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An 11-year-old got sleepy watching Alanis Morissette. Her dad waited 2 hours for $27 chicken fingers. Daisy Chain Fields still delivered.

Daisy Chain Fields, Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural music festival benefiting women and girls, took place Saturday at Great Park in Irvine, Calif., with a stellar lineup of women artists ranging in age from 23 (Rodrigo) to 78 (Stevie Nicks), with a few in between (52, Alanis Morissette).
So we thought it fitting to send our own cross-generational roster of reporters (well, two reporters and one very opinionated — but extremely grateful — 11-year-old). Here, they weigh in on some of the day’s biggest acts, whether they’d wait in an egregiously long merch line again and how they survived outside in scorching weather.
Meet your correspondents
The lineup
Click ahead to read Neia, Andrew and Elliot’s Daisy Chain Fields takes.
🌼 The vibes
🧍 The lines
👕 The merch situation
🪽 Sarah McLachlan + Olivia
🎤 Alanis Morissette + Olivia
🛝 Stevie Nicks + Olivia
☀️ The sun
🥁 The ’90s bands
🔥 Chappell Roan
🩷 Doechii
🤠 The festival fashion
🤑 The cause
📅 The ‘see you next year’ reveal
The vibes
💚 Neia: Such good vibes. I wouldn’t consider myself a festival girlie and I went solo to Daisy Chain Fields, so I was a bit nervous about that. But everyone was so kind! It really did feel like a day for celebrating girlhood.
💛 Andrew: I think the last real festival I attended was Where the Action Is with Pixies, Neil Young, Fever Ray and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. That was in Sweden in 2009. Maybe a couple of New Orleans Jazz Fests after that? Anyway, I’m really not a festival guy, and I’m certainly not a TikTok-era megafestival guy. I’m generally just too old for this s***. So all of the brand collab stuff was a bit much for my borderline Gen X sensibilities. But I will say: the crowd was great. Kind, positive, earnest, supportive. Felt like a safe space for my daughter, and I really appreciated that.
🩷 Elliot: It was pretty different than I expected. I was thinking it would be a lot smaller, and only one stage. And fewer food stands too. And I did not think there was going to be a bar. But I really liked the vibe of the festival itself. I thought [Yoko Ono’s] Wish Tree was really cute, for example. And everyone seemed really nice there. They were all for women’s rights. And I did like the bands. I just didn’t think Die Spitz fit in with the rest of them.
The lines
💚 Neia: I tried to get some food around lunchtime and was stoked to try this Filipino bakery, San & Wolves Bakeshop, but the line was way too long. I abandoned my lunch plans and ended up snagging a slice of (surprisingly delicious) Hawaiian pizza right before Olivia’s closing set at around 8 p.m. No lines at that time!
💛 Andrew: Props to Olivia and her organizers for inviting so many small, local food vendors that are mostly women-owned. But there’s a reason stadiums buy in bulk and serve the same three things at every stand: speed. The lunch lines were bad enough — about 45 minutes. By the time everyone arrived and decided it was time for dinner, the situation was completely out of control. It took me two hours to get Elliot some chicken fingers. Price: $27. Missing half of Doechii’s set and all of Garbage’s? Priceless, in a bad way. And honestly, I didn’t try to do anything else — Taco Bell’s You Seem Pretty Pink For a Baja Blast, LEGO Editions: The Artist’s Garden — because I didn’t want to miss even more music while waiting in line.
🩷 Elliot: The food lines were too long. I know there were a lot of people, but my dad had to wait for two hours to get me Dave’s Hot Chicken, and it wasn’t even that good. [Dad: What would you do differently in the future?] Not get Dave’s Hot Chicken. [But what about the festival? What should they do differently?] Not hire Dave’s Hot Chicken. [Well, it wasn’t just Dave’s Hot Chicken, because we waited for Marathon Burgers, too.] Oh, yeah, the burgers were good. [So that was worth the wait?] Yeah. But in the future, they should make burgers without mustard.
The merch situation
💚 Neia: OK, the merch lines were wild. Luckily, I picked up what I wanted the day before when I grabbed my wristband — and there was basically no line. Would I have waited in a super long line for some Daisy Chain Fields swag, though? Absolutely. Merch is a must for me. Sorry!
🩷 Elliot: I was not expecting to like the look of it, because usually I don’t really like pink and stuff. I thought it was going to be too girly, and it wasn’t. And I don’t think it was too much merch. It’s better to have a variety than to just have, like, three things to choose from. The only problem was that I wanted to wait in the line, because it’s honestly cooler if you get it at the show than if you order it online. My dad said no. I guess it was nice that you could only order online from the festival, so it still feels kind of special. But not as special.
💛 Andrew: Sorry, I’m not waiting in an hourlong line for merch, especially when you can just buy it online and have it shipped to your house. I do think this is generational. Younger generations seem less interested in “being there” than “proving they were there,” whether by posting on social or copping their “exclusive” merch. I think this is a natural reaction to living in an increasingly unreal world. But if you miss a set to buy a T-shirt, you’re also kind of missing the point.
