newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Anya Taylor-Joy Says Her ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Character is Like a “Shark Circling a Fallen Seal”

Netflix ’ s new limited series The Queen ’ s Gambit is an achingly beautiful look at the demons and angels duking it out in the soul of one young chess prodigy .
Anya Taylor-Joy plays Beth Harmon , the prodigy in question .
After growing up in a lowly Kentucky orphanage , Beth finds her confidence on the world stage , beating the greatest grandmasters in the world and becoming something of a starlet in chess circles .
However , Beth is haunted by a constant procession of personal loss .
She soothes her trauma with booze and uses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in all , it ’ s a set up for disaster .
And The Queen ’ s Gambit delves into this drama with style , substance , and a sensational star turn from Anya Taylor-Joy .
For the past few years , Anya Taylor-Joy has been dazzling audiences with a string of fabulous turns in auteur-led films .
From her literally haunting film debut in Robert Eggers ’ The Witch to Autumn de Wilde ’ s sumptuously sensual take on Jane Austen , Emma.
, Taylor-Joy is an actress who radiates greatness .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ promise of it .
The Queen ’ s Gambit harnesses this quality in spades , letting Taylor-Joy fully inhabit the guise of genius in all its glamour , grace , strangeness , and sorrow .
Decider chatted with The Queen ’ s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy earlier this month and she explained that the key to Beth came down to her physicality…something that at times echoed a “ shark circling a fallen seal.
” And that she would never have even been able to play Beth the way she did without the complete @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Scott Frank .
I was so struck , throughout the whole show , by your physicality .
The way Beth moves the pieces on the board , the way she moves in her day-to-day life , it seems so precise and so Beth .
I ’ m just curious how you came up with that way of embodying her in your physicality .
ANYA TAYLOR-JOY : Thank you so much .
If I ’ m being honest , it was an experiment .
I definitely was like , “ I wonder whether people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my head , I just thought , “ I get .
to play this character from [ ages ] 15-21 .
How am I going to sell this ?
” In the back of my head , I was like , “ Okay , I ’ m going to start doing these little twitchy things.
” For instance , at the very beginning , she finds it so difficult to talk to people that instead of saying “ Hello , ” she ’ ll just clear her throat .
That slowly gets taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confident , or learns something else .
A lot of it was Scott Frank deciding to trust me , and being kind enough to let me test out all of these different theories .
And then it just felt right .
It felt easy for my brain to understand where I was if I had all of those little ticks , and those ways of walking , stuff like that .
Because there were days where I was playing her at 15 , 19 , 20 , 21 [ years of age ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and forwards .
It was a good way of being like , “ Okay , and I ’ m here now .
This is the way we ’ re doing it.
” On that note , the scene with you and the younger Russian player , I was both howling in laughter at the way she plays him , and also just so touched by their conversation afterwards .
What did you think of that whole sequence , and what it says about Beth as a character and a player ?
Again , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ let me go with that one .
I went up to him right before , and I was like , “ I want her to psyche him out .
Because he bothers her .
This is the first time that someone is younger , and it is affecting her pride on such a deep level .
I want her to go big .
I want it to be like a shark circling a fallen seal , or something like that.
” Then afterwards , the conversation is so telling .
Because it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s having with herself .
If you become a world champion at 16 , what are you going to do afterwards ?
What ’ s your game plan ?
I think the kinship that she feels with him — and just how sweet he is , asking about the drive-in movies .
The fact that they ’ ve both given up so much of their childhood to pursue this dream , to pursue this life path .
There ’ s always something that you give up .
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[ Laughs ] I ’ m not the world ’ s best chess player .
I am the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The show definitely — the first time I played chess prior to this show , I was amazed at how much it got to me , how somebody challenging my intellect on this board bothered me deeply .
I was like , “ Oh , okay .
I ’ m definitely going to be able to play this character .
I ’ m down .
This is going to be fine.
” But no , it ’ s nice to be able to play chess .
I feel like I ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world that I wasn ’ t aware of before .
Now , I have such deep appreciation for it , and deep love .
All of the characters that really , really play chess , they ’ re just fascinating to me .
The Queen ’ s Gambit is now streaming on Netflix .

Netflix’s new limited series The Queen’s Gambit is an achingly beautiful look at the demons and angels duking it out in the soul of one young chess prodigy. Anya Taylor-Joy plays Beth Harmon, the prodigy in question.
After growing up in a lowly Kentucky orphanage, Beth finds her confidence on the world stage, beating the greatest grandmasters in the world and becoming something of a starlet in chess circles. However, Beth is haunted by a constant procession of personal loss. She soothes her trauma with booze and uses tranquilizers to calm her mind. All in all, it’s a set up for disaster. And The Queen’s Gambit delves into this drama with style, substance, and a sensational star turn from Anya Taylor-Joy.
For the past few years, Anya Taylor-Joy has been dazzling audiences with a string of fabulous turns in auteur-led films. From her literally haunting film debut in Robert Eggers’ The Witch to Autumn de Wilde’s sumptuously sensual take on Jane Austen, Emma., Taylor-Joy is an actress who radiates greatness. Or at the very least, the promise of it. The Queen’s Gambit harnesses this quality in spades, letting Taylor-Joy fully inhabit the guise of genius in all its glamour, grace, strangeness, and sorrow.
Decider chatted with The Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy earlier this month and she explained that the key to Beth came down to her physicality…something that at times echoed a “shark circling a fallen seal.” And that she would never have even been able to play Beth the way she did without the complete trust of the series’ creator, Scott Frank.
(Mild spoilers for The Queen’s Gambit ahead.)
I was so struck, throughout the whole show, by your physicality. The way Beth moves the pieces on the board, the way she moves in her day-to-day life, it seems so precise and so Beth. I’m just curious how you came up with that way of embodying her in your physicality.
ANYA TAYLOR-JOY: Thank you so much. If I’m being honest, it was an experiment. I definitely was like, “I wonder whether people are going to see this.” In my head, I just thought, “I get. to play this character from [ages] 15-21. How am I going to sell this?”
In the back of my head, I was like, “Okay, I’m going to start doing these little twitchy things.” For instance, at the very beginning, she finds it so difficult to talk to people that instead of saying “Hello,” she’ll just clear her throat. That slowly gets taken away as she gets a bit more confident, or learns something else.
A lot of it was Scott Frank deciding to trust me, and being kind enough to let me test out all of these different theories. And then it just felt right. It felt easy for my brain to understand where I was if I had all of those little ticks, and those ways of walking, stuff like that. Because there were days where I was playing her at 15, 19, 20, 21 [years of age], and we were just swapping backwards and forwards. It was a good way of being like, “Okay, and I’m here now. This is the way we’re doing it.”
On that note, the scene with you and the younger Russian player, I was both howling in laughter at the way she plays him, and also just so touched by their conversation afterwards. What did you think of that whole sequence, and what it says about Beth as a character and a player?
Again, I’m so grateful that Scott let me go with that one. I went up to him right before, and I was like, “I want her to psyche him out. Because he bothers her. This is the first time that someone is younger, and it is affecting her pride on such a deep level. I want her to go big. I want it to be like a shark circling a fallen seal, or something like that.”
Then afterwards, the conversation is so telling. Because it is kind of a conversation that she’s having with herself. If you become a world champion at 16, what are you going to do afterwards? What’s your game plan? I think the kinship that she feels with him — and just how sweet he is, asking about the drive-in movies. The fact that they’ve both given up so much of their childhood to pursue this dream, to pursue this life path. There’s always something that you give up. You have to balance that cost, I think.
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After all this, how good or bad of a chess player are you in real life?
[Laughs] I’m not the world’s best chess player. I am the world’s most aggressive one, though. The show definitely — the first time I played chess prior to this show, I was amazed at how much it got to me, how somebody challenging my intellect on this board bothered me deeply. I was like, “Oh, okay. I’m definitely going to be able to play this character. I’m down. This is going to be fine.”
But no, it’s nice to be able to play chess. I feel like I’ve been given this insight into a secret world that I wasn’t aware of before. Now, I have such deep appreciation for it, and deep love. All of the characters that really, really play chess, they’re just fascinating to me.
The Queen’s Gambit is now streaming on Netflix.
Watch The Queen's Gambit on Netflix


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--China’s President Xi takes jabs at US in Korean War commemoration

China is ramping up its military presence along the mainland ’ s ...

