Napoli’s Scott McTominay scored after 25 seconds and Romelu Lukaku and David Neres have been additionally on the right track as they beat guests Como 3-1 on Friday to increase their lead on the summit of Serie A.

Antonio Conte’s Napoli high the desk with 16 factors after seven matches, 4 forward of Juventus, who host Cagliari on Sunday.

McTominay opened the scoring when he fired the ball into the online off a publish from contained in the field after being teed up by a go from Lukaku.

Como created a number of alternatives, with Nico Paz firing a strong long-distance shot that struck the within of a publish earlier than deflecting away to security. They equalised via Gabriel Strefezza’s low, long-range strike that sailed via a crowded field into the underside left nook two minutes earlier than the break.

Lukaku restored the hosts’ lead from the penalty spot eight minutes into the second half after Sergi Roberto introduced down Mathias Olivera. Neres scored Napoli’s third within the 86th minute when he latched on to a via ball from Lukaku and transformed a one-on-one likelihood to sprint the guests’ hopes of incomes a draw.

Lukaku, who has battled to regain match health after becoming a member of the membership in late August, delivered a powerful efficiency with one purpose and two assists.

“I arrived late, however I’m already built-in, all because of my teammates, the technical workers and the followers. We have now to proceed like this, we’ve gained once more,” Lukaku, who will miss Belgium’s upcoming Nations League matches to proceed working at Napoli, informed Sky Sport Italia. “Now all of us go to the nationwide group after which these of us who stay right here will proceed to work and put together for the subsequent video games.”

Lukaku, who has three targets and 4 assists in 5 matches for Napoli, admitted the sport was removed from good. “We additionally had moments wherein, on the counterattack, we might have finished higher, however we’ve to overview these conditions to enhance sooner or later,” he mentioned.

A late personal purpose by Jesse Joronen gave Verona a 2-1 victory over Venezia. Gaetano Oristanio put Venezia 1-0 up within the second minute when he took benefit of poor defending to go residence a nook kick.

The house aspect replied seven minutes later when Casper Tengstedt completed off a pleasant transfer with a wise volley. Verona bought the winner 9 minutes from time when Grigoris Kastanos’ header was touched into his personal web by goalkeeper Joronen.

Newly-promoted Leganés drew 0-0 at residence to Valencia to increase the membership’s winless La Liga streak to seven matches.

Between them the 2 sides have scored solely 10 targets this season and there was little in the way in which of goalmouth motion in a poor recreation. There have been no photographs on the right track in an insipid first half and though Leganés pushed ahead within the second interval, the closest ithey got here to scoring was when Oscar’s shot ricocheted off the publish.

Marseille missed an opportunity to hitch Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain on the high of Ligue 1 after being held to a 1-1 draw by backside membership Angers 1-1 in a match marred by first-half purple playing cards for each groups.

The house aspect was handed an early benefit when Angers’ Lilian Rao-Lisoa was despatched off for a foul within the twenty sixth minute however Marseille’s on mortgage striker from Everton, Neal Maupay, was proven two harsh yellow playing cards in three minutes to depart 4 minutes later.

Marseille took the lead six minutes into the second half via substitute Jonathan Rowe. Farid El Melali bought his first purpose of the season for Angers to degree the scores with a lovely free kick after 54 minutes.

When Todd Phillips‘ Joker: Folie à Deux got here on monitoring three weeks in the past, forecasts confirmed the Warner Bros. film opening to $70 million — $26 million decrease than earlier installment 5 years in the past, however nonetheless a decent sum. Since then, projections have slipped to wherever from $50 million to $60 million.

Why the drop?

The polarizing, R-rated film — which made its world premiere on the Venice Movie Competition to combined critiques — is a genre-busting, music-infused sequel that strays outdoors the consolation zone of the standard fanboy-fueled comedian ebook pic. Whereas 2019’s Joker earned comparisons to the sooner works of Martin Scorsese, the sequel is a far slower paced journey that focuses on the inside lives of its two leads. Critics have praised the film’s total magnificence, its performances and its crafts, however dinged it for its narrative. “For a film working two-and-a-quarter hours, Folie à Deux feels narratively a bit skinny and at instances boring,” wrote The Hollywood Reporter chief movie critic David Rooney out of Venice.

