The extremely anticipated film “It Ends With Us,” which is an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s widespread novel, is placing a highlight on home violence.

The film follows a florist named Lily, performed by Blake Vigorous, who’s chasing her dream to open up her personal store. Co-star and director Justin Baldoni performs Ryle, a neurosurgeon who looks as if a pleasant man, however turns abusive. Baldoni did not intend on casting himself within the film, however it was an e mail from Hoover that inspired him to tackle the function of Ryle.

“I used to be on the lookout for films that might be industrial and communicate to the human expertise,” he mentioned. “I had by no means learn a romance novel. By the tip of the e-book, I could not even learn the textual content on the web page as a result of I used to be crying a lot.”

Baldoni mentioned Hoover’s novel — which bought 6 million copies — was impressed by her mom, who had an analogous real-life expertise as somebody who endured home abuse. 

“She was Lily Bloom and I simply thought if this might have an effect on me on this means then I may solely think about what it may do for ladies and people who find themselves on this scenario everywhere in the world,” he mentioned. “All of us have a scenario or a sample that we have to finish the cycle of.”

He hopes the film helps to create change. Too usually, Baldoni mentioned, individuals ask “why did she keep?” with regard to a lady in an abusive relationship, whether or not it is in actual life or in a e-book or film. 

“We should be asking ourselves, why do males hurt? And that was the large factor for me, and what I discovered an increasing number of and extra of is these ladies who expertise this each single day, there’s actual love there. There’s allure. There’s charisma. There’s ardour. There’s this perception they are often higher, and it isn’t so easy.”

He labored with a corporation referred to as No Extra that’s devoted to ending home and sexual violence, with the objective of making an sincere reflection of what ladies expertise.

Baldoni hopes “It Ends With Us,” which premiered Tuesday, helps to create a safer world via compassion and empathy. He mentioned he needs males to go see the romance film and take accountability of their lives after watching it. 

“I need males to go to the theater and in some methods see a model of themselves. You may have two very completely different characters. Each of them in Atlas and Ryle have had previous trauma,” he mentioned. “One handles it very completely different than the opposite and my different hope is the lads who haven’t finished the work, who haven’t finished the work to heal, in the event that they see bits of themselves in Ryle, have an opportunity to step again and say, ‘You recognize what, I do not wish to blow up my life. I do not wish to damage the particular person i like probably the most.'”

This story raises points associated to home violence. Should you need assistance or wish to study extra about easy methods to assist others, please attain out by way of the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 800-799-SAFE, textual content “START” to 88788, or go to thehotline.org.

Quincy Wilson will get his second on the Paris Olympics.

The 16-year-old Virginia native and highschool star for Bullis College (MD) will lead-off the U.S. 4×400 relay group on Friday within the preliminaries, FloTrack has confirmed with a supply with information of the choice. 

The U.S. 4×400 group is being coached by Mike Marsh. 

Wilson, a member of the U.S. relay pool after ending sixth on the U.S. Olympic Trials, has but to function on the Olympics, however is coming off a efficiency on the 400m in July the place he ran 44.20 seconds on the Holloway Professional Basic. 

“Quincy Wilson, he is prepared,” mentioned Quincy Corridor, who gained the Olympic 400 meter ultimate on Wednesday in 43.40 seconds. “He may be younger, however age ain’t nothing for him. You have seen how he is carried out the final 4 races, 5 races. He is prepared. And Bryce is prepared. Vern is prepared. Mike is prepared. Rai is prepared. Chris Bailey. We now have numbers. All of us prepared.” 

Wilson has clocked 4 straight sub-45 second efforts on the distance since June, with consecutive instances of 44.66, 44.59, 44.94 and 44.20. 

In April, Wilson cut up two straight sub-45 second performances on the Penn Relays as a member of the Bullis College 4×400, clocking consecutive splits of 44.37 and 44.69. 

He owns the World U18 document on the distance and the highschool nationwide document. He grew to become the primary American teenager to interrupt Darrell Robinson’s long-time highschool nationwide document of 44.69, which was first set in 1982.

Wilson arrived in Paris forward of the opening ceremonies and has been on-hand to witness the U.S.’s dominance in observe and subject, the place they’ve picked up 19 medals, together with six of these being gold. 

