Kate Beckinsale, the British star of movies corresponding to Love & Friendship, Canary Black and the Underworld sequence, has posted a video on social media in response to Blake Energetic, who’s concerned in a authorized battle with It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni. Beckinsale says she has been “assaulted” and “felt up” on movie units, and was insulted and known as “a cunt” and “a bitch” when she complained.

Beckinsale says that, whereas she has by no means met Energetic or Baldoni, she has been “following as lots of people have, the scenario”, and that it highlights “this machine that goes into impact when a lady complains about one thing legitimately offensive, upsetting, dangerous, no matter, on this business”.

Within the video, Beckinsale recounts her personal destructive experiences, saying she has “47 million tales” like this. She says: “On the age of 18, [I was] felt up by someone that I actually trusted on a crew. Went to the lead actress, who’s recognized for being a supporter of girls, and stated this has occurred and was instructed, ‘No, it didn’t.’ I went to a different actress, crying, and stated I’d simply been assaulted by this man and once more instructed, ‘No, you haven’t been.’”

Energetic filed an 80-page authorized grievance in opposition to Baldoni, alleging inappropriate behaviour in the course of the making of It Ends With Us, in addition to a smear marketing campaign in opposition to her. Baldoni denies the claims, and says he’s planning to file a counterclaim. Energetic’s allegations have attracted vast assist from different excessive profile figures within the business together with Amy Schumer, America Ferrera, Amber Heard and the It Ends With Us creator Colleen Hoover.

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Beckinsale says she has twice been put in “unsafe conditions” in film combat scenes. “There’s a sure type of actor who will get type of a thrill out of legally having the ability to hurt a lady throughout a combat sequence. And I used to be harmed, to the purpose the place there have been MRIs proving it. And truly what occurred was I used to be gaslit and made to really feel like I used to be the issue, blamed and ostracised … as quickly as I discussed there was an issue.”

Beckinsale describes the behaviour of a “drunk” male co-star whose lack of ability to study his strains precipitated intensive delays, that means she was unable to see her younger daughter in the course of the shoot. “He’s clearly going via one thing, and I’ve full sympathy for that, however … the studio’s response was to provide me a motorcycle so I may experience across the studio lot whereas I used to be ready. Then, after all, I used to be known as a cunt and a bitch. At one level throughout a take, I used to be known as ‘You silly bitch.’”

Beckinsale additionally recollects having to deal repeatedly with physique picture points. She needed to hearken to a gaggle of individuals saying, in her earshot: “What the fuck are we going to do? How will we make her enticing?” She says she was “placed on such a strict food regimen and train programme” that she stopped menstruating. In one other occasion, she was pressured to participate in a photoshoot the day after a miscarriage. “I stated, ‘I don’t need to … I’m bleeding out a miscarriage’ and [the publicist] stated, ‘You need to otherwise you’ll be sued.’”

In a prolonged caption to her video, Beckinsale provides: “It is rather, very, very straightforward to foment hatred in opposition to actresses, as was seen within the transcripts of conversations … between the publicists and disaster staff concerned on this case. Complaining about abuse mustn’t beget extra abuse, notably at work the place there needs to be inviolable safeguarding in place, and it shouldn’t be anticipated of girls who’ve been harmed, insulted, harm, shamed or in every other approach abused.”

“There are far too many casualties of this, lots of whom I do know personally, and it actually falls to each women and men in our business to be a part of stamping this out for good.”

We’re almost there; 2024 is sort of over, and what a 12 months it has been for all of us at QVH!

Because the clock turns in direction of one other new 12 months and 2025 beckons on the stroke of midnight, let’s take a look at a number of the highlights of the previous twelve months right here at our implausible hospital.

We’ve picked out simply a number of the unbelievable achievements of the previous 12 months, and we all know this barely scratches the floor of the work our individuals do day in time out to offer world class take care of our sufferers, so thanks to everybody.

