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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
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🔴 Napoli celebrate, Lukaku and Oriali: "We tell Conte to stay here"
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here. Last Friday, Napoli lifted their fourth championship trophy in history at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. Today, however, the Neapolitans are preparing to celebrate this achievement with their fans. The celebratory parade, which will see the new champions of Italy travel through the city of Naples on two open-top buses, will start around 3 PM. The procession will begin at the Mergellina Port Dock and end at the entrance of Piazza Vittoria. Romelu Lukaku, one of the key players in Napoli's championship run, spoke about his future and his relationship with Conte. "I still have three years left on my contract and I would do anything to keep the coach here," he stated to Rai 2, recalling how the coach's call last summer to convince him to move to Napoli lasted 15 seconds. Lele Oriali, Napoli's technical manager, also revealed that he reminds Conte every day to stay in Naples. "I still don't know what the coach will do, I hope we can continue here, that's my hope", he said. Giovanni Manna confirmed De Laurentiis' words about De Bruyne: "We see the goal. We hope to give Napoli a great player because they deserve it". Napoli's sporting director added that the club has been working on multiple fronts for some time. "We need to increase the number of quality players in the squad", he stated to Rai 2. Manna, however, avoided commenting on Antonio Conte and only reiterated that he considers him the number one. Antonio Conte, the coach who brought the championship back to Napoli after a disastrous season, avoided discussing his future on Rai 2. The coach from Salento only wanted to say that Naples is "a unique city" and that "you don't find this passion everywhere". Conte paid tribute to Inter and emphasized that "winning was extraordinary and it paid us back for everything". As the parade on the open-top buses began, the official figure of the fans present was announced. There are just over 200,000 Napoli supporters accompanying the team along the seafront. Aurelio De Laurentiis spoke to Rai 2, the channel broadcasting Napoli's celebration live. "This morning I had a video call with Kevin De Bruyne and his family. They have already taken a beautiful villa", revealed the president of Napoli, highlighting that the Belgian's arrival is very likely but not yet certain. The Napoli team and staff arrived on the boat nicknamed "Love boat" at the Luise Dock, where just over 200,000 delirious fans awaited them. Soon, the entire delegation is expected to board the open-top buses. 📸 Francesco Pecoraro - 2025 Getty Images
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Lea Salonga To Topline Short Film Prequel To Abigail Hing Wen Novel; John Aoshima And Neil Blevins Attached For Animation
EXCLUSIVE: Lea Salonga (Mulan, Aladdin, Miss Saigon) is set to star in The Vale – Origins, a hybrid live-action and animated short film that will precede the forthcoming middle grade novel of the same name by Abigail Hing Wen. Wen's novel will release Sept. 16, 2025 through AAPI publishing house Third State Books, founded by Stephanie Lim. The short film is in post production and slated for completion this summer. Wen wrote and directed the short film, which also has an animation team of John Aoshima (DuckTales, Ultraman: Rising) attached as director and Neil Blevins Incredibles I, II, Wall-E, Up) as animation designer. More from Deadline Auliʻi Cravalho Boards Oscar-Qualified Animated Short 'The Queen's Flowers' As Executive Producer 'Ultraman: Rising' Filmmakers On Graphic-Style Animation, A 'Family Theme' For The Score And Showing A New Side Of The Superhero 'Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends' Starring Bernadette Peters And Lea Salonga Rounds Out Broadway Cast With Beth Leavel, Gavin Lee, Ryan McCartan & Many More The short film follows the Lees, a grieving inventor family in Silicon Valley who find healing and connection through their young son's creativity in The Vale, a virtual reality fantasy world they made. The family-friendly short film shifts between the real, live action world and the animated world, blending reality and imagination in a visually stunning exploration of love, family, and resilience. In addition to three-time Tony Award winner Salonga, the project features Robert Palmer Watkins(Uglies) and introduces Egan Xander, son of actors George Young (Falling for Christmas) and Janet Hsieh (Love in Taipei), in the role of Bran. The short film is produced by Tracy Chitupatham and author Wen with consultants Holden Chang (Bridgerton) and Angie Sun (Trash Truck). Executive Producers include Deborah and David Liu, Tiffany Chang (Miss Asia USA 2024), Meredith and David Chamberlain, Kelly Liang and Phil Lew, Julie Liao and Lea Salonga. RELATED: 'It has been a dream to work closely with these trailblazing creative powerhouses on a project that brings us into the hopes and dreams of a diverse Silicon Valley family, and explores themes of family and healing through creativity, as well as the ethics around cutting edge technology,' says Wen, who wrote the novel in 2015, long before AI generation hit mainstream audiences. The team behind the camera also includes consultants Holden Chang (Bridgerton) and Angie Sun (Trash Truck) with director of photography Dawn Suhyn Shim, live action production designer Emma Koh, composer Andromeda Wen, editor Shayar Bhansali, behind-the-scenes content capture directed by Creative Director at Instagram Grace Sun and Loveboat, Taipei marketing veteran Jane Lee. Wen's young adult novel Loveboat, Taipei was adapted into Paramount's Love in Taipei (2023) starring Ashley Liao, Ross butler, Nico Hiraga and Chelsea Zhang. The rom com adaptation, based on the first of Wen's novels in a trilogy, was directed by Arvin Chen. RELATED: Best of Deadline A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Feud In Court, Online & In The Media Everything We Know About 'The Night Agent' Season 3 So Far 'A Complete Unknown's Monica Barbaro On Finally Meeting The 'Thoughtful And Wonderful' Joan Baez And A Sweet Moment With Ariana Grande
