendon connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. Though the Achilles tendon is strong, people frequently experience Achilles tendon injuries. Conditions that impact the Achilles tendon include bursitis, tendinitis, tendinosis and tendon rupture. Providers treat most Achilles tendon issues nonsurgically, though tendon rupture often requires surgery. With proper rest and activity, many Achilles tendon injuries heal within three to six months. | https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/21927-achilles-tendon | 124 |
who wrote i could fall in love by selena | I Could Fall in Love | " I Could Fall in Love " is a song by American Tejano singer Selena . It was written and produced by Keith Thomas . It was for Selena's fifth album Dreaming of You (1995). The song's lyrics are about a woman who loves a guy. She is scared of rejection so she decides not to tell him and keeps it to herself.
It was released in the United States on June 26, 1995 as a promotional recording and not as a CD single. Because of this, it was not eligible for the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was released three months after Selena was killed by her friend and ex-employer of her clothing stores , Yolanda Saldivar . [1] "I Could Fall in Love" reached number eight on the US Hot 100 Airplay chart. It reached number one in Canada and the US Latin Pop Airplay chart. "I Could Fall in Love" had also reached many other positions on other charts.
Helped by heavy rotation , "I Could Fall in Love" became Selena's most famous songs. It also helped her gain English speaking fans. Many American Idol contestants have covered the song. Puerto Rican singer and actress , Jennifer Lopez have covered the song as a tribute to Selena during one of her concerts. Cuban singer, Gloria Estefan have covered the song during the Selena ¡VIVE! concert held on April 9, 2005.
Selena, and her brother A.B. Quintanilla III , went to Nashville, Tennessee to see Keith Thomas. [2] Thomas is a music producer and a songwriter who has worked with Amy Grant before. [3] Thomas had introduced himself to both Selena and A.B. He explained to them that he did not add any vocals to the song called "I Could Fall in Love". The vocals in a song help singers learn the lyrics quicker. Thomas began singing the introduction of "I Could Fall in Love". At that moment, Selena and A.B. had wanted the song to be included in Selena's crossover album . Thomas had given Selena the lyrics so she can memorize it for her recording session . In December 1994, Selena went back to Nashville by herself on a plane. She recorded "I Could Fall in Love" that day. [2] Thomas later told Biography , that "all eyes were on her". He also said that Selena had no " ego " problems and was "down to-Earth" (a person who keeps a positive attitude and always acts nice to everyone). [4]
"I Could Fall in Love" is a contemporary R&B , soul and a power ballad . [5] [6] The song is about a women who loves a guy. She is scared to be rejected by him. Because of this, she decides not to tell him. [2] It is composed in C minor with 157 beats per minute . [7] The electronic keyboards , Spanish guitar , and the drums is the song's background music . [7] [8] Selena uses the soprano voice. She has a light-deep voice and uses her emotional voice when she sings the title of the song. [7] [8] Trey Lorenz is the backing vocalist . After Selena sings the chorus , she sings in Spanish during the down- tempo part of the song. [6] [7] She goes back to singing in English. At the end of the song, she uses the melisma technique and hits a high F note . [7]
"I Could Fall in Love" was released as a promotional recording on June 26, 1995 and to radio stations on June 15. [9] It soon became a hit single across the United States. [10] "I Could Fall in Love" had dominated the Top 40 radio stations. [5] [11] [12] It also had heavy rotation in Southern United States . [13] "I Could Fall in Love" became the most played song in Kansas City , Miami , and Boston , while it was the second-most played song in Los Angeles . [14] It was played on radio stations in Tucson, Arizona every 2½ hours. [15]
In 1996, "I Could Fall in Love" won the Tejano Crossover Song of the Year at the 16th Tejano Music Awards . [16] In 1997, Thomas won the "Among Most Played Song" award at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for "I Could Fall in Love". [17] Selena's three top-five singles, including "I Could Fall in Love", made her runner-up to Shania Twain on UU-BRU Radio Playlist ' s "Top Female Act of the Year" in 1995. [18] The songs "Dreaming of You" and "I Could Fall in Love" were EMI Records' top selling digital downloads from April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005. [19]
"I Could Fall in Love" was given positive reviews from music critics . Mario Tarrradell of The Dallas Morning News wrote that "I Could Fall in Love" reminded him of songs recorded by TLC and Brandy Norwood . [6] A San Jose Mercury News writer believed "I Could Fall in Love" and " Dreaming of You " helped Selena to become the new " Gloria Estefan ". [20] Richard Torres of Newsday believed "I Could Fall in Love" and "Dreaming of You" became romantic anthems . [21] According to James Hunter of Vibe magazine , "I Could Fall in Love" is a "masterpiece". On March 31, 2010, Teresa Jusino of Popmatters wrote that English-speaking music fans no longer knows Selena's name. She also said that if you played "Dreaming of You" or "I Could Fall in Love", they will most likely say "I remember that song!" or "I love that one!". [22] "I Could Fall in Love" became a popular wedding song after its release. [23] It also became one of Selena's most famous songs. [24] [25] It helped her gain English language speaking fans. [14]
The music video for "I Could Fall in Love" was released in August 1995. It features pictures and videos of Selena. [26] The music video reached number 11 on the Billboard Video Monitor VH1 Top Music Videos list. It also reached number six on The BOX Video List, [27] number 10 on the MOR Music list, and number 3 on the California Music Channel (CMC). [28]
In 2001, Jennifer Lopez covered the song during her Lets Get Loud Tour in Puerto Rico . [29] During the Selena ¡VIVE! (2005) concert, Cuban singer Gloria Estefan covered the song. [30] Puerto Rican singer Ana recorded the song on her album Amor Latino . [31] American Idol contestants have covered the song. They include, Lisa Leuschner (season 3) and Karen Rodriguez (season 10). [32] [33] Korean singer Im Tae Kyung have recorded the song on his album Sentimental Journey . [34] Reggae singer Fiona had also recorded the song on her album Best of Sweet Love . [35] American R&B singer Ali-Ollie Woodson recorded the song on his album Love At the Same Time . Filipino singer Ivy Violan recorded the song for her album Ivy Silver Series . [36] American singer Blake Cardenas recorded the song on his debut album Born Ready . [37]
American singer and actress Keke Palmer had done an acoustic version of the song on her YouTube account. [38] Snooki , from the American reality television series Jersey Shore , lip sync the song on her YouTube account. [39]
"I Could Fall in Love" reached number eight on the US Hot 100 Airplay . [40] It also reached to number two for five weeks on the Hot Latin Tracks . [40] "I Could Fall in Love" became the highest ranking English language song on the Hot Latin Tracks for two years. [41] The song " My Heart Will Go On " by Celine Dion surpassed it in 1998 when it peaked at number one. [42] [43] It reached number four on the Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay and number five on both the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay. [40] The song reached number one on the Latin Pop Airplay chart. [44] "I Could Fall in Love" reached number 17 on the Adult Top 40 chart. [40] The song peaked at number three on the Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay chart. [45] It also peaked at number six on the Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrent chart. [46] On the Rhythmic Top 40, it reached number six and on number 15 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart. [44]
In New Zealand , "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 36 on the New Zealand Top 40 chart. [47] On the fifth week while being on the chart, "I Could Fall in Love" reached number ten. [47] Selena became the first and only Tejano singer to have one of her songs be played in that country. [48] In Canada, "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 55 on the Adult Contemporary chart. [49] It reached number one on November 6, 1995. [50] The song debuted at number 94 on the Top Singles chart. [51] On the eleventh week while being on the chart, it reached number ten. [52] It remained there for two weeks at number ten. [53] "I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number 37 on the Tokyo Hot 100 . [54]
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who wrote i could fall in love by selena | I Could Fall in Love | " I Could Fall in Love " is a song recorded by American Tejano singer Selena for her fifth studio album, Dreaming of You (1995), released posthumously by EMI Latin on 15 June 1995. "I Could Fall in Love" and " Tú Sólo Tú " were the album's lead promotional recordings and her first English language songs to be featured as singles, showcasing her musical transition from Spanish-language to English-language songs. The lyrics explore feelings of heartbreak and despair and express the singer's fear of rejection by a man she finds herself falling in love with. Composed by Keith Thomas , "I Could Fall in Love" is a pop ballad with R&B , soul and soft rock influences.
Critics praised Selena's emotive enunciation and compared it to work by Celine Dion , Brandy Norwood and TLC . It received the Tejano Music Award for the Tejano Crossover Song of the Year, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recognized it at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards as one of the most performed songs of 1995. Because of the recording's composition structure and the singer's vocalization, OC Weekly , BuzzFeed , Neon Tommy , and Latina magazine, believed "I Could Fall in Love" was one of the best songs recorded by Selena in her musical career.
The track was not released as a commercial single in the United States, where it was feared that it might sell more copies than the album itself. "I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, and at number one on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart. It reached the top ten on the singles charts of Canada and New Zealand. It became the most played song in Kansas City , Miami , and Boston and the second most played in Los Angeles .
The accompanying music video , directed by Hector Galan, featured a montage of pictures and videos of live performances of Selena, which had been collected by her family. It, too, was released posthumously, and it received a Music Video of the Year nomination at the 1996 Tejano Music Awards . "I Could Fall in Love" became one of Selena's most famous and recognizable recordings, and in the 1990s it became a popular wedding song . Cover versions include recordings by Adrienne Bailon , Jennifer Lopez , Gloria Estefan , Lisa Leuschner , Solange Knowles and Ali-Ollie Woodson .
Before Selena signed a recording contract in 1989 with EMI Latin , [1] she had hinted that she wanted to start recording in English. [2] [3] She was asked to make three demonstration recordings for Charles Koppelman , chairman of EMI Records. [4] After reviewing them, Koppelman declined a crossover attempt, believing that Selena should first strengthen her fan base. [5] Later, after releasing five Spanish-language albums that all achieved unprecedented milestones in the Latin music industry, [1] [6] Koppelman considered that Selena had reached her peak in the Spanish market, and he began preparations for a crossover album. [5] [7]
Selena and her record-producer brother A.B. Quintanilla III [8] arrived in Nashville, Tennessee, intending to collaborate with producer-songwriter Keith Thomas . [9] Thomas had prepared the instrumental parts for "I Could Fall in Love" but had not had time to complete the vocal parts, so he sang it for them. [9] Selena and A.B. immediately liked it, and A.B. said that he wanted Selena to include it in her album. She recorded it in December 1994 at The Bennett House in Franklin , Tennessee, and Bill Whittington mixed it with assistance from Mike Corbett and Todd Moore. [9] Although Selena had to return later when Thomas was able to provide additional vocals, Selena's husband Chris Perez , who had overseen the recording sessions, said that the recording was completed on 25 March 1995. [9] [10]
On 31 March 1995, Selena was murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas , by her friend and former employee Yolanda Saldívar . [11] Thomas later announced that he had been working on another track for Selena to record, telling Biography that the track remained unfinished. [12] "I Could Fall in Love" was released as the lead promotional recording for the 1995 album Dreaming of You on 26 June 1995, [13] [14] at the same time as " Tú Sólo Tú ", to demonstrate Selena's transition from Spanish- to English-language recordings. [9] "I Could Fall in Love" debuted on US radios on 15 June 1995 to contemporary hit radios , Top 40 , urban AC and rhythmic contemporary airplay, while "Tú Sólo Tú" targeted Latin music radios such as Tejano , Latin pop , and regional Mexican airplay. [15] [16] An editor from the Arizona Daily Star believed "I Could Fall in Love" was targeted more towards adult contemporary radios than R&B and top 40 radio formats that were successful for Gloria Estefan . [17]
"I Could Fall in Love" was released as a maxi single on 26 June 1995 in Australia [18] and Mexico [19] and on 10 August 1995 in Germany. [20] A maxi single featuring " Dreaming of You " and " Sukiyaki " was released in Japan. "Tú Sólo Tú" was released primarily to Spanish-speaking countries. [17] Fred Bronson of Billboard commented that if EMI Latin had released "I Could Fall in Love" as a single and it had debuted in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, then it would have been the first posthumous debut single to do so since " Pledging My Love " by Johnny Ace in 1955. [21]
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"I Could Fall in Love" is a mid- tempo [22] pop ballad [23] and R&B [22] song with soul [9] and soft rock influences. [24] Mario Tarradell, an editorial writer for The Dallas Morning News , called the song a "mundane ballad ". [25] It is set in common time and employs an electronic piano , drum machine , a violin, and a flute in the background. [23] [26] The instrumentation includes bass drum , keyboard, flamenco guitar , [22] Spanish guitar , and synthesizers. [17] "I Could Fall in Love" is written in the key of E major , to be played in a moderate groove at 78 half notes per minute. The vocal range of the melody extends from the note F ♯ 3 to A 4 . [26] Sandy Masuo of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote, "These songs ["I Could Fall in Love", "I'm Getting Used to You" and "Captive Heart"] were to be her armaments in the crossover war and, sure enough, they're catchy, state-of-the-art pop/R&B – but, despite the sublime melody of "I Could Fall in Love", strikingly anonymous." [27] An editor from the Contra Costa Times called the song a "jazzy ballad". [28] Donny Brusca's book BPM List 2006: Main Edition classified it as "light-adult contemporary". [29] Andrew Griffin of The Town Talk called it a "Tex-Mex (Texas-Mexico) pop" song. [30]
"I Could Fall in Love" is similar to "Dreaming of You" in its lyrics. [25] Many media outlets, including the Milwaukee Journal and Billboard magazine, called them "confessional ballads", [31] with an emotionally vulnerable narrator who wants true love but finds it unattainable. [32] Tarradell believed "I Could Fall in Love" was an indirect response to Selena's father and manager Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. , who forced her and Perez to end their relationship just because Perez was a rocker. Tarradell asserted that the words "I know it's not right but I guess I should try to do what I should do" were directed at Abraham and reflected Selena's realization of her independence. [33] Ramiro Burr of the San Antonio Express-News believed that Selena's 1992 song " Missing My Baby " shared similarities with "I Could Fall in Love" in expressing uncontrollable "adrenalin-fueled love". Burr later wrote that the difference in "I Could Fall in Love" is that the lyrics are recorded with "powerful agony" which forces the narrator to "fall into a phase of deep loneliness" because her lover may or may not reciprocate her feelings. [34]
The first verse of "I Could Fall in Love" implores the object of the singer's desire to walk away, because her emotions are too overpowering and she feels love of unprecedented intensity. She fears that by allowing him to stay attached, she may "lose control". Selena believes that her infatuation can lead to romantic love. She then sings "I could fall in love (in love) with you" before wondering how she would feel if she were to touch him for the first time. The fear of being rejected and unloved leads her to keep her feelings to herself, [35] and she begins to believe that her love is "not right". She continues, "and I guess I should try / to do what I should do / but I could fall in love / fall in love with you". During the midpoint break, Selena sings in Spanish that she is always dreaming about him, imagining that he loves her. She sings the chorus twice before the song comes to an end without her ever having come to terms with her loved one. [26]
"I Could Fall in Love" received a generally positive response from music critics, who commented on its similarities to songs recorded by other artists. Ed Morales of Vibe magazine felt that, because of its syncopated drums, "I Could Fall in Love" had a " Jon Secada -like feel", [36] and it reminded Tarradell of songs recorded by American singer Brandy Norwood and by the trio TLC . [25] An editor from the Star-News thought the song had "a whiff of" Celine Dion . [37] James Hunter, also from Vibe , praised Selena's astute interpretation, calling it a "masterpiece" and commenting that Selena's death made the track more difficult to listen to. [38] Larry Flick of Billboard described "I Could Fall in Love" as an "optimistic love song" that left "melancholy thoughts of what might have been" in the mind of the listener. [39] John Lannert, also from Billboard , conceived "I Could Fall in Love" as a "sensuous narrative" recording [40] and a "seductive romantic confessional". [41] Tarradell, writing in The Beaver County Times , called it a "crossover staple". [42]
Mary Talbot of the New York Daily News , praised Selena's "soft, velvety voice". [31] A San Jose Mercury News reporter wrote that "I Could Fall in Love" and "Dreaming of You" helped Selena to become "the new Gloria Estefan". [43] Richard Torres of Newsday considered both these songs to be romantic anthems . [44] Enrique Fernandez of the Sun Sentinel described "I Could Fall in Love" as "beautiful", [45] while an editor from The Sacramento Bee called the song a "Latin-influenced R&B lite". [22] Because of its "overly simplistic and repetitive lyrics", Ramiro Burr of the San Antonio Express-News assessed "I Could Fall in Love" as the "weakest track" of Dreaming of You . [46]
Elizabeth Rodriguez Kessler and Anne Perrin wrote in their 2007 book Chican@s in the Conversations that "I Could Fall in Love" was a "clean pop offering". [47] Joey Guerra of the Houston Chronicle commented in 2008 that it had "made the Tejano goddess a posthumous crossover star". [48] On 31 March 2010, Teresa Jusino of Popmatters expressed the view that English-speaking music fans no longer remember Selena's name, saying that on playing "Dreaming of You" or "I Could Fall in Love", many would say "I remember that song!" or "I love that one!". [49] Randi Bergman of Fashion magazine, called the number an "epic ballad". [50]
"I Could Fall in Love" was nominated for "Song of the Year" at the 1996 Tejano Music Awards , and won the Tejano Crossover Songs of the Year. [51] The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recognized it as one of the most performed songs of 1995 at the 4th ASCAP Pop Music Awards. [52] Marco Torres of OC Weekly , called the song "so sweet, so loving, so absolutely, amazingly, and astonishingly adorable!" and placed it at number seven on his "Top 10 Selena songs of All time" list. [53] Brian Galindo of BuzzFeed believed the "melancholy ballad is another great example of Selena's ability bring an emotional vulnerability to her songs." and placed "I Could Fall in Love" at number five on his list of "The 15 Greatest Selena Songs of All Time". [54] Latina magazine placed "I Could Fall in Love" at number three on their "Remembering Selena: Her Top Ten Songs" list. [55] Ashley Velez of Neon Tommy commented that "Selena lends her vulnerability to this slow ballad" and that it "displays Selena's talented vocals and helped introduce the singer to the American mainstream." Velez then ranked the recording number two on her list of the "Top 5 Selena Songs". [35]
Davitt Sigerson, the president and CEO of EMI records, feared that "I Could Fall in Love" might sell more copies than the album itself, so he did not issue the single as a commercial release. [56] Therefore, it was not eligible for the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [57] [58] "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number four on the Hot Latin Tracks chart on 1 July 1995 [59] [60] and peaked at number two the following week, becoming the highest-ever English-language song on that chart. "Tú Sólo Tú" and "I Could Fall in Love" occupied the first and second positions respectively on Hot Latin Tracks for five consecutive weeks. [61] Selena thus became the first artist to place both a Spanish- and an English-language song in the top ten of the Hot Latin Tracks chart. [41] "I Could Fall in Love" became the fifth best-charting song from that chart in 1995 [62] and remained the highest-charting English-language song for two years, until Celine Dion's 1998 single " My Heart Will Go On " surpassed it when it peaked at number one. [63] It also reached number-one on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart.
