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USA Today
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Where does Wisconsin's 'Jump Around' rank among top college football gameday traditions?
Where does Wisconsin's 'Jump Around' rank among top college football gameday traditions? Pinpointing a Power 4 athletic program's belief in tradition, pageantry and pregame antics isn't tough to accomplish. Few programs, however, possess the firepower of University of Wisconsin's football program's most well-known tradition. In 247Sports' latest ranking of college football's top 10 gameday traditions, the Badgers' famous "Jump Around" landed at No. 2, falling behind only Virginia Tech's "Enter Sandman" entrance theme. Past that top duo, Chief Osceola's spear plant at Florida State secured the No. 3 spot, Ohio State's "dotting the 'I'" secured the No. 4 position and Auburn's practice of rolling the oak trees at Toomer's Corner took the No. 5 ranking. Here's what 247Sports contributor Grant Hughes had to say about Wisconsin's earthquake-registering tradition: "Several college athletics programs integrate the 1992 House of Pain song "Jump Around" into their game routine, but none do it as well as Wisconsin. The tradition began on October 10, 1998, during a homecoming game against Purdue. Ryan Sondrup, a tight end and marketing intern sidelined by injury, was tasked with creating a playlist to energize the crowd. With teammate Erik Waisanen, he selected "Jump Around" after testing songs at Wando's Bar in Madison. Since then, "Jump Around" has been played at every home game except one in 2003, and the pandemonium that ensues often registers on seismic scales." Interestingly enough, only three of 247Sports' top 10 college football traditions involve a music-related celebration. Those are Alabama's "Sweet Home Alabama," Wisconsin's "Jump Around," and Virginia Tech's "Enter Sandman." Meanwhile, Iowa's "Hawkeye Wave" to the UI Stead Family Children's Hospital, Clemson's "Howard's Rock" rub walking out the tunnel and Notre Dame's "Play like a Champion Today" sign involve the stadium and its atmosphere. While Wisconsin's on-field product over the last two seasons is unlikely to have satisfied the fans in attendance, the opening notes of "Jump Around" during the commercial break at the end of the third quarter remain a staple. Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mother's Day: See Reese Witherspoon and More With Their Mini-Me Kids
Originally appeared on E! Online No, you're not seeing double. Instead, some celebrities celebrating Mother's Day this year just happen to look almost identical to their children. Take Reese Witherspoon's kids Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, 25, and Deacon Reese Phillippe, 21, whom she shares with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe. The pair, with their light blonde hair and blue eyes, bear so much resemblance to the Sweet Home Alabama star that their social media comments are often filled with comparisons. Take Reese's post celebrating Deacon's 21st birthday in October. "You look like siblings," one person commented, while another noted the actress' son was "as handsome as ever and still looks a lot like his mama." Meanwhile, Ava's resemblance to her mom was undeniable when she made her acting debut on Doctor Odyssey in April. Portraying Veronica, a college 'vixen' aboard the cruise ship, Ava was clad in a pink bikini top with her hair tied back in a high ponytail—the exact spitting image of her mom as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. But Reese—who is also mom to son Tennessee James Toth, 12, with ex Jim Toth—isn't the only celebrity who will have you doing a double take. When Sienna Miller stepped out with her 12-year-old daughter Marlowe in April, their resemblance was undeniable. More from E! Online See First Photo of Gisele Bündchen and Joaquim Valente's Son Kate Gosselin Shares Rare Photos With Sextuplets on Their 21st Birthday Amber Heard Reveals She Welcomed Twins in Surprise Mother's Day Announcement But Reese—who is also mom to son Tennessee James Toth, 12, with ex Jim Toth—isn't the only celebrity who will have you doing a double take. When Sienna Miller stepped out with her 12-year-old daughter Marlowe in April, their resemblance was undeniable. While attending sister Savannah Miller's Bridal Ballerina Breakfast in London, Sienna wore a chic jean and trench coat set, which she styled with a patterned blouse and brown belt. At her side, Marlowe—whom the American Sniper actress shares with ex Tom Sturridge—painted a similar picture in dark jeans, tweed coat and white button down. Adding to the similarity were the similar ways the mother-daughter pair let their blonde hair hang loose. Then there are the Hollywood daughters who are following in their lookalike parent's footsteps. For instance, it should come as no surprise that Cindy Crawford's daughter has become a successful model and actress in her own right. After all, the Saturday Night star had the perfect role model. 'The biggest compliment is when someone says I act like my mom,' Kaia gushed to Vogue in 2019. 'Beyond her beauty and obvious appeal, she has always been my hero and my role model because of the way she treats people and the lens that she sees the world through, and that's something for which I'm beyond grateful.' For more stars and their mini-me kids, keep reading. Jodie Sweetin & Zoie Herpin Sienna Miller & Marlowe SturridgeKim Zolciak & Brielle Bierman Christie Brinkley & Sailor Brinkley-CookKate Moss & Lila Moss Lisa Bonet & Zoë KravitzDavid Beckham & Brooklyn Beckham Uma Thurman & Maya Hawke Julianne Moore & Liv FreundlichRobin Wright & Dylan Penn For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
