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OST people spend their retire- ment golfing or gardening, not protecting the world from an M evil, dead emperor who just so happens to rise again. But Rick and Evelyn O’Connell aren’t your average married couple. It was an easy decision for Brendan Fraser to reprise his role as the reluc- tant hero, Rick, in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor—the third installment in the blockbuster series that sees the action shift from the sandy Egyptian desert to the streets of Shanghai. “Well, the prem- ise is new,” Fraser told rottentoma- toes.com. “I just had such a good time making [the previous] movies; I just couldn’t resist coming back to it, even if it is seven years later.” Many things have changed since the last movie, including the O’Connells’ now grown-up son, Alex (). “This is what I dreamed of as a Shanghai kid, to make a big swashbuckling action film,” Ford told about.com. “And I think there’s a certain matu- rity about this film. It goes a bit more Surprise darker and mysterious and a little bit more rough around the edges in some ways.” When we last saw Alex he was a little boy whose curios- Brendan Fraser and Maria Bello ity nearly cost him his life. But now, Alex has grown into an ambitious fight off more evil villains in young archeologist who shares his father’s uncanny knack for acciden- The Mummy: tally awakening ancient, evil rulers from 2,000-year-old curses. “It’s a Tomb of the Dragon Emperor family story at heart, where things go bang!! around them a lot, and mum- Bello’s Evelyn to turn into a damsel and like nothing you’ve ever seen. mies get resurrected and they’ve got in distress. Instead, she’s jumped Rob Cohen has so changed the to go back to work to save the world. right in and joined The Mummy’s franchise.” For Cohen, no one was You know, might as well try to help!” butt-kicking ways. “She’s great in it,” a better fit for a villain than Jet Fraser told darkhorizons.com. Fraser said of Bello to rottentoma- Li. “ epitomizes graciousness, Fans will also notice a change in toes.com. “She loved it. She ate it up spiritual depth and physical grace,” the cast as Maria Bello takes over with a spoon. She’s got moxie.” Cohen said. the role of Evelyn, previously played Also new is director Rob Cohen With all the new additions no by . “I think Rachel is (xXx, The Fast and the Furious), one knows what to expect. But so brilliant, and she was beautiful and martial arts master Jet Li. one thing is for sure, whenever in that part,” Bello told MTV News. Cohen, known for his ability to cre- the O’Connells dig up trouble, it’s “But they wrote my character so ate intense, fast-paced action has always fun to watch. differently, I felt like it was a totally put, according to Bello, his own different woman.” But don’t plan on stamp on the film. “It’s so dynamic —Mark Foster

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ing to the show’s creator she didn’t Meryl Streep, and miss a beat. Craymer told USA Today that Streep was the perfect choice. put their singing skills to “She obviously loves singing and was bursting to do it with various proj- the test in the movie version of one of ects. Now, she gets to sing nine ABBA songs.” Throw in Stellan Skarsgård, Broadway’s most beloved musicals. Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan as the three “potential” fathers, and you’ve USIC. Romance. Greece. Who to-be (Amanda Seyfried) and her got some sizzling summer fare. could ask for anything more once rebellious mother Donna For Brosnan, jumping on board in a movie? How about adding (Streep), who raised her on a Greek was a no-brainer. “I said yes right M Meryl Streep, the songs of ABBA island. The trouble is, Sophie doesn’t away because it meant working and three Hollywood heartthrobs and know the identity of her father. It with Meryl,” he told Variety. “What you’ve got the big-screen adaptation of could be any of her mother’s past a kick in the pants to be able to go the hit musical, Mamma Mia! suitors: Sam, Bill, or Harry. The only off and spend time with Meryl on “A lot of the action takes place way to find out is to invite all three some Greek island, singing ABBA outdoors, which is always better to her wedding to see what happens. songs.” Firth agrees. “There’s a cat- when it comes to shooting a musi- Producer Judy Craymer, who origi- egory only to be created for Ms. cal,” says Toronto Star theater critic nated the play, producer Tom Hanks, Streep, I remember when I was at Richard Ouzounian. “The sequences writer Catherine Johnson and direc- the read-through, just to be in her I’ve seen in the various trailers look tor Phyllida Lloyd all worked togeth- presence was quite extraordinary.” like they’ve captured a visual style er to create the big-screen version. When it comes to discussing his which corresponds to the energy The only unanswered question was, own singing abilities, he’s less com- that kept the stage version moving who would star? plimentary. “Do I sing? Yes,” Firth along so nicely.” Although Streep has sung in admits. “Can I sing? Well, I do open Mamma Mia! has been play- Postcards From the Edge, Ironweed my mouth and let sounds come out, ing to packed houses around and A Prairie Home Companion, but we’ll have to leave it to others the globe since it first opened in Mamma Mia! is her first movie to decide how I actually did.” in 1999. The story revolves musical. The Oscar-winning actress around Sophie, a 20-year-old bride- was up for the challenge and accord- —Bonnie Laufer-Krebs