Wilson, nonetheless, was not part of the group’s blended relay relay, the place the Individuals broke a world document on Aug. 2 after which completed second within the ultimate on Aug. 3. Wilson’s efficiency within the 4×4 on Friday — scheduled time is 5:05 a.m. EST — is way anticipated and would mark a historic mark for the U.S. observe and subject group, as Wilson would turn out to be the youngest athlete to ever function on the squad. 

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Throwing a splashy, over-the-top Worldwide Cat Day celebration to your cat, the form of celebration that is filled with decorations, presents, video games, and feline-inspired enjoyable?

It is true your cat might purr over your efforts and present his appreciation by rubbing his head towards your leg. However cats can be amazingly cool-headed about our human shows of enthusiasm, which means he may solely reply with a flick of his tail.

Both means, cats are unbelievable.

Aug. 8, which is certainly Worldwide Cat Day, is all about celebrating the awesomeness of our feline buddies.

However the event can be a purr-tastic and vital immediate for folks, too; it helps us to do not forget that 1000’s of cats and kittens require our adoring help.

Actually 1000’s, simply in Southern California, the place shelters are stuffed with felines as summer time heats up.

In case you are not throwing your individual cat an Worldwide Cat Day bash — and a loving ear scratch might suffice, actually — think about aiding a neighborhood rescue group with their many pressing wants.

Aug. 8 does arrive within the warmth of kitten season, when shelters are going through a heartbreaking inflow of tiny animals that require loads of TLC.

LA Animal Companies has a number of routes for us to take ought to we wish to present some TLC to those tiny, loving cats. (Nope, that is not what TLC historically stands for, however we will go together with it as a result of it completely suits.)

Fostering a kitten, or a number of kittens, is all the time an emotion-filled possibility. It is a great way to assist, and a bottle, if you cannot supply the infant a everlasting residence.

There’s additionally a Kitten Want Listing, which incorporates gadgets like meals, feeding implements, and toys.

Pleased Worldwide Cat Day, feline buddies; give your individual furry roommate a scritch, then assist LA Animal Companies, or a neighborhood rescue group, as they assist cats in numerous methods.

PARIS — American males have competed in monitor and discipline on the Olympic Video games for 128 years. By no means earlier than, nevertheless, has there been somebody as younger as Quincy Wilson.

The 16-year-old ran the opening leg of the U.S. 4×400-meter relay staff Friday inside Stade de France. With that run, Wilson grew to become the youngest male U.S. monitor Olympian, eclipsing middle-distance runner Jim Ryun, who was 17 on the 1964 Olympics.

Wilson pale within the final 150 meters at hand over in seventh place, three seconds behind the leaders. However Workforce USA didn’t panic, with sturdy legs from the opposite American runners seeing the U.S. recovering to complete third and into Saturday’s last.

With out going into element, Wilson stated afterward that he was not utterly wholesome.

“I knew I had an amazing three legs behind me,” Wilson stated. “I knew it wasn’t simply myself, as a result of on my own we’d be in final place.”

Wilson handed off to teammate Vernon Norwood, whose 43.54 leg acquired the U.S. again in competition. Norwood described himself as “very proud” watching Wilson.

“I used to be form of within the second as a result of I’m watching a 16-year-old operating the Olympics — Olympics historical past,” Norwood stated.

There isn’t a assure Wilson will run within the last; it’s common for nations to change their lineups between preliminaries and finals. 

Even at an Olympics the place the youngest competitor is an 11-year-old Chinese language skateboarder, and a 14-year-old Australian skateboarder has earned a gold medal, Wilson’s presence was outstanding given the energy and endurance required by his chosen occasion.

The 5-foot-9 Wilson, nevertheless, had confirmed himself in latest months by not solely dominating within the 400 towards his highschool friends whereas on the Bullis Faculty in Potomac, Maryland, however producing one of the vital beautiful performances on the U.S. Monitor and Subject Trials in Eugene, Oregon, in June, operating a sub-45-second 400 in three consecutive rounds and ending sixth within the last. 

At a meet in Florida on July 18, Wilson backed up Workforce USA’s determination by decreasing the Underneath-18 world file to 44.20 and outkicking a discipline of execs. The time ranks because the world’s Eleventh-fastest time of the season, fourth-fastest by an American, and would have been ok for sixth in Wednesday’s Olympic 400-meter last.