• This brings us to an excellent place to begin – in 2024, our sufferers mentioned we have been the most effective within the nation within the CQC Grownup Inpatient Survey. Queen Victoria Hospital finest at school in nationwide survey – Queen Victoria Hospital
  Thanks to our sufferers for giving us a 5 star assessment!
• Our employees assume we’re doing properly too, proven by the outcomes of the 2023 NHS Workers Survey which got here out in March – Workers say QVH is without doubt one of the high specialist hospitals to work in – Queen Victoria Hospital
  Look out for 2024 outcomes early subsequent 12 months.
• Persevering with with our implausible leads to surveys, our Most cancers sufferers give us thumbs-up in nationwide survey – Queen Victoria Hospital, saying we have been the most effective in nation. One other huge thanks to our sufferers for offering the entire helpful suggestions for us.
• We’ve been a world famend hospital, identified for innovation and excellence in care, for many years and on a late August day in 2024, we held an occasion to recognise this – QVH celebrates eightieth anniversary of C-Wing – Queen Victoria Hospital.
  There may be now a Canadian maple tree planted near the principle entrance to commemorate the particular relationship we can have perpetually with our Canadian buddies.
• We’re pushed to offer excellence in care, and that’s why we should at all times look to put money into the most effective medical gear – Hospital invests £750,000 to enhance entry to diagnostics – Queen Victoria Hospital.
• We even went throughout the water to France. Ward Supervisor Kim heading out to Paris with ParalympicsGB – Queen Victoria Hospital Kim Brinkworth, who can often be discovered on C-Wing, was the Lead Nurse for ParalympicsGB, the place she met up with Will Bayley, who narrowly misplaced his gold medal match on this 12 months’s Paralympic Video games. QVH Charity ambassador Will does QVH proud in Paris. – Queen Victoria Hospital

 

• It’s additionally been a busy 12 months for QVH Charity as we enhance consciousness of the charity model and proceed to develop partnerships with native companies. Our charity ambassadors have helped us in doing this, however lots of our colleagues have additionally been supporting – Hospital consultants and QVH colleagues get on their bike for Charity – Queen Victoria Hospital
  They and others helped elevate 1000’s for the charity in 2024. Thanks to everybody who supported our magnificent seven!
• We’re at all times eager to recognise and assist consciousness days that happen all year long, and this 12 months we teamed up with different blue mild providers for a extremely essential day QVH joins forces with hearth and rescue providers throughout the area for Nationwide Burn Consciousness Day – Queen Victoria Hospital
  This was the primary time this had occurred throughout the area and the partnership work was highlighted on native tv.
• We’ve additionally celebrated different days reminiscent of Worldwide Nurses Day and World AHP Day, and moreover taken time to have a good time our particular person and collective achievements with our annual Star Awards ceremony.
• We’ve mentioned goodbye to previous buddies, welcomed many new faces and wish to the long run too, with our new technique plans for the subsequent 5 years being ratified QVH new technique to go earlier than Board – Queen Victoria Hospital
• To achieve our ambitions, 2024 additionally noticed the launch of our new imaginative and prescient and values.
  Our imaginative and prescient is to be a centre of excellence that rebuilds lives and helps communities for a more healthy future. Our new values are:

We’ll do that at this time, the final of 2024, and tomorrow, the primary of a brand new 12 months, and we are going to proceed to attempt for excellence on daily basis, as we at all times have.

Blissful New 12 months to all sufferers, colleagues, supporters and buddies.

He’s remembered as considered one of Scotland’s funniest comedy icons, whose annual Hogmanay sketches had Scots audiences laughing into the brand new 12 months.

However the late Rikki Fulton might have been a Hollywood star as an alternative, in accordance with considered one of his closest pals, fellow comedian actor Tony Roper.

Fulton, who died in 2004, is finest remembered for his Scotch and Wry sketch present, which ran on New 12 months’s Eve from 1978 till 1992, drawing as much as two million viewers in Scotland.

However he additionally carried out in movies, together with the 1983 thriller Gorky Park, alongside William Harm and Lee Marvin.

Fulton was chosen to play KGB Main Pribluda due to his “evil eyes”, however Glasgow cinema audiences couldn’t take their favorite comedian significantly on display screen.

Roper, 83, who appeared alongside Fulton in Scotch and Wry, mentioned that regardless of the response in his native metropolis, Fulton might simply have been a Hollywood star enjoying villains.

Chatting with interviewer George Mair forward of a BBC Scotland documentary, Rikki, to be proven on Hogmanay [TUES DEC 31], Roper mentioned Fulton had the uncommon potential to be brilliantly humorous or lethal critical and show uncooked feelings for the cameras.

And he in contrast Fulton with the nice American Oscar profitable actor Walter Matthau.

He mentioned: “Rikki was intrinsically humorous, it didn’t matter what he was saying. He was a grasp of mime, his timing, his seems round and his pauses… the best way he constructed on amusing.