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S a young child, he grew up in the villain tells superheroflix.com: an abusive household. Unable “[Blonsky] becomes fascinated with to deal with his father’s vio- how [Banner] becomes the Hulk and A lent outbursts, he withdrew Force basically ODs on that substance [the from the world. He developed mul- gamma radiation]. He’s a great mon- tiple personality disorder after wit- ster, I think.” nessing his father, Brian Banner, With all Marvel stories, it’s not just murder his mother in a fit of rage. about action and battling enemies. of Fury The reason, according to Norton, His father called him a monster, and that’s just what he became: the these stories endure is their strong Incredible Hulk. For Edward Norton’s characters. “When you think about It won’t be long until we see one of Banner’s driving motivation, part of Marvel Comics’ most popular super- The Incredible Hulk, what was interesting to me was a heroes rip through his clothing in a sense of guilt, a sense of having mon- fit of green rage, crushing through it isn’t easy keyed with nature,” Norton says. “He’s the city streets, fighting against a applied a certain arrogance to his new arch nemesis, The Abomination, being green work and assumed that he can master and running from those who wish forces that maybe aren’t meant to be to capture and control him. In fact, on to bringing some of the classic tinkered with casually and he’s driven director revealed villains from the comic into it.” by guilt in a way, or driven by a sense to Empire magazine that the Hulk Speaking of villains, Leterrier of wanting to put the genie back in appears right from the start. “You’ll reveals that The Abomination, aka the bottle. I think that’s part of the see Bruce Banner transform in min- Emil Blonsky, is a beast of epic pro- theme of it, even with Abomination, ute three. (Laughs) Minute three! portions. “The guy isn’t crossed with there’s a certain blowback to messing We’re not treating it as an origin a fish; he’s not crossed with a lizard. around with nature.” movie. He’s the Hulk already.” Just like the Hulk he’s an über- But it wouldn’t be a classic Marvel Filmed almost entirely in Toronto, human,” Leterrier says. “His body, story without some killer action Edward Norton not only stars as the everything, grows out... his bones sequences. “The whole fun of the superhero, he also penned the screen- grow thicker and bigger and longer, Hulk is the ass-kicking of it, that’s the play, and assures this version has making him a super-weapon. So he’s whole point,” Norton says. “The thrill no connection to Ang Lee’s 2003 got that spine that flares out, which of it is knowing that if you push this installment. “The fun in this was not becomes a weapon. He’s got elbows guy, this quiet moral person, his bite- to remake anything, but to just spin that stick out and become these back is going to be legendary!” our own sort of fantasy,” he tells Total martial arts Chinese knives. He’s a Film magazine. “We committed early killing machine.” who plays —Toni-Marie Ippolito

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Hancock JULY 2 COMEDY Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman When the citizens of Los Angeles have had enough of their local super- hero Hancock’s (Smith) behavior, he realizes he must get back into society’s good graces. Get Smart

Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson When Maxwell Smart (Carell) gets promoted to a spy agent, he’s called in to save the day—along with the help of Agent 99 (Hathaway) who has a few surprising gadgets up her sleeve.

