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Relentless Rice’s horsepower propels Arsenal to title

Relentless Rice’s horsepower propels Arsenal to title

Published by Sam Flores

LONDON, May 19 : As Arsenal’s players slumped on the pitch last month having seen rivals Manchester City effectively wipe out what a couple of weeks earlier had been their nine-point Premier League lead, Declan Rice was caught on camera hollering: “It’s not done!” Fast forward and thanks in no small part to the 27-year-old dubbed “the horse” by Arsenal fans on account of the amount of work the English midfielder gets through each game, it is done – and very much to Rice’s liking. His relentless running, pin-point set pieces and tireless tackling have been pivotal in the north London club’s first league title in 22 years – and have fully justified the record 105 million pounds ($141 million) the club spent on him in 2023. Statistically, his influence has been immense. He has played in all but one of Arsenal’s league matches this season, scoring four goals, providing five assists and completing well over 2,100 passes with a near 90 per cent success rate. Defensively, he has been perhaps even more crucial. His …

Rice’s whales existed before humans. Now Trump could make them extinct | Whales

Rice’s whales existed before humans. Now Trump could make them extinct | Whales

Published by Sam Flores

Since before modern humans existed Rice’s whales have been diving to the depths of the ocean to gorge on fat-rich fish while growing to leviathan proportions, their bodies spanning the length of a bus and weighing as much as as six elephants. Unfortunately for these grand creatures, their only home became a patch of the Gulf of Mexico that the oil and gas industry, much later, became highly interested in for drilling. Only about 50 of these baleen whales still exist on Earth, surrounded by clanging aquatic highways of boats and shifting drilling infrastructure. Last week, unbeknown to the cetaceans, an existential moment arrived when the Trump administration made the extraordinary decision to scrap all protections for the Rice’s whale, along with other endangered marine life in the gulf, in service of an industry that has facilitated the overheating of our oceans and our atmosphere. It may result in the first extinction of a whale species in North American waters in 300 years. “Nothing surprises me with this administration but if I was still capable …

“I don’t want to see some glittery vampire”: Why Anne Rice’s undead reigns in a post-“Twilight” era

“I don’t want to see some glittery vampire”: Why Anne Rice’s undead reigns in a post-“Twilight” era

Published by Sam Flores

Nobody throws shade like a vampire. Makes sense right? Existing forever in darkness means figuring out how to navigate and manipulate it, a talent that can rub off on the people who play these monsters. Take “Interview with the Vampire” stars Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid, the actors bringing Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt to life in the TV adaptation of Anne Rice’s novel. Like their immortal counterparts, these two thoroughly enjoy their work, and they especially delight in knowing their vampires go against the grain of the type of bloody romance 20- and 30-something viewers were raised with. “I want to see crazy, demonic, messed up, tortured creatures. Like, I want to see my vampires like that, whether I’m watching this or I’m reading it,” Reid said in February, when I sat down with him and Anderson in Pasadena, Calif., to discuss the series. “I don’t want to see some glittery vampire who’s at odds with themselves and, like, can’t go near their human counterpart because they’re scared of eating them. I want to see full bloodthirst.” Both Reid and Anderson smirked …