The exhibiting led USA Monitor & Subject to incorporate him within the pool of runners eligible to run on a U.S. relay in Paris. Making the relay pool solely certifies an athlete is an possibility for U.S. coaches to contemplate, nevertheless. When Wilson wasn’t chosen to run on the combined 4×400-meter staff that finally gained silver, {the teenager}’s alternatives to don the U.S. jersey dwindled.

Wilson’s sister, Kadence, is a sprinter and lengthy jumper for James Madison College whereas a cousin, Shaniya Corridor, runs for the College of Oregon, and there have been early indicators Wilson would be part of them as a sprinting star. After an 8-year-old Wilson completed fourth within the 400 on the AAU Junior Olympic Video games, he returned the following 12 months and gained the primary of his 5 nationwide championships. 

However no stage, in fact, was as massive as Friday on Stade de France’s purple monitor. 

The U.S. is already deep on the 400, with three males making Wednesday’s last, together with gold medalist Quincy Corridor, however Wilson’s emergence on the worldwide stage has sparked important expectations getting into the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Earlier than he can begin an Olympic encore, nevertheless, he should start his junior 12 months of highschool. 

Skylar Park a remporté la première médaille olympique du Canada en taekwondo en 16 ans.

L’athlète de 25 ans, originaire de Winnipeg, a combattu avec détermination dans les repêchages pour décrocher le bronze dans l’épreuve féminine des 57 kg à Paris 2024.

La journée de Park avait bien commencé avec une victoire de 2-0 (6-2, 4-3) contre la Tchèque Dominika Hronova en huitièmes de finale. Mais la quatrième tête de série a ensuite été shock en quarts de finale par la Sud-Coréenne Kim Yujin, s’inclinant 2-0 (7-6, 9-5). Lorsque Kim a remporté sa demi-finale pour se qualifier pour le match pour la médaille d’or, cela a permis à Park d’aller en repêchage.

Dans un match serré contre la cinquième tête de série, Hatice Kubra Ilgun de Turquie, Park l’a emporté 2-0 (6-4, 3-2), se qualifiant ainsi pour le fight pour une médaille de bronze contre Laeticia Aoun du Liban.

Bien qu’aucune des deux athlètes n’ait marqué de level lors de la première ronde de deux minutes, Park a remporté ce spherical par supériorité. Lors de la deuxième ronde, après une révision vidéo, Park a été récompensée pour un coup de pied à la tête, prenant ainsi l’avantage 3-0. Elle a obtenu un autre level lorsque Aoun a été pénalisée. Une pénalité contre Park a réduit l’écart à 4-2. Et puis, avec une seconde restante au chronomètre, Aoun a demandé une révision de ce qu’elle pensait être un coup de pied à la tête de Park, mais son appel a été rejeté, offrant ainsi la victoire à la Canadienne.

That is Canada’s third Olympic medal in taekwondo for the reason that sport made its debut at Sydney 2000. At these Video games, Dominique Bosshart gained bronze within the girls’s +67kg occasion. Eight years later at Beijing 2008, Karine Sergerie took silver within the girls’s 67kg occasion.

C’est la troisième médaille olympique du Canada en taekwondo depuis que le sport a fait ses débuts aux Jeux de Sydney 2000. Lors de ces Jeux, Dominique Bosshart a remporté le bronze dans l’épreuve féminine des plus de 67 kg. Huit ans plus tard, à Beijing 2008, Karine Sergerie a décroché l’argent dans l’épreuve féminine des 67 kg.

(Grey Information) – Tara Davis-Woodhall of the US gained gold within the girls’s lengthy leap occasion Thursday on the Paris Olympics.

Davis-Woodhall gained her first Olympic title, and first Olympic medal of any variety, with a leap of seven.10 meters.

Her fellow teammate, Jasmine Moore, gained bronze with a leap of 6.96 meters. Malaika Mihambo of Germany got here in second with a leap of 6.98 meters.

In response to the Related Press, Davis-Woodhall is the fourth American girl to win an Olympic gold in girls’s lengthy leap.

Along with her gold medal already secured, Davis-Woodhall made sand angels within the pit throughout her last leap. Afterward, she ran to hug her husband, Paralympian Hunter Woodhall, within the stands.

