Month: November 2022

Lea Michele’s acclaimed turn as Fannie Brice in the Broadway’s revival of_Funny Girl_ is being preserved in a big way.

The actress, along with her fellow castmates, stepped away from the stage andinto the studio to recorded a new album of Jule Styne and Bob Merrill’slegendary score on Sony Masterworks Broadway — the first new Broadway castrecording since the original cast album that featured Barbra Streisand back in1964.

Dropping on digital just after midnight Friday, the Funny Girl New BroadwayCast Recording will feature hits like “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” “TheMusic That Makes Me Dance” and of course, “Don’t Rain on My Parade.”

A physical CD is set for release on Jan. 20, 2023 and available for preorderbeginning Friday.

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Michele first revealed the news of the album after Funny Girl ‘s evening> performance on Wednesday, telling the audience at the August Wilson Theater> how excited she was for them to hear it.

“We have a little secret that we want to let you all in on. We’re all so soproud to announce that we are going to be releasing our original cast Broadwayalbum,” said Michele, in a speech that was also streamed on InstagramLive.”Everyone here who is working so incredibly hard every single night alsoworked so hard in the studio to make such an incredible album that I heard.And as the biggest Funny Girl fan my entire life, I’m so proud of it. It’sso, so, so great.”

The Today show later dropped the news of the Friday release date, as well asa First Look video of Michele recording the show-stopping “Don’t Rain on MyParade.”

RELATED: Lea Michele and Darren Criss Have Glee Reunion at Broadways_Funny Girl_

Aside from Michele, Funny Girl also stars Ramin Karimloo (as Nick Arnstein),Jared Grimes (as Eddie Ryan), and Tovah Feldshuh (as Mrs. Rosie Brice).

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They are joined by Peter Francis James (as Florenz Ziegfeld), Ephie Aardma (asEmma/Mrs. Nadler), Debra Cardona (as Mrs. Meeker), Toni DiBuono (as Mrs.Strakosh), Martin Moran (as Tom Keeney), and an acting company that includesMiriam Ali, Amber Ardolino, Daniel Beeman, Colin Bradbury, Kurt Csolak, JohnMichael Fiumara, Leslie Donna Flesner, Afra Hines, Masumi Iwai, Aliah James,Jeremiah James, Danielle Kelsey, Stephen Mark Lukas, Alicia Lundgren , JohnManzari, Liz McCartney, Connor McRory Katie Mitchell, Justin Prescott, MariahReives, Barbara Tirrell, Leslie Blake Walker, and “Fanny Brice” alternateJulie Benko, who performs the role every Thursday.

The album is produced by David Caddick and David Lai, and co-produced by SoniaFriedman, Scott Landis, David Babani, Michael Mayer, Brian Gillet, HuckWalton, Sean Keller and Marc Levine.

Lea Michele and the cast of Broadway’s Funny Girl perform on Good MorningAmerica at Times Square in New York City ‘Good Morning America’ TV show, NewYork, USA – 07 Oct 2022

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RELATED: Lea Michele Receives 4 Standing Ovations Before Intermission at HerFirst Performance of Funny Girl

Michele debuted as Fanny Brice in September following a 13-year absence fromthe Broadway stage. She notably received four standing ovations before the endof act 1 and another two in the second act.

Cheering her on was an electric crowd of friends and fans alike — from herbest friend Jonathan Groff, to their fellow Spring Awakening costars JohnGallagher Jr. and Gideon Glick. Drew Barrymore was also in attendance, as wasZachary Quinto, Lee Pace, Tony winner Harvey Fierstein, New York Gov. KathyHochul and prolific producer Ryan Murphy, who worked with Michele in Glee_and _Scream Queens.

Ahead of her first performance, the actress told PEOPLE that she was excitedto have some of her friends and family supporting her in the crowd. “I knowJon [Groff] and John [Gallagher Jr.] are going to be there,” she said. “So Ihave all of my people. It’s wonderful.”

Michele as “Fanny Brice” and Tovah Feldshuh as “Mrs. Brice” take their firstcurtain call in “Funny Girl” on Broadway at The August Wilson Theater onSeptember 6, 2022 in New York City.

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The actress went on to note that her Spring Awakening group chat was filledwith nothing but well wishes upon the news that she’d be stepping into therevival following original star Beanie Feldstein’s exit in July.

“Everyone is so incredibly supportive,” she said of her _Spring Awakening_cast member. “I mean, literally, it’s just a constant support for all of us.”

As for any speculation of behind-the-scenes drama around the casting decisionbetween Michele and Feldstein, Michele insisted to PEOPLE it’s not true. “Isaw the show. I wrote her and told her what an incredible job I thought thatshe did,” Michele said. “I think that everybody just thinks everything is sodrama-filled. I also think that people really love the excitement of pittingwomen against each other, which I think is really sad and unfortunate.”

Freddie Prince Jr. has been one of Hollywood’s most prominent Latino actorssince his ’90s teen movie heyday. But over the course of his quarter-centurycareer, the son of late comedian and sitcom star, Freddie Prinze, has rarelyhad the opportunity to represent his culture onscreen.

