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Zach Galifianakis cuts back on boozing after New York street encounter

May 16th, 2013 8:41pm EDT
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The Hangover star Zach Galifianakis has cut back on his boozing after an altercation with a Jaguar driver and his passenger following a drunken night out in New York City.

The funnyman was walking home when the motorist almost hit him on a crosswalk, prompting angry Galifianakis to slap the car with his hand as it whizzed by.

The driver stopped the motor and he and his pal confronted the actor in the street.

He recalls, "I keep walking... and I turn around and it's two six-foot-six guys... and they both, at the same time, spit in my face... I was so stunned. They walked away... and I rem...
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Zach Galifianakis braved fear of heights on The Hangover Part III shoot

May 13th, 2013 8:33pm EDT
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Actor Zach Galifianakis had to conquer his fear of heights during the making of The Hangover Part Iii while shooting a scene atop a 60-foot (80-metre) building.

In the final film of the popular trilogy, the funnyman is featured on the roof of Caesars Palace trying to save his co-star Bradley Cooper, who is dangling high above the ground by a bed sheet.

Set designers recreated the famous Las Vegas hotel and casino in a sound stage in order to shoot the clip, and the Oscar nominee admits he was impressed by the 43 year old's bravery.

During an appearance on U.S. breakfast show Today on Mon...
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Zach Galifianakis returns to former workplace on manager's request

May 10th, 2013 10:37am EDT
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Zach Galifianakis took a break from Hollywood to return to his humble roots as a bar boss in New York earlier this week (06May13).

The Hangover star worked as a night shift manager at the Stand Up NY comedy club in the Big Apple until four years ago, when he started to make it big in acting.

The club's owner Dani Zoldan reached out to her former employee on Twitter to see if he would come back for one night - and the funnyman agreed.

Writing on her Facebook.com, Zoldan explained, "Zach Galifianakis used to work at Stand Up NY as a night manager & I tweeted him as a joke if he can fill in...
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Zach Galifianakis Brings The Funny To 'Saturday Night Live'

May 5th, 2013 5:02pm EDT
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Zach Galifianakis returned to host Saturday Night Live for the third time Saturday night, and the star brought his usual brand of off-the-cuff one-liners and a few special guests to help him out.

After thanking fans for the applause while taking the stage for his monologue, he said of the night's show, "Thank you, thank you. Don't get your hopes up."

"I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving," he added, playing on the April appearance and getting plenty of giggles.

Zach then sat down behind the piano to throw out some fantastic one-liners, like, "I only have setups, no punchlines."

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'The Hangover Part III' Trailer Promises More Hilarious Antics From The Wolfpack

April 12th, 2013 5:52pm EDT
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The latest trailer for The Hangover Part III is finally out, and the new promo reveals a lot more of the movie's plot than the first teaser that was released early last month.

This time around, the "Wolfpack" -- Alan (Zach Galifianakis), Phil (Bradley Cooper) and Stu (Ed Helms) -- returns to where it all started -- Las Vegas.

This time around a crime boss (John Goodman) tracks down the Wolfpack and takes Doug (Justin Bartha) hostage until the guys can deliver Chow (Ken Jeong), who stole $21 million from the kingpin.

Heather Graham (Jade) and Mike Epps (Black Doug) reprise their roles fro...
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Zach Galifianakis Reportedly Marries Longtime Girlfriend

August 14th, 2012 8:26am EDT
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Zach Galifianakis reportedly married his longtime partner in Vancouver, Canada, on Saturday.

According to UsMagazine.com, "The Hangover" star, 42, and Quinn Lundberg, 29, tied the knot at a small ceremony at a farm on the University of British Columbia campus.

"The wedding ceremony was...super private and intimate and only lasted about 30 minutes," a source told the magazine.

The newlyweds reportedly held their reception at a nearby restaurant. Galifianakis' representative hasn't commented on the report.

