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Lily-Rose Depp is pulling back the curtain on her time on The Idol . After starring in the infamous series alongside The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) , who co-created it with Sam Levinson , the 25-year-old welcomed all of the chatter and is happy with her decision to be the lead of the explicit series. “I love it. Honestly, I love it,” Lily-Rose told Vanity Fair in an interview published Nov. 21. “You make something and you hope that people like it, and you hope that it resonates with people. But we always knew some people were not going to like it and that it was going to be too much for some people. But I stand by it. We made a choice and we went for it.” The choice was to star as Joselyn, a troubled pop star who falls under the control of a club promoter named Tedros (The Weeknd) who turns her life and career around. The short-lived series became the topic of conversation across social media weekly, as it was called out for it overly suggestive nature and storyline. Still, Lily-Rose saw firsthand that people loved it, outside of the internet. “I love it when people do come up to me and they’re like, ‘I love The Idol .’ And I’m like, ‘Thank you. You get it!’ It’s okay that it’s not for everyone,” Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis ’ daughter said. “That’s a beautiful thing about it. I’m very close with Sam and Ashley [Levinson]. They’re like family to me. I’m excited to get to work with them again one day.” She continued, “And I loved the experience of making it—that was a huge turning point for me. I learned so much about myself, and I got to progress so much in my own work. I learned how to dance, and sing, and do all these things that I had never done before. It was a real growing period for me. So I look back on it and I can only think fondly, and I’m really proud of what it is.” The drama surrounding The Idol began shortly after it was announced in 2021. After it was greenlit, the storyline and showrunners changed, the premiere was pushed back and a Rolling Stone report alleged that people who signed up for one project ended up working on something else—that was too controversial. However, Lily-Rose and the rest of the series’ stars knew what to expect and were ready for whatever people had to say. “A lot of it was hard to escape, because obviously, it was a big topic of conversation—but I was always prepared for it,” she said of the critics. “We knew what we were doing, intentionally touching on things that were supposed to be shocking, and crazy, and of its own world. So when people were like, ‘This is so crazy,’ we were like, ‘Ha ha ha. It is super crazy.’” Following The Idol ’s controversial five-episode run, HBO announced that the series wouldn’t return for a second season . A choice that Lily Rose wasn’t happy about. “I mean, I would’ve loved to have worked with Sam again. And I loved the character profoundly,” she told Vanity Fair . “She is the woman that I wanted to be when I was five. I was the little girl who was wearing my mom’s heels—she is the femme fatale fantasy of who I wanted to be when I was a kid. So I would’ve loved to explore that character further. But I know that we’ll do something again together one day, and I’m excited for that day. Everything happens for a reason.” After The Idol aired its final episode, the Tusk actress took to social media to share her sentiments about the series and show’s creators. "Thank you all for watching, listening, laughing & crying with us," she wrote on Instagram July 4. "Thank you to everyone-cast, crew, and everyone in between-who poured their hearts into making this show. Thank you Sam and Abel for the wildest, most beautiful journey of my life. & My Idol family... I love you guys till the end of time." Keep reading to see what TV shows will be returning in 2025... Southern Hospitality (Bravo) - Jan. 2 After holding court on King Street for over a decade, Republic has become the crown jewel of Charleston nightlife. Leva Bonaparte has revitalized her club with captivating additions to her staff, but as workplace romances sizzle and relationships fizzle, balancing it all becomes a tall order during season three. With a squeeze of shade, a dash of drama and rumors added to the mix, the party must go on in this VIP team’s exhilarating world. Animal Control (Fox) - Jan. 2 The Joel McHale -led comedy returns for season three. Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (Peacock) - Jan. 2 Inspired by the true-life story, on December 21, 1988, 259 passengers and crew were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, with a further 11 residents losing their life as the plane came down over the quiet, Scottish town. In the wake of the disaster and his daughter’s death, Dr. Jim Swire ( Colin Firth ), is nominated spokesperson for the U.K. victims’ families, who have united to demand truth and justice. Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action (Netflix) - Jan. 7 This jaw-dropping two-part series will tell the story of The Jerry Springer Show as it’s never been told before. Packed with extraordinary first-hand testimony and revelations from show insiders, the series explores how this daytime talk show became one of the biggest and most outrageous TV hits of the nineties. But behind the entertaining facade lay some darker truths. As we hear from the producers and ex-guests of The Jerry Springer Show , a murkier picture begins to emerge of the destruction it caused, raising renewed questions about who was responsible, and how far things should go in the name of entertainment The Rookie (ABC) - Jan. 7 The Rookie makes its midseason return Jan. 7. Deal or No Deal Island (NBC) - Jan. 7 In season two of Deal or No Deal Island , briefcases are hidden around the island with more than $200 million in prize money split between them. In each episode, players compete in daring challenges to secure the briefcases that will be used in that night’s game of “Deal or No Deal.” The player who snags the highest-value case gains immunity and gets to choose a fellow player to enter “The Temple.” High Potential (ABC) - Jan. 7 The comedy returns Jan. 7. Will Trent (ABC) - Jan. 7 The ABC series makes its midseason return Jan. 7. DOC (Fox) - Jan. 7 Doc stars Molly Parker ( House of Cards ) as the hard-charging, brilliant Chief of Internal Medicine Dr. Amy Larsen, who suffers a brain injury that erases the last eight years of her memory. The accident leaves her with no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push almost everyone away. But with the immense loss, comes a second chance to do things differently. #OneChicago (NBC) - Jan. 8 Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. all return Jan. 8. Special Forces" World's Toughest Test (Fox) - Jan. 8 The reality competition series returns for season three with a whole new crop of celebrity contestants. Shifting Gears (ABC) - Jan. 8 Shifting Gears stars Tim Allen as Matt, the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt’s estranged daughter ( Kat Dennings ) and her kids move into his house, the real restoration begins. The Traitors (Peacock) - Jan. 9 Peacock’s Emmy Award-winning competition reality series returns for a third season with an all-new lineup of familiar faces, hosted again by the impossibly stylish and devastatingly witty Alan Cumming . On Call (Prime Video) - Jan. 9 On Call is an adrenalized and visceral police drama that follows a rookie and veteran officer duo as they go on patrol in Long Beach, California. Incorporating a mixture of bodycam, dash-camera, and cellphone footage to create a cinema verité effect, the innovative series explores the morality of protecting and serving a community. Goosebumps: The Vanishing (Hulu & Disney+) - Jan. 10 Goosebumps: The Vanishing begins when twins Cece and Devin Brewer are sent to spend a summer in Gravesend, Brooklyn, with their divorced dad. A threat is stirring, and they quickly realize that dark secrets are among them, triggering a chain of events that unravel a profound mystery. As they delve into the unknown, Cece, Devin and their friends—Alex, CJ and Frankie—find themselves entangled in the chilling tale of four teenagers who mysteriously vanished in 1994. Law & Order: Speial Victims Unit (NBC) - Jan. 16 The crime drama returns for season 26. Law & Order (NBC) - Jan. 16 Season 24 of the procedural debuts Jan. 16. XO, Kitty (Netflix) - Jan. 16 Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey is back in Seoul for a new semester at KISS. She's single for the first time in a long time, and ready for a fresh start: no more meddling, no more drama. Maybe just some casual dating. Emphasis on casual. But she has more to worry about than her love life, as a letter from her mother's past sets her on a wild journey, and new faces at KISS bring change. As secrets unravel and bonds are tested, Kitty will learn that life, family and love are more complicated than she ever imagined. Severance (AppleTV+) - Jan. 17 Season two reunites its ensemble cast of stars including Emmy Award nominee Adam Scott , Britt Lower , Tramell Tillman , Zach Cherry , Jen Tullock , Michael Chernus , Dichen Lachman , Emmy Award winner John Turturro , Academy Award winner Christopher Walken and Academy and Emmy Award winner Patricia Arquette , and welcomes new series regular Sarah Bock . The Couple Next Door (Starz) - Jan. 17 The Couple Next Door explores the claustrophobia of suburbia and the fallout of chasing your deepest desires. When Evie and Pete move into the upscale neighborhood with the dream of starting a family, they soon find friendship in the shape of the couple next door, alpha traffic cop Danny and his wife, glamorous yoga instructor Becka. As time goes on, these two couples get increasingly close to each other and one fateful night, become sexually entangled in a way that will change their lives forever. 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox) - Jan. 20 The drama's final episodes begin Jan. 20. Rescue: Hi-Surf (Fox) - Jan. 20 The drama returns. Prime Target (AppleTV+) - Jan. 22 Prime Target features a brilliant young math postgraduate, Edward Brooks ( Leo Woodall ), on the verge of a major breakthrough. If he succeeds in finding a pattern in prime numbers, he will hold the key to every computer in the world. Soon he begins to realize an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea before it’s even born, which throws him into the orbit of Taylah Sanders, a female NSA agent ( Quintessa Swindell ) who’s been tasked with watching and reporting on mathematicians' behavior. Together they start to unravel the troubling conspiracy Edward is at the heart of. The Night Agent (Netflix) - Jan.23 Based on the novel by Matthew Quirk , The Night Agent is a sophisticated, character-based, action-thriller centering on a low level FBI Agent, Peter Sutherland, whose efforts to save The President in season one earn him an opportunity to become a Night Agent in season two. But working in the