President Xi Jinping on Friday marked the 70th anniversary of China’s entry into the Korean War to fight against US troops by taking a jab at Washington as he condemned “unilateralism, protectionism and extreme egoism.”
The “War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea,” as the conflict is known in China, “let the world know that the Chinese people are now organized and aren’t to be trifled with,” Xi said during a Beijing ceremony, quoting Mao Zedong’s remarks at a 1953 leadership meeting.
“Once provoked, things will get ugly,” Xi added, drawing loud applause from the masses while calling for resolve in combating threats to China’s interests posed by foreign aggressors, the Wall Street Journal reported.
“In today’s world, the pursuit of unilateralism, protectionism and extreme egoism leads nowhere,” he said, according to comments released by the official Xinhua News Agency.
“Arrogance, always doing as one pleases, acts of hegemony, overbearance or bullying will lead nowhere,” Xi added.
The milestone comes amid plummeting relations between Beijing and Washington as the countries feud over trade, human rights, allegations of spying and Chinese policies regarding Hong Kong, Taiwan and the South China Sea.
China — which is North Korea’s most important diplomatic ally and trading partner — has pushed back at American efforts to bring economic pressure on Pyongyang to prompt it to end its nuclear weapons and missile programs.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian reinforced the importance of the anniversary, saying the war’s outcome proved that “justice will prevail and peaceful development is an irresistible historical trend.”
“The great victory … is of great and far-reaching significance to China and the world,” Zhao said during a briefing.
Although Xi didn’t directly refer to Washington, his speech was clearly about standing up to the US, John Delury, a professor of Chinese studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, told the Wall Street Journal.
“The message is that we’ve done this before and we can do it again — if anything we can do it better now, we’re much stronger,” he said.
Deng Yuwen, a former deputy editor at the Study Times, a paper published by Beijing’s Central Party School, which trains the country’s political elite, said Xi’s “goal is to unify the nation to resist the US.”
“Backwardness begets being bullied, and only through development can we strengthen ourselves,” Xi said Friday. “Without a strong military, there can be no strong motherland.”
He added that China will “never allow any person or any force to violate and split the motherland’s sacred territory. Once such severe circumstances occur, the Chinese people shall deliver a head-on blow.”
The Korean War, which ended in a bloody stalemate, was the first and so far only time Chinese and American forces engaged in large-scale direct combat.
According to Beijing, more than 197,000 Chinese troops died during the war, which saw the US-led United Nations coalition pushed back to the 38th parallel after China weighed in on the side of North Korea’s Communist army.
With Post wires


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Texas man sprays woman with hose over BLM argument with neighbor: video

A Texas man sprayed a woman with a hose in a now-viral video after she allegedly yelled , “ White Lives Matter !
” and berated a neighbor over a Black Lives Matter flag in her yard .
Ian Doherty , of southwest Austin , said the incident unfolded Oct. 7 when a woman parked in the middle of the street and flew into a 30-minute tirade because his neighbor ’ s Black Lives Matter flag was more visible than the American flag — as well as a slew of unrelated gripes , KXAN-TV reported .
Doherty said he went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yelling , to no avail .
“ She told me where to stuff it , ” Doherty told the local station .
“ I don ’ t remember her exact words , but she swore at me , yelled at me , and then I blew it off.
” So Doherty decided to get out his hose and sprinkler head , which he initially pointed in the direction of the woman ’ s car , hoping she ’ d decide to leave , the outlet reported .
The act instead prompted the woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ video clip , posted to Facebook , begins with the two squaring off for several seconds , as Doherty asks the woman to get off his property .
The woman can be heard saying , “ Turn that damn thing off ” and “ If you spray me… , ” seconds before Doherty turns the hose on her .
“ She adopts a really aggressive stance , and she told me to turn my water hose off , and I just wasn ’ t going to do it , ” Doherty told the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my property , and she was being ridiculous and abusive and saying the worst things for half an hour .
I ’ m not going to back down on my property.
” The woman is then shown slipping on the curb , before getting back up , as she tries to grab a hold of the hose .
“ Now I think maybe we should call somebody , ” someone can be heard saying in the background .
Austin police responded to the scene a short time later , but no charges were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The woman shown in the video did not want to comment on the record to KXAN .
But her lawyer sent a letter to the station Thursday saying , “ The online article is filled with half-truths and flat out deceptive statements , ” without elaborating .
“ The neighbors have all made peace with one another and there is nothing to be gained by stirring things up again , ” the lawyer wrote .
The neighbor initially targeted in the rant told the outlet that she “ would have responded better ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hey , by the way , your flags are up wrong . '
” Doherty told the outlet he ’ s nervous about how much attention the video has received , but said people “ have to stand up to bullies and racism , in general.
” “ I ’ m not calling her a racist , I ’ m not making any attacks against the woman , but she was being antagonistic and a bully , for sure , ” he said .
“ I heard her scream ‘ white lives matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ general .
I ’ ve got no time for that .
I ’ m glad I did what I did .
”

A Texas man sprayed a woman with a hose in a now-viral video after she allegedly yelled, “White lives matter!” and berated a neighbor over a Black Lives Matter flag in her yard.
Ian Doherty, of southwest Austin, said the incident unfolded Oct. 7 when a woman parked in the middle of the street and flew into a 30-minute tirade because his neighbor’s Black Lives Matter flag was more visible than the American flag — as well as a slew of unrelated gripes, KXAN-TV reported.
Doherty said he went outside and asked the woman to stop yelling, to no avail.
“She told me where to stuff it,” Doherty told the local station. “I don’t remember her exact words, but she swore at me, yelled at me, and then I blew it off.”
So Doherty decided to get out his hose and sprinkler head, which he initially pointed in the direction of the woman’s car, hoping she’d decide to leave, the outlet reported.
The act instead prompted the woman to walk onto his lawn.
The video clip, posted to Facebook, begins with the two squaring off for several seconds, as Doherty asks the woman to get off his property.
The woman can be heard saying, “Turn that damn thing off” and “If you spray me…,” seconds before Doherty turns the hose on her.
“She adopts a really aggressive stance, and she told me to turn my water hose off, and I just wasn’t going to do it,” Doherty told the outlet. “I’m on my property, and she was being ridiculous and abusive and saying the worst things for half an hour. I’m not going to back down on my property.”
The woman is then shown slipping on the curb, before getting back up, as she tries to grab hold of the hose.
“Now I think maybe we should call somebody,” someone can be heard saying in the background.
Austin police responded a short time later, but no charges were filed, according to the report.
The woman shown in the video did not want to comment on the record to KXAN.
But her lawyer sent a letter to the station Thursday saying, “The online article is filled with half-truths and flat out deceptive statements,” without elaborating.
“The neighbors have all made peace with one another and there is nothing to be gained by stirring things up again,” the lawyer wrote.
The neighbor initially targeted in the rant told the outlet that she “would have responded better” if the woman said, “‘Oh hey, by the way, your flags are up wrong.'”
Doherty told the outlet he’s nervous about how much attention the video has received, but said people “have to stand up to bullies and racism, in general.”
“I’m not calling her a racist, I’m not making any attacks against the woman, but she was being antagonistic and a bully, for sure,” he said. “I heard her scream ‘white lives matter,’ and just being ugly in general. I’ve got no time for that. I’m glad I did what I did.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Rory McIlroy snaps club in meltdown at Zozo Championship

You don ’ t see this often from Rory McIlroy .
The former world No .
1 snapped an iron in half on the 18th hole of the first round of the Zozo Championship on Thursday .
McIlroy ’ s third shot on the par-4 missed right of the green and he pushed the club into the ground until it broke and then finished the job with a snap .
“ It ’ s been a long time since I ’ ve seen Rory snap , but it happens , ” Paul Azinger said on The Golf Channel broadcast .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not here for second place ; he ’ s here to win .
His expectations are high , and when things go the way they go , he ’ s human , too.
” It was the end of a frustrating back nine for McIlroy , who would double bogey the hole to finish with a 1-over par 73 after shooting a 33 on the front at Sherwood Country Club .
“ He might have needed the club he just broke , ” Azinger said after McIlroy followed the wayward approach a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ But you know , it ’ s not a good look when that happens .
I guarantee he felt terrible after he did it , but it just shows you that it doesn ’ t matter how many millions these guys have , how many tournaments they ’ ve won , they still get disgusted with themselves .
”

You don’t see this often from Rory McIlroy.
The former world No. 1 snapped an iron in half on the 18th hole of the first round of the Zozo Championship on Thursday. McIlroy’s third shot on the par-4 missed right of the green and he pushed the club into the ground until it broke and then finished the job with a snap.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Rory snap, but it happens,” Paul Azinger said on The Golf Channel broadcast. “It just shows you he’s not here for second place; he’s here to win. His expectations are high, and when things go the way they go, he’s human, too.”
It was the end of a frustrating back nine for McIlroy, who would double bogey the hole to finish with a 1-over par 73 after shooting a 33 on the front at Sherwood Country Club.
“He might have needed the club he just broke,” Azinger said after McIlroy followed the wayward approach a mediocre chip, according to Golf.com. “But you know, it’s not a good look when that happens. I guarantee he felt terrible after he did it, but it just shows you that it doesn’t matter how many millions these guys have, how many tournaments they’ve won, they still get disgusted with themselves.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Tesla recalling 30,000 cars in China over suspension problems

Tesla is recalling roughly 30,000 imported cars in China that have problems with their suspensions , regulators said Friday .
The electric-car maker has identified two different suspension defects in some imported Model S and Model X vehicles produced between Sept. 17 , 2013 , and Jan. 15 , 2018 , according to China ’ s State Administration for Market Regulation .
More than 18,000 of the affected vehicles potentially have both of the defects , which could affect control of the car , the agency said in a news release .
Tesla will repair the affected cars for free @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” officials said .
The recall affects most of the imported cars that Tesla has sold in China in recent years , according to Bloomberg News .
China is considered an important market for the Silicon Valley automaker ’ s growth , and it opened a factory to manufacture cars in Shanghai last year .
There are more than 450 electric-car producers in China , which is the world ’ s largest market for electric vehicles , according to the Center for Strategic & International Studies .
California-based Tesla has typically sold just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ month after it started manufacturing cars locally around the start of this year , Bloomberg reported .
The recall came two days after Tesla reported its fifth straight quarterly profit despite headwinds from the coronavirus pandemic .
The company , led by billionaire CEO Elon Musk , also stood by its pledge to deliver 500,000 vehicles this year , which will depend on increased output from its Shanghai plant .
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday morning .
The company ’ s stock price was down 0.6 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 7:08 a.m .