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl JULY 4 FAMILY Abigail Breslin, Joan Cusack, The Love Guru Chris O’Donnell JUNE 20 COMEDY A young girl (Breslin) growing up , , during the Depression, turns to writing Justin Timberlake, WALL•E for inspiration and hope. When Pitka (Myers)—an American JUNE 27 FAMILY raised in an Indian ashram—returns Voices: , Jeff Garlin to his home country, he boasts about When WALL•E, the last functioning Journey to the Center his healing methods. He is put to the robot built to clean up a ravaged of the Earth 3D test when he’s asked by the Toronto Earth, unknowingly stumbles onto a JULY 11 FAMILY Maple Leafs’ owner (Alba) to unite secret that could save the planet, a Brendan Fraser, one of the team’s star players with robot named EVE, whom he falls in A geologist (Fraser) and his nephew his wife, who’s dating LA Kings star love with, races back into space to (Hutcherson) find a message hidden player, Jacques Grande (Timberlake). If let the humans know there’s hope in an ancient artifact, which leads he doesn’t succeed, the Leafs may lose for returning to their home planet them to an expedition to the center the Stanley Cup. after all. of the earth.

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host (Thurman) discovers she’s already married to a man (Morgan) she’s never met before, she must find him and obtain an annulment if she’s to marry the man she loves (Firth).

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 AUGUST 8 DRAMA Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel AUGUST 15 COMEDY Four lifelong girlfriends embark on , , The House Bunny separate paths for their first year of Robert Downey Jr. AUGUST 22 COMEDY Soon after filming begins on the most college but remain bonded by a pair , , expensive war movie ever produced, of jeans. Katharine McPhee, four famous actors are thrown into a Shelley Darlington (Faris) is a Playboy real-life situation and forced to become Bunny who teaches an awkward the fighting unit they’re portraying. sorority about the opposite sex. In the process she learns that what boys really like is what’s on the inside.

Fly Me To The Moon AUGUST 22 FAMILY Voices: , Tim Curry, Kelly Ripa Three ordinary flies, Nat, I.Q. and Scooter sneak aboard the Apollo 11 and forever change the course of his- tory. Along the way they gain heroic confidence and overcome a few death- : defying challenges. The Clone Wars AUGUST 15 SCI-FI/FAMILY Maintaining the peace of the Star Wars Universe again rests in the hands of the daring Knights.

Mirrors AUGUST 15 HORROR The Accidental , Paula Patton, Husband AUGUST 22 COMEDY A security guard (Sutherland) discov- Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, ers an evil spirit lurking in the mirrors of an abandoned department store. When a successful radio talk show

