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7NEWS
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
Sarah Jessica Parker speaks out about ‘cruel' commentary on her looks
After decades in the entertainment industry, Sarah Jessica Parker knows how to brush off haters and online trolls, but she didn't always have an easy time navigating criticism, especially about her physical appearance. During the June 18 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, the actor opened up about 'cruel' comments she faced in the early days of her career while starring on Sex and the City. Parker began by acknowledging that she 'wasn't prepared' for the level of scrutiny she would receive while starring on the hit series, which premiered in 1998, and called it 'a real test of my coping mechanisms.' 'There was no chatter about me (before this time). There was just my work,' she said. Host Alex Cooper then asked Parker which comments bothered her the most. 'I think just discussions of my physical person,' Parker said, gesturing at herself. 'Like stuff that I couldn't change, and wouldn't change, and had never considered changing, or even still after hearing something that was like, 'What? Somebody would say that?' (I) even still (had) no interest in changing it.' The 60-year-old went on to say it particularly bothered her that these comments were either made behind her back or in news publications. 'I didn't feel like it was actually a conversation. I didn't feel like I could sit in a room, and someone would say to me, 'You're really unattractive'. And then I could say, 'Wow, um, well first of all, that's hard to hear. But second of all, why do you seem angry about it?' Or, 'Why do you feel it's necessary to say it?',' she said. As for being able to let something go, especially when considering unrealistic beauty standards, Parker said: 'I think, maybe, there's a threshold where, maybe, crying about it because it just seemed so cruel was like done.' She then inserted one of Carrie Bradshaw's famous catchphrases and 'couldn't help but wonder' if these critics would say these mean remarks to her face. Earlier in her conversation with Cooper, Parker recalled the one time she cried about 'really mean' comments a magazine made about her appearance. 'It was like a kick in the rubber parts,' she said. 'I was just like, 'Why is this a problem? Why is this deserving of your time? And why do you seem to delight in saying it?' 'I was sobbing because it felt so purposeful. 'And I think that's the only time I really cried about it.' Parker described the moment as an 'accumulation' of comments she'd recently read, and at another point in the conversation said she considered herself a 'fairly confident person' at the time. 'I think (confidence) really comes into question and is tested when you're kind of filleted in a way, when you're opened up,' she said. 'And I know you know this, we're better for those kinds of experiences. But not all of us are good at it right away.' Cooper understood completely and said: 'And it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.'
USA Today
21 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Michael Cooper on how Showtime Lakers of the 1980s were a 'super team'
Michael Cooper on how Showtime Lakers of the 1980s were a 'super team' In the modern era of the NBA, there has been lots of talk about so-called "super teams." This talk started in earnest when LeBron James took his talents to the Miami Heat and brought Chris Bosh with him to team up with Dwyane Wade in 2010. For three seasons prior to that, the Boston Celtics had what some also consider a "super team" that consisted of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo, although none of them made their way to Boston via free agency. If one wants to expand the definition of what could be considered a "super team," the Los Angeles Lakers had the first one. Throughout the 1960s, they had guard Jerry West and forward Elgin Baylor, and in 1968, they traded for Wilt Chamberlain. That trio wasn't extremely successful —the Lakers lost twice in the NBA Finals in their first two seasons with the three Hall of Famers, and they only won it all in 1972 after Baylor retired early that season. Of course, years later, they won five world titles in the 1980s with a galaxy of stars and difference-makers. One of them was Michael Cooper, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last year. In an interview with Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson, he said that those Lakers teams would be considered a "super team" by modern standards. "I think that whole era in the 80's we won," Cooper said. "We went to the NBA Finals 9 times. People don't understand that — from 1980 to 1991, we went to the Finals nine times. And we won it five times. And we went through a lot of tough, talented teams. You look at it for us, we had the Seattle Supersonics when they won the championship in '79. We dethroned them in 1980. You had George 'Iceman' Gervin and the A-Train (Artis Gilmore), you had Portland the team that they had up there with