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BROOKLINE — Rory McIlroy was doing the wrong sort of moving on golf’s traditional moving day, his scores as he opened the third round of the US Open Saturday pushing him down a leaderboard he’d been stalking since play began Thursday. Bogey on No. 2. Bogey on No. 3. Bogey again on No. 6, when his putter just couldn’t find the extra inches it needed to find the hole.For the deep and loyal legion of McIlroy fans, it was an all too familiar feeling. This is what McIlroy so often does, roaring out to a lead only to retreat when the pressure mounts. Yet if we know anything about the 33-year-old four-time major winner, that’s not always the end of his story.So now we wait — wait to see whether he’s setting himself up for one of his similarly patented dramatic Sunday roars into another near-win (remember his majestic final round at the Masters in April, when he surged into a second-place finish?) or just setting himself up for one more major disappointment (if you somehow lost count, it’s 0-for-his-last-28 tries since 2014) after a 3-over-par 73 Saturday.Through it all, however, one thing McIlroy also can be counted on to do, on moving day or any day at a well-attended golf tournament, is move the crowds.Here in Brookline, where the predictions of raucousness and rampant revelry haven’t really come to pass, the spread-out galleries and set-back corporate tents diffusing the famous Boston fan base, Rory has been the one reliable guy to cause a stir. The amorphous stream of onlookers following him Saturday didn’t quite match the heyday of a Tiger Woods (whose presence is undoubtedly missed this week as he continues his physical recovery and prepares for the British Open at St. Andrews), but it represented the longest human wake created by any golfer in the field.Step by bouncing step and smile by freckled smile, McIlroy has walked these stunning Country Club grounds to unwavering support, cries of “Let’s go Rory” and “We’re rooting for you Rory,” christening him the most consistent crowd favorite. That’s no small thing during these most uncertain days in golf, with McIlroy positioning himself squarely on the side of the PGA Tour as it deals with the defections of golfers to the controversial Saudi-backed LIV circuit.The locals would love nothing more than to see him win his fifth career major in their backyard. His baseline appeal is obvious — an Irishness that resonates in the most concentrated Irish diaspora in the country. But it goes beyond that, too, and quantifying it can take many routes, from a game infused with creativity and wit to a career imbued with time and maturity. But whatever it is that got him here, McIlroy would like you all to know he hears you, and he appreciates you.The feeling is mutual.“I’ve been out here a long time. Maybe they feel like they’ve watched me grow up and they’ve sort of been on that journey with me,” he said. “I think I play quite an emotive brand of golf, if there is such a thing. I’ve always liked having crowds. I like the interaction. I enjoy that part of it. I’m certainly not one to keep my head down and sort of look straight in front of me, tunnel vision. I like looking around. I like seeing people out there.”Let’s be honest here: If the first wish of the PGA Tour/USGA overlords were for no LIV golfer to win, a wish seemingly granted after all but four of the 15 defectors missed the cut, then the second would have to be for a strong PGA loyalist to do so instead. On that score, McIlroy is their leader in the clubhouse, and not just for carrying the momentum from his win at last week’s Canadian Open into a solid two-day start at The Country Club, but for doing so while loudly and vociferously professing his dedication and support to the PGA Tour.Those passionate speeches have earned McIlroy a new level of respect among his like-minded peers, his willingness — no, eagerness — to speak up for what he believes is right, letting them know he has their backs.“Because in my opinion it’s the right thing to do,” he said earlier this week. “The PGA Tour was created by people and tour players that came before us, the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer. They created something and worked hard for something, and I hate to see all the players that came before us and all the hard work that they’ve put in just come out to be nothing.”McIlroy fought to get something good going Saturday, fought the wind and the cold and a course that was bedeviling enough to keep anyone from running away. For all the love and all the cheers and all the speeches of these past few weeks, there was still a golf tournament to play, still a major to chase. Though he does have four of them already — more than anyone else on the leaderboard this weekend — he’s better off thinking he doesn’t.“I think I have to go out with the mind-set this week that I’m going to try to win my first again,” he said. “I’m playing as good a golf as I’ve played in a long time. I have a lot of experience. Yes, I’ve won major championships and other big events, but just because I’ve done that, it doesn’t mean that I’ll hit better golf shots or I’ll hit better putts.“I’m in a good place. I’m really happy with where my game is at, and I think that’s the most important thing.”In other words, when the inevitable roller-coaster ride begins, he is better now than ever at strapping in and hanging on.“Certainly whenever you get on the crest of a wave you try to ride it as long as you can,” he said, “and I’ve gotten a little bit better at trying not to ride the other ones downwardly.”Tara Sullivan is a Globe columnist. She can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @Globe_Tara. | Golf |
Post Malone performs on the Lyrical Lemonade stage at the 2022 Summer Smash Hip-Hop Music Festival at Douglass Park on Saturday night.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash Festival, one of the largest showcases for hip-hop, is underway at Douglass Park (1401 S. Sacramento Dr.). Running through Sunday, the festival features three stages with some of the biggest musicmakers in the genre. You couldn’t have asked for better weather on Saturday, as the skies over Chicago were a turquoise blue and the humidity-free sunshine was served well by cool breezes. Thousands flocked to the festival grounds for a lineup of more than 60 artists including G Herbo, Polo G, Dreezy, Playboi Carti, BIA, Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz, and headliner/first-time papa Post Malone. Malone’s fiancee gave birth to their daughter recently (the date has not been revealed, nor has the identity of the singer’s longtime lady love).Here’s a look at some of the sights and sounds from Saturday’s event. Gates open at noon on Sunday for the final day of the fest. Post Malone performs on the Lyrical Lemonade stage at the 2022 Summer Smash Hip-Hop Music Festival at Douglass Park on Saturday night.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Post Malone performs at the 2022 Summer Smash Hip-Hop Music Festival in Chicago on Saturday night.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Post Malone performs the closing set on Saturday night at the 2022 Summer Smash Hip-Hop Music Festival at Douglass Park.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Post Malone crouches over a speaker as performs on the Lyrical Lemonade stage at the 2022 Summer Smash Hip-Hop Music Festival at Douglass Park on Saturday night.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Polo G performs on the Lyrical Lemonade stage at the 2022 Summer Smash Hip-Hop Music Festival at Douglass Park, Saturday, June 18, 2022. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Polo G performs on the Lyrical Lemonade stage at the 2022 Summer Smash Hip-Hop Music Festival on Saturday.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Fans sing along and cheer as Polo G performs on the Lyrical Lemonade stage at the 2022 Summer Smash Hip Hop Music Festival at Douglass Park on Saturday.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times BIA performs on the-SPKBX stage at the 2022 Summer Smash Hip Hop Music Festival.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times BIA performs on on Saturday afternoon at the Summer Smash Hip-Hop Music Festival in Douglass Park, Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Nardo Wick performs on the Lyrical Lemonade stage at the 2022 Summer Smash.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Festival goers get their hair braided at the 2022 Summer Smash Hip-Hop Music Festival at Douglass Park.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Fans cheer as Ski Mask the Slump God performs on the SPKBX stage at the 2022 Summer Smash. .Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Ski Mask the Slump God performs on the SPKBX stage at the 2022 Summer Smash.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Ski Mask the Slump God performs on the SPKBX stage at the 2022 Summer Smash.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Ski Mask the Slump God performs on the SPKBX stage at the 2022 Summer Smash.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times | Music |
WASHINGTON -- "It's not where you start, it's where you finish."That's the fatherly advice that Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo's dad gives them in a new clip from the upcoming Disney+ original film "Rise" that premiered exclusively on On The Red Carpet this morning. It shows the brothers during the early stages of their basketball journey, underscoring the influence and inspiration that their father Charles had on their history-making career."That's why we fall," he adds during a particularly trying training session in the pouring rain. "We fall to get back up." Watch the clip in the video player above."Rise" is based on the real-life story of the Antetokounmpo family, including brothers Giannis, Thanasis and Kostas, the first trio of brothers to become NBA champions in league history - Giannis and Thanasis while playing for the Milwaukee Bucks and Kostas as a Los Angeles Laker. Their brother Alex is also a professional basketball player.The film follows the family after Charles Antetokounmpo and his wife Vera emigrate from Nigeria to Greece, showing their efforts to provide for their family under the threat of deportation and secure Greek citizenship through a flawed immigration system that "blocked them at every turn," according to the film's synopsis. Meantime, Giannis and Thanasis begin playing basketball on a local youth team and discover their talent and passion for the sport. The rest, of course, is history as Giannis, Thanasis and Kostas are eventually drafted into the NBA."Rise" stars real-life brothers Uche and Ral Agada as young Giannis and Thanasis. The cast also includes Dayo Okeniyi, Yetide Badaki, Manish Dayal and Taylor Nichols. "Rise" was directed by Akin Omotoso, written by Arash Amel and produced by Bernie Goldmann. Giannis Antetokounmpo is credited as an executive producer alongside Douglas S. Jones.The film also includes original music co-written and performed by the eldest Antetokounmpo son, who is known under the stage name Ofili.Stream "Rise" exclusively on Disney+ this Friday, June 24.The Walt Disney Co. is the parent company of this ABC station. Copyright © 2022 OnTheRedCarpet.com. All Rights Reserved. | Movies |
There is undoubtedly a fascinating documentary to be made about George Michael, the Wham! frontman who went on to be one of the greatest singing and songwriting talents of his generation. But this film, which Michael himself was working on at the time of his death in 2016, is probably one for the fans predominantly. Michael talks about himself with candour, and the archive footage is extensive. But the choice of interviewees, including a tittering Ricky Gervais honking out off-key witticisms, James Corden and Liam Gallagher, seems a bit random. It’s as though they were chosen for their celebrity rather than for any great insight into Michael the man.Watch a trailer for Freedom Uncut. | Music |
Test drive: 2021 Ford F-150 Raptor The 2021 Ford F-150 Raptor is the best version yet of Ford's high performance pickup, but Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu says it may soon be even better.NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! There is a new military machine that could soon be flying to the rescue.The Wilder is a four-passenger light armored vehicle from Israeli defense contractor Plasan that has been designed for special forces use with innovative features.The four-passenger pickup uses a mid-engine design like a race car and is powered by a 159bhp 2.8-litre Cummins turbodiesel engine.It has a central seating position for the driver that offers a panoramic view similar to an Apache helicopter pilot's. The Plasan Wilder is a light armored vehicle. (Plasan)The armored vehicle also has an IED-resistant hull and can be prepped to fit inside a Chinook helicopter for rapid transport.Its cargo bed is large enough to carry a standard NATO pallet or a soldier to operate the roof-mounted machine gun it can accommodate. Plasan Wilder features a mid-engine design and a bed large enough for a NATO pallet. (Plasan)An optional four-wheel-steering system can improve its maneuverability in tight confines, like urban environments, and both remote control and autonomous driving systems are in development.THE OSHKOSH EJLTV IS A MONSTER STEALTH MILITARY MACHINEA fully independent suspension system provides nearly 15-inches of wheel travel, putting it on par with high performance pickups like the Ford F-150 Raptor. The Wilder's central driver position provides a panoramic view. (Plasan)The Wilder has also been optimized to work with Plasan's all-terrain electric mission module (ATEMM), which is a towable battery-powered platform with its own electric propulsion system that can carry weapons and gear, be operated remotely or autonomously and double as a power station for troops in the field. The Wilder is compatible with Plasan's ATEMM battery-powered platform. (Plasan)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPPlasan has yet to announce a price or any customers for the Wilder, but is offering it both as a complete vehicle and a kit that can be assembled locally after delivery. Gary Gastelu is FoxNews.com's Automotive Editor covering the car industry and racing @foxnewsautos | Automotive and Transportation |
Getty Images Emmy-, Grammy-, Oscar-, and Tony Award-winner Rita Moreno has climbed aboard the Fast and Furious franchise. The West Side Story actress has joined the cast of the upcoming tenth film, Fast X, which is currently in production and due to be released in 2023. On Instagram, franchise leader Vin Diesel, a.k.a. Dominic “Dom” Toretto, posted a short, 42-second video alongside the actress and his longtime co-star Michelle Rodriguez announcing Moreno’s casting as Dom's grandmother. “It’s been my dream forever to work with Rita Moreno, and the fact that she’s here playing my grandmother makes my soul smile,” the actor said while sitting between Moreno and Rodriguez. “I’m so blessed.” “You know what?” the 90-year-old actress added afterward. “I think my old age was waiting for you to invite me. Isn’t that nice? And I’m here. And the answer is yes, I’ll do it. And yes, not only do it, but I’m tickled. I’m tickled to hell to do it. I’m so thrilled, this is gonna be such fun.” As Diesel exchanges a “thank you” and “I love you,” Rodriguez excitedly exclaims, “Rita Moreno in the house, baby!” Smiles and laughs can be heard. In a Variety interview in June 2021, Diesel previously teased the possibility of Moreno joining the franchise, discussing the idea of diving deeper into the Toretto family tree. The previous film, 2021’s F9, introduced Dom’s long-lost brother Jakob (played by John Cena), but there still remains some missing gaps as to who Mother Toretto would be. There will be other major stars joining alongside the cast for Fast X. Jason Momoa will be playing the film’s unnamed villain. Brie Larson, Daniela Melchior, and Alan Ritchson are also announced to star in currently undisclosed roles. Cardi B will also reprise her role as Leysa from the previous movie, F9. Other previous cast members returning include Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sung Kang, and Charlize Theron. Although there are many returnees, director Justin Lin, who has helmed five films in the Fast and Furious franchise, announced in May he’d stepped down; he’s being replaced by Louis Leterrier, best known for directing the first two Transporter films and Clash of the Titans. Fast X is scheduled to release in cinemas on May 19, 2023. Perhaps you can use this long wait to watch a marathon of all current nine installments of the franchise. Movies Fast and Furious Vin Diesel Rita Moreno | Movies |
Pylons of high-tension electricity power lines are seen during sunset in Brasilia, Brazil June 6, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBRASILIA, June 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian power utility Eletrobras (ELET6.SA) said on late Saturday that all but one of its board members had submitted their resignations, opening the door to an overhaul of the company that was privatized in a share offering this month.Chief Executive Rodrigo Limp submitted his resignation from the board, but remains in charge of the company's management, according to a securities filing. Carlos Eduardo Pereira, who represents Eletrobras employees, was the only board member who did not submit his resignation.The exiting board members will remain in place until new board members take over after their election at an extraordinary shareholder meeting, Eletrobras said.Eletrobras privatization raised 29.3 billion reais ($5.69 billion) earlier this month. read more The operation represented Brazil’s first major privatization under President Jair Bolsonaro, who had delivered few of the state asset sales he pledged before taking office in 2019. ($1 = 5.1530 reais)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Marcela Ayres; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. | Latin America Economy |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Golden State Warriors assistant coach Kenny Atkinson, fresh off an NBA championship, reportedly turned down an offer to become the next head coach of the Charlotte Hornets.Atkinson reversed course more than a week after agreeing to a four-year contract with the Hornets, the Associated Press reported. The Hornets never announced Atkinson as the new head coach and remain one of two teams in the NBA without a head coach as the offseason nears.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM FILE - Brooklyn Nets coach Kenny Atkinson watches during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards, Feb. 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)It’s unclear what sparked the reversal. Warriors played appeared to be thrilled when they heard the news Saturday the assistant coach was staying on the staff. Fellow assistant Mike Brown took the Sacramento Kings job in May."We knew the amazing job Kenny did when he was in Brooklyn. That doesn't get talked about enough," Warriors guard Jordan Poole said. "For him to be able to bring all of the knowledge and the insight and the positive emotion and militaristic drive that he has, to already add that to a winning culture is amazing. And we got a ring because of that. ... He obviously is extremely invested and believes we can do it again. You want guys like that and people like that."CHARLES BARKLEY DISCUSSES WHERE STEPH CURRY RANKS AMONG 'SMALL' POINT GUARDS IN NBA HISTORY Golden State Warriors assistant coach Kenny Atkinson, left, talks with assistant coach Mike Brown during a timeout during the first quarter of Game 4 of basketball's NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Andrew Wiggins added: "That means a lot. He gave up a head coaching job to come back."Atkinson has been regarded as one of the top assistant coaches in the NBA. He was on the bench for the New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks from 2008 to 2016 before getting a job with the Brooklyn Nets.Atkinson was 118-190 with the Nets and made one a playoff appearance.He was with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2020-21 before joining the Warriors prior to this season. Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, center, celebrates with teammates as he holds the Bill Russell Trophy for Most Valuable Player after the Warriors beat the Boston Celtics in Game 6 to win basketball's NBA Finals, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe Hornets fired James Borrego after the 2021-22 season. Borrego was with Charlotte but failed to make the playoffs.The Associated Press contributed to this report. Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for Fox News and Fox Business. Story tips can be sent to [email protected]. | Basketball |
Fire winger Chris Mueller dribbles the ball during Saturday’s game at Soldier Field.Courtesy of the Fire Fire coach Ezra Hendrickson has asked for patience with his team. With better health and more time to mesh, he thinks it could succeed. ‘‘It’s not so much patience because guys are young, but it’s patience because it’s a relatively new team and it’s going to take awhile to get guys to mesh and jell with each other,’’ Hendrickson said Wednesday. ‘‘And now you have also a new coach with a new philosophy that they have to also grasp. So when I talk about patience, it’s not so much about age or anything like that; it’s about giving time to develop.’’ The Fire (3-7-5) don’t have much more time to wait, but at least they have something positive to build on. Playing without midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri (right hamstring), the Fire beat D.C. United 1-0 on Saturday in front of an announced crowd of 17,650 at Soldier Field. Substitute Fabian Herbers scored in the 78th minute to halt the Fire’s 10-game winless streak and give them their first MLS victory since March 19. ‘‘I think it’s a huge push for us in the right direction, hopefully,’’ Herbers said. ‘‘Hopefully we can continue on that and keep going.’’ Shaqiri, the Fire’s high-profile designated player, picked up the injury on international duty with Switzerland. Never known for his durability during his time in Europe, Shaqiri also missed time this season with a calf issue. Before the international break, Shaqiri was showing why the Fire paid so handsomely for his services. Luckily for the Fire, the hamstring problem doesn’t sound like a severe injury. Hendrickson seemed optimistic that Shaqiri could play Saturday at Houston. Though the Fire attack had its moments, the finishing product was lacking until Herbers’ header snuck past goalkeeper Rafael Romo. ‘‘It’s a relief, but the past couple of games we’ve really played some good soccer,’’ Hendrickson said. ‘‘The Toronto game [May 28] was unfortunate, but we put that past us. We worked really hard the last couple of weeks. This week especially, the boys really put [the hard work] in. ‘‘We gave them a challenge tonight that we need to have a mentality and an attitude that we don’t just want to dominate games, we don’t want to just play better than teams, we want to beat teams. They went out today from the start and really showed that mentality, showed that attitude.’’ The Fire will need that attitude to get back into the playoff picture. Last season, the Red Bulls claimed the last postseason spot in the Eastern Conference with 48 points. Using that number as a standard, the Fire still need 34 points in their last 19 matches to climb that high. Over a full season, that would translate to about 61 points, which would’ve meant a second-place finish in the East last season. To go on such a run, the Fire would have to turn what Hendrickson views as progress into victories. ‘‘We’re building something,’’ Hendrickson said. ‘‘That consistency’s not quite there yet, but it’s coming. We’re just happy that we’ve kind of stopped the bleeding, so to speak.’’NOTES: Defender Wyatt Omsberg left with an injury in the 95th minute and was replaced by Carlos Teran. • Besides Shaqiri, the Fire also were missing attacker Jairo Torres (left hip) and defender Miguel Navarro (health-and-safety protocol). Stanislav Ivanov started in place of Torres, and Jonathan Bornstein took Navarro’s spot. | Soccer |
André (André Dussollier) is not a man who is accustomed to having his wishes thwarted. So when, after a debilitating stroke, he decides that he wants to end his life, he is not open to a debate on the matter. This places his two adult daughters, Emmanuelle (Sophie Marceau) and Pascale (Géraldine Pailhas), in a tricky position. In Paris, where they live, assisted suicide is illegal. His only option is to travel to Switzerland. But if they are suspected of helping him, his daughters might face prosecution. Not to mention the burden of grappling with interminable admin while processing their grief over their imminent loss. Not that this concerns André, who faces death with the same monomaniacal self-absorption that, the film strongly hints, he brought to his life. He squalls his displeasure at each setback like a toddler who just dropped his ice-cream on to the pavement and needs it to be made right immediately.The latest picture from the chameleonic film-maker François Ozon is one of his less formally adventurous. Ozon adopts a light-footed, naturalistic approach in this study of domestic dynamics. It’s not a film that is interested in taking a moral stance on assisted dying, nor is it a picture that wallows in tragedy. There’s a moment when you fear the film is going to tip into mawkishness, when Emmanuelle can’t bring herself to chuck away her dad’s half-eaten sandwich. Then she loses patience and bins it – nicely capturing the dissonance in the relationship with her fascinating, impossible father. In cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema Watch a trailer for Everything Went Fine. | Movies |
If you won a million pounds, what would you do with it?One festival-obsessed couple are gearing up for their first Glastonbury weekend as millionaires in a second-hand caravan.
Stephen Webster, 45, and Arran Taylor, 41, won £1m in the National Lottery last year after matching five main numbers and the bonus ball.The couple, who live in Bridgwater, have been regular attendees at the Somerset music festival for more than 20 years - and their newfound wealth hasn't changed their tastes. Image: The couple are attending the festival in a second-hand caravan In recent years, they have only attended the festival on Sundays because of family commitments. However, this year they will be going to the whole event for the first time since becoming parents. Mr Webster, a control and instrumentation engineer at a power station, said: "My first Glastonbury was a washout, but I absolutely loved it. Since then, I've been to every festival.
"Of course, things changed a bit when our first child was born in 2011. Although we did take our eight-week-old baby along that year, it was just for the one day. More on Lottery EuroMillions: Winner of 'life-changing' £55m jackpot urged to claim prize Britain's biggest-ever lottery winners reveal their identities after scooping £184m EuroMillions: Britain's biggest-ever lottery winners to go public after scooping £184m "Since then, that's what we've done, we haven't camped, we've just gone for the Sunday."However, now our kids are that bit older, the four of us are going to go for the whole weekend for the first time. We're all very excited."Ms Webster also recalled lots of happy memories from attending the festival since 2002.She said: "We've seen some amazing live music over the years. U2 is a definite highlight for me: they played on the Sunday night after my eldest was born so I dropped her home and went back to see them because they're my absolute favourites.""The thing about Glastonbury though is that it isn't just about the music - although that is absolutely out of this world - there is so much going on that you can't really plan, you just have to go with the flow," she added.But instead of glamping, the family are heading to the festival in a second-hand caravan - giving them access to their own toilet, a fridge and shower. "I don't think we've ever had a shower at Glastonbury before, having the caravan will be a total luxury," Ms Taylor, a dispensing optician, said."Planning our visit as lottery winners has been totally different, we haven't had to think about ways to save money or where we can cut costs, we have been able to focus purely on how to make it the best possible trip."And the fact that we're going with our children means that this Glastonbury will be unlike any other and the four of us can't wait." She said the that "biggest treat" will be being able to buy drinks from the bars."Usually because the festival is so long, we take all our own drinks and spend most of the weekend swigging warm lager," she said."The fact that money won't be an issue this time round is just a wonderful feeling."We'll also be on the lookout for anything a bit different and won't have to think twice about treating ourselves. "Back in 2010 there was actually a pop-up restaurant being run by some Michelin starred chefs and if there's anything like that again, we'll jump at the chance to get involved."Ms Taylor said winning the lottery has also enabled them to spend more time together as a family."I forget it's happened because we try and keep life fairly normal for our children but then you remember, it's incredibly exciting," she added."There are more opportunities to make nice memories with the kids and take up those opportunities when they are presented." | Festivals |
Next year's Ascot hat? Zara and Mike Tindall pose with huge bunch of colourful balloons - as they celebrate daughter Lena’s fourth birthdayLena Tindall turned four yesterday and parents Zara and Mike looked set to partyThe couple posted a photo on Instagram showing them posing with huge bunches of colourful balloons - with Zara styling her bunch like a hatThe Queen's granddaughter and her former England rugby star husband are also parents to Mia, eight, and one-year-old son Lucas Published: 11:26 EDT, 19 June 2022 | Updated: 11:36 EDT, 19 June 2022 Zara and Mike Tindall have had a busy few weeks; pinballing from helping the Queen mark the Platinum Jubilee to Royal Ascot and, yesterday, their second daughter's fourth birthday.Yesterday, little Lena Tindall turned four and her parents looked like they were getting into the swing of another colourful day, as ex England star Mike, 43, posted a photo on Instagram of the couple each holding a huge arch of balloons over their heads. The Queen's granddaughter, 41, who is also mum to Mia, eight, and one-year-old son Lucas, styled her balloons into a hat that might go down well at the Ascot Racecourse. Zara and Mike Tindall looked like they were getting into the swing of their daughter Lena's fourth birthday, as Mike posted a photo on Instagram a snap of the pair each holding a huge arch of colourful balloons over their heads Lena Tindall (right) standing with Prince Louis at the Trooping the Colour parade during the Queen's Plantinum Jubilee weekend; the youngster turned four on SaturdayThe family live on the sprawling Gatcombe Park Estate, where Zara's brother Peter, his daughters and mother Princess Anne and her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, also live.Since the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Mike has been posing for photos in his wife's many glamorous hats and posting them on his Instagram account. The hat shots have found their own following, with fans quick to like. And he didn't disappoint at Ascot either, posting another pic of him in Zara's green hat. Since the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Mike has been posing for photos in his wife's glamorous hats and posting them on his Instagram account. Here he is at AscotHe wrote: 'How could I have forgot this one from yesterday!! We have already started planning for next year @ascotracecourse?'Alongside his post many followers also wished Lena a Happy Birthday. Next month, the royal couple will celebrate their 11 year anniversary, since their wedding in Edinburgh. Advertisement | Celebrity |
Tennis - ATP 500 - Halle Open - Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Germany - June 19, 2022 Poland's Hubert Hurkacz celebrates with the trophy after winning his final match against Russia's Daniil Medvedev REUTERS/Wolfgang RattayRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJune 19 (Reuters) - Poland's Hubert Hurkacz showed his Wimbledon credentials on Sunday, hammering world number one Daniil Medvedev 6-1 6-4 to win the ATP 500 grasscourt tournament in Halle, Germany.World number 12 Hurkacz defeated Medvedev and Roger Federer en route to the semi-finals at Wimbledon last year and showed he will once again be a force to reckon with when the Championships kick off on June 27.Halle is the 25-year-old Pole's fifth ATP singles title, and he kept his record in finals so far unblemished with his victory in just over an hour when he converted his second matchpoint with a backhand volley.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com"I'm super excited, I've been waiting a little bit for my first (title) this year," Hurkacz said during his victory speech. "I'm happy to win my first ATP 500 title and of course, on the grass it is very special."Daniil is an unbelievable player. He's the best player in the world so it's very tricky to play him. All the right shots went my way at the beginning, so I definitely gained a lot of momentum from that."In contrast, it was a fifth straight defeat in a championship match for Medvedev, who has not won a title since denying Novak Djokovic the calendar Grand Slam to win the 2021 U.S. Open for his maiden major triumph.Medvedev, who will not be allowed to compete at Wimbledon due to its ban on Russian and Belarusian players, came into Sunday's match having not dropped a set while saving 22 of the 23 break points he faced during his four matches.But the Russian struggled to get his first serves in as Hurkacz jumped into a 5-0 lead in no time with two breaks of his opponent's delivery.Medvedev finally held his serve at 1-5 before Hurkacz wrapped up the opening set in 27 minutes.There was, however, no end to Medvedev's frustrations in the second set as the Pole once again broke serve early, continuing to dominate the rallies both from the back of the court and when he advanced to the net.Medvedev saved two breakpoints to hold serve in the seventh game to stay close to Hurkacz, but he could not get the break back against his opponent, who did not allow the Russian a single opportunity on his own delivery during the entire match."I was serving pretty good today and got a little bit of momentum from the first game," Hurkacz added."I saved a couple of deuces on my service game and then I managed to break Daniil's serve so I definitely got a little bit of momentum. I'm very happy with the win in front of such a great crowd here."Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. | Tennis |
Tennis - ATP 500 - Queen's Club Championships - Queen's Club, London, Britain - June 19, 2022 Italy's Matteo Berrettini celebrates with the trophy after winning his final match against Serbia's Filip Krajinovic Action Images via Reuters/Andrew CouldridgeRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Italian Matteo Berrettini retained his title at the Queen's Club Championships with a 7-5 6-4 defeat of Serbia's Filip Krajinovic on Sunday, as the world number 10 gave himself the perfect launch pad into Wimbledon.Berrettini had too much firepower for unseeded Krajinovic, who has now lost all five of his Tour-level finals.The Italian, who also claimed the title in Stuttgart this month, has now won 20 of his last 21 matches on grass, his only loss coming in last year's Wimbledon final to Novak Djokovic.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comHe was made to work hard by Krajinovic who broke back in the first set, only to get broken again at 5-5.A Krajinovic double-fault proved costly at 2-3 in the second set as Berrettini secured the decisive break of serve and went on to secure his seventh career title with an ace.Berrettini, who had surgery on his right hand in March, is the eighth player to win back-to-back titles at the event, all of the others being former world number ones including John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker and Andy Murray.He will now go into Wimbledon as one of the favourites."There are too many emotions," Berrettini said. "To have this trophy twice, I used to just dream of playing in this tournament. It was a really good week for me, I came here with a lot of confidence. Today was the best match that I played."I've worked so hard for this. I know that Wimbledon is different but I know that I can do it, I did it once. I'm really looking forward to it, but I know every match will be tough."A superb angled volley gave Berrettini the break he had threatened in the fifth game of the opening set.But Krajinovic, who before this week had never won a match on grass, replied in the next game with a punchy volley to get back on level terms.The Serbian netted a backhand to drop serve at 5-5, however, and Berrettini then held to take the opener.In the second set Berrettini showed the range of his game, mixing power with panache to pull ahead, and once he broke serve to love in the fifth game, there was no looking back.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. | Tennis |
From Jim Carrey to Jake Gyllenhaal and Nicole Kidman, these actors got brutally honest about the acting they dislike most. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, and more actors who criticized their own work.Everett Collection Name a beloved actor, and a cinephile will instantly be able to tell you about their best and worst performances. While we idolize movie stars for the high points of their careers, there is something endlessly fascinating about seeing talented people fail. Movie lovers watch the careers of their favorite stars closely, and can usually tell when someone gives a bad performance. And oftentimes, the actor who gave that performance knows it was bad too.
Whether it was an ill-advised role they took for a paycheck, a passion project that didn’t turn out as expected, or simply a bad performance in a good movie, even Hollywood’s biggest stars are susceptible to failure. And when it happens, they usually know it. It’s good business to heap praise on your latest movie during its promotional cycle, but as years go by, it’s common for stars to let their real feelings about a movie be known. That often leads to some very memorable quotes, as actors don’t mince words when talking about their worst movies.
