General Hospital (Gh) spoilers indicate that fans are waiting for the final shoe to drop involving Sam McCall. Everyone knows by now that Kelly Monaco is leaving the series and that her character will be killed off sometime this fall.

As Gh viewers sit on the edge of their seats waiting to see how Sam will die, the actress’ mother, Carmina Monaco, shared a shocking plot twist that is sure to stun fans.

General Hospital Spoilers – Carmina Monaco has been busy on social media lately

Gh spoilers remind fans that on Friday, September 27th, Carmina posted an interesting tweet on Soap filmed. Viewers can sense that the end is near for both Monaco and Sam.

Recently, Monaco retweeted an interesting plot exit for Sam involving Cyrus…

The New Orleans Saints have relied heavily on running back Alvin Kamara through the first six games of the 2024 season, and he is rightfully one of the best running backs in the NFL.

Kamara has been particularly productive in fantasy football. He recorded 428 rushing yards, 238 receiving yards and seven total touchdowns in six games, making him one of the best fantasy football running backs.

However, Kamara got off to an uncharacteristically slow start in Week 7 against the Denver Broncos, as the Saints running back only managed five carries for two yards and three catches for 12 yards in the first half.

To make matters worse, the Saints inexplicably opted for an early rotation between Kamara and second-year running back Kendre Miller, who has one carry for eight yards. In addition, veteran Jamaal Williams also saw a carry in the first half.

It’s hard to understand this approach. Kamara is an elite player who can impact the game in a variety of ways, and with the Saints missing key offensive weapons like wide receivers Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed, he is even more important.

Adding to Kamara’s problems is that the Broncos play good defense and rookie signal-caller Spencer Rattler hasn’t been able to sustain the offense.

After three quarters, Kamara still has the same stats on the ground as he did at the end of the first half, but has added two more catches. Unfortunately, Kamara lost a yard with those receptions in a microcosm of his disastrous night.

Hopefully things will get better for Kamara as we move forward, but right now things aren’t looking good for fantasy football owners who were counting on Kamara to have another big week.

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Claremont High School

Boys soccer (3-4)
The Pack is currently in a 7-3 loss at Alta Loma on Sept. 20 and losses to Sierra League foes Charter Oak (43-3) on Oct. 4 and Bonita (26-7) on Oct. 11 On a three-game losing streak, action continued as of press time Thursday against Glendora at Citrus College Stadium, followed by home tests with Colony on Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. and the home game against Los Osos on Nov. 1. As of press time Thursday, Claremont is 0-2, fifth in the league record and 3-4 overall. Hopes of reaching the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section playoffs remain, but the team must win the next three games. The divisions are determined by CIF-SS. Brackets go live on November 3rd at 10 a.m. at cifss.org.

Girls Flag Football (3-5)
The team capped its debut season on Monday with an 18-0 road loss at Glendora. The Wolfpack finished fourth in the Palomares League with a record of 1-5 in the league and 3-5 overall and will find out if they have made the playoffs when games begin October 19 at 9 a.m. on cifss .org go live.

Water Polo for Boys (9-15)
The team entered the Palomares League tournament as the sixth seed and lost 11-10 to the third-seeded Tartans in the opening round in Glendora on Tuesday. Claremont will face fifth-seeded Ayala at Bonita on Oct. 23 at 5:30 p.m. to secure its spot in fifth or sixth place in the Palomares League. The team holds a 1-5 league record and a 9-15 overall record as of press time Thursday and will not make a playoff appearance this year.

Girls Golf (10-4)
Previously Arcadia; walnut, twice; and Diamond Bar were able to defeat the pack, everyone else fell. On Tuesday, Claremont lost 203-205 to Diamond Bar at Marshall Canyon, leaving them in second place in the Palomares League at 6-3 as of Thursday’s press time. The team took on the Brahmas again at Diamond Bar on Thursday after press time to complete league play. The Wolf Pack is 10-4 overall and qualified for the CIF team finals. The brackets will be published on cifss.org by October 26th at 12:00 p.m. The Palomares League singles preliminary rounds will be held on October 21st at Jurupa Hills Golf Course and the finals will be held on October 22nd at Santa Anita Golf Course.

