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The show was in development over the last five years, against the backdrop of events like the Black Lives Matter protests.

He said the Budget created a "worrying" backdrop for businesses at a time when economic growth is desperately needed.

“In the backdrop, we had this growing anti-immigrant, nativist, fascist rhetoric rising in the country,” said Perea, the executive director of the Harbor Institute for Immigrant and Economic Justice.

Even so, the neighborhood has plenty of idyllic, Californian backdrops and its fair share of celebrity residents.

Against that backdrop, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought even before the presidential vote to lay the groundwork for a working relationship if Trump was returned to the White House.