Tesla is recalling roughly 30,000 imported cars in China that have problems with their suspensions, regulators said Friday.
The electric-car maker has identified two different suspension defects in some imported Model S and Model X vehicles produced between Sept. 17, 2013, and Jan. 15, 2018, according to China’s State Administration for Market Regulation.
More than 18,000 of the affected vehicles potentially have both of the defects, which could affect control of the car, the agency said in a news release. Tesla will repair the affected cars for free “to eliminate potential safety hazards,” officials said.
The recall affects most of the imported cars that Tesla has sold in China in recent years, according to Bloomberg News. China is considered an important market for the Silicon Valley automaker’s growth, and it opened a factory to manufacture cars in Shanghai last year.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. But the company sent a letter to US regulators arguing the recall was unnecessary and that the suspension problems were caused by “driver abuse” rather than any defect, according to industry blog Electrek.
“Due to the opinion of [Chinese officials] that the topic required a recall in the China market, Tesla was left with the choice of either voluntarily recalling the subject vehicles or carrying a heavy burden through the Chinese administrative process,” Elizabeth H. Mykytiuk, Tesla’s managing counsel for regulatory affairs, reportedly wrote to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
There are more than 450 electric-car producers in China, which is the world’s largest market for electric vehicles, according to the Center for Strategic & International Studies. California-based Tesla has typically sold just a few hundred imported vehicles there each month after it started manufacturing cars locally around the start of this year, Bloomberg reported.
The recall came two days after Tesla reported its fifth straight quarterly profit despite headwinds from the coronavirus pandemic. The company, led by billionaire CEO Elon Musk, also stood by its pledge to deliver 500,000 vehicles this year, which will depend on increased output from its Shanghai plant.
Tesla’s stock price was down 1.8 percent at $418.05 as of 3:06 p.m. Friday.


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--New Movies + Shows to Watch this Weekend: ‘Borat 2’ on Amazon Prime Video+ More

I don ’ t know about all of you , but today is already turning out to be a great day .
Not only is it Friday , the last day before a much-needed weekend , but it is also a day on which some of the best new titles on streaming are making their way to our favorite platforms .
And after last night ’ s debate , we could not need them more !
Whether you ’ re looking on Netflix , Hulu , Amazon Prime , or all of the above , the freshest titles are ready @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way possible .
But where to start ?
Here ’ s our take on what to watch this weekend and where to stream them .
New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend : The Queen ’ s Gambit , Borat Subsequent Moviefilm , and Bad Hair Let ’ s cut to the chase : one of the biggest titles — not to mention entertainment legends — is returning to the screen this weekend in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm a.k.a Borat 2 .
Amazon Prime rushed to piece this insane movie together in time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be more grateful they did so .
But after you ’ ve watched Sacha Baron Cohen mix it up six or seven times this weekend , be sure to check out the other new movies and shows on streaming , such as Anya Taylor-Joy ’ s limited drama The Queen ’ s Gambit on Netflix or the satirical horror film Bad Hair on Hulu .
We could keep talking about the impressive titles new on streaming this weekend , but we hate spoilers !
Check out all the great movies and shows now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 23 : The Queen ’ s Gambit Anya Taylor-Joy stars in The Queen ’ s Gambit , the dramatic limited series new on Netflix this weekend .
Based on the novel by Walter Tevis , The Queen ’ s Gambit follows the story of Beth Harmon ( Taylor-Joy ) , a young woman who was found in an orphanage as a child with an impressive affinity for chess .
As she gets older , not only does she start to dominate in the primarily-male world of chess , but she also engages in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ narcotics addiction .
But which fight will win out ?
Deep , insightful and tragic , The Queen ’ s Gambit is not only one of the 11 best new movies to watch on Netflix , it is also one top titles to watch this month .
After 14 years of patiently waiting , our favorite Kazakh is back in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm new on Amazon Prime — and it could not have come out at a better time .
Sacha Baron Cohen returns as the titular character who has just been freed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country .
Now , with his 15-year-old daughter ( played brilliantly by Maria Bakalova ) , Borat must to return to America to help the Kazakhstan leader make inroad with Trump and Pence .
Sounds like an airtight plan to me , right ?
Just like in the original , this bonkers film features unmatched antics such as hanging out with QAnon members , visiting a Christian “ pregnancy crisis center , ” and not to mention that scandalous Rudy Giuliani scene !
At a time where humor seems out of reach , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ gotcha ” comedy is still alive and has a place in America .
And after the year we are having , watching a comedy like this feels “ very nice !
” New on Hulu this weekend is Bad Hair , a film that really takes the term “ bad hair day ” to a whole other level .
This horror satire from writer and director Justin Simien ( Dear White People ) tells the story of a black woman whose new hair weave seems to take on a life of its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before , but no one ’ s hair has even been as deadly of a weapon as this .
Full List of New Movies and Shows on Streaming This Weekend The options above only scratch the surface , so you know that this weekend ’ s full lineup will have amazing options for what to watch this weekend !
For the full breakdown of the best movies and shows to stream now , or if you ’ re still undecided on what to stream this weekend , then check out the complete list @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ORIGINAL Over the Moon *NETFLIX FILM Perdida *NETFLIX ORIGINAL The Queen ’ s Gambit *NETFLIX ORIGINAL Gathering Storm ( S1 ) India from Above ( S1 ) Magic of Disney ’ s Animal Kingdom – Episode 105 – “ Aardvark Love !
” *Disney+ Original Marvel Super Hero Adventures ( Shorts ) ( S4 ) Once Upon a Snowman ( Premiere ) *Disney+ Original One Day At Disney – Episode 147- “ Jason Benetti : Play-by-Play Commentator ” *Disney+ Original Pompeii : Secrets of the Dead The Big Fib – New Episodes 116 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – Episode 104 – “ Advent ” *Disney+ Original Ultimate Viking Sword Weird But True – Episode 311 – “ Scuba Diving ” *Disney+ Original How To With John Wilson , Season 1 Premiere ( HBO Original )

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I don’t know about all of you, but today is already turning out to be a great day. Not only is it Friday, the last day before a much-needed weekend, but it is also a day on which some of the best new titles on streaming are making their way to our favorite platforms. And after last night’s debate, we could not need them more! Whether you’re looking on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, or all of the above, the freshest titles are ready and waiting to entertain us in every way possible. But where to start? Here’s our take on what to watch this weekend and where to stream them.
New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend: The Queen’s Gambit, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, and Bad Hair
Let’s cut to the chase: one of the biggest titles — not to mention entertainment legends — is returning to the screen this weekend in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm a.k.a Borat 2. Amazon Prime rushed to piece this insane movie together in time for the election and we could not be more grateful they did so. But after you’ve watched Sacha Baron Cohen mix it up six or seven times this weekend, be sure to check out the other new movies and shows on streaming, such as Anya Taylor-Joy’s limited drama The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix or the satirical horror film Bad Hair on Hulu. We could keep talking about the impressive titles new on streaming this weekend, but we hate spoilers! Check out all the great movies and shows now streaming below:
New on Netflix October 23: The Queen’s Gambit
Anya Taylor-Joy stars in The Queen’s Gambit, the dramatic limited series new on Netflix this weekend. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, The Queen’s Gambit follows the story of Beth Harmon (Taylor-Joy), a young woman who was found in an orphanage as a child with an impressive affinity for chess. As she gets older, not only does she start to dominate in the primarily-male world of chess, but she also engages in a battle of her own through a narcotics addiction. But which fight will win out? Deep, insightful and tragic, The Queen’s Gambit is not only one of the 11 best new movies to watch on Netflix, it is also one top titles to watch this month.
Stream The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix
New on Amazon Prime Video October 23: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
After 14 years of patiently waiting, our favorite Kazakh is back in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm new on Amazon Prime — and it could not have come out at a better time. Sacha Baron Cohen returns as the titular character who has just been freed from prison for bringing shame to his country. Now, with his 15-year-old daughter (played brilliantly by Maria Bakalova), Borat must to return to America to help the Kazakhstan leader make inroad with Trump and Pence. Sounds like an airtight plan to me, right? Just like in the original, this bonkers film features unmatched antics such as hanging out with QAnon members, visiting a Christian “pregnancy crisis center,” and not to mention that scandalous Rudy Giuliani scene! At a time where humor seems out of reach, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm proves that satire and “gotcha” comedy is still alive and has a place in America. And after the year we are having, watching a comedy like this feels “very nice!”
Stream Borat Subsequent Moviefilm on Prime Video
New on Hulu October 23: Bad Hair
New on Hulu this weekend is Bad Hair, a film that really takes the term “bad hair day” to a whole other level. This horror satire from writer and director Justin Simien (Dear White People) tells the story of a black woman whose new hair weave seems to take on a life of its own. People have choked on hair before, but no one’s hair has even been as deadly of a weapon as this.
Stream Bad Hair on Hulu
Full List of New Movies and Shows on Streaming This Weekend
The options above only scratch the surface, so you know that this weekend’s full lineup will have amazing options for what to watch this weekend! For the full breakdown of the best movies and shows to stream now, or if you’re still undecided on what to stream this weekend, then check out the complete list below:
New on Netflix- Full List
Released Friday, October 23
Barbarians *NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Move *NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Over the Moon *NETFLIX FILM
Perdida *NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Queen’s Gambit *NETFLIX ORIGINAL
New on Hulu- Full List
Released Friday, October 23
Bad Hair: Film Premiere *Hulu Original
Superstore: Season 6 Premiere (NBC)
New on Amazon Prime Video- Full List
Released Friday, October 23
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Mirzapur *Amazon Original Series: Season 2
New on Disney+ – Full List
Released Friday, October 23
Gathering Storm (S1)
India from Above (S1)
Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Episode 105 – “Aardvark Love!” *Disney+ Original
Marvel Super Hero Adventures (Shorts) (S4)
Once Upon a Snowman (Premiere) *Disney+ Original
One Day At Disney – Episode 147- “Jason Benetti: Play-by-Play Commentator” *Disney+ Original
Pompeii: Secrets of the Dead
The Big Fib – New Episodes 116 – 130 *Disney+ Original
The Right Stuff – Episode 104 – “Advent” *Disney+ Original
Ultimate Viking Sword
Weird But True – Episode 311 – “Scuba Diving” *Disney+ Original
New on HBO- Full List
Released Friday, October 23
How To With John Wilson, Season 1 Premiere (HBO Original)
Released Saturday, October 24
Emma., 2020 (HBO)
Released Sunday, October 25
The Undoing, Limited Series Premiere (HBO)
New on Starz- Full List
Released Friday, October 23
The Guard (2011)
The Professional (1994)
Released Sunday, October 25
The Company Men (2011)
The Spanish Princess: Part 2 – Episode 203
New on Showtime- Full List
Released Friday, October 23
Don Jon
Released Saturday, October 24
The Current War (Premiere)
Released Sunday, October 25
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newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Equestrian, 16, kills herself near stable after mom tells her to ride slower

