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Miami Herald
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
‘Survivor 48' Finalist Joe Hunter Reacts to His Surprising Loss: ‘It All Falls on Me' (Exclusive)
Survivor 48 is here! Every week, Mike Bloom will bring you interviews with the castaway most recently voted off of the the incredibly fluid modern Survivor game, Joe Hunterwas solid. The 45-year-old hit the beach for a very unique reason, looking to play the favorite game of his late sister, as well as get some closure for her sudden death. And, in the process of honoring one family member, he found a new one out on the island, forming a bond with Eva Erickson that went beyond the game. Joe came in wanting to play honorably and loyally, not to compromise who he is. And, astoundingly, he was able to do just that, dominating the latter half of the game as part of an unbreakable majority. Unfortunately, the fire captain couldn't feel the flames that were licking at his heels by his allies, who were surreptitiously controlling him to blindside his own people. And so, while Joe made it to Day 26 in a commanding fashion on his own values, they were evidently not the values of the jury, giving him a third-place the Survivor 48 premiere, despite not being a massive fan of the game, Joe had a mindset to change it. Unlike the cutthroat behavior of modern-day seasons, he wanted to preach loyalty, and focus on getting a committed group to the end. And that first member of the group came in Eva, who revealed her autism diagnosis to him on Day 1. He also locked in with the "California Girls," and quickly cemented himself as one of the figureheads of his tribe. Unfortunately, Joe's first Tribal Council of the season provided his first shock as well, as Kyle Fraser and Kamilla Karthigesu pulled the wool over his eyes. But that strategic misfire fell to the wayside days later, when Eva suffered from an "episode" following an anxiety-ridden challenge performance. In that moment, the game faded away, as Joe quite literally crossed tribal lines to help calm down his number one ally. It was a beautiful gesture, one that had even Jeff Probst in tears. And it also proved one thing to the other castaways: When Joe says he's got you, he's got may be a reason, then, why Joe became such a popular person come merge. He was quickly brought in on an alliance of the physical players by David Kinne. And they were able to carry out Joe's dream plan, picking off the outsiders while simultaneously remeaning wholly committed to one another. On top of that, with keeping everybody on lock, as well as winning four Immunity Challenges, players were declaring that, if he sat in the end, he would clean up the jury votes. Except Joe didn't realize, under the surface, there were some holes in his game, courtesy of a couple of Holes superfans. Much like they did in their first vote, Kyle and Kamilla were able to leverage their secret alliance a couple of times in the postmerge. They successfully convinced Joe to turn on some of his tightest allies not once, but twice, with David and Shauhin Davari. So Joe did succeed in his goal, making it to Day 26 alongside two tight allies in Eva and Kyle. But the bigger they are, the harder they fall. And once Kyle revealed that he was the one controlling the game, not Joe, the fire captain's winning chances were day after the finale, Joe speaks with Parade about his reaction to how the jury votes shook out, the fan response to him pursuing a more loyal and group-forward game, and being able to seek closure for his sister's death out on the Read our Survivor 48 pre-game interview with Joe Hunter The past few episodes, we had a few players saying that, if you got to the end, you would win based on your likability and dominant performances. And so quite a few of us were shocked to see that you only ended up getting one jury vote. What was your reaction to how everything shook out?So obviously this has been extremely difficult in terms of you're kind of the last one to get the microphone. Meaning the people that are at the very end, you hear all the other exit press. You hear everyone's perspective. But what was really difficult is you hear back, as you're watching it, people are blaming you for being there, or, "He had a part in whatever right, wrong or different." But that's their perspective, and you think, "Okay, so I've heard several people say this is why I'm here. But you get one vote." So, man, I really thought long and hard about how to handle this, because there's some things that are said in exit press. There's things that are done that you're like, "Man..." Here's my whole perspective. I just got to start with me at the end of the day. Listen, I could sit here and blame, and I have a lot to say about certain things. I could blame this person or that person. "Why did they do that? You did this, you did that." At the end of the day, it's me. If I didn't do it, if I didn't get a vote, it's because I didn't do something. And I just got to take ownership of that. It all falls on me. And I wish that's maybe said a little more. We all have a part in our own loss. And I must have done something; maybe I'll get that feedback from them one day. But I must have done something that they didn't that point, David in particular has been talking about how you lied to him, despite wanting to play a game of loyalty and honesty, even saying you swore on your family to him. Surprisingly, we didn't really see that topic get broached at final Tribal Council. Was that really the case?It gets blurry when you play it back. But to that concept, that was implied there. Yes, it's difficult when I hear that, because I couldn't disagree more. I couldn't have a harder, different perspective. And that's what I've been trying to do in this whole process. I'm like, "Joe, just try to be respectful of this. That's their perspective." But when it comes to lying and deceit or whatever, with David specifically, it's like, "Listen, that's your perspective." And I feel what happened on the island and how I was treated by that person and treated by a few others in the moment, that trust was