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The biggest single of Travis Scott"s career has now sold 3 million copies. "Antidote," released in July 2015 ahead of his debut album,Rodeo, received the triple-platinum certification earlier this month by the RIAA. The track, which famously begins with the line, "Don"t you open up that window," is produced by the Toronto duo of WondaGurl and Eestbound. Watch the "Antidote" music video below.
The announcement comes shortly after "Goosebumps," a single from La Flame"s latest album, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight,received its first (perhaps of a few) platinum plaque.
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"It felt like an adaptation of a book, so we had that road map to follow... and then more recently, i"ve become aware of what it was bringing up for people when they watch it," Bledel told Bustle. "Reading some of the reviews have really made me understand better what it might bring up for people. I think it"s going to shock some people at how hard it is to imagine people living in such a world like this one, because as Margaret Atwood has said, she didn"t make anything up. Everything that happens in the book has happened somewhere. Some of it can seem frighteningly real, which makes it scarier."
Source: http://www.refinery29.com/2017/04/151728/alexis-bledel-the-handmaids-tale
Wasn"t this once a series about scary alien monsters, and not the origins of species?
The release of a second prologue to this summer"s Alien: Covenant was intended as a way to mark this year"s "Alien Day," but it might indirectly highlight just where the franchise has gone wrong in the decades since Ridley Scott"s original movie.
"The Crossing" is, essentially, two-and-a-half minutes of exposition about what happened to Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender"s characters after the end of 2012"s Prometheus, paired with some impressive visual spectacle when they arrive at what is seemingly the home planet of the Engineers, the creatures who were responsible for the black goo that eventually created the Xenomorphs that appeared in the 1979 original alien.
for fans of the larger Alien mythology, it"s a short that answers some questions about the end of Prometheus, and teases potential revelations that might come during Covenant. It features none of the same characters from the earlier prologue, but both shorts share two important things in common: a suffocating sense of foreboding and more worryingly, a complete lack of any of the familiar xenomorphic aliens that give the franchise its name (though, there"s plenty of that in the most recent trailer).
For the first three movies in the series, Alien had a central narrative: it was the story of Ellen Ripley"s (Sigourney Weaver) relationship with the titular threat, which shifted from movie to movie depending on the particular obsessions of the director du jour. 1997"s Alien: Resurrection attempts to reboot the franchise by literally rebooting Ripley as a clone, but the continuity is lost and things got more confused with the Alien Vs. Predator movies, even before Ridley Scott returned to the franchise for his prequel projects.
By this point, it"s hard to identify what the Alien movies are actually about, beyond perpetuating their own mythology. Indeed, as the latest prologue to Alien: Covenant demonstrates, the franchise is now focused in large part on topics and concepts that weren"t even part of the series for the first three decades of its existence. The Engineers? The origin of the species and just why it is the way it is? Are those questions that really need to be answered?
In many ways, the trailers for Covenant and certainly the first prologue have made the movie feel like a retread of the very first Alien, or at least a revisiting of that movie"s aesthetic and tone. As unlikely as it might seem, this backwards-looking attitude might just be what the franchise needs right now: a reminder about what made people fall in love with Alien in the first place, and a way to get things back on track.
Well, as long as Michael Fassbender"s creepy androids don"t steal the show again, of course.
Alien: CovenantSource: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/alien-covenant-can-franchise-remember-what-again-997907
ESPN laid off 100 employees on Wednesday as part of a company-wide restructuring.
The struggling cable sports network first announced the layoffs last month.
We have long been about serving fans and innovating to create the best content for them. Todays fans consume contentin many different waysand we are in a continuous process of adapting to change and improving what we do, ESPN said in a March statement. Inevitably, that has consequences for how we utilize our talent. We are confident that ESPN will continue to have a roster of talent that is unequaled in sports.
Among those who were let go includeanchor Jay Crawford, radio host Danny Kanell,NFL reporter Ed Werder, and baseball reporter Jayson Stark.
Below is a list of former espn employees who have confirmed their departures via social media (this list will continue to be updated).
