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Newsweek
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
Lakers' Luka Doncic Looks Totally Unrecognizable After Intense New Training
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The Los Angeles Lakers' season ended abruptly in late April after their surprising first-round exit at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Lakers were a flawed team with a flawed roster despite having one of the top players in the world, Luka Doncic. Doncic was brought to Los Angeles after the Dallas Mavericks wanted him out of the organization due to concerns about his long-term success and his conditioning issues, which the Mavericks had big issues with. Nonetheless, one man's trash is another man's treasure, which will be the case with the Lakers, who plan on signing him to an extension this summer. The Lakers believe in Doncic and his abilities to sharpen his game not only on the court but also off the court. The Lakers believe in Doncic and his ability to get and stay in shape, and it appears that he is taking it seriously this summer. Doncic made a public appearance at a Real Madrid game, and his body transformation is insane. Luka Doncic #77 of the Los Angeles Lakers dribbles during a 103-96 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game Five of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at Arena on April 30, 2025... Luka Doncic #77 of the Los Angeles Lakers dribbles during a 103-96 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game Five of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at Arena on April 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. More Photo byLuka at the Real Madrid game 👀 (via @RMBaloncesto) — Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) May 25, 2025 Last week, Jason Gallagher, an Emmy-award-winning director, said that the Lakers superstar is doing his best to turn a new leaf with an insane conditioning plan. "I've heard from folks thats are pretty honest... that Luka has already begun a clean slate, starting anew, in this mindset of changing a lot about himself." So far, it appears to be working for the five-time All-NBA member. More Luka Doncic news: Lakers Superstar Luka Doncic Reportedly Turning Page With Conditioning Plan Doncic's conditioning—and his dedication to maintaining it—has been a focal point of conversation ever since the trade to the Lakers happened back in February. That narrative only gained more traction following the Lakers' early exit from the postseason. The Dallas organization and the fans on social media have been ruthless about Docnic's appearance, especially compared to when he first entered the league. There is a stark difference from now to when he entered the league, and it is clear that he was far more athletic and agile back then. The Lakers are eager to see him return to that level of play—and based on recent signs, it seems he's just as motivated to get there. More NBA news: Predicting Outcome of Pacers-Knicks Game 3 Former NBA All-Star Guard Reveals Key Issue Behind Knicks 0-2 Deficit Thunder Star Jalen Williams Has Shocking Reaction to 42-Point Loss vs Timberwolves For more Lakers and general NBA news, head on over to Newsweek Sports.
New York Post
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
NBC cancels ‘Lopez vs. Lopez' after 3 seasons as George Lopez speaks out over ending: ‘This wasn't just a show'
George Lopez will exit the sitcom world once again as NBC canceled 'Lopez vs. Lopez' after three seasons NBC cut the struggling sitcom on Friday, just days before the network was scheduled to pitch the company's future programming to advertisers, according to Deadline. The jokester, who previously led the Emmy-award-winning 'George Lopez' show from 2002 to 2007, said he was 'grateful and thankful' for the show as he reposted a video of his daughter and co-star Mayan Lopez, 29, reacting to the cancellation. Advertisement The video was captioned 'When NBC cancels your show after 3 seasons,' as Mayan synced her lips to an audio clip of somebody saying, 'That was rude. That was pretty f–king rude.' 'We will definitely put something out officially… for now. I would really love to thank all of you who have showed us so much love and support for the past three seasons,' George said. 4 NBC canceled 'Lopez vs. Lopez' after three seasons. Elizabeth Morris/NBC Advertisement 'This wasn't just a show, it was and is our lives. We created a family. We created jobs for RAZA, there is so much more that goes on behind the scenes and I am forever grateful and thankful for every single member of our #LopezVSLopez familia.' George, Mayan, and Debby Wolfe created the comedy about a dysfunctional working-class family. George and Mayan played a fictionalized version of themselves in the series alongside Matt Shively, Brice Gonzalez, Selenis Leyva and Al Madrigal. 4 George Lopez and his daughter, Mayan, played fictionalized versions of themselves in the comedy. Elizabeth Morris/NBC Advertisement 4 George and Mayan were estranged for nearly a decade before the show. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP The final episode aired in early February. The comedy, which debuted in 2022, had low ratings during its run on NBC, TV Series Finale reported. The third season of the show dipped by 18% in the 18-49 demographic compared to season two, according to the data reviewed by the outlet. Advertisement The comedian teased potentially retiring when he went on 'The Jennifer Hudson Show' in February. 