"I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 46 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart issue dated 8 July 1995 [64] and peaked eight weeks later at number 8 on 2 September 1995. [65] By entering the Adult Contemporary Tracks chart at number 37 on 29 July 1995, the recording received a "Hot Shot Debut" as the highest debut of the week. [66] It ran at number 14 for three consecutive weeks starting on 21 October 1995. [67]
"I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number 17 on the Adult Top 40 chart [68] and number three on the Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay chart on 23 December 1995. [69] The performance entered the Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrent chart on 27 January 1996 at number six [70] and achieved the same on the Rhythmic Top 40 . Number 15 was its highest position on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. [68] In New Zealand, "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 36 on the New Zealand Singles Chart on 10 October 1995 and peaked at number ten in the week ending 19 November 1995, its fifth week on the chart. [71] In Canada, "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 55 on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart of 24 July 1995. [72] By 30 October it had reached number one. [73] On 21 August 1995 it entered at number 94 on the RPM Top Singles chart, [74] and in October, after eleven weeks, it reached number ten for two consecutive weeks. [75] [76]
Directed by Hector Galan, the song's accompanying music video featured a montage of pictures and videos of live performances by Selena that had been collected by her family. It was released posthumously and received a Music Video of the Year nomination at the 1995 Tejano Music Awards. [51] [77] [78] This promotional video reached number 11 on the Billboard Video Monitor VH1 Top Music Videos list, number 6 on The BOX Video List, [58] number 10 on the MOR Music list, and number 3 on the California Music Channel (CMC) list of most popular music videos. [79]
"I Could Fall in Love" dominated the Top 40 radio stations, [23] [80] [81] a fact that was well received by critics. [80] [82] The song was given heavy rotation in the southern United States, [83] becoming the most played song in Kansas City , Miami , and Boston and the second most played in Los Angeles . [84] In Tucson, Arizona , it was played every 2½ hours, [85] and in San Antonio every hour. [86] The song was played 25 times its first day of availability on US radios on the Harlingen, Texas radio station KBTQ . [87] It helped increase Selena's catalogue sales and simultaneously boosted media attention. [40] The song's release sparked a two-day "on-air blitz" on radios in South Texas . [88] In Riverside, California , program directors reported that "I Could Fall in Love" was one of the three hits they were playing most often on their radio stations. [89] A San Antonio disc jockey told The Victoria Advocate about the overwhelming response received from the English-speaking audience, who were constantly calling her radio station asking for "I Could Fall in Love". [13]
"Dreaming of You" and "I Could Fall in Love" were EMI Records' top selling digital downloads from 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005. [90] "I Could Fall in Love" became one of Selena's most widely recognized recordings. [23] [49] It rapidly became popular as a wedding song , [91] causing it to become one of Selena's most famous songs. Her English-speaking audience increased substantially as a result of its widespread popularity. [84] [92] [93] Amanda Edwards of Voxxi.com called it "one of the most popular Latin love songs of all time", adding that, "from her sweet voice to the genuine sentiment of the song (with a hint of sexiness if you're listening carefully), we're sold on this track being a solid standby any time of year but especially for someone hoping for romance on Valentine's Day". [94]
A number of singers have adapted the song in a variety of genres. Puerto Rican-American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez lip-synced the track for her portrayal of the title role in the 1997 biographical film Selena , [96] which was praised by critics. Reviewing the film's opening, a Wichita Eagle writer described the song as "hauntingly lovely" and said that it expressed the feelings of Selena's fans. [97] Lopez included "I Could Fall in Love" in the set list for her Lets Get Loud Tour in 2001 at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico , [98] and on 11 February 2003 she included the song in her live video album Jennifer Lopez: Let's Get Loud . [95] Cuban singer Gloria Estefan performed a cover version during the Selena ¡VIVE! concert in 2005; [99] [100] Tarradell commented in The Dallas Morning News that it had been a "lovely rendition". [101] Puerto Rican singer Ana recorded the song for her album Amor Latino . [102] The Korean singer Im Tae Kyung performed a slower pop ballad version that incorporates a guitar as its musical foundation. [103] A reggae-inspired version of the song appeared on Fiona's Best of Sweet Love . [104]
Season three American Idol contestant Lisa Leuschner included the song in her album Reality . [105] In Kumbia Kings ' third compilation album Duetos (2005), Selena's brother A.B. Quintanilla III recorded "I Could Fall in Love" as a Spanglish duet with Selena. [106] For the album Familia RMM Recordando a Selena , recorded by various artists in 1996, Los Jovenes Del Barrio performed a cover of the song. [107] Season 10 American Idol contestant Karen Rodriguez performed "I Could Fall in Love" during the "top 13" episode, receiving unfavorable reviews from critics who considered the song too powerful for her. [108] [109] However, The Washington Post contributor Derrik Lang called Rodriguez' cover a "breathy redemption". [110] American Idol alumna Katie Stevens wrote to The Hollywood Reporter , claiming that the judges on the show had judged Rodriguez too harshly and calling Rodriguez the "new Selena". [111] Rodriguez recorded a studio version of "I Could Fall in Love" in 2011 for her debut album, which was produced by Jim Jonsin . [112]
Solange Knowles included the song in the set list for her 2013 world tour, which has received praise from music critics. [113] [114] Joey Guerra of the Houston Chronicle wrote that Knowles had "put a lovely, downtempo twist on 'I Could Fall in Love ' ". [115] Michael O'Connell of The Hollywood Reporter called Knowles' rendition a "fangirl cover". [116] Writing in the San Francisco Weekly , Erin Browner considered Knowles' cover the "highlight of the night" when she performed it at the start of her US tour. Browner commented that the "combination of sexy Solange and Selena's epic love song was almost too much for the audience to handle" and that "people immediately whipped out their phones to record (yep, it's already on YouTube) and/or just plain cried the lyrics along with her". [117] On 29 March 2015, Filipino singers Angeline Quinto , Yeng Constantino , and Juris Fernandez performed "I Could Fall in Love" for the variety show ASAP . [118] American singer Adrienne Bailon performed "I Could Fall in Love" after a six-year departure from the music business, during 31 March 2015 episode of The Real ; a talk show she co-hosted from 2013 to 2022. [119] [120]
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who wrote i could fall in love by selena | I Could Fall in Love | " I Could Fall in Love " is a song recorded by American Tejano singer Selena for her fifth studio album, Dreaming of You (1995), released posthumously by EMI Latin on 15 June 1995. "I Could Fall in Love" and " Tú Sólo Tú " were the album's lead promotional recordings and her first English language songs to be featured as singles, showcasing her musical transition from Spanish-language to English-language songs. The lyrics explore feelings of heartbreak and despair and express the singer's fear of rejection by a man she finds herself falling in love with. Composed by Keith Thomas , "I Could Fall in Love" is a pop ballad with R&B , soul and soft rock influences.
Critics praised Selena's emotive enunciation and compared it to work by Celine Dion , Brandy Norwood and TLC . It received the Tejano Music Award for the Tejano Crossover Song of the Year, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recognized it at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards as one of the most performed songs of 1995. Because of the recording's composition structure and the singer's vocalization, OC Weekly , BuzzFeed , Neon Tommy , and Latina magazine, believed "I Could Fall in Love" was one of the best songs recorded by Selena in her musical career.
The track was not released as a commercial single in the United States, where it was feared that it might sell more copies than the album itself. "I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, and at number one on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart. It reached the top ten on the singles charts of Canada and New Zealand. It became the most played song in Kansas City , Miami , and Boston and the second most played in Los Angeles .
The accompanying music video , directed by Hector Galan, featured a montage of pictures and videos of live performances of Selena, which had been collected by her family. It, too, was released posthumously, and it received a Music Video of the Year nomination at the 1996 Tejano Music Awards . "I Could Fall in Love" became one of Selena's most famous and recognizable recordings, and in the 1990s it became a popular wedding song . Cover versions include recordings by Adrienne Bailon , Jennifer Lopez , Gloria Estefan , Lisa Leuschner , Solange Knowles and Ali-Ollie Woodson .
Before Selena signed a recording contract in 1989 with EMI Latin , [1] she had hinted that she wanted to start recording in English. [2] [3] She was asked to make three demonstration recordings for Charles Koppelman , chairman of EMI Records. [4] After reviewing them, Koppelman declined a crossover attempt, believing that Selena should first strengthen her fan base. [5] Later, after releasing five Spanish-language albums that all achieved unprecedented milestones in the Latin music industry, [1] [6] Koppelman considered that Selena had reached her peak in the Spanish market, and he began preparations for a crossover album. [5] [7]
Selena and her record-producer brother A.B. Quintanilla III [8] arrived in Nashville, Tennessee, intending to collaborate with producer-songwriter Keith Thomas . [9] Thomas had prepared the instrumental parts for "I Could Fall in Love" but had not had time to complete the vocal parts, so he sang it for them. [9] Selena and A.B. immediately liked it, and A.B. said that he wanted Selena to include it in her album. She recorded it in December 1994 at The Bennett House in Franklin , Tennessee, and Bill Whittington mixed it with assistance from Mike Corbett and Todd Moore. [9] Although Selena had to return later when Thomas was able to provide additional vocals, Selena's husband Chris Perez , who had overseen the recording sessions, said that the recording was completed on 25 March 1995. [9] [10]
On 31 March 1995, Selena was murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas , by her friend and former employee Yolanda Saldívar . [11] Thomas later announced that he had been working on another track for Selena to record, telling Biography that the track remained unfinished. [12] "I Could Fall in Love" was released as the lead promotional recording for the 1995 album Dreaming of You on 26 June 1995, [13] [14] at the same time as " Tú Sólo Tú ", to demonstrate Selena's transition from Spanish- to English-language recordings. [9] "I Could Fall in Love" debuted on US radios on 15 June 1995 to contemporary hit radios , Top 40 , urban AC and rhythmic contemporary airplay, while "Tú Sólo Tú" targeted Latin music radios such as Tejano , Latin pop , and regional Mexican airplay. [15] [16] An editor from the Arizona Daily Star believed "I Could Fall in Love" was targeted more towards adult contemporary radios than R&B and top 40 radio formats that were successful for Gloria Estefan . [17]
"I Could Fall in Love" was released as a maxi single on 26 June 1995 in Australia [18] and Mexico [19] and on 10 August 1995 in Germany. [20] A maxi single featuring " Dreaming of You " and " Sukiyaki " was released in Japan. "Tú Sólo Tú" was released primarily to Spanish-speaking countries. [17] Fred Bronson of Billboard commented that if EMI Latin had released "I Could Fall in Love" as a single and it had debuted in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, then it would have been the first posthumous debut single to do so since " Pledging My Love " by Johnny Ace in 1955. [21]
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"I Could Fall in Love" is a mid- tempo [22] pop ballad [23] and R&B [22] song with soul [9] and soft rock influences. [24] Mario Tarradell, an editorial writer for The Dallas Morning News , called the song a "mundane ballad ". [25] It is set in common time and employs an electronic piano , drum machine , a violin, and a flute in the background. [23] [26] The instrumentation includes bass drum , keyboard, flamenco guitar , [22] Spanish guitar , and synthesizers. [17] "I Could Fall in Love" is written in the key of E major , to be played in a moderate groove at 78 half notes per minute. The vocal range of the melody extends from the note F ♯ 3 to A 4 . [26] Sandy Masuo of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote, "These songs ["I Could Fall in Love", "I'm Getting Used to You" and "Captive Heart"] were to be her armaments in the crossover war and, sure enough, they're catchy, state-of-the-art pop/R&B – but, despite the sublime melody of "I Could Fall in Love", strikingly anonymous." [27] An editor from the Contra Costa Times called the song a "jazzy ballad". [28] Donny Brusca's book BPM List 2006: Main Edition classified it as "light-adult contemporary". [29] Andrew Griffin of The Town Talk called it a "Tex-Mex (Texas-Mexico) pop" song. [30]
"I Could Fall in Love" is similar to "Dreaming of You" in its lyrics. [25] Many media outlets, including the Milwaukee Journal and Billboard magazine, called them "confessional ballads", [31] with an emotionally vulnerable narrator who wants true love but finds it unattainable. [32] Tarradell believed "I Could Fall in Love" was an indirect response to Selena's father and manager Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. , who forced her and Perez to end their relationship just because Perez was a rocker. Tarradell asserted that the words "I know it's not right but I guess I should try to do what I should do" were directed at Abraham and reflected Selena's realization of her independence. [33] Ramiro Burr of the San Antonio Express-News believed that Selena's 1992 song " Missing My Baby " shared similarities with "I Could Fall in Love" in expressing uncontrollable "adrenalin-fueled love". Burr later wrote that the difference in "I Could Fall in Love" is that the lyrics are recorded with "powerful agony" which forces the narrator to "fall into a phase of deep loneliness" because her lover may or may not reciprocate her feelings. [34]
The first verse of "I Could Fall in Love" implores the object of the singer's desire to walk away, because her emotions are too overpowering and she feels love of unprecedented intensity. She fears that by allowing him to stay attached, she may "lose control". Selena believes that her infatuation can lead to romantic love. She then sings "I could fall in love (in love) with you" before wondering how she would feel if she were to touch him for the first time. The fear of being rejected and unloved leads her to keep her feelings to herself, [35] and she begins to believe that her love is "not right". She continues, "and I guess I should try / to do what I should do / but I could fall in love / fall in love with you". During the midpoint break, Selena sings in Spanish that she is always dreaming about him, imagining that he loves her. She sings the chorus twice before the song comes to an end without her ever having come to terms with her loved one. [26]
"I Could Fall in Love" received a generally positive response from music critics, who commented on its similarities to songs recorded by other artists. Ed Morales of Vibe magazine felt that, because of its syncopated drums, "I Could Fall in Love" had a " Jon Secada -like feel", [36] and it reminded Tarradell of songs recorded by American singer Brandy Norwood and by the trio TLC . [25] An editor from the Star-News thought the song had "a whiff of" Celine Dion . [37] James Hunter, also from Vibe , praised Selena's astute interpretation, calling it a "masterpiece" and commenting that Selena's death made the track more difficult to listen to. [38] Larry Flick of Billboard described "I Could Fall in Love" as an "optimistic love song" that left "melancholy thoughts of what might have been" in the mind of the listener. [39] John Lannert, also from Billboard , conceived "I Could Fall in Love" as a "sensuous narrative" recording [40] and a "seductive romantic confessional". [41] Tarradell, writing in The Beaver County Times , called it a "crossover staple". [42]
Mary Talbot of the New York Daily News , praised Selena's "soft, velvety voice". [31] A San Jose Mercury News reporter wrote that "I Could Fall in Love" and "Dreaming of You" helped Selena to become "the new Gloria Estefan". [43] Richard Torres of Newsday considered both these songs to be romantic anthems . [44] Enrique Fernandez of the Sun Sentinel described "I Could Fall in Love" as "beautiful", [45] while an editor from The Sacramento Bee called the song a "Latin-influenced R&B lite". [22] Because of its "overly simplistic and repetitive lyrics", Ramiro Burr of the San Antonio Express-News assessed "I Could Fall in Love" as the "weakest track" of Dreaming of You . [46]
Elizabeth Rodriguez Kessler and Anne Perrin wrote in their 2007 book Chican@s in the Conversations that "I Could Fall in Love" was a "clean pop offering". [47] Joey Guerra of the Houston Chronicle commented in 2008 that it had "made the Tejano goddess a posthumous crossover star". [48] On 31 March 2010, Teresa Jusino of Popmatters expressed the view that English-speaking music fans no longer remember Selena's name, saying that on playing "Dreaming of You" or "I Could Fall in Love", many would say "I remember that song!" or "I love that one!". [49] Randi Bergman of Fashion magazine, called the number an "epic ballad". [50]
"I Could Fall in Love" was nominated for "Song of the Year" at the 1996 Tejano Music Awards , and won the Tejano Crossover Songs of the Year. [51] The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recognized it as one of the most performed songs of 1995 at the 4th ASCAP Pop Music Awards. [52] Marco Torres of OC Weekly , called the song "so sweet, so loving, so absolutely, amazingly, and astonishingly adorable!" and placed it at number seven on his "Top 10 Selena songs of All time" list. [53] Brian Galindo of BuzzFeed believed the "melancholy ballad is another great example of Selena's ability bring an emotional vulnerability to her songs." and placed "I Could Fall in Love" at number five on his list of "The 15 Greatest Selena Songs of All Time". [54] Latina magazine placed "I Could Fall in Love" at number three on their "Remembering Selena: Her Top Ten Songs" list. [55] Ashley Velez of Neon Tommy commented that "Selena lends her vulnerability to this slow ballad" and that it "displays Selena's talented vocals and helped introduce the singer to the American mainstream." Velez then ranked the recording number two on her list of the "Top 5 Selena Songs". [35]
Davitt Sigerson, the president and CEO of EMI records, feared that "I Could Fall in Love" might sell more copies than the album itself, so he did not issue the single as a commercial release. [56] Therefore, it was not eligible for the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [57] [58] "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number four on the Hot Latin Tracks chart on 1 July 1995 [59] [60] and peaked at number two the following week, becoming the highest-ever English-language song on that chart. "Tú Sólo Tú" and "I Could Fall in Love" occupied the first and second positions respectively on Hot Latin Tracks for five consecutive weeks. [61] Selena thus became the first artist to place both a Spanish- and an English-language song in the top ten of the Hot Latin Tracks chart. [41] "I Could Fall in Love" became the fifth best-charting song from that chart in 1995 [62] and remained the highest-charting English-language song for two years, until Celine Dion's 1998 single " My Heart Will Go On " surpassed it when it peaked at number one. [63] It also reached number-one on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart.
"I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 46 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart issue dated 8 July 1995 [64] and peaked eight weeks later at number 8 on 2 September 1995. [65] By entering the Adult Contemporary Tracks chart at number 37 on 29 July 1995, the recording received a "Hot Shot Debut" as the highest debut of the week. [66] It ran at number 14 for three consecutive weeks starting on 21 October 1995. [67]
"I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number 17 on the Adult Top 40 chart [68] and number three on the Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay chart on 23 December 1995. [69] The performance entered the Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrent chart on 27 January 1996 at number six [70] and achieved the same on the Rhythmic Top 40 . Number 15 was its highest position on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. [68] In New Zealand, "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 36 on the New Zealand Singles Chart on 10 October 1995 and peaked at number ten in the week ending 19 November 1995, its fifth week on the chart. [71] In Canada, "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 55 on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart of 24 July 1995. [72] By 30 October it had reached number one. [73] On 21 August 1995 it entered at number 94 on the RPM Top Singles chart, [74] and in October, after eleven weeks, it reached number ten for two consecutive weeks. [75] [76]
Directed by Hector Galan, the song's accompanying music video featured a montage of pictures and videos of live performances by Selena that had been collected by her family. It was released posthumously and received a Music Video of the Year nomination at the 1995 Tejano Music Awards. [51] [77] [78] This promotional video reached number 11 on the Billboard Video Monitor VH1 Top Music Videos list, number 6 on The BOX Video List, [58] number 10 on the MOR Music list, and number 3 on the California Music Channel (CMC) list of most popular music videos. [79]
"I Could Fall in Love" dominated the Top 40 radio stations, [23] [80] [81] a fact that was well received by critics. [80] [82] The song was given heavy rotation in the southern United States, [83] becoming the most played song in Kansas City , Miami , and Boston and the second most played in Los Angeles . [84] In Tucson, Arizona , it was played every 2½ hours, [85] and in San Antonio every hour. [86] The song was played 25 times its first day of availability on US radios on the Harlingen, Texas radio station KBTQ . [87] It helped increase Selena's catalogue sales and simultaneously boosted media attention. [40] The song's release sparked a two-day "on-air blitz" on radios in South Texas . [88] In Riverside, California , program directors reported that "I Could Fall in Love" was one of the three hits they were playing most often on their radio stations. [89] A San Antonio disc jockey told The Victoria Advocate about the overwhelming response received from the English-speaking audience, who were constantly calling her radio station asking for "I Could Fall in Love". [13]
"Dreaming of You" and "I Could Fall in Love" were EMI Records' top selling digital downloads from 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005. [90] "I Could Fall in Love" became one of Selena's most widely recognized recordings. [23] [49] It rapidly became popular as a wedding song , [91] causing it to become one of Selena's most famous songs. Her English-speaking audience increased substantially as a result of its widespread popularity. [84] [92] [93] Amanda Edwards of Voxxi.com called it "one of the most popular Latin love songs of all time", adding that, "from her sweet voice to the genuine sentiment of the song (with a hint of sexiness if you're listening carefully), we're sold on this track being a solid standby any time of year but especially for someone hoping for romance on Valentine's Day". [94]
A number of singers have adapted the song in a variety of genres. Puerto Rican-American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez lip-synced the track for her portrayal of the title role in the 1997 biographical film Selena , [96] which was praised by critics. Reviewing the film's opening, a Wichita Eagle writer described the song as "hauntingly lovely" and said that it expressed the feelings of Selena's fans. [97] Lopez included "I Could Fall in Love" in the set list for her Lets Get Loud Tour in 2001 at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico , [98] and on 11 February 2003 she included the song in her live video album Jennifer Lopez: Let's Get Loud . [95] Cuban singer Gloria Estefan performed a cover version during the Selena ¡VIVE! concert in 2005; [99] [100] Tarradell commented in The Dallas Morning News that it had been a "lovely rendition". [101] Puerto Rican singer Ana recorded the song for her album Amor Latino . [102] The Korean singer Im Tae Kyung performed a slower pop ballad version that incorporates a guitar as its musical foundation. [103] A reggae-inspired version of the song appeared on Fiona's Best of Sweet Love . [104]
Season three American Idol contestant Lisa Leuschner included the song in her album Reality . [105] In Kumbia Kings ' third compilation album Duetos (2005), Selena's brother A.B. Quintanilla III recorded "I Could Fall in Love" as a Spanglish duet with Selena. [106] For the album Familia RMM Recordando a Selena , recorded by various artists in 1996, Los Jovenes Del Barrio performed a cover of the song. [107] Season 10 American Idol contestant Karen Rodriguez performed "I Could Fall in Love" during the "top 13" episode, receiving unfavorable reviews from critics who considered the song too powerful for her. [108] [109] However, The Washington Post contributor Derrik Lang called Rodriguez' cover a "breathy redemption". [110] American Idol alumna Katie Stevens wrote to The Hollywood Reporter , claiming that the judges on the show had judged Rodriguez too harshly and calling Rodriguez the "new Selena". [111] Rodriguez recorded a studio version of "I Could Fall in Love" in 2011 for her debut album, which was produced by Jim Jonsin . [112]
Solange Knowles included the song in the set list for her 2013 world tour, which has received praise from music critics. [113] [114] Joey Guerra of the Houston Chronicle wrote that Knowles had "put a lovely, downtempo twist on 'I Could Fall in Love ' ". [115] Michael O'Connell of The Hollywood Reporter called Knowles' rendition a "fangirl cover". [116] Writing in the San Francisco Weekly , Erin Browner considered Knowles' cover the "highlight of the night" when she performed it at the start of her US tour. Browner commented that the "combination of sexy Solange and Selena's epic love song was almost too much for the audience to handle" and that "people immediately whipped out their phones to record (yep, it's already on YouTube) and/or just plain cried the lyrics along with her". [117] On 29 March 2015, Filipino singers Angeline Quinto , Yeng Constantino , and Juris Fernandez performed "I Could Fall in Love" for the variety show ASAP . [118] American singer Adrienne Bailon performed "I Could Fall in Love" after a six-year departure from the music business, during 31 March 2015 episode of The Real ; a talk show she co-hosted from 2013 to 2022. [119] [120]
- Worldwide Promotional Recording [121]
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who wrote i could fall in love by selena | Selena's Brother Tells The Untold Story Behind 7 Of Her Biggest Hits | The late singer's brother A.B. Quintanilla, who wrote and produced many of them, spoke to BuzzFeed News for Selena Week. Quintanilla sings, plays the bass, and produces songs for Kumbia All Starz.
When it was released in 1992 for the album Entre A Mi Mundo , the song peaked at No. 6 on Billboard 's Hot Latin Tracks and No. 9 on Regional Mexican Songs.
"Believe it or not, I wrote that in 20 minutes. A lot of songs came fast and some came slow; this was one of those that came real fast," A.B. Quintanilla told BuzzFeed News. "It came to me while I was in the shower in a hotel in Bryan, Texas, but in the movie they put the scene on the bus."
"Maybe they didn't want to see Jacob Vargas without a shirt," he said jokingly.
The last time Selena sang "Como La Flor" was in Bryan, Texas, during her last performance, Quintanilla said, though most people mistakenly believe her last concert was at the Astrodome in Houston.
When Selena was recording the song, she left before singing the background vocals, Quintanilla said. She told her brother to do the vocals instead.
"Homegirl just bounced on me, she said, 'I'm out of here, I'm going to the mall,'" Quintanilla said, laughing. "I had to go over them forever until I got it in tune, so I'm actually singing in 'Como La Flor' with Selena."
Quintanilla wrote the song about a couple's forbidden love based on the story of his grandparents, he said. Their parents didn't approve of the relationship because they came from different social classes.
After a hit like "Como La Flor," Quintanilla said he racked his brain over how they were going to produce a bigger hit. At the same time the record label wanted to pair Selena up with a Grammy-winning producer.
"I really had to outdo myself," Quintanilla said.
Selena added "Oh, oh baby" to a gap Quintanilla said he was going to fill with music.
"It really was a beautiful gift Selena gave that song," he said.
