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New York Times
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- Entertainment
- New York Times
As Mister Romantic, John C. Reilly Just Wants to Spread Love
John C. Reilly has been a staple of Paul Thomas Anderson's films, starred in serious and satirical biopics, made a legend of a man-child stepbrother, and was nominated for an Oscar in 2003 for his haunting turn as Amos — 'Mister Cellophane' — in 'Chicago.' But the character closest to him just might be a know-nothing who emerges, openhearted and singing, from a box. For the past three years, Reilly, 60, has performed as Mister Romantic, a retro crooner who just wants to find everlasting love. A vaudeville-esque act of his own creation with mostly American songbook numbers — 'What'll I Do,' 'Dream' — and a backing band, it's a quasi-improvised set that has him interacting with the audience in a way that's sometimes wryly funny, sometimes tender and sad, but always sincere. Connection, of any kind, is the point. After a series of sold-out shows in Los Angeles, Reilly is taking his persona on the road, to Cafe Carlyle starting Wednesday. And he is releasing a concept album, 'What's Not to Love?,' his renditions of classics and more, on Friday. His alter ego's origins are deep-seated. 'I've been a romantic person my whole life,' Reilly said. 'My mother would play these standards on the player piano at our house, and I would sing along.' It was 'Mister Cellophane' that reawakened in him, he said, an appreciation for a bygone era of theatricality. He finished shooting the HBO series 'Winning Time,' about the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, on a Friday, 'and on Monday night, I had my first Mister Romantic show,' he said. 'I was like, oh, I just want to get out onstage and express myself.' Image John C. Reilly's Mister Romantic project includes a cabaret show and a new album, 'What's Not to Love?' Mister Romantic at work. Reilly's Oscar-nominated role in 'Chicago' reawakened a love of theatricality. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
"I wanted him to see more than anything" - Indiana Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton recapped Game 1 win celebration with Reggie Miller in his thoughts
Indiana Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton recapped Game 1 win celebration with Reggie Miller in his thoughts (Image Credit: Getty Images) Tyrese Haliburton spoke about his Reggie Miller moment during Game 1 . He did Miller's iconic 'choke' gesture to celebrate a winning moment. He also reflected on what led his team to have an edge over the Knicks, mentioning the wearing effect they created. Caitlin Clark lauded the team for its happening comeback in Game 1. Tyrese Haliburton recapped 'choke' gesture moment while talking about Game 1 Tyrese Haliburton was on cloud nine after crushing the New York Knicks 135-138 in Game 1. He played a crucial role in the team's comeback, which helped them snatch the game from the Knicks. A highlight of the game was his 'choke celebration', which is the signature step of Reggie Miller, who was on the sidelines for Game 1. Talking about the moment, Haliburton said: 'I've seen that Winning Time doc probably like 50 times growing up. So I, I know that they didn't win the series, so I would not like to repeat that. But you know, I think that's just a historic moment. And that was obviously more him versus Spike — kind of the one-on-one. And that just felt like it was to everybody. But to him too, I wanted him to see it more than anything. But I think it's just really cool to continue to, you know, make my own history and this group to make our own history while also showing, you know, respect and love to the ones who came before us. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Pantofi de mers foarte confortabili pentru bărbați Cumpără acum Undo So definitely a special moment. And yeah, something I won't forget.' Tyrese Haliburton, with the choke moment, reprised the 1994 New York Knicks - Indiana Pacers battle in which Spike Lee made things tougher for the Pacers by taunting constantly. Reggie Miller responded to him with a 'choke' gesture to indicate the Knicks' choking under the pressure. That gesture went on to become the classic taunt in NBA. Tyrese Haliburton reflected on what led to New York Knicks' downfall in Game 1 While talking further about the way the Indiana Pacers take up the pace and make a comeback, consequently making things difficult for the opposing New York Knicks, Tyrese Haliburton reflected on the decisive part of the game. He said: 'I think maybe you could say that, you know, they missed a couple free throws there down the stretch. Had a couple short misses there at the end of the game. I'm sure for coach's sake and for coach speak, yeah, the wear-down effect was, you know, in full effect right there. But I think the way you got to approach this game and approach the series is that it's going to be a seven-game series. I think we played in 13 days, right? So that's how we've been, that's how we're approaching it and looking at it. You got to take it one day at a time. So, you know, I think just trying to wear on these guys as much as we can.' Tyrese Haliburton talks Game 1 WIN vs Knicks, FULL Postgame Interview He further said, 'Obviously their starters play a lot of minutes. You know, I thought, you know, obviously with some foul trouble, some other guys had to play a little bit more. They had a lineup out there that probably hasn't played together a ton, but was really effective for them there. So we just got to do a better job there. But I think, yeah, I think it's hard for me to discredit and say that the wear-down effect wasn't there. You know, I think from everything you're seeing, that's a part of it. And I think that's a part of our identity. How can we wear on teams for 48 minutes, obviously picking up full court?' Recapping the decisive parts of Game 