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Gemma Arterton Loves a Good New York Speakeasy

Mariana — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:37:53 +0000

“Clash of the Titans” starlet and ex-Bond girl Gemma Arterton said last night during the Manhattan premiere of her newest effort “The Disappearance of Alice Creed” that she’s enamoured with New York.

“My friend told me to go to this hot dog store — there was a secret phone booth in the store. After we said how many people there were a secret door opened. I loved it,” the 24-year-old British-born brunette stunner said.

Niteside told Arterton she was talking about PDT, the secret speakeasy on St. Marks Place. The starlet also waxed nostalgic about her first visit to the city.

“The first time I came here I was 17 with my father, and he said I was destined to move here,” smiled Gemma. “I have a real love affair with it but I’m too close to London. It’s just got a cooler vibe than London.“

In “The Disappearance of Alice Creed” two masked men seize a young woman (Arterton). They bind and gag her and take her to an abandoned, sound-proofed apartment. She is Alice Creed, daughter of a millionaire. Her kidnappers, the coldly efficient Vic and his younger accomplice Danny, have worked out a meticulous plan. But Alice is not going to play the perfect victim – she’s not giving in without a fight.

Gemma was joined at the posh Crosby Street Hotel by America Ferrara, Rosanna Scotto, Jill Martin, Molly Sims, Tara Subkoff, Erin Fetherston, Eric Villency, and more guests. Ferrera coming to support on the heels of her own “The Dry Land” premiere last night.

The young actress also told us that it’s not much easier to deal with celebrity in England. “It can be quite harsh in London, with the paparazzi and the tabloids, but you get used to it.”

The overseas star expressed that dispite her English roots she looks to actors in the U.S. for inspiration. “My favorite living American actress is Julianne Moore. I mean some of the best actors in the world are from the United States.”

BY Charles Thorp

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Arterton Cut And Bruised After “Alice Creed” Shoot

Mariana — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:02:14 +0000

Former Bond girl Gemma Arterton suffered for her art filming new movie The Disappearance of Alice Creed – she was left with rope burns and cuts after playing a defenceless kidnapping victim.

The British actress spent hours gagged and bound on set, but admits that while the shoot was at times physically painful, it also allowed her to catch up on her rest as she filmed the majority of her scenes on a bed.

She tells WENN, “Obviously it’s physically draining because I was in a constant state of tension when making the movie…

“I was constantly tied up in myself (sic) and then physically I had tiny rope burns and I started getting these little cuts on my mouth from the ball gag, so they actually loosened the ropes and stuff.

“I’d just come off from doing an action movie so it was so nice to be laying in bed (tied up)! You know everybody else is pottering around and doing their thing and I’m just lying there. Sometimes I’d fall asleep while they’re setting up the next shot with handcuffs on!”

But Arterton insisted on staying tied up in between takes after realising how time consuming and cumbersome it was for producers to keep untying her – and she credits the restrictive shoot with helping her to develop her character.

She says, “It was a hassle (to be untied) to be honest, rather than, ‘I want to be this character’, because I’m not like that. I do like to snap out of it (being in character) and talk. I was just like, ‘Ah don’t worry about untying me,’ because it would take about 10 minutes to untie, then retie so I just stayed there. It was easier that way and made the work faster…

“It was really helpful as well because in some of the scenes where I had to feel claustrophobic and trapped, the physical restraint really enabled and aided the acting.”

It’s not the first scars Arterton has acquired on a movie set – she was covered in battle wounds from fight scenes for this year’s (10) action blockbuster Clash of the Titans.