“I’ve received nothing but love from Latino taxi drivers to business ownerstalking about being inspired by seeing a Latino whose not running from thecops or dealing drugs,” he tells Yahoo Entertainment. “But within theindustry, I’ve always met with a ton of resistance by directors wanting tocheck my Latino heritage.”

That’s why Prince regards his new Netflix holiday movie, Christmas With You, as a gift that will keep on giving. Directed by Argentine filmmaker,Gabriela Tagliavini, the film casts the _She ‘s All That _star as Miguel — apublic school music teacher and single dad who makes an unexpectedChristmastime love connection with a big-time pop star, Angelina, played byAimee Garcia. Believe it or not, Prinze says that this is the first time he’sbeen hired specifically to play a Latino character. “I’ve never gotten to doit before unless I wrote the damn thing,” he notes. “So when Gabriela broughtthis to me, all I wanted was the opportunity to earn her respect.”

“Every Latino you’ve seen me play was always an after-the-fact thing,” Prinzecontinues. (The actor has previously portrayed Latino characters in Peacock’s_Punky Brewster_ revival and on the eighth season of Fox’s hit action series,24.) “The role would be named ‘Mike Smith’ and they’d say, ‘Oh, we hiredFreddie, so we can show people how diverse we are.’ And all of a sudden hisname is ‘Miguel Ramirez.’ And that doesn’t count man! not count. This wassomething that was very important to me, and a big reason of why I signed ontothis movie.”

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Not for nothing, but Christmas With You is also one of the few Christmasmovies to feature a Latino family front and center. In recent years, networksand streamers like Hallmark, Hulu, Lifetime and Netflix have sought todiversify their holiday fare with stories that prominently feature LGBTQcharacters and Black characters, but that change has been slow to extend toother groups. “Aimee mentioned to me that she can’t think of another Latino-family American Christmas movie,” Prinze says. “I was like, ‘I’m sure theremust have been.’ But I can’t think of any! That’s what makes this movie socool.”

“I’ve heard from white people before that they don’t like forced diversity,”he adds. “And I get that, I really do. Creatively, you should never feel likesomething’s being forced on you and there’s a lot of agenda-written things.But this movie is just about a family celebrating Christmas. It’s about afather who lost his wife, and his daughter lost her mother and he’s trying toplay both roles.I know a lot of people, regardless of their race, that grew upwith a single parent — I happen to be one of them.So there’s a human elementto to the story that everyone can relate to. The only thing that make usdifferent are the foods we eat, the way we dance and the music we like. Assoon as you have tacos, you’re in with me, man. And if you hate tacos, that’sall right, too. I hate mayonnaise!”

Garcia as Angelina and Prinze as Miguel in Christmas With You. (Photo:Jessica Kourkounis/Netflix)

Food was a big part of Prinze’s childhood Christmases in New Mexico, where helived with his mother following his father’s death just prior to his firstbirthday. “Everything is different there,” he remembers. “We were the ones whostarted luminarios at Halloween instead of lights, and we’d do them forChristmas, too, sometimes. You’d have to find ways of keeping them frommelting in the snow! __ The Native American culture and Mexican culture reallycombined beautifully in that state and dictated the types of food we would eatand drinks we would drink. We would have sopaipillas with honey and Indianfry bread. Those would all be a staple at every Christmas dinner, and Ibrought them out to California when I moved back here.”

Prinze continues to serve those New Mexico staples at the holiday dinners hehosts with his wife, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and their two kids. “I couldn’tfind good Mexican food in Southern California before the food truckrevolution, so I’d literally ship out green chili and red chili from NewMexico,” he says, laughing. “I’ve served green chili chicken stew onChristmas, and everybody goes bananas for it. I’ve been fortune enough to seecultures embrace one another, and it’s usually food that provides commonground. I know how to cook because of that. “

While Prinze would be part of another Latino-centric Christmas movie in aheartbeat, don’t expect to see him return to George Lucas’s far, far awaygalaxy for any future holiday specials. The real life Star Wars fan voicedJedi survivor Kanan Jarrus on four seasons of the fan favorite cartoon series,Star Wars Rebels which ended its run in 2018. Since then, though, the_Rebellious_ ship famously made a cameo (along with Prinze’s voice) in theSkywalker Saga-capping blockbuster, The Rise of Skywalker , and otheranimated characters — including Ahsoka Tano and Bo-Katan — have jumped intothe live action realm. But Prinze insists that Kanan won’t be joining them.

“I am done performing in Star Wars ,” he says, adding that if Kanan does popup on The Mandalorians or another Disney+ series, he won’t be the oneswinging the Jedi’s blue lightsaber. “I felt like I did a great job with thatcharacter, who I love. He had a beautiful story, but it ended and while myconnection to him isn’t gone, there’s nothing left for me to give him. Itwould just be forced, and I don’t like that The Rise of Skywalker but [Rebels co-creator] Dave Filoni convinced me! I said no the first time theyasked, and he had to make the call. He believed in me for that role in_Rebellious_ when Disney didn’t, and for that, I always have his back.”