broken before any of that happened. And I didn't play a perfect game, and I absolutely made mistakes. But I will strongly disagree that my game was deception, or that I lied. There was a lot other pieces to this that are, "Hey, that's not how it went down from my point of view at all." But I want to respect if that's how he saw it or others, then I'll respect their opinion. But I couldn't disagree of the many revelations you experienced on Day 26 was that Kyle and Kamilla had not only been working closely together, but concocted a plan to get you to turn on Shauhin. What was your reaction to that bomb being dropped in the moment?Did you know how close they were in the moment?So I don't want to disrespect their game. Because it would be unrealistic to say that any of us knew the depth of their relationship. Sure, we see people talking. But I'm going to flat out say no, I did not know that the depth of their relationship. And good for them. That's it, period, end of story. Sure, hindsight, "Oh, I knew this. I knew that." No, I didn't, and I'm proud of that in a weird way. Because, listen, what makes this complicated that people can't really see is both Kamilla and Kyle shared very intimate things that are just between us, that are off-camera, that I know is real, and I know is deep. And I want to believe that. But then you're hit with lies and deception. And so what makes it complicated is, if you think about it, in your own life, if a friend told you something very personal and real, but then gameplay blindsides you with deception, that's why your head gets scrambled. You're like, "Man, I know this piece is real, so there's no way they're lying to me about this." And so, yeah, was I lied to? Yeah. Did it work? Yeah. And I think that with trust, you have to lean all into it. And that's why you get hurt, you can't be half then when it comes to the Shauhin element of it, because, did they get us with Thomas? Absolutely, period, I was not ready for that. With David and Shauhin in particular, him and I had an argument. [It was] a much more intense, emotional argument that was kind of outside of just theory. We talk every day. We strategize every day. He's a great person and very intelligent, one of the best players out there. But we fought that day about just other things. Coconuts on the beach, and "What's wrong with people? What's wrong with you?" And we just fought, and they knew that, and we gave that away as a duo. And because we fought, and this might be hard for people to understand. If we don't fight, he doesn't go home. And I don't mean that like he fought, I sent him home. It meant we didn't have a normal discussion. "Why do you just ask him this? Why didn't you ask him that?" It's because we had fought like a couple. We just fought like a married couple and and we couldn't recover from it. And they were smart and bright enough players to see the crack that we created. Two days before they come up with this plan, and we're hitting like we normally do, we have a normal conversation. We hug it out. It's over in two minutes. And we had had a really big emotional disagreement, not about the game, and then it spilled into the conversation that you see. So that's kind of how my answer to it is. It's not to take away their game. But we fueled that last piece by our lack of ability to get over our said consistently, from the time we talked in the preseason through Day 26, about how you wanted to buck the trend and play a game about loyalty and bringing a group to the end. And, to your credit, you succeeded in doing so. But you ultimately came up short with the win. So do you think this type of gameplay is something that can lead to a winning game in a modern Survivor season?Man, great questions as usual. I mean here's what I say with that. What's hard to hear is, yes, I had a plan of getting a group to the end, or this loyalty thing. But it gets spun into, "Oh, I'm saying that [there 's] this hierarchy. I'm better." That's really hard to hear, because that's not the memo. My idea was you can't make it to the end, in my opinion, alone. At some point, you have to trust someone. And the more that you can trust, I feel, the farther you could go. And I just want Survivor fans to just be okay with letting someone play the way that [they want]. If their game is just lying, that's the difference. I'm okay with that. That's your game. And if I don't want to do that, it doesn't make me better or worse. It's just my path. And I think I want the game to stay that pure, just because I don't play it your way, it's not that I'm better than you. It's just what I wanted to do. Because I have some things in the bank that I have to remind myself there. You know what, buddy, [if] I'm 21 years old with no kids and no wife, maybe I do play this differently, I don't know. But in my life right now, with what I've been through, it's just like, "Hey, I'm gonna dive into this, try to be this person that is based out of we can trust each other." And that's not a perfect kind of algorithm, but it's the best that I'm going to do. And I think there's room for that today. Absolutely. I hate that it has to be one or the other, right. I think that you also need to read the season. David comes to me early. H"ey, I got five or six others that are down to do this." I do the math. That's a lot of people. And if I'm on a season that I land [on] and it's like nothing but cutthroat, well, guess what? I'm going to have to figure out how to move my way into that. So I also don't want it to have the perception of, like, there's only this way you gotta get there. Read the crowd, and then go, "Alright, this is what we're doing." And then I gotta make a decision. So, yeah, I think there's and I spoke about how even just going out to Survivor was in honor of your late sister, who you lost to domestic violence. And we see you get a moment of closure with her after receiving your loved ones letters. Talk me through that for anybody that knows, that was 100% real. That wasn't scripted. And I had heard that maybe that was too much for camera. And it really was that the letters from home, seeing my wife, both my kids, this