Month: November 2022

Xavi Hernández todavía jugaba al fútbol en 2016, and Qatar, y ese verano llamóa Abelardo, entrenador del Sporting y viejo compañero de vestuario del CampNou. En esa charla, el actual técnico azulgrana le soltó un nombre: AkramAfif, un chico de 19 años, rápido y con desborde, al que conocía de lascategorías inferiores del país asiático. “El mejor de Qatar”, le advirtióXavi. “Lo he seguido y puede ser una sorpresa en la Liga”, avisó unos días mástarde a todos Abelardo, que no tardó en recoger el guante y anunciar suincorporación como cedido. Su paso por El Molinón, sin embargo, resultó fueinvisible (cero goles en 11 partidos), la temporada del equipo rojiblanco muymala (descendió a Segunda) ya Abelardo no le han quedado muchas ganas dehablar de este extremo izquierdo. Pero ahí está Afif, ahora con 25 años,indiscutible con su selección y tercer máximo goleador (21) de la anfitriona,que este domingo abre su Mundial ante Ecuador (17.00, Movistar).

Con mejor o peor suerte, la peripecia de este chico por Asturias sirve deejemplo para un dato interesante: al margen del caso ya conocido del catalánFélix Sánchez Bas -seleccionador en el emirato desde 2017-, un tercio delcombinado catarí dio sus primeros pasos , a modo de mili , and España;algunos en canteras de Primera, y la gran mayoría en el fútbol no profesionaly hasta en las profundidades de las ligas regionals. Entre los 26 convocados,ocho se formaron a este lado de Occidente.

Algunos de ellos llegan a la gran cita de Doha como referentes de un equipoque en 2019 levantó su primer gran título, la Copa de Asia: el delanteroAlmoez Ali (26 años), uno a los que le sorprendió la vida callejera de Leóndurante el semestre de 2016 que perteneció a la Cultural en Segunda B, sepresenta como su máximo anotador histórico, con 34 tantos; Bassan Al-Rawi (24)figura como uno de los pilares defensivos, y en su fugaz tránsito por elJuvenil A del Celta en 2016 llamó la atención su físico, su mirada competitivay el carácter extremadamente silencioso; y por supuesto el veloz Afif, quetambién tuvo su etapa en las categorías inferiores del Sevilla y Villarreal(el conjunto amarillo lo llegó a comprar y luego a cedar al Sporting).

Almoez Ali, Akram Afif y Bassan Al-Rawi, con pasado español, son tres> pilares del equipo

Tres nombres fijos en el plan de Sánchez Bas a los que se unen el porterosuplente Yousef Hassam (26), que pasó por el Juvenil A del Villarreal; elpivote Assim Madibo (26), medio años en la Cultural Leonesa; y el centralTarek Salman (24), el medio Mohammed Waad (23) y el extremo zurdo KhalidMuneer (24), que ni siquiera tuvieron sitio en el primer equipo de León ytuvieron que baquetearse en el Júpiter (filial de la Cultural) y hasta en elAstorga, and Tercera Division. Entonces su fútbol no les daba para más.

León es, desde hace siete años, uno de los campamentos base del fútbol deQatar. En 2015, su academia (Aspire) compró la Cultural, en grave crisiseconómica, y allí ha ido mandando jóvenes para sumar experiencia y tratar dealiviar el pobre nivel general de su país. “Esta ha sido una de lassituaciones más curiosas de mi carrera”, resume sin gran entusiasmo JuanFerrando, que dirigió este conjunto en la 2015-16, en Segunda B. “Cuandofirmé, me dijeron que Aspire enviaría a unos jugadores. Elegían a los queellos creían que podrían llegar a la selección absoluta y su objetivo era queadquirieran ritmo competitivo. Destacaban, sobre todo, por el físico, aunquetambién entendían la táctica”, explica el técnico, de 41 años, ahora en elMohun Bagan, de India. La suya fue la primera promoción de este Erasmus y notuvo mal material: Ali (máximo goleador de la Copa Asia de 2019, con nuevedianas) y Madibo, que suma 43 internacionalidades. “Que dos hayan llegadoarriba, no está nada mal”, valora el preparador catalán.

El Júpiter, filial de la Cultural, y el Astorga acogieron a varios de estos> futbolistas

And los inicios, las remesas leonesas de Aspire, dirigida por el español IvánBravo, las formaban unos cuatro jugadores por curso. Luego se interrumpierontres campañas y esta temporada se han reanudado con otro cuarteto para lacantera. “Cuándo mandan y cuándo no es estrategia suya”, puntualiza FelipeLlamazares, exárbitro ACB durante 24 años (621 partidos) y actual directorgeneral de la Cultural. En el Consejo de Administración del club, por cierto,también está José Lasa, base del Real Madrid en los noventa y ahora abogado deAspire. Fútbol catarí y baloncesto español, una curiosa conexión que añadir aesta historia.

“Con ellos viene un tutor, que es su responsable. Por las mañanas estudian deforma telemática ya veces también tienen entrenamientos individualizados”,explica Llamazares, que apunta que ninguno ha vuelto por León más que paradisputar un amistoso el pasado verano, un encuentro en el que un aficionadofue expulsado de la grada por sacar un rótulo con la phrase: “¿Dónde están losDerechos Humanos en Qatar?”.

