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Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Carrie Preston Teases Her ‘Elsbeth' Guest Star Wish List: 'Pretty Much Everybody On Broadway'
After reuniting with some of Elsbeth's biggest guests for a star-studded musical Season 2 finale, Carrie Preston is ready to apprehend more of the Great White Way. While attending last weekend's 78th Tony Awards, the Emmy-winning actress teased who from Broadway she'd like to work with on an upcoming season of the CBS procedural comedy drama. More from Deadline 'Elsbeth' Boss & Carrie Preston Talk Big Musical Finale, Saying Goodbye To Kaya As She Pivots To New Job 'Elsbeth' Boss Talks Kaya's Shocking Promotion As Carra Patterson Pivots To Guest Star, Christine Baranski, & Musical Season Finale Mariel Molino & Austin Stowell On Their Hopes For 'NCIS: Origins', The Big Season 1 Scenes & Who Should Play The Older Lala 'There's so many people on this red carpet that I've met tonight or that I know. I always ask them, 'Do you wanna be on the show? Because I'll pass it along,'' she told Us Weekly at the awards show. Preston added, 'So I saw Brooke Shields tonight. I saw Celia Keenan-Bolger tonight. Of course Cole Escola. I'd like to see if we can round up pretty much everybody on Broadway and get them on.' The interview came shortly before Escola made history as the first openly non-binary Tony Winner, taking home Lead Actor in a Play for their hilarious take on Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary!, which they also wrote. Elsebeth's Season 2 finale 'Ramen Holiday' brought back guest stars Stephen Moyer, Retta, Gina Gershon, Elizabeth Lail, Arian Moayed, André De Shields, Alyssa Milano, Mary-Louise Parker and Ethan Slater for the musical episode. 'We were trying to get maybe four of these guest stars, but we got eight,' Preston previously told Deadline. 'They wanted to come back and play with us, which was such an honor. It just meant the world to me that they wanted to be a part of it, and they were all so game.' Executive producer Jonathan Tolins told Deadline of the episode's Chicago tribute, 'The two hardest parts were the scheduling and waiting to be granted the rights to use the 'Cell Block Tango'. We prepared as if they were going to say yes, and fortunately, in the end, they did, because we went a long way on a limb getting ready for it, and getting the number together.' Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More
Irish Independent
2 hours ago
- Health
- Irish Independent
Clare woman details her family's experience with the Irish Cancer Society ahead of Relay for Life 2025 – ‘They were always there for us'
The disease is vicious, yet it unites humanity in a strange way. Cancer knows no difference in age, race, gender, religious beliefs, and doesn't care if you've done good or bad in your life. It also unifies us in a fight for a cure – and the only ways you can help, if you're not a medical professional, are through fundraising, donating, or supporting. One such way communities support the fight for a cure is through Relay for Life. An annual fundraising event organised by the Irish Cancer Society, Relay for Life has been ongoing in Ennis, County Clare, since 2018 – with 2025 marking the sixth event in the Banner County. The Irish Cancer Society describes Relay for like as a 'community fundraising event' to 'raise money for cancer research and support services'. According to the charity, it is a '24-hour event where teams walk or run around a track, symbolising the ongoing fight against cancer, with at least one team member on the track at all times'. The event also includes celebrations for cancer survivors, memorials for those lost to cancer, and opportunities for community members to connect and support each other. Pamela O'Malley and her family got involved with Relay for Life after her husband's experience with cancer and the help they received from the Irish Cancer Society. Tony O'Malley was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in 2014, a type of cancer which is normally found in children. 'At the time, Tony was 36 and I was 34 with three young kids,' Pamela said. 'So yeah, talk about pulling the rug from underneath us.' After his GP suspected his diagnosis on a Friday afternoon, Pamela said the process of official diagnosis and starting treatment moved quickly. 'On the Friday evening, Tony was admitted to University Hospital Limerick's haematology oncology unit for bone marrow and blood testing,' she said. 'Saturday morning, a consultant came around to see us and confirmed it was as our GP had expected, it was leukaemia. On Saturday afternoon then he was discharged from UHL to be sent straight to St James' Hospital in Dublin. So, it happened fast, all in the space of one weekend. It was a rough enough couple of weeks with him starting his treatment, chemo, drug therapy, and radiation.' 'Tony was basically in Dublin from February until the end of November, between having the chemo, drug therapy, radiation, and he then needed a bone marrow transplant,' Pamela continued. 'Luckily his sister was a match, so he had that on July 31. The first 100 days after the bone marrow transplant are critical, basically, anything that will go wrong will go wrong in those 100 days. So, he was in hospital then until the end of September and then we were moved to an apartment that is… I'm not sure, I think it's kind of owned by the bone marrow trust and used for patients who are not living near the hospital, if that makes sense. So, we lived there for a couple of months.' 