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2 days ago
- Entertainment
Sydney Sweeney Spills Beans on How Things Change For Cassie in 'Unhinged' Euphoria Season 3: 'She is Crazy...'
Sydney Sweeney is all set to hit the screens again. The actress will reprise her role as Cassie in the new season of Euphoria, alongside the cast members, including Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, and more. Opening up about the upcoming season, the Anyone But You star revealed that it will be completely 'unhinged.' In conversation with Empire Magazine, the movie star shared that Cassie has never been happier than in season 3. Apart from being happy, the actress revealed that her character has never been crazier either. While sitting down for an interview with the media outlet, Sweeney shared, 'I have such a spot in my heart for Cassie, and I hold her really close and dear.' The actress further added, 'She is crazy. She makes so many mistakes. She's flawed on so many levels, but she does it all from a place of love. It could be a sad version of love as well. It's so much fun to play a character who is as crazy as she is. Sam [Levinson] is such a brilliant filmmaker to work with, because I'll read something, then I'll call him, and I'm like, 'Let's go crazier.' And he's like, 'I'm all in.' And this season is unhinged.' The makers of the show confirmed that the show entered production in January this year. Moreover, all of the cast members will be returning in the new bunch of episodes. Euphoria went on to reveal its dark storyline in the second season, where the audience was also introduced to Cassie's secret tryst with Maxie's abusive boyfriend, Nate. Apart from Euphoria, Sweeney also completed her shooting for an untitled biopic of Christy Martin. The new season of Euphoria will hit the digital screens by the end of 2025 or early 2026.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Sydney Sweeney teases "unhinged" season 3 of 'Euphoria'
, known for her portrayal of Cassie Howard in the hit HBO series 'Euphoria', has revealed that the upcoming third season will be more "unhinged" than ever. As per Deadline, in a recent interview, Sweeney described her character as "crazy" and "flawed on so many levels", but emphasised that Cassie's actions stem from a place of love. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "I have such a spot in my heart for Cassie, and I hold her really close and dear," Sweeney said. She added, "She is crazy. She makes so many mistakes. She's flawed on so many levels, but she does it all from a place of love. It could be a sad version of love, as well." Sweeney's enthusiasm for the project is evident, and she is excited to explore Cassie's complexities further. Sweeney praised showrunner and saying, "Sam is such a brilliant filmmaker to work with, because I'll read something, then I'll call him, and I'm like, 'Let's go crazier.' And he's like, 'I'm all in.'" This creative partnership has resulted in a season that's more daring and unpredictable than previous ones. The third season of 'Euphoria' will feature a five-year time jump, taking the characters out of high school for the first time. With new cast members joining the show, including Sharon Stone, Asante Blackk, and Lucy Punch, fans can expect fresh dynamics and storylines. (ANI)
Boston Globe
3 days ago
- Sport
- Boston Globe
General manager Don Sweeney got more time to fix the Bruins. Will he make good with it?
