Possibly you do not know this, however Anthony Kiedis actually likes Los Angeles, and California on the whole. Fittingly, the Pink Scorching Chili Peppers had been recruited as one of many artists passing the Olympics Video games from their present dwelling in Paris to their subsequent dwelling in Los Angeles in 2028 — and this has given Kiedis a possibility to elucidate why he loves L.A. a lot.

In addition to performing as a part of the Olympic closing festivities — the place the Chili Peppers did an unusually sluggish model of their funk rap hype-up banger “Cannot Cease” — Kiedis appeared in a promo video during which he defined his fixation with L.A.

“The Pink Scorching Chili Peppers, at our essence, prefer to get in a room and make noise, and convey every little thing that we expertise in life into what we do — and L.A. is certainly a type of dimensions,” he mentioned, with “Dani California” enjoying within the background.

He continued, “My favorite factor about L.A.? I really like the ocean. I really like the mountains. I really like the palm timber. I really like that folks come right here to attempt their hand at life. L.A., it nonetheless has a spirit. There’s nonetheless a motive why the world is fascinated by every little thing L.A.”

Actually, if there’s one one who is aware of about being fascinated with L.A., it is the author of L.A. anthems like “Californication” and “Underneath the Bridge.”

He even supplied his providers to Crew USA for the 2028 Olympics. He mentioned, “Our first document got here out in ’84, together with the L.A. Olympics, and it was an thrilling time for music in L.A. It was nonetheless sort of the top of the punk rock scene, and the truth that it is coming right here once more, I’d positively look to be the place to begin guard for Crew USA Basketball.” He’ll be 65 years outdated by the point the following Summer season Olympics will get underway — and, contemplating the ages of present staff stars like Steph Curry, Kevin Durant and LeBron James, Kiedis would possibly match proper in.

Different celebs who handed the Olympics from Paris to L.A. included Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Billie Eilish and Tom Cruise.

The hospital belief that sorted Nottingham attacker Valdo Calocane has apologised after a report concluded the chance he posed to the general public “was not managed nicely and alternatives to mitigate threat have been missed”.

In June final 12 months Calocane killed college students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, each 19, with a knife as they walked house from an evening out, earlier than happening to fatally stab 65-year-old college caretaker Ian Coates.

Calocane then stole Mr Coates’ van and used it to inflict severe accidents on three different individuals.

Following Calocane’s legal case conviction in January 2024, then-Well being Secretary Victoria Atkins (Con) commissioned the Care High quality Fee (CQC) to hold out a fast evaluation of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Basis Belief.

Calocane had been beneath the belief’s care for 2 years, and he first got here into contact with its psychological well being companies in Might 2020.

On the time, he was a pupil on the College of Nottingham.

Calocane was given a prognosis of paranoid schizophrenia in July 2020 and, between Might 2020 and February 2022, he had six psychological well being assessments,
which led to 4 hospital detentions.

Every of those admissions concerned situations of threatening and assaultive behaviour on account of his psychosis, in line with the CQC.

The ultimate part of the evaluation, printed on Tuesday (August 13), concluded there have been “a sequence of errors, omissions and misjudgements” which meant Calocane didn’t obtain the assist and follow-up he wanted.

Chris Dzikiti, the CQC’s Interim Chief Inspector of Healthcare, stated: “Whereas it’s not doable to say the devastating occasions on 13 June 2023 wouldn’t have taken place had Calocane obtained that assist, what is obvious is that the chance he offered to the general public was not managed nicely and that alternatives to mitigate that threat have been missed.

“For the people concerned, their households and family members, the harm can’t be undone. Nevertheless, there’s motion that may, and should, be taken to higher assist individuals with severe psychological well being points and supply higher safety for the general public sooner or later.

“We’ve made clear suggestions to enhance oversight and therapy of individuals with severe psychological well being points at each a supplier and a nationwide degree.

“Wider nationwide motion can also be wanted to deal with systemic points in neighborhood psychological well being – together with a scarcity of psychological well being workers and lack of integration between psychological well being companies and different healthcare, social care and assist companies – so that individuals get the best care, therapy and assist when and the place they want it.”