A promising 16-year-old equestrian from Wales who had the “ world at her feet ” hanged herself near her stable after a minor spat with her mother about riding too fast on her pony , according to an inquest .
Brodie Morgan , who also was upset by the deaths of her grandfather and a close pal , took her life in March after her mother , Emma Webb , told her to slow down on the saddle , the Telegraph reported .
“ Brodie was her usual happy self when I told her she was galloping too fast .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a show at the weekend if she didn ’ t slow down , ” Morgan told the coroner at the inquest in Gwent .
But the teen , who had been featured in Horse and Hound magazine , told her mom it would be the last time she went riding on her pony , Archie .
After finding the pony still saddled up in the stable later , Webb notified police about her missing daughter , her only child .
Family friend Jemma Ellison told the hearing that she found Brodie hanged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Wales Online .
She flagged down two truck drivers who tried CPR but the girl was declared dead shortly afterward .
The inquest heard that Brodie , who also had a falling out with friends , sent out a message on Snapchat saying , “ I love you all so much .
I want you all to know how much you mean to me.
” The teen , who was described as a “ happy and bubbly ” student at St. Joseph ’ s Roman Catholic School in Newport , had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ One girl said they no longer wanted to be friends — there was no malice .
They were having issues , I told Mrs. Webb I would keep an eye on Brodie , ” teacher Laura Floodwater told the heating in a statement .
Naomi Rees , the assistant coroner , said : “ While riding her beloved horse she had words with her mother , nothing more than a lot of close relationships encounter .
“ Brodie ’ s death is a tragic end to a short life which was full @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do I ’ m sure she would have succeeded , ” Rees added .
“ It is clear from her mother ’ s statement the joy and pride she felt in her daughter .
The tragedy is that she had the world at her feet , horses and ponies were her passion and would have been throughout her life.
” Since the tragedy , Webb has launched a campaign to raise money for mental health charities , The Telegraph reported .

A promising 16-year-old equestrian from Wales who had the “world at her feet” hanged herself near her stable after a minor spat with her mother about riding too fast on her pony, according to an inquest.
Brodie Morgan, who also was upset by the deaths of her grandfather and a close pal, took her life in March after her mother, Emma Webb, told her to slow down in the saddle, the Telegraph reported.
“Brodie was her usual happy self when I told her she was galloping too fast. I said she wouldn’t go to a show at the weekend if she didn’t slow down,” Morgan told the coroner at the inquest in Gwent.
But the teen, who had been featured in Horse and Hound magazine, told her mom it would be the last time she went riding on her pony, Archie.
After finding the pony still saddled up in the stable later, Webb notified police about her missing daughter, her only child.
Family friend Jemma Ellison told the hearing that she found Brodie hanged near the stables in Llantrisant, according to Wales Online. She flagged down two truck drivers who tried CPR, but the girl was declared dead shortly afterward.
The inquest heard that Brodie, who also had a falling out with friends, sent out a message on Snapchat saying, “I love you all so much. I want you all to know how much you mean to me.”
The teen, who was described as a “happy and bubbly” student at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic School in Newport, had been having some problems with her friends.
“One girl said they no longer wanted to be friends — there was no malice. They were having issues, I told Mrs. Webb I would keep an eye on Brodie,” teacher Laura Floodwater told the hearing in a statement.
Naomi Rees, the assistant coroner, said: “While riding her beloved horse she had words with her mother, nothing more than a lot of close relationships encounter.
“Brodie’s death is a tragic end to a short life which was full of promise, whatever she had chosen to do I’m sure she would have succeeded,” Rees added.
“It is clear from her mother’s statement the joy and pride she felt in her daughter. The tragedy is that she had the world at her feet, horses and ponies were her passion and would have been throughout her life.”
Since the tragedy, Webb has launched a campaign to raise money for mental health charities, the Telegraph reported.


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Couple at NYC eatery served $2,000 Bordeaux in error after ordering cheap wine

A young couple dining at the Big Apple ’ s iconic Balthazar couldn ’ t bottle up their emotions after ordering an $ 18 Pinot Noir – but being served a $ 2,000 Mouton Rothschild instead by accident , according to a report .
Waiters poured the two wines into identical decanters but the pricey one was mistakenly taken to the couple ’ s table , the SoHo eatery ’ s owner Keith McNally said on Instagram , according to decanter.com .
The two-grand Bordeaux First Growth , the most expensive wine offered at Balthazar , had been ordered by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t notice the error .
In fact , the restaurant ’ s night manager said the host of the business meeting actually praised the purity of the cheapest wine on the list , while the lucky couple “ jokingly pretended to be drinking an expensive wine , ” McNally said .
“ The young couple were ecstatic by the restaurant ’ s mistake , and told me it was like the bank making an error in their favor , ” said the red-faced owner , who admitted the embarrassing mix-up .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who was down $ 2,000 , not the bank , ” he quipped .

Money can’t buy taste.
A young couple who ordered an $18 bottle of wine at a popular Soho brasserie instead got served a $2,000 bottle meant for a table of businessmen — who didn’t even notice that they ended up drinking the cheap stuff, the restaurant’s owner said.
Managers at Balthazar had poured the pricy 1989 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Bordeaux and the budget pinot noir — the restaurant’s cheapest wine — into identical decanters, the eatery’s owner, Keith McNally, recounted on Instagram this week.
It was not clear low long ago the mix-up happened, although it was at a time when fancy Manhattan eateries still sold $18 wine bottles.
The two wines got switched, and the managers accidentally delivered them to the wrong tables.
Still, the Wall Streeter who had ordered the Bordeaux for himself and three friends tasted the cheap pinot and — fancying himself a connoisseur — promptly praised its “purity,” McNally wrote in his post, reported by Decanter, a wine review and news site.
Likewise, the lovebirds didn’t notice they had been served the highbrow wine, the most expensive bottle at the restaurant.
“They jokingly pretended to be drinking an expensive wine” while poking fun of themselves for ordering the cheap stuff, McNally recalled.
When they learned of the switcheroo, they were thrilled.
“The young couple were ecstatic by the restaurant’s mistake, and told me it was like the bank making an error in their favor,” McNally wrote.
Ultimately, neither party had sour grapes, according McNally — who said he chose to eat the cost of the mistake.
“The trouble was, it was me who was down $2,000,” wrote the restaurateur, who also owns the Minetta Tavern and Pastis among other popular city restaurants.
Grown on a 205-acre vineyard in the southwestern French village of Pauillac, Mouton Rothschild 1989 is considered one of the world’s greatest wines.
It has notes of “luscious black currants” with “powerful ripe tannins” and an “extremely long finish,” according to Wine.com.
Critics have also described the wine as having “eucalyptus on the nose” with “vanilla bean and ripe plum flavors.” Two years ago, it was rated 97 out of 100 points by a critic on Decanter.
The Balthazar blunder was not the first time a top restaurant has screwed up a pricy wine order.
Last year, a customer at a Hawksmoor steakhouse in Manchester, England, was accidentally served a $5,800 bottle of Pomerol’s Chateau Le Pin 2001 after ordering a $340 bottle of Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2001, according to Decanter.
Pinot noir now costs $88 at Balthazar, and the Spring Street eatery’s cheapest half-bottle is $40. It now sells a bottle of Roger Extra Cuvée de Réserve Champagne for $2,000.
Also on the menu: a bottle of Bud Light for $11.


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Puppy gets jack-o’-lantern stuck on its head

This pooch is “ pumped ” for Halloween .
Luke , a 4-month-old Australian shepherd , got his head stuck @ @ @ @ @ chewing through the decorative lights inside .
Watch as the dopey dog stumbles blindly around @ @ @ @ @ Canada .

