‘Yellowjackets' Star Steven Krueger On Coach Ben's ‘Necessary Mercy Killing'
While 'Yellowjackets' stars and fans alike were sad to see Coach Ben Scott die in Season 3, Steven Krueger said his murder was 'necessary' for the show's future.
Krueger, 35, who played the soccer team's self-aware mentor, sat down with The Post to discuss his thoughts on his character's death, revealing he knew Coach Ben's fate long before they started filming the latest season.
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Runner who stepped off podium with trans athlete speaks out
High-school track star Alexa Anderson decided to step down — off the championship podium — for what she believes, when faced with the prospect of sharing the honor with a transgender competitor. 'I knew that something needs to be done to bring attention to this issue and to let the people who are in charge know that us athletes are not okay with the position they put us in,' the 18-year-old told The Post. On Saturday, Anderson, a senior competing for Tigard High School, took third place in the Oregon State Athletic Association's Girls High Jump Final while Lia Rose, a transgender athlete from Ida B. Wells High School took fifth. Anderson jumped 5 feet 4.25 inches, compared to Rose's 5 feet 1.65 inches. Advertisement 5 Alexa Anderson and Reese Eckard stepped down off the podium in protest on Saturday. America First Policy Institute When the top eight jumpers took the podium, Anderson and fourth-place runner Reese Eckard, a senior from Sherwood High School, stepped down in unison and turned their backs in protest. 'I was definitely stressed just with all those eyes on you, kind of looking at you wondering what you're doing and why,' Anderson said. 'But all female athletes, no matter if they are in elementary school, middle school or high school … I want them to have a fair and equal opportunity to compete.' Advertisement Going into the meet, Anderson knew that she wouldn't stand on the podium if Rose, who had competed in the boy's division in 2023 and 2024, placed. She and Eckart, who had been a 'friendly competitor' for the past four years, had already made a pact to step down together. 5 Alexa Anderson has been running track since she was a freshman in high school. Alexa Anderson/ Instagram She claims several other girls who made the podium had also intended to join, but backed down in the moment: 'It's a very controversial topic, and I think some people are more inclined to express their concerns privately.' The crowd at Hayward Field reacted with silence, and an official confronted the pair. When they said they weren't participating, the official told them to step aside and get out of the way of photos. Advertisement Even though she and Eckart were the only ones to take a public stand, she says Rose's presence in the sport had caused upset among her teammates throughout the season. 5 Anderson says several other girls on the podium planned to step down but ultimately backed down from the plan. Fox News 'The overall sentiment was kind of confused and concerned for the integrity of our sport,' she explained. 'Girls I talked to were worried that their opportunities were going to be taken away, or that they wouldn't make it to the championship because there was a biological man that was jumping better than them.' Since the incident, there's been an outpouring of private support, and Anderson reports receiving 'a lot of kind messages from people thanking me for standing up for what I believe in.' There have also been people who were less than kind. Advertisement 'Some people are definitely coming at me with a hateful attitude,' she admitted. 'There are people at school that are offended and are talking behind my back, but I expected that going into this, when I put myself out there on such a controversial topic.' 5 Anderson is committed to run track and field at the University of South Alabama next school year. Alexa Anderson/ Instagram Anderson, who joined the track team as a freshman, is graduating Thursday and plans to attend the University of South Alabama, where she will study exercise science and marine biology and is committed to run track and field. She said she supports a federal mandate banning trans athletes from female sports. President Trump enacted one in February via Title IX, but states including Oregon have continued to allow athletes to compete nonetheless. 'Title IX was originally used to ban sex-based discrimination in sports, and now we're facing sex-based discrimination again,' Anderson said. 'Biological women are being forced to compete with biological men, but the purpose of Title IX was to make sure that it didn't happen, that biological women had their equal opportunities.' 5 President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning trans athletes from women's sports in February. AP Anderson is legally represented by American First Policy Institute. A staff member told The Post they called on the federal government to investigate possible Title IX violations related to Saturday's race and are considering further litigation. 'I have been an athlete my whole life, and women's sports has done so much for me personally,' she said. 'By allowing biological men to compete in the women's division, we're taking away opportunities from other young girls who have worked so hard to get to where they are.'