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Tu Scans

Mariana — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:44:20 +0000

In case you were wondering, Gemma Arterton’s wedding gown was designed by Peter Langner.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Scans: Tu (Italy) – May 11, 2010
- Scans: Madame Figaro (France) – July 17, 2010
- Scans: Tatler (UK) – August 2010
- Events: Chris Moyles Show 2010

Back to Persia

Mariana — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:30:51 +0000

GALLERY LINKS:
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) > Related Clippings: Best Movie (Italy) – May 2010
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010): Production Stills, thanks to Elena

Empire UK Photoshoot and New French Scan

Mariana — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:22:03 +0000

The gorgeous Empire photoshoot was used by the very talented Nicole to grace our new gallery header. We hope you’ll love it as much as we do!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Photoshoots: Empire UK (2010)
- Tamara Drewe (2010) > Related Clippings: Le Figaro Magazine (France) – July 10, 2010

Vogue UK Scan

Mariana — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:55:28 +0000

Big thanks to Lorna!

Please join http://www.facebook.com/TamaraDreweUK to be informed about the latest news and updates on the film. Tamara Drewe premieres on July 14th in France, on September 10th in the UK, and on October 8th in New York and Los Angeles.

GALLERY LINK:
- Scans: Vogue (UK) – August 2010

Actresses Casting Directors Love

Mariana — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:20:20 +0000

Lucy Bevan on Gemma Arterton

I remember vividly the first time I saw Gemma Arterton on stage, early 2007. It was not a great play, in a dingy basement studio at drama school—the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art—and I had missed half a dinner party to be there, so I was quite grumpy. Gemma then walked on stage and shone out.

At the time, I was casting this British comedy called “St. Trinians,” with Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, and Russell Brand. The actress we had cast to play the lead girl had just dropped out, and I went from feeling awful about that to being literally thrilled by the opportunity to cast someone completely fresh and new.

Gemma did brilliantly in her auditions, held her own at a fairly intimidating table reading with Rupert Everett, and—with a little persuasion of the director and producer that casting a complete unknown as their leading lady was a good idea—she got the part. From the first day I met her, through those first auditions, and now with all the great and well-deserved success that she has had, Gemma has always been one of the most delightful, funny, charming, honest, and ballsy girls I have ever had the pleasure of spending time with. I absolutely adore her and love the fact she is doing so well.

Lucy Bevan got her first job, as a runner, by literally knocking on doors in Soho, London. She then became assistant to producer Sarah Radclyffe when Radclyffe made Tim Roth’s directorial debut, “The War Zone.” After a few years, Bevan decided her heart lay in the casting process. She worked for Mary Selway for four years, calling it “the finest training I could have wished for.” Bevan’s first film was “Chromophobia,” for Martha Fiennes, followed by “The Duchess,” the “St. Trinians” movies, and “An Education.” Recently she contributed to casting on “Pirates of the Caribbean 4.”

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Cioè Scans

Mariana — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:37:56 +0000

I’ve just scanned exclusively for us the 4-page feature on Prince of Persia from Cioè magazine, including interviews with Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton. I’ve also added 5 new photos from the Moscow Press Conference thanks to Mika.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) > Related Clippings: Cioè (Italy) – May 20, 2010
- Events: “Prince of Persia” – Moscow Press Conference

Scans from French Magazines

Mariana — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:53:47 +0000

GALLERY LINKS:
- Scans: VSD (France) – May 5-11, 2010
- Scans: Grazia (France) – May 28, 2010
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) > Related Clippings: Télé 7 Jours (France) – May 29, 2010, thanks to IHeartJake.Com

Marie Claire Italy

Mariana — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:40:36 +0000

Big thanks to Nicole!

Contrary to what the article says, Gemma Arterton didn’t get her extra fingers removed when she was cast in Quantum of Solace in 2007. Her fingers were “tied”, causing them to fall off naturally, when she was a baby. And Stefano, her husband, isn’t a stuntman. He works as a sales manager for a British fashion company.