Sarah McLachlan + Olivia
💚 Neia: My Canadian queen! As the mother of Lilith Fair (wish I could’ve gone, but I was a single digit at the time), it was so gratifying to see Olivia bring out Sarah McLachlan. It was such a full-circle moment. Also, “Building a Mystery” is a banger.
💛 Andrew: This brought up a lot of complicated feelings for me! Radical honesty here: in 1997, I was a 15-year-old boy who was deeply into music and just starting my first band. I thought I was too cool for Sarah McLachlan and way too cool for Lilith Fair. But secretly, I kind of liked some of her songs (especially the chorus of “Adia”). I had forgotten all of that until McLachlan came onstage. She sounded ageless. Olivia’s harmonies were immaculate. The Dolly Parton tribute on “Angel” was a genuine tearjerker. I uncomplicatedly enjoyed every moment McLachlan was on stage. The ’90s were rad and all, but I’m glad I’m not a teenage boy anymore.
🩷 Elliot: So to be honest, I didn’t really like her music. I mean, it was good, it just kind of put me to sleep. I was very tired too, so maybe that was part of it. I sat down for her set. [Dad: Had you heard either of those songs before?] No. But I think she was the one who helped people, right? Like, she was really big for women’s rights? [Yes, she started Lilith Fair there in the ’90s.] OK, I thought that was cool.
Alanis Morissette + Olivia
💚 Neia: The scream I scrumpt when Alanis Morissette came out. Gen X moms around me were freaking out — and with reason. She’s angsty, alt-rock royalty. (Also, another Canadian I adore. Do you see a pattern here?)
💛 Andrew: A fun surprise after Karen O bailed for personal reasons. I was again impressed with Olivia’s harmonies; she and Alanis really belted out that “Ironic” chorus. But I was a little shocked that Elliot and her friends sat down for this; Elliot even turned to me and asked, “Who is that?” She has some awareness of music history; she listens to Green Day and Oasis all the time, for instance. But Jagged Little Pill was probably the most ubiquitous album of the ’90s. Are the kids not hip to Alanis?
🩷 Elliot: Wait, who is she? [Dad: That’s what you said at the concert!] Oh, is that the one Mom likes to sing at karaoke? [Yes.] OK, I honestly didn’t listen to her music either. She also kind of put me to sleep. But it was … pretty good? I thought it was country, though, and I guess it’s not?
Stevie Nicks + Olivia
💚 Neia: I cried. The crowd chanted “Stevie! Stevie! Stevie!” before she hit the stage. Once she did? We all erupted in cheers. Watching Olivia and Stevie perform “Landslide” was literally a highlight of my life. My heart fluttered! TBH, I would’ve loved to see them duet “Silver Springs” too, but I’ll take what I can get.
💛 Andrew: I’m a Lindsey Buckingham partisan — Tusk forever! — but even I can’t deny the power of “Landslide.” Would it have ruined the moment to bring Billy Corgan out as well? Probably. More lovely harmonies and a fitting way to end the evening. It cracked me up when Nicks returned to the mic to praise Olivia: “She reminds me a lot of me when I was her age a hundred years ago.” Pure Stevie.
🩷 Elliot: Stevie Nicks was awesome. [Dad: Why was Stevie Nicks awesome?] What do you mean why was Stevie Nicks awesome? [What did you like about Stevie Nicks’s performance?] It was good. It was really good. [What was good about it?] Well, I knew the song “Landslide” already. It’s a great song. I like how Olivia performed in it too. It was just really cool to see Stevie Nicks live. She has a really amazing voice. Like, really, really amazing. [You like Stevie Nicks’s voice? Isn’t it kind of strange, though?] Yeah, but it’s cool.
The sun
💚 Neia: Pain. I’ve been living in Southern California for nearly a decade and nothing could’ve prepared me for the constant sunlight I endured at Daisy Chain Fields. I also wore all black (a big mistake), which made things way worse. I got sunburnt and hid in the shadow of a trash can before Doechii’s set. I was desperate. Also worth mentioning: I have a history of fainting (it’s not really a big deal, according to my doctor) and I’m happy to report I DID NOT faint. Shoutout electrolytes for the assist.
💛 Andrew: I just looked up the high temperature yesterday in Irvine: 82°F. I do not believe that. It felt like it was 110. Everybody was melting. Tip for next year: Fewer art installations and brand collabs, more shade structures, cooling tents, misters, water stations, whatever. Or else wait til the fall.
🩷 Elliot: Nobody really likes the sun. Well, sometimes you do, like when you’re at the beach. But not when you’re at a festival trying to get food in a line and the sun’s just being really mean by beating down on you and sunburning you. And you have to put on a lot of sunscreen. Again and again and again. And you can’t find any shade because there’s, like, one tree at the whole festival and everyone’s crowded underneath it. [Dad: Did things get better when the sun went down?] No. It was still hot.
