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Newsweek
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Dog Siblings With Two Different Definitions of 'Peaceful Walk' Go Viral
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. Two dog siblings are delighting viewers on TikTok for their hilariously mismatched approach to a "peaceful walk," with a viral video capturing their antics racking up over half a million views to date. The now-trending clip was posted to TikTok by their owner under @ccobiesmithh on May 25, and has since gained over 73,000 likes and 541,000 views from amused viewers. The canine siblings were filmed making their way through a wide, lush green field, on a sunny day but in hilariously contrasting ways. Viewers were able to see one of the siblings stroll calmly along a worn footpath, perfectly in step with an invisible rhythm. The other, however, charged erratically through the tall green barley crops on another side of the field—zigzagging at top speed with an exuberance that left all sense of coordination behind. An overlaid text on the video read: "When both your dogs have two different definitions of a peaceful walk," while the caption added: "Juke likes to talk himself on solo missions." The playful phrasing, and the visible personality difference between the two siblings, has left viewers on the platform in stitches—with many poking fun at the moment in the comments. "Me playing a video game and coming back from a side quest to the main quest," one viewer said, while another added: "First and second child ahaha." Several viewers were able to relate to the stark contrast between the two pets' personalities, sharing how their own dogs also display differing traits. "My two to a tee," one viewer commented. "Why am I not surprised it's a black [Labrador], mine's the exact same," another added. "Literally my sprocker [springer spaniel and cocker spaniel mix]," a third viewer said. "Best of both worlds," another added. "I love this video," another said, while another joked: "Why does this remind me of Frodo and Sam being ambushed by Merry and Pippin?" Several viewers voiced concerns that the green fields might contain tics, but the pets' owner reassured them that the green field was simply made up of barley. "I'd be so stressed about tics," one viewer had written. The second part of their comment summed up how most viewers felt about the lighthearted clip: "At least he's having fun." Newsweek reached out to @ccobiesmithh for more information via TikTok. A stock image of a pet owner running through a field with two dogs. A stock image of a pet owner running through a field with two dogs. Getty Images Do you have funny and adorable videos or pictures of your pet you want to share? Send them to life@ with some details about your best friend and they could appear in our Pet of the Week lineup.
Newsweek
22-05-2025
- Health
- Newsweek
Kittens Fight for Their Lives After Being Found Zip Tied to Shopping Cart
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. Two newborn kittens have been left fighting for their lives after being found zip-tied together beneath a shopping cart at a shopping center in Santa Fe, California. The kittens, tentatively named Frodo and Sam, were brought to the Helen Woodward Animal Center late on May 20, along with two siblings who tragically succumbed to their injuries. The orange tabbies, still bearing their umbilical cords and crawling with fleas, were estimated by medical staff to be less than five days old. One of the kittens is recovering well, but the other sustained serious injuries to its rear left leg from the zip tie. The kittens were rushed to safety by a regional manager from Blue Buffalo, a longtime supporter of the Center. Their survival, staff say, is nothing short of miraculous. "That was our biggest concern at first," said Kendall Schulz, director of adoptions at the Center. "We were worried they hadn't eaten in hours, and wouldn't eat. But the moment we tried bottle feeding, they took to it right away." The two kittens that survived, now being cared for by Helen Woodward Animal Center. The two kittens that survived, now being cared for by Helen Woodward Animal Center. Helen Woodward Animal Center Kittens should stay with their mother until they are at least 8 weeks old, with many experts recommending waiting until they are 10-12 weeks old to separate them. When separated too early, kittens can miss out on essential nutrients from their mother's milk, suffer from growth problems and suffer malnutrition. There are also potential long-term effects on kittens separated too early, with studies showing that kittens taken from their mother too early may be increasingly vocal in stressful situations or at higher risk of developing compulsive behaviors or aggression. Recent data from Shelter Animals Count shows that 1,944 animals were surrendered as of April 25, 2025, an increase of around 11 percent compared to the same time in 2024. Currently, shelters are grappling with what is often known as "kitten season" which typically runs between March and October. Longer daylight hours trigger hormonal changes in unspayed female cats, leading to multiple heat cycles and increased pregnancies. As a result, shelters see an influx of kittens around these times. Kittens Frodo and Sam are now in foster care and are beginning their long road to recovery. "Finding fosters qualified to bottle feed is super important, because these little guys need to be fed every two hours," Schulz added. "Fortunately, we have an extensive network of qualified fosters who can drop everything and help out." The Center encourages anyone with information about the case—or those interested in supporting the care of animals like Frodo and Sam—to reach out directly to them. Do you have funny and adorable videos or pictures of your pet you want to share? Send them to life@ with some details about your best friend, and they could appear in our Pet of the Week lineup.
