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Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Adam Scott Reveals He Almost Quit Acting Because of an Actor
Adam Scott recently shared the story of how he nearly left acting after losing a role to Michael C. Hall in the black comedy drama series, Six Feet Under. In the series, helmed by Alan Ball, Hall essayed David Fisher, a gay man who struggled with his sexual orientation. Scott, who has gone on to star in projects like Parks and Recreation and Severance, eventually landed a guest role in the series. The show has won numerous accolades, including multiple Emmy Awards. Adam Scott nearly quit acting after missing out on a role Adam Scott recently appeared on the Good Hang podcast, hosted by his Parks and Recreation co-star Amy Poehler. In it, the duo discussed various topics, like Scott's favorite Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt moments from the sitcom series. During the discussion, Poehler asked Scott if there was an acting role he was close to receiving but ultimately did not get. The Severance actor revealed he auditioned for David Fisher in Six Feet Under, but ultimately lost the role to Michael C. Hall. However, he acknowledged that not getting the role was a good thing to happen, as he admitted he 'wouldn't be nearly as good' as the Dexter alum if he'd played the character. He added that Hall was 'perfect and incredible' in the role. 'He's incredible, and I wasn't ready,' Scott stated. Poehler, who was shocked to learn of this, asked Scott how close he was to nabbing the part. 'He and I tested for it,' the latter replied. 'That hurts.' Scott opened up about his disappointment at losing the role, saying it was 'painful.' He added, 'It was the one where I was like, 'I might stop doing this. I think that it's time for me to read the tea leaves and walk away,'' he shared. To this, Poehler likened the experience to 'someone f—— your girlfriend in front of you.' 'One hundred percent,' Scott said, agreeing with Poehler. He recalled how the series 'eclipsed all other shows' when it aired between 2001 and 2005. 'It was the show,' he added. Although the Party Down actor lost out on David Fisher in Six Feet Under, he did eventually appear in the series in a guest capacity. He played Ben Cooper, Fisher's love interest, who breaks up with him after the latter confesses he still has feelings for his on/off boyfriend, Keith. Scott described his time on the show as 'fun' and Hall as 'lovely.' The actor shared, 'But yeah, that was a blow. That was hard. But it's also important that you have those experiences.' Originally reported by Abdul Azim Naushad on Mandatory. The post Adam Scott Reveals He Almost Quit Acting Because of an Actor appeared first on Reality Tea. Solve the daily Crossword
BBC News
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Send your pictures and stories of why you love Everton
On Monday, we asked you to tell us why you fell in love with Everton and some of your favourite moments supporting have already been getting in touch with your photos and stories and here is just a taste from Jeff:This picture is of last season's away match at Ipswich. Together with two mates (in the middle and on the right). What makes it so special is that we have a season ticket and we visit away we live in the Netherlands!Why do I love Everton so much? That is a good question. We have not won silverware since 1995 - the club's management has been terrible and amateurish for years and frankly I cannot stand a lot of our current players. But silverware, the board and the current players do not make the club. The fans do. As do the true Blues from the past. From Dixie Dean to Colin Harvey. From Alan Ball to Peter Reid. From Andy Gray to Big Dunc. And so many more. Everton is in my blood. In good times and bad times. Up the Toffees!So join the conversation and send your best photos about why you love first visit to the stadium? A special kit? An amazing away trip?Send us your pictures and stories
Travel Weekly
05-07-2025
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Pixi reimagines luxury travel content sharing
Travel advisor Katie Terrington once spent six hours building a visual itinerary for a $200,000 trip to Nepal, Bhutan and India, scouring a stock photo site for suitable destination images when her itinerary-building platform came up short. Unfortunately, it wasn't the first time Terrington, founder of London-based Katie Terrington Private Travel, had resorted to extremely time-consuming measures to secure suitable content for her ultrahigh-net-worth clients. She has even had to book flights to visit and photograph villas, capturing floor plans and video walkthroughs that weren't available through traditional channels. "For my clients, detail is so important," she said. "And if you're booking a five-bedroom villa, you need to have a real understanding of the configuration." Terrington isn't alone in feeling these sorts of frustrations. Emma Squire, who previously ran luxury travel agency ES Travel Design, experienced similar pain points around gathering content from travel suppliers. "I was often emailing hotel partners saying, 'I need access to your images' or 'Can you send me your media library?'" she said. "If I was lucky, I'd get a response that day, but sometimes it would take two or three days. Then I'd get a Dropbox link or WeTransfer link, and 90% of the time the images and videos were disorganized." Squire recognized the problem wasn't limited to the advisor side. Alan Ball Alan Ball, who previously worked as a hotel sales executive for brands including Six Senses and Soneva, recalls having "about 200 emails with people asking for media asset requests" at any given time. The shared frustration led Squire and Ball to develop Pixi, a centralized content hub that launched publicly in early June. The platform enables travel suppliers to upload their