Girls tennis (9-0)
With new coach Ellen Matson, Claremont is undefeated and holds an 8-0 record in the Palomares League and 9-0 overall. The team hosted Glendora on Tuesday and won 17-1. Ayala stopped by Thursday after press time and the team will complete league play on Oct. 22 with a home game against Diamond Bar at 3 p.m. The Wolf Pack will learn its postseason fate when the CIF-SS brackets go live at 11 a.m. Nov. 4 on cifss.org. The Palomares League singles and doubles preliminary rounds will take place on October 28th at the CHS, with the final taking place on October 29th at the Claremont Club.

Girls volleyball (17.11.1)
Claremont beat Diamond Bar 3-2 on Tuesday and both teams tied for third place in the Palomares League. Although the Pack has an even 5-5 record in the league, the team’s overall record of 11-17-1 puts them out of reach of a playoff spot.

Boys and girls in the field
At the Palomares League Preview Meet on Sept. 13 at Ayala Park, the boys placed fifth with 125 points and the girls placed second with 51 points. The teams will compete on Oct. 25 at the 76th annual Mt. San Antonio College Cross-Country Invitational. The Palomares League final will take place on November 8th at Ayala Park. Results from the ASICS Cool Breeze, Iolani, Chaffey and ASICS Clovis 2024 invitational tournaments and the Woodbridge Classic can be found on Athletic.net.

The Webb Schools

Boys soccer (1-5)
The Gauls have only one win this season, a 28-14 non-league win at Loara High School on Sept. 13. Webb posted two losses in the Cottonwood League in October, but the team hopes to change its fortunes in a 7 p.m. game at Santa Rosa Academy on Oct. 19. Playoff dreams are still possible. The team must win on Saturday, as well as the home game against Riverside Prep on Oct. 26 at 1 p.m. and the home game against Temecula Prep on Nov. 1 at 3:30 p.m. As of press time Thursday, Webb sits sixth in the league with a record of 0-2 and an overall record of 1-5.

Water Polo for Boys (12-9)
In his first season as an independent team, Webb has recorded 12 wins and nine losses, with the most recent result being an 11-8 home victory over Mark Keppel on October 10. Webb’s best chance of securing an at-large spot in the postseason comes down to the ability to match or exceed a balanced record. Webb will compete in the Santa Ana Valley Tournament Oct. 18-19, then host games against California High School on Oct. 22 at 3:30 p.m. and then Aquinas on Oct. 23. CIF-SS will determine Webb’s division if it makes the playoffs before the round begins live on cifss.org on October 25 at 2 p.m.

Girls Golf (9-2)
Webb lost just 231-242 and 228-236 to Fairmont Prep on Sept. 18 and 24, respectively, and sits in second place in the San Joaquin League with a record of 7-2 and 9-2 overall. As of press time Thursday, the team was hosting Vista Meridian in Marshall Canyon. The San Joaquin League preliminary rounds will be held on October 22nd at Recreation Park Golf Course in Long Beach and the finals will be held on October 23rd at Skylinks in Long Beach. The Gauls will learn their playoff fate by October 26 at noon when the brackets will be posted at cifss.org.

Girls tennis (8-5)
Despite non-league difficulties, Webb excelled in San Joaquin League play. As of press time Thursday, Webb holds a league record of 6-1, 8-5 overall. The team’s only loss in the league was an 11-7 home loss to Fairmont Prep on October 3rd. As of press time, Webb faced Western Christian at the Claremont Club on Thursday. The Gauls then travel to Fairmont Prep for a game on Oct. 21 at 1 p.m. host Pacifica Christian on October 23 at 3:30 p.m.; Then we welcome Segerstrom on October 25th at 3:15 p.m. The San Joaquin League singles and doubles preliminary rounds will be held Oct. 28 at Orange Coast College and the final will be Oct. 30 at Webb. The Gauls will learn their postseason fate when the CIF-SS brackets go live at 11 a.m. Nov. 4 on cifss.org.

Girls Volleyball (6-13)
Despite a decent performance in the Academy League, where Webb finished fourth overall in the league with a record of 3-5, it was a tough season. The Gauls capped the season on October 10th with a 3-1 home loss against Samueli Academy and, with an overall record of 6-13, will not make the playoffs this year.