ability to work my way through this and apologize, them giving me the clarity to just be courageous enough to be vulnerable. The weight of that with my sister, I've been carrying on for so long. But also domestic violence, and how many people's lives it just crushes. It destroys people's lives, and we don't talk about it enough, especially from a male perspective that was directly involved with it, meaning it was my sister. And listen, everything I do every day, every weight I lift – which I do a lot of – is in six for Joanna. The letters in her name: J-O-A-N-N-A. And we got down to six, and she was with me, and I felt that. And out there, it was just like, "This is time." And I also wanted to do it for everyone that's suffering from domestic violence or in a horrible situation, just to see like, "Man, this dude is just going to let it fly." And it is something that I will never, ever be able to explain. I'm so grateful to Survivor, to production, to everybody that allowed me to do that and then allowed it to air like that. I was just also left the island with some new "family" in the form of Eva. What was like getting to leave the game with a relationship you never thought you'd get out there?When it comes to Eva, this is the thing that I try to focus on. Imagine I'm on a different season. Imagine I'm on a different tribe. Imagine she doesn't even have an "episode." She just works through all the challenges and it never comes up. We have the private conversation and it never comes up. It all had to align for this relationship to take off the way that it did. Sure, we'd be tight. But what happened and what she was able to able to overcome, I'm just blessed. I was along for the ride, and she put me in a position to allow me to help her without her asking. She could have asked anybody; it doesn't happen the same way. And she will always be a part of my life and my family's life. I love that girl, and I always will. Related: 'Survivor 48' Runner-Up Eva Erickson Reveals Her Firemaking Autism 'Episode' Was Actually 'Much, Much Worse' (Exclusive) Copyright 2025 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Observer
29-04-2025
- Observer
A linguist's mission to preserve the nation's dialects
Professor Clive Douglas Holes, a renowned linguist, first arrived in Oman in 1973 — a time when Seeb Airport had just opened its doors. Back then, he was working at the British Council in Kuwait and visited Oman on a personal trip after obtaining a no-objection certificate. His association with Oman deepened over the years. In 1980, 1983, and 1984, he returned on short consultancy visits to advise the Foundation Committee of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), and in 1985, he was appointed Director of the Language Centre at SQU. Now, decades later, Professor Holes returns as a guest, author, and speaker at the 29th Muscat International Book Fair, where he discussed his lifelong fascination with Arabic dialects, particularly those in northern Oman. A linguist's mission to preserve the nation's dialects With a rich career that spans the Arab world — including stints in Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, and Thailand — Professor Holes has always balanced two professional paths: teaching Arabic to English speakers and English to Arabic speakers. 'Eventually, at 34, I decided to pursue Arabic seriously,' he shared. 'I had studied Arabic in my twenties and was frequently posted in Arab countries. But after my PhD, I transitioned into teaching Arabic to English-speaking students. It's all part of the same goal — language teaching. I remember arriving in Bahrain with an Arabic degree from Cambridge, but I couldn't even order a cup of coffee in Arabic everyday. What we learned was too formal for conversation.' A linguist's mission to preserve the nation's dialects He acknowledged that language teaching has evolved since then. During his travels around Oman in the 1980s, his academic focus shifted toward Omani dialects — a subject he has since documented extensively through books and research. 'I've always been fascinated by dialects,' said Holes. 'This is the language people actually speak. Classical Arabic is what they write. Dialects rarely get written down, so I started recording them. We had tongues before we had pens.' According to Professor Holes, spoken language carries its own unique history, often elusive due to a lack of written records. He recalled a pivotal moment during his early research: 'I was in Misfat Al Abriyeen and heard an old man working on a falaj. His dialect sounded exactly like what I had heard from Bahraini farmers two decades earlier. That couldn't be a coincidence. These were shared roots, probably linked to agricultural lifestyles and migratory histories. There are also parallels in southern Yemen, where much of eastern Arabia's population likely originated.' His upcoming book, The Glossary of Northern Omani Dialects, will be published by Cambridge in both hard copy and as an Open Access edition available free of charge. The 700-page volume will document dialects across 72 locations, complete with quotes, speaker identities, and contextual background. Professor Clive Douglas Holes on visit at the 29th Muscat International Book Fair But will these dialects survive in an increasingly globalised world? 'People's lives have changed. Urbanisation and exposure to standardised Arabic through media and education have led to homogenisation,' he explained. 'I was talking to a young Omani recently and mentioned a few words I'd known since the 70s — she didn't recognise them. Those words are still familiar to people in their 50s or 60s. The clock is ticking. When people pass away, their linguistic world views often go with them.' He emphasised the importance of preserving intangible culture alongside environmental efforts. 'Folk poetry, oral traditions, and everyday speech — these are all part of a nation's soul. Dialects are sound waves, and unless recorded, they vanish. Thankfully, we have the tools to document them, but it requires funding, effort, and time. A national linguistic survey would be an invaluable step forward.'