The ’90s bands
💚 Neia: Bikini Kill! The Breeders! Garbage! What a lineup. I’m bummed to have missed seeing Shirley Manson IRL since I was waiting in line to see all the nonprofits at Daisy Chain Reaction. BUT I did hear Shirley’s voice from the line! Major FOMO. “I’m Only Happy When It Rains” was a fabulous closer. Me too, Shirley!
💛 Andrew: I was as excited to see the Breeders as I was to see Olivia. I thought I might be alone in that, but then I saw the crowd gathering for the Deal sisters’ set. The female-male ratio had suddenly plummeted from 80/20 to about 50/50; dads were everywhere. Kim was wearing a Shirley Chisholm for President T-shirt: “Unbought and Unbossed.” It reminded me of an earlier mode of indie-rock feminism: less telling, more showing. Just blow the boys out of the water on stage. I’ve always preferred the Breeders to the Pixies.
🩷 Elliot: Wait, which ones were they? [Dad: The Breeders, Garbage, Bikini Kill.] What about Die Spitz? [No, they’re new.] OK, good. Then I liked all of them. Also, I thought it was cool to get to see them because I kind of thought they were all dead.
Chappell Roan
💚 Neia: There’s nothing more wholesome than seeing thousands of people doing the “HOT TO GO!” dance together at sunset. Also. Chappell’s vocals — and makeup — were insane, obviously. Go off, girl.
💛 Andrew: “Only the hits today,” Roan said as her band launched into “Good Luck, Babe!” about two-thirds of the way through her 40-minute set. That’s all there was time for. But I was impressed that just one album into her career, Roan could just rattle off banger after banger: “HOT TO GO!” “Casual,” “The Subway,” “Pink Pony Club” and so on. Every song sounded like a single. I think pop stars like Roan and Rodrigo are smarter and tougher and just more interesting than what I was hearing on mainstream FM radio as a kid. Elliot is lucky to have them.
🩷 Elliot: She did well. She was confident, unlike some of the other artists who were giggling or laughing during their sets. [Dad: Did you like her new look?] Not really. She looked like a flight attendant or something. In purple. Like a flight attendant who had a lot of makeup on.
Doechii
💚 Neia: Mindblown. I think this was one of the best sets I’ve ever seen. Period. When she came out, I was gagged: She was in full hot pink body paint! Doechii is so talented and I was literally texting my friends during her performance, telling them I had chills. Swamp Princess forever.
💛 Andrew: Great energy and choreography, but her music started to feel repetitive a few songs in. And I have to admit: I wanted to reach over and cover Elliot’s ears during “Spookie Coochie.” Major “dorky dad at the concert” moment. Fortunately, I don’t think she was paying attention to the lyrics. Or so I hope.
🩷 Elliot: I don’t really know her music, but she seemed to get a lot of people hyped up. The background dancers were cool. She was cool. Her jokes were funny. It looked like she was wearing a metal bikini. [Dad: What about her skin? Wasn’t it painted pink?] Oh, I thought that was a reflection.
The festival fashion
💚 Neia: Across the board, the girlies seemed to draw inspiration from aughts-era fashion trends. Babydoll tops and Hollister-esque denim shorts? I love to see it! I was also happy to see that other attendees made the ill-advised decision to wear knee-high boots (like me).
🩷 Elliot: I liked the main singer of the Breeders’s look. [Dad: Kim Deal?] Yeah. She had a T-shirt on at the festival. Nobody else had T-shirts. All the girls were in bikinis. One guy was in a swimsuit. There was one girl with a cowhide skirt. It was so short I could see her … butt. Some people were just weird.
💛 Andrew: A very unscientific reaction, but the fashion seemed both more referential (flower power + ’90s mall, with a smattering of flowing Lilith Fair looks) and more homogenous (the short dress + cowboy boots Coachella thing) than it would have been pre-internet. I’m with Elliot here: more T-shirts, please. Or more just looking like yourself.
The cause
💚 Neia: I think one of the coolest parts of Daisy Chain Fields was getting to interact with people from the nonprofits. We had the opportunity to visit a variety of booths, including Planned Parenthood, Baby2Baby, Center for Reproductive Rights and Black Mamas Matter Alliance to learn more about each initiative. Everyone I talked to said “the cause” was a big motivator for attending the festival. You could really feel that.
💛 Andrew: I choked up a little, behind my sunglasses, when I saw Daisy Lane — the main festival thoroughfare — paved with quotes from feminist icons like Eleanor Roosevelt (“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”) and a timeline of women’s-rights milestones. But then, I’m an ancient American studies major with a soft spot for “see how far we’ve come” history lessons. I’m not sure Elliot even picked up on it. But I guess that’s the point, in a way, of having come so far.
🩷 Elliot: The cause? Is that the name of Olivia’s new song? [Dad: No — Olivia did all of this to help raise money for groups that support women and girls.] Oh right! They raised $20 million. I think that was very important because no man would donate all of that money to help women. I’d never been to a festival before, but I think I felt more important at the Daisy Chain Fields Festival than I would have at Lollapalooza or whatever, with a bunch of dudes banging into each other in the mosh pit. There were no mosh pits.
