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NBC News
24-05-2025
- NBC News
Mother of murdered son in gay bar slayings finds long-awaited peace in sentencing
A mother finally rests Umberger, a former political consultant, moved to New York several weeks before his death for his job at a nonprofit. Although he was relatively new to the city, he quickly developed a list of favorite restaurants he shared with his mom, including Minetta Tavern, the Waverly Inn and Lil' Frankies. Clary marked Wednesday's sentencing at one of her son's favorite spots, the French restuarant La Goulue, surrounded by dozens of his friends and family. The restaurant is located across the street from the Upper East Side townhouse where Umberger lived—and were he tragically died. "John was so excited about taking on New York City. And in some ways, ironically with what happened, even though he is not physically here, he took on New York City and he won. It just cost him his life," she added. Clary said that one of the most challenging moments throughout the last three years was watching surveillance footage shown during the trail of her son leaving a Hell Kitchen's gay bar on the night he died. The footage showed Umberger leaving The Q NYC alone in a car and then returning several minutes later for unknown reasons. He was then seen departing the front of the bar with the men later found guilty for his murder, Hamilton and DeMaio. "There was something that kept drawing John back to the front of that club. It's almost like you want to jump out of the seat and scream 'stop John! Go back home' and it didn't happen," she said. "Seeing how vulnerable he was and by himself. He seemed quite happy to go off with his new friends." Umberger's friends — a diverse group of men and women spanning several generations — described him as a "connector," someone who can light up a room and befriend any stranger. At Wednesday's hearing, Neil Chatterjee, one of Umberger's friends, reflected on Umberger's friendly nature. "You didn't have to kill him, You didn't even have to rob him. If you needed money, he would have given it to you. He would have hung out with you," he said. "Instead you chose to go down the malicious path and now your lives are forever ruined." Clary returned home to North Carolina later this week. She said she plans to visit New York periodically and volunteer her time to the LGBTQ community in the near future. But for now, she will be spending time with her three other adult children, enjoying her new grandchildren and taking care of her 95 year old father, she said. After three years traveling back and forth to New York, pressing local officials and advocating for her son in the media, Clary also plans to rest. "There is no doubt in my mind that I will be together with John again," Clary said. "God is taking a bad, evil thing that happened and making good out of it," she added.
Newsweek
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
NFL QB Reacts to Viral Travis Kelce Photo With Hilarious Taylor Swift Comment
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. Kansas City Chiefs superstar tight end Travis Kelce has become one of the most popular names in the NFL since his relationship with Taylor Swift went public. Kelce and Swift have dominated headlines, both in the sports and entertainment world. Almost every move they make has drawn attention. That is what made a recent photo of Kelce go absolutely viral. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have dinner at Waverly Inn on October 15, 2023 in New York City. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have dinner at Waverly Inn on October 15, 2023 in New York City. Photo by Gotham/GC Images In a new picture that was recently revealed by TMZ Sports, Kelce was seen sporting a lot of hair on his back following a workout. Travis Kelce Goes Shirtless, Puts Hairy Back on Display After Sweaty Workout | Click to read more 👇 — TMZ (@TMZ) May 21, 2025 Fans have been talking a lot about the photo and wondering how Taylor Swift feels about the body hair. She certainly does not seem to have any issue with it. Read more: Browns Legend Has Shocking Prediction About Shedeur Sanders, Dillon Gabriel Since the photo went viral, NFL quarterback Kirk Cousins has noticed the picture and decided to speak out about it. He sent a hilarious message to Swift. "God bless Taylor Swift for being good with that," Cousins said. "That's awesome. Good for her." Cousins went on to make it clear that he does not deal with body hair, but that he sees a lot of it in NFL locker rooms. "Thankfully, I don't have to deal with that, but I'm in a locker room a lot," he said. "That's just a part of life. It is what it is." Moving past his back hair, Kelce will be coming back for at least one more season with the Chiefs in 2025. After losing in the Super Bowl, he simply could not walk away on a loss like that. Read more: Steelers Receive Aaron Rodgers Prediction From Packers' Matt LaFleur After making the decision to come back for the upcoming campaign, Kelce spoke out with his reasoning. "The biggest thing is that I (expletive) love playing the game of football. I love playing," Kelce said. "I still think I can play it at a high level, and possibly at a higher level than I did last year." He also revealed that losing in the Super Bowl was probably the biggest reason for his comeback in 2025. "I don't think it was my best outing. I think I let my guys down in a lot more moments than I helped them, especially if you look at my track record and how I've been in years past," he continued. "I got a bad taste in my mouth for how I ended the year and how well I was playing and how accountable I was for the people around me." For more Kansas City Chiefs and NFL news, head over to Newsweek Sports.
New York Times
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Three Potpies That Go Beyond Chicken
Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to eat potpie. Like its dessert counterpart, the potpie is everything I want in a dish: a rich amalgam of textures, always filling and eternally comforting. I grew up eating Marie Callender's mini potpies from the frozen food aisle (Marie, you'll always be famous, girl) and post-Thanksgiving potpies made with all that leftover turkey and store-bought pie crust. It was only in adulthood (and in New York) that I realized the incredible heights a potpie could reach — I'm talking veritable clouds of puff pastry over piping hot stewed chicken and vegetables like the kind you'll find at the Waverly Inn or Kellogg's Diner — as well as the magic New York City restaurants could work with potpies of the non-chicken variety. Here are three options that have recently melted my cold, wintry heart. We need to talk about Greenpoint. More specifically, we need to talk about that strip of Greenpoint Avenue between West Street and Transmitter Park that is teeming with restaurants: Taku Sando, El Pingüino, Radio Star, Panzón and, of course, Lingo, which opened almost two years ago. So often I'm meeting restaurants early in their lifetime, so it was nice to walk into a restaurant — this one from the chef Emily Yuen, an alum of the Japanese restaurant Bessou — that knows exactly what it's about. Personally, I was about the beef pie, a stunning potpie served in an oval-shaped dish with a hunk of bone as a vent. 'Beef pie' as a description really undersells what makes this menu item so special because underneath that thin but crispy sheet of crust is a tantalizing beef curry with root vegetables in the style of Hokkaido, Japan, where it's prepared more like a thin stew and enriched with a buttery roux. When we dropped by for dinner on a snowy Sunday night, my friend Joey and I chipped every piece of crust off the edge of the platter long after the curry had disappeared. 27 Greenpoint Avenue (West Street) Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
