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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
White House shows off a stern-looking Trump portrait with a knock-off Austin Powers twist
The White House just unveiled a new presidential portrait of Donald Trump, and the administration appeared to use a knock-off version of the Austin Powers movie theme to make the reveal in a video posted on X on Monday. The official portrait replaced one introduced earlier this year for Trump's inauguration. The new close-up image shows a stern-looking Trump in closeup wearing a navy suit and a red tie against a dark backdrop. The posting on social media shows a sped-up time-lapse of a staffer hanging the portrait as the bootleg version of Quincy Jones' Soul Bossa Nova — the music used as the theme to Mike Meyers' series of Austin Powers comedies — plays in the background. The portrait utilizes high contrast and dark shadows across the president's face. The first portrait released for Trump's second term featured different lighting and a background, with a more evenly lit image, showing the president wearing a blue tie in front of an American flag. Both portraits stand out from the one used by Trump in his first term, which was brightly lit and showed a smiling Trump in a blue tie, also in front of an American flag. Trump's new image is the first presidential portrait not to feature an American flag in the background since Richard Nixon's in 1969, according to a gallery on the website of the Library of Congress. Most presidential portraits before Nixon's predecessor, Gerald Ford, tended to be set against a plain background. The White House website and President Trump's Facebook account have been updated to feature the new portrait, which has been hung in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the West Wing. The expression in Trump's two portraits from this year is similar to the one seen in his Georgia mug shot from two years ago. His supporters used the image of the president at the Fulton County jail to depict him standing up against what they viewed as the deep state. The Trump campaign was quick to capitalize on the image, putting it on hordes of merchandise. In March, Trump complained about a portrait in the Colorado Capitol, which he claimed was 'purposefully distorted,' and told Democratic Governor Jared Polis to remove it. The portrait was commissioned during his first term and had hung in the Capitol since 2019, but Colorado's Republican lawmakers took swift action to remove it.
CBC
29-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Canada's Gilles, Poirier sit 2nd after rhythm dance at figure skating world championships
Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit second at the figure skating world championships after scoring 86.44 points in the rhythm dance on Friday in Boston. Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States earned a season-best score of 90.18 to take the lead as they chase a third consecutive world title. In what has fast become the best rivalry in figure skating, Gilles and Poirier performed to the most American of music: The Beach Boys. WATCH l Gilles, Poirier earn 86.44 points in rhythm dance: Gilles and Poirier sit in 2nd place after the rhythm dance program at worlds 3 hours ago Duration 6:07 Scoring 86.44 in the rhythm dance program Friday at the world figure skating championship in Boston, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit in second place in the standings. The American team followed them to the ice, and Chock and Bates — cheered on by a big home crowd in TD Garden — roared when they finished their "tour of the decades" program. "It was probably the most fun I've had thus far on competitive ice in a performance, maybe ever," Chock said. "It was really a joy to perform in front of a home crowd and share that excitement with Evan. It was the best." Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson were third with 83.86 for Britain, and Italy's Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri looked out of sync while scoring 83.06 for fourth. They were the only countries to break up a whole lot of Canada and U.S. on the leaderboard. Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha were fifth for Canada, just ahead of two American teams — Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko and the duo of Caroline Green and Michael Parsons — giving the neighbouring nations five of the top seven. "We really enjoyed this program," said Gilles, who along with Poirier took silver behind Chock and Bates last year, but recently beat the U.S. dynamo at Four Continents. "I think we really drilled it in training, and we know exactly where each step needs to be. That allowed us to lose ourselves in the performance. And so we just had so much fun." WATCH l Gilles and Poirier 'really felt that energy from the crowd': Canadians Gilles and Poirier 'really felt that energy from the crowd' in rhythm dance 2 hours ago Duration 1:30 Having scored 86.44 in the rhythm dance program at the world figure skating championship Friday in Boston, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada sit in second place. The International Skating Union sets the requirements for the rhythm dance each season, and this year the world governing body settled on social dances and styles of the 1950's, 60's and 70's, providing the skaters plenty of latitude for their programs. There were sock hops aplenty, and Chubby Checker implored everyone in the arena to twist "'til we tear the house down." There were Watusis and Madisons, the "Soul Bossa Nova," and proof that disco isn't quite dead yet. And there were several homages to Donna Summer, who was born in the Boston neighborhood of Mission Hill. Chock and Bates threw all of it into their tour through the decades. There was the "Hawaii Five-O" theme and "Let's Twist Again." They were "Stayin' Alive" and took a trip through the "Car Wash." The couple even tried to "blame it on the boogie" before getting the crowd to do the "Y.M.C.A." And they fittingly finished with Summer's rendition of "Last Dance." WATCH l Full replay of rhythm dance at figure skating worlds: ISU World Figure Skating Championships Boston 2025: Rhythm dance 9 hours ago Duration 5:40:36 Watch the ice dancers compete in the rhythm dance program at the ISU world figure skating championships in Boston. The competition continued Friday night with the women's free skate, where American comeback kid Alysa Liu was trying to hold down first place following a short program that those in TD Garden rewarded with a standing ovation. Watch live coverage of the figure skating world championships on and CBC Gem. Here's the full streaming schedule and here are the latest results. Liu, who stepped away from the sport shortly after the 2022 Winter Olympics, announced her comeback early last year. And while there have been some bumps along the way, the 19-year-old delivered one of her career-best performances Wednesday night, scoring 74.58 points to take a narrow lead over Mone Chiba of Japan and American teammate Isabeau Levito. The U.S. has not had a women's world champion since Kimmie Meissner in 2006. Wakaba Higuchi and Kaori Sakamoto are close behind, and Sakamoto could make some history if she can overcome her three-point deficit and become the first woman to win four consecutive world titles since Carol Heiss in the 1950s and '60s.