The ‘see you next year’ reveal
💚 Neia: YES!!! I cannot wait. See you next year, Olivia!!!
💛 Andrew: Great news for Olivia and her fans. But once is enough for me — unless she books Björk. Or PJ Harvey. Or Lauryn Hill.

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Umpire Doug Eddings apologizes to Cardinals pitcher Hansel Rincon after MLB reportedly reprimanded him for telling rookie to straighten crooked cap

On Saturday, Doug Eddings apologized for his advice to Hancel Rincon of the St. Louis Cardinals to fix the tilted top on Friday during the Cardinals’ 7-6 victory over Colorado Rockies.
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Major League Baseball reportedly told the umpire that his reprimanding Rincon was inappropriate.
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Eddings’ directive to Rincon caused a stir, and Cardinals Manager Oliver Marmol was ejected for his argument over the incident.
Rincon apologized to Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post Dispatch reporter Derrick Goold via Kleininger Teran (the team’s bullpen catcher) and the St. Louis Post Dispatch. He also wished me luck in my future career as a major-leaguer.
According to Owen Perkins of MLB.com, the rookie told Eddings: “Don’t worry. It’s not personal. Everything stays here.”
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This incident occurred in the sixth inning during Friday’s major league debut of Rincon. Eddings, while the rookie pitcher was pitching against Colorado’s Cole Carrigg called timeout. He then appeared to instruct Rincon to adjust the brim on his cap through Cardinals’ catcher Leo Bernal.
Rincon already had given up a Triple to TJ Rumfield, and also thrown a Wild pitch which allowed the Rockies’ first baseman score. After Eddings stopped the game, Rincon threw down the middle of his strike zone a fastball at 96 mph that Carrigg blasted off the wall to right center field.
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Justin Bruihl replaced Rincon after he allowed Connor Norby to single. In 1/3 of an inch, he allowed three runs. Marmol was thrown out of the game for arguing with Eddings as Bruihl warm up.
Eddings informed reporters after the game that Rockies’ catcher Hunter Goodman had raised the question of Rincon’s cap and asked if it was allowed to be worn in this way. Rincon did not break any MLB rules, according to the umpire. Goodman, however, denied having said anything.
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Thomas Harding of MLB.com reported that Goodman stated, “I have never mentioned the hat.” It doesn’t really matter who is pitching. It doesn’t matter how the pitcher wears his hat. I am trying to figure out how the ball will come out and what my role is in the box. “I’m not concerned about the appearance of his hat.”
Eddings spoke to Marmol, Rockies Manager Warren Schaeffer and Rincon before Saturday’s match, in which St. Louis was defeated 10-7. He also made sure that he talked with Rincon when the Cardinals were walking to the bullpen. It is reported that this happened after MLB informed Eddings he had gone too far in telling Rincon to adjust his cap.
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Rosenthal says it’s unclear whether MLB will discipline Eddings further for this incident.
In protest, many Cardinals players turned their brims to the left during batting practice. As did many Rockies players during the game, they continued to wear their caps with a crooked brim. In solidarity, several Cardinals behind the home plate as well as radio announcer John Rooney wore their hats with a crooked edge.
Rincon stated, “I was very impressed by the support I received from my teammates.” It’s obvious that when we work together as a group like this, our performance will be better.
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Rincon pitched again in the game on Saturday, giving up four runs and hitting two in an inning. The rookie’s 47.25 ERA is not just a statement of style, but also a reflection of his short MLB career. The Cardinals announced Sunday that he was demoted to Triple-A Memphis.

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F1 Italian GP: Antonelli stuns from 19th on the grid to win home race

Kimi Antonelli, the Formula 1 World Championship leader, has won the Italian Grand Prix after coming in 19th place on the grid and beating Mercedes teammate George Russell.
Max Verstappen beat the McLaren on the podium in an exciting display of battery-powered yo-yo race. Antonelli, who had a penalty for the grid and pitted mid-race, scythed through the pack and defeated the longtime leader Russell.
It was a big blow to the tifosi filled grandstands. Lewis Hamilton tried to pass his teammate Charles Leclerc on the inside of Turn 1’s tight chicane. Leclerc pushed Hamilton wide as the Briton exited, and Hamilton dropped six places to 10th.
Race control noted the incident, but at the end of Lap 2, Leclerc was involved in a massive crash as he tried to avoid Oscar Piastri of McLaren. Leclerc took off at high speeds and skated over the gravel before veering into the wall. He escaped uninjured but brought out the red for extensive barrier repairs.
Russell was able to overtake Gasly earlier in the lap. This ensured that the Mercedes driver will start from the pole position. Verstappen, Franco Colapinto, and Piastri were pushed down to fourth and fifth.