That is Davis-Woodhall’s second Olympics, having debuted within the Tokyo Olympics.

Thought-about “America’s Cowgirl” on-line, she donned her signature cowgirl hat earlier than ringing the bell.

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It’s been a protracted day for Skylar Park, en path to an Olympic bronze medal in taekwondo—however she’s had her household together with her all the best way.

The 25-year-old received Canada’s first Olympic taekwondo medal in 16 years on Thursday, claiming bronze within the girls’s 57kg occasion. Proper alongside her was her father Jae Park, who can also be her coach.

“It’s an honour,” mentioned Skylar, of successful bronze. “I used to be simply telling my dad and my crew, I don’t suppose it’s totally sunken in but.

“However when that last buzzer went off, it was simply pure pleasure and gratitude for what we’ve been by means of as a crew and my household.”

Her household has been by means of loads within the sport of taekwondo. There are 16 black belts in her prolonged household, together with her brothers Tae-Ku Park and Braven Park, who competed with Skylar ultimately yr’s Pan American Video games. Tae-Ku had an official assist position in Paris as his sister’s coaching associate.

READ: Momentum: Skylar Park finds her independence inside her household’s taekwondo legacy

That household legacy, and her personal Olympic expertise at Tokyo 2020, had Park coming into Paris 2024 with the objective of successful a gold medal. However competing on the Grand Palais on Day 13 was in contrast to something she’d been by means of earlier than.

“To start with, entering into this enviornment, it’s lovely, it’s large and there’s an enormous crowd, one thing that we’re not all the time tremendous used to in taekwondo,” she mentioned. “So I believe it took my breath away a little bit bit once I first stepped on the market, and I simply needed to shake off the nerves, however we have been in a position to get by means of that first match.”

Regardless of a self-described “rocky begin”, Park moved by means of the Spherical of 16 with a 2-0 (6-2, 4-3) win over Czechia’s Dominika Hronova. She felt good transferring into the quarterfinals in opposition to South Korea’s Kim Yujin, together with her father telling her earlier than the match: “win as a crew, lose as a crew”.

That knowledge loomed massive as Park could be upset by a rating of 2-0 (7-6, 9-5) within the quarterfinal, dashing her gold-medal goals. All was not misplaced, nonetheless; if the Korean athlete received her semifinal match, Park would get a possible shot at bronze by means of the repechage.

“I reconnected with my household within the stands after which I simply form of sat there, in my mother’s arms the entire time as we watched that semifinal go down,” mentioned Park. “Gratefully, Korea received and so I used to be in a position to get again within the repechage.”

READ: Park household able to compete within the ‘motherland’ at Santiago 2023

As soon as that was confirmed, Park was “full focus” on incomes that bronze medal.

Within the repechage, she defeated Hatice Kubra Ilgun of Turkey 2-0 (6-4, 3-2). Then, within the bronze-medal match, Park received 2-0 (0-0, 4-2) over Laeticis Aoun of Lebanon.

“It’s been a protracted day,” mentioned Park, of the 4 matches that despatched her from awe to doubt to disappointment to elation.

And although she completed the day on a beautiful excessive, she additionally remembers what her dad informed her on the day’s low level, after her sudden quarterfinal loss:

“Simply that he was happy with me.”

Tara Davis-Woodhall is the Olympic champion in girls’s lengthy bounce.

The previous Texas observe star unleashed an enormous leap within the lengthy bounce finals Thursday with a bounce of seven.10 meters.

Her 6.90 to steer qualifying Tuesday was solely .01 behind the bounce that gained her silver on the worlds final yr and higher than the 6.84 that positioned her sixth in Tokyo.

“I didn’t count on to be in Tokyo,” Davis-Woodhall stated Tuesday. “I used to be a university child, identical to, on the market leaping for enjoyable. I’m nonetheless leaping for enjoyable, however now I’m leaping for a motive.”

Fellow American jumper Jasmine Moore of Grand Prairie gained bronze with a bounce of 6.96 meters after profitable bronze within the triple bounce on Saturday.

Discover extra Olympics protection from The Dallas Morning Information right here.

