Tuesdays (May 24) The Voice Season 10 finale had it all.
Coach performances? You betcha! Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton and Pharrell Williams all took the stage at some point (lazy much, Adam Levine?) to sing away the stress of waiting for the results.
All-star guest performances? The finale more than delivered, with performances by Sia, Zayn Malik, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Nettles, Little Big Town, CeeLo Green and more.
Less all-star former contestant performances? This was in full force, as was the struggle to remember their names.
Contestants acting surprised and excited to receive mid-priced sedans and crossover SUVs? You know it, and the awkward promo even managed to rip off James Cordens Carpool Karaoke before Alisan Porter, Laith Al-Saadi, Hannah Houston and Adam Wakefield organically ticked off exciting car features!
With all this fun, its almost a shame that the show ruined three contestants nights by actually announcing the results. Dont worry: They didnt get to it until the very end, so until then enjoy the finale in all of its glory.
Kicking off the nights excitement (or continuing it, for anyone who caught that extra hour of season recap that preceded the results) is Little Big Town. The country singers perform One Of Those Days on a rainbow stage, and are joined by Pharrell, who produced not just this song, but a total of eight tracks on their new Wanderlust album.
Next, CeeLo Green makes his grand return to The Voice to duet with Hannah Huston. The former coach lends Crazy to the show (in so many ways), and its so much better than Hannahs duet with Pharrell on Monday. In the fashion department, CeeLo doesnt disappoint, dressing like a modern take on The Wizard Of Ozs Wicked Witch of the West, right in the middle of when she (spoiler alert) melts.
Next, its time to play everyones favorite finale drinking game: Wait, Whos That Again? Drink every time you cant remember a bring back contestants name without being prompted by Carson Daly, starting with Alisan Porters bring back. Sure you recognize Paxton Ingram, but those other two that Alisan calls on to sing Hearts Straight On? Yeah, drink and drink as Kata Hay and Ryan Quinn accompany Alisan and Paxton on the track.
Joe Walsh lends Laith Al-Saadi a guitar master hand to perform Rocky Mountain Way. Its a hit for all the cool dads in the audience that lets Laith, again, showcase his guitar skills.
Its always avant-garde perfection when Sia performs. The artistic goddess sings Cheap Thrills with a trio of dancers, and its mesmerizing. The show could end right at this moment, on a high note, and no one would notice that he winners were never announced.
But we plug on. It takes a 27-time Grammy Award winner to be worthy enough to follow Sia, so thats just who takes the stage. Country singer Alison Krauss sings Willin with Adam Wakefield, and the country voices complement one another nicely.
Refill your drink, because Hannah Hustons bring back performance is next. Hannah sings Adeles When We Were Young with Bryan Bautista, Caity Peters (drink), and Brian Nhira (drink). Even though their names may have escaped the general consciousness, their talent still remains, and its a solid group performance.
Back to the actual super star guests! Zayn Malik adds a little more energy after the last two somber performances with Like I Would. Commence teen screaming everywhere.
Blake Shelton performs Shes Got A Way With Words, which is way more of a downer breakup anthem than his Go Ahead And Break My Heart duet with Gwen Stefani. His fellow coaches give him a standing ovation for his on-point performance.
Things get a little awkward during Laiths bring back performance, when Katie Basden (drink), Shalyah Fearing, and Owen Danoff are all announcedbut Owen never actually takes the stage to sing Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles. Apparently Owen is sick (he literally tweeted a doctors note), but that memo didnt come in time to edit him out of the package (understandable) or to correctly label the video posted on the NBC site after he didnt perform (less so).
It gets very CMA in the house when Alisan Porter and Jennifer Nettles sing Unlove You. If Alisan is the least bit nervous about the forthcoming results, she does not show it during this controlled performance.
The final bring back performance is Adam Wakefields, and he brings back Mary Sarah, Nick Hagelin, and Justin Whisnat (drink) to sing Spencer Davis Groups Gimme Some Lovin. The energy level is high for everyone, but its a performance that makes it just so apparent how vocally superior Adam Wakefield is to these once-contestants.