'This will be Neely's undoing.' 'Just dumb.' 'Unfortunately, neither of them is going anywhere in the near future.' Full disclosure, the second posting submitted was deemed just a little too rough around the adjectives, forcing Globe censors to block it. For others, Oh, it's summertime, and the living in the Hub of Hockey is anything but easy. Advertisement The paramount point to keep in mind about Sweeney's new deal: Neely and Sweeney are going over their list, and going over it again, in their search for a new coach. A GM working on an expiring contract would require Super Slick Salesman of the Decade status to pull a new bench boss in off the street and convince him to sign on the dotted line for, say, 3-5 years. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Any prospective new guy worth his white socks and waffle-soled shoes would be wont to say, 'Right, so, uh, you'll show me how to shut down the Zamboni when you get marched out of the Garden in March?' Sweeney now has two more years of pay to pocket and, more important in this moment of Bruins business, two added years of job security as a tool that will help him encourage someone to take over his bench. We know that new guy won't be Mike Sullivan ( Joel Quenneville ( Rick Tocchet ( Advertisement It's a Bruins bench, by the way, that lacks a captain, and one that remains in dire need of Sweeney adding 2-3 legit scorers to the top-six forward group for the Bruins to get back in the Stanley Cup-dreaming biz. Related : A true power-play QB would help, too, though that job has been a work in progress as far back as when then-coach Claude Julien took the big heater out of Zdeno Chara's hands. That was (checks notes) 10 years ago, when Sweeney took office. It takes time to find the right guy. If Sweeney makes it through the extension — and succeeds in withstanding the fandom's wrath — he will have completed 13 years on the job, dating to 2015. He'll also be on the verge of his 62nd birthday, as well as some 44 years removed from the 1984 draft, when the Bruins culled him out of the eighth round, pick No. 166. If the Bruins during Sweeney's decision-making tenure routinely, or even occasionally, unearthed such gems hidden so late in the draft, oh how different might the narrative be pertaining to his front office legacy. A decade into Sweeney's shot-calling tour, the draft, the draft, the draft remains the biggest smudge on his curriculum vitae, and the one that ultimately could bump him off the job in these next 36 months. Which is to say, in part, he needs to make a score with Advertisement It's been a rough couple of years for the Bruins front office. Barry Chin/Globe Staff Is it practical or reasonable to think that yet-to-be-identified 18-year-old will be a substantive contributor on the Bruins varsity roster prior to Sweeney's contract expiration date in 2028? Not really. It's possible, in a 50-50 coin flip kinda way. Better is the chance that the player will need at least two years of development at some level (be it college, junior, minor pro, or Europe) before he begins to make NHL hay at age 20, 21, or older. Far more relevant to Sweeney's immediate future as clerk of the works is that coaching decision, along with how he builds out the roster this summer — be it by trades and/or free agency. Those are the underlying factors that will determine his success and, most likely, his legacy. Related : The bigger surprise Tuesday, by the view here from high up in the courtside ref's chair, was the degree of negative fan reaction over the extension. Really, folks, what were you thinking? What did you think was going to happen? CEO Charlie Jacobs and Neely, in the Advertisement Because, though left unsaid, Jacobs, Neely, and Sweeney himself were then, and are now, well aware that it's going to take a year, two, or three or more to haul this derailed freight train out of the deep ditch and get it back rolling down the track. Again, the coach is nonexistent. The player talent is too spotty, uneven. The fan base is frayed, their loyalty worn thinner than their wallets, which they've been asked to open wider yet again to cover the average 13 percent Once the decision was made to retain Sweeney as Mr. Fix-It, the extension was a fait accompli. It was formalized Tuesday in order to get him out there and nail down a coach, and then to convince free agents, mulling packages worth in the tens of millions of dollars, that Boston is the place to play, raise families, maybe win the Stanley Cup. They already gave Sweeney the job, and assured everyone he was their guy. They had no choice but to put him in position to make good. MULCHED AGAIN Treliving could be bold after latest Leafs crash What do the Maple Leafs do now? Nathan Denette/Associated Press Florida Panthers left wing Jonah Gadjovich (12) celebrates after his goal with teammates as Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll (60) and others look on during the second period of Game 7 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Toronto, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) Chris Young/Associated Press Where now and what now for Toronto after It dropped the Leafs to 16-4 when opening a best-of-seven series with a 2-0 lead, but the subtext was more vexing. Until this spring, they were 11-0 when opening a best-of-seven with two wins on home ice. They went from a slam dunk to the dunk tank. Advertisement Shanahan won't be replaced at the top of the Leafs' masthead. It's now up to GM Brad Treliving to go it alone. Maybe that's a good thing. Now comes a summer of agonizing Blue-and-White reappraisal, led by what to do about flashy winger Mitch Marner , who is poised to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Minimum asking price: $12 million a year, for a deal that can be no longer than seven years if he signs with anyone else in the Original 32. If he stays put, the Leafs can add an eighth. Amid Sunday's meltdown, TV cameras caught Marner imploring teammates to find another gear. None of them, including Marner, could find it — manual shifts require clutch actions. What a sad, too familiar swansong for the distant sons of Punch Imlach . The Leafs' last two losses in the series were With the option to cut John Tavares free and get out from under his $11 million-per-annum cap hit, it's a fairly easy financial play to keep Marner. His now-expired deal carried a $10.9 million cap hit. They could bump him to Auston Matthews's $13.25 million and that would leave Treliving upward of $9 million to spend elsewhere. Perhaps half of that to bring Tavares back to camp at age 35 for another run up the Sisyphus slope. Advertisement Marner this season reached the 100-point plateau (27-75—102) for the first time. The last four NHL seasons, only seven others, including David Pastrnak , outproduced Marner's aggregate 118-265—383 in the regular season. He is prolific. Yet come the heavy lift of the playoffs, Marner again too often was a disappointment, something true across the board for the Leafs. Moxie ain't their drink. He finished with one goal (1-4—5) in the seven games vs. Florida and but two for the club's 13-game playoff run. Is that a $12 million-a-year player? The boldest move of all for Treliving would be to let both Marner and Tavares walk and then redefine and recreate the attack. Wrap some grit and growl around William Nylander , Matthew Knies , and Matthews. Frankly, why not try it? How often must they fail before realizing this method doesn't do it? Treliving made solid moves in back, importing Chris Tanev , Oliver Ekman-Larsson , and Kyle Dubas and Shanahan never addressed. Dubas, since moved on to Pittsburgh, dug in deep on the Marner-Matthews-Nylander-Tavares foursome. What looked good on paper, however, never paid off in hardware. The killer here is optics, seeing Marner — a young and highly coveted asset — depart the Leafs for nothing in return. It just doesn't happen, right? Instead, logic dictates that the Leafs will secure Marner to, say, an eight-year deal for a total $100m-$110m, appease everyone for the moment, and open training camp amid the sunshine of a new season that will have fandom saying, yep, 2025-26 could be the year. What possibly could go wrong, Sisyphus? ETC. Marchand found way to beat odds Brad Marchand and the Panthers are into the Eastern Conference finals. Karl B DeBlaker/Associated Press To clear up any confusion, of which there seems to be in abundance, the Bruins locked in a first-round pick for Brad Marchand once the Panthers punched their ticket to the Eastern Conference finals. Provided Florida made it out of Round 2 of the playoffs, the only other provision required for the pick to be upgraded from a second-rounder was that Marchand had to play in at least 50 percent of the club's games leading up to the conference finals. Done and done, confirmed Panthers GM Bill Zito prior to the Panthers facing the Hurricanes. The Bruins will have an extra first-round pick in either 2027 or 2028. They have not picked twice in the first round since 2016, when they handed out Spoked-B sweaters to Charlie McAvoy (14) and Trent Frederic (29). Meanwhile, The piece is very much worth taking the time to read in its entirety. 'I'll never forget, when we were 12 years old,' offered Marchand, noting he was never the best player on his team in those days, 'our coach gave this speech in the locker room before a game, and he said, 'There's thousands of kids like you in Canada. There's thousands more all over the world. You know what the statistics say? The statistics say 0.01 percent of you will make it to the NHL.' That stat stunned Marchand and was fresh in his mind during a game soon after against nearby Cole Harbour ( Sidney Crosby's hometown). One of Cole Harbour's big forwards took a run at Marchand's brother, he recalled, setting off a 'red light' inside Brad for the rest of that game and, in a sense, the rest of his career. 