NHS England will even be conducting a extra detailed scrutiny of Valdo Calocane’s wider interplay with psychological well being companies in its Unbiased Murder Evaluate.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare Chief Government, Ifti Majid, stated: “I provide our honest apologies to the households of Grace, Ian and Barnaby who misplaced their lives and to Wayne, Sharon and Marcion who have been severely injured.

“Clearly, at the moment is one other reminder of the tragic occasions of final June, and our ideas are with all these whose lives modified irreparably after the assaults.

“We acknowledge and settle for the conclusions of this report and have considerably improved processes and requirements for the reason that evaluation was carried out. Our groups have way more contact with individuals ready to be seen in the neighborhood to agree disaster plans and guarantee they’ve an up-to-date threat evaluation even when they’re struggling to interact with our companies or main care.

“Colleagues are additionally working to enhance alignment between our groups, main care and speaking therapies, serving to to scale back ready instances in addition to talk extra successfully when sufferers transfer between companies or disengage from therapy.

“We’ve a transparent plan to deal with the problems highlighted and are doing every part in our energy to know the place we missed alternatives and study from them.”

A physician warned that Valdo Calocane’s psychological sickness was so extreme he may kill somebody, three years earlier than he stabbed three individuals to demise in Nottingham, his medical information reveal.

Calocane’s household, who have been proven the information solely after he was sentenced to indefinite detention in a high-security hospital for the assaults, have criticised the missed alternatives they imagine may have prevented the killings.

They shared a 300-page abstract of Calocane’s medical notes with BBC’s Panorama programme, which they are saying exhibits how he was let down by the NHS.

In June 2023, Calocane fatally stabbed 19-year-old college students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar and a faculty caretaker Ian Coates, 65, in Nottingham. He additionally injured three individuals whereas driving a stolen van.

The victims’ households are reported to have complained to the BBC that the programme was made with out their involvement. A supply near the households informed the Every day Telegraph that they’ve demanded the inclusion of a disclaimer mentioning that programme had been made with out their data or consent.

They’re reported to be sad that the BBC informed the households solely an overview of the programme’s content material and never the total particulars.

Calocane had pleaded responsible to the manslaughter of the three individuals on the grounds of diminished duty, and to the tried homicide of three different individuals. His sentence was referred to the court docket of attraction in February however three judges dominated the hospital order was not “not arguably unduly lenient”, stating the court docket couldn’t ignore medical proof associated to his paranoid schizophrenia.

He was identified with paranoid schizophrenia in 2020 and discharged into the care of a neighborhood psychological well being staff. He was sectioned 4 occasions in lower than two years. The second time he was sectioned was in July 2020 after he violently broke right into a neighbour’s flat.

Notes from a medical assembly after that assault recorded {that a} psychiatrist stated Calocane confirmed no “perception or regret and the hazard is that this may occur once more and maybe Valdo will find yourself killing somebody”, BBC’s Panorama reported.

Talking for the primary time, his brother and mom, Elias and Celeste Calocane, informed the BBC that the psychological well being system was “damaged” and that the “tragedy that would have been prevented”.

They’re additionally in search of a public inquiry and an overhaul of psychological well being companies.

His brother stated: “I don’t assume he was ever actually handled. He was type of managed so he had interventions. However as regards to a correct therapy plan, I’m undecided that we ever noticed that.”

The household say they knew Calocane was unwell however they have been by no means informed that he had been identified with paranoid schizophrenia.

In keeping with the BBC, Calocane’s medical notes reveal that in autumn 2020 he admitted mendacity to docs about not listening to voices in order that he may very well be discharged from hospital, and that in 2022 the neighborhood psychological well being staff discharged him to his GP on the day an arrest warrant was issued for him over the assault of a police officer.

Nottinghamshire healthcare NHS belief informed the BBC it was dedicated to stopping such a tragedy occurring once more. The well being watchdog the Care High quality Fee is because of publish a report on Calocane’s care on Tuesday.

The Nottingham Assaults – A Seek for Solutions might be broadcast on BBC One at 8pm on Monday.

Denny Hamlin is on the pole for Sunday’s Prepare dinner Out 400 NASCAR Cup Collection race at Richmond Raceway.

Hamlin was the slowest of the ten vehicles that superior to the second spherical of Saturday’s qualifying session however put up a lap that proved tough to beat as most fell off by a number of tenths of a second in comparison with the primary spherical.

The Cup Collection returns from an Olympic break, off for the reason that July 21 race at Indianapolis received by Kyle Larson.