Christmas With You is currently streaming on Netflix

The headline above this article is the story of the movie The Way toParadise. A made-up story, but in reality it is regularly discussed. This’dark’ film from the depths of Amsterdam (but ultimately in the heart of thecity…) will be shown in cinemas from tomorrow.

The Way to Paradise revolves around Najib, an Amsterdam Moroccan from theWest district who has his life in order. Master’s degree in Law, a nice Dutchgirlfriend: that’s how it should always be, you could say. But in the end it’snot like that. Everything changes when his older brother is arrested. NowNajib has to take care of his family and is forced to drop out of his studiesto earn money. In his efforts, Najib repeatedly encounters closed doors andprejudices. Little by little his life collapses, especially because hisbrother was not dealing with the freshest of figures. On the verge of despair,he is approached by Brahim who offers him help. However, Brahim’s real goalturns out to be something else: to convince Najib that he should become ajihadist. And that by fighting for Islam will find the way to paradise.

Jihad in your own neighborhood

It was for this one Subway switch reporter. Quite a few scene locations passby that are very close to my house and that I know. But yes, Amsterdam West.It is logical that director Wahid Sanouji has actually chosen to shoot for theplace where it is all about in his film. And ‘only’ number two: nice that one_Movie Review of the Week_ takes place in their own neighborhood and beyond.

Anyone who saw the trailer already heard a good question when Najib and Brahimpeer over Amsterdam: “Do you know why an attack has never been committedhere?” “Because we as Muslims love the Netherlands.” And then: “But does theNetherlands love us?”

Aziz Akazim and Titia Hoogendoorn. Photo:Dutch Film Works

Fucking pig in The Way to Paradise

Najib’s father telling a friend ‘to ask his wife and children to bury him inMorocco’. The friend who wonders what their real country is. Najib’s motherwho, when her son is arrested – while the whole neighborhood is watching -thinks the family disgrace in the street is almost more important than thefact that her child is in jail. A female Dutch detective who calls that child’a fucking pig, a species she hates’ during interrogations. Dutch employerswho never hire Najib in his job search, simply because he is… Moroccan. With agood brain, that is. If you do have the job, then you are not allowed to prayduring the break from that jerk of a fishmonger (“Is there a mosque above thedoor here?”). And then his girlfriend’s father. You already understand: Najibis anything but welcome in the family.

All things that you don’t like to look at and sometimes embarrassing. TheMoroccan characters in The Way to Paradise , believe that they behave in atolerant way in the Netherlands. Conversely, ‘we are that country thatcontinues to see them as shitty Moroccans’. And then that Jihad will attract,which is spreading rapidly across the internet. With the main message: “Faithis our only weapon.”

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A get-together at the Sloterplas

It seems as if get-togethers in Amsterdam-West should always be filmed on thenorth side of the Sloterplas (see photo below). In a short time, this locationhas already been featured three times, in three different titles. First in theseries CLAMP and The Golden Hour now in the Jihad movie The Way toParadise. Well, it happened to catch the eye and of course the filmmaker hasa nice picture.

Fixed film location: the Sloterplas. Photo:Dutch Film Works

Role Geert Wilders in Jihad film

PVV member Geert Wilders also has a role in it The Way to Paradise. No, thepolitician didn’t have to play that one. He had already done that with hisquestion ‘more or less Moroccans’. Everything said above can ‘just’ make surethat an Amsterdam Moroccan qualifies for Jihad. With that, we are not sayinghere that it is logical if someone radicalises. It does happen though, likewith Najib. Aziz Akazim, whom Videoland viewers probably know from MacroMafia portrays his character excellently.

At least in a way where you can actually follow his Jihad thoughts. To someextent then. How he and his ‘mate’ think to start the road to Paradise in theheart of Amsterdam, that step is (fortunately) miles away for most people.

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Subway You can read the film review of the week every Wednesday around 6p.m. New titles always appear in Dutch cinemas on Thursdays, such as The Wayto Paradise (sometimes also on Wednesdays). Reporter Erik Jonk chooses oneevery week. Next week She Said about the two journalists of the New YorkTimes who together published one of the most important stories of ageneration: the story of sexual abuse in Hollywood.

BVAfter two clothing collections, Julie Vermeire (24) goes a step further. Shewill release her own jewelery collection at the end of this month. “Rings,earrings and necklaces in gold, pink and green,” she proudly shows. “I likecolour, so my collection is very festive,” she tells Dag Alles.

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Julie’s jewelery will be for sale at Kruidvat. Not exactly the more exclusivesegment that other BVs often opt for, but Julie deliberately did not wantthat. “I was a bit hesitant,” she says. “But Kruidvat showed me all sorts ofthings and there was very open communication. I have many young followers onTikTok between six and eighteen years old, for them it is nice that thejewelry is low budget. I have also asked my friends for advice and they arevery enthusiastic.”