Closing out the show (the non-results part, anyway) are Ariana Grande and Christina Aguilera. Ariana starts solo with Into You, and Xtina joins her for Dangerous Woman. Its not quite at the iconic level as Xtinas Season 5 Do What U Want finale performance with Lady Gaga (mostly because there are no gold lam gowns to speak of), but its pretty spectacular nonetheless.
And that wraps up Season X of The Voice! Catch you back in the fall when Miley Cyrus spices things up.
But wait, theres more
Oh, right! The results! We cant forget the most important of the 120 minutes (wellone of the top 10 most important minutes at least).
4th Place: Team Adams Laith Al-Saadi
As of Monday night, Adam was still marveling at how amazing it was that Laith made it this far, so this ranking is about right. Never change, Laith, though do feel free to trim the beard from time to time.
3rd Place: Team Pharrells Hannah Huston
This would have been quite a miraculous upset, but she did go from Hannah Who?ston to a second runner up in a just a few weeks, so take it as a victory, girl.
2nd Place: Team Blakes Adam Wakefield
Not this time, WGWG army! Blakes talented contestant brings Shelton this-close to another victory, but he ultimately (slash inevitably) falls short to
YOUR NEW VOICE CHAMPION: Team Christinas Alisan Porter.
There is a lot of jumping and a lot of screaming between Season 10 besties Christina and Alisan as the season-long presumptive winner takes the big prize. Despite protesting to Carson, Oh my G*d I cant sing! when he unceremoniously rips her newly won trophy out of her hands and replaces it with a mic, shes forced into vocal servitude (get used to it) and semi-sings Ive Been Down That Road alongside family, randoms and confetti.
And there it is. Love it? Hate it? Just excited for Miley to coach next season? Let us know in the comments below!
The Flash - Grant Gustin on Season 2"s Finale and Setting Up Season 3
The Flash may soon see Cisco Ramon suit up in his full superhero costume. Carlos Valdes teased that at some point in the show, Cisco will appear in full Vibe costume just like in the comics.
The Flash star Carlos Valdes, who plays Cisco Ramon, hinted that it is only a matter of time before Vibe appears in his entire superhero get-up. The actor sheepishly told Comicbook in a recent interview that putting Vibe in full superhero costume is not a far-fetched idea.
Reason would have it, thats all Im gonna say! Valdes said and declined to divulge any more details.
Meanwhile, Jesse Martin, who plays Joe Wells, is more excited about the prospect of seeing Vibe in full costume in The Flash. He teased that it would not be long before fans see Cisco suit up in other than his Vibe goggles, since his full superhero costume is coming soon.
However, Valdes clarified with Comicbook that Vibe will not be a mainstay in the show. He said that The Flash would continue to feature the geeky Cisco instead of his superhero persona.
I think Cisco, more than anything, is a scientist at heart. Hes a mechanical engineer, and hes a geek! So I dont think thats ever not going to be a part of him, Valdes told the publication.
Valdes and Martin will reprise their respective roles in Season 3 of The Flash. Talking about Joe and Barry Allens relationship, Martin said Joe will do everything to make sure Barry is okay following the death of his father, Henry in The Flash Season 2 Episode 22.
The Flash Season 3 will bring changes to Barry, Valdes likewise told IGN. He will be on the offense in some capacity after the catastrophic events in Season 2. He said that Cisco, Caitlyn, Harrison, and the rest of Team Flash, would definitely also be more defensive this time around.
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Oscar-winner and TV star Patty Duke passed away at the age of 69. She was known for many achievements. Here are 5 things you might not have known about the actress. USA TODAY
Patty Duke in April 2011. In this April 20, 2011.(Photo: Dan Pelle, AP)
Patty Duke, the teen who won an Oscar for The Miracle Workerand later played "identical cousins"in her ownTV sitcom, has died. She was 69.