All of this might be complicated for the primary Joker‘s target market and assist clarify the dip in monitoring and lighter-than-expected advance ticket gross sales. No matter its field workplace efficiency, the film is anticipated to be a significant participant within the Oscars race.

Abroad, Joker 2 opens all over the place this weekend, save for Japan and China, the place it launches within the coming weeks. Warners is hoping for a overseas debut of $80 million to $85 million.

Joker: Foile à Deux reunites Phillips with Joaquin Phoenix, who returns within the titular function after successful the Oscar for finest actor for his portrayal of Arthur Fleck/Joker. Launched in 2019, Joker opened to an enormous $96.2 million domestically on its strategy to incomes a record-shattering $1 billion on the worldwide field workplace, making Phillips and Phoenix heroes on the Warner Bros. lot and incomes them sufficient goodwill to permit them to experiment with the sequel.  

Certainly, neither Phillips nor Phoenix was certain about making a sequel, and for a time contemplated placing on a Broadway present as a substitute, earlier than finally committing to the film.

The primary Joker value simply $55 million to supply earlier than advertising and marketing. After its success, Phillips’ was given a web manufacturing finances of $190 million to $200 million for the second installment. A part of that went to bringing aboard Girl Gaga in a task impressed by the comedian ebook character Harley Quinn (the filmmakers are hoping she is going to lure in feminine moviegoers).

Joker and Harley are identified for his or her poisonous romantic relationship within the comics, with the title Folie à Deux referencing the medical time period for an an identical or related psychological dysfunction impacting two or extra individuals. A lot of the movie consists of fantasy musical numbers starring the couple, who meet whereas Arthur is in Arkham Asylum, awaiting trial for his crimes from the primary film. However neither Warners nor Phillips is comfy calling it a straight-up musical, provided that solely two of the characters sing, versus a standard musical, which normally has scores of individuals collaborating within the numbers.

The studio’s advertising and marketing supplies have steered away from highlighting the movie’s quite a few musical sequences, simply as they did when promoting Wonka, an official musical. Warners isn’t alone; Paramount additionally didn’t market Imply Women as a musical.

Both manner, Phillips is properly conscious that the sequel is unorthodox, because it doesn’t absolutely comply with via on the ending of Joker, which sees Arthur embrace his alter ego.

On the Los Angeles premiere Monday, Phillips thanked the studio “for taking such a daring swing,” including, “it’s not essentially the sequel you would possibly count on.”

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With Group Play of the Emirates NBA Cup 2024 set to tip off in November, we’re breaking down every group as they put together for opening evening, starting with West Group A.

This group options two playoff groups from the 2023-24 season in Minnesota and LA Clippers, one Play-In Match crew in Sacramento and two lottery groups in Houston and Portland.

Within the inaugural competitors final season, the Kings received their group (which additionally included the Wolves) by going an ideal 4-0 in group play earlier than falling to New Orleans within the quarterfinals. The Pelicans – who received the group that additionally featured the Rockets and Clippers – have been a thorn within the Kings’ aspect all yr – sweeping the season collection and eliminating Sacramento from each the in-season and play-in tournaments.

After we have a look at head-to-head matchups from final season between groups in West Group A, the Wolves (11-3), Clippers (9-6) and Rockets (7-6) have been the one groups to publish successful information, whereas the Kings (6-7) have been the one crew to win the season collection with Minnesota.