Julie is of course not a jewelery designer, but she helped choose the rings,earrings and necklaces. Taking a course in jewelery making does not seem to bean option for her for the time being. “It looks cool to be able to design yourown rings, but I don’t know if I’m creative enough,” she says. “But I did helpchoose the items and had a say in the colours. I find it very festive, it canstand out. I myself love rings and without earrings I just feel naked. Ialready have two holes in each ear.”

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Engagement ring

James Cooke was given an engagement ring by Dorian that he had designedhimself. Maybe Julie hopes her boyfriend Laurins will one day do the same forher? “Gosh, like me, he has no experience in that,” she says. “There areenough rings for sale, right? But if someone can help him with that, why not?It does make a ring more personal. But an engagement isn’t on the cards yet,you know. We’ll see when it comes. We are already very happy that livingtogether is going so well. I’ve been doing laundry and peeing since I wasfifteen, so I was used to that. Laurins has taken over the cooking, because heis just good at it.”

Julie lives with Laurins in Kortrijk, at some distance from her father JacquesVermeire. “But I go at least twice a week,” she says. “Also to see my friends.I like being at home. Dad is still recovering from his broken shoulder. Itwon’t be 100 percent okay, I’m afraid. But it functions. He now travels everymonth with Urbanus for a TV program and he is working on a new show. Thetheater show with me and my brother Maxime, which we unfortunately had topostpone, will probably be for the fall of 2023.”

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Grown a lot

You don’t have to wait until then to see Julie at work, though. At the end ofDecember she will be on TV again, in ‘A Real Job’ on VTM. “My exclusivitycontract with SBS has ended, so I am free to come and go as I please,” saysJulie. “I’m glad they asked me, because healthcare has always fascinated me. Iam a ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ fan. (laughs) My grandmother was a nurse, and I alsolike to help people. As a smooth talker, I hope I can transfer my positiveenergy to patients on gloomy days. A nice challenge. Maybe I will end up ingeriatrics, then I can prepare myself to help dad or my grandparents later.”

Julie realizes all too well that this reality series will be something verydifferent from the glitz and glamor of ‘Dancing With The Stars’. “In ‘A RealJob’ I can be completely myself, I’m looking forward to that,” she says. “I amnow 24, since I started in the media three years ago, I have grown a lot. Iused to be rather gullible, now I have much more human knowledge and I am morerealistic. In the media world you have many sharks and false promises, thereare many dangers. Fortunately, I am well surrounded by four men: my dad, mymanager Thomas, my friend Laurins and my dog ​​Sunny. So I feel wellprotected. Although I can also stand my ground.” (laughs)

REVIEW ALSO: Julie Vermeire shares an emotional message for her father,Jacques Vermeire: “You are my greatest example.”

Cookies and other goodies, you can’t start early enough – if it’s up to thecookie bakers. And that’s why there are now cookies on the shelf of thesupermarket that you can enjoy as early as six months old. What exactly makesthose cookies suitable for our babies? They are packed with vitamin B if thepackaging is to be believed, but who needs that anyway? And what else are theychock-full of?

The Baby Cookies episode of the program ‘Value inspection service’. © KRO-NCRV

The Helm – last episode

Marijn and Maurice do not feel at home in a society where everything revolvesaround money, ambition, work, status and outward appearance. And so they leavefor Portugal with their son, where they temporarily take up residence in aborrowed quinta. But once in Portugal, the duo finds out that money doesn’tfall from the sky there either and that they have to roll up their sleeves tobe able to build a future at all.

Marijn and Maurice in ‘Het Roer Om’. © SBS6

Greenbook

Veronica Superguide Score: ★★★★

No matter how much the differences between the raw white bouncer Tony Lip(Viggo Mortensen) and the cultured black pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali)are emphasized, you immediately realize that the two are going to get big.Because they are taking a road trip through the south of the US and becausethe actors have an excellent chemistry that many a loving couple can stillenvy. Their chatter and bickering adds humor without diminishing theseriousness of the matter. There were Oscars for Mahershala Ali, the film andthe screenplay.

Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in a scene from ‘Green Book’. ©AP/Universal Pictures

Chucky – start season 2

After his diabolical plans were foiled in the first season, the possessedhorror doll Chucky wants revenge on those he holds responsible: Jake, Devon,Lexy, and his ex Tiffany. The teenagers have since been transferred to aCatholic boarding school, where they have to atone for their sins. But thedoll and his retinue are never far away…

Zackary Arthur as Jake Wheeler in the first season of Chucky. © SteveWilkie/USA Network

Candy: A Skater ‘s Mind

Skating is everything in Candy Jacobs’ life. The best female skateboarder inEurope can only be herself on her board. She is addicted to the four-wheeledboard, but that addiction has a destructive downside. Because what happens toher if she can’t skate because of a serious knee injury? On the way to eternalfame, during the Olympic Games in Tokyo, fate strikes mercilessly.