Under the red flag all drivers received a free change of tyres, but Verstappen was the only driver to choose mediums over hards. Russell took the lead over Gasly after an extra lap was completed for Yuki Tasunoda’s out-of-position. Colapinto then passed Verstappen for third in the second Alpine. Colapinto was pushed to the back of the field after Verstappen retaliated by a signature move on the outside corner of the second chicane.
Hamilton was in the middle of a melee with Piastri and Racing Bulls Arvid Lindblad, as they fought Norris, whose teammate he was, behind them. Antonelli, who had a fast start to the race, took advantage of this fight and sped up to sixth place with a pass over Norris on the main straight.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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Verstappen passed Gasly for second on lap 7. This further weakened Alpine’s chances of Gasly winning the race. The Frenchman lost his third place to Hamilton three laps after that. He was also unable to hold Piastri or Antonelli back as Gasly dropped down to sixth.
The idea was to give Russell an easy path to the victory by clearing Gasly fast. However, on a day where slipstreaming played a key role, Verstappen was relentless and the Mercedes driver was forced to come under constant pressure. They traded the lead twice more on the 12th and 15th laps.
Antonelli, who started 19th out of two Mercedes drivers, quickly became the driver more likely to win the race. Antonelli, the third car in a group of three, was two seconds back of the leader. He had already eliminated Hamilton and Piastri.
Russell and Verstappen’s battle allowed Antonelli, who was battling for second with the Red Bull driver on lap 16, to quickly close on their lead fight. Antonelli needed only one pass to take the lead from Russell, taking control at Turn 1 on Lap 18.
Russell retook the lead twice on laps 22 and 23, with battery level dictating speed. The young Italian was grumpy when the pitwall suggested that the yoyo race be stopped and a distance built to Verstappen. However, he eventually agreed and tucked behind Russell to conserve his medium-tyres.
After Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin came to a stop, Antonelli and Verstappen used the virtual safety vehicle to switch from their old rubber to the new. They finished sixth and seventh respectively, only 15 seconds back of Russell who was still on his hard rubber at the finish.
Verstappen was able to catch up to Antonelli on lap 37, after he had passed Hamilton, then Piastri, to take second. He still has 16 laps left to reduce the gap of nine seconds to his teammate.
George Russell Mercedes
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Antonelli caught Russell quickly but was not able to do so in the beginning, because the Briton had escaped action after a possible yellow flag violation. Russell’s hard rubber tyres began to show signs of wear at the end, which allowed Antonelli close the gap on lap 47.
Russell cut Turn 2 to try and keep Antonelli in his rear. The Italian also went off, slipping through the gravel trap outside and allowing Russell the lead.
Antonelli, not satisfied with the Turn 1 fight, tried to repeat the tour on the next day but chose a straighter pass between Lesmo 2 Variante Ascari.
The young driver, who is 19 years old, held on to his lead all the way through the race and won his native race for the second time. Verstappen and Russell were both on the podium. Russell finished a disappointing second.
Norris finished fourth ahead of Piastri, with Hamilton finishing sixth on medium-worn tyres. Gasly, who started on pole position, finished seventh, ahead of Lindblad, Colapinto and the Racing Bulls second car, driven by Tsunoda.
Antonelli, the first Italian to win the Monza race for 60 years, has extended his lead in the championship by seven points. He now leads Russell by 66 in the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid next weekend.
F1 Italian GP – Race results
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Stats
Cl Driver Number Laps time Interval km/h Pits Points retirement Chassis engine 1 A. Antonelli 12 53

225 Mercedes Mercedes Russell Mercedes 63
+3.857
3.857
3.857 1 18 Mercedes Mercedes 3 M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 3 53
+14.718
14.718
Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull Redbull 4 L. Norris McLaren
+19.056
19.056
4.338 1 12 McLaren Mercedes 5 O. Piastri McLaren 81 53
+19.253
19.253
0.197 1 10 McLaren Mercedes 6 L. Hamilton Ferrari 44 53
+24.655
24.655
5.402 8 Ferrari Ferrari P. Gasly Alpine 10. 53
+27.351
27.351
2.696 Alpine Mercedes 8 A. Lindblad Racing Bulls 42 53
+45.136
45.136
17 785 1 4 RB Red Bull F. Colapinto Alpine 53
+47.353
47.353
2.217 1 2 Alpine Mercedes 10 Y. Tsunoda Racing Bulls 22 53
+58.187
58.187
10.834 1 1 RB Red Bull 11 G. Bortoleto Audi 5 53
+1’05.187
1’05.187
7.000 1 Audi Audi 12 N. Hulkenberg Audi 27 53
+1’06.187
1’06.187
1.000 2 Audi Audi 13 C. Sainz Williams 55 53
+1’14.117
1’14.117
7 930 2 Williams Mercedes 14 L. Lawson Red Bull Racing 53
+1’15.609
1’15.609
1.492 Red Bull Red Bull 15 O. Bearman Haas F1 Team 8753
+1’18.958
1’18.958
3.349 1 Haas Ferrari 16 E. Ocon Haas F1 Team 31 52
One lap
2 Haas Ferrari 17 A. Albon Williams 23 52
One lap
2 Williams Mercedes 18 S. Perez Cadillac F1 Team 11 52
One lap
2 Cadillac Ferrari 19 V. Bottas Cadillac F1 Team 77 51
Two laps
2 Cadillac Ferrari dnf L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing 18 26 1 Retirement Aston Martin Honda dnf F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing 14 23 2 Retirement Aston Martin Honda dnf C. Leclerc Ferrari 16 1 Accident Ferrari Ferrari

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Another Masterpiece from Director Lee Chang-dong

The film “Possible love” is a novelistic masterpiece from Lee Chang-dong, the most literary director of modern cinema (and a fiction writer himself). It may be dedicated to Krzysztof Kieslowski and “Dekalog 10”, but it’s not a remake. This film was conceived independently and then bundled together during pre-production with Asghar Fahadi’s terrible “Parallel Tales,” which premiered at Cannes in this year. It shares no similarities with Kieslowski series’ final episode, except for the commandment of the Bible that Lee plays on the screen right at the beginning: “Thou shall not covet.”
