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5 days ago
- Business
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Hyde Park Village sees change as area grows with new businesses coming in, others leaving
The Brief As development booms around Tampa, Hyde Park Village is one of the areas where change is happening. New business is coming in, while other businesses have moved out over the last several years. Some people have voiced concerns about the future of Hyde Park Village, as shifts and redevelopment of the area continue. TAMPA, Fla. - As development booms around Tampa, Hyde Park Village is one of the areas where change is happening. New business is coming in, while other businesses have moved out over the last several years. Local perspective The area has taken different shapes as it has grown over years. Follow FOX 13 on YouTube "Really, the last 10-plus years, it's been generally on an upswing," Patrick Cimino, the Land Use Chair of the Historic Hyde Park Neighborhood Association, said. Some people who live in, work in and visit Hyde Park are happy to see the growth of the area, but not at the cost of some longtime staple retail businesses and restaurants. "I feel like here, it's lot of turnaround," Bianka Escourse, who works at the pop-up Silvia Tcherassi store in Hyde Park Village, said. READ: Meet the family whipping up French delicacies for nearly a decade The backstory Last year, Goody Goody Burgers closed its doors, and this year, Pottery Barn moved out of its space. "It's gotten a little more exaggerated, I guess, with the high-end stuff," Cimino said. What they're saying Some people have voiced concerns about the future of Hyde Park Village, as shifts and redevelopment of the area continue. "It's been disappointing, because a lot of us patronized the Wine Exchange for decades," Cimino said. "They've now been gone at least several years. Goody Goody was a nice alternative to have something a little more casual for the neighborhood." MORE: After back-to-back storms, Drift-In AMI prepares to celebrate its 100-year anniversary upon reopening Escrouse said she worries that the area will no longer be as family-friendly and accessible to everyone. "They want to put very high-end boutiques, which is fine, but this is a very family-oriented area and if you do that, people are not going to be able to come here with their kids, because if you really think about it, what's going to be left? Escourse said. "And I feel a lot of small businesses will be pushed out." The other side On Thursday, FOX 13 reached out to Jeff Gigante, the founder of Next Level Brands Hospitality, regarding discussions of an eviction filed against Forbici Modern Italian by WS Development, the landlord behind Hyde Park Village. The hospitality group operates Forbici and several other restaurants in Tampa. Gigante said they are currently in negotiations and hope to have a resolution soon. "I believe we will reach a happy compromise that will keep operations mostly the same," Gigante said. VIDEO:South Tampa Dairy Joy has window shattered by dumbbell He declined to comment publicly at this time, "to preserve the spirit of compromise." What's next As the area grows, some people hope that the diverse collection of retail shops and restaurants remains the heart of Hyde Park Village. "For us in the neighborhood, the biggest amenity is the retail and restaurants," Cimino said. FOX 13 reached out to WS Development about the future of Forbici and other plans in Hyde Park Village, and is waiting to hear back. The Source The information in this story was gathered by FOX 13's Kylie Jones. WATCH FOX 13 NEWS: STAY CONNECTED WITH FOX 13 TAMPA: Download the FOX Local app for your smart TV Download FOX Local mobile app:Apple |Android Download the FOX 13 News app for breaking news alerts, latest headlines Download the SkyTower Radar app Sign up for FOX 13's daily newsletter
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20-05-2025
- Automotive
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Ryan Phillippe, Michael Cimino: 'Motorheads' characters mature by repairing cars