“Esta ha sido una de las situaciones más curiosas de mi carrera”, resume sin

R . No, y no sabría decirle la razón, pero tampoco me ha sorprendido. Yo,individualmente, lo hago y siempre se me ha respetado. And Sudamérica somosmás creyentes. Yo tengo un tatuaje de la Virgen Maria.

P. ¿En qué cambia un vestuario que reza a otro que no lo hace?

R . Es una manera de agradecer. Pero Dios te ayuda hasta un punto y, apartir de ahí, tú tienes que hacer las cosas. Por más que pidas, si vas alcampo y no haces lo que debes, el rival te supera.

P. Ecuador es un país, tradicionalmente, de emigrantes. Muchos estan enEspaña. ¿En su familia ha habido personas que han tenido que salir?

R . No, pero conozco casos. Antes había más, ahora es más complicado porel tema de visados. Pero allá donde he estado, en Pamplona, ​​Mallorca,Granada o Almería, he visto a muchos ecuatorianos.

P. Usted, como futbolista que disputa un Mundial, pertenece a una élite,con una posición económica privilegiada. ¿Como lo vive?

R . Con tranquilidad y la mayor inteligencia posible, sabiendo de dondevengo. Cuando se visita el país, hay que ayudar a los que no están en tuposición. Dios me bendijo y me dio la oportunidad de ser lo que soy. Cuandovoy a mi barrio o por Navidades, si le puedo tender una mano a quien lonecesita, mejor. Con víveres, con comida, o haciendo felices a niños. Tampocoquiero dar muchos detalles, soy una persona tranquila. Ayudo porque lo hago decorazón y no porque quiera mostrarlo.

P. Se acaba de unir al proyecto Common Goal y donará el 1% de su sueldopara causas sociales.

R . Hay personas que no tienen oportunidades y me motiva llevar un granitode arena a casa de una persona que lo necesita y la hago feliz. La idea escrear espacios seguros para la inclusion y la prevención del delito enEsmeraldas, donde crecí.

Mi padre quería que fuera delantero, pero no salía ningún gol

P. ¿Como recuerda su infancia allí?

R. Un sitio tranquilo, costero. Yo era un chico muy alegre que no habíacomido y ya pensaba en jugar al fútbol. Estoy agradecido con la educación queme dieron mis padres para no desviarme por otros caminos.

P. Su padre quiso que usted fuera delantero.

R . Cuando era más joven, me pedía que me presentara como delantero en losclubes donde iba a probarme. El había jugado en esa posición, aunque noprofesionalmente. Yo lo decía, pero veía que no salía ningún gol y me decantépor irme para atrás.

P. ¿Pero le gustaba ser delantero o se sentía empujado por su padre?

R . Al principio, me gustaba, pero vas creciendo, te van probando enposiciones y, con la ayuda de los técnicos, me quedé en el lateral.

P. ¿A qué edad ganó su primer sueldo con el fútbol?

R . Con 13 anos. Había llegado a Liga de Quito y, cuando iba a cumplir 14,me hicieron mi primer contrato.

P. ¿Y qué hizo con él?

R . Se lo di a mi mamá, yo no era consciente de lo que agarraba. Ella mecompró ropa en lo que en España llaman un centro comercial.

Mi primer sueldo del fútbol lo gané con 13 años

P. Antes había trabajado en un club de tenis.

R . A mi padre no le gustaba porque decía que no nos faltaba nada, y eraverdad. El tenía un empleo y mi madre estaba con nosotros en casa. Pero yo lohacía porque me lo pasaba bien, estaba con mis amigos y ganábamos un dineropara comprarnos nuestras cosas. Por no pedírselo a mis padres y ser un pocoindependiente. No por necesidad.

P. El Villarreal lo fichó en 2020 por 16 millones, pero solo estuvo dosaños. ¿Por que?

R . Me hubiese gustado quedarme mucho más tiempo porque es un gran club,pero se dio así. Yo queria mas minutos. Empecé jugando y luego, porcircunstancias, entré en competencia con mi compañero. A algunos no lesimporta alternar con otros. A mi siempre me ha gustado sentirme importante. Ladecision de salir fue de las dos partes. El Villarreal también necesitabaingresos porque no entró en Champions ni Europa League.

P. ¿Y qué le parece ahora la Premier?

R . Es muy distinta a España por la intensidad de los entrenamientos, delos partidos, y por como se corre desde el primer minuto.

P. El Mundial se celebra en Qatar, un país muy cuestionado en materia dederechos humanos. ¿Qué opinion tiene sobre esto?

R . Esas cosas le pertenecen arreglarlas a otras personas.

