If the 2024 presidential election is decided by A-list supporters, then Donald Trump Maybe he would like to start writing his concession speech now. A roundup of celebrities who have publicly voted for a candidate reads like the Oscars front row when it comes to supporting the Democratic nominee and current vice president Kamala Harris. Meanwhile, Trump’s biggest Hollywood supporter (so far) announced Saturday, but even that support felt lukewarm and hollow.

Zachary LeviGiven his apparent skepticism about life-saving vaccines, his criticism of the SAG-AFTRA strike, and his loud and proud support of a credibly accused sex offender (among other issues), his politics have threatened to overshadow his work as an actor for years. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Meanwhile, his most recent outing as DC superhero Shazam was a huge box office bomb, a failure that Levi seemed to attribute to his fellow DC hero Dwayne Johnson and the studio’s marketing team.

When RFK Jr. – whom Levi called “the best we’ve had in a long time” – dropped out of the presidential race, the feed The actor was clearly at a crossroads. Finally in 2020 he tweeted, “I am not a fan or supporter of Trump and find his behavior vulgar, callous, narcissistic and lacking in empathy.”

But in a time when… JD Vance Calling Donald Trump “America’s Hitler” and then becoming his choice for vice president is apparently all out of the question. And after RFK Jr. was out, Levi joined (checks notes) Roseanne Barr, Hulk Hoganand fellow flop star Jon Voight in assisting the convicted fraudster.

But unlike the other supporters, Levi’s support was half-hearted at best. Displayed during a Saturday event with RFK, Jr. and former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbardit was hardly an intimate hug.

A video from the event, a rally in Dearborn, Michigan billed as part of Team Trump’s Reclaim America Tour, tells the story. Levi jokingly referred to himself as “Shazam” and said, “For a long time I thought, ‘Man, I really want to find a politician who represents all the things that I want and that I want to see in a presidential candidate.’ .’ And this year I found Bobby Kennedy and I thought, ‘Man, this guy is it.’ He’s crazy.’ And in a perfect world, whatever that would be, I might have voted for Bobby.”

“But we don’t live in a perfect world,” Levi continued. “In fact, we live in a very broken country, we live in a country that has been hijacked by many people who want to take this place far away from the cliff. And we want to stop that, right?”

“We are here to make sure we take this country back, we will make it great again, we will make it healthy again,” Levi said on stage. “And so I stand with Bobby, and I stand with Tulsi, and I stand with everyone else who stands with President Trump.”

“Because I believe that of the two options we have, and we only have two, Donald Trump is the man who can get us there. And he will get us there because he will have the backing and the support and the wisdom and the knowledge and the fight that is there in Robert Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.”

Before he began his remarks, Levi Bachman listened to Turner Overdrive’s 1973 song “Takin’ Care Of Business.” But for his next performance, organizers might consider another classic from that era: Stephen Stills’ Folk-rock classic “Love the One You’re With.”

The drama between the Bengals and receiver Ja’Marr Chase is over. And that’s good news for the Bengals.

First, Chase is once again fully committed to his team, even though he reportedly believes the team wasn’t honest with him about whether he would get a new contract this year.

“All the nonsense that happened this offseason and before the season, I’m just glad it’s over” Chase said Thursday, via Ben Baby of ESPN.com. “I’m finally playing ball and having fun with the boys. That’s the most important thing for me.”

Second, the Bengals will acquire Chase’s services in 2024 for just $4.8 million. Even though it will cost them more APY when he presumably signs a new contract in 2024, it doesn’t change the fact that they paid less than $5 million for one of the NFL’s best receivers for his fourth season.

Chase didn’t last out of training camp because he would have lost a $3.8 million roster bonus after three days. Ultimately, he considered not playing again in Week 1. He decided to join his teammates.

He is scheduled to make $21.8 million in 2025, the option year of his 2021 rookie deal. He could still turn down her best offer next year.

This year, we’re told the Bengals ultimately offered Chase a deal with a new-money average of $35 million per year, matching Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson. We were also told that the structure of the offer was not good.

Whether Chase signs in 2025 will largely depend on whether the team builds a better structure. Still, for now, the Bengals have managed to delay Chase’s massive raise and keep him in the first round for the designated amount of his rookie contract.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City, Missouri police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 55-year-old woman.