Last Thursday, the actor and Lundberg reportedly had a wedding rehearsal dinner at ...
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Review: 'The Campaign' Is Smart, Funny, Raunchy & Crude

August 9th, 2012 8:00am EDT
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Seeing as it’s an election year, we’re all familiar with the bickering from the left, from the right, and those in between. The election process in this “united” country can sometimes get so crazy, you just have to sit back, laugh, and try to decipher who’s who, what’s what, and most importantly… try to figure out how candidates “serve us” considering we pay their salaries.

Dramas like "Casino Jack" (2010) and "The Ides Of March" (2011), to comedies like "Thank You For Smoking" (2006) and "The Distinguished Gentleman" (1992) have portrayed the somewhat ugly side of the system. Whether we c...
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Will Ferrell Nearly Killed 'Campaign' Co-Star Zach Galfianakis With Nut Prank

July 31st, 2012 9:10am EDT
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Will Ferrell almost killed Zach Galifianakis while they were making "The Campaign" together.

Will allegedly put nuts in Zach's breakfast burrito, which is a bad thing to do for someone who has a serious nut allergy. Fortunately, Galifianakis was treated by an on-set medic and made a full recovery.

Ferrell joked with Jon Stewart, "We had a lot of fun. There were a lot of pranks we pulled on each other...Zac has a nut allergy...and so I had the craft service guy put some walnuts in his breakfast burrito and his throat closed up, to the point where they were like, 'Someone call a doctor...no...
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Will Ferrell Nearly Killed Zach Galifianakis With Nuts On Set Of 'The Campaign'

July 30th, 2012 11:02pm EDT
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Will Ferrell nearly killed Zach Galifianakis by putting nuts in his breakfast burrito.

Galifianakis, who stars alongside Ferrell in The Campaign, suffers from a serious nut allergy and was treated by an on-set medic -- and luckily made a full recovery.

During an interview with Jon Stewart, Ferrell explained, "We had a lot of fun. There were a lot of pranks we pulled on each other... Zac has a nut allergy... and so I had the craft service guy put some walnuts in his breakfast burrito and his throat closed up, to the point where they were like, 'Someone call a doctor... no seriously, someon...
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Zach Galifianakis Explains Family Ties To His Role In 'The Campaign'

July 26th, 2012 3:19pm EDT
The Campaign
Actor Zach Galifianakis is convinced he was destined to play a politician in new movie The Campaign because his uncle was a congressman in North Carolina.

In the film, The Hangover funnyman and his co-star Will Ferrell play rival North Carolina politicians vying to represent their district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

And the actor admits signing up for the film was a no-brainer because running for office runs in his blood - his uncle Nick Galifianakis served the state for six years before making an unsuccessful Senate seat bid.

Beaming with pride as he spoke of his relative dur...
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Will Ferrell & Zach Galifianakis Surprise Fans By Serving Coffee In Seattle

July 20th, 2012 9:14am EDT
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While promoting their new film "The Campaign," Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis served espressos in a tiny coffee shop in Seattle, Washington, on Thursday.

According to Seattle Pi.com, hundreds of fans learned about their appearance at the Local Color Cafe in Pike Place Market and began lining up at 6 a.m. to meet the hollywood stars.

So far, the actors have visted a Chicago Cubs game, the Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, Texas, and The Grove shopping complex in Los Angeles as part of their 11-city tour to promote the film. The Seattle appearance drew the most fans so far.

Ferrell told...
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Will Ferrell & Zach Galifianakis Launch Their 'Campaign' Tour

July 18th, 2012 8:20am EDT
The Campaign
Yesterday, funnymen Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis began their campaign trail at The Grove in Los Angeles.

The two stood on podiums, joked with fans and attended a press conference that centered on their roles as out-of-control political rivals in Warner Bros. irreverent new comedy "The Campaign."

At one point Ferrell proclaimed, "Thank you for coming out to the historic Grove," and Galifianakis added, "Where even the homeless people are fake."