Respuesta. Que todo lo que ha sucedido desde que se lo asignaron a Qatarha sido bastante espantoso. Este Mundial hace que, en realidad, no quierasverlo. Yo me he planteado muchas cuestiones a título personal y la conclusióna la que llego es que no permitiré que mates mi pasión por el fútbol. Amo eljuego y pase lo que pase quiero ver fútbol del máximo nivel. No me paga laFIFA ni me paga Qatar. Tengo un contrato con una cadena alemana de televisiónasí es que me siento legitimado para comentar el Mundial.

P. ¿Por qué viajó a Nepal ya Doha?

R . La intención fue aproximarme desde distintos ángulos y hablar contanta gente como fuera posible para determinar por qué se jugaba un Mundial enQatar. Desafortunadamente, no pude hablar con los organizadores ni con losdirigentes de la FIFA porque no quisieron. Pero fui a Nepal para intentarexplicar por qué tantos nepalíes se veían forzados a ir a Qatar para ganardinero para sus familias [según The Journal of Cardiology, 200 nepalíespudieron morir construyendo estadios hasta 2019]. Hablé con una viuda que mecontó cómo recibió a su marido en un ataúd, y hablé con nepalíes queregresaron de Doha sin cobrar por su trabajo.

P. ¿Se ha determinado el número de obreros que murieron en la construcciónde los estadios?

R . Human Rights Watch es muy prudente a la hora de publicar cifras. Solopuedo asegurar que no fueron tres, como dijo Gianni Infantino [el presidentede la FIFA].

P. ¿Cómo experimentó la confrontación de sus prejuicios con la realidad delo que encontró luego en Qatar?

R . Lamentablemente me encontré lo que esperaba. Me pareció justo ir alpaís y saber como era. Yo no podria soportarlo. Fui a un estadio y la obra mepareció fascinante. Pero luego descubres que no hay tantos cataríesinteresados ​​en el fútbol. Entonces, ¿para qué necesitan estadios así? ¿Sololos usarán cuatro semanas? Me relacioné with cataries. Muy hospitalarios. Peroen el momento en que mencioné la posibilidad de violaciones de derechoshumanos lo negaron diciendo que eso eran fake news.

Los obreros se derrumbaban por golpes de calor, los metían en una habitación> para que se enfriaran durante una hora y los volvían a llevar a la obra.> Muchos morian mientras dormian

P. ¿Cuál ha sido la causa más frecuente de muerte en las obras?

R . **** Los obreros que entrevisté me contaron que los mataba el calor.Se derrumbaban por golpes de calor, los metían en una habitación para que seenfriaran durante una hora y los volvían a llevar a la obra para continuar conel trabajo. Muchos morian mientras dormian. Oficialmente, morían durmiendo,pero la causa de la muerte era el calor extremo y la falta de tiempo paradescansar.

P. ¿Qué opina de la carta que envió la FIFA a todas las federacionespidiendo a las delegaciones que solo hablen de fútbol y no entren enreivindicaciones políticas?

R . Solo demuestra lo hartos que están en la FIFA de que los critiquen, ylo mucho que subestimaron la reacción que desencadenaría la elección de Qatar.Quizás deberíamos discutir el papel de la FIFA y el papel de las personas quecogieron dinero para que el Mundial se organizara allí. Qatar ofreció muchodinero a federaciones, clubes e individuos. Comencemos un debate que señale aestas personas. Porque si nadie hubiera recibido dinero esto no habríaocurrido. No puedes estar a sueldo de la FIFA o de Qatar y al mismo tiempoejercer de comentarista crítico.

P. En su documental menciona a muchas compañías occidentales que comerciancon Qatar. ¿Es justo pedir que sean los futbolistas quienes se manifiestencuando la financiación la proporcionan las grandes empresas?

R . Fue muy complicado trazar una línea. Muchas compañías alemanas hacennegocios con Qatar. Para mantener el bienestar de nuestras sociedades esnecesario hacer comercio. Así funciona el mundo. Menos acceptable es queaparezcan individuos como David Beckham cobrando por decir que Qatar esgenial. Eso solo le ayuda a él, pero es una burla para los trabajadores.

P. ¿Cree que Neymar, Mbappé o Messi deberían pronunciarse en defensa delos derechos humanos?

R . Los jugadores pueden cambiar el modo en que la FIFA actúa. Pero tienensu propia agenda, diseñada por las compañías que les pagan y asesoran. Estostres futbolistas juegan para el Paris Saint-Germain. Es increíble que el PSGle pague a un jugador 210 millones de euros por año. Pero en este puntoparticular no culpo a los cataríes por ello. ¿Cómo es posible que la UEFAconsienta que Qatar Investment Authority [propietario del PSG] page estascantidades?

P. ¿Cómo valora la iniciativa de la federación de Holanda, que propone quelos jugadores lleven un brazalete con un corazón y el lema Un Solo Love parareivindicar los derechos de la comunidad LGTBI?

R . Hablé con el presidente de la federación alemana, Bernd Neuendorf, yla idea inicial fue unir a todas las federaciones europeas para que elaboraranun mensaje común. Probablemente, el brazalete signifique mucho, pero noexaspera a nadie. Es genérico, pero, ¿qué significa? Sabemos que el arcoirisirrita a mucha gente. Todos sabemos lo que significa. Lo sabe la FIFA y loscataries. Y no les gusta. El impacto de este brazalete del corazón no es tanrelevant, impacta menos.