Anita Mitchell was last seen around 5 a.m. Saturday near Meyer Boulevard and Prospect Avenue.

Police said she was wearing a blue hospital gown when she went missing.

Mitchell is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes.

Due to her diagnosed health issues, Mitchell’s family is concerned for her well-being, according to KCPD.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the KCPD Missing Persons Unit at 816-234-5043.

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KUWAIT CITY, September 29: The Court of Cassation announced its decision in the case of passing on secondary school examinations. Sentencing the main defendants – a male citizen and a female citizen – to two years in prison with hard labor, while an expatriate and another male citizen were sentenced to six months in prison for leaking Ministry of Education secrets; and ordered the recovery of KD 308,000 that the defendant received from the sale of the exams and the acquittal of seven defendants. Previously, the criminal court sentenced a male citizen and a woman to ten and seven years in prison with hard labor, respectively, while another male citizen and an expatriate were sentenced to one year in prison with hard labor and the expatriate’s deportation after serving their prison time.

Before pronouncing the verdict, the prosecution detained the defendants for 21 days to complete the investigation and then transferred them to the Central Prison for involvement in money laundering through illegal fundraising. The results of the investigation revealed that the defendants sold the corrected exams for amounts between KD 25 and KD 50 per subject.

By Jaber Al-Hamoud, Munif Naif
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times staff and agencies

The Philadelphia Phillies enter Saturday’s game with a 94-66 record after winning the National League East and securing a first-round bye to the 2024 postseason.

But with one of the deepest rotations in MLB this season, the question remains: How should the rotation be determined for October?

To say the least, it’s a favorable starting position that most other teams can only dream of.

However, there is an optimal way to set up the rotation, and it would benefit the Phillies immensely if they got it right.

Wheeler will make his final start of the regular season on Saturday.

He has been the team’s ace for several years and has proven why with his best season to date.

In 31 starts entering Saturday, the veteran pitcher has posted a 2.56 ERA with a 0.960 WHIP, 213 strikeouts and a 159 ERA+ over 193 2/3 innings.

With 6 1/3 innings on Saturday, Wheeler would break the 200 innings mark for the second time in his career, both with Philadelphia, and if he allows an earned run or less in the process, an argument could be made that he is the Cy Young winner. National League winner defeats Atlanta Braves starter Chris Sale.

The first spot in the rotation is the easiest because there is no doubt that Wheeler is the ace.

From here it gets a little more crowded.

Aaron Nola was the Phillies’ star for many years before Wheeler signed with the club.

While he was serviceable and even great at times in that role, he is much better suited as the number two pitcher in the rotation.

Nola is the best example of a workhorse in the game today.

He has made 32 or more starts in six consecutive 162-game seasons and qualified for the ERA title in eight of his 10 years in the MLB.

He is scheduled to make another start in the final game of the regular season on Sunday, his 33rd of the year, and could break 200 innings for the fourth time in his career.

This year, Nola has posted a 3.52 ERA in 194 1/3 innings and 32 starts, with a WHIP of 1.184, 190 strikeouts and an ERA+ of 116.

Having Wheeler and Nola go back-to-back would go a long way toward saving the bullpen, as both pitchers can easily throw seven innings on any given day.

Now things get a little easier as the club announced that Ranger Suarez will be the fourth starter in the rotation for the playoffs.

Sanchez has been a revelation for Philadelphia this year.

While he has always been a Good As a pitcher, he has never pitched as much in a single season as he did this year.

While most pitchers would completely fall off after reaching their career high in innings pitched, Sanchez was still a serviceable starter for the team, even great at times.

While he was a solid option in the regular season, the Phillies would best use him the way they plan to use Ranger this year and not have him throw more than 75 pitches in a game.

With the lighter workload, Sanchez would be able to vent early and often, helping his players improve while his groundball-inducing repertoire does what it does best.

After Suarez’s last start, it was announced that he would be the fourth option in the rotation for the postseason.

Suarez has been struggling with back pain for almost two months and is also apparently struggling with fatigue issues.

This came just months after the left-hander became a leading candidate for the National League Cy Young Award after posting a 2.27 ERA in 103 innings in his first 17 starts.