Boys and girls in the field
The boys placed second overall in the first San Joaquin League cluster at home on Sept. 12, while the girls placed fifth. The results were not made available to the Courier. The boys defeated Education First Academy and Montclair in a home game on October 9th. The girls didn’t compete. Scores were not provided. Next up is the 76th annual Mt. San Antonio College Cross-Country Invitational on Oct. 25, followed by the San Joaquin League finals on Nov. 6 at Mason Park. Results from the ASICS Cool Breeze Invitational and Woodbridge Classic can be found on Athletic.net.

Be respectful and considerate

Remember that you are a buff everywhere. Be considerate and respectful of those around you, whether you are watching the game at Folsom Field, at a local restaurant, or at a friend’s house off campus. Buffs stand side by side and value honor, respect and integrity. Make sure you welcome fans new and old, treat everyone with dignity, and celebrate responsibly.

If you are off campus, be aware of noise levels. Excessive noise at any time of day can result in a traffic ticket – a common citation that can be avoided. You can also be fined if there is rubbish in your garden or around your property.

If you’re planning on hosting a gathering, reduce your chances of getting an expensive ticket by registering your party with Off-Campus Housing & Neighborhood Relations. When you register your party, you will receive a 20-minute warning that you must close before the police are dispatched if a complaint has been made against your address.

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With the Minnesota Timberwolves set to face the Chicago Bulls in the NBA preseason on Wednesday, Illini fans had high hopes for a showdown between Ayo Dosunmu and Terrence Shannon Jr.

Unfortunately, the duel between the former stars from Illinois never took place.

Dosunmu, the Bulls’ fourth-year guard, missed game day because of shoulder soreness. And with Minnesota’s established starters playing a lot of minutes, Shannon — a rookie first-round pick — received limited minutes in the Timberwolves’ rotation.

But on Thursday against the Denver Nuggets, Shannon made up for the missed opportunity by landing his second stunning dunk of the preseason.

Terrence Shannon Jr. detonates on the Nuggets pic.twitter.com/nl5BgGvzU2

– CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) October 18, 2024

Late in the second quarter, Shannon caught a kick-out pass on the left wing, deflected the ball into the corner and found a runway. On one dribble, he was in the lane and — while Nuggets forward Vlatko Čančar came from an assist position to make a futile last-ditch attempt to contest the ball — he rose to the rim to finish with an emphatic left-handed jam.

Shannon finished the season with a well-rounded tally of nine points, six assists and five rebounds in a 132-126 loss to Denver.

When Minnesota begins the regular season next Tuesday, Shannon will get his first opportunity to log official NBA minutes. The Timberwolves face the LeBron James-led Los Angeles Lakers in the second game of a TNT doubleheader (9 p.m. CT) on the NBA’s opening night.

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Everyone hates movie musicals, right?

Well, this list of critically acclaimed musicals that won big awards at the Oscars – think about it Chicago, or The sound of music, or La-La-Land, which lost Best Picture but still won half a dozen Oscars – seems to tell a different story.

Of course, musicals are not inherently worse than other films or inherently rejected by the mainstream. But over the past decade, movie musicals — at least those that haven’t been successfully adapted into proshots — have struggled to reach the same historic levels of audience and critical acclaim. Is the genre dying out or is there a concrete solution to save it?

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The desire to turn musicals into films is understandable. Broadway is inaccessible, especially for young artists who live in New York and dream of making it to the big stage but can’t afford the luxury tickets to the heart of their own industry. So it makes a lot of sense to adapt these musicals for the screen: they’re easier to produce when screenwriters work from a play script; Producers can increase box office returns with big Hollywood names; And fans of the Broadway show who previously only had access to the album or grainy pirated copies can pay less than $20 to watch the film with their friends.

In theory this formula is fantastic, but in practice it obviously didn’t work. The producers of these adaptations often do not understand the soul of the show they are translating to the big screen, nor what they should adapt in order for the story to thrive in a cinematic context.

It’s important to note that musicals written for the screen don’t receive as much public criticism. Examples of this include most animated Disney content, i.e. the theater kid’s understated favorite tick, tick… BOOM!, and Damian Chazelles again La La Land. Ultimately, a director like Chazelle knows how to incorporate crucial elements of the genre – the stirring musical numbers, the complex interplay of camera movement and choreography, and the suspension of disbelief when dialogue becomes text – into a film, and that’s what sets you apart Original movie musical from a lazy adaptation.