Yahoo
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- Yahoo
Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan on ‘The White Lotus' Cut Scenes: ‘There Are Things You Won't See That Are a Part of Our History'
There's nothing quite like working on 'The White Lotus,' where cast members live on the same hotel set where they're filming for as long as six months. And for Season 3 stars Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan — who played three lifelong friends on a girls' trip to Thailand — it's something they're forever bonded by. 'We'd spent half a year together making this thing far from our homes and our families and our routines,' Coon tells Variety's Awards Circuit Podcast. 'And it's so fraught when we watch it in a way that it will never be for anybody else. We'll never be able to explain it. There's no way to express the fulsomeness of that experience. I've said, It's like being an astronaut. The only person who knows what it's like is another astronaut.' 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On this edition of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, we talk to Coon, Bibb and Monaghan about what it was like to be immersed for so long in 'The White Lotus' universe, and how it bonded them much like their characters. They talk about the scene they're bummed ended up being cut, as well as whether they like to do more episodes, and where they think 'The White Lotus' might go next. Also on this episode, the Roundtable discusses the death of 'King of the Hill' voice actor Jonathan Joss, just days after he crashed an ATX TV Festival panel hosted by Mike. And we look at the nomination possibilities for the massive 'White Lotus' cast. Listen below! When it comes to iconic 'The White Lotus' moments, Carrie Coon's speech to her character's friends in the Season 3 finale ranks up at the top. 'I mean, that's a classic Mike White moment, right?' she tells the podcast. For much of Season 3, things are becoming more passive aggressive between longtime pals Kate (Bibb), Jaclyn (Monaghan) and Laurie (Coon) as their girls trip exposes some tension in the group. But in the finale, over dinner, Laurie gets honest about how really the trip had just exposed she much she had struggled with the mistakes she made in her own life. In the emotional speech, Laurie realizes that despite her regrets, both time and this friendship, has still made her life meaningful. 'What was lovely about the language of that speech is that it was in in many ways, speaking into the experience we had,' Coon says of their shared journey moving to Thailand and shooting 'The White Lotus' over the course of six months. 'We got to have that experience together near the end of shooting, and so I think we were all processing the ending of this thing while that was unfolding at the table.' Bibb says in shooting that scene, she remembers how the three of them 'felt very dialed in, all day, like I couldn't stop crying every time [Coon] said it. I kept improvising these 'I love yous,' and then Michelle would say 'I love you,' and I think Mike was getting annoyed! But it was so genuine, and I'm so glad they kept it in there… these three people are seen by each other.' Adds Monaghan: 'We all knew what the dialog was, but it was the way in which Carrie performed it. It really spoke to our hearts at that point, personally and professionally. It was a really special ending for us.' As for moments that didn't make the final cut, Coon describes the puppet show that wound up not on the show. 'It was really sweet,' she said. 'So there are things you won't see that are a part of our history.' The different 'White Lotus' groupings were mostly siloed from each other, but Monaghan singles out Patrick Schwarzenegger for being 'a fantastic gentleman and not this douche you see. And I lived with Parker [Posey], and I didn't even know Parker was utilizing a Southern accent!' Would they do 'The White Lotus' again? Bibb was bowled over by the fact that she was able to work so closely to two more actresses her age — 'I never get to work with these two! Mike really knows how to write great women, and we're so lucky to have that.' Where might 'White Lotus' end up next? Bibb agrees that White will never pick any place that's cold. 'I sent him a picture of this location I was in, it was at the Shining hotel up in Oregon, and the snow was up past the window,' she says. 'He was like, 'I'm fearful. I don't trust where you are right now. I hate the cold..' They'll never do a cold one. No way.' Variety's 'Awards Circuit' podcast, hosted by Clayton Davis, Jazz Tangcay, Emily Longeretta, Jenelle Riley and Michael Schneider, who also produces, is your one-stop source for lively conversations about the best in film and television. 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2 hours ago
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This Simple Modern beach bag is giving Bogg energy and is 30% off today
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