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Sky News AU
2 days ago
- Sport
- Sky News AU
AFL: Collingwood forward Beau McCreery on growth, form and midfield time
It's starting to click for Collingwood pressure machine Beau McCreery. The premiership forward is in a patch of brilliant form and one of the unheralded weapons keeping the Magpies two points clear on top of the AFL ladder. McCreery says his elevation is off the back of gaining a greater understanding of his own game and his role is more complex than hitting the scoreboard. 'It's my fifth year and I've only started to figure out I don't need to kick goals to be happy with how I go,' McCreery told NewsWire. 'It doesn't have anything to do with me kicking any goals, it's just putting that pressure on. I feel like when I am at my best my pressure is there. 'People get nervous when us boys are hunting, especially us small forwards. 'If you've got me, Bobby (Hill), Shooter (Lachie Schultz), Jamie (Elliott) chasing, even Timmy (Membrey), Checkers (Brody Mihocek) – people get nervous.' McCreery is modest in his self-assessment, grading his first half of the year as 'up and down'. But the 24-year-old is recording greater numbers in almost every statistic important to a player in his position. McCreery's clearance numbers are included in that growth, which bodes well in his pursuit of becoming a more regular option in the middle for coach Craig McRae. 'When I get that midfield time I feel like I've been beasting in there,' he said. 'If I can keep getting some of that time in the mid, keep exposing myself to mid time, but I still do love playing forward. 'I love the craft of it, I love my group I am down there with, it's so enjoyable – playing for this team is just so enjoyable.' McCreery pinch hit in the middle during Friday night's dismantling of Hawthorn at the MCG. The 88-gamer is learning how challenging a transition up the ground will be but knows what he needs to do to earn more opportunity. 'Keep showing up, keep training well and when they do give me an opportunity … I figured out pretty quickly it's pretty tough in there,' he said. 'I need to take my chances when I go in there … use my speed, catch people off guard. I don't think people think I can close down space as quick as I can.' Collingwood has Melbourne in the annual King's Birthday clash before its mid-season bye. Originally published as AFL 2025: Collingwood's Beau McCreery on his form and evolution as a pressure forward
Irish Independent
15-05-2025
- Health
- Irish Independent
Beauty fix: What is Korean beauty and how do I get on board without being overwhelmed?
Effective, aesthetically pleasing and relatively affordable, there are plenty of good reasons why Korean beauty is the darling of skincare social media. But that would all be superficial without solid science and business smarts behind it, too. Thanks to government support that also drives the K-pop phenomenon and followed the late 1990s Asian financial crisis, K-beauty has the money to innovate, employing ingredients used nowhere else. Some say Korean beauty is 15 years ahead of the rest of the world, and as it takes over our bathroom cabinets and socials, the craze offers something for everyone, even if a 10-step TikTok regime is not for you and 'glass skin' is an unachievable goal. 'In South Korea, skincare is not seen as a luxury but as a cultural norm,' says Shannon McCreery, Ireland Educator for skincare brand Genosys. 'With a focus on prevention and long-term skin health, rather than quick fixes with aggressive ingredients, it prioritises the skin's barrier and overall hydration.' K-beauty has a lot of weird ingredients. Do they actually work? 'South Korea has some of the world's most rigorous regulations for cosmetic products, resulting in high standards for both safety and efficacy,' says McCreery. 'Brands are known for innovative ingredients, such as snail mucin, propolis and fermented botanicals.' Snail mucin is probably the best known 'weird' ingredient, processed from the slimy trail left by free-range snails raised on dedicated farms. This gloop is packed with proteins and hyaluronic and glycolic acids, so it sounds awful but does the job. Centella asiatica, derived from a tropical Asian plant, is also common in K-beauty. Often listed as cica, it's prized for its calming effect and kindness to the skin barrier, while propolis, a resin produced by bees, is antifungal, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. Is Korean sunscreen as good as they say? ADVERTISEMENT Again, innovation and research are what set Korean sunscreen apart. Their drive to continually advance and experiment with ingredients is a direct contrast with the US, in particular, where sun protection is classified as a drug rather than a beauty product. This means that every element has to be FDA certified and they haven't introduced anything new since the late 1990s. The freedom to innovate has allowed K-beauty to deliver sunscreen that is light, traceless and nice to use, bestowing that glassy finish that a lot of more familiar products can't. Also, Korean sunscreen is not just sun protection, but skincare in its own right, featuring ingredients such as vitamin C, niacinamide and hyaluronic acid. What's the famous 10-step routine? 