Quintanilla was on his way to New York to meet with their recording label when he heard "Back on the Chain Gang" written by Chrissie Hynde and recorded by her band the Pretenders. He thought it would sound great with a cumbia beat and started working on a different version when he got home. When Hynde's producers discovered they had sampled the song without permission, they told Selena's record label they couldn't use it.
"We already had $475,000 presale copies sitting in a warehouse with the song on the CD," Quintanilla said. "Eventually we were able to work it out with the labels."
The song was a "freak of nature" created out of necessity, Quintanilla said. Back then they did three-hour shows, with a break in between two sets that ran an hour-and-a-half. If an artist didn't play the full three hours, promoters would sometimes subtract from the performer's pay, Quintanilla said.
They were running short on time at a concert in Seguin, Texas, and Quintanilla told the band to start playing the bass line for the song, then Chris Perez jumped in with the guitar before Selena started to plug in words on the fly.
"It used to be called 'Bidi Bidi Bubbles,'" Quintanilla said. "She would say she was a fish under the sea and all kinds of jibber jabber."
The song continued to morph and became a staple in Selena's set.
"I thought, Man, we gotta record this song , and the rest is history," Quintanilla said.
"When my dad heard it he flipped," Quintanilla said. "It had all these crazy techno snares, but Selena loved it, we recorded it, and it became a classic. I love playing it live. It was a cool song."
The song was written by Keith Thomas, who sang the ballad to Selena and Quintanilla when they visited his Nashville studio. Thomas sang with a lot of soul and immediately impressed the brother and sister, who agreed to record the song.
When Selena returned to record "I Could Fall in Love," she offered to cook Thomas Mexican food, Quintanilla said, either fideo , a noodle soup, or arroz con pollo , chicken and rice. The kitchen was connected to another studio where country singer Wynonna Judd was recording. She mistook Selena for a maid and asked her to bring her some food as well.
"She said, 'No, no, I'll give you some, but I'm here recording,'" Quintanilla said. "She loved that song a lot and she sang the hell out of it."
An embarrassed Judd and Quintanilla remembered the moment about six years ago at an awards ceremony.
Franne Golde and Tom Snow wrote the song, which was released after Selena was killed on March 31, 1995. It peaked at 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it her biggest single that also appeared on the album of the same name.
Someone from a different label played the song for Quintanilla, Selena, and their father Abraham Quintanilla at the Raleigh Hotel in South Beach.
"Selena said, 'I love it.' Me and my dad looked at each other because we thought it was a wack song," Quintanilla said. "She put her foot down and said, 'Everybody else picked the songs for this album. I'm going to pick this one.'"
Today he's glad she proved them wrong, Quintanilla said.
"Now I listen to the song and it's amazing. Selena heard the magic in it," Quintanilla said. | https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/the-untold-story-behind-7-of-selenas-biggest-hits | 125 |
who wrote i could fall in love by selena | I Could Fall in Love | " I Could Fall in Love " is a song recorded by American Tejano singer Selena for her fifth studio album, Dreaming of You (1995), released posthumously by EMI Latin on 15 June 1995. "I Could Fall in Love" and " Tú Sólo Tú " were the album's lead promotional recordings and her first English language songs to be featured as singles, showcasing her musical transition from Spanish-language to English-language songs. The lyrics explore feelings of heartbreak and despair and express the singer's fear of rejection by a man she finds herself falling in love with. Composed by Keith Thomas , "I Could Fall in Love" is a pop ballad with R&B , soul and soft rock influences.
Critics praised Selena's emotive enunciation and compared it to work by Celine Dion , Brandy Norwood and TLC . It received the Tejano Music Award for the Tejano Crossover Song of the Year, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recognized it at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards as one of the most performed songs of 1995. Because of the recording's composition structure and the singer's vocalization, OC Weekly , BuzzFeed , Neon Tommy , and Latina magazine, believed "I Could Fall in Love" was one of the best songs recorded by Selena in her musical career.
The track was not released as a commercial single in the United States, where it was feared that it might sell more copies than the album itself. "I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, and at number one on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart. It reached the top ten on the singles charts of Canada and New Zealand. It became the most played song in Kansas City , Miami , and Boston and the second most played in Los Angeles .
The accompanying music video , directed by Hector Galan, featured a montage of pictures and videos of live performances of Selena, which had been collected by her family. It, too, was released posthumously, and it received a Music Video of the Year nomination at the 1996 Tejano Music Awards . "I Could Fall in Love" became one of Selena's most famous and recognizable recordings, and in the 1990s it became a popular wedding song . Cover versions include recordings by Adrienne Bailon , Jennifer Lopez , Gloria Estefan , Lisa Leuschner , Solange Knowles and Ali-Ollie Woodson .
Before Selena signed a recording contract in 1989 with EMI Latin , [1] she had hinted that she wanted to start recording in English. [2] [3] She was asked to make three demonstration recordings for Charles Koppelman , chairman of EMI Records. [4] After reviewing them, Koppelman declined a crossover attempt, believing that Selena should first strengthen her fan base. [5] Later, after releasing five Spanish-language albums that all achieved unprecedented milestones in the Latin music industry, [1] [6] Koppelman considered that Selena had reached her peak in the Spanish market, and he began preparations for a crossover album. [5] [7]
Selena and her record-producer brother A.B. Quintanilla III [8] arrived in Nashville, Tennessee, intending to collaborate with producer-songwriter Keith Thomas . [9] Thomas had prepared the instrumental parts for "I Could Fall in Love" but had not had time to complete the vocal parts, so he sang it for them. [9] Selena and A.B. immediately liked it, and A.B. said that he wanted Selena to include it in her album. She recorded it in December 1994 at The Bennett House in Franklin , Tennessee, and Bill Whittington mixed it with assistance from Mike Corbett and Todd Moore. [9] Although Selena had to return later when Thomas was able to provide additional vocals, Selena's husband Chris Perez , who had overseen the recording sessions, said that the recording was completed on 25 March 1995. [9] [10]
On 31 March 1995, Selena was murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas , by her friend and former employee Yolanda Saldívar . [11] Thomas later announced that he had been working on another track for Selena to record, telling Biography that the track remained unfinished. [12] "I Could Fall in Love" was released as the lead promotional recording for the 1995 album Dreaming of You on 26 June 1995, [13] [14] at the same time as " Tú Sólo Tú ", to demonstrate Selena's transition from Spanish- to English-language recordings. [9] "I Could Fall in Love" debuted on US radios on 15 June 1995 to contemporary hit radios , Top 40 , urban AC and rhythmic contemporary airplay, while "Tú Sólo Tú" targeted Latin music radios such as Tejano , Latin pop , and regional Mexican airplay. [15] [16] An editor from the Arizona Daily Star believed "I Could Fall in Love" was targeted more towards adult contemporary radios than R&B and top 40 radio formats that were successful for Gloria Estefan . [17]
"I Could Fall in Love" was released as a maxi single on 26 June 1995 in Australia [18] and Mexico [19] and on 10 August 1995 in Germany. [20] A maxi single featuring " Dreaming of You " and " Sukiyaki " was released in Japan. "Tú Sólo Tú" was released primarily to Spanish-speaking countries. [17] Fred Bronson of Billboard commented that if EMI Latin had released "I Could Fall in Love" as a single and it had debuted in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, then it would have been the first posthumous debut single to do so since " Pledging My Love " by Johnny Ace in 1955. [21]
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"I Could Fall in Love" is a mid- tempo [22] pop ballad [23] and R&B [22] song with soul [9] and soft rock influences. [24] Mario Tarradell, an editorial writer for The Dallas Morning News , called the song a "mundane ballad ". [25] It is set in common time and employs an electronic piano , drum machine , a violin, and a flute in the background. [23] [26] The instrumentation includes bass drum , keyboard, flamenco guitar , [22] Spanish guitar , and synthesizers. [17] "I Could Fall in Love" is written in the key of E major , to be played in a moderate groove at 78 half notes per minute. The vocal range of the melody extends from the note F ♯ 3 to A 4 . [26] Sandy Masuo of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote, "These songs ["I Could Fall in Love", "I'm Getting Used to You" and "Captive Heart"] were to be her armaments in the crossover war and, sure enough, they're catchy, state-of-the-art pop/R&B – but, despite the sublime melody of "I Could Fall in Love", strikingly anonymous." [27] An editor from the Contra Costa Times called the song a "jazzy ballad". [28] Donny Brusca's book BPM List 2006: Main Edition classified it as "light-adult contemporary". [29] Andrew Griffin of The Town Talk called it a "Tex-Mex (Texas-Mexico) pop" song. [30]
"I Could Fall in Love" is similar to "Dreaming of You" in its lyrics. [25] Many media outlets, including the Milwaukee Journal and Billboard magazine, called them "confessional ballads", [31] with an emotionally vulnerable narrator who wants true love but finds it unattainable. [32] Tarradell believed "I Could Fall in Love" was an indirect response to Selena's father and manager Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. , who forced her and Perez to end their relationship just because Perez was a rocker. Tarradell asserted that the words "I know it's not right but I guess I should try to do what I should do" were directed at Abraham and reflected Selena's realization of her independence. [33] Ramiro Burr of the San Antonio Express-News believed that Selena's 1992 song " Missing My Baby " shared similarities with "I Could Fall in Love" in expressing uncontrollable "adrenalin-fueled love". Burr later wrote that the difference in "I Could Fall in Love" is that the lyrics are recorded with "powerful agony" which forces the narrator to "fall into a phase of deep loneliness" because her lover may or may not reciprocate her feelings. [34]
The first verse of "I Could Fall in Love" implores the object of the singer's desire to walk away, because her emotions are too overpowering and she feels love of unprecedented intensity. She fears that by allowing him to stay attached, she may "lose control". Selena believes that her infatuation can lead to romantic love. She then sings "I could fall in love (in love) with you" before wondering how she would feel if she were to touch him for the first time. The fear of being rejected and unloved leads her to keep her feelings to herself, [35] and she begins to believe that her love is "not right". She continues, "and I guess I should try / to do what I should do / but I could fall in love / fall in love with you". During the midpoint break, Selena sings in Spanish that she is always dreaming about him, imagining that he loves her. She sings the chorus twice before the song comes to an end without her ever having come to terms with her loved one. [26]
"I Could Fall in Love" received a generally positive response from music critics, who commented on its similarities to songs recorded by other artists. Ed Morales of Vibe magazine felt that, because of its syncopated drums, "I Could Fall in Love" had a " Jon Secada -like feel", [36] and it reminded Tarradell of songs recorded by American singer Brandy Norwood and by the trio TLC . [25] An editor from the Star-News thought the song had "a whiff of" Celine Dion . [37] James Hunter, also from Vibe , praised Selena's astute interpretation, calling it a "masterpiece" and commenting that Selena's death made the track more difficult to listen to. [38] Larry Flick of Billboard described "I Could Fall in Love" as an "optimistic love song" that left "melancholy thoughts of what might have been" in the mind of the listener. [39] John Lannert, also from Billboard , conceived "I Could Fall in Love" as a "sensuous narrative" recording [40] and a "seductive romantic confessional". [41] Tarradell, writing in The Beaver County Times , called it a "crossover staple". [42]
Mary Talbot of the New York Daily News , praised Selena's "soft, velvety voice". [31] A San Jose Mercury News reporter wrote that "I Could Fall in Love" and "Dreaming of You" helped Selena to become "the new Gloria Estefan". [43] Richard Torres of Newsday considered both these songs to be romantic anthems . [44] Enrique Fernandez of the Sun Sentinel described "I Could Fall in Love" as "beautiful", [45] while an editor from The Sacramento Bee called the song a "Latin-influenced R&B lite". [22] Because of its "overly simplistic and repetitive lyrics", Ramiro Burr of the San Antonio Express-News assessed "I Could Fall in Love" as the "weakest track" of Dreaming of You . [46]
Elizabeth Rodriguez Kessler and Anne Perrin wrote in their 2007 book Chican@s in the Conversations that "I Could Fall in Love" was a "clean pop offering". [47] Joey Guerra of the Houston Chronicle commented in 2008 that it had "made the Tejano goddess a posthumous crossover star". [48] On 31 March 2010, Teresa Jusino of Popmatters expressed the view that English-speaking music fans no longer remember Selena's name, saying that on playing "Dreaming of You" or "I Could Fall in Love", many would say "I remember that song!" or "I love that one!". [49] Randi Bergman of Fashion magazine, called the number an "epic ballad". [50]
"I Could Fall in Love" was nominated for "Song of the Year" at the 1996 Tejano Music Awards , and won the Tejano Crossover Songs of the Year. [51] The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recognized it as one of the most performed songs of 1995 at the 4th ASCAP Pop Music Awards. [52] Marco Torres of OC Weekly , called the song "so sweet, so loving, so absolutely, amazingly, and astonishingly adorable!" and placed it at number seven on his "Top 10 Selena songs of All time" list. [53] Brian Galindo of BuzzFeed believed the "melancholy ballad is another great example of Selena's ability bring an emotional vulnerability to her songs." and placed "I Could Fall in Love" at number five on his list of "The 15 Greatest Selena Songs of All Time". [54] Latina magazine placed "I Could Fall in Love" at number three on their "Remembering Selena: Her Top Ten Songs" list. [55] Ashley Velez of Neon Tommy commented that "Selena lends her vulnerability to this slow ballad" and that it "displays Selena's talented vocals and helped introduce the singer to the American mainstream." Velez then ranked the recording number two on her list of the "Top 5 Selena Songs". [35]
Davitt Sigerson, the president and CEO of EMI records, feared that "I Could Fall in Love" might sell more copies than the album itself, so he did not issue the single as a commercial release. [56] Therefore, it was not eligible for the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [57] [58] "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number four on the Hot Latin Tracks chart on 1 July 1995 [59] [60] and peaked at number two the following week, becoming the highest-ever English-language song on that chart. "Tú Sólo Tú" and "I Could Fall in Love" occupied the first and second positions respectively on Hot Latin Tracks for five consecutive weeks. [61] Selena thus became the first artist to place both a Spanish- and an English-language song in the top ten of the Hot Latin Tracks chart. [41] "I Could Fall in Love" became the fifth best-charting song from that chart in 1995 [62] and remained the highest-charting English-language song for two years, until Celine Dion's 1998 single " My Heart Will Go On " surpassed it when it peaked at number one. [63] It also reached number-one on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart.
"I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 46 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart issue dated 8 July 1995 [64] and peaked eight weeks later at number 8 on 2 September 1995. [65] By entering the Adult Contemporary Tracks chart at number 37 on 29 July 1995, the recording received a "Hot Shot Debut" as the highest debut of the week. [66] It ran at number 14 for three consecutive weeks starting on 21 October 1995. [67]
"I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number 17 on the Adult Top 40 chart [68] and number three on the Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay chart on 23 December 1995. [69] The performance entered the Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrent chart on 27 January 1996 at number six [70] and achieved the same on the Rhythmic Top 40 . Number 15 was its highest position on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. [68] In New Zealand, "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 36 on the New Zealand Singles Chart on 10 October 1995 and peaked at number ten in the week ending 19 November 1995, its fifth week on the chart. [71] In Canada, "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 55 on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart of 24 July 1995. [72] By 30 October it had reached number one. [73] On 21 August 1995 it entered at number 94 on the RPM Top Singles chart, [74] and in October, after eleven weeks, it reached number ten for two consecutive weeks. [75] [76]
Directed by Hector Galan, the song's accompanying music video featured a montage of pictures and videos of live performances by Selena that had been collected by her family. It was released posthumously and received a Music Video of the Year nomination at the 1995 Tejano Music Awards. [51] [77] [78] This promotional video reached number 11 on the Billboard Video Monitor VH1 Top Music Videos list, number 6 on The BOX Video List, [58] number 10 on the MOR Music list, and number 3 on the California Music Channel (CMC) list of most popular music videos. [79]
"I Could Fall in Love" dominated the Top 40 radio stations, [23] [80] [81] a fact that was well received by critics. [80] [82] The song was given heavy rotation in the southern United States, [83] becoming the most played song in Kansas City , Miami , and Boston and the second most played in Los Angeles . [84] In Tucson, Arizona , it was played every 2½ hours, [85] and in San Antonio every hour. [86] The song was played 25 times its first day of availability on US radios on the Harlingen, Texas radio station KBTQ . [87] It helped increase Selena's catalogue sales and simultaneously boosted media attention. [40] The song's release sparked a two-day "on-air blitz" on radios in South Texas . [88] In Riverside, California , program directors reported that "I Could Fall in Love" was one of the three hits they were playing most often on their radio stations. [89] A San Antonio disc jockey told The Victoria Advocate about the overwhelming response received from the English-speaking audience, who were constantly calling her radio station asking for "I Could Fall in Love". [13]
"Dreaming of You" and "I Could Fall in Love" were EMI Records' top selling digital downloads from 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005. [90] "I Could Fall in Love" became one of Selena's most widely recognized recordings. [23] [49] It rapidly became popular as a wedding song , [91] causing it to become one of Selena's most famous songs. Her English-speaking audience increased substantially as a result of its widespread popularity. [84] [92] [93] Amanda Edwards of Voxxi.com called it "one of the most popular Latin love songs of all time", adding that, "from her sweet voice to the genuine sentiment of the song (with a hint of sexiness if you're listening carefully), we're sold on this track being a solid standby any time of year but especially for someone hoping for romance on Valentine's Day". [94]
A number of singers have adapted the song in a variety of genres. Puerto Rican-American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez lip-synced the track for her portrayal of the title role in the 1997 biographical film Selena , [96] which was praised by critics. Reviewing the film's opening, a Wichita Eagle writer described the song as "hauntingly lovely" and said that it expressed the feelings of Selena's fans. [97] Lopez included "I Could Fall in Love" in the set list for her Lets Get Loud Tour in 2001 at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico , [98] and on 11 February 2003 she included the song in her live video album Jennifer Lopez: Let's Get Loud . [95] Cuban singer Gloria Estefan performed a cover version during the Selena ¡VIVE! concert in 2005; [99] [100] Tarradell commented in The Dallas Morning News that it had been a "lovely rendition". [101] Puerto Rican singer Ana recorded the song for her album Amor Latino . [102] The Korean singer Im Tae Kyung performed a slower pop ballad version that incorporates a guitar as its musical foundation. [103] A reggae-inspired version of the song appeared on Fiona's Best of Sweet Love . [104]
Season three American Idol contestant Lisa Leuschner included the song in her album Reality . [105] In Kumbia Kings ' third compilation album Duetos (2005), Selena's brother A.B. Quintanilla III recorded "I Could Fall in Love" as a Spanglish duet with Selena. [106] For the album Familia RMM Recordando a Selena , recorded by various artists in 1996, Los Jovenes Del Barrio performed a cover of the song. [107] Season 10 American Idol contestant Karen Rodriguez performed "I Could Fall in Love" during the "top 13" episode, receiving unfavorable reviews from critics who considered the song too powerful for her. [108] [109] However, The Washington Post contributor Derrik Lang called Rodriguez' cover a "breathy redemption". [110] American Idol alumna Katie Stevens wrote to The Hollywood Reporter , claiming that the judges on the show had judged Rodriguez too harshly and calling Rodriguez the "new Selena". [111] Rodriguez recorded a studio version of "I Could Fall in Love" in 2011 for her debut album, which was produced by Jim Jonsin . [112]
Solange Knowles included the song in the set list for her 2013 world tour, which has received praise from music critics. [113] [114] Joey Guerra of the Houston Chronicle wrote that Knowles had "put a lovely, downtempo twist on 'I Could Fall in Love ' ". [115] Michael O'Connell of The Hollywood Reporter called Knowles' rendition a "fangirl cover". [116] Writing in the San Francisco Weekly , Erin Browner considered Knowles' cover the "highlight of the night" when she performed it at the start of her US tour. Browner commented that the "combination of sexy Solange and Selena's epic love song was almost too much for the audience to handle" and that "people immediately whipped out their phones to record (yep, it's already on YouTube) and/or just plain cried the lyrics along with her". [117] On 29 March 2015, Filipino singers Angeline Quinto , Yeng Constantino , and Juris Fernandez performed "I Could Fall in Love" for the variety show ASAP . [118] American singer Adrienne Bailon performed "I Could Fall in Love" after a six-year departure from the music business, during 31 March 2015 episode of The Real ; a talk show she co-hosted from 2013 to 2022. [119] [120]
- Worldwide Promotional Recording [121]
- "I Could Fall in Love (Album version)" – 4:40
- "I Could Fall in Love (Softer version)" – 4:41
- Japan maxi single [122]
- "I Could Fall in Love (Album version)" – 4:40
- "I Could Fall in Love (Softer version)" – 4:41
- "I Could Fall in Love (Album version)" – 4:40
- "I Could Fall in Love (Softer version)" – 4:41
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who wrote i could fall in love by selena | Selena's time in Nashville cut short by tragic death | Juli Thanki
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- The Queen of Tejano music recorded "I Could Fall in Love" in Franklin.
- Music producer Keith Thomas says Selena was going to be an icon. "She checked all the boxes."
- Selena, Wynonna Judd were in same studio the week before she was killed.
At the height of her Tejano music career, Selena Quintanilla-Perez was poised to cross over and go mainstream.
Though Selena was already an established star throughout Latin America , with songs like "Como La Flor," "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" and "Amor Prohibido," she was largely unknown to non-Spanish speakers. She was determined to change that.
In late March 1995, Selena arrived at the Bennett House in Franklin ready to sing in English. She had come to Tennessee to work with songwriter and producer Keith Thomas, whose resume included smash hits like Amy Grant's "Baby, Baby" and Vanessa Williams' "Save the Best for Last."
During their time together, the two sang, laughed and repeatedly listened to rough cuts of the song Selena was recording: Thomas' "I Could Fall in Love." The duo knew they had a hit on their hands.
A week later, Selena was dead .
On March 31, Yolanda Saldivar, the former president of Selena’s fan club, shot her in the back at a hotel in Texas, ending the life of a promising young artist with limitless potential .
“She was going to be an icon,” Thomas said. “When you’ve been in the business as long as I have, you understand the components an artist has to have to sustain themselves in this business. She checked all the boxes. "
Selena, just 23 when she recorded with Thomas, was already known as the Queen of Tejano Music. She got her start as a child in Texas, singing with the family band. As a solo artist, she released four studio albums, won a Grammy for Best Mexican/American Album and was poised to make the crossover to the mainstream American pop market by recording her first English-language album. One of the songs on that record was going to be Thomas' dreamy ballad "I Could Fall in Love."