P. ¿Por qué cree que la federación española se ha negado a que susjugadores porten el brazalete de Un Solo Love? El presidente Luis Rubialesdice que hay muchas causas nobles por las que luchar,además del colectivoLGTBI, que es minoritario.

R . Bueno, si hay otras causas nobles, Rubiales debería demostrar cuálesson y permitir que sus jugadores se manifiesten por ellas. No veo cual es elproblema. Otra cosa sería que la federación española esté condicionada porquetenga contratos con Arabia Saudí La cuestión es, ¿por qué las federaciones noboicotean el Mundial? It’s impossible. En el fútbol parece imposible encontrarun punto de acuerdo en cosas mucho menos complejas.

P. Usted salió del armario en 2014. ¿Qué ha cambiado desde entonces?

R . Hay más atletas, incluso algún futbolista, no muchos, que han salidodel armario. Eso está bien. Pero lo más importante ha sido el incremento degestos simbólicos. Vemos muchas banderas arcoiris. La mayoría de losorganismos y los clubes entiden que no puedes ir contra la comunidad gay.Desafortunadamente, no vemos muchos futbolistas que sean suficientementevalientes para hacerlo. Los futbolistas llevan una buena vida, ¿por quécambiarla? Existen riesgos. Puedes incomodar al vestuario. Generas muchaatencion. Es algo muy personal. Pero noto que el ambiente está mejorandoconstantmente. Aun así creo que aún se habla muy poco de los efectos positivosde salir del armario.

And Alemania hemos convertido el fútbol en un juego de entrenadores. Hay> demasiados técnicos esforzándose por expresarse ellos sin atender a la> realidad de los jóvenes que dirigen

P. Usted jugó la final de la Eurocopa de 2008 contra España. ¿Quérecuerda?

R . No nos podíamos ni acercar a la pelota. Esa rivalidad cambió lamentalidad de Jogi Low. Él se había formado en la cultura italiana de ladefensa y la organización sin balón con 4-4-2 como base del juego. AndAlemania nos concentramos durante demasiado tiempo en qué hacer cuandoperdíamos la pelota porque resultaba muy complicado encontrar solucionescuando la recuperábamos. And eso Guardiola cambió todo porque muchosentrenadores comenzaron a copiarlo a él.

P. ¿Hacia donde se dirige el fútbol alemán?

R . España descubrió el modo de dominarnos futbolísticamente. España,tanto la selección como el Barcelona, ​​se convirtió en el modelo que siguióAlemania cuando completó el cambio cultural que comenzó en 2004. Comenzamos adesarrollar el talento juvenil basándonos en ideas futbolísticas y dejamos dehacer hincapié en la mentalidad alemana, como si la mentalidad nosguarantizaraser competitivos en los grandes torneos solo porque éramos alemanes.Combinamos el fútbol de contragolpe que tanto se ve en Alemania, con laelaboración pausada de los españoles. Después de 2014 nos costó mucho mantenereso. Ahora veo un buen número de buenos centrocampistas jóvenes, como Musiala,que me encanta, pero no hemos producido un delantero de clase mundial. Notenemos un Mbappé, ni un Lewandowski, ni un Kane. Nos falta calidad en lapunta del ataque y en la línea de zagueros, quizás porque durante muchos añosnos concentramos en instruir a los jóvenes en la administración de la pelota yeso precipitó la aparición de muchos volantes a costa de empobrecer las otraslíneas.

P. ¿Cree que el régimen de las academias mata la improvisación de losfutbolistas?

R . He trabajado en la academia del Stuttgart y la impresión que he tenidoes que hemos convertido el fútbol en un juego de entrenadores. Hay demasiadostécnicos esforzándose por expresarse ellos sin atender a la realidad de losjóvenes que entrenan. Están obsesionados con promocionarse ganando partidos, yesto lo persiguen simplificando el juego con contragolpes, siendo sólidos endefensa y rápidos en la transición. No se enfocan en los jugadores, como enEspaña. Preocupados por tapar los defectos de los jóvenes, no cultivan su

The investigation into the report of rape against Danny de Munk has beenterminated early due to insufficient evidence. Royce de Vries, lawyer for the52-year-old singer, reports this in a press release. De Munk: ‘I don’t feelhappy, especially because this false accusation has destroyed so much in myprivate and business life.’

The vice squad has informed lawyers Royce de Vries and Annemiek van Spanjethat the investigation into the report of rape against Danny de Munk has endedprematurely. There is insufficient evidence. De Munk is therefore no longerregarded as a suspect and will not be questioned by the police or prosecutedby the Public Prosecution Service.

In June it came out that a woman had reported rape against De Munk. The victimis said to have worked closely with him about fifteen years ago on the musicalCiske de Rat. De Munk has always denied the woman’s accusations.

