‘American Buffalo’ review: Sam Rockwell and Laurence Fishburne battle on Broadway

Tyson Fury’s claim that he is retired. Krassyuk insists it is still part of his fighter’s plan to face WBC champion Fury for the undisputed crown. WBA, IBF and WBO title holder Usyk takes on Anthony Joshua in a rematch on July 23 in Saudi Arabia.

Sebastian Vettel is an enigma. A force of nature able to bend an entire sport to his unbreakable will for four consecutive years.Almost overnight, his F1 dominance just stopped.

Emily Atack screamed in terror as Jamie Laing lifted her on his back while she was dressed as a school girl.Emily, 32, known for her role in The Inbetweeners, took part in a "back to school" episode of Celebrity Juice, and was told to fill her shirt with schoolbag essentials in a challenge.Host Keith Lemon then told Jamie to complete an obstacle course before giving him a rather peculiar request.Jamie was told to use Emily as a "human backpack", which stunned the other panellists - and even Megan McKenna was seen with her head in her hands at one point.At the start Keith told Jamie: "What you've got to do is use Emily as a human backpack."Fill her with the school things out of the desk, go along the track, over this bar here."Hop scotch and then under the limbo bar."Jamie then mounted Emily on his back as he completed a hopscotch challenge before going under a limbo.Emily was heard repeatedly shouting "oh my God!" as her face hit the limbo bar repeatedly while trying to get across the finish line.The pair then collapsed on the floor after finishing the challenge, and were all smiles and laughs while the audience erupted in hysterics.Last week's episode of the ITV2 show saw Emily look horrified after Laura Whitmore slapped soap star Will Mellor twice in the face during a challenge.Laura, who appeared to be dressed as Kylie Minogue from her Can't Get You Out of My Head video, was seen hurling obscenities before tossing a drink at Will and slapping him twice.Meanwhile, Emily looked sensational in a Katy Perry costume, donning a purple wig and mini dress from the singer's California Gurls video.Speaking previously about landing the gig, Emily said: “I would say Celebrity Juice is a real pinnacle moment for me, because it's

BBC panel shows like QI, Have I Got News For You and Countdown, while she's currently hosting The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice and Britain's Best Junior Doctors.That latter show might sound like a strange one for a comedian to be the main personality, but not if you know about Jo's background.So come with us as we do a deep dive into the personal life of one of the funniest women in Britain.Jo looked back on her school days while talking to Tom Read Wilson on his podcast Tom Read Wilson has words with…As the name suggests, the podcast has a key focus on words. When she was a gust, Jo recalled an anecdote from her Kent student days, specifically some spelling tests.

judge has ruled.Jeremy Goodale and Willard Miller, who were both aged 16 at the time of the suspected attack, had appealed for their first-degree murder charge to be heard in a juvenile court.The pair, from Iowa in the United States, is accused of killing 66-year-old Fairfield High School teacher Noheme Graber in a brutal attack.Court records allege they hit their victim with a baseball bat and dumped her body in a park “under a wheelbarrow and railroad ties.”Criminal complaints confirmed Graber was found with trauma to the head, the Associated Press reported.District Judge Shawn Showers refused to allow the teenagers’ requests to be treated as if they weren’t adults.If he had accepted their appeal, they wouldn’t have been held for longer than six months after they turned 19.The judge said the crime was of “such magnitude” there was no hope of rehabilitation within that time.Cops investigating the grim killing first accused Goodale and Miller when a pal exposed online messages suggesting they “were involved in the planning, execution, and disposal of evidence,” a police search warrant showed.Goodale is accused of carrying out surveillance on the unsuspecting teacher.Court documents read: “The details included … the motive for killing Graber, the planning and execution of the means to kill Graber, as well as deliberate attempts to conceal the crime.”Stay up to date with all the Daily Star's latest news by signing up to one of our free newsletters here.Cops have still not made public any alleged motive for the bloody attack on Graber, who had reportedly been a teacher at the school since 2012.Local media outlets reported she had been a flight attendant before becoming a teacher and had originally intended to teach English

