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New York Post
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Slashercise' workouts at LA studio involve stabbing movements, plastic chainsaws and serial killers videos
This new workout is a scream. Killer Fitness, located in Burbank, California, offers health nuts and horror fans the chance to run for their lives — it's not exercise, it's 'Slashercise.' Strength is built and endurance is tested during hour-long classes where participants jump, kick, and punch against a giant screen that features looped footage of movie monsters, crazed killers and villains like Freddy Kruger. Advertisement 'Horror movies are a form of adrenaline-pumping escapism and so is exercise,' co-owner Vanessa Decker told The Los Angeles Times, 'I don't know, it just works!' 3 Killer Fitness in Los Angeles offers horror-themed 'Slashercise' workouts. Instagram/slashercise Decker and her partner Ama Lea are also artistic collaborators who bonded over their shared love of camp and macabre, co-creating the 2024 film 'Slashercise.' A montage of slasher sequences and workout routines, the film follows a serial killer, cheekily named Meathead, who attacks fitness instructors at an LA gym. Advertisement A hit among horror lovers, fans of the film were clamoring to have a real-life slasher-esque experience. Decker and Lea delivered, opening Killer Fitness in May of 2025 with 'Slashercise' as their signature class. The hour-long sessions focus on core work and is an homage to the retro, repetitive style of '80s workout videos from icons like Jane Fonda, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Richard Simmons. Advertisement Strength training is spookily supplemented with horror-themed props like plastic chainsaws and fake knives. A move to master? 'The Final Girl,' named for the horror archetype of the lone female survivor who confronts the killer and lives to tell the tale. 3 Slashercise includes props like plastic chainsaws and fake knives, really selling the horror theme. As Decker notes, chain gyms can be bright, annoying, and deterring to potential clients. Despite the dark undertones of Killer Fitness, she wanted to create a space that feels as welcoming as it does wonderfully weird. Advertisement 'Working out can be daunting, so we just want it to feel inviting. There's goat yoga, so why not a gym for horror fans?' However, Decker and Lea bill Killer Fitness as more than a gym, advertising the slasher inspired space as an immersive universe. The decor is decidedly '80s, with plenty of neon and fake blood to go around. 'Where every sweat session is a scene, and you're the star. Whether you're here for the nostalgia, the fitness, or just the chance to scream your lungs out between reps — we've got a spot for you,' they said. Among the other offerings at Killer Fitness are 'TERRORTwist,' a dance workout with cardio choreography pulled directly from cult favorites like Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' 'Little Shop of Horrors,' and 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' 'Flexorcism' is Killer Fitness's version of a pilates class, billed as 'die-namic.' 3 Classes include 'TERRORTwist,' a dance workout with cardio choreography pulled directly from cult favorites like Michael Jackson's 'Thriller.' There's also 'horror yoga' and 'flexorcism.' Instagram/slashercise 'Corpse Pose Killer,' is a yoga-inspired class that promises, 'You'll leave breathless, sweaty, and feeling dead—but totally empowered.' Advertisement While the classes are marketed to horror fans, the workouts are designed for anyone looking to build strength, endurance and confidence and all instructors are certified by the American Council on Exercise. 'We're here for everybody and all body types,' said Lea, who also designs the shop's workout wear 'That's so important to us.' Fitness fans can document their post workout glow in Killer Fitness's vintage photo booth and outfit themselves in apparel to die for from the team's on site store.