marketing materials for travel advisors to access instantly, using artificial intelligence to categorize and tag content. Since its launch, Pixi has attracted 50 hotel and resort properties across diverse markets, including the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Norway, Austria, Nepal, Bhutan, the U.S. and the U.K. Pixi's AI system automatically titles, categorizes and creates metadata for uploaded content. Emma Squire Squire said that approximately 60% to 70% of Pixi's hotel partners use the platform's AI feature, while some prefer to manually organize their content. The platform charges hotels a monthly subscription fee starting at about $270, with pricing scaled according to property size. Membership also gives hotels access to analytics showing which advisors are downloading their content. "It's a digital asset management tool; but for the travel suppliers, it's also a lead generator," Ball said. "They have visibility on which travel buyers are interacting with their content, so they can then reach out to those travel agents and offer additional help." And while accommodations are Pixi's initial focus, by August the platform will have expanded to other travel verticals, including airlines, private jet companies, destination management companies and tourism boards. "My dream is that Pixi becomes a household name in the luxury industry for being the central source of content, and you'll get travel advisors just saying to a hotel, 'Are you on Pixi?' like it's a standard thing," said Squire, adding that the company aims to reach around 1,000 supplier partners by the end of this year. Free for advisors For travel advisors, Pixi doesn't require any commitment or cost. The platform is free for industry professionals after a credential verification process. Pixi established an invite-only ambassador program called Pixi Insiders that enables advisors in the program to earn commission for successful referrals, supplementing the company's core sales operations. Katie Terrington Terrington, a Pixi Insider, said that for her business, which manages travel for 25 families across the U.S., Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, the U.K. and Australia, the platform enables real-time content sharing that's especially relevant to her clientele. "If I'm on a call, I can start to ping them images and videos from Pixi straight away," Terrington said. "Here is a video walkthrough, or here is the view or here are other small details, because it's about selling the emotive piece." And while many hotels already upload such content to their social media channels, Terrington said that sharing social media links with clients can feel inappropriate for the luxury market. "I don't want to send an Instagram link to a client," she said. "Some of my clients are really private, and they don't have Instagram accounts. And you want something more bespoke. Pixi gives you the ability to show that curated content in such a gorgeous way."
BBC News
02-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Never take the ball off him in training' - is this Everton's hardest player?
Throughout Wednesday, BBC Sport's Phil McNulty has ranked the hardest men to play for in top MorrisseyMorrissey was signed by Everton from Liverpool in 1962 for £10,000. It was a deal done without Reds manager Bill Shankly's knowledge, and he was so enraged that he vowed never to let such an incident happen Shankly's admiration for this tough, but very talented, winger was confirmed in a decade at Everton in which he played in two title-winning figured in 1962-63, but more memorably and prominently when he stood out - even among the greats of Alan Ball, Colin Harvey and Howard Kendall - in the 1969-70 triumph, his crosses a rich source of supply for the young Joe was beloved among Everton fans, who worshipped both his great ability and his attitude. He still cut a sprightly figure at Goodison Park, at 85, when he was part of the parade of former players at the final men's game at the stadium in the wider game, Morrissey had a reputation as a hard-as-nails character who was not to be trifled with at any time - a winger happy to give any full-back taking liberties a taste of their own famous 'Anfield Iron' Tommy Smith admitted even he was wary of Morrissey, while former colleague Kendall said Ball's advice to him on his first day at Everton was: "Never take the ball off Johnny Morrissey in training."Leeds United were the template for the hard teams of that era, but Morrissey used to send a shudder through that battle-hardened Elland Road dressing room, his running battles with Jack Charlton the stuff of Giles, no shrinking violet in the physical exchanges, wrote in his book how he could look after himself "like Peter Osgood did, like Mike Summerbee did, like Johnny Morrissey did - well OK, maybe not quite like Johnny".Scroll down to 14:53 BST for Duncan Ferguson and Peter Reid in second and third, and 08:33 for Kevin Ratcliffe and Pat van den Hauwe in fourth and it's over to you. Do you agree with Phil's selections? Tell us who should be on the list
BBC News
18-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'It was as if everyone had come together as one club'
