* 1914 – Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist ( d. 2012 )

The 2012 Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio play The Wrath of the Iceni starring Tom Baker takes place during Boudica's uprising against the Romans.

In 2011, it was announced that Barrymore had been cast alongside John Krasinski in Ken Kwapis's Big Miracle ( 2012 ), a romantic drama based on the 1989 book Freeing the Whales, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales from being trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.

Former Onna Roll president Big Al continues as of 2012 to organize a freestyle club night in New York.

Muttiah Muralitharan signed for the Melbourne Renegades to play Twenty20 cricket in the Big Bash League, in 2012.

* A porcupinefish was used in the 2012 season of Australia's Big Brother.

On June 2, 2011, the World Series of Poker and Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté announced plans for an officially sanctioned special fundraising event, known as The Big One for One Drop, starting on July 1, 2012 with a record US $ 1 million entry fee.

Since March 2012, Cook hosts a one hour radio programme titled On The Road To Big Beach Bootique 5 on XFM.

The short stories " Melville on Iapetus " ( 1983 ), " Promises to Keep " ( 1984 ), " Oculus " ( 2002 ), " The Big Downtown " ( 2005 ), " Kaminsky at War " ( 2006 ), and " Maiden Voyage " ( 2012 ) are also set in the Academy universe.

Big Sound Temple, the novel released by author Ben Stevens in March 2012 ( HarperCollins ), is written entirely in Engrish ( or Japlish ).

There have also been episodes for the series produced for the Disney comic books worldwide, in USA, Denmark and the Netherlands, from the 1940s up to the present day, 2012 .< REF >" Brer Rabbit " at Inducks </ REF > Brer Bear and Brer Fox also appeared frequently in Disney's Big Bad Wolf stories, although here, Brer Bear was usually cast as an honest farmer and family man, instead of the bad guy in his original appearances.

The Big Day Out ( BDO ) is an annual Australian music festival that, as of 2013, is held in five cities in Australia ( the festival was also held in New Zealand up until 2012 ).

On 17 January 2012, Big Day Out organiser Ken West announced that the Auckland Big Day Out on 20 January 2012, would be the last Big Day Out in New Zealand, and that they will be putting on the festival in Australia only in 2013.

In early November in 2011, ahead of the 2012 Big Day Out, a request was made by Auckland City council to remove Odd Future from line up due to some of their lyrics being allegedly homophobic.

In 2012, the Big 12 formed an alliance with the Southeastern Conference to host a joint post-season college bowl game between the champions of each conference.

The Colorado move to the Pac 10 was to be effective in 2012, but the school later negotiated a settlement with the Big 12 to leave on July 1, 2011.

On October 11, in a notably non-prescient comment, interim Big 12 Conference Commissioner Chuck Neinas stated categorically Missouri would remain in the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season.

On October 28, the Big 12 Conference's press release announcing its invitation to West Virginia University hinted at Missouri's imminent departure, as Missouri was not listed among the " expected " members for the 2012 – 13 school year.

On October 10, Texas Christian University's Board of Trustees voted to accept the invitation from the Big 12 Conference, and the school joined the conference on July 1, 2012.

* The All Ohio Balloon Festival ( third week Aug ) August 17 & 18, 2012

Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic 2012 in Windsor, California | Windsor: Dawn Patrol at 5 a. m.

Balloon Fight GB was later added to the Virtual Console for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on October 19, 2011, while Balloon Kid was added to the same platform in North America on November 3, 2011 and in Europe on January 26, 2012.

On Wednesday 11 July 2012, The Hilltop Hoods released a video for the 3rd single off the album, titled " Shredding the Balloon.

The most recent Doraemon film, Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles ~ Animal Adventure ~, was released on March 3, 2012.

On March 13, 2012, Disney announced that the Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure would close in the summer and be replaced by Agent P's World Showcase Adventure, based on Disney's Phineas and Ferb.

* May 2012: Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure closes

* June 23, 2012: Agent P's World Showcase Adventure opens

" Roundabout " will be used as the ending theme for the 2012 anime series, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.

Bowser appears as a playable character in the Mario Kart series and various Mario sport titles, such as Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games with its sequels Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games where he is one of the two main villains ( with Dr. Eggman ) in the Adventure Mode ( handheld versions only ).

At a July 5, 2012, press conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of the series and promoting an upcoming Hirohiko Araki art exhibition, Araki and his people announced that an anime adaptation titled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation was in production and will premiere in October 2012.

At a July 5, 2012 press conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of JoJo, Araki himself announced JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, produced by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Games, it will be released for the PlayStation 3.

Opened in 2012, Wadi Adventure is located near Jebel Hafeet and provides a range of water-based activities including surfing, kayaking and rafting.

** Pirates of the Savage Sea Adventure ( 2012 )

On August 30, 2012, Six Flags announced that the Great Adventure entertainment complex will become the world ’ s largest theme park for the 2013 season when the current 160-acre theme park and 350-acre Wild Safari animal park unite as one 510 acre property.

In 2012, Great Adventure introduced SkyScreamer a Funtime StarFlyer, that soars riders in a 98-foot ( 30 m ) circle at speeds over 43 miles per hour ( 69 km / h ), that opened in the spring of 2012, along with bumper cars, flying elephants, and a musical themed scrambler that opened in the newly transformed area Adventure Alley ( formerly Fantasy Forest area around the Big Wheel ).

Furthermore in 2012, Six Flags Great Adventure removed two of its four Johnny Rockets food stands, one located in Plaza Del Carnival and the other in the Boardwalk.

Disney California Adventure Park re-opened on June 15, 2012 with CEO and President Bob Iger making a new dedication speech as Buena Vista Street and Cars Land was revealed to the public.

In February 2012, Double Fine along with 2 Player Productions, announced a Kickstarter project ( codenamed Double Fine Adventure ) aimed to create a new 2D adventure game featuring art by Double Fine's in-house artist Nathan Stapley.

Within 24 hours, Double Fine Adventure had raised more than a million dollars, becoming the most funded and most backed project ever on Kickstarter until it was surpassed by the Pebble E-Ink Watch in April 2012.

On February 22, 2012, Double Fine filed a trademark for the name " The Cave ", later confirming that this was not related to the Double Fine Adventure project.

Kirby's Adventure was also released as a downloadable " 3D Classic " for the Nintendo 3DS on November 17, 2011 in North America and PAL territories and April 25, 2012 in Japan.

Kirby's Adventure was released on November 17, 2011 in the US and Europe and April 25, 2012 in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS as a part of 3D Classics series, the series of classic games played in 3D.

* Adventure Time ( 2012 )-Flame King