Despite her success, Thomas was unaware of her music. That all changed when he was sent a videocassette of one of her performances. "I watched the video, heard her sing and told my manager, 'I've got to do this,'" he remembered.
Not long afterward, Selena arrived on the doorstep of the Bennett House, where Wynonna Judd was also recording that week. She was clutching new clothes from Wal-Mart (the airline had lost her luggage) and a bag of groceries so that she could do her own cooking during her stay in Tennessee. Wynonna saw Selena cooking one day and misidentified the young singer as the chef. Selena's brother A.B. Quintanilla told Buzzfeed last year that Selena quickly corrected the country music singer, but still made her dinner. Both Wynonna and he laughed about the incident years later at an awards ceremony.
"Selena was just being the person that she is and said 'of course I would.'" Thomas said.
Thomas immediately felt a connection to this young woman with the bright grin and stunning voice. "Selena had this glow about her. The smile was real, it was genuine, and I felt like I had known her forever. There were no boundaries, no pretense."
After they finished the song, Selena went back to Texas with a promise to return in two weeks. Thomas was putting the finishing touches on "I Could Fall in Love" when he learned that she had been murdered. "That was the toughest part, having to finish it knowing that she was not with us anymore," he said while sitting in his studio, not far from a photo of himself and Selena, both wearing matching baseball caps and big smiles.
"We’re now missing a real human being that was compassionate, talented and beautiful on the inside and out. I think she would have been a major contributor to the music industry on a lot of different levels."
In July 1995, Selena’s album “Dreaming of You” was posthumously released. It debuted atop the Billboard 200. “I Could Fall in Love,” the record’s opening song, became a massive hit; it was frequently played on pop radio and could be heard at quinceañeras and senior proms across the continent. Her songs have been covered by everyone from pop star Selena Gomez (who was named after Quintanilla) to punk band Girl in a Coma , and her 1997 biopic launched Jennifer Lopez's career. Selena's success also helped pave the way for the "Latin Explosion" in mainstream American pop music during the mid- to late 1990s and into the early 2000s , where Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Marc Anthony and Shakira all found crossover success.
Had she lived, there's no telling what she could have achieved , both as a singer and a businessperson.
This weekend, MAC cosmetics is launching a Selena-inspired collection . The project was fan-driven: A petition to convince MAC of this idea's merit had more than 37,000 signatures by the time the cosmetics company got on board. At the time of her death, Selena had already launched Selena Etc., two boutiques that featured beauty salons as well as clothing that the singer had designed. A cosmetics line would have been a natural next step for her.
“This line is solely based on Selena’s on- and off-stage look. They matched and created colors that Selena had in her makeup case. This line is her,” Selena's sister, Suzette Quintanilla Arriaga, told USA TODAY earlier this month. "I wish with all that I have that she was here to see this. She would have been over the moon.”
Said Thomas, "I think, and I know a lot of people feel this way, that if she'd lived, she would have been a complete superstar. I miss her. I think back on that time and what a tragedy (it is) that her life was cut so short." | https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/09/30/selena-nashville-mac-makeup-i-could-fall-in-love/89762472/ | 125 |
who wrote i could fall in love by selena | Selena's Brother Tells The Untold Story Behind 7 Of Her Biggest Hits | The late singer's brother A.B. Quintanilla, who wrote and produced many of them, spoke to BuzzFeed News for Selena Week. Quintanilla sings, plays the bass, and produces songs for Kumbia All Starz.
When it was released in 1992 for the album Entre A Mi Mundo , the song peaked at No. 6 on Billboard 's Hot Latin Tracks and No. 9 on Regional Mexican Songs.
"Believe it or not, I wrote that in 20 minutes. A lot of songs came fast and some came slow; this was one of those that came real fast," A.B. Quintanilla told BuzzFeed News. "It came to me while I was in the shower in a hotel in Bryan, Texas, but in the movie they put the scene on the bus."
"Maybe they didn't want to see Jacob Vargas without a shirt," he said jokingly.
The last time Selena sang "Como La Flor" was in Bryan, Texas, during her last performance, Quintanilla said, though most people mistakenly believe her last concert was at the Astrodome in Houston.
When Selena was recording the song, she left before singing the background vocals, Quintanilla said. She told her brother to do the vocals instead.
"Homegirl just bounced on me, she said, 'I'm out of here, I'm going to the mall,'" Quintanilla said, laughing. "I had to go over them forever until I got it in tune, so I'm actually singing in 'Como La Flor' with Selena."
Quintanilla wrote the song about a couple's forbidden love based on the story of his grandparents, he said. Their parents didn't approve of the relationship because they came from different social classes.
After a hit like "Como La Flor," Quintanilla said he racked his brain over how they were going to produce a bigger hit. At the same time the record label wanted to pair Selena up with a Grammy-winning producer.
"I really had to outdo myself," Quintanilla said.
Selena added "Oh, oh baby" to a gap Quintanilla said he was going to fill with music.
"It really was a beautiful gift Selena gave that song," he said.
Quintanilla was on his way to New York to meet with their recording label when he heard "Back on the Chain Gang" written by Chrissie Hynde and recorded by her band the Pretenders. He thought it would sound great with a cumbia beat and started working on a different version when he got home. When Hynde's producers discovered they had sampled the song without permission, they told Selena's record label they couldn't use it.
"We already had $475,000 presale copies sitting in a warehouse with the song on the CD," Quintanilla said. "Eventually we were able to work it out with the labels."
The song was a "freak of nature" created out of necessity, Quintanilla said. Back then they did three-hour shows, with a break in between two sets that ran an hour-and-a-half. If an artist didn't play the full three hours, promoters would sometimes subtract from the performer's pay, Quintanilla said.
They were running short on time at a concert in Seguin, Texas, and Quintanilla told the band to start playing the bass line for the song, then Chris Perez jumped in with the guitar before Selena started to plug in words on the fly.
"It used to be called 'Bidi Bidi Bubbles,'" Quintanilla said. "She would say she was a fish under the sea and all kinds of jibber jabber."
The song continued to morph and became a staple in Selena's set.
"I thought, Man, we gotta record this song , and the rest is history," Quintanilla said.
"When my dad heard it he flipped," Quintanilla said. "It had all these crazy techno snares, but Selena loved it, we recorded it, and it became a classic. I love playing it live. It was a cool song."
The song was written by Keith Thomas, who sang the ballad to Selena and Quintanilla when they visited his Nashville studio. Thomas sang with a lot of soul and immediately impressed the brother and sister, who agreed to record the song.
When Selena returned to record "I Could Fall in Love," she offered to cook Thomas Mexican food, Quintanilla said, either fideo , a noodle soup, or arroz con pollo , chicken and rice. The kitchen was connected to another studio where country singer Wynonna Judd was recording. She mistook Selena for a maid and asked her to bring her some food as well.
"She said, 'No, no, I'll give you some, but I'm here recording,'" Quintanilla said. "She loved that song a lot and she sang the hell out of it."
An embarrassed Judd and Quintanilla remembered the moment about six years ago at an awards ceremony.
Franne Golde and Tom Snow wrote the song, which was released after Selena was killed on March 31, 1995. It peaked at 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it her biggest single that also appeared on the album of the same name.
Someone from a different label played the song for Quintanilla, Selena, and their father Abraham Quintanilla at the Raleigh Hotel in South Beach.
"Selena said, 'I love it.' Me and my dad looked at each other because we thought it was a wack song," Quintanilla said. "She put her foot down and said, 'Everybody else picked the songs for this album. I'm going to pick this one.'"
Today he's glad she proved them wrong, Quintanilla said.
"Now I listen to the song and it's amazing. Selena heard the magic in it," Quintanilla said. | https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/the-untold-story-behind-7-of-selenas-biggest-hits | 125 |
who wrote i could fall in love by selena | I Could Fall in Love | " I Could Fall In Love " is a song recorded by American Tejano singer Selena for her fifth studio album, Dreaming of You (1995), released posthumously by EMI Latin on 26 June 1995. "I Could Fall in Love" and " Tú, Sólo Tú " were the album's lead promotional recordings, is her first English-language song to featured as a singles, showcasing her musical transition from Spanish-language to English-language songs. The lyrics explore feelings of heartbreak and despair and express the singer's fear of rejection by a man she finds herself falling in love with. Composed by Keith Thomas, "I Could Fall in Love" is a pop ballad with R&B, soul and soft rock influences.
Critics praised Selena's emotive enunciation and compared it to work by Celine Dion, Brandy Norwood and TLC. It received the Tejano Music Award for the Tejano Crossover Song of the Year, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recognized it at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards as one of the most performed songs of 1995. Because of the recording's composition structure and the singer's vocalization, OC Weekly , BuzzFeed, Neon Tommy, and Latina magazine, believed "I Could Fall in Love" was one of the best songs recorded by Selena in her musical career.
The track was not released as a commercial single in the United States, where it was feared that it might sell more copies than the album itself. "I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, and at number one on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart. It reached the top ten on the singles charts of Canada and New Zealand. It became the most played song in Kansas City, Miami, and Boston and the second most played in Los Angeles.
The accompanying music video, directed by Hector Galan, featured a montage of pictures and videos of live performances of Selena, which had been collected by her family. It, too, was released posthumously, and it received a Music Video of the Year nomination at the 1996 Tejano Music Awards. "I Could Fall in Love" became one of Selena's most famous and recognizable recordings, and in the 1990s it became a popular wedding song. Cover versions include recordings by Adrienne Bailon, Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan, Lisa Leuschner, Solange Knowles and Ali-Ollie Woodson.
Before Selena signed a recording contract in 1989 with EMI Latin, she had hinted that she wanted to start recording in English. She was asked to make three demonstration recordings for Charles Koppelman, chairman of EMI Records. After reviewing them, Koppelman declined a crossover attempt, believing that Selena should first strengthen her fan base. Later, after releasing five Spanish-language albums that all achieved unprecedented milestones in the Latin music industry, Koppelman considered that Selena had reached her peak in the Spanish market, and he began preparations for a crossover album.
Selena and her record-producer brother A.B. Quintanilla III arrived in Nashville, Tennessee, intending to collaborate with producer-songwriter Keith Thomas. Thomas had prepared the instrumental parts for "I Could Fall in Love" but had not had time to complete the vocal parts, so he sang it for them. Selena and A.B. immediately liked it, and A.B. said that he wanted Selena to include it in her album. She recorded it in December 1994 at The Bennett House in Franklin, Tennessee, and Bill Whittington mixed it with assistance from Mike Corbett and Todd Moore. Although Selena had to return later when Thomas was able to provide additional vocals, Selena's husband Chris Perez, who had overseen the recording sessions, said that the recording was completed on 25 March 1995.
On 31 March 1995, Selena was murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas, by her friend and former employee Yolanda Saldívar. Thomas later announced that he had been working on another track for Selena to record, telling Biography that the track remained unfinished. "I Could Fall in Love" was released as the lead promotional recording for the 1995 album Dreaming of You on 26 June 1995, at the same time as "Tú Sólo Tú", to demonstrate Selena's transition from Spanish- to English-language recordings. "I Could Fall in Love" debuted on US radios on 15 June 1995 to contemporary hit radios, Top 40, urban AC and rhythmic contemporary airplay, while "Tú Sólo Tú" targeted Latin music radios such as Tejano, Latin pop, and regional Mexican airplay. An editor from the Arizona Daily Star believed "I Could Fall in Love" was targeted more towards adult contemporary radios than R&B and top 40 radio formats that were successful for Gloria Estefan.
"I Could Fall in Love" was released as a maxi single on 26 June 1995 in Australia and Mexico and on 10 August 1995 in Germany. A maxi single featuring "Dreaming of You" and "Sukiyaki" was released in Japan. "Tú Sólo Tú" was released primarily to Spanish-speaking countries. Fred Bronson of Billboard commented that if EMI Latin had released "I Could Fall in Love" as a single and it had debuted in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, then it would have been the first posthumous debut single to do so since "Pledging My Love" by Johnny Ace in 1955.
"I Could Fall in Love" is a mid-tempo pop ballad and R&B song with soul and soft rock influences. Mario Tarradell, an editorial writer for The Dallas Morning News , called the song a "mundane ballad". It is set in common time and employs an electronic piano, drum machine, a violin, and a flute in the background. The instrumentation includes bass drum, keyboard, flamenco guitar, Spanish guitar, and synthesizers. "I Could Fall in Love" is written in the key of E major, to be played in a moderate groove at 78 half notes per minute. The vocal range of the melody extends from the note F♯ 3 to A 4 . Sandy Masuo of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote, "These songs ["I Could Fall in Love", "I'm Getting Used to You" and "Captive Heart"] were to be her armaments in the crossover war and, sure enough, they're catchy, state-of-the-art pop/R&B – but, despite the sublime melody of "I Could Fall in Love", strikingly anonymous." An editor from the Contra Costa Times called the song a "jazzy ballad". Donny Brusca's book BPM List 2006: Main Edition classified it as "light-adult contemporary". Andrew Griffin of The Town Talk called it a "Tex-Mex (Texas-Mexico) pop" song.
"I Could Fall in Love" is similar to "Dreaming of You" in its lyrics. Many media outlets, including the Milwaukee Journal and Billboard magazine, called them "confessional ballads", with an emotionally vulnerable narrator who wants true love but finds it unattainable. Tarradell believed "I Could Fall in Love" was an indirect response to Selena's father and manager Abraham Quintanilla, Jr., who forced her and Perez to end their relationship just because Perez was a rocker. Tarradell asserted that the words "I know it's not right but I guess I should try to do what I should do" were directed at Abraham and reflected Selena's realization of her independence. Ramiro Burr of the San Antonio Express-News believed that Selena's 1992 song "Missing My Baby" shared similarities with "I Could Fall in Love" in expressing uncontrollable "adrenalin-fueled love". Burr later wrote that the difference in "I Could Fall in Love" is that the lyrics are recorded with "powerful agony" which forces the narrator to "fall into a phase of deep loneliness" because her lover may or may not reciprocate her feelings.
The first verse of "I Could Fall in Love" implores the object of the singer's desire to walk away, because her emotions are too overpowering and she feels love of unprecedented intensity. She fears that by allowing him to stay attached, she may "lose control". Selena believes that her infatuation can lead to romantic love. She then sings "I could fall in love (in love) with you" before wondering how she would feel if she were to touch him for the first time. The fear of being rejected and unloved leads her to keep her feelings to herself, and she begins to believe that her love is "not right". She continues, "and I guess I should try / to do what I should do / but I could fall in love / fall in love with you". During the midpoint break, Selena sings in Spanish that she is always dreaming about him, imagining that he loves her. She sings the chorus twice before the song comes to an end without her ever having come to terms with her loved one.
"I Could Fall in Love" received a generally positive response from music critics, who commented on its similarities to songs recorded by other artists. Ed Morales of Vibe magazine felt that, because of its syncopated drums, "I Could Fall in Love" had a "Jon Secada-like feel", and it reminded Tarradell of songs recorded by American singer Brandy Norwood and by the trio TLC. An editor from the Star-News thought the song had "a whiff of" Celine Dion. James Hunter, also from Vibe , praised Selena's astute interpretation, calling it a "masterpiece" and commenting that Selena's death made the track more difficult to listen to. Larry Flick of Billboard described "I Could Fall in Love" as an "optimistic love song" that left "melancholy thoughts of what might have been" in the mind of the listener. John Lannert, also from Billboard , conceived "I Could Fall in Love" as a "sensuous narrative" recording and a "seductive romantic confessional". Tarradell, writing in The Beaver County Times , called it a "crossover staple".
Mary Talbot of the New York Daily News , praised Selena's "soft, velvety voice". A San Jose Mercury News reporter wrote that "I Could Fall in Love" and "Dreaming of You" helped Selena to become "the new Gloria Estefan". Richard Torres of Newsday considered both these songs to be romantic anthems. Enrique Fernandez of the Sun Sentinel described "I Could Fall in Love" as "beautiful", while an editor from The Sacramento Bee called the song a "Latin-influenced R&B lite". Because of its "overly simplistic and repetitive lyrics", Ramiro Burr of the San Antonio Express-News assessed "I Could Fall in Love" as the "weakest track" of Dreaming of You .
Elizabeth Rodriguez Kessler and Anne Perrin wrote in their 2007 book Chican@s in the Conversations that "I Could Fall in Love" was a "clean pop offering". Joey Guerra of the Houston Chronicle commented in 2008 that it had "made the Tejano goddess a posthumous crossover star". On 31 March 2010, Teresa Jusino of Popmatters expressed the view that English-speaking music fans no longer remember Selena's name, saying that on playing "Dreaming of You" or "I Could Fall in Love", many would say "I remember that song!" or "I love that one!". Randi Bergman of Fashion magazine, called the number an "epic ballad".
Davitt Sigerson, the president and CEO of EMI records, feared that "I Could Fall in Love" might sell more copies than the album itself, so he did not issue the single as a commercial release. Therefore, it was not eligible for the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number four on the Hot Latin Tracks chart on 1 July 1995 and peaked at number two the following week, becoming the highest-ever English-language song on that chart. "Tú Sólo Tú" and "I Could Fall in Love" occupied the first and second positions respectively on Hot Latin Tracks for five consecutive weeks. Selena thus became the first artist to place both a Spanish- and an English-language song in the top ten of the Hot Latin Tracks chart. "I Could Fall in Love" became the fifth best-charting song from that chart in 1995 and remained the highest-charting English-language song for two years, until Celine Dion's 1998 single "My Heart Will Go On" surpassed it when it peaked at number one.
"I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 46 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart issue dated 8 July 1995 and peaked eight weeks later at number 8 on 2 September 1995. By entering the Adult Contemporary Tracks chart at number 37 on 29 July 1995, the recording received a "Hot Shot Debut" as the highest debut of the week. It ran at number 14 for three consecutive weeks starting on 21 October 1995.
"I Could Fall in Love" peaked at number 17 on the Adult Top 40 chart and number three on the Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay chart on 23 December 1995. The performance entered the Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrent chart on 27 January 1996 at number six and achieved the same on the Rhythmic Top 40. Number 15 was its highest position on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. In New Zealand, "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 36 on the New Zealand Singles Chart on 10 October 1995 and peaked at number ten in the week ending 19 November 1995, its fifth week on the chart. In Canada, "I Could Fall in Love" debuted at number 55 on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart of 24 July 1995. By 30 October it had reached number one. On 21 August 1995 it entered at number 94 on the RPM Top Singles chart, and in October, after eleven weeks, it reached number ten for two consecutive weeks.
"I Could Fall in Love" dominated the Top 40 radio stations, a fact that was well received by critics. The song was given heavy rotation in the southern United States, becoming the most played song in Kansas City, Miami, and Boston and the second most played in Los Angeles. In Tucson, Arizona, it was played every 2½ hours, and in San Antonio every hour. The song was played 25 times its first day of availability on US radios on the Harlingen, Texas radio station KBTQ. It helped increase Selena's catalogue sales and simultaneously boosted media attention. The song's release sparked a two-day "on-air blitz" on radios in South Texas. In Riverside, California, program directors reported that "I Could Fall in Love" was one of the three hits they were playing most often on their radio stations. A San Antonio disc jockey told The Victoria Advocate about the overwhelming response received from the English-speaking audience, who were constantly calling her radio station asking for "I Could Fall in Love".
"Dreaming of You" and "I Could Fall in Love" were EMI Records' top selling digital downloads from 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005. "I Could Fall in Love" became one of Selena's most widely recognized recordings. It rapidly became popular as a wedding song, causing it to become one of Selena's most famous songs. Her English-speaking audience increased substantially as a result of its widespread popularity. Amanda Edwards of Voxxi.com called it "one of the most popular Latin love songs of all time", adding that, "from her sweet voice to the genuine sentiment of the song (with a hint of sexiness if you're listening carefully), we're sold on this track being a solid standby any time of year but especially for someone hoping for romance on Valentine's Day". | https://selena.fandom.com/wiki/I_Could_Fall_in_Love | 125 |
who wrote i could fall in love by selena | Selena's Brother Tells The Untold Story Behind 7 Of Her Biggest Hits | The late singer's brother A.B. Quintanilla, who wrote and produced many of them, spoke to BuzzFeed News for Selena Week. Quintanilla sings, plays the bass, and produces songs for Kumbia All Starz.
When it was released in 1992 for the album Entre A Mi Mundo , the song peaked at No. 6 on Billboard 's Hot Latin Tracks and No. 9 on Regional Mexican Songs.
"Believe it or not, I wrote that in 20 minutes. A lot of songs came fast and some came slow; this was one of those that came real fast," A.B. Quintanilla told BuzzFeed News. "It came to me while I was in the shower in a hotel in Bryan, Texas, but in the movie they put the scene on the bus."
"Maybe they didn't want to see Jacob Vargas without a shirt," he said jokingly.
The last time Selena sang "Como La Flor" was in Bryan, Texas, during her last performance, Quintanilla said, though most people mistakenly believe her last concert was at the Astrodome in Houston.
When Selena was recording the song, she left before singing the background vocals, Quintanilla said. She told her brother to do the vocals instead.
"Homegirl just bounced on me, she said, 'I'm out of here, I'm going to the mall,'" Quintanilla said, laughing. "I had to go over them forever until I got it in tune, so I'm actually singing in 'Como La Flor' with Selena."
Quintanilla wrote the song about a couple's forbidden love based on the story of his grandparents, he said. Their parents didn't approve of the relationship because they came from different social classes.
After a hit like "Como La Flor," Quintanilla said he racked his brain over how they were going to produce a bigger hit. At the same time the record label wanted to pair Selena up with a Grammy-winning producer.
"I really had to outdo myself," Quintanilla said.
Selena added "Oh, oh baby" to a gap Quintanilla said he was going to fill with music.
"It really was a beautiful gift Selena gave that song," he said.
Quintanilla was on his way to New York to meet with their recording label when he heard "Back on the Chain Gang" written by Chrissie Hynde and recorded by her band the Pretenders. He thought it would sound great with a cumbia beat and started working on a different version when he got home. When Hynde's producers discovered they had sampled the song without permission, they told Selena's record label they couldn't use it.
"We already had $475,000 presale copies sitting in a warehouse with the song on the CD," Quintanilla said. "Eventually we were able to work it out with the labels."
The song was a "freak of nature" created out of necessity, Quintanilla said. Back then they did three-hour shows, with a break in between two sets that ran an hour-and-a-half. If an artist didn't play the full three hours, promoters would sometimes subtract from the performer's pay, Quintanilla said.