There are 4 races remaining within the common season heading into Sunday’s race at Richmond.

This is the complete beginning lineup for Sunday’s Prepare dinner Out 400.

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NASCAR Richmond TV schedule, begin time for Prepare dinner Out 400

Inexperienced Flag Time:  Approx. 5 p.m. CT, subsequent Sunday, Aug. 11

Observe: Richmond Raceway (0.75-mile oval) in Richmond, Virginia

Size:  400 laps, 300 miles

Phases:  70 laps, 160 laps, 170 laps

TV protection:  USA Community

Radio:  MRN (102.5 FM in Nashville)

Streaming: FUBO (free trial obtainable); NBC Sports activities app (subscription required); NASCAR.com and SiriusXM on Channel 90 for audio (subscription required)

The Prepare dinner Out 400 shall be broadcast nationally on USA Community. Streaming choices for the race embody the NBC Sports activities app and FUBO, which gives a free trial to potential subscribers.

Prepare dinner Out 400 beginning lineup

Row 1

1. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

2. Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Row 2

3. Josh Berry, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

4. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Row 3

5. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

6. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Row 4

7. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford

8. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota

Row 5

9. Joey Logano, No. 22 Staff Penske Ford

10. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota

Row 6

11. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Staff Penske Ford

12. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Row 7

13. William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

14. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Row 8

15. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

16. Noah Gragson, No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

Row 9

17. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

18. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Staff Penske Ford

Row 10

19. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

20. Zane Smith, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Row 11

21. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

22. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

Row 12

23. Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford 

24. Corey Lajoie, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Row 13

25. Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

26. Ryan Preece, No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

Row 14

27. Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota

28. Michael McDowell, No. 34 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford 

Row 15

29. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford

30. Ty Dillon, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

Row 16

31. Harrison Burton, No. 21 Wooden Brothers Racing Ford

32. Daniel Hemric, No. 31 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

Row 17

33. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet

34. Riley Herbst, No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford

Row 18

35. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota

36. Justin Haley, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford

Row 19

37. Parker Retzlaff, No. 66 Energy Supply Ford

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The actress advised Radio X’s Toby Tarrant in regards to the surreal second she supplied to carry the actor’s gum after he’d been chewing it on the set of the movie.

Teri Hatcher has recalled the out of physique expertise she felt when she helped Robert Downey Jr. eliminate his chewing gum on set.

The Coraline star visited Radio X HQ and spoke to Toby Tarrant, who was admiring her lengthy and assorted profession, and when requested if she’d ever freaked out when doing a scene with a megastar like Whoopi Goldberg, she replied: “I believe with massive stars like that, there may be some component of that, for positive.”

Talking of the 1991 comedy movie Soapdish by which she starred alongside Goldberg and Robert Downey Jr, Hatcher recalled: “There was a scene the place, as a result of it was all on the set of a cleaning soap opera, it was like a two-minute take, or the digital camera was winding its means via the entire set, and sure actors would have some dialogue, after which the digital camera would transfer on, and the opposite characters would choose up the dialogue and Robert Downey Jr and I had been on the very finish of this take.”

The Determined Housewives star went on: “So, you’re standing there ready, , for the digital camera and proper earlier than the digital camera got here on us, he realised that he was chewing gum, and he and there was this like look in his eyes, like, ‘The place do I put the gum? The place do I put the gum?’ And I simply caught my hand out, and he simply put the gum proper my hand, and I put it behind my again and held it behind my again, after which the digital camera got here on us and we did our scene, or no matter.

“However I imply, that form of says to me what you’re speaking about. Like, ‘I’ve Robert Downey Jr’s gum in my hand proper now.'”

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The 59-year-old actress additionally admitted that she’s had so many roles through the years, she typically forgets what she’s been in.

Requested whether or not she watches the tv and wonders if she’s going to pop up, the actress replied: “As a result of I don’t watch a tonne of stuff, so I imply, that most likely wouldn’t occur. However what does occur is I am going, ‘Was I in that?’ It truly is a blur. A few of it’s a blur. However largely, I’m form of like, are you able to consider it?”

The Tomorrow By no means Dies star added: “It’s a really lengthy profession. It is type of, when you concentrate on it like that, you do not actually realise that that a lot time has passed by.”