LOS ANGELES, May 20 (UPI) -- Ryan Phillippe and Michael Cimino say their new show, Motorheads, premiering Tuesday on Prime Video, shows teenagers maturing through working on cars. Phillippe, 50, plays Logan Maddox, a mechanic whose sister, Samantha (Nathalie Torres), moves back to their hometown with her two children, daughter Caitlyn (Melissa Collazo) and son Zac (Cimino). Logan lets Zac and his friends use his shop to fix up their cars, but can't stop them from racing against their classmates. In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Phillippe and Cimino agreed that auto work and other crafts teach valuable skills and lessons. "It requires commitment and patience," Phillippe said. "Any time kids have a project that means something, that they're passionate about, is a good point of focus." For Phillippe, prior to acting, that focus was Tae Kwon Do and Aikido, which he still practices. "When I was very young and I got into martial arts, that taught me a lot of discipline and focus," he said. Cimino, 25, added that the process of maturing also requires making mistakes from which one can learn, something Zac does. Cimino previously played high schoolers in the series Love, Victor and Never Have I Ever, and in films like Senior Year. "The way he's learning how to express himself is through racing and honestly, through making those mistakes and hanging out with the wrong people," Cimino said. "Zac is very much trying to find his own path and forge his way." Cimino and his character share an interest in cars. The week of his interview, Cimino had completed an auto project of his own. "I have two Miatas and there was one I was working on this week," he said. "I was changing the brakes and upgrading it and I just got it running again." Cimino praised the Mazda Miata's weight distribution, which he said makes it more maneuverable than other models. "I think there's something fun about driving a slow car fast," he said. "You don't need a really fast car to enjoy ripping through the canyons." The actors also appreciate how Motorheads shows how the characters improve with practice. Cimino believes in the rule, popularized by Malcolm Gladwell, that mastery takes thousands of hours of experience. "I still take acting class," Cimino said. "I really find it interesting to work with people like Ryan or people that just have way more experience than me. I feel like I learned so much from that." Phillippe agreed with that lesson. He was a teenager when he debuted on the soap opera One Life to Live in 1993, and appeared in movies from Crimson Tide and Crash to Gosford Park and Macgruber in his 20s and 30s. "Natural talent will only take you so far," Phillippe said. "Everything has to be honed and it has to be cultivated from that point." When it came to driving on Motorheads, Cimino let the stunt drivers handle the scenes. Though Cimino obtained a Level 2 stunt driving certification, he understood the production not allowing its lead actors behind the wheel. "With insurance and everything like that, realistically it's more wise to let someone else drive," Cimino said. "I'm hoping for the day that I can really hop behind the wheel and show my stuff." Cimino was allowed to drive Dottie, a training vehicle the characters practice on in a junkyard. "When I was driving it, we had a bunch of cameras strapped to it so like you better drive carefully," Cimino said. "Like, don't crash this car now because there's a bunch of cameras on it. So I had to drive it very slowly." Having been a part of teen ensembles like Cruel Intentions and I Know What You Did Last Summer, Phillippe enjoyed his new role as a mentor. "I felt a little bit like Yoda on set sometimes," he joked. "It's a great group of kids. It's infectious to be around that kind of energy. I like to share whatever I can in regards to my experience to help them with where they're headed. So it's a really nice position to be in." Those two Phillippe movies in particular have been revived with new casts: Prime Video produced a Cruel Intentions series last year and a new I Know What You Did Last Summer movie opens this summer. Jennifer Love Hewitt reprises her role from the original I Know What You Did Last Summer, in which Phillippe's character did not survive. "It certainly makes me feel a little bit like a dinosaur, the fact that they're remaking so many projects that I've been in," Phillippe said. "It's certainly a compliment for the originals that we made and I'm curious to see what the new I Know What You Did Last Summer movie is like. It's always fun to see who they cast and which direction they go to modernize."