La Tri, multada en el último segundo pero con perdonada

Ninguna de las 32 selecciones ha vivido tan en vilo la vigilia del Mundialcomo Ecuador. El equipo que dirige desde 2020 el argentino Gustavo Alfaro(sucedió a Jordi Cruyff, que estuvo seis meses y no dirigió ningún partido)festejó el pase en el campo; sin embargo, luego todo se complicó en losdespachos. Las denuncias de Chile y Perú por supuesta regioción indebida deByron Castillo en ocho encuentros de la clasificación (le acusaba de sercolombiano y haber obtenido la nacionalidad ecuatoriana de manera fraudulenta)le tuvo en vilo hasta apenas dos semanas antes de la cita de Qatar. De hecho,el Tribunal de Arbitraje Deportivo (TAS) cerró el caso con una multa a La Tride 100,000 euros, más 10,000 para los dos países demandantes, y tres puntosmenos en las eliminatorias para 2026 por presentar documentación del jugadorcon información falsa. Sanción, sí, pero sin expulsar a Ecuador de la cita. Noobstante, el miedo a problemas mayores empujó a Alfaro ya toda la federación ano incluir a Bryon Castillo en la lista mundialista. “Yo pongo la mano en elfuego por él, para mí es como mi hermano. Nos dijo que estuviéramostranquilos”, asegura Estupiñán.

Apologies are all the rage these days when it comes to difficult-to-procureconcert tickets. And Adele, whose much anticipated Las Vegas residencylaunched on Friday (Nov. 18) at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, was notexempt from her own. “I’m truly sorry for any inconvenience and anydisappointment that I’ve caused, but we’re here tonight and together” she saidfrom the stage. Delaying the run, she added, “was the best decision I evermade.”

It was a reminder of the long road to the Colosseum. Originally scheduled tokick off in January, production issues — and Adele’s own dissatisfaction withthe staging — caused a nine-month delay, during which time rumors circulatedsuggesting that the show may move venues or be called off altogether. “I’dreally like to thank Caesars because there’s been a lot of shit written aboutme since I canceled those shows,” Adele said. “Ninety percent of it iscompletely made up, but not once did [Caesars] ask any questions,” Adeledefended, remarking how dealing with business is the part of her job as aworld-renowned singer that she doesn’t always enjoy. “That’s why I fuck offfor six years at a time,” she cracked.

Truth be told, no one was complaining. If anything, the crowd of 4,100 — whichincluded James Corden, director Baz Luhrmann, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Britishartist Stormzy (seated with Adele’s beau Rich Paul) in attendance, as well asSony Music Group’s Rob Stringer and Afo Verde and CBS executive Jack Sussman —were audibly and visibly thrilled to be a part of Adele’s opening night, asdemonstrated by their screams and frequent standing ovations.

Still, Adele was nervous, and said so at the top of the show as she belted“Hello” and warmed up her voice. “I’m so scared and so happy,” she confessed,before asking rhetorically, “How are you all?”

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 18: Adele performs onstage during the “Weekendswith Adele” Residency Opening at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on November18, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for AD) Getty Images for AD

Adele explained that she wanted the show to “start small” with just her and apiano. She also warned the audience that bangers were scanning, so to take theopportunity to dance when an up-tempo tune comes. “I don’t know what I wasthinking,” she said of front-loading the show with ballads.

“I’ve got a lot to tell you,” Adele continued in her trademark banter. “It’s abloody massive week for me — it’s the ‘Walking Dead’ finale on Sunday! Andit’s the Grammys and the World Cup. … I’m talking this much because I’m sonervous.” Indeed, she joked and regaled the crowd with stories for a total ofalmost 30 minutes during the two-hour show, covering everything from theweather (unseasonably cold in Vegas) to her “love of sitting down” to musicdiscovery and the mechanics of the show, and even made two Canadian audiencemembers’ night by reassigning them from the worst seats in the house toorchestra center (she plans to repeat the deed on future shows), and a fewmore fans got T-shirts shot at them from a gun. (Next door to the venue is anAdele store selling merch and knick-knacks and displaying a selection of herdresses and awards.)

Working her way through her greatest hits — “Easy On Me,” “Rumour Has It,”“Send My Love,” “Skyfall,” “Set Fire to the Rain,” “When We Were Young,”“Someone Like You” — it became clearer as the night went on that the less-is-more production complemented the music in a way that didn’t distract butrather enhanced the art of the performance. Outside of the rain fall andflames that accompanied “Set Fire to the Rain,” videos of a stunning Adelealong with picturesque landscapes and a wall of string players brought aclassiness to the show — the sort that maybe could justify spending north of$800 for a seat.

But what truly made the show worth every penny was Adele’s promise that itwould be an intimate experience. She came through in every regard, walking upand down the aisles, meeting and kissing her fans, asking about their lives.“The whole reason I wanted to play a small room was to be close to you,” shesaid during an emotional moment just before the encore (“Rolling in the Deep”and “Love Is a Game”). “I was just flailing around London when I was 21 yearsold and I wrote an album that ended up changing my life,” Adele continued. “Ihad no idea that my life would end up becoming what it is. Every day, I havean out of body experience.”

You could say the same of the crowd’s Friday night.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 18: Adele performs onstage during the “Weekendswith Adele” Residency Opening at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on November18, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for AD) Getty Images for AD

Set List:

Hello Easy On Me Turning Tables Take It All I Drink Wine Water Under the Bridge Send My Love Oh My God One And Only Don’t You Remember Rumor Has It Skyfall Hometown Love in the Dark Cry Your Heart Out Set Fire to the Rain When We Were Young hold-on Someone Like You Rolling in the Deep Love Is a Game

Correction: A previous version of this article mistakenly listed WeWorkfounder Adam Newman in attendance.