Even then, evidence for this instruction is elusive. This sprawling drama follows two couples brought together through the violent suppression a strike by workers at a large Korean metals plant. Who exactly is the object of desire?
The film’s female characters are easy to grasp on the surface. Ye-ji, a casually wealthy dilettante with pale skin that glows as lustrously as her perfect bob in “Parasite”, is a first-time filmmaker who hopes to create a documentary on South Korea’s declining labor conditions, with an emphasis on recent protests at SP Heavy Industries. Ye-ji pitches the project before a grant-making board, but it’s assumed that her husband Sang-woo is the one who has funded the majority of the funding and given her all the creative freedom.
The other side is the implosive and taciturn Ho-seok (“Peppermint Candy” star Sul Kyung-gu), who has been a shell of himself since being injured during the crackdown that ended the ensuing strike. She hopes to help him process his trauma by participating in Ye-ji’s documentary. Her taciturn, implosive Ho -seok (Sul Kyung-gu, from “Peppermint Candy”), who was one of the “dead,” who lost their job and purpose during the SP mass layoffs two years earlier, has become a shell since his injury in the crackdown which ended the subsequent strike. Mi-ok is hoping that Ye-ji’s documentary will allow him to deal with his trauma and stop shuffle around like a maniac. He might be able to become more of a present father for their son Cheol – whose abject incompetence is expressed best by his current lackluster performance at Taekwondo.
The matrix of desire that is at play in Lee and Oh Jungmi’s nuanced screenplay, however, remains elusive until the film’s final velvet punch. Mi-ok is envious of Ye-ji and her designer bags, but there’s also an undercurrent of sexual tension whenever Mi-ok and Sang-woo are alone. This charge eventually ignites a memorable pre-dawn scene on a beach at the end. It would be unhelpfully simplistic to say that Mi-ok is jealous of Ye-ji’s hyper-affluent best friend.
Lee loves to make us angry at the one percent. The movie’s jagged screenplay, which was inspired by a similar event at a Korean giant company over a decade ago, is most blatant when it pokes fun at the way Ye-ji bungles her way into Mi-ok and Ho’seok blue-collar lives. The privileged documentarian, who wants to watch the factory workers, stands out as a Maybach in a monastery. She is angry at not being able to switch back to the lower financial rungs despite having grown up in a poor town.
Lee uses a variety of devious ways to use the visual gag where an intimate scene is filmed and Ye-ji can be seen hiding behind a corner in a camera. She is right to want to show how the owners of businesses are automating their business to keep their wealth. But she fails to see the condescending way she insults her subjects.
While Lee’s “Burning” was more monumental, this story is built on a single instance of horrific violence, rather than building up to it. His latest film also alternates between long dialogue scenes and indelible visual moments. It’s difficult for Lee’s comparatively restrained domestic saga, to compete with Jeon Jong Seo’s Sunset Dance along the DMZ. However, Lee still has the ability to create spectacle from thin air – for injecting something as mundane as a simple car ride or a dip in the sea with a high degree of silence pathos. The film “Possible love” is a symphony showcasing the striated social abrasion. Every gesture, every comment and each detail serve to sharpen the odd geometry which brings the characters closer while also deepening the rifts that ultimately separate them.
In a few judiciously chosen moments, this geometry can be expressed in an eerie way. Sang woo has an old whistle in his living room of the summer palace. The “house fairies” (a non-verbal groundskeeper that Sang woo played with as a child) are conditioned to run whenever he blows it. The distance between characters in this film is mostly conveyed through subtle, yet powerful, gestures. For example, Sang-woo’s confident posture and Mi-ok’s wavy, brittle hair are both indicative of the character’s inner struggles. Ye-ji documents his pain with a casual air.