secretive organization of Night Action will propel Peter into a world where danger is everywhere and trust is in short supply. Mythic Quest (AppleTV+) - Jan. 29 Season four of the hit comedy Mythic Quest , created by Rob McElhenney , Charlie Day and Megan Ganz , will premiere globally on Apple TV+ with two episodes on Jan. 29. The Voice (NBC) - Feb. 3 Adam Levine reclaims his red swivel chair and Kelsea Ballerini joins the singing competition series alongside fellow season 27 coaches John Legend and Michael Bublé . The Hunting Party (NBC) - Feb. 3 A high-concept crime procedural about a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist. The Floor (Fox) - Feb. 9 The Rob Lowe -hosted game show returns Super Bowl Sunday. The Masked Singer (Fox) - Feb. 12 The celebrity singing competition series returns for season 13. Yellowjackets (Showtime) - Feb. 14 Season three will continue to follow the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later, proving that the past is never really past and what began out in the wilderness is far from over.
Is Enron back? If it's a joke, some former employees aren't laughingA late-game rally derailed by a missed field goal and Cowboys stun Commanders 34-26Work and pensions minister Sir Stephen Timms said the move aims to drive “real improvements” for disabled people, whom the ministers will be encouraged to engage with on a regular basis. He told the Commons: “I am very pleased to be able to announce today the appointment of new lead ministers for disability in each Government department, they will represent the interests of disabled people, champion disability inclusion and accessibility within their departments. “I’m going to chair regular meetings with them and will encourage them to engage directly with disabled people and their representative organisations, as they take forward their departmental priorities. “And I look forward to this new group of lead ministers for disability together driving real improvements across Government for disabled people.” This came during an adjournment debate on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, where Liberal Democrat MP Steve Darling raised concerns about “floating bus stops”, which have a cycle lane between the stop and the pavement. Intervening, the MP for Torbay, who is registered blind, said: “The Government needs to ban floating bus stops.” Sir Stephen said: “I do think this issue about floating bus stops is an important issue which we need to work across Government to reflect on.” Labour MP Debbie Abrahams, who led the debate, had earlier criticised the lack of accessibility for disabled people on trains. The Oldham East and Saddleworth MP said: “Our train network does not have level access, and we heard Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson from the other place make this plea back in the summer, absolutely outrageous what she was put through. “But I was absolutely shocked to find, when I had a presentation of the TransPennine route upgrade, that the rolling stock yet to be commissioned is not going to provide that level access. “It’s absolute nonsense, it’s not even in the design of that procurement, so we must do better than this.”
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ON THE MARKET: Escape the City at Old Town Estates in MonroeCHICAGO — With a wave of her bangled brown fingertips to the melody of flutes and chimes, artist, theologian and academic Tricia Hersey enchanted a crowd into a dreamlike state of rest at Semicolon Books on North Michigan Avenue. “The systems can’t have you,” Hersey said into the microphone, reading mantras while leading the crowd in a group daydreaming exercise on a recent Tuesday night. The South Side native tackles many of society’s ills — racism, patriarchy, aggressive capitalism and ableism — through an undervalued yet impactful action: rest. Hersey, the founder of a movement called the Nap Ministry, dubs herself the Nap Bishop and spreads her message to over half a million followers on her Instagram account, @thenapministry . Her first book, “Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto,” became a New York Times bestseller in 2022, but Hersey has been talking about rest online and through her art for nearly a decade. Hersey, who has degrees in public health and divinity, originated the “rest as resistance” and “rest as reparations” frameworks after experimenting with rest as an exhausted graduate student in seminary. Once she started napping, she felt happier and her grades improved. But she also felt more connected to her ancestors; her work was informed by the cultural trauma of slavery that she was studying as an archivist. Hersey described the transformation as “life-changing.” The Nap Ministry began as performance art in 2017, with a small installation where 40 people joined Hersey in a collective nap. Since then, her message has morphed into multiple mediums and forms. Hersey, who now lives in Atlanta, has hosted over 100 collective naps, given lectures and facilitated meditations across the country. She’s even led a rest ritual in the bedroom of Jane Addams , and encourages her followers to dial in at her “Rest Hotline.” At Semicolon, some of those followers and newcomers came out to see Hersey in discussion with journalist Natalie Moore on Hersey’s latest book, “We Will Rest! The Art of Escape,” released this month, and to learn what it means to take a moment to rest in community. Moore recalled a time when she was trying to get ahead of chores on a weeknight. “I was like, ‘If I do this, then I’ll have less to do tomorrow.’ But then I was really tired,” Moore said. “I thought, ‘What would my Nap Bishop say? She would say go lay down.’ Tricia is in my head a lot.” At the event, Al Kelly, 33, of Rogers Park, said some of those seated in the crowd of mostly Black women woke up in tears — possibly because, for the first time, someone permitted them to rest. “It was so emotional and allowed me to think creatively about things that I want to work on and achieve,” Kelly said. Shortly after the program, Juliette Viassy, 33, a program manager who lives in the South Loop and is new to Hersey’s work, said this was her first time meditating after never being able to do it on her own. Therapist Lyndsei Howze, 33, of Printers Row, who was also seated at the book talk, said she recommends Hersey’s work “to everybody who will listen” — from her clients to her own friends. “A lot of mental health conditions come from lack of rest,” she said. “They come from exhaustion.” Before discovering Hersey’s work this spring, Howze said she and her friends sporadically napped together in one friend’s apartment after an exhausting workweek. “It felt so good just to rest in community,” she said. On Hersey’s book tour, she is leading exercises like this across the country. “I think we need to collectively do this,” Hersey explained. “We need to learn again how to daydream because we’ve been told not to do it. I don’t think most people even have a daydreaming practice.” Daydreaming, Hersey said, allows people to imagine a new world. Hersey tells her followers that yes, you can rest, even when your agenda is packed, even between caregiving, commuting, jobs, bills, emails and other daily demands. And you don’t have to do it alone. There is a community of escape artists, she said of the people who opt out of grind and hustle culture, waiting to embrace you. The book is part pocket prayer book, part instruction manual, with art and handmade typography by San Francisco-based artist George McCalman inspired by 19th-century abolitionist pamphlets, urging readers to reclaim their divine right to rest. Hersey directs her readers like an operative with instructions for a classified mission. “Let grind culture know you are not playing around,” she wrote in her book. “This is not a game or time to shrink. Your thriving depends on the art of escape.” The reluctance to rest can be rooted in capitalist culture presenting rest as a reward for productivity instead of a physical and mental necessity. Hersey deconstructs this idea of grind culture, which she says is rooted in the combined effects of white supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism that “look at the body as not human.” American culture encourages grind culture, Hersey said, but slowing down and building a ritual of rest can offset its toxicity. The author eschews the ballooning billion-dollar self-care industry that encourages people to “save enough money and time off from work to fly away to an expensive retreat,” she wrote. Instead, she says rest can happen anywhere you have a place to be comfortable: in nature, on a yoga mat, in the car between shifts, on a cozy couch after work. Resting isn’t just napping either. She praises long showers, sipping warm tea, playing music, praying or numerous other relaxing activities that slow down the body. “We’re in a crisis mode of deep sleep deprivation, deep lack of self-worth, (and) mental health,” said Hersey. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data from 2022 , in Illinois about 37% of adults aren’t getting the rest they need at night. If ignored, the effects of sleep deprivation can have bigger implications later, Hersey said. In October, she lectured at a sleep conference at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota, where her humanities work was featured alongside research from the world’s top neuroscientists. Jennifer Mundt, a Northwestern clinician and professor of sleep medicine, psychiatry and behavioral sciences, praises Hersey for bringing the issue of sleep and rest to the public. In a Tribune op-ed last year, Mundt argued that our culture focuses too heavily on sleep as something that must be earned rather than a vital aspect of health and that linking sleep to productivity is harmful and stigmatizing. “Linking sleep and productivity is harmful because it overshadows the bevy of other reasons to prioritize sleep as an essential component of health,” Mundt wrote. “It also stigmatizes groups that are affected by sleep disparities and certain chronic sleep disorders.” In a 30-year longitudinal study released in the spring by the New York University School of Social Work, people who worked long hours and late shifts reported the lowest sleep quality and lowest physical and mental functions, and the highest likelihood of reporting poor health and depression at age 50. The study also showed that Black men and women with limited education “were more likely than others to shoulder the harmful links between nonstandard work schedules and sleep and health, worsening their probability of maintaining and nurturing their health as they approach middle adulthood.” The CDC links sleeping fewer than seven hours a day to an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and more. Although the Nap Ministry movement is new for her followers, Hersey’s written about her family’s practice of prioritizing rest, which informs her work. Her dad was a community organizer, a yardmaster for the Union