headless "zombie" frog leaping out of a pot of chilli oil on the dining table.The unsettling scene was filmed at a restaurant in the city of Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, a region famed for its spicy food.The diner had ordered a local delicacy with bullfrogs marinated in chilli oil and peppercorns.In a video he uploaded on Douyin, one of the headless bullfrog is seen twitching and moving its leg several times.The skinless piece of meat eventually pushes itself out of the bowl and onto the table.Viewers were shocked and disgusted by the sighting, with some saying they'd consider to go vegan. One said: "That's a zombie frog, so scary.

ITV This Morning viewers were in stitches at host Alison Hammond as she made a slight gaffe just at the beginning of the show.

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A nursery branded ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted last year is celebrating after turning things around in a matter of months to earn a ‘good’ rating from the watchdog. Little Gems, in Rochdale, was awarded the lowest possible grade following a visit in November - with officials noting that some staff struggled to manage children’s behaviour, the quality of education was ‘not consistent’ and safeguarding was ineffective.

A battle fit for the colosseum. This Friday will see Daniele Scardina defend his WBO Intercontinental Super-Middleweight title against Giovanni De Carolis to determine who is the countries number one 168lb fighter.

Labour will bid to run Stockport council for another year despite falling further behind the Lib Dems at the local elections. Councillor Elise Wilson, Labour and town hall leader since 2018, has confirmed she will again stand for the top job at next week’s annual council meeting.

Fernandinho and Aymeric Laporte will be given until Sunday to prove their fitness for the Premier League title crunch at West Ham on Sunday. The pair were both forced off through injury at Wolves on Wednesday night, leaving the Blues with a makeshift centre-back pairing of Nathan Ake and Rodri.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNicolas Cage is back… not that he went anywhere.The actor’s latest movie “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” a meta comedy in which he plays a fictionalized version of himself, is one of several films opening nationwide over the weekend. It’ll compete against director Robert Eggers’ Viking epic “The Northman” and Universal and DreamWorks’ animated family film “The Bad Guys,” as well as last weekend’s champion “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.”Unless ticket sales crash in week two, “The Secrets of Dumbledore,” the third chapter in the “Harry Potter” spinoff series, should retain the domestic box office crown.

Sam Rockwell is opening up about his new Broadway show!

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Angela Bassett looked chic as ever while attending the Broadway opening night of American Buffalo at Circle in the Square theatre in New York on Thursday.The Golden Globe winner, 63, donned a white jacket and black leather pants. Also at the event were Bryan Cranston, 66, and Josh Brolin, 54, who opted for casual cool looks.American Buffalo,directed by Neil Pepe, is a revival of the 1975 play about three hustlers who plot a crime, starring Laurence Fishburne, 60, Sam Rockwell, 53, and Darren Criss, 35.

Darren Criss, who just welcomed his first child into the world three days ago, is celebrating the opening of his Broadway play American Buffalo!

Offstage, and sometimes on, David Mamet can be infuriating and exasperating, as anyone who has witnessed his recent nonsensical, offensive media blitz can attest, and then along comes something like American Buffalo – possibly his greatest work, all due apologies to Glengarry Glen Ross – with a cast so in sync with the playwright’s “profane poetry” that for a couple hours it’s not impossible to put aside whatever it is Mamet thinks needs saying on Fox News these days.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe set of the new Broadway production of “American Buffalo” at Circle in the Square is choked with the unwanted artifacts of recent history. The show’s two acts take place in a junk shop glutted with relics, one whose barest gestures toward organization are just begging to be undone; the place is already sliding into disorder, so why not finish the job?It’s fitting in more ways than this production may anticipate.

With the high-profile, starry revival of his American Buffalo opening Thursday on Broadway, playwright David Mamet seems to be doing his best – or worst – to make headlines. The latest: The conservative Mamet told Fox News’ Mark Levin last night that “teachers are inclined, particularly men because men are predators, to pedophilia.”