De Munk responds in a statement: ,,It is the confirmation of something Ialready knew. I have said from the outset that I was not guilty of a sexcrime. I therefore feel no joy, especially since this false accusation hasdestroyed so much privately and professionally. I have experienced theaccusations in the media as a great injustice, but I would also like toexpress my gratitude for the support I have received from all over the countryin recent times.”

De Munk previously stated in court that the media attention since theaccusation is ‘an attack on his family and career’. “My wife and children getthe most horrible curses at their heads. That’s why I choose the flightforward and I’m not going to watch my family and my career be destroyed.”

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De Munk still wants to have the declarant heard under oath

Lawyers Royce de Vries and Annemiek van Spanje add in the press release thatthe case that De Munk brought about the public hearing of the alleged victimin order to prove his innocence will be continued. “The court has previouslybeen requested to hear the declarant under oath in order to get to the bottomof the matter. This wish of De Munk remains undiminished.” The court inAmsterdam will rule on this on December 1.

De Munk has indicated that he does not want to give interviews for the timebeing. In the coming period he will mainly focus on his family, his personalrecovery and that of his career.

Segun Forbes , el Mundial costará al menos 150,000 millones de dólares, esdecir, unas 10 veces más que el Mundial de Rusia, el más caro hasta la fecha.En un país del tamaño de Kosovo y con menos habitantes que Berlín, hay ochoestadios ultramodernos con aire acondicionado. No existe una cultura de la queel aficionado pueda beneficiarse y apenas mil espectadores de media acuden alos partidos de la Liga profesional. El futbol no es un deporte amateur andQatar, y prácticamente no hay oportunidades para que las mujeres compitan. Untorneo de fútbol en un lugar así no es sostenible.

Sin embargo, el planteamiento de celebrar un Mundial en una nueva región es elcorrecto. And 2010 se celebró por primera vez en África. Antes de eso, yohabía viajado a Sudáfrica, siendo aún jugador en ese momento, para conocer elpaís anfitrión y las circunstancias en las que se iba a jugar. Un Mundialtambién podría haber contribuido positivamente a la cultura del fútbol enOriente Medio, porque allí también hay países con tradición futbolística.

Animadores a sueldo

O quizá se podía haber llevado la fiesta al mundo de habla árabe: Marruecos yArgelia. Alemania se enfrentó a Marruecos en el Mundial de 1970, perdimoscontra Argelia en el Mundial de 1982, y antes de ganar el título en 2014,tuvimos que ir a la prórroga también contra Argelia en los octavos de final.Aquel partido en Porto Alegre parecía un partido fuera de casa, porque muchosaficionados argelinos habían viajado hasta allí. Qatar nunca se ha clasificadopara un Mundial, pero su candidatura ganó en el primer intento. Ahora,aficionados de todo el mundo tendrán que hacer escala en los países vecinospara viajar a los partidos.

En los estadios habrá animadores a sueldo con el fin de generar ambiente ypromocionar el evento en las redes sociales. Un ambiente que no me interesacomo aficionado al fútbol. Sólo habría volado a Qatar si mi trabajo comodirector del torneo lo exigiera. Como no es el caso, me quedo en casa.

En algunos países se ha pedido a los equipos que boicoteen el torneo. Eso esalgo que cada uno debe decidir por sí mismo. Me parece correcto que Alemaniaparticipe, y también me alegraria que nos convirtiéramos en campeones delmundo. Qatar es un socio económico y proveedor de energía de Occidente,Alemania mantiene relaciones diplomáticas con Qatar, y la decisión se remontaa 12 años atrás.

Cada uno debe responder por sí mismo si ve los partidos por televisión. Yo loharé, la selection alemana es importante. La Eurocopa 2024 de Alemania dependede su rendimiento. Para que el torneo sea un éxito, el equipo tiene que rendirmejor en Qatar que en los dos torneos anteriores.

And principio, un Mundial es un gran acontecimiento. Deportivamente, un torneode selecciones es imprevisible y hay más equipos con posibilidades de ganar eltítulo que en la Liga de Campeones. Las condiciones de Qatar, en particular,podrían favorecer las sorpresas. El ritmo es diferente, el Mundial se celebraen medio de la temporada y los equipos casi no tens preparación. Es posibleque Sudamérica reaparezca. Tal vez un país africano gane a una gran naciónfutbolística, o un pequeño país europeo llegue a la final, como hizo Croaciaen 2018. Y Lionel Messi y Cristiano Ronaldo se retirarán de la escena mundial.O puede que nazca una nueva estrella.

No tiene por qué ser una contradicción encontrar cuestionable el trasfondopolítico del Mundial y seguir celebrando la fiesta que supone para el fútbol.No es una traición a nuestros valores quedar con los amigos para tomar unacerveza y hablar sin parar de fútbol. Otro tema es si este Mundial será el másgrande, porque es invierno y los derechos humanos no son innegociables para elpaís anfitrión.