They were running short on time at a concert in Seguin, Texas, and Quintanilla told the band to start playing the bass line for the song, then Chris Perez jumped in with the guitar before Selena started to plug in words on the fly.
"It used to be called 'Bidi Bidi Bubbles,'" Quintanilla said. "She would say she was a fish under the sea and all kinds of jibber jabber."
The song continued to morph and became a staple in Selena's set.
"I thought, Man, we gotta record this song , and the rest is history," Quintanilla said.
"When my dad heard it he flipped," Quintanilla said. "It had all these crazy techno snares, but Selena loved it, we recorded it, and it became a classic. I love playing it live. It was a cool song."
The song was written by Keith Thomas, who sang the ballad to Selena and Quintanilla when they visited his Nashville studio. Thomas sang with a lot of soul and immediately impressed the brother and sister, who agreed to record the song.
When Selena returned to record "I Could Fall in Love," she offered to cook Thomas Mexican food, Quintanilla said, either fideo , a noodle soup, or arroz con pollo , chicken and rice. The kitchen was connected to another studio where country singer Wynonna Judd was recording. She mistook Selena for a maid and asked her to bring her some food as well.
"She said, 'No, no, I'll give you some, but I'm here recording,'" Quintanilla said. "She loved that song a lot and she sang the hell out of it."
An embarrassed Judd and Quintanilla remembered the moment about six years ago at an awards ceremony.
Franne Golde and Tom Snow wrote the song, which was released after Selena was killed on March 31, 1995. It peaked at 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it her biggest single that also appeared on the album of the same name.
Someone from a different label played the song for Quintanilla, Selena, and their father Abraham Quintanilla at the Raleigh Hotel in South Beach.
"Selena said, 'I love it.' Me and my dad looked at each other because we thought it was a wack song," Quintanilla said. "She put her foot down and said, 'Everybody else picked the songs for this album. I'm going to pick this one.'"
Today he's glad she proved them wrong, Quintanilla said.
"Now I listen to the song and it's amazing. Selena heard the magic in it," Quintanilla said. | https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/the-untold-story-behind-7-of-selenas-biggest-hits | 125 |
where does the last name burnette come from | Burnett (surname) - Wikipedia | For other uses, see Burnett .
Burnett is a Scottish surname . It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete , brunette , which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete , a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour. [1] [2]
- A. J. Burnett (b. 1977), American professional baseball player
- Alaina Burnett (b. 1977), Canadian voice actor
- Alan Burnett (b. 1950), American television writer-producer
- Alex Burnett (born 1987), baseball pitcher
- Alexander Burnett of Leys (died 1619), Laird of Crathes Castle
- Alexander Burnett (politician) (born 1973), Member of the Scottish Parliament
- Alexander Burnett (musician) , Australian singer, songwriter and music producer
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 2nd Baronet (died 1663) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 4th Baronet (died 1758) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 9th Baronet (1789–1856) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Edwin Burnett, 14th Baronet (1881–1959) of the Burnett baronets
- Allan Burnett (1925–2007), Scottish anarchist activist
- Bill Burnett (1917–1994), South African archbishop
- Bobby Burnett (b. 1943), American football player
- Brian Burnett (1913–2011), British Royal Air Force officer
- Bryan Burnett , Scottish radio and television personality
- Charles Burnett of the Burnett baronets
- Charles Burnett III (died 2018), British land-speed record holder for steam driven vehicle
- Charles Burnett (director) (born 1944), American film director
- Charles Burnett (officer of arms) (born 1940), Scottish Officer of Arms
- Charles Burnett (politician) (1875–1947), New Zealand politician
- Charles Burnett (RAF officer) became Australian Chief of the Air Staff
- Charles Hiram Burnett Sr. , treasurer of the city of Seattle and businessman
- Colby Burnett , American Jeopardy! contestant and teacher
- Cynthia S. Burnett (1840–1932), American educator, lecturer, reformer, editor
- David Burnett (politician) (b. 1942 or 1943), Arkansas politician and former judge
- Deontay Burnett (born 1997), American football player
- Dick Burnett (musician) , American country singer
- Emily Burnett (born 1997), Welsh actress
- Erin Burnett , American financial analyst and reporter
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), born Frances Eliza Hodgson, English author
- Garrett Burnett (1975–2022), Canadian ice hockey player
- George Burnett (ice hockey) (born 1962), National Hockey League coach
- George Burnett (officer of arms) (1822–1890), Lord Lyon King of Arms
- George Burnett (writer) (1776?–1811), English nonconformist minister, known as a writer
- George Burnett Barton (1836–1901), Australian lawyer
- George H. Burnett (1853–1927), Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
- George Murray Burnett (1921–1980), mathematician and chemist
- George Ritter Burnett (1858–1908), United States Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- Georgina Burnett (born 1978), Australian-born British television presenter
- Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800 – 1835) British botanist
- Graham Burnett (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer
- Gregg Burnett (born 1987), Scottish footballer
- Henry Cornelius Burnett (1825–1866) American politician
- Henry John Burnett (1942–1963), last man to be hanged in Scotland
- Henry Lawrence Burnett (1838–1916), American lawyer, Judge Advocate and colonel
- Howard J. Burnett (1929–2019), American president of Washington & Jefferson College
- Howard Burnett (athlete) (born 1961), Jamaican track and field athlete
- Hugh Burnett (1918–1991), African-Canadian civil rights leader
- Hugh Burnett (producer) (1924–2011), British television producer and cartoonist
- Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon (b. 1958), Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales
- Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English novelist
- Jamie Burnett , Scottish snooker player
- Jason Burnett (b. 1986), Canadian trampoline gymnast
- Jean L. Burnett (1871–1907), New York politician
- Jesse Burnett (b. 1946) American boxer
- John Burnett, Baron Burnett (born 1945), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Burnett (advocate) (c. 1764–1810), Scottish advocate and judge
- John Burnett (colonial secretary) (1781–1860), colonial secretary of Van Diemens Land
- John Burnett (cricketer) (1840–1878), English cricketer
- John Burnett (footballer) (born 1939), English association (soccer) footballer
- John Burnett (historian) (1925–2006), English social historian
- John Burnett (judge) (1831–1890), American judge on the Oregon Supreme Court
- John Burnett (merchant) (1729–1784), Aberdeen merchant
- John Burnett (priest) ( fl. 1955–1969), Australian Anglican priest
- John Burnett (rugby league) , English rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s
- John Burnett (trade unionist) (1842–1914), British trade unionist and civil servant
- John George Burnett (1876–1962), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Harrison Burnett (1922–2007), British botanist and mycologist
- John L. Burnett (1854–1919), U.S. Representative from Alabama
- John Napier Burnett (1899–1989), Canadian educator
- Johnny Burnett (baseball) (1904–1959), American baseball player
- Joseph Burnett (1899–1941), Australian naval officer
- Justin Burnett (b. 1973), American film composer
- Kaelin Burnett (b. 1989), American football player
- Karl Burnett (b. 1976), New Zealand actor
- Kevin Burnett (b. 1982), American football player
- Leo Burnett (1891–1971), American advertising executive
- Margaret Burnett (b. 1949), American computer scientist
- Mark Burnett (b. 1960), British-born American television producer
- Maud Burnett (1863—1950), English politician
- Max Burnett (b. 1969), American TV & film writer, director and producer
- McKinley Burnett (1897–1968), American school desegregation pioneer
- Mikey Burnett (b. 1974), American mixed martial artist
- Nastassja Burnett (b. 1992), Italian tennis player
- O. H. Burnett (1872–1906), American politician and lawyer
- Paul Burnett (1943), English radio disc jockey
- Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807–1895), first civilian American Governor of California
- Richard Burnett , Canadian writer, editor, journalist and columnist
- Richie Burnett (b. 1967), Welsh professional darts player
- Rob Burnett (American football) (b. 1967), American football player
- Rob Burnett (producer) (b. 1962), former head writer for David Letterman
- Ron Burnett (b. 1947), British author, professor
- Samuel Burk Burnett (1849–1922), American cattleman and rancher from Texas
- Sean Burnett (b. 1982), American baseball player
- Simon Burnett (b. 1983), British swimmer
- Stefan Corbin Burnett , better known as MC Ride, singer for Death Grips
- Suzanne Rochon-Burnett (1935–2006), Canadian businesswoman
- T Bone Burnett (b. 1948), born Joseph Henry Burnett, American singer songwriter
- Thomas Stuart Burnett (1853–1888), Scottish sculptor
- Tom Burnett (1963–2001), American COO
- Walter Burnett Jr. (b. 1963), American politician
- Wayne Burnett (b. 1971), English football player and manager
- Webbie Burnett (born 1967), American football player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnett_(surname) | 126 |
where does the last name burnette come from | Burnette Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms | The surname Burnette was first found in Berwickshire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Faringdon where they held a manor and estates in that shire. The earliest record was of Robert Burnett in 1128. Later, an Alexander Burnard or Burnett went north with King Robert I and acquired lands in the forest of Drum. He was also granted the barony of Tulliboyll in Kincardine. Roger Burnard, his successor, had four sons, Goufrid, Ralph, Walter, and Richard. Crathes Castle is the family seat; it dates from 1553, and contains some extraordinary 16th century painted ceilings.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Burnette research. Another 153 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1208, 1643, 1715, 1615, 1684, 1663, 1664, 1664, 1669, 1674, 1669, 1679, 1684, 1688, 1729, 1720, 1728, 1728 and are included under the topic Early Burnette History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Notable amongst the family name during their early history was Alexander Burnard of the barony of Tulliboyll. Alexander Burnet (1615-1684), a Scottish clergyman, Bishop of Aberdeen (1663-1664), Archbishop of Glasgow...
Another 30 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Burnette Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In the United States, the name Burnette is the 1,723 rd most popular surname with an estimated 17,409 people with that name. [1]
Some of the Burnette family moved to Ireland , but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 64 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jo and Nicholas Burnett who settled in Virginia in 1635; followed by Samuel in 1648; and Abigail in 1698; John Burnett settled in Barbados in 1685; the Burnetts also settled in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and California.
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Virescit vulnere virtus
Motto Translation: Courage grows stronger at the wound.
Motto: Virescit vulnere virtus
Motto Translation: Courage grows stronger at the wound. | https://www.houseofnames.com/burnette-family-crest | 126 |
where does the last name burnette come from | Burnett (surname) - Wikipedia | For other uses, see Burnett .
Burnett is a Scottish surname . It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete , brunette , which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete , a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour. [1] [2]
- A. J. Burnett (b. 1977), American professional baseball player
- Alaina Burnett (b. 1977), Canadian voice actor
- Alan Burnett (b. 1950), American television writer-producer
- Alex Burnett (born 1987), baseball pitcher
- Alexander Burnett of Leys (died 1619), Laird of Crathes Castle
- Alexander Burnett (politician) (born 1973), Member of the Scottish Parliament
- Alexander Burnett (musician) , Australian singer, songwriter and music producer
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 2nd Baronet (died 1663) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 4th Baronet (died 1758) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 9th Baronet (1789–1856) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Edwin Burnett, 14th Baronet (1881–1959) of the Burnett baronets
- Allan Burnett (1925–2007), Scottish anarchist activist
- Bill Burnett (1917–1994), South African archbishop
- Bobby Burnett (b. 1943), American football player
- Brian Burnett (1913–2011), British Royal Air Force officer
- Bryan Burnett , Scottish radio and television personality
- Charles Burnett of the Burnett baronets
- Charles Burnett III (died 2018), British land-speed record holder for steam driven vehicle
- Charles Burnett (director) (born 1944), American film director
- Charles Burnett (officer of arms) (born 1940), Scottish Officer of Arms
- Charles Burnett (politician) (1875–1947), New Zealand politician
- Charles Burnett (RAF officer) became Australian Chief of the Air Staff
- Charles Hiram Burnett Sr. , treasurer of the city of Seattle and businessman
- Colby Burnett , American Jeopardy! contestant and teacher
- Cynthia S. Burnett (1840–1932), American educator, lecturer, reformer, editor
- David Burnett (politician) (b. 1942 or 1943), Arkansas politician and former judge
- Deontay Burnett (born 1997), American football player
- Dick Burnett (musician) , American country singer
- Emily Burnett (born 1997), Welsh actress
- Erin Burnett , American financial analyst and reporter
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), born Frances Eliza Hodgson, English author
- Garrett Burnett (1975–2022), Canadian ice hockey player
- George Burnett (ice hockey) (born 1962), National Hockey League coach
- George Burnett (officer of arms) (1822–1890), Lord Lyon King of Arms
- George Burnett (writer) (1776?–1811), English nonconformist minister, known as a writer
- George Burnett Barton (1836–1901), Australian lawyer
- George H. Burnett (1853–1927), Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
- George Murray Burnett (1921–1980), mathematician and chemist
- George Ritter Burnett (1858–1908), United States Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- Georgina Burnett (born 1978), Australian-born British television presenter
- Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800 – 1835) British botanist
- Graham Burnett (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer
- Gregg Burnett (born 1987), Scottish footballer
- Henry Cornelius Burnett (1825–1866) American politician
- Henry John Burnett (1942–1963), last man to be hanged in Scotland
- Henry Lawrence Burnett (1838–1916), American lawyer, Judge Advocate and colonel
- Howard J. Burnett (1929–2019), American president of Washington & Jefferson College
- Howard Burnett (athlete) (born 1961), Jamaican track and field athlete
- Hugh Burnett (1918–1991), African-Canadian civil rights leader
- Hugh Burnett (producer) (1924–2011), British television producer and cartoonist
- Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon (b. 1958), Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales
- Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English novelist
- Jamie Burnett , Scottish snooker player
- Jason Burnett (b. 1986), Canadian trampoline gymnast
- Jean L. Burnett (1871–1907), New York politician
- Jesse Burnett (b. 1946) American boxer
- John Burnett, Baron Burnett (born 1945), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Burnett (advocate) (c. 1764–1810), Scottish advocate and judge
- John Burnett (colonial secretary) (1781–1860), colonial secretary of Van Diemens Land
- John Burnett (cricketer) (1840–1878), English cricketer
- John Burnett (footballer) (born 1939), English association (soccer) footballer
- John Burnett (historian) (1925–2006), English social historian
- John Burnett (judge) (1831–1890), American judge on the Oregon Supreme Court
- John Burnett (merchant) (1729–1784), Aberdeen merchant
- John Burnett (priest) ( fl. 1955–1969), Australian Anglican priest
- John Burnett (rugby league) , English rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s
- John Burnett (trade unionist) (1842–1914), British trade unionist and civil servant
- John George Burnett (1876–1962), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Harrison Burnett (1922–2007), British botanist and mycologist
- John L. Burnett (1854–1919), U.S. Representative from Alabama
- John Napier Burnett (1899–1989), Canadian educator
- Johnny Burnett (baseball) (1904–1959), American baseball player
- Joseph Burnett (1899–1941), Australian naval officer
- Justin Burnett (b. 1973), American film composer
- Kaelin Burnett (b. 1989), American football player
- Karl Burnett (b. 1976), New Zealand actor
- Kevin Burnett (b. 1982), American football player
- Leo Burnett (1891–1971), American advertising executive
- Margaret Burnett (b. 1949), American computer scientist
- Mark Burnett (b. 1960), British-born American television producer
- Maud Burnett (1863—1950), English politician
- Max Burnett (b. 1969), American TV & film writer, director and producer
- McKinley Burnett (1897–1968), American school desegregation pioneer
- Mikey Burnett (b. 1974), American mixed martial artist
- Nastassja Burnett (b. 1992), Italian tennis player
- O. H. Burnett (1872–1906), American politician and lawyer
- Paul Burnett (1943), English radio disc jockey
- Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807–1895), first civilian American Governor of California
- Richard Burnett , Canadian writer, editor, journalist and columnist
- Richie Burnett (b. 1967), Welsh professional darts player
- Rob Burnett (American football) (b. 1967), American football player
- Rob Burnett (producer) (b. 1962), former head writer for David Letterman
- Ron Burnett (b. 1947), British author, professor
- Samuel Burk Burnett (1849–1922), American cattleman and rancher from Texas
- Sean Burnett (b. 1982), American baseball player
- Simon Burnett (b. 1983), British swimmer
- Stefan Corbin Burnett , better known as MC Ride, singer for Death Grips
- Suzanne Rochon-Burnett (1935–2006), Canadian businesswoman
- T Bone Burnett (b. 1948), born Joseph Henry Burnett, American singer songwriter
- Thomas Stuart Burnett (1853–1888), Scottish sculptor
- Tom Burnett (1963–2001), American COO
- Walter Burnett Jr. (b. 1963), American politician
- Wayne Burnett (b. 1971), English football player and manager
- Webbie Burnett (born 1967), American football player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnett_(surname) | 126 |
where does the last name burnette come from | Burnett (surname) - Wikipedia | For other uses, see Burnett .
Burnett is a Scottish surname . It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete , brunette , which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete , a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour. [1] [2]
- A. J. Burnett (b. 1977), American professional baseball player
- Alaina Burnett (b. 1977), Canadian voice actor
- Alan Burnett (b. 1950), American television writer-producer
- Alex Burnett (born 1987), baseball pitcher
- Alexander Burnett of Leys (died 1619), Laird of Crathes Castle
- Alexander Burnett (politician) (born 1973), Member of the Scottish Parliament
- Alexander Burnett (musician) , Australian singer, songwriter and music producer
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 2nd Baronet (died 1663) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 4th Baronet (died 1758) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 9th Baronet (1789–1856) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Edwin Burnett, 14th Baronet (1881–1959) of the Burnett baronets
- Allan Burnett (1925–2007), Scottish anarchist activist
- Bill Burnett (1917–1994), South African archbishop
- Bobby Burnett (b. 1943), American football player
- Brian Burnett (1913–2011), British Royal Air Force officer
- Bryan Burnett , Scottish radio and television personality
- Charles Burnett of the Burnett baronets
- Charles Burnett III (died 2018), British land-speed record holder for steam driven vehicle
- Charles Burnett (director) (born 1944), American film director
- Charles Burnett (officer of arms) (born 1940), Scottish Officer of Arms
- Charles Burnett (politician) (1875–1947), New Zealand politician
- Charles Burnett (RAF officer) became Australian Chief of the Air Staff
- Charles Hiram Burnett Sr. , treasurer of the city of Seattle and businessman
- Colby Burnett , American Jeopardy! contestant and teacher
- Cynthia S. Burnett (1840–1932), American educator, lecturer, reformer, editor
- David Burnett (politician) (b. 1942 or 1943), Arkansas politician and former judge
- Deontay Burnett (born 1997), American football player
- Dick Burnett (musician) , American country singer
- Emily Burnett (born 1997), Welsh actress
- Erin Burnett , American financial analyst and reporter
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), born Frances Eliza Hodgson, English author
- Garrett Burnett (1975–2022), Canadian ice hockey player
- George Burnett (ice hockey) (born 1962), National Hockey League coach
- George Burnett (officer of arms) (1822–1890), Lord Lyon King of Arms
- George Burnett (writer) (1776?–1811), English nonconformist minister, known as a writer
- George Burnett Barton (1836–1901), Australian lawyer
- George H. Burnett (1853–1927), Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
- George Murray Burnett (1921–1980), mathematician and chemist
- George Ritter Burnett (1858–1908), United States Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- Georgina Burnett (born 1978), Australian-born British television presenter
- Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800 – 1835) British botanist
- Graham Burnett (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer
- Gregg Burnett (born 1987), Scottish footballer
- Henry Cornelius Burnett (1825–1866) American politician
- Henry John Burnett (1942–1963), last man to be hanged in Scotland
- Henry Lawrence Burnett (1838–1916), American lawyer, Judge Advocate and colonel
- Howard J. Burnett (1929–2019), American president of Washington & Jefferson College
- Howard Burnett (athlete) (born 1961), Jamaican track and field athlete
- Hugh Burnett (1918–1991), African-Canadian civil rights leader
- Hugh Burnett (producer) (1924–2011), British television producer and cartoonist
- Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon (b. 1958), Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales
- Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English novelist
- Jamie Burnett , Scottish snooker player
- Jason Burnett (b. 1986), Canadian trampoline gymnast
- Jean L. Burnett (1871–1907), New York politician
- Jesse Burnett (b. 1946) American boxer
- John Burnett, Baron Burnett (born 1945), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Burnett (advocate) (c. 1764–1810), Scottish advocate and judge
- John Burnett (colonial secretary) (1781–1860), colonial secretary of Van Diemens Land
- John Burnett (cricketer) (1840–1878), English cricketer
- John Burnett (footballer) (born 1939), English association (soccer) footballer
- John Burnett (historian) (1925–2006), English social historian
- John Burnett (judge) (1831–1890), American judge on the Oregon Supreme Court
- John Burnett (merchant) (1729–1784), Aberdeen merchant
- John Burnett (priest) ( fl. 1955–1969), Australian Anglican priest
- John Burnett (rugby league) , English rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s
- John Burnett (trade unionist) (1842–1914), British trade unionist and civil servant
- John George Burnett (1876–1962), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Harrison Burnett (1922–2007), British botanist and mycologist
- John L. Burnett (1854–1919), U.S. Representative from Alabama
- John Napier Burnett (1899–1989), Canadian educator
- Johnny Burnett (baseball) (1904–1959), American baseball player
- Joseph Burnett (1899–1941), Australian naval officer
- Justin Burnett (b. 1973), American film composer
- Kaelin Burnett (b. 1989), American football player
- Karl Burnett (b. 1976), New Zealand actor
- Kevin Burnett (b. 1982), American football player
- Leo Burnett (1891–1971), American advertising executive
- Margaret Burnett (b. 1949), American computer scientist
- Mark Burnett (b. 1960), British-born American television producer
- Maud Burnett (1863—1950), English politician
- Max Burnett (b. 1969), American TV & film writer, director and producer
- McKinley Burnett (1897–1968), American school desegregation pioneer
- Mikey Burnett (b. 1974), American mixed martial artist
- Nastassja Burnett (b. 1992), Italian tennis player
- O. H. Burnett (1872–1906), American politician and lawyer
- Paul Burnett (1943), English radio disc jockey
- Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807–1895), first civilian American Governor of California
- Richard Burnett , Canadian writer, editor, journalist and columnist
- Richie Burnett (b. 1967), Welsh professional darts player
- Rob Burnett (American football) (b. 1967), American football player
- Rob Burnett (producer) (b. 1962), former head writer for David Letterman
- Ron Burnett (b. 1947), British author, professor
- Samuel Burk Burnett (1849–1922), American cattleman and rancher from Texas
- Sean Burnett (b. 1982), American baseball player
- Simon Burnett (b. 1983), British swimmer
- Stefan Corbin Burnett , better known as MC Ride, singer for Death Grips
- Suzanne Rochon-Burnett (1935–2006), Canadian businesswoman
- T Bone Burnett (b. 1948), born Joseph Henry Burnett, American singer songwriter
- Thomas Stuart Burnett (1853–1888), Scottish sculptor
- Tom Burnett (1963–2001), American COO
- Walter Burnett Jr. (b. 1963), American politician
- Wayne Burnett (b. 1971), English football player and manager
- Webbie Burnett (born 1967), American football player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnett_(surname) | 126 |
where does the last name burnette come from | Surname Database: Burnett Last Name Origin | SDB Popularity ranking: 751
This distinguished name is of Old French origin, introduced into England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is one of that sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames, given in the first instance with reference to such characteristics as personal appearance or to habits of dress. The name derives from the Old French "burnete, brunette", a diminutive of "brun", brown, or dark-brown, used of a person's complexion or hair-colour, or in some cases of a particular type of cloth. "Burnete" was used in the Middle Ages of a wool-dyed cloth of superior quality, originally of dark-brown colour, and the surname may in some cases denote a maker or seller of such a material. Early examples of the surname include: Richard Bornet (1279, Buckinghamshire), and Cristina Burnete (1365, London). One Andrew Burnet is listed in the University of Oxford Register of 1546, at Jesus College, and John Burnett was an early emigrant to the American Colonies, leaving London on the "Abraham" in November 1635, bound for Virginia. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Burnet, which was dated 1219, witness in the "Assize Court Rolls of Yorkshire", during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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where does the last name burnette come from | Burnett (surname) - Wikipedia | For other uses, see Burnett .