Mychal Thompson and Clyde Drexler; you had the Utah Jazz with Karl Malone and John Stockton just to name a few, ok? Then you look at the East. You had Detroit. You had Boston. You had the Sixers (Philadelphia 76ers). You had Cleveland. You had Atlanta with Dominique [Wilkins] and the group that he had. So we went through some very good teams, you know? Fortunately, we only had to play one of the East teams one time for the championship but the things that we did and we were able to do throughout the 80's, I would call us a super team for sure." Those Lakers teams were led by Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, both of whom are universally considered two of the five to 10 greatest players in basketball history. For most of the era, they also had forward James Worthy, a Hall of Famer who was named the finals MVP in 1988. Los Angeles also had Hall of Famers in forward Jamaal Wilkes and Bob McAdoo during the early-to-mid 1980s. Cooper identified one big difference between his Lakers teams and James' Heat squads. "But I think the difference between our team and any other team — and the Miami team, I'm not saying that they weren't a great team because LeBron and Wade and Shaq (Shaquille O'Neal) there that damn sure was a super team but, we RAN! And we ran consistently and we practiced to run so, we may have a lull of two or three minutes in the game but for 46 minutes, we're gonna run you to death! [laughs] We're gonna get up and down the floor, we're gonna play defense — even though people don't see us because when you talk about Showtime Lakers, you talk about Magic's no-look passes, Worthy swooping to the hoop, a Coop-A-Loop, Kareem's skyhook, Magic's drive… but you didn't see us as a defensive team but, we were a very VERY good defensive team and that's why it enabled us to be in so many games as we did. But you know what? We were gonna run you. We were gonna push tempo. Magic was the best at this all the time. Even if you score, if you score we're coming back at you and probably most of the time and I would say eight out 10 times, we were scoring in four seconds back at you. So we would always catch you off guard because not only were we going to run you and get back on defense but now we're gonna get up on you and pressure you full court. And if you're a running team, it's gonna take its toll somewhere along the line and if you're a walking team or a halfcourt team — with us scoring a quick 8-10 points that changes your style of play. You gotta run to get back in the game." In four seasons with Miami, James won two championships in 2012 and 2013. At times, especially during the 2012-13 campaign, Miami looked incredible, but most would consider the Showtime Lakers to be on another level entirely.
USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Syracuse four-star offensive tackle commit Javeion Cooper set to visit Nebraska
Syracuse four-star offensive tackle commit Javeion Cooper set to visit Nebraska A current four-star Syracuse commit is officially visiting the Huskers this week. Offensive tackle Javeion Cooper is set to visit Lincoln this weekend following trips to Florida State, UCF and Syracuse. Cooper committed to the Orange in December but continues taking official visits entering the summer. The Melbourne, Florida native holds multiple offers from across the nation, including Penn State, Florida State and UCF. He received an offer from Nebraska in April. He is ranked 357th in the 2026 recruiting class and is the No. 28 offensive tackle in the country, standing at 6-foot-4, 295 pounds. Cooper currently plays for Melbourne Central Catholic, a team that finished 8-3 in 2024 and fell in the FHSAA 1A Regional Quarterfinals. He visits Nebraska alongside a slew of other recruits, including several from the state of Florida. The Florida recruits include cornerback Danny Odem, wide receiver Larry Miles and safety Devin Jackson. Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X (formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.
NZ Autocar
a day ago
- Automotive
- NZ Autocar
2025 Mini Cooper SE Review
Mini's first electric Cooper went well enough but couldn't roam that far out of town. The new SE remedies that. The second-generation of the Mini Cooper Electric is here, in a couple of guises; the E with a 41kWh (37kWh usable) battery and the SE that you see here with a 54kWh battery pack (49 usable). Contrast that with the original 2020 version that had a 32.6kWh pack (29kWh usable). It offered a range that Mini claimed was around 230km but only in town. Used beyond city limits, and you'd be lucky to see 180km. That's similar to Mazda's MX-30 for range, and that expensive experiment lasted just two years. Equally, no surprise that the new electric Mini Cooper comes with either a modest battery (still bigger than before) or an acceptable size one in the SE and decent enough range (up to 402km WLTP). While this is primarily an urban car, it's one that Mini says has the kind of dynamics that make you want to take it beyond the city. So then you need a bit of range to get you there and back