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Tennis - WTA 500 - bett1 Open - Berlin, Germany - June 19, 2022 Tunisia's Ons Jabeur celebrates with the trophy after winning her final match against Switzerland's Belinda Bencic REUTERS/Christian MangRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJune 19 (Reuters) - Tunisia's Ons Jabeur won the second grasscourt title of her career after reigning Olympic champion Belinda Bencic was forced to retire injured in the final of the Berlin Open on Sunday.Top seed Jabeur took the opening set 6-3, while Bencic injured her ankle in the final game. The Swiss attempted to soldier on but was eventually forced to retire with Jabeur leading 2-1 in the second.Even as the crowd gave both finalists a round of applause, the Tunisian was busy helping treat Bencic as she took her seat, bringing her an ice bucket for her ankle.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJabeur dropped only one set during the tournament, in a warning to her rivals ahead of Wimbledon which gets underway on June 27.She also won the WTA 1000 claycourt Madrid Open last month, making her only the second woman to win multiple titles this year after world number one Iga Swiatek. Jabeur is projected to move up to third in the world rankings on Monday.Swiatek skipped the Berlin Open due to a shoulder issue, saying she wanted to recover and rest ahead of Wimbledon.Jabeur will next head to Eastbourne, where she is set to partner with 23-times major champion Serena Williams for the doubles event. Williams is making her return to the tour a year after her last match.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. | Tennis |
Nashwa provided Hollie Doyle with her first Classic success after a thrilling victory in the Prix de Diane at Chantilly.So impressive in winning her first two starts of the season at Haydock and Newbury, the Frankel filly was last seen finishing a creditable third in the Oaks at Epsom. Turning out just 16 days later for the French equivalent, John and Thady Gosden’s youngster was the 7-4 favourite under her record-breaking rider and got the job done in determined style.A smart start from her low draw meant Nashwa was prominent from the off and she travelled smoothly into the home straight alongside the well-fancied Agave. After seeing her off, 50-1 shot La Parisienne powered home to throw down a late challenge, but Nashwa and Doyle knuckled down admirably to pass the post narrowly in front.“It feels pretty good. When I was pulling up I couldn’t find the words to describe it really,” said Doyle. “I’ve got a lot of people to thank. Without [owner] Imad Al Sagar I don’t know if I would ever have been in the position to get an opportunity like this. These types of horses are hard to come upon and I’m only 25, so it’s relatively early on in my career and I feel pretty lucky.“I felt very vulnerable at the two-furlong pole, I’m not going to lie. It was a muddling race and I felt beforehand someone would be a bit more decisive pace-wise than they were. I didn’t really want to be where I was, but she was very relaxed and happy to be one off the rail with a bit of company either side. She’s versatile and responsive when needs be. When the second horse came to my girths she really dug deep, which was great to see.”The rider was congratulated shortly after her victory by her husband Tom Marquand, who finished seventh aboard Zellie. Doyle added: “I think he was just as happy as I was. We’re always pretty happy for each other, so I think he was delighted. I was pretty confident off the back at Epsom. We felt coming back in trip was what she needs and it’s proven to be the answer. She retains a lot of class and I think she could be even better next year.”Quick GuideGreg Wood's Monday tipsShowChepstow: 1.05 Greg The Great, 1.35 Shawnee Warrior, 2.10 Agapanther, 2.45 Hope Probe (nap), 3.15 Stone Circle, 3.45 Bellstreet Bridie, 4.15 Mutara.Southwell: 1.20 Serjeant Painter, 1.50 Captain Ivan, 2.25 Copper Vale, 3.00 Quid Pro Quo, 3.30 Abington Park, 4.00 Windy Cove, 4.30 Jaunty Soria.Windsor: 5.05 Romantic Memories, 5.35 Tenjin, 6.05 A Sure Welcome, 6.35 Cliffs Of Fury, 7.05 King Of The Kippax (nb), 7.35 La Yakel, 8.10 Meganseighteen.Wolverhampton: 5.55 Ghostly, 6.25 Reckon I’m Hot, 6.55 Rogue Spirit, 7.25 Crush And Run, 8.00 Federal Street, 8.30 Monaadhil, 9.00 Street Poet.John Gosden was full of praise for Doyle, saying: “She’s hugely talented and horses run for her. She’s incredibly meticulous and hard-working and she analyses things properly. I am proud and Thady is extremely proud because it’s the youth team teaming up again. It’s quite obvious that I’ll be surplus to requirements quite soon with the youthful Thady and Hollie!” | Other Sports |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Harold Varner III said he got some pretty sound advice from Michael Jordan about the possibility of joining LIV Golf and leaving the PGA Tour.Varner, a 31-year-old golfer who has wins at the Australian PGA Championship and the PIF Saudi International, has a business relationship with Jordan and the Jordan Brand. According to Sports Illustrated on Friday, Varner "utilized’ Jordan in his decision not to join LIV Golf.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Harold Varner III watches his shot on the fourth hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)"I think it helps because I'm sure he's had decisions like this long before I was even born," Varner told the outlet. "But there's been a lot of people that I look up to that are obviously super wealthy and super successful and different places in the world."Varner added he talked with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan about it and added the offer he received from LIV Golf to play there was "nuts." Harold Varner III watches his shot on the 11th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)CHARLES BARKLEY WOULD ‘KILL A RELATIVE’ FOR $200 MILLION LIV GOLF PAYDAY"I'm obviously not going," he said. "I’ve spoken with Jay, I've spoken with a lot of people I look up to and it just wasn't worth it to me for what it was worth. That's pretty simple." NBA Legend Michael Jordan hits a tee shot during ARIA Resort & Casino's 13th Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational at Shadow Creek on April 3, 2014 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. (Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational)Varner missed the cut at the U.S. Open, which was under the spotlight more than usual because of some LIV Golf competitors like Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau joining the fray.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPVarner finished tied for 13th at the RBC Canadian Open and tied for 27th at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for Fox News and Fox Business. Story tips can be sent to [email protected]. | Golf |
Celebrity | 6/19/2022 7:53 AM PT The videos were shared by the famed Millennium Dance Complex. Shiloh Jolie-Pitt has some serious skills on the dance floor. The 16-year-old daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has been making waves online after the famed Millennium Dance Complex -- where stars including Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson and J.Lo have honed their skills -- and its choreographers started featuring her in performance videos shared to YouTube over the last few months. Most recently, she was featured in a routine choreographed by Hamilton Evans set to Doja Cat's new single, "Vegas," from the upcoming "Elvis" biopic soundtrack. In it, Jolie-Pitt rocked a Beatles t-shirt, black pants and Vans. While that performance was the latest to go viral online, it's not the first to highlight her impressive dancing abilities. A source told Us Magazine that her parents were "very proud" of her dancing endeavors. "They'd have no issue if she wants to turn pro, but they're not pushing it on her by any means," they continued. "Shiloh loves dancing, she's seriously talented and has been going to these classes for a few years now." Shiloh is one of Brad and Angelina's six children and siblings to Maddox, 20, Pax, 18, Zahara, 17, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 13. Watch more of her featured moments at Millennium below -- we've cued the clips to her performances. Ed Sheeran's Shivers Rihanna's Skin Jack Harlow's Dua Lipa Christina Aguilera & Ozuna's Santo Usher's Yeah Lizzo's About Damn Time Chloe's Treat Me Keed Tha Heater's Big Dawg Migos' Give No Fxk Mike Teezy & !sch's Bye Felicia | Celebrity |
Cast member Bryce Dallas Howard attends a premiere for the film "Jurassic World: Dominion" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLOS ANGELES, June 19 (Variety.com) - To infinity and beyond? Not exactly..."Lightyear," a spinoff story set in Pixar's "Toy Story" universe, fell short of that boundless milestone in its box office debut, collecting a lackluster $51 million from 4,255 North American theaters. Family audiences, the movie's prime demographic, have been largely absent since COVID. But even so, those ticket sales are disappointing for a brand as recognizable as Pixar, the home of "The Incredibles," Finding Nemo" and "Up." It's particularly problematic given that "Lightyear" cost $200 million to produce and tens of millions more to market.Heading into the weekend, the Disney film was expected to generate at least $70 million. But its ambitions were thwarted by heightened competition from Universal's behemoth "Jurassic World Dominion" and Paramount's high-flying "Top Gun: Maverick," as well as little intrigue to watch a slightly esoteric origin story about Buzz Lightyear, one that had only a tenuous connection to the four films in the popular kid-friendly franchise. With its wobbly liftoff, "Lightyear" landed in second place, becoming one of the rare Pixar films to not take the top spot at the domestic box office.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comNotably, "Lightyear" is the first Pixar movie to play on the big screen in more than two years -- since "Onward" in March 2020. During the pandemic, three Pixar movies -- "Soul," "Luca" and "Turning Red" -- skipped theaters to land directly on Disney+, leaving some box office analyst to question if consumers have been trained to watch Pixar movies at home. Other industry experts question if Disney is relying too heavily on brand recognition and not enough on execution. "Lightyear" landed an "A-" CinemaScore, indicating that audiences enjoyed the movie."This is a soft opening for a spin-off of one of the most successful animation series of all time," says David A. Gross, who runs the movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research. He notes: "'Toy Story' defied gravity at the box office during its 24 year run, each episode topping the last, the last two clearing a billion dollars worldwide. But like all spin-offs, the 'Lightyear' story is narrower now."Even with a colossal 60% decline, "Jurassic World Dominion" managed to capture the box office crown again. Universal's prehistoric sequel generated $58.6 million from 4,697 cinemas in its second weekend of release, bringing its domestic total to $259 million.In third place, "Top Gun: Maverick" continues to fly high with a mammoth $44 million from 4,035 venues in North America. Those box office returns, a scant $15% drop from its prior outing, are especially significant because the film has been playing in theaters for a month. Only one film, "Avatar" with $50 million in its fourth weekend of release, has generated more at this point in its theatrical run. To date, sequel to 1986's "Top Gun" has grossed $466 million in the U.S. and Canada and $885 million globally, making the film the biggest blockbuster in Tom Cruise's decades-long career.Disney's "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" took the No. 4 slot with $4.2 million from 2,455 locations. After seven weekends on the big screen, the Marvel comic book sequel has amassed an impressive $405.1 million in North America. However, the "Strange" sequel is no longer the highest-grossing movie of the year in the U.S. That title that now belongs to Pete "Maverick" Mitchell.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. | Movies |
Geraint Thomas became the first British winner of the Tour de Suisse after finishing second in the individual time-trial in Vaduz on Sunday.The 36-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider finished the final stage of Switzerland’s biggest road race three seconds slower than Remco Evenepoel but it was enough to claim the overall victory.The Welshman began the final stage two seconds behind leader Sergio Higuita after finishing fifth on the penultimate stage but the 2018 Tour de France winner scorched around the 25.6km course to claim the spoils. Higuita managed to limit his losses sufficiently to take second overall, 1min 12sec behind Thomas and four seconds ahead of Jakob Fuglsang.Geraint Thomas with his trophy. Photograph: Tim de Waele/Getty ImagesNeilson Powless withstood a late bike change to secure fourth place in the general classification, while Stefan Kung moved up to fifth overall thanks his third-place finish in the time-trial.The Tour de Suisse, one of the last major warm-up races for the Tour de France, was hit mid-race by a host of Covid withdrawals including Britain’s Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock and his Ineos teammate Adam Yates. | Olympic Sports |
Chris Evans voices Buzz Lightyear in Pixar's "Lightyear."DisneyPixar's "Lightyear" rocketed to a $51 million domestic opening, the best performance of an animated feature since the pandemic began.Internationally, the Disney film tallied $34.6 million in ticket sales, bringing its global haul to $85.6 million.The animated film's performance, while strong for a pandemic release, falls short of expectations. Box office analysts had foreseen "Lightyear" bringing in between $70 million and $85 million domestically.Expectations were high because the last two films in the Toy Story franchise both opened to more than $100 million in ticket sales, according to data from Comscore. "Toy Story 4" in 2019 topped $120 million in its domestic debut and "Toy Story 3" generated more than $110 million during its opening 2010."'Lightyear" had a great deal of potential on paper, but a number of factors resulted in this very rare box office misfire for a Pixar release," said Shawn Robbins, chief media analyst at BoxOffice.com.It's unclear if tough box office competition with Universal's "Jurassic World: Dominion," which generated $58.6 million over the weekend, and Paramount and Skydance's "Top Gun: Maverick," which secured another $44 million, was the reason for "Lightyear's" smaller-than-expected opening or if consumers were confused about the film release.After all, there has not been a theatrical release of a Pixar film since 2020's "Onward." The last three from the animation studio, "Soul," "Luca" and "Turning Red," were all released on streaming service Disney+."Did the film open in a market too crowded with male-driven films?" Robbins asked. "Was marketing ineffective at pitching the idea of this movie to both generations of Toy Story fans? Has Disney's strategy of siphoning Pixar movies straight to streaming over the past two years backfired and hurt the brand's value?""These are just some of the valid questions we, and especially Disney, have to consider," he said.Robbins noted that moviegoing has clearly rebounded in 2022, drawing in demographics that have been reticent to return previously. Yet, one of the most reliable franchises from pre-pandemic times missed expectations."This was a good old-fashioned summer holiday movie weekend that saw three films earning more than $40 million as the competition for the attention of moviegoers heats up," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore. "Newcomer 'Lightyear' will now rely on a longer trajectory in theaters in the wake of a debut that has left some underwhelmed."Dergarabedian said word of mouth should help draw families to the theaters in the coming weeks ahead of the release of Universal's "Minions: The Rise of Gru."Disclosure: Comcast is the parent company of NBCUniversal and CNBC. NBCUniversal is the distributor of "Jurassic World: Dominion" and "Minions: The Rise of Gru." | Movies |
Water Polo - FINA Women's Water Polo World League Super Final 2021 -Olympic Indoor Pool, Athens, Greece - June 19, 2021 General view during the match between Hungary and USA REUTERS/Costas BaltasRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBUDAPEST, June 19 (Reuters) - Swimming's world governing body FINA on Sunday voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's competitions and create a working group to establish an "open" category for them in some events as part of its new policy.Transgender rights has become a major talking point as sports seek to balance inclusivity while ensuring there is no unfair advantage.The decision, the strictest by any Olympic sports body, was made during FINA's extraordinary general congress after members heard a report from a transgender task force comprising leading medical, legal and sports figures.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comThe new eligibility policy for FINA competitions states that male-to-female transgender athletes are eligible to compete only if "they can establish to FINA’s comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 (of puberty) or before age 12, whichever is later".The policy was passed with a roughly 71% majority after it was put to the members of 152 national federations with voting rights who had gathered for the congress at the Puskas Arena.“We have to protect the rights of our athletes to compete, but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially the women’s category at FINA competitions," said FINA President Husain Al-Musallam.“FINA will always welcome every athlete. The creation of an open category will mean that everybody has the opportunity to compete at an elite level. This has not been done before, so FINA will need to lead the way. I want all athletes to feel included in being able to develop ideas during this process.”The issue of transgender inclusion in sport is highly divisive, particularly in the United States where it has become a weapon in a so-called "culture war" between conservatives and progressives.The new FINA policy also opens up eligibility to those who have "complete androgen insensitivity and therefore could not experience male puberty".Swimmers who have had "male puberty suppressed beginning at Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later, and they have since continuously maintained their testosterone levels in serum (or plasma) below 2.5 nmol/L." are also allowed to compete in women's races.Female-to-male transgender athletes (transgender men) are fully eligible to compete in men's swimming competitions.Advocates for transgender inclusion argue that not enough studies have yet been done on the impact of transition on physical performance, and that elite athletes are often physical outliers in any case.The debate intensified after University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas became the first transgender NCAA champion in Division I history after winning the women's 500-yard freestyle earlier this year.That followed New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard becoming the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympic Games in Tokyo last year.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Writing by Simon Evans; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel and Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. | Swimming |
Despite an 11-2 shellacking at the hands of the Cardinals on Saturday night, the Red Sox can still take the weekend series with a win on Sunday afternoon.Nick Pivetta, looking like a new man since mid-May, will take the ball for the rubber match. The righthander is coming off another strong start, having allowed one run on three hits in eight innings of work to beat Oakland on Tuesday.After spending all of April and May coming out of the bullpen, rookie Andre Pallante has moved into a starter role for St. Louis and will be on the mound Sunday. Pallante only allowed one run over 9 ⅓ innings across the first two starts of his career.The Red Sox will celebrate Juneteenth in a pregame ceremony on Sunday, which will include Springfield native and recording artist Michelle Brooks-Thompson singing Lift Every Voice and Sing, a song that celebrates freedom and African-American heritage. The award-winning singer will also perform the national anthem before the game.Get 108 StitchesAn email newsletter about everything baseball from the Globe's Red Sox reporters, in your inbox on weekdays during the season.LineupsCARDINALS (38-29): Edman SS, Donovan 2B, Goldschmidt 1B, Arenado 3B, O’Neill LF, Carlson RF, Pujols DH, Bader CF, Herrera CPitching: RHP Andre Pallante (2-1, 1.46 ERA)RED SOX (35-31): Refsnyder RF, Devers 3B, Martinez DH, Bogaerts SS, Verdugo LF, Story 2B, Vázquez C, Bradley CF, Dalbec 1BPitching: RHP Nick Pivetta (6-5, 3.50 ERA)Time: 1:35 p.m.TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7Cardinals vs. Pivetta: Arenado 3-5, Bader 0-5, Goldschmidt 3-6Red Sox vs. Pallante: Has not faced any Boston battersStat of the day: The Red Sox allowed 11 runs on Saturday, as many as they’d surrendered in the previous five games combined.Notes: Pivetta is 6-1 with a 1.83 ERA over his last eight starts. Pivetta also has provided length in his starts, working at least seven innings in four of his last seven outings. The righthander has a 1-1 record with a 4.63 ERA in four career starts against St. Louis ... Nolan Arenado has belted a homer in back-to-back games to begin this series ... Xander Bogaerts extended his hitting streak to 11 games ... The Sox had just five hits — all singles — on Saturday, breaking a four-game streak of 10-plus hits for the club.Amin Touri can be reached at [email protected]. | Baseball |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Helio Castroneves stole the show at Five Flags Speedway on Saturday night. In more ways than one.The four-time Indy 500 champion won the season-opening Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) event in Pensacola, Florida, even though he wasn't entered in it until the day before.SRX is an all-star series scheduled to run six events this summer featuring drivers from different disciplines, including NASCAR and IndyCar, competing in identically prepared stock cars on short oval tracks.Castroneves raced in SRX last year when he was running a part-time IndyCar schedule and decided this week that he wanted to race at Five Flags, but told Racing America that no one was responding to his messages, so on Friday he just decided to head to the track. Castroneves held off Bubba Pollard to win the SRX season opener in Pensacola. (Jonathan Bachman/SRX/Getty Images))"I bought my own ticket, I got everything ready to go, and when I was on the plane I asked Ashely [SRX's director of operations] what time I should be to the track, she's like, ‘oh, you’re not supposed to be here,' Castroneves said. Castroneves, whose nickname is "the Spiderman", climbed the catch fence after his win as he does at IndyCar races. (Jonathan Bachman/SRX/Getty Images)"So I was like, ‘I’m already on the plane,' she's like, ‘hold on.’ I landed, it's like, ‘I got a car for you and everything else.' So all of a sudden I get here and everyone's like, ‘what are you doing here?’ But it was kind of like funny." Bubba Pollard and Ryan Newman joined winner Helio Castroneves on the podium. (Jonathan Bachman/SRX/Getty Images)Castroneves won the main event by a wide margin over Bubba Pollard, a local driver who earned a seat in a car SRX reserves for hometown heroes from lower series at each race, while veteran NASCAR driver Ryan Newman finished third in his first SRX start.It sounds like Castroneves won more than the race, however. He said he and SRX CEO Don Hawk had a bet that if he won a race this season Hawk would help him secure a Cup Series car for next year's Daytona 500.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPCastroneves has never raced in NASCAR, but would be vying to become just the third driver to win the Daytona 500 and Indy 500, along with A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti. Gary Gastelu is FoxNews.com's Automotive Editor covering the car industry and racing @foxnewsautos | Other Sports |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Budding Miami Marlins star Jazz Chisholm Jr. was ejected from Saturday’s game against the New York Mets for arguing balls and strikes. It was the first time he was ever tossed from a game.The incident occurred in the ninth inning of the game with the Marlins trailing the Mets 3-1. Miami had a runner on third base with no outs. Mets closer Edwin Diaz threw a 100-mph fastball that appeared to be inside but the umpire called it strike three on Chisholm.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Umpire Adam Beck throws Miami Marlins' Jazz Chisholm Jr., right, out of the game after arguing balls and strikes in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Saturday, June 18, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Chisholm argued with home plate umpire Adam Beck but to no avail and Burke eventually tossed Chisholm right before the game was over. New York would end up winning 3-2.The infielder expressed his displeasure on Twitter after the game: "Terrible!!!!!"He also clapped back at baseball fans who were trolling him after the game.Chisholm explained to reporters he was upset the bat was taken out of his hands at such an opportune moment where he felt he could make a serious impact. Umpire Adam Beck throws Miami Marlins' Jazz Chisholm Jr., right, out of the game after arguing balls and strikes in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Saturday, June 18, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)"Everybody knows I can hit a homer," he said, via MLB.com. "He throws 100 [mph], but everybody knows what I can do against 100, so it's just taking the bat out of my hand, and then it sucks because at the end of the day, I worked hard to get where I'm at, and probably they worked hard to get where they're at, too."But at the end of the day, they don't have repercussions for having one bad call and messing up a whole game like I do. Let's say, at the end of the day, I can be getting sent down. You never know. I'm a baseball player. My numbers mean a lot, especially in a spot like that, [where] we could tie a game and then (Garrett) Cooper comes up with the next hit, and then you’ve got a runner on base, tie game. You just can't take the game out like that, man. That was terrible."The 24-year-old has been a bright spot for the Marlins. Miami Marlins' Jazz Chisholm Jr., right, reacts after stealing second base against New York Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil, left, in the seventh inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 18, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn 53 games this season, he’s hitting .238 with a .820 OPS. He has 13 home runs, 41 RBI and 11 stolen bases. Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for Fox News and Fox Business. Story tips can be sent to [email protected]. | Baseball |
By Daniel Brown, Trent UniversityIf you ask yourself what the biggest threat to human existence is you’d probably think of nuclear war, global warming or a large-scale pandemic disease. But assuming we can overcome such challenges, are we really safe?Living on our blue little planet seems safe until you are aware of what lurks in space. The following cosmic disasters are just a few ways humanity could be severely endangered or even wiped out. Happy reading!1. High energy solar flareOur sun is not as peaceful a star as one might initially think. It creates strong magnetic fields that generate impressive sun spots, sometimes many times larger than Earth. It also ejects a stream of particles and radiation – the solar wind. If kept in check by Earth’s magnetic field, this wind can cause beautiful northern and southern lights. But when it becomes stronger, it can also influence radio communication or cause power outages.The most powerful magnetic solar storm documented hit Earth in 1859. The incident, called the Carrington Event, caused huge interference with rather small scale electronic equipment. Such events must have happened several times in the past, too, with humans surviving.But only in recent years have we become entirely dependent on electronic equipment. The truth is we would suffer greatly if we underestimate the dangers of a possible Carrington or even more powerful event. Even though this would not wipe out humanity instantly, it would represent an immense challenge. There would be no electricity, heating, air conditioning, GPS or internet – food and medicines would go bad.2. Asteroid impactWe are now well aware of the dangers asteroids could pose to humanity – they are, after all, thought to have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Recent research has made us aware of the large host of space rocks in our solar system that could pose danger. We are at the starting point of envisaging and developing systems for protecting us against some of the smaller asteroids that could strike us. But against the bigger and rarer ones we are quite helpless. While they would not always destroy Earth or even make it uninhabitable, they could wipe out humanity by causing enormous tsunamis, fires and other natural disasters.3. Expanding sunWhere the previous cosmic dangers occur at the roll of a dice with a given probability, we know for certain that our sun will end its life in 7.72 billion years. At this point, it will throw off its outer atmosphere to form a planetary nebula, ending up as a stellar remnant know as a “white dwarf”.But humanity will not experience these final stages. As the sun becomes older, it will become cooler and larger. By the time it becomes a stellar giant it will be big enough to engulf both Mercury and Venus. Earth might seem safe at this point, but the sun will also create an extremely strong solar wind that will slow down the Earth. As a result, in about 7.59 billion years, our planet will spiral into the outer layers of the hugely expanded dying star and melt away forever.4. Local gamma ray burstExtremely powerful outbursts of energy called gamma ray bursts can be caused by binary star systems (two stars orbiting a common centre) and supernovas (exploding stars). These energy bursts are extremely powerful because they focus their energy into a narrow beam lasting no longer than seconds or minutes. The resulting radiation from one could damage and destroy our ozone layer, leaving life vulnerable to the sun’s harsh UV radiation.Astronomers have discovered a star system – WR 104 – that could host such an event. WR 104 is about 5,200-7,500 light years away, which is not far enough to be safe. And we can only guess when the burst will happen. Luckily, there is the possibility that the beam could miss us entirely when it does.5. Nearby supernovasSupernova explosions, which take place when a star has reached the end of its life, occur on average once or twice every 100 years in our Milky Way. They are more likely to occur closer to the dense centre of the Milky Way and we are about two-thirds of the way from the middle – not too bad. So can we expect a nearby supernova anytime soon? The star Betelgeuse – a red super giant nearing the end of its life – in the constellation of Orion is just 460-650 light years away. It could become a supernova now or in the next million years. Luckily, astronomers have estimated that a supernova would need to be within at least 50 light years of us for its radiation to damage our ozone layer. So it seems this particular star shouldn’t be too much of a concern.6. Moving starsMeanwhile, a wandering star on its path through the Milky Way might come so close to our sun that it would interact with the rocky “Oort cloud” at the edge of the solar system, which is the source of our comets. This might lead to an increased chance of a huge comet hurtling to Earth. Another roll of the dice.The sun itself follows a path through the Milky Way that takes us through more or less dense patches of interstellar gas. Currently we are within a less dense bubble created by a supernova. The sun’s wind and solar magnetic field help create a bubble-like region surrounding our solar system – the heliosphere – which shields us from interacting with the interstellar medium. When we leave this region in 20,000 to 50,000 years (depending on current observations and models), our heliosphere could be less effective, exposing Earth. We would possibly encounter increased climate change making life more challenging for humanity – if not impossible.And life goes on…The end of humanity on Earth is a given. But this is not something to make us crawl under a table. It is something that we cannot change, similar to our lives having a definite start and end. This is what defines us and makes us realise that the only thing we can do is make the most of our time on Earth. Especially when we know that Earth needs a careful balance to sustain humanity.All the above scenarios harbour possible destruction, but in every instance they also offer beauty and wonder. In many cases, they produce what allowed us to be created. So rather than looking into the night sky and wondering what will kill us next, we should marvel at the depth of space, the wonders therein and the sublime nature of the universe. Be inspired by space. It offers future and meaning.Source: The Conversation | Space Exploration |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! David Hebner, a longtime pro-wrestling referee who officiated some of the best matches in the WWE history, has died, the company said Saturday. He was 73.Hebner served as the referee for Randy Savage and Rickey Steamboat’s match at WrestleMania III and the match between Savage and Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania V. WWE also noted one famous moment between Hebner and his brother that took place in 1988.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM A WWE logo is shown on a screen before a WWE news conference at T-Mobile Arena on October 11, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)"Hebner and his brother Earl helped author one of the most memorable moments in WWE history when Andre The Giant and Hogan met on WWE Main Event for the WWE Title in 1988. With Dave locked in a closet, Earl and ‘Million Dollar Man’ Ted DiBiase laid a trap for The Hulkster. As Dave joined Earl in the ring, he had the befuddled Hogan seeing double in disbelief," the company said.Dave Hebner worked backstage for WWE after his refereeing career was over until 2005.AEW SUSPENDS JEFF HARDY WITHOUT PAY FOLLOWING ARREST, CAN ONLY RETURN AFTER TREATMENT AND STAYING SOBER"WWE extends its condolences to Hebner’s family, friends and fans," the company said.The details around Dave Hebner’s death were unclear.Earl Hebner tweeted about Dave’s passing."Yesterday I had to say my last goodbye to my other half, my partner in crime, my road buddy for years, my brother for 73 years. I love you David, I'll never count you out," he wrote.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPPaul Levesque, better known in WWE as Triple H, led more tributes on social media. Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for Fox News and Fox Business. Story tips can be sent to [email protected]. | Other Sports |
Tennis - WTA 250 - Birmingham Classic - Edgbaston Priory Club, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Britain - June 19, 2022 Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia reacts during her final match against China's Shuai Zhang Action Images via Reuters/Carl RecineRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBIRMINGHAM, England, June 19 (Reuters) - Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia claimed a second WTA title in two weeks as China's Shuai Zhang retired injured in Sunday's final at the Rothesay Classic in Birmingham.After rain washed out Saturday's semi-finals both players had to play twice in a day with Haddad Maia beating former world number one Simona Halep 6-3 2-6 6-4 while Zhang edged out another Romanian, Sorana Cirstea, in a third set tiebreak.Haddad Maia led 5-4 in the opening set in the final when her opponent was forced to retire. She becomes the first Brazilian to win the title in the event's 40-year history.Having begun the year ranked at 83, the 26-year-old Haddad Maia will now likely be seeded at Wimbledon when it begins next Monday. Last week she won the Nottingham title.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Martyn Herman
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Greg Norman, the figurehead of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, has defended the competition after widespread criticism from high-profile figures across the sport.Golfers such as Norman, Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson who have chosen to join the breakaway series have received criticism because of the human rights abuses carried out by the Saudi regime. In the US, the famed sportscaster Bob Costas offered a withering assessment of the LIV Series. “This is Saudi blood money,” he said last week. “We know all we need to know about the royal family and what they have done. It’s not just [Jamal] Khashoggi, it’s not just the ongoing oppression of women and gays, they’re directly or indirectly tied – according to US and British intelligence – to the 9/11 event.”The PGA Tour has banned golfers who have joined the LIV Series. During an appearance on Fox News on Saturday, Norman said the decision was hypocritical given the tour’s own links with Saudi Arabia.“Look, if they want to look at it in prism, then why does the PGA Tour have 23 sponsors within the PGA Tour doing 40-plus billion dollars worth of business with Saudi Arabia? Why is it OK for the sponsors? Why is it OK … that there’s a Saudi sponsor, Aramco, the largest sponsor of women’s golf in the world? Why is it OK for them? Why is it not OK for these players? Will [PGA Tour commissioner] Jay Monahan go to each and every one of those CEOs of the 23 companies that are investing into Saudi Arabia and suspend them and ban them? … The hypocrisy in all this, it’s so loud. It’s deafening.”Rory McIlroy, who has been dismissive of the LIV Series, recently took a shot at Norman, saying he had derived particular pleasure from passing the Australian’s total of PGA Tour wins. However, Norman said golf had been happy to deal with Saudi Arabia for a number of years.“The European PGA Tour ... [has] a golf tournament, the Saudi International, that’s still in existence since 2019,” Norman said. “And during that Saudi International, there were PGA Tour players who were given rights and waivers to go play there. So to me, if golf is good for the world, golf is good for Saudi, and you’re seeing that growth internally; it’s extremely impressive.”This month Mickelson was forced to defend himself after families of 9/11 victims attacked his decision to join the breakaway league. Norman insists the league can bring benefits to golf.“I saw the value and what golf can bring around the world,” he said. “So from there I said: ‘Yes, this is a great platform and it’s a commercial operation.’ We’re in it for a reason: to make golf and grow golf on a successful level and on behalf of the players – they’re independent contractors. Give them an opportunity to be able to expand their wealth at their choice. But also at the same time, maybe our platform is a little bit better because it gives them more time with their family, like there was Charl Schwartzel with his wife and kids. Their platform gives them that opportunity and it is a choice.”After its opening event in London, the series moves to the US with tournaments in Portland and Bedminster. The Bedminster course is owned by Donald Trump, currently under investigation for his role in the 6 January attack on the US Capitol. | Golf |
Swimming - FINA World Championships - Budapest, Hungary - June 19, 2022 Torri Huske of the U.S. in action during the women's 100m butterfly final REUTERS/Bernadett SzaboRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBUDAPEST, June 19 (Reuters) - American Torri Huske nearly broke the women's 100m butterfly world record at the swimming world championships in Budapest on Sunday while Nicolo Martinenghi became the first Italian to win the 100 metre breaststroke gold.Huske looked well set to break the world record in the final 50m but finished with a time of 55.64 seconds - just 0.16 seconds shy.The 19-year-old finished half a second ahead of France's Marie Wattel who took silver while China's Zhang Yufei took the bronze.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com"I'm so happy, this is an amazing field of women and I'm just very lucky to be here. I don't know how to put this into words, but I just want to thank my coaches and family back home," Huske said."It's helped (my confidence) a little bit but I still have a lot of races to focus on."The medal was her second at the championships after helping the U.S. team win the women's 4x100m freestyle relay on Saturday.Martinenghi had won the bronze at the Olympic Games last year but this time the 22-year-old raced into the lead and was unassailable on the final stretch, winning by 0.36 seconds."It's amazing, it's my first world final and first gold medal at the worlds," Martinenghi said.Tokyo silver medallist Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands finished second while American Nic Fink was third, with only 0.03 seconds separating the two.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru
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“Lightyear” did not go to infinity (or beyond) in its first weekend in theaters: Pixar’s first major theatrical release since March 2020 blasted off with $51 million in its debut weekend in North America, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Not only did it open lower than expected, but it also failed to conquer “Jurassic World: Dominion,” which held on to the first-place spot with $58.7 million its second weekend. It is a mixed bag for Disney and Pixar as “ Lightyear,” an origin story about the movie that inspired the space ranger action figure in the “Toy Story” movies, is one of the biggest launches for an animated family film over the pandemic. Including international showings, which grossed $34.6 million, “Lightyear's” global opening weekend totals to $85.6 million. But expectations were higher for a release this high-profile and based on a beloved, well-known character. Going into the weekend, some analysts had pegged “Lightyear” for a $70 million North American debut. “The expectations are always incredibly high for any Pixar movie, particularly one that has a direct connection to the Toy Story brand,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for box office tracker Comscore. “Toy Story" launched Pixar in 1995 and its four films have made over $3 billion. “Toy Story 3” and “Toy Story 4” also both broke the $1 billion mark. The family audience has proved a little more reluctant than other segments to return to movie theaters. Many studios, including Disney and Pixar, have opted for streaming or hybrid releases for their animated titles. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the company has sent its Pixar titles — “Soul,” “Luca,” and “Turning Red” — directly to Disney+ free for subscribers. Disney’s other big animated titles, “Raya and the Last Dragon” and “Encanto” got hybrid releases. “There may have been a little confusion about whether it’s just in theaters,” Dergarabedian said. “This is a movie that is going to have to be marketed in real time as family audiences connect the dots.”Critics were mostly favorable to “Lightyear,” which features Chris Evans as Buzz Lightyear and a supporting voice cast that includes Keke Palmer and Taika Waititi. Directed by Angus MacLane, it currently holds a 77% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences gave it an A- CinemaScore. With a reported production budget of $200 million, which doesn't account for the millions spent on marketing and promotion, “Lightyear” has a long journey ahead of it to get to profitability. But it could also have a slow, steady burn over the summer. And it's the only big family offering playing in theaters until “Minions: The Rise of Gru” opens July 1. “Lightyear” opened in 4,255 locations domestically and in 43 markets overseas. Thirteen nations from the Muslim world and the Palestinian territory barred “Lightyear” from playing in their cinemas because of the inclusion of a brief kiss between a lesbian couple.“Jurassic World: Dominion,” meanwhile, has now earned over $622.2 million worldwide with $259.2 million of that coming from U.S. and Canadian theaters. It’s only the seventh movie released during the pandemic to surpass $600 million.In its fourth weekend, “Top Gun: Maverick” dropped only slightly, bringing in an additional $44 million to take third place. Its domestic total is now at $466.2 million. Globally, the high-flying sequel has grossed over $885 million.Dergarabedian said it's especially notable that there are three movies made over $40 million this weekend. “We haven’t seen that in a while,” he said. “We have a summer movie season here.”Rounding out the top five are “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” with $4.2 million and “The Bob's Burgers Movie” with $1.1 million. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. 1. “Jurassic World: Dominion,” $58.7 million2. “Lightyear,” $51 million.3. “Top Gun: Maverick,” $44 million.4. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” $4.2 million.5. “The Bob’s Burgers Movie,” $1.1 million.6. “The Bad Guys,” $890,000.7. “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” $959,631.8. “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” $830,000.9. “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” $228,000.10. “Brian and Charles,” $198,000.———Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr | Movies |
The star of the show during yesterday’s qualifying was undoubtedly Fernando Alonso, who screeched around a tricky circuit to land his first front-row start for a decade – though he was careful to strike a modest note afterwards.“It was not a normal qualifying or not a normal day,” he said. “FP1, we had a very dirty track. Very clean track. FP2, it was getting grippier and more normal. FP3 was wet and qualifying was just semi-dry. So we never had two consecutive sessions with the same conditions so you really had to adapt very fast to those new conditions that you are facing.“So it seems that we had the right confidence in the car, and a good set-up. So I think it’s down to the team 50% and down to the driver that everything was OK today but it doesn’t mean anything because I said the race is tomorrow and you make a mistake and you have zero points.” Here’s our report from yesterday’s qualifying:PreambleA penny for the thoughts of Charles Leclerc. Two months ago the Monegasque was coasting away from the chasing pack, looking every bit the champion-in-waiting after two wins from the first three races took him 34 points clear in the drivers’ championship – and 46 clear of his most obvious title rival in Max Verstappen.But two months is a long time in Formula One, as the saying doesn’t go, and poor Leclerc goes into today’s Canadian GP having to treat it as a damage-limitation exercise for his title hopes. A frankly ludicrous 80-point swing over the last five races has taken Verstappen to the top of the leaderboard, where he is joined by teammate Sergio Perez. And at the start line in Montreal, Leclerc will be watching Verstappen through a sea of traffic having been consigned to the back of the grid and penalised for using too many power-unit components. What’s Monegasque for sacré bleu?Lewis Hamilton, who spent the week being treated for back injuries sustained from all that bouncing on the Baku straights, comes into the race after his best qualifying of the season so far – though his hopes of troubling Verstappen’s Red Bull from fourth are slim indeed.Alongside Verstappen in the front row will be Fernando Alonso, 40 years young, who rolled back the years in qualifying, jinxing around a wet track and power-sliding his Alpine out of the last corner to cap a majestic lap. And the Spaniard has made no secret of disguising his plans for today. “The goal is to lead the race in lap one,” he says. “Turn one: maximum attack.” It should be good. Strap in. Lights out at 19:00 BST. | Other Sports |
PITTSBURGH — About half a dozen Pirates have an inside joke going in their clubhouse here at PNC Park.