Brett Oppenheim is still supportive of his former employee and _Sell ​​Sunset_costar Christine Quinn.

While speaking with PEOPLE at the launch of 1060 App on Thursday in WestHollywood, the luxury realtor and Oppenheim Real Estate president, 45,discussed Quinn’s absence in the upcoming sixth season of the Netflix realityshow.

“This is our first season without her, and she’s a big loss because she’s madefor reality TV,” he said. “We stay in touch, just not so often. Just mostlyover Instagram or a text here and there.”

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Explaining his previous anxieties around Quinn being on the show, Oppenheimexplained: “But I got to say, I might have had a little bit of concern goinginto season six, but I have no concern coming out of season six.”

“I’m really proud of this season,” he added. “I think everybody stepped up,and it just ended up being unexpectedly an awesome season. So, all concernshave been completely diminished.”

Brett Oppenheim Says Christine Quinn’s Exit Is a ‘Big Loss’ to Selling Sunset:’She’s Made for Reality TV’. photo credit: Victoria Sirakova

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Teasing more about season 6, Oppenheim said: “We were a few weeks intofilming, and there was absolutely no drama. I was like, ‘Oh, s—. OK, maybewe’re going to have a mellow season.’ Honestly, I was really kind of pleasedabout it. Then, some s— hit the fan just unexpectedly. So, I actually thinkthat this season’s going to have as much drama as the other seasons.”

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“Yeah, it just came out of nowhere, but it was pretty rough for a few weeks inthe office,” Oppenheim shared. “So, I think that it’s probably going to beentertaining for people even though it was a little difficult for me and mybrother (Jason Oppenheim).”

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Noting that the tensions have arisen between “people that we both care about alot,” Brett said one particular scene was “tough.”

Brett Oppenheim Says Christine Quinn’s Exit Is a ‘Big Loss’ to Selling Sunset:’She’s Made for Reality TV’. photo credit: Victoria Sirakova

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“We were in Europe when it started to hit the fan, which was kind of nice insome ways because we didn’t have to deal with it directly, but it was also alittle bit troubling because we weren’t there to try to smooth things over,”he explained. “So, it was difficult to get through. Yeah, it was not fun tohear about, not fun to watch, but I presume it’ll be fun to watch for millionsof other people.”

Brett attended Thursday’s event with his twin brother and his girlfriendMarie-Lou Nurk, as well as Sell ​​Sunset costar Amanza Smith, to celebratethe launch of the 1060 App, a new app designed for the real estate industrythat provides an endless stream of the world’s most amazing houses andapartments through short digital videos, according to the company’s website.

A source confirmed to PEOPLE in August that Quinn, 34, will not return forseasons 6 and 7 of the hit Netflix series. Production for the upcoming seasonsbegan this summer. TMZ was the first to report the news of Quinn’s departurefrom the series.

Since it first premiered in 2019, Quinn has been a staple on _Sell ​​Sunset_which follows the Oppenheim Group real estate firm as they sell some of themost exclusive luxury homes in Los Angeles.

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Over five seasons, fans watched as Quinn not only sold real estate, but wasalso involved in drama with all of her costars. In an explosive season 5conflict, Emma Hernan claims Quinn bribed a client with $5,000 to quit workingwith her. Quinn vehemently denied the accusation.

Quinn told PEOPLE exited Oppenheim to launch her new crypto real estateventure RealOpen with husband Christian Dumontet in April.

“I terminated my contract when the brokerage launched,” Quinn said. “I had tomake a business decision that was for me, so I had to terminate the contractso I could move it over to my brokerage.”

“The bitter thing is that my aunt and I used to have a very good relationship.Rita was my mother’s sister. She used to raise me for the most part, becausemy own mother had too little time for that because of my parents’ company.Rita considered me as her daughter.

I got married at a young age, it was a bad marriage in which I was mentallyand physically abused. In the end I fled with my son from my ex, I was allowedto go into hiding with Rita for six months. Even though that was thirty yearsago, I will always be grateful to my aunt for that. Regardless of whathappened between us later.”

“Until June last year, Rita still lived independently in a sheltered housing.She was already 99 years old, but very spry. She could do everything herself,and even had her own teeth. But my husband and I heard from her neighbor thathe sometimes worries made for her. She spent a lot of time in bed andsometimes barely ate anything for days. Occasionally she came to stay with usfor a weekend.

Moving van full

“Last year Rita came to stay for a week in the summer, and that went fineagain. I knew she was lonely and then suggested that she could come and livewith us. She really wanted that, because she thought my husband and me were sosweet Rita canceled her rent, we moved her stuff – the whole moving van wasfull, she had that much – she got her own room with us with her furniture anda TV.

Somehow I had expected that it would sometimes be difficult, after all my aunthad lived alone for a long time and was no longer used to having people aroundher and taking others into account. But I naively thought that this would workout.”