FACT
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- FACT
A Michael Jackson tribute heads to Dubai Opera
Michael Lives Forever features an epic performance. Grab your moonwalking shoes. Dubai is about to unleash a tribute to the one and only Michael Jackson. For one night only, the emirate will transform into a dancefloor of nostalgia in honour of the King of Pop. Taking place on Saturday, 7 September, Michael Lives Forever will take over the stage at Dubai Opera, promising the world's biggest Michael Jackson tribute show. This isn't your average tribute act. Michael Lives Forever is a full-scale spectacle led by none other than Rodrigo Teaser, a global Michael Jackson tribute sensation. Watch him channel Michael Jackson's energy, voice, style, and larger-than-life stage presence with an authenticity that has earned him fans all over the world. Expect a nostalgic journey through Michael Jackson's greatest hits, from Thriller, Billie Jean and Beat It to Smooth Criminal, Black or White, Heal the World and beyond. Rodrigo Teaser promises to recreate the full Michael Jackson experience, with jaw-dropping choreography, live vocals, dazzling costumes, and an epic stage production. Michael Lives Forever has also received praise from those closest to the King of Pop himself. Lavelle Smith Jr, Michael's long-time choreographer, is, in fact, directing Rodrigo Teaser in The King of Pop Tribute. And if that wasn't impressive enough, the star has also toured with Jennifer Batten, Michael Jackson's legendary guitarist — proof that this show comes with serious credibility. So, whether you grew up dancing to Dangerous or just discovered Michael Jackson and his hits through TikTok, this is one live show you won't want to miss. Tickets are on sale now, with prices starting at AED 295 and going up to AED 750. Grab yours now – they won't last long. GO: Visit for more information.
Rhyl Journal
3 days ago
- Business
- Rhyl Journal
Trump opens his new Scottish golf course before return to US to ‘put out fires'
The US president teed off at The New Course in Menie in front of a crowd including golfers, the Scottish First Minister and the Scottish Labour leader. Mr Trump also made reference to late James Bond actor Sir Sean Connery's reported support for his golf resort – even attempting to recreate the actor's voice. Just before hitting the first ball at the New Course, the US president told those gathered on a grandstand: 'We started with a beautiful piece of land, but we made it much more beautiful. 'The area has really welcomed us. If you remember at the beginning there wasn't quite a welcome, but it wasn't bad. 'But with time they liked us more and more, now they love us and we love them.' Mr Trump added: 'I look forward to playing it today. 'We'll play it very quickly and then I go back to DC and we put out fires all over the world. 'We did one yesterday – you know we stopped the war. We've stopped about five wars. 'That's much more important than playing golf. As much as I like it, it's much more important.' At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the president thanked his son Eric for his role in creating the new 18-hole course, adding: 'This has been an unbelievable development. 'The land, they said it couldn't get zoned, it was an impossibility. 'And Sean Connery said 'let the bloody bloke build his golf course'. 'Once he said that everything came into line. John (Swinney) and I were talking about that last night.' The president met First Minister Mr Swinney on Monday evening at a private dinner, and the two had a more formal meeting on Tuesday ahead of the course opening. This meeting is understood to have focused on Scotch whisky tariffs and the situation in Gaza. Mr Trump will head back to the US later on Tuesday on Air Force One, as his Scottish visit comes to a close. Construction of the new course in Menie began in 2023, with Mr Trump and his son Eric breaking ground on the project. Trump International Scotland claims the two courses will be the 'greatest 36 holes in golf'. Critics say the Trump developments in Scotland have not delivered as many jobs as promised and work at the Menie site has caused environmental damage. Members of the media watched the opening ceremony from a grandstand, with music played beforehand including Roxanne, Thriller, and Surfin' USA, plus music by the Script and Elvis. The president has already played several rounds of golf during his Scottish trip, teeing off at his other resort in Turnberry, South Ayrshire, on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Trump hit out at the UK's taxes on North Sea oil, saying the natural resource is a 'treasure chest' for the country. He wrote on Truth Social: 'They have essentially told drillers and oil companies that, 'we don't want you'. 'Incentivize the drillers, fast. 'A vast fortune to be made for the UK, and far lower energy costs for the people!' The US president's fifth and final day in Scotland on Tuesday follows a meeting and press conference with Sir Keir Starmer on Monday. As they met at Turnberry for bilateral talks on trade and the situation in Gaza, Mr Trump and Sir Keir took part in what proved to be a lengthy media event, with the president discussing a number of topics. The Republican Party leader spoke of his 'great love' for Scotland and said he wanted to see the nation 'thrive'. The president also hosted a dinner at Menie with members of his family and guests including the Prime Minister. A demonstration took place in Balmedie, near the resort, on Monday. A small number of protesters sat at the roadside in the centre of the village, surrounded by cardboard signs bearing anti-Trump slogans.