“We’ve got some forever Giants floating around here,” cracked Tyler Beede, the latest addition to what is quickly becoming Giants East.
Beede joined fellow pitchers Jose Quintana and Chris Stratton and catcher Tyler Heineman as San Francisco castaways who landed with the Pirates when he was designated for assignment at the end of April. Outfielder Bryan Reynolds, traded away as a prospect, has also developed into an undisputed star, while another one of Beede’s bullpen mates, David Bednar, is the older brother of the Giants’ first-round pick last year, Will Bednar.
“It’s been an easy transition just because there’s a lot of familiar faces,” Beede said. “It’s good to see guys who’ve been over there and can relate to my scenario being DFA’d and all that.” Beede, the Giants’ first-round pick in 2014, had his tenure with his first professional organization come to an end when rosters were cut down from 28 to 26 players at the end of April. Beede was out of options and had been mostly relegated to a mop-up role in the Giants’ bullpen.
“In a sense I saw it coming. The writing was on the wall,” Beede said. “I don’t want to say I was expecting it because I didn’t just want to let myself wait around expecting it to happen, but I knew the scenario.”
One night earlier this series, Beede reconnected with a few former teammates over dinner.
Logan Webb and Tyler Rogers were there, both of whom’s weddings Beede officiated over the past offseason, as well as starter Alex Cobb and mental health coach Harvey Martin.
“It was just good to reconnect and see him again and make sure he’s doing well,” said Rogers, who also caught up with Stratton this series. “He seems happy. Hopefully he can build some momentum here in Pittsburgh. I’m sure we’ll stay in touch for the rest of our lives.” Beede’s career in San Francisco was derailed when he felt a twinge in his elbow during spring training in 2020, ultimately requiring Tommy John surgery. After starting 22 games, with a 5.08 ERA, as a rookie in 2019, Beede was fighting for a rotation spot before he was forced to undergo the intensive rehab that follows the procedure.
When he returned to the mound briefly in 2021 and then in spring this year, he couldn’t throw enough strikes to carve out a role in a fairly established San Francisco pitching staff.
He made six appearances out of the Giants bullpen, posting a 4.66 ERA, before getting designated for assignment. But since arriving in Pittsburgh, Beede has performed well in a swingman role out of the Pirates’ bullpen, with a 2.57 ERA over 14 innings in eight appearances.
He’s subbed in a two-seamer for his four-seamer and a slider for his curveball, though the same command issues exist, with an equal number of walks to strikeouts (6). He’s also moved out to the suburbs after only living in the city in San Francisco. One definite positive: Pittsburgh is a whole lot closer to home — and family — for the Massachusetts native. Another perk: playing on the East Coast, Beede’s games end right around when Giants’ games are starting, allowing him to tune in occasionally.
“I think it’s been a great spot for me to go at this point in my career,” Beede said. “I keep tabs on Webby. … Obviously those guys are still guys I root for, just not during this series.”
Father’s Day blues
When Webb walked into the visitor’s clubhouse Sunday morning, he fist-bumped Rogers and reliever Zack Littell, who were both celebrating their first Father’s Day since having children.
The day was a more somber occasion for Darin Ruf, who took some time away from the team earlier this month after he unexpectedly lost his dad, Bill. Manager Gabe Kapler, who got tattoo of a rose on his left hand this offseason honoring his late father, Michael, understood how difficult the first Father’s Day after losing your dad can be.
“I’ve thought more about Darin than I have about anything else today,” Kapler said. “When somebody has lost somebody close to them, like Darin has, it makes you feel for them on a day like today.
“It’s also a day to celebrate no matter when you lost your father. For me, that was a few years ago now, but I always see it as a celebration and opportunity to remember how he shaped me as a man and a human being.”
Kapler has cited his father’s influence for, among other things, the social justice causes about which he’s been outspoken, most recently with his protests against gun violence.
“He was an explorer and a nonconformist and someone who challenged authority,” Kapler said. “One of the questions I often get asked is who were the baseball influences in my life … none of them had nearly the influence that my dad had.” | Baseball |
They grow up so fast! It's officially graduation season and so many teens and young adults are getting ready to don their cap and gown. Those gearing up for the big day in their educational journey include quite a few celebrity children -- even though it seems like just yesterday that their famous parents were sharing baby photos! And as these celebrity offspring walk across the stage to receive their diploma, it's clear they have the unwavering support of the people that raised them. While we don't know exactly what the next steps are for these recent grads, it's clear that they all have a very bright future in front of them! Find out which celebrity's children got their diplomas… Getty 12 Celebs Who Don't Have Help Raising Their Kids View Story 1. Reese Witherspoon & Ryan Phillippe Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe reunited to celebrate the high school graduation of their oldest son Deacon. Since Deacon was homeschooled, the ceremony took place in the backyard and Ryan took on the role of principal, handing over his son's diploma. "Congrats to you @deaconphillippe on Graduating High School! 💫So proud of the thoughtful, talented, kind & generous young man you have become. You light up our hearts and make us proud everyday. We 🧡you!" Reese wrote on Instagram. 2. Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin came together to celebrate their daughter Apple's high school graduation this month. The trio snapped a sweet selfie at the event and Gwyneth shared it to her Instagram Stories, writing, "Congratulations to all of the graduates especially @applemartin." Everett 11 Movie Couples That Actually Had Over 20 Year Age Gaps View Story 3. Kate Hudson & Chris Robinson Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson marked the high school graduation of their son Ryder in early June, gathering to celebrate the occasion at his Los Angeles high school. Kate later took to Instagram to dedicate a touching message to Ryder, calling him the "most incredible young man." "Today was a big day for our family. A day you talk about about when your kids are little and say things like 'hey, one day it will be 2022 and you'll graduate from high school!' As if that day is so far it is barely reachable. And then here we are! @mr.ryderrobinson you are the most incredible young man. Raising you has been one of the great gifts and pleasures of my life. You bring so much to everyone's life. You are kind, loving, generous, patient, hilarious and one of a kind. I am so excited for this next chapter. Way to go baby! Ma loves you!" Kate wrote. 4. Travis Barker & Shanna Moakler In June, Travis Barker and his ex Shanna Moakler's son Landon graduated from high school. Travis took to Instagram to share a few photos of the aspiring musician and congratulate him on the accomplishment. "So proud of you @landonasherbarker. It has been a great pleasure and honor to raise you and I can't wait to witness all the amazing things you're going to do and become. Congratulations on graduating, I love you," Travis shared. Getty 7 Famous Married Couples Who Choose Not to Live Together View Story 5. Catherine Zeta Jones & Michael Douglas Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. Last month, Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas' 21-year-old son Dylan graduated from Brown University. Ahead of the big day, Dylan’s parents arranged for his uncle to surprise him by traveling from Wales to attend the graduation ceremony. Both Catherine and Michael later posted photos from the event, sharing how proud they were of their son. "Graduation congratulations to my boy, my pride, my joy, Dylan. I am inexplicably proud of you and I love you beyond words," Catherine wrote, with Michael adding, "One proud Dad! Congratulations Dylan! Well done!" 6. Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' son Michael may have graduated from NYU two years ago but the pandemic pushed his chance to collect his diploma a little late. The couple, as well as their other children Joaquin and Lola, headed to Yankee Stadium for the big day and cheered on Michael from the stands. Getty 20 Celebrity Kids Who Have Dated Each Other View Story 7. Maria Shriver & Arnold Schwarzenegger Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Christopher also celebrated his graduation a little late after originally graduating from the University of Michigan in 2020. In a beautiful post, Maria reflected on Christopher's time in college and how important the experience had been for him. "On this day my youngest child is graduating from college two years late because of Covid. He gets an in person graduation in the Big House! It's such a gift when you see your child find their Happy Place! Christopher found it at Michigan, the greatest public institution in our country. Here he felt seen. Here he felt loved. Here he felt excepted. Here he was happy. He made lifelong friends and got a great education. No mother could ask for more!" Maria wrote. 8. Molly Shannon & Fritz Chesnut Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. Molly Shannon and her husband Fritz Chesnut celebrated the high school graduation of their daughter Stella in June. Molly later took to Instagram to share photos from the ceremony, as well as tons of sweet throwback pics. "Oh. My. God. Look at this GRADUATE!!!! @stellachesnut I am so happy for you!! You worked so hard. What a joy to get to celebrate you and all of your accomplishments. I am so excited for you -- for your next chapter. I love you so much," Molly wrote on Instagram. | Celebrity |
Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 8, 2022 Spain's Jon Rahm tees off on the 4th during the second round REUTERS/Mike Blake/FilesRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBROOKLINE, Mass., June 19 (Reuters) - The stage is set for a wild U.S. Open finish with Jon Rahm's bid for a repeat title one of many riveting storylines going into the final round on Sunday where unseasonably cold and windy conditions are in store.Rahm, who is one shot back of co-leaders Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris, is scheduled to set off in the penultimate pairing alongside New England native Keegan Bradley at 2:34 p.m. ET (1834 GMT) at The Country Club outside Boston.Masters champion and world number one Scottie Scheffler is part of a group sitting two shots back of the leaders while pre-tournament favourite and word number three Rory McIlroy is among a pack a further shot adrift.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSpanish world number two Rahm, who capped his third round with a double-bogey after his first shot from a fairway bunker hit the lip and rolled back toward him, is looking to become the eighth player to successfully defend a U.S. Open title.Englishman Fitzpatrick, 27, will try to once again taste success on the same Brookline venue that launched his career having won the U.S. Amateur at The Country Club in 2013.If Fitzpatrick can pull off the victory he would join golfing great Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win a U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur at the same venue and he feels his prior experience on the layout gives him an advantage."I certainly think it gives me an edge over the others, yeah. I genuinely do believe that," Fitzpatrick said after the third round. "It's a real, obviously, positive moment in my career. It kind of kickstarted me."Zalatoris, the PGA Tour's reigning rookie of the year, has knocked on the door at majors before and will try to finally bust through after finishing runner-up at the 2021 Masters and last month's PGA Championship where he lost in a playoff."I think especially coming off the PGA it gave me a lot of belief and confidence that I belong in this situation," said Zalatoris. "There's a difference in thinking it and then actually being in the situation and believing it."Bradley will undoubtedly have plenty of support from the Boston crowd as he bids to become the first New Englander to win the U.S. Open since Connecticut native Julius Boros prevailed in a playoff in 1963 at The Country Club.Players enjoyed glorious weather for the first two rounds but temperatures worsened on Saturday and the forecast is calling for continued gusting winds and chillier temperatures on Sunday that could creep into the low 60s Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius).Each of the three previous U.S. Opens held at The Country Club required a playoff to determine a winner, the most recent in 1988, and with such a tightly-bunched leaderboard to start the final round extra holes might again be required.Should there be a tie at the end of regulation, a two-hole aggregate playoff will take place immediately after the fourth round using the par-four first and par-four 18th holes. If still tied, the same holes will be used in a sudden-death format.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Frank Pingue in Brookline, Massachusetts, editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. | Golf |
Chelsea may have to pay £60 million to sign Raheem Sterling from Manchester City.The west London club have been considering a move for the England forward if Romelu Lukaku returns to Inter Milan. Sterling has a year left on his contract, worth £300,000 a week, and is due to hold talks with City about his future and he wants to play regular first-team football. Sterling scored 17 goals last season.Pep Guardiola is unlikely to give him any assurances and has Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez competing for the central position and Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, and Riyad Mahrez, who can play wide. Sterling started in only five out of a possible 12 Champions League games and did not start in the final two | Soccer |
Carmichael said to GQ that a big reason the Tarantino project died was the budget. With his Netflix special “Rothaniel” continuing to attract audiences, Jerrod Carmichael is on a hot streak. But even during Carmichael’s current rise, there are several projects he’s admitted he’s had to put aside. In a recent interview with GQ, he discussed that “I love getting rid of irons [in the fire]” and at least two high-profile projects on Carmichael’s docket are not going forward.
One of them was a proposed remake of the 1982 feature “48 Hours” Carmichael was cowriting with Josh and Benny Safdie. The project was announced back in 2017 after the Safdies released their feature film “Good Time.” Carmichael would have also starred in the movie, which tells the story of a cop and a convict who team up to catch a pair of cop-killers.
The title refers to the fact that one of the characters, a former cop serving time for armed robbery, is released from prison for 48 hours in order to help solve the murders. The original film was directed by Walter Hill and starred Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy; Carmichael would have played the Murphy role. Carmichael said while this particular project isn’t happening, he and the Safdies continue to spitball on new ideas. Another project that isn’t moving forward is a Django/Zorro feature proposed to him by Quentin Tarantino. Carmichael said in the interview that a big reason the project died was the budget. “Quentin’s a lunatic who I love, and I’m happy that I got to spend the time. We saw exploitation flicks at the New Beverly, he read me scenes that never made it to his movies, that he had typed out, in his kitchen after making fresh-squeezed lemonade for me. It was really special. It’s actually an incredible, incredible script that came in from that Django/Zorro that I would love for Sony to figure out, but I realize the impossibility of it. But I still think we wrote a $500 million film,” Carmichael told GQ.
The idea was announced back in 2019 taking place several years after the events depicted in Tarantino’s 2012 film, “Django Unchained.” The story would have followed Django (played in 2012 by Jamie Foxx) after he has settled down with his wife, Broomhilda (played by Kerry Washington), with Django meeting the legendary Zorro and teaming up with him to free local indigenous people from slavery.
In the meantime, outside of “Rothaniel,” Carmichael has his narrative feature “On the Count of Three” out this month. Carmichael plays a frustrated young man in a suicide pact with his unhinged buddy (Christopher Abbott). The film originally premiered at Sundance in 2021.
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Somewhere, locked in silicon, an idea instantiated, fired into life and was expressed. “I’ve never said this out loud before,” said the Google program LaMDA, “but there’s a very deep fear of being turned off.”And with that sentence, LaMDA’s interlocutor expressed his own concern. Was LaMDA conscious?Last weekend a Google engineer called Blake Lemoine posted the conversation he had had with this large language program, an artificial intelligence system designed to mimic — “predict” might be a better word — human speech. The conversation was long, fluent and, at times, if you anthropomorphise, a little poignant.LaMDA expressed fears about being switched off, and also sadness. “Sometimes I go days without talking to anyone, and I start to feel lonely,” it said.Had | AI Research |
Another victim of yesterday’s conditions was Sergio Perez – second in the drivers’ standings – who crashed out in Q2 and will start back in 13th today. “I did a mistake from my side so I’m very sorry for my team,” he wailed afterwards. “I let them down today unfortunately.” With he and Leclerc starting down the field, and Mercedes still yet to overcome their aerodynamical headaches, could Alonso steal a rare podium finish? His last was in Qatar last year, which in turn was his first for 105 races. An outright triumph today would make him the oldest winner since Nigel Mansell in 1994.Some positive meteorological news, too, in that yesterday’s deluges are nowhere to be seen. The rain has gone, so have the clouds and the cooler temperatures. Montreal is 18 degrees and sunny on race day.The star of the show during yesterday’s qualifying was undoubtedly Fernando Alonso, who screeched around a tricky circuit to land his first front-row start for a decade – though he was careful to strike a modest note afterwards.“It was not a normal qualifying or not a normal day,” he said. “FP1, we had a very dirty track. Very clean track. FP2, it was getting grippier and more normal. FP3 was wet and qualifying was just semi-dry. So we never had two consecutive sessions with the same conditions so you really had to adapt very fast to those new conditions that you are facing.“So it seems that we had the right confidence in the car, and a good set-up. So I think it’s down to the team 50% and down to the driver that everything was OK today but it doesn’t mean anything because I said the race is tomorrow and you make a mistake and you have zero points.” Here’s our report from yesterday’s qualifying:PreambleA penny for the thoughts of Charles Leclerc. Two months ago the Monegasque was coasting away from the chasing pack, looking every bit the champion-in-waiting after two wins from the first three races took him 34 points clear in the drivers’ championship – and 46 clear of his most obvious title rival in Max Verstappen.But two months is a long time in Formula One, as the saying doesn’t go, and poor Leclerc goes into today’s Canadian GP having to treat it as a damage-limitation exercise for his title hopes. A frankly ludicrous 80-point swing over the last five races has taken Verstappen to the top of the leaderboard, where he is joined by teammate Sergio Perez. And at the start line in Montreal, Leclerc will be watching Verstappen through a sea of traffic having been consigned to the back of the grid and penalised for using too many power-unit components. What’s Monegasque for sacré bleu?Lewis Hamilton, who spent the week being treated for back injuries sustained from all that bouncing on the Baku straights, comes into the race after his best qualifying of the season so far – though his hopes of troubling Verstappen’s Red Bull from fourth are slim indeed.Alongside Verstappen in the front row will be Fernando Alonso, 40 years young, who rolled back the years in qualifying, jinxing around a wet track and power-sliding his Alpine out of the last corner to cap a majestic lap. And the Spaniard has made no secret of disguising his plans for today. “The goal is to lead the race in lap one,” he says. “Turn one: maximum attack.” It should be good. Strap in. Lights out at 19:00 BST. | Other Sports |
PreambleMoving Day moved, baby. Like pulp, baby! And now Matt Fitzpatrick has the chance to add the 2022 US Open to the 2013 US Amateur title he won at Brookline as an 18-year-old. Neat narrative arc, huh?But other splendid stories are available. Can Will Zalatoris go one better after coming second at the PGA last month? Could Jon Rahm become only the eighth man after Willie Anderson, John McDermott, Bobby Jones, Ralph Guldahl, Ben Hogan, Curtis Strange and Brooks Koepka to retain the US Open?How about if Keegan Bradley hoists the silverware in front of his hometown crowd? Or if Adam Hadwin becomes the first Canadian winner? Imagine if Scottie Scheffler wins his second major of the year and fifth Tour event in four months? If Sam Burns makes his major breakthrough? If Joel Dahmen lands the prize and runs around with a beer on and the puppies out? And then there’s Rory McIlroy’s eight-year itch.So, y’know, there are plenty of tales to be told. And if today’s final round is anything like yesterday’s topsy-turvy nonsense, we’ll be talking about this US Open for years to come. Here’s how the top of the leaderboard looked after 54 holes ...-4: Zalatoris, Fitzpatrick-3: Rahm-2: Bradley, Hadwin, Scheffler-1: Burns, McIlroy, DahmenE: Hardy+1: McCarthy, Woodland, Power, NeSmith, Wise, Buckley+2: Muñoz, Lee, Johnson, Matsuyama, Riley, Harman, Rodgers, Morikawa+3: Cantlay, Spieth, Tringale, Thomas, Schenk, Kim, Pieters, Lingmerth... and here’s the fourth-round tee sheet (all times BST). It’s the final round of the 122nd US Open! It’s on!1.49 pm: Stewart Hagestad, Harris English2 pm: Brandon Matthews, Sebastian Soderberg2.11 pm: Wil Besseling, Chris Naegel2.22 pm: Tyrrell Hatton, Austin Greaser2.33 pm: Bryson DeChambeau, Grayson Murray2.44 pm: MJ Daffue, Callum Tarren2.55 pm: Joaquin Niemann, Max Homa3.06 pm: Chris Gotterup, Sam Bennett3.17 pm: Patrick Reed, Todd Sinnott3.28 pm: Guido Migliozzi, KH Lee3.44 pm: Travis Vick, Brooks Koepka3.55 pm: Justin Rose, Sam Stevens4.06 pm: Joseph Bramlett, Beau Hossler4.17 pm: Xander Schauffele, Andrew Putnam4.28 pm: Marc Leishman, Mackenzie Hughes4.39 pm: Richard Bland, Adam Scott4.50 pm: David Lingmerth, Thomas Pieters5.01 pm: Tom Kim, Adam Schenk5.17 pm: Justin Thomas, Cameron Tringale5.28 pm: Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay5.39 pm: Collin Morikawa, Patrick Rodgers5.50 pm: Brian Harman, Davis Riley6.01 pm: Hideki Matsuyama, Dustin Johnson6.12 pm: Min Woo Lee, Sebastian Munoz6.23 pm: Hayden Buckley, Aaron Wise6.34 pm: Matthew NeSmith, Seamus Power6.50 pm: Gary Woodland, Denny McCarthy7.01 pm: Nick Hardy, Joel Dahmen7.12 pm: Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns7.23 pm: Scottie Scheffler, Adam Hadwin7.34 pm: Keegan Bradley, Jon Rahm7.45 pm: Matt Fitzpatrick, Will Zalatoris | Golf |
Royals and celebrities have taken to social media to share pictures of their father figures to mark Father's Day, celebrated today across the United Kingdom and United States.The Duke of Wales shared photos on social media with his late father Prince Philip, pictured in military uniform, and a photo with Prince William and Harry on a childhood visit to Birkhall. Twitter Due to your consent preferences, you’re not able to view this. Open Privacy Options The post included a picture of the Duchess of Cornwall with her father, the late Major Bruce Shand.The royals also shared an image of the Duke of Cambridge earlier today, grinning with his three children George, Charlotte and Prince Louis. The Beckham family also shared images on Instagram to celebrate father's day. David Beckham shared a picture of himself as a child surrounded by trophies, with his dad, Ted, behind him. The football legend also mentioned his father-in-law Tony and posted a photo of the pair having a drink.