“However he was an actor earlier than he grew to become a comic book. With high Hollywood actors, you’ll be able to see every part they’re considering with out them actually doing something and he had that potential. It was fairly sensible.

“I’ve little question he might have been an excellent (straight) actor if he hadn’t achieved comedy.

“He talked a couple of director who forged him in Gorky Park as a result of he had probably the most evil eyes, and he did.

“In my view, if he was going to be a (Hollywood) star he would have been the baddie. He had the look and every part that will go along with somebody who was the baddie in movies.

“It could be a bit like Walter Matthau. He began off because the baddie in each movie he did after which went into mild comedy and he was excellent.

“To me, Rikki had the identical potential as Walter Matthau to persuade you he was one evil son of a bitch however in one other movie a genial lovable man, like in The Odd Couple.

“Rikki had that sort of expertise and talent in spades. You didn’t see a lot of the baddie however he did have it.

“Lots of people can act however only a few have the comedic genius that Rikki had so I assumed that was at all times going to return out.

“He bought inside the very soul of Scottish audiences and (after that) folks can’t take you as a straight actor any longer.

“I feel that’s what occurred with Rikki, he was taken up by his personal reward, which was elegant.”

Rikki celebrates the life and legacy of Scotland’s “King of Hogmanay”, marking a century since his start within the East Finish of Glasgow and 20 years since he died.

His razor-sharp wit and iconic characters reminiscent of Supercop, the Reverend I. M. Jolly and Francie and Josie — the comedy duo he fashioned with Jack Milroy — captured the hearts of the nation.

The programme tells of Fulton’s upbringing in Glasgow and the way he fell in love with the theatre as a toddler.

It additionally tells how in 1941, on the age of simply 17, he joined the Royal Navy and went to struggle. He was serving on board HMS Ibis the next 12 months when the ship was torpedoed within the Mediterranean, killing two thirds of these on board.

Fulton spent a number of hours within the water earlier than he was rescued.

Roper, who wrote Fulton’s life story within the play “Rikki and Me”, mentioned: “Rikki was within the sea fairly some time earlier than he was picked up, and plenty of his shut pals died within the sea round him.

“Each wars did an terrible lot to folks, and so they tried to cover it. It made them totally different folks after they got here out and Rikki might have been a type of unfortunates, who suffered very badly.

“The enormity of being at sea, chilly and that happening for hours, I puzzled how he got here by way of that.

“Performing is an escape for a lot of actors and Rikki wouldn’t have been alone there.

“Appearing permits you to take a vacation away from your self and grow to be someone else. The power to make someone snicker is a really potent drug and I feel that performed uppermost in his life.”

Fulton and Milroy grew to become megastars in Scotland within the Nineteen Sixties.

Roper mentioned: “Francie and Josie have been Scotland’s Laurel and Hardy. They have been completely big, and so they dwell on for folks like myself.”

Rikki options contributions from his Scotch and Wry co-stars Roper Juliet Cadzow and Claire Nielson, together with fellow Scots actors together with Alex Norton, Gavin Mitchell and Sanjeev Kohli.

* Rikki is on BBC One Scotland Tuesday 31 December, 10pm.

Rikki Fulton’s personal church minister has mentioned it was “unnerving” to have Reverend I. M. Jolly in his congregation.

Fulton is finest remembered for his depressing minister character, mockingly named Jolly.

His “Final Name” monologues have been a send-up of Late Name, a late-night TV sermon of the time.

Fulton, who had been a confirmed atheist, parodied ministers who he mentioned have been usually “lower than joyful”.

He turned to faith later in his life after affected by sickness, and attended New Kilpatrick Church in Bearsden, the place Rev Alistair Symington was minister.

Talking on BBC Scotland documentary, Rikki, to be proven on Hogmanay [TUES DEC 31] Rev Symington says: “It was within the church the primary time I met him.

“I noticed him sat within the pew and naturally I noticed I. M. Jolly sat there. It’s barely unnerving.

“It was the start of this nice sustained friendship we had. We talked about all types of issues to do with religion, to do with life, to do with household and to do with canine.”

* Rikki is on BBC One Scotland Tuesday 31 December, 10pm.

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Washington Commanders tight finish Zach Ertz caught the game-winning landing on Sunday evening towards the Atlanta Falcons. The win improved Washington to 11-5 and clinched a playoff berth.

