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2023:Tiger Woods Goes Viral For All The Wrong Reasons At Riviera

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1 year ago

2023-02-18

(LOS ANGELES) — Tiger Woods had some explaining to do Friday about a putter so cold that he nearly missed the cut at Riviera and a chauvinist prank he played on Justin Thomas at the Genesis Invitational.

Woods stirred in the opening round of his return to elite competition for the first time in seven months.

It started with a 323-yard drive, 10 yards longer than Thomas’ 29-year-old drive. Woods put something in Thomas’ hand as they walked off the tee, which Thomas tossed to the ground when he realized what it was — a tampon, to remind him that Woods hit it farther. Woods laughed and wrapped his arm around Thomas’s shoulders.

When the moment was posted, social media exploded. After Woods made a rare putt on Friday, a fan yelled, “Tampon!” at him.

Woods apologized after finishing with a bogey-bogey 74 in the second round, which put him over the projected cut line. By the end of the day, he had advanced far enough that he was certain to be present for the weekend. He trailed Max Homa by 11 shots.

Tiger Didn’t Play Well That Day

“It was supposed to be all fun and games, and obviously, that hasn’t happened,” Woods said. “I apologize if I offended anyone in any way, shape, or form. It was never meant to be that way. We just play pranks on each other ae time, and I don’t think this came across that way virally.”

Outside of cursing after bad shots, Woods rarely draws this much attention to himself inside the ropes.

The golf was not much better.

He missed birdie opportunities and par chances late, and his finish was the polar opposite of his opening round when he closed with three consecutive birdies for a 69.

Woods missed a 5-foot birdie chance two holes after coming within inches of an ace on the par-3 14th, his fifth hole of the round.

“I didn’t putt very well today,” Woods admitted. “I blocked a lot of putts early, and this is probably the highest score I could have shot today. Probably should have shot five or six shots better than this. I didn’t make the putts early and in the middle of the round when I had the chance. And they weren’t particularly difficult putts.”

Missing Spots And Chips Into The Holes

Even after missing his target on the par-3 sixth hole, the famous green with a bunker in the middle, he was still 2 under for the tournament. The ball rolled down the green’s edge to the front, and the pin was cut to the top left.

He studied various options with his arms crossed and a lob wedge in his hands. He could have pitched it behind the green and up the slope, letting it run back toward the hole.

“If I chipped it up on top, there’s a chance it’ll come back to the front part of the green,” Woods said, adding that’s what happened when he tried it during the pro-am on Wednesday.

He switched to his putter and ripped up the slope to the left of the pin, leaving himself about 10 feet away for a chance at par. There is one issue.

Beginning Of A Bad Finish

“The hill caught it more than I expected,” he said.

It lost speed and turned right, down the edge of the bunker and into the sand. He drove to 5 feet and made a quick putt with enough break to start it outside the cup.

That was the beginning of a bad finish. On the eighth, his tee shot found a bunker, and he caught it heavily. He then hit his third shot over the green and put from the first cut of turf to tap-in range for a bogey.

He came up short on his final hole, No. 9, and plugged into the bunker. With a front pin, all he could do was blast out through the green, and his par putt caught the lip. When he signed his card, he was 1-over 143 and outside the top 65.

“I made two bad calls on the wind on 6 and 9 that cost me two shots,” Woods explained.

Because of injuries to his right leg sustained in a car accident a year later, the tournament host is playing for the first time since 2020.

SOURCE – (AP)

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Photographer Alleges He Was Forced To Watch Megan Thee Stallion Have Sex And Was Unfairly Fired

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2024-04-24

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Los Angeles – In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, a photographer who Megan Thee Stallion employed alleges that he was compelled to witness her engaging in sexual activity, was unjustly terminated shortly after that, and experienced mistreatment as her employee.

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Photographer Alleges He Was Forced To Watch Megan Thee Stallion Have Sex And Was Unfairly Fired

Emilio Garcia, in his lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that on a night out in 2022 in Ibiza, Spain, he was present in an SUV with the hip-hop singer when she engaged in sexual activity with another lady near him. He was incapacitated from exiting the moving vehicle, and even if he could do so, he would have found himself stranded in an unfamiliar land. According to the lawsuit, Garcia experienced feelings of embarrassment, mortification, and offense during the entire incident.

Alex Spiro, Megan’s attorney, stated that she intends to contest the complaint through legal proceedings.

“This is a monetary employment claim, without any filed allegations of sexual harassment, but with scandalous accusations aimed at embarrassing her,” Spiro stated.

According to the lawsuit, Megan admonished Garcia the following day, instructing him not to disclose what he witnessed while also criticizing and body-shaming him. The complaint alleges that Garcia, who was experiencing excessive workload, low pay, and a hostile work environment due to Megan’s possessive and abusive behavior, was wrongly categorized as an independent contractor while being treated as an exclusive employee.

According to the lawsuit, Garcia discussed those concerns with Megan during their conversation and was terminated the next day after working for her for four years. Subsequently, he lodged a job discrimination lawsuit with the California Civil Rights Department.