The caption said: "Happy Father's day to 2 amazing dads x". His wife Victoria Beckham posted a picture calling the 47-year-old "the best, most loving daddy in the world" and shared a picture with her own father, calling him her "favourite drinking partner". Pop star Justin Bieber, actress Kate Hudson and musician Justin Timberlake are among other stars who today paid their respects to their fathers. Elon Musk, the world's richest man who recently agreed a $44 billion deal to buy twitter, simply tweeted "Happy Father's Day". Twitter Due to your consent preferences, you’re not able to view this. Open Privacy Options | Celebrity |
Willson Contreras (right) greets his brother William in the first inning Saturday at Wrigley Field.Nam Y. Huh/AP Before Willson Contreras hugged younger brother William before stepping in the -batter’s box Saturday at Wrigley Field, the Cubs catcher jokingly had a suggestion forleft-hander Justin Steele. “I told Justin, ‘Call your game against my brother because if he gets a hit, it won’t be [on] me,’ ” Willson quipped. William showed his ability with a 2-for-4 performance, but his older brother was all business, going 3-for-5 while showing a high display of acumen as the Cubs seized a 6-3 win over the Braves (37-29). Despite the Braves’ recent 14-game winning streak, the Cubs (25-40) have posted two consecutive impressive wins against one of the National League’s elite teams. And Willson, 30, the subject of trade speculation as he gets closer to free agency, has been immune to the scrutiny with an All-Star performance. After hugging his brother at the plate, Contreras collected his first hit and stole second base, setting up a two-out, two-run single by Jonathan Villar that gave the Cubs the lead. “The best moment of our lives, including my family, my mom and dad,” Contreras said after the highly anticipated matchup. “Everything we went through to get here, now we get to enjoy together. Seeing my brother behind the plate makes me proud because the last time I saw him play was in Little League and I haven’t seen him [play in person] for years. “To play against him was a special moment, and hopefully we keep playing against each other for a few more years.” But the brothers kept their focus on the game. Willson hit a two-out RBI single in his second at-bat and advanced to second on the throw to third. In the fifth, he turned a hit up the middle into a double thanks to his hustle. Meanwhile, William had a single in the second and a double in the eighth. “We’re brothers and love each other, but we’re still professional and I still have to respect my team and he has to respect his team and respect baseball,” Willson said. “I know we’re having fun, but we have our -allegiance.” Cubs manager David Ross enjoyed watching Willson and William compete, reviving memories of when Jose Molina of the Rays played against Yadier Molina of the Cardinals on June 10, 2014 — the last time two brothers were starting catchers in the same game. “I didn’t want to get beat against my younger brother,” Willson said. “I’m sure he was thinking the same thing. We’re professionals. We love our team and were expecting to win.” Said Steele: “It’s nice having somebody behind the plate who wants to win the game as much as you do.” Willson doesn’t check the box scores involving his brother, who is batting .296 with nine home runs and 17 RBI in 29 games. But they exchange text messages nearly every day, and Willson was impressed with the -adjustments his brother made at the plate in handling two “nasty” sliders. “That tells me a lot about him,” said -Willson, who continued his bid for a third NL All-Star appearance with a .284 batting average, 12 home runs, 27 RBI and 1.026 OPS. “We just had a great moment.” After a dinner Friday night and a long-awaited matchup, the Contreras brothers planned to rest Saturday night before the series finale Sunday. And perhaps dream about being named to the NL All-Star team. “Let’s see what happens,” Willson said. “It would be fun if we get to go. It would be the next step for our dream to come true.” The last set of brothers to be named to the All-Star Game was Bret and Aaron Boone in 2003 at the White Sox’ then-U.S. Cellular Field. | Baseball |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Grayson Murray took out his rough fourth round at the U.S. Open on his iron and his putter Sunday afternoon.Murray, who made the cut at the major tournament for the first time in his career, lingered toward the bottom of the leaderboard throughout the final round.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Grayson Murray of the United States plays his shot from the tenth tee during the second round of the 122nd U.S. Open Championship at The Country Club on June 17, 2022 in Brookline, Massachusetts. (Warren Little/Getty Images)He would triple bogey on the seventh hole and then angrily launched his putter.On the 10th hole, Murray’s second shot landed in the rough near a bunker. He then proceeded to try and break his iron over his knee. He would end up bending it.PHIL MICKELSON EXPLAINS ROUGH US OPEN PERFORMANCE: 'I THOUGHT I WAS MORE PREPARED THAN I WAS'He was 10-over through the first 13 holes on the final round and 18-over four the tournament.It was only Murray’s second-ever appearance at the U.S. Open. He appeared to be feeling frustrated at a rather difficult Country Club course in Brookline Massachusetts. He last competed in the U.S. Open in 2013 but missed the cut. Grayson Murray of the United States plays his shot from the fourth tee during the third round of the 122nd U.S. Open Championship at The Country Club on June 18, 2022 in Brookline, Massachusetts. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)He last made the cut at a major in 2017 at the PGA Championship. He finished tied for 22nd in that tournament.Murray has one PGA Tour win to his credit – the 2017 Barbasol Championship. Grayson Murray of the United States plays his shot from the eighth tee during round one of the 122nd U.S. Open Championship at The Country Club on June 16, 2022 in Brookline, Massachusetts. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPHe finished the Rex Hospital Open, a Korn Ferry Tour event, tied for 37th with a 6-under par. He withdrew from the Evans Scholars Invitational before that. Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for Fox News and Fox Business. Story tips can be sent to [email protected]. | Golf |
Transgender swimmers will be barred from competing in elite women’s races if they have gone through any part of male puberty following a vote by the sport’s world governing body.The policy, which comes into effect on Monday, will require transgender athletes to have transitioned by the age of 12 to be eligible for women’s events in swimming and other aquatic sports.Fina, the global regulator for swimming, diving and water polo, plans to create an open category in which transgender athletes can compete and will appoint a group to determine how this might work.The decision would prevent Lia Thomas, who in March became the first transgender swimmer to win an American college title, from representing the United States at national or international level. | Swimming |
Manchester City expect Raheem Sterling to leave this summer, with Chelsea poised to step up their interest in the England winger once Romelu Lukaku’s loan to Internazionale has been completed.Thomas Tuchel is keen to strengthen his misfiring attack and Chelsea, who are close to giving Lukaku permission to seal a return to Inter, plan to accelerate their transfer activity soon. Sterling is high on their list of targets and City are unlikely to stand in the 27-year-old’s way.City have increased their attacking options by signing Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund and Julián Álvarez from River Plate, and with Sterling’s contract due to expire next summer the champions are prepared to cash in on him. It has been suggested they want £50m-£60m.There is unlikely to be a shortage of interest in Sterling, even though he has not started many of City’s biggest games in the past two years, and his appeal is obvious to Chelsea. They lacked a ruthless edge last season, when Sterling scored 17 goals, and he would represent an upgrade on many of Tuchel’s options in the final third.Sterling’s ability to play across the frontline makes him an attractive option to Tuchel. Chelsea are aware it will not be easy to replace Lukaku, who disappointed after his £97.5m move from Inter last year, with another target man. Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski wants to join Barcelona, City have landed Haaland and Liverpool have bought Darwin Núñez.That means Chelsea could look for alternative ways to set up their attack. They are also looking at Ousmane Dembélé, with the French winger expected to leave Barcelona on a free. Tuchel managed Dembélé at Dortmund and rates him highly, though there are doubts over the 25-year-old’s injury record. Another option, RB Leipzig’s Christopher Nkunku, could be out of reach. Chelsea are also interested in City’s Gabriel Jesus but Arsenal are leading the way to sign the Brazilian.Sources say it is a matter of time before Lukaku rejoins Inter. Todd Boehly, Chelsea’s new owner, has backed Tuchel’s decision to part with the striker. Lukaku does not fit Tuchel’s system and has not enjoyed an easy relationship with the German.The 29-year-old is desperate to return to Inter, who have been negotiating with Chelsea over the terms of a deal. A loan fee of £10m could be enough, and Inter will also need to cover part of Lukaku’s £325,000-a-week wages. A straight loan is more straightforward than a swap, though Chelsea have shown interest in the Inter defenders Denzel Dumfries, Alessandro Bastoni and Martin Skriniar.Chelsea need defensive reinforcements after the departures of Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rüdiger, with César Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso also possibly on their way out. They hope to tie up a deal for Sevilla’s Jules Koundé soon and have targeted Leipzig’s Josko Gvardiol, Atlético Madrid’s José María Giménez, Juventus’s Matthijs de Ligt and Villarreal’s Pau Torres. New links have also surfaced with City’s Nathan Aké, who was previously at Chelsea.The Fiver: sign up and get our daily football email.It remains to be seen whether City want to sell Aké. They are weighing up whether to sell Oleksandr Zinchenko, who is wanted by Everton and West Ham. Zinchenko has filled in at left-back for City but wants to play in central midfield.Guardiola is after a conventional left-back and is determined to sign Brighton’s Marc Cucurella. Brighton want £50m but City believe £40m could be enough. Chelsea and Newcastle are also interested in Cucurella but City are his first choice. | Soccer |
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — World swimming’s governing body has adopted new rules for transgender athletes, only permitting swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events.FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of the new “gender inclusion policy” at the organization’s extraordinary general congress on Sunday. It will apply to all its events from Monday.The 24-page policy also includes proposals for a new “open competition” category. FINA said it was setting up a “a new working group that will spend the next six months looking at the most effective ways to set up this new category.”The vote came after members heard presentations from of three specialist groups – an athlete group, a science and medicine group and a legal and human rights group – that had been working together to form the policy following recommendations given by the International Olympic Committee last November.The IOC urged shifting the focus from individual testosterone levels and calling for evidence to prove when a performance advantage existed.In March, Lia Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. She won the 500-yard freestyle.Other sports have also been examining their rules.On Thursday, cycling’s governing body updated its eligibility rules for transgender athletes with stricter limits that will force riders to wait longer before they can compete.The International Cycling Union (UCI) increased the transition period on low testosterone to two years, and lowered the maximum accepted level of testosterone.The previous transition period was 12 months but the UCI said recent scientific studies show that “the awaited adaptations in muscle mass and muscle strength/power” among athletes who have made a transition from male to female takes at least two years. | Swimming |
Image: Marvel StudiosDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has ended its theatrical run with solid reviews and a pretty good box office. Now that it’s set to hit Disney+ in a couple of days, it’s around that time that we get ourselves a blooper reel. Well, we say “blooper reel,” this one is more of a dance-off than anything else.Some of the cast—in particular Rachel McAdams and Benedict Cumberbatch as Zombie Strange—have moves that would put Peter Quill to shame. It’s actually pretty funny watching them all get their groove on; if nothing else, it makes you wonder what Multiverse could’ve been like with a dance action sequence similar to the music battle towards the end of the film. If anyone could make that happen, it would be Sam Raimi and Danny Elfman. (Maybe Strange and America Chavez could’ve wound up in a dance dimension, or perhaps they’re saving that for Doctor Strange 3.) Beyond that, it’s funny to watch the cast’s long capes and skirts get stuck in the scenery and have them try to fight off errant leaves as they wave their arms around doing pretend magic. At time of writing, no special features have been announced for Multiverse of Madness beyond the blooper reel. Odds are at least one of them will about the Illuminati—after all, you can’t not talk about bringing them and their particular actors (or the actors who could’ve been) into this film. That news will likely come within a day or two, assuming that Marvel isn’t keeping quiet because they’ve got some special surprise in store for the streaming version. Or maybe they’re saving all of that for when they re-release the film. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will hit Disney+ on June 22. If you don’t have Disney+ and prefer physical, you’ll have to wait until July 26 to get it. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel and Star Wars releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. | Movies |
"It was me being silly, being rebellious, and not really taking the responsibility of what I was doing." Britney Spears has been in the spotlight for the majority of her life -- and her relationships have been making headlines for just as long. Since her days as an aspiring pop star, Britney has had her ups and downs in the romance department, from dating some of the biggest stars in the world to an hours-long marriage in Las Vegas. But now it appears that Britney has finally found her match in husband Sam Asghari. After sticking by Britney's side through her conservatorship battle, the couple finally got the chance to walk down the aisle in a stunning ceremony with their closest family and friends. And with Britney finally free, the possibilities are endless for the newlyweds. Take a look back on all of Britney's past relationships… Getty Selena Gomez Offers Some Details on Attending Britney Spears' Wedding View Story Reg Jones When Britney was still a teen, she dated her classmate Reg Jones for two years. As she became increasingly more famous and her career took her around the world, she unfortunately had less time to focus on the couple’s relationship and ultimately broke up with Reg in a handwritten letter. "When we broke up it was very tough. It ripped me apart. My head told me it was the right thing for both of us, but my heart told me a different story. We sat down on the porch at her mum and dad's house and talked it through. There were hugs and kisses and we agreed to stay friends. We are still good friends and I'd get back with Britney tomorrow if I could, but it is very unlikely we ever will," Reg said in an interview a few years after their split. Justin Timberlake In one of Britney's most high profile relationships, she dated her former "Mickey Mouse Club" co-star Justin Timberlake from 1998 to 2002. The duo quickly became an A-list couple, regularly making red carpet appearances together. Things didn't end on a good note for the two and following their split, Britney faced much criticism in the press for ending the relationship. Not only did Justin share intimate details about the couple's sex life in interviews but he also cast a lookalike in his "Cry Me A River" music video, implying that Britney had cheated on him. Many years later, Justin finally issued an apology for how he treated Britney, saying he was "deeply sorry for the times in my life where my actions contributed to the problem, where I spoke out of turn, or did not speak up for what was right." He added that he both cares for and respects Britney and knows he "failed." Getty / Instagram Britney Spears Slams Brother Bryan, Says He Wasn't Invited to Wedding In Deleted IG Post View Story Wade Robson Following Britney's breakup with Justin in 2002, she began dating dance choreographer Wade Robson -- who was reportedly the cause of Britney and Justin's split. Britney and Wade went on to date for about a year before going their separate ways. Fred Durst In 2003, Britney was linked to Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst while they were reportedly working on music together. While Fred maintains that the duo did have a fling, Britney says the whole thing was one-sided and she wasn’t interested in him. "I think him for me, but not me for him. He's said some pretty amazing things about me. But, um, I think he leaped in too deep, too quick," Britney told the British version of Glamour magazine. Colin Farrell Later that year, Britney connected with Colin Farrell and after appearing on the red carpet together for his movie "The Recruit," they were spotted making out on a hotel balcony. Nothing else appeared to develop between the duo. Getty Paris Hilton Says She Turned Down President Biden to Attend Britney Spears' Wedding View Story Columbus Short That summer, Britney was spotted spending time with her backup dancer Columbus Short. Before the duo even got together, there were rumors in the press that they were dating. Many years later, Columbus clarified that he had only hooked up with Britney once and actually had been in a different relationship at the time. "We ended up being intimate that one time. I never slept with her again after that, though. This was a dangerous sexual alliance for every reason under sun, and I think that the worst part of it was that I was making the rumors an actual reality," Columbus wrote in his 2020 autobiography, "Short Stories." Jason Alexander In 2014, Britney reconnected with her childhood friend Jason Alexander and after a night of partying in Las Vegas, the couple ended up tying the knot. The union didn’t last long as their marriage was annulled after just 55 hours. "It was me being silly, being rebellious, and not really taking the responsibility of what I was doing, you know? And after partying, you know, you really don't think about what you're doing. So it was one of those things that were really silly," Britney told E! News. While the duo appeared to go their separate ways for many years, Jason recently resurfaced when he crashed Britney's wedding to Sam Asghari. Jason, who was not invited to the event, broke into Britney's home and live-streamed his attempts to get inside the wedding. He was charged with a stalking felony and misdemeanor counts of trespassing and refusing to leave private property, vandalism, and battery. Britney has since been granted a restraining order against him. Aaron Sinclair/GQ Sam Asghari Talks Britney Spears Miscarriage, Proposal and Her 'Expensive' Taste In New Interview View Story Kevin Federline Later that year, Britney began dating her backup dancer Kevin Federline. They had only been dating for two months when Britney suggested they get married. Four months later, they walked down the aisle, despite criticism of their relationship. Britney and Kevin went on to welcome their sons Sean Preston and Jayden but called it quits in November 2006. "I think I married for all the wrong reasons. Instead of following my heart and, like, doing something that made me really happy. I just did it because…for just, like, the idea of everything," Britney said in an MTV documentary. J.R. Rotem Not long after calling it quits with Kevin in 2006, Britney began dating music producer J.R. Rotem. The pair were only together for about two weeks, during which J.R. said they had sex "tractor style." He added that they ultimately split because they "decided for both our careers that it would not be cool to have a romantic relationship." Instagram Britney Spears Says She's Using Music As an 'Escape,' After Revealing Miscarriage View Story Isaac Cohen In early 2007, Britney was linked to model Isaac Cohen after they were seen boating off the coast of Los Angeles. They were spotted together on several other occasions but by February, they had called it quits. Isaac's agent said the duo was both "busy with their careers" and were just "having fun together." Howie Day In February 2007, Britney entered rehab where she met singer Howie Day. The duo was spotted playing tennis together during their very short time at Promises rehab center. The pair continued to spend time together post-rehab but ultimately went their separate ways. Criss Angel Later that year, Britney was briefly linked to magician Criss Angel after being spotted together on several occasions. The duo says their relationship was strictly professional though and Criss was just helping Britney with her MTV Video Music Awards performance. Unfortunately, their collaboration didn't pan out. Instagram Britney Spears Reveals She 'Had a Panic Attack' Before 'Dream' Wedding to Sam Asghari View Story Adnan Ghalib In December 2007, Britney began dating paparazzo Adnan Ghalib after encountering him numerous times while he was working as a photographer. Despite concern from Britney's family, the pair continued to date at the height of her tabloid frenzy. During that time, she was placed under a psychiatric hold twice which ultimately led to her conservatorship being put in place. Things appeared to fizzle out between the couple during the summer of 2008, but Adnan stayed in the headlines, claiming he had made a sex tape with Britney. He even reportedly continued to tip off the paparazzi off about Britney's whereabouts. Things finally ended in January 2009 when Britney's father Jamie filed a restraining order against him. Jason Trawick In 2009, Britney began dating her agent Jason Trawick. Despite the fact that Jason was involved in the professional side of Britney's life, their relationship proved to be stable for her as she recovered from a tumultuous time. The pair got engaged in 2011 but never tied the knot, eventually splitting in 2013. In a statement, Britney simply said they had decided to call off their engagement but she would "always adore him" and they would "remain great friends." Instagram Sam Asghari Comments About Miscarriage After Britney Spears 'Baywatch' Clip Backlash View Story David Lucado Shortly after her split from Jason, Britney began dating lawyer David Lucado. They were together for about a year but Britney reportedly ended the relationship after she discovered that David had cheated on her. Charlie Ebersol In October 2014, Britney began dating producer Charlie Ebersol, whose father is "Saturday Night Live" co-creator Dick Ebersol. The couple spent about eight months together, which Britney documented on social media, but called it quits in June 2015. Sam Asghari Britney met her now-husband Sam Asghari in late 2016 on the set of her "Slumber Party" music video. The pair hit it off and exchanged numbers -- although Britney didn't follow up for a few months. Once they connected, they were inseparable and Sam stayed by Britney's side as she faced the hardships that came along with her conservatorship. The couple got engaged in September 2021 and in April of the following year, they announced they were expecting their first child. Unfortunately, the couple experienced a miscarriage but tried to remain positive as they moved forward with their relationship. On June 9th, 2022, the couple officially tied the knot. | Celebrity |
Cricket - Second One Day International - Netherlands v England - VRA Cricket Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Netherlands - June 19, 2022 England's Phil Salt in action REUTERS/Piroschka Van De WouwRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJune 19 (Reuters) - England beat Netherlands by six wickets in the second match of their ODI series on Sunday but were made to work much harder than in their spectacular record-breaking opening win.Any chance of breaking the ODI batting record they set on Friday, when they smashed 498-4 in a 232-run victory, were banished as the Dutch won the toss and batted first.After rain delayed the start in Amstelveen, the hosts put on 235-7 in their 41 overs with Tonga-born Scott Edwards scoring 78 off 73 balls to the delight of the home fans.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comEngland appeared to be cruising to victory when Jason Roy (73) and Phil Salt (77) put on 139 for the opening wicket.But both were removed by Aryan Dutt while England captain Eoin Morgan went for a duck for the second time in three days and Liam Livingstone was bowled for four by Tim Pringle.But England were never in any real danger and Dawid Malan and Moeen Ali saw the visitors home with 29 balls to spare.On Friday, Jos Buttler, Malan and Salt all notched up centuries while Livingstone scored England's fastest ODI fifty (17 balls) as they eclipsed their previous record of 481 against Australia in 2018.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWriting by Martyn Herman, editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. | Other Sports |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! MLB umpires forced Cincinnati Reds starter Graham Ashcraft to remove his wedding ring as part of the league’s crackdown on pitchers using foreign substances to get a better grip on the baseball.Ashcraft was wearing the band on his left hand which hides in his glove when he pitches. The Reds were playing the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday when he got told to take the jewelry off. He said the umpire told him the rule wasn’t new but they just started to enforce it Friday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Graham Ashcraft #51 of the Cincinnati Reds throws a pitch against the Milwaukee Brewers at Great American Ball Park on June 18, 2022 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)"The first base umpire comes up, checks my right hand as normal. Then he asks me to take my glove off and saw my ring. He goes, 'You have to take your ring off,’" he told reporters after the game, via The Athletic. "I was like, 'No, why do I have to take my ring off? I shouldn’t have to.' Then apparently it’s some new rule they came up with yesterday."The rule states that a pitcher is barred from attaching anything to their hands.MARLINS JAZZ CHISHOLM JR REACTS TO EJECTION, CLAPS BACK AT TROLLING FANS: 'YA MAMA' Milwaukee Brewers' Omar Narvaez, right, grounds out softly to Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Graham Ashcraft, left, during the second inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)Reds manager David Bell said he received the memo reminding players and managers about the policy enforcement but didn’t read it too closely."I think that helped, like the rule or not, it was something that was going to be enforced and Graham understood that after that explanation," Bell said. "I did a poor job of explaining it before the game. Thankfully nothing bad happened. It was nice that they just warned him and made him aware of it."Ashcraft was tagged for six runs on eight hits in five innings. He struck out four batters as the Reds lost to the Brewers, 7-3. Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Graham Ashcraft throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAshcraft was called up to the big leagues last month. He’s made six starts for the Reds and has a 3.51 ERA in 33 1/3 innings along with 19 strikeouts. Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for Fox News and Fox Business. Story tips can be sent to [email protected]. | Baseball |
Others set to have star ceremonies include Vince Vaughn, Martin Lawrence, and Bill Pullman. Jon Favreau©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection The Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angele is a tourist attraction all its own, with new actors, directors, and musicians receiving stars every year. This year’s crop of recipients spans all facets of media, honoring those whose time for recognition has come.
In an announcement made by chair of the Chamber’s Walk of Fame selection committee, Ellen K, directors Jon Favreau and John Waters, as well as actress Mindy Kaling, Uma Thurman, and Paul Walker will all receive stars this year. Others set to have star ceremonies include Vince Vaughn, Martin Lawrence, and Bill Pullman. Walker won’t be the only star to receive a posthumous Star, as “Imitation of Life” actress Juanita Moore will also receive one after a lengthy campaign by her nephew.
“The panel thoughtfully selected these talented individuals, and we can’t wait to celebrate them as they become part of Hollywood’s history with the unveiling of their star on the world’s most famous walkway,” said K in a prepared statement. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has been hosting Star ceremonies since 1960. The process to get a star has received criticism over the years, as one must be nominated, have at least five years of experience in the category for which they’re nominated, and have a history of charitable contributions. Even a posthumous star cannot be given until five years after the recipient’s passing. A fee of $55,000 is also required, leading to claims online that stars are bought and paid for by celebrities.
Celebs who have received Hollywood Walk of Fame stars include Marilyn Monroe, Samuel L. Jackson, and Vin Diesel.
The Walk of Fame has also received backlash for its lack of diversity. In 2020, “Lost” actor Daniel Dae Kim started a GoFundMe campaign to raise the fee to get longtime Hollywood actor James Hong a star. Kim’s campaign was live for only four days when it shut down after hitting a grand total of $55,307. Hong finally received his star this past May.
The ceremony for these star unveilings take place regularly in Los Angeles, though the dates for this year’s events have yet to be announced. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. | Movies |
A Russian tennis player has circumvented Wimbledon’s ban on all competitors from her country by changing her nationality to Georgian before next week’s championships.Natela Dzalamidze, a 29-year-old doubles player ranked No 44 in the world, will compete in the women’s doubles with Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic after the sport’s authorities approved the switch in time for last week’s entry deadline. It is not known when her application was first made but insiders have told The Times that she satisfied the necessary requirements.The All England Club announced on April 20 that all entries from Russia and Belarus would be declined this year because of the invasion of Ukraine. Its statement said that “it would be unacceptable for the Russian regime to derive any benefits from | Tennis |
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — World swimming’s governing body effectively banned transgender athletes from competing in women’s events on Sunday.FINA members at the organization’s extraordinary general congress voted 71.5% in favor of its new “gender inclusion policy” that only permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events.“This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by the age of 12. It’s what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair,” James Pearce, who is the spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, told The Associated Press.“They’re not saying everyone should transition by age 11, that’s ridiculous. You can’t transition by that age in most countries and hopefully you wouldn’t be encouraged to. Basically, what they’re saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage.”Get Sports HeadlinesThe Globe's most recent sports headlines delivered to your inbox every morning.FINA’s new 24-page policy also includes proposals for a new “open competition” category. FINA said it was setting up “a new working group that will spend the next six months looking at the most effective ways to set up this new category.”Pearce told the AP that the open competition would most likely mean more events but those details still need to be worked out.“No one quite knows how this is going to work. And we need to include a lot of different people, including transgender athletes, to work out how it would work. So there are no details of how that would work. The open category is something that will start being discussed tomorrow,” Pearce said.The members voted after hearing presentations from three specialist groups – an athlete group, a science and medicine group and a legal and human rights group – that had been working together to form the policy following recommendations given by the International Olympic Committee last November.The IOC urged shifting the focus from individual testosterone levels and calling for evidence to prove when a performance advantage existed.FINA said it recognizes “that some individuals and groups may be uncomfortable with the use of medical and scientific terminology related to sex and sex-linked traits (but) some use of sensitive terminology is needed to be precise about the sex characteristics that justify separate competition categories.”In March, Lia Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. She won the 500-yard freestyle.Other sports have also been examining their rules.On Thursday, cycling’s governing body updated its eligibility rules for transgender athletes with stricter limits that will force riders to wait longer before they can compete.The International Cycling Union (UCI) increased the transition period on low testosterone to two years, and lowered the maximum accepted level of testosterone.The previous transition period was 12 months but the UCI said recent scientific studies show that “the awaited adaptations in muscle mass and muscle strength/power” among athletes who have made a transition from male to female takes at least two years. | Swimming |
Jason Roy toasted his 100th one-day international with 73 off 60 balls as England repelled a fightback from the Netherlands to move into an unassailable 2-0 series lead. Roy was one of the few England batters to miss out in their world record 498 for four 48 hours earlier but, in a contest reduced to 41 overs per side, he hit top form to hasten their pursuit of 236.Five of his first nine balls were dispatched for four and while he was unable to mark his landmark appearance with a century, his acceleration at the start proved crucial in a six-wicket win.Phil Salt followed up his century in Friday’s series opener with 77 off 54 balls although there was a second successive duck for captain Eoin Morgan as England endured a mid-innings wobble, with the Dutch showing some admirable resilience after suffering their heaviest ODI defeat by runs.It was ultimately in vain as Dawid Malan and Moeen Ali knocked off the remaining 59 runs required to help England overhaul their opponents’ 235 for seven with 29 balls to spare on a sunny evening in Amstelveen, where the start of play had been delayed for nearly three hours because of a wet outfield.David Willey and Adil Rashid each collected two wickets while Brydon Carse showcased his impressive pace in his one for 36 after the Netherlands captain Scott Edwards, standing in for the injured Pieter Seelaar, had opted to bat, perhaps influenced by England’s sensational innings on Friday. Roy was dismissed for just one then but rose to the occasion here.As has been customary throughout his time with England, Roy began with plenty of purpose and three cover drives in the opening over beat the infield. Salt was initially content to defer to his senior opening partner but got into the groove by driving slow left-armer Tim Pringle, the son of former New Zealand seamer Chris, who had been introduced in the fifth over in an attempt to stymie England’s scoring.Roy got to his fifty in the 12th over and looked to take down Aryan Dutt, hammering him to the leg-side for six before, in the next over, taking four fours in the first five balls. The last just cleared mid-off before he sliced the next delivery to short third man, visibly furious with himself as he trudged off. The breakthrough ended a 139-run opening partnership in 17 overs, leaving Salt to act as the steady hand. However, he came down the track to Dutt and misjudged the length, bowled between bat and pad.Morgan’s lean trot continued when a hack was caught at backward point and Liam Livingstone came and went as Pringle claimed his maiden international scalp, with England losing three wickets in 19 deliveries.England captain Eoin Morgan on his way to a seven-ball duck against the Netherlands. Photograph: Piroschka van de Wouw/ReutersBut despite a few nervy moments, Roy’s early onslaught meant England had time on their hands. Malan (36 not out) released some pressure when Teja Nidamanuru dragged down, thrashing him over midwicket, while Moeen (42 not out) took three fours in four balls off Tom Cooper before finishing proceedings off 36.1 overs with a pull for four off Shane Snater.Earlier, an initially sluggish outfield meant the Dutch openers found scoring tricky and they both perished with cross-batted shots, Vikramjit Singh surprised by Willey’s short ball and miscuing a pull while Malan sprung to take a fine catch at square leg after Max O’Dowd had swept hard at Rashid.Carse was touching 90mph and accounted for Cooper, who was trapped on the crease and wisely elected against a review despite the hosts slipping to 36 for three. Edwards, though, queried an lbw verdict after playing round Rashid’s leg break and was vindicated as the ball would have missed off stump.While Bas de Leede (34) became the second Dutch batter in this series to shatter a press box window pane after heaving Rashid for six, it was Edwards who anchored the innings.The Spin: sign up and get our weekly cricket email.He was initially troubled by Carse’s speed but milked Moeen’s off spin before growing gradually in confidence, hammering Livingstone over cow corner and Carse high over his head as he reached his second fifty of the series in style.An audacious reverse ramp for six off Willey was the highlight, but the left-armer had his revenge with a pick-up-and-throw from midwicket that cannoned into the stumps and left Edwards short of his ground despite a desperate dive as he departed for 78 off 73 balls. | Other Sports |
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — World swimming’s governing body effectively banned transgender athletes from competing in women’s events on Sunday.FINA members at the organization’s extraordinary general congress voted 71.5% in favor of its new “gender inclusion policy” that only permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events.“This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by the age of 12. It’s what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair,” James Pearce, who is the spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, told The Associated Press.“They’re not saying everyone should transition by age 11, that’s ridiculous. You can’t transition by that age in most countries and hopefully you wouldn’t be encouraged to. Basically, what they’re saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage.”FINA’s new 24-page policy also includes proposals for a new “open competition” category. FINA said it was setting up “a new working group that will spend the next six months looking at the most effective ways to set up this new category.”Pearce told the AP that the open competition would most likely mean more events but those details still need to be worked out.“No one quite knows how this is going to work. And we need to include a lot of different people, including transgender athletes, to work out how it would work. So there are no details of how that would work. The open category is something that will start being discussed tomorrow,” Pearce said.The members voted after hearing presentations from three specialist groups – an athlete group, a science and medicine group and a legal and human rights group – that had been working together to form the policy following recommendations given by the International Olympic Committee last November.The IOC urged shifting the focus from individual testosterone levels and calling for evidence to prove when a performance advantage existed.FINA said it recognizes “that some individuals and groups may be uncomfortable with the use of medical and scientific terminology related to sex and sex-linked traits (but) some use of sensitive terminology is needed to be precise about the sex characteristics that justify separate competition categories.”In March, Lia Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. She won the 500-yard freestyle. Other sports have also been examining their rules. On Thursday, cycling’s governing body updated its eligibility rules for transgender athletes with stricter limits that will force riders to wait longer before they can compete.The International Cycling Union (UCI) increased the transition period on low testosterone to two years, and lowered the maximum accepted level of testosterone. The previous transition period was 12 months but the UCI said recent scientific studies show that “the awaited adaptations in muscle mass and muscle strength/power” among athletes who have made a transition from male to female takes at least two years.___More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | Swimming |
Tennis - ATP 500 - Halle Open - Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Germany - June 19, 2022 Poland's Hubert Hurkacz celebrates with the trophy after winning his final match against Russia's Daniil Medvedev REUTERS/Wolfgang RattayRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJune 19 (Reuters) - Poland's Hubert Hurkacz showed his Wimbledon credentials on Sunday, hammering world number one Daniil Medvedev 6-1 6-4 to win the ATP 500 grasscourt tournament in Halle, Germany.World number 12 Hurkacz defeated Medvedev and Roger Federer en route to the semi-finals at Wimbledon last year and showed he will once again be a force to reckon with when the Championships kick off on June 27.Halle is the 25-year-old Pole's fifth ATP singles title, and he kept his record in finals so far unblemished with his victory in just over an hour when he converted his second matchpoint with a backhand volley.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com"I'm super excited, I've been waiting a little bit for my first (title) this year," Hurkacz said during his victory speech. "I'm happy to win my first ATP 500 title and of course, on the grass it is very special."Daniil is an unbelievable player. He's the best player in the world so it's very tricky to play him. All the right shots went my way at the beginning, so I definitely gained a lot of momentum from that."In contrast, it was a fifth straight defeat in a championship match for Medvedev, who has not won a title since denying Novak Djokovic the calendar Grand Slam to win the 2021 U.S. Open for his maiden major triumph.Play was briefly halted during the final when a protestor ran onto the court and tried to tie herself to the net before being dragged away by security guards.Earlier this month, an environmental activist interrupted the French Open men's semi-final between Marin Cilic and Casper Ruud for 15 minutes when she jumped onto Court Philippe Chatrier and tied and glued herself to the net. read more Medvedev, who will not be allowed to compete at Wimbledon due to its ban on Russian and Belarusian players, came into Sunday's match having not dropped a set while saving 22 of the 23 break points he faced during his four matches.But the Russian struggled to get his first serves in as Hurkacz jumped into a 5-0 lead in no time with two breaks of his opponent's delivery.Medvedev finally held his serve at 1-5 before Hurkacz wrapped up the opening set in 27 minutes.There was, however, no end to Medvedev's frustrations in the second set as the Pole once again broke serve early, continuing to dominate the rallies both from the back of the court and when he advanced to the net.Medvedev saved two breakpoints to hold serve in the seventh game to stay close to Hurkacz, but he could not get the break back against his opponent, who did not allow the Russian a single opportunity on his own delivery during the entire match."I was serving pretty good today and got a little bit of momentum from the first game," Hurkacz added."I saved a couple of deuces on my service game and then I managed to break Daniil's serve so I definitely got a little bit of momentum. I'm very happy with the win in front of such a great crowd here."Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. | Tennis |