 

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Groups breakdown

• Minnesota Timberwolves: After matching their deepest playoff run in franchise historical past – returning to the West finals for the primary time in 20 years – the Wolves made a significant transfer earlier than the beginning of coaching camp, buying and selling Karl-Anthony Cities to New York for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo.
• LA Clippers: The Clippers moved into their new dwelling enviornment – the Intuit Dome – for 2024-25, however Paul George is not with the crew after signing with Philadelphia in free company. The Clippers nonetheless have All-Stars James Harden and Kawhi Leonard, however can they keep wholesome to guide the crew all season?
• Sacramento Kings: After ending the longest playoff drought in league historical past in 2023, the Kings didn’t make it again in 2024. Will the addition of veteran All-Star DeMar DeRozan be sufficient to raise Sacramento again into the highest half of the West?
• Houston Rockets: Final season, the Rockets added a pair of veterans and a brand new coach to their younger core and acquired again to .500 ball, difficult opponents for the ultimate play-in spot till the season’s ultimate week. After a comparatively quiet offseason, does this group have one other degree to rise this yr within the aggressive West?
• Portland Path Blazers: Of their first season in over a decade with out Damian Lillard, the Blazers matched their lowest win complete (21) in 18 years. Portland is constructing round a trio of lottery picks from the previous three drafts – Shaedon Sharpe, Scoot Henderson and Donovan Clingan – which can be promising however would require time to develop.

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Six video games to look at

Wolves vs. Kings, Nov. 15 (10 ET, NBA League Go): Final season, Minnesota had an opportunity to clinch its group with a win at dwelling over the Kings, however De’Aaron Fox (36 pts, 12 ast) had different concepts as he led the Kings to a 124-111 highway win regardless of a 35-point evening from Anthony Edwards. The Kings stayed unbeaten and finally received the group.

Clippers vs. Rockets, Nov. 15 (8 ET, NBA League Go): One other group play rematch from final season noticed James Harden hit a tiebreaking four-point play with six seconds left towards his former crew to assist the Clippers get their first win since Harden’s early-season arrival from Philly. In seven video games towards the Rockets since leaving Houston, Harden has gone 5-2 whereas averaging 23.6 pts, 8.4 ast and seven.0 reb.

Blazers vs. Rockets, Nov. 22 (8 ET, NBA League Go): A matchup of two groups constructing their rosters with younger expertise, this sport will give us an early season have a look at a pair of 2024 prime 10 picks – Houston’s Reed Sheppard (No. 3 general) and Portland’s Donovan Clingan (No. 7 general).

Kings vs. Clippers, Nov. 22 (10:30 ET, NBA League Go): Ever since their 176-175 double-overtime instantaneous traditional again in 2023 – the second-highest scoring sport in NBA historical past – each matchup between these two squads is a must-watch. The three 40+ level scorers in that sport – Malik Monk (45), Kawhi Leonard (44) and Fox (42) – will probably be part of this matchup.

Clippers vs. Wolves, Nov. 29 (7:30 ET, ESPN): The one nationally televised sport from West A gaggle play options two groups that completed third (Wolves) and fourth (Clippers) within the West final season. In a good convention race that got here all the way down to tiebreakers, all head-to-head matchups tackle added significance, along with the NBA Cup stakes already at play.

Rockets vs. Kings, Dec. 3 (10 ET, NBA League Go): The Rockets had the Kings’ quantity final yr – sweeping the season collection by a median of 17 factors per sport and being the one crew to carry the Sacramento offense below 100 factors per sport. Will this dominance carry over to 2024-25 or can the Kings discover a approach to get previous the Rockets as they give the impression of being to repeat as Group Play winners?

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Prediction

Minnesota wins the group, with Sacramento and LA within the combine for a wild card.

Regardless that the Wolves made a significant transfer forward of the season – and it might take a while to include Randle and DiVincenzo into the combination – it is a 50-plus win crew that’s nonetheless anchored with protection and a rising celebrity in Anthony Edwards.

Sacramento has the same problem in constructing chemistry with new addition DeRozan and the way he suits subsequent to Fox and Domantas Sabonis. LA has a unique problem with changing George and issues over well being with Leonard already being held out of scrimmages in coaching camp.

Houston can play undoubtedly play the position of spoiler and probably problem for a wild card if a few of their younger core makes an early leap.

