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Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Here's who is left in the ‘Jeopardy!' Masters tournament — plus a major schedule change
The third season of the 'Jeopardy!' Masters tournament, featuring some of the quiz show's top players, is almost over. Here's a look at the players who remain in the tournament — and a significant change in the schedule. This year's tournament boasted a larger player pool than usual, with nine contestants instead of the usual six. Now, halfway through the semifinals, the following four players are still in the running for the $500,000 grand prize: Returning Masters champion Victoria Groce, who defeated 'Jeopardy!' greats James Holzhauer and Yogesh Raut in the tournament last year, as the Deseret News reported. Groce, who was a one-game champion during her initial 'Jeopardy!' run back in 2005 — defeating 19-game winner David Madden — also won the inaugural 'Jeopardy!' Invitational Tournament in 2024. Returning Masters finalist Yogesh Raut, who won three games during his initial 'Jeopardy!' run in 2023 and was the 2024 Tournament of Champions winner, as the Deseret News previously reported. 'Jeopardy!' super-champion Isaac Hirsch, who won nine games last year and was a finalist in the 2025 Tournament of Champions. Juveria Zaheer, who, after losing her first game in 2022, went on to dominate in the Second Chance Tournament a year later. She also won the 2024 'Champions Wildcard' tournament and placed as a quarterfinalist in the 2024 Tournament of Champions, as the Deseret News reported. Most recently, Zaheer was a finalist in the 2025 Jeopardy Invitational Tournament. Each episode in the Masters tournament is one hour long and features two games. The first three episodes (the first six games) eliminated the bottom three players. The remaining six contestants then competed against each other in a series of six quarterfinal games (three episodes) that eliminated another two players. Now, the four remaining contestants are competing against each other in the semifinals (two episodes, four games). One player will be eliminated after the semifinals, bringing the tournament to a two-game finale episode featuring the three last players standing. Unlike in regular 'Jeopardy!' play, the contestants are awarded match points for their wins during the tournament. Winning a game nets 3 points while a second-place finish earns 1 point. Placing third in a game does not earn any points. Match points are reset at the start of each round. In the event of a tie, the following criteria is used to determine rankings, per 'Jeopardy!': Number of games won Cumulative correct responses for that particular round of competition (including Final Jeopardy!) Cumulative score (excluding Final Jeopardy! and Daily Double wagers) Cumulative score (excluding Final Jeopardy!) All of the competitors walk away with a prize: Ninth place — $15,000 (Neilesh Vinjamuri) Eighth place — $15,000 (Adriana Harmeyer) Seventh place — $15,000 (Brad Rutter) Sixth place — $50,000 (Roger Craig) Fifth place — $75,000 (Matt Amodio) Fourth place — $100,000 Third place — $150,000 Second place — $250,000 First place — $500,000 Per the 'Jeopardy!' website, there appears to have been a significant change in the tournament's schedule. While the final two semifinal games were originally scheduled to air Tuesday, June 3, that episode will now air Wednesday, June 4, at 7 p.m. MDT on ABC. Below is the lineup for the two semifinal games airing Wednesday, per the 'Jeopardy!' website: Semifinal Game 3: Victoria Groce, Isaac Hirsch, Juveria Zaheer Semifinal Game 4: TBD Per a TV listing, a rerun of the first two games of the semifinals will air Tuesday, June 3. The season finale will immediately follow the conclusion of the semifinals on June 4, with the one-hour episode airing at 8 p.m. MDT on ABC. Victoria Groce — 6 points Yogesh Raut — 2 points Isaac Hirsch — 0 points Juveria Zaheer — 0 points
Newsweek
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Guy Fieri Reacts to Timothée Chalamet Playing Him in Biopic Joke
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Guy Fieri has reacted to the idea of Timothée Chalamet playing him in a biopic after a joke movie poster went viral. Newsweek reached out to Chalamet's representative via email for comment. The Context Guy Fieri won Season 2 of The Next Food Network Star in 2006. Since then, the 57-year-old has skyrocketed to fame with several Food Network shows including Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy's Grocery Games and Tournament of Champions. He has also become known for his spiky blond hair and "Flavortown" catchphrase. In addition to his hit TV shows, he also owns a slew of restaurant brands including Guy Fieri's American Kitchen & Bar, Downtown Flavortown, Guy's Burger Joint and Guy Fieri's Chophouse. Chalamet, 29, is a two-time Academy Award nominee known for roles in Wonka, Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two. The actor also played singer-songwriter Bob Dylan 2024 biopic A Complete Unknown. Guy Fieri, left, at the opening of Guy Fieri's Flavortown Sports Kitchen at the Horseshoe Las Vegas on July 7, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada; Timothée Chalamet, right, at Game Four of the Eastern Conference... Guy Fieri, left, at the opening of Guy Fieri's Flavortown