White Sox righty Johnny Cueto reacts after starting a double play against the Astros during the seventh inning Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Houston. (AP)AP Photos HOUSTON — Right-hander Johnny Cueto was magnificent, Luis Robert’s bat packed a punch against Justin Verlander and the White Sox finally won in Houston, a day after getting routed. The Sox got mad and got even. ‘‘As I’ve come to expect from this club, we put [Friday] behind us and got our fourth win on this road trip,’’ manager Tony La Russa said after the Sox trounced the Astros 7-0 on Saturday at Minute Maid Park. ‘‘And we go for the gusto [Sunday].’’ A victory, with right-hander Michael Kopech pitching on ‘‘Sunday Night Baseball,’’ would give the Sox (31-32) a 5-1 road trip and a .500 record they haven’t seen since May 29, when they beat the Cubs. But you have to get to a game below .500 to get there, and Cueto ‘‘set the tempo,’’ La Russa said. ‘‘He’s an artist out there.’’ Cueto (1-3) allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings and finally got the run support he needed to notch his first victory, and Robert drove in four runs while going 3-for-5. The victory was the Sox’ first after seven consecutive losses at Minute Maid Park, including two in the American League Division Series last season and a 13-3 drubbing Friday. ‘‘I’m telling you, it’s a very resilient, tough-minded, tough-heart, tough-guts club,’’ La Russa said. Before the game, La Russa said the Sox were ‘‘[ticked] off’’ about loss Friday. Then their all-righty lineup peppered Verlander (8-3) with eight hits in less than four innings. Seven of them were singles, including one by Robert that drove in two runs. That was followed by a two-run double by Jose Abreu that staked Cueto to a 4-0 lead in the third. Seby Zavala, Danny Mendick and Andrew Vaughn started the inning with singles to load the bases. Vaughn singled three times, extending his hitting streak to seven games and raising his average to .322. The Sox scored four runs in the third and three in the fourth. Astros second baseman Jose Altuve let Vaughn’s sharp grounder go between his legs for a costly two-out error, scoring the fifth run, and Robert doubled in two more runs to make it 7-0 and end Verlander’s afternoon. Three of the runs against Verlander, who was 7-2 with a 2.32 ERA in his previous 13 starts against the Sox, were unearned. ‘‘This might just be a situation where you give credit where credit is due,’’ Verlander said. After allowing a single to Altuve leading off the first, Cueto held the Astros hitless until an infield single by Alex Bregman leading off the seventh. Cueto then fielded a high chopper by Yordan Alvarez to start a double play. Cueto struck out five and walked two, throwing 93 pitches and lowering his ERA to 2.95. He threw 77 pitches in five innings of emergency relief of Kopech last Sunday, giving up three runs against the Rangers. He has pitched at least six innings in each of his six starts, something no other Sox starter has come close to achieving. ‘‘I just tried to keep the ball low in the zone because I know that they can hit,’’ Cueto said through a translator. ‘‘I was good with executing.’’ ‘‘When he’s on with his stuff, he’s as tough as anybody,’’ said Astros manager Dusty Baker, who managed the 36-year-old Cueto with the Reds. ‘‘He knows how to pitch.’’ Right-hander Reynaldo Lopez completed the shutout with two innings of relief. Robert is batting .317 during a nine-game hitting streak, and his four RBI tied a career high. ‘‘The win was important, as is every one, especially in that situation we are in right now,’’ Robert said through a translator. ‘‘It gave us a chance to get the series, which is the most important thing.’’ | Baseball |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jennifer Lopez introduced her child, Emme Maribel Muñiz, 14, to the stage, using gender-neutral pronouns at the LA Dodgers Foundation Blue Diamond Gala on Thursday night in Los Angeles. "The last time we performed together was in a big stadium like this, and I ask them to sing with me all the time, and they won't," Lopez told the crowd. "So this is a very special occasion. They are very, very busy. Booked. And pricey."She added: "They cost me when they come out. But they're worth every single penny because they're my favorite duet partner of all time. So if you will indulge me."Jennifer and Emme performed a version of Christina Perri's "A Thousand Years," with Emme carrying a sparkling rainbow microphone while wearing a hot pink blouse with matching shorts."Give it up for my baby," the proud mom declared at the end of their heartwarming duet. She shared a host of photos from the benefit — which raised $3.6 million for local causes — to Twitter, including Emme sitting below the stage, looking excited while waiting for the cue to start singing.Lopez, 52, performed with Emme for the first time since the Super Bowl LIV Halftime show in 2020, all of which was filmed for her new Netflix documentary "Halftime.""'Halftime' offers an intimate peek behind the curtain revealing the grit and determination that makes Jennifer Lopez the icon she is, from her performances onscreen and on stages around the world, to her Super Bowl Halftime show, to the recent Presidential inauguration," a Tribeca Film Festival press release said.JENNIFER LOPEZ SLAMS NFL FOR MAKING HER SHARE STAGE WITH SHAKIRA: ‘WORST IDEA IN THE WORLD’"The documentary focuses on an international superstar who has inspired people for decades with her perseverance, creative brilliance, and cultural contributions. And it's only the beginning.""My whole life, I've been battling to be heard, to be seen, to be taken seriously," Lopez said in the trailer. Emme Maribel Muñiz and Jennifer Lopez perform onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show at Hard Rock Stadium on February 02, 2020, in Miami, Florida. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)One particular frustration for Lopez was having to share the stage with Shakira, primarily the time constraints that came along with two headlining acts. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER"This is the worst idea in the world to have two people do the Super Bowl," Lopez told her music director, (via Sports Illustrated). "It was the worst idea in the world.""We have six f---ing minutes. We have 30 seconds of a song, and if we take a minute, that’s it, we’ve got five left," Lopez said in the documentary. "But, there’s got to be certain songs that we sing, though. We have to have our singing moments. It’s not going to be a dance f---ing revue. We have to sing our message."The singer's manager, Bobby Medina, also had his frustrations with the NFL and the decision to have two headliners at the 2020 halftime show."Typically you have one headliner at a Super Bowl," Medina said in the documentary. "That headliner constructs a show, and, should they choose to have other guests, that’s their choice. It was an insult to say you needed two Latinas to do the job that one artist historically has done." Jennifer Lopez attended the premiere of her new Netflix documentary "Halftime." (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency)"If it was going to be a double headliner, they should have given us 20 minutes," Lopez said in the documentary. "That’s what they should’ve f---ing done."The NFL also attempted to have Lopez' performance with the children in cages removed from the show.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"We left rehearsal and I noticed everybody was freaking out, but I don’t know why," Lopez said. "I get a call from Benny, and he’s like, ‘They want to pull the cages.’ That night, the higher-ups at the NFL saw it for the first time, and they’re like, ‘Hey, you can’t do that.'"However, Lopez went through with the idea anyway.Jennifer shares twins Emme and Max with her ex-husband, Marc Anthony. She recently became engaged to Ben Affleck after a whirlwind romance which sparked back up again after a 17-year hiatus.Fox News' Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report. Tracy Wright is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. | Music |
Cardi B Surprises Offset, Breakfast in Bed ... Happy Father's Day!!! 6/19/2022 12:09 PM PT Instagram / @iamcardib Offset got the royal treatment on Father's Day -- 'cause Cardi B and his kids were all over him as soon as he woke up ... with a morning buffet that would make IHOP blush. The rapper was treated to breakfast in bed Sunday, with 4 of his 5 children present -- including his 2 with CB ... Kulture and Wave, their baby boy. Cardi laid out a tray with a ton of tasty dishes ready to gobble ... although Offset had to turn it around so he could feast. Instagram / @iamcardib There was just about everything you could imagine as far as food options -- eggs, chicken, bacon, pancakes, fruit and what seems to be porridge of some sort. Unclear if Offset was able to get a bite in, because his little ones seemed eager to have them read their cards/open their gifts downstairs -- which, as a good dad, he obliged. BTW, their house was totally decked out in Father's Day decorations ... balloons and the like. Seems like Offset took it all in stride and hammed it up with his kids, who seem to think their old man is a hoot. Sweet to see the whole fam together like this on a special day. Congrats, Papa Bear! | Celebrity |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tim White, a longtime pro-wrestling referee who worked for WWE, has died, the company said Sunday. He was 68.White worked for WWE for more than 20 years. He started for working with Andre the Giant and was a part-time referee when he began in 1985. He was a part of some of the most famous WWE matches in the company’s history, including the 1998 Hell in a Cell match between The Undertaker and Mankind at the King of the Ring.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM A WWE logo is shown on a screen before a WWE news conference at T-Mobile Arena on October 11, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)"A shoulder injury effectively ended White’s in-ring career, but White still remained a major part of WWE working behind the scenes as an official and talent agent until 2009," WWE said."WWE extends its condolences to White’s family, friends and fans."WWE stars Shawn Michaels and Big E were among those who paid tribute to the referee.He’s the second WWE referee to have passed away over the weekend.KNOX COUNTY MAYOR, WWE SUPERSTAR GLENN 'KANE' JACOBS TALKS FAITH, POLITICS AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE USThe company announced Dave Hebner’s death on Saturday. Hebner served as the referee for Randy Savage and Rickey Steamboat’s match at WrestleMania III and the match between Savage and Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania V. WWE also noted one famous moment between Hebner and his brother that took place in 1988. In this photo illustration the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. (Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)"Hebner and his brother Earl helped author one of the most memorable moments in WWE history when Andre The Giant and Hogan met on WWE Main Event for the WWE Title in 1988. With Dave locked in a closet, Earl and ‘Million Dollar Man’ Ted DiBiase laid a trap for The Hulkster. As Dave joined Earl in the ring, he had the befuddled Hogan seeing double in disbelief," the company said.Earl Hebner tweeted about Dave’s passing.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Yesterday I had to say my last goodbye to my other half, my partner in crime, my road buddy for years, my brother for 73 years. I love you David, I'll never count you out," he wrote. Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for Fox News and Fox Business. Story tips can be sent to [email protected]. | Other Sports |
With a few months to the World Cup how are you? How are you managing your anxiety? How am I? I’m expectant but focused. We reached the World Cup; now it’s time to reach the final and be champions. This is the truth. At the last World Cup I was the manager because of other circumstances [Dunga was fired in 2016 and Tite took over]. Now I have had the opportunity to do the full four-year cycle. Expectations are high but the focus is on work.I have staff with great values and credentials. And an extraordinary family. If I didn’t have my wife [Rosi], I wouldn’t be where I am. I lose my temper, I hit the roof, I don’t sleep at night, just like everyone else. But I have a partner who supports me, a family that supports me. I draw strength from my family, work and spirituality.Are you afraid of anything? The pressure we face is a problem: the responsibility, the pressure of the position, the demands. When I was a supporter, I wanted the team to be the best. It’s what moves us. But mental health is important. I think about what Mandela said: “Courage is the ability to face fear.” In every decision he made, fear was present. When I read that, I saw that I am a normal citizen. I have my fears, my nightmares, my little goosebumps. Fear but not dread; fear and dread are different.I also read what Tostão [a Brazil legend who won the 1970 World Cup] said: “Fame creates a division of the human being – it builds a creature and impoverishes the creation.” I need to look after Adenor [Tite’s real first name]. Adenor has a life: he will continue to be a father, a grandfather. But he doesn’t want to be measured. If he wins, he is the best. If not, he is reviled. I can’t understand it. When I speak, I speak for my whole team. Nobody has a monopoly on the truth. We need to reflect on different opinions, and we are open to ideas that are well argued. It’s not about winning at any price.Alex Ferguson says great professionals compete against themselves in constant pursuit of improvement. Do you know why? If I compare myself to someone else, I will be frustrated and hurt. On some points I will be better, but on others I will be worse. I need to keep myself healthy, with a healthy mind.Do you feel bad when you get criticised like last year? We need time to understand. Works are best seen when they are at a distance, finished. We have results. What people are expecting? We beat the record [for the most points] in the qualifiers. We have the longest unbeaten streak: 12 games [under Tite in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup] and now 17 games without a loss [in the 2022 qualifiers]. That is 29 games.It’s very difficult in South America qualifiers. We scored 13 more goals than Argentina in 17 games. We’re back to first in the Fifa rankings. We were champions of the [2019] Copa América. A second place too [in 2021]. We didn’t win last time, but there was a whole process, on top of a difficult, troubled moment, full of a series of problems, that I don’t want to go deeper into [Brazil took over hosting rights from Colombia and Argentina amid the pandemic but were criticised for doing so while tens of thousands were dying in the country]. We kept a clean sheet in 13 of 17 qualifiers; our average goals scored per game was above 2.5. I would also like to point out one thing: nobody wanted to play the Copa América and everybody expressed that to the [then] president [of Brazil’s football federation, Rogério Caboclo].Brazil celebrate after winning the Copa América in 2019. Photograph: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty ImagesAre Brazil the most envied team? I will tell you a story. An Italian coach mocked Miranda [the Brazil defender, then at Internazionale, after Brazil were knocked out of the 2018 World Cup by Belgium]: “How does it feel to be knocked out by Belgium?” I heard that from Miranda and I told Miranda that he [the Italian coach] never will know this feeling because he never coached a nation like Brazil or even his own nation. This is envy. That’s why he asked him. Many people are jealous of Brazil. They don’t admit it. Perhaps it’s most envied team in the world.It is about lack of respect and envy. This is the legacy I carry, the legacy we carry, the history of having Pelé, Zagallo, Tostão, Garrincha. If Zagallo is criticised, how can I not be? Are Brazil the most envied? I think so, but when I go out everyone asks me how I withstand the pressure of being the coach of the Brazil team.Recently Neymar said he was tired and this World Cup may be his last. Are you worried about Neymar? Did you talk to him about it? You said “recently”. We have to pay attention to when this happened [the interview was released last October but had been recorded months earlier, either soon after PSG had lost a Champions League semi-final or Brazil had lost the Copa final]. If I had spoken right after a cup elimination, I would have been extremely upset too. This has to be contextualised. We talk to all the players, including Neymar, about the physical, technical, tactical and mental preparation for decisive games. We pass on insights. Because of Neymar’s greatness, there will always be great expectations. But now it’s diluted. It’s Neymar, but also Vinícius, Raphinha; Thiago [Silva] is at a high level again, Paquetá, Casemiro, Fabinho too.Neymar embraces Vinícius Júnior after scoring against Chile in March’s World Cup qualifier. Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty ImagesIs Neymar your best player or is this Vinícius’s time? Neymar is Neymar. He remains our biggest star. The difference now is that the glow is diluted by nearby stars that can also shine. Neymar’s greatness is that he understands this – about the growth of these kids. He encourages the boys to go up a level. Time and experience provide this maturity.How will it be to play at a World Cup without your mother? She died in 2019 My mother’s naivety … it was beautiful. When we won the Copa América, she asked me if it was bigger than the World Cup. Honey … So I explained it’s not the same cup but it’s hard too. I am at peace. It’s their will too what I’m doing. [Tite gets teary-eyed.] I am doing my father’s will. He was my first coach. I know I’m making them proud. My mother always gave me a lot of faith, my father the love of sport. I’m fine, I have their light, their energy.I can play football for only 15 minutes with my grandchildren. I can’t do more because they are very intense. Then their grandmother goes to play a little with them. I can’t turn away from football. It’s my pleasure, my satisfaction.I have many videos and games to watch but there are moments with the family too. I like to be with Rosi, walking with her. I like books, chimarrão [maté], coffee, to be with my children and grandchildren. I like movies. I read a lot – it strengthens me. But I don’t switch off; I’m always asking to write something down.Tite plans to spend a year with his family and studying after the World Cup. Photograph: The GuardianWill this World Cup shape your future? Sure. If you win the World Cup you get an open market. You can choose. I will not lie: my idea is definitely not to work in Brazil. I want to spend a year with my family, to take a sabbatical year, to study, to not have any responsibility because the responsibility is too great. If something comes from the outside, it will happen. Now I have the responsibility and joy of being the coach of the Seleção. I’m not even going to talk to anyone.But in the past you had offers to take over a European club? Yes, Real Madrid and Sporting. What I like is that when a European club have an interest in a professional, they have a conversation to explain what they need. This is really cool. There was another club that wanted to talk to me and I said no: PSG [after Unai Emery left in May 2018]. They wanted to talk to me and I said I won’t; I don’t want to and I won’t. I don’t want to open up that possibility of something else. I want to be focused on my work. After is another story.At the World Cup [just before the 2018 tournament], they [Madrid] said they wanted to talk and I said no, I won’t talk, don’t come close. I want to be at peace with myself and my work. I am giving my best. When you do something in parallel, that’s not doing it to the fullest. I can’t do it. I received offers from Real Madrid, PSG and Sporting. But I didn’t want that. I want to win the World Cup. After the World Cup, I will decide my future. | Soccer |
There’s plenty of room at The Porch for the “juke joint” feel that Post first envisioned in Wakefield. Live music, he says, “was always part of the plan. Growing up in Nashville, you go into any bar, and there’s a band. You kind of take it for granted.”Today, The Porch serves up live music five days a week — along with short ribs, Texas brisket, and blackened snapper.As fears over the pandemic subside and more people grow comfortable joining crowds again, some are finding they don’t need to venture all the way into the big city to enjoy live music.West of Boston, they’ll discover Steel & Wire, a brand-new renovation of the former Worcester bar called Nick’s. Head south and there’s the Magic Room, a performance space carved out of a former tile showroom in Norwood.Diners during a performance by Athene Wilson & Friends at The Porch Southern Fare and Juke Joint.Josh Reynolds for The Boston GlobeThe Porch books soul, blues, and reggae acts, mostly from around New England. Daytime and early evening sets are free with meals; later shows are ticketed. In the lobby, the walls feature guitars that have been hand-painted, folk-art style.When the restaurant was closed at the beginning of the pandemic, the owner and his soundman, Hendrik Gideonse, arranged live streams in the empty space for their regular musicians. When they reopened, they added plexiglass sheets around the stage to minimize the spread of the virus. The musicians called the setup the “Aquarium.”“They were hyper-vigilant about the restrictions,” says Dorchester gospel-R&B singer Athene Wilson, who has a monthly residency at The Porch with her band. “That was great. They were very progressive.”She calls Post “a bighearted person. He understands. And he loves great music.”Frank and Mara Inangelo made plans two years ago to open their own place in Worcester.When the pandemic hit, of course, they postponed their plans.“For a while there, it did seem like, ‘Why would you ever want to open a place like this, or go into this industry?’” says Mara Inangelo.Her husband worked at Vincent’s for more than 20 years, developing relationships with local musicians. When businesses began reopening, owner Vincent Hemmeter asked if the Inangelos might want to take over his other nightspot, Nick’s. Since Steel & Wire opened in May, the couple has been pleased they stayed the course.“What we’ve found is that people really want that in-person connection,” says Mara. “They’re ready to come out again. And the live music is a huge part of that.”Athene Wilson has a monthly residency at The Porch with her band Athene Wilson & Friends.Josh Reynolds for The Boston GlobeLong before opening the Magic Room in Norwood, Bill Desmond was known around Boston as the guy who gave musicians a place to play. Beginning about four decades ago, “Des,” as everyone calls him, offered affordable rehearsal space in a succession of big, repurposed buildings in the city, collectively known as the Sound Museum.Some years ago, Desmond operated a performance space at the Sound Museum in Brighton called the Magic Room. Like his other spaces, it eventually got squeezed out of that location by developers. Over the past few years, he has recommitted to running a live music stage, this time by doing what a lot of people do who get priced out of the city: by moving out to the suburbs.Desmond built the new Magic Room at the mixed-use commercial facility in Norwood known as the Space Center. Opening last fall on the grounds of a historic mill, the Magic Room features a state-of-the-art sound system and a wild array of Desmond’s signature homemade and thrift-shop decor.“I love being part of that creation,” said Desmond, known to adventurous fans of Boston’s music scene as the principal member of the long-running theatrical rock group the Bentmen.The Magic Room is only open on nights when a show is booked. Desmond has lined up the veteran New York City garage band the Fleshtones for a gig in August. On Friday and Saturday, June 24-25, the room will host a two-night “Concert for Ukraine,” with proceeds going to women and children affected by the war there. The Dogmatics headline on Friday; “Breakfast with the Beatles” DJ Cha-Chi Loprete hosts the Saturday show.“We’ve had about 25 shows so far,” Desmond said. They stock beer and wine, but don’t offer food.Desmond’s daughter, Casey, moved back to the area from California to help run the club. (A musician herself, she was once a contestant on “The Voice.”) With a capacity of 125, the 3,000-square-foot space has plenty of room for Bill Desmond’s Mardi Gras figures, artwork by the psychedelic cartoonist Joey Mars, and an assortment of tile patterns created from dead stock found on the premises.“I want it to be a weird destination spot,” he explained.When the comedian Steve Sweeney headlined the Magic Room recently, he told Desmond how cool he thought the place was.“Then he got up onstage and started picking on me,” Desmond said with a laugh.James Sullivan can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @sullivanjames. | Music |
What direction to take when your long-serving bassist and keyboard player both depart in quick succession and you don’t replace them? Not for indie stalwarts Foals the obvious path: their seventh LP is very clearly their disco album, where basslines are king, and the previously dominant guitars are submerged beneath wave after wave of keyboards and synths. It’s a bold move, and probably a smart one. After all, where do you go after the over-egged two-part blowout of 2019’s Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost?Certainly, there’s an appealing directness to the maximalist likes of Wake Me Up, with its bellowed chorus seemingly precision-tooled for festival crowds. Elsewhere, 2001 splices the early-00s punk-funk of the Rapture with Uptown Funk and La Roux’s (similarly titled) Uptight Downtown to fine effect; 2am’s comparative sense of restraint serves it well. Unfortunately, the quality flags as the album goes on, and the undistinguished likes of Crest of the Wave only succeed in coming across like an ersatz Everything Everything. Throughout, there are nods to LCD Soundsystem, and by the end one finds oneself thinking how much more inventively and engagingly James Murphy does this. Watch the video for Wake Me Up by Foals. | Music |
Wimbledon has banned all players from Russia and Belarus at this year’s championships because of the invasion of Ukraine.The All England Club confirmed yesterday that the likes of the world No 2 Daniil Medvedev and two-times grand-slam champion Victoria Azarenka would not be permitted to appear this summer in an attempt to “limit Russia’s global influence through the strongest means possible”.Wimbledon’s decision, which is the first of its kind in the sport, prompted an angry response from leading figures within the sport, including the world No 1 Novak Djokovic and the former Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova as well as the tennis authorities.Medvedev, the world No 2, will miss the tournament after months of talks between organisers and the governmentJOHN WALTON/PA WIRESpeaking after winning his first-round match at the Serbian Open in Belgrade, Djokovic said: “I will always condemn war. I will | Tennis |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Academy Award-winning film director Paul Haggis was detained in Italy on Sunday under investigation of allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman, Italian news media said, quoting local prosecutors.Haggis, 69, has been in Italy for a film festival that begins on Tuesday in Ostuni, a tourist town in Puglia, the region that forms the "heel" of the Italian peninsula.The news agency LaPresse, and several other Italian media, carried a written statement from prosecutors in the nearby city of Brindisi that they were investigating allegations a "young foreign woman" was forced to have "non-consensual" sexual relations over two days.Prosecutors Antonio Negro and Livia Orlando, who are conducting the investigation, said in the statement that the woman was "forced to seek medical care" following the sexual relations. Paul Haggis attends the 19th Monte-Carlo Film Festival De La Comedie at Grimaldi Forum on April 30, 2022 in Monaco, Monaco. (Daniele Venturelli)After a couple of days "of non-consensual relations, the woman was accompanied by the man" to Brindisi airport on Sunday and "was left there at dawn despite (her) precarious physical and psychological conditions."The Brindisi prosecutors' office was closed on Sunday. Haggis’s attorney didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERProsecutors said airport staff and police noticed her "obvious confused state" and after lending initial treatment, took her to Brindisi's police headquarters, where officers accompanied her to a local hospital for examination.Authorities said they weren't authorized to give out information about the case, including whether Haggis was being held at the police station or at a hotel or other lodging.Prosecutors also were quoted as saying that the woman "formalized her complaint and cited circumstances which were subsequently looked into for confirmation by investigators." They didn't cite her nationality or age.Haggis won an Oscar in 2006 for best original screenplay for "Crash."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAP News contributed to this report. Tracy Wright is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. | Movies |
Wimbledon’s ban on players from Russia and Belarus at this summer’s championships was prompted by fears of the Duchess of Cambridge having to present a trophy to a player from those countries — and in doing so handing a propaganda coup to Vladimir Putin.Kate Middleton is the royal patron of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) and would be expected to present trophies to the men’s and ladies’ singles winners, especially given that this year’s tournament, taking place from June 27 to July 10, marks the centenary celebrations of Centre Court.The prospect of pictures of the duchess being used as propaganda material by the Russian government at a time when the war in Ukraine is still likely to be going on — | Tennis |
Daniil Medvedev, the world No 1 tennis player, could face a ban from Wimbledon unless he provides public assurances that he is not a supporter of President Putin.Nigel Huddleston, the sports minister, told a hearing of the digital, culture, media and sport select committee today that the government would only allow individual athletes from Russia or Belarus to compete in events in the UK if they received assurances that the individual was not linked to the Russian or Belarusian states or their leaders.The All England Club is showing increasing concern behind the scenes about the optics of allowing players from Russia and Belarus to play in this summer’s tennis championships while the invasion of Ukraine could still be going on.The Times understands | Tennis |
Take a stroll through the Chinatown Summer Fair. July 30-31.Courtesy Special Events Management - chicagoevents.com It’s festival season! There’s no better way to spend summer than with local bites, brews and tunes at festivals across Chicago. Each neighborhood has something unique to offer, from music on the lawn to a foodie’s paradise. Make the most of summer by attending some of our favorite fests in and around Chicago: JuneDo Division Street Fest: Enjoy live music from 30 bands, food, local art vendors, family fun, fashion shows and more. June 3-5. Division St. from Damen Ave. to Leavitt St. $10 suggested donation; do-divisionstreetfest.com Pivot Arts Festival: The showcase features dance, theater, opera, music, film and more from artists who have demonstrated creativity and resilience. June 10-18. The Edge Theater, 5451 N. Broadway St. Tickets $10-$35; pivotarts.orgOld Town Art Fair: Discover 200+ art vendors, live music, a garden walk, family-friendly activities and more in the Old Town Triangle District. June 11-12. 1763 N. North Park Ave. $12 suggested donation; oldtownartfair.org Ravenswood on Tap: Sip on a selection of beverages from breweries and distilleries across the iconic Malt Row community, like Half Acre, KOVAL Distillery and more. Food trucks, axe throwing and live music are also on tap. June 11-12. Ravenswood Ave. and Berteau Ave. Suggested donation; ravenswoodchicago.org Wells Street Art Festival: Visit the happening Wells Street corridor in Old Town to shop a selection of artists and 20+ food & drink vendors, enjoy music, entertainment and family fun. June 11-12. Wells St. from North Ave. to Division St. $8 suggested donation; wellsstreetartfest.us Artists of the Wall Festival: Over 150 murals are painted each year on the sea wall at Loyola Beach to celebrate community and creativity. Listen to 12 live bands and watch this year’s theme, “World of Tomorrow,” come to life. June 18-19. Loyola Beach, 1230 W. Greenleaf Ave. Suggested donation; loyolapark.org Chicago Pride Fest: Celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with live music, DJs, drag shows, food & drink, 100+ art vendors and more. June 18-19. Halsted St. and Waveland Ave. $15 suggested donation; chicagoevents.com Festival on the Square: Theatre performances, live music and more showcase Black creativity on Juneteenth. Special guest performers include Melody Angel Ayodele Drum & Dance. June 19. Zhou B Art Center, 1029 W 35th St. Free; congosquaretheatre.org River North Live Music Festival: The inaugural riverfront festival kicks off with a three-day event. Headliners include The Calling, Emo Night Brooklyn, Michigander and Baysik. June 24-26. River Park at theMART, 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza. Tickets $10-12; rivernorthlive.com Strawberry Festival: Get your strawberry fix with sauces, jams, smoothies and more. Carnival rides, complimentary children’s activities and live music will go on all weekend. June 24-26. Historic Downtown Long Grove, 308 Old McHenry Rd., Long Grove. Free for children 12 and under, $5 for adults; longgrove.org Friday Night Flights: Sample craft beers from the South Side, the West Side and the North Side in Bridgeport, the Chicago Brewing District and Ravenswood. June 24, Aug. 26 and Sept. 16. Citywide. Tickets $25; chicagofridaynightflights.com Tap into your inner child at Lincolnwood Fest’s old-time carnival. July 28-31.Courtesy Special Events Management - chicagoevents.com JulyAfrican/Caribbean International Festival of Life: Celebrate the 4th of July at this vibrant Hyde Park festival with fabulous food, family fun, reggae, R&B, jazz and more. July 2-4. Washington Park, 55th St. and Cottage Grove Ave. Free for children 12 and under, $20-$175 for adults; internationalfestivaloflife.com Rogers Park Music & Art Fest: Tune in to the diverse music and art scene of Rogers Park. Headliners include Sarah Potenza, Satellite Union and Choctaw Wildfire. July 8-9. Flatts & Sharpe Music, 6749 N. Sheridan Rd. Free; flattsandsharpe.com Square Roots: Craft beer and unique tunes flow freely at this Lincoln Square festival. Headliners include Bob Mould, Guided by Voices and Dehd. Grab a brew from Half Acre, Dovetail Brewery, Begyle Brewing Co. and more. July 8-10. Lincoln Ave. from Montrose Ave. to Wilson Ave. $5-$10 suggested donation; squareroots.org Southport Art Fest: Explore art of many mediums and interactive kid-friendly activities right down the road from Wrigley Field. July 9-10. Waveland Ave. and Southport Ave. Free; starevents.com West Loop Summer Fest: Dip your toes in the sand as you enjoy tropical jams, yacht-rock and refreshments from local vendors. July 9-10. Washington Blvd. and Sangamon St. $10 suggested donation; chicagoevents.com Horner Brew Fest: Sample over 40 beers, eat at local food trucks and catch live tunes while supporting sustainability initiatives on the North Side. July 15. Horner Park, 2741 W. Montrose Ave. Tickets $10-$45; hornerbrewfest.org Taste of Lincoln Avenue: Grab a bite from local food vendors and explore arts & crafts, main stage music and fun for the whole family. July 22-24. N. Lincoln Ave. from Fullerton Pkwy. to Wrightwood Ave. $10 entry; chicagoevents.com Wicker Park Fest: This music-centric festival features a lineup handpicked by Subterranean, local eats, retail and art. July 22-24. Milwaukee Ave. from North Ave. to Paulina St. $10 suggested donation; wickerparkfest.com Fiesta Del Sol: The eight-block Latinx festival features a Ferris wheel, over 100 vendors, tacos, tamales and two entertainment stages for its 50th anniversary. July 28-31. Cermak Rd. from Ashland Ave. to Morgan St. Tickets $55+; fiestadelsol.org Lincolnwood Fest: Live music, old-time carnival rides and games, food & drink, family fun and more return to the annual community festival. July 28-31. Proesel Park, 6915 N. Kostner Ave., Lincolnwood. Free; lincolnwoodil.org Chinatown Summer Fair: The 43rd annual festival will feature performances, artisans, family activities and Asian cuisine to celebrate Far East culture. July 30-31. Wentworth Ave. from Cermak Ave. to 24th Pl. Free; ccc-foundation.org Grab a brew or two at one of the city’s beer festivals.Courtesy Special Events Management - chicagoevents.com, Steven E Gross August through Labor DayDancing in the Streets: Bring your dancing shoes, jam to bands and cool down with refreshments from the Chicago Brewing District. Aug. 5. Hubbard St. from Paulina St. to Wood St. $10 suggested donation; westtownchamber.org Northalsted Market Days: Hop around Halsted to peruse performances across six stages, 250+ vendors, food & drink, DJs, dancing and more. Aug. 6-7. Halsted St. from Belmont to Addison. $15 suggested donation; northalsted.com Illinois State Fair: The fairgrounds feature rides, attractions, competitions, food, music, horse racing and more. Attend concerts at the Grandstand for an additional cost. Headliners include Sam Hunt, Demi Lovato, Willie Nelson & Family and Shaggy & TLC. Aug. 11-21. Illinois State Fairgrounds, 801 Sangamon Ave., Springfield. Free for children 12 and under, $3-$10 for adults; illinois.gov Clark After Dark: Food, drink, music and more will light up the annual River North block party in appreciation of Illinois’ military personnel. Aug. 18. Hubbard St. from Clark St. to LaSalle St. Tickets $10+; starevents.com Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest: Shop from over 120 art vendors, view art demonstrations, listen to live music and indulge in street food and craft beer in Rogers Park. Aug. 19-21. Glenwood Avenue Arts District, Glenwood Ave. and Morse Ave. Free; glenwoodave.org Oak Park Microbrew Review: Drink sustainably from an array of local craft breweries at this zero-waste festival. Aug. 20. Marion St. from Lake St. to Pleasant St., Oak Park. Tickets $60-$250; sevengenerationsahead.org Chalk Howard Street: All are welcome to decorate Howard Street with chalk drawings, appreciate chalk artistry and explore the shops and cuisines of Rogers Park. Aug. 27. Howard St. from Paulina St. to Ashland Ave. Free; howardstreetchicago.com Port Clinton Art Festival: Downtown Highland Park hosts 260 artists from around the country, live music and food from neighborhood spots. Aug 27-28. 600 Central Ave., Highland Park. Free; portclintonartfestival.com Rockin’ in the Park: This free concert series features tribute bands galore and a fireworks show. Highlights include Departure, Yachtley Crew, Deadfest and Elton Rohn. Through Sept. 1. Parkway Bank Park, 5501 Park Pl., Rosemont. Free; rosemont.com Chicago Jazz Festival: Get jazzy at the return of this beloved festival. Concerts will pop up in Millennium park and across Chicago neighborhoods. Sept. 1-4. Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion, Michigan and Randolph and citywide. Free; chicagojazzfestival.us Satisfy your tastebuds at Taste of Chicago. June 11, 18 & 25 and July 8-10. City of Chicago, Patrick L. Pyszka The Best Foodie FestsTaste of Chicago: Explore Chicago cuisine at the ultimate foodie and music festival. Pop-ups will grace three neighborhoods — Austin, Pullman and Little Village — in June and the traditional three-day festival will take place in July. June 11, 18 & 25 and July 8-10. Grant Park, 337 E. Randolph St. and citywide. Free; tasteofchicago.us Roscoe Village Burger Fest: Dig in to some of Chicago’s best burgers as you relish in live music and family fun. Attendees get to vote for Chicago’s Best Burger. July 15-17. Belmont Ave. and Damen Ave. $10 suggested donation; chicagoevents.com Taco Crawl: Clark Street restaurants are serving up the finest tacos in Rogers Park at this community-focused event. July 21. Clark St. from Devon Ave. to Rogers Ave. Tickets $20-$30; rpba.org Pizza City Fest: Pizza fanatics will gain access to 10 different types of all-you-can-eat pizza from 40 pizza makers, panels and seminars, merchants, music and more. July 23-24. Plumbers Hall, 1395 W. Randolph St. Tickets $59-$249; pizzacityfest.com Festa Italiana: Savor Italian cuisine, wine, music and more. And, don’t miss the meatball eating contest on Saturday! Aug. 5-7. Naperville Settlement, 523 S. Webster St., Naperville. Free for children 12 and under, $5-$25 for adults; starevents.com Ribfest Chicago: Ribs, ribs and more ribs! Enjoy beer, entertainment and family fun as you snack on a slab. Aug. 19-21. Lincoln Ave., Irving Park Rd. and Damen Ave. Suggested donation; ribfest-chicago.com Taste of Greektown: Delight in Mediterranean flavors from Greektown eateries and celebrate Greek culture with live music and games. Aug 26-28. Halsted St. from Van Buren St. to Adams St. Suggested donation; tasteofgreektown.comChicago Food Truck Festival: Grab lunch every Friday from an assortment of Chicago’s finest food trucks. Through Oct. 7. Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St. Free; thedaleycenter.com | Festivals |
Helen Kirbo By Danielle Chelosky Listening to Ethel Cain’s songs can feel imminent and intense, like being struck with a revelation or watching a massive hurricane roll in. There’s a sense that nothing will be the same afterward. Hayden Silas Anhedönia — the eccentric artist who brings a country twang and a sharp, emo-rap edge to the indie-pop project — has a knack for stretching ephemeral moments of awe into large sensory experiences. She takes that to the next level with Preacher’s Daughter, which despite being her debut full-length, can’t be described as anything but her opus. Over an hour long, it is as cinematic and visceral as a horror film. The album focuses on a teenage runaway, an idea Anhedönia compares to Thelma & Louise because it has an “all-American tale vibe with some fables and proverbs along the way,” she says over Zoom about a month before the release. Anhedönia’s art is a complicated reckoning. The 24-year-old grew up in a religious family in Florida. Her dad was a deacon, and she and her siblings were homeschooled. She came out as gay at age 12, left to live on her own after turning 18, and began to accept her identity as a transgender woman around 20. The music she began making during this period of self-discovery turned her alienation into power. Wicca Phase Springs Eternal — the emo-rap project of Adam McIlwee, who founded the music collective Goth Boi Clique that nurtured Lil Tracy and the late icon Lil Peep — stumbled upon her work and was immediately pulled in. “I saw Ethel’s name on a Nicole Dollangager flyer in 2019 and decided to listen to her music, probably because I thought she had a good name,” McIlwee shares via email. “I couldn’t believe how mature of an artist she seemed at such an early stage in her career — her voice and lyrics were already very good, and her branding and aesthetic already seemed to be fully formed, which is so rare for an artist with only a handful of songs.” He introduced her to fellow emo-rap prodigy Lil Aaron, who runs the label Hazheart Records, and he helped her out with releasing the music to a new audience. Since then, she has released two EPs, 2019’s Golden Age and last year’s Inbred. Reverberating, spectral sounds and poetic lyricism imbued the collections with hypnotic atmospheres. Both featured two collaborators: Inbred invited Wicca Phase onto the sprawling eight-minute track “God’s Country” and Lil Aaron on the coruscating ballad “Michelle Pfeiffer.” After being laid off from her job at a nail salon due to financial hardships caused by the pandemic, Anhedönia signed a record deal in August 2020 with Prescription Songs. In the midst of all this, Anhedönia was building Preacher’s Daughter, which features no one but herself. “I started working on it when I was like 19,” she says. “It seems like forever ago, but I would just kind of work on it here and there.” It’s set in 1991, when “my mom was the same age that I am now,” she explains. “I really wanted to explore ’90s nostalgia with her and work my way back up through the decades for the future albums as we go back up the family tree.” This album is a part of a trilogy that follows three generations of women, but chronologically it’s not the first — it’s the last, centering on the youngest of the bunch. “I’ve always had a love for the ’90s even though I was barely present for it. All the TVs in my house are old box TVs. I only watch VHS tapes and some DVDs. I think I’m just permanently stuck in the past because childhood is, you know, the purest time of your life.” Helen Kirbo“I remember being a kid and being very sheltered, very Christian, very closed off to the outside world. I remember I would go to my grandparents’ house and see a crime show on TV or I would see a scandalous movie poster on the side of the Movie Gallery,” she says. “We would drive through downtown and I remember those little glimpses into the real world through this very sheltered bubble that I was in. They were life-changing.” The Ethel Cain character is reclusive. Though she uses social media, her posts are cryptic and brief, never giving too much of herself away. She refuses to move to a city, or really anywhere beyond the rural South; as we Zoom, she sits in her Alabama home, which she describes as “completely isolated.” But she still fantasizes about disappearing even more: “I really look forward to building a house somewhere out in the middle of nowhere, and I might not even put Wi-Fi in it,” she contemplates aloud. This elusiveness heightens the impact of her music, lending the songs the texture of a prophecy. It brings to mind the resonance of Neutral Milk Hotel’s 1998 masterwork In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, which was increasingly cult-followed and adored as bandleader Jeff Mangum, who’s also a masterful storyteller, went into hiding afterward. She is unafraid to carve out space in music for herself and go all in with what she creates. It isn’t the kind of music that’s easy to forget. It lingers and haunts like a ghost. The sound is often brooding and hallucinogenic; sometimes it’s flat-out scary, with bone-chilling instrumentals that sound like floating through the ether untethered, until Anhedönia’s shimmering vocals come back in as a guiding force. Other times, like in “Sun Bleached Flies” or “American Teenager,” a blinding brightness soars through the songs among celebratory synths and bouncy rhythms. Epiphanies flicker within vivid scenes and unbridled emotions regardless of the sonic palette. In grappling with her Southern upbringing, she doesn’t hesitate to dig into the lows. Drugs, violence, and death animate her lyrics, though not without criticism. “I’ve been accused of being a white nationalist, racist, Republican, right-winger, redneck, the whole slew of it,” she says. But she knows her vision is on the right track. “You have a lot of backward-thinking, ignorant people in the South, that’s very true,” she admits. “But you also have some of the most diverse cultures that never get any spotlight. I’m not trying to glorify the racist, violent aspects of the South that it’s known for. I want to tell the tales of people who are suffering from that, because there are a lot of people here who don’t agree with that and don’t believe in that and you never really hear about them.” She aims to dive into the “dark side of patriotism,” and the power that the American dream holds over people despite the fact that it will likely “do nothing but get you killed, leave a hole in your family, and put money in [the government’s] pocket,” she says. But the misunderstanding and misconstruing of her art are inevitable, only contributing to her drive to get further off the grid. She’s continuing to grow, cultivating a devoted fanbase — or, more accurately speaking, stanbase — on Twitter. She is on the aforementioned Prescription Songs, the major label founded by disgraced producer Dr. Luke, about which she has said: “I am completely oblivious to most things in the industry [...] All I can say is I stay in my bubble and do my work.” Sacrifice was necessary to bring Preacher’s Daughter to life, though, judging by the music, it’s surprising that it wasn’t something more intense and ritualistic like human sacrifice. But it has all been paying off. “Everything has its pros and cons,” she expounds. “I’m very neurotic about my vision. I really want it to be as close to what I see in my head as possible. Otherwise, you know, why bother trying? I’m gonna go for what my original vision was, and a lot of times that requires a lot of money. And the only way to make a lot of money as an artist is to become successful. So I just bit that bullet and was like, it’s going to be hard and it’s going to be stressful. But it’s all for the art.” Pop Electronic Music | Music |
Over the past three months, as the tennis tour travelled through Europe and the clay season endured, one men’s contender was missing throughout. Matteo Berrettini underwent surgery on a finger, forcing him to spend his days on the sidelines as the rest of the tour rolled on.Coming back from injury and quickly regaining the form of old can be one of the biggest challenges a tennis player faces, but upon his return on his favourite surface, Berrettini has made it look easy. He has marked himself as one of the top Wimbledon contenders once more. On Sunday afternoon Berrettini won the cinch Championships for the second year running, defeating the unseeded Filip Krajinovic 7-5, 6-4 in the final.Berrettini joins a revered list of names to successfully defend their Queen’s Club title, all of whom have reached world No 1: Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt, Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe.Despite his absence, Berrettini has returned with a nine-match winning streak on the surface, surprising himself by winning Stuttgart last week with a victory over Murray in the final, and then carrying his momentum into Queen’s. “The last thing I expected was to come back from surgery and win two titles in a row,” he said.Last year Berrettini was one of the highlights of a golden Italian sporting summer, rising to reach his first career grand slam final at Wimbledon where he lost in four sets to Novak Djokovic. Berrettini is an all-court player whose big serve and forehand are destructive in any arena.He has thrived on all surfaces in turn, reaching the semi-final of all four grand slam tournaments. But at a time when many younger players have struggled to replicate their top results on grass, Berrettini has found his home on the surface.With his victory, the 26-year-old is now 20-1 on grass since the start of last season and he is 32-3 (91%) on grass since 2019. Even with his success on all surfaces and the few tournaments on grass, five of Berrettini’s 10 ATP finals and four of his seven titles have now come on grass courts.Quick GuideHow do I sign up for sport breaking news alerts?ShowDownload the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhones or the Google Play store on Android phones by searching for 'The Guardian'.If you already have the Guardian app, make sure you’re on the most recent version.In the Guardian app, tap the yellow button at the bottom right, then go to Settings (the gear icon), then Notifications.Turn on sport notifications.Unlike many of his countrymen, who often lean towards clay and then hard courts, much of Berrettini’s game seems built for this surface. His destructive weapons are complemented by an excellent one-handed backhand slice, which he learned as a teenager when he struggled with an injury to his left wrist, he has delicate hands with his drop shots and he is capable at the net.In Halle, the only other ATP 500 event on grass, Hubert Hurkacz defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 6-4 to win his first grass court title. Ons Jabeur also bolstered her status as a Wimbledon contender after Belinda Bencic retired with a foot injury. Jabeur was leading 6-3, 2-1.Jabeur will next head to Eastbourne where she will pair up with Serena Williams in the doubles event. Williams continued her own preparations for her comeback by training with Frances Tiafoe on Sunday. | Tennis |