The news was confirmed Tuesday by one of her representatives, Mitchell Stubbs.
"Anna "Patty Duke"Pearce passed away this morning March 29, 2016 at 1:20 am," his statement read. "Her cause of death was sepsis from a ruptured intestine.She was a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a friend, a mental health advocate and a cultural icon.She will be missed."
Duke died at a hospital in Coeur D"Alene, Idaho, where she had lived for the last 25 years with fourth husband Michael Pearce.
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Duke"s last tweets, earlier this month, alluded to being "absent" recently.
She also tweeted on her wedding anniversary.
Acclaimed for her acting (her career dates back to the late 1950s), Duke became best known in later life as an advocate for mental healthissues, after she was diagnosed withbipolar disorderin 1982 and wrote about it in her 1987 autobiography.
Experts on brain disorders hailed her courage in being one of the first celebrities to speak out about her disorder, depression and substance abuse.
"By bravely sharing her personal story so at odds with her professional image with the public, she became an inspiration and role model for people and their loved ones who are dealing with mental illness, and worked toward eliminating the stigma that prevents so many people from seeking help. She will be missed," said Jeffrey Borenstein, president and CEO of theBrain & Behavior Research Foundation, who interviewed Duke for his PBS show Healthy Minds.
Duke won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for herrole in The Miracle Worker, becoming the then-youngest person to win an Oscar and thus one of the most famous American teenagers ever. She earnedit playing the blind-and-deaf American icon Helen Keller, first on stage and later in the1962 film, both ofwhich told the story of how Keller learned to communicate as a child through her tutor Anne Sullivan (Anne Bancroft).
But Duke really charmed her way into American pop culture in 1963, when she was given her own series, The Patty Duke Show, createdespecially for her. At the time, no one knew, not even Duke, that she had bipolar disorder.
But producer Sidney Sheldon had noticedthat she had two distinct sides to her personality and the two came up with the idea of a show about "identical cousins" with contrasting personalities, and even different accents.
The show, which ran from 1963 to 1966, was hard work: She played both characters,Patricia "Patty" Lane, a "typical" rock "n rollAmerican teenager who occasionally got into minor trouble at school and home, and Catherine "Cathy" Lane,her more well-behaved cousin from Scotland who adores "aminuet, The Ballet Russesand crepesuzette."
Besides appearing on stage and screen, Duke even had success as a singer, with two Top 40 hits in 1965, Don"t Just Stand Thereand Say Something Funny.She also wrote two books,Call Me Anna,andBrilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness.
And she served as president of the actors union, the Screen Actors Guild, from 1983 to 1988.
She was married four timesand had multiple affairs, which led to some confusion over the father of one of her three children, Lord of the Rings actor Sean Astin (his biological dad turned out to be one of her lovers-turned-short-lived husbands).
Duke"s life and career were tumultuous, and not just because of her bipolar disorder or the fact she worked so much (her Internet Movie Database page shows she has a movie, Power of the Air,coming out in 2017), but because of her personal life.
"I think maybe the most important part of her legacy is her acting work," said her son Sean Astin, in an interview with the Associated Press. "Above and beyond anything, the reason any of the other stuff is possible in terms of the scope of the impact that she was able to have with people was her talent and her work and her work ethic, her discipline. She worked extremely hard."
Astin said she had dealt with a multitude of ailments over the years, including emphysema after years of smoking. He said he was grateful to the rush of tributes for his mother.
"It"s just such an affirmation of the best part of her and such a relief to be able to enjoy that as opposed to the pain that everyone was feeling," Astin said. "We"re so grateful to her for living a life that generates that amount of compassion and feeling in others. So, this last hour"s a joy moment for me."
Patty Duke at the Paley Center for Media on March 23, 2010 in Beverly Hills.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown, Getty Images)
Duke married her fourth husband,drill sergeant Michael Pearce, in 1986, after meeting on the set of a TV movie,A Time to Triumph, for which Pearce served as a consultant. They moved toHayden, Idaho, adopteda son, Kevin, born in 1988. After her marriage,Duke usedthe name Anna Duke-Pearcein her writings and other professional work.