'The most famous routine,' says McCreery, 'is designed to layer hydration and nourishment and you apply the products in order of texture, from thinnest to thickest.' That is: oil cleanser, to remove make-up, sunscreen and oil; a water-based cleanser to remove all remaining residue; exfoliator, such as a toner-type product, to smooth texture and improve further product absorption. After that, you use hydrating toning mist, as wet skin absorbs products better; essence, which is a slightly thicker hydrator with ingredients such as hyaluronic or niacinamide; serum, with active ingredients such as vitamin C and peptides. With time on your hands – after all, you've committed to 10 steps – a sheet mask can follow for deep hydration. Then it's an eye cream and moisturiser to lock in all that good stuff and protect the skin barrier. Step 10 is sunscreen, so that's just for the mornings. Even K-beauty doesn't suggest you'll need it while you sleep. Can I do less, or is K-beauty not for the busy? 'You absolutely do not need to dive headfirst into a ten-step routine,' says McCreery. 'Korean serums, essences and sheet masks integrate easily into most routines and deliver noticeable hydration and glow.' She says that a core four products will achieve results. In short, that's the double cleanse of an oil and then a water cleanser, a targeted serum, hydrating moisturiser and a good sunscreen. Genosys Soothing Bomb Sea Algae Mask, €45.50 for 10, This cloth mask has a lovely cooling sensation and is bursting with K-beauty heroes, from centella asiatica to coral and seaweed extracts, all of which calm and hydrate. In addition, witch hazel and chestnut have a lightly firming effect without tightness. Ideal to use before a night out. Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence Gel, €31.99, Boots Get past the tacky texture and enjoy the snail-trail benefits of this essence. It's full of antioxidants and promises to help with scars and acne, its most prized quality is an ability to super-hydrate, plump out fine lines and leave a (thankfully non-tacky) glow. Beauty of Joseon Ginseng Moist Sun Serum, RRP €23.90, Brown Thomas; Boots A perfect example of a Korean sunscreen that is a pleasure to use. It is serum-like in texture – light and fluid – and sinks in quickly. It has ginseng to reduce redness inflammation, niacinamide to help texture and glow and high broad-spectrum protection from UVA and UVB rays.
Epoch Times
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Epoch Times
Learning From Yesterday: Scotty McCreery's ‘Seasons Change'
'I'm a guy who loves to look back,' says musician Scotty McCreery, who doesn't shy away from sentiment. After 14 years in the country music industry, the singer-songwriter certainly does have a lot to look back on. He's come a long way since his 2011 audition for Season 10 of American Idol. The judges were immediately blown away by the soulful baritone voice that emanated from the 16-year-old. His audition included a performance of fellow baritone Josh Turner's hit single 'Your Man.' McCreery went on to win the competition. Now, he's getting ready to release an expanded edition of an album that he called 'life-changing.' From a wide-eyed talent show competitor to a quietly confident concert headliner, McCreery's new album 'Seasons Change: Platinum Edition' exemplifies his growth as an artist. The project also features plenty of reminiscing, and it shows that McCreery's current success is due in part to his appreciation of a past that helped shape his future with music. Scotty McCreery's 'Seasons Change: Platinum Edition" will be widely available on June 20, 2025. Triple Tigers/Scotty McCreery Quintessential Country Songs Ever since McCreery released his 'Clear as Day' album shortly after he won American Idol, he's carried the torch for country artists who stick to the basics of classic country music. McCreery is a storyteller at heart, and many of his songs take on the narrative format that is the genre's specialty. His music is wholesome, family friendly, and covers universal experiences everyone can relate to. Compact disc pamphlet of Scotty McCreery's 2011 album "Clear As Day." Internet Archive. Public Domain The title track to 'Seasons Change: Platinum Edition' is an uplifting song about persevering through hard times because adversity makes the good times that much sweeter. McCreery co-wrote every song on the album, a first for the artist. For the 'Seasons Change' track, he uses weather metaphors to illustrate his message with lines like, 'Just when you think you can't make it through the rain/ Your seasons change,' and, ''Cause sometimes going through all the bad weather/ Makes the sun shine that much better.' The record also features chart-topping singles. McCreery's 'Five More Minutes' is a quintessential country song. It pulls on the heartstrings and acts as an anthem to the album's overall message about honoring the past. The song finds the musician looking back on life's important moments, from playing the final down of his last high school football game to the final moments he shared with his grandfather. He wishes he could go back and have more time to fully appreciate and understand the gravity of those experiences. The composition offers a valuable lesson on the importance of being present and giving attention to what one values most. Related Stories 4/18/2025 4/9/2025 Listener-favorite track 'Still' is a tender love ballad, with McCreery singing about how his adoration for his wife remains a steady force in his life. He married Gabi Dugal in 2018 and the two have a son together, Merrick Avery, who was born in 2022. 