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Miami Herald
11 hours ago
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Live updates: the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers parade in Fort Lauderdale
Welcome to the first annual Florida Panthers' Stanley Cup championship parade live blog, keeping you up to date with the second annual Panthers Stanley Cup championship parade down A1A in Fort Lauderdale. The team and the Cup have left the IcePlex The Panthers have loaded the buses and left the Baptist Health IcePlex at the War Memorial Auditorium for the parade. Among those on the bus with the Stanley Cup: defenseman Jaycob Megna, who was signed as a free agent in July and spent most of the season with the Panthers' American Hockey League minor league team in Charlotte. Megna was born in Plantation on Dec. 10, 1992. The next day, during annual league meetings at The Breakers in Palm Beach, the NHL announced the granting of new franchises to be based in Anaheim and South Florida. The daily precipitation comes early Before the parade, around 10:55 a.m., a light drizzle came down near the stage area next to the beach. At 85 degrees with a 74% humidity, nature's sprinkling system was appreciated by the folks gathered there. Wristbands for kids Kids along the route are getting blue wristbands from Fort Lauderdale police with parents' phone numbers in case the kids get separated in all the hubbub. With reporting from Herald reporters Jordan McPherson, Connie Ogle, Kaitlyn Pohly and Greg Cote.
Global News
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Global News
Leafs, Panthers open Round 2 tonight in Toronto
See more sharing options Send this page to someone via email Share this item on Twitter Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Facebook TORONTO – The second round of the National Hockey League playoffs gets underway tonight at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, who knocked off Sunshine State rival Tampa Bay Lightning in five games, visit the Toronto Maple Leafs, who eliminated the Ontario rival Ottawa Senators in six games. The Maple Leafs, with new bench boss Craig Berube, finished first in the Atlantic Division this season, 10 points ahead of the third-place Panthers. They are in the post-season's second round for the second time in three years. Story continues below advertisement The Panthers, who added Boston Bruins' pest Brad Marchand to the roster at the trade deadline to help Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett get under their rivals' skin, have been to the Stanley Cup final two straight years — losing to the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023 and beating the Edmonton Oilers last year. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy The Panthers, who draw confidence from physically imposing their will on opponents, will find eager challengers in Toronto's Chris Tanev, Bobby McMann and Max Pacioretty, to name a few. Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is Wednesday in Toronto, with Games 3 and 4 in Sunrise, Fla., on Friday and Sunday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 5, 2025.
Scoop
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
‘That's Not Our Story': Panthers Reject Netflix Version, Urge Pacific Youth To Reclaim Truth And Legacy
Founding members of the Polynesian Panther Party have called on Pacific youth to engage in politics and reclaim their history, after rejecting the 2021 Netflix series "The Panthers" as a commercialised distortion of their movement. At an intimate but packed talanoa session held at Auckland Museum on Tuesday, 29 April, Lupematasila Melani Anae, Reverend Alec Toleafoa, Tigilau Ness as part of the panel and Wayne Toleafoa also in attendance, challenged the series' portrayal of their legacy. They have urged young people to actively use talanoa, education, and the power of voting to fight racism, protect their community's authentic stories, and build a stronger political voice. Lupematasila, who chairs the Polynesian Panther Party Legacy Trust, says the Netflix series failed to share their true kaupapa. 'It's not our story,' Lupematasila says. 'Good on them for making it, but we just know that it's not our story. 'They have artistic licence, yes – but our input wasn't taken seriously. 'We looked through scripts, suggested changes, but they pushed ahead with their own agenda. 'Our platform, our activities – none of that was covered in any depth - their main themes were Muldoon and the policemen, and that's fine. 'But that's not our story.' She says they managed to depict one thing right. 'The only probably accurate portrayal was me climbing out the window to go to the first meeting,' Lupematasila says with a laugh. They've had to challenge the misrepresentation of the Polynesian Panthers as a gang – a stereotype reinforced by the Netflix series – rather than the revolutionary social justice movement they truly were. 'All of our Panthers couldn't watch past the first episode,' Lupematasila says. 'We've spent 20 years going into schools telling kids we weren't a gang, then the show comes out, and all that work is undone.' The panel says the show's producers later returned to discuss a second season, but they declined the offer outright. Reverend Alec Toleafoa says the panel was approached to see if it would participate in the second series, and it gave them a flat no. . 