My stats-based wins projections for all 30 NBA groups, up to date after the blockbuster commerce sending Karl-Anthony Cities to the New York Knicks in change for a package deal that netted the Minnesota Timberwolves Donte DiVincenzo and Julius Randle, are an try and account for a typical state of affairs of how the season performs out.

In follow, there are many situations that may permit a crew to beat its projection, from higher well being to participant enchancment to creating trades. So let’s run via one such end result for every NBA crew and see the way it can enhance its projection — with a twist.

Main into what’s anticipated to be a loaded NBA draft, not each crew needs to win extra video games than projected. Rebuilding groups just like the Brooklyn Nets and Washington Wizards would certainly choose to win fewer video games, maximizing their lottery odds. So we’ll take a look at how pushing down the minutes of their key gamers may assist them accomplish that purpose.

With that in thoughts, here is how every crew can do higher (or in some instances, worse) than projected.

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ATL | BOS | BKN | CHA | CHI | CLE
DAL | DEN | DET | GS | HOU | IND
LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN
NO | NY | OKC | ORL | PHI | PHX
POR | SAC | SA | TOR | UTA | WAS

LOS ANGELES − Woman Gaga recollects discovering mountains of inspiration for a twisted Joker love story whereas driving by Large Sky Nation in late 2022 together with her boyfriend, Michael Polansky.

Polansky, a San Francisco entrepreneur, just isn’t the Joker right here, in fact. Gaga, 38, would not even attempt to cover the sizable diamond engagement ring from her now-fiancé throughout an interview. However the Wyoming and Teton Vary street journey was awesomely illuminating for her position as Harley Quinn, the notorious love curiosity to Joaquin Phoenix’s DC archvillain within the wildly anticipated sequel to 2019’s “Joker.”

“So Michael, my fiance, and I have been driving round a few of the most stunning mountains on this planet,” Gaga says. “And I used to be pondering, ‘Are you able to consider that this girl says to (the Joker) that ‘We’re gonna construct a mountain collectively’? And I fully consider she believes that. It is a full fantasy.”

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It is a darkish phantasm on the core of “Joker: Folie à Deux” (in theaters Friday), a warped love story and unconventional supervillain musical starring two of probably the most electrifying and eccentric actors in Hollywood. Do not go in search of Batman battles or gleeful crime capers from the duo of Joker (mentally disturbed loner Arthur Fleck) and Harley Quinn (fellow psychological affected person Lee Quinzel).

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No ‘Batman.’ No financial institution robberies. So what’s ‘Joker 2’ about?

They did not fess as much as it on the time, however Phoenix and director/producer/co-writer Todd Phillips had lengthy privately mentioned a sequel to their R-rated “Joker.” This was ensured when the primary movie went on to earn $1 billion on the worldwide field workplace, 11 Oscar nominations and two wins − together with for finest actor for Phoenix, whose Arthur is arrested however celebrated because the Joker on the finish of the chaotic origin story. But, the follow-up was by no means going to be a comic-book film cash seize and even what Phoenix, 49, calls “conventional.”

“We did not wish to simply keep it up from the primary movie like, he is the Joker now, so now we’ll see him on the market robbing banks,” Phoenix says. “There wasn’t going to be any of that.”

Phillips and Phoenix began speaking a few relationship Joker-style.

“And what occurs when any individual falls in love with the picture that you simply mission? There was one thing ripe about that,” Phoenix says. “As a result of even as soon as he is arrested within the unique, Arthur is above every part. He is like, there are jokes taking place inside me that you simply’re by no means, ever going to get.”

“Folie à Deux” is ready two years later, after a TV film in regards to the Joker’s unique killing spree, and Arthur is over the mass adoration of his hideously made-up Joker persona. Phoenix obtained his inspiration by imagining the actual each day lifetime of the ’70s rock band KISS.

“Did you ever suppose, how about Gene Simmons from KISS? The place 20-year-olds are portray their faces, placing on platform footwear, all rock ‘n’ roll,” Phoenix says, laughing. “However what occurs whenever you’re in your 40s and like, ‘I do not wish to put the make-up on anymore’? I simply began laughing about that. Todd and I have been like, possibly that is the start of one thing.”