4 The comedian discussed retiring during an appearance on 'The Jennifer Hudson Show' in February. Getty Images Mayan, who doesn't have many acting credits aside from 'Lopez vs. Lopez,' claimed that this is 'just the beginning.' 'There's so much to say, and I'll say more after today, but it was my biggest dream to be on NBC and to be a Latina lead for three seasons, will forever be the crown achievement of my career,' Mayan wrote on Instagram. George and Mayan were estranged from each other for nearly a decade before the younger Lopez posted a TikTok about her family dynamic as they reconnected and sparked the idea for the show. 'I posted a TikTok five years ago and @debbywolfe and @georgelopez we made magic. I'll always be grateful that you saw our vulnerability as a strength and made an incredible sitcom Debby. 'I'll say a more heartfelt post, but I think the entire casting crew who are now my family for. Thank you all who have reached out to me and especially the fans who have watched and loved the show as much as I loved making it. It is the Lopez way that we will not be down for long.' NBC canceled several programs on Friday, including 'Suits LA,' 'Night Court,' 'The Irrational,' and 'Found' as it prepares to make room for the massive 11-year agreement with the NBA and WNBA starting in the 2025-2026 season.
Daily Mirror
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
RuPaul Drag Race winner outrages fans with sick slur about late star Jiggly Caliente
RuPaul's Drag Race fans are furious with the show's former winner, Tyra Sanchez, after they made a shocking slur about Jiggly Caliente, who sadly died this week. Tyra also posted shocking slurs about fellow Drag Race star, The Vivienne, who tragically died in January RuPaul's Drag Race winner Tyra Sanchez has infuriated fans after sharing a shocking comment about late star Jiggly Caliente. Jiggly, also known as Bianca Castro, sadly died this week, aged 44, after having their leg amputated following a serious infection. Tyra, whose birth name is James William Ross, 37, has got form offending the drag community after they made a series of vile comments about UK Drag Race star, The Vivienne, who tragically died this year. After sharing sick slurs about the Dancing On Ice star on social media, RuPaul shared a clip of himself slapping Tyra in a sketch from the Emmy-award-winning series, which they won back in 2010. Despite the backlash against them, Tyra is on the hate train again, this time taking to X posting a a meme of themselves leaning against a tombstone with Jiggly's date of birth and death with the inscription: "Here lies she who came for me". Tyra cruelly captioned the post, which also features pictures of Jiggly: "Mwauh!… NO LEG." The vile content has outraged fans, with many replying to Tyra's post, telling them what they thought of them. One fumed: "Evil f*****g clown, scum of the earth!" Another raged: "I could've predicted you would pop up today, you insufferable little b**h. Your entire personality is made up of being an evil c**ton the internet. I just know you're giddy with your phone notifications blowing up right now. You're PATHETIC and I wish you nothing but the worst." Meanwhile, a third said: "Oh look, here comes the insensitive bitch begging for attention again. Crawl back to your cave" as a fourth shared: "I do feel sorry for you, because from now on, people will remember you as a harmful, conniving person instead of a drag superstar that we *thought* you were. your only legacy in this world is nothing but hatred. i do not wish anyone to grow up to be the person that you are." Tyra, who retired from drag in 2020 before announcing the Tyra comeback tour in 2023, left fans outraged in January after posting horrific tweets about The Vivienne, who they spat was now "rotting". The Vivienne, real name James Lee Williams, tragically died aged 32 in January, leaving the show's fans and the community shocked. However, Tyra appeared to be anything but saddened by the terrible news and within hours took to social media. First, the drag artist quote-tweeted The Vivienne's 2020 post, which took a playful swipe at them. The original tweet read: "Bet Tyra was fuming when she realised Netflix spoiled the win too. Sorry gal. You tried though". Tyra's response to James' death read: "Yet it doesn't compare to the fumes of the crematorium." However, they didn't stop there, and returned to write: "She's dead. Rotting. Sending me all the hate in the world won't bring her back. But do as you must. Because of you the tweet has reached over 25k individuals. Thanks for the much needed attention that I oh so desperately needed." Fellow drag queen Kandy Muse, real name Kevin Gabriel Candalario, responded and wrote, 'I've defended you for years but now you can absolutely go f*** yourself and if our path were to ever cross it's absolutely on sight bitch, it's not a threat it's a promise. you disgusting person.' Other users waded in and slammed the former winner. "You're mentally unstable and need help. How dare you be so vile and disgusting after a queen passing, your heart is stone cold," one wrote, while someone else said: "You can only dream about having as many people adore you as she had. You won't be missed like she will be."