Sports Kitchen at the Horseshoe Las Vegas on July 7, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada; Timothée Chalamet, right, at Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 27, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Morefor Caesars Entertainment;What To Know On Wednesday, Fieri took to X, formerly Twitter, to respond to a viral movie poster featuring Chalamet as the television personality. "The Road to Flavortown: The Guy Fieri Story," the image posted by X account @1stbestMA_ read. The account's X bio reads: "Formerly @barstoolsports & @vice. Now making underdog films on my own terms @MASTERPIECE MEDIA." In response, the Fieri said: "Big if true." At the time of publication, @1stbestMA_'s post had racked up over 3 million views, as did and Fieri's response. The conversation began when the X account NBA on TNT posted a clip of New York Knicks fan Chalamet cheering during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals in Indianapolis on Sunday, between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers. The actor was wearing a striped shirt, gold jewelry and sunglasses, and had his hair spiked in a similar fashion to Fieri. Another X user retweeted the clip with the caption, "Soft launch of a Guy Fieri biopic," which led to the image of Chalamet as Fieri and the TV star responding with a Guy's Grocery Games meme that read: "Still got it baby!" Comments posted underneath the viral movie poster revealed that it was AI-generated. One X user wrote, "really had to get an ai chatbot to make this for you huh," to which the account @1stbestMA_ responded: "Yes didn't have 17 hours to hand draw." What People Are Saying In the comments on X, viewers shared their support for a biopic. Las Vegas' official X account wrote: "Need this duo immediately." Cobra Kai and Harold & Kumar creator Jon Hurwitz tagged filmmaker Jordan VanDina and posted: "Time to lock Timmy in." Director John Regalado posted: "Would watch." @marinando shared: "Omg I CANNOT unsee it now!!!!" X user @westerns1978 added: "Would love to see Timothee Chalamet as @GuyFieri!!! #FlavorTown." What Happens Next For now, there doesn't appear to be a Fieri biopic in the works.
Chicago Tribune
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
This Chicago chef just won season two of Food Network's '24 in 24: Last Chef Standing'
Food Network's latest high-stakes cooking competition series brought together 24 chefs from across the country to battle it out over a grueling 24-hour period, aptly named '24 in 24: Last Chef Standing.' And the last chef standing for its second season is Chicago's Jonathon Sawyer, chef partner of the Loop's Kindling. 'I don't think there's anything like this because it's such a microcosm of our competitiveness,' Sawyer told the Tribune. 'Other shows that are maybe as big, like 'Tournament of Champions,' where you have 32 chefs, they go on and they film for three-and-a-half weeks — almost like chef summer camp. But for ('Last Chef Standing') next thing you know, you're 12 hours in and you're like, 'OK I've never filmed TV for this long before where I've never not sat down.' The competition — filmed over a continuous 24 hours — is divided into eight episodes and eight 'shifts,' each featuring a rapid-fire culinary challenge designed to test various skills such as speed, resourcefulness, artistry, adaptability, endurance and creativity. Hosts Michael Symon and Esther Choi required chefs to do many obscure challenges throughout the series — such as asking them to identify seven ingredients used in a bowl of pasta in 90 seconds while blindfolded. The number of ingredients guessed correctly was the number of ingredients they could use to create a noodle-based dish. 'In terms of preparation, there's nothing you can do that mimics what you are going to go through in that show,' Sawyer said. Over the years, Sawyer has participated in several Food Network culinary competitions, including 'Iron Chef America,' 'Chopped Tournament of Champions' and 'Bobby's Triple Threat.' He said the lineup of chefs in 'Last Chef Standing' 'was one of the most talented I've ever gone against.' Chicago chef Stephanie Izard also competed on the show and secured a spot in the final five along with Sawyer and chefs Kevin Lee from Edmond, Oklahoma, Bryan Voltaggio from Frederick, Maryland, and Nini Nguyen, who's based in New Orleans. Sawyer said every chef on 'Last Chef Standing' had been in a previous culinary competition. They all had their own strategies when competing, and the margin of error is almost always small, he said. 'There's gameplay involved with everything,' he said. Sawyer said he consulted with a bunch of chefs who competed during the first season of the show to get an idea of how to handle the twists and turns, and the 'breaks' offered to the competitors as a strategic advantage. According to the Food Network, competing chefs can choose to go to the breakroom, skipping the next challenge and advancing to the next shift. Though the hosts give a fair warning that 'resting now could lead to pain later,' Sawyer said with a laugh. 'It seems like everybody who chose to take a nap was pretty much eliminated right afterward, because it's almost impossible to come out of that break and go right into competition mode,' Sawyer said. During one challenge, the chefs had their gas lines shut off by the hosts, which significantly affected their ability to cook. 