Los Angeles Times
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
In ‘Motorheads,' Michael Cimino taps into his inner speedster
From the moment Michael Cimino heard about 'Motorheads,' a new coming-of-age drama set in a small town against the backdrop of street racing, he knew he had to be a part of it. The young actor, best known as the lead in Hulu's 'Love, Victor,' had long been looking for something just like it. 'Literally, since I first signed with CAA [Creative Artists Agency],' Cimino shares excitedly over Zoom. 'I was like, 'You guys, I would love to do a project that combines my passion for cars and film and TV.' Then I came across this script and I was like, 'This is the one.' I just knew it. Not in a cocky way. I just knew this is my role. Like, this is for me.' The series, which premieres on Prime Video on May 20, is set amid junkyards and repair shops, gangs and high school cliques. Set in the fictional town of Ironwood, 'Motorheads' is equal parts 'Grease' and 'Fast & the Furious' (but with a hint of YA shows like 'Riverdale'). At its heart are twins Zac and Caitlyn (Cimino and Melissa Collazo), whose return to Ironwood with their mom dredges up their connection to their estranged father, a street-racing legend Zac soon becomes obsessed with emulating. With his signature bashful looks, tousled black curly hair and just an added dash of playful risk-taking, Cimino's Zac sits right alongside the actor's growing repertoire of swoon-worthy guys. That includes not just his breakout role as Victor but also Ethan in 'Never Have I Ever' and, most recently, Cole in the romantic fantasy 'Girl Haunts Boy.' As the new kid in town, Zac is soon pulled into navigating long-standing high school rivalries — especially once he realizes the girl he's most interested in is dating the school's best-known bully, a kid who settles scores with exhilarating street races in his dad's Corvette and sometimes in his own Porsche. In conversation, Cimino is giddy with excitement, speaking a mile a minute as if he were on a racetrack hitting the gas — especially when he gets to talking about his long-running interest in car culture. 'I had Hot Wheels growing up,' he recalls. 'My dad and I, when I was a kid, used to build little racetracks with them. I always remembered loving it. And as I got older, my dad and I used to play [the video game] 'Forza' together. And my uncles used to drag race. So I heard a lot about drag racing and street racing when I was a kid. And my grandfather, who taught me how to work on cars, he used to rebuild engines. I've just always been into it.' More recently, he's been hoping to show off the auto work he's been doing to his fans. 'I built a '02 Miata that's supercharged,' he shared. 'I have a whole little TikTok series that I've been editing together, of me building it with my friend, Justin, and my cousin that I'm gonna start posting pretty soon.' All of that enthusiasm came particularly in handy when he began jockeying for a part on the show. During one Zoom session with executive producers John A. Norris and Jason Seagraves, Cimino remembers trying to make clear just how much Zac and this story felt in line with his own interests. 'We got a lot of auditions of people doing car stuff,' Norris says. 'A lot of people pretend that they know stuff to get the part. And so when he did it, Jason and I were kind of rolling our eyes at first. Because I'm like, 'Oh, he's just pretending.' Because he said he was hooking up a car and he was going to build it. And I said, 'Can we see the car?' And he had his phone, and he went around and he had this car on a trailer behind him that he was bringing back to L.A.' That's when Norris and Seagraves realized Cimino was very much enmeshed in the world 'Motorheads' depicts. 'Michael is just a joy,' Norris adds. 'And that energy is real. Every bit about him is. There's nothing phony there. He's just like an 8-year-old, always with a smile on his face.' Even after all these years, Cimino keeps finding new reasons why this beloved hobby resonates with himself and others all over the world. 'I went to this really big car show called Tokyo Auto Salon, which happens every year,' Cimino shares. 'It's amazing. I wound up connecting with a lot of people out there, kind of seeing the underground scene of how people connect to it. And I just understood for the first time how much bigger it is than just cars and racing and having a good time. It's such a signifier of self-expression. It can be such a thing of rebellion too.' That's precisely what happens with Zac. After befriending Marcel (Nicolas Cantu), an awkward, uncool kid at school who dreams of designing cars, Zac finds a purpose he hadn't had before. 'I think Zac always felt like an outsider,' Cimino explains. 'When he comes to Ironwood and kind of discovers his passion for racing, it's like a light in his life. Finally, he's like, 'Oh my gosh, I can be good at something. I can amount to something.'' But he cannot really do it alone. A driver is only as good as his car, and cars in Ironwood are well-crafted machines assembled by a loving crew. For Zac, that team ends up including his sister Caitlyn, of course, but also Marcel and Curtis (Uriah Shelton), another outsider who's trying to steer clear of the gang life his older brother lives and breathes. Thankfully for Cimino, the car family at the heart of 'Motorheads' was as tight-knit offscreen as it looks onscreen. 