North Wales Chronicle
3 days ago
- Business
- North Wales Chronicle
Trump opens his new Scottish golf course before return to US to ‘put out fires'
The US president teed off at The New Course in Menie in front of a crowd including golfers, the Scottish First Minister and the Scottish Labour leader. Mr Trump also made reference to late James Bond actor Sir Sean Connery's reported support for his golf resort – even attempting to recreate the actor's voice. Just before hitting the first ball at the New Course, the US president told those gathered on a grandstand: 'We started with a beautiful piece of land, but we made it much more beautiful. 'The area has really welcomed us. If you remember at the beginning there wasn't quite a welcome, but it wasn't bad. 'But with time they liked us more and more, now they love us and we love them.' Mr Trump added: 'I look forward to playing it today. 'We'll play it very quickly and then I go back to DC and we put out fires all over the world. 'We did one yesterday – you know we stopped the war. We've stopped about five wars. 'That's much more important than playing golf. As much as I like it, it's much more important.' At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the president thanked his son Eric for his role in creating the new 18-hole course, adding: 'This has been an unbelievable development. 'The land, they said it couldn't get zoned, it was an impossibility. 'And Sean Connery said 'let the bloody bloke build his golf course'. 'Once he said that everything came into line. John (Swinney) and I were talking about that last night.' The president met First Minister Mr Swinney on Monday evening at a private dinner, and the two had a more formal meeting on Tuesday ahead of the course opening. This meeting is understood to have focused on Scotch whisky tariffs and the situation in Gaza. Mr Trump will head back to the US later on Tuesday on Air Force One, as his Scottish visit comes to a close. Construction of the new course in Menie began in 2023, with Mr Trump and his son Eric breaking ground on the project. Trump International Scotland claims the two courses will be the 'greatest 36 holes in golf'. Critics say the Trump developments in Scotland have not delivered as many jobs as promised and work at the Menie site has caused environmental damage. Members of the media watched the opening ceremony from a grandstand, with music played beforehand including Roxanne, Thriller, and Surfin' USA, plus music by the Script and Elvis. The president has already played several rounds of golf during his Scottish trip, teeing off at his other resort in Turnberry, South Ayrshire, on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Trump hit out at the UK's taxes on North Sea oil, saying the natural resource is a 'treasure chest' for the country. He wrote on Truth Social: 'They have essentially told drillers and oil companies that, 'we don't want you'. 'Incentivize the drillers, fast. 'A vast fortune to be made for the UK, and far lower energy costs for the people!' The US president's fifth and final day in Scotland on Tuesday follows a meeting and press conference with Sir Keir Starmer on Monday. As they met at Turnberry for bilateral talks on trade and the situation in Gaza, Mr Trump and Sir Keir took part in what proved to be a lengthy media event, with the president discussing a number of topics. The Republican Party leader spoke of his 'great love' for Scotland and said he wanted to see the nation 'thrive'. The president also hosted a dinner at Menie with members of his family and guests including the Prime Minister. A demonstration took place in Balmedie, near the resort, on Monday. A small number of protesters sat at the roadside in the centre of the village, surrounded by cardboard signs bearing anti-Trump slogans.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump Opens Golf Course During Not So Private Scottish Visit
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump opened the second course at his sprawling golf estate in eastern Scotland, publicly endorsing one of his high-profile properties after meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and hammering out a trade deal with the European Union. Budapest's Most Historic Site Gets a Controversial Rebuild San Francisco in Talks With Vanderbilt for Downtown Campus Can This Bridge Ease the Troubled US-Canadian Relationship? Trump Administration Sues NYC Over Sanctuary City Policy 'The area has really welcomed us,' the president said Tuesday at Trump International Scotland, near Aberdeen. 'At the beginning, it wasn't quite a welcome, but it wasn't bad. But with time, they've liked us more and more. Now they love us and we love them.' During a six-minute speech to guests assembled in a grandstand near the first tee, Trump also nodded to his presidential duties before hitting the first tee shot. 