'They wanted to talk to third parties, get the story second-hand but out of respect for the Panthers, those third parties refused to comply,' Toleafoa says. 'That's why series two never happened…the story we're hearing tonight is our story – that is our story.' The event – Mana, Media and the Polynesian Panther Party Legacy of Protest – formed part of the Museum's Twilight Tuesdays series and tied into its Mana: Protest in Print exhibition. Conversation highlighted how the Panthers relied on grassroots media to counter systemic racism and called on future leaders to do the same through civic action. Instead of dramatised versions of their lives, the Panthers say truth lives in talanoa and print. The Mana newspaper – launched in 1977 with multilingual stories by Pacific activists, including Tigilau Ness – helped reclaim Pacific voices in a hostile media environment. So did the Panthers' own publications like RAPP and their legal aid booklets, which helped bring down arrest rates among Pacific youth. 'We had to print our own stories because the media wasn't telling them,' Ness says. 'Those who translated and wrote – they were revolutionaries, even if they didn't see themselves that way.' Wayne Toleafoa, who served as the Panthers' Minister of Information as a teenager, says getting their message out was a constant battle. 'We'd get our publications out wherever we could – but they'd edit everything,' Toleafoa says. 'We were trying to show people we were non-violent - we were organised, but racism filtered everything.' He says the wider public refused to believe what the Panthers were exposing about police harassment and state abuse. 'Even when we reported on real events like street checks or kids being picked up for no reason, people didn't believe us,' Toleafoa says. 'It wasn't until more and more Pacific people came forward that it started to shift.' The talanoa made clear the Panthers were not just fighting street racism, but challenging institutional harm embedded in policy – from housing to policing, welfare and education. Ness reflects on the racism of the era, saying Pacific youth were routinely targeted by police for statistics and quotas. 'Today we know for a fact that the majority of Māori and Pacific Island youth were being picked up for statistics, police quotas,' Ness says. 'As a young person, I often wondered, where are they going, and why? 'Now we find out where they were going – welfare homes and eventually prisons, but at the time, nobody cared.' Lupematasila says youth today must continue that legacy by voting and holding decision-makers to account. "It's more than that,' Lupematasila says. 'In Samoa's case, it's a hundred years of persecution by the New Zealand administration and the distrust we have of governmental administration. 'That's why we don't vote, that's why we don't even fill out questionnaires like the Census because we've been hurt in the past by those administrative processes." She adds civic protest means showing up - not just marching, but voting. 'The hikoi about Te Tiriti was a good example,' Lupematasila says. 'The next big step is for that hikoi lot to register and vote - that's real activism.' Young people often ask how to become activists, and the answer starts at home, Lupematasila says. 'We get asked in schools, how do I become an activist?' she says. 'The brothers say – 'start by cleaning your room when your mum asks'.' It's about discipline, service and cultural grounding, she explains. 'We wear many hats -when we're with our communities, we wear the fa'aaloalo – respectful hat, but in learning institutions, our hat is to be critical.' Lupematasila reminds Pacific communities representation is not enough. 'Just because they're brown doesn't mean they're going to be good,' Lupematasila says. 'We want people who are passionate about change, no matter what party they're from. 'Politics is one line of representation, but I'm saying – is it providing action? Is it providing change?' She reflects on how the Panthers were dismissed in their time, even by their own families. 'Some called us activists. some called us freedom fighters and our own 'āiga called us moepi – bedwetters. 'But we weren't that. We were just kids standing up for our parents who were too respectful, too busy working, putting food on the table.' Reverend Toleafoa says the Panthers chose non-violence not because they were soft, but because they understood the power of peaceful resistance. 'A true revolutionary is moved by great feelings of love for the people,' he says. 'Violence solves nothing - our resistance was strategic.' 'Watching something like the Panther Series … you might be wanting to know, is that really what happened? Go and find out,' Reverend Toleafoa says, encouraging people to be critical about what they consume. As the event closes, the message for the next generation is clear: don't let media define your story. 'You don't need permission,' Lupematasila says. 'If you care about your hood, surround yourself with people who care too – and get to work.' Meanwhile, Reverend Toleafoa adds that the baton is in the hands of Pacific youth now. 'Don't let Netflix tell [your story] for you.'.