“When Rita moved in with us, we made clear agreements, for example that shewould be at the table on time for dinner: breakfast before nine o’clock, lunchat one o’clock and dinner at seven o’clock. If you don’t come to the table,then eat you didn’t come along either, very simple. My aunt was fine withthat. And it went well, too, until the day she was officially registered withus. From that moment on she threw her ass against the crib. Often she wasn’tup until eleven o’clock ” in the morning, and then she loudly demanded herbreakfast. That’s where the fuss started, and it bothered me.”

Unkind and underhanded

“Although my aunt had her own television in her room, she thought it was morepleasant to watch in our living room. My husband likes to watch Hart vanNederland or Shownieuws, it’s nice to have the mind at zero. No problem atall, everything was good, said Rita. But then when my husband went to thekitchen to grab a drink, she commented behind his back: “Who watches somethingso retarded?” I thought that was rude and underhanded.

From then on things went from bad to worse. Every evening I almost had to begher to come to the table for dinner. “It’s my house, so I can make thatdecision myself,” she said. And no, she was definitely not demented. Veryclear, if she had a friend on the phone she could tell in detail about herdays and about current events. Rita was aware of everything. So she wasn’tconfused in the least, she just didn’t feel like ‘rules’.”

“Rita was incontinent but refused to wear diaper pants. She used pads andthrew her underpants with pads in the laundry basket. Could I get those dirtypads out. No matter how many times I asked her to do it herself, she refused.Rita thought that was my job At one point we arranged home care to help herget dressed and wash, because that was getting more and more difficult. Itwent well for a while, but then Rita criticized the carer again and was sentaway by her. I found that very frustrating .”

Washcloth for her bottom

“The mood in the house was getting worse and worse. I felt like getting intoour motorhome with my husband and not coming back. At Christmas I invited mycousin to come and stay. On Christmas Eve we all sat with each other. We gaveeach other presents and agreed to enjoy a nice Christmas breakfast together atten o’clock the next morning. That morning we called Rita to the table. “I’mcoming!” she said. Then, contrary to all agreements, she first went into thebathroom for an hour while we were waiting. The atmosphere was immediatelyspoiled.

Once when Rita had an accident with her stool, I saw her in the sink cleaningher underpants with my husband’s toothbrush. When I expressed my disgust, shesaid, “Whatever, I’ll just rinse that brush clean.” Disgusting. If I’d used awashcloth and hung it up in the bathroom to dry for the next day, Rita wouldhappily use it on her bottom. I ended up hanging my washcloths in my bedroom.”

“Still, I tried to be understanding and kind. For Rita’s 100th birthday lastsummer, I organized a party for the whole family on a boat with food anddrinks. It was quite a lot of work. But I never got a thank you for it. Infact: my aunt had thought it was a worthless day, nothing was good about it.

All those tensions in the house had an effect on me. I hovered betweendisappointment and anger. Every day I was crying, I couldn’t take it anymore.I had more and more arguments with my husband, because Rita knew how to playus off against each other perfectly. The whole situation made me very sad. Ialmost died and so did my husband.”

Uncomfortable in my own home

“In the end, after Rita’s birthday, things went downhill fast for her. Shecouldn’t get out of bed and suffered from hallucinations. She died in hersleep two months ago. It sounds incredibly silly, but her death was a reliefto me. The way she treated my husband and me was just unacceptable. She mademe feel uncomfortable in my own home. Respect has to go both ways, and Ritawas really ungrateful.”

“I don’t regret taking my aunt in because I did it with the best of intentionsand I took good care of her until the very end. But with the wisdom of today Inever would have done it. If I had everything If I had known in advance, Ireally wouldn’t have started it.

There is no understanding for this when I say this honestly to people. That’sa taboo, you have to act like it’s no problem at all to take care of anelderly relative. On commercials you only see perfect pictures of family, butthat is not the reality and I am open about that.”

A place in a home

“I should have just found a nursing home near me for my aunt, where I couldoften visit her. Because the last year and a half together went so badly, alot has broken down. My beautiful memories of her are overshadowed by thenasty incidents and that is a pity.

I’m not taking anyone in again, never again. It simply takes too much of you,you are on it twenty-four hours a day. Know what you are getting into, I wouldsay to others. If you love each other, it’s better not to do it. I also toldmy son that he really doesn’t have to take me in later. “Find me a place in ahome for me,” I said. That’s better for everyone.”

The names of Marleen and Rita are fictitious names. Their real names areknown to the editors.

In hindsight, Ryan Reynolds should’ve known better than to ask the GreatestShowman for performance tips.

The deadpool actor revealed that he tapped his longtime “nemesis” HughJackman — who is currently marching down Broadway into The Music Man — forguidance on how to sing and dance for Spirited , his new Christmas musicalwith Will Ferrell. But the results didn’t exactly fill Reynolds up withholiday cheer.

“It comes so naturally to Hugh that, in a weird way, his helping was nothelping,” Reynolds said in an interview with The Big Issue. “He was like,’Just make sure you’re listening to those count-offs and those beats’. And Iwas like, ‘I don’t hear the beats, man. Help me out with something realhere!'”