ABC News
28-04-2025
- Business
- ABC News
World's original influencer Martha Stewart to reflect on career at Vivid
At 83, Martha Stewart looks as glamorous and put together as you'd expect from someone known as the world's original influencer, fulfilling the role long before the term existed. America's first self-made female billionaire has a commanding presence. She isn't just an entrepreneur, bestselling author of 101 books and an Emmy-award-winning television host, she's a brand, that according to the brand management research company Sequential Brands Group has 96 per cent brand awareness among women in the United States. Through her magazines, TV shows, books and retail lines, Stewart's lessons as a homemaker reach more than 100 million people a month. But it hasn't always been an easy run. Speaking from the US ahead of her appearance at Vivid Sydney next month, Stewart had some advice for people navigating career ups and downs. "Try to get a stable position in your work if you can," Stewart said. "I mean, I had the best [situation] and then I fell into a chasm with a little lawsuit that was brought against me, which was hideous, hideously unfair, time-consuming and extremely expensive in terms of not only money but in terms of my own work. "So you just have to be very strong-minded. "You have to be ready to accept the bad with the good and somehow get out of it and never lose faith in yourself. If … you are a good person, if you have good ideas, never lose faith in yourself." It was a candid response during a tightly managed interview where questions were vetted and pre-approved. Anything related to her legal, prison or financial past and political views were strictly off-limits — a tough ask when you're talking to Martha Stewart. Prison failed to keep Stewart confined In 2004, Stewart was Stewart had sold her stake in the biopharmaceutical company ImClone Systems in December 2001 and maintained she had no insider information that prompted the sale when questioned by investigators in 2002. She maintains her innocence. According to her magazine Martha Stewart Living, while locked up, Stewart foraged for dandelion greens to improve the prison fare, whipped up impromptu microwave recipes, read Bob Dylan's autobiography, and taught yoga, Stewart remains relevant After leaving prison, the much-loved pop culture icon co-hosted Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party, which premiered in 2016, with another cultural icon Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart at the MTV Movie and TV Awards in 2017. ( REUTERS/Danny Moloshok ) While Stewart's obstacles did not disappear once she became a success, she pushed through many roadblocks on her way up the corporate ladder. "One famous story is I went into a big boardroom to try out for a commercial," Stewart said. "And they said to bring your bathing suits, bring your bikini. "And then after I was interviewed by a roundtable full of men, they said, 'Well, now you can put your bikini on.' "And I said, 'Well, are we going to be wearing a bikini in the commercial?' And they said, 'No, but we might as well look at you.' "And I just said, 'Well, thank you, gentlemen.' "And I just walked out of the room. "I was brought up like that. I was brought up to stand up for myself and not give in to stupidity … " Breaking glass ceilings in America for me wasn't very hard because I really believed in what I was doing. " Born that way Stewart, who was raised in Nutley, New Jersey, developed her passion for cooking, gardening, and the home from an early age. The Netflix documentary Martha chronicled Stewart's rise, fall and successful comeback. ( Supplied: Courtesy of Netflix ) She said her childhood helped develop resilience. "Being the second oldest of six kids in a household that required all of us to do chores and hard work and help out the parents, I've just been always a strong person and been encouraged to work hard and succeed as a result," Stewart said. "We don't give up in our family." When asked about the Netflix documentary Martha, which charts her unstoppable rise, sudden fall, and successful comeback, Stewart was at pains to point out what was left out; the many people whose careers she nurtured. "The Netflix documentary really did cover a lot of the things that I did as a woman in the business world," Stewart said. "It did not cover the great affiliations that I've made with so many talented other people, and that's maybe another documentary. "Because I started so many careers, not my careers, but other people's careers, and encouraged them. "I think I've been really good at finding like-minded people to come and work with me on various projects that have really turned out to be very successful." will be held at Vivid Sydney on Wednesday, May 28.