As is now routine, condolences started piling up on Twitter, addressed to Duke and to her son, Sean Astin, from famous friends and from fans.
Eddie Griffin On Bill Cosby: Black Male Stars Don"t Leave This Business Clean
Why did you wait so long to report?
Thats the question that Bill Cosbys lawyer Bruce McMonagle reportedly said hed have asked Andrea Constand if shed been at the Tuesday hearing where a judge decided her accusations of sexual assault by the comedian will, finally, be tried in criminal court.
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To date, more than 50 women have accused Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct. Constand was the first. In January of 2005 she told police that a year earlier, Cosby had touched and penetrated her after drugging her. A prosecutor decided against proceeding with the case, and Constand followed up with a civil suit that resulted in a 2006 settlement. After that came an accelerating drip of women making allegations about incidents spanning a wide swath of Cosbys career, from Kristina Ruehli (1965) to Chloe Goins (2008).
Throughout, these women have faced suspicion and ridiculefrom the Cosby team, from allied celebrities, and from members of the public making their thoughts known on social mediafor not coming forward sooner. How big is his p***s that it gives you amnesia for 40 years? the comedian Damon Wayans said in a riff bashing the accusers. That Constand went to police about a year after the alleged event and is still facing this same question shows how slippery its premise can be: Most any time period can apparently be declared suspicious.
Constand remained in contact with Cosby in the time between the alleged assault and her going to the police, with her mother at one point calling the sitcom icon to ask what hed done to her daughter. Newly public deposition transcripts from the 2006 civil suit have Cosby describing his M.O. in terms that dovetail with the stories of the accusers who would later come forward, except when it comes to whether they were consenting or not. At one point, he talked about having an agency send five or six models to his studio each week while filming his sitcom. In another, he explained what happened with Constand after hed given her drugs that hed described as a remedy for stress:
Q: So, youre not telling us that you verbally asked her for permission?
A: I didnt say it verbally, I said. The action is my hand on her midriff, which is skin. Im not lifting any clothing up. This is, I dont remember fully what it is, but its there and I can feel. I got her skin and its just above the hand and its just above where you can go under the pants.
Q: Then what happens?
A: I dont hear her say anything. And I dont feel her say anything. And so I continue and I go into the area that is somewhere between permission and rejection. I am not stopped.
The question of why many sexual-assault victims often delay in making allegations, especially against public figures, has been answered time and again. Justified fears of reprisal and disparagement have to be put into the cost/benefit calculationand if anything, the Cosby situation has highlighted the costs. People often these days say, Well, why didnt you take it to the police? another accuser, Tamara Green, told New York Magazine last year. Andrea Constand went to the police in 2005howd it work out for her? Not at all. In 2005, Bill Cosby still had control of the media. In 2015, we have social media. We cant be disappeared.
Constands case, incidentally, also defies other rhetoric that Cosbys defenders tend to use about accusers. As an athletics administrator at Temple University, she didnt have a clear interest in gaining public exposure. She wasnt speaking out only after it became fashionable to do soCosbys reputation at the time was sterling. As to the fact that Cosby himself has never been convicted of a crime, that could now change now, too. So whats harder to believe: that it took a year for Constand to make an accusation, or that its taken 11 years and dozens more women coming forward for those accusations to be prosecuted?
Una neuropatloga de la Universidad de Toronto ha concluido que Dave Mirra, un cono del BMX que muri en febrero de este ao, sufra de un tipo de dao cerebral que ha afectado a docenas de jugadores de ftbol americano.
Mltiples neuropatlogos confirmaron el diagnstico.
Mirra es el primer atleta que se dedica a los deportes de accin diagnosticado con encefalopata traumtica crnica (CTE, por sus siglas en ingls), una enfermedad neurodegenerativa que conlleva demencia, prdida de memoria y depresin. l muri el 4 de febrero a los 41 aos de edad por una herida de bala que se hizo a s mismo.
