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Jet crash disaster in South Korea marks another setback for BoeingD espite more than a year of build-up and an exhaustive – some might say exhausting – press tour that rivaled a Marvel movie in budget, there were still many people who did not know that Wicked , now the most successful film adaptation of a Broadway musical of all time, is actually one half of a pair. To be fair to those who do not follow the entertainment industry, Universal billed the 2hr 40min film, which opens with Ariana Grande’s Glinda the Good Witch promising to tell the “whole story” of her long-lost friend Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), as just Wicked, not by its title card, Wicked: Part One. And Jon M Chu’s first act concludes with a wildly cathartic, very CGI-ed rendition of Defying Gravity – the rare musical tune to transcend theater-kid fandom and probably the one thing non-Wicked fans would know about the show. The split, which engendered some skepticism among fans and critics, has not deterred audiences; Wicked made more than $359m in two weekends, smashing a host of musical and holiday-related box office records . The Wicked faithful and newly converted – my screening was full of young girls born long after the musical premiered in 2003 – will not have to wait too long to see how Elphaba and Glinda end up on opposite sides of the East/West, Good/Wicked divide. Wicked: Part Two is slated for 21 November 2025, a day short of a year after Part One premiered. This is not a Dune situation, where Part Two was greenlit only after a misleadingly titled Part One proved its mettle at the box office; both Wickeds were filmed together over five months on soundstages in the UK (plus an extra 10 days earlier this year, owing to the Hollywood strikes), ensuring that the cast – also including Jeff Goldblum , Michelle Yeoh , Bowen Yang, Jonathan Bailey and Ethan Slater – will remain intact for both parts. Part One, written by Winnie Holzman (who wrote the book for the musical) and Dana Fox, hewed closely to the original stage version, not cutting any songs and expanding some scenes. Part Two, which picks up after the stage version’s intermission, was also adapted by Holzman and Fox, and thus will probably also mirror the leaner, darker second act of the musical. (It’s been 21 years of Wicked on Broadway, but spoilers ahead ... ) While part one functions mostly as prequel, taking place before a misunderstood Elphaba becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, Part Two is more revisionist fable, playing out in parallel to the events of L Frank Baum’s 1900 novel and the classic 1939 film adaptation. Elphaba exits the Emerald City in both exile and triumph, having summoned her full powers and learned the hideous truth of the Wizard’s (Jeff Goldblum) and Madame Morrible’s (Michelle Yeoh) embrace of fascism at the expense of vulnerable scapegoats. (The musical, at turns saccharine and impassioned, is not subtle on the politics, and neither is Chu’s movie). Part Two, assuming Chu once again remains faithful to the musical’s plot (itself loosely based on the novel by Gregory Maguire), picks up some time later, when Something Bad has fully manifested in Oz, with a much swifter timeline as well as origin stories for the Lion, the Tin Man and the Scarecrow. “If Part 1 is about choices, Part 2 is about consequences,” Chu told Entertainment Weekly. “Choices are difficult to make, but when you do make those choices, sometimes the result isn’t what you expect it to be. It can be lonely, it can be hard.” And those choices have become “eight times more relevant” in the context of recent political and social events, Chu teased to Variety , calling Part Two, at least thematically, a “doozy”. Despite the resonantly dark material, Chu has assured that Part Two will keep some of the first part’s levity, as best embodied by the buoyant, near-confectionary presence of Grande. “There is lots of lightness in the movie,” he told EW. “There’s a lot of fun parts. We’ve not forgotten about that, but there’s a matureness and a nuance to it that we earn from the first movie.” One of the musical’s weaknesses was that its second act lacked the musical firepower of its first, which contained not only Defying Gravity but theater-kid karaoke staples such as Popular, Dancing Through Life and The Wizard and I. Act two has For Good, arguably the show’s best duet, as well as a few reprisals. Chu seems to have anticipated the need for balance; Stephen Schwartz confirmed that Part Two will include two new songs. There are other anticipated areas of expansion. Part One included a shot from behind of Dorothy and her ragtag crew, and the trailer included an as-yet unused shot of them before the Wizard, suggesting screen time for characters who are not seen in the stage version. (Chu, for his part, has said : “There is interaction and some crossover.”) Another teaser image shows Glinda in what appears to be a wedding gown, a development outside the scope of the original show. And while Part One contained the bulk of