USA Today
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Will 'The White Lotus' return for Season 4? Here's what we know ahead of Season 3 finale
Will 'The White Lotus' return for Season 4? Here's what we know ahead of Season 3 finale The Season 3 finale is set to air this Sunday on HBO, and it will be available to stream on Max at 9 p.m. EST. Show Caption Hide Caption 'White Lotus' Greg: Jon Gries on who could be the killer in Thailand 'The White Lotus' star Jon Gries, or Gary/Greg, discusses who could be the killer in Season 3 of the hit HBO series. Spoiler alert: This story includes details from episodes of Season 3 of HBO's"The White Lotus." It's almost time to check out of "The White Lotus" wellness resort in Ko Samui, Thailand. The Season 3 finale of the Emmy-award-winning HBO series by writer/creator Mike White, which features a star-studded cast staying at an exclusive resort in Thailand, is set to air this Sunday. The dramatic eight-episode season was full of twists and turns. USA TODAY TV critic Kelly Lawler gave Season 3 ★★★ out of four stars, writing that HBO's luxury-hotel set anthology series "is a deliciously twisty wealth satire with sharp edges and deeply thoughtful themes." "Season 3 of '(White) Lotus' may be lacking in some aspects, but creator White's ability to build tension in his stories is simply unparalleled," Lawler wrote in her review. "Scenes set on luxury yachts and in gorgeous hotel pools can generate the same fraught anxiety and apprehension as a battle scene in a different show." The finale may finally show audiences whose body was floating in the water during the season premiere and point to where the next season will take place. Here is what we know about Season 4 of "White Lotus," including what country guests may be packing their bags for this time around. Review: 'The White Lotus' Season 3 is on the edge of anarchy Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox Will there be 'The White Lotus' Season 4? Before Season 3's premiere, HBO announced it had already renewed "The White Lotus" for a fourth season. A release date for Season 4 has not been announced. Max did not offer more information on the upcoming season when contacted by USA TODAY. Season 1 of "The White Lotus" debuted on July 11, 2021, while the second season premiered on October 30, 2022. The third season dropped on February 16, 2025. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle Where will Season 4 of the 'The White Lotus' be filmed? White and Max have not revealed where they plan to shoot the next season of "The White Lotus," but it could be in Norway, according to a local media outlet in the European country. White reached out to the Norwegian Film Institute for a grant to film a season of the series in Norway before Season 3 even premiered, the outlet reported. HBO and Four Seasons, which is where the previous seasons have been filmed, did announce a partnership ahead of Season 3. HBO programming executive Francesca Oris, who spoke to Deadline during Season 3's debut in February, teased "we'll know soon" when discussing the upcoming season's location. 'I can't really say where we're going to land but chances are somewhere in Europe," Orsi told Deadline. Season 1 of "The White Lotus" was set in Hawaii, Season 2 in Sicily, Italy and Season 3 in Koh Samui. 'The White Lotus' Season 4 cast Max has not yet announced casting details for Season 4 of "The White Lotus." The cast for the series has previously been revealed closer to production. While each of the previous three seasons had mostly different casts, some actors, such as Jennifer Coolidge, Jon Gries and Natasha Rothwell, returned for multiple seasons. How to watch 'The White Lotus' Season 3 finale "The White Lotus" Season 3 finale, titled "Amor Fati," is scheduled to air on HBO on Sunday, April 6, and will be available to stream on Max at 9 p.m. EST/PST. Watch The White Lotus Season 3 with Sling + Max Max subscription plans begin at $9.99 a month with ads, which allows users to stream on up to two devices at one time. Ad-free subscriptions are $16.99 a month and include the ability to download up to 30 titles to watch on the go. The highest tier, a $20.99 a month option, includes the ability to stream on four devices and offers 4K Ultra HD video quality and 100 downloads. HBO is also offering bundles with Hulu and Disney+. We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage. Contributing: Mary Walrath-Holdridge, Julia Gomez, USA TODAY Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@ and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.
