Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has dismissed speculation he is trying to sign Jesse Lingard for current club DC United.
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Suzan-Lori Parks’ acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog debuted Off Broadway in 2001, so it’s a safe bet that a significant portion of the audience at last fall’s limited engagement Broadway revival knew how things would end for the brothers Booth and Lincoln. Those character names alone leave little room for uncertainty.
And yet the gunshot that brings the dark comedy to a close drew gasps. The power to surprise after all these years was made clear, night after night, by the two-man cast of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins under the direction of Kenny Leon. The actors are Tony-nominated, as is the revival itself.
Abdul-Mateen II, the actor who won a 2020 Emmy Award for his performance as Cal Abar/Dr. Manhattan in HBO’s Watchmen, first played Booth 16 years ago in an acting class. In the years since, he became a major star of TV and film, appearing in The Get Down, The Matrix Resurrections, Candyman, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aquaman and The Greatest Showman, to name just a sampling, and he’ll be seen later this year in a reprisal of his role as the ruthless pirate Black Manta in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
And yet Booth has continued to haunt him. In fact, the character was on a list of roles that Abdul-Mateen II had told his reps could entice him into a Broadway debut. When he received an email from them with “Topdog/Underdog” in the subject line, he knew the time had come.
The plot of Topdog/Underdog is as unnerving as it is (seemingly) uncomplicated. Lincoln (Hawkins) and Booth (Abdul-Mateen II), names bestowed as a cruel joke by their father, are brothers living together in a cramped, decrepit apartment. The audience sees no other characters or performers. The two brothers dream of a
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Adam Lambert, Billy Porter, JoJo Siwa, Raven-Symoné, Sasha Colby and many more LGBTQ stars and advocates gathered together on Thursday for P&G and iHeartMedia's, an evening to celebrate and create a more inclusive and equal world. As the LGBTQ community celebrates Pride, ET's Denny Directo spoke to many of the performers about the event, advice they've received or have for coming out and what it means to be loud and proud at a time like this. «I am the hostess,» Siwa said of the lineup, acknowledging it was «crazy» to be back for a «second year [of] hosting.» The 20-year-old performer first came out in 2021, and has since become a prominent voice for younger members of the LGBTQ community.
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The report tracked 3,697 incidents of harassment, vandalism and assault targeting Jewish communities in that calendar year. And while that rise stems from various inflection points – political figures like former president Donald Trump playing host to known neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes surely played a role – the case of Kanye West, in particular, had a noted impact.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Zack Snyder revealed at the start of 2023 that his Netflix space epic “Rebel Moon” would be split into two movies. But Snyder is actually making four movies, sort of. In a Vanity Fair first look at “Rebel Moon,” Snyder announced that each “Rebel Moon” movie is getting two separate cuts. One cut is a movie that “anyone can enjoy and watch,” and one cut will be more explicit and strictly for adults. “I think for fans of mine and people who are ready to take a deeper, harder dive, that’ll be fun for them,” Snyder said of the harder cuts. “Rebel Moon” was written as one movie, but Netflix became hesitant after Snyder delivered a 172-page draft. At that length, “Rebel Moon” would’ve clocked around three hours.
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