In his next 10 starts, he pitched to a 6.04 ERA over 47 2/3 innings and only managed more than five innings in a start three times during that span.

Suarez will have a 75-pitch limit in October, which worked for the left-hander and Philadelphia last year, allowing him to pitch at 1.93 over 18 2/3 innings in four starts.

The Phillies won’t need a fifth starter, even in a seven-game series, which is great for the club as they have struggled with production from that spot for most of the year.

Pitching has been a big part of what has gotten Philadelphia to this point so far.

Pitching will be a big part of helping the Phillies find success in the 2024 postseason.

One by one, the Eagles continued to shed key players from Sunday’s game at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On Friday it was receiver DeVonta Smith. On Saturday it was receiver AJ Brown. Now, on Sunday, it was right to take action against Lane Johnson.

These are three key factors that the Eagles have used over the last two years to win a lot of games and reach the Super Bowl two seasons ago. With Johnson in the lineup, they won 88 games. Without him it’s 14-22.

So you understand the mountain the Eagles have to climb without three key pieces on the offensive side of the ball.

Fred Johnson will start in place of Lane Johnson, who was listed as questionable on the Eagles’ injury report on Friday. Johnson traveled to Tampa but failed to clear the league’s concession protocol in time to play.

This will be Fred Johnson’s first start since the 2021 season with the Cincinnati Bengals and just his ninth start since entering the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2019.

Fred Johnson played 54 snaps replacing Lane Johnson in last week’s 15-12 win over the New Orleans Saints. He played well enough to earn the praise of his head coach Nick Sirianni.

“Fred is obviously very talented and has something that can’t be taught: tremendous size, strength and athleticism,” he said. “He came here and got a fresh start here, and he worked his butt off.”

Johnson has also taken over coaching duties from line coach Jeff Stoutland.

“Stout pushes him,” Sirianni said. “When we got home on the plane, I said to Stout (earlier in the week), ‘Man, I enjoy going to your place – I used to go to the offensive line meeting room once a week.’ “I really enjoyed going into the offensive line meeting room and listening to that,” and listening to how Stout coaches those guys and how those guys respond and how those guys respond.

“I know he pushed Fred. I heard him pushing Fred in that meeting room on Thursday just to get better. ….all he cares about is that Fred gets better, and then Fred puts in the time, puts in the work, and puts in all the things he does to get better.

“Now Fred just has to build on it. This is a great springboard to build on and use your momentum to continue playing better football.”

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At the age of 20, being a rising star is old news for Maisy Stella.

Stella first came to attention when she was 8 years old in a viral video of her singing Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend” alongside her older sister Lennon – before social media was even a thing – and the siblings hung out for six seasons to star in the ABC country drama series “Nashville.” Now she’s back in the spotlight with a breakout role in the coming-of-age dramedy “My Old Ass” (now in theaters).

“I had so many people come up to me and say, ‘That’s so weird.’ “I feel like I grew up with you,” Stella says. “I always think that’s really nice.”

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“My Old Ass” stars Stella Elliott, a teenager who celebrates her 18th birthday, trips on mushrooms and meets her 39-year-old self (played by Aubrey Plaza). They help each other sort things out emotionally while young Elliott navigates a summer full of family, romance and future planning.

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Here’s what you need to know about Stella, whether you’re an old or new fan:

“My Old Ass” was an acting comeback right in Maisy Stella’s wheelhouse

Stella considers herself “a clinically nostalgic person,” so the premise of “My Old Ass” hit right at her heart. Meanwhile, writer/director Megan Park has been a Maisy fan for some time. Stella auditioned for Park’s first directorial effort, 2022’s “The Fallout,” but “wasn’t suited for anything in that film,” Park says. The director included a song by Stella and her sister in the “Fallout” credits and had her “in mind” when writing “My Old Ass”: “She has such a zest for life and a twinkle in her eye.”

Former NFL defensive lineman Chris Canty, who spent the 2009-2012 season with the New York Giants, believes the future is bleak for Giants head coach Brian Daboll.

Cany, now an analyst at ESPN, said this during an appearance on the network Stand up program that Daboll, whose Giants are off to a 1-3 start this season, will “nudge.”