'Every time the kid touched the puck,' noted Marchand, 'one of us took a run [at him]. He got so [ticked] off that he took a slashing penalty right at the end of his shift, and we got a power play. We ended up scoring the game-winning goal with him in the box, and I had this realization, like, 'OK, if I have a 0.01 chance, this might be one way of getting people to notice me.' ' Be it because of his size, or the way he 'was born,' added Marchand, his competitive nature ever since has been to do whatever it takes to win. 'Even if that means being hated,' said the Li'l Ball o'Hate. 'Even if it means carrying some baggage (i.e. a reputation for being a dirty player). 'If I played the game any other way, you absolutely would not know my name. You wouldn't care enough to hate me, because I wouldn't be in the NHL.' Through two-plus playoff rounds, Marchand, 37, is a legitimate contender for the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. His attitude, determination, unremitting work ethic, and ample side order of lingering 0.01 percent indignation will make him worthy of Hall of Fame consideration. Loose pucks Entering Friday, the Western Conference finals featured the top two scoring blue liners in the postseason: the Oilers' Evan Bouchard (5-8—13) and the Stars' Thomas Harley (4-7—11). Harley is the bigger surprise. He really emerged this season with the extended injury absence of Miro Heiskanen . It was Harley's shot that provided last Saturday's Moritz Seider in points per game (.549 vs .523) for all blue liners in that draft class. Seider (328 games) jumped into the bigs only two seasons after going No. 6. Harley didn't become a regular in Dallas until last season. Though born in Syracuse, N.Y., both his parents are from Edmonton, giving Harley dual citizenship. He was in Boston in February, on the blue line for Team Canada in Dylan Holloway walk to St. Louis last summer, on a rare restricted free agent offer sheet, leading to the need to Jim Montgomery ? His now-expired deal carried a $2.3 million cap hit … In the 41 years since drafting Don Sweeney , the Bruins only four times saw similar late-round picks go on to build substantial NHL careers: Randy Burridge (1985, No. 157, 706 games), Hal Gill (1993, No. 207, 1,108 games), P.J. Axelsson (1995, No. 177, 797 games), and Nate Thompson (2003, No. 183, 844 games) … Zdeno Chara scored 10 power-play goals in 2013-14 and only seven more in his remaining six seasons with the Bruins. Beginning in 2013-14, Torey Krug hit a high-water mark with the Bruins of six PPGs in a season. McAvoy's career high is four (2021-22). This past season, the entire blue line group contributed only three PPGs (McAvoy 2, Mason Lohrei 1) … The Blackhawks on Thursday went the recycle route and Mike Sullivan , Rick Tocchet , Joel Quenneville , and Blashill have a combined 3,860 games behind the bench. Three jobs remain open: Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Boston. No job yet for veterans Peter Laviolette or John Tortorella . Kevin Paul Dupont can be reached at
India.com
4 days ago
- General
- India.com
Not Nagasaki, but this city was first target of atom bomb, US changed its decision due to....
Not Nagasaki, but this city was first target of atom bomb, US changed its decision due to.... In the final phase of World War II, on 6 and 9 August 1945, US caused the worst destruction in history by dropping atomic bombs on two Japanese cities, 'Hiroshima and Nagasaki'. Bombs named 'Little Boy' were dropped on Hiroshima and 'Fat Man' on Nagasaki, killing millions of people and turning both cities into ashes. But do you know that Nagasaki was not US's first target? The second atomic bomb was actually to be dropped on another city in Japan, but at the last moment America changed its target and Nagasaki was destroyed instead of that city. This city was US' first target During World War II, the US planned to use atomic bombs with the intention of forcing Japan to surrender. After dropping the first bomb on Hiroshima, the second target was decided and that target was the Japanese city of Kokura. Kokura was an important industrial city of Japan at that time, where there were large-scale ammunition and weapons manufacturing factories. The US strategy was to further weaken Japan's military power by attacking Kokura. For this, on 9 August 1945, the B-29 bomber aircraft 'Box Car' was sent to Kokura with the 'Fat Man' bomb. How the target changed On the morning of August 9, when the B-29 plane reached over Kokura, the weather was bad there. The sky was covered with thick clouds and smoke, due to which the pilot Major Charles Sweeney could not see the target clearly. According to the rules of the US Army, the atomic bomb was to be dropped only on the basis of vision, so that the target could be hit accurately. When the attack on Kokura was not possible even after several rounds, the plane started running out of fuel. In such a situation, Sweeney had to choose the second option and that option was Nagasaki. 