Pacific Railroad Co. and an assistant pastor. Before long hours of work, he would dedicate hours each day to self-care. Hersey also grew up observing her grandma meditate for 30 minutes daily. Through rest, Hersey said she honors her ancestors who were enslaved and confronts generational trauma. When “Rest Is Resistance” was released in 2022, Americans were navigating a pandemic and conversations on glaring racial disparities. “We Will Rest!” comes on the heels of a historic presidential election where Black women fundraised for Vice President Kamala Harris and registered voters in a dizzying three-month campaign. Following Harris’ defeat, many of those women are finding self-care and preservation even more important. “There are a lot of Black women announcing how exhausted they are,” Moore said. “This could be their entry point to get to know (Hersey’s) work, which is bigger than whatever political wind is blowing right now.” Hersey said Chicagoans can meet kindred spirits in her environment of rest. Haji Healing Salon, a wellness center, and the social justice-focused Free Street Theater are sites where Hersey honed her craft and found community. In the fall, the theater put on “Rest/Reposo,” a performance featuring a community naptime outdoors in McKinley Park and in its Back of the Yards space. Haji is also an apothecary and hosts community healing activities, sound meditations and yoga classes. “It is in Bronzeville; it’s a beautiful space owned by my friend Aya,” Hersey said, explaining how her community has helped her build the Nap Ministry. “When I first started the Nap Ministry, before I was even understanding what it was, she was like, come do your work here.” “We Will Rest!” is a collection of poems, drawings and short passages. In contrast to her first book, Hersey said she leaned more into her artistic background; the art process alone took 18 months to complete. After a tough year for many, she considers it medicine for a “sick and exhausted” world. “It’s its own sacred document,” Hersey said. “It’s something that, if you have it in your library and you have it with you, you may feel more human.” lazu@chicagotribune.com
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Costco has announced it will stop selling books at most of its locations across the U.S. starting next year. The company said books will only return during holiday seasons, and intermittently outside of that. Costco said the change is being made because stocking books on tables is labor-intensive and must be done by hand. It also comes as more consumers buy their books from Amazon instead of brick-and-mortar stores. According to a survey by Statista Consumer Insights published earlier this year, 71% of people said they purchased a book from the online retailer rather than Barnes and Noble, Target or Costco.Silvia Pinal, a glamorous blond-haired actress who worked with acclaimed director Luis Buñuel and endured as one of the last stars of Mexican cinema’s mid-century golden age, died Nov. 28 at a hospital in Mexico City. She was widely believed to be 93, although by some accounts she was a year older. Pinal had recently been hospitalized with a urinary tract infection. Her death was confirmed in statements by the media company TelevisaUnivision, which broadcast some of her television shows, and by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who wrote in a tribute that Pinal’s “film and theatrical talent is part of Mexico’s cultural memory.” A versatile actress who appeared in more than 100 movies and TV shows, Pinal played women who were by turns haughty, idealistic, prim and seductive. Beginning in the early 1950s, she performed opposite leading men including Pedro Infante and comic actors Cantinflas and Tin-Tan; won three competitive Ariel Awards, the Mexican equivalent to the Oscars; and captivated artists including muralist Diego Rivera, who painted her in a formfitting black dress, provocatively posed in front of a mirror. Pinal later starred in telenovelas and went into politics, holding elected office in both houses of Mexico’s Congress. But to audiences in the United States and Europe she remained best known for her work with the Spanish-born Buñuel, a surrealist pioneer known for his mordant critiques of organized religion and bourgeois convention. As Pinal told it, she was the one who sought to work with the director, rather than the other way around. “I fell in love with his movies, his black humor, his way of being, and I knew that I would not rest until I was directed by him,” the newspaper El Universal quoted her as saying. With her then-husband, businessman-turned-producer Gustavo Alatriste, Pinal traveled to Spain to track down Buñuel in his hometown of Calanda. She soon persuaded the director to cast her as the title character in his next movie, “Viridiana” (1961), which won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival even as it was banned by Francisco Franco’s dictatorship in Spain and denounced as blasphemous by the Vatican’s government-owned newspaper. Hailed as a masterwork by critics, “Viridiana” tied for 52nd in Sight and Sound’s 2022 directors’ poll of the greatest films of all time. Pinal went on to collaborate with Buñuel in two more films, including “Simon of the Desert” (1965), a 45-minute satire in which she played the shape-shifting, breast-baring Devil himself, doing battle with a 5th-century saint living atop a pillar. As Viridiana, Pinal played a young nun who visits her wealthy uncle (Fernando Rey) while