significant cameos – including original stars Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, as well as Schwartz (as an Emerald City guard) and Holzman (as a member of an acting troupe) – Part Two will likely contain at least a few names for Broadway and West End fans to spot. Given the extensive promotion for Part One, I assume we will have answers to some questions (and cameos) before next Thanksgiving. But only time will tell whether Part Two can cast as strong a box office spell as the dubiously marketed Part One.She may have returned the USWNT to the top of the global football hierarchy by winning the Olympic gold medal, but Emma Hayes has a significant new task on her hands as the 2024 year comes to a close. The future of the goalkeeper position for the United States, a position of enormous strength over the decades, now faces uncertainty as 36-year-old legend Alyssa Naeher surprisingly announced her international retirement in late November. It came as a shock to USWNT fans as Naeher told the world she would hang up her international boots following upcoming friendlies against England and the Netherlands. Naeher's reveal was even more surprising given her NWSL club, the Chicago Red Stars, had just announced days prior that she would remain with the team for 2025 following a one-year extension of her contract. Now, as the calendar turns over and Emma Hayes looks towards the future, Naeher will add herself to the list of past USWNT greats like Hope Solo and Briana Scurry, while the team searches for the next great between the sticks. Alyssa Naeher stats, trophies won with USWNT At 36, Alyssa Naeher retires as a legend of the international game. She made her debut in 2014 and upon her retirement, has logged 113 international caps with the potential for two more against England and the Netherlands. Naeher is the only goalkeeper in women's soccer history to keep a clean sheet in both the Women's World Cup final and an Olympic gold medal match, winning the World Cup title in 2015 and 2019 and a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics, plus the bronze in 2020. On an individual level, Naeher won NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year in 2014 and CONCACAF Goalkeeper of the Year in 2018. Thus, the former Penn State standout is one of the most decorated goalkeepers in the global game. We’re gonna miss watching Alyssa Naeher making big saves in clutch moments for the USWNT 🥹🇺🇸 Congrats on retirement, Alyssa 🙌 pic.twitter.com/G7qQxWUiiu “Having the opportunity to be a part of the USWNT for the past 15 years has been the greatest honor,” said Naeher in the official press release. “When I began this journey, I never could have imagined where it would take me, and now I find myself so grateful for all the incredible teammates that I have shared the field with; teammates that have turned into lifelong friends. To all my teammates, coaches and staff, thank you all for pushing me, supporting me, and making me a better person/player every single day. A special thanks goes to my family. You have traveled all over the world and were in my corner every step of the way and I love you all. “This has been a special team to be a part of and I am beyond proud of what we have achieved both on and off the field. The memories I have made over the years will last me a lifetime. I know one chapter is ending, but I am so excited to continue to see the growth of this team going forward and what more they can accomplish.” Who will start at goalkeeper for the USWNT after Alyssa Naeher retires? The Sporting News looks over the top candidates to replace Naeher in goal for the foreseeable future. Casey Murphy At 28, Casey Murphy has been the backup to Alyssa Naeher for quite some time now. During Vlatko Andonovski's tenure, the former USWNT head coach made a point to give Murphy time on the pitch, noting publicly on numerous occasions how important it was for Murphy to get time in the national team system should she need to be called upon in a competitive environment. Yet of her 20 international caps dating back to late 2021, Murphy has only been deployed in six competitive matches, and none at either a World Cup or Olympic games. She saw the field in the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship for three games and has made three other SheBelieves Cup appearances. A two-time Big 10 Goalkeeper of the Year with Rutgers and a two-time NWSL Challenge Cup winner with the NC Courage, Murphy probably has the inside track to secure the long-term spot for herself. Yet due to her relative international experience and a few talented younger possibilities on the radar, it's by no means a sure thing that Hayes will hand Murphy the job. Not listed on the November roster for the European matches, the USWNT coaching staff could be thinking elsewhere. Phallon Tullis-Joyce 2024 has been a year of rising stock for 28-year-old Phallon Tullis-Joyce, who before now hadn't been on the USWNT radar. Then, two things happened to vault the former Miami Hurricane into contention for the long-term starting job with the national team. First, she