In “Folie à Deux,” the each day toll of life within the violent offenders wing of Arkham State Hospital − with each day drugs and the oppressive watch of soul-crushing guards − has extinguished Arthur’s flame. If Arthur regarded alarmingly skinny within the unique “Joker” on account of Phoenix’s 52-pound weight reduction, it is much more obvious within the second film. Arthur shuffles out of his cell, seemingly extra emaciated, all jutting shoulder bones on his uncovered again.

“That was the primary day of taking pictures, and I used to be very, very low,” Phoenix says. “I undoubtedly was thinner than I used to be on the primary one.”

“That is not CG, that is simply his physique,” Phillips says of the shoulders. “We talked about him not dropping the burden once more. As a result of I did not need him to be unhealthy, fairly frankly. However he simply thought, ‘No, Arthur has to look a sure method.’ It was actually necessary to him. If Arthur was a bummer earlier than, now he is an actual bummer.”

After the success of ‘Joker,’ Joaquin Phoenix and Woman Gaga discovered themselves taking pictures beneath a ‘microscope’

Arthur’s despondent perspective modifications instantly upon assembly Lee in “Folie à Deux” (a French time period that describes a psychiatric syndrome by which two individuals share the identical delusional dysfunction). The pop icon and actress (“A Star Is Born”) had emerged because the clear alternative as soon as Phillips and Phoenix determined the movie can be a fantasy musical, an thought which had roots in Arthur’s famed stair and toilet dances in “Joker.”

Phillips says the downsides of directing two cultural luminaries like Phoenix and Gaga (actual title Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) have been the swarming paparazzi and fan expectations.

“It was not straightforward, however not due to their personalities,” Phillips says. “Once we made the primary ‘Joker,’ no person knew what the hell we have been making. It was all beneath the radar. Abruptly, particularly after you invite Woman Gaga in, you are beneath a microscope.”

Gaga hit the bottom belting a Teton-prompted cowl of “Gonna Construct a Mountain,” which seems on her new “Harlequin” album and likewise impressed an elaborate dream waltz for the budding display screen couple that devolves right into a nightmare dance.

“It was thrilling as a result of I introduced the scene thought to Todd and Joaquin,” Gaga says. “It begins within the spirit of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. I believed probably the most wild factor that these two may think about about themselves is being the image of well being and happiness. However then it falls aside. The waltz is damaged, so are they.”

The sequel rolls right into a sensational, televised Joker trial of the century and Arthur reverts to his wisecracking, garishly face-painted self, urged on by the equally remodeled Harley Quinn. However that is the height comic-book fare. The singing of requirements to the digital camera and the dancing present the dedication degree to the weird musical.

Clearly, Gaga lives on this world and even needed to put the brakes on her voice to make Lee’s newbie singing practical. “Stroll the Line” star Phoenix, who took faucet classes at age 8, additionally has song-and-dance expertise. However every large-scale quantity required sufficient weeks of coaching that Phillips feels the necessity to level out about Phoenix: “There is no CGI, there isn’t any face substitute, there isn’t any stand-in for this dude.”

A full-on Joker faucet dance interlude required two hours of coaching every day “for months” with choreographer Michael Arnold, Phoenix says, “after which it is within the film for like 27 seconds. However, clearly, it’s totally advanced.”

In the course of the coaching, Arnold launched Phoenix to the knowledgeable faucet “toe stand” transfer, balancing on the toe suggestions.

“I went to do it, and I simply stopped,” Phoenix says. ” I did not wish to break my ankle.”

But, when he was alone, with out strain, Phoenix discovered he may pull off the transfer. Taking pictures the scene with a belting Gaga on the piano, he felt impressed to let the toe stands rip.

“I believe it was similar to the power of seeing Stefani, just like the veins have been bulging in her neck as she was screaming,” Phoenix says. “I used to be like, ‘Nicely, I’ve obtained to strive it on movie, even when I fall.’ So I threw them in. And I could not consider I did them. Me and Stefani simply obtained caught up within the spirit.”