preparing to take her final vows. The trip goes awry after he persuades Viridiana to don the wedding dress of his late wife, to whom she bears an uncanny resemblance, and then drugs her, taking her to bed but stopping short of assault. Overcome with shame, he hangs himself and leaves his estate to Viridiana, who turns it into a shelter for vagabonds and beggars. Chaos ensues, including a notorious scene in which the mansion’s new inhabitants re-create Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” as their meal devolves into an orgy, to the tune of Handel’s “Hallelujah” chorus. The movie ends with an implied ménage à trois, as Viridiana plays cards with her uncle’s illegitimate son (Francisco Rabal) and his mistress. “‘Viridiana’ is an act of diabolical cleverness,” film critic Peter Howell wrote in the Toronto Star in 2006. “On the surface it’s a genuinely moving drama about a novice nun. ... At the same time, barely hidden by implication and sleight of hand, the film calls into question the church’s commitment to forgiveness and tolerance, and the state’s ability to help the poor. And just in time for the social revolutions of the 1960s, the movie also mocks sexual repression.” She also headed the ensemble cast in Buñuel’s “The Exterminating Angel” (1962), a surrealist black comedy about a group of wealthy dinner guests who find themselves unable to leave a party. As an aristocrat nicknamed Valkyrie, she played a pivotal role in the film, helping her fellow captives find their way out by re-creating events from the night they arrived. The movie was adapted into an English-language opera and served as partial inspiration for Stephen Sondheim’s last musical, “Here We Are,” although many viewers — and Pinal herself — were perplexed by its meaning. “To this day,” she said in a 2006 interview for the movie’s Criterion Collection DVD, “I don’t know what the film is about.” By most accounts, Silvia Pinal Hidalgo was born in Guaymas, a port city in northwestern Mexico, on Sept. 12, 1931. Her mother worked at a restaurant and, according to El Universal, became pregnant with Pinal at age 15 from a relationship with an older orchestra conductor who worked at a Mexico City radio station. Her mother later married an army colonel and journalist who adopted Pinal as his daughter. Pinal launched her acting career on the stage with backing from her first husband, Cuban-born actor and director Rafael Banquells, whom she married in 1947. Before long she was appearing in movies, with a starring role opposite Tin-Tan in the 1950 Mexican comedy “The King of the Neighborhood.” She later worked in Europe, starring in comedies such as 1959’s “Men and Noblemen,” alongside Italian actor-director Vittorio De Sica. Although she mostly stayed away from Hollywood, in 1969 she starred with Burt Reynolds in the critically derided adventure movie “Shark!,” a “Jaws” precursor directed by Samuel Fuller. Pinal gradually shifted from film to television and, in the aftermath of the deadly 1985 Mexico City earthquake, she launched “Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real” (“Woman, Real Life Cases”), an anthology series that ran for more than two decades. Produced and hosted by Pinal, the series dramatized the stories of quake victims and their families before evolving to explore issues including domestic violence and LGBT discrimination. Pinal’s marriage to Banquells ended in divorce, as did her marriages to Alatriste, who produced each of the films she made with Buñuel; rock singer and actor Enrique Guzmán (she alleged that he was abusive during their marriage); and Tulio Hernández Gómez, the governor of Tlaxcala, who helped propel her political rise in the Institutional Revolutionary Party, better known by its Spanish acronym PRI. A daughter from her second marriage, actress Viridiana Alatriste — named after Pinal’s breakthrough film — died in a car crash in 1982, at age 19. In early 2000, Pinal fled to Miami amid allegations that she had defrauded a theater producers’ association. She denied wrongdoing and returned to Mexico that December, after an arrest warrant was dropped. “I’m back as I left,” she said, “with my name clean.” Her career continued unabated. Pinal performed onstage and on TV while also making headlines as the matriarch of a show-business family, which grew to include a daughter from her first marriage, actress Sylvia Pasquel; two children from her third, singer Alejandra Guzmán and musician Luis Enrique Guzmán; and her granddaughter Frida Sofía, a model and singer. Complete information on survivors was not immediately available. Looking back on “Viridiana,” Pinal said that programmers at Cannes were skeptical of the movie before they saw it, believing that Buñuel might have sold out to Franco’s regime because he had filmed in Spain. The director had escaped the notice of censors who failed to realize the script was parodying religious themes, not promoting them. “They weren’t too interested,” she said in a Criterion interview, recalling the lead-up to the film festival premiere. “They thought, ‘What could Buñuel make in Spain under Franco, filming the life of a nun. It’s got to be a crummy film, full of compromises.’ And in fact, the film was shown the very last day, when everyone assumed the winners had already been chosen.”