In the film, two powerful CEOs pit a blundering congressman against an unlikely political newcomer in order to seize control of a crucial No...
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Zach Galifianakis & Fiancee Plan August Wedding

June 26th, 2012 9:13am EDT
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Zach Galifianakis is finally marrying his longtime girlfriend. The "Hangover star," 42, and his new fiancee Quinn Lundberg, 29, are planning an August wedding, according to Celebuzz.com.

Invites sent to family and friends feature a drawing of Galifianakis and his bride to be, sketched by the actor himself.

A source says, "He made sure he looked like a little troll, while Quinn is a stunning tall blonde princess."

Last year in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the movie star confessed he dreamed of starting a family with Lundberg. He told the publication, "I've been wanting kids f...
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Blu-ray Review: 'Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie'

June 4th, 2012 8:03am EDT
Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Making movies is a tough job, especially when you’ve spent the entire budget on incidentals! So is the premise of the new to Blu-ray "Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie," out now from Magnolia Home Entertainment. The movie buck stops below!

Title: "Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie"

Grade: 1

Cast: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Zach Galifianakis

Director: Tim Heidecker & Eric Wareheim

Rating: R

Runtime: 94 minutes

Release Company: Magnolia Home Entertainment

Website: www.magpictures.com

The Flick: This comedy with an inane title (I’m not going to repeat it – it would on...
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Zach Galifianakis Heads 'A Confederacy Of Dunces'

May 23rd, 2012 8:45am EDT
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"Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today's employer is seeking." So says Ignatius J. Reilly, the lovably insufferable vagabond philosopher protagonist of John Kennedy Toole's Pulitizer Prize-winning novel, "A Confederacy of Dunces."

The same could be said for the book itself, which has been the wallowing in a particularly dense corner of Hollywood development hell for the past 30 years.

But you can't keep Ignatius down forever (in theory, anyway), and Hollywood's ready to give it another go — this time with "Hangover" star Zach Galifianakis taking on the role of Reilly, ...
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'The Dictator' And 15 Other Beards That Steal Movies

May 16th, 2012 1:07pm EDT
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Sacha Baron Cohen brings his trademark ridicu-shock humor to his new film "The Dictator," but it may be his beard that steals the show.

He plays Admiral General Aladeen, deposed dictator of the (fictional) Republic of Wadiya, who flees to the U.S. when his country converts to democracy. As a dictator, he's used to ruling with an iron fist, an incorrigible sense of righteous cruelty, and a thick, bushy beard that could house several terrified baby sparrows.

Aladeen may feel like a fish out of water in New York City, but he'd feel right at home among Hollywood's most magnificent beards of a...
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Kim Kardashian & Other Celebs Urge Moms To Get Breast Cancer Screenings

May 12th, 2012 3:00pm EDT
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Kim Kardashian and Jason Segel are among the stars urging moms to get breast cancer screenings as 'gifts' to themselves this Mother's Day.

Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Duhamel, Zach Galifianakis and Will Ferrell hare also taped Word To Your Mother videos encouraging women to get screened as people celebrates Mother's Day this weekend.

The short clips, shot for cancer research organization The Noreen Fraser Foundation, stress the importance of early detection in the fight against the deadly disease.

In her video, Kardashian says, "Taking care of your health is the best gift you can give your...
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'The Campaign' Trailer Announces Its Candidacy For Hilarity

May 8th, 2012 1:55pm EDT
The Campaign
Whether you lean towards the right or the left, you will not be undecided about The Campaign,which features Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis duking it out in the political arena.

Here's the catch: both of them are dumber than a bag of hammers, as the new trailer (via Buzz Sugar) makes evident with its dueling TV spots for Cam Brady (Ferrell) and Marty Huggins (Galifianakis). To give you an idea of how pandering they get, the latter's ad actually features Huggins hugging the Capital Building in D.C.