Burnett is a Scottish surname . It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete , brunette , which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete , a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour. [1] [2]
- A. J. Burnett (b. 1977), American professional baseball player
- Alaina Burnett (b. 1977), Canadian voice actor
- Alan Burnett (b. 1950), American television writer-producer
- Alex Burnett (born 1987), baseball pitcher
- Alexander Burnett of Leys (died 1619), Laird of Crathes Castle
- Alexander Burnett (politician) (born 1973), Member of the Scottish Parliament
- Alexander Burnett (musician) , Australian singer, songwriter and music producer
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 2nd Baronet (died 1663) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 4th Baronet (died 1758) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 9th Baronet (1789–1856) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Edwin Burnett, 14th Baronet (1881–1959) of the Burnett baronets
- Allan Burnett (1925–2007), Scottish anarchist activist
- Bill Burnett (1917–1994), South African archbishop
- Bobby Burnett (b. 1943), American football player
- Brian Burnett (1913–2011), British Royal Air Force officer
- Bryan Burnett , Scottish radio and television personality
- Charles Burnett of the Burnett baronets
- Charles Burnett III (died 2018), British land-speed record holder for steam driven vehicle
- Charles Burnett (director) (born 1944), American film director
- Charles Burnett (officer of arms) (born 1940), Scottish Officer of Arms
- Charles Burnett (politician) (1875–1947), New Zealand politician
- Charles Burnett (RAF officer) became Australian Chief of the Air Staff
- Charles Hiram Burnett Sr. , treasurer of the city of Seattle and businessman
- Colby Burnett , American Jeopardy! contestant and teacher
- Cynthia S. Burnett (1840–1932), American educator, lecturer, reformer, editor
- David Burnett (politician) (b. 1942 or 1943), Arkansas politician and former judge
- Deontay Burnett (born 1997), American football player
- Dick Burnett (musician) , American country singer
- Emily Burnett (born 1997), Welsh actress
- Erin Burnett , American financial analyst and reporter
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), born Frances Eliza Hodgson, English author
- Garrett Burnett (1975–2022), Canadian ice hockey player
- George Burnett (ice hockey) (born 1962), National Hockey League coach
- George Burnett (officer of arms) (1822–1890), Lord Lyon King of Arms
- George Burnett (writer) (1776?–1811), English nonconformist minister, known as a writer
- George Burnett Barton (1836–1901), Australian lawyer
- George H. Burnett (1853–1927), Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
- George Murray Burnett (1921–1980), mathematician and chemist
- George Ritter Burnett (1858–1908), United States Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- Georgina Burnett (born 1978), Australian-born British television presenter
- Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800 – 1835) British botanist
- Graham Burnett (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer
- Gregg Burnett (born 1987), Scottish footballer
- Henry Cornelius Burnett (1825–1866) American politician
- Henry John Burnett (1942–1963), last man to be hanged in Scotland
- Henry Lawrence Burnett (1838–1916), American lawyer, Judge Advocate and colonel
- Howard J. Burnett (1929–2019), American president of Washington & Jefferson College
- Howard Burnett (athlete) (born 1961), Jamaican track and field athlete
- Hugh Burnett (1918–1991), African-Canadian civil rights leader
- Hugh Burnett (producer) (1924–2011), British television producer and cartoonist
- Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon (b. 1958), Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales
- Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English novelist
- Jamie Burnett , Scottish snooker player
- Jason Burnett (b. 1986), Canadian trampoline gymnast
- Jean L. Burnett (1871–1907), New York politician
- Jesse Burnett (b. 1946) American boxer
- John Burnett, Baron Burnett (born 1945), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Burnett (advocate) (c. 1764–1810), Scottish advocate and judge
- John Burnett (colonial secretary) (1781–1860), colonial secretary of Van Diemens Land
- John Burnett (cricketer) (1840–1878), English cricketer
- John Burnett (footballer) (born 1939), English association (soccer) footballer
- John Burnett (historian) (1925–2006), English social historian
- John Burnett (judge) (1831–1890), American judge on the Oregon Supreme Court
- John Burnett (merchant) (1729–1784), Aberdeen merchant
- John Burnett (priest) ( fl. 1955–1969), Australian Anglican priest
- John Burnett (rugby league) , English rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s
- John Burnett (trade unionist) (1842–1914), British trade unionist and civil servant
- John George Burnett (1876–1962), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Harrison Burnett (1922–2007), British botanist and mycologist
- John L. Burnett (1854–1919), U.S. Representative from Alabama
- John Napier Burnett (1899–1989), Canadian educator
- Johnny Burnett (baseball) (1904–1959), American baseball player
- Joseph Burnett (1899–1941), Australian naval officer
- Justin Burnett (b. 1973), American film composer
- Kaelin Burnett (b. 1989), American football player
- Karl Burnett (b. 1976), New Zealand actor
- Kevin Burnett (b. 1982), American football player
- Leo Burnett (1891–1971), American advertising executive
- Margaret Burnett (b. 1949), American computer scientist
- Mark Burnett (b. 1960), British-born American television producer
- Maud Burnett (1863—1950), English politician
- Max Burnett (b. 1969), American TV & film writer, director and producer
- McKinley Burnett (1897–1968), American school desegregation pioneer
- Mikey Burnett (b. 1974), American mixed martial artist
- Nastassja Burnett (b. 1992), Italian tennis player
- O. H. Burnett (1872–1906), American politician and lawyer
- Paul Burnett (1943), English radio disc jockey
- Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807–1895), first civilian American Governor of California
- Richard Burnett , Canadian writer, editor, journalist and columnist
- Richie Burnett (b. 1967), Welsh professional darts player
- Rob Burnett (American football) (b. 1967), American football player
- Rob Burnett (producer) (b. 1962), former head writer for David Letterman
- Ron Burnett (b. 1947), British author, professor
- Samuel Burk Burnett (1849–1922), American cattleman and rancher from Texas
- Sean Burnett (b. 1982), American baseball player
- Simon Burnett (b. 1983), British swimmer
- Stefan Corbin Burnett , better known as MC Ride, singer for Death Grips
- Suzanne Rochon-Burnett (1935–2006), Canadian businesswoman
- T Bone Burnett (b. 1948), born Joseph Henry Burnett, American singer songwriter
- Thomas Stuart Burnett (1853–1888), Scottish sculptor
- Tom Burnett (1963–2001), American COO
- Walter Burnett Jr. (b. 1963), American politician
- Wayne Burnett (b. 1971), English football player and manager
- Webbie Burnett (born 1967), American football player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnett_(surname) | 126 |
where does the last name burnette come from | Burnette Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms | The surname Burnette was first found in Berwickshire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Faringdon where they held a manor and estates in that shire. The earliest record was of Robert Burnett in 1128. Later, an Alexander Burnard or Burnett went north with King Robert I and acquired lands in the forest of Drum. He was also granted the barony of Tulliboyll in Kincardine. Roger Burnard, his successor, had four sons, Goufrid, Ralph, Walter, and Richard. Crathes Castle is the family seat; it dates from 1553, and contains some extraordinary 16th century painted ceilings.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Burnette research. Another 153 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1208, 1643, 1715, 1615, 1684, 1663, 1664, 1664, 1669, 1674, 1669, 1679, 1684, 1688, 1729, 1720, 1728, 1728 and are included under the topic Early Burnette History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Notable amongst the family name during their early history was Alexander Burnard of the barony of Tulliboyll. Alexander Burnet (1615-1684), a Scottish clergyman, Bishop of Aberdeen (1663-1664), Archbishop of Glasgow...
Another 30 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Burnette Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In the United States, the name Burnette is the 1,723 rd most popular surname with an estimated 17,409 people with that name. [1]
Some of the Burnette family moved to Ireland , but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 64 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jo and Nicholas Burnett who settled in Virginia in 1635; followed by Samuel in 1648; and Abigail in 1698; John Burnett settled in Barbados in 1685; the Burnetts also settled in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and California.
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Virescit vulnere virtus
Motto Translation: Courage grows stronger at the wound.
Motto: Virescit vulnere virtus
Motto Translation: Courage grows stronger at the wound. | https://www.houseofnames.com/burnette-family-crest | 126 |
where does the last name burnette come from | Burnett (surname) - Wikipedia | For other uses, see Burnett .
Burnett is a Scottish surname . It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete , brunette , which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete , a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour. [1] [2]
- A. J. Burnett (b. 1977), American professional baseball player
- Alaina Burnett (b. 1977), Canadian voice actor
- Alan Burnett (b. 1950), American television writer-producer
- Alex Burnett (born 1987), baseball pitcher
- Alexander Burnett of Leys (died 1619), Laird of Crathes Castle
- Alexander Burnett (politician) (born 1973), Member of the Scottish Parliament
- Alexander Burnett (musician) , Australian singer, songwriter and music producer
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 2nd Baronet (died 1663) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 4th Baronet (died 1758) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 9th Baronet (1789–1856) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Edwin Burnett, 14th Baronet (1881–1959) of the Burnett baronets
- Allan Burnett (1925–2007), Scottish anarchist activist
- Bill Burnett (1917–1994), South African archbishop
- Bobby Burnett (b. 1943), American football player
- Brian Burnett (1913–2011), British Royal Air Force officer
- Bryan Burnett , Scottish radio and television personality
- Charles Burnett of the Burnett baronets
- Charles Burnett III (died 2018), British land-speed record holder for steam driven vehicle
- Charles Burnett (director) (born 1944), American film director
- Charles Burnett (officer of arms) (born 1940), Scottish Officer of Arms
- Charles Burnett (politician) (1875–1947), New Zealand politician
- Charles Burnett (RAF officer) became Australian Chief of the Air Staff
- Charles Hiram Burnett Sr. , treasurer of the city of Seattle and businessman
- Colby Burnett , American Jeopardy! contestant and teacher
- Cynthia S. Burnett (1840–1932), American educator, lecturer, reformer, editor
- David Burnett (politician) (b. 1942 or 1943), Arkansas politician and former judge
- Deontay Burnett (born 1997), American football player
- Dick Burnett (musician) , American country singer
- Emily Burnett (born 1997), Welsh actress
- Erin Burnett , American financial analyst and reporter
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), born Frances Eliza Hodgson, English author
- Garrett Burnett (1975–2022), Canadian ice hockey player
- George Burnett (ice hockey) (born 1962), National Hockey League coach
- George Burnett (officer of arms) (1822–1890), Lord Lyon King of Arms
- George Burnett (writer) (1776?–1811), English nonconformist minister, known as a writer
- George Burnett Barton (1836–1901), Australian lawyer
- George H. Burnett (1853–1927), Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
- George Murray Burnett (1921–1980), mathematician and chemist
- George Ritter Burnett (1858–1908), United States Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- Georgina Burnett (born 1978), Australian-born British television presenter
- Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800 – 1835) British botanist
- Graham Burnett (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer
- Gregg Burnett (born 1987), Scottish footballer
- Henry Cornelius Burnett (1825–1866) American politician
- Henry John Burnett (1942–1963), last man to be hanged in Scotland
- Henry Lawrence Burnett (1838–1916), American lawyer, Judge Advocate and colonel
- Howard J. Burnett (1929–2019), American president of Washington & Jefferson College
- Howard Burnett (athlete) (born 1961), Jamaican track and field athlete
- Hugh Burnett (1918–1991), African-Canadian civil rights leader
- Hugh Burnett (producer) (1924–2011), British television producer and cartoonist
- Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon (b. 1958), Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales
- Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English novelist
- Jamie Burnett , Scottish snooker player
- Jason Burnett (b. 1986), Canadian trampoline gymnast
- Jean L. Burnett (1871–1907), New York politician
- Jesse Burnett (b. 1946) American boxer
- John Burnett, Baron Burnett (born 1945), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Burnett (advocate) (c. 1764–1810), Scottish advocate and judge
- John Burnett (colonial secretary) (1781–1860), colonial secretary of Van Diemens Land
- John Burnett (cricketer) (1840–1878), English cricketer
- John Burnett (footballer) (born 1939), English association (soccer) footballer
- John Burnett (historian) (1925–2006), English social historian
- John Burnett (judge) (1831–1890), American judge on the Oregon Supreme Court
- John Burnett (merchant) (1729–1784), Aberdeen merchant
- John Burnett (priest) ( fl. 1955–1969), Australian Anglican priest
- John Burnett (rugby league) , English rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s
- John Burnett (trade unionist) (1842–1914), British trade unionist and civil servant
- John George Burnett (1876–1962), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Harrison Burnett (1922–2007), British botanist and mycologist
- John L. Burnett (1854–1919), U.S. Representative from Alabama
- John Napier Burnett (1899–1989), Canadian educator
- Johnny Burnett (baseball) (1904–1959), American baseball player
- Joseph Burnett (1899–1941), Australian naval officer
- Justin Burnett (b. 1973), American film composer
- Kaelin Burnett (b. 1989), American football player
- Karl Burnett (b. 1976), New Zealand actor
- Kevin Burnett (b. 1982), American football player
- Leo Burnett (1891–1971), American advertising executive
- Margaret Burnett (b. 1949), American computer scientist
- Mark Burnett (b. 1960), British-born American television producer
- Maud Burnett (1863—1950), English politician
- Max Burnett (b. 1969), American TV & film writer, director and producer
- McKinley Burnett (1897–1968), American school desegregation pioneer
- Mikey Burnett (b. 1974), American mixed martial artist
- Nastassja Burnett (b. 1992), Italian tennis player
- O. H. Burnett (1872–1906), American politician and lawyer
- Paul Burnett (1943), English radio disc jockey
- Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807–1895), first civilian American Governor of California
- Richard Burnett , Canadian writer, editor, journalist and columnist
- Richie Burnett (b. 1967), Welsh professional darts player
- Rob Burnett (American football) (b. 1967), American football player
- Rob Burnett (producer) (b. 1962), former head writer for David Letterman
- Ron Burnett (b. 1947), British author, professor
- Samuel Burk Burnett (1849–1922), American cattleman and rancher from Texas
- Sean Burnett (b. 1982), American baseball player
- Simon Burnett (b. 1983), British swimmer
- Stefan Corbin Burnett , better known as MC Ride, singer for Death Grips
- Suzanne Rochon-Burnett (1935–2006), Canadian businesswoman
- T Bone Burnett (b. 1948), born Joseph Henry Burnett, American singer songwriter
- Thomas Stuart Burnett (1853–1888), Scottish sculptor
- Tom Burnett (1963–2001), American COO
- Walter Burnett Jr. (b. 1963), American politician
- Wayne Burnett (b. 1971), English football player and manager
- Webbie Burnett (born 1967), American football player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnett_(surname) | 126 |
where does the last name burnette come from | Burnett (surname) - Wikipedia | For other uses, see Burnett .
Burnett is a Scottish surname . It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete , brunette , which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete , a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour. [1] [2]
- A. J. Burnett (b. 1977), American professional baseball player
- Alaina Burnett (b. 1977), Canadian voice actor
- Alan Burnett (b. 1950), American television writer-producer
- Alex Burnett (born 1987), baseball pitcher
- Alexander Burnett of Leys (died 1619), Laird of Crathes Castle
- Alexander Burnett (politician) (born 1973), Member of the Scottish Parliament
- Alexander Burnett (musician) , Australian singer, songwriter and music producer
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 2nd Baronet (died 1663) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 4th Baronet (died 1758) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Burnett, 9th Baronet (1789–1856) of the Burnett baronets
- Sir Alexander Edwin Burnett, 14th Baronet (1881–1959) of the Burnett baronets
- Allan Burnett (1925–2007), Scottish anarchist activist
- Bill Burnett (1917–1994), South African archbishop
- Bobby Burnett (b. 1943), American football player
- Brian Burnett (1913–2011), British Royal Air Force officer
- Bryan Burnett , Scottish radio and television personality
- Charles Burnett of the Burnett baronets
- Charles Burnett III (died 2018), British land-speed record holder for steam driven vehicle
- Charles Burnett (director) (born 1944), American film director
- Charles Burnett (officer of arms) (born 1940), Scottish Officer of Arms
- Charles Burnett (politician) (1875–1947), New Zealand politician
- Charles Burnett (RAF officer) became Australian Chief of the Air Staff
- Charles Hiram Burnett Sr. , treasurer of the city of Seattle and businessman
- Colby Burnett , American Jeopardy! contestant and teacher
- Cynthia S. Burnett (1840–1932), American educator, lecturer, reformer, editor
- David Burnett (politician) (b. 1942 or 1943), Arkansas politician and former judge
- Deontay Burnett (born 1997), American football player
- Dick Burnett (musician) , American country singer
- Emily Burnett (born 1997), Welsh actress
- Erin Burnett , American financial analyst and reporter
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), born Frances Eliza Hodgson, English author
- Garrett Burnett (1975–2022), Canadian ice hockey player
- George Burnett (ice hockey) (born 1962), National Hockey League coach
- George Burnett (officer of arms) (1822–1890), Lord Lyon King of Arms
- George Burnett (writer) (1776?–1811), English nonconformist minister, known as a writer
- George Burnett Barton (1836–1901), Australian lawyer
- George H. Burnett (1853–1927), Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice
- George Murray Burnett (1921–1980), mathematician and chemist
- George Ritter Burnett (1858–1908), United States Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- Georgina Burnett (born 1978), Australian-born British television presenter
- Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800 – 1835) British botanist
- Graham Burnett (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer
- Gregg Burnett (born 1987), Scottish footballer
- Henry Cornelius Burnett (1825–1866) American politician
- Henry John Burnett (1942–1963), last man to be hanged in Scotland
- Henry Lawrence Burnett (1838–1916), American lawyer, Judge Advocate and colonel
- Howard J. Burnett (1929–2019), American president of Washington & Jefferson College
- Howard Burnett (athlete) (born 1961), Jamaican track and field athlete
- Hugh Burnett (1918–1991), African-Canadian civil rights leader
- Hugh Burnett (producer) (1924–2011), British television producer and cartoonist
- Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon (b. 1958), Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales
- Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English novelist
- Jamie Burnett , Scottish snooker player
- Jason Burnett (b. 1986), Canadian trampoline gymnast
- Jean L. Burnett (1871–1907), New York politician
- Jesse Burnett (b. 1946) American boxer
- John Burnett, Baron Burnett (born 1945), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Burnett (advocate) (c. 1764–1810), Scottish advocate and judge
- John Burnett (colonial secretary) (1781–1860), colonial secretary of Van Diemens Land
- John Burnett (cricketer) (1840–1878), English cricketer
- John Burnett (footballer) (born 1939), English association (soccer) footballer
- John Burnett (historian) (1925–2006), English social historian
- John Burnett (judge) (1831–1890), American judge on the Oregon Supreme Court
- John Burnett (merchant) (1729–1784), Aberdeen merchant
- John Burnett (priest) ( fl. 1955–1969), Australian Anglican priest
- John Burnett (rugby league) , English rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s
- John Burnett (trade unionist) (1842–1914), British trade unionist and civil servant
- John George Burnett (1876–1962), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Harrison Burnett (1922–2007), British botanist and mycologist
- John L. Burnett (1854–1919), U.S. Representative from Alabama
- John Napier Burnett (1899–1989), Canadian educator
- Johnny Burnett (baseball) (1904–1959), American baseball player
- Joseph Burnett (1899–1941), Australian naval officer
- Justin Burnett (b. 1973), American film composer
- Kaelin Burnett (b. 1989), American football player
- Karl Burnett (b. 1976), New Zealand actor
- Kevin Burnett (b. 1982), American football player
- Leo Burnett (1891–1971), American advertising executive
- Margaret Burnett (b. 1949), American computer scientist
- Mark Burnett (b. 1960), British-born American television producer
- Maud Burnett (1863—1950), English politician
- Max Burnett (b. 1969), American TV & film writer, director and producer
- McKinley Burnett (1897–1968), American school desegregation pioneer
- Mikey Burnett (b. 1974), American mixed martial artist
- Nastassja Burnett (b. 1992), Italian tennis player
- O. H. Burnett (1872–1906), American politician and lawyer
- Paul Burnett (1943), English radio disc jockey
- Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807–1895), first civilian American Governor of California
- Richard Burnett , Canadian writer, editor, journalist and columnist
- Richie Burnett (b. 1967), Welsh professional darts player
- Rob Burnett (American football) (b. 1967), American football player
- Rob Burnett (producer) (b. 1962), former head writer for David Letterman
- Ron Burnett (b. 1947), British author, professor
- Samuel Burk Burnett (1849–1922), American cattleman and rancher from Texas
- Sean Burnett (b. 1982), American baseball player
- Simon Burnett (b. 1983), British swimmer
- Stefan Corbin Burnett , better known as MC Ride, singer for Death Grips
- Suzanne Rochon-Burnett (1935–2006), Canadian businesswoman
- T Bone Burnett (b. 1948), born Joseph Henry Burnett, American singer songwriter
- Thomas Stuart Burnett (1853–1888), Scottish sculptor
- Tom Burnett (1963–2001), American COO
- Walter Burnett Jr. (b. 1963), American politician
- Wayne Burnett (b. 1971), English football player and manager
- Webbie Burnett (born 1967), American football player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnett_(surname) | 126 |
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The Pond
|Former names|| Anaheim Arena (planning/construction) |
Pond of Anaheim (1993)
Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (1993–2006)
|Address||2695 East Katella Avenue|
|Location||Anaheim, California|
|Coordinates||33°48′28″N 117°52′36″W Coordinates : 33°48′28″N 117°52′36″W|
|Public transit||Anaheim|
|Owner||City of Anaheim|
|Operator||Anaheim Arena Management|
|Capacity|| Hockey: 17,174; |
Basketball: 18,336;
Concerts (center stage) 18,900; Concerts (end stage) 18,325
Theatre at the Honda Center: 8,400
|Field size||650,000 square feet (60,000 m 2 )|
|Construction|
|Broke ground||November 8, 1990|
|Opened||June 17, 1993|
|Construction cost|| US$123 million |
($255 million in 2021 dollars [1] )
|Architect||HOK Sport (now Populous )|
|Project manager||Turner Construction|
|Structural engineer||Thornton Tomasetti [2]|
|Services engineer||Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. [3]|
|General contractor||Huber, Hunt & Nichols [4]|
|Tenants|
| Anaheim Ducks ( NHL ) (1993–present) |
Anaheim Bullfrogs ( RHI / MLRH ) (1994–1999)
Anaheim Splash ( CISL ) (1994–1997)
Los Angeles Clippers ( NBA ) (1994–1999)
Anaheim Piranhas ( AFL ) (1996–1997)
Anaheim Storm ( NLL ) (2004–2005)
UCLA Bruins ( NCAA ) (2011–2012)
Los Angeles Kiss ( AFL ) (2014–2016)
The Honda Center (formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim ) is an indoor arena located in Anaheim, California . The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League .
Originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction, it was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$123 million. Arrowhead Water paid $15 million for the naming rights over 10 years in October 1993. [5] In the short period of time after the Mighty Ducks franchise was awarded and before the naming rights deal with Arrowhead, Disney referred to the Arena as the Pond of Anaheim . [6] In October 2006, Honda paid $60 million for the naming rights over 15 years, [7] and renewed the deal for another decade in 2020. [8]
The idea for a large indoor arena in Anaheim emerged from entertainment attorney Neil Papiano , who in 1987 randomly selected two of the city's councilmen from the telephone directory to sell them his idea. They approved of the concept, and one year later following location surveys, the placement was chosen at a seven-acre parcel at Douglass Road and Katella Avenue, that at the time was owned by the German social group Phoenix Club. Papiano also managed to get financial backing from two New York-based firms, Ogden Corporation and Nederlander Organization . [9] Even if there was a dispute to build an arena on Orange County with a Santa Ana project led by Spectacor , and there were discussions of feasibility of the arena given the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League were at the time unwilling to expand to the area, [10] the city of Anaheim pushed forward to built the Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc. -designed arena, [11] which broke ground in November 1990. [9] A tenant was finally found in 1992, as The Walt Disney Corporation had just been awarded an NHL franchise for Anaheim, entering negotiations to lease the arena. [12] Once the deal was broken, the arena's final cost ended at $121 million, as $18 million were added to finance hockey franchise fees and facility improvement. [9]
The arena opened on June 19, 1993, with a Barry Manilow concert as its first event. [13] The then-Arrowhead Pond's first NHL game was also the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season opener on October 8, 1993, against the Detroit Red Wings , preceded by a 20-minute pregame show at the cost of $450,000. The Ducks lost 7–2. [14] Since then, the arena has been host to a number of events, such as the 2003 and 2007 Stanley Cup Finals . [13] On June 6, 2007, the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators , 6–2, in game five of the Final at Honda Center to clinch the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship. [15]
Honda Center has hosted several UFC events , starting with UFC 59 in 2006. [16] It hosted the 2005 IBF World Championships for badminton in 2005. [17]
From 1994 to 1999, it served as a second home for the NBA 's Los Angeles Clippers . It was the home arena for the Anaheim Bullfrogs of Roller Hockey International from 1994 to 1999 and for the Anaheim Piranhas of the Arena Football League from 1996 to 1997. [18]
This arena has also hosted a PBR Bud Light Cup (later Built Ford Tough Series ) event annually since 1998. [19] Since 1994, the arena has hosted the annual Wooden Legacy basketball tournament. [20]
In 2011, the arena began hosting the Big West Conference Men's and Women's Basketball tournaments. [21] The arena has also hosted the NCAA men's basketball tournament seven times, as the West Regional site – 1998 , 2001 , 2003 , 2008 , 2011 , 2014 , 2016 and 2019 . It even hosted the Frozen Four, the semifinals and final of the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship , in 1999, underscoring the popularity of hockey in the region. [13]
On December 6, 2000, music legend Tina Turner played her last concert at the arena for the record breaking Twenty Four Seven Tour , but after popular demand, Turner returned to the arena before a sellout crowd on October 14, 2008, for her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour .
The Honda Center lies northeast across California State Route 57 from Angel Stadium (the home stadium of Major League Baseball 's Los Angeles Angels ) and roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) from Disneyland Park . It is also across the street from Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center with service by Amtrak ( Pacific Surfliner ), Metrolink ( Orange County Line ), Anaheim Resort Transit , Orange County Transportation Authority and private transportation companies.
The arena seats up to 17,174 for its primary tenant, the Ducks. It takes only five hours to convert Honda Center from a sporting arena to an 8,400-seat amphitheater. There are 84 luxury suites in the building, which has hosted 17.5 million people, as of 2003. In 2005, the arena became the first in the U.S. to have two full levels of 360° ribbon displays installed. Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota , designed, manufactured and installed the 1,800 feet (550 m) of full-color LED technology. Outside the venue, the marquee was upgraded with two large video displays measuring 8 feet (2.4 m) high by 21 feet (6.4 m), and a new marquee was built with more LED video displays. [22]
Broadcom chairman Henry Samueli owns the company that operates the arena, Anaheim Arena Management, LLC, and the arena's primary tenant, the Ducks, giving him great flexibility in scheduling events and recruiting new tenants. AAM was founded in 2003 to take over operations of the arena from the bankrupt Ogden Corp., [23] which had already sold the arena's concession deal to Aramark in 2000 - [24] who remained providing foods and drinks until 2013, when concessions became an in-house operation. [25]
During the 2014–2015 NHL Season, it was announced that Honda Center would get a new scoreboard that will replace the one that was in place since its opening in 1993. The new scoreboard made its debut in a Ducks pre-season game against the Los Angeles Kings. [26]
In March 2020, the arena would lose all its scheduled events because of the COVID-19 pandemic . [27] For the rest of the year, Honda Center would instead host charity events, such as blood drives , food bank distributions, and a collective wedding, along with serving as a drive-through voting location for the 2020 United States presidential election . [28] The Ducks would only play again in the arena once the following NHL season started in January 2021, with a reduced audience of 2,000 being allowed to attend the final five games of the season, starting with an April 17 matchup with the Vegas Golden Knights . [29]
- Affliction: Banned was held in the Honda Center.
- The arena has hosted Bellator 160 .
- The arena has hosted a number of WWE events including WrestleMania XII , Royal Rumble 1999 , WrestleMania 2000 , [32] as well as various episodes of Monday Night Raw and SmackDown .
Honda Center has the second highest gross ticket sales from special events on the West Coast, following only Crypto.com Arena . [33] These events have included the following over the years:
- Barbra Streisand recorded the final date here from her first tour in 30 years Barbra Streisand in Concert in June 1994.
- AC/DC brought their Ballbreaker World Tour to the arena on February 13, 1996. They then brought their Black Ice World Tour to the arena on September 8, 2009.
- Smashing Pumpkins performed on December 9 and December 10, 1996, as part of their Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness tour. They then returned to the arena on November 16, 2022 for their Spirits on Fire Tour.
- Rock band No Doubt , natives of Anaheim, recorded their two 1997 concert stops at Honda Center, releasing them as their first concert video, Live in the Tragic Kingdom .
- Janet Jackson performed for the first time at the arena during her The Velvet Rope Tour on August 23, 1998. She returned for her All for You Tour on September 29, 2001, and returned on September 23, 2017, as part of her State of the World Tour .
- Marilyn Manson last stop of the Mechanical Animals tour
- TLC performed at the arena on January 7, 2000, during their FanMail Tour . The tour would be their last as a trio. Band member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was killed in a car accident in April 2002.
- Shakira showed up in the arena for the first time on April 19, 2000 with Tour Anfibio . She returned to the venue on November 12, 2002 with Tour of the Mongoose , August 17, 2006 with Oral Fixation Tour , October 25, 2010 with The Sun Comes Out World Tour and August 31, 2018 with El Dorado World Tour .
- Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg performed here on June 16 & June 18, 2000, during their Up In Smoke Tour .
- Santana performed a sold-out four night run at the arena from August 11 to August 14, 1999, during their Supernatural Tour .
- Britney Spears performed on 20 November 2001 during her Dream Within a Dream Tour . She returned on April 19 and 20, 2009 for her The Circus Starring Britney Spears and on June 24, 2011, with her Femme Fatale Tour .
- KIIS-FM 's Jingle Ball – December 19, 2002, December 3, 2004, December 7, 2006, October 27, 2007, and December 6, 2008
- When No Doubt's lead singer, Gwen Stefani embarked on a solo venture, she filmed her two homecoming concerts at Honda Center in 2005. The DVD was released as Harajuku Lovers Live .
- Mariah Carey 's latest DVD release, entitled The Adventures of Mimi was recorded at the Honda Center on October 8, 2006, during The Adventures of Mimi Tour .
- The Jonas Brothers recorded the companion album to their 3-D concert movie at the Honda Center.
- U2 performed at the arena five times: the first, the second and the third were on April 23, 24 and 26, 2001 during their Elevation Tour , in front of a total sold-out crowd of 49,377 people. The fourth and the fifth were on April 1 and 2, 2005 during their Vertigo Tour , in front of a total sold-out crowd of 33,535 people.
- Depeche Mode performed at the arena seven times. The first and the second were on December 20 and 22, 1998 during their Singles Tour . The third and the fourth were on August 18 and 19, 2001 during their Exciter Tour . The fifth one was on November 23, 2005, during their Touring the Angel . The sixth one was on August 19, 2009, during their Tour of the Universe , in front of a crowd of 12,430 people. The 2009 show was recorded for the group's live albums project Recording the Universe . The seventh was on May 22, 2018, during their Global Spirit Tour .
- K-pop artists under S.M. Entertainment featuring BoA , TVXQ , Super Junior , Girls' Generation , SHINee , f(x) and EXO , performed the first show of their third world tour SMTown Live '12 World Tour making them the first Korean artists to perform at the arena. The May 20, 2012, show was an instant sell out. South Korean TV broadcast network MBC filmed and later aired an edited version of the concert. [34]
- Jennifer Lopez brought her Dance Again World Tour to the arena on August 11, 2012.
- K-pop boy band BIGBANG performed their first concert in the U.S. at the arena on November 2 and 3, 2012 as part of their Alive Galaxy Tour . They returned to the arena on October 4, 2015, for their Made World Tour .
- Demi Lovato brought The Neon Lights Tour on February 13, 2014. They returned along with Nick Jonas for their Future Now Tour in the arena on August 17, 2016.
- Katy Perry brought The Prismatic World Tour to the arena on September 16 and 17, 2014.
- Miley Cyrus performed in the center during her Bangerz World Tour on February 20, 2014, making it Cyrus' 3rd sold-out concert at the Honda Center after previously selling out the center during her Best of Both Worlds Tour on November 3, 2007, and again during her Wonder World Tour on September 23, 2009.
- Metallica brought their Madly in Anger with the World Tour to the arena on November 27, 2004. They then brought their World Magnetic Tour to the arena on December 10, 2009.
- Maroon 5 brought their Maroon V Tour to the arena on April 6, 2015.
- Ariana Grande brought The Honeymoon Tour to the arena on April 10, 2015. She returned to the arena on March 30, 2017, for the Dangerous Woman Tour and returned on December 13, 2019, for the Sweetener World Tour .
- Chris Brown performed for a sold-out crowd during his One Hell Of a Night Tour on September 18, 2015.
- Selena Gomez brought her Revival Tour to the arena on July 9, 2016.
- Pentatonix brought their Pentatonix World Tour 2016 to the arena on October 20, 2016.
- Twenty One Pilots brought their Emotional Roadshow World Tour to the arena on February 15 and 16, 2017. They came back to the arena for The Bandito Tour on November 2, 2019, and then for The Icy Tour on September 17, 2022.
- BTS brought their 2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour to the arena on April 1 and 2, 2017.
- Live Nation hosted their 2017 Southern California Country Megaticket at the center due to the lease being up at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater which has been demolished to make way for housing.
- Kendrick Lamar brought The Damn. Tour to the arena on August 11, 2017.
- Jay-Z brought his 4:44 Tour to the arena on October 27, 2017.
- Mayday brought their Life Tour to the arena on November 11, 2017.
- Imagine Dragons brought their Evolve Tour to the arena on November 16, 2017.
- Fall Out Boy brought their Mania Tour to the arena on September 29, 2018.
- Ariana Grande brought her Sweetener World Tour to the arena on December 13, 2019
- Ghost brought their Imperatour to the arena on March 3, 2022.
- For King & Country brought their What Are We Waiting For Tour to the arena on May 7, 2022.
- Iron Maiden brought their Legacy of the Beast World Tour to the arena on September 21 and 22, 2022.
- Enhypen brought their Manifesto Tour to the arena on October 2 and 3, 2022.
- Karol G brought her Strip Love Tour to the arena on October 15, 2022.
- Phil Wickham brought his Behold Christmas Tour to the arena on December 10, 2022, with Anne Wilson and Brandon Lake . The show was live-streamed on his YouTube channel. [35]
- NCT Dream brought their The Dream Show 2 - In A Dream Tour to the arena on April 18, 2023. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Center | 127 |
who plays at the honda center in anaheim california | Honda Center - Wikipedia | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pond
|Former names|| Anaheim Arena (planning/construction) |
Pond of Anaheim (1993)
Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (1993–2006)
|Address||2695 East Katella Avenue|
|Location||Anaheim, California|
|Coordinates||33°48′28″N 117°52′36″W Coordinates : 33°48′28″N 117°52′36″W|
|Public transit||Anaheim|
|Owner||City of Anaheim|
|Operator||Anaheim Arena Management|
|Capacity|| Hockey: 17,174; |
Basketball: 18,336;
Concerts (center stage) 18,900; Concerts (end stage) 18,325
Theatre at the Honda Center: 8,400
|Field size||650,000 square feet (60,000 m 2 )|
|Construction|
|Broke ground||November 8, 1990|
|Opened||June 17, 1993|
|Construction cost|| US$123 million |
($255 million in 2021 dollars [1] )
|Architect||HOK Sport (now Populous )|
|Project manager||Turner Construction|
|Structural engineer||Thornton Tomasetti [2]|
|Services engineer||Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. [3]|
|General contractor||Huber, Hunt & Nichols [4]|
|Tenants|
| Anaheim Ducks ( NHL ) (1993–present) |
Anaheim Bullfrogs ( RHI / MLRH ) (1994–1999)
Anaheim Splash ( CISL ) (1994–1997)
Los Angeles Clippers ( NBA ) (1994–1999)
Anaheim Piranhas ( AFL ) (1996–1997)
Anaheim Storm ( NLL ) (2004–2005)
UCLA Bruins ( NCAA ) (2011–2012)
Los Angeles Kiss ( AFL ) (2014–2016)
The Honda Center (formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim ) is an indoor arena located in Anaheim, California . The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League .
Originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction, it was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$123 million. Arrowhead Water paid $15 million for the naming rights over 10 years in October 1993. [5] In the short period of time after the Mighty Ducks franchise was awarded and before the naming rights deal with Arrowhead, Disney referred to the Arena as the Pond of Anaheim . [6] In October 2006, Honda paid $60 million for the naming rights over 15 years, [7] and renewed the deal for another decade in 2020. [8]
The idea for a large indoor arena in Anaheim emerged from entertainment attorney Neil Papiano , who in 1987 randomly selected two of the city's councilmen from the telephone directory to sell them his idea. They approved of the concept, and one year later following location surveys, the placement was chosen at a seven-acre parcel at Douglass Road and Katella Avenue, that at the time was owned by the German social group Phoenix Club. Papiano also managed to get financial backing from two New York-based firms, Ogden Corporation and Nederlander Organization . [9] Even if there was a dispute to build an arena on Orange County with a Santa Ana project led by Spectacor , and there were discussions of feasibility of the arena given the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League were at the time unwilling to expand to the area, [10] the city of Anaheim pushed forward to built the Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc. -designed arena, [11] which broke ground in November 1990. [9] A tenant was finally found in 1992, as The Walt Disney Corporation had just been awarded an NHL franchise for Anaheim, entering negotiations to lease the arena. [12] Once the deal was broken, the arena's final cost ended at $121 million, as $18 million were added to finance hockey franchise fees and facility improvement. [9]
The arena opened on June 19, 1993, with a Barry Manilow concert as its first event. [13] The then-Arrowhead Pond's first NHL game was also the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season opener on October 8, 1993, against the Detroit Red Wings , preceded by a 20-minute pregame show at the cost of $450,000. The Ducks lost 7–2. [14] Since then, the arena has been host to a number of events, such as the 2003 and 2007 Stanley Cup Finals . [13] On June 6, 2007, the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators , 6–2, in game five of the Final at Honda Center to clinch the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship. [15]
Honda Center has hosted several UFC events , starting with UFC 59 in 2006. [16] It hosted the 2005 IBF World Championships for badminton in 2005. [17]
From 1994 to 1999, it served as a second home for the NBA 's Los Angeles Clippers . It was the home arena for the Anaheim Bullfrogs of Roller Hockey International from 1994 to 1999 and for the Anaheim Piranhas of the Arena Football League from 1996 to 1997. [18]
This arena has also hosted a PBR Bud Light Cup (later Built Ford Tough Series ) event annually since 1998. [19] Since 1994, the arena has hosted the annual Wooden Legacy basketball tournament. [20]
In 2011, the arena began hosting the Big West Conference Men's and Women's Basketball tournaments. [21] The arena has also hosted the NCAA men's basketball tournament seven times, as the West Regional site – 1998 , 2001 , 2003 , 2008 , 2011 , 2014 , 2016 and 2019 . It even hosted the Frozen Four, the semifinals and final of the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship , in 1999, underscoring the popularity of hockey in the region. [13]
On December 6, 2000, music legend Tina Turner played her last concert at the arena for the record breaking Twenty Four Seven Tour , but after popular demand, Turner returned to the arena before a sellout crowd on October 14, 2008, for her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour .
The Honda Center lies northeast across California State Route 57 from Angel Stadium (the home stadium of Major League Baseball 's Los Angeles Angels ) and roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) from Disneyland Park . It is also across the street from Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center with service by Amtrak ( Pacific Surfliner ), Metrolink ( Orange County Line ), Anaheim Resort Transit , Orange County Transportation Authority and private transportation companies.
The arena seats up to 17,174 for its primary tenant, the Ducks. It takes only five hours to convert Honda Center from a sporting arena to an 8,400-seat amphitheater. There are 84 luxury suites in the building, which has hosted 17.5 million people, as of 2003. In 2005, the arena became the first in the U.S. to have two full levels of 360° ribbon displays installed. Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota , designed, manufactured and installed the 1,800 feet (550 m) of full-color LED technology. Outside the venue, the marquee was upgraded with two large video displays measuring 8 feet (2.4 m) high by 21 feet (6.4 m), and a new marquee was built with more LED video displays. [22]
Broadcom chairman Henry Samueli owns the company that operates the arena, Anaheim Arena Management, LLC, and the arena's primary tenant, the Ducks, giving him great flexibility in scheduling events and recruiting new tenants. AAM was founded in 2003 to take over operations of the arena from the bankrupt Ogden Corp., [23] which had already sold the arena's concession deal to Aramark in 2000 - [24] who remained providing foods and drinks until 2013, when concessions became an in-house operation. [25]
During the 2014–2015 NHL Season, it was announced that Honda Center would get a new scoreboard that will replace the one that was in place since its opening in 1993. The new scoreboard made its debut in a Ducks pre-season game against the Los Angeles Kings. [26]
In March 2020, the arena would lose all its scheduled events because of the COVID-19 pandemic . [27] For the rest of the year, Honda Center would instead host charity events, such as blood drives , food bank distributions, and a collective wedding, along with serving as a drive-through voting location for the 2020 United States presidential election . [28] The Ducks would only play again in the arena once the following NHL season started in January 2021, with a reduced audience of 2,000 being allowed to attend the final five games of the season, starting with an April 17 matchup with the Vegas Golden Knights . [29]
- Affliction: Banned was held in the Honda Center.
- The arena has hosted Bellator 160 .
- The arena has hosted a number of WWE events including WrestleMania XII , Royal Rumble 1999 , WrestleMania 2000 , [32] as well as various episodes of Monday Night Raw and SmackDown .
Honda Center has the second highest gross ticket sales from special events on the West Coast, following only Crypto.com Arena . [33] These events have included the following over the years:
- Barbra Streisand recorded the final date here from her first tour in 30 years Barbra Streisand in Concert in June 1994.
- AC/DC brought their Ballbreaker World Tour to the arena on February 13, 1996. They then brought their Black Ice World Tour to the arena on September 8, 2009.
- Smashing Pumpkins performed on December 9 and December 10, 1996, as part of their Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness tour. They then returned to the arena on November 16, 2022 for their Spirits on Fire Tour.
- Rock band No Doubt , natives of Anaheim, recorded their two 1997 concert stops at Honda Center, releasing them as their first concert video, Live in the Tragic Kingdom .