USA Today
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Remembering Lee Corso's best Texas Longhorns predictions on day of retirement announcement
Remembering Lee Corso's best Texas Longhorns predictions on day of retirement announcement After four decades at the network, ESPN announced the retirement of CollegeGame Day legend Lee Corso. Corso, who turns 90 in August, is best known for his mascot headgear picks at the end of each CollegeGame Day show. Ending a broadcast career that started in 1987, the former coach also was famous for his "not so fast, my friend" retort when he disagreed with someone on GameDay panel and for always holding a No. 2 pencil. Corso spent 28 years as a college and pro football coach, including 15 years as a collegiate head coach at Louisville, Indiana and Northern Illinois. The Illinois native also played at Florida State, where he was known as the "Sunshine Scooter." He held the school record for career interceptions for two decades and also played quarterback in Tallahassee. Corso's college roommate was future Hollywood star Burt Reynolds. "My family and I will be forever indebted for the opportunity to be part of ESPN and College GameDay for nearly 40 years," Corso said in a statement. "I have a treasure of many friends, fond memories and some unusual experiences to take with me into retirement." Started in 1995 at an Ohio State game, the headgear segment became the pregame show's most popular and anticipated segment. Corso's most famous Longhorns pick was for the 2005 BCS title game against USC in the Rose Bowl. Corso put on the Longhorn headgear and was one of the few at ESPN who picked Texas. Vince Young had Corso's back in Pasadena as Texas won the national championship 41–38. Another time Corso was on an island picking the Longhorns was the 2023 game that saw Texas beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa 34-24. Corso stopped the playing of Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd and told the crew, "Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. That's not the right song, play Texas Song," before putting on the Bevo headgear. GameDay was also in Austin for the Missouri game in 2008. Corso had some fun with the headgear and picked the No. 1 ranked Longhorns, led by QB Colt McCoy. Texas would oblige, beating the Tigers 56-31. UT would go onto the BCS national title game in the Rose Bowl where they fell to Alabama. The Texas Longhorns have been featured on ESPN's College GameDay 24 times, 10 times in Austin. The Longhorns are 12-11 in those games.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lynyrd Skynyrd to rock Huber Heights in June
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — An iconic rock band is coming to the Miami Valley in June. Lynyrd Skynyrd is scheduled to perform at Rose Music Center at 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 15. The band is known for many songs like 'Sweet Home Alabama,' 'Free Bird,' Simple Man' and more. Presale tickets will become available at 10 a.m. on April 8. General tickets go on-sale at the same time on April 11. Tickets can be purchased here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Fox News
16-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni feud tops Will Smith, Chevy Chase's infamous actor-director battles
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively aren't the first Hollywood stars to find themselves at odds on a movie set. The two, who have been locked in a legal battle after filming "It Ends With Us," join a long list of actors and directors whose work landed them in nasty feuds. Lively and Baldoni have sued each other over their experience on the film set. The "Gossip Girl" star claimed Baldoni sexually harassed her and then set out on a mission to destroy her career with a smear campaign. Baldoni insisted Lively "falsely" accused him in an attempt to repair her reputation after the fallout from the movie's press tour after the actress took control of the film. Here's a look at other infamous on-set feuds between actors and directors. While the Will Smith-led romantic comedy "Hitch" may seem easygoing, making it was anything but, the director revealed this week. Andy Tennant, who had just directed the 2002 Reese Witherspoon classic rom-com "Sweet Home Alabama," told Business Insider he and Smith constantly butted heads while they were in preproduction for 2005's "Hitch." "I didn't want cheap jokes, but he didn't trust me," Tennant told the outlet. "We had our