General
SportsCenter anchor Jay CrawfordESPNU anchor Brendan FitzgeraldSportsCenter anchor Chris HasselColumnist Johnette HowardColumnist Melissa IsaacsonRadio host Danny KanellRadio host Robin LundbergColumnist Jane McManusSportsCenter anchor Jaymee SireCorrespondent Reese Waters
MLB
MLB analyst Jim BowdenDodgers peporter Doug PadillaMLB writer Jayson StarkBaseball reporter Mark Saxon
NBA
New Orleans Pelicans reporter Justin VerrierHouston Rockets reporter Calvin WatkinsNBA reporter Ethan Sherwood Strauss
NFL
NFL analyst Trent DilferNFL analyst Ashley FoxNFL reporter Ed Werder
NHL
NHL columnist Scott BurnsideNHL columnist Pierre LeBrunHockey writer Joe McDonald
College sports
Big Ten reporter Brian BennettCollege basketball writer Eamonn BrennanCollege basketball reporter C.L. BrownSEC football reporter David ChingCollege football recruiting reporter Jeremy CrabtreeCollege basketball analyst Len ElmoreCollege sports reporter Chantel JenningsCollege football reporter Brett McMurphyPac 12 reporter Ted MillerBig 12 reporter Max OlsonCollege basketball reporter Dana ONeilSEC Reporter Greg OstendorfPredictive analytics expert Rufus PeabodyBig Ten football reporter Jesse TempleSEC recruiting analyst Derek TysonBig Ten football reporter Austin Ward
Miscellaneous
Boxing host Marysol CastroLegal analyst Roger CossackEnterprise reporter Tom FarreySoccer writer Mike GoodmanGolf commentator Dottie PepperAuto racing commentator Dr. Jerry Lee PunchSports gambling writer Dave TuleyESPN Dallas columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor
Source: http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/espn-layoffs-fired-list-1202399712/
Political commentator and author Ann Coulter attends The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe at Sony Studios on Aug. 27, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images)
Ann Coulter Says UC Berkeley Canceled Speech; University DeniesClaimPolitical commentator and author Ann Coulter attends The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe at Sony Studios on Aug. 27, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images)
ann coulter says she wont be speaking
at UC Berkeley on Thursday after all.The conservative pundit took to her verified Twitter account Wednesday to say the university canceled her speech something the school denied.
Coulters plan to speak had created a war of words on the campus roiled by recent protests.
A student group, the Young Americas Foundation, said Tuesday it had decided not to host the event, saying the university had created a hostile environment. The university said the speech would create security concerns and tried to move it to May 2.
Despite that, Coulter had held out hope Tuesday of speaking somewhere on campus but didnt know where. On Wednesday she announced the cancellation on Twitter. Im so sorry Berkeley canceled my speech, she tweeted.
Im so sorry YAF acquiesced in the cancelation (sic). And Im so sorry for free speech crushed by thugs.
University officials could not immediately be contacted for comment Wednesday afternoon. But before Coulter tweeted, the university put out a news release that said, Contrary to some press reports and circulating narratives, the UC Berkeley administration did not cancel the Coulter event and has never prohibited Ms. Coulter from coming on campus.
The news release said the school decided not to provide a venue for the Thursday speech because of reports that violence would occur. It suggested the speech be given May 2 but school is not in session that day, so Coulter and the YAF opposed that idea.
This is a university, not a battlefield, the news release said. We must make every effort to hold events at a time and location that maximizes the chances that First Amendment rights can be successfully exercised and that community members can be protected.
Coulter slammed the school in her tweets, saying in one: Im so sorry Berkeley had a different story every 20 minutes, which always was: No speech.
Troy Worden, president of the Berkeley College Republicans, said Wednesday that the university didnt provide a venue.
In effect our free speech has been stifled because the university has decided not to assist us in making sure the event can occur successfully, he said. We arent going to have a dangerous event.
The YAF and Berkeley College Republicans have filed a lawsuit that accuses the school of discriminating against conservative guest speakers by placing onerous time and location restrictions on their appearances. Berkeley, known for decades as a bastion of free speech, has seen protests turn violent in recent months.
Earlier this month, 21 people were arrested when anti-Trump and pro-Trump groups clashed in a city park.
In early March, 10 people were arrested when pro- and anti-Trump groups fought in Berkeley.
In February people took to the streets to protest an appearance by right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos. The university said more than $100,000 in damage was done.
An attorney for the Berkeley College Republicans said the lawsuit will proceed.
A lawsuit is a long-term remedy that is going to affect not just Ann Coulters speech but other speakers at UC Berkeley, lawyer Harmeet Dhillon told reporters. The goal is much larger than Ann Coulters speech here tomorrow.
Dhillon said the university officials told her they wouldnt provide a room but Coulter could speak at an outdoor venue. The First Amendment requires equal access, not one level of open access for conservatives, out in the open, with attackers shouting us down, she said, and another level of access in a private, closed setting where people are allowed to enjoy an educational opportunity without interruption.
