Chapter Two refers to a second chapter, but the term may also refer to:

• Chapter Two (play), a play and film by Neil Simon
• Chapter II (album), an album by Ashanti
• Chapter Two (Roberta Flack album), an album by Roberta Flack
• Chapter Two (Viking Skull album), an album by Viking Skull
• In the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the prosecution procedure when a demand under Article 31 PCT is made
• Chapter 2 (band), a cover band based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

See also[link]

• Second Chapter, an album by Danny Kirwan

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Kyrie Irving

Irving in 2010
No. 2 – Cleveland Cavaliers
Point guard
Personal information
Born	(1992-03-23) March 23, 1992 (age 20) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian/American
High school	St. Patrick's High School, Elizabeth, New Jersey
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	191 lb (87 kg)
Career information
College	Duke
NBA Draft	2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Pro career	2011–present
League	National Basketball Association
Career highlights and awards
NBA Rookie of the Year (2012) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2012) Rising Stars Challenge MVP (2012)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Kyrie Irving (born March 23, 1992) is an Australian-American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played as a point guard for Duke University as a freshman before being selected as the 1st overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft by Cleveland. He won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2012. Irving was born in Melbourne and grew up in New Jersey.

Early life[link]

Irving was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia where his father, Drederick Irving, played professional basketball for the Bulleen Boomers. Irving subsequently lived in Australia before relocating to the United States at the age of 2. He has dual citizenship in the United States and Australia.^[1] Irving's mother, Elizabeth, died from an illness when he was four, so Drederick raised him with the help of Irving's aunts.^[2] Growing up in New Jersey, Irving was a fan of the New Jersey Nets. His father took him and his sister to Continental Airlines Arena during the 2003 NBA Finals.^[3]

High school career[link]

Irving played for Montclair Kimberley Academy his freshman and sophomore years, where he averaged 26.5 points, 10.3 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 3.6 steals and became only the school's 2nd 1,000 point scorer, before transferring to St. Patrick.^[4] While at St. Patrick High School, Irving played with Michael Gilchrist, who was widely regarded as one of the best players in the class of 2011.^[5][6] On January 20, 2010, it was announced that Irving was selected to the 2010 Junior National Select Team. The team played at the 2010 Nike Hoop Summit at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, on April 10.^[7] He was also selected to play in the 2010 McDonald's All-American Game^[8] and the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic, where he was named as co-mvp with Harrison Barnes.^[9] In June 2010 Irving was a part of the gold medal winning team at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship.^[10] Irving was the #2 player in the class of 2010 by Scout.com,^[11] #3 player in the ESPNU 100,^[12] and rated as the #4 player by Rivals.com.^[13]

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kyrie Irving PG	West Orange, New Jersey	St. Patrick HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	Oct 22, 2009
	Scout:   Rivals:   ESPN grade: 97
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 2   Rivals: 4  ESPN: 3
Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Duke Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. http://rivals.yahoo.com/basketballrecruiting/basketball/recruiting/commitments/2010/alabama-2. Retrieved 2011-01-21.  "2010 Duke Basketball Commits". Scout.com. http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=167&p=9&cfg=bb&c=8&yr=2010. Retrieved 2011-01-21.  "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=167&p=9&cfg=bb&c=14&yr=2010. Retrieved 2011-01-21.  "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1088659. Retrieved 2011-01-21.

College career[link]

Irving committed to Duke on October 22, 2009, in a television broadcast on ESPNU. Irving started playing with Duke in the 2010–11 basketball season under the guidance of head coach Mike Krzyzewski. He led the team in scoring at 17.4 points per game on 53.2% shooting through the first eight games of the season. In addition, he added 5.1 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game as he quickly began to make his case for NCAA Freshman of the Year.

In Duke's 8th game of the season, Irving suffered a severe ligament injury in his right big toe that sidelined him indefinitely. His right foot was placed in a cast on December 10, 2010. The cast was removed on February 4, 2011, and Irving began rehab.