'Mel and I are both Puerto Rican and Sicilian, weirdly enough,' Cimino adds. 'We have the same mix, which is obviously great because she's playing my twin sister. We just kind of instantly clicked. We understood each other. We understood each other's culture. And Uriah is super into motorcycles and cars. He understands that world, so we had that bond. And Nicholas is just so talented and just so thoughtful and sweet and kind, man. We'd play 'Smash Bros.' together and stuff. We all bonded over different things.' The irony, of course, is that compared to these newfound friends, and even his uncle Logan (played by Ryan Phillippe), Zac is the least experienced one when it comes to repairing, let alone driving cars. But once he tastes the thrill of a race, Zac becomes intent on being an even better driver than his father ever was. But don't think for a moment that it's Cimino in the driver's seat in those head-spinning racing sequences that punctuate every episode. 'That was 100% my stunt driver,' Cimino admits, adding that 'Amazon was very much focused on making sure everyone was safe.' The actor, however, has set his sights on a new goal — he recently got his stunt-driving certificate. 'I'm hoping that one day I can pull a Tom Cruise and do some of my own stunts,' he said. 'Until that moment arises, I'm preparing for it.' But to be on set those days and to watch those scenes come to life was the kind of experience he's not about to take for granted. 'This show is just such a spectacle,' Cimino says. 'Even if I wasn't involved in this project, I would still be a huge fan of it. It's so well done. The stunts are amazing. It was honestly really freaking cool just witnessing something that I would have loved to watch when I was a kid. Being a part of it is so insane. It really feels like one of the most surreal moments of my life. To be honest, it feels like, 'Wow, my dreams really did come true.''
UPI
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- UPI
Ryan Phillippe, Michael Cimino: 'Motorheads' characters mature by repairing cars
1 of 5 | Ryan Phillippe stars in "Motorheads," on Prime Video Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Prime LOS ANGELES, May 20 (UPI) -- Ryan Phillippe and Michael Cimino say their new show, Motorheads, premiering Tuesday on Prime Video, shows teenagers maturing through working on cars. Phillippe, 50, plays Logan Maddox, a mechanic whose sister, Samantha (Nathalie Torres), moves back to their hometown with her two children, daughter Caitlyn (Melissa Collazo) and son Zac (Cimino). Logan lets Zac and his friends use his shop to fix up their cars, but can't stop them from racing against their classmates. In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Phillippe and Cimino agreed that auto work and other crafts teach valuable skills and lessons. "It requires commitment and patience," Phillippe said. "Any time kids have a project that means something, that they're passionate about, is a good point of focus." For Phillippe, prior to acting, that focus was Tae Kwon Do and Aikido, which he still practices. "When I was very young and I got into martial arts, that taught me a lot of discipline and focus," he said. Cimino, 25, added that the process of maturing also requires making mistakes from which one can learn, something Zac does. Cimino previously played high schoolers in the series Love, Victor and Never Have I Ever, and in films like Senior Year. "The way he's learning how to express himself is through racing and honestly, through making those mistakes and hanging out with the wrong people," Cimino said. "Zac is very much trying to find his own path and forge his way." Cimino and his character share an interest in cars. The week of his interview, Cimino had completed an auto project of his own. "I have two Miatas and there was one I was working on this week," he said. "I was changing the brakes and upgrading it and I just got it running again." Cimino praised the Mazda Miata's weight distribution, which he said makes it more maneuverable than other models. "I think there's something fun about driving a slow car fast," he said. "You don't need a really fast car to enjoy ripping through the canyons." The actors also appreciate how Motorheads shows how the characters improve with practice. Cimino believes in the rule, popularized by Malcolm Gladwell, that mastery takes thousands of hours of experience. "I still take acting class," Cimino said. "I really find it interesting to work with people like Ryan or people that just have way more experience than me. I feel like I learned so much from that." Phillippe agreed with that lesson. He was a teenager when he debuted on the soap opera One Life to Live in 1993, and appeared in movies from Crimson Tide and Crash to Gosford Park and Macgruber in his 20s and 30s. "Natural