Also, in a moment straight from the George W. Bush/Dan Quayle school of dumbass, Brady t...
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Notes From Tribeca: Come And Get 'Mansome' With Jason Bateman, Will Arnett And Morgan Spurlock

April 27th, 2012 10:39am EDT
Mansome
I don’t know why documentaries always have to be so serious. Thank god for Morgan Spurlock. The man who brought us Super Size Me and Freakonomics is back with perhaps his funniest path to discovery yet. Mansome is exactly what it sounds like—an education course in male pampering and grooming.

Anchored by Arrested Development’s Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, Spurlock takes us through the different facets of prettying up in the new century. From waxing to moustaches, we get differing perspectives of male hair from today’s leading experts and celebrities such as Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis...
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The Wolfpack is Back - 'The Hangover Part III' Gets Release Date

March 23rd, 2012 2:00pm EDT
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The Wolf Pack is gearing up for one more night of forgotten debauchery. Warner Bros. announced that The Hangover franchise will return to theaters one more time, with The Hangover Part III scheduled to release May 24th - the coveted Memorial Day weekend.

Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis are currently set to reprise their roles, although director Todd Phillips is keeping the plot under wraps. "We're going to surprise a lot of people with the final chapter we have planned," says Phillips in the press release. "It will be a fitting conclusion to our three-part opera of mayhem, d...
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Check Out 'The Muppets' On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Copy March 20

March 17th, 2012 7:10am EDT
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When an evil oil man discovers black gold beneath Muppet Theater, Kermit recruits a Muppet super-fan and his two best friends to help gather up the gang for a telethon that will save the venue from being razed and replaced with a giant oil pump in "The Muppets."

Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) never met an oil field he couldn't suck dry. So when Tex discovers a bountiful reservoir right underneath Muppet Theater, he begins drawing up plans to claim the land and start drilling. Little does Tex realize that devoted Muppets fan Walter is currently in Los Angeles with his best friends Gary (Jason ...
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'The Hangover' Bosses Hit Back At Louis Vuitton Lawsuit

March 16th, 2012 3:31pm EDT
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Movie executives behind The Hangover sequel have fired back at a lawsuit filed by bosses at Louis Vuitton over a designer purse carried by Zach Galifianakis' character in the comedy.

Officials at the French fashion house filed court papers in December, claiming a handbag bearing an LVM logo, which is featured in The Hangover II, is a fake.

Galifianakis's character actually mentions the company by name in one scene, clutching the bag and saying, "Careful, that is a Louis Vuitton."

Vuitton bosses want the scene to be cut from the film, claiming it could cause confusion among consumers, ...
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2012 Comedy Awards Nominations: And The Punchline Goes To ...

March 6th, 2012 3:40pm EST
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Comedy Central announced the nominees for the second annual Comedy Awards earlier today and it was no laughing matter.

"Bridesmaids" and "Crazy, Stupid, Love." are about to face off in a two-way race for the most lauded flick, as each landed five nominations in the film categories.

"Midnight in Paris" followed with four nods, while "The Artist" and "Horrible Bosses" were close behind with three nominations each.

Considering its massive box office and award season success, the nominations for "Bridesmaids" — which include Comedy Film, Comedy Director - Film (Paul Feig), Comedy Screenpla...
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Dan Aykroyd Jumps Into 'Dog Fight' With Will Ferrell

December 27th, 2011 11:13am EST
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It's official: ghost-busting Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd is going back to his roots—because this funnyman has just become the third "Saturday Night Live" alum to join the cast of the political comedy "Dog Fight." (A comedy about politics? Surely we jest.)

'Tis true, good citizens. Aykroyd has teamed up with Will Ferrell and Jason Sudeikis in this story of two rival South Carolina politicians with presidential aspirations who tangle with each other. Something tells us things get dirty.