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 28: Hugh Jackman (L) and Ryan Reynolds attendThe Adam Project World Premiere at Alice Tully Hall on February 28, 2022 inNew York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Netflix)

Monica Schipper/Getty for Netflix Hugh Jackman’s attempts to reach RyanReynolds how to dance for his holiday film ‘Spirited’ totally backfired.

The best lesson Jackman taught him didn’t actually take place on the dancefloor, but rather over a cup of coffee. “He reminded me of something that isso vital with almost anything that you’re doing in the arts,” Reynoldsrecalled. “He said, ‘Just remember to enjoy it, because if you’re enjoying it,we’ll enjoy it.'”

He continued, “That was something that I constantly reminded myself. Even whenI felt so out of my depth, which was almost every day, I kept reminding myselfthat this is an opportunity of a lifetime. And it actually extended wellbeyond this project into other aspects of my life. So that was pretty goodadvice.”

Reynolds is no stranger to learning choreography — just check out any of hisgleefully gruesome deadpool fight scenes — but the actor maintains thatdance routines were an entirely different kind of evil.

“Training for a superhero movie is something I’ve been doing since I was 20,and I’m 46 now,” he said. “Doing a fight sequence is in my bones. I memorizethem very fast. I can make a mistake and use that mistake to my advantage inthe moment. Contrary dancing, if I make one mistake, I completely fall apart.”

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In a way, the Apple TV+ movie was just what Reynolds needed to push himself> out of his comfort zone.

“The great gift about getting older is you become more and more comfortablewith sucking at something,” he said. “The more comfortable I am at sucking atsomething, the better I become at that thing. If I’m looking through the lensof, this has to have perfection right off the bat, it becomes a law ofdiminishing returns. When you allow yourself to be bad at something, it reallygives yourself permission to be good at it as well.”

Reynolds added, “[In Spirited ], I wasn’t trying to be the best singer onthe planet. I was trying to be the best singer I could possibly be. And that’sit. And that’s all I can do. I can’t really control much else.”

Based on Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale A Christmas Carol the moviefollows Reynolds’ character Clint Briggs, an “unredeemable” curmudgeon whoruns a controversial social media company, as he’s visited by the Ghost ofChristmas Present (Ferrell) and forced to sing and dance his way through anunforgettably jolly journey.

Spirited is streaming now on Apple TV+. Meanwhile, Reynolds and Jackman willreunite on screen in the upcoming third deadpool installment, which is setto hit theaters Nov. 8, 2024.

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Yes, something was wrong with it The world goes on ( DWDD ) Janke Dekkerknew. But that so many employees of the popular talk show had to deal withtransgressive behavior was a shock, says the chairman of Mores.online, thereporting center for undesirable behavior in the creative sector.

The hotline was set up in 2018 after a number of scandals were exposed in themedia at theater companies, actor training courses and a casting agency. Sincethen, theater makers, filmmakers and employees of television programs havebeen able to report abuses there.

In the first year and a half, 42 reports were received, says Dekker, who worksas a theater producer in addition to her board position at the reportingcenter. This year, the counter was already at 190 in June, partly due to therevelations about sexual misconduct The Voice of Holland. There are now 240.’There is a shift going on in what we find acceptable,’ she says. ‘As aresult, more people are willing to make a report.’

Mores.online also received reports about Matthijs van Nieuwkerk and DWDD?

‘We do not make any announcements about the reports that we receive. Becausewe guarantee our reporters absolute confidentiality. And no, I can’t saywhether it’s the same with other programs.’

What do you offer the people who report to you?

‘Our confidential advisers listen carefully to the stories of the reporters.They do so in an empathetic way. We don’t do truth-finding either. Then peoplefeel attacked or not heard. Many of them have already received annoyingquestions. Aren’t you hypersensitive? Couldn’t you have done this or thatbetter? That’s victim blaming. While you have to take reporters seriously.They already have to cross a threshold before they even make a report.

And what happens afterwards?

‘Once the emotion has subsided, we look at what follow-up steps are possible:a conversation with the perpetrator, for example, a process of mediation orcriminal proceedings.’

What struck you when you read the story about the program’s toxic workenvironment?

‘BNNVara’s response to the signals that something was wrong. The reporterswere structurally ignored by the management of broadcasting. And not at thehealth and safety service either. He offered people a coaching program. As ifthat makes the workplace safer! No one seemed to pay attention to what causedthe insecurity. That’s shocking. Gross negligence on the part of theemployer.’

How do you explain that?

‘The broadcaster allowed the success of the program to prevail over the well-being of the people, while both can coexist. They could have solved a lot bytalking or doing mediation. People work under high pressure in television.Sometimes tempers run high. But if it’s that structural, then there’s more toit. Then action must be taken. But that didn’t happen, despite people soundingthe alarm.’

Is that exceptional?

We see it in other organizations as well. They have the protocols and hotlinesin order, but never thought about the consequences if something really bighappens. How much is it worth to an organization to create a safe workplace?And in the worst case, could that mean saying goodbye to a star presenter?’

Van Nieuwkerk writes in a response that he is very sorry. He calls the articlea mirror that hangs in his room.