Talking of Soapdish, she added: “After I assume again, I believe I had six strains in that entire film, or 11 strains, however I used to be round on a regular basis within the background, and simply attending to be on set and watch Whoopi Goldberg and Sally Discipline, and Kevin Kline do their factor – Robert Downey Jr – , do their factor.

“I’ve had a variety of experiences like that, and it’s fairly superb, truly, to be sitting in hindsight it going, ‘Wow, I did that.’”

The 23-year-old returned to Cobham final week raring to go as our first week of pre-season coaching acquired underway. That she did so sporting a reproduction of our 1998 dwelling shirt didn’t go unnoticed.

Hampton says the Blues trustworthy can resolve whether or not or not she is Correct Chels. However because the England worldwide explains, she was solely persevering with a glance that had served her properly all through the summer season.

‘I’m simply blue by and thru,’ she says. ‘I believed if I couldn’t put on my retro shirt for the primary day of pre-season when might I put on it?

‘I took it on vacation with me and was sporting it across the streets of Spain, the streets of Crete, in every single place! I adore it. Blue is certainly my color.’

With the primary week of pre-season accomplished, Hampton is delighted to be again working with the Chelsea teammates she celebrated a lot success with throughout her debut marketing campaign.

Hampton, now a Girls’s Tremendous League winner, is blissful to get again to enterprise, though with just a few laughs and jokes sprinkled into the extraordinary periods on the grass.

‘I used to be simply excited to see everybody once more,’ she explains. ‘It’s not the identical simply doing all your pre-season programme at dwelling alone.

‘Once you are available in and see everybody, it provides you that further little bit of power to crack on once more. Being round everybody, you’ll be able to see how collectively are already even simply from per week again.

‘I like coming again and seeing everybody. I are available in and have amusing and joke with individuals, and attempt to deliver enjoyment off the pitch. It’s good to have amusing and ease everybody in!’

Hampton is somebody who units excessive expectations of herself. She has at all times sought to drive her personal requirements, and this pre-season has been no totally different.

And with new head coach Sonia Bompastor on the helm, the shot-stopper is much more decided to take her recreation to the subsequent stage.

‘The conversations I’ve had with Sonia, Cammi [Abily] and Theo [Rivrin] thus far – you undoubtedly know their requirements are excessive, in order that matches how I really feel,’ Hampton added. ‘It pushes me to be higher and it’ll push everybody within the crew to be higher.

‘You need to hit the bottom operating and present what you are able to do. I need to concentrate on myself, play the fashion Sonia desires us to play, and construct again up these connections with the crew on the pitch.

‘If that places me in a great spot then it places me in a great spot. I simply need to get pleasure from what I do. I’ve at all times stated that after I’m having fun with what I do this’s when I’m going to play my greatest.’

It isn’t solely Bompastor, Abily and Rivrin who’re new to Chelsea’s teaching employees. Hampton has additionally been working beneath newly-appointed goalkeeping coach Seb Brown and his assistant Dan Smith.

Whereas Smith is new to the membership, Brown is anyone Hampton is aware of properly having moved to the ladies’s crew completely after working with the WSL academy – a job which additionally noticed him help former coach Stuart Searle.

‘Seb is nice,’ Hampton stated. ‘He was with us final 12 months and has stepped as much as be our head goalkeeper coach now.

‘I labored carefully with him final 12 months, particularly through the first 4 months after I wasn’t concerned as a lot within the squad. I used to be creating so much with Seb on the aspect then, so we’ve acquired a superb understanding of one another.

‘With Dan and the expertise he has, I’m certain he’ll make an ideal addition to our goalkeeping division. He’s already becoming in properly and there have been just a few laughs and jokes.

‘We’re all simply pushing one another to be the very best and serving to everybody enhance.’

Hampton and the remainder of the squad will showcase their onerous work beneath Bompastor and the brand new employees once we journey on our pre-season tour of the USA.

The primary recreation of our new head coach’s period will see us tackle NJ/NY Gotham on the Pink Bull Enviornment, earlier than we face Arsenal in Washington DC, taking our London derby Stateside.

‘It’ll be a superb time for us to implement the fashion of play,’ Hampton stated. ‘It’s throughout these two video games once we can get to know one another like that so much higher.