NEW YORK, Dec. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gainey McKenna & Egleston announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Customers Bancorp, Inc. (“Customers Bancorp” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CUBI) securities between March 1, 2024 and August 8, 2024, inclusive (the “Class Period”). The lawsuit seeks to recover damages for the Company’s investors under the federal securities laws. The Complaint alleges that Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Customers Bancorp had inadequate anti-money laundering practices; and (2) as a result, Customers Bancorp was not in compliance with its legal obligations, which subjected Customers Bancorp to heightened regulatory risk. The Complaint further alleges that on April 12, 2024, Customers Bancorp announced that CFO, defendant Carla A. Leibold, had been fired for “cause” for violating Customers Bancorp policy. On this news, the price of Customers Bancorp stock fell nearly 5%. Customers Bancorp subsequently disclosed that Ms. Leibold’s termination was a “separation by mutual agreement.” Then, on August 8, 2024, during market hours, the Federal Reserve issued a press release entitled “Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Customers Bancorp, Inc. and Customers Bank,” which attached a written agreement between Customers Bancorp and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia stating that the Federal Reserve “identified significant deficiencies related to the Bank’s risk management practices and compliance with the applicable laws, rules, and regulations relating to anti-money laundering (‘AML’), including the Bank Secrecy Act.” On this news, the price of Customers Bancorp stock fell more than 15%. Finally, the Complaint alleges that on August 8, 2024, after market hours, Customers Bancorp disclosed a consent order by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Banking and Securities, Bureau of Bank Supervision, relating “principally to aspects of compliance risk management, including risk management practices governing digital asset-related services; oversight by the Board of Directors of Customers Bancorp and the Bank; compliance with anti-money laundering regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act; and compliance with the regulations of the Office of Foreign Assets Control,” and further stating that “these deficiencies give the Bureau reason to believe that the Bank had engaged in unsafe or unsound banking practices relating to BSA/AML Requirements.” On this news, the price of Customers Bancorp stock fell further. Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Customers Bancorp should contact the Firm prior to the January 31, 2025 lead plaintiff motion deadline. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. If you wish to discuss your rights or interests regarding this class action, please contact Thomas J. McKenna, Esq. or Gregory M. Egleston, Esq. of Gainey McKenna & Egleston at (212) 983-1300, or via e-mail at tjmckenna@gme-law.com or gegleston@gme-law.com . Please visit our website at http://www.gme-law.com for more information about the firm.ASX set to rise as Wall Street extends winning streak
Tweet Facebook Mail It's almost that time of year: Spotify is gearing up to release its annual Wrapped, personalised recaps of users' listening habits and year in audio. Spotify has been giving its listeners breakdowns of their data since 2016 and each year, it's become a bigger production — and internet sensation. Spotify said its 2023 Wrapped was the "biggest ever created," in terms of audience reach and the kind of data it provided. So, what will 2024 have in store? Here's a look at what to know ahead of this year's Spotify Wrapped. READ MORE: 'Significant step' for five Aussies told they would never leave prison Spotify is gearing up to release its annual Wrapped. (Getty) What exactly is Spotify Wrapped? It's the streaming service's annual overview of individual listening trends, as well as trends around the world. Users learn their top artists, songs, genres, albums and podcasts, all wrapped into one interactive presentation. The campaign has become a social media sensation, as people share and compare their Wrapped data with their friends and followers online. Past iterations have provided users with all kinds of breakdowns and facts, including whether they're among an artist's top listeners, as well as a personalized playlist of their top 100 songs of that year to save, share and listen to whenever they're feeling nostalgic. Spotify also creates a series of playlists that reflect national and global listening trends, featuring the top streamed artists and songs. In 2023, Taylor Swift was Spotify's most streamed artist , unseating Bad Bunny who had held the title for three years in a row. Each year has something new in store. In 2019, Wrapped included a summary of users' streaming trends for the entire decade. Last year, Spotify matched listeners to a Sound Town based on their artist affinities and how it lined up with those in other parts of the world. When is the expected release date? So far, the streaming platform has kept the highly anticipated release date of Wrapped under ... er, wraps. In past years, it's been released between November 30 and December 6. Each year, rumours tend to swell on social media around when Spotify stops collecting data in order to prepare their Wrapped results, and this year was no exception. Spotify quickly squashed those presumptions , assuring on social media that "Spotify Wrapped doesn't stop counting on October 31." A representative for Spotify did not respond to a request for comment on when the company stops tracking data for Wrapped. Where can I