Bridget Jones 4 is popping out on Valentine’s Day 2025, and Hugh Grant has divulged some extra particulars on what followers can anticipate.

Showing on the Graham Norton Present on Friday night, the Notting Hill actor, 64, appeared very constructive concerning the upcoming sequel of the beloved romantic comedy starring Renée Zellweger.

Nevertheless, if followers had been anticipating the snort out loud romp of the final three movies, they may very well be in for one thing a little bit completely different.

The timeline picks up after Bridget’s glad ever after, when she walked off into the sundown with husband Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and a child in tow on the finish of the third movie.

Whereas we knew there have been going to be some tearful moments, because the movie will probably be based mostly on Helen Fielding’s e book Mad About The Boy – which particulars Bridget’s journey into motherhood as a widow after Darcy’s loss of life – Hugh has now confirmed it is going to be ‘very, very unhappy’.

The 4 Weddings and a Funeral actor starred within the first two Bridget Jones movies, however was absent from the third as his character died ‘taking place in a bush’ in a airplane crash – however now he’s returned from the grave for the fourth, after he was found miraculously alive.

He additionally talked about how Helen Fielding, the author and creator of the long-lasting character, drew upon her personal expertise of grief and motherhood to provide you with the preliminary idea which was the fourth movie.

‘It’s really an excellent and transferring script and I say that as somebody who’s horrid about scripts,’ he stated, chatting to Graham on the couch with fellow company Neneh Cherry, Sebastian Stan and Greg Davies.

‘As a result of Helen Fielding had a tragic story. She acquired married to an American screenwriter and so they had youngsters, then he died, and he or she raised the youngsters by herself,’ he defined.

‘Then she began writing a novel a couple of lady elevating youngsters by herself with a lifeless father and husband. She realised the character was a bit like Bridget, so made it right into a Bridget Jones e book. In addition to being extraordinarily humorous, it’s very, very unhappy.’

He continued, explaining his involvement: ‘There was completely no position for Daniel Cleaver so far as I may see, however they wished to cram me in. So we sat down collectively.

‘I’m fairly troublesome as of late and I felt what they proposed was effective however not nice, I felt he wanted a 3rd dimension. He’s in his 60s now, he can’t simply be making his means down the King’s Highway eyeing up younger ladies.

‘I felt that what they proposed was effective however not nice. So that they invented – nicely, I invented – a quite a very good interim story,’ he quipped.

Over the previous few months, sneak peeks on the upcoming movie have delighted followers because the forged and crew have been snapped filming throughout London.

The movie is ready to star White Lotus and One Day breakout star Leo Woodall as Bridget’s toyboy love curiosity which is able to delight followers who liked him in earlier romantic roles.

Hugh has been snapped filming for the upcoming film and beforehand overrated followers for the movie, as he instructed ET: ‘I’ll let you know what, I feel this script for the fourth Bridget is the very best one of many 4. And, actually, top-of-the-line scripts I’ve learn in a very long time.’

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Following costs that Doug Emhoff struck her ex-girlfriend, Vice President Kamala Harris’s earlier condemnations of home abuse and sexual assault perpetrators have come again to hang-out her. Critics posit that Harris’ prior statements supporting survivors of abuse have provoked renewed debate in mild of the Emhoff costs.

Doug Emhoff, 59, allegedly slapped the girl within the face so exhausting that she whirled round whereas ready in a valet queue late at night time after a Cannes Movie Pageant occasion in Could 2012.

The identify is not going to be disclosed, as she is a profitable New York legal professional, however will likely be known as a pseudonym, ‘Jane’, as quoted by The Each day Mail.

Jane first stated in 2014 that she had dated Emhoff, and she or he repeated the whole story of his alleged abuse in 2018, when then-Senator Kamala Harris was within the highlight for grilling Supreme Court docket Justice Brett Kavanaugh in a Senate listening to over sexual assault claims.