Because I’ll tell you a secret: a good movie musical can melt the heart of even the most jaded movie buff. A good musical is pure fun, set in a world where everything is just a little more whimsical and cheerful, simply because people spontaneously start singing. (Also, it’s hard to take a film connoisseur seriously when they express strong disdain for musical theater. Cinema is theater, it just happens to be better financed.)

Three current musicals are considered examples of failed attempts to film musicals. The prom tells the story of a lesbian teenager in Indiana who attracts the attention of a troupe of down-and-out Broadway actors when her school bans her from taking her girlfriend to prom. The film had a brief theatrical release in 2020 before heading straight to Netflix streaming. With musical comedy powerhouse Ryan Murphy at the helm, it was disappointing that the film felt muted, lackluster and morally hypocritical. The snarky, insincere performances of beloved characters felt like an annoying slap in the face to LGBTQ viewers, distorting the original show’s strong message of acceptance and humility. The prom Critics and fans alike wished that the creative team had prioritized preserving the authentic soul of the original… and begged casting directors across Los Angeles to remove James Corden from their contact lists.

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Dear Evan Hansen is about a troubled teenager who, under false pretenses, gets close to the family of a former classmate who recently died by suicide. The Stephen Chbosky-directed film adaptation premiered in theaters in 2021, and the unpopular, nepotistic decision to cast Ben Platt as the title character immediately caused a stir. Platt’s stage performance should have been immortalized separately, because up close and personal in front of the camera, the 27-year-old looked shockingly out of place in a high school setting.

By not choosing a younger actor, Chbosky faced an uphill battle in carefully portraying the complicated plotlines of the story itself, which, not to mention the borderline glorification of suicide, relies heavily on Evan’s childlike naivety and sympathetic approachability, to ultimately make amends for his months of lies and deception. The story in Dear Evan Hansen is less theatrical spectacle and more dark emotion, and therefore could have worked very well as a film, but ended up being a cautionary tale about poor creative judgment.

The third current musical adaptation is, of course, the inevitable winter phenomenon of 2024 Mean Girls, If You Live Under a Rock is a classic teen comedy about a formerly homeschooled girl who fits in with the most popular group at her new high school. The confusing publicity leading up to the release relied on evoking nostalgia for Tina Fey’s 2004 film while intentionally leaving the film’s musical content vague. Fans of the show felt that anything other than Renee Rapp’s reprisal of her role as Regina George was a pale imitation of the show’s ridiculously endearing Broadway fame, and everyone else landed somewhere on the scale from confused to annoyed as the characters from the Nothing began to sing.

The pattern is clear. Popular musicals end up going down the well-trodden path of film adaptation, where the teams behind them waste money on marketing, damaging the show’s reputation and alienating both fans of the original and the larger mainstream audience as a whole.

So what to do? While it’s not impossible to adapt a musical well (e.g. me, among others). otherI’m cautiously optimistic about what’s to come Evil Film) the future of this genre seems to lie in Proshots.

A proshot is a professional, multi-camera production of a live performance that can then be distributed online or sold to a streaming service. This happened when Disney+ bought Hamilton in 2020. There were no concerns Hamilton Proshot foregoes any of the magic of the original show because it presents a higher quality and more accessible version of exactly what you would see in the theater, even though you don’t actually see it there.

The success of Hamilton has inspired a number of other proshots of popular musicals including waitress And Kinky boots. Proshots are not required to match the original Broadway cast in terms of age, readiness, or appearance, and while they are not cheap to produce, overall they represent a far smaller financial undertaking than films. This will become even more true as more creative resources are directed away from film adaptations and into this community-supported, authentically theatrical Proshot world.

As one theater blogger astutely says, “Anyone who grew up watching Proshots knows that they can’t limit the audience that theater provides. They expand it.” If stage musicals are locked in a cheesy New York sphere, theater fans need to know the content find out for yourself. But the advent of widespread pro shots may be able to turn former movie musical haters into new musical theater lovers… and they don’t need a swanky CGI trailer or an A-list star cast to do it.

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Ullmark, Jarry and Gustavsson were each allowed to shoot from above the goal line.