“[Brian Daboll] is toast. He’s finished. He’s last night’s biggest loser. … Daniel Jones has a better chance of being back next year than Brian Daboll.”

—@ChrisCanty99 pic.twitter.com/ilYE5fu2Z6

– Get Up (@GetUpESPN) September 27, 2024

“He’s finished. He’s toast. He’s the biggest loser from last night (Thursday),” Canty said. “He’s about to lose his damn job this season. That’s what’s going to happen. …

“He gives the Giants the best ammunition to move on from him after this season. … Daniel Jones has a better chance of being back next year than Brian Daboll.”

Canty is certainly entitled to his opinion, and that’s what he’s paid to do. But how about we put the brakes on such a daring attempt?

Yes, Daboll has taken over the running of the game, and the offense is averaging fewer points (15 points per game) than it did last year (15.6 points per game).

And yes, Daboll gained a reputation last year as a hothead who didn’t get along with his coworkers, a development that even led team co-owner John Mara to say he wished Daboll would tone down his outbursts on the team’s sidelines .

But this year, Daboll’s in-game demeanor appears to be calmer and more focused as he is now calling the plays on offense again. So far this year there have been no signs of a dispute between Daboll and his employees.

The quarterback situation, however, is a completely different story. The Giants are still struggling through the seasons with Daniel Jones, their 2019 first-round pick, who has yet to live up to his draft pedigree.

It’s true that the team hasn’t done much to help Jones in the past, but this year the Giants have finally assembled the support staff around Jones to be successful.

But Jones continues Difficulty hitting receivers with the long ball and pace, an issue that dates back to the start of training camp when it was hoped he was simply rusty after such a long layoff following his ACL injury.

It’s not just about Daniel Jones missing deep throws and throwing them inaccurately.

It’s also about misinterpreting the reporting and wasting great opportunities. Nabers had a move, but it wasn’t the right one.

That was the perfect play call to attack this team. pic.twitter.com/xflHJnZRpR

— Anthony Rivardo (@Anthony_Rivardo) September 27, 2024

This seemingly “eternal” rustiness was on display again in the team’s Week 4 game against the Cowboys.

“Yeah, I just thought he was under a few,” Daboll admitted. “One was the snapshot. He threw it up there. He didn’t invest enough in either. So we’ll just keep working on it.”

There’s also the issue of Jones holding his receiver’s front the moment the ball is snapped, allowing opposing defenders to read his eyes and get into position to make a play.

And here is the piece.

Jones is fixated on Nabers and forces him to Nabers. The security guard completely ignores Bellinger because he’s reading Jones, who isn’t looking anywhere else.

This is a Daniel Bellinger TD waiting to happen, but this offense doesn’t use a TE. #Giant100 pic.twitter.com/yklsobDaWc

– Zain (@ThisIsNotZain) September 27, 2024

Perhaps the most striking statement of the game was the 4th-and-3 play at the Cowboys’ 3-yard line in the third quarter.

“It was a close game so we didn’t know what we would need at the end. But we wanted to do it.”

Brian Daboll talks about the Giants’ decision to kick a short field goal in the third quarter: pic.twitter.com/vI4130hT5k

— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) September 27, 2024

Trailing 14-9 at the time, Daboll opted to kick the field goal instead because Daboll chose to kick a field goal instead of going for it because “we wanted to go for points on that one.”

The Giants seriously considered replacing Jones via the draft this offseason. When that wasn’t possible because the Patriots weren’t willing to swap spots with the Giants in the draft order, New York traded for Malik Nabers, who gave the offense a new lease of life.

That the Giants were so open and willing to let this storyline continue Hard hits tells you everything you need to know about who will be the underdog next year as the season continues to go downhill.

Nearly a million homes and businesses in South Carolina are without power after Hurricane Helene hit Florida on Thursday morning.

According to PowerOutage.US, 894,495 customers were without power in South Carolina as of 12:30 p.m. ET, making it the state with the most power outages caused by the storm. The state is followed by Georgia with 671,367 power outages and North Carolina with 547,630.

In total, nearly 2.5 million homes and businesses in the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Virginia are without power after the severe storm swept across the country.

The storm also caused historic flooding in several states and caused $15 billion to $26 billion in property damage, mostly spanning Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

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Map of South Carolina power outages