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“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.

BOLSWARD – This week the 10,000th visitor of the Frisian adventure film GruttePier in Bolsward was put in the spotlight by director Steven de Jong. During afilm lecture at the Marne college, it is student Isa Chui who goes home withthe real Frisian Grutte Pier package. This makes Grutte Pier the best-attendedFrisian-language film in 20 years.

Grutte Pier, which has been in cinemas since October 27, tells the story ofthe Frisian freedom fighter Pier Gerlofs Donia, the legendary warrior who isan important historical figure for Friesland. An ode to Fryslân that foughtfor freedom and had to appeal to its soul for a better life. Watch the trailerhere.

Steven de Jong, director of Grutte Pier: “I am happy and grateful that wereached the 10,000th visitor today. It is a pity that due to the busyschedules of cinemas in the Randstad, no place has yet been made for GruttePier. That is why we are all the more pleased with the good reactions andvisitor numbers in Friesland.”

Single – Griene Tsiss

Sam Kramer’s new single Griene Tsiss was also released today. The single is onGrutte Pier’s music album. The title song of the film Do bist mijn lân sung byElske DeWall and Milan van Weelden is also part of the album. Griene Tsiss canbe heard here.

Film College

In addition to regular screenings in cinemas, Grutte Pier also has asuccessful tour in which director Steven de Jong and cast member and singerCarla deBruine provide film lectures. In the film lecture, it is explained howthe film came about and the musical aspect of the film is supported by liveperformances. The tour will continue throughout the winter past villagehouses, schools and film houses and can be booked via www.filmambassade.nl,which is committed to the Dutch independent filmmaker.

The story

It is 1514, a year in which every uprising is suppressed by mercenaries whoalso rob the oppressed citizens of their property. The imposing Grutte Pier,as strong as an ox and 2.10 meters long, lives a modest life with his familyon his farm. The love for his wife Rintsje (Elske DeWall), his children andFryslân ensure that Pier manages to keep the peace in his head, despite theincreasingly loud voices in his head. When Pier’s farm, blessed with anenormous sense of justice, is also looted and set on fire, the blood swirlsmore and more violently through his veins. He decides to free his country fromeverything and everyone who thinks they can play the boss…

cast

The leading role of Grutte Pier is played by Milan van Weelden (known frommusicals such as Billy Elliot and Macbeth), who has mastered Frisianespecially for Grutte Pier. Singer Elske DeWall (country group The BlueBirds,The Passion) makes her feature film debut and Bram van der Vlugt can be seenin his last film role. In addition to them, we see, among others, CarlaDeBruine, Syb van der Ploeg (lead singer of De Kast), Jan Arendz (Kameleon)and Cas Jansen (GTST, De 12 van Oldenheim).

The NPO is conducting an investigation into cross-border behavior The worldgoes on by presenter Matthijs van Nieuwkerk and editors. There must also bean action plan to “prevent such things in the future”.

The statement follows consultations between NPO chairman Frederieke Leeflangand State Secretary Gunay Uslu. The reason is the Volkskrant article about theissue, which is based on testimonials from dozens of former employees of Theworld goes on.

“At the public broadcasters, we are all extremely shocked by the large numberof employees who have had negative and frightening experiences while workingfor the DWDD program. This should never have happened,” says Leeflang.

The NPO has announced that it has been in talks with other media for sometime, including RTL, Talpa and ITV Nederland, about a joint approach againsttransgressive behavior in the workplace.

It touches me that employees have felt so unsafe and have been treated very> badly.>> Secretary of State Uslu

In response to the reports, the NTR has canceled the recordings of the Top2000 Quiz with Van Nieuwkerk shut down this morning.

State Secretary Uslu had asked the NPO to come up with an action plancontaining concrete steps to prevent transgressive behavior in the future. Sheemphasizes that the public broadcaster, including BNNVARA, must guarantee asafe workplace for everyone, even when the workload is high. “It touches methat employees have felt so unsafe and have been treated very badly.”

NPO and Frans Klein

Current NPO director Video Frans Klein was responsible for DWDD for many yearsas media director of VARA. He told de Volkskrant, among other things, that hesaw that it was intense. “Of course we ran the risk of people getting a littletoo ground up in this situation. We tried to pay attention to that in our ownway. In retrospect, maybe not enough.”

An NPO spokesperson says it is too early to look at Klein’s role. “It’s notpart of the investigation now, our focus is first on the employees, and onwhat happened.”

Not fitting

In a statement, the NTR calls it inappropriate to include a festive quiztoday, after the dynamics created by the publication of the Volkskrantarticle. According to the NTR, the decision was taken in consultation with VanNieuwkerk and the NPO.

Two episodes were recorded yesterday, two were canceled today, says NTR. “Weare now going to think about how to deal with this unusual situation. This, ofcourse, in consultation with the NPO, which is responsible for thebroadcasts.”

It is not clear whether the recordings will take place later. The program isintended to be broadcast next month, in the run-up to the annual Top 2000 ofNPO Radio 2 and the Top 2000 a gogo on television.