moved to Manchester United in September of last year to back up Mary Earps. Then, the following summer, Earps departed for PSG. Now, Tullis-Joyce is the starter for a Women's Super League contender, which lands her squarely in Emma Hayes' sights. She's been fantastic in the job, conceding just three goals in her first eight games, and has earned her first international call-up for Naeher's European swansong in late November. She likely won't see the field with Naeher getting her final show, so can she impress enough in training to warrant future communications from Hayes? Mandy Haught The youngest of the likely options for the immediate future, Mandy Haught has risen meteorically like the aforementioned Tullis-Joyce. Winning ACC Goalkeeper of the Year twice at Virginia Tech wasn't enough to vault her into the senior national team conversation with more experienced options available, but winning the NWSL championship last year with NJ/NY Gotham FC seemed to raise enough eyebrows. After moving to the Utah Royals this season and logging a strong xG differential on an attack-deficient team, which earned her a nomination for NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year (quite the feat for a keeper on a non-playoff team), she has finally been brought into the fold. After being called up for the first time in October and getting her first start in a clean sheet performance against Argentina, she's again been included for Naeher's swansong in Europe. Jane Campbell A former four-year starter at a top collegiate program Stanford, Campbell was selected in 2017 by the Houston Dash and has been with the NWSL side ever since, winning the league's Goalkeeper of the Year award in 2023. She has been part of the senior national team picture since 2013 and won a bronze medal with the squad in 2020, but has only seen the field eight times, largely considered third-choice behind a mix of Alyssa Naeher, Ashlynn Harris, and Casey Murphy. With the Dash struggling to a last-place finish in the 2024 season, Campbell has fallen out of the picture, but could a seismic shift in the depth charge change things up? Other options If Emma Hayes is looking for a younger player to mold for a longer-term solution to bring consistency to a position that has long belonged to just a few legendary players, she could turn to some young NWSL stars or even to the collegiate ranks. Beyond Haught and Campbell, the NWSL is somewhat devoid of American standout goalkeepers (German star Ann-Katrin Berger and England-born Anna Moorhouse were two of the three 2024 Goalkeeper of the Year nominees alongside Haught). Aubrey Kingsbury is the most obvious candidate, coming up just a game short of the NWSL title this season, but the former Wake Forest star is now 33 and has been behind many of the aforementioned names on the depth chart for years now. Bella Bixby of the Portland Thorns is also 29 without a USWNT senior call-up in her career. Claudia Dickey , still just 24, was a standout at UNC and has been on the fringes of the national team conversation, but her Seattle Reign conceded the most goals in the league this season. At the collegiate ranks, Mia Justus of Texas is the cousin of former USMNT standout Tim Howard and won a national championship as a backup with Florida State before transferring. She's long been a U.S. youth international and was named to the Mac Hermann Award watch list alongside Emily Puricelli , who has much less recognition at the U.S. youth level but was exceptional for St. Louis this season, logging a .861 save percentage and conceding just 11 goals in 23 games this year, putting her in the conversation for best in the nation.None

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Published 8:05 pm Sunday, December 29, 2024 By Associated Press ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, roughly 22 months after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said. “Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” the center said on the social media platform X. It added in a statement that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. As reaction poured in from around the world, President Joe Biden mourned Carter’s death, saying the world lost an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian” and he lost a dear friend. Biden cited Carter’s work to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil and human rights, promote free and fair elections and house the homeless as an example for others. “To all of the young people in this nation and for anyone in search of what it means to live a life of purpose and meaning – the good life – study Jimmy Carter, a man of principle, faith, and humility,” Biden said in a statement. Biden spoke later Sunday evening about Carter, calling it a “sad day” but one that “brings back an incredible amount of good memories.” “I’ve been hanging out with Jimmy Carter for over 50 years,” Biden said in his remarks. He recalled the former president being a comfort to him and his wife Jill when their son Beau died in 2015 of cancer. The president remarked how cancer was a common bond between their families, with Carter himself having cancer later in his life. “Jimmy knew the ravages of the disease too well,” said Biden, who was ordering a state funeral for Carter in Washington. Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office. The 39th president leveraged his ambition with a keen intellect, deep religious faith and prodigious work ethic, conducting diplomatic missions into his 80s and building houses for the poor well into his 90s. “My faith demands — this is not optional — my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can, with whatever I have to try to make a difference,” Carter once said. A president from Plains A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who had lost popularity pardoning Nixon. Carter governed amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over racism, women’s rights and America’s global role. His most acclaimed achievement in office was a Mideast peace deal that he brokered by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the bargaining table for 13 days in 1978. That Camp David experience inspired the post-presidential center where Carter would establish so much of his legacy. Yet Carter’s electoral coalition splintered under double-digit inflation, gasoline lines and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His bleakest hour came when eight Americans died in a failed hostage rescue in April 1980, helping to ensure his landslide defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter acknowledged in his 2020 “White House Diary” that he could be “micromanaging” and “excessively autocratic,” complicating dealings with Congress and the federal bureaucracy. He also turned a cold shoulder to Washington’s news media and lobbyists, not fully appreciating their influence on his political fortunes. “It didn’t take us long to realize that the underestimation existed, but by that time we were not able to repair the mistake,” Carter told historians in 1982, suggesting that he had “an inherent incompatibility” with Washington insiders. Carter insisted his overall approach was sound and that he achieved his primary objectives — to “protect our nation’s security and interests peacefully” and “enhance human rights here and abroad” — even if he fell spectacularly short of a second term. And then, the world Ignominious defeat, though, allowed for renewal. The Carters founded The Carter Center in 1982 as a first-of-its-kind base of operations, asserting themselves as international peacemakers and champions of democracy, public health and human rights. “I was not interested in just building a museum or storing my White House records and memorabilia,” Carter wrote in a memoir published after his 90th birthday. “I wanted a place where we could work.” That work included easing nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, helping to avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiating cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, The Carter Center had declared at least 113 elections in Latin America, Asia and Africa to be free or fraudulent. Recently, the center began monitoring U.S. elections as well. Carter’s stubborn self-assuredness and even self-righteousness proved effective once he was unencumbered by the Washington order, sometimes to the point of frustrating his successors. He went “where others are not treading,” he said, to places like Ethiopia, Liberia and North Korea, where he secured the release of an American who had wandered across the border in 2010. “I can say what I like. I can meet whom I want. I can take on projects that please me and reject the ones that don’t,” Carter said. He announced an arms-reduction-for-aid deal with North Korea without clearing the details with Bill Clinton’s White House. He openly criticized President George W. Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also criticized America’s approach to Israel with his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” And he repeatedly countered U.S. administrations by insisting North Korea should be included in international affairs, a position that most aligned Carter with Republican President Donald Trump. Among the center’s many public health initiatives, Carter vowed to eradicate the guinea worm parasite during his lifetime, and nearly achieved it: Cases dropped from millions in the 1980s to nearly a handful. With hardhats and hammers, the Carters also built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The Nobel committee’s 2002 Peace Prize cites his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter should have won it alongside Sadat and Begin in 1978, the chairman added. Carter accepted the recognition saying there was more work to be done. “The world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place,” he said. “The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect.” ‘An epic American life’ Carter’s globetrotting took him to remote villages where he met little “Jimmy Carters,” so named by admiring parents. But he spent most of his days in the same one-story Plains house — expanded and guarded by Secret Service agents — where they lived before he became governor. He regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined and the coronavirus pandemic raged. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world to the small sanctuary where Carter will receive his final send-off after a state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral. The common assessment that he was a better ex-president than president rankled Carter and his allies. His prolific post-presidency gave him a brand above politics, particularly for Americans too young to witness him in office. But Carter also lived long enough to see biographers and historians reassess his White House years more generously. His record includes the deregulation of key industries, reduction of U.S. dependence on foreign oil, cautious management of the national debt and notable legislation on the environment, education and mental health. He focused on human rights in foreign policy, pressuring dictators to release thousands of political prisoners. He acknowledged America’s historical imperialism, pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders and relinquished control of the Panama Canal. He normalized relations with China. “I am not nominating Jimmy Carter for a place on Mount Rushmore,” Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s domestic policy director, wrote in a 2018 book. “He was not a great president” but also not the “hapless and weak” caricature voters rejected in 1980, Eizenstat said. Rather, Carter was “good and productive” and “delivered results, many of which were realized only after he left office.” Madeleine Albright, a national security staffer for Carter and Clinton’s secretary of state, wrote in Eizenstat’s forward that Carter was “consequential and successful” and expressed hope that “perceptions will continue to evolve” about his presidency. “Our country was lucky to have him as our leader,” said Albright, who died in 2022. Jonathan Alter, who penned a comprehensive Carter biography published in 2020, said in an interview that Carter should be remembered for “an epic American life” spanning from a humble start in a home with no electricity or indoor plumbing through decades on the world stage across two centuries. “He will likely go down as one of the most misunderstood and underestimated figures in American history,” Alter told The Associated Press. A small-town start James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains and spent his early years in nearby Archery. His family was a minority in the mostly Black community, decades before the civil rights movement played out at the dawn of Carter’s political career. Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery’s tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery. His mother, Lillian, would become a staple of his political campaigns. Seeking to broaden his world beyond Plains and its population of fewer than 1,000 — then and now — Carter won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1946. That same year he married Rosalynn Smith, another Plains native, a decision he considered more important than any he made as head of state. She shared his desire to see the world, sacrificing college to support his Navy career. Carter climbed in rank to lieutenant, but then his father was diagnosed with cancer, so the submarine officer set aside his ambitions of admiralty and moved the family back to Plains. His decision angered Rosalynn, even as she dived into the peanut business alongside her husband. Carter again failed to talk with his wife before his first run for office — he later called it “inconceivable” not to have consulted her on such major life decisions — but this time, she was on board. “My wife is much more political,” Carter told the AP in 2021. He won a state Senate seat in 1962 but wasn’t long for the General Assembly and its back-slapping, deal-cutting ways. He ran for governor in 1966 — losing to arch-segregationist Lester Maddox — and then immediately focused on the next campaign. Carter had spoken out against church segregation as a Baptist deacon and opposed racist “Dixiecrats” as a state senator. Yet as a local school board leader in the 1950s he had not pushed to end school segregation even after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, despite his private support for integration. And in 1970, Carter ran for governor again as the more conservative Democrat against Carl Sanders, a wealthy businessman Carter mocked as “Cufflinks Carl.” Sanders never forgave him for anonymous, race-baiting flyers, which Carter disavowed. Ultimately, Carter won his races by attracting both Black voters and culturally conservative whites. Once in office, he was more direct. “I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over,” he declared in his 1971 inaugural address, setting a new standard for Southern governors that landed him on the cover of Time magazine.Formula 1 expands grid to add General Motors’ Cadillac brand and new American team for 2026 season

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