It has been a miracle season for the Commanders. Ending 4-13 final season, hiring a brand new teaching workers, and flipping over half of the roster shouldn’t have had Washington competing for a playoff spot this season.

Due to a roster led by phenomenal rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels and a number of veterans, like Ertz and Bobby Wagner, Washington gained 11 video games for the primary time since 1991. And the Commanders nonetheless have one regular-season sport remaining.

Ertz defined after the sport when he thought this crew might be good and made a hilarious, unplanned remark relating to the New York Jets.

“It was actually about guys coming collectively,” Ertz stated. “And it didn’t occur in a single day, however I did assume as soon as we acquired all collectively and I noticed the expertise and coaching camp and also you go to the Jets towards a crew that we thought was going to be good I’d of, you possibly can erase that [laugh]. Go towards the joint practices and we felt like we have been enjoying towards some good defenses that we have been going to have an opportunity to be good.”

Ertz was referring to the Commanders’ joint practices with the Jets. On the time, it regarded like New York could have gotten the higher finish of these practices, however right here we’re, heading into Week 17, and Washington sits at 11-5, whereas the Jets are 4-12.

Ertz, being the professional he’s, shortly returned to his remark and apologized.

“I apologize to these guys, man, that didn’t imply to return out like that, but it surely simply felt like we had the expertise to do one thing,” Ertz stated.

Ertz stated what everybody else thought: The Jets have been alleged to be good.

Earlier than the season, nobody had the Commanders successful 11 video games and going to the playoffs, whereas the Jets gained 4 video games with Aaron Rodgers.

That’s why the video games are performed on the sector.

The Cookie

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Now, you didn’t suppose we have been going to neglect The Cookie, did you? For the grand finale of our Cookie Countdown, we’re singing the hyperbolic but warranted praises of Seattle’s most important cookie. 

Usually, I chafe at issues that smugly proclaim themselves “the” definitive model of one thing (see: Alison Roman’s “The Stew”), however on this case, Metropolitan Market’s signature cookie has earned its moniker as a result of it truly is simply that good. “The Cookie,” as its hordes of devotees confer with it in hushed tones of reverence, has been a continuing companion for me since I went to varsity in Tacoma and spent numerous hours roaming the aisles of the Metropolitan Market on Proctor.

Served underbaked and heat from the oven, it’s a marvel of engineering and a real chocolate lover’s cookie, that includes a squidgy dough sure along with not one however two forms of melty, luxurious Callebaut Belgian chocolate (each bittersweet and semisweet). Toasted walnuts add crunch, dimension, and a whisper of earthy, nutty bitterness, whereas a sprinkle of fleur de sel balances all of the flavors. It’s the best calling of a chocolate chip cookie, the apotheosis of Ruth Graves Wakefield’s authentic Toll Home recipe. If I used to be pressured to call a single flaw, it is perhaps that the crinkly paper wrapper suggests it’s appropriate for sharing—I are inclined to disagree.

Aspect notice: When you’re a peanut butter fiend like me, or maybe not into chocolate or walnuts, don’t sleep on The Cookie’s lately launched sibling, an equally divine model of the traditional peanut butter cookie. It’s full of peanut butter taste and has a texture I can solely describe as “fudgy.” I bought a bit plastic cup of their peanut butter cookie bites to deliver to a picnic this summer season, and let’s simply say it didn’t survive the automotive journey.

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We’re counting all the way down to 2025 by sharing a few of our favourite cookies on Slog day by day in December! As a result of life is tough, and sugar helps. Will issues get bizarre? Perhaps! There might have been a small fireplace throughout the first picture shoot! However hopefully, you will additionally uncover some new favourite treats to take pleasure in this season. Observe our each day suggestions right here! 🍪

Barcelona utilized for brand new gamers’ licences for Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor with the Spanish FA (Rfef) on Tuesday, whereas the membership denied claims of requesting any delay from governing our bodies for his or her registrations.

The announcement was made hours earlier than the midnight registration deadline.

Barcelona misplaced a second attraction to register the gamers for the rest of the season on Monday, with the membership unable to fulfill La Liga’s wage cap.

“Barcelona informs that it has utilized for a brand new licence for the gamers Daniel Olmo and Pau Victor to the Rfef,” the Catalan membership mentioned in an announcement. “The membership wish to deny having requested or receiving any moratorium to any governing physique for these inscriptions.”