‘We are able to construct these connections. It’ll be two robust video games towards high opponents. It’s undoubtedly going to assist us go in the precise path and ensure we’re able to kick on when the season begins.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Disneyland followers, you are in for an actual deal with!

D23 LIVE UPDATES: Newest information from Disney’s annual fan occasion

There have been some main bulletins made concerning the Disneyland Resort Saturday at D23: The Final Disney Fan Occasion in Anaheim. This is every little thing it’s essential to know.

Tiana’s Bayou Journey opening date for Disneyland introduced

Prepare to move all the way down to the bayou! Tiana’s Bayou Journey will open at Disneyland on Nov. 15. On the identical time, Critter Nation can be renamed Bayou Nation.

The attraction is impressed by the 2009 Disney animated film “The Princess and the Frog” and is about in Nineteen Twenties New Orleans. Friends are invited to journey alongside the bayou as Princess Tiana and her buddies prepare for a spirited social gathering throughout Mardi Gras season.

The group at Walt Disney Imagineering traveled to New Orleans to attract inspiration for the experience, finding out the Crescent Metropolis’s artwork, tradition and music.

New Predominant Road Opera Home present options audio animatronic Walt Disney

For the very first time, an audio animatronic of Walt Disney will play in rotation with “Nice Moments with Mr. Lincoln.”

The brand new present for the Predominant Road Opera Home at Disneyland can be referred to as “Walt Disney: A Magical Life.”

“We needed to await innovation to meet up with our goals,” Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro stated. “And now we’re lastly prepared. Walt’s nephew visited imagineering campus and was very moved by the mission.”

Mandalorian and Grogu coming to Smuggler’s Run experience

Simply in time for the “The Mandalorian and Grogu” movie – which is about to return out in 2026 – Walt Disney Imagineering is engaged on a brand new Mandalorian and Grogu story for Millennium Falcon experience!

New sights, adjustments will double dimension of DCA’s Avengers Campus

Have you ever ever puzzled what’s behind that huge wall at Avengers Campus at Disney California Journey Park?

A brand new attraction, Avengers Infinity Protection, is Tony Stark-developed know-how that permits company to journey from world to world – and possibly King Thanos, too! There’s additionally a simulated flight within the works at Stark Flight Lab, and sure, Robert Downey, Jr. will return as Tony Stark for this attraction.

Development on the growth begins subsequent yr.

‘Coco’ movie getting new experience at DCA

The primary “Coco” experience is coming to Disney California Journey Park.

Concepts for this all-new attraction got here from classics just like the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean, stated Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro.

It’s going to function the newest in audio animatronic know-how and breaks floor in 2026.

Avatar expertise is coming to Disney’s California Journey

Simply introduced on the showcase, the Avatar expertise is coming to Disney California Journey Park.

“This new expertise will invite you to discover it additional,” Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro stated.

Ali Rubinstein, with Walt Disney Imagineering, joined D’Amaro onstage.

“We’re taking our company to an entire new location on Pandora,” she stated.

Whereas “Avatar” is about in a rainforest in Florida, the DCA location can be impressed by the second film, the upcoming “Hearth and Ash” movie, and future motion pictures, “At a scale and degree that’s worthy of those epic tales.”

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It is a new day and with it one other probability so that you can clear up the Connections reply for at the moment, thirteenth August, on the lookout for a profitable streak.

If you have not performed it earlier than, Connections challenges you to kind a bunch of 16 phrases into 4 teams the place the entire phrases are nicely… related. This connection may come from them sharing an identical which means, being a part of a spot title, objects present in a kitchen or something in any respect actually!

Whereas this will likely sound simple, the Connection teams every have a unique degree of issue – with Yellow being the best and Purple being the toughest. Because of this, figuring out at the moment’s Connection reply may be relatively tough. You could get one group immediately, however one other may be a thriller to you. Fortunately we’re right here to assist!

Initially developed throughout The New York Occasions sport division’s annual sport jam, the beta model of Connections was launched in June 2023. Since then it has turn into one of the widespread video games The NYTimes has to supply, solely overwhelmed by Worlde. Although some connections have been made to the BBC’s Solely Join program…

Trace for at the moment’s Connections reply

As an alternative of leaping straight to the reply, let’s begin with some hints for at the moment’s Connections puzzle:

• Yellow – It has been uttered.
• Inexperienced – One other title for oneself.
• Blue – It is evident.
• Purple – Phrases that go nicely with Home.
• Informed belongs within the Yellow group, Moniker in Inexperienced, and Clear in Blue.