'Making New Dreams' McCreery's original 'Seasons Change' album debuted in 2018, and the expanded edition arrives on June 20, 2025. The new release features acoustic versions of several songs from the original track listing, including the album's multiple No. 1 hit single 'This Is It,' which chronicles the singer's mountaintop proposal to his wife. Cover of Scotty McCreery's 2018 'Seasons Change' album. Triple Tigers/Scotty McCreery Along with updated artwork, 'Seasons Change: Platinum Edition' also features a section of expanded liner notes and thank you notes. Media outlet A limited number of copies of the vinyl edition of the album will be made available as well. While promoting the record, McCreery discussed how 'Seasons Change' is one of the most authentic works he's ever released. 'The Seasons Change album was truly life-changing for me. After experiencing both some career highs and lows, I was starting over. For the first time, I co-wrote all the songs and felt like the project was truly me.' McCreery has spent plenty of time reflecting on the past. Even so, he's also excited about what the future holds. 'I'm a guy who loves to look back, and I celebrate the release of this new expanded edition and all the accomplishments we've made since the original album came out.' In keeping with the album's hit single 'In Between,' about the importance of balance in one's life, he added that he's also focused on 'looking ahead to making new dreams come true.' What arts and culture topics would you like us to cover? Please email ideas or feedback to
CBC
04-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Remembering the Canadian soldiers who died on a mission of mercy at the close of the Second World War
A little more than 12 hours before the end of the Second World War in Europe, a young Canadian padre, accompanied by an equally young tank commander, set off into the cool, rainy countryside of northern Germany on an errand of mercy. Or so they thought. Honorary Capt. Albert McCreery and Lt. Norman Goldie had only been with the Canadian Grenadier Guards tank regiment for less than a month. It was May 4, 1945. Adolf Hitler's Third Reich was in its final hours and Nazi soldiers alternated between fighting to the death and surrendering. The war diary of the guards regiment records heavy fighting that morning in the forests and laneways north of Oldenberg, including mention of Goldie's troop of tanks being held in reserve in case the defending Germans advanced. Canadian combat chaplains, throughout the war in Europe, found steady employment outfitting jeeps with stretchers and rescuing disabled tank crews. It was from German prisoners that McCreery learned about possibly wounded enemy soldiers in need of aid and comfort — or so he was told. In hindsight of history, it was a typically Canadian thing to do. An account, quoting former guards regiment soldiers published decades after the war, quoted one of them as being skeptical of McCreery's plan, mostly because nobody knew where the wounded enemy could be found Regardless, at 3 p.m. on the last full day of fighting, McCreery and Goldie set off to bring in the wounded Germans. They never returned. WATCH | Former military chaplain 'haunted' by McCreery and Goldie's story: Phil Ralph recounts 'humanity, compassion' of Canadian soldiers in hours before Europe's liberation 2 hours ago Duration 3:17 Phil Ralph, a former Canadian military chaplain, said he's haunted by the story. "His mission is to care for all. And, so he does, a marvellous and unselfish act," Ralph said, referring to McCreery. "In the horror and the misery of combat and war and conflict to keep that level of humanity and compassion, it's quite remarkable.… They're close to what they believe is going to be the cessation of hostilities. "They're still the enemy … but that doesn't deter him." The regimental war diary dispassionately noted that when the pair hadn't reported back, a patrol was sent out to find them, but turned up nothing. According to one later, unofficial, account, McCreery's body was "run through with bullets," and found in a bog two days later. Goldie's remains were never recovered. "Both officers were killed in circumstances which remain obscure," said the Canadian Army's official history, published in 1960. Another account insisted there was nothing ambiguous about their end at all. A tribute to McCreery written for his alma mater, McMaster University, pointed to an official account that claims the unarmed padre was "shot by a German sniper when he went to the rescue of a young German soldier trapped in a blazing tank." Goldie's fate remained a mystery. During that final bloody day, all along the front the Canadian Army suffered 60 casualties — 20 of them fatal, including McCreery and Goldie. The pair are the only two mentioned in the army's official history and could very well represent the last Canadians to die in battle against the forces of German facism. News of victory was sudden In the hours following their deaths, rumours of the German surrender raced up and down the Canadian lines. The BBC was the first to broadcast news of the impending German capitulation in the Netherlands, Denmark and northern Germany, and the ceasefire that was to take effect the next morning — May 5, 1945. The broadcast report beat the official signal from British Gen. Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group headquarters. News of the surrender came as anticlimatic to troops, some of whom, such as the Canadian Grenadiers, had been fighting furiously that morning. When the announcement was made, there were "no cheers and few outward signs of emotion," the official account read. Many soldiers found it hard to believe. Upon receiving the official signal, the commander of the First Canadian Army, Gen. Harry Crerar, ordered an immediate halt to all operations and late in the evening on May 4 addressed the troops under his command. He spoke about the valour with which they fought through the war, mentioning the slaughter of Dieppe almost three years earlier and the brutal campaign through France, Belgium and the Netherlands. "Crushing and complete victory over the German enemy has been secured," Crerar said. "In rejoicing at this supreme accomplishment we shall remember the friends who've paid the full price for the belief they also held that no sacrifice in the interests of the principles for which we fought could be too great." Jeff Noakes, an historian at the Canadian War Museum, said Canadians tend to remember the celebrations of liberation in the Netherlands but there was a whole different, brutal side in northern Germany where the guards tank regiment was driving toward the North Sea. WATCH | The Dutch haven't forgotten the efforts of Canadian veterans: They liberated the Netherlands during WWII. The Dutch have never forgotten 2 days ago Duration 9:48 Canadian soldiers helped liberate the Netherlands from Nazi occupation 80 years ago, and those sacrifices have never been forgotten by the people there. The National hears recollections from veterans who survived those battles, and what the Dutch gratitude means eight decades later. "There are tanks that were hit by anti-tank weapons at close range, and crew members are killed, or snipers, or ambushes, or larger-scale combats that take place," Noakes said. "It may seem obvious to us now that the war is about to end in early May, but it wasn't at all obvious exactly when the war was going to end to the people who were there on the ground." Their deaths so near the ceasefire underline the tragedy and senselessness of war, and leave a lasting scar on families left behind, Ralph said. Earlier in his career as a military chaplain in Toronto, he said the sister of a Canadian soldier who died in Europe would regularly put him on the spot. "Her brother was killed right near the end of the Second World War. Not quite as dramatic as the padre, but very, very near, the [end]," said Ralph."Every time it came around Remembrance Day, I knew she was going to have a question for me and the question was: 'Pastor, he went all the way through the war. It was almost over. Why now?'"
Fox News
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
'American Idol' winner Scott McCreery falls over backward on stage during concert
Country star Scotty McCreery took it in stride after he fell backward on stage during a recent concert. On Wednesday, the 31-year-old, who won "American Idol" during the show's 10th season in 2011, shared a video in which he takes a tumble while performing at a stop on Kane Brown's The High Road Tour. "Who put that there?" the "Damn Strait" singer joked in the caption of his Instagram post. In the clip, McCreery took a few steps backward at the end of a song before he tripped over a speaker and landed on his backside. As the audience gasped, he quickly rolled over and picked himself up before pumping his fist in the air. "The Stage: 1 Me: 0," McCreery wrote on the video, adding a laughing emoji. The video then cut to McCreery as he walked across the stage and asked the crowd, "Who put that there?" As the clip continued, the North Carolina native walked up the stairs backstage followed by two of his band members. "The Stage: 1 Me: 0." "I haven't done that in a minute," McCreery said with a smile. "Right on my wrist, like …" "Well, if you weren't hurting before, you are now," one of his band members said. The video cut to reactions from some of McCreery's band and crew members, and they were asked by a man off-camera about the "highlight of tonight." "Scotty falling," one said. "Probably him falling," another added with a laugh. "Yeah, for sure." "I'm the last one who had to go to the hospital from falling down, so when I saw Scotty do it, I was a little concerned," one man said as he sorted through equipment. "Glad he didn't hurt himself. But it was just a little enjoyable," he admitted as the video concluded. After winning "American Idol," McCreery released his debut studio album "Clear As Day," which was certified platinum. In 2011, McCreery won the new artist awards at the American Country Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards. The singer followed up "Clear As Day" with 2012's "Christmas with Scotty McCreery," 2013's "See You Tonight," 2018's "Seasons Change" and 2021's "Same Truck." Last year, McCreery hit the road on tour in support of his 2024 album, "Rise and Fall."