again. The bigger version has more power too. Yes, it is more expensive by $6k than the E ($61k vs $67k) but that's probably the best $6k you will ever commit to. Moreover, with a modestly sized battery pack of around 50kWh you can replenish from 65 to 90 per cent odd overnight using a 2kW portable charger. Zero to 80 per cent takes roughly five hours using an 11kW wallbox. A 10-80 rezip on a 50kW DC unit takes about half an hour. The point here is that charging is a chore and a bore so the less often and the less time taken the better. As mentioned dynamics are key here, so big battery packs are out of the question. But as lithium-ion tech slowly advances, the batteries tend to be more energy dense without growing in size. Not quite the same for the car overall, however; the original we tested in 2020 was 1404kg, this latest, admittedly in SE guise with more gear and a bigger battery, is now 1680kg. It has more range of course but the performance increment isn't huge. Back then with a 135kW/270Nm motor, it could get to 100km/h in 6.85sec. Now, with 160kW and 330Nm it did the same thing only half a second quicker, and that's much the same with the overtake, at 4.0 vs 4.6sec. However, with at least 50 per cent more range, no-one will feel hard done by, particularly when it's only $7k more than before. If you're just not up for an electric Mini Cooper, you can still buy a range of petrol variants, with the three-pot 115kW/230Nm 1.5 kicking off at $49,990. This also comes in a better specified Favoured flavour for a few thousand more. The $56,990 Cooper S gets a motor more befitting of a go-kart car, its 2.0 150kW and 300Nm motor giving it a sprint time of 6.6 seconds. There's still the JCW hot-shot as well, costing a few thou less than the Cooper SE. Mini looks with better tech This car is still a front driver, now with a 160kW and 330Nm motor. It has a bewildering range of drive modes, borrowed from the BMW mode book. But it's really only Eco, Normal and Sport that matter. The latter is accompanied by a 'wahoo' exclamation from the speakers when selected and that wears thin. Normal will do for the most part, as usual. There are three regen settings too, low, medium and high. Well, four if we're counting, the Adaptive mode. We preferred the high setting which is similar to single-pedal driving, only without being so abrupt. There's a new look too, better in that you can scarcely pick it apart from the ICE power variants. The original electric Mini featured a horizontal yellow line across the grille, signifying the electric innards. That's gone, and in its place a couple of yellow S badges instead. The larger mainly solid grille and low ride height impart a real impression of width, like it's set to pounce. There's still the iconic Mini Cooper shape, the big round LED headlights, and abbreviated overhangs. It remains recognisably Mini, something that hasn't really changed from the model's inception in 1959. It's much the same as the 911 in that regard then. Inside, there's the still iconic circular IFT and control screen, now a 240mm OLED offering for even greater clarity. Like all central controllers, this takes time to master. But there are several buttons on the dash that make the process simpler. One of these is the start-stop button, which some EVs don't have. We prefer this, especially as the Mini detects the key approaching and unlocks automatically. Same for locking; just leave and it does that for you. Alongside is a wee lever for D and R, and a button to the right is for P. Towards the left is the Experience button (drive modes then) while a little below those is another that is a shortcut to the menu that changes driver assistance stuff. And there's a shortcut to nixing lane keeping as well. Serious drivers may want to as they go about straightening curvy roads. This bongs a few times at you gently, quietly if it detects you're exceeding the local speed limit. You can cancel it if you want in the control screen. And it stays off. Mini makes use of recycled plastics and the like – there's no leather or chrome – so much of the dash and door cards are covered in a fabric-like textile. What look like leather-clad seats aren't real then, vegan something or other. Harder charging The latest Cooper E rides on a new dedicated EV platform co-developed by BMW so benefits from a touch more room in the rear. But the 210L boot remains marginally useful. Think grocery shop up for two. Splitfold the rear seats to enlarge it to 800L (69L more than before) and it swallows oodles of gear. The dynamics are even better than before, as the battery is between the axles for a better weight split. There's generous steering heft but it's still the darty thing it used to be. Ride will seem firm initially but at open road speeds it makes lots of sense. And even at town pace it's not sharp; good seats help. It's premium priced for a weenie but comes with premium items, like powered and heated leatherette seats with lumbar pump, seat memories and a massage function. The sports wheel is heated but the rim is a bit fat, like BMW items. Overhead