Keep in mind – Yellow is the best group to search out adopted by Inexperienced and Blue, with Purple being the toughest set of phrases to attach.

Connection phrases for thirteenth August

Here is the phrases included in at the moment’s Connections puzzle – see if the clues above provide help to type a connection earlier than we go to at the moment’s reply:

Marked	Stated	Spoke	Wheel
Clear	Deal with	Porter	Pronounced
Designation	Tough	Putting	Moniker
Informed	Sobriquet	Energy	Voiced

Connections reply for thirteenth August

With out additional ado, this is the Connections reply for at the moment:

• Acknowledged – Stated, Spoke, Informed, Voiced.
• Nickname – Designation, Deal with, Moniker, Sobriquet.
• Apparent – Clear, Marked, Pronounced, Putting.
• ___House (That Aren’t Homes) – Porter, Energy, Tough, Wheel.

Placing Stated, Spoke, Informed, and Voiced collectively was an apparent choice to make. Sadly, the opposite teams weren’t as simple as this one to search out. The second group I may handle to place collectively was the Blue one. Sorting the remaining phrases was the issue, forcing me to waste all my tries. Let’s hope for a luckier day tomorrow.

What to play after Connections?

The apparent reply to this query is Wordle, however, if you happen to’ve already solved that at the moment, then The New York Occasions does supply different video games. With regards to word-based video games, The NYTimes has the Mini Crossword, Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed and Strands, which continues to be in its beta section. When you fancy a break from phrases, then it’s also possible to attempt Tiles – a motif matching sport – or Sudoku.

Exterior of The NYTimes, there’s Semantle – the place you need to attain the key phrase by guessing its which means. Spelling would not depend in Semantle, as a substitute you need to take note of the numerical worth your guesses must chart your path to the reply. When you’d want to maintain to the Connections format, nevertheless, then it is value visiting Puzzgrid. Right here you may discover a whole lot of Connections-style puzzles, the twist, nevertheless, is that you just solely have three minutes to resolve them.

(You too can simply watch Solely Join on BBC iPlayer…)

When you’re in a studying temper, then we have mentioned why The NYTimes Mini Crossword is a dependable pleasure and interviewed Jonathan Knight, Head of Video games for The NYTimes.

Good luck fixing at the moment’s Connections!

On the lookout for Monday’s Connections hints and solutions as a substitute? You will discover them right here:

ForbesAs we speak’s NYT ‘Connections’ Hints And Solutions For Monday, August 12By Kris Holt

Hey, everybody! I hope your week’s off to an awesome begin. I’ve heard rumors that some individuals are beginning to see Connections stats present up within the New York Instances Video games app. Hopefully, that characteristic will probably be accessible for everybody quickly to make it simpler for us all to trace win streaks.

As we speak’s NYT Connections hints and solutions are coming proper up.

How To Play Connections

Connections is a free, common New York Instances each day phrase recreation. You get a brand new puzzle at midnight daily. You’ll be able to play on the NYT web site or Video games app.

You’re introduced with a grid of 16 phrases. Your job is to rearrange them into 4 teams of 4 by determining the hyperlinks between them. The teams may very well be issues like gadgets you’ll be able to click on, names for analysis research contributors or phrases preceded by a physique half.

There’s just one resolution for every puzzle, and also you’ll must be cautious with regards to phrases which may match into a couple of class. You’ll be able to shuffle the phrases to maybe show you how to see hyperlinks between them.

Every group is shade coded. The yellow group is normally the best to determine, blue and inexperienced fall within the center, and the purple group is normally probably the most troublesome one. The purple group usually entails wordplay.

Choose 4 phrases you assume go collectively and press Submit. When you make a guess and also you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. When you’re near having an accurate group, you would possibly see a message telling you that you just’re one phrase away from getting it proper, however you’ll nonetheless want to determine which one to swap.

When you make 4 errors, it’s recreation over. Let’s make it possible for doesn’t occur with the assistance of some hints, and, for those who’re actually struggling, at present’s Connections solutions. As with Wordle and different comparable video games, it’s simple to share outcomes with your folks on social media and group chats.