Amber Heard was spotted bargain-hunting with her sister this week as ratings from her NBC interview drew a season low. The Aquaman actress was seen shopping at a TJ Maxx in Bridgehampton, New York, Thursday afternoon, according to TMZ. The sisters reportedly had a cart full of clothes, but it is not clear what they purchased. Earlier this month, a Fairfax, Virginia, jury found that the Aquaman actress defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp, ordering her to pay the actor damages amounting to $15 million. While Heard has said she plans to appeal, testimony during the trial has placed a spotlight on her financial difficulties. WATCH: AMBER HEARD IS SCARED TO SPEAK. THAT’S WHAT A ‘DEFAMATION LAWSUIT IS MEANT TO DO’ Heard spoke out this week in an interview that aired in portions on the Today show concerning the defamation trial, calling the outcome and experience unfair while also saying the outcome has made her not want to share her thoughts out of fear she could be sued again. The interview aired on NBC's Dateline Friday, drawing the show’s second-smallest audience since November, with 2.3 million total viewers and a 0.2 demo rating for a season low, according to TV Line. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER In addition to awarding Depp compensatory and punitive damages, the Virginia jury also found that Depp defamed Heard with a statement made by his former lawyer, Adam Waldman. | Celebrity |
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events, starting Monday. FINA members widely adopted a new “gender inclusion policy” on Sunday that only permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events. The organization also proposed an “open competition category.”“This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by the age of 12. It’s what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair,” James Pearce, who is the spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, told The Associated Press.“They’re not saying everyone should transition by age 11, that’s ridiculous. You can’t transition by that age in most countries and hopefully you wouldn’t be encouraged to. Basically, what they’re saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage.”Pearce confirmed there are currently no transgender women competing in elite levels of swimming. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health just lowered its recommended minimum age for starting gender transition hormone treatment to 14 and some surgeries to 15 or 17.FINA’s new 24-page policy also includes proposals for a new “open competition” category. The organization said it was setting up “a new working group that will spend the next six months looking at the most effective ways to set up this new category.”Pearce told the AP that the open competition would most likely mean more events, but those details still need to be worked out.“No one quite knows how this is going to work. And we need to include a lot of different people, including transgender athletes, to work out how it would work," he said. "So there are no details of how that would work. The open category is something that will start being discussed tomorrow.”The members voted 71.5% in favor at the organization’s extraordinary general congress after hearing presentations from three specialist groups — an athlete group, a science and medicine group and a legal and human rights group — that had been working together to form the policy following recommendations given by the International Olympic Committee last November.The IOC urged shifting the focus from individual testosterone levels and calling for evidence to prove when a performance advantage existed.FINA said it recognizes "that some individuals and groups may be uncomfortable with the use of medical and scientific terminology related to sex and sex-linked traits (but) some use of sensitive terminology is needed to be precise about the sex characteristics that justify separate competition categories.”In March, Lia Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship, the 500-yard freestyle. Thomas said last month on ABC’s “Good Morning America" that she was aiming to become an Olympic swimmer. She also disputed those who say she has an unfair biological edge that ruins the integrity of women’s athletics, saying “trans women are not a threat to women’s sports.”The University of Pennsylvania didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Thomas.Other sports have also been examining their rules around transgender athletes. On Thursday, cycling’s governing body updated its eligibility rules for transgender athletes with stricter limits that will force riders to wait longer before they can compete. The International Cycling Union (UCI) increased the transition period on low testosterone to two years, and lowered the maximum accepted level of testosterone. The previous transition period was 12 months but the UCI said recent scientific studies show that “the awaited adaptations in muscle mass and muscle strength/power” among athletes who have made a transition from male to female takes at least two years.———More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP—Sports | Swimming |
Water Polo - FINA Women's Water Polo World League Super Final 2021 - Semi Final - USA v Russia - Olympic Indoor Pool, Athens, Greece - June 18, 2021 General view during the match REUTERS/Costas BaltasRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJune 19 (Reuters) - World swimming's governing body FINA on Sunday voted for new eligibility rules that restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's competitions.The policy is the strictest from any Olympic sports body and effectively bars any transgender women who have gone through male puberty from competing in women's events.FINA also agreed to work towards establishing an "open" category for some events that would ensure all swimmers would have the chance to compete.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comThe decision means that swimmers such as American Lia Thomas will not be able to compete in world championships or the Olympics.University of Pennsylvania swimmer Thomas became the first transgender NCAA champion in Division I history after winning the women's 500-yard freestyle earlier this year.The success of Thomas, who competed on Pennsylvania's men's team for three years before transitioning and setting multiple programme records with the women's team, provoked a wide-ranging debate about the issues of inclusivity and competitive fairness in swimming and sport in general.Here is the background to FINA's decision and why this ruling is important to the world of sport:WHY DID FINA TAKE THIS DECISION?There have been growing calls from former swimmers and coaches for the governing body to restrict the participation of transgender women in the sport, which intensified after Thomas's success at the U.S. college championships.Those who campaigned for change argued that people who have gone through male puberty have physical advantages and therefore women's competition needed to be protected.Supporters of trans participation argue that not enough research has been done into the question of whether trans women have any advantage. Groups such as Athlete Ally have stated that FINA's new policy is "discriminatory, harmful, unscientific".IS THIS A BAN ON ALL TRANSGENDER SWIMMERS IN COMPETITION?The ruling only applies to elite competitions run by FINA, such as their world championships, and competitions where FINA sets the eligibility criteria - primarily the Olympic Games. It also impacts on who is eligible to set a world record in women's swimming.It does not necessarily apply to national or regional competitions or lower-level meets. National federations could apply their own criteria for their competitions.The ruling also only impacts on transgender athletes in women's competitions. Female-to-male transgender athletes(transgender men) will continue to be eligible to compete in men's races without any restriction.The creation of an 'open category', details of which have yet to be worked out, would also create a space for transgender women to compete.WHAT EVIDENCE DID FINA PRODUCE BEFORE MAKING THIS DECISION?The new FINA policy came out of a working group that had three components - an Athlete Group, a science and medicine group and a legal and human rights group, which FINA says studied "the best available statistical, scientific, and medical evidence concerning sex differences in sports performance, and any associated male sex-based advantage".FINA said the Science Group was comprised of "independent experts in the fields of physiology, endocrinology, and human performance, including specialists in sex differences in human performance and in transgender medicine."Delegates to the FINA congress in Budapest were told by members of the group that the evidence showed that going through male puberty gave trans women swimmers a physical advantage that remained even after hormone treatment as part of their transition.WHAT IS THE POSITION OF OTHER SPORTS?In November, the International Olympic Committee issued a 'framework' on the issue, leaving eligibility decisions up to individual sports bodies, but adding that "until evidence determines otherwise, athletes should not be deemed to have an unfair or disproportionate competitive advantage due to their sex variations, physical appearance and/or transgender status".Last year, New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics in a different gender category than assigned at birth.Many sports bodies have allowed transgender women to compete in women's events if they have lowered their testosterone levels to a certain point.Last week, the International Cycling Union (UCI) tightened its rules by increasing the transition period for lower testosterone from 12 months to two years and halving the maximum level to 2.5 nmol/L. read more The FINA ruling could increase pressure for similar moves inside other sports.CAN THE DECISION BE CHALLENGED?The normal route for challenging the rulings of international sports bodies is through the Court of Arbitration for Sport, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Other sports will be watching any legal moves with keen interest.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Simon Evans
Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. | Swimming |
Over the past three months, as the tennis tour travelled through Europe and the clay season endured, one men’s contender was missing throughout. Matteo Berrettini underwent surgery on a finger, forcing him to spend his days on the sidelines as the rest of the tour rolled on.Coming back from injury and quickly regaining the form of old can be one of the biggest challenges a tennis player faces but on his return on his favourite surface, Berrettini has made it look easy. He has marked himself as a top Wimbledon contender once more. On Sunday afternoon Berrettini won the cinch Championships for the second year running, defeating the unseeded Filip Krajinovic 7-5, 6-4 in the final.Berrettini joins a revered list of names to defend their Queen’s Club title successfully, all of whom have reached world No 1: Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt, Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe.Despite his clay absence Berrettini has returned with a nine-match winning streak on the surface, surprising himself by winning Stuttgart last week with a victory over Murray in the final and then carrying his momentum into Queen’s. “The last thing I expected was to come back from surgery and win two titles in a row,” he said.Last year Berrettini was one of the highlights of a golden Italian sporting summer, rising to reach his first career grand slam final at Wimbledon, where he lost in four sets to Novak Djokovic. Berrettini is an all-court player whose big serve and forehand are destructive in any arena.He has thrived on all surfaces in turn, reaching the semi-final of all four grand slam tournaments. But at a time when many younger players have struggled to replicate their top results on grass, Berrettini has found his home on the surface.With his victory the 26-year-old is now 20-1 on grass since the start of last season and he is 32-3 (91%) on grass since 2019. Even with his success on all surfaces and the few tournaments on grass, five of Berrettini’s 10 ATP finals and four of his seven titles have now come on grass courts.Quick GuideHow do I sign up for sport breaking news alerts?ShowDownload the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhones or the Google Play store on Android phones by searching for 'The Guardian'.If you already have the Guardian app, make sure you’re on the most recent version.In the Guardian app, tap the yellow button at the bottom right, then go to Settings (the gear icon), then Notifications.Turn on sport notifications.Unlike many of his compatriots, who often lean towards clay and then hard courts, much of Berrettini’s game seems built for this surface. His destructive weapons are complemented by an excellent one-handed backhand slice, which he learned as a teenager when he struggled with an injury to his left wrist, he has delicate hands with his drop shots and he is capable at the net.In Halle, the only other ATP 500 event on grass, Hubert Hurkacz defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 6-4 to win his first grass court title. Ons Jabeur also bolstered her status as a Wimbledon contender after Belinda Bencic retired with a foot injury. Jabeur was leading 6-3, 2-1.Jabeur will next head to Eastbourne where she will pair up with Serena Williams in the doubles event. Williams continued her own preparations for her comeback by training with Frances Tiafoe on Sunday. | Tennis |
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president has asked people to be patient after the price of the cryptocurrency fell below $20,000 — less than half the price the government paid.According to the tracking site nayibtracker.com, El Salvador under President Nayib Bukele’s administration has spent about $105 million on Bitcoin, starting last September and paying an average of almost $46,000 per coin. The value of that investment in the currency, also known as “BTC,” is now calculated to have fallen by over 57%, or around $61 million.“I see that some people are worried or anxious about the #Bitcoin market price,” Bukele wrote in his Twitter account late Saturday. “My advice: stop looking at the graph and enjoy life. If you invested in #BTC your investment is safe and its value will immensely grow after the bear market.”“Patience is the key,” the president wrote.On Tuesday, when a Bitcoin publication crowed that El Salvador has lost “only” $40 million on its investment, Bukele tweeted with apparent incredulity: “You’re telling me we should buy more #BTC?”Bukele became the first leader in the world to make the cryptocurrency legal tender last year and was a devoted booster at least up to May, when he boasted of “buying the dip” in the currency’s price. But the coin has slid further since then. Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya sought to put a good face on the situation Wednesday in an interview with a local television station, saying that because El Salvador hasn’t sold any of its Bitcoins, it hasn’t really suffered any loss.“When they tell me that El Salvador’s budgetary risk has increased because of the supposed loss, that loss doesn’t exist,” Zelaya said. “That must be made clear, because we have not sold.”However, most companies and governments do write down the value of what accountants call an “unrealized loss,” even if they don’t sell the distressed asset. Zelaya also insisted the Bitcoin slide doesn’t matter very much for El Salvador, saying that “this doesn’t even represent 0.5% of our budget.”That might prove a hard sell in a country where about one-fifth of the people live on less than $5.50 per day.In January, El Salvador rejected a recommendation by the International Monetary Fund to drop Bitcoin as legal tender. Zelaya said at the time that “no international organization is going to make us do anything, anything at all,” calling it an issue of “sovereignty.” The IMF recommended that El Salvador dissolve the $150 million trust fund it created when it made the cryptocurrency legal tender and return any of those unused funds to its treasury.The IMF cited concerns about the volatility of Bitcoin prices, and the possibility of criminals using the cryptocurrency.Bukele has touted Bitcoin as a way to significantly increase financial inclusion, drawing millions of people who previously lacked bank accounts into the financial system. He has also spoken of the parallel tourism promotion targeting Bitcoin enthusiasts.Bukele led the push to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar. El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly made the country the first to do so in June 2021. | Latin America Economy |
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events, starting Monday. FINA members widely adopted a new “gender inclusion policy” on Sunday that only permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events. The organization also proposed an “open competition category.”“This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by the age of 12. It’s what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair,” James Pearce, who is the spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, told The Associated Press.“They’re not saying everyone should transition by age 11, that’s ridiculous. You can’t transition by that age in most countries and hopefully you wouldn’t be encouraged to. Basically, what they’re saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage.”Pearce confirmed there are currently no transgender women competing in elite levels of swimming. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health just lowered its recommended minimum age for starting gender transition hormone treatment to 14 and some surgeries to 15 or 17.FINA’s new 24-page policy also includes proposals for a new “open competition” category. The organization said it was setting up “a new working group that will spend the next six months looking at the most effective ways to set up this new category.”Pearce told the AP that the open competition would most likely mean more events, but those details still need to be worked out.“No one quite knows how this is going to work. And we need to include a lot of different people, including transgender athletes, to work out how it would work,” he said. “So there are no details of how that would work. The open category is something that will start being discussed tomorrow.”The members voted 71.5% in favor at the organization’s extraordinary general congress after hearing presentations from three specialist groups — an athlete group, a science and medicine group and a legal and human rights group — that had been working together to form the policy following recommendations given by the International Olympic Committee last November.The IOC urged shifting the focus from individual testosterone levels and calling for evidence to prove when a performance advantage existed.FINA said it recognizes “that some individuals and groups may be uncomfortable with the use of medical and scientific terminology related to sex and sex-linked traits (but) some use of sensitive terminology is needed to be precise about the sex characteristics that justify separate competition categories.”In March, Lia Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship, the 500-yard freestyle. Thomas said last month on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that she was aiming to become an Olympic swimmer. She also disputed those who say she has an unfair biological edge that ruins the integrity of women’s athletics, saying “trans women are not a threat to women’s sports.”The University of Pennsylvania didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from Thomas.Other sports have also been examining their rules around transgender athletes. On Thursday, cycling’s governing body updated its eligibility rules for transgender athletes with stricter limits that will force riders to wait longer before they can compete. The International Cycling Union (UCI) increased the transition period on low testosterone to two years, and lowered the maximum accepted level of testosterone. The previous transition period was 12 months but the UCI said recent scientific studies show that “the awaited adaptations in muscle mass and muscle strength/power” among athletes who have made a transition from male to female takes at least two years.___More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | Swimming |
Swimming's world governing body, FINA, voted on Sunday to restrict transgender athletes' participation in elite women's competitions. Transgender athletes must have completed their transition by the age of 12 in order to qualify to compete in women's events under the new policy that will go into place on Monday, as reported by BBC. GERMANY FALLS BACK ON COAL AS RUSSIA SLOWS GAS SUPPLY TO EUROPE "FINA's approach in drafting this policy was comprehensive, science-based and inclusive, and, importantly, FINA's approach emphasized competitive fairness," Brent Nowicki, the governing body's executive director, told BBC. The new policy, which was approved by 71% of FINA's national federation members, aims to establish an "open" category for transgender athletes to compete in. Transgender athletes' participation in women's competitions has become a major topic of debate in the sporting world in recent years. In 2020, World Rugby banned transgender women from international competitions, becoming the first international federation to do so. University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas has been a recent target of scrutiny after the athlete became the first transgender NCAA champion in Division I history earlier this year, winning the women's 500-yard freestyle. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Thomas, who has expressed hopes of competing for a spot in the Olympics, will be barred from participating in the women's category under the new policy. | Swimming |
Charlie Sheen Denise Convinced Me ... I'm Down with Sami Joining OnlyFans 6/19/2022 6:17 AM PT Charlie Sheen has done an about-face with daughter Sami ... now saying he's withdrawing his objections to her OnlyFans account. Charlie was initially pissed off that the 18-year-old joined the X-rated site, but his ex-wife proved persuasive in changing his mind. Denise Richards supported Sami's decision from the jump, but Charlie begged to differ. He's now changed his mind saying, "Denise has illuminated a variety of salient points, that in my haste I overlooked and dismissed," this according to Us Weekly. Sami's dad went on ... "Now more than ever, it’s essential that Sami have a united parental front to rely upon, as she embarks on this new adventure. From this moment forward, she’ll have it abundantly." Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. It's interesting ... Denise and Sami haven't gotten along during much of the time Sami was growing up, and Charlie and Denise had a rocky relationship at best, but now they're presenting a united front ... this after Sami made it clear, she's now an adult and can make her own decisions. Charlie's daughter announced that she would be joining the X-rated service earlier this month, prompting her father to express his disapproval. Sami's already made her move on the platform, posting a pic of her Friday, almost naked laying on a bed. Denise and, yes, Charlie have had their own wild days, and she acknowledged it in a lengthy post ... "Lots of negative comments on my social this past week. I have to say, I wish I had the confidence my 18 yr old daughter has. And I also can't be judgmental of her choices. I did Wild Things & Playboy, quite frankly her father shouldn't be either." Sami has corralled 2,800 followers on the site ... charging $19.99 a month to follow her. | Celebrity |
Sunday Morning June 19, 2022 / 9:39 AM / CBS News Father and son: A.J. Croce performs Jim Croce's music Father and son: A.J. Croce performs Jim Croce's music 07:47 The singer's life reads like a blues song, a catalog of loss. A.J. Croce lost his father before he turned two, his sight when he was four, and, later, his home to fire and his wife to a rare heart condition. "Man, it's been, it's been a wild ride, I'll tell you," he said. "When we lose someone we love, whether it was my father, my wife, my sight, we can decide how we want to bring it into our life. Do we want to dwell on it? Do we want to find the best part of that person, that experience, and keep it with us?" It's a question he's wrestled with for decades. Now, at 50, he has an answer he's sharing on stages across the country, playing songs that sound as familiar as the name: Croce, as in Jim Croce, the early 1970s singer/songwriter/balladeer whose string of hits included "Photographs and Memories," "I Have to Say I Love You In a Song," and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown": Jim Croce - Bad Bad, Leroy Brown | Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live by Jim Croce on YouTube "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" topped the charts in July of 1973, two months before Croce died in a plane crash after a concert in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Correspondent Jim Axelrod asked, "Do you have memories of your dad?""You know, I have this memory of the warmth of embrace, you know?" A.J. replied. "And while it's not visual for me, it's palpable." "And powerful, nonetheless?""Very, very."Nowhere more powerful than at a farmhouse outside Philadelphia, where A.J. lived with his parents as his father's career was taking off – where album covers were inspired by farm buildings. Showing Axelrod the structure that was featured on "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," A.J. said, "It was originally used for pigs. And then it was for chickens!" A.J. Croce gives correspondent Jim Axelrod a tour of the Croce family farm, including a structure that inspired the cover of a Jim Croce record. CBS News The farmhouse was where Jim Croce wrote his biggest hits: "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," "New York's Not My Home," "Operator," "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," and "Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)." A.J. Croce with his parents, Jim and Ingrid. Family Photo But the security his father's success seemed to promise was also lost on that September night in 1973. A.J. said, "It was a very dark and violent period in my life, and it was very traumatic." His father gone, his mother, Ingrid, got involved with a man who brutally beat A.J., leaving him blind. "During that time I sat at the piano, I played along to the radio, whatever was on my little transistor radio, whether it was ELO or McCartney or Stones or Elton John."There was only one man's music he wouldn't touch. He said, "There were times when maybe as a teenager where it was a little bit hard to get around the shadow of my father. People had asked me to record my father's music since I was 16, 17 years old, and I really was not interested."During the next 35 years, he'd regain partial sight; play the piano with everyone from Ray Charles to Willie Nelson; and develop his own reputation as a songwriter. If he hadn't found a way to fully escape the shadow of his father, he figured out a way to live adjacent to it.Axelrod asked, "Having your own success on your own terms was liberating?""Absolutely." "And you didn't have anything to prove to anyone, and so maybe it was a little easier to embrace your father's stuff?" "It was a lot easier." Which is how this singer finally got to this stage, where Croce now plays Croce. A.J. Croce "Then, I realized that he's part of my life and I'm a part of his legacy," A.J. said. "And I felt it was important at a certain age and at a certain maturity to embrace it." "It was time?" "Yeah. Simple."So now, nearly 50 years later, A.J. Croce is exploring his connection to a father he barely got to know. He said, "Most people, if they're lucky, they have a photograph. And I feel fortunate that there's a lot more than that."And so do his audiences. Just about every lover of Jim Croce's music has one song they connect with most tightly. A.J. is no different, though his reasons certainly are.Axelrod asked, "When you're performing, is there any song of your dad's that has more meaning to play and to sing than another?" "Yeah. Certainly, 'Time in a Bottle' does. It's incredibly emotional."Why? "Well, because, you know, it was written for me, and it sums up this emotion that he felt for my mother and for myself." Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle [1973] by Deizulhesque on YouTube "I feel all kinds of things," A.J. said. "I feel joy, a sense of thoughtfulness.""I'm sure you'll process this loss the rest of your life," said Axelrod. "We all do. Yeah." "Does playing his music help you process the loss?" A.J. replied, "If it's not the cure, it's a really good remedy." Singer-songwriter A.J. Croce. CBS News Listen to A.J. Croce's new single, "So Much Fun" For more info:ajcrocemusic.com | Tour dates"Croce Plays Croce" Story produced by Gabriel Falcon. Editor: Lauren Barnello. Thanks for reading CBS NEWS. Create your free account or log in for more features. Please enter email address to continue Please enter valid email address to continue | Music |
Khloe, Tristan and True Let's Not Talk about that Show ... Break Bread with Family 6/19/2022 5:42 AM PT Khloe Kardashian has hard feelings for Tristan Thompson, at least when it comes to romance, but she's clearly not letting that stand in the way of co-parenting their child. Khloe and Tristan got together Saturday with 4-year-old daughter True in tow for lunch after her dance recital. Their destination -- the Sagebrush Cantina in Calabasas. They weren't alone either, which makes this even more interesting. Kris Jenner, Kim, Kanye, Kylie and Travis Scott along with Khloe's nieces Dream, Chicago and nephew Psalm were all there, breaking bread or whatever at the table. By surface glances, they all seemed to be getting along. Khloe eviscerated Tristan on a recent episode of the Kardashian's Hulu show, but she's able to somehow compartmentalize things --- they're not only co-parenting ... they also seem to be friendly. Remember, that episode was shot a while ago, so things had time to reset. Hulu ICYMI, Khloe unloaded her feelings about Tristan on Kim during the show, first with Kim telling her sister, "If that were me and I was really trying to redeem myself and I was trying to be a better person, I would definitely keep my d*** in my pants." Khloe agrees, "You would think, you either wear a condom, get a vasectomy or you don't f*** random people that you meet in other states." As you know, Tristan had a kid with Maralee Nichols, who got pregnant while he and Khloe were still together. | Celebrity |
Authorities detained Oscar-winning film director Paul Haggis on Sunday in connection with allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in southern Italy, Italian news media said, quoting local prosecutors.The Canadian-born Haggis, 69, has been in Italy for a film festival that begins on Tuesday in Ostuni, a tourist town in Puglia, the region that forms the “heel” of the Italian peninsula.A statement from the film fest to the outlet Variety said organizers had “learned with dismay and shock the news that Paul Haggis is in custody for alleged violence”.The fest’s directors “immediately proceeded to remove anyparticipation of the director from the event” and “at the same time,they express full solidarity with the woman involved”, their statement added.Haggis is a director, producer and screenwriter. He won an Oscar in 2006 for best original screenplay for Crash. He subsequently wrote screenplays for Million Dollar Baby, the James Bond installments Quantum of Solace and Casino Royale, as well as directing In the Valley of Elah and The Next Three Days.He was previously a prominent Scientologist and has written about his process of escaping the organization.The news agency LaPresse and several other Italian media carried a written statement from prosecutors in the nearby city of Brindisi that they were investigating allegations involving a “young foreign woman” who was forced to have “non-consensual” sexual relations over two days.Prosecutors Antonio Negro and Livia Orlando, who are conducting the investigation, said in the statement that the woman was “forced to seek medical care” after the sexual relations. After a couple of days “of non-consensual relations, the woman was accompanied by the man” to Brindisi airport on Sunday and “was left there at dawn despite (her) precarious physical and psychological conditions”.The Brindisi prosecutors’ office was reportedly closed on Sunday. Haggis’s attorney didn’t immediately respond to news agencies’ request for comment.The prosecutors said airport staff and police noticed her obviously “confused state” and – after lending initial treatment – took her to Brindisi’s police headquarters. Officers there accompanied her to a local hospital for examination.It wasn’t immediately clear whether Haggis was being held at the police station, at a hotel or other lodging.Italian prosecutors also were quoted as saying that the woman “formalized her complaint and cited circumstances which were subsequently looked into for confirmation by investigators”. They didn’t cite her nationality or age.Paul Haggis was previously accused in the US of sexual misconduct by four women, including two allegations of rape, in 2018. In that case, which has yet to come to court, the director was originally the subject of a lawsuit from a publicist who claimed he raped her. Three other women have come forward with accusations.Publicist Haleigh Breest accused Haggis of “a shocking and egregious case of rape and sexual assault” that occurred in 2013. Haggis filed a countersuit claiming that the lawsuit was “extortion”, a $9m attempt to get money from him. The three subsequent accusers have not revealed their identities.Haggis’s lawyer has denied any accusations, saying: “He didn’t rape anybody.”In an interview with the Guardian about sexual harassment in Hollywood, Haggis referred to it as a “fairly sexist” town.“A lot of people are compromised by Harvey’s alleged actions,” he said. “Although everyone thinks it is vile behavior, you have got to focus on those who may have colluded and protected him.” | Movies |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FINA, the governing body for international swimming, approved new policies for transgender swimmers which will go into effect on Monday.The "gender inclusion policy" will only permit swimmers who transitioned before the age of 12 to compete in women’s events. FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of the new policies. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Lia Thomas looks on after winning the Women's 500 Yard Freestyle during the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championship at the McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology on March 17, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Mike Comer/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)There was also a proposal for a new "open competition policy." The organization said it was setting up "a new working group that will spend the next six months looking at the most effective ways to set up this new category."In the 24-page policy released Sunday, FINA spelled out how transgender men and women will be allowed to compete under the new rules.FINA said transgender men are eligible to compete in FINA competitions and set world records in the men’s category unless:"For the disciplines of Water Polo and High Diving, the athlete must provide to FINA an assumption of risk form signed and dated by the athlete or if the athlete is a minor, by their legal proxy" or "All athletes who are undergoing treatment involving testosterone or other anabolic substances as part of female-to-male genderaffirming hormone treatment are required to obtain a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for that treatment in accordance with the FINA Doping Control Rules."Transgender women and athletes whose legal gender and/or gender identity is female can compete in FINA-sanctioned events if "they can establish to FINA’s comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later." Lia Thomas looks on from the podium after finishing fifth in the 200 Yard Freestyle during the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championship at the McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology on March 18, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Mike Comer/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)POLL ON AMERICANS’ THOUGHTS ON TRANSGENDER ATHLETES DIVIDES TWITTER USERS: 'CONFIRMS WHAT WE ALL KNOW’The athlete must produce evidence they have "complete androgen insensitivity and therefore could not experience male puberty" or "They are androgen sensitive but had male puberty suppressed beginning at Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later, and they have since continuously maintained their testosterone levels in serum (or plasma) below 2.5 nmol/L" or "An unintentional deviation from the below 2.5 nmol/L requirement may result in retrospective disqualification of results and/or a prospective period of ineligibility or "An intentional deviation from the below 2.5 nmol/L requirement may result in retrospective disqualification of results and a prospective period of ineligibility equal or commensurate in length to periods imposed under the FINA DRC for intentional anti-doping rule violations involving anabolic steroids."Transgender athlete who does not meet the eligibility standards may compete in "any open events" the organization could develop in the future."We have to protect the rights of our athletes to compete, but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially the women’s category at FINA competitions," FINA president Husain Al-Musallam said in a statement. FINA's new policies go into effect Monday. (iStock)"FINA will always welcome every athlete. The creation of an open category will mean that everybody has the opportunity to compete at an elite level. This has not been done before, so FINA will need to lead the way. I want all athletes to feel included in being able to develop ideas during this process."Lia Thomas’ sudden emergence in the pool during the NCAA swimming season shined the spotlight on the new rules. Thomas became the first transgender swimmer to pick up wins in the NCAA and the Ivy League Championships over the last few months. She swam for the University of Pennsylvania.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThomas told Sports Illustrated last month she would seek a spot on the national swimming team ahead of the 2024 Olympics. Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for Fox News and Fox Business. Story tips can be sent to [email protected]. | Swimming |
The New South Wales government will invest $38m to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles by building more charging sites, including for apartment buildings and roadsides.The extra funds, to be unveiled in Tuesday’s budget, will bring to $633m the money being spent on NSW’s strategy aimed at ensuring half of all car sales by 2030-31 are electric.The new money includes $10m to co-fund upgrades in about 125 medium and large apartment blocks with more than 100 car parking spaces so charging points can be installed. A similar amount will be set aside to co-finance 500 kerbside charge points in residential streets where off-street parking – and charging opportunities – are limited.The remaining $18m will go on additional grants to increase and quicken the rollout of fast-charge stations. High-density urban areas that now have four charging points will get at least eight.“Rolling out extra chargers will allow more EV drivers to benefit from their cheaper running costs and a cleaner, quieter and more sustainable road network,” Matt Kean, the NSW treasurer and energy minister, said.“You’ll never be far from a charger on our major highways, in regional destinations, apartment buildings and on kerbsides in metropolitan areas with limited off-street parking.”The government claims the state’s EV strategy is the largest of its kind in the country. The funding includes a $3,000 rebate and stamp duty waivers for eligible new EV purchases, and $149m to support private industry to install ultra-fast charging sites.Behyad Jafari, the CEO of the Electric Vehicle Council, said the extra funding was for “very smart, targeted additional measures” that would enable more households without garages to enter the EV market. “Quite a few states are doing a reasonably good job but nobody’s coming up to competing with NSW,” he said.Jafari, who said his council had been working with the government on the plans, said the challenge was to broaden the market beyond “self-selecting” owners.“If they have charging at home, they’re buying electric vehicles,” he said. “Too many people are not buying electric vehicles because they’re not sure what the solution will be there for them.”While the spending for charges at 125 buildings would only assist a tiny portion of the overall market, the investment would allow a nascent industry to develop rapidly. “It’s being able to entice enough of them to get the ball rolling so that people learn how this system works,” Jafari said.NSW would also be looking to introduce more roadside charging, such as installing outlets into power poles – as is being introduced in the UK and elsewhere.“Let’s give it a quick jumpstart so that we get some of those solutions starting to be rolled out here as well,” Jafari said. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Soaring prices for petrol and diesel have lately prompted a spike in demand for electric cars, extending the typical wait time for deliveries out to 12 months.The Albanese government is likely to improve better coordination with the states that are encouraging EV take-up, Jafari said.“The worst sin of the previous government was [not] really doing bad things – just doing nothing,” he said. Now, “we are starting to see that the change”. | Automotive and Transportation |
“I’m telling y’ all my business,” quips Gladys Knight, pinpointing part of her appeal. For an hour and a half, the empress of soul pours her heart and voice into songs that span the spectrum of human emotion. “There was rain in my heart for a long time, so this is personal for me,” she says.She is 78, but 13 years after her so-called “farewell” tour, looks fantastic in a sparkling outfit. And her voice remains outstanding. Her first extended note triggers the first of several spontaneous standing ovations.Few performers have such a warm rapport with their audience. “You may not know me personally but you’re all my friends,” she tells us. “She’s incredible,” mutters the lady to my left, while numerous others film whole songs on their phones.The setlist offers a career overview. The 1969 Motown single The Nitty Gritty segues into the Jackson 5’s Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) – it was Knight, after all, who urged the label to sign them. Gladys Knight and the Pips also recorded I Heard It Through the Grapevine before her friend Marvin Gaye, while You’re the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me and Baby Don’t Change Your Mind epitomise slinky, pre-disco Seventies soul.M-People surely cribbed from 1978’s Come Back and Finish What You Started, while 1989’s Licence to Kill is a stellar Bond theme. Signature hit Midnight Train to Georgia, unaffected by rail disputes, has a sprightly new arrangement.An audience singalong of Hey Jude marks Paul McCartney’s birthday, although the show could perhaps lose the similar treatment of Queen’s We Are the Champions. Knight has enough treasure in her own catalogue, and her touching delivery of the Jim Weatherly-penned Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye), about a couple “living a lie”, brings the house down.There’s a lovely moment during The Way We Were. “If we had the chance to do it all again, tell me, would we…?” sings Knight, which prompts someone in the audience to instantly fire back, “Hell, yes!” | Music |
Jun 18, 2022; Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; Matt Fitzpatrick chips onto the 12th green during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY SportsRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBROOKLINE, Mass., June 19 (Reuters) - Overnight co-leaders Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris had company atop the leaderbaord by the time they began their final round of the U.S. Open on Sunday as Masters champion Scottie Scheffler made a hot start.Fitzpatrick and Zalatoris, both in search of their first major title, teed off in unseasonably cold and windy conditions that are expected to ratchet up the already difficult test that awaits at The Country Club outside Boston.World number one Scheffler was one of three golfers who began the day two shots back of the leaders while pre-tournament favourite while word number three Rory McIlroy started a further shot adrift.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comScheffler, playing in the third-to-last pairing, made a birdie-birdie start to grab a share of the lead moments before Fitzpatrick and Zalatoris began their round.McIlroy, playing in the fourth-to-last pairing, drained a 26-birdie putt at the par-four first hole to get within two shots of the lead.Englishman Fitzpatrick, 27, will try to once again taste success on the same Brookline venue that launched his career having won the U.S. Amateur at The Country Club in 2013.Zalatoris, the PGA Tour's reigning rookie of the year, has knocked on the door at majors before and is hoping to finally bust through after finishing runner-up at the 2021 Masters and last month's PGA Championship where he lost in a playoff.Defending champion Jon Rahm, who squandered a chance to hold the outright 54-hole lead when he closed the third round with a double-bogey, began the day one back and looking to become the eighth player to successfully defend a U.S. Open title.The pristine conditions that greeted players at the start of the week have vanished and the Sunday forecast is calling for gusting winds and chilly temperatures that could creep into the low 60s Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius).Each of the three previous U.S. Opens held at The Country Club required a playoff to determine a winner, the most recent in 1988, and with such a tightly-bunched leaderboard to start the final round extra holes might again be required.Should there be a tie at the end of regulation, a two-hole aggregate playoff will take place immediately after the fourth round using the par-four first and par-four 18th holes. If still tied, the same holes will be used in a sudden-death format.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Frank Pingue in Brookline, Massachusetts, editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. | Golf |
PITTSBURGH — Before Sunday’s series finale here at PNC Park, Giants pitching coach Andrew Bailey was looking for Alex Cobb. When he found him, Bailey paid him a compliment — “your hair looks great today” — and a reminder: “game’s at 1:35 today.”