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- Scans: Marie Claire (Italy) – July 2010

L’irrésistible ascension de Gemma Arterton

Mariana — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:15:11 +0000

À 24 ans, Gemma Arterton est l’Anglaise qui monte à Hollywood. Ex-James Bond Girl de Quantum of Solace, elle incarne aujourd’hui Tamina, la princesse des mille et une nuits de Prince of Persia, de Mike Newell, adapté du jeu vidéo. Elle sera victime d’un kidnapping dans La Disparition d’Alice Creed (sortie le 30 juin), thriller de J. Blakeson, puis à l’affiche de Tamara Drewe (sortie le 14 juillet), comédie de Stephen Frears.

LE FIGAROSCOPE – Comment avez-vous décroché le rôle très convoité de Tamina ?

Gemma ARTERTON – Je pensais n’avoir aucune chance, j’y suis donc allée au culot. Les réalisateurs préfèrent les actrices qui ont de la personnalité. Lors de l’audition, Mike Newell m’a demandé si j’étais capable d’avoir un accent snob. J’ai répliqué : « Bien sûr que je peux prendre cet accent, j’ai fait cette p… de Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ! » Il m’a engagée. Fort heureusement, Tamina n’est pas une déesse du sexe comme dans le jeu. Elle est ici une princesse gracieuse, très peace and love, qui devra se battre dans un monde de brutes ! Prince of Persia, c’est le croisement de Lawrence d’Arabie et Indiana Jones.

Hollywood, était-ce un rêve ?

Ma mère est femme de ménage, mon père, ouvrier métallurgiste. Après la Royal Academy, je pensais me consacrer aux planches, bien trop contente d’obtenir même des petits rôles. Il est si difficile de trouver du travail que je n’ai jamais rien refusé. Alors, Hollywood, c’était inimaginable ! Maintenant j’ai la chance de pouvoir alterner les films pop-corn et les films d’auteur, plus créatifs.

Qu’est-ce qui vous a donné envie de devenir actrice ?

À 16 ans, j’ai eu un véritable choc en regardant Björk dans Dancer in the Dark, de Lars von Trier. Elle m’a inspirée.

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Gemma Arterton, une star se révèle

Mariana — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:12:58 +0000

2010 est une année faste pour l’actrice anglaise, à l’affiche de grosses distributions hollywoodiennes comme Prince of Persia et Le Choc des titans. Et brille dans deux films indépendants très réussis: La Disparition d’Alice Creed, de J. Blakeson, et le désopilant Tamara Drewe, de Stephen Frears.

Allô? Je suis dans le métro, à Londres, dit-elle d’une voix rauque. Vous m’entendez?” On entend parfaitement. On est aussi étonné: Gemma Arterton n’a donc pas de chauffeur? “Non, je déteste ça: on se sent coupé du monde.” Et c’est ce qu’il y a de terriblement attirant chez cette actrice, qui passe des blockbusters -Le Choc des titans, Prince of Persia- à des films indépendants, “so british” comme elle le dit si bien avec son accent cockney. Elle a beau avoir joué Shakespeare sur les planches, donné la réplique à Daniel Craig dans le dernier James Bond, Gemma, 24 ans, écoute toujours sa maman, femme de ménage, et son papa, ouvrier métallurgiste: “J’étais si fière d’avoir tourné des films à gros budget… Ils les ont trouvés nuls!” Diplômée de la Royal Academy of Dramatic Art de Londres, la comédienne a connu une ascension fulgurante depuis qu’elle a joué dans St Trinian’s, avec Rupert Everett et Colin Firth, en 2007. Dans Tamara Drewe, de Stephen Frears, qui sort le 14 juillet en France, Gemma a quelque chose d’une adolescente: un corps dont elle se sert pour mesurer son pouvoir de séduction, un côté petite fille qui réalise son rêve. Mais, dans La Disparition d’Alice Creed (sur les écrans le 30 juin), elle révèle une autre facette: punk, rebelle, troublante. Conversation avec une jeune femme puissante, drôle et directe… Une tempête dans une tasse de thé!

Tamara Drewe est adapté du roman graphique de l’auteure anglaise Posy Simmonds. Comment décririez-vous ce personnage?