Zach Galifianakis (not an "SNL" alum) also stars, and the rounded out cast list includes John Lithgow, Dyla...
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Fashion House Louis Vuitton Sues 'The Hangover Part II' Over A Handbag

December 23rd, 2011 8:31am EST
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Movie bosses behind The Hangover sequel are facing legal action from the Louis Vuitton fashion house over a purse carried by Zach Galifianakis' character in the hit comedy.

Executives of the French brand have filed a lawsuit against the makers of The Hangover Part II alleging a handbag seen onscreen in the hands of Galifianakis is a Louis Vuitton fake.

The legal papers, filed at a federal court in New York on Thursday, state fashion bosses are unhappy with a scene in which the actor carries a bag with a LVM logo and says, "Careful, that is a Louis Vuitton."

They claim the bag is not a...
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HBO Cancels 'Bored To Death' And 'Hung'

December 20th, 2011 10:17pm EST
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Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis' cult comedy Bored to Death has been axed by TV bosses after three seasons.

HBO executives have also dropped Thomas Jane's Hung and How to Make it in America, the comedy/drama executive produced by Mark Wahlberg, due to poor ratings.

Network officials announced the cancellations on Tuesday.

The scheduling gaps will be filled by a slew of new programs, including Dustin Hoffman's horseracing drama Lucky and Ricky Gervais' Life's Too Short.

Reacting to the news, How to Make It in America star Bryan Greenberg writes on Twitter.com, "Thank ...
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'The Hangover Part II' Copyright Lawsuit Dropped

December 19th, 2011 9:30pm EST
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A California man has withdrawn his lawsuit against the studio bosses behind The Hangover Part II - just two months after alleging the hit comedy was based on his own experiences.

Michael Alan Rubin turned the events of his hellish honeymoon in Asia into a script entitled Mickey and Kirin, and he took action against the project's officials in October for reportedly infringing on his copyright by basing The Hangover sequel on his work.

But now Rubin has voluntarily dismissed the suit, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

As WENN went to press, it was not yet known if the two parties had re...
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Check Out 'The Hangover Part II' On DVD, Blu-ray & Digital Download

December 8th, 2011 7:00am EST
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A modest bachelor brunch devolves into a wild weekend in Bangkok when the gang travels to Thailand to see Stu get married in "The Hangover Part II."

Still traumatized by memories of the Las Vegas fiasco, Stu (Ed Helms) vows to keep his pre-wedding partying to the bare minimum. But when Phil (Bradley Cooper), Doug (Justin Bartha), and Alan (Zach Galifianakis) show up, Stu's low-key brunch makes their previous Vegas fiasco look like a family trip to Disneyland. "The Hangover Part II" features cameos by Mike Tyson and Paul Giamatti.

The film made U.S. box office history after grossing $86.5 ...
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Bradley Cooper Confirms 'Hangover Part 3'

December 5th, 2011 8:31am EST
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Bradley Cooper has confirmed "The Hangover" cast is set to reunite for a second sequel set in Los Angeles.

The actor shot to international fame with his role in the 2009 Las Vegas-based comedy opposite Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha, and a follow-up, The Hangover Part II, set in Thailand, was released earlier this year.

Cooper has now revealed filming on the third installment should begin next September and he believes the film will be set in California.

He tells TV host Graham Norton, "I hope we'll start shooting next September. I know (director) Todd Phillips is working ...
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Review: 'The Muppets Movie' An Acquired Taste, But May Prove They Still Have It!

November 22nd, 2011 4:00pm EST
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When I heard a while back Disney had acquired rights to Jim Henson’s Muppets, it didn’t really surprise me. These cats are pretty much trying to monopolize everything and anything (ask MARVEL if you don’t believe me.) It was only a matter of time before they put these puppets to work. At first I didn’t think much about it because I was never really a hardcore fan of these particular characters. But I was intrigued because I had seen them on TV as a kid. But I will go on record and say I was anxious about this film.

"The Muppets" follows Walter (Peter Linz), the world's biggest Muppet fa...
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