Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has made three changes to his side to take on Wycombe this afternoon from the League One opener against Ipswich Town.
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Lisa Kennedy The poster for the documentary “On the Line: The Richard Williams Story” is cleverly acerbic. Against a white background stands one of the more derided — and more recently celebrated, via last year’s sports biopic, “King Richard” — figures in professional sports: Venus and Serena Williams’ father, Richard. He’s got a tennis racket in his hand and is clad in throwback tennis whites.
It was not typically what he wore as he and wife Oracene (Price) trained their daughters on the public courts of Compton, Los Angeles. But the look was de rigueur for the white tennis establishment that Venus and Serena took on and then transformed.In “On the Line,” Williams has his say. Unsurprisingly, he’s frank, occasionally funny, but also vulnerable, not least because he’s growing frail, having suffered from health issues.
As directed by Stuart McClave, the documentary isn’t exactly a vanity project, but it does hew to Williams’ version of what in short order became (and continues to be) the history-making run of daughters Serena and Venus. Some of what’s covered here will be familiar, like his love for Compton. He expresses gratitude to the gang members of the Crips who stood guard at the park where the girls practiced.
He shares once again the vision of tennis stardom for his daughters, yet to be conceived, that occurred to him after he watched a match in which the winner won $40,000.Most revealing here is his return to Cedar Grove, a suburb of Shreveport, La. The walking tour of the shack he grew up in underscores that classism and racism shaped both resentment and resilience. The film consults LSU sociology professor Dr.
Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has made three changes to his side to take on Wycombe this afternoon from the League One opener against Ipswich Town.
William Earl Actor Anne Heche was hospitalized in critical condition on Friday after crashing her car into a home in the 1700 block of Walgrove Avenue in West Los Angeles, according to reports from NBC4LA and CNN.Heche suffered burn injuries when the Mini Cooper she was driving burst into flames, according to multiple published reports. TMZ broke the news of the accident Friday with a report that included overhead video of the accident scene in the Mar Vista area and a person identified as Heche being taken away in an ambulance.
Diego Luna is back on “Star Wars.” The Mexican actor starred in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” in 2016, and is back to reprise his role in “Andor,” a prequel series that show’s his character’s initial involvement with the Rebellion. In an interview, he discusses his upcoming work and why fear is an important motivator in life.Diego Luna returns to the Star Wars universe for Disney+’s ‘Andor’Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna reunite in a boxing seriesLuna is booked and busy. Aside from the taxing work of being involved in “Star Wars,” Luna is also doing voice work in the series “DC League of Super Pets” and the upcoming TV show “La Maquina,” which reunites him with his old friend Gael Garcia Bernal.
Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal are reteaming to star in and produce the upcoming Spanish-language Hulu limited series “La Máquina,” from Searchlight Television. “La Máquina,” which got a straight-to-series order, follows an aging boxer (Bernal) whose crafty manager (Luna) secures him one last shot at a title.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterDiego Luna and Gael García Bernal are teaming to star in a Spanish-language limited series at Hulu produced by Searchlight Television.The pair will star in the drama series “La Maquina,” which hails from writer Marco Ramirez. It follows an aging boxer (García Bernal), whose crafty manager (Luna) secures him one last shot at a title. But to make it to fight night, they must navigate a mysterious underworld force.Both Luna and García Bernal will produce under their La Corriente del Golfo banner.
Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticDarren Star has, in recent years, had a Netflix success with “Emily in Paris” — a show that, depending on your vantage point, is either a death knell for TV comedy or a sunnily surface-level jaunt whose idle pleasures are just that. Star, the creator of “Sex and the City” and “Melrose Place,” has a gift for skating the viewer across smoothly luxurious settings.Which may be the problem, or one of them, with his latest series for Netflix, which he created with Jeffrey Richman.
Love Island 2021 winner Millie Court has been showing her ex-boyfriend Liam Reardon what he's missing as she's shared a number of racy snaps from her recent holiday to Ibiza. Despite being crowned the winners of last year's series of the hit ITV2 show, Millie and Liam announced their split earlier in July. Naturally, 25 year old Millie took a vacation to take her mind off the split and posted a number of photos on Instagram looking sensational in a black swimsuit.
The cast of The Resort stepped out in style for the premiere this week!
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDolly de Leon, who recently earned rave reviews for her work in Ruben Östlund’s “Triangle of Sadness,” has signed with Jennifer Beaton at Gersh. The signing comes after de Leon scored some serious Oscar buzz after “Triangle of Sadness,” a darkly comic exploration of class and inequality, which debuted at Cannes, where it won the Palme d’Or.
Robbie Williams has a surprising new career move. The former Take That singer is still releasing new music but is also reportedly breaking into the beauty market. He is reportedly launching a new skincare range called Hopeium.
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMatt Hearn, producer of “Wolf Creek,” one of Australia’s biggest genre exports, is backing “Penny Lane is Dead,” the feature debut of Australian writer-director and makeup artist Mia’kate Russell.Set up at Melbourne’s Buffalo Media, headed by André Lima, who will produce “Penny Lane is Dead” with Hearn, “Penny Lane” looks like one of the strongest projects being brought onto the market this week at Frontières, in terms of its behind the camera talent package and financing.“Penny Lane” features among Frontières’ six Forum projects, a program reserved for films in advanced stages of financing.The film has drawn down “significant funding” from Screen Australia’s Producer Offset program, which means 40% of the film finance is secured, Lima told Variety. “With the right market partners in place, we estimate that [a further] 20%-30% of the production budget can be raised from our federal and state film agencies through their production investment funding programs,” Lima added.Prosthetics designer Larry Van Duynhoven (“Furiosa”) and costume designer Nicola Dunn (“Very Important Person”) are attached, among key craft collaborators.“Penny Lane” is set on a warm night as 17-year-old Penny Lane is celebrating getting into college with her longtime girlfriends Toni and Amy.
Not all plastic surgeries are alike! Tara Reid, Jessica Simpson and more celebrities have been vocal about their regrets after going under the knife.
welcomed her son, who she shares with boyfriend Josh Newby, on Tuesday after revealing she was pregnant in January. Georgia, who has appeared on the hit Channel 4 show since 2018 with Abbie, wasted no time in taking little Hugh to meet her bestie for the first time. On Sunday, Abbie, 20, gushed over the newborn on Instagram, sharing a picture of her cradling Hugh, who was dressed in an adorable pale blue romper.