is a full length fixed panoramic roof with ambient lights around the edge and a powered slide beneath. There's also one of the polycarbonate head-up displays, this one pretty good for clarity. And there's stop and go for the adaptive cruise while smartphones integrate wirelessly and there's a surround camera system for safer parking. Harman/Kardon supplies a premium sound system too. And there are enough crash smarts for a five-star ANCAP result. So it's a properly sensible update here, especially the SE. Somewhere out on the far horizon, the next-generation Minis will be rear or AWD, as they adopt BMW's Neue Klasse platform. The Gen6 800V architecture will also mean even more range and quicker charging. Mini Cooper SE $66,990 / 14.8kWh/100km / 0g/km 0-100 km/h 6.33s 80-120 km/h 4.02s (114m) 100-0 km/h 38.96m Speedo error 98 at an indicated 100km/h Ambient cabin noise 74.4dB@100km/h Motor output 160kW/330Nm Battery 49.2kWh Range 382km Drivetrain Single-speed auto / FWD Front suspension Mac strut / swaybar Rear suspension Multilink / swaybar Turning circle 10.8m (2.2 turns) Front brakes Ventilated discs (335mm) Rear brakes Discs (280mm) Stability systems ABS, ESP Safety AEB, ACC, BSM, LDW, RCTA, ALK, AHB Tyre size f/r-225/40R18 Wheelbase 2526m L/W/H 3858 / 1756 / 1460mm Track f-1521mm r-1524mm Luggage capacity 210-800L Tow rating 500kg (750kg braked) Service intervals Condition based Scheduled servicing 3yrs Warranty 5yrs / 100,000 km ANCAP rating ★★★★★ (2025) Weight (claimed) 1680kg
Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Anderson Cooper quitting CNN? $18 million star anchor may walk out — here's what reports reveal
Anderson Cooper recently made a significant behind-the-scenes move that has raised serious concerns in the media world. The veteran CNN anchor has hired a Hollywood "super agent," prompting speculation that he is planning his exit from the network altogether. Why did Anderson Cooper switch agents now? As CNN undergoes major cost-cutting and network restructuring, the move has sparked speculation about Cooper's future at the network, including whether he plans to move into entertainment or leave CNN entirely. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Dukung Orang Terkasih Menghadapi Limfoma: Mulai Di Sini Limfoma Klik Di Sini Anderson Cooper, who reportedly earns $18 million a year, is choosing Creative Artists Agency and its top deal broker, Bryan Lourd, over his longtime agency, United Talent Agency. Wiedenfels may target Cooper's high salary, according to a report published last week by Puck News. CNN however, did not disclose Cooper's salary. The network has also contested press figures. Live Events The news websites Variety and Semafor announced Cooper's relocation early on Tuesday. Variety claims that the CAA representative's clientele is more skewed toward Hollywood's elite than traditional broadcast journalists, making the choice to switch agents and hire Lourd noteworthy. A-list celebrities like Daniel Craig, Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron, Scarlett Johansson, and George Clooney have all expressed interest in hiring Lourd, as [er a report by The NY Post. ALSO READ: Trump about to fire Tulsi Gabbard? Explosive reports reveal why he's furious and done with her Is CNN cutting costs and salaries? As the traditional TV news model faces increasing financial pressures, Cooper's change of agencies has sparked speculation about whether the anchor may be getting ready to diversify his holdings or perhaps leave the network entirely. Over the years, the former war correspondent has expanded his media presence. Apart from hosting CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," he also contributes to CBS's "60 Minutes" and has previously served as a guest host on "Jeopardy!" Could Anderson be planning a move beyond hard news? Cooper's recent agent change raises the possibility that there will be more development in the future, and these side gigs have allowed him to go beyond breaking bad news. Cooper's timing reportedly coincides with price reductions and a reevaluation of talent strategies by all networks. Cooper's bosses at Warner Bros. Discovery, the media conglomerate that owns CNN, are restructuring the company to separate its TV networks from its production and streaming businesses. Analysts believe this move could put the cable channels in a position to be sold in the future. Numerous seasoned anchors have been asked to accept pay reductions or fired. Cooper's former coworkers Don Lemon, Jim Acosta, and Alisyn Camerota have all left important positions, and Chris Wallace left CNN. FAQs Is Anderson Cooper actually leaving CNN? Nothing is confirmed yet, but his hiring of Hollywood agent Bryan Lourd has sparked speculation that he is planning to leave CNN or pursue new media opportunities. Why is Anderson Cooper's salary being scrutinized? According to reports, he earns approximately $18 million per year, which is significantly more than other CNN hosts with comparable ratings. Insiders believe that network cost-cutting may put him on the hot seat.