Barcelona signed Olmo in August for round €55m (£45m) however the attacking midfielder was registered for less than the primary half of the season.

The membership managed to register Olmo and ahead Víctor after long-term accidents saved first-team gamers out of the squad for months, permitting them to allocate a portion of their wages. Article 77 of La Liga guidelines permits golf equipment to quickly use as much as 80% of a participant’s wage on another within the occasion of damage.

Efforts to increase each registrations have hit repeated roadblocks, with Barcelona’s appeals dismissed by La Liga and numerous judicial authorities.

Whereas Olmo and Víctor shall be free brokers after the deadline, Barcelona might meet the financial necessities to signal them earlier than the switch market closes in February. Nevertheless, in keeping with the Rfef guidelines, a participant can’t be signed by the identical membership twice in the identical season. Olmo, a Spain worldwide, has a clause in his contract that enables him to unilaterally depart ought to the membership fail to register him.

Barcelona plan to boost funds by promoting VIP field seats on the Camp Nou stadium, probably producing over €100m euros, topic to La Liga approval.

The Spanish league mentioned afterward Tuesday, nonetheless, that Barcelona “haven’t offered any various that, in compliance with La Liga’s financial management rules, would permit them to register any participant as of Jan. 2.”

The membership is presently third in La Liga, trailing leaders Atlético Madrid by three factors, and can play towards Barbastro within the Copa del Rey on Saturday.

51 years in the past, Hunter S. Thomp­son wrote Fear and Loathing on the Cam­paign Path ’72, which “continues to be con­sid­ered a form of bible of polit­i­cal report­ing,” not­ed Matt Taib­bi in a fortieth anniver­sary edi­tion of the ebook. Concern and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of Amer­i­can polit­i­cal writ­ing for a lot of rea­sons. However if you happen to’re look­ing for one bot­tom-line expla­na­tion, it prob­a­bly comes right down to this: Says Taib­bi, “Thomp­son stared proper into the flam­ing-hot solar of disgrace­much less lies and cyn­i­cal horse­shit that’s our pol­i­tics, and he described precise­ly what he noticed—in all probability at seri­ous value to his personal males­tal well being, however the ben­e­match to us was [his leg­endary book].”

Thomp­son could have reached some jour­nal­is­tic apogee together with his cov­er­age of the ’72 Nixon-McGov­ern cam­paign. However his polit­i­cal writ­ing arduous­ly stopped there. The Gonzo jour­nal­ist cov­ered the ’76 elec­tion for Rolling Stone magazine­a­zine. And inevitably he crossed paths with Jim­my Carter (RIP), the even­tu­al win­ner of the elec­tion. Above, Thomp­son recollects the day when Carter first made an impres­sion upon him.

It hap­pened on the Uni­ver­si­ty of Geor­gia Faculty of Legislation on Could 4, 1974. Communicate­ing earlier than a gath­er­ing of alum­ni legal professionals, Carter upset their cel­e­bra­to­ry occa­sion when he dis­man­tled the crim­i­nal jus­tice sys­tem they had been so happy with. And Carter par­tic­u­lar­ly caught Thomp­son’s atten­tion when he traced his sense of social jus­tice again to a music writ­ten by Bob Dylan:

The oth­er supply of my underneath­stand­ing about what’s proper and unsuitable on this soci­ety is from a buddy of mine, a poet named Bob Dylan. After lis­ten­ing to his data about “The Bal­lad of Hat­tie Automotive­ol” and “Like a Rolling Stone” and “The Occasions, They Are a‑Altering,” I’ve discovered to appre­ci­ate the dynamism of change in a mod­ern soci­ety.

I grew up as a landown­er’s son. However I don’t suppose I ever actual­ized the prop­er inter­re­la­tion­ship between the landown­er and people who labored on a farm till I heard Dylan’s file, “I Ain’t Gonna Work on Magazine­gie’s Farm No Extra.” So I come right here converse­ing to you right this moment about your sub­ject with a base for my infor­ma­tion discovered­ed on Rein­maintain Niebuhr and Bob Dylan.

You possibly can learn the total textual content of Carter’s speech right here. It’s additionally price watch­ing a relat­ed clip under, the place Thomp­son elab­o­charges on Carter, his well-known speech and his alleged imply streak that put him on the identical aircraft as Muham­mad Ali and Son­ny Barg­er (the god­fa­ther of The Hells Angels).