Hindustan Times
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
World Book Day 2025: Voracious readers' top book recos for non-readers to pick up the habit!
Reading is objectively one of the most gratifying and self-nurturing habits one can take to. After all, what better way than to traverse multiple carefully crafted worlds, that too through your own mind's eye? That being said, cultivating that kind of creativity, and before that, patience, is tough and waning in a day and age characterised by instant gratification. So from those who have held onto the gift of loving books, through the various phases of their lives, here are some top recommendations from readers the world over, which are sure to draw you in smoothly into the allure of being a reader — maybe in a way that will finally stick this time around! Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist is a short yet impactful novel that's easy to get into, even for people who aren't usually drawn to reading. With its straightforward, almost storybook style and emphasis on timeless themes like personal growth and chasing your dreams, it's an engaging and uplifting read for just about anyone. Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, deals with the themes of censorship, over-conformity, and the true price of independent thinking — the value of which is only understood when it is seriously threatened, or completely taken away. This is actually a great diving point for non-readers as the cult classic is not only relevant in terms of the ever-changing political context, but also carries very simple, straightforward language, making it a super-smooth read. Louis Sachar's Holes may be a young adult novel, but it does a great job of keeping the reader engaged between its many practical and emotionally-charged plot points, in addition to the fact that the larger timeline oscillates between the past and present, compelling one to stay engaged each time they pick it up. Douglas Adams' uber-popular franchise, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, marries science fiction with comedy, promises you chuckle after chuckle as you ease into the pages, feeling rather comforted. The plot isn't complicated, and is filled to the brim with imaginative story-telling with exploration and wonder being major themes. A perfect balance then, for new readers on the block. Another cult classic on this list, The Book Thief is actually a great starting point for former voracious readers, who lost touch with the habit and are desperately trying to get back into the loop of things. Wrought with emotion and one of the most unanimously agreed upon solid storylines, this Markus Zusak novel is too easy a pick in this regard. So, this World Book Day, which of these reads will you be immersing yourself in?
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Holes: Greg Kinnear & 9 More Cast in Disney+ Reboot TV Show
Greg Kinnear and nine more actors have joined the cast of Disney+'s series. Holes is a young adult novel that was written by Louis Sachar and published in 1998. It was previously turned into a movie directed by Andrew Davis that was released by Walt Disney Pictures in April 2003. It starred Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette, and Tim Blake Nelson. Disney is now rebooting Holes into a television show that comes from showrunner Liz Phang and writer Alina Mankin. In addition to Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine) as the Warden, the cast of Holes includes Aidy Bryant (Shill, Saturday Night Live) as Sissy, Shay Rudolph (Lethal Weapon) as Hayley, Flor Delis Alicea as Queenie, Anire Kim Amoda (The Penguin) as Thumbelina, Noah Cottrell (The Spiderwick Chronicles) as Kitch, Iesha Daniels as Mars, Sophie Dieterlen as Sticky, Alexandra Doke (City on Fire) as Eyeball, and Maeve Press (Theresa Is a Mother) as Shrimp. 'Holes follows Hayley (Rudolph), a teenage girl sent to a detention camp where the ruthless Warden (Kinnear) forces the campers to dig holes for a mysterious purpose,' the synopsis for the series reads, via Deadline. This slightly differs from Sachar's book, as that story featured a male protagonist, Stanley Yelnats, who was sent to a juvenile detention camp for boys in Texas that was run by a female warden. Phang and Mankin both serve as executive producers on the show alongside Drew Goddard and Sarah Esberg of Goddard Textiles and Jac Schaeffer. Schaeffer will direct the pilot episode, while Andrea Massaro serves as co-executive producer. Walden Media, which produced the 2003 Holes movie, will also executive produce the pilot, as will Mike Medavoy. A Disney+ premiere date for the Holes television show has not yet been announced. The post Holes: Greg Kinnear & 9 More Cast in Disney+ Reboot TV Show appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
