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Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kamala Harris's stepdaughter Ella Emhoff backs socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor
Ella Emhoff, the stepdaughter of failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris, officially backed Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor on Sunday ahead of his rally at Brooklyn Steel. The 25-year-old fashion designer and Brooklyn resident showed support for the card-carrying Democratic Socialists of America member the same evening hundreds of millennials and Gen Zers packed into the music venue for the lefty pol's campaign event. Emhoff, whose father is former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, shared a video on Instagram of herself and Mamdani together at Brooklyn Steel ahead of the candidate's speech. 'I'm passing the phone to the next mayor of New York City who's going to make New York happier, healthier and more affordable,' she said in a riff off the 'pass the phone' social media trend before the camera turned to Mamdani. Emhoff, who also models, didn't speak on stage and Mamdani didn't acknowledge the endorsement during his stump speech, but he later touted the support in a tweet. 'Grateful for Ella Emhoff's support in our fight to make New York City more affordable,' the Queens assemblyman tweeted Sunday night. Brooklyn Councilman Chi Osse, 27, also appeared in the endorsement video and referred to Emhoff as a 'New York City 'It' girl' who is pro-abortion before it was her turn to speak. The Emhoff endorsement comes as other celebrities like 'Harold and Kumar' actor Kal Penn and comedian Jaboukie Young-White made appearances at the Sunday rally, which had more of a party-like atmosphere than a traditional campaign event. Around 2,000 supporters crammed into Brooklyn Steel, where volunteers gave out free yellow bandanas with New York-themed designs on them and a photo booth was set up. At one point, a long line of young supporters waited to take a picture with Mamdani inside the booth. The event also featured a massive push to get more volunteers to canvas on behalf of Mamdani with the June 24 primary just weeks away. A campaign field manager at one point got on stage with Penn and the pair did a role play on how to door knock. During Mamdani's speech, he once again called for a rent freeze, universal childcare and city-owned grocery stores while slamming President Trump and taking a shot at mayoral frontrunner Andrew Cuomo. 'We are living in a moment of intense fear and despair,' Mamdani said. 'Too many of us are struggling under the weight of work that takes too much but doesn't pay enough, all while costs continue to rise.' Mamdani has consistently polled in second place after Cuomo as the disgraced ex-governor attempts a political comeback.
New York Post
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Kamala Harris's stepdaughter Ella Emhoff backs socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor
Ella Emhoff, the stepdaughter of failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris, officially backed Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor on Sunday ahead of his rally at Brooklyn Steel. The 25-year-old fashion designer and Brooklyn resident showed support for the card-carrying Democratic Socialists of America member the same evening hundreds of millennials and Gen Zers packed into the music venue for the lefty pol's campaign event. Emhoff, whose father is former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, shared a video on Instagram of herself and Mamdani together at Brooklyn Steel ahead of the candidate's speech. 4 Ella Emhoff attends the Lacoste AW25 Show during Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 at Roland-Garros on March 9, 2025 in Paris, Lacoste 'I'm passing the phone to the next mayor of New York City who's going to make New York happier, healthier and more affordable,' she said in a riff off the 'pass the phone' social media trend before the camera turned to Mamdani. Emhoff, who also models, didn't speak on stage and Mamdani didn't acknowledge the endorsement during his stump speech, but he later touted the support in a tweet. 'Grateful for Ella Emhoff's support in our fight to make New York City more affordable,' the Queens assemblyman tweeted Sunday night. Brooklyn Councilman Chi Osse, 27, also appeared in the endorsement video and referred to Emhoff as a 'New York City 'It' girl' who is pro-abortion before it was her turn to speak. The Emhoff endorsement comes as other celebrities like 'Harold and Kumar' actor Kal Penn and comedian Jaboukie Young-White made appearances at the Sunday rally, which had more of a party-like atmosphere than a traditional campaign event. 4 NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during a rally at Brooklyn Steel on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Brooklyn, NY. Michael Nagle 4 Ella Emhoff is backing candidate Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City. Instagram / Chi Osse¿ Around 2,000 supporters crammed into Brooklyn Steel, where volunteers gave out free yellow bandanas with New York-themed designs on them and a photo booth was set up. At one point, a long line of young supporters waited to take a picture with Mamdani inside the booth. The event also featured a massive push to get more volunteers to canvas on behalf of Mamdani with the June 24 primary just weeks away. A campaign field manager at one point got on stage with Penn and the pair did a role play on how to door knock. During Mamdani's speech, he once again called for a rent freeze, universal childcare and city-owned grocery stores while slamming President Trump and taking a shot at mayoral frontrunner Andrew Cuomo. 4 Ella Emhoff attends the Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Spring into Action gala at Cipriani South Street on April 24, 2025, in New York. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP 'We are living in a moment of intense fear and despair,' Mamdani said. 'Too many of us are struggling under the weight of work that takes too much but doesn't pay enough, all while costs continue to rise.' Mamdani has consistently polled in second place after Cuomo as the disgraced ex-governor attempts a political comeback.
New York Times
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Cobra Kai Never Dies': The Creators on Saying Goodbye, for Now
Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, the creators of the karate-centered Netflix series 'Cobra Kai,' can't agree on which of them would win in a fight. 'I would say me,' Hurwitz said. Heald disputed this. 'I'm taking Muay Thai right now,' he said. 'But I think Hayden would be the most creative. He'd do something dirty.' 'I'm doping their water bottles,' Schlossberg said. He also mentioned blackmail. Happily, in their years spent making 'Cobra Kai,' which just completed its sixth and final season, they have never come to actual blows. Or crane kicks. Hurwitz and Schlossberg, the writers of the 'Harold and Kumar' movies, met (as all cool kids do) in high school debate club in the 1990s. Heald, a writer of the 'Hot Tub Time Machine' movies, became friends with Hurwitz a few years later, as college dorm mates. Once all three had been introduced, they bonded over a shared obsession: the 'Karate Kid' movies. 'Our 'Star Wars,'' Heald said. The 1984 movie 'The Karate Kid,' set in the San Fernando Valley, culminated in a championship fight between Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), the bullied child of a single mother, and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), the bully. Two sequels were quickly released. An animated series and a couple of reboots — one starring Hilary Swank and another with Jayden Smith — followed. Had the franchise tapped out? Heald, Hurwitz and Schlossberg didn't think so. They had hidden 'Karate Kid' Easter eggs in nearly all of their films, and for years they had talked about writing a Johnny Lawrence movie. But it was only talk. They had no hope of getting that movie greenlighted. Then in 2016, having witnessed the rise of streaming and the success of 1980s nostalgia plays like 'Stranger Things' and 'Fuller House,' they retooled their pitch, reimagining the movie as a series. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