The blue smoke could be seen rising around Goodison Park almost four hours before kick-off. This grand old arena was not built for serene farewells, so a day of history and high emotion was never going to pass off quietly.A football match broke out briefly, separating the celebrations marking the end of 133 years of men's senior football here, Everton delivering a fitting farewell as Southampton surrendered to the mood and Iliman Ndiaye's two first-half familiar sights and sounds of Goodison Park still assaulted the senses as Evertonians made their way to this richly atmospheric place three miles outside the city centre to simply say they were there, whether they had match tickets or walk from the car park? Make that nearly an thronged the streets from 8am, Goodison Road close to impassable, forcing Everton's team to take a different route into the stadium, the coach arriving on Bullens Road hidden behind more blue plumes of smoke rising into the Merseyside fans were drawn to the famous landmarks.'The Holy Trinity' statue, commemorating the 1970 title-winning midfield of Alan Ball, Colin Harvey and Howard Kendall and opposite St Luke the Evangelist church on the corner of Gwladys Street, was swamped, as was that of former striker Dixie Dean, who still holds the record of 60 league goals in will stay in place while Everton move to the spectacular 53,000-capacity stadium at Bramley Moore Dock, now known as the Hill Dickinson Stadium. The old Everton strongholds such as The Blue House and The Winslow Hotel - with its Howard Kendall Bar - were packed, before those lucky enough to have the golden farewell ticket made their way into Goodison Park. Business was booming like never before at the Blue Dragon fish bar and The Goodison Cafe, traditional gathering places over the old place will live on as home to Everton's women's team, but some rituals were taking place here for the final time as the hordes made their way through the terraced houses that landlock Goodison in Winslow Street, Eton Street, Neston Street and Andrew they gathered inside, the stadium packed well before kick-off, the air raid siren blared out, tears shed as the familiar drumbeat introduced Everton's famous 'Z Cars' Park was literally rocking, with the giant Main Stand, regarded as state of the art when opened in 1970, and the criss-cross designs along the Bullens Road Stand that are the trademark of famous Scottish architect Archibald Leitch, packed in a sea of royal was a period of almost eerie silence in the second half, with the game won, as Everton supporters geared up for the final celebration. When the board went up for the final four minutes, a wall of sound swept around until referee Michael Oliver's whistle brought the curtain was the start of more celebrations, with video messages from football figures, such as England head coach Thomas Tuchel, recalling his memories of Goodison Park's unique atmosphere. Old Evertonians, now elsewhere, also paid their tributes, with particularly warm ovations for former captain and Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Carlo Ancelotti, who managed the club for 18 months before returning to Real were more tears as a violinist played a poignant rendition of the 'Z Cars' theme as more than 70 former players gathered before being paraded in front of the came from around the globe to share the emotions of the Cahill and Gary Stevens – a two-time title winner who also won the FA Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup – flew in from Australia, while Paul Rideout, matchwinner in the 1995 FA Cup final against Manchester United, came from the United States. Bob Latchford, who won £10,000 from a newspaper for scoring 30 goals in the 1977-78 season, was there from Sharp, back in the fold after a period in exile when his spell on the board ended in acrimony, attended Rooney was greeted like the prodigal son, remembered as the 16-year-old who electrified Goodison Park with that famous goal against Arsenal rather than the local boy who left his beloved club to seek success and ending up as Manchester United's all-time record goalscorer. He, of course, then came back to were moments that carried the feeling of the club's worldwide family, re-united once more. Everton manager David Moyes, who will lead the club into the new stadium in his second spell in charge, captured the mood."This was an extraordinary atmosphere," he confessed. "The crowd were amazing inside Goodison Park, as it was outside before the game. Just unbelievable. The job was to win the game and see ourselves out at Goodison in a good light."I thought it was as if everyone had come together as one club. Everyone standing together."The support at Everton is immense. It's needed some form of success. This is a day they've been waiting on for so long, a new stadium coming."The 62-year old Scot added: "I never thought I'd be the one to take Everton into the new stadium."I'm honoured to be given that opportunity. We all see it as another chance. We need to start rebuilding Everton again."We've done the job [of staying up]. We have to try to build on that next year. If we can get an atmosphere like this in the new stadium it'll give us every chance of winning games."The man who christened Everton "The People's Club" on the night he arrived from Preston North End in March 2002, then revisited the old theme."Goodison Park will be remembered for one thing. The people." Moyes also wants the passion, colour and emotion of this day to provide a template for Everton's new American owners, The Friedkin Group."I hope the owners recognise what they're seeing here," he added. "This should be bottled up, wrapped up and taken to the Mersey. This club needs to get back to where it once was."There's 100 great players here from great teams. We have to make that happen again."Everton must now try to recreate the heart and soul of Goodison Park on the banks of the River Mersey at Bramley Moore will be a tough the old Leitch architecture gave the Goodison Park structure something unique, it also possesses something bricks and mortar simply cannot Everton striker Andy Gray, who won the top-flight title, FA Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup, said: "We will leave Goodison Park. Goodison Park will never leave us."A lone trumpeter played a final, mournful version of 'Z Cars' to close the day, thousands of fans remaining in their seats and unable to tear themselves away from the places they have come to call their of joy, despair and relief have all been shed here at Goodison Park. This time it was a mixture of as Everton labelled this day, it was "the end of an era".