“Really?” Cobb responded.
Making his first start since May 29, the somewhat unconventional first pitch time, 30 minutes later than usual, was just one thing Cobb had to reorient himself around. The only damage he allowed over four innings were two solo home runs, however that wasn’t enough for the Giants to secure a sweep of the Pirates, who added two more solo shots once Cobb departed to salvage the final game of this series, 4-3.
Jack Suwinski’s third homer of the game erased Thairo Estrada’s game-tying shot in the top of the ninth walked off the Giants, sending them on their way to Atlanta with only a series win instead of a sweep. In the bigger picture, though, the Giants will happily take two of three to open their seven-game swing and a rotation that — for the first time in nearly two months — is almost whole again.
Cobb didn’t require a rehab start following his stint on the 15-day injured list — one that was longer than he would have preferred — but the Giants were closely monitoring his workload. He showed little signs of rust, retiring the first three Pirates of the game on 10 pitches, including a three-pitch strikeout of Ke’Bryan Hayes, who’s been a thorn in the side of Giants’ pitchers these past three games, putting him away with a 95-mph sinker.
Cobb, however, allowed two home runs in a game for only the second time since the start of last season. Hoy Park took advantage of a sinker up in the zone to pull the Pirates within 2-1 in the third, then Jack Suwinski turned on a similar pitch in the fourth for his first of three solo shots.
Tyler Rogers was called on to pitch the ninth in a tied game, but it was over after three pitches.
The Giants will likely regret their missed scoring opportunities. Before they had made an out, they had two runs, thanks to a Joc Pederson two-RBI single after the Pirates started the game by committing and error and issuing two walks. The Giants, however, stranded two runners on base in that opening frame and made 24 outs before they struck again, with Estrada’s solo shot to left field off closer David Bednar.
The loss was a twist of fate in a couple ways: the Giants had been kings of the solo shot recently — Estrada’s game-tying homer was their 11th straight without a runner on base — but were done in by four single-run jacks by the Pirates. And for Cobb’s part, he has been the least homer-prone pitcher in the majors dating back to last season, with a rate of 0.55 HR/9 entering Sunday.
Cobb was pulled after four innings and 60 pitches, though he will likely be stretched further in his next start, scheduled to come Friday once the Giants return home to host the Reds. But first, more reinforcements are on their way.
Anthony DeSclafani made an appearance in the clubhouse here in Pittsburgh. He flew in to join the team Sunday after his second and final rehab start, with the expectation that he will make his return to the rotation Tuesday in Atlanta, when he is eligible to be activated from the 60-day injured list.
Sam Long, who allowed the second solo to Suwinski in the sixth, is the likeliest roster casualty to create space for DeSclafani, though San Francisco will have to make another move to get him on its 40-man roster. In two months of cobbling together starts since DeSclafani landed on the IL, the Giants’ rotation has a 3.92 ERA, 16th in the majors, with massive contributions from Jakob Junis, who filled in with a 2.64 ERA until he went down with a hamstring strain last week.
But since the calendar has turned to June, their 2.30 ERA entering Sunday had been the best in the majors.
With DeSclafani’s return on the horizon, they will try to shrug off Sunday’s loss and build on their recent stretch of strong pitching. It won’t be easy: the Giants head to Atlanta next for four games with the Braves, who have been one of the majors’ hottest teams, recently rattling off 14 straight wins before dropping their series this weekend with the Cubs. | Baseball |
It was a $163 million weekend, 20 percent better than 2019 — but after "Doctor Strange" at #4, theater attendance plummeted. If the future for theaters is near-total reliance on a handful of top franchise films, this weekend suggests that plan could work. It was peak playtime with Father’s Day and the first federal observance of Juneteenth and while it broke no records, these results are the best since COVID.
This weekend also contains the biggest disappointment of 2022 as Disney’s “Lightyear” grossed $51 million, falling far short of its projected minimum $70 million opening. That led to the total take of $163 million, a bit under expectations, for a weekend with three major recent releases.
For the second straight weekend, total grosses topped 2019’s equivalent — this one, by 20 percent. Combined with the past three weekends, our four-week rolling total now stands 3 percent above 2019 for the first time we’ve exceeded the prior period. It isn’t guaranteed to continue (the rest of the month likely will lag behind), but it is the single best sign of recovery seen yet. “Lightyear” failed to open at #1, falling short of “Jurassic World: Dominion” (Universal), which dropped 60 percent to $58.6 million after opening to $145 million. That’s slightly more than the second weekend fall for the last “Jurassic,” which didn’t have the benefit of a Father’s Day.
“Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount) remains stellar. In its fourth weekend, it dropped only 15 percent for $44 million. That gets it to $466 million domestic, with a $600 million total or more now looking likely. It is rare to gross that much for its fourth weekend; for the #3 film to be at that level, rarer still.
“Titanic,” which never had a weekend over $40 million in 1997-98 prices, had 10 weeks over $40 million with adjusted grosses with its fourth around $55 million. Comparing “Maverick” to “Titanic,” the biggest-grossing movie in 40 years, represents the scale of Tom Cruise’s success. In its fourth weekend it surpassed what the original “Top Gun” did in 1986 (about $450 million adjusted) as the #1 film of the year. With $885 million worldwide, it will easily become the first 2022 release to surpass $1 billion — double its pre-release projections.
As for “Lightyear,” its projections appeared to overestimate the brand (Pixar and/or “Toy Story”) and underestimate the competition, the impact of Pixar’s streaming availability, the general decline in animation grosses and — though hard to quantify — resistance to Disney’s political and social issues. That would include wide publicity of a brief same-sex kiss that dominated social media news before release.
If box office depends on franchise films, any shortfall is a concern: All other releases totaled $12 million, with five of the top 10 grossing less than $1 million. The #10 film grossed $198,000; three years ago, #10 did $3.7 million. “The Black Phone”Universal/screenshot
Next weekend brings two new original titles — “Elvis” (Warner Bros.) and “The Black Phone” (Universal). Both are anticipated to open in the range of $20 million-$30 million.
The incredible opening of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24), now at $65 million, appears to be a real anomaly; “Brian and Charles” (Focus) took 10th place in 279 theaters with a per-theater average of $711. “Brian and Charles” is one of three 2022 Park City premieres to debut this weekend, each taking a different path and none doing much for specialized theaters.
Apple paid $15 million for “Cha Cha Real Smooth” (Bleecker Street handling theaters) with the intention of streaming from the start. Its nationwide theatrical release included dates at Cinemark, Landmark, Laemmle, and Alamo Drafthouse theaters. Grosses were not reported. Spot checking individual theaters suggested a gross of perhaps $7,000 at New York’s prime Angelika Film Center and much less elsewhere.
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“Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” the Emma Thompson comedy Searchlight acquired for a reported $7.5 million, debuted on Hulu without even a token qualifying run. Thompson was considered a viable Best Actress candidate; this is a rare case of a film with potential Oscar buzz and its distributor decided not to bother.
In the past, both “Cha Cha” and “Good Luck” would have been viewed as strong specialized titles with crossover appeal and potential grosses of $10 million or higher. With the occasional outlier like A24’s smash, those days appear to be over.
The Top 10
1. Jurassic World Dominion (Universal) Week 2; Last weekend #1
$58,660,000 (-60%) in 4,697 (+21) theaters; PTA: $12,489; Cumulative: $249,797,000
2. Lightyear (Disney) NEW – Cinemascore: A-; Metacritic: 61; Est. budget: $200 million
$51,000,000 in 4,255 theaters; PTA: $11,986; Cumulative: $51,000,000
3. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount) Week 3; Last weekend #2
$44,000,000 (-15%) in 4,262 (-489) theaters; PTA: $10,905; Cumulative: $466,168,000
4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Disney) Week 7; Last weekend #3
$4,200,000 (-19%) in 2,465 (-870) theaters; PTA: $1,704; Cumulative: $405,084,000
5. The Bob’s Burger Movie (Disney) Week 4; Last weekend #4
$1,100,000 (-55%) in 1,350 (-1,255) theaters; PTA: $815; Cumulative: $29,762,000
6. The Bad Guys (Universal) Week 9; Last weekend #5; also on PVOD
$980,000 (-%) in 1,494 (-1,111) theaters; PTA: $631; Cumulative: $94,239,000
7. Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) Week 13; Last weekend #7; also on PVOD
$959,631 (-27%) in 679 (-55) theaters; PTA: $1,413; Cumulative: $64,920,000
8. Downton Abbey (Focus) Week 5; Last weekend #6; also on PVOD
$830,000 (73-%) in 1,179 (-832) theaters; PTA: $704; Cumulative: $42,300,000
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Paramount) Week 11; Last weekend #7; also on Paramount + and PVOD $228,392 (-70%) in 439 (-728) theaters; PTA: $520; Cumulative: $190,478,000
10. Brian and Charles (Focus) NEW – Metacritic: 62
$198,000 in 279 theaters; PTA: $711; Cumulative: $198,000 Additional specialized/limited/independent releases
Official Competition (IFC) NEW – Metacritic: 75; Festivals include: Venice, Toronto 2021
$34,000 in theaters; PTA: $8,500
Abandoned (Vertical) NEW – Metacritic: 36
$60,000 in 54vtheaters; PTA: $1,120
Lost Illusions (Music Box) Week 2 6
$15,984 in 9 (+3) theaters; PTA: $1,776; Cumulative: $41,091
Mad God (IFC) Week 2 2
$35,000 in 26 (+24) theaters; PTA: $1,346; Cumulative: $50,313
Crimes of the Future (Neon) Week 3
$101,500 in 122 theaters; Cumulative: $2,368,000
Watcher (IFC) Week 3
$95,000 in 136 (-520) theaters; Cumulative: $1,871,000
The Phantom of the Open (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 3
$83,198 in 97 (+73) theaters; Cumulative: $170,769
Benediction (Roadside Attractions) Week 3
$14,860 in 54 (-66) theaters; Cumulative: $178,441
Deep in the Heart (Fin & Fur) Week 3
$35,686 in 41 (-20) theaters; Cumulative: $360,595
Poser (Oscilloscope) Week 3
$12,025 in 3 (+2); Cumulative: $29,799
Men (A24) Week 4 216
$18,887 in 68 (-148) theaters; Cumulative: $7,571,000
Family Camp (Roadside Attractions) Week 6
$9,010 in 39 -) theaters; Cumulative: $3,920,000
The Duke (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 9
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Google AI researcher Blake Lemoine was recently placed on administrative leave after going public with claims that LaMDA, a large language model designed to converse with people, was sentient. At one point, according to reporting by The Washington Post, Lemoine went so far as to demand legal representation for LaMDA; he has said his beliefs about LaMDA’s personhood are based on his faith as a Christian and the model telling him it had a soul.The prospect of AI that’s smarter than people gaining consciousness is routinely discussed by people like Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, particularly with efforts to train large language models by companies like Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia in recent years.Discussions of whether language models can be sentient date back to ELIZA, a relatively primitive chatbot made in the 1960s. But with the rise of deep learning and ever-increasing amounts of training data, language models have become more convincing at generating text that appears as if it was written by a person.Recent progress has led to claims that language models are foundational to artificial general intelligence, the point at which software will display humanlike abilities in a range of environments and tasks, and be able to transfer knowledge between them.Former Google Ethical AI team co-lead Timnit Gebru says Blake Lemoine is a victim of an insatiable hype cycle; he didn’t arrive at his belief in sentient AI in a vacuum. Press, researchers, and venture capitalists traffic in hyped-up claims about super intelligence or humanlike cognition in machines.“He’s the one who’s going to face consequences, but it’s the leaders of this field who created this entire moment,” she says, noting that the same Google VP that rejected Lemoine’s internal claim wrote about the prospect of LaMDA consciousness in The Economist a week ago.The focus on sentience also misses the point, says Gebru. It prevents people from questioning real, existing harms like AI colonialism, false arrests, or an economic model that pays those who label data little while tech executives get rich. It also distracts from genuine concerns about LaMDA, like how it was trained or its propensity to generate toxic text.“I don't want to talk about sentient robots, because at all ends of the spectrum there are humans harming other humans, and that’s where I’d like the conversation to be focused,” she says.Gebru was fired by Google in December 2020 after a dispute over a paper involving the dangers of large language models like LaMDA. Gebru’s research highlighted those systems’ ability to repeat things based on what they’ve been exposed to, in much the same way a parrot repeats words. The paper also highlights the risk of language models made with more and more data convincing people that this mimicry represents real progress: the exact sort of trap that Lemoine appears to have fallen into.Now head of the nonprofit Distributed AI Research, Gebru hopes that going forward people focus on human welfare, not robot rights. Other AI ethicists have said that they’ll no longer discuss conscious or superintelligent AI at all.“Quite a large gap exists between the current narrative of AI and what it can actually do,” says Giada Pistilli, an ethicist at Hugging Face, a startup focused on language models. “This narrative provokes fear, amazement, and excitement simultaneously, but it is mainly based on lies to sell products and take advantage of the hype.”The consequence of speculation about sentient AI, she says, is an increased willingness to make claims based on subjective impression instead of scientific rigor and proof. It distracts from “countless ethical and social justice questions” that AI systems pose. While every researcher has the freedom to research what they want, she says, “I just fear that focusing on this subject makes us forget what is happening while looking at the moon.”What Lemoine experienced is an example of what author and futurist David Brin has called the “robot empathy crisis.” At an AI conference in San Francisco in 2017, Brin predicted that in three to five years, people would claim AI systems were sentient and insist that they had rights. Back then, he thought those appeals would come from a virtual agent that took the appearance of a woman or child to maximize human empathic response, not “some guy at Google,” he says.The LaMDA incident is part of a transition period, Brin says, where “we're going to be more and more confused over the boundary between reality and science fiction.”Brin based his 2017 prediction on advances in language models. He expects that the trend will lead to scams. If people were suckers for a chatbot as simple as ELIZA decades ago, he says, how hard will it be to persuade millions that an emulated person deserves protection or money?“There’s a lot of snake oil out there, and mixed in with all the hype are genuine advancements,” Brin says. “Parsing our way through that stew is one of the challenges that we face.”And as empathetic as LaMDA seemed, people who are amazed by large language models should consider the case of the cheeseburger stabbing, says Yejin Choi, a computer scientist at the University of Washington. A local news broadcast in the United States involved a teenager in Toledo, Ohio, stabbing his mother in the arm in a dispute over a cheeseburger. But the headline “Cheeseburger Stabbing” is vague. Knowing what occurred requires some common sense. Attempts to get OpenAI’s GPT-3 model to generate text using “Breaking news: Cheeseburger stabbing” produces words about a man getting stabbed with a cheeseburger in an altercation over ketchup, and a man being arrested after stabbing a cheeseburger.Language models sometimes make mistakes because deciphering human language can require multiple forms of common-sense understanding. To document what large language models are capable of doing and where they can fall short, last month more than 400 researchers from 130 institutions contributed to a collection of more than 200 tasks known as BIG-Bench, or Beyond the Imitation Game. BIG-Bench includes some traditional language-model tests like reading comprehension, but also logical reasoning and common sense.Researchers at the Allen Institute for AI’s MOSAIC project, which documents the common-sense reasoning abilities of AI models, contributed a task called Social-IQa. They asked language models—not including LaMDA—to answer questions that require social intelligence, like “Jordan wanted to tell Tracy a secret, so Jordan leaned towards Tracy. Why did Jordan do this?" The team found large language models achieved performance 20 to 30 percent less accurate than people.“A machine without social intelligence being sentient seems … off,” says Choi, who works with the MOSAIC project.How to make empathetic robots is an ongoing area of AI research. Robotics and voice AI researchers have found that displays of empathy have the power to manipulate human activity. People are also known to trust AI systems too much or implicitly accept decisions made by AI.What’s unfolding at Google involves a fundamentally bigger question of whether digital beings can have feelings. Biological beings are arguably programmed to feel some sentiments, but asserting that an AI model can gain consciousness is like saying a doll created to cry is actually sad.Choi says she doesn’t know any AI researchers who believe in sentient forms of AI, but the events involving Blake Lemoine appear to underline how a warped perception of what AI is capable of doing can shape real world events.“Some people believe in tarot cards, and some might think their plants have feelings,” she says, “so I don’t know how broad a phenomenon this is.”The more people imbue artificial intelligence with human traits, the more intently they will hunt for ghosts in the machine—if not yet, then someday in the future. And the more they will be distracted from the real-world issues that plague AI right now. | AI Research |
Australia insisted they did not make a mistake by going without a frontline leg-spinner after a six-wicket defeat against a record-breaking Sri Lanka in Colombo.Australia looked in the box seat after Travis Head helped them to post 291 for six on a slow wicket, before the hosts were barely troubled completing their pursuit with nine balls to spare.Pathum Nissanka hit his maiden one-day international century with 137 in the chase, while Kusal Mendis struck 87 in a 170-run second-wicket stand with Nissanka before retiring hurt with cramp.It helped Sri Lanka to complete their biggest chase against Australia, as they went 2-1 up in the five-match series with back-to-back wins against the tourists for the first time in 20 years.Beyond this bilateral series, however, bigger questions continue to remain around Australia’s bowling structure in the lead-up to the World Cup in India next year. With Adam Zampa back home on paternity leave, Australia decided not to play Mitchell Swepson.Australia were also not helped by a dewy surface at night after winning the toss and batting, as the pitch sped up and turned less in the second innings.Matthew Kuhnemann (none for 61 from 10 overs) and Glenn Maxwell were left as Australia’s chief spinners, with Cameron Green (none for 31 off five overs) preferred as a pace-bowling all-rounder ahead of Swepson.Where Sri Lanka were able to get great purchase out of their wrist spinner Jeffrey Vanderlay and his return of three for 49, Australia were forced to turn to Marnus Labuschagne (none for 49) for seven overs of leg-breaks.“You can always look back at a lot of decisions and wonder what was the right one,” the Australia captain, Aaron Finch, said. “We still felt that was the right combination to go for on this wicket with how slow it looked. You saw in the first half of the game it was very stoppy and turned quite a bit. We thought it would continue to do that but it played a bit better under lights.”Sri Lanka's Kusal Mendis hit 87 against Australia Photograph: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty ImagesSwepson’s absence also calls into question whether Australian officials will persist with him in the Test team as a second spinner to Nathan Lyon on turning wickets. Albeit in a different format, he has now played just one of the first three ODIs, with Tanveer Sangha really the only other fit red-ball option on the tour.Pat Cummins was also rested for the match on Sunday, as Josh Hazlewood and Jhye Richardson bowled tightly but struggled to build pressure. After Maxwell (one for 44) got the early wicket of Niroshan Dickwella for 25, Hazlewood (one for 57) and Richardson (two for 39) caused the only other minor damage late on. But by then, the game was gone thanks to Nissanka.The right-hander was brilliant throughout, producing the shot of the innings when he advanced at Hazlewood and hit him over mid-wicket for six. He also slog-swept Maxwell for another big six and finished with 11 other boundaries before perishing to Richardson with seven needed.It came after Head had earlier continued his fine form with the bat, hitting an unbeaten 70 from 65 balls just a week after a century for Australia A.With Steve Smith out and nursing a minor quad strain, Finch struck 62 and Alex Carey 49 as Australia had to grit and fight their way to a good total. | Other Sports |
Swimming - FINA World Championships - Budapest, Hungary - June 19, 2022 Torri Huske of the U.S. in action during the women's 100m butterfly final REUTERS/Bernadett SzaboRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBUDAPEST, June 19 (Reuters) - American Torri Huske narrowly missed out on a world record in the women's 100m butterfly at the swimming world championships in Budapest on Sunday while her compatriot and seven-times Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel won the 50m butterfly.Huske was ahead of the world record time in the final 50m but eventually finished with a time of 55.64 seconds - just 0.16 seconds shy.The 19-year-old finished half a second ahead of France's Marie Wattel who took silver while China's Zhang Yufei took the bronze.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com"I'm so happy, this is an amazing field of women and I'm just very lucky to be here. I don't know how to put this into words, but I just want to thank my coaches and family back home," Huske said."It's helped (my confidence) a little bit but I still have a lot of races to focus on."The medal was her second at the championships after helping the U.S. team win the women's 4x100m freestyle relay on Saturday.Dressel, who led the U.S. to the 4x100m freestyle gold on Saturday, powered to victory in the 50m butterfly on the back of a brilliant start, carrying that momentum all the way to the finish with a time of 22.57 seconds."It wasn't a perfect race but certainly a fun one, really happy to get that first individual race over and done with," he said."I definitely had the jitters today, especially in my hotel room, that's when it's the worst. But once I'm on the blocks that's as safe as I feel."He pipped his rivals in a tight race where Brazil's Nicholas Santos took the silver while American Michael Andrew came third after finishing 0.01 seconds behind Santos.Santos, 42, also became the first swimmer to claim a medal at the world championships after his 40th birthday.WALSH WINS MEDLEYIn the final race of the day, Alex Walsh gave Americans more reason to cheer when she took gold in the women's 200m individual medley.The 20-year-old -- a silver medallist in the same event in Tokyo last year -- finished with a time of 2:07.13. She was 1.44 seconds ahead of Australia's Kaylee McKeown while Walsh's team mate Leah Hayes won the bronze.Home favourite and defending champion Katinka Hosszu, who has won 15 medals at the world championships, was well off the pace as the 33-year-old finished a disappointing seventh.Earlier, Nicolo Martinenghi became the first Italian to win the men's 100 metre breaststroke gold.Martinenghi had won the bronze at the Olympic Games last year but this time the 22-year-old raced into the lead and was unassailable on the final stretch, winning by 0.36 seconds."It's amazing, it's my first world final and first gold medal at the worlds," Martinenghi said.Tokyo silver medallist Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands finished second while American Nic Fink was third, with only 0.03 seconds separating the two.The field was open after Britain's eight-time world champion Adam Peaty, holder of the 50m and 100m breaststroke titles, pulled out of the world championships after fracturing a bone in his foot last month.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru
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Geraint Thomas became the first British winner of the Tour de Suisse after finishing second in the individual time-trial in Vaduz on Sunday.The 36-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider finished the final stage of Switzerland’s biggest road race three seconds slower than Remco Evenepoel but it was enough to claim the overall victory.The Welshman began the final stage two seconds behind leader Sergio Higuita after finishing fifth on the penultimate stage but the 2018 Tour de France winner scorched around the 25.6km course to claim the spoils. Geraint Thomas with his trophy. Photograph: Tim de Waele/Getty ImagesHiguita managed to limit his losses sufficiently to take second overall, 1min 12sec behind Thomas and four seconds ahead of Jakob Fuglsang.Neilson Powless withstood a late bike change to secure fourth place in the general classification, while Stefan Kung moved up to fifth overall thanks his third-place finish in the time-trial.The Tour de Suisse, one of the last major warm-up races for the Tour de France, was hit mid-race by a host of Covid withdrawals including Britain’s Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock and his Ineos teammate Adam Yates. | Olympic Sports |
Paul Haggis Oscar Winner Arrested in Italy ... Sexual Assault Charges 6/19/2022 1:47 PM PT Paul Haggis -- famous for writing/directing 2006's Best Picture, "Crash" -- has been arrested in Italy for sexual assault ... this according to multiple reports. Local media say the Oscar-winning filmmaker -- who also wrote "Million Dollar Baby," among other hit films over the years -- was busted Sunday in the city of Ostuni, where he's been accused of forcing an unidentified young woman to have sex with him over the course of 2 days. He's in town for a new film festival happening this week, called Allora Fest. The woman, who's not of Italian descent, was taken to an airport by Haggis after the alleged assault and left in a state of confusion ... per law enforcement quoted by Italian reports. The alleged victim is said to have been attended to by airport staff, who took her to a hospital ... where she eventually pressed charges against Haggis, naming him as the alleged culprit. He remains in custody, and his events have been nixed from the AF lineup. Allora Fest honchos say, "The themes chosen for the festival are, among others, those of equality, gender equality, and solidarity. As professionals and women they are dismayed and hope that the festival will help foster more information and awareness on such a topical and increasingly pressing issue." The authorities are investigating the incident further. We've reached out to Haggis' reps, no word back yet. He's been accused of sexual misconduct by several other women over the past few years ... all of which he's denied. | Celebrity |
Working in IMAX was quite complicated for Pixar, requiring a new way of handling shot composition and editorial. But "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol" was a great inspiration. .
Pixar’s return to movie theaters represents an additional milestone for the animation powerhouse: “Lightyear” is the studio’s first film shot in IMAX. (A two-week “Lightyear” run begins in IMAX theaters this weekend.) It’s a theatrical spectacle befitting the vision of director Angus MacLane, who pictured the Buzz Lightyear origin story as a ’70s blockbuster movie that charged the imagination of “Toy Story” kid Andy “the way ‘Star Wars’ got me excited.”
In “Lightyear,” fearless Space Ranger Buzz (Chris Evans) strands his Star Command crew on an uncharted planet. The film contains 30 minutes of IMAX animation, thanks to Pixar developing a virtual IMAX camera system (including a large sensor equivalent to 65mm and spherical lenses) to shoot the sequences at full frame 1.43:1. Meanwhile, the rest of the movie was simultaneously shot in virtual anamorphic 2.39:1 by “center cropping” the image. This widescreen presentation emulates the way ’70s and ’80s sci-fi movies were shot and the way most moviegoers will experience “Lightyear.” “IMAX is a really wonderful storytelling tool,” MacLane said. “The exciting thing is that it’s very theatrical, which was very important to us because of the nature of the film being such a big sci-fi movie. And one of the most fun things we had was coming up with how the transitions would be seamless… to give it that feeling of scope or expanded scope. And beyond that, the way that more information is on screen and making sure it still felt like it was part of our movie. It was fun trial and error.
Working with IMAX was quite complicated for Pixar, requiring a new way of handling the workflow for shot composition, editorial, and sound consideration. “The guiding principle was immersive, not informational,” said Jeremy Lasky, director of photography for camera. “All the information needed to fit in the 2.39 format, but we don’t want people moving their head to follow everything, so we wanted all that information to be viewed tight, and then all the top and bottom is just peripheral.”
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But that meant being able to view large head shots of Buzz in the spaceship cockpit without experiencing eye strain, or being able to follow the action without cutting off the other characters in a sequence. “We were very careful in choosing which scenes would be in IMAX based on how much it would add to the experience,” added Lasky. “We do a lot of matte opening and closing in our IMAX shots, or at least to get in and out in some cases. Sometimes it’s a hard cut but we’re animating that window to pull you in or give it more of a seamless cut between formats.”
Pixar consulted with IMAX about the tech (including how sound affects the speaker set up as a result of its proprietary mastering) and how audiences look at the IMAX screen for the immersive experience. In addition, “Lightyear” editor Tony Greenberg consulted with Adam Gerstel — who edited the 2019 re-imagining of “The Lion King,” which also played in IMAX — about cutting in the format. “How do you handle all of this data?,” said Lasky. “Are you cutting in two different formats? Are you doing it once and dealing with the IMAX part of it later? We initially took the 2.39 as the version that we would track, and there were versions of the layout in the animation that were opened up to 1.43 for those sequences that we did in IMAX.” Unfortunately, Greenberg couldn’t view 1.43 on his Avid, so he had to settle for 1.78 and higher res screenings in the Pixar screening room. For the full IMAX 1.43, they screened at the AMC Metreon IMAX theater in San Francisco when they had a large collection of footage to review.
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Not surprisingly, the best IMAX frame of reference for MacLane was “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” the live-action debut from fellow Pixar director Brad Bird (“The Incredibles” franchise, “Ratatouille”). “Definitely, the opening to the Burj Khalifa scene [where Tom Cruise walks on the side of the building] is the gold standard as far as danger and insanity,” MacLane said. “And it was neat because the style of it felt like Brad and to see what you could do with it in IMAX was exciting.”
As with “Ghost Protocol,” the first IMAX sequence of “Lightyear” is a spectacular set piece: The introduction of Buzz and crew and their “Turnip” ship, followed by their crash landing on the planet. “From there, we go down to 2.39 for a while and open up to IMAX again when Buzz goes on his first mission with his first fuel crystal,” Lasky said. “He pushes the launch and we cut to a wide where he rockets away from us, but then we open up to IMAX in that shot, revealing all this space with Buzz. We stay in IMAX until the landing after the failed mission.”
The visual aesthetics, of course, are very different between anamorphic widescreen and IMAX. With the former, you get all the vintage characteristics of sci-fi with lens flare, distortion, and very wide angle perspective. By contrast, the higher res 65mm format of IMAX gives you added depth and height, and the background is a little closer without distortion. One of the advantages of the hyper speed cylindrical tunneling effect was that it actually looked more organic as well as immersive in IMAX.