difficulties. The movie I wanted to make and the movie Will wanted to make – neither one of those movies is as good as the movie we made together. It was a battle." He told the outlet that, three days before they were scheduled to start shooting the movie, Smith tried to shut it down so he could keep working on the script. Fox News Digital reached out to reps for Smith for comment. Filmmaker Chris Columbus reportedly walked away from one of the biggest Christmas movies of all time because of Chevy Chase. Columbus, who went on to direct the 1990s movie "Home Alone," revealed Chase's behavior before filming turned him off from working on the 1989 holiday classic, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." "I was signed on … and then I met Chevy Chase. Even given my situation at the time, where I desperately needed to make a film, I realized I couldn't work with the guy," the director told Vanity Fair. Columbus recalled his first meeting with Chase and the "bizarre" thing the actor said to him. "It was just the two of us," Columbus explained. "He had to know I was directing the movie. I talked about how I saw the movie, how I wanted to make the movie. He didn't say anything. I went through about a half hour of talking. He didn't say a word. And then he stops, and he says — and this makes no sense to any human being on the planet — but I'm telling you. I probably have never told this story. "Forty minutes into the meeting, he says, 'Wait a second. You're the director?' And I said, 'Yeah … I'm directing the film.' And he said to me the most surreal, bizarre thing. I still haven't been able to make any sense out of it. He said, 'Oh, I thought you were a drummer.' I said, 'Uhh, OK. Let's start talking about the film again.' After about 30 seconds, he said, 'I got to go.'" Burt Reynolds did not like working with director Paul Thomas Anderson. The two made "Boogie Nights" together, which won Reynolds a Golden Globe. However, the two didn't fit "personality-wise," at least for Reynolds. "I think mostly because he was young and full of himself," the actor told GQ in 2015. "Every shot we did, it was like the first time [that shot had ever been done]. I remember the first shot we did in 'Boogie Nights,' where I drive the car to Grauman's Theater. After, he said, 'Isn't that amazing?' And I named five pictures that had the same kind of shot. It wasn't original. But if you have to steal, steal from the best." Joel Schumacher and Val Kilmer feuded on the set of "Batman Forever" to the point the two "had a physical pushing match." "He was being irrational and ballistic with the first AD, the cameraman, the costume people. He was badly behaved. He was rude and inappropriate," Schumacher told Entertainment Weekly in 1996. "I was forced to tell him that this would not be tolerated for one more second. Then we had two weeks where he did not speak to me, but it was bliss." Kilmer was replaced by George Clooney in the sequel, "Batman & Robin." Stanley Kubrick had Shelley Duval film an emotionally taxing scene in "The Shining" 127 times. The late actress told People that Kubrick had her "crying 12 hours a day for weeks on end" while filming in London. "I will never give that much again," she said. "If you want to get into pain and call it art, go ahead, but not with me." However, Duvall later said she "wouldn't trade the experience for anything." "Why? Because of Stanley. And it was a fascinating learning experience," Duvall said in a 2001 interview. "It was such intense work that I think it makes you smarter. But I wouldn't want to go through it again." Model and actress Megan Fox and director Michael Bay have openly spoken about their time making "Transformers." "God, I really wish I could go loose on this one," Fox told Wonderland magazine in a 2009 interview when asked about working with Bay. "He's like Napoleon, and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad man reputation. He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is." "So, he's a nightmare to work for, but when you get him away from set, and he's not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he's so awkward, so hopelessly awkward," she continued. "He has no social skills at all. And it's endearing to watch him. He's vulnerable and fragile in real life and then on set he's a tyrant. Shia and I almost die when we make a 'Transformers' movie. He has you do some really insane things that insurance would never let you do." Fox was fired from the "Transformers" franchise, but Bay and the actress eventually made up and worked together on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." While Bill Murray and Harold Ramis starred together in "Ghostbusters," they seemingly had a falling out while working on "Groundhog Day." The two had creative disagreements over the 1993 film that led to physical altercations. At one point, Ramis grabbed Murray by his shirt collar and threw the actor up against a wall, Ramis' daughter wrote in her book, "Ghostbuster's Daughter: Life with My Dad, Harold Ramis." The two didn't speak for 20 years after that but ended their feud before Ramis died in 2014.