What Are As we speak’s Connections Hints?

Scroll slowly! Simply after the hints for every of at present’s Connections teams, I’ll reveal what the teams are with out instantly telling you which of them phrases go into them.

As we speak’s 16 phrases are…

• MARKED
• SAID
• SPOKE
• WHEEL
• CLEAR
• HANDLE
• PORTER
• PRONOUNCED
• DESIGNATION
• ROUGH
• STRIKING
• MONIKER
• TOLD
• SOBRIQUET
• POWER
• VOICED

And the hints for at present’s teams are:

• Yellow group — uttered
• Inexperienced group — alternate title
• Blue group — evident
• Purple group — related by one thing Insanity have in the course of their avenue

What Are As we speak’s Connections Teams?

Want some further assist?

Be warned: we’re beginning to get into spoiler territory.

As we speak’s teams are…

• Yellow group — said
• Inexperienced group — nickname
• Blue group — apparent
• Purple group — ____ home (that are not homes)

What Are As we speak’s Connections Solutions?

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any additional down the web page till you’re prepared to seek out out at present’s Connections solutions.

That is your last warning!

As we speak’s Connections solutions are…

• Yellow group — said (SAID, SPOKE, TOLD, VOICED)
• Inexperienced group — nickname (DESIGNATION, HANDLE, MONIKER, SOBRIQUET)
• Blue group — apparent (CLEAR, MARKED, PRONOUNCED, STRIKING)
• Purple group — ____ home (that are not homes) (PORTER, POWER, ROUGH, WHEEL)

No excellent recreation at present, however my total streak is as much as 23 wins.

MONIKER was my entry into the greens and the yellows had been apparent sufficient (although PRONOUNCED threw me off for a second). I then guessed ROUGH, STRIKING, CLEAR and WHEEL pondering they had been all “____ distance” phrases however I assume that by no means actually made a lot sense. After that, I found out the blues, leaving the purple group for victory.

That’s all there’s to it for at present’s Connections clues and solutions. You’ll want to verify my weblog for hints and the answer for Wednesday’s recreation for those who want them.

P.S. I turned to a random choice from my mega playlist for at present’s track. It got here up with this early-’00s indie traditional:

• Disney simply revealed concrete plans for entire new lands and park experiences at D23: The Final Disney Fan Occasion in Anaheim, California.
• A brand new Villains land is coming to Magic Kingdom with two main sights in addition to purchasing and eating areas.
• The primary Montsters Inc. land in any Disney park is coming to Hollywood Studios.

Bye-bye, blue sky. 

Disney simply revealed concrete plans for entire new lands and park experiences at D23: The Final Disney Fan Occasion in Anaheim, California.  

“We are going to fully, world wide, deliver new tales to life in modern methods for our followers,” Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney Experiences, informed USA TODAY.  

At previous D23 occasions, Disney had solely teased the concept of a land dedicated to Villains or what else might lie past Huge Thunder Mountain.  

Now we all know what’s really coming. Listed below are a number of the largest reveals from Saturday’s Disney Experiences Showcase. 

What’s coming to Disney World 

Magic Kingdom 

A brand new Villains land is coming with two main sights in addition to purchasing and eating areas.  

A bit of Frontierland can be reimagined with Vehicles. In contrast to Vehicles Land in Disney California Journey, it will stay a part of Frontierland. The brand new area may have two sights, one created particularly with youthful company in thoughts. Development will start in 2025. 

A brand new nighttime parade within the spirit of the beloved Principal Road Electrical Parade is coming Summer time of 2025. Will probably be known as Disney Starlight. 

Magic Kingdom’s new Pirates-themed tavern can even open in 2025.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios 

The primary Montsters, Inc. land in any Disney park is coming to Hollywood Studios, with building starting in 2025.

“Monsters stays one of the vital beloved tales that Pixar has ever informed. Our followers completely find it irresistible, and we knew we had a possibility to deliver to life this franchise in a method that it is by no means been delivered to life earlier than and prolong the story from the display screen into actual life,” D’Amaro mentioned.

There are Monsters, Inc. sights at different Disney parks, however not entire lands.

“We will be constructing a land and an attraction that the Imagineers have needed to construct perpetually, and our followers, I believe, have needed to see constructed perpetually, and that is the door coaster,” he added.  