The friends, who all wished to not be named for worry of punishment by Emhoff, supplied with pictures of him and Jane collectively from 2012, in addition to different papers and communications verifying the story as reported by the Each day Mail

Additionally Learn : US election 2024: Huge win for Kamala Harris? Spouse Melania Trump shouldn’t be backing Donald Trump on key polls situation, declare studiesThe bombshell costs come after it was revealed that Emhoff cheated on his first spouse and mom of his two kids round 2008, allegedly by impregnating his daughter’s babysitter, who additionally labored as her grade college instructor. Emhoff admitted to an affair with nanny and instructor Najen Naylor, in keeping with mates. Emhoff admitted to impregnating Naylor, accusing her of inflicting a miscarriage. Nevertheless, he even paid Naylor $80,000 and had her signal a non-disclosure settlement. Emhoff, recognized for being an ally to ladies and towards poisonous masculinity, has beforehand been dubbed a ‘spouse man’.Jane was sobbing when she was hit by her then-boyfriend, Doug Emhoff, who thought she was flirting. Jane broke up with him that night time.

Three mates of Jane Emhoff, a lady who was allegedly assaulted by him, have shared their experiences. Jane was embarrassed and self-delusionated after the incident, which led her to name her businessman buddy for defense. The chums stated Emhoff was unapologetic in regards to the abuse and by no means apologized. Jane and Emhoff by no means noticed one another once more

In March 2012, Kamala Harris met Doug Emhoff, who rapidly dated her after their first date. They married in August 2014 and had a daughter, Ella.

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Jane tried to place apart her misgivings about Emhoff after his alleged confession about Naylor, however the journey was booked. The chums stated that Jane thought no person would care about her story till Harris’ rise to energy made Emhoff a notable public determine, at which level she turned afraid of retaliation if she ever spoke out. They believed it was within the public curiosity to show Emhoff’s alleged hypocrisy.

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Doug Emhoff is accused of punching his ex-girlfriend, ‘Jane,’ in 2012 throughout the Cannes Movie Pageant out of jealousy. Three friends of Jane corroborated the story to the Each day Mail.

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The fees towards Emhoff put a pall over Vice President Kamala Harris, significantly contemplating her help for girls’s rights and place towards home violence. Critics are questioning her quiet on the matter.

Should you’re a fan of the film “Imply Women,” you probably know why the date of October 3 has significance and is extra “fetch” than different days within the yr. 

Because the launch of the hit comedy 20 years in the past, Oct. 3 is usually known as “Imply Women Day.” However, why is that this the case?

Within the film, actress Lindsay Lohan, who performed Cady Heron, begins speaking together with her crush, Aaron Samuels, performed by Jonathan Bennett.

Lohan is liable for an iconic line when she says in a voice-over montage, “On October third, he requested me what day it was.” 

“It is October third,” Lohan says within the scene.

 In honor of the film’s twentieth anniversary, “Imply Women” is returning to many theaters throughout the nation on October 3.

New ‘Imply Women’ film comes out

Earlier this yr, Tina Fey created and launched a brand new “Imply Women” film – an adaptation of the Broadway musical, which was impressed by the 2004 movie.

Identical to the 2004 model, the musical film follows Cady’s transfer to the suburbs, the place she experiences the treacherous hierarchies of highschool. 

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There, she finds herself accepted by an elite but shallow group of women generally known as the Plastics, led by Regina George — performed by Reneé Rapp. 

It was billed as “a brand new twist from Tina Fey,” incorporating songs and new expertise, however Fey stated the “core story” nonetheless resonated 20 years later.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, has been accused of slapping a former girlfriend greater than a decade in the past, in line with a DailyMail.com report. Emhoff has denied the allegations.

The second gentleman allegedly struck the girl within the face whereas ready in a valet line after an occasion throughout the Cannes Movie Competition in France in Might 2012, three unnamed pals advised the outlet.

The outlet has a right-wing bias, in line with AllSides, which estimates the perceived political bias of content material on on-line information shops.

The girl had been relationship Emhoff for about three months on the time of the alleged assault, the outlet reported, after connecting on relationship web site Match.com.