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Aries (MAR. 21 – APR. 20) Virgo (AUG. 24 – SEPT. 23) Capricorn (DEC. 22 – JAN. 20) Everyone’s heading off on vacation,and Mars fires up your sign. Your ambi- Get out of your vacation rut! Time to you’re left holding the bag. Bide your tions are hotter than the barbecue head off the beaten track, where the time, tend to business and keep pro- coals in July. Your other half needs most enjoyable R&R is found now. By duction on schedule.You can collect on more space now, but you’ll easily August, you’re ready to return to more a few debts and favors early in the find new friends and allies. The mundane matters.You’re in an optimum month as well.Your reward: the road to emphasis shifts to looking and feel- position to move up the ladder. Just vacation paradise lies smooth and clear ing good in August. Make a spa resist challenging a higher-up around through much of August. getaway or have a makeover. The the 12th. choice is yours. Taurus (APR. 21 – MAY 21) Aquarius (JAN. 21 – FEB. 18) If you’re looking, a new romantic lead Libra (SEPT. 24 – OCT. 23) Money and friends don’t mix now. could enter your life.Whatever your sta- You may have to accept less-than-star Focus instead on vacation plans, or a tus, you’ll play out more than one billing at work this July. No matter,you series of weekend getaways. Just resist steamy summer love scene in July. can make excellent progress behind flashing the credit cards to help any- There’s lots of work on tap and a few the scenes. Hit the road during August. one else out. By August, you come to chances to make a getaway in August. From the 19th on,Mars ups your charis- an important realization: the party is But who cares, when you have an ma,and you’re set to sizzle. You’ll shine wherever you happen to find yourself, action-filled social scenario unfolding on the social circuit, and a new attrac- and a special someone. around home base? tion will be dazzled. Pisces (FEB. 19 – MAR. 20) You’re overdue for a break. Go ahead and indulge in some R&R, especially outdoors. Star Struck You’re able to get a clear vision of your future direction once What the stars have planned for you you get away from it all. This could be the sum- Gemini (MAY 22 – JUNE 21) Scorpio mer you get with a new Your fave planet Mercury is onside (OCT. 24 – NOV. 22) exercise program. again. At last! Old plans and new ven- You’re screening summer —Susan Kelly, astrologer tures can finally be launched. July calls blockbuster-worthy for lots of hard work and attention to vacation plans. Make detail. By August, you’ll be more than your big break during Charlize Theron ready for a break.Do take a big time out, July if you can. August Leo, August 7, 1975 perhaps by indulging your culture-vul- has you all fired up with South Africa ture side at a summer festival or two. someplace to go—mostly This tawny Lioness began in pursuit of career suc- a modelling career at age Cancer (JUNE 22 – JULY 22) cess. This could be the 14, and enjoyed a career Your famous shyness floats off on a month you get your big as a ballet dancer before summer breeze. Right on cue, too, as break.A raise or bonus turning to acting.She won July is your month to shine. Speaking is also likely around an Oscar in 2004 for her your mind is the most likely route to mid-month. portrayal of a crazed murderer your heart’s desire. Talent + intelli- in Monster. In true Leo fashion, gence = more income in August. It’s Sagittarius she’s taken creative control, true that if you believe in yourself,oth- (NOV. 23 – DEC. 21) becoming a producer as well. ers will second the motion. You’re so ready to hit the She’s getting some cosmic road. Try to hold off until assistance these days to put her Leo (JULY 23 – AUG. 23) mid-July: your optimum 30-day back on top of her game. Look Batten the hatches: friendships are in window. Use it to enjoy vacation for her playful Lion side to

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Edward Norton is not your conventional “hunk”by Hollywood standards.s. But manym women swear there’s a certainn “something” about this super talented actor (Primal Fear, Fighht Club, The IllusioniIllusionistt), which makes him utterly irresistible. He’s quietlyetly gone through the Leading Lady Roster,Roster leaving ,ore, , Cameron Diaz andan in his dust.This certaintain swagger has served him well in his movie roles too, which is why he’s the perfect choicech for playing Bruce Banner/Hulk in his currentcurren film The InIncredible Hulk.Even when heh turns himselflf into a big green monster he attracts the likes of a goorgeous brunette—Liv— in the form of Betty Ross. Now that’s somethhing.

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Super movie producer SHAUNA Most people may be surprised to light. Camera-shy Norton is said to have ROBERTSON is not a household hear that DREW BARRYMORE, given her an ultimatum to get over herself 1 name or A-list actress, but she’s 4 who’s now settled down with or they are through.We know where that managed to snag Norton whom she’s , got it on with Heather went. Hayek also dated and is been dating since the fall of 2006. Graham years back at Leonardo now settled with her baby’s daddy, DiCaprio’s home.“They were going at it François-Henri Pinault. JESSICA BIEL and Norton shared in front of a group of people. Leo was some steamy sex scenes on the set annoyed because they were out of con- In her heyday, 2 of The Illusionist that some say con- trol and he didn’t want that in his house,” dated nearly everyone. She experi- tinued to sizzle . Biel then went claimed a source. Poor Leo. 7 mented with Barrymore, snuggled on to date other men including Adam with Leonardo DiCaprio and messed Levine, Derek Jeter, and her current beau apparently met her around with after Justin Timberlake. current partner, , on they appeared in a Calvin Klein commer- 5 the set of The Painted Veil, but her cial together. Sipping bubbly together at a and Norton shared a steamy sex scene dur- Tommy Hilfiger cocktail party back ing filming that some speculated contin- COLIN FARRELL has been shying 3 in 1999 was enough to get ued briefly off-screen. away from the Hollywood scene CAMERON DIAZ turned on to Norton. 8 lately but he’s had his fair share of Rumors have it the pair shared a raunchy SALMA HAYEK dated Norton for starlets. Farrell “passed the time” with one-night stand. Diaz is apparently revis- more than four years but some say Hayek while filming Ask the Dusk, and iting theshort hook-up scene cavorting 6 the pair were at odds with their lev- he’s rumored to have dated Angelina with the likes of John Mayer, Djimon els of fame.They were often seen fighting Jolie, Britney Spears, , Hounsou and Gerard Butler. Go Cam go! at events over Hayek’s love of the spot- Lindsay Lohan and many more.