Avec son nez refait, ses jambes interminables, ses aspirations à la célébrité, Tamara est l’amazone londonienne du xxie siècle. Son retour dans son village natal est un choc pour la petite communauté qui y vit en paix. Une communauté excentrique, partagée entre écrivains, universitaires frustrés, une rock star au rancart et une population locale en déshérence. Tous sont attirés par Tamara dont la beauté pyromane et les divagations amoureuses éveillent d’obscures passions. Elle va provoquer un enchaînement d’événements aussi absurdes que tragiques.

Comment vivez-vous le grand écart entre films indépendants et grosses productions, comme Prince of Persia?

Je n’aurais jamais pensé devenir un jour une princesse Disney! Prince of Persia est un croisement entre Star Wars et Indiana Jones, un genre que je connais peu… Mais je me suis beaucoup amusée pendant le tournage: je n’ai jamais été sportive et, là, j’ai appris à monter à cheval, à faire des cascades, à me battre à l’épée et à lancer des couteaux… Quand j’étais petite, ma famille ne surnommait Blanche-Neige, car j’avais de longs cheveux noirs et la peau très blanche. Mais je suis un garçon manqué! Je ne ressemble pas à la princesse Amina et je n’arrive pas à croire que, aujourd’hui, il y a même une poupée à mon effigie. Cela dit, si j’ai pu faire du cinéma d’auteur, plus créatif, c’est aussi grâce à la visibilité que m’apportent ces films hollywoodiens.

Comme Quantum of Solace, le dernier James Bond où vous envoûtez Daniel Craig?

J’ai lu des interviews d’ex-James Bond girls toujours en train de se justifier. Mais James Bond, c’est une institution “for God’s sake!” (Dieu soit loué!). Quand je serai vieille, je pourrai dire à mes petits-enfants: “Votre grand-mère a embrassé 007 !”

Y a-t-il une différence entre les Britanniques et les Américains dans la façon de concevoir les scénarios, d’aborder le jeu?

Les acteurs britanniques ont souvent un background théâtral, ils sont les héritiers d’une tradition qui va de Shakespeare à Monty Python. Quand ils jouent, les Anglais sont dans l’instant présent, comme au théâtre. En revanche, les Américains, eux, se précipitent sur le moniteur après chaque prise pour contrôler leur performance à l’écran. Ce qui fait retomber la tension dramatique. Pour ce qui est des scénaristes, les Britanniques ont un sens profond de l’ironie, de l’autodérision, de l’absurde. Si les Américains ont tendance à faire triompher le bien, chez nous, le héros est souvent un looser. Même les situations les plus graves sont décrites de façon décalée… Parfois, nous sommes vraiment d’un cynisme cinglant, mais cela nous fait rire.

C’est le cas de La Disparition d’Alice Creed, thriller psychologique de J. Blakeson où vous incarnez la victime d’un enlèvement. Un huis clos si haletant que l’on finit par être pris d’un rire nerveux…

C’est le genre de cinéma indépendant anglais que j’adore. Un film violent, perturbant: on me voit nue, attachée à un lit, les yeux bandés et la bouche bâillonnée, à la merci de deux ravisseurs. Mais le dénouement est inattendu: Alice Creed n’est pas qu’une victime… Et ses bourreaux sont aussi redoutables qu’étrangement poétiques… Jouer ce personnage a été un challenge pour moi: tous les soirs, je rentrais à la maison en larmes et pendant le tournage, je piquais des fous rires. J’avais aussi peur de la réaction de mon père… Il a adoré! Ma nudité ne l’a pas dérangé. Désincarnée, clinique, elle évoque plutôt les photos de Guy Bourdin.

Qu’est-ce qui vous a donné envie de devenir actrice?