‘That doesn’t help the reporters very much. I also think it is not appropriatethat in his response he draws attention to the success of the program. Youapologize or you don’t. You may be able to name the success again later, ifyou go deeper into the events. But not at the moment. The timing is wrong. Atthe same time, I think that Van Nieuwkerk is also the victim of poormanagement. He should have been held accountable for his behavior by theemployer. If that had happened earlier and more often, it might not haveescalated so much.’

Earlier this year, reports of sexually transgressive behavior came to the fore_The Voice of Holland_ now about unsafe working atmosphere at DWDD. Is thelatter less bad?

You should never compare suffering with suffering. But if you are verballyabused in your face en plein public, then this is verbal abuse. You can damagepeople to the bone with that. If it is structural, a culture of fear iscreated in which you have to be on your guard all the time. That causesincredible stress.’

To what extent do the short-term contracts of editors contribute to theemergence of such a culture of fear?

‘The entire cultural sector runs on freelancers and people with freelancecontracts. As a result, job insecurity is very high, resulting in excessessuch as in DWDD can continue to exist. If you have a short-term contract,you will not cause a problem three months before it expires. Before you knowit you will get the stamp that you are difficult. And that’s going to getaround because it’s a small sector. There is a chance that you will no longerbe able to work. So something has to change in the system. That is the onlyway to create safety.’

There will be a covenant from NPO, Talpa and RTL, among others, containingguidelines on desirable behavior and a safe working environment. Do you havehigh expectations for that?

‘It is a unique collaboration, because these parties have never sat down atthe same table before. We also talk. That covenant, which is almost finished,will be the first step towards improvement. We lay down guidelines on whicheveryone can hold each other accountable. I think it’s a positivedevelopment.’

This isn’t going to be a paper tiger?

‘It has to start with a paper tiger. Because if we don’t record anything,arbitrariness arises. Then people are sent away after one complaint andwithout giving a reason. We don’t want that either.’

Una especie de gogó hacía filigranas con una pelota encerrado en una jaula enforma de balón. Todo eran aperitivos antes de la actuación de Maluma, quien,al contrario que otros artistas como Shakira, Dua Lipa o Rod Stewart, sí haaceptado actuar en el Mundial que Amnistía Internacional llama “de lavergüenza”. Sergio, español, apuraba su cerveza vestido con la camiseta de laRoja. El viaje, el alojamiento y las entradas le ha costado “unos 5.000 euros”y está dispuesto a disfrutar pese a todo. “And este Mundial manda Qatar, no laFIFA. Algunos amigos no han venido y han dicho que no lo iban a ver nisiquiera desde casa porque todos sabemos que los homosexuales estánperseguidos y no se respetan los derechos humanos. A mí no me gusta que secelebre aquí, pero es lo que hay. El fútbol no tiene la culpa de todo esto”.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade just got a little more festive!

Mariah Carey will be taking part in the annual holiday celebration in New YorkCity on Nov. 24, where she will perform her 1994 seasonal smash, “All I Wantfor Christmas is You.”

“My childhood dream is coming to life! I’m going to be opening for the one andonly, SANTA CLAUS 🎅🏼, at this year’s @macys Thanksgiving day parade,” Carey,52 wrote on Instagram Friday. “🎄🎉💫 Tune in on Thanksgiving Day.”

In the clip, a countdown is shown leading up to Thanksgiving, before Careyannounces in a voiceover, “Hey, it’s Mariah! See you at the Macy’sThanksgiving Day parade.”

Carey will appear at the parade around 12 pm ET, three hours after it firstairs on NBC, and before Santa Claus closes out the annual holiday event.

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Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker of the Today show are returning tohost the Emmy Award-winning celebration. Roker, 68, first hosted the parade in1995 alongside Willard Scott and Katie Couric, while Guthrie, 50, and Kotb,58, first hosted in 2012 and 2018, respectively.

The performer lineup this year includes sets by Gloria Estefan, Paula Abdul,Big Time Rush, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, Fitz and the Tantrums, Mario Lopezand family, Ziggy Marley, Sean Paul, Kirk Franklin and Jordin Sparks, amongothers.

Some of Broadway’s finest are also set to deliver show-stopping performancesduring the broadcast, kicking off with a dazzling opening number from LeaMichele and the cast of Broadway’s Funny Girl. Additional Broadway actsinclude the cast of A Beautiful Noise , Some Like It Hot and The LionKing. The iconic Radio City Rockettes will round up the theatrics.

Additionally, the cast of Peacock’s _Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin_featuring Adam Devine, Sarah Hyland and Flula Borg are slated to make anappearance.

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Balloons will, of course, also play a big part in the parade, and characterssuch as Peanuts Worldwide’s Astronaut Snoopy, DreamWorks Animation’s Boss Babyand __ Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants will all appear.

New giants joining the lineup this year include Bluey by BBC, Diary of AWimpy Kid by Abrams Books, Dino and Baby Dino by Sinclair Oil and Stuart theminion from Illumination. The inflatable lineup also includes a newballoonicle of Striker, the US Soccer Star by Fox Sports.