talent will only take you so far," Phillippe said. "Everything has to be honed and it has to be cultivated from that point." When it came to driving on Motorheads, Cimino let the stunt drivers handle the scenes. Though Cimino obtained a Level 2 stunt driving certification, he understood the production not allowing its lead actors behind the wheel. "With insurance and everything like that, realistically it's more wise to let someone else drive," Cimino said. "I'm hoping for the day that I can really hop behind the wheel and show my stuff." Cimino was allowed to drive Dottie, a training vehicle the characters practice on in a junkyard. "When I was driving it, we had a bunch of cameras strapped to it so like you better drive carefully," Cimino said. "Like, don't crash this car now because there's a bunch of cameras on it. So I had to drive it very slowly." Having been a part of teen ensembles like Cruel Intentions and I Know What You Did Last Summer, Phillippe enjoyed his new role as a mentor. "I felt a little bit like Yoda on set sometimes," he joked. "It's a great group of kids. It's infectious to be around that kind of energy. I like to share whatever I can in regards to my experience to help them with where they're headed. So it's a really nice position to be in." Those two Phillippe movies in particular have been revived with new casts: Prime Video produced a Cruel Intentions series last year and a new I Know What You Did Last Summer movie opens this summer. Jennifer Love Hewitt reprises her role from the original I Know What You Did Last Summer, in which Phillippe's character did not survive. "It certainly makes me feel a little bit like a dinosaur, the fact that they're remaking so many projects that I've been in," Phillippe said. "It's certainly a compliment for the originals that we made and I'm curious to see what the new I Know What You Did Last Summer movie is like. It's always fun to see who they cast and which direction they go to modernize."
Globe and Mail
05-05-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
‘Jump In – If Price Doesn't Scare You,' Says Investor About Palantir Stock
Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) kicked off the new year with serious momentum, and its February earnings report only turned up the heat, highlighting growing revenues, improving margins, and increasing clientele. Protect Your Portfolio Against Market Uncertainty Though Palantir is not immune from the overall trends that have beset global economies, the company also shows no indications that its growth is slowing down. Just last month, at the company's AIPCon 6 gathering, Palantir announced a slew of new partnerships with major firms such as Qualcomm and Databricks. The proof, as the saying goes, is in the pudding, and PLTR's share price has risen over 60% in 2025 – no trivial matter considering most of the tech industry has been sinking this year. The company is gearing up to release its Q1 2025 results next week, on May 5, having guided for revenues between $858 million and $862 million. This would represent year-over-year growth of ~35%. The big question facing investors is whether the company's white-hot growth trajectory has continued unabated through the early turbulence of 2025. Investor Adria Cimino remains bullish on Palantir's long-term potential but isn't rushing to hit the buy button just yet. 'Rushing out to buy Palantir before May 5 to potentially benefit from earnings news is a bet on the short term, and that's risky,' cautions the 5-star investor. Cimino notes that Palantir's previous track record has set a high bar, meaning that any stumbles – regardless of the cause – could spark a downslide. President Trump's on-again, off-again tariff policy has wreaked havoc throughout the markets, leaving the geopolitical situation far from stable. 'And any potential words of uncertainty from Palantir regarding this might worry investors,' adds Cimino. Still, the investor points out that there are many reasons to be 'optimistic' about PLTR, such as the company's proven ability to expand its commercial and sovereign businesses by offering 'game-changing' AI-powered solutions specifically designed using the clients' own data. 'Aggressive tech investors who don't mind paying a bit more for a top-performing company may scoop up a few shares today — and keep this player in their portfolio for the long haul,' Cimino summed up. (To watch Cimino's track record, click here) Meanwhile, Wall Street is erring on the side of caution. With 12 Hold recommendations accompanied by 3 Buys and Sells, each, PLTR holds a consensus Hold (i.e., Neutral) rating. The 12-month average price target of $93.69 would translate into losses approaching 24% in the year ahead. (See PLTR stock forecast) To find good ideas for stocks trading at attractive valuations, visit TipRanks' Best Stocks to Buy, a tool that unites all of TipRanks' equity insights. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the featured investor. The content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. It is very important to do your own analysis before making any investment.