Source: http://ktla.com/2017/04/26/ann-coulter-says-uc-berkeley-canceled-speech-university-denies-claim/
BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics were clinging to a five-point lead midway through the fourth quarter when Chicago Bulls forward Bobby Portis launched a wide-open 3-pointer from the corner. The ball clanged hard off the rim, and Celtics big man Al Horford, while sandwiched between Robin Lopez and Jimmy Butler, leaped to snare the rebound.
None of the three players could come up with the ball, but Butler had his fingertips on it as a mad scramble began when it fell to the floor. Lingering near the scrum, 5-foot-9 Isaiah Thomas raced into the pile and, despite being the shortest player by roughly 10 inches, came up with the ball. Thomas swung his arms wildly in trying to prevent it from being stripped away before he was fouled.
Thomas flexed a bit as the Celtics" bench applauded his effort. The sequence was Game 5 of this series in a nutshell: an ugly tug-of-war in which Thomas and the Celtics seemed to want it more in the fourth quarter.
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The rebound was one of the five that Thomas came up with on this night, and he did everything he could to help his team despite an uncharacteristically poor shooting performance. The Celtics pulled away late in the fourth quarter for a 108-97 triumph at TD Garden.
The Celtics lead the best-of-seven series 3-2. Game 6 is Friday night in Chicago.
"One thing about playoff basketball, when [your] shot"s not falling, you gotta figure out a way to win," Thomas said. "Tonight we did that."
Thomas struggled to get himself going in Game 5. He missed his first five shots and didnt register his first field goal until there were 42.6 seconds remaining in the first half.
At halftime, Thomas changed both his headband and his shoes. That he changed his shoes was not particularly unusual. Last season, after a big road win over the Golden State Warriors, Thomas noted in his postgame interview that "them other shoes didnt have any buckets in them."
Thomas" new kicks had enough buckets in key moments of the fourth quarter to help the Celtics separate from the Bulls. He finished with 24 points on 6-of-17 shooting with those five rebounds, four assists and a steal over 36 minutes.
And he was not called for any discontinued dribbles, much to the chagrin of Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg, who stomped off from his postgame news conference when asked if Thomas had committed any of the infractions that Hoiberg decried after Boston"s Game 4 win in Chicago.
Isaiah Thomas and Al Horford celebrate during the second half of the Celtics" Game 5 victory. The pair combined for 45 points.Bob DeChiara/USA TODAY SportsUnlike in Game 4, when Thomas carried Boston in the second half, the celtics got balanced contributions. avery bradley scored 17 of his career postseason high 24 points in the first half, all while chasing Butler for much of the night. According to ESPN Stats & Information, Butler finished with just two points on 1-of-5 shooting with one turnover when defended by Bradley (Bradley, meanwhile, scored 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting with Butler defending).
Butler even admitted after Game 5 that Bradley had won the head-to-head battle.
"Im trying to make it hard on him," Bradley said. "Like I said, Butlers a very good player. And my job for our team is to go out there and defend, try not to foul and make the player work for every shot, make him work on both ends of the floor. And thats what I tried to do tonight."
Horford quietly did all his usual Horford things. He finished with 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting, nine assists and seven rebounds. He came up with a series of big buckets in the fourth quarter while rolling hard at the rim.
"Thats what we need him to do. Hes a h**l of a player," Thomas said. "Even the stat sheet doesnt explain how good of a player he is sometimes. When hes not scoring or rebounding, hes doing a lot of things to help out everybody else on this team, whether that be help-side defense, whether that be making the right play on offense. Hes a complete basketball player. And when he plays like he did tonight, especially in the second half, nine times out of 10, we usually win those games."
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Once down 0-2 in this series, the Celtics head to Chicago with a chance to close out the Bulls. The momentum of the series began shifting when Rajon Rondo was ruled out before Game 3, and Boston has played far more inspired ball since Thomas returned home to be with his family in Tacoma, Washington, following the death of his younger sister.
The Celtics always believed they could rally from their early series deficit.
"I mean, its kinda been the story of our team, being able to fight through adversity. No matter what we go through, we would overcome it," Bradley said. "And I think its a group of guys, our coaching staff, we believe. We believe in one another.
"I said it earlier: We went to Chicago knowing that we were going to win those games, not hoping. We knew that we were going to take two games, then come here and take care of home. Now its our job to continue to play the same way and finish the series in Chicago."
Source: http://www.espn.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4725867/isaiah-thomas-and-the-celtics-know-how-to-rebound