The NTR says it has not received any reports of transgressive behavior in theprograms about the Top 2000. “An article like in the Volkskrant shows that itis important to stay focused.”

‘Regret’ but article also ‘draconian caricature’

More than fifty former employees of DWDD told de Volkskrant their story abouttransgressive behavior in that program. They said it involved “extremeoutbursts of anger and public humiliation”. Dozens of employees fell illbecause of the working conditions.

Van Nieuwkerk did not want to speak to the Volkskrant; he also refused toanswer written questions. Yesterday he did come up with a statement: “That weapparently were not able to give everyone a safe and pleasant feeling and thatit even made colleagues sick, I am very sorry.”

A lo largo de las 16 temporadas completas que figuran en su hoja de servicios,el tetracampeón habrá participado en 299 grandes premios, de los que se impusoen 53 –siempre que no gane este domingo. Además, se anotó 57 pole position ysubio 69 veces al cajon. Empatado a entorchados con Alain Prost, solo MichaelSchumacher y Lewis Hamilton (siete cada uno) y Juan Manuel Fangio (cinco) tensmás pedigrí que él. Aquella cremallera de dienes refulgentes que mostraba consu ambiciosa sonrisa perdió fuerza tras su salida de Ferrari y su llegada aAston Martin (2021), donde firmó el único podio (Azerbaiyán) de la estructurade Silverstone. “Estos dos años no fueron fáciles porque no estabaacostumbrado a rodar en la cola del pelotón. Fueron momentos duros”, reconceVettel, que cuatro días después de anunciar su retirada, and Budapest, supoque su monoplaza pasará a manos de Fernando Alonso, con quien se jugó doscoronas (2010 y 2012) de las cuatro que posee. El asturiano, al igual que elresto de la parrilla, asistió a la cena de despedida de un deportista único,lleno de contradicciones que no busca esconder, como su preocupación por lasostenibilidad. “No encontrarás a un solo piloto que hable mal de Seb. Y creoque este año deja bien claro qué personalidad tiene. Es más que un piloto, esun gran ser humano”, le piropea Carlos Sainz.

Daniel Ricciardo, and los Emiratos. DPA via Europa Press (DPA via EuropaPress)

Vettel cree haber tomado la decisión de irse en el momento indicado, mientrasque las circunstancias que rodean la salida de Ricciardo no tens nada que ver.El australiano no tenía ninguna intención de quedarse sin volante, pero sudiscreto, por no decir decepcionante paso por McLaren, y la falta dealternativas han dejado sin hueco a uno de los personajes con más enganche delGran Circo. El equipo de Woking (Gran Bretaña) prefirió darle el finiquito –leha pagado el año de contrato que le quedaba– e incorporar en su lugar a OscarPiastri, que arriesgarse a perder a este joven talento de Melbourne.

Ricciardo, aquel que en su día parecía el producto perfecto, tanto por susonrisa permanent como por su manejo de las redes sociales, comenzó a perdercuerpo cuando decidió abandonar Red Bull para firmar por Renault (2020).Todavía quedó más expuesto los dos últimos años, en McLaren, donde LandoNorris le ha superado en todas las facetas. A sus 33 años, el muchacho dePerth cree que todavía tiene cosas que decir en el paddock , para que lasocho victorias que llevan su nombre no se queden en eso. Consciente de que noestá en condiciones de despreciar nada, todo parece dispuesto para que cierresu regreso a la escudería energética como piloto reserva. En esta posicióndeberá compaginar su presencia en los circuitos con labores de marketing,donde su cara de chiste es el mejor de los reclamos para Red Bull. Para él, encualquier caso, será reír por no llorar.

Lo dicen cardiologos del máximo nivel. Por más que emplee un desfibrilladorimplantado, Eriksen desafía a la muerte en cada partido que juega. Por si nofuera suficiente, en Qatarademás se expondrá a una sanción de la FIFA. Elorganismo que regula el fútbol mundial amenaza a quienes exhiban símbolos ohagan reivindicaciones “políticas”. El brazalete One Love es considerado unsímbolo político prohibido, según la FIFA. Responde a una iniciativa de lafederación de Países Bajos para protestar contra la discriminación por razonessexuales que sufren las minorías en países como Qatar, donde la homosexualidades un delito. Por extensión, el empleo de este brazalete también supone unmensaje tácito de oposición a la celebración del Mundial en un emirato cuyosnacionales no pasan de 300,000.

“No sé si la FIFA nos va a sancionar”, dijo Peter Moller, el director generalde la federación de Dinamarca. “Ya veremos qué pasa cuando se jueguen losprimeros partidos”.

Eriksen se mostró impasible y sonrió cuando le preguntaron si después de haberexperimentado la muerte se sentía mejor futbolista. “No sé la razón, pero esverdad que me siento físicamente mejor en el campo de juego ahora que antes”,dijo el mediapunta titular del Manchester United. “Creo que yo soy el mismo desiempre, pero la gente me mira de otra manera. Ese prejuicio hace que ahora meconsideren más líder, más hablador que antes. Futbolísticamente, hago lo mismo