74,000 people died due to the bombing Nagasaki was an alternate target on the US list at the time. It was a port city and was also industrially important, but was a lower priority target than Kokura. Weather made it impossible to target Kokura, and the 'Fat Man' bomb was finally dropped on Nagasaki at 11:02 am. The attack killed about 74,000 people, and devastated a large part of the city. Kyoto was also a target, but it survived You will be surprised to know that US had initially included Kyoto city of Japan in the target list. Kyoto was the cultural capital of Japan at that time, where there were many universities, industries, and historical heritages. But American War Minister Henry Stimson got Kyoto removed from the list. The reason was his personal attachment. Stimson had celebrated his honeymoon with his wife in Kyoto and he had many memories associated with this city. Due to his insistence, Nagasaki was included in the list instead of Kyoto. In this way, the memory of a honeymoon saved Kyoto from destruction, but Nagasaki had to pay the price for it. The 'Fat Man' bomb dropped on Nagasaki was even more powerful than Hiroshima's 'Little Boy'. The bomb exploded about 500 meters above the ground, causing a huge mushroom ball of fire to rise into the sky. The explosion was so powerful that 70% of the city's industrial area was completely destroyed. However, the mountains around Nagasaki limited the scope of the devastation to some extent, causing less damage than Hiroshima. Still, the attack took the lives of thousands of people and left a deep impact of radiation on future generations. What do historians say? Many historians believe that Japan was already on the verge of defeat at that time, and the use of atomic bombs was probably not necessary. Some argue that the US demonstrated its military power through these attacks and wanted to send a message to the Soviet Union. At the same time, some say that US President Harry Truman wanted to force Japan to surrender as soon as possible, so that the war could be ended. After these attacks, Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945, and World War II came to an end.
Scotsman
4 days ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
‘Incredibly tough decision': Edinburgh Rugby player steps away from the pro game at 24
Sweeney explains his decision after five seasons at Edinburgh Sign up to our Rugby Union newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Nathan Sweeney, the Edinburgh Rugby back-three player, has made the tough decision to step away from the professional game 'for now'. Edinburgh's Nathan Sweeney in action during a pre-season game against Bath at Hive Stadium in 2023. | SNS Group / SRU Sweeney, 24, signed a one-year contract extension last May after missing the majority of the 2023-24 campaign due to injuries. He has continued to be blighted by bad luck this season and made the announcement in a heartfelt post on social media. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Never thought I'd be the one to write this, but after months of reflection and following the advice of knee specialists, I've made the incredibly tough decision to step away on medical grounds from professional rugby for now,' wrote Sweeney. 'While this isn't how I imagined my career unfolding so early on, I know this is the right decision for me.' Edinburgh's Nathan Sweeney in action during a pre-season game against Bath at Hive Stadium in 2023. | SNS Group / SRU The wing/full-back played once for Edinburgh's first team this season, starting in the EPCR Challenge Cup tie against Gloucester at Kingsholm. He was then selected for Emerging Scotland for the game against Italy Under-23s the following week and came off the bench at Hive Stadium. However, he continued to be dogged by injury and was named earlier this month as one of the 12 players who would be leaving Edinburgh at the end of this season. 'Over the past five seasons at Edinburgh, I've been incredibly fortunate to live out a dream by playing for my boyhood club,' he said. 'I feel really grateful for the unforgettable memories, the lifelong friendships I've made, and the honour of representing Edinburgh rugby. 'A massive thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way, teammates, coaches, medical staff, and especially my family.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Nathan Sweeney in action for Scotland U18 against a Scotland Club XV at Bridgehaugh in 2019. | SNS Group/SRU