'He was then back into the hospital on daily visits to get everything checked, and was admitted if he had a high temperature or any side effects or any illness or bugs or anything presented,' Pamela said. 'When we were in the apartment, even though we were of walking distance to the hospital, after the bone marrow transplant with Tony's immune system being so low and everything, he couldn't really walk anywhere. We did have the availability of a transport system from the Irish Cancer Society, where we could be collected from the apartment and dropped to the hospital and vice versa, which was fantastic. It's a fantastic facility to be offered.' Tony was thankfully on the road to recovery by the end of November 2014 and his hospital visits started getting pushed out from weekly to every two weeks - and now he only has to visit once a month. ADVERTISEMENT Learn more 'Currently, he's doing great,' Pamela said. 'He still visits St James' Hospital once a month. The team are absolutely fantastic up there. We were very much involved with the Irish Cancer Society's Daffodil Centre in James's hospital, and their support was phenomenal. It was like, I suppose, a safety net. From the minute we met Tony's medical team in the hospital, the social workers, the Daffodil nurses, and support team were just unbelievable to us. They were always there for us, for questions to be answered, for supports to be put in place for us, they were fantastic. And really, I suppose you never know what's there, or the services that are there for you through these organisations, until you actually need them.' 'Another thing to mention, with the kids being so young and our world turned upside down, we were put in touch with play therapy and counselling services for both the kids, ourselves, and as a whole family unit,' Pamela added. 'It was another fantastic resource that at the time, when you're in the throes of it, you don't think that you'll need - but I suppose it's the aftermath and the children's thinking around it you need to think about. We were put in touch with the play therapy services through the Irish Cancer Society, and we attended our own counselling, myself and Tony, through the Cancer Support Services Centre at UHL.' Pamela and her family started attending the Relay for Life events in Ennis from the first year and this year she joined the committee. 'We attended the event in 2018, and we were absolutely blown away by it, by the sense of community, relating to others who have gone through similar journeys, experiences, you know, meeting other families and kids and the whole lot,' she said. 'It was just unbelievable, to be honest. So, we were very much drawn towards it and looking forward to the next year's event. We would have attended a lot of the meetings over the years, the cheque presentations, the coffee mornings, the mini fundraisers, and community events in preparation for the relay itself. We just got to know the committee members really well, and they asked us if we like to get on board, myself and my sister, who's another cancer survivor, and the two of us said yes.' 'It's amazing to see the community spirit around the relay,' Pamela continued. 'There's an amazing community there, the number of volunteers that step into these roles, that have been and have had and still have family members affected by cancer, that want to give back in some small way possible. Even our kids, like our eldest daughter, she's just home from holidays this weekend, she's coming straight into the relay – she'll throw on her t-shirt and she's ready to pull the sleeves up and work. The kids absolutely love it.' 'Even the rest of the committee in Ennis, they're so facilitating and so thoughtful to every survivor that comes in the gate of Tim Smythe Park at the weekend,' she said. 'You know, until you're there and until you have experienced it, it's very difficult to put into words, but it's just amazing.' Pamela said one of her Relay for Life highlights is sitting in the 'survivors' tent' and having conversations with people who have been on similar journeys to her family. 'I sat there last year and the year before with my husband, and to have a conversation with somebody who has been on a similar journey, who found the chemotherapies gruelling, who found the different treatment plans, just to see that 10 or 15 years later, they're still alive and kicking, and they're flying it, it most certainly does give you hope,' she said. 'Another chapter that we have ahead of us now is that my husband, unfortunately, got graft-versus-host disease in his lungs during his recovery period after the cancer. So, he's now on a the transplant list in the National Hospital since February this year. But even through the Relay for Life, we have met family members and friends of people who have had lung transplants.' 'It's simple conversations that have opened doorways and pathways to know enough people who have come on similar journeys and similar paths, and to know that there is the treatment out there, the research, the work that's being done is Trojan in comparison to years ago,' Pamela continued. 'We've come a long way, I think.' The O'Malley family would like to give a special word of thanks to the Irish Cancer Society, and to all of Tony's medical teams, from his GP to the medical teams in St James', UHL and the Mater Hospital, for their continued care. The Relay for Life Ennis takes place in Tim Smythe Park (Fairgreen) on Saturday, June 21 into Sunday, June 22. This year's line-up of entertainment and activity includes the likes of yoga, face-painting, dance, DJs, choirs, a ukulele group, and more.