Floats will similarly be featured in this year’s festivities once more, andfive new ones will debut in the Thanksgiving Day celebration. The fantasticalfloats include Baby Shark by Pinkfong and Nickelodeon, Geoffrey’s DazzlingDance Party by Toys”R”Us, People of First Light by Macy’s, Supersized Slumberby Netflix and The Wondership by Wonder.

Some of the returning floats include “Birds of a Feather Stream Together” byPeacock, “1-2-3 Sesame Street” by Sesame Workshop — and of course, Santa’sSleigh!

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 24: Mariah Carey performs onstage during GlobalCitizen Festival 2022: New York at Central Park on September 24, 2022 in NewYork City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

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Carey’s holiday smash “All I Want for Christmas” was released in 1994 MerryChristmas album, and was co-written and produced by the musician and WalterAfanasieff — who had worked with Carey since her 1990 self-titled debut andearly No. 1 hit, “Love Takes Time.”

“All I Want for Christmas” has since found a second life in recent years, whenin 2019, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 1 for the first time,becoming Mariah’s 19th total chart-topping entry.

In 2021, Carey received the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)Diamond Award, making it the first holiday single to ever earn the covetedaward.

Carey’s performance at the Thanksgiving Day parade will give her a chance towarm up for her set of special holiday shows this year, Dec. 9 and Dec. 11 atScotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada, and Dec. 13 and Dec. 16 at Madison SquareGarden in New York City.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade airs on Thursday, Nov. 24 at 9 a.m. ET onNBC and Peacock. The network will air an encore telecast at 2:00 pm ET.

Granjuán, hoy emprendemos un largo camino que va a ser corto y no nos va allevar muy lejos. Son raros los mundiales: esta certeza de que va a pasar algoque retendrá nuestra atención durante un mes. No suele suceder: las noticias,las historias, los hechos que la retienen se presentan de pronto, deimproviso, se instalan como un amigo abusón en el sofá. Pero esta no: haceaños que sabemos que va a ser, solo que no sabemos que va a ser. Así que, a lolargo de este mes, lo iremos viendo. Después terminará y habrá pasado tanto yno habrá pasado nada. Pero, antes que nada, tenemos que encontrar los nombres.

Todo está en la nominación: el privilegio del hombre, le dijo un dios paratratar de engatusarlo, es decidir los nombres de las cosas. Yo debo darte unnombre, Granjuán, que nos guíe en esta correspondencia. Corresponde, entonces,creo, llamarte Su Excelencia, porque tu excelencia es lo que acaba de destacarel raro jurado de una fundación fundada por Gabriel García Márquez (a) Gabo,que te dio su Premio de Ídem. Así que serás, para mí, a lo largo de este largomes, Su Excelencia o, si acaso, chabacano que soy, Tu Excelencia, monarcamariposa.

Tu Excelencia: nombrado que te he, debemos definir de qué vamos a hablar. Esraro: empieza esta fiesta del fútbol y parece que, antes que nada, deberíamoshablar de otros asuntos: de como se inventó, se hizo posible. Hace unos días,en este mismo diario, el amigo Enric González –nunca en un sofá– nos recordabaque Qatar había ganado su derecho a albergar esta rumba porque un presidentefrancés de Francia llamado Sarkozy quería venderle aviones de combate yentonces conminó a un presidente francés de la UEFA llamado Platini para quele arreglara el asuntito. Platini lo hizo –y después lo echaron por corrupto–y Sarkozy vendió sus armas –y después lo juzgaron por corrupto–. Lo decía elentonces presidente suizo de la FIFA llamado Blatter, que también despidieronpor corrupto. Y que, para sellar esa amistad, Qatar se compró el equipo quealienta Sarkozy, el nunca bien ponderado PSG, y lo dotó de los mejoresmercenarios.

Mientras, el emirato armaba los escenarios necesarios. Para eso, firme en sutradición de aldea nuevorrica, se compró un millón de inmigrantes que leconstruyeran los estadios, hoteles, avenidas, metros, urinarios –no sabes, TuExcelencia, la cantidad de orina que un Mundial engendra. Como eran baratos–los inmigrantes, no los urinarios– los cuidó poquito: alrededor de 7,000murieron trabajando. Siete mil personas, hombres de Bangladesh, la India, SriLanka, Pakistan, Nepal, que se sacrificaron para que Qatar tuviera su batuque.Yo propuse en una revista de tu patria que, al menos, le ofreciéramos a cadamártir su minuto de silencio: si lo hiciésemos, cada uno de los 64 partidosque ahora vienen serían precedidos por más de cien minutos mudos. El mundo severía, de pronto, tan distinto: millones de personas calladas durante una horay media frente a un televisor callado, pensando en como hicimos para volvernosesto.

No es muy probable que suceda. Porque el fútbol tiene ese privilegio: hace quecasi cualquier otra cosa se vuelva improbable. Nos vuelve, para empezar,improbables a nosotros mismos. Nos vuelve otros, nos transforma. Se ha dichomucho: nos permite ser niños por un rato. Yo estoy y no de acuerdo: a veces,cuando lo oigo, me dan ganas de reivindicar al noble colectivo de los niños ydecir que lo que nos vuelve es otra cosa. Por supuesto no lo hago, por aquellode no empezar tan temprano a escupir para arriba.