Company will journey by Chortle Manufacturing facility doorways within the first suspended coaster in any Disney park. 

“And naturally, we’ll use all the most recent expertise, all the most recent tips, essentially the most immersive surroundings you possibly can think about to create an expertise that I believe our followers are going to like,” D’Amaro mentioned.   

Disney’s Animal Kingdom  

Disney’s beforehand introduced TropicalAmericas-themed land will open in 2027, changing DinoLand U.S.A. Development will start in phases this fall, so company have an opportunity to trip Dinosaur one final time earlier than it closes.

The brand new land will characteristic a brand new Indiana Jones attraction, which D’Amaro says will differ from what company have skilled at different Disney parks.  

It is going to additionally characteristic Disney’s first Encanto-themed attraction and a brand new carousel with characters from Disney tales. 

A brand new Zootopia Higher Collectively present will open in Winter 2025 within the Tree of Life Theater, which at present options It is Powerful to be a Bug!

Requested how Disney decides when to develop versus what to reimagine, D’Amaro informed USA TODAY: “Now we have extra space and extra tales to inform than anybody else, and we’re all the time wanting round our portfolio for the place we wish to construct completely incremental capability or the place we predict we have now a possibility to reinvent present areas in order that they will ship much more.”

“Within the case of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, we noticed a possibility to make use of an present parcel of land to replace it with extra highly effective mental property and extra highly effective experiences that will add extra worth to an expertise at Animal Kingdom,” he added. “It relies on the park that we’re taking a look at, the areas that exist, after which we make the most effective selections, in the end, for our followers.” 

EPCOT

The newly reimagined Check Observe will open in 2025

A brand new Spaceship Earth-inspired lounge can even open in 2025.

What’s coming to Disneyland

Disneyland Park 

Tiana’s Bayou Journey will open at Disneyland on Nov. 15.

Disney’s first audio-animatronic of Walt Disney will debut subsequent yr because the park celebrates its seventieth anniversary.

“This one’s essential to me as a solid member,” D’Amaro mentioned. “I have been on the firm now for 26 years. I began at Disneyland. This was the park that Walt created and walked by and he is nonetheless part of immediately.” 

“We’re at a second in time, 70 years after Disneyland opened, the place we really feel that the expertise has caught up with our ambition to inform Walt’s story and to let the most recent era of Disney followers expertise what it felt prefer to be in a room with Walt,” he added. 

Walt Disney was a pioneer in audio-animatronics. His can be a part of a present known as “Walt Disney – A Magical Life.” After its preliminary run, it is going to play in rotation with Nice Moments with Mr. Lincoln.

“I believe that is going to be extremely particular. It may be particular for me, and I do know it will be particular for the Disney followers who simply need extra, who simply need that emotional reference to the model,” D’Amaro mentioned.

Disney California Journey 

Avengers Campus is getting two new sights, which can double the scale of the land. Development will start in 2025. 

The beforehand introduced multiverse attraction can be known as Avengers Infinity Protection. A newly introduced fourth attraction can be known as Stark Flight Lab and permit company to check out Stark’s expertise.

The primary Coco trip at any Disney park is coming to Disney California Journey, breaking floor in 2026.

Disney California Journey can also be getting the subsequent Avatar vacation spot. The setting can be one other location on Pandora, not the identical as Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Will probably be impressed by the second movie, upcoming movie and future ‘Avatar’ movies.

What’s coming to Disney parks overseas

A brand new Lion King attraction is coming to Disneyland Paris.

In January, the resort can also be getting a brand new Disney and Pixar nighttime spectacular.

The resort’s World of Frozen will open in 2026, as a part of a beforehand introduced large reimagining of Walt Disney Studios Park into Disney Journey World.

A brand new Spider-Man thrill trip is coming to Shanghai Disneyland.

A Spider-Man attraction can also be heading to Hong Kong Disneyland’s Stark Expo.

Tokyo Disney Resort, which opened its new Fantasy Springs port earlier this yr, is getting a brand new nighttime spectacular known as “Attain for the Stars” on Sept. 20. Will probably be situated at Tokyo Disneyland.

“Among the issues that we have seen on the worldwide entrance, we’ll be increasing these world wide. And equally, issues that we have completed domestically get to develop world wide as properly,” D’Amaro mentioned.