Daily Mirror
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Inside Tony Bellew's life from huge net worth to marriage and four sons
Tony Bellew is famed for being an ex-professional boxer and he's also carved out a career in TV. Take a look into his life away from the cameras... Tony Bellew is now a regular on our TV screens, with the star having graced shows like I'm A Celebrity and Celebrity Gogglebox in recent years. Originally gaining recognition as a professional boxer, Tony has since become a television personality after hanging up his gloves in 2018. He's now set to feature on Alison Hammond's Big Weekend, where the former boxer will share insights about his personal life, health, and family life with wife Rachael and their four sons. Before his next telly stint, let's delve into Tony's life, from his remarkable career and net worth to his early days... Tony's early days Tony, born Anthony Lewis Bellew, hails from Toxteth, Liverpool, born in November 1982. His formative years were spent residing on Mulgrave Street in Toxeth, before the family relocated to Smithdown Road near Wavertree, reports the Liverpool Echo. Tony took up kickboxing around the age of 10, spurred on by his father, despite harbouring dreams of becoming a footballer. Kickboxing paved the way for boxing for Tony, and he eventually decided to go pro. Boxing career Tony stepped into the professional boxing ring in 2007, making his debut with a 2nd-round TKO against Jamie Ambler. He continued to notch up several more victories in 2007 and 2008, and by 2009 had maintained an unbeaten record of 12-0. He went on to square off against the likes of Nathan Cleverly, Mateusz Masternak, Ilunga Makabu and BJ Flores. In 2017, Tony stepped into the ring for his first heavyweight bout against David Haye. He later returned to cruiserweight, taking on Oleksandr Usyk in 2018, but was defeated. From 2010 to 2014, Tony held the British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles, as well as the European cruiserweight title from 2015 to 2016. He also held the WBC cruiserweight title from 2016 to 2017. After his bout with Usyk, Tony announced his retirement. He hung up his gloves with a record of 30 victories from 34 professional fights, with 20 of those wins coming inside the distance. He suffered three defeats and one draw. Post-retirement, Tony appeared on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins in 2020. The following year, he joined the UK commentary team for DAZN and began regularly contributing to their boxing coverage. In 2023, he participated in ITV's I'm A Me Out of Here! and reprised his role as 'Pretty' Ricky Conlan in Creed III, a character he first played in the original Creed in 2015. The former boxer also partnered with Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford for Celebrity Gogglebox, and took part in Soccer Aid this year. Who is Tony Bellew's wife? Tony has been married to Rachael since 2018, but the pair have been together since their teenage years. The pair first locked eyes as nine year olds living on the same street in Merseyside. Their paths crossed again years later when Tony, working as a bouncer, met Rachael at a nightclub where she was dancing, and their friendship blossomed into romance. Their love continued to grow, and they are now proud parents to four sons: Corey, Cobey, Carter, and Carson. In 2018, Tony and Rachael exchanged vows in a grand ceremony at Cheshire's Peckforton Castle, surrounded by loved ones. The boxer often expresses his admiration for his wife on social media. Last year, he penned a heartfelt tribute to mark their anniversary. "I've been through everything with this girl and couldn't have done or achieved anything without her! The day we came together was the most important day of my life.. I love ya more than you know @rachael_bellew, oh and I'm looking to play golf twice this week luv.. #Anniversary," Tony wrote. Tony's net worth According to The Net Worth Portal, Tony's net worth is estimated to be £9.6 million as of 2023. His most significant boxing payout came from his first fight with David Haye, reportedly earning him £2.8 million. Tony's 2018 bout with Usyk boosted his career earnings to a reported £15 million, largely due to pay-per-view sales and venue gate revenue. Alison Hammond's Big Weekend airs on Friday at 8.30pm on BBC One
New Indian Express
11 hours ago
- Business
- New Indian Express
Dy CM KV Singh Deo meets ex-UK PM Tony Blair, signs pact on sustainable energy solutions
BHUBANESWAR: Deputy chief minister KV Singh Deo on Thursday met former prime minister of the United Kingdom and executive chairman of Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), Tony Blair, in New Delhi and discussed collaborations for implementing sustainable energy solutions in Odisha. The state government signed a tripartite letter of intent (LoI) with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and TBI. As per the LoI, Odisha will take the leadership for setting up a community of practice for energy ministers from various states of India. A conference of energy ministers of all the states is scheduled to be held in Odisha later this year. Praising Odisha for pioneering reforms in the electricity sector, Blair said the state has attracted significant investments in renewable energy in the last one year. He also noted that Odisha faces typical challenges because of mineral-based industries and thermal power plants, and expressed readiness for continued collaboration with the state to accelerate sustainable energy solutions. Singh Deo reiterated Odisha's commitment to a low carbon future and achieving net zero. The state will adopt a strategic approach aligned to best international standards, he said. The issue of distress migration, particularly from the western parts of Odisha was also discussed in the meeting. The TBI has supported the state government in formulating the artificial intelligence (AI) policy which has recently been approved by the cabinet. Country director of TBI, Vivek Agarwal, dean IIT-Kanpur Prof Sachidanand Tripathy and additional secretary in Energy department Debidutta Tripathy signed the agreement.
Deccan Herald
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Deccan Herald
June 20, 2025: Best photos from around the world
Botafogo's Igor Jesus celebrates scoring their first goal. Credit: Reuters Photo Aerial view of Boca Juniors fans at Miami Beach ahead of the match. 2024 Tony award winner Kecia Lewis performs during the Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth concert at Times Square in New York City, U.S., June 19, 2025. Credit: Reuters Photo Members of the U.S. National Guard train for crowd control with batons, as improvements of living conditions for about 4,000 members of the U.S. National Guard take place, at Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, California, U.S. June 19, 2025. Credit: Reuters Photo A forensic technician works a crime scene where exiled former Nicaraguan military officer Roberto Samcam was killed at his home, in San Jose, Costa Rica June 19, 2025. Credit: Reuters Photo