- Janet Jackson performed for the first time at the arena during her The Velvet Rope Tour on August 23, 1998. She returned for her All for You Tour on September 29, 2001, and returned on September 23, 2017, as part of her State of the World Tour .
- Marilyn Manson last stop of the Mechanical Animals tour
- TLC performed at the arena on January 7, 2000, during their FanMail Tour . The tour would be their last as a trio. Band member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was killed in a car accident in April 2002.
- Shakira showed up in the arena for the first time on April 19, 2000 with Tour Anfibio . She returned to the venue on November 12, 2002 with Tour of the Mongoose , August 17, 2006 with Oral Fixation Tour , October 25, 2010 with The Sun Comes Out World Tour and August 31, 2018 with El Dorado World Tour .
- Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg performed here on June 16 & June 18, 2000, during their Up In Smoke Tour .
- Santana performed a sold-out four night run at the arena from August 11 to August 14, 1999, during their Supernatural Tour .
- Britney Spears performed on 20 November 2001 during her Dream Within a Dream Tour . She returned on April 19 and 20, 2009 for her The Circus Starring Britney Spears and on June 24, 2011, with her Femme Fatale Tour .
- KIIS-FM 's Jingle Ball – December 19, 2002, December 3, 2004, December 7, 2006, October 27, 2007, and December 6, 2008
- When No Doubt's lead singer, Gwen Stefani embarked on a solo venture, she filmed her two homecoming concerts at Honda Center in 2005. The DVD was released as Harajuku Lovers Live .
- Mariah Carey 's latest DVD release, entitled The Adventures of Mimi was recorded at the Honda Center on October 8, 2006, during The Adventures of Mimi Tour .
- The Jonas Brothers recorded the companion album to their 3-D concert movie at the Honda Center.
- U2 performed at the arena five times: the first, the second and the third were on April 23, 24 and 26, 2001 during their Elevation Tour , in front of a total sold-out crowd of 49,377 people. The fourth and the fifth were on April 1 and 2, 2005 during their Vertigo Tour , in front of a total sold-out crowd of 33,535 people.
- Depeche Mode performed at the arena seven times. The first and the second were on December 20 and 22, 1998 during their Singles Tour . The third and the fourth were on August 18 and 19, 2001 during their Exciter Tour . The fifth one was on November 23, 2005, during their Touring the Angel . The sixth one was on August 19, 2009, during their Tour of the Universe , in front of a crowd of 12,430 people. The 2009 show was recorded for the group's live albums project Recording the Universe . The seventh was on May 22, 2018, during their Global Spirit Tour .
- K-pop artists under S.M. Entertainment featuring BoA , TVXQ , Super Junior , Girls' Generation , SHINee , f(x) and EXO , performed the first show of their third world tour SMTown Live '12 World Tour making them the first Korean artists to perform at the arena. The May 20, 2012, show was an instant sell out. South Korean TV broadcast network MBC filmed and later aired an edited version of the concert. [34]
- Jennifer Lopez brought her Dance Again World Tour to the arena on August 11, 2012.
- K-pop boy band BIGBANG performed their first concert in the U.S. at the arena on November 2 and 3, 2012 as part of their Alive Galaxy Tour . They returned to the arena on October 4, 2015, for their Made World Tour .
- Demi Lovato brought The Neon Lights Tour on February 13, 2014. They returned along with Nick Jonas for their Future Now Tour in the arena on August 17, 2016.
- Katy Perry brought The Prismatic World Tour to the arena on September 16 and 17, 2014.
- Miley Cyrus performed in the center during her Bangerz World Tour on February 20, 2014, making it Cyrus' 3rd sold-out concert at the Honda Center after previously selling out the center during her Best of Both Worlds Tour on November 3, 2007, and again during her Wonder World Tour on September 23, 2009.
- Metallica brought their Madly in Anger with the World Tour to the arena on November 27, 2004. They then brought their World Magnetic Tour to the arena on December 10, 2009.
- Maroon 5 brought their Maroon V Tour to the arena on April 6, 2015.
- Ariana Grande brought The Honeymoon Tour to the arena on April 10, 2015. She returned to the arena on March 30, 2017, for the Dangerous Woman Tour and returned on December 13, 2019, for the Sweetener World Tour .
- Chris Brown performed for a sold-out crowd during his One Hell Of a Night Tour on September 18, 2015.
- Selena Gomez brought her Revival Tour to the arena on July 9, 2016.
- Pentatonix brought their Pentatonix World Tour 2016 to the arena on October 20, 2016.
- Twenty One Pilots brought their Emotional Roadshow World Tour to the arena on February 15 and 16, 2017. They came back to the arena for The Bandito Tour on November 2, 2019, and then for The Icy Tour on September 17, 2022.
- BTS brought their 2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour to the arena on April 1 and 2, 2017.
- Live Nation hosted their 2017 Southern California Country Megaticket at the center due to the lease being up at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater which has been demolished to make way for housing.
- Kendrick Lamar brought The Damn. Tour to the arena on August 11, 2017.
- Jay-Z brought his 4:44 Tour to the arena on October 27, 2017.
- Mayday brought their Life Tour to the arena on November 11, 2017.
- Imagine Dragons brought their Evolve Tour to the arena on November 16, 2017.
- Fall Out Boy brought their Mania Tour to the arena on September 29, 2018.
- Ariana Grande brought her Sweetener World Tour to the arena on December 13, 2019
- Ghost brought their Imperatour to the arena on March 3, 2022.
- For King & Country brought their What Are We Waiting For Tour to the arena on May 7, 2022.
- Iron Maiden brought their Legacy of the Beast World Tour to the arena on September 21 and 22, 2022.
- Enhypen brought their Manifesto Tour to the arena on October 2 and 3, 2022.
- Karol G brought her Strip Love Tour to the arena on October 15, 2022.
- Phil Wickham brought his Behold Christmas Tour to the arena on December 10, 2022, with Anne Wilson and Brandon Lake . The show was live-streamed on his YouTube channel. [35]
- NCT Dream brought their The Dream Show 2 - In A Dream Tour to the arena on April 18, 2023. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Center | 127 |
who plays at the honda center in anaheim california | Live Concerts, Hockey Games, & Arena Football | the Honda Center: Concerts, NHL Hockey & Football The Honda Center, Anaheim's largest arena, plays host to the NHL's Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kiss of the Arena Football League, as well as numerous big-name concerts from performers like Janet Jackson, Pitbull, U2, and Depeche Mode. A five-hour transformation turns the venue into an 8,400 seat amphitheater, the Theater at the Honda Center, the biggest of its kind in the region. The legendary arena features over two dozen concession stands and restaurants, including the Shock Top Terrace, a restaurant and bar in a unique indoor/outdoor rooftop setting, with beautiful sky views.
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The Pond
|Former names|| Anaheim Arena (planning/construction) |
Pond of Anaheim (1993)
Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (1993–2006)
|Address||2695 East Katella Avenue|
|Location||Anaheim, California|
|Coordinates||33°48′28″N 117°52′36″W Coordinates : 33°48′28″N 117°52′36″W|
|Public transit||Anaheim|
|Owner||City of Anaheim|
|Operator||Anaheim Arena Management|
|Capacity|| Hockey: 17,174; |
Basketball: 18,336;
Concerts (center stage) 18,900; Concerts (end stage) 18,325
Theatre at the Honda Center: 8,400
|Field size||650,000 square feet (60,000 m 2 )|
|Construction|
|Broke ground||November 8, 1990|
|Opened||June 17, 1993|
|Construction cost|| US$123 million |
($255 million in 2021 dollars [1] )
|Architect||HOK Sport (now Populous )|
|Project manager||Turner Construction|
|Structural engineer||Thornton Tomasetti [2]|
|Services engineer||Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. [3]|
|General contractor||Huber, Hunt & Nichols [4]|
|Tenants|
| Anaheim Ducks ( NHL ) (1993–present) |
Anaheim Bullfrogs ( RHI / MLRH ) (1994–1999)
Anaheim Splash ( CISL ) (1994–1997)
Los Angeles Clippers ( NBA ) (1994–1999)
Anaheim Piranhas ( AFL ) (1996–1997)
Anaheim Storm ( NLL ) (2004–2005)
UCLA Bruins ( NCAA ) (2011–2012)
Los Angeles Kiss ( AFL ) (2014–2016)
The Honda Center (formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim ) is an indoor arena located in Anaheim, California . The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League .
Originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction, it was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$123 million. Arrowhead Water paid $15 million for the naming rights over 10 years in October 1993. [5] In the short period of time after the Mighty Ducks franchise was awarded and before the naming rights deal with Arrowhead, Disney referred to the Arena as the Pond of Anaheim . [6] In October 2006, Honda paid $60 million for the naming rights over 15 years, [7] and renewed the deal for another decade in 2020. [8]
The idea for a large indoor arena in Anaheim emerged from entertainment attorney Neil Papiano , who in 1987 randomly selected two of the city's councilmen from the telephone directory to sell them his idea. They approved of the concept, and one year later following location surveys, the placement was chosen at a seven-acre parcel at Douglass Road and Katella Avenue, that at the time was owned by the German social group Phoenix Club. Papiano also managed to get financial backing from two New York-based firms, Ogden Corporation and Nederlander Organization . [9] Even if there was a dispute to build an arena on Orange County with a Santa Ana project led by Spectacor , and there were discussions of feasibility of the arena given the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League were at the time unwilling to expand to the area, [10] the city of Anaheim pushed forward to built the Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc. -designed arena, [11] which broke ground in November 1990. [9] A tenant was finally found in 1992, as The Walt Disney Corporation had just been awarded an NHL franchise for Anaheim, entering negotiations to lease the arena. [12] Once the deal was broken, the arena's final cost ended at $121 million, as $18 million were added to finance hockey franchise fees and facility improvement. [9]
The arena opened on June 19, 1993, with a Barry Manilow concert as its first event. [13] The then-Arrowhead Pond's first NHL game was also the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season opener on October 8, 1993, against the Detroit Red Wings , preceded by a 20-minute pregame show at the cost of $450,000. The Ducks lost 7–2. [14] Since then, the arena has been host to a number of events, such as the 2003 and 2007 Stanley Cup Finals . [13] On June 6, 2007, the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators , 6–2, in game five of the Final at Honda Center to clinch the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship. [15]
Honda Center has hosted several UFC events , starting with UFC 59 in 2006. [16] It hosted the 2005 IBF World Championships for badminton in 2005. [17]
From 1994 to 1999, it served as a second home for the NBA 's Los Angeles Clippers . It was the home arena for the Anaheim Bullfrogs of Roller Hockey International from 1994 to 1999 and for the Anaheim Piranhas of the Arena Football League from 1996 to 1997. [18]
This arena has also hosted a PBR Bud Light Cup (later Built Ford Tough Series ) event annually since 1998. [19] Since 1994, the arena has hosted the annual Wooden Legacy basketball tournament. [20]
In 2011, the arena began hosting the Big West Conference Men's and Women's Basketball tournaments. [21] The arena has also hosted the NCAA men's basketball tournament seven times, as the West Regional site – 1998 , 2001 , 2003 , 2008 , 2011 , 2014 , 2016 and 2019 . It even hosted the Frozen Four, the semifinals and final of the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship , in 1999, underscoring the popularity of hockey in the region. [13]
On December 6, 2000, music legend Tina Turner played her last concert at the arena for the record breaking Twenty Four Seven Tour , but after popular demand, Turner returned to the arena before a sellout crowd on October 14, 2008, for her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour .
The Honda Center lies northeast across California State Route 57 from Angel Stadium (the home stadium of Major League Baseball 's Los Angeles Angels ) and roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) from Disneyland Park . It is also across the street from Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center with service by Amtrak ( Pacific Surfliner ), Metrolink ( Orange County Line ), Anaheim Resort Transit , Orange County Transportation Authority and private transportation companies.
The arena seats up to 17,174 for its primary tenant, the Ducks. It takes only five hours to convert Honda Center from a sporting arena to an 8,400-seat amphitheater. There are 84 luxury suites in the building, which has hosted 17.5 million people, as of 2003. In 2005, the arena became the first in the U.S. to have two full levels of 360° ribbon displays installed. Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota , designed, manufactured and installed the 1,800 feet (550 m) of full-color LED technology. Outside the venue, the marquee was upgraded with two large video displays measuring 8 feet (2.4 m) high by 21 feet (6.4 m), and a new marquee was built with more LED video displays. [22]
Broadcom chairman Henry Samueli owns the company that operates the arena, Anaheim Arena Management, LLC, and the arena's primary tenant, the Ducks, giving him great flexibility in scheduling events and recruiting new tenants. AAM was founded in 2003 to take over operations of the arena from the bankrupt Ogden Corp., [23] which had already sold the arena's concession deal to Aramark in 2000 - [24] who remained providing foods and drinks until 2013, when concessions became an in-house operation. [25]
During the 2014–2015 NHL Season, it was announced that Honda Center would get a new scoreboard that will replace the one that was in place since its opening in 1993. The new scoreboard made its debut in a Ducks pre-season game against the Los Angeles Kings. [26]
In March 2020, the arena would lose all its scheduled events because of the COVID-19 pandemic . [27] For the rest of the year, Honda Center would instead host charity events, such as blood drives , food bank distributions, and a collective wedding, along with serving as a drive-through voting location for the 2020 United States presidential election . [28] The Ducks would only play again in the arena once the following NHL season started in January 2021, with a reduced audience of 2,000 being allowed to attend the final five games of the season, starting with an April 17 matchup with the Vegas Golden Knights . [29]
- Affliction: Banned was held in the Honda Center.
- The arena has hosted Bellator 160 .
- The arena has hosted a number of WWE events including WrestleMania XII , Royal Rumble 1999 , WrestleMania 2000 , [32] as well as various episodes of Monday Night Raw and SmackDown .
Honda Center has the second highest gross ticket sales from special events on the West Coast, following only Crypto.com Arena . [33] These events have included the following over the years:
- Barbra Streisand recorded the final date here from her first tour in 30 years Barbra Streisand in Concert in June 1994.
- AC/DC brought their Ballbreaker World Tour to the arena on February 13, 1996. They then brought their Black Ice World Tour to the arena on September 8, 2009.
- Smashing Pumpkins performed on December 9 and December 10, 1996, as part of their Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness tour. They then returned to the arena on November 16, 2022 for their Spirits on Fire Tour.
- Rock band No Doubt , natives of Anaheim, recorded their two 1997 concert stops at Honda Center, releasing them as their first concert video, Live in the Tragic Kingdom .
- Janet Jackson performed for the first time at the arena during her The Velvet Rope Tour on August 23, 1998. She returned for her All for You Tour on September 29, 2001, and returned on September 23, 2017, as part of her State of the World Tour .
- Marilyn Manson last stop of the Mechanical Animals tour
- TLC performed at the arena on January 7, 2000, during their FanMail Tour . The tour would be their last as a trio. Band member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was killed in a car accident in April 2002.
- Shakira showed up in the arena for the first time on April 19, 2000 with Tour Anfibio . She returned to the venue on November 12, 2002 with Tour of the Mongoose , August 17, 2006 with Oral Fixation Tour , October 25, 2010 with The Sun Comes Out World Tour and August 31, 2018 with El Dorado World Tour .
- Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg performed here on June 16 & June 18, 2000, during their Up In Smoke Tour .
- Santana performed a sold-out four night run at the arena from August 11 to August 14, 1999, during their Supernatural Tour .
- Britney Spears performed on 20 November 2001 during her Dream Within a Dream Tour . She returned on April 19 and 20, 2009 for her The Circus Starring Britney Spears and on June 24, 2011, with her Femme Fatale Tour .
- KIIS-FM 's Jingle Ball – December 19, 2002, December 3, 2004, December 7, 2006, October 27, 2007, and December 6, 2008
- When No Doubt's lead singer, Gwen Stefani embarked on a solo venture, she filmed her two homecoming concerts at Honda Center in 2005. The DVD was released as Harajuku Lovers Live .
- Mariah Carey 's latest DVD release, entitled The Adventures of Mimi was recorded at the Honda Center on October 8, 2006, during The Adventures of Mimi Tour .
- The Jonas Brothers recorded the companion album to their 3-D concert movie at the Honda Center.
- U2 performed at the arena five times: the first, the second and the third were on April 23, 24 and 26, 2001 during their Elevation Tour , in front of a total sold-out crowd of 49,377 people. The fourth and the fifth were on April 1 and 2, 2005 during their Vertigo Tour , in front of a total sold-out crowd of 33,535 people.
- Depeche Mode performed at the arena seven times. The first and the second were on December 20 and 22, 1998 during their Singles Tour . The third and the fourth were on August 18 and 19, 2001 during their Exciter Tour . The fifth one was on November 23, 2005, during their Touring the Angel . The sixth one was on August 19, 2009, during their Tour of the Universe , in front of a crowd of 12,430 people. The 2009 show was recorded for the group's live albums project Recording the Universe . The seventh was on May 22, 2018, during their Global Spirit Tour .
- K-pop artists under S.M. Entertainment featuring BoA , TVXQ , Super Junior , Girls' Generation , SHINee , f(x) and EXO , performed the first show of their third world tour SMTown Live '12 World Tour making them the first Korean artists to perform at the arena. The May 20, 2012, show was an instant sell out. South Korean TV broadcast network MBC filmed and later aired an edited version of the concert. [34]
- Jennifer Lopez brought her Dance Again World Tour to the arena on August 11, 2012.
- K-pop boy band BIGBANG performed their first concert in the U.S. at the arena on November 2 and 3, 2012 as part of their Alive Galaxy Tour . They returned to the arena on October 4, 2015, for their Made World Tour .
- Demi Lovato brought The Neon Lights Tour on February 13, 2014. They returned along with Nick Jonas for their Future Now Tour in the arena on August 17, 2016.
- Katy Perry brought The Prismatic World Tour to the arena on September 16 and 17, 2014.
- Miley Cyrus performed in the center during her Bangerz World Tour on February 20, 2014, making it Cyrus' 3rd sold-out concert at the Honda Center after previously selling out the center during her Best of Both Worlds Tour on November 3, 2007, and again during her Wonder World Tour on September 23, 2009.
- Metallica brought their Madly in Anger with the World Tour to the arena on November 27, 2004. They then brought their World Magnetic Tour to the arena on December 10, 2009.
- Maroon 5 brought their Maroon V Tour to the arena on April 6, 2015.
- Ariana Grande brought The Honeymoon Tour to the arena on April 10, 2015. She returned to the arena on March 30, 2017, for the Dangerous Woman Tour and returned on December 13, 2019, for the Sweetener World Tour .
- Chris Brown performed for a sold-out crowd during his One Hell Of a Night Tour on September 18, 2015.
- Selena Gomez brought her Revival Tour to the arena on July 9, 2016.
- Pentatonix brought their Pentatonix World Tour 2016 to the arena on October 20, 2016.
- Twenty One Pilots brought their Emotional Roadshow World Tour to the arena on February 15 and 16, 2017. They came back to the arena for The Bandito Tour on November 2, 2019, and then for The Icy Tour on September 17, 2022.
- BTS brought their 2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour to the arena on April 1 and 2, 2017.
- Live Nation hosted their 2017 Southern California Country Megaticket at the center due to the lease being up at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater which has been demolished to make way for housing.
- Kendrick Lamar brought The Damn. Tour to the arena on August 11, 2017.
- Jay-Z brought his 4:44 Tour to the arena on October 27, 2017.
- Mayday brought their Life Tour to the arena on November 11, 2017.
- Imagine Dragons brought their Evolve Tour to the arena on November 16, 2017.
- Fall Out Boy brought their Mania Tour to the arena on September 29, 2018.
- Ariana Grande brought her Sweetener World Tour to the arena on December 13, 2019
- Ghost brought their Imperatour to the arena on March 3, 2022.
- For King & Country brought their What Are We Waiting For Tour to the arena on May 7, 2022.
- Iron Maiden brought their Legacy of the Beast World Tour to the arena on September 21 and 22, 2022.
- Enhypen brought their Manifesto Tour to the arena on October 2 and 3, 2022.
- Karol G brought her Strip Love Tour to the arena on October 15, 2022.
- Phil Wickham brought his Behold Christmas Tour to the arena on December 10, 2022, with Anne Wilson and Brandon Lake . The show was live-streamed on his YouTube channel. [35]
- NCT Dream brought their The Dream Show 2 - In A Dream Tour to the arena on April 18, 2023. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Center | 127 |
who plays at the honda center in anaheim california | Honda Center Featured Live Event Tickets & 2023 Schedules | SeatGeek | Opened in 1993, the Honda Center in Anaheim has long played host to hockey in Southern California, and was previously known as the Arrowhead Pond or the Pond of Anaheim. It is best known as the home to the Anaheim Ducks . In addition to its regular duties as a hockey arena, the Honda Center has played host to plenty of marquee events in the sports and entertainment world, and has even seen a championship clinched in the venue.
That championship was a Stanley Cup Final trophy earned by the Ducks in the 2007 season, when the Ducks channeled their inner Charlie Conway and company and defeated the Ottawa Senators by a four games to one margin in that championship series. The Ducks also reached the cup final in 2003 while playing in the Honda Center behind the red-hot goaltending of Jean-Sebastien Giguere, before falling to the New Jersey Devils. The Honda Center has also hosted a Frozen Four, the semifinal and championship rounds of the NCAA men's hockey tournament.
Honda Center has also hosted its share of memorable NCAA Tournament games, with the road to the Final Four frequently running through Anaheim. The arena has regularly been the site of the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight games in the West Region, with the winner of those games heading to the Final Four. In 2011, Kemba Walker marched the third seeded UConn Huskies through the Honda Center, into the Final Four, and to a national championship, in the best performance by a West Region winner that played in the Honda Center.
Entertainment has been a big part of the Honda Center's identity as well, with WWE hosting two Wrestlemanias and a Royal Rumble at the venue. Perhaps the best match to come of those events was one of the best WWE matches of all-time, a 60-minute ironman match between Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart for the then-WWF championship.
Honda Center is primarily used as the home of NHL's Anaheim Ducks. However, Honda Center does host a number of concerts and other events. See full Honda Center schedule above.
Honda Center ticket prices on the secondary market can vary depending on a number of factors. Typically, Honda Center tickets can be found for as low as $16.00, with an average price of $116.00 but can vary depending on the event.
Honda Center is located at 2695 E. Katella, Anaheim, CA 92806.
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