A 16 ans, j’ai eu un choc en voyant Björk dans Dancer in the Dark, de Lars von Trier. A cette époque, je voulais être chanteuse, pas actrice. J’ai grandi dans la musique: le cousin de ma mère était le leader de Wreckless Eric, un célèbre groupe punk des années 1970. A la maison, on n’écoutait que du rock anglais! J’ai appris à jouer de la guitare et j’ai formé mon premier groupe à 14 ans, un “girls band” baptisé Violent Pink. Que des filles, dans le genre punk enragé! [Elle rit.] Je joue toujours, mais, aujourd’hui, je fais de la musique folk.

Comment êtes-vous arrivée à la Royal Academy of Dramatic Art?

Après avoir pris des cours dans une école de théâtre, j’ai gagné une bourse pour y entrer. J’ai quitté Gravesend, ma ville natale, dans le Kent -là où est enterrée Pocahontas!- et j’ai débarqué à Londres sans un rond. Pour payer mon loyer, j’ai travaillé dans une parfumerie, puis comme hôtesse dans un bar-karaoké, le Duke of Sussex, un lieu surréaliste ! A l’Académie, j’étais un peu l’Eliza Doolittle de la classe… Les élèves étaient issus de milieux aisés. Je me souviens de leurs conversations: “Mon père m’a montré le dernier Ken Loach. J’ai adoré, et toi?” Moi, je me demandais: “Qui est ce Ken Loach?” Je rattrape mon retard tous les jours. Mais je me pince encore pour être sûre que ce que je vis n’est pas un rêve.

Comme Scarlett Johansson, vous avez une sensualité débordante, vous assumez vos formes voluptueuses…

J’aime le corps féminin, ses rondeurs, ses imperfections. Si on me demandait de maigrir pour un rôle, je refuserais. On peut toujours s’arranger avec des costumes, du maquillage et de bons éclairages. Et puis, on peut jouer avec ses défauts: pour contourner l’un de mes complexes, je me suis fait tatouer derrière mes oreilles, décollées, deux petits anges ailés !

Vos projets?

Remonter sur les planches. En 2007, j’ai joué Peines d’amour perdues, de Shakespeare, au Globe Theatre: un souvenir merveilleux. A la rentrée, je serai dans une nouvelle pièce, mais je ne peux pas en dire plus. Quant au cinéma, le réalisateur italien Luca Guadagnino m’a offert l’un des plus beaux rôles qui m’aient été proposés. Si ça marche, le film -qui se situe dans les années 1970- sera tourné en Corse. Enfin, je rêverais de jouer le rôle de Courtney Love dans le film qu’elle aimerait faire sur son histoire avec Kurt Cobain.

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Ciak Scans

Mariana — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:14:27 +0000

Big thanks to Nicole!

GALLERY LINK:
- Scans: Ciak (Italy) – May 2010

Io Donna Scans

Mata — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:46:23 +0000

Thanks to picoloro! Anyone up for translation?

GALLERY LINK:
- Scans: Io Donna (Italy) – June 26, 2010

Flair Magazine Scans

Mariana — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:50:50 +0000

With special thanks to the lovely and talented Nicole!

GALLERY LINK:
- Scans: Flair (Italy) – July 2010

Interview Magazine’s Summer’s Leading Lady

Mariana — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:26:36 +0000

Gemma Arterton is featured in Interview Magazine’s Summer’s Leading Ladies!

In The Disappearance of Alice Creed, Gemma plays the kidnapped daughter of a prominent businessman-one who shows herself to be quite a bit tougher than the average poor little rich girl.

Last summer movie: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which came out last month.

How Gemma is spending her summer vacation: Getting ready to star alongside Stephen Dillane in The Master Builder.

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American Cinematographer Scans

Mariana — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:07:11 +0000

All credit for the scans goes out to IHeartJake.Com.

GALLERY LINK:
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) > Related Clippings: American Cinematographer (USA) – June 2010

Gemma Arterton To Star In “The Master Builder”

Mariana — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:03:48 +0000

Popular actress Gemma Arterton will star as Hilde Wangel in The Master Builder. The production will play November 12 through January 8 at The Almeida Theatre in Islington, North London. The news was reported by Baz Bamigboye in the U.K. Daily Mail.

