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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rob McElhenney is supposedly legally changing his name to "Rob Mac"
It can be hard to tell what level of irony It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia co-creator Rob McElhenney is operating on at any given moment. This is, after all, a man who once very famously put on 60 pounds of body fat just to see if he could (and to provide new fodder for his FX comedy), and who took jokes about buying a soccer team with Ryan Reynolds and turned them into both a) owning a soccer team with Ryan Reynolds and b) a TV show about same. So when MeElhenney noted in recent interviews that he'd started going by 'Rob Mac' in his professional communications, apparently because he's been doing more international business and people from non-English countries struggle with his last name, it's hard to tell if that's a genuine change he's making, or an elaborate joke. Anyway, TMZ reports today that McElhenney has filed paperwork to legally change his name to Rob Mac. So if it is a joke, it's one that's now graduated to the 'probably getting a notary public involved' stage. McElhenney apparently filed the paperwork on Thursday of this past week. And, just to be clear, this isn't just a change to his stage name through SAG or the DGA or anything: It's supposedly a full, legal name change. McElhenney soft-launched the rebranding (whoops, gave ourselves a shudder with that one) in a profile he did with wife Kaitlin Olson with Variety back in May, stating that 'As our business and our storytelling is expanding into other regions of the world and other languages in which my name is even harder to pronounce, I'm just going by Rob Mac.' Which, Olson noted, 'The kids are really not happy about it, because they have that last name. And so do I, legally!' But McElhenney's Sunny co-creator Glenn Howerton possibly summed it up the vibe of all this best when asked about the possible name change, which was apparently news to him: 'You could be telling me something that he's joking about, or you could be telling me something where he could be in downtown L.A. changing his name right now for all I know.' Same! More from A.V. Club Podcast Canon: Making Gay History is a treasure trove of archival recordings 3 new songs and 3 new albums to check out this weekend NASA Plus launches on Netflix this summer Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rob "Rob Mac" McElhenney issues one-minute plea for people to stop caring about his name change
Late last week, we reported on a story circulating in TMZ that was, roughly, 10,000 times less upsetting or scandalous than almost every other story you'll usually see on the pages of TMZ. Specifically, that It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia and Mythic Quest co-creator Rob McElhenney had filed paperwork to legally change his name to 'Rob Mac,' acting on a re-branding he'd floated a few weeks earlier in a Variety profile of himself and wife Kaitlin Olson. Now, McElhenney/Mac has publicly confirmed that, yep, he's going through with the change, devoting exactly one minute to a video post he put on social media to address the switch—which he referred to as 'mostly a stage name,' although the TMZ report suggested he was going for the full legal change. Mac sounds alternatively amused and annoyed that people have taken notice of this decision, admitting right up top that the move is 'kind of douchey.' But, he says, he'd rather be that instead of spending the rest of his life correcting people on the spelling and pronunciation of his name, so here we are. (We won't lie: We've had to quadruple check the longer name every time we've typed it out here, and the shorter one zero, so fair cop to that.) Also, he notes, while he wants to maintain connection with his family, a) most people in his life call him Rob Mac already apparently, and b) his current spelling of his name was the invention of an Ellis Island official anyway, so who even cares? It's only at the end of Mac's quick-running argument that he really loses us: First, with the suggestion that 'there are so many things going on in the world, and this is a silly one to continue to waste your time with'—because, buddy, trust us, the more silly, non-harmful bullshit things we can find to fill our time with right now, the better. And then, the even more spurious suggestion that what he's done is no different from other famous artists adopting stage names, name-checking Gene Wilder, Cary Grant, Lady Gaga, and more—none of whom executed that change after they were already internationally famous, or had put their old name prominently on hundreds of episodes of television! It's apples and oranges, Rob Mac! We'll call you whatever you like, but it's apples and oranges! Anyway: It's Always Sunny's season 17 premiere arrives on July 9. It's their half of the Abbott Elementary crossover! Rob Mac's in it, should be fun. More from A.V. Club Duster's LaToya Morgan and Rachel Hilson on rooting a very '70s story in the here and now Spoiler Space: Jurassic World Rebirth once again makes dinosaurs everyone's problem Sinners got a bunch of its costumes from Marvel's abandoned Blade period movie Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Skip Bayless makes bizarre 'arrogant white person' claim as he weighs in on Trump's NFL Redskins controversy
Sports analyst Skip Bayless has performed a U-turn over Washington's NFL name change after Donald Trump 's demand to the franchise. Known as the Commanders since 2022, Washington's football team dropped the controversial 'Redskins' moniker five years ago amid uproar over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. However, the president last week called for the franchise to return to its former divisive name in a baffling Truth Social rant. And Bayless, despite previously branding the 'Redskins' name 'racist', suggested he would embrace Trump's name change on one condition. 'If someone can conclusively demonstrate that a majority of tribal leaders across America are all for the return of Redskins and Indians as team nicknames, then I would be all for it,' Bayless said in a video shared to his X platform. 'We went through this a number of years ago back in my First Take days. Some tribal leaders would speak out pro and some would speak out con. I just don't know. But if you showed me that a consensus were now pro, you know, I'm just hoping this will at least spark a new wave of debate.' 'I'm hoping tribal leaders everywhere will just stand up and speak out on this starting now. Whatever their consensus opinion is, if there is a consensus, and maybe there isn't, but I'll stand behind the majority. Maybe I'm just being just another naively arrogant white person, but I must admit I do miss Washington DC's NFL team being called the Redskins,' he concluded. Bayless added earlier in his podcast that the 'Commanders' nickname 'sounds dumber than ever,' especially after quarterback Jayden Daniels led Washington to the NFC Championship game. The former Fox Sports host's argument was a major change in tune from his past opinions on the old moniker. However, he did still maintain that he believed the 'Redskins' name stirred controversy. 