“For the last three years it’s always been from in front of the goal line,” said Nedeljkovic, who watched Jarry’s goal from the Penguins’ bench. “It makes life a lot easier when you can get the puck in front of the goal line instead of going back and pulling a dump-in off the wall and turning your whole body back onto the ice. Even the three of them.” [goals] I scored, they were all from the front of the net, so that makes it a lot easier.”

Ullmark parried a deflected dump-in at the bottom of the right faceoff circle, quickly pivoting to his forehand before firing a high shot that landed at the top of the circle at the other end. Jarry arrived after a pass on his forehand was directed just outside the left goal area into the zone directly in front of him and his shot landed near the distant markers, reaching a top speed of 55.76 miles per hour while in the Air and at maximum power traveled 148.7 feet at a height of 16.4 feet above the ice, according to NHL EDGE statistics. Gustavsson knocked down a shot from the neutral zone after a faceoff, dropped the puck and a knee to the ice and fired a shot that landed at the top of the crease at the other end before bouncing in.

“It was a dream situation,” New Jersey Devils goalie Jake Allen said. “Whenever a goalkeeper can do that, you have to do your best. But this was a perfect situation for Gustavsson. A slap shot from the middle of the ice with 15 seconds left, two seconds left. If you don’t shoot the puck.” Oh man, that’s a tough question, but good for him.

Allen shares Nedeljkovic’s belief that improved puck-handling and shooting skills have played a role in the recent surge in goaltending ratings, comparing the ability to quickly lift a puck over the forechecker on a shot into an empty net to the need to pass a puck get high over the glass behind the net to get a hard edge. As someone who still used a wooden stick in 2018, he also points to the improved stick technology since goalies switched to composite sticks.

“If you have time to bend over, get on one knee and get under it, you’ll get some height,” Allen said. “Fifteen years ago it was difficult to achieve this. The curves aren’t the same anymore, it doesn’t have the same pop. But now goalkeeper sticks have their own individual flex and everyone can fire it. … I think everyone has the ability.” To make it these days with technology, it just depends on the situation. The game moves so quickly that you really need the puck over the goal line.

So will we continue to see more goalkeeper goals? The answer may not lie in whether goaltenders are capable, but rather in whether opponents give them enough chances to shoot pucks from above the goal line into empty nets.

“I don’t know if we’ll necessarily see it more often,” Nedeljkovic said. “But I won’t be surprised if it happens again.”

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Dave Bautista mocked Donald Trump’s masculinity on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, calling him a “weak, chubby toddler.” in a clip that has gone viral.

The “Guardians of the Galaxy” star and former pro wrestler listed the reasons he didn’t take Trump — or his perceived machismo — seriously as he alternated between boxing and other traditionally male workouts.

Kimmel initially prepared the clip after noticing Trump’s strange fondness for The Village People’s disco anthem “YMCA.” “No matter how gay his music is, young, straight white men love Donald Trump. They see him as a “macho, macho man,” if you will. He eats red meat. He claims to follow UFC. He’s into crypto, sneakers and NFTs. He’s a guy, a brother and a boss all rolled into one.”

The late-night host cited a recent New York Times poll that showed Trump leading Kamala Harris by 17 points among male voters. “But is he the strong alpha male these men think he is? He’s not one of the toughest guys I know.”

Bautista’s insults came as quickly as his fists in the video:

He wears more makeup than Dolly Parton.

The guy is afraid of birds.

Donald Trump and his father paid a doctor to say his wide feet hurt so he could avoid the draft.

He sells imaginary baseball cards and pretends to be a cowboy firefighter, but he isn’t strong enough to hold an umbrella.

He cheats at golf.

He sneaks through beauty pageant dressing rooms.

He’s moody, he sulks, he throws tantrums. He acts like a five year old.

The guy needs help walking downhill.

After all this, Bautista delivers the final blow: “This November, let’s stop kidding ourselves. Donald Trump is afraid. Of rain. Of dogs. Of windmills. About Meryl, fucking Streep and being laughed at. And most of all, he’s afraid that real, bloodthirsty American men will find out he’s a weak, chubby toddler.”

After playing a clip of Trump saying in a childish voice, “Mom, take me home,” Bautista asks, “What’s wrong, tough guy?” Did someone grab you? [bleep]?”

You can watch Jimmy Kimmel and Dave Bautista’s comedy segment in the video above.