Newsweek
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Predator and Humans Team Up in 'Predator: Badlands' First Look Trailer
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors It's a big galaxy out there, and in "Predator: Badlands," directed by Dan Trachtenberg, it proves big enough that humans aren't always the prey. For the first time in the film franchise's history, instead of man vs. predator, the chief conflict will be man and predator vs. something much more dangerous. You can watch the trailer below. Read More: John Cena and Idris Elba Reunite in Buddy Action Comedy 'Heads of State' Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi ("The Panthers") stars as a young outcast predator alongside Elle Fanning ("Maleficent"), hunting down a shared enemy. Exactly who or what that enemy is, we don't know, though we get a glimpse of some kind of dinosaur-sized creature charging the predator at the end of the trailer. Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi in "Predator: Badlands". Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi in "Predator: Badlands". 20th Century Studios The film is set in the future on an alien planet. This makes it the first time since the 2010s "Predators" that a filmmaker has chosen to take the action of a "Predator" film off Earth. "I didn't think you'd survive," Fanning says early in the trailer. Later, she tells the predator, "You're hunting something that can't be killed." Fanning's character raises some interesting questions. In one shot, we see her tangled up in a strange alien plant, and something mechanical seems to glaze over her eyes. Particularly considering the close association between the "Predator" and "Alien" franchises, could it be that she's playing an android or something like it? "Predator: Badlands" isn't the only feature from the series coming out this year. Earlier this month, Hulu unveiled Trachtenberg's secret "Predator" project - "Predator: Killer of Killers". The animated anthology film will feature the so-called Yautja locking horns with Vikings, Japanese samurai, and even World War II pilots. Dan Trachtenberg made a big splash with 2022's "Prey". The film starred Amber Midthunder as a young 18th-century Comanche woman trying to prove herself as a hunter when one of the galaxy's greatest hunters comes calling. Acting largely as a standalone and streaming on Hulu, "Prey" expanded the boundaries of what a "Predator" movie could be. Apparently, as a result, Trachtenberg has been given carte blanche with the franchise, and both "Badlands" and "Killer of Killers" are results. Not to mention that since "Prey" teases a sequel, many fans are still waiting for a "Prey 2". "Predator: Badlands" hits theaters on November 7. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg and stars Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Elle Fanning. More Movies: 'The Matrix' to be Re-Released In Theaters With Epic New Version 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' Trailer Reveals Bloody First Look
CAF
21-03-2025
- Sport
- CAF
Kenya snatch late draw, Gabon cruise past Seychelles
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers action continued on Thursday, 20 March with closely contested ties taking place in pursue of a place in the FIFA World Cup next year. The evening clashes saw Libya and Angola sharing the spoils, Gabon enjoying a comfortable win over Seychelles, while Kenya showed character in coming back from three goals down to secure a confidence boosting draw in coach Benni McCarthy's first match in charge. Below is a summary of the results: GROUP D: Libya secure victory over Angola With victory well in sight for Libya after Muaid Ellafi's 74th minute strike, a spirited Angola came back in dramatic fashion to secure a vital point away from home thanks to a strike in the dying minutes by Fredy. The draw saw Libya missing out on a chance to go above Cape Verde who won their earlier tie against Mauritius, while Angola will have to settle for the fourth position with three points separating them from the group leaders. GROUP F: Gabon cruise past Seychelles, Kenya come from behind to secure draw Denis Bouanga's brace in both halves contributed to a stunning victory for Gabon over Seychelles as they cruised to a comfortable 3-0 win. Jim Allevinah opened the scoring in the 3rd minute, with the Seychelles defense caught cold. Bouanga doubled the score at the half-hour mark before coming back from the break to seal the victory in the 63rd minute. The victory sees The Panthers go top of Group F ahead of reigning champions Cote d'Ivoire who will be in action on Friday evening against Burundi. In another Group F tie, Gambia played host to Kenya in what was a high-scoring affair between the two sides. After a goalless first half, both sides came into the second period with an attack minded approach that resulted in an open match. Musa Barrow's brace in the 55th and 84th minute coupled with Yankuba Minteh's strike at the hour mark put Gambia in the driving seat for the three points. It was not meant to be for the hosts who were met by a highly spirited Kenya side that never lost hope. Michael Olunga converted from the spot kick in the 69th minute before Mohammed Bajaber further reduced the deficit in the 75th minute. With just seconds left on the clock, William Wilson was at the right place and time after pouncing on a loose ball to fire it home and secure a historic come-back for the Kenyans. The comeback sees Kenya fourth on the group with six points. Gambia are just behind in fifth position with four points.