Observe: An ear­li­er ver­sion of this publish first appeared on our website in 2012. With the go­ing of Pres­i­dent Carter, it appeared like an excellent time to deliver it again.

Relat­ed Con­tent 

The two,000+ Movies Watched by Pres­i­dents Nixon, Carter & Rea­gan within the White Home

Hear the Uncen­sored Orig­i­nal Ver­sion of “Hur­ri­cane,” Bob Dylan’s Protest Tune About Jailed Field­er Rubin “Hur­ri­cane” Carter (1976)

Hunter Thomp­son Explains What Gonzo Jour­nal­ism Is, and How He Writes It (1975)

 

Barcelona may lose Dani Olmo for the second half of the season after LaLiga mentioned the Catalan membership aren’t ready to increase the Spain worldwide’s registration forward of Tuesday’s deadline.

Olmo, 26, joined Barça in the summertime and was granted a brief registration till Dec. 31, giving Barça time to adjust to the league’s monetary honest play guidelines and lengthen his registration till the summer season.

Nevertheless, the deadline is ready to move with out Barça providing LaLiga enough ensures that they’re now in a position to fulfil the laws.

“As of Dec. 31, Barcelona haven’t offered any different, in accordance with LaLiga’s financial guidelines, that enable the registration of gamers from Jan.2,” the league mentioned in an announcement.

Barça launched their very own assertion saying they’d now requested the Royal Spanish Soccer Federation [RFEF] to grant them new licences for Olmo and striker Pau Victor, who can be in the identical place.

Nevertheless, with Olmo and Victor’s present registrations resulting from expire on Dec. 31, RFEF guidelines state that gamers can’t be re-registered with the identical crew for the second time in the identical season.

A supply informed ESPN that Barça will supply a deeper clarification on their request to the RFEF and try and clear up the scenario on Jan. 3.

Till then, the quick futures for Olmo and Victor stay unsure, if not in main doubt, after a supply with the RFEF informed ESPN: “We can’t course of any licence with out prior approval from LaLiga.”

There’s a clause in Olmo’s contract which might enable him to go away at no cost if he isn’t registered for the second half of the marketing campaign, though sources have at all times informed ESPN neither the membership nor the participant are considering that chance.

Regardless of that, there have been reviews that a number of English and German groups are monitoring Olmo’s scenario with a view to creating a January transfer ought to he develop into out there.

Olmo’s agent, Andy Bara, reiterated on Tuesday that the ahead is just targeted on Barça, although.

“The choice made by Dani is to remain at Barcelona as he needs play for Barça,” Bara informed reporters. “We’re not contemplating another choice. Dani needs to play for Barcelona.”

Barça had pursued varied choices to pressure via Olmo’s and Victor’s registrations because the clock ticked in latest weeks.

They misplaced two courtroom hearings towards the interpretation of LaLiga’s guidelines, a route which had beforehand yielded success after they promoted Gavi to the primary crew in 2023.

The membership then moved forward with a plan to promote VIP packing containers and seating at Spotify Camp Nou, which is presently being renovated, when it reopens.

Sources informed ESPN a deal price round €100 million had been agreed, which might have allowed them to register Olmo and Victor whereas complying with the league’s monetary guidelines.

The paperwork was despatched to LaLiga, sources added, however the league’s assertion on Tuesday suggests there was both an issue with the documentation, the proof of fee or that the deal merely was not accepted.

Olmo joined from RB Leipzig for round €60m in the summertime, however he missed the primary two video games of the season unregistered earlier than Barça took benefit of a rule which allowed them to briefly use as much as 80% of the wage resulting from an injured participant on another.

An Achilles harm to Andreas Christensen had offered enough room throughout the membership’s LaLiga-imposed spending cap to register Olmo, however solely on a brief foundation.

All Spanish golf equipment are topic to an annual restrict set by the league, which is roughly decided by the distinction between a crew’s income minus non-sporting outgoings and debt repayments.

Barça’s has risen to €426m for the present marketing campaign, however they continue to be in extra of that quantity, which suggests they nonetheless should adjust to sure restrictions when registering new additions.

Olmo, who got here via Barça’s academy earlier than leaving as a 16-year-old, has scored six objectives in 15 appearances this season.

An enormous present of fireworks lit up Massive Ben despite storm warnings that compelled many shows to be axed right now, with many followers left shocked by a ‘world-first’ Paddington Bear cameo look throughout the London Eye.