'To me, Redskins remains a racist nickname,' Bayless also said in the 12-minute clip. 'What if an NFL team had been nicknamed the "Blackskins"?' Bayless's remarks come after Trump claimed that there was a 'clamoring' for the 'Redskins' nickname to make a return. 'The Washington 'Whatever's' should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team,' Trump wrote on social media. 'There is a big clamoring for this.' While Trump may be slightly off about the team name (they were the 'Washington Redskins' and then the 'Washington Football Team' but never the 'Washington Redskins Football Team'), he is right about uproar over the changes. The president took to social media last week to claimed there was a 'clamoring' for the change Fans and even some Native American groups have voiced support for the team's new ownership group to revert to 'Redskins.' Several public opinion polls of self-identified Native Americans have found most were not offended by the term, while critics have pointed to academic research by the University of Michigan and UC Berkeley that found the opposite was true. Trump appeared to reference the public polling in favor of a name change last weekend. 'Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen,' he claimed. 'Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them. Times are different now than they were three or four years ago. We are a Country of passion and common sense. OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!' He also demanded the same from MLB's Cleveland Guardians, née: 'Indians.' 'Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball teams, with a storied past,' he wrote. It's unclear where Trump is getting 'six original baseball teams' from. The NHL famously has six original teams and MLB's National League was once limited to a half dozen clubs. However, the Guardians franchise is in the American League, where it has been known as the Broncos, Naps and Indians before adopting its current moniker in 2022. Of course, 'Indians' is not quite the same as 'Redskins' – a traditionally pejorative term detested by some Native Americans and tolerated by others. Trump later underlined his demands on social media, writing in a second post: 'My statement on the Washington Redskins has totally blown up, but only in a very positive way. 'I may put a restriction on them that if they don't change the name back to the original 'Washington Redskins,' and get rid of the ridiculous moniker, 'Washington Commanders,' I won't make a deal for them to build a Stadium in Washington. 'The Team would be much more valuable, and the Deal would be more exciting for everyone. Cleveland should do the same with the Cleveland Indians. The Owner of the Cleveland Baseball Team, Matt Dolan, who is very political, has lost three Elections in a row because of that ridiculous name change. 'What he doesn't understand is that if he changed the name back to the Cleveland Indians, he might actually win an Election. Indians are being treated very unfairly. MAKE INDIANS GREAT AGAIN (MIGA)!' NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Commanders owner Joshua Harris met Trump at the Oval Office in May to announce plans to bring the league's draft to the National Mall in 2027. Washington was selected as draft hosts just days after DC mayor Muriel Bowser announced a plan to bring the team back to the city with a new field on the site of the old RFK Stadium, where the team then known as the Redskins played until 1996. Currently, RFK Stadium stands on the site on the banks of the Anacostia River in the eastern part of the city. The building has been in the process of a prolonged demolition that has been delayed multiple times. The building was closed back in September 2019, but structural demolition has only begun this year. It hasn't just been the name that led to division among Native Americans. A year ago, the family of the man depicted in the former Redskins logo urged the team to bring his image back to the helmet after years of controversy over the image. A football and a jersey sit on top the Resolute desk in the office of President Donald Trump as he announces a plan to bring the NFL Draft to the National Mall in the spring of 2027 'The fans want him back and we want him back,' Thomas White Calf, a great nephew of late Blackfeet Nation chief John Two Guns White Calf, told Fox News after meeting with Senator Steve Daines (Republican, Montana ). Thomas' pleas came four years after the team began its rebranding, first becoming the Washington Football Team on a temporary basis before adopting 'Commanders' and dropping the feathered John Two Guns White Calf emblem. 'Our ancestor was the most famous and most photographed native in history,' Thomas told Fox alongside his mother, Delphine White Calf, a niece of the late Blackfeet chief. 'Two Guns was also the face on the Indian head nickel. I'm proud of him. The Blackfeet are proud of him.' The club began as the Boston Braves in 1932 before changing its name to 'Redskins' a year later and moving to the US Capital in 1937. But it wasn't until 1971 that Blackfeet leader Blackie Wetzel created a portrait of John Two Guns White Calf that ultimately became the team's logo.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Colchester school renamed to recognise connection to historic church
A COLCHESTER primary school has been renamed to recognise its historic connection to a city centre church. St James Church of England Primary School in Guildford Road has changed its name to St James the Great C of England Primary School. The name change recognises the 'longstanding partnership' between the school and its parish church, St James the Great in East Street. A special ceremony was held on July 9 at St James the Great Church being led by Father Jeff Graham who brought together the entire school community in celebration. Readings - Special readings were performed by pupils (Image: Chris Douglas – CD Photography) Children from the school played a central role, and there was also readings and a retelling of the story of St James. The name change also follows a year of significant achievement for the school, including a positive Ofsted outcome. Leadership - (L to R) Headteacher Nicola Emrich, Father Jeff Graham, and Headteacher Lucy Turner (Image: Chris Douglas – CD Photography) Emma Wigmore, chief executive of Vine Schools Trust, said: 'It has been a wonderful year for St James after a great Ofsted outcome earlier in the year. 'It is the ideal time to begin a new chapter as the school becomes St James the Great C of E Primary School, just like their partnered church and patron saint.' Headteachers Nicola Emrich and Lucy Turner added: 'It marks an exciting new era for our pupils, families, and staff, strengthening the link between the school, the church, and the wider community of Colchester.'
Washington Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Renaming of military bases stirs debate over Confederate ties
In 2023, amid a national reckoning on issues of race in America, seven Army bases' names were changed because they honored Confederate leaders. Now, those same bases are reverting back to their original names , this time with different namesakes who share Confederate surnames — the Army found other service members with the same last names to honor.