find my Spotify Wrapped? When Wrapped is released, each user's Spotify account will prompt them to view their interactive data roundup. It can be accessed through the Spotify smartphone app, or by logging on to the Spotify website . Wrapped is available to users with and without Premium subscriptions. READ MORE: Easey Street murder suspect lands in Melbourne after extradition In past years, it's been released after Thanksgiving, between November 30 and December 6. (Getty) What else can I learn with my Spotify data? There are a handful of third-party sites that you can connect your Spotify account to that will analyse your Wrapped data. How Bad is Your Spotify is an AI bot that judges your music taste. Receiptify gives you your top songs on a sharable graphic that looks like, yes, a receipt. Instafest gives you your own personal music festival-style lineup based on your top artists. How NPRCore Are You assesses how similar your music taste is to NPR Music's. What if I don't have Spotify? Other major streaming platforms such as Apple Music and YouTube Music have developed their own versions of Wrapped in recent years. Apple Music's Replay not only gives its subscribers a year-end digest of their listening habits but monthly summaries as well — a feature that helps differentiate itself from the one-time Spotify recap. That's released at the end of the calendar year. YouTube Music, meanwhile, has a similar end-of-the-year release for its listeners, as well as periodic seasonal releases throughout the year. It released its annual Recap for users earlier this month.Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is not escalating a war of words with Mexico, after the Mexican president criticized Canada’s culture and its framing of border issues. “I fundamentally believe that many conversations, when it comes to diplomacy, are always better when they remain private,” Joly said Monday during a teleconference from Brussels. The rift between the two trading partners started with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s declaration that he plans to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all goods from both countries unless they stop the flow of migrants and illegal drugs into the U.S. Several federal and provincial officials in Canada responded by saying the issues at the Canadian border are vastly different from the Mexican border. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for example, has voiced concerns that the level of Chinese investment in Mexico goes against the economic-security goals of Ottawa and Washington. Some premiers have called on Canada to negotiate a trade deal with Washington independent from Mexico, ahead of the 2026 review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement, which replaced NAFTA during Trump’s last tenure in the White House. In a Monday press conference, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico “must be respected, especially by its trading partners.” She also noted that Canada has “a very serious problem with fentanyl consumption,” more than Mexico, and possibly as a result of some drug-decriminalization measures. “We are not going to fall for a provocation of which country is better,” she said, chalking some criticism from Canada up to political pandering. “Mexico should not be used as part of (Canadian) electoral campaigns,” she said. Yet Sheinbaum also said Canada “could only wish they had the cultural riches Mexico has,” saying her country has civilizations dating back thousands of years. Asked to respond, Joly said she is reaching out to Mexican officials after speaking with the U.S., including about the “very important trade agreement” that includes all three countries. “I know there has been many conversations in Canada about how we can work together and how we can, at the same time, protect our interests,” she said. “We have a positive relationship with Mexico, and we need to work with the country; that’s definitely my goal.” Christopher Sands, director of the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, said tensions between both countries played out in the NAFTA renegotiation, when there was limited communication between Ottawa and Mexico City. “The Canada-Mexico relationship has always been the weakest part of the triangle of North America,” he said. “There was a lot of feeling during the (CUSMA) negotiations that Mexico was willing to go it alone, and that Canada particularly toward the end was on the outside looking in, and had to fight its way back to the table.” He said Washington would rather have a trade pact with all three countries so it can limit the time and attention it needs on continental issues. “The U.S. is probably the most trilateral of all three countries,” he said, with a caveat. “I think Donald Trump looks at this going into 2026 and says, ‘Great, divide and conquer.’” Sands added that Sheinbaum and her predecessor have implemented nationalist policies that have been at odds with Washington. “The Mexican government has been moving in a direction which is antithetical to the North American project (through) nationalizing parts of the economy, by reversing energy reforms, by doing deals with the cartels. (They are) sometimes working co-operatively with the Americans in the borders, and sometimes not.” Sheinbaum indicated a week ago that she would be writing a letter to Trudeau. That has not been made public, although she did release a letter she had sent to Trump.
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