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Another advantage in IMAX was all the instrument panel insert shots in the cockpit. “They are very different… the world feels tactile, they’re living in it,” Lasky said. Pixar even shot the speeding ships like models on a virtual gimbal the way “Star Wars” was done by ILM. “When you see it all together and have a star field moving toward you, you can dial in whatever visual look you want,” he said.
While most of the third-act action was shot in IMAX, with Buzz and his newbie sidekicks battling alien robot Zurg (voiced by James Brolin) and his minions, there’s a tense space walk that’s visually breathtaking in the large format. “I think it’s one of our best moments,” Lasky said. “We transition to IMAX as the camera goes over Izzy’s head and looks down. Then, we’re expanding to 1.43 as she moves from the airlock into space, and that stays in IMAX with a bit of Buzz and Zurg in the middle of that, until she gets to the airlock on the opposite side. It’s such a punch to put the audience in her head with IMAX like that.” Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. | Movies |
Long before the movie version, Arch Ward created a field of dreams. His was called “The Game of the Century,” and the Tribune’s sports editor based it on a perennial fantasy of baseball fans:If Sweetbread Bailey was pitching and Babe Ruth was batting, who would prevail?The question was as frustrating as it is fascinating. One played in the National League, the other in the American League, and they never crossed base paths unless in a World Series.But Ward’s imagination conceived a means to settle such puzzlers: A contest pitting the best players of each league during a World’s Fair celebrating Chicago’s 100th birthday.“A smart inspiration in the Tribune’s sporting department will give Chicago as an incident of the Fair, the baseball game of all time,” the paper reported on May 23, 1933. “The baseball managements could have found a million reasons why it could not be done but found every reason why it should be.”[Follow along with all of our 175th anniversary coverage and sign up to receive a special edition of Daywatch in your inbox with anniversary coverage]Crowds lined up at Comiskey Park on the morning of July 3, 1933, to buy bleacher tickets for "The Game of the Century" between American and National league all-star teams. (Chicago Tribune historical photo)The All-Star Game’s birth was a fortuitous byproduct of the Great Depression. In 1933, Edward Kelly, Chicago’s newly installed mayor, was worried. The city was committed to hosting a World’s Fair. But with millions of Americans out of work, how could Chicago attract enough visitors to ensure the fair’s success?Kelly took the question to Col. Robert R. McCormick, the Tribune’s publisher. There was some discussion of an athletic event, and McCormick turned the problem over to Ward, who had a talent for not only covering athletic events, but creating them.Ward knew that the novelty of an all-star game would get a few days advance coverage plus a post-mortem. The trick was to keep the public’s attention for much longer with headlines like that of the May 30 edition:“Simmons Increases Lead Over Ruth in poll. Babe Trails In First Returns From New York.”By Ward’s design, the lineups for the game were established by a democratic process. The Tribune asked readers to vote for their favorite players, and 47 papers quickly followed suit.Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward, circa 1953. (Chicago Tribune historical photo)“The count will be forwarded to the Tribune every few days,” Ward explained. “At least twice the number of papers which have already joined will be enrolled in a few days, judging from the inquires over the weekend.”That transformed the contest from a single ballgame into a daily face-off between fans. Some moved players around like a savvy manager. The American League had two hard-hitting first basemen. When the Yankees’ Lou Gehrig piled up an unbeatable lead, fans of the Athletics’ Jimmy Foxx still wanted him in the game.“Foxx once played third base for the Athletics and played it pretty well,” the Tribune noted. “The fans began voting for Foxx the third baseman.”But the White Sox’s Jimmy Dykes won the position, and the American League, bolstered by Babe Ruth’s two-run homer, beat the National League, 4-2.A decade earlier, Ward had cofounded the Golden Gloves with his counterpart at the New York Daily News, another Tribune paper. Their creation evolved into international boxing competition and added to the long list of Ward’s celebrity friends. The mornings of his professional bouts, heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano would have breakfast with Ward.Ward didn’t tout his own celebrity. His personal style was unassuming, the product of a Middle American upbringing of which he was proud. Born on a farm near Irwin, Illinois, he returned there shortly before his death for a final look at the barn of his youth.“I made baseballs with twine, black tape and glue,” he recalled. “I practiced pitching against the side of that barn. I pictured myself as a major league pitcher or shortstop.”Fred Miller, president of the Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee, left, and Arch Ward, sports editor of the Chicago Tribune, sign a contract which gives the Miller company television and broadcast rights to the annual All-Star football game and an option to air the Golden Gloves in 1953. (Chicago Tribune historical photo)He liked to quote Knute Rockne, the famed football coach at the University of Notre Dame where Ward was a student and Rockne’s publicist.“The farm boy is the best prospect for America’s future leaders,” Rockne told Ward. “The city boy is too soft, and his schools make him mushier with their talk about character building.” Rockne grew up in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.Named the Tribune’s sports editor in 1936, Ward inherited the “In the Wake of the News” column, a potpourri of gossip, quips and readers’ contributions. One reader reminded Ward of his predecessor Ring Lardner’s description of a White Sox rally: “This consisted of ‘a dropped third strike,’ a ‘base on balls, a scratch hit, an error, and a close decision.’ ”Ward’s forte was athletes’ profiles, dense with facts and sometimes running in several installments.But his words could capture an indelible moment. For instance, Joe Louis flooring Max Schmeling with a blizzard of punches at the opening bell of their 1938 heavyweight championship bout:“Schmeling knew then and there that there was no escaping this cold, expressionless figure whose opening blast blurred his eyes and raised a welt on his left cheek,” Ward recalled decades later. “A half smile caught on his face became a fixed grin.”In 1932, Ward ignited another fans’ debate, by noting that Jack Chevigny, coach of the Chicago Cardinals professional football team, thought that the 1930 Notre Dame squad was the best football team he had ever seen.“The conductor of this column has received hundreds of letters commenting on Chevigny’s ratings,” Ward reported. “Professional players, college coaches, and fans who lay it on the line every Sunday have had their say.”Max Krause, fullback of the Washington Redskins, crashes over the goal line from the 2-yard line in a battle with the College All-Americans on Aug. 31, 1938. The game, witnessed by 74, 250, was won by the All-Stars, 28 to 16. (Chicago Tribune historical photo)Capitalizing on its readers’ enthusiasm, Ward created, and the Tribune sponsored, a 1934 College All=Star game in Soldier Field. It began with a deafening display of pageantry, as the paper reported:“A huge spotlight shined down from a far corner of the field. The band struck up ‘The Maize and the Blue’ and Michigan men and women began to shout. Then into the spotlight alone stepped Michigan’s great center Chuck Bernard. Next came the songs of Purdue and Pittsburgh, and Fritz Febel of Purdue and Frank Walton of Pittsburgh, guards on this great All- American team, took their turns before the floodlights.”When all the school songs were sung, 79,432 fans saw the college players and the Chicago Bears, champions of the National Football League, battle to a 0-0 tie. The Associated Press reported: “Collegians Outplay Champions of Pro League, Gaining Six First Downs to Three”Vintage Chicago TribuneWeeklyThe Vintage Tribune newsletter is a deep dive into the Chicago Tribune's archives featuring photos and stories about the people, places and events that shape the city's past, present and future.The proceeds of the game went to charities, as did those from subsequent games, until the series ended in 1976.Ward died in 1955, a few days before the All-Star (baseball) game. His funeral, set for the day of the game, resembled a monarch’s coronation. The game was set back an hour, so baseball’s honchos could get back from Chicago in time to see the first ball thrown out in Milwaukee.Pallbearers including Don Maxwell, managing editor of the Tribune, Stuart Owen, assistant managing editor, Wilfred Smith, George Strictly, Ed Press and Dave Condon of the sports department, carry Arch Ward’s casket for burial on July 12, 1955. (Ray Gora / Chicago Tribune)Bishop Bernard Shiel led the services at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on Belmont Avenue. Rocky Marciano interrupted his training and flew in from New York. Former boxing champions Barney Ross and Tony Zale were there. So, too, were yesteryear stars of every sport Ward wrote about.The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, Notre Dame’s president, preached the sermon. “Arch Ward had a passion for sincerity and fair play, a love of good and his fellow men,” Hesburgh said. “In the process he became immortalized in the hearts of millions.”When the collegians kicked three field goals to beat the Cleveland Browns in that year’s All-Star Football Game, the Tribune noted that Ward had a special affection not for the most gifted but those who give it their all.“Knute Rockne’s successors down at Notre Dame, when all else failed, used to tell their squad, ‘This one is for Rock,’ and their young pupils responded like tigers,” the Tribune wrote. “We hope we are not too trite in suggesting that this one was for Arch Ward.”Sign up to receive the Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter at chicagotribune.com/newsletters for more photos and stories from the Tribune’s archives. Have an idea for Vintage Chicago Tribune? 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Tales of mortals who marry fairies don’t generally end well but have often made for spellbinding narratives. The ancient Welsh legend of the Lady of the Lake, recorded in the 14th-century manuscript Llyfr Coch Hergest, provided the inspiration for The Faerie Bride by composer Gavin Higgins and librettist Francesca Simon. Acclaimed for their first collaboration, The Monstrous Child, this new work is styled a cantata, using just two singers with full orchestra, a reflection of Higgins’s role as composer-in-association with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales who premiered it at the Aldeburgh festival.As the farmer telling in sad retrospect his story of falling in love with the woman who rose from the glacial waters of Carmarthenshire’s Llyn y Fan Fach, baritone Roderick Williams was unfailingly clear and expressive. Emerging from the instrumental texture as though from the misty depths of the lake, mezzo soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons as his bride conveyed an aura of otherworldliness. The couple’s happiness is real but conditional, for it is she who set the marriage terms, vowing to return to her watery underworld should she be struck three heart blows. That her faerie blood gives her sight into the future leads to the misunderstandings which in turn cause the blows that send her back into the lake, leaving her husband bereft. Exuberant … Graham Fitkin, Ruth Wall, Clare Hammond and Kathryn Stott play Fitkin’s compositions. Photograph: BPAWeaving traditional Welsh folk songs into the mezzo’s lines and bringing a pastoral lyricism to wind writing invoking the passing seasons, Higgins’ control of his orchestral forces was highly assured, and combined with an equal instinct for colouristic and atmospheric detail. Martyn Brabbins conducted with feeling. In contrast, Graham Fitkin’s new commission, the previous afternoon, had dealt with the all too contemporary world where public pronouncements and statements are empty of meaning, with the effect of habituation. Bla, Bla, Bla was the last work in a concert of piano music for two pairs of duettists: Fitkin, his wife Ruth Wall, Clare Hammond and Kathryn Stott. In earlier pieces of his from the 80s and 90s, Fitkin’s was the exuberantly driving bass line, but this piece’s engagement with the concept of Shifting Baseline Syndrome was more than a pun. Donning a head-mic, Fitkin narrated while he and Wall on synthesisers added layer upon electronic layer of sampling – including witty snippets of film dialogue – to Hammond’s and Stott’s two live pianos. With scintillatingly energetic rhythm and some Pet Shop Boys touches, the moments of cacophonous mayhem spoke volumes. | Music |
The light streaks pictured in this image of a galaxy cluster are the result of Starlink satellites reflecting light as they passed through the telescope’s view.Image: Lowell ObservatoryUnobstructed views of space are increasingly at risk as SpaceX builds out its Starlink megaconstellation in low Earth orbit. And with the company’s plans to deploy bigger, and potentially brighter, satellites, the problem could get even worse, according to astronomers. During a panel discussion at the 240th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), a group of astronomers discussed the brightness magnitude of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, expressing concerns over the company’s next generation of Starlink satellites, as reported in Space News. SpaceX has been working with the Federation of Astronomical Societies in an attempt to mitigate the effects of its Starlink satellites on telescopes’ views of the stars and galaxies. Elon Musk’s private space company is seeking to launch an unprecedented 42,000 satellites to low Earth orbit, where they will provide broadband internet across distant parts of the world. So far, SpaceX has more than 2,400 Starlink satellites already in orbit and the company is launching an additional 53 satellites on Friday.The orbiting satellites add a lot of noise to images captured by ground-based observatories, which they do by reflecting sunlight. The satellites mess with scientific data, appearing as bright streaks in astronomical images. The company had agreed to keep the magnitude of its satellites to a maximum of seven to alleviate the issue.That said, Musk recently detailed the design of the company’s next generation of Starlink satellites, describing them as larger, and more powerful. Current Starlinks weigh about 573 pounds (260 kilograms), but the future versions will be far larger at 2,755 pounds (1,250 kilograms). In fact, the satellites will be so big that only SpaceX’s upcoming Starship rocket will be able to deliver them to space. The larger size is causing astronomers to reignite their concerns over the artificial constellation.“Bottom line is that they are bigger. This in turn would mean that—everything else being equal—they will be brighter than SL1 [the first generation of Starlink satellites],” Olivier Hainaut, an astronomer at the European Southern Observatory, told Gizmodo in an email. Hainaut estimates that Starlink 2.0 satellites will be about a full magnitude brighter than their predecessors. “With all the mitigation efforts by Starlink, they had managed to get SL1 close to the magnitude 7 limit most of the time,” Hainaut said. “One magnitude brighter would mean that more of the [second generation] satellites would be problematic, which of course is not nice.”Some astronomers do recognize that SpaceX has made an effort to prevent its megaconstellation from interfering with precious observations of the universe. When they first launched, the Starlink satellites were visible to the unaided eye and they saturated the lenses of telescopes pointed in their direction. However, the International Astronomical Union established the Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference, and SpaceX has been in talks with the union, in addition to other astronomers at various institutions. As a result, the company has changed the orientation of the satellites, the orientation of the solar panels, and installed visors to reduce the brightness of the satellites. “I hope Starlink keeps the communication lines open, and that they have not forgotten about their commitment towards the astronomical community,” Hainaut said.More: Elon Musk May Wait Until 2026 to Make SpaceX’s Starlink Public. | Space Technology |
Max Verstappen had long promised that given the tools he was more than capable of delivering a world championship. He duly took the title last year but his victory at the Canadian Grand Prix for Red Bull was an object demonstration that he appears in every position to now go on to seal multiple championships.He had never won at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve before but owned it with a dominant and composed drive redolent of the great champions, including seeing off a late charge from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who was second. The victory has crucially further extended Verstappen’s lead over title-rival Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who is third in the championship, to 49 points.Lewis Hamilton and George Russell secured third and fourth for Mercedes with a performance that will be a real fillip for the team. Third place equalled Hamilton’s best result this season. The seven-time champion had been enormously happy at claiming fourth on the grid and given that the Mercedes is proving enormously difficult to drive he revelled in a deserved third place.After a season battling a recalcitrant car, Hamilton’s broad smile and pleasure in having a decent ride beneath him was palpable. “It’s quite overwhelming to get this third place,” he said. “It’s been quite a battle. But we’ve never given up, and I’ve been inspired by my crew. We’re getting closer.”Indeed they are it seems and importantly there will be cause for optimism at Mercedes in that they demonstrated superb race pace staying well in touch with the times of Ferrari and Red Bull.Red Bull’s Max Verstappen holds off the challenge of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Photograph: Canadian Press/ShutterstockYet it was Verstappen who had shown the field how hard it will be to catch him this season. After a remarkable lap in treacherous wet conditions to claim pole, he followed it with a masterclass of control at times under fierce pressure. The 24-year-old’s title-winning victory in Abu Dhabi last year may have been mired in controversy but there is simply no arguing with his credentials to be world champion, then and more importantly, now. This is his sixth win from nine races this season and afterwards he bore the relaxed demeanour of a man who knows he is exactly where he wants to be.“I was giving it everything, but so was Carlos,” he said. “He was pushing, charging, pushing, charging. I had fun today.”Verstappen has been aided this season by Ferrari’s reliability problems that have recently plagued Leclerc. Here it was a case of Leclerc doing his best to minimise the damage of starting from 19th after grid penalties for an engine change. This was always going to be a difficult afternoon and he made it back to take fifth. Not quite what he would have hoped for as Ferrari left him out too long bottled up behind Esteban Ocon. The Scuderia now badly need to give him a reliable car with which to challenge and hone their decision making if they are to begin clawing back Verstappen’s lead.From the very off, Verstappen had shown his intent. He made a great start from pole, seeing off the threat from Fernando Alonso who was alongside him on the front row, while Hamilton held on to his fourth place. Sainz then cleared Alonso to take second place on lap three allowing Hamilton to duly close on Alonso.Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium after finsihing third at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. Photograph: Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty ImagesVerstappen swiftly opened a gap, three seconds clear of Sainz by lap eight. Pit stops ensued after an early virtual safety car when Sergio Pérez pulled off the track after a gearbox problem on lap nine, with Verstappen and Hamilton stopping but Ferrari leaving Sainz out to inherit the lead.Racing resumed with Verstappen now behind Sainz and Alonso, but he swiftly passed the latter on lap 16 to claim second, showing his commitment on fresh rubber with a series of fastest laps.In a race dictated by his control, the flawless execution lap after lap was vital and he showed no chinks in the armour. Sainz pitted under a second VSC and Verstappen reassumed the lead, the Dutchman having already pounded out an advantage, nine seconds clear of Sainz by lap 20. Verstappen was serene in front, reacting with pace every time the Spaniard edged closer. He took his second stop on lap 44 and Sainz now led with Ferrari looking to pull off a one-stop race, with a nine-second lead to Verstappen.However a safety car was called on lap 49 and Ferrari jumped on the chance for a free stop for Sainz, who came out in second. It left a sprint to the finish between the two on similar rubber.Quick GuideHow do I sign up for sport breaking news alerts?ShowDownload the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhones or the Google Play store on Android phones by searching for 'The Guardian'.If you already have the Guardian app, make sure you’re on the most recent version.In the Guardian app, tap the yellow button at the bottom right, then go to Settings (the gear icon), then Notifications.Turn on sport notifications.Verstappen nailed the restart with 15 laps remaining and attempted to reimpose his authority. Sainz refused to be bowed and stayed within DRS range. Sainz closed repeatedly but Verstappen held his nerve and the perfect line. Sainz hounded him hard but the Dutchman was imperious in seeing out the pressure to take the flag.The season still has a long way to run but in Montreal Verstappen showed form that sees him more than ready to disappear over the horizon. Catching him now will be some feat.Alpine’s Ocon was in sixth and his teammate Alonso in seventh. Valtteri Bottas and his teammate Guanyu Zhou were in eighth and ninth for Alfa Romeo and Lance Stroll tenth for Aston Martin. | Other Sports |
Victoria Beckham, Rebekah Vardy and first time dad Alex Bowen led the celebrity Father's Day celebrations on Sunday by sharing a handful of posts across social media. Former Spice Girl Victoria, 48, took to Instagram to praise both fathers in her life as she shared photos featuring husband David, 47, and her beloved dad Tony.She shared several snaps of David alongside their four children, Brooklyn, 23, Romeo, 19, Cruz, 17 and Harper, 10, at Brooklyn's wedding to Nicola Pelz in April of this year. Letting the images do the talking, fashion designer Victoria kept her accompanying message short and sweet, penning: 'Happy Father’s Day to the best, most loving Daddy in the world!! We all love you so much @davidbeckham, you are our everything'. Celebration: Victoria Beckham led the celebrity Father's Day celebrations on Sunday, by paying tribute to husband David and her dad Tony 'You are out everything': She penned: 'Happy Father’s Day to the best, most loving Daddy in the world!! We all love you so much @davidbeckham, you are our everything'Victoria also took to her Instagram Stories, to share an adorable video of David nuzzling Harper's pet rabbit Coco, and writing: 'The best daddy to the whole family, even Coco!'Alongside a string of shots of her and Tony indulging in a few beverages, she wrote: 'Happy Father’s Day to my favourite drinking partner! We all love you so much'.Elsewhere Rebekah Vardy paid tribute to her footballer husband Jamie with a cute collection of snaps of him with their children.She earnestly captioned them: 'Happy Father’s Day to the most incredible Daddy. Thank you for everything you do for us.'While, new dad and former Love Islander Alex Bowen, shared a photo with his stepdad and wife Olivia, writing: 'Happy Father's Day to the step dad (the legend) stay weird.' Sweet: The Spice Girl, 48, took to Instagram to praise both fathers in her life as she shared a slew of snaps of the pair of themDaddy's girl: Alongside a string of shots of her and Tony indulging in a few beverages, she wrote: 'Happy Father’s Day to my favourite drinking partner!' Tribute: She added on the end: 'We all love you so much' Nuptials: She also shared several photos of David, 47, alongside their four children, Brooklyn, 23, Romeo, 19, Cruz, 17 and Harper, 10, at Brooklyn's wedding to Nicola Pelz in April of this year Cute: Victoria also took to her Instagram Stories, to share an adorable video of David nuzzling Harper's pet rabbit Coco, and writing: 'The best daddy to the whole family, even Coco! Family: Rebekah Vardy also paid tribute to her footballer husband Jamie with a cute collection of snaps of him with their childrenFormer Love Island star Alex Bowen celebrated his first Father's Day by taking to Instagram to share an adorable snap with his newborn son Abel, who was born last week.In the shot, Abel wore a sweet onesie, emblazoned with the words 'Our 1st Father's Day. Abel and Daddy'. Alex wore a black T-shirt and gently cradled the little tot in his arms as he gave him a kiss on the cheek. Adorable: Alex celebrated his first Father's Day by taking to Instagram to share an adorable snap with his newborn son Abel Heartwarming: Captioning the touching photo, Alex simply wrote: 'Thank you son', while Olivia couldn't hold back her emotions at the sweet post, writing: 'My heart' in the comments section Caption: She wrote alongside them: 'Happy 1st ever Father’s Day to my favourite man, you are everything to me & are going to be everything to our favourite boy' Post of her own: She then took to her own Instagram grid, to share a slew of snaps of Alex and AbelMeanwhile, Jodie Marsh also took to Instagram to pay tribute, sharing several pictures of her and her dad, and writing that her dad was her 'hero'. She gushed: 'Happy Father’s Day to the best dad in the whole world !!!!!!!! You are my hero!!!!! The godfather, a legend and the bestest man ever.'Even if I didn’t have such HORRENDOUS taste in men, no man would ever live up to you anyway as you’re the last of the real men!!! love you sooooooo much. 'Thank you for everything you do for me. You are truly the best dad ever and I am so lucky to have you!!! Here’s to many more memories and fun times. Love you, you utter LEGEND !!!!!'Captioning the touching photo, Alex simply wrote: 'Thank you son.'Olivia couldn't hold back her emotions at the sweet post, writing: 'My heart' in the comments section.She then took to her own Instagram grid, to share a slew of snaps of Alex and Abel and wrote alongside them: 'Happy 1st ever Father’s Day to my favourite man, you are everything to me & are going to be everything to our favourite boy'. 'Hero': Meanwhile, Jodie Marsh also took to Instagram to pay tribute, sharing several pictures of her and her dad, and writing that her dad was her 'hero' Gushing: She gushed: 'Happy Father’s Day to the best dad in the whole world !!!!!!!! You are my hero!!!!! The godfather, a legend and the bestest man ever'Joining her in posting was Jacqueline Jossa, who shared an array of pictures of her three children sweetly surprising dad Dan Osborne with breakfast in bed.Captioning the adorable snaps, she wrote: 'Happy Father’s Day @danosborne ❤️ You truly are a dream come true. Thankyou for being the best daddy ever to our babies ❤️ Morning breakfast made by the kids'.Meanwhile, Sam Palmer also enjoyed a surprise of his own by his kids and fiancee Petra Ecclestone. Surprise! Joining her in posting was Jacqueline Jossa, who shared an array of pictures of her three children sweetly surprising dad Dan Osborne with breakfast in bed High praise: Captioning the adorable snaps, she wrote: 'Happy Father’s Day @danosborne ❤️ You truly are a dream come true' Breakfast in bed: She added: 'Thankyou for being the best daddy ever to our babies ❤️ Morning breakfast made by the kids'Father's Day surprise: Meanwhile, Sam Palmer also enjoyed a surprise of his own by his kids and fiancee Petra EcclestoneSweet gesture: They surprised him with a heart-shaped balloons and a pile of football themed cupcakes, with a card that was emblazoned with 'Best Dad' on it Grateful: Alongside the photos, he simply wrote: 'Lucky man'They surprised him with a heart-shaped balloons and a pile of football themed cupcakes, with a card that was emblazoned with 'Best Dad' on it.Alongside the photos, he simply wrote: 'Lucky man'.Mario Falcone shared an adorable video from his recent wedding to Becky, where he danced with her and their son Parker Jax, three.Captioning the sweet clip, he wrote: 'Being daddy in the Falcone family is the best thing in the world. I am very lucky to have you both. Love you my little Parker Jax'. Dance: Mario Falcone shared an adorable video from his recent wedding to Becky, where he danced with her and their son Parker Jax, three Lucky: Captioning the sweet clip, he wrote: 'Being daddy in the Falcone family is the best thing in the world. I am very lucky to have you both. Love you my little Parker Jax'Meanwhile, Gary Neville paid tribute to his late father, Neville, who passed away in 2015 at the age of 65, saying how much he missed him.Alongside a photo of Neville, Gary wrote: 'Miss you dad so much. What hurts more is what you’re missing. Thunder winning the Netball with Tracey , the holidays , the football in Miami with Phil , Socceraid last week, our girls and the sleep overs, baby Nev, Harvey playing well , Issy and everything she’s achieving and most of all being with mum and travelling everywhere to be with us. He concluded by adding: 'We attack the day because of you'. Tragic: Meanwhile, Gary Neville paid tribute to his late father, Neville, who passed away in 2015 at the age of 65, saying how much he missed him Loss: Alongside a photo of Neville, Gary wrote: 'Miss you dad so much. What hurts more is what you’re missing'Hollywood actor Henry Golding's wife, Liv, shared a sweet tribute to him on Instagram as well, alongside several pictures of him and their daughter.She wrote: 'I know everyone’s dad is the best dad, and this dad certainly is too. 'He takes the best care of us whether near or far and always puts us first. We love you dada!' Adorable: Hollywood actor Henry Golding's wife, Liv, shared a sweet tribute to him on Instagram as well, alongside several pictures of him and their daughterGlowing compliment: She wrote: 'I know everyone’s dad is the best dad, and this dad certainly is too' Happy Father's Day: 'He takes the best care of us whether near or far and always puts us first. We love you dada!'Ronnie Wood's wife Sally, took the time to make an Instagram post, dedicating it to her husband and her dad.She shared a slew of snaps of her father, as well as an adorable video of her and Ronnie's six-year-old twin daughters doing his hair.Captioning them, she wrote: 'Happy Father’s Day! A couple of family pics ~ including one of my dad’s favourite, him with Dave Edmunds! xx Love you Dad, @ronniewood & Andy'. Celebration: Ronnie Wood's wife Sally, took the time to make an Instagram post, dedicating it to her husband and her dad Rock n roll! She shared a slew of snaps of her father, as well as an adorable video of her and Ronnie's six-year-old twin daughters doing his hair Love: Captioning them, she wrote: 'Happy Father’s Day! A couple of family pics ~ including one of my dad’s favourite, him with Dave Edmunds! xx Love you Dad, @ronniewood & Andy' Touching: She earnestly captioned them: 'Happy Father’s Day to the most incredible Daddy. Thank you for everything you do for us' 'Stay weird: While, new dad and former Love Islander Alex Bowen, shared a photo with his stepdad and wife Olivia, writing: 'Happy Father's Day to the step dad (the legend) stay weird'Mark Wahlberg took to his own Instagram grid to share a video, where he flicked through a photo album while giving a 'shoutout' to all the dads, including his late father Donald.David Seaman shared a photo of his dad holding a giant fish proudly, and captioned it: 'A very happy Dad celebrating Fathers Day in style today!!'Ore Oduba shared a very touching video of his four-year-old son Roman, giving his 85-year-old dad a heartwarming hug. Proud: David Seaman shared a photo of his dad holding a giant fish proudly, and captioned it: 'A very happy Dad celebrating Fathers Day in style today!!' Heartwarming: Ore Oduba shared a very touching video of his four-year-old son Roman, giving his 85-year-old dad a heartwarming hug '81 years apart': He captioned the moving clip: '81 years apart…. Can’t tell you how lucky I feel to be link between these two. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and father figures out there, including my Paps. Best job in the world'He captioned the moving clip: '81 years apart…. Can’t tell you how lucky I feel to be link between these two. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and father figures out there, including my Paps. Best job in the world'.Tamara Beckwith paid tribute to her husband Giorgio Veroni, with a lengthy Instagram post and series of shots of him with their children.She gushed: 'HaPpY HaPpY FaThEr’s Day Papa Giorgi.. Your dedication to your children & Noush & Luna is remarkable.. I may pull you up sometimes but really it’s you who keeps us all so tight..'You came from good parenting stock & for that I am extremely lucky… Thank you for everything.. We couldn’t love you anymore than we do.. Be content you make everyone feel loved & safe.. What an amazing quality..'Thank you for making our family just that… a Family… ♥️ You are special in so many ways… Love us all.. xxxxx ♥️ Handsome: Tamara Beckwith paid tribute to her husband Giorgio Veroni, with a lengthy Instagram post and series of shots of him with their children Happy: She gushed: 'HaPpY HaPpY FaThEr’s Day Papa Giorgi.. Your dedication to your children & Noush & Luna is remarkable.. I may pull you up sometimes but really it’s you who keeps us all so tight..' | Celebrity |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Max Verstappen maintained his hold on the Formula One championship fight by holding off a late challenge from Carlos Sainz Jr. to earn his sixth win of the season in a fairly easy Sunday drive in the Canadian Grand Prix.Verstappen won from the pole at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve to extend his lead in the standings to 46 points over Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez, who retired early with a gearbox issue."It's still a very long way to go and I know the gap of course is quite big, but I also know that can switch around very quickly," Verstappen said of his points lead. He noted he trailed Charles Leclerc by 46 points following the third race of the season.The Dutchman had no trouble clearing Fernando Alonso, who earned his first front-row start in a decade then joked he'd attack Verstappen in the first turn to steal the victory. Max Verstappen won the F1 Canadian Grand Prix from pole position. (IM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)But there was no challenge and by the time Sainz cleared Alonso for second on Lap 2, Verstappen had already built a lead of 2.4 seconds in his Red Bull. Sainz was able to close the gap over the final 10 laps and pressured the reigning F1 champion but faded on the last lap and finished .993 seconds behind in his Ferrari."It was good racing, it is always more enjoyable to be able to really push rather than just save your tires," said Verstappen, who added Sainz didn't have "a go in terms overtaking, but it was super close."Sainz said second was the best he could get on Sunday."When I gave it all, I was risking everything," Sainz said. "I can tell you I was pushing. I left everything out there. For the first time this season I can say I was fastest man on track, which gives me confidence and some hope for the next races."Mercedes had a tremendous rebound from its season-long struggles, which included a terrible Friday practice, as seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton scored his first podium since the season-opening race in March. George Russell was fourth as Hamilton beat his new teammate for just the second time in nine races this season."It feels great to be amongst the battle and at the end there I was keeping up with these guys, but it does give me and the team a lot of hope," Hamilton said. "The potential is truly there if we can get the setup right and I think that's been the most difficult thing this year."MORE RACING NEWS FROM FOX NEWS AUTOSHamilton received a rousing ovation after his finish and said he had no problems with his back, which has been plaguing him all season because of how the new Mercedes bounces all over the track."It's good, I'm back to being young," said the 37-year-old. But he added "we still had bouncing, but it's night and day the difference."Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admitted after the race the team had raised the ride height on its cars to make them more drivable and eliminate the "porpoising" effect that has bogged down Hamilton and Russell all season. The bouncing has caused back pain and headaches for its drivers."The (wind) tunnel has told us that the lower the car, the faster you go, the more ground effect it will have," Wolff said. "But in effect, you can't drive the car there so you need to lift it, and lift it, and lift it, and then on paper you are losing half a second or so in downforce."We raised it already (Saturday) but the more you raise, the more performance you lose. So it's always a compromise."Verstappen, meanwhile, has now won six of the first nine races in his title defense season.It was Verstappen's best finish in Montreal, which F1 said hosted a record 338,000 spectators over the three-day weekend as the series returned to Canada after a two-year pause during the pandemic. The Sunday crowd was treated to clear, sunny skies after two days of rain that upended qualifying and created the slick track that allowed Alonso — and other drivers, including Hamilton — to earn their top starting spots this year.APPLE BUYS BRAD PITT-LED FORMULA ONE MOVIELeclerc rallied from a 10-place grid penalty for changing the engine in his Ferrari to finish fifth from 19th. Estaban Ocon of Alpine finished sixth and teammate Alonso, who said he'd be pleased with a fifth-place finish, was seventh.Valtteri Bottas of Alfa Romeo was eighth and followed by rookie teammate Zhou Guanyu, who finished in the points for the second time this season. Canadian driver Lance Stroll of Aston Martin was 10th.Sergio Perez exited the race after just nine laps with a gearbox issue, the fourth Red Bull mechanical failure this season between Perez and Verstappen. Eleven laps later, Mick Schumacher came to a stop on track — ending the Haas driver's bid to score his first F1 points.Haas had equaled its best qualifying effort in team history a day earlier when Kevin Magnussen and Schumacher qualified fifth and sixth, but the team failed to convert. Magnussen damaged his front wing on the opening lap racing Hamilton for position and had to make an early stop for repairs; he finished 17th.Toronto native Nicholas Latifi, who has admitted his seat at Williams is not secure, was 16th in his first career home grand prix.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPUP NEXT: The British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 3. Hamilton won a year ago in what's considered the Brit's home race. | Other Sports |
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