'I look forward to playing it today. We'll play it very quickly, and then I go back to DC,' Trump said. 'We just stopped about five wars, so that's much more important than playing golf. ' Trump then cut a red ribbon with a pair of scissors and hit a drive into the fairway, setting out to play the course's first official round with his son, Eric, and former professional golf tour players Paul McGinley and Rich Beem. Tuesday's event marked one of the starkest examples yet of how Trump has mixed his official duties with his family's business interests. He's repeatedly blurred the lines, holding fundraisers and press conferences at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and hosting LIV Golf tournaments in his courses in New Jersey and Virginia bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's public investment fund. Make America Great Again hats have appeared along course-branded attire inside the pro shops at Trump's properties at Turnberry and Aberdeen. Campaign anthems, including Michael Jackson's Thriller and the Village People's YMCA, played over loudspeakers at Tuesday's event and red, white and blue fireworks were fired off the first fairway. The ceremony capped a five-day private trip funded by US taxpayers. White House officials dismissed the notion that Trump's visit amounted to a conflict of interest. The president handed over management of his company when he retook office and his assets were placed in a trust managed by his children, an arrangement ethics groups said still posed conflicts. 'Donald J. Trump has built the best and most beautiful world-class golf courses anywhere in the world, which is why they continue to be used for prestigious tournaments and by the most elite players in the sport,' spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said in a statement ahead of the trip, which noted Trump's plans to meet with Starmer. Trump also met with Scottish First Minister John Swinney before the grand opening, according to the White House. Guests expected to attend included a mix of relatives, dignitaries and sports luminaries, such as Swinney; US Ambassador to the UK Warren Stephens; DP World Tour Chief Executive Officer Guy Kinnings; former football stars Robbie Fowler and Andriy Shevchenko; and former US Open winner Michael Campbell. Although the president is ostensibly in the UK to check out his two golf properties — he arrived at Turnberry in the west of Scotland on Friday — he reached an agreement with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the US to place a lower 15% tariff on the bloc, and discussed the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the war in Ukraine and trade with Starmer. Trump's visit to Scotland, the birthplace of his mother, comes as he navigates discord at home over his administration's handling of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He's also enmeshed in a drawn-out fight with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over interest rates and the central bank's headquarters renovation, while Trump's tariff deadline expires Aug. 1. The new course at Menie will be named after Mary Anne MacLeod, Trump's Gaelic-speaking mother who emigrated to the US as a teenager from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. It'll complement the Old Course, which opened in 2012, and — according to Trump International's marketing material — together they will form 'The Greatest 36 Holes in Golf.' The slogan appeared on signs around the property on Tuesday. Adding another upmarket 18 holes in Scotland won't necessarily endear the president to the locals, few of whom care to spend hundreds of pounds knocking a ball around the links. The event also serves as a reminder to many Scots that his initial foray into Aberdeenshire in 2006, when he was hardly known in the UK, was rife with controversy. The project promised more jobs than it delivered, Trump bullied local residents who didn't want to move home, while environmentalists were angered when the nearby sand dunes lost their status as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. In 2012, Trump appeared at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh to try to halt a wind farm that he said was a blight on the view from his golf course. Expanding Trump International represents another addition to the list of premier golfing destinations along the country's east coast, ranging from Open Championship courses such as Muirfield to bucket-list venues like St. Andrews and Royal Dornoch. Other top-dollar sites are also getting upgrades — Carnoustie is revamping its hotel and Cabot Highlands is adding another course. --With assistance from Hadriana Lowenkron. 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