32 Tribute JULY/AUGUST 2008 www.tribute.ca After her split from husband There must be something more PENÉLOPE CRUZ seems Chris Robinson, to JOHN MAYER than bad hair. happy getting photographed 9 hooked up with a slew of men 12 He’s dated Jessica Simpson, 16 in provocative positions with including and Dax Penélope Cruz, and her current lover, . Shepard. But after two months Hudson Cameron Diaz. Now, he’s snagged Jennifer Before Bardem, and after Matthew got bored with Shepard and reunited Aniston, which is said to be driving McConaughey, Cruz briefly dated John with Wilson. She’s also rumored to have Simpson crazy with jealousy. Mayer, who gladly gave her his number dated Matthew McConaughey and cur- after one of his shows. rently Lance Armstrong. SCARLETT JOHANSSON was on top of her game, dating WILMER VALDERRAMA seems to 13 Benicio Del Toro, Jonathan Rhys loves dating celebrities, and attract men by dancing on Meyers, , Josh Hartnett, Justin 17 talking about his conquests. 10 bar tables. In fact, it’s because Timberlake,Wilmer Valderrama and Topher His long list includes Lindsay Lohan, of her hard partying ways that Jake Grace. Her non-monogamous beliefs have Ashlee Simpson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gyllenhaal was rumored to have left now changed. She’s currently engaged to Jaime Pressley, and her. She then went on a dating frenzy Canadian hottie Ryan Reynolds. Jessica Alba. He hooked up with Mandy with Leo DiCaprio, Andy Samberg, Moore for 18 months, but it ended after , Adam Brody, Adrian JOSH HARTNETT is one busy he went on Howard Stern comparing Grenier, Fabrizio Moretti and Brit rocker guy. From Scarlett Johansson to their sex life to a famous scene in the Johnny Borrell. 14 Michelle Williams to Gisele movie American Pie. Bündchen to Penélope Cruz, Hartnett has When hunky MATTHEW dated the best of them. He’s since dated After the fiasco, McCONAUGHEY began dat- , Rihanna, and Kirsten Dunst. SIENNA MILLER said she 11ing his Sahara co-star 18 didn’t want to date a man Penélope Cruz, some speculated it Pineapple Express star JAMES that was older than her. But that didn’t wouldn’t last. It ended after a year FRANCO had a brief fling with stop her from rebounding with Leo and the often-shirtless, trailer-towing 15 Lindsay Lohan. It ended, much DiCaprio, and later , McConaughey moved on to his current to her dismay. He was then rumored to be Josh Hartnett, P.Diddy and James Franco. lady, Camila Alves, who is expecting dating Sienna Miller while they filmed She’s now engaged to Brit actor Rhys their first child. Camille in Canada. Ifans, 13 years her senior. push play

The Spiderwickp 10,000 BC Chronicles JUNE 24 JUNE 24 A young hunter named D’Leh The three children of the Grace (Steven Strait) is heartbroken family, Mallory (Sarah Bolger) when his love Evolet (Camilla and twins Jared and Simon Belle) is kidnapped by a tribe of (Freddie Highmore),embark upon warlords. He embarks on a journey a fantastic adventure when they to rescue her, facing prehistoric move into a secluded old house predators and encountering a owned by their great, great lost civilization ruled by a ruthless uncle. When strange things start leader. D’Leh must now summon happening and the children investigate, they discover a his courage to save Evolet and the countless others who magical world of mythical creatures. have been enslaved. tribute.ca user reviews tribute.ca user reviews “One of the best movies this year!” “So much potential, but none realized.” “It wasn’t like the books, which disappointed me.” “An enjoyable movie.”