This pooch is “pumped” for Halloween. Luke, a 4-month-old Australian shepherd, got his head stuck inside a carved pumpkin after chewing through the decorative lights inside. Watch as the dopey dog stumbles blindly around the kitchen in Ontario, Canada.
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newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Manhattan rents hit record lows, report finds

Rents for sky-high buildings have fallen to decade lows .
Median Manhattan rents dropped to $ 2,990 in the third quarter — marking the first time that figure has dipped below $ 3,000 since 2011 , according to a market report released Friday by real-estate listings portal StreetEasy .
This downward trend is picking up steam from 2020 ’ s second quarter , when StreetEasy reported that Manhattan rents had fallen for the first time since 2010 .
At that time , the figure slipped nearly 3 % from the second quarter of 2019 to $ 3,300 .
Demand remains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continue to skip town due to the COVID-19 pandemic — and as others don ’ t need to live near the office anymore .
StreetEasy also attributed the lower-than-normal median rent in the third quarter to a record-high share of rent discounts offered by landlords .
A whopping 44.7 percent of Manhattan rental listings received cuts from July to September — a nearly 23 percent jump from the third quarter of 2019 .
The discounts themselves also grew larger , with a median 9.1 percent being knocked off the asking price .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per month , or $ 3,264 per year .
For those in the market for a new lease , this means there are deals to be had .
With low demand came a record boost in rental housing supply .
The inventory of available rental units in Manhattan ballooned by 69.8 percent to 72,267 listings .
That ’ s nearly 30,000 more than were recorded during the same quarter last year .
The StreetEasy study also surveyed Brooklyn and Queens .
In Brooklyn , the share of discounted rental units also reached a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rent for the borough was $ 2,599 .
Queens , at a near-high , saw 26.6 percent of units get price cuts , with a median rent of $ 2,200 .
Its supply of rental listings also smashed ceilings .
Queens tallied 15,896 units available during the third quarter , marking a 41.1 percent year-over-year spike .
The Bronx and Staten Island were not included in the report .

Rents for sky-high buildings have fallen to decade lows.
Median Manhattan rents dropped to $2,990 in the third quarter — marking the first time that figure has dipped below $3,000 since 2011, according to a market report released Friday by real-estate listings portal StreetEasy.
This downward trend is picking up steam from 2020’s second quarter, when StreetEasy reported that Manhattan rents had fallen for the first time since 2010. At that time, the figure slipped nearly 3% from the second quarter of 2019 to $3,300.
Demand remains low for new leases as borough residents continue to skip town due to the COVID-19 pandemic — and as others don’t need to live near the office anymore. StreetEasy also attributed the lower-than-normal median rent in the third quarter to a record-high share of rent discounts offered by landlords.
A whopping 44.7 percent of Manhattan rental listings received cuts from July to September — a nearly 23 percent jump from the third quarter of 2019. The discounts themselves also grew larger, with a median 9.1 percent being knocked off the asking price. In dollars, that’s $272 per month, or $3,264 per year.
For those in the market for a new lease, this means there are deals to be had.
With low demand came a record boost in rental housing supply. The inventory of available rental units in Manhattan ballooned by 69.8 percent to 72,267 listings. That’s nearly 30,000 more than were recorded during the same quarter last year.
The StreetEasy study also surveyed Brooklyn and Queens. In Brooklyn, the share of discounted rental units also reached a record high: 30.7 percent. Median rent for the borough was $2,599.
Queens, at a near-high, saw 26.6 percent of units get price cuts, with a median rent of $2,200. Its supply of rental listings also smashed ceilings. Queens tallied 15,896 units available during the third quarter, marking a 41.1 percent year-over-year spike.
The Bronx and Staten Island were not included in the report.


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Add another year to Giants’ losing streak in Philadelphia

Grading the Giants following their 22-21 loss to the Eagles ...

PHILADELPHIA — Two one-win teams battled Thursday for a chance at first place in their division, so let’s accept the premise nothing in the NFC East makes sense in 2020.
It was the perfect time and place for the Giants to exorcise a demon by getting a win at Lincoln Financial Field.
But old habits die hard — especially when the habit is losing.
There would have been no faster way for coach Joe Judge to endear himself to Giants fans — no matter what else happens this season — than by proving he can beat the Eagles. Beating Washington last week just doesn’t carry the same weight.
But the Eagles prevailed for the eighth straight time in this rivalry, 22-21 with a fourth-quarter comeback — as the Giants blew a double-digit lead at the Linc for the third straight season.
“Definitely that streak is too long,” said tight end Evan Engram, whose dropped pass poured gasoline on the fire. “Today was one that we had — we just didn’t finish.”
Judge, quarterback Daniel Jones and a handful of other starters wore blue and white into the house of horrors for the first time and left with the same fate as their predecessors. Ben McAdoo and Pat Shurmur couldn’t win in Philadelphia, and Odell Beckham Jr. declared “it’s time for all that to turn around” two years ago — but he’s gone, too, and it hasn’t turned around.
The Giants haven’t won here since 2013.
“We had chances to close out the game and we did not execute,” safety Jabrill Peppers said after allowing the game-winning touchdown pass. “That’s all it is. It’s no psychological thing or anything like that. We know this is a game we should’ve won.”
They now can add Thursday — the one when they squandered a chance to put themselves in position for a first-place tie in the division (should the Cowboys lose Sunday at Washington) despite a disastrous 0-5 start — to the decade-long list of agony.
There was last year, when the Giants blew a 14-point lead and lost in overtime.
Or 2018, when the Giants blew a 16-point lead as Saquon Barkley disappeared from the second-half play-calling.
Or 2017, when the Giants scored 24 fourth-quarter points and still lost on a 61-yard field goal at the end of regulation.
Or 2016, when the Giants were delayed from clinching a playoff spot.
Or 2014, when the Eagles pitched their first shutout in 18 years.
Or 2012 or 2010 or … you get the point.
How much longer can it continue?
Now that 2020 again is a lost cause, the first step toward changing the narrative in the Judge and Jones era will be winning at the Linc next season.


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Giants’ Sterling Shepard thrives in return despite limited action

One play .
One drive .
One touchdown .
That ’ s all Joe Judge ...

The Giants got back one of their top offensive playmakers Thursday night, as wide receiver Sterling Shepard made his return after missing the previous four games dealing with a turf toe injury.
Shepard had a positive impact, seemingly make the play that steered his team to victory. In the end, the Giants again went down to the Eagles, losing 22-21 at Lincoln Financial Field.
Shepard was not expected to take a full workload and he did not.
Shepard was on the field with the starting lineup. He picked up his first reception on a third-and-5 pass in the second quarter that gained 7 yards. His best moment in the first half came when he spun away from a tackle attempt by Nickell Robey-Coleman for a 29-yard pickup later in the quarter.
Shepard beat Darius Slay for a 2-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter. He finished with six catches for 59 yards.
Early in the afternoon Shepard was activated off injured reserve, where he had been since the Week 2 turf toe injury that hit him late in the first half in a loss in Chicago. Given the progress Shepard made recently, removing him from IR was a given. To play against the Eagles, though, Shepard first had to prove he could withstand the pounding of a strenuous pre-game workout. He did that to the satisfaction of the coaching staff and medical staff.
The Giants failed to find anyone remotely able to replace what Shepard brings to the offense. Darius Slayton was productive in Shepard’s absence. Golden Tate was not. The other alternatives given a shot, Damion Ratley and C.J. Board, did not make any sort of positive impact. Ratley (four receptions for 63 yards) was released and Board (6-58) went down with a concussion suffered last week against Washington.
Shepard, 27, is in his fifth year with the Giants. He had eight catches for 76 yards in six quarters this season before landing on IR.
To add insurance at receiver, Alex Bachman was elevated to the roster off the practice squad.
There were no changes on the offensive line, with Andrew Thomas and Cam Fleming starting at the tackle spots. Rookie Matt Peart came on the field early in the fourth quarter on a tackle-eligible play.
Devante Downs returned to the starting lineup at inside linebacker.
The Giants in the first half were dominated in time of possession, 20:24-9:36. They also were outgained (222-124) and in first downs (15-5).
RB Devonta Freeman was forced out in the second half with an ankle injury.
Rookie Darnay Holmes, who had played in every game, often as the slot cornerback, was inactive with a neck issue. Also inactive for the Giants: WR C.J. Board, FS Adrian Colbert, OT Jackson Barton, TE Eric Tomlinson, DE RJ McIntosh and DE Jabaal Sheard.


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Giants report card: This is on Joe Judge, too

Everything the Giants worked for , everything they ’ d bled for , and ...

Grading the Giants following their 22-21 loss to the Eagles on Thursday night.
Offense
Daniel Jones (20 of 30, 187 yards) did enough to win. He threw two touchdown passes, the one interception was not his fault, and his 80-yard run was a thing of beauty, until he tripped himself up. Evan Engram’s fingerprints are all over this loss. He failed to catch a slant that he deflected into the air for an interception then dropped what should have been the game-sealing catch. Brutally disappointing. Wayne Gallman (10-34 rushing, 5-20 receiving) provided a spark. Sterling Shepard (6-59, 1 TD) returned in style. Rookie left tackle Andrew Thomas is playing poorly enough to get benched. He was beaten, badly on a twist that resulted in a sack by LB Nathan Gerry early in the third quarter. Devonta Freeman got obliterated on a blitz by Gerry that nearly got Jones’ legs taken out.
Grade: C
Defense
Once again, some great moments, some real cohesive moments and then a late letdown, meltdown, whatever you want to call it. Jabrill Peppers can’t get beaten that badly by RB Boston Scott for game-winning TD. Late penalties by Logan Ryan and James Bradberry were unacceptable. Peppers did get his first sack of the season, dropping Carson Wentz on the Philly 4-yard line. Markus Golden had a sack in the second quarter. Ryan Lewis losing track of the ball on a huge chunk play for John Hightower was ugly. Pass rush had Wentz (25 of 43, 359 yards) on the run, but he made the plays down the stretch. Bradberry had a leaping interception in the end zone. Some good stuff, but giving up touchdown drives of 78 and 71 yards in the final 4:38 is losing football.
Grade: C
Special Teams
Corey Ballentine showed terrible awareness in the first quarter when he was not covered on the punt team, with Riley Dixon signaling to the sideline to call for a fake. Ballentine late in the game was called for a 15-yard personal foul for lowering his helmet to jump-start the Eagles’ final drive. … Jabrill Peppers picked up a punt on a bounce for a 14-yard return. … Sloppy coverage on well-executed directional kickoff by Graham Gano. … Dixon pinned the Eagles back on their 9-yard line late in the second quarter.
Grade: C
Coaching
Something has to be done to keep things in order down the stretch of these close games. Penalties and mistakes are a bad look, and it reflects on the head coach, like it or not. Joe Judge did a good job making sure the Giants ran a play before Doug Pederson could challenge a spot that likely would have been overturned. Jason Garrett made a great call on the third-down play that should have ended the game, but Engram made the call a footnote to failure. Defensive coordinator Patrick Graham was hurt by key mistakes in the closing seconds by the players he counts on most of all.
Grade: C