'I was gobsmacked with my mouth open, like, oh my god, I cannot believe this is happening right now,' Sawyer said with a laugh, adding that a previous advantage allowed him to sit out that grueling challenge. 'But that was the whole point of adaptability. I'm in a wood-fired restaurant now and we have two hubs, and there are times where the hood vent doesn't work and we just have to twist and adapt. We're not going to close our doors, so we're going to run a modified menu, or we're going to grill everything in advance.' At Kindling inside the Willis Tower, Sawyer focuses on hearth-fired cuisine, blending seasonal ingredients with innovation. Sawyer won the grand prize of $75,000 with a spice-roasted rack of lamb, chanterelles, apricots and uni on top of a silky sunchoke puree. Food Network judges praised the dish as 'fearless, balanced and technically immaculate.' He's donating a portion of his winnings to The Sawyer Foundation, a nonprofit he founded to support hospitality professionals seeking sobriety, re-entry to the industry and supplying ongoing recovery resources. ''I'm now three years sober — we started this conversation to give people an opportunity to find their way to recovery inside of this industry,' Sawyer said. 'I don't think a lot of people realize that I checked myself into rehab, and that's how I got sober. I think coming out of that recovery, whether it's inpatient or outpatient, that's another facet of the Sawyer Foundation — facilitating societal reintegration. What does a job look like now that you're sober? What are your opportunities?' Sawyer said restaurant kitchens can be an unforgiving place for people fighting addiction, but he's hoping he can be a real-world example of what recovery looks like. 'As this season concludes, and as every show that I'm on after this, a big part of my conversation is to eliminate the stigma and champion awareness that addiction is affecting up to 40% of our industry,' he said. 'We need to have people understand that everybody from Robert Downey Jr. to Dax Shepard to Jonathan Sawyer, all suffer in a different way and are able to navigate and be successful, so you can too.'
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Sports on TV: Sunday, April 20, 2025
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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Celebrity Chef Takes Plea Deal in Strangulation Case
A celebrity chef has taken a plea deal in an assault case involving his then-estranged wife. Darnell Ferguson, a five-time contestant on Tournament of Champions, was arrested in January 2024 on seven criminal charges, including burglary, strangulation, terroristic threatening, assault, menacing, criminal mischief and theft-receipt of a stolen credit or debit card, according to WHAS 11. The Louisville news network reported at the time that Ferguson was accused of illegally entering a then-unnamed woman's house and strangling her until she passed out, and threatening to kill her. The woman was later revealed to be his then-estranged wife, Tatahda Ferguson, with whom the chef shares eight children. He pleaded not guilty at the time, and his wife later said in a statement that she thought law enforcement "twisted" her words. "I reacted in the heat of the moment after we had an intense argument, and called the police for a matter that really didn't warrant their involvement," said Tatahda's statement. "I believe my words were twisted by certain law enforcement officials who arelooking to make a name for themselves at the expense of my husband's celebrity status. Darnell is a good man! I have never felt unsafe or threatened by him and he hasalways been an incredible father to our children. It hurts my heart the way he's being vilified. I am coming forward to try and do what's right to clear his name and help our family heal." Ferguson is a local celebrity in Kentucky for his now-closed SuperChefs restaurant, in addition to his various Food Network and Today appearances. He has advanced as high as the final four in Tournament of Champions, back in season 2 where he was defeated by eventual champion, . Ferguson's case was scheduled to come to trial in May 2025, but the chef instead reached a plea agreement with the prosecutors. WLKY reports that as part of his plea deal, several charges were lowered, and he was sentenced to 12 months for the criminal mischief charge, but the jail time was "conditionally discharged for two years," which means Ferguson will not serve jail time unless a further offense is committed within the stated period of time. The police department that arrested Ferguson released its own statement after the plea deal, responding to Tatahda's assertion that they misinterpreted the situation. "In this particular case, our officers acted professionally and with the seriousness the situation deserved. We did not embellish or manufacture any aspect of the investigation. All charges and findings were based solely on the facts and evidence presented to us. "We appreciate that Mr. Ferguson accepted some responsibility for his actions that day. Our hope is that he and his family are able to find healing and peace as they move forward. We remain committed to supporting all individuals impacted by domestic violence and to ensuring the safety and well-being of our community."