Lo hace con una selección que maduró de golpe en la Eurocopa, cuando pocos laesperaban, y cuya joven sala de máquinas tiene un año y medio más deexperiencia en la élite. Tiene a su favor la calidad, las piernas y el hambre;tiene en su contra, a priori, la ausencia de cancheros, de tipos con los quejugarse el partido en dos o tres minutos que dependen de desquiciar al rival,de jugadores bregados en los bajos fondos del campo, cuando se desnivelan lospartidos en las prorrogas o en los descuentos. Jugadores de esos que, cuandollegan 0-0 en el minuto 88, sonríen como tiburones. De eso, en principio, nohay o hay poco, pero un Mundial es una oportunidad para que se destape alguno:en el fútbol la experiencia no la dan los años sino las jugadas, los momentosen los que a uno nadie le espera y de repent brota. Por eso la Copa es eltorneo de todos los torneos, distinto a cualquiera, sensible al minimo aire;la guerra por otros medios celebrada en una dictadura religiosa. Si paraasaltar un banco allí hay que vender antes galletitas en los partidos másduros, qué menos que estén envenenadas.

The VRT wants Home to an independent production house, but the employees ofFlanders’ most popular soap do not like that. With work interruptions, apetition and even a march on Monday on the cabinet of media minister Dalle(CD&V), they make their dissatisfaction clear. There are some obvious reasonswhy the Home team absolutely wants to stay with the VRT.

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It rumbles on the set of Home. But this time it is not yet another familydrama, divorce or attempted murder that causes a stir. The unrest is caused bythe savings plans of the VRT. The public broadcaster must realize a saving of25 million euros by 2025 and therefore wants to Home and place the seventyemployees on the payroll for that program with an external production house.

But that is not to the liking of the employees of the soap. As the end dateapproaches – January 1, the Home team at their new employer – their protestis getting fiercer. But what is the conflict actually about?

The first and most important stumbling block is the work schedules that theemployees would be presented with from next year. After all, they lookdifferent at the VRT than in the private sector. For example, the lunch breakof 45 minutes is now counted as working time. The 15-minute break in themorning and in the afternoon is also recorded as working time. When theemployees transfer to a private production house, that kite no longer applies.

In addition, the official place of employment of the Home team to be theBrussels Reyerslaan. And that while the studios where most of the shootingtakes place are in Leuven. This means that employees – even if they livecloser – not only receive a kilometer allowance for the distance betweenBrussels and Leuven, but that this travel time also counts as time worked.

Add everything together and you arrive at about two hours a day that now endup in the accounts as ‘work’, but which will no longer be the case from 1January. So more work will have to be done for the same wages.

Money worries

The cast and crew are also concerned about that wage. After all, as VRTemployees they are entitled to a number of premiums that threaten to disappearin the private sector. For example, their internet subscription is reimbursed.Good for just over 50 euros per month.

When no catering is provided on the set, they also receive a meal allowance,which is quite good at 16.36 euros per day. The latter compensation would becompensated with meal vouchers after the takeover, although it has not yetbeen determined whether this will cover the full amount.

Several actors and employees of ‘Thuis’ went on strike on May 31 after theannouncement that the soap would no longer be made by the VRT.Image Tim Dirven

And then there is the supplementary pension. This is much higher in the publicsector than in the private sector. Also at their new employer there will befor the Home employees have a pension plan ready, the VRT managementpromises. But what exactly that will look like and how big the difference willbe with the current system is not yet clear.

Which brings us directly to the third pain point: the uncertainty. Sevenmonths ago, VRT CEO Frederik Delaplace announced his intention to stop theproduction of Home known to outsource. At that time, discussions werealready underway with various interested candidates, but who those candidatesare remains a closely guarded secret.

A necessary evil, according to the VRT. Only by keeping the would-be buyers inthe dark about their opponents can they get the most out of the negotiations.But that leads to employee frustration.

“On January 1, we should start working for a new employer, but to this day westill don’t know who that is,” says Krist’l Leskens, who works as an imagemixer at Home works. “Isn’t that a total lack of respect?”

Leah Thys (Marianne).Image © VRT

The trade unions are also disturbed by this working method. They believe thatthe VRT management is monopolizing the negotiations with the potential buyer.“Such a takeover normally takes place while maintaining the current employmentsystems,” the ACOD said. “After which the transferee can then harmonize thevarious systems in consultation with the social partners. What the VRTmanagement in the case of Home does is unseen.”

The latter claim, however, turns out to be incorrect. “It often happens thatemployment conditions are negotiated before the actual takeover,” says JanVanthournout, senior legal manager at SD Worx. At the VRT they also point outthat the management received a mandate from the potential buyers to negotiatewith the unions. In recent months, both parties regularly sat around thetable, but that was not enough to dispel the mistrust.

Ideological view

The last reason why it Home -staff don’t like a move, is the most emotionaland therefore perhaps the most important. Regardless of the conditions underwhich this happens, a large proportion of employees simply do not want toleave the public broadcaster.

Sometimes for practical reasons, for example, many of the employees also workfor other programs and love that variety that you only find at a large companysuch as the VRT. But just as often for ideological views.

“I started working here thirty years ago because I believe in the function ofa public broadcaster and because I wanted to contribute to it,” says Leskens.”And now I’m being coldly kicked out here.”