The beloved bear’s look at London’s New Yr fireworks thrilled followers however left many questioning about the way it all labored and what the associated fee was.

This 12 months tens of millions watching at dwelling on the BBC had been handled to a world-first use of hologauze animations to have fun the brand new 12 months.

These created holographic illusions of British icons and memorable occasions because the fireworks had been going down.

The particular animations included the London Eye being full of the Union flag in honour of the eightieth anniversary of D-Day final 12 months, Olympic medals to have fun the success of Workforce GB on the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, and wishing a cheerful upcoming twenty fifth birthday to the London Eye.

It additionally featured the world-first particular look from Paddington Bear.

Hologauze is a specialised projection display screen designed to create holographic results. 

It is a patented gauze that’s coated with a extremely reflective silver metallic layer.

The distinctive design permits the gauze to successfully mirror projected photos or animations whereas concurrently permitting the visibility of objects situated behind it. 

‘It doesn’t matter what occurs, London will at all times be a metropolis of hope and a house for everybody,’ Paddington Bear, voiced by Ben Whishaw, mentioned in a particular look in the course of the fireworks show.

Taking to X, one individual mentioned: ‘Simply takes seeing Paddington for 3 seconds and I burst into tears’.

‘The chokehold Paddington has on this nation is hilarious to me,’ one other added.

A 3rd posted: ‘You’ll be able to at all times depend on Paddington to start out the 12 months with hope and sincerity.’

However some had been confused as to the mechanics behind the show.

One mentioned: ‘Making an attempt to determine how they’re projecting stuff into the empty area in the course of the London Eye.’

It additionally featured a reference to Charli XCX’s viral ‘brat summer time’ which captured tens of millions of younger folks on social media in 2024. 

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, mentioned: ‘It is implausible to welcome 2025 with our greatest and best-ever New Yr’s Eve celebrations. Round 100,000 Londoners and guests joined collectively on the banks of the Thames for an unforgettable evening of fireworks, lighting and music, whereas tens of millions at dwelling had been capable of see our world-first use of hologram animations to have fun the brand new 12 months. 

‘From honouring the heroes of the D-Day landings to Paddington Bear celebrating our capital’s range, I am proud that we despatched a message of hope and like to the world, as we construct a greater London for everybody.’

The fireworks culminated in a golden extravaganza of sparkles illuminating the sky above London, with Paddington signing off the present by saying: ‘As you enter the brand new 12 months, at all times bear in mind […]: In London, everyone seems to be completely different, and which means anybody can slot in. Blissful New Yr.’ 

1000’s stood alongside the Embankment of the Thames to look at a spectacular fireworks show across the London Eye.

The annual showstopper noticed round 100,000 ticketholders unite on the banks of the River Thames to witness the capital’s biggest-ever celebration of fireworks, lighting and music, with many tens of millions watching from properties across the globe.

Greater than 12,000 fireworks and 420 lights lit up the sky across the London Eye because the eyes of the world watched London’s unforgettable present, set to a soundtrack of songs for folks to bounce the chilly away and voice-over clips.

The enduring celebration, which started with Massive Ben’s famend chimes, is proven stay to many tens of millions all over the world and tens of tens of millions extra on social media, boosting London’s financial system and offering an unbelievable world advert for our tourism business. 

Final 12 months, the BBC’s protection was essentially the most watched TV programme within the UK, with many tens of millions extra watching on the iPlayer and on-line.

Mayor Sadiq Khan promised that the fireworks could be the ‘finest we have ever laid on’, including that they had been the ‘greatest fireworks going down wherever throughout Europe’.  

Robin Goodchild, Senior Basic Supervisor of the London Eye, mentioned: ‘What an unbelievable second to herald the brand new 12 months and start celebrating 25 years of the world’s most iconic experience! 

‘We’re delighted and honoured to have been the official accomplice this 12 months, and as soon as once more be the long-lasting location to host The Mayor of London’s New Yr’s Eve fireworks. For all those that joined us right here onsite, and the tens of millions who watched on TV at dwelling with their family and friends each within the UK and globally, we want you all a really Blissful New Yr.’

Hannah Clark, Venture Director at Id, mentioned: ‘Id is so proud to as soon as once more be working in shut collaboration with the GLA, and main names throughout music manufacturing, lighting, and pyrotechnic design, to create this dazzling spectacle for London. 