The Independent
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Elijah Wood defends how little he got paid for starring in Lord of the Rings: ‘It doesn't matter'
Elijah Wood has shared that while the Lord of the Rings films went on to become box office blockbusters, the cast's salaries didn't reflect it. In August last year, Cate Blanchett, who played the elf Galadriel, spoke about the low pay saying: 'No one got paid anything to do that movie. I basically got free sandwiches, and I got to keep my ears as pay,' she joked on Watch What Happens Live. Wood said he agreed with what Blanchett had said but added context around why the pay was low despite the movies doing so well. 'Because we weren't making one movie and then renegotiating a contract for the next, it wasn't the sort of lucrative scenario that you could sort of rest easy for the rest of your life,' Wood, who played one of the trilogy's leads – the hobbit Frodo – told Business Insider at the 2025 Texas Film Awards. The films, directed by Peter Jackson and released in the early noughties, brought in $2.9bn (£2.2bn) worldwide. Made on a budget of about $281m (£214m), the films went on to spawn several spinoffs, including the Hobbit trilogy and the Rings of Power TV series. Wood explained that production company New Line Cinema had taken 'a real gamble' on the massive ensemble cast for the trilogy which included the likes of Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Lee, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, and Sean Bean. Describing the trade-off as 'understandable', Wood said the studio cushioned the risk by the cast's 'not massive salaries'. Since the cast members were shooting the films back-to-back, it left them no opportunity to renegotiate their contracts if the films did well. 'The benefit of that was that we were also signing up for something that was going to be a part of our lives forever,' he said. Asked about rumours that he was paid $250,000 (£190,000) for The Fellowship of the Ring, Wood disputed the figure, but didn't share more. 'It doesn't matter,' he said. However, other cast members have spoken about their salaries previously. In 2019, Orlando Bloom, who was cast as the elf Legolas when he was 22, said on The Howard Stern Show that he received $175,000 (£133,000) for all three films. 'Nothing, nothing, nothing. I got nothing. $175 grand for three movies… No listen, greatest gift of my life, are you kidding me? Would do it again for half the money,' he said. Sean Astin, who played Frodo's loyal companion Samwise Gamgee, said in 2017 he got $250,000 (£190,000) for the trilogy, and even ended up selling his house. 'I did the audition process and got offered ' Lord of the Rings ' and it was an offer for $250,000 for a year and a half,' he said on the Jim & Sam Show, adding that his mortgage was $250,000 a year, which he couldn't afford on this salary. 'And I was like, 'Wait a minute, my pen signed this contract which obligated me to $250,000 a year and I'm gonna sign this contract which will make it so that I absolutely cannot satisfy that other thing.'' 'So it was $75,000 (£75,000) a movie. No residuals.' 'Statements like that are not made with any kind of ire. It's such an honour to have been a part of those films and they represent some of the best experiences of my life.'
NBC Sports
01-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Fresno State, NCAA investigate gambling violations by multiple basketball players
Nearly seven years into the Wild West of widespread — and normalized — legalized sports betting, more evidence emerges of the potential problems arising from prop bets. David Purdum of reports that Fresno State and the NCAA are investigating multiple men's basketball players for making bets based on their individual performances. Per the report, junior forward Mykell Robinson (pictured) and 'associates' bet the unders on Robinson's points and rebounds in games that he played. He was removed from the roster after a January 11 contest against Nevada. Senior guard Jalen Weaver admitted that he placed a bet that he would exceed 11 points during a December 31 game against New Mexico. He scored 13. Weaver has since been dropped from the team. 'I just made a bad decision, and I shouldn't even have gotten involved with that,' Weaver told ESPN. 'Now, I'm obviously paying for it. I bet on a game I played in, but I never tried to sabotage the season. I never bet on us to lose, never bet my unders.' The NCAA has strongly opposed prop bets for college sports, based on the potential for the harassment of athletes and the risk to the integrity of competition. 'Sports betting issues are on the rise and while the Association, conferences and schools are doing everything possible to protect the games and the students who play them, it's clear the types of bets offered and the prevalence of unregulated betting markets impede our efforts,' the NCAA said in a statement. At a time when there's plenty of public concern and speculation about point-shaving and game-fixing, the prop bet continues to be the most easily manipulated wager of them all. Especially when the goal is to bet that the player won't meet specific performance thresholds. All it takes is a phony injury, a feigned illness, or a sudden cold streak, and voilá. Bet cashes. It's unclear how widespread these scattered pockets of betting scams are. It feels inevitable that a major scandal will happen, somewhere. Especially since there has been little or no effort to regulate the college and pro sports industry since the BET! BET! BET! boom started. Why, you ask, do we mention the various sports betting scandals that pop up from time to time? We've yet to get the impression that the notoriously reactive NFL is sufficiently concerned about what could happen. At the risk of going full Middle Earth nerd, remember when Aragorn asks Frodo at the Prancing Pony if he's frightened and Frodo says, 'Yes'? Aragon replies, 'Not nearly frightened enough.' Unless and until the NFL presses pause on stuffing its pockets with gambling money to be frightened enough about the worst-case scenario, the possibility of the worst-case scenario will continue to exist. And it feels inevitable that something big — and very bad — will happen. Without meaningful and effective measures to prevent it from occurring in pro football, the NFL is playing a game of chance that the very bad thing will happen to it.