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Photographer Alleges He Was Forced To Watch Megan Thee Stallion Have Sex And Was Unfairly Fired

The lawsuit, initially disclosed by NBC News, names Megan, legally known as Megan Pete, her enterprises Megan Thee Stallion Entertainment and Hot Girl Touring and her record label, Roc Nation, as the defendants. No defense answer has been submitted yet. A representative of Roc Nation should have responded more promptly to an email requesting comment.

Garcia is pursuing monetary compensation, which will be assessed during the trial. He claims to have had significant emotional and bodily harm as a result of his treatment at work, his termination, and seeing the incident in the SUV.

Megan, a 29-year-old woman, was previously embroiled in a significant legal controversy. She endured a deluge of online harassment after being shot by rapper Tory Lanez. A jury determined that Lanez had fired at her feet while they were on a street in the Hollywood Hills in 2020. She provided testimony throughout the trial, which led to the conviction of Lanez on three felony charges. Subsequently, a court imposed a 10-year prison sentence on him.

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Photographer Alleges He Was Forced To Watch Megan Thee Stallion Have Sex And Was Unfairly Fired

Megan was already a prominent emerging artist at the time of the shooting and has achieved immense success as one of the most prominent figures in hip-hop. In 2021, she won a Grammy for the best new artist category. Additionally, she attained the top position on the music charts with her tracks “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, and as a featured artist on Cardi B’s “WAP.”

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Yoko Ono To Receive Edward MacDowell Medal For Lifetime Achievement

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3 days ago

2024-04-22

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NEW YORK — MacDowell, one of the country’s finest artist residence programs, has honored Yoko Ono with a lifetime achievement award. The trailblazing artist, filmmaker, and musician will receive the Edward MacDowell Medal this year, following in the footsteps of Stephen Sondheim and Toni Morrison, among others.

“There has never been anyone like her; there has never been work like hers,” MacDowell board chairman Nell Painter said in a statement Sunday.

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Yoko Ono To Receive Edward MacDowell Medal For Lifetime Achievement

“Over seven decades, she has pleased eyes, aroused mind, encouraged feminism, and supported refugees with imaginative works. Enduringly new and contemporary, her unusually powerful output resonates to our current times, which are in desperate need of her leitmotif: peace.”

In a statement, Ono’s son, Sean Ono Lennon, described the award as “an incredible honor.”

“The history and list of prior awardees are extremely impressive. It makes me very glad to see her work valued and celebrated in this manner,” he remarked.

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Yoko Ono To Receive Edward MacDowell Medal For Lifetime Achievement

Ono, 91, has made few public appearances in recent years and is unlikely to attend the July honors event at the MacDowell campus in Peterborough, New Hampshire. David Newgarden, Ono’s music manager, will receive the award on her behalf.

Ono first rose to prominence as a member of the avant-garde Fluxus movement of the 1960s, before becoming internationally famous after meeting John Lennon, with whom she married from 1969 until his death in 1980. Their many collaborations included the songs “Give Peace a Chance,” “Imagine,” and “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” which served as the foundation for “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko,” this year’s Oscar-winning animated short film.

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Yoko Ono To Receive Edward MacDowell Medal For Lifetime Achievement

Over the last 40 years, Ono has had a busy career as a visual and recording artist, with albums like “Season of Glass,” “Starpeace,” and “Take Me to the Land of Hell.” She was recently featured in a career retrospective at London’s Tate Modern.

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Dick Van Dyke Earns Historic Daytime Emmy Nomination At Age 98

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4 days ago

2024-04-21

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Los Angeles — Dick Van Dyke, 98, is contending for a historic Daytime Emmy.

The actor was nominated Friday as a guest star in a daytime drama series for his role as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock’s “Days of Our Lives.”

Van Dyke is the oldest daytime Emmy nominee. When producer Norman Lear won his final Primetime Emmy nomination in 2022, he was 100 years old. He died the following year.

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Dick Van Dyke Earns Historic Daytime Emmy Nomination At Age 98

Van Dyke is up against Guy Pearce, an Australian actor from Amazon Prime Video’s “Neighbours.”

Van Dyke earned four Primetime Emmys, including three in the 1960s, for his legendary comedy series “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”

Selena Gomez, an actor and singer, is nominated in the culinary series category for her Food Network special “Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays.” The Food Network’s “Valerie’s Home Cooking,” hosted by actor Valerie Bertinelli and which concluded last year, is also nominated in that category.

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Dick Van Dyke Earns Historic Daytime Emmy Nomination At Age 98

CBS will cancel “The Talk” after its 15th season later this year. Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell, and Sheryl Underwood were nominated for daytime talk show hosting.

The main actress nominations are Tamara Braun of “Days of Our Lives,” Finola Hughes and Cynthia Watros of “General Hospital,” Katherine Kelly Lang and Annika Noelle of “The Bold and the Beautiful,” and Michelle Stafford of “The Young and the Restless.”

The lead actor nominees include Eric Braeden of “The Young and the Restless,” Scott Clifton, Thorsten Kaye, and John McCook of “The Bold and the Beautiful,” and Eric Martsolf of “Days of Our Lives.”

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Dick Van Dyke Earns Historic Daytime Emmy Nomination At Age 98

The Daytime Emmys will be broadcast live on CBS on June 7 in Los Angeles. The show is back to its regular schedule after being postponed until December due to strikes by Hollywood performers and writers. The hosts and Lifetime Achievement award recipients will be announced later.

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