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AUSTIN, Texas — Christopher Bell passed Kyle Busch with five laps to go, then held off Daytona 500 winner William Byron to win NASCAR’s first road course race of the season at the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday.Bell raced to his second consecutive victory after an overtime win in Atlanta a week ago.Once Bell cleared Busch, the Oklahoma drover had to make a desperate bid to keep his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in front of hard-charging Byron in his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and 2023 race winner Tyler Reddick of 23X1 Racing’s Toyota.Bell is a multiple-race winner for the fourth…
Yesterday was unseasonably warm at True/False. Today, with the temperature, I am reminded that it is only March and l am still in the Midwest. Even so, the documentaries are still coming hot and heavy in Columbia, Missouri, and this second dispatch offers an idea of just how diverse the stories and styles are here: a searing political archival documentary, a fond trans biography, and a vérité slice of life are just some of the available films. Some documentaries just feel like a sock to the mouth. Ian Bell’s fiery and explosive archival picture “WTO/99” is that kind of film.…
The 2025 Oscars opened on a high note (literally), with a medley of songs from Wizard of Oz-based films performed by the stars of Wicked, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday (March 2) night. Wearing a shimmering red dress evocative of a ruby red slipper, Grande sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from the all-time classic 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz; her voice was in pristine form, and if she had any nerves going into the song, you wouldn’t have known it based on her vocal ease and control. As Grande…
While the 2025 Oscar nominees will be celebrating the big night with their castmates from the big screen, many will also be soaking in the major moment with their costars in real life—their partners.For instance, Kieran Culkin arrived at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre on March 2 with his wife Jazz Charton. The A Real Pain star—who is nominated in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category—suited up in a black tuxedo while his wife dazzled in a strapless, metallic gown. In addition, Edward Norton—who is up in the same group for his performance in A Complete Unknown—attended the ceremony…
Al Roker and Deborah Roberts’ daughter, Leila Roker, is engaged to longtime boyfriend Sylvain Gricourt. “Well, it is now official. @gricourt.thegreat has proposed to my little girl, @leilaroker in the romantic city of Venice,” Al captioned the celebratory Instagram post shared Sunday. “We could not be happier, and look forward to planning for these two wonderful young folks coming together,” the “Today” weatherman concluded the caption of the engagement photos. Al Roker took to Instagram Sunday to celebrate his daughter Leila Roker’s engagement to Sylvain Gricourt. Leila Roker/Instagram “Well, it is now official. @gricourt.thegreat has proposed to my little girl,…
Zoë Kravitz fueled dating rumors with Noah Centineo one day after her ex-fiancé, Channing Tatum, stepped out with model Inka Williams. The “Big Little Lies” actress and the “Recruit” star were seen leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles around 2:20 a.m. Sunday morning, per video obtained by TMZ. Kravitz and Centineo did not show any signs of PDA in the paparazzi footage, but they did leave together in a black SUV. Zoë Kravitz fueled dating rumors with Noah Centineo as the two were spotted out together in Los Angeles early Sunday morning. Laurent VU/SIPA/Shutterstock The “Big Little Lies” actress and…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Adrien Brody is one of the frontrunners for the Best Actor Award at the 2025 Academy Awards. His performance in The Brutalist has been one of the most revered this awards season. As he attends the ceremony, he’ll certainly have his longtime girlfriend Georgina Chapman by his side. If Adrien wins, this will be his second-ever Best Actor Oscar. He notably became the youngest person to ever win the award in 2003 for The Pianist. He was 29 at the time. In the years between his last win and now, Adrien has appeared in countless hit…
Many designers are exploring the dark side this fall, but none have dared to go as far—and so low—as Avavav’s Beate Skonare Karlsson. At the show for her collection, The Hole, models, some bloodied, others with bony skeleton hands, emerged from a dirt pit like corpses rising from the grave into a darkened room. Whether this was an example of resurrection or a rebellion of the undead—or both—is up to the viewer, but it’s clear the designer was exploring new territory.Skonare Karlsson is a digital native with a knack for staging viral shows, which have, to some extent, been commentaries…
Ahead of Sebastián Yatra’s performance at Viña del Mar, the singer sits down with Billboard to share the inspiration behind his upcoming single, “La Peliroja,” reveals a new album is coming this year, his friendship with Carlos Vives, performing on Broadway and more! Leila Cobo:Hi, Sebas. Sebastián Yatra:Hi, Leila. How are you? It’s been many years. I was here with my story of sadness, and I said the last time I sat down to talk with Sebastián seriously was when he put out Dharma, and we did an Instagram Live. And we were also in Austin for City Limits. No, for…
Charlie CremeFeb 28, 2025, 08:30 AM ETCloseCharlie Creme projects the women’s NCAA tournament bracket for ESPN.com.With some conference regular seasons coming to an end this weekend, postseason honors will start to be handed out as early as next week. Before that, we wanted a chance to amend our preseason predictions on the player of the year races in every conference. Why wait and let the conferences have all the fun?So much has changed since October: Some players had impacts that weren’t anticipated, plenty of transfers worked out better than expected, and injuries changed the POY favorites and teams’ fortunes in…