‘The Mayor of London’s New Yr’s Eve firework celebrations have turn into an iconic and globally recognised occasion, reflecting our distinctive and splendidly vibrant metropolis. It is a distinctive showcase that places London firmly on the map for the 12 months forward.’

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Take One: Finish it already

Have a look at the intense aspect. The 2024 catastrophe of a season is nearly over. Only one extra recreation stays in a yr that may’t finish quickly sufficient.

Sunday was one other chapter in futility. The Saints misplaced by 15 factors to one of many few groups within the NFL in worse form than them.

Dangerous climate compelled the Raiders to land in New Orleans after midnight. Their lack of sleep didn’t appear to impression their efficiency.

Las Vegas got here out swinging and opened the sport with a 17-play, 9:11 drive that resulted in a subject objective.

That drive set the tone for the complete day, particularly on protection. That aspect of the ball couldn’t get off the sphere. Ultimately, the Raiders held a 15-minute edge in time of possession.

To place that in perspective, the Raiders had the ball a complete quarter longer than the Saints. That’s what permitting 10/18 on third down and changing simply 1/10 on offense will do.

Really pathetic, given the circumstances.

Take Two: Rattler’s story of two halves

We got here so near the Spencer Rattler redemption recreation.

Rattler could have been the very best participant on the sphere within the first half. He completed 11/13, with a landing go throughout the first two quarters. His two incompletions had been a Juwan Johnson drop and a throwaway on the ultimate play of the second quarter.

Sadly, his good run ended there.

Within the second half, the script flipped. The Raiders cranked up the blitz, and Rattler struggled to deal with it. He tossed two unhealthy interceptions and albeit might’ve had extra.

All of the mojo he possessed early disappeared late, as he completed 20/36, 218 yards with one landing and two interceptions.

It’s been a tough stretch for Rattler. He’s now began 5 video games and misplaced by double digits in all of them. There was a number of optimistic indicators in Rattler’s development, however in the end he hasn’t performed effectively sufficient persistently to offer the Saints an opportunity to win.

Take Three: Premature penalties

Rattler and the complete Saints crew would’ve had a significantly better day if not for some premature penalties.

On the primary third down of the sport, Bryan Bresee sacked Aiden O’Connell for a loss. However as an alternative of getting off the sphere, Carl Granderson jumped offsides and prolonged the drive. The Saints would’ve obtained the ball again on a 3 & out. As a substitute, the Raiders had the ball for almost eight extra minutes.

On the Saints first drive, Rizzi wished to go for it on 4th & 6 from the Raiders 38, however Oli Udoh was referred to as for a false begin. As a substitute of a manageable fourth down try, the Saints had been compelled to punt.

On the 5:48 mark of the second quarter, Rattler prolonged the play and hit a large open Juwan Johnson for 39 yards to the Raiders 1-yard line. The massive play, nonetheless, was negated when Taliese Fuaga was hit for holding. As a substitute of the first & objective, the Saints confronted third & 20 and had been compelled to punt after the subsequent play.

On the 1:12 mark of the fourth quarter, Rattler discovered Johnson once more on the Raiders 4-yard line to arrange a 1st & objective. Sadly, Johnson was referred to as for offensive go interference. Rattler threw an interception the very subsequent play.

It’s laborious for any participant, a lot much less a rookie quarterback, to get right into a rhythm when so many massive performs get referred to as again.

Take 4: Run Over

It might have been laborious to inform by watching the sport Sunday, however the Raiders had the worst speeding offense in soccer.

On at the present time although, they ran proper over the Saints for 156 yards on 38 carries. At 31 years outdated, Ameer Abdullah had the very best speeding efficiency of his profession.

It began up entrance, because the Raiders offensive line was persistently capable of reset the road of the scrimmage on the Saints defensive entrance.

There was a time when the Saints run protection was some of the feared within the league.

These days are actually lengthy gone.

Take 5: Different Observations

• Nice name by Klint Kubiak on the Saints lone landing. Rattler handed it to Kendre Miller, who threw it again to Rattler, who then discovered Foster Moreau on their lonesome in the long run zone.
• Kubiak struggled as soon as once more within the second half when the Raiders adjusted and blitzed extra. The Saints offense actually had no solutions.
• The Saints are actually 0-6 in video games Derek Carr has missed.
• Because the bye week the Saints have scored: 14, 14, 19, zero and 10 factors of their 5 video games.
• At 5-11, the Saints formally have their worst document since 2005. It’s time for giant modifications.

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