After “Possible Love”, which spends its last hour in Sang-woo’s summer house, Lee’s attention to the bodies of his characters and their clothing pays off – enormously. (“This looks like a home from a book I’ve never read!” Mi-ok exclaims during dinner. The movie’s exploration of power and freedom takes on a physical aspect after a drunken night at karaoke, and some early morning strolls by the beach of Sang-woo’s mansion.
The film “Possible love” is brilliant, if not unnerving. It takes great pleasure in balancing the odds between two couples. But these shifty indulgences have too much reality for them to be a wish-fulfillment. It’s not naive to think that the “poor” character will ever be able to achieve equality with their rich counterparts, and it’s also not patronizing to imply that being exploited is somehow a noble act. Ho-seok, however, is not an innocent victim. He is a deeply broken man who is utterly frustrated by a system designed to oppress him. Lee’s interest is more in expressing his suffering than in solving it.
It is not rooted in false optimism or wanton desperation that “Possible love” has the power to stay in your mind long after you’ve seen it. Lee’s film within a film uses the construct of a movie to reflect the moral values of work through the lens of how much people earn.
Ye-ji, who is working as a second-hand documentarian to achieve her goal of becoming a narrative film maker (“Imagining is my hobby”, is not exactly what one would want to hear about someone directing a movie on their life), is the victim of the smoothness of life. She has had to “method-act” to be able to approach her subjects to shoot real footage. She uses a parody to mock the invisible work she noticed for the first time on a visit to a Qattari luxury hotel. But she cannot see Mi-ok or Ho-seok unless they are fabricated for the camera.
Sang-woo, on the other hand, is so frictionless in his work that he’s able to buy and sell whole companies while drinking a latte. His marriage with Ye-ji also feels as if it were laminated. The couple snipes at each other passively in small bursts to avoid getting dirt on their bedsheets. They also relegate their latent desire to blind spots created by rich people so they can’t see beyond themselves.
Mi-ok, on the other hand, has no option but to face the difficulties that they have faced and want things so desperately they cannot forget the hard work they have put in to each other. They can’t pretend to be anything else, so they live their lives based on a potential love. Their history is imperfect and clumsy, and they have tenuous financial prospects in the future. But, because of the perfectly modulated, flashbacks, they won’t need to covet anything that this world offers for free. Mi-ok, Ho-seok felt that the moon only shone for them in the evenings. The final scenes of this beautifully shaded and gently shattering drama celebrate the freedom the two give each other.
Grade: A

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Umpire Doug Eddings apologizes to Cardinals pitcher Hansel Rincon for telling him to straighten crooked cap

On Saturday, Doug Eddings apologized for his advice to Hancel Rincon of the St. Louis Cardinals to fix the tilted top on Friday during the Cardinals’ 7-6 victory over Colorado Rockies.
Eddings’ directive to Rincon was the cause of a stir that led Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol to be ejected for disputing what happened.
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Rincon apologized to Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post Dispatch reporter Derrick Goold via Kleininger Teran (the team’s bullpen catcher) and the St. Louis Post Dispatch. He also wished me luck in my future career as a major-leaguer.
According to Owen Perkins of MLB.com, the rookie told Eddings: “Don’t worry. It’s not personal. Everything stays here.”
This incident occurred in the sixth inning during Friday’s major league debut of Rincon. Eddings, while the rookie pitcher was pitching against Colorado’s Cole Carrigg called timeout. He then appeared to instruct Rincon to adjust the brim on his cap through Cardinals catcher Leo Bernal.
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Rincon already had given up a Triple to TJ Rumfield, and also thrown a Wild pitch which allowed the Rockies’ first baseman score. After Eddings stopped the game, Rincon threw down the middle of his strike zone a fastball at 96 mph that Carrigg blasted off the wall to right center field.
Justin Bruihl replaced Rincon after he allowed Connor Norby to single. In 1/3 of an inch, he allowed three runs. Marmol was thrown out of the game for arguing with Eddings as Bruihl warm up.
Eddings informed reporters after the game that Rockies’ catcher Hunter Goodman had raised the question of Rincon’s cap and asked if it was allowed to be worn in this way. Rincon did not break any MLB rules, according to the umpire. Goodman, however, denied having said anything.
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Thomas Harding of MLB.com reported that Goodman stated, “I have never mentioned the hat.” It doesn’t really matter who is pitching. It doesn’t matter how the pitcher wears his hat. I am trying to figure out how the ball will come out and what my role is in the box. “I’m not concerned about the appearance of his hat.”
Eddings spoke to Marmol, the Rockies’ manager Warren Schaeffer and Rincon before the game on Saturday, in which St. Louis was defeated 10-7. He also made sure to talk to Rincon when the Cardinals were walking to their bullpen.
In protest, many Cardinals players turned their brims to the left during batting practice. As did many Rockies players during the game, they continued to wear their crooked caps. In solidarity, several Cardinals behind the home plate as well as radio announcer John Rooney wore their caps crooked.
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Rincon stated, “I was very impressed by the support I received from my teammates.” It’s obvious that when we work together as a group like this, our performance is going to be better.