Los Angeles Times
06-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
The Envy Awards honor tap dancing, Spartacus, and George Clooney and Brad Pitt
The weird, the wonderful, the what-the-heck? These are the elements of so many movies that rarely receive acknowledgement during awards season. Fortunately, the Envy Awards are held (in these pages) every year to honor all of those underappreciated moments. This season, we make sure to give special mention to a medal, a tap dance — and women who spend all of their screen time staring at men. Please enjoy the 2024-25 Envy Awards! Feline good award'A Quiet Place: Day One' The moment we see a fluffy cat named Frodo gathered up in the arms of terminal cancer patient Samira (Lupita Nyong'o), it seems hard to imagine that he's going to outlast his owner — or the picture. But Frodo is a master of appearing when needed and completely disappearing from the narrative when he's not, and he always ends up with the woman who saved his life. Spoiler alert: This cat lives, and that's what gives the 'Quiet Place' prequel so much of its humanity. Best performance by religious jewelrySt. Christopher medal The St. Christopher medal — representing the patron saint of travelers — dangles from more than one neck in films this season. Sported in both 'Blitz' and 'The Order,' the medal can be a quick shorthand not just to a character's faith but also their views of themselves (among the guilty and innocent alike). And in the case of 'Blitz,' it's also a family heirloom, handed down from Marcus (CJ Beckford) to Rita (Saoirse Ronan) to their son, George (Elliott Heffernan), that watches over the boy as he winds his way back home. Outstanding use of company headquarters'Babygirl' Watching movies at the HQ of the studio distributing it is nothing new to reviewers; however, watching 'Babygirl' at A24's Manhattan offices was a particularly jarring experience as apparently Romy's (Nicole Kidman) business is also located there. She's shown exiting the building and standing outside it for an extended beat in at least one scene, a funny, very specific kind of Easter egg for those paying attention. We see what you did there award'Gladiator II' If you're going full bore into swords-and-sandals shoutouts, you could do worse than summoning the ghost of a classic 'Spartacus' moment. In 'Gladiator II,' the gladiators' overseer demands to know which of his warriors shot a crossbow arrow at the Caesars in the stands — and the men all cover for Lucius (Paul Mescal) by claiming, 'I did it! I did it!' Kirk Douglas would be proud. Unexpected apocalyptic celebration choice awardTap dancing There are those who believe the world will end with trumpets signaling major cataclysms, but in both 'The End' and 'The Performance,' characters instead shuffle off to Buffalo and tap their little hearts out as the world crumbles around them. It's hard to resist Father (Michael Shannon) and Butler (Tim McInnerny) hoofin' it underground postapocalypse style in 'The End' or Harold (Jeremy Piven) and his troupe of tappers dancing for their lives in pre-World War II Germany in 'Performance.' Rarely has such mayhem been so sharply, poignantly choreographed. Women staring at men award'A Complete Unknown' Credit to the great comedy writer Merrill Markoe, who spelled out the two main issues with the inclusion of Pete Seeger's (Edward Norton) wife, Toshi (Eriko Hatsune), in her Substack article: No. 1, Toshi hardly says a word, just stares from offstage while the men make the music; and No. 2, Toshi — an 'Emmy Award-winning producer, director, political activist, documentarian and musicologist' was reduced to being 'some kind of DEI set decorating.' Should Toshi ever get her own much-deserved biopic, we look forward to the scenes where Pete stares lovingly at her from the shadows. For now, she gets Markoe's first-ever TOSHI Award. The bodies, bodies, bodies award'The Substance' From the suicide-by-head-hitting-table-repeatedly in 'Longlegs' to the human-faced xenomorph that emerges in 'Alien: Romulus' to Arthur's killer slicing up his own face at the end of 'Joker: Folie à Deux,' this was the year body horror went mainstream. But ultimately, we have to give an (extra?) hand to 'The Substance,' which continues to haunt our nightmares with the melding of two human bodies into the toothy horror of Monstro Elisasue. Now, can we get David Cronenberg to present the prize? Never too old for this award'Wolfs' It's astounding that Apple failed to realize that audiences will watch George Clooney and Brad Pitt read the phone book, so long as they do it together, and truncated 'Wolfs'' stay in theaters. Not only did the actors bring their Redford-Newman chemistry to a tale of bickering, competitive cleanup men, they also good-naturedly poked fun at the fact that both are now in their 60s. While no one in 'Wolfs' pulls out the hoary action movie cliché of 'I'm gettin' too old for this,' it's delightfully charming to see them acting like middle-aged guys who have back issues when they move dead bodies, or end up huffing and puffing while chasing a drug-fueled young troublemaker in his underpants through New York streets. Lean into it, guys! We sure did.