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--AOC blasts GOP lawmakers for calling female colleagues by nicknames

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted Republican lawmakers for calling female legislators by nicknames after President Trump twice referred to her as “ AOC ” in Thursday night ’ s debate .
“ I wonder if Republicans understand how much they advertise their disrespect of women in debates when they consistently call women members of Congress by nicknames or first names while using titles & last names when referring to men of = stature , ” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted early Friday morning .
The Queens-Bronx congresswoman said her popular nickname , “ AOC ” , was born out of the community and should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Government colleagues referring to each other in a public or professional context ( aka who don ’ t know me like that ) should refer to their peers as “ Congresswoman , ” “ Representative , ” etc .
Basic respect 101 , ” the lawmaker added on Twitter .
Trump , while answering a question about balancing climate change and the economy , used the term “ AOC plus three ” two times during the debate .
The “ plus three ” is an apparent reference to Reps. Ilhan Omar , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump also routinely refers to by another nickname , “ The Squad .
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted Republican lawmakers for calling female legislators by nicknames after President Trump twice referred to her as “AOC” in Thursday night’s debate.
“I wonder if Republicans understand how much they advertise their disrespect of women in debates when they consistently call women members of Congress by nicknames or first names while using titles & last names when referring to men of = stature,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted early Friday morning.
“Women notice. It conveys a lot,” she wrote.
The Queens-Bronx congresswoman said her popular nickname, “AOC”, was born out of the community and should be reserved for “the people.”
“Government colleagues referring to each other in a public or professional context (aka who don’t know me like that) should refer to their peers as “Congresswoman,” “Representative,” etc. Basic respect 101,” the lawmaker added on Twitter.
Trump, while answering a question about balancing climate change and the economy, used the term “AOC plus three” two times during the debate.
The “plus three” is an apparent reference to Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, whom Trump also routinely refers to by another nickname, “The Squad.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Giants let so much more than a win slip through their fingers

Everything the Giants worked for, everything they’d bled for, and now an entire football game was distilled to the most basic element: a ball in the air. Catch the ball, and the Giants win the game. Catch the ball and they close out a thrilling victory, an improbable climb within sight of first place.
Catch the ball and honor the buzz of the week: Why not us?
Even Engram didn’t catch the ball.
Daniel Jones had lofted a beautiful throw. Engram had a step on safety Will Parks. He extended his arms. Just as his feet crossed the 30-yard line the ball fell out of the sky, into his hands … and through his hands. Fourth down instead of first. Eagles ball following a punt, just before the two-minute warning, instead of Giants ball and victory formation.
Why us?
Instead of Why not us?
The Eagles still had to drive 71 yards with just 122 seconds left. Engram’s drop didn’t lose the game. But there wasn’t a Giants fan anywhere, from Freehold to Freeport and all precincts in between who didn’t know what was coming, who didn’t feel this shattering, 22-21 loss in their bones before they saw it on the scoreboard.
“No excuses from us,” Giants coach Joe Judge would say.
So you can add Engram’s name to Joe Pisarcik’s, and to Matt Dodge’s to the roster of Giants who’ve helped perpetrate this on-again, off-again nightmare against the Eagles across the decades.
It shouldn’t all fall on his shoulders. He wasn’t on the field when the Giants defense — so stout all night, so resilient all year — allowed two Eagles touchdowns in the final five minutes. He didn’t turn the ball over twice, as Jones did, the 11th time in his 20 career starts in which he’s had multiple turnovers.
But that image, that sequence — ball in the air, ball in his hands, ball through his hands — will be the haunting snapshot of the week and maybe the season, if the Giants aren’t able to crawl back into position to play another meaningful game the rest of the year (though, this being the NFC East, you never know).
“We got the look we wanted,” Engram would say, his words heavy with hurt, his eyes fixed in a thousand-yard stare of disbelief. “D.J. threw a great ball. I didn’t finish the play.”
A pause. A sigh. Frustration. Pain.
“One hundred percent, I’ve got to make that,” he said.
A thousand percent, the Giants should have won this game. The Eagles kept trying to hand it to them. Philly led 10-7 at the half, and it could’ve been 24-7. The quarterback, Carson Wentz, made terrible decisions. The coach, Doug Pederson, made puzzling choices.
The Giants hung around, then Jones broke off an 80-yard run that was equal parts comic relief (since he stumbled yards shy of the goal line) and game-changing gem, then added a 97-yard drive that put them up 21-10 with 6:17 left.
It was there. It was right there, even when the Eagles answered with a quick TD. The Giants ran two running plays, got two first downs, and only needed a third to run out the clock. Engram didn’t finish his play, but the Eagles still needed to go those 71 yards to finish the miracle.
They went the 71 yards. Wentz connected with Boston Scott for an 18-yard touchdown. The Giants still had life. A field goal would’ve written a proper final chapter. They never got the field goal. Jones fumbled. The Eagles recovered. Ballgame.
Why not us to Why us in about 10 easy steps.
“This is a tough one to swallow,” Giants linebacker Blake Martinez admitted. “It’s the same thing all over again. Lapses. One guy here. One guy there.”
Tough one to swallow. Tough one to accept. The Giants were in as good a position as a 1-5 team could ever be. They had a meaningful football game on the last Thursday of October, long past the point where a 1-5 team should have anything remotely meaningful to play for. They scratch. They claw. They bleed. They play hard every week.
They are 1-6.
“We’re not going to ask you to be patient,” Judge said, his message intended for Giants fans.
Judge grew up an Eagles fan on the other side of this rivalry. He knows what losing a game like this means. He knows what 0-for-their-past-8 against a bitter foe means. And knows those fans probably didn’t sleep much, visions of a ball slipping through fingertips littering dreams all over town. Why us, indeed.


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Evan Engram left with ‘sucky feeling’ after disastrous Giants drop

PHILADELPHIA — A potentially season-changing win slipped through the Giants’ fingers.
More precisely, through Evan Engram’s fingers.
The tight end blessed with great physical talent that he can’t seem to unlock had a chance to make one of the biggest plays of his career Thursday, but he dropped a pass that would have helped the Giants run out the clock in a game that became a heartbreaking 22-21 loss to the Eagles.
“One hundred percent I’ve got to make that play,” Engram said. “It’s a sucky feeling right now.”
Everything went wrong for the Giants on all sides of the ball in the final six minutes, but Engram is the face of frustration for fans tired of being on the wrong end of a one-sided rivalry: eight straight losses to the Eagles, including three straight years of blowing double-digit leads at Lincoln Financial Field.
Engram also had a fastball from Daniel Jones deflect off his hands for an interception in the first half.
Engram didn’t lack for accountability, especially in a world where postgame interviews are conducted through Zoom and it is easier than ever for all professional athletes to duck the tough questions usually faced in a locker room.
“It’s not a good feeling not making that play and possibly putting the game on ice,” Engram said. “We definitely let one get away.”
The Giants blew a 21-10 lead in the final six minutes. After the Eagles scored to cut the deficit to five and used a timeout on defense to manage the clock, the Giants faced third-and-7 from their own 47-yard line.
Jones dropped a perfectly placed 25-yard sideline pass to Engram, who beat his defender off the line of scrimmage. Engram extended his arms but couldn’t secure the catch, forcing the punt that set up the Eagles’ winning touchdown drive.
“Got the [defensive] look we wanted, won on the inside fade,” Engram said. “D.J. threw a great ball. Just didn’t finish the play.”
Jones tried to take some of the heat off his teammate.
“I’ve got to do a better job putting the ball in a better position,” Jones said.
Engram has 26 catches for 223 yards and no touchdowns in seven games during a disappointing fourth season.
The Giants have resisted trade offers in the past on their 2017 first-round draft pick — this year’s trade deadline is Nov. 3 — waiting for the breakthrough believed to be on the cusp if he could avoid the rash of injuries that cut short his last two seasons. Well, he’s healthy now.
“I thought he made plays to keep us in the game and bring us back when we were down and struggling on offense,” coach Joe Judge said. “He’s a guy we have to keep involved in our offense. We have to keep getting him targets.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--How first-time voters felt about final presidential debate