1, he said, 'But you know, as well as our offensive pressure — getting downhill, moving, playing fast — you know, I thought that we did a good job offensively of playing our style. You know they went on that little run there and obviously got a pretty big lead there. But I thought we did a great job of, you know, Pascal had the and-one on KAT. And we just, you know, kept coming and kept coming and kept coming. And I think that was really big for us — making extra, extra plays, getting extra possessions with offensive rebounds, or finishing, getting rebounds on that side. I think they were all big down the stretch. So yeah, I think for Coach Carlisle's sake, we'll say the wear-down effect was in full effect.' Also Read: 'THIS IS CINEMA' — Tyrese Haliburton's choke sign at MSG goes viral after pushing the Game 1 against New York Knicks to OT The Indiana Pacers also got appreciation from Caitlin Clark, who picked them as the favorite comeback team of all time. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
Los Angeles Times
22-03-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
Jeff Pearlman goes from sportswriting to throwing fastballs at O.C. politicians
Jeff Pearlman is one of the most successful sportswriters of his generation. His must-read articles appeared in Sports Illustrated and ESPN in the 2000s before he switched over to penning best-selling books on everything from Bo Jackson to the 1986 New York Mets to the Showtime-era Lakers, the latter which was turned into the recent HBO series 'Winning Time.' His biography of Tupac Shakur is scheduled for release in October. And yet last month, Pearlman announced he was embarking on an altogether different kind of mission: to write about Orange County politics. Talk about a wicked curveball! As a faithful reader and lifelong Orange Countian, I immediately signed up for his website, The Truth OC. There, on a near daily basis, Pearlman uses the same puerile-yet-potent invective against local conservatives and President Trump that he once reserved for sports fools. Huntington Beach Mayor Pat Burns? He's 'Bull Connor meets Bobby Knight meets Officer Krupke.' Laguna Woods Republican Club president Pat Micone? Belongs to the 'genre of person who needs to be told, repeatedly, not to answer her cell unless she recognizes the number.' Capistrano Valley Unified School District trustees are a 'four-headed wackadoo squad of hard-right board members.' Rep. Young Kim is a 'coward' for not standing up to Trump. Those are the barbs I can quote in a family-friendly newspaper. Pearlman already scored a scoop by unearthing a video that went viral of Capo Valley trustee Judy Bullockus using the N-word during a board meeting. While I was pleasantly shocked by Pearlman's pivot, he's a much-needed chronicler for a region of 3.2 million that has served as a political bellwether for decades yet has a much smaller press corps than before. Still, Pearlman writing about O.C. politics seems a little like Gustavo Dudamel quitting the L.A. Philharmonic to moonlight as a drummer at the Dresden Room. Shohei ditching the Dodgers to join a local pickleball league. 'I'm profoundly down' about national politics right now, he said when we recently met at a cafe near Chapman University, where he lectures on sports journalism. Gawky and bespectacled but with the brio of a scrapper, Pearlman was dressed like a quintessential sports geek: black-and-yellow Pittsburgh Pirates hat and Pittsburgh Maulers shirt, the latter a long-gone professional football team. Flip-flops. Sweatpants that looked like jeans. 'Like, these are not happy days for me. But every time I write a new post, I feel really good,' he said. 'Every time I see people reading and the subscriptions keep going up, I'm like, 'All right, this is a way to feel a little like you're doing something.'' Other sports journalists also occasionally opine on politics, long a no-no in their profession. But Galen Clavio, director of the National Sports Journalism Center at Indiana University in Bloomington, feels that what's especially fascinating about Pearlman's latest focus is that almost all of his peers 'aren't going into hyper-local things, because most followers will think, 'I don't believe you're really into this, so why bring it into the equation?'' 'I wish I didn't have to do this … but this feels more important,' the fast-talking Pearlman replied when I asked him why he's now focusing on the micro instead of the macro. He recently covered a rainy Friday afternoon pro-democracy rally outside Irvine City Hall, for chrissakes. 'We don't need another me screaming about Trump, which I do a lot. It doesn't really resonate. There's a million people screaming, but there's not that many people screaming about local politics.' I wondered why he didn't just volunteer for a local Democratic club, or write a check to a politician, instead of devoting time and energy to something he's doing for free. 'This is important — I'm being serious,' he shot back. 'I want people to know that not everyone is doing sh-t for the money. Like, I'm just doing it because I'm mad.' The East Coast native moved with his family from New York to South O.C. in 2014 after years of visits for his work, which included covering the 2002 World Series that saw the Angels beat the San Francisco Giants (he thinks the Halos are the worst franchise in Major League Baseball). 'We wanted a yard for our kids,' he cracked. Pearlman was initially the classic O.C. suburbanite, preferring to focus on the good life instead of local matters. But he always kept in mind the experiences of a good friend. 'She used to tell me what it was like to be a Black person in Orange County and being stopped here' by police constantly. 'And I'd notice weird things, and she was like, 'Well, that's Orange County.'' In 2018, Pearlman came across the words of Huntington Beach-area Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, long an outlandish figure who once said during a congressional hearing that dinosaur farts caused global warming (he later claimed it was a joke). 