La doctora Lili-Naz Hazrat, la neuropatloga de Toronto, le dijo a ESPN The Magazine que los depsitos de protena tau eran idnticos a los encontrados en los cerebros de jugadores de ftbol americano y hockey sobre hielo que sufren de CTE.
Su esposa, Lauren Mirra, habl sobre el diagnstico, sus ltimas semanas juntos y su legado en una entrevista exclusiva.
Yo no poda notar la diferencia, dijo Lauren. Es el trauma en s lo que define a la enfermedad, no como lo sufriste.
Mirra se fractur el crneo a los 19 cuando fue atropellado por un auto y sola boxear tras retirarse del BMX. Sin embargo, l tambin sufri varias conmociones cerebrales durante su carrera en BMX desde que era joven.
Se asume que est relacionado a mltiples conmociones cerebrales que sucedieron aos antes, declar Lauren.
Mirra era una leyenda del BMX estilo libre y la cara pblica de ese deporte como dueo del rcord histrico de medallas en los X Games hasta el 2013 con 24. l tambin contaba con una exitosa serie de videojuegos y un show en MTV. Tras su retiro del BMX en el 2011, Mirra se dedic a correr triatlones y al rallycross.
La familia de Mirra decidi donar el cerebro de Mirra para que ste sea estudiado por sntomas de CTE tras su muerte. A pedido de la familia, Hazrati les envi imgenes de sus radiografas preparadas sin informacin adicional o el nombre de Mirra a otros neuropatlogos de Estados Unidos y Canad para contar con su aval. Cada uno de ellos confirm el diagnstico de CTE provedo por Hazrati.
Esto convalida lo que pensbamos sobre las lesiones cerebrales en boxeadores y jugadores de ftbol americano, opin Hazrati. La clave es la lesin cerebral sin importar cmo la sufras, ya sea en BMX o hockey, ya que ests arriesgndote a contraerla.
El CTE es una enfermedad progresiva asociada con el trauma repetido infligido a la cabeza. Aunque desde hace tiempo se sabe que la sufren los boxeadores, esta enfermedad no fue descubierta en jugadores de ftbol americano y otros atletas hasta el 2002.
Lauren, la viuda de Mirra, se enter del diagnstico en marzo de este ao y detall los cambios en la personalidad durante su ltimo ao de vida y el legado de su esposo en una entrevista exclusiva para la edicin del 6 de junio de ESPN The Magazine.
Yo empec a notar cambios en su humor. Y luego todo empeor tan rpido, dijo Lauren. l no poda estar presente en ninguna situacin o charla, as que era difcil estar en una relacin de cualquier grado con l. Estaba perdido. Yo lo atraves con la mirada en algunas ocasiones y preguntaba Dnde ests? Dnde ests? Qu sucede?.
Este es el principio de generar conciencia. Sera genial que esto sea algo que podamos detectar en un ser viviente algn da. Si podemos detectarlo, prevenirlo, detenerlo, hagamos todas esas cosas.
Mirra ingresar al Saln de la Fama Nacional del BMX el 11 de junio y tambin ser honrado durante los X Games de Austin, Texas, el 4 de junio con un evento nuevo que llevar su nombre: La competencia Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick. El ganador se llevar el Pedal Dorado Mirra junto al premio monetario. .
ESPN es dueo de los X Games, quienes no tuvieron comentario alguno sobre el diagnstico de Mirra, y tambin los produce.