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A trio of first-time presidential voters said the final debate before Election Day was largely underwhelming — and the candidates didn ’ t pull any of them across party lines .
“ I feel like every other election I ’ ve watched throughout my life , with my parents and such , it was a lot more respectful , ” Maggie Zawatski , 22 , of Brooklyn , said of the 90-minute showdown between President Trump and Joe Biden at Belmont University @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just drama , and it ’ s petty — it ’ s like how I fought with my friends in high school.
” “ They were both just going back and forth — a lot of disagreement , ” said Zawatski , adding that the debate did not sway her from her intention to vote for Biden .
“ I ’ m actually going to say Biden won , though I didn ’ t think it was his best performance , ” she said .
“ I feel like on some issues he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point across .
People looking for that confident leader , that could have been a turn-off for them.
” For undecided registered Republican Brian Suga , 23 , the debate left him leaning more solidly toward Trump .
“ Biden seemed to dance around the questions more than Trump did , ” he said .
“ It never really felt like Biden gave me something I could work with , ” he said .
Trump , meanwhile , “ Seemed to be able to really control himself .
It shows that he can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he said .
But Suga , too , noted that the two candidates hardly seem capable of agreeing on which color tie the other was wearing .
“ They were both just going back and forth — with a lot of disagreement , ” he said .
With Trump insisting the pandemic “ is going away , ” and Biden bemoaning the 200,000 more Americans he said are on the brink of death , it seemed as if the two candidates were living in opposite realities , Suga said .
The candidates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — with Trump touting the cleanliness of America ’ s air and water , and Biden urging a steady retreat from all fossil fuels .
When Hunter Biden ’ s emails came up — with Trump urging the vice president to come clean — Biden brushed the accusations off as if they were fictions not worth even discussing , said Suga .
“ I want Biden to talk about these allegations , ” he said .
“ I really would have liked to see at least an answer , a response , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not true . '
” Still , despite the divide between the candidates — and the rancor — this debate was far more civilized , noted all three first-timers .
“ There was much less shouting this time , ” than with the first presidential match-up , noted Suga , crediting the moderator , NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker , and a new rule that gave each candidate two minutes to speak on each of the night ’ s six topics — with their opponent muted .
“ This debate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last debate — much calmer , ” agreed Trump supporter Efraim Abrams , 19 , of West Hempstead .
“ I think the American public really won , ” he said .
“ And I think Trump was really able to prove that he should be the next president of the United States , ” added Abrams , who said the debate did not change his mind — and that his first presidential vote will be for four more years .
“ Biden lost some major states tonight in my opinion , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s assertion during the debate that as president , he will move the country away from fossil fuels .
“ Like Texas , Pennsylvania , Oklahoma , Ohio .
These are major states that are heavily dependent on oil .
You can ’ t win in the electoral college is you keep telling people you ’ re going to get rid of the oil industry .
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A trio of first-time presidential voters said the final debate before Election Day was largely underwhelming — and the candidates didn’t pull any of them across party lines.
“I feel like every other election I’ve watched throughout my life, with my parents and such, it was a lot more respectful,” Maggie Zawatski, 22, of Brooklyn, said of the 90-minute showdown between President Trump and Joe Biden at Belmont University in Nashville.
“It’s just drama, and it’s petty,” she said.
“It’s like how I fought with my friends in high school,” said Zawatski, adding that the debate did not sway her from her intention to vote for Biden.
“I’m actually going to say Biden won, though I didn’t think it was his best performance,” she said.
“I feel like on some issues he wasn’t good at getting his point across. People looking for that confident leader, that could have been a turn-off for them.”
For undecided registered Republican Brian Suga, 23, the debate left him leaning more solidly toward Trump.
“Biden seemed to dance around the questions more than Trump did,” he said. “It never really felt like Biden gave me something I could work with.”
Trump, meanwhile, “Seemed to be able to really control himself. It shows that he can have self-control” when he chooses to, he said.
But Suga too noted that the two candidates hardly seem capable of agreeing on which color tie the other was wearing.
“They were both just going back and forth — with a lot of disagreement,” he said.
With Trump insisting the pandemic “is going away,” and Biden bemoaning the 200,000 more Americans he said are on the brink of death, it seemed as if the two candidates were living in opposite realities, Suga said.
The candidates also offered polarized views on climate change — with Trump touting the cleanliness of America’s air and water, and Biden urging a steady retreat from all fossil fuels.
When Hunter Biden’s emails came up — with Trump urging the vice president to come clean — Biden brushed the accusations off as if they were fictions not worth even discussing, said Suga.
“I want Biden to talk about these allegations,” he said. “I really would have liked to see at least an answer, a response, that was more than just ‘That’s not true.'”
Still, despite the divide between the candidates — and the rancor — this debate was far more civilized, noted all three first-timers.
“There was much less shouting this time” than with the first presidential match-up, noted Suga, crediting the moderator, NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker, and a new rule that gave each candidate two minutes to speak on each of the night’s six topics — with his opponent muted.
“This debate was night and day compared to the last debate — much calmer,” agreed Trump supporter Efraim Abrams, 19, of West Hempstead.
“I think the American public really won,” he said. “And I think Trump was really able to prove that he should be the next president of the United States,” added Abrams, who said the debate did not change his mind — and that his first presidential vote will be for four more years.
“Biden lost some major states tonight, in my opinion,” he said, noting the former veep’s assertion during the debate that as president, he will move the country away from fossil fuels.
“Like Texas, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Ohio. These are major states that are heavily dependent on oil. You can’t win in the Electoral College if you keep telling people you’re going to get rid of the oil industry.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Bronx suspect arrested after exchanging fire with NYPD

NYPD cops exchanged fire with a man in the Bronx on Thursday night , the second time in less than @ @ @ @ @ armed suspects in the borough , police sources said .
Nobody was struck in the @ @ @ @ @ p.m. near East 156th street and Hewitt Place in Longwood , sources said .
After @ @ @ @ @ suspect , cops returned fire and later caught up to and arrested the man , @ @ @ @ @ firearm was recovered at the scene , sources said .
Earlier in the night , @ @ @ @ @ who pointed his gun toward them behind a building on East 219th Street near Laconia @ @ @ @ @ suspect , who was not struck , then dropped the gun and fled inside a @ @ @ @ @ where cops caught up to him and tased him .

NYPD cops exchanged fire with a man in the Bronx on Thursday night, the second time in less than three hours police shot at armed suspects in the borough, police sources said.
Nobody was struck in the latest encounter at about 11:45 p.m. near East 156th street and Hewitt Place in Longwood, sources said.
After being shot at by the suspect, cops returned fire and later caught up to and arrested the man, according to sources.
A firearm was recovered at the scene, sources said.
Earlier in the night, police fired at a man who pointed his gun toward them behind a building on East 219th Street near Laconia Avenue in Williamsbridge.
That suspect, who was not struck, then dropped the gun and fled inside a bodega on 216th street, where cops caught up to him and tased him.


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--World Series ratings at record low for second straight game

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ARLINGTON, Texas — The World Series drew a record-low audience of television viewers for the second straight night.
Tampa Bay’s 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 on Wednesday night was seen by an average of 8,950,000 viewers on Fox, receiving a 5.0 rating and 11 share, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Still, Fox won the prime-time evening with its best performance on a Wednesday night since May.
The two-game average is 9,070,000 viewers.
Los Angeles’ opening 8-3 victory on Tuesday was seen by an average of 9,195,000 viewers on Fox from 8:06 p.m. to 11:41 p.m. EDT, receiving a 5.1 rating and 11 share.
The low for any game before this year came the only other time the Rays were in the World Series, when their 5-4 loss to Philadelphia in Game 3 in 2008 was viewed by an average of 9,836,000 on Oct. 25, a Saturday night. The start was delayed by rain for 91 minutes to 10:06 p.m. and the final out was at 1:47 a.m.
The previous low for a Game 1 had been San Francisco’s 7-1 win over Kansas City on Oct. 21, 2014, viewed by an average of 12,191,000 on a Tuesday night. The low for a Game 2 had been last year, when Washington’s 12-3 rout at Houston was viewed by an average of 12,014,000 on a Wednesday night.
The Dodgers’ seven-game NL Championship Series win over the Atlanta Braves averaged 4,410,000 viewers on Fox and FS1.
Tampa Bay’s seven-game AL Championship Series win over the Houston Astros averaged 2,767,000 viewers on TBS and the Rays’ Game 7 win drew a 12.8 rating in the Tampa market, the highest for a Rays game since Game 4 of the 2013 Division Series against Boston. Game 7 drew a 13.0 rating in Houston.
TBS said its TV Everywhere platforms averaged an audience of 48,000 per minute during its postseason coverage, up 71% from last year.
The rating is the percentage of television households tuned in to a broadcast. The share is the percentage viewing a telecast among those households with TVs on at the time.
Year-to-year ratings are difficult to compare because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has shifted schedules, and competition this autumn from election news.


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--This is the President Trump we should have seen weeks ago: Goodwin