On March 17, the day before Duke played Hampton in the first round of the NCAA tournament, it was revealed that Kyrie would return for his first game since Dec. 4th. It was announced that he would come off of the bench and play limited minutes.^{[citation needed]}

Duke lost to Arizona in the Sweet Sixteen. Irving scored 28 points in what turned out to be his last game for Duke.

Professional career[link]

Cleveland Cavaliers (2011–present)[link]

Irving announced that he would forgo his final three seasons of eligibility and enter the 2011 NBA Draft where he was the number 1 pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[14][15] He signed an agent in early May 2011.^[16] Irving signed a contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers alongside rookie teammate Tristan Thompson on December 10, 2011.

Irving got off to a fast start, and through twenty-three games, had ten games with 20+ points, including a loss to the Nets in which he had 32 points. In that game, Irving scored 21 points in the fourth quarter alone.

Both Irving and his teammate Thompson were named to the 2012 Rising Stars Challenge. However, Irving played for Team Chuck, while Thompson played for Team Shaq. Irving scored 34 points in the game, earning MVP honors.^[17] Irving won the 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year Award, receiving 117 of a possible 120 first-place votes.^[18] Irving was also the only unanimous selection to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.^[19] Over the season, he averaged 18.5 points, 5.4 assists and shot .469 from the field and .399 on three-pointers.^[20]

NBA career statistics[link]

Regular season[link]

Personal life[link]

Irving has made a promise to his father that he would finish his bachelor's degree at Duke by taking classes during the next few summers.^[21]

Awards and honors[link]

• 2010 McDonald's All-American team selection
• 2010 Nike Hoop Summit All-American team selection
• 2010 Jordan Brand High School All-American team selection
• 2011 NBA Draft 1st Overall Draft Pick
• 2011–12 NBA Rookie of the Month, December, January, February, March
• 2012 Rising Stars Challenge MVP
• 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year Award
• 2012 NBA All-Rookie First Team

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kyrie Irving

• Official Facebook Page
• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com, or Basketball-Reference.com, or ESPN.com

• Duke biography
• NBADraft.net profile
• Scout.com profile
• Rivals.com profile
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Rose Byrne
Byrne at the Sydney film premiere of The Hunter 2011.
Born	Mary Rose Byrne (1979-07-24) 24 July 1979 (age 32) Balmain, Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present

Mary Rose Byrne^[1] (born 24 July 1979) is an Australian actress.

Byrne made her screen debut in 1994 with a small role in the film Dallas Doll. In 2000, she played a leading role in the Australian film The Goddess of 1967, which brought her a Venice Film Festival award for Best Actress.

Since 2007, she has played Ellen Parsons in the cable television series Damages, which has earned her two Golden Globe and two Emmy nominations. In 2011, she starred in the critically acclaimed and financially successful films Insidious, X-Men: First Class and Bridesmaids.

Early life[link]

Byrne was born in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, and is of Irish and Scottish descent.^[2][3] She is the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher.^[4] She is the youngest of their four children; she has an older brother, George, and two older sisters, Alice and Lucy. Both of her parents are atheists, and she describes herself as agnostic.^[5] Byrne attended Balmain Public School and Hunters Hill High School before attending Bradfield College in Crows Nest. She began taking acting classes at age eight, joining the Australian Theatre for Young People and later attended the University of Sydney. In 1999, Byrne studied acting at the Atlantic Theatre Company developed by David Mamet and William H. Macy.

Career[link]

Acting[link]

Byrne in 2010

Byrne was cast in her first film role, Dallas Doll, when she was 13 years old.^[6] She has appeared in several Australian television shows including Heartbreak High and Echo Point, and the film Two Hands with Heath Ledger. She appeared in The Date, My Mother Frank, and Clara Law's The Goddess of 1967 for which she was award the Volpi Cup for "Best Actress" at the 2000 Venice Film Festival. She appeared as a guest in an episode of the police drama series Murder Call. On stage, she played a lead role in La Dispute and in a production of Anton Chekhov's classic Three Sisters at the Sydney Theatre Company.