Eddie Griffin On Bill Cosby: Black Male Stars Don"t Leave This Business Clean
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including that bill bill Cosby bombshell. He will stand trial on charges he drugged and sexually assault women in 2004. ABC"s linsey Davis is outside the courtroom in Philadelphia. Good morning, linsey. Reporter: Good morning, George. The face-to-face encounter between bill Cosby and one of his accusers Andrea constand didn"t happen at yesterday"s hearing but she is expected to testify at the trial. Still, there was lots of drama in the courtroom. The 78-year-old actor waved to fans on his way into court Tuesday where he learned the fate of his effort to avoid prosecution. A Pennsylvania judge ruling there is enough evidence for him to stand trial in a sexual assault case. She was unable to concept, you know, that"s the crime. Reporter: Not present in court, Andrea constand who prosecutors say was drugged and sexually assaulted by the comedian at his Pennsylvania home in 2004. According to the criminal complaint constand told investigators Cosby urged her to take three blue pills and after ingesting them everything became blurry and dizzy saying she was unable to move or speak during the assault and describing her condition as frozen and paralyzed. Cosby never criminally prosecuted and the prosecutor declining to press charges at the time. In a civil deposition related to the same alleged encounter Cosby admitted to kissing and heavy petting with con stapdz but maintained it was consensual. There was no evidence of a crime here. And that the inconsistencies that plague this investigation from the beginning continue to plague it now. Reporter: During the 3 1/2-hour hearing Cosby"s attorneys gave insight into their possible defense. After the so-called incident, the complainant continued to contact Mr. Cosby, the complainant accepted a dinner invitation from Mr. Cosby. This is wrong. Reporter: This morning, a group of Cosby supporters say they"ve spent thousands of dollars to get ads on the air in defense of the embattled comedian calling the case against Cosby a witch-hunt. More than 50 women have accused Cosby of sexual assault. You can expect that the prosecution is likely going to fight vigorously to try to get their testimony included in this case. Cosby"s defense team has repeatedly denied the allegations against him. Robin. Linsey, thank you. Joining us now is Nancy grace, host of "Nancy grace" on HLN and here in the studio our chief legal analyst Dan Abrams. Nancy, let me begin with you, prosecutors at the time of the alleged assault did not file criminal charges so how strong is this case against bill Cosby? Well, I find that very disturbing that they did not go forward, but what I think is more important than the prosecution"s decision not to go forward way back in 2005 is the fact that she went to authorities. It"s not as if she sat back and thought about it all these years, took a money settlement and then at the last moment just before the statute of limitations runs she goes forward with criminal charges. She went to police and made as we call it in the law an outcry. She told people what happened at the time. That"s very significant. Yeah, people need to keep that in mind, of course. Constand as we heard in Lynn so report one of many women who have come and accused bill Cosby. Will that -- will others come forward. That"s the most important legal question in the case. They"ve come forward. The question will they be able to testify? Exactly. If they are, this case against bill Cosby is going to be a very powerful, strong one. If they can"t, if a court deems that they cannot testify as part of this case, this is not going to be that easy a case against bill Cosby. Yes, they have statements from his deposition which fundamentally change things. Yes, they"ll have her account. But keep in mind, it took her many months if not almost a year to come forward to report the crime. There"s the time that has passed since then, there is the he said/she said element of this and let"s not just presume because it"s moving forward it will be a slam conduct for prosecutors. The defense, Nancy -- ? He"s right. You can"t presume anything. Right. You know the defense was vocal in the preliminary hearing yesterday. They were even shouting at times and constand was not there for the preliminary hearing and, of course, she would have to be in court at some time, wouldn"t she? Well, yes, under the constitution the accused who is bill Cosby has a right to confront and cross-examine his accuser. But, you know, all that blustering and grandstanding by the defense, that didn"t mean a hill of beans to me. She did not have to be at the preliminary hearing. That is standard in most jurisdictions. I expected the defense attorney to bluster his way and complain and scream but I think, Dan, you really hit the nail on the head in that -- there have been cases for I got up to ten similar transactions in on the case in chief. If they come in, this case is over and I think Cosby"s own words under oath are going to haunt him. Would you expect her to take the stand. She will take the stand. The fact she didn"t testify in the preliminary hearing doesn"t mean anything. She will testify in the criminal case. Dan, Nancy, Nancy, always good to see you. Thank you very much, both of you.
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