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The best Trump ever.
That’s what America saw in Thursday’s debate as the president finally found his stride. He was substantive, measured and relatively calm — a combination that enabled him to give the best debate performance I’ve ever seen from him.
His repeated focus on jobs and economic growth reflected the success of his first three years and why 56 percent of survey respondents recently told Gallup they were better off than four years ago.
The president neglected to mention that important survey, but, asked what he would say to those who didn’t vote for him if he won, his answer captured the same optimism: “Success is going to bring us together.”
Where’s that guy been hiding?
The appearance was a surprise because this Trump was a completely different person than the rude, snarling president who turned the first debate into a mess and jeopardized his re-election chances. This one learned from those mistakes and was consistently disciplined throughout the 95 minutes.
Yet because most polls show him trailing Joe Biden, Trump was also eager to open another contrast, so he frequently brought up the email evidence that the former vice president was directly implicated in son Hunter’s shady business dealings around the globe.
Again, the president was aggressive without being overbearing, yet had to repeat the details because of the outrageous blackouts of the stories by Big Media and Big Tech. But the new charges from Tony Bobulinski, the insider-turned-whistleblower, that he met with Joe Biden personally to discuss a suspect deal with a Chinese energy company will likely force the issue more into the open.
Biden’s answer, that “I’ve never taken a penny from a foreign source in my life,” sounds a lot like his earlier claim that he’d never even discussed his son’s businesses with him. We know now that wasn’t true.
Notably, however, Biden still did not dispute the specifics of Bobulinski’s charges or claim that the emails were not authentic.
He huffed and puffed about Trump not releasing his taxes, but that’s an old story and the tangled web surrounding the Biden family business plans is a new one.
Overall, Biden didn’t have an especially bad night — until he got near the end. His embrace of climate change and something resembling the Green New Deal led him into a dead end where he declared that “I would transition away from the oil industry.”
Trump pounced, saying several times, “That’s a big statement.” Biden foolishly agreed, saying, “It is a big statement,” and even moderator Kristen Welker then seemed stunned, asking Biden, “Why would you do that?”
In a perfect summation of their positions, Trump added, “He’s going to destroy the oil industry,” and Biden responded, “We have to move toward net-zero emissions.”
Biden’s other big problem was that Trump skillfully put the Obama-Biden administration on defense, as if the election were about them instead of him.
On paper, the questions were in Biden’s favor. A segment on the coronavirus lasted about 20 minutes, which should have been a huge advantage for Biden because he has made the deaths of 220,000 people the centerpiece of his campaign.
Yet Trump, while not winning the exchange on his handling of the virus, played good defense and eventually was able to shift the focus to how fast states should reopen. A clear difference emerged, with Biden endorsing vague conditions for reopening businesses and schools, while Trump emphasized the need to get the economy back up and running, warning that “the cure can’t be worse” than the problem.
“There are businesses that are dying, Joe, you can’t do that to people,” he said in one effective exchange.
The president was also sharp on other topics that should have been to Biden’s advantage. Although Welker reflected the Washington press corps’ obsession with race and climate change, Trump managed to contrast what he had done with the record of the previous eight years.
Even on race, he was able to tick off a list of reforms, including in prisons and criminal justice, and ask repeatedly why Biden didn’t do the things he’s now promising when he had a chance.
At one point, Trump answered his own question, saying, “It’s because you’re a politician and all talk.”
Welker was the best of the three moderators in this cycle, but she still talked and interrupted too much. Why moderators insist on cutting off spontaneous exchanges because “we have a lot of questions to get to” makes no sense. Let them talk!
Perhaps sometime in the next election cycle, a moderator will have a brainstorm and realize that 70 million Americans actually tune in to hear the two people running for president.


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Female-focused co-working spot The Wing considering Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Page Six has learned that famous female-focused members spot the Wing is in dire financial straits — and is even considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection .
When we asked the club — which has 11 locations including in New York , San Francisco , Chicago and London — about rumors that it ’ s preparing to file for bankruptcy , the club told us , “ The Wing is not filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at this time.
” “ Despite the harsh realities of COVID , we are exploring every possible avenue we can to bring the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — as are many companies that rely on in-person gathering right now , ” it added .
According to the New York Times , at one point around 2017 , the company raised more than $ 100 million from venture capitalists to expand beyond its New York base .
It charges around $ 215 per month for membership .
It ’ s the latest in a string of woes for the club after its co-founder , Audrey Gelman , resigned in June thanks to a staff strike over the company ’ s treatment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the nationwide protests against the killing of George Floyd this summer , the club ’ s staff wrote in an open letter , “ In solidarity with so many of our colleagues — past , present , and in particular , the black and brown people without whom the Wing would not exist — as a united group of employees , we are participating in a virtual walkout beginning today.
” Gelman quit shortly after , though she remains on the board and has a significant ownership stake .
With its p.r .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pandemic , the club seems to be trying to overhaul its image .
Its Web site now says , “ A whole new Wing is coming your way , ” and says that the club was “ [ established ] in 2016 ” and “ [ re-established ] in 2020 .
”

They’re on a Wing and a prayer.
Page Six has learned that famous female-focused members spot the Wing is in dire financial straits — and is even considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
When we asked the club — which has 11 locations including in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and London — about rumors that it’s preparing to file for bankruptcy, the club told us, “The Wing is not filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at this time.”
“Despite the harsh realities of COVID, we are exploring every possible avenue we can to bring the Wing back stronger than it was before — as are many companies that rely on in-person gathering right now,” it added.
According to the New York Times, at one point around 2017, the company raised more than $100 million from venture capitalists to expand beyond its New York base. It charges around $215 per month for membership.
It’s the latest in a string of woes for the club after its co-founder, Audrey Gelman, resigned in June thanks to a staff strike over the company’s treatment of black and brown workers.
Amid the nationwide protests against the killing of George Floyd this summer, the club’s staff wrote in an open letter, “In solidarity with so many of our colleagues — past, present, and in particular, the black and brown people without whom the Wing would not exist — as a united group of employees, we are participating in a virtual walkout beginning today.”
Gelman quit shortly before, though she retains a significant ownership stake.
With its p.r. woes and locations having been shuttered by the pandemic, the club seems to be trying to overhaul its image.
Its Web site now says, “A whole new Wing is coming your way,” and says that the club was “[established] in 2016” and “[re-established] in 2020.”
It also touts “digital membership.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-23--Hunter Biden venture eyed Gov. Cuomo, Chuck Schumer for deals: documents

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A failed Hunter Biden business venture — which an ex-partner said involved Joe Biden — targeted “key domestic contacts” including Gov. Cuomo for potential projects across the country, documents reveal.
A May 15, 2017, memo naming potential contacts was sent by Joe Biden’s brother Jim to his nephew and three other men who all formed a limited liability company to partner with another firm on “global and/or domestic” projects involving “infrastructure, energy, financial services and other strategic sectors,” the documents show.
The other company was backed by a since-vanished Chinese energy tycoon and was to “be primarily responsible for arranging financing and execution” of the projects, according to the documents released by Tony Bobulinksi, who was CEO of the joint venture.
The memo, titled “Key domestic contacts for phase one target projects,” noted that Cuomo “is moving forward with major infrastructure projects such as the long-stalled Tappan Zee Bridge replacement and the much-needed redevelopment of LaGuardia Airport.”
“His administration has invested nearly $4 billion through the Regional Council and Upstate Revitalization initiatives to jumpstart the economy and support local priorities for development,” it added.
Cuomo was also referenced in an earlier e-mail that Bobulinski released in which another partner, James Gilliar of the consulting firm J2cR, discussed various strategies tied to their business plan.
“Meet Gov of NYS ? , if so times ? Meet anyone else ?, are we meeting in NYC or elsewhere ?,” Gilliar wrote on April 27, 2017.
The memo included no elaboration about Mayor de Blasio but said the then-president of the city’s Economic Development Corp., Maria Torres-Springer, “drives the physical transformation of New York City, completes major infrastructure upgrades, and encourages the creation of new residential and commercial districts.”
Sen. Chuck Schumer was described as having “made improving New York’s economy a top priority, bringing affordable air service to Upstate New York and working to successfully retain New York jobs at risk of leaving and attract many new firms to New York.”
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and New York’s then-commissioner of economic development, Howard Zemsky, were included, as were a number of other officials in Virginia, Minnesota, Florida and California, some of whose relationships to the partners were highlighted.
The memo described then-California Gov. Jerry Brown as a “long time friend from his first term as governor,” and his successor, Gavin Newsom, then the lieutenant governor, was identified as “Hunter’s friend.”
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) was described as a “personal friend of my friend Billy Rubin and close to my friend Ken Jenne, former Sheriff of Broward County, FL.”
Meanwhile, another e-mail sent by Jim Biden on May 15, 2017, and titled “short list of foreign friends for next phase?” contained a second list of names that included Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, described as “arguably the richest man in the world” and “very friendly.”
“mentioning Slim now because he is big into racing and has a Formula I racing team and I know you are headed to the Grand Prix,” the memo added.
Others on that list included the presidents of Colombia and Argentina, and the “European Union in general.”
Both memos, which appear to have been copy-and-paste jobs, were sent as Microsoft Word documents with property values that show their author as Jim Biden’s wife, Sara Biden.
In response to the memos, Hunter Biden e-mailed the other partners the next day and expressed concern “that these lists of contacts and strengths are going to come back to haunt us.”
Hunter Biden suggested the lists “could easily serve . . . as the foundation for the divvying up of territory both geographically and commercially” by their partner in the joint venture.
“I may be paranoid but having worked in. [sic] The lobbying industry for years these attempts to create focus at the outset always and I mean always ended in disaster,” the e-mail says.
“We should be thinking what we want to focus on and not who knows who as direction for focus in my opinion.”
The memos and e-mails are among more than 900 documents Bobulinski made public this week and outline plans for a company called Oneida Holdings to provide consulting services to a company called Hudson West IV.
The documents show Hudson West IV was controlled by Ye Jianming, then chair of CEFC China Energy Co., and “Director Zang,” an apparent reference to CEFC’s executive director, Zang Jian Jun.
Ye disappeared after being taken into custody by Chinese authorities in early 2018, and CEFC, which was China’s largest private energy company, went bankrupt this year, according to reports.
The joint venture, which was called SinoHawk Holdings, was never funded by CEFC nor did it complete any deals, The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
SinoHawk was apparently dissolved around October 2018, according to documents released by Bobulinski.
Cuomo’s office didn’t return a request for comment.
City Hall said there were no meetings between the Oneida partners and any officials.
“Take a metal detector out to Rockaway Beach this weekend. You’ll have a better chance of finding something of substance and you’ll get a nice walk in, too,” said de Blasio spokesman Mitch Schwartz.
A Schumer spokesman said neither the senator nor his aides had knowledge of the memo.
A Scott spokeswoman said, “Sen. Scott wasn’t contacted. He has called for a full investigation into Hunter Biden and the Biden family’s corruption.”
Joe Biden’s campaign, Jim and Sara Biden, and the others mentioned in the memos didn’t return requests for comment.