In 2002, Byrne made her first appearance in a Hollywood film with a small role as Dormé, the handmaiden to Natalie Portman's Senator Padmé Amidala, in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. She appeared the same year in City of Ghosts with Matt Dillon.

The year previously she had flown to the UK to shoot I Capture the Castle, Tim Fywell's adaptation of the 1948 novel of the same title by Dodie Smith. In the 2003 release, she portrayed Rose Mortmain, the elder sister of Romola Garai's Cassandra. In 2003, she starred in three Australian films: The Night We Called It a Day with Melanie Griffith and Dennis Hopper; The Rage in Placid Lake for which she was named Best Actress at the Australian Film Institute with singer Ben Lee; and Take Away, another comedy.

In 2004, Byrne starred as Briseis, the Trojan priestess who is abducted during the Trojan War by Achilles, played by Brad Pitt, in Wolfgang Petersen's epic Troy.^[7] She then reunited with Peter O'Toole in the BBC TV drama Casanova. Byrne appeared with Snoop Dogg in Danny Green's film The Tenants, based on Bernard Malamud's novel, and starred as Alex with Josh Hartnett and Diane Kruger in the romantic psychological thriller Wicker Park.^[8]

In 2006, Byrne portrayed Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, a French aristocrat and friend of Marie Antoinette, in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, with Kirsten Dunst, and appeared in The Dead Girl,^[9] directed by Karen Moncrieff.

In 2007, she played Cassie,^[10] the pilot in Danny Boyle's science fiction suspense film^[11] Sunshine,^[12] Scarlett Ross, an army medical officer in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's science fiction horror 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to Boyle's 28 Days Later, and appeared in the independent film Just Buried,^[13] a Canadian dark comedy written and directed by Chaz Thorne.

Since 2007, Byrne has appeared in the FX drama production Damages,^[14] playing the regular lead role of Ellen Parsons,^[15] a young attorney torn between her new boss, played by Glenn Close, and her own ambitions.

She appeared in the Australian film noir The Tender Hook with Hugo Weaving.

In 2009, Byrne co-starred with Nicolas Cage in the science fiction thriller Knowing. Later that year, she appeared in the indie film Adam, with Hugh Dancy. She appeared in the 2010 comedy film Get Him to the Greek, starring Russell Brand and Jonah Hill, and she was joint lead in the James Wan horror film Insidious, which premiered in September 2010 at the Toronto International Film Festival^[16] and went on general release on 1 April 2011.^[17]

Byrne also starred in the Kristen Wiig comedy Bridesmaids, released on 13 May 2011.^[18][19] She played Moira MacTaggert in the X-Men spin-off X-Men: First Class, directed by Matthew Vaughn. The movie opened 3 June 2011.^[20]

Other activities[link]

Byrne has appeared in the music videos for Darren Hayes's single "I Miss You",^{[citation needed]} M.Craft's "Sweets",^{[citation needed]} and starred with Australian musician Alex Lloyd in the music video for his single "Black The Sun", as well as featuring on the cover artwork for the EP.^{[citation needed]} She also appeared in a television commercial for Sony.^{[citation needed]}

Byrne was the face of Max Factor between 2004 and 2006 and named in the Most Beautiful People of 2007 list in Who Magazine.^[21]

Byrne has supported UNICEF Australia by being the face of the 2007 Designers United campaign and a member of tropfest jury in 2006 and tropfest @ tribeca^[22] in 2007. She is a graduate and ambassador for NIDA's (National Institute of Dramatic Art) Young Actors Studio. She was recently named the first patron of Chauvel Cinemas presented by the Brisbane International Film Festival and named in honour of Charles Chauvel.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[link]

Byrne was in a relationship with Australian writer, director and actor Brendan Cowell for over six years. Cowell moved from Sydney to New York City, following Byrne's success on Damages. The relationship ended in January 2010.^[23]

Previously she dated Australian writer/director Gregor Jordan, who directed her in Two Hands.^[24]

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rose Byrne

• Rose Byrne at the Internet Movie Database
• Rose Byrne at AllRovi
• Rose Byrne and Hugh Dancy interview on RadioPlanet.tv
• Rose Byrne at Emmys.com