'I never actually never had exposure to people like this,' the 52-year-old said. 'I had read about them, but that was it.' He started a website that tracked some of the crazier things Rohrabacher said, which I remembered as being funny but not really revelatory. In hindsight, Pearlman was personifying the awakening of O.C. liberals, who made history in 2018 by electing an all-Democratic congressional delegation for the first time ever two years after making Hillary Clinton the first Democratic presidential nominee to take Orange County since the Great Depression. 'That was a real turning point,' Pearlman said. 'And I didn't think [Orange County] would ever go back for red.' Trump's triumph last year (although not in O.C., which he has never won), coupled with local election victories for MAGA acolytes, snapped Pearlman back into action. Shortly after the election, he went to a local meeting of liberals. 'They were very nice people, but basically the whole vibe of the meeting was, 'Who wants a hug? You need to get in touch with our feelings.' And that's just not me at all. I'm not saying I don't have feelings. But to me, you have to punch them [MAGA nation] in the face.' His pugnaciousness reminded me of O.C.'s oldest political blog: Orange Juice Blog, which began in 2003. Publisher Vern Nelson started off as the resident loudmouth in its lively comments section before becoming a contributor, then taking over Orange Juice altogether in 2010. He hadn't heard of The Truth OC until I told him, and he asked if he could read some posts before offering his opinion. When Nelson called back, he was laughing in appreciation. 'He's doing a lot of good stuff,' Nelson said. 'We need another good political blog. I'd say to use his previously existing fame, but he's probably going to piss off a lot of his old readers.' Pearlman thinks his sports background actually makes him ideal to write about politics. 'We deal with people who are mad at us all the time, and we have to come back the next day,' he said. 'And, like, you have to write fast. You have to turn around copy quick. You have to make it punchy. Like, it can't just be flat.' He admits to being a 'community college student, second semester freshman year' when it came to knowing about his new beat. He knew none of the historic names I threw at him, and nothing about Santa Ana, where a new generation of Latino voters are bringing L.A.-style progressive politics to the city. When Pearlman tried to rationalize the conservative leanings of his neighbors — 'I think my neighbor is upset about his taxes. I don't think he's upset about a Black family here' — I retorted that his neighbor would be up in arms if it was a Mexican family, and he conceded the point. 'But I'm taking whatever people have to give me,' he added. 'I'm open to learn.' Pearlman doesn't know how long he'll do The Truth OC and even admitted, 'I know I'm definitely gonna burn out. That doesn't mean I won't keep going.' But he hoped that his example will bring attention and vigor to a political scene that desperately needs both. 'You'll go to these [local Democratic] meetings and they'll be like, 'All right, guys, tomorrow we're going to have a letter-writing campaign to Young Kim's office, and we're going to send 100 postcards. And it is done earnestly and with very good intentions. I'm not bashing anywhere, but it's not f—— working.' He stayed silent for a second — a lifetime for Pearlman. 'I sent 50 bucks to [Rep. Hakeem] Jeffries' office. It's another 50 bucks he has. What's it going to do, buy 100 postcards?' A half-second of silence. 'What these people [politicians] don't like is being embarrassed.'
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Is Kate Hudson's Running Point character based on Jeanie Buss, the Lakers owner?
If you're watching Mindy Kaling's new Netflix series Running Point, the story may or may not be familiar to you: it's the tale of a woman played by Kate Hudson who takes over ownership of a Los Angeles basketball franchise called the Waves. Yes, this is based Jeanie Buss, who owns the Los Angeles Lakers (Waves! Lakers! Get it?). She just so happens to be an executive producer of the series, but she's cautioned that she and her family have been an inspiration for the tale of Isla Gordon. Buss's father, Dr. Jerry Buss (remember him in Winning Time? He was played by John C. Reilly) died in 2013 and gave his ownership of the Lakers over to his six kids including Jeanie, who became president. Eventually, she got full control of the franchise in 2017. Watch the trailer and see if you agree about some of the similarities (WARNING: There's some NSFW language in there): This article originally appeared on For The Win: Kate Hudson Running Point character based on Jeanie Buss?
USA Today
28-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Is Kate Hudson's Running Point character based on Jeanie Buss, the Lakers owner?
Is Kate Hudson's Running Point character based on Jeanie Buss, the Lakers owner? If you're watching Mindy Kaling's new Netflix series Running Point, the story may or may not be familiar to you: it's the tale of a woman played by Kate Hudson who takes over ownership of a Los Angeles basketball franchise called the Waves. Yes, this is based Jeanie Buss, who owns the Los Angeles Lakers (Waves! Lakers! Get it?). She just so happens to be an executive producer of the series, but she's cautioned that she and her family have been an inspiration for the tale of Isla Gordon. Buss's father, Dr. Jerry Buss (remember him in Winning Time? He was played by John C. Reilly) died in 2013 and gave his ownership of the Lakers over to his six kids including Jeanie, who became president. Eventually, she got full control of the franchise in 2017. Watch the trailer and see if you agree about some of the similarities (WARNING: There's some NSFW language in there):