Arterton will play opposite Stephen Dillane in Kenneth McLeish’s translation of Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder – a play of heady symbolism, betrayal and sexual passion.

The production will be directed by California-based Travis Preston.

Michael Attenborough, the Almeida’s artistic director, described Hilde as ‘one of the great parts for a young woman in classical theatre’. ‘It’s a sensational role, and the chance to play opposite Stephen Dillane doubles the sensation, really,’ he told Bamigboye.

“Attenborough has known of Arterton’s talent ever since he gave a two-day workshop to third-year students at Rada. He used to warn his classes that, more than likely, he would forget their names the minute he left the auditorium. ‘It’s extremely hard to forget the name Gemma Arterton, I have to tell you,’ he said. ‘I absolutely remembered her. She was corking when I worked with her. ‘The camera tells you she’s beautiful, but the huge difference is that she’s an absolute humdinger, 100 percent, proper actress.”

For more information on the production, visit http://www.almeida.co.uk/production_details/production_details.aspx?code=98.

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Wedding Clippings

Mariana — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:29:20 +0000

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- Scans: Wedding Clippings (UK) – June 8, 2010, scanned by Lorna

Gemma Arterton enters the Bond of marriage

Mariana — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:35:33 +0000

She has seduced James Bond and romanced the Prince Of Persia.

But actress Gemma Arterton married her real-life hero, fiance Stefano Catelli, in a private ceremony tucked away in a sun-soaked Spanish village.

The 24-year-old former Bond girl looked stunning as she arrived for the hill-top wedding yesterday in a strapless, flowing cream gown, with a long veil pinned into her auburn hair and carrying a bouquet of trailing white roses.

Miss Arterton gently stroked her new husband’s cheek as they made their vows before the newlyweds shared an intimate embrace.

They were then driven away in a vintage open top car that had been bedecked with cream ribbons for the occasion.

The newlyweds, who have been engaged for a year, chose to marry with only a small crowd of friends and family in attendance in the picturesque village of Zuheros in Andalucia.

Mr Catelli, an Italian sales manager who works for a British fashion company, proposed at the Download music festival last summer.

And Miss Arterton, who most recently appeared in the blockbuster Prince of Persia alongside Hollywood heartthrob Jake Gyllenhal, has been turning down work so she can enjoy a break with her new husband for a few months.

Speaking about their love, Miss Arterton who starred in Bond film Quantum of Solace, said: ‘It was absolutely instant.

‘I remember going home the night after I met him and writing in my diary that I’d met the man I’m going to marry.

‘I gave that diary entry to him for his birthday two weeks later. But it didn’t freak him out, because he was thinking the same thing.

‘I just really want to spend the rest of my life with him. He’s an amazing man.’

It has been a whirlwind romance for Mr Catelli and Miss Arterton, who was previously linked to Spanish stuntman Eduardo Munoz, who taught her to ride horses for Prince of Persia.

Last month, she even detailed her search for the perfect wedding gown, saying: ‘My fiancé loves me most when I wake up in the morning wrapped up in the bedsheets.

‘My wedding gown is kind of like that.’

The low-key wedding amid the white-washed walls and under the Mediterranean sky was still a far cry for Miss Arterton, a down-to-earth girl from a working-class, single-parent family in Gravesend, Kent.

She admitted that was astonished to find herself walking down the aisle, saying: ‘It takes you by surprise.

‘I always thought I was going to end up an old spinster, with my cats and fur coats.’

Miss Arterton also revealed how her husband soothed her and told her she was beautiful after she was left hurt over criticism she had put on weight. She said: ‘I went to a designer the other day — who will remain nameless — and he said to me: ‘I’m amazed that you’re fitting into these sample sizes.’

Her reply was to tell the designer: ‘I’m a size eight to ten! I should be amazed that the largest you’re making these is a size six.’

A spokesman for Miss Arterton yesterday refused to comment on the wedding.

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