McDonald’s is including some fan-favorite collectibles to the menu with a brand new all-day meal that includes memento cups that reimagine nostalgic Pleased Meal toys starting from the Coca-Cola polar bears to the Whats up Kitty crew.

The 2 new Collector’s Meals embody a Sausage McMuffin with Egg sandwich, Hash Brown and Scorching Espresso throughout breakfast hours and a 10-piece Rooster McNuggets or Huge Mac sandwich with fries and a gentle drink all through the remainder of the day.

New collectible cups at McDonald’s

Every meal, accessible beginning Aug. 13, comes with a collectible cup impressed by six previous iconic collectibles: Barbie and Scorching Wheels; Beanie Infants; Coca-Cola; Whats up Kitty and Peanuts; Shrek, Jurassic Park and Minions; and eventually, McDonald’s that includes former characters corresponding to Cowpoke McNugget Buddy from 1988 and McDonald’s Dragster from 1993.

“There’s an simple thrill if you snag that one elusive McDonald’s collectible or the ultimate piece to finish your assortment,” the quick meals chain’s International CMO Morgan Flatley mentioned in an announcement. “These new collectible cups commemorate a few of our most unforgettable designs and international collaborations over time, permitting longtime followers to relive treasured moments and serving to a brand new technology make their very own lasting recollections.”

To carry the Golden Arches’ nostalgia to life, the corporate partnered with artists to reimagine the enduring characters and collaborations for a brand new technology of followers.

McDonald’s can also be internet hosting pop-up occasions free to followers who carry their Collector’s Meal cup to the Santa Monica Pier in California for a Collector’s Membership Poolside Paradise full with a DJ and limited-edition drinks on Aug. 17.

There shall be an identical occasion the identical day in New York at Coney Island, the place followers can use the Collector’s Meal cups to unlock a free journey on the Phoenix Curler Coaster.

Veteran character actor Gabriel Olds was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday and has been charged with seven felony sexual assault fees, in accordance with the LAPD. The 52-year-old actor who performed Pat Robertson within the Jessica Chastain starrer “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” was taken into custody by West Bureau investigators round 9:40 a.m. close to the world of Norway Lane and Norman Place in Brentwood. Olds is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.

Los Angeles Police Division’s Operations-West Bureau’s Particular Assault Part detectives say they’re now looking for extra victims and witnesses in a collection of sexual assaults within the Los Angeles space that they imagine could also be tied to Olds, a Yale College alum and son of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Sharon Olds.

On January 19, 2023, a 41-year-old lady advised police that Olds raped her at her dwelling in Los Angeles. Two extra grownup victims subsequently got here ahead and made comparable studies courting again to 2013. They described consensual courting encounters that descended into violent sexual assault.

On July 19, the L.A. County District Legal professional’s workplace charged Olds with seven felony sexual assault fees and the Los Angeles Superior Courtroom issued a warrant for his arrest for $3.5 million.

The New York native, whose credit date again to the 1993 Jason Priestly starrer “Calendar Woman” and extra just lately appeared in “NCIS: Los Angeles,” can be a screenwriter who marched the picket traces final 12 months throughout the WGA strike. His alleged victims advised police that he used his standing as an Ivy League graduate with success within the movie trade to satisfy girls by way of courting apps. Police say the three Jane Does reported that Olds lured them right into a false sense of safety throughout their preliminary encounters, then turned violent with out looking for their consent.

Investigators have recognized two extra girls who reported lesser violent sexual conduct. As a result of Olds’ travels as an actor, detectives imagine there could also be extra victims nationwide which have but to return ahead.

“We heard the identical story repeatedly,” says Det. Brent Hopkins, a Particular Assault Part supervisor. “Mr. Olds began off charming, however then used brutal violence to hold out these rapes. A few of these survivors suffered in silence for years earlier than discovering the power to talk up. Now that he’s off the streets, we wish to make sure that everybody has an opportunity to be heard.”

Olds has labored for many years in tv, showing in a gradual stream of community police procedurals in addition to acclaimed collection like “Boardwalk Empire” and “Six Ft Beneath.” He is also a mainstay within the New York theater world, with credit that embrace Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge” on the Roundabout Theater.

Olds is represented by Imperium 7 Expertise Company, a boutique company whose purchasers embrace Gina Gershon and Paula Patton. The company didn’t reply instantly to a request for remark.