Definitely, Maybe Hannah Montana JULY 8 & Miley Cyrus: When Will Hayes’ (Ryan Reynolds) daughter Maya (Abigail Breslin) Best of Both Worlds asks him to recount the story of Concert 3D how he fell in love with her mom, AUGUST 19 he decides to tell her the stories of In the film version of her popular three of his relationships and concert tour, Miley Cyrus performs changes the names. Maya must as both herself and her alter-ego guess if her mother is Will’s col- Hannah Montana from her hit lege sweetheart (Elizabeth Banks), Disney television show. With massive sets, catchy music his best friend () or an ambitious journalist and fun choreography, Cyrus rocks the stage along with (Rachel Weisz). special guests the Jonas Brothers. tribute.ca user reviews tribute.ca user reviews “Smart and funny .” “This movie was awesome.” “This movie was totally boring.” “The actual concert was better.”

The New Dexter: Season 2 AUGUST 19 Adventures of Old Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) Christine: Season 2 leads a double life—by day he is a JULY 15 forensics expert for the Miami Single mom Christine (Julia Louis- Police Department, by night he is a Dreyfus) must juggle all the adven- vigilante serial killer. To keep his tures life throws at her including urges under control, he abides by a running her own business and rule to only kill murderers.This sea- dealing with her ex-husband and son, Dexter struggles with lying his new girlfriend—also named about his late-night activities to his Christine, her slacker brother and the mean moms at her girlfriend, who suspects him of drug use. He then gets a son’s school. She must also deal with her romantic life, sponsor, Lila, for his fake addiction but becomes closer to including a great guy who happens to be New Christine’s her than anticipated.Dexter also comes face-to-face with the father and her son’s hot new fourth-grade teacher. man who murdered his mother years ago.

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A KnKnigighhtt’s’s talale The Dark Knight Photos: Ke Photos: A Tribute to Heath Ledger ROM a jousting knight to a gay star status, garnering him an Oscar nomi- cowboy to a sociopathic clown, 1979 – 2008 nation for Best Actor in 2006. Heath Ledger’s enormous talent Playing a fabled romantic man in F gave him the ability to play dar- A father, a friend, Casanova, a heroin-addicted poet in ing and dynamic characters. At a time Candy, and one of seven when the world was realizing his limit- an inspiration portrayals in I’m Not There, continued less potential as an actor, shock waves to prove Ledger’s versatility as an actor. were sent across the globe on January About You. Careful not become the typi- In the upcoming Batman film, The Dark 22, 2008, when news broke of his sudden cal “Hollywood heartthrob,” he began tak- Knightt, we will see Ledger in one of his death in his apartment. He ing on more dramatic roles, starting with finest roles as The Joker—a performance ironically became a legend as fast as he a part in 2000’s The Patriot followed by a director says, “will became a star. lead role in 2001’s A Knight’s Tale. blow people’s minds.” Born in , on A small but pivotal role as Sonny Those he left behind—parents, Kim April 4, 1979, the ambitious, yet surpris- Grotowski in the Academy Award-win- and Sally; sisters, Kate, Ashleigh and ingly shy Ledger drove across the coun- ning Monster’s Balll was the starting point Olivia; his two-year-old daughter Matilda try to Sydney to pursue an acting career of Ledger’s critical praise. But it was his Rose, whom he shared with Michelle at the age of 16. After a few appearances ability to act in unconventional roles that Williams, and, of course, his adoring on Australian television shows and inde- caught the eye of filmmaker Ang Lee who fans—will remember his sensitivity, vul- pendent films, the aspiring actor moved cast him in the part of , a nerability and passion. to Hollywood where he got his big break homosexual ranch hand, in Brokeback in the teen comedy 10 Things I Hate Mountain. The role shot Ledger to super- —Alaina Chapman

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