A spokesperson for Emhoff advised Semafor in a press release, “the report is unfaithful,” and “any suggestion that he would or has ever hit a girl is fake.” Newsweek has contacted Emhoff, in addition to Harris’ workplace and marketing campaign, for remark through e mail.

DailyMail.com didn’t identify the girl, as an alternative utilizing the pseudonym Jane and describing her solely as a profitable New York lawyer. Nevertheless, a video from the occasion reveals a girl in a crimson costume with Emhof, and screengrabs had been posted on social media by Sean Davis, the CEO and co-founder of The Federalist, a conservative on-line journal.

The buddies who spoke to the outlet had been additionally not named, which DailyMail.com mentioned was as a result of they feared retaliation.

The report got here as Emhoff, an leisure lawyer, has been hitting the marketing campaign path in assist of Harris. If she wins the presidency in November, he can be the nation’s first first gentleman.

The alleged assault is alleged to have occurred greater than a yr earlier than Harris and Emhoff met on a blind date arrange by a mutual buddy in 2013. They married in 2014.

Jane’s pals advised DailyMail.com that she had obtained tickets to attend the Basis for AIDS Analysis Gala Dinner, which was held on Might 24, 2012, on the Lodge du Cap in Antibes, close to Cannes, and introduced Emhoff as her visitor.

They supplied pictures of the girl posing with Emhoff on the gala, in addition to documentation with particulars about their journey to the south of France across the time of the alleged assault.

One buddy advised the DailyMail.com that Jane had referred to as him sobbing shortly after the alleged assault occurred. “I did not know whether or not to name the French police. I could not come up with her after calling again,” he mentioned.

It was not clear if the alleged assault was reported to authorities.

The buddy mentioned Jane had supplied particulars in later conversations.

“It was one thing like 3 a.m. They had been making an attempt to get out of there they usually each had been ingesting. There was a big line for taxis,” he mentioned.

“She went as much as one of many valet guys, provided him 100 euros or no matter, to get to the top of the road. She advised me she put her hand on his shoulder. Doug apparently thought that she was flirting, and came to visit and slapped her within the face. She slapped him again.”

The buddy mentioned Jane had advised him she ended her relationship with Emhoff that evening.

A second buddy, a feminine lawyer, advised DailyMail.com that Jane had additionally advised her in regards to the alleged assault.

She was “fully caught off guard,” the buddy mentioned. “He hauled up and slapped her so exhausting she spun round. She mentioned she was in utter shock. She was so livid, she slapped him on one aspect, after which on the opposite cheek with the opposite hand.”

The third buddy mentioned Jane had first advised her in 2014 that she had dated Emhoff and detailed the alleged assault in 2018, when Harris, then a senator, was making headlines about her questioning of Supreme Court docket Justice Brett Kavanaugh over allegations of sexual misconduct throughout his affirmation listening to.

The allegations got here after Emhoff acknowledged in August that he had an affair throughout his first marriage to Kristen Emhoff, after alleged particulars about it had been printed by DailyMail.com. The outlet reported that Emhoff had an affair with a girl who was a nanny to his kids and taught at their faculty.

“Throughout my first marriage, Kerstin and I went via some powerful occasions on account of my actions. I took accountability, and within the years since, we labored via issues as a household and have come out stronger on the opposite aspect,” Emhoff mentioned in a press release supplied to CNN.

Kerstin Emhoff, a movie producer, additionally issued her personal assertion.

“Doug and I made a decision to finish our marriage for quite a lot of causes, a few years in the past,” she mentioned. “He is a good father to our children, continues to be an excellent buddy to me and I’m actually happy with the nice and cozy and supportive blended household Doug, Kamala, and I’ve constructed collectively.”

The pair had been married in 1992 and have two kids, Cole and Ella Emhoff. They divorced in 2010.

Replace 10/4/2024, 1:34 a.m. ET: This text has been up to date to incorporate feedback from Doug Emhoff’s spokesperson denying the allegations.