Rincon pitched again in the game on Saturday, giving up four runs and hitting two in an inning. The rookie’s two MLB appearances have seen him achieve a 47.25 ERA.

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LSU had a revival, Clemson was at a funeral: Lane Kiffin’s debut sends a loud message to college football

Lane Kiffin’s LSU era may have begun with a hiccup, as his team ran out of the tunnel a tad too early Saturday night. But they more than made up for that in front of a rabid audience in Death Valley.
You were wrong if you believed that a few drops of rain would dampen the Baton Rouge party. The two-hour delay allowed the boisterous crowd to refuel and catch their breath after pregame activities that looked like they were from a Woodstock film.
The LSU football team led by Kiffin was greeted with thousands of waiting fans. They lined up six deep on the barricades to watch the LSU walk out of Tiger Stadium. It was more like a revival than a debut. I also know that it is only one match.
Lane Kiffin, after the 51-10 victory over Clemson said: “It felt like Mardi Gras.”
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Two people said that the street was this crowded before the kickoff of the 2019 season, and the police officers had not seen it in many years. Clemson supporters are not making their way to Louisiana.
Clemson appeared complacent, while another team was obsessed with its new coach. Clemson’s visitors section looked empty in comparison to the other teams that have been seated at Tiger Stadium.
You knew this was not going to be the same night when Garth Brooks started playing on the speakers. The atmosphere was not like that of the Brian Kelly years, although it’s not the most accurate comparison.
Lane Kiffin led his Tigers team on the street, with Livvy Dunn and Theo Vonn following close behind.
It was a star-studded evening in Baton Rouge, and it fit the new Louisiana king who walked onto the field waving to the students in his double breasted suit. This beating was a Hollywood Red Carpet affair, complete with celebrities and congressional leaders lining up on the sidelines.
After a week of non-stop news about the Louisiana case for fans, it was inevitable that Kiffin would have something to share with them as they headed into the locker rooms at halftime, leading Clemson 28-3.
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The LSU coach said to ESPN, “Imagine what we could do if our players were pro.”
It’s true, but I doubt it would have mattered to the outcome of tonight.
Why? We were watching two different programs that had opposite direction.
Dabo Swinney didn’t lie about his team and this could be his final season as head Coach
The Clemson coach, who could be in his final season at Clemson if this situation doesn’t improve quickly, can’t talk himself out of it.
The Tigers’ football team has lost all its sparkle. Clemson is no longer appealing, except for the way that its head coach describes his team.
Dabo said last week that he didn’t have any starters. He was making fun of the fact that he wouldn’t know how good his squad is until they played LSU.
Clemson’s poor performance tonight shows how much Clemson is falling down. It’s hard to imagine how the Athletic Department can hope for a successful season after Baton Rouge.
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This brand is still alive today because of what Swinney achieved in the early days of CFP.
What now? It feels like this football program is too far behind.
LSU’s rabid fans were re-energized by the new coach. Clemson’s fans felt two teams were heading in different directions when they watched LSU play them on Saturday in Kiffin debut.
Swinney complained about Ole Miss’s interference with one of former Clemson players during the offseason, as well as the fact that he was not finished at Clemson.
Swinney had to respond to some tough questions. That talk was cheap.
LSU rides a wave of success after enduring a long week full of court drama
Some people forget that Lane Kiffin is a master of the stage.
It was the SEC that wasn’t purchasing a ticket.
LSU knew that the SEC would be ready to take action when they decided to add at least three ex-‘professional’ players to their roster after Baton Rouge’s judge issued an injunction.
We all knew the story that would be published if LSU had lost Saturday to Clemson.
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What’s the difference?” Kiffin, after the game about Kiffin’s halftime remarks: “Everyone hates you already. They can’t hate anyone that much more.” I’m glad that they played as they did. That would have made the news. If we had won, the story would still have been about how I screwed up my team by doing this.
You can’t agree with what I said. It’s no secret that I have been heavily criticized in the past few weeks. I understand and accept this, but it isn’t my job to worry about your opinions or to try to make you happy. It is my job to believe what’s right. “I believed that I should fight for these kids. That is what I believe.”
LANE KIFFIN: LSU DELAYS ADMITTING PLAYERS WHO HAVE NFL LINKS AS SEC LAWSU LOOMS AROUND PROGRAM.
It was a “chicken” game, but it came down to the conference officials wanting to avoid being made fun of.
What do you think? You decide. SEC took action when local courts continued to issue orders allowing former athletes to have pro experience to be rostered on teams in the conference. By releasing ‘new guidelines’, the SEC sank their toes into the ground.
Kiffin and LSU decided how far to push this issue before Greg Sankey was fed up. They learned on Friday that the SEC would be imposing punishments which could cause them more headaches. This was a bonus in addition to the federal suit filed by Alabama.
Even though they may have caved in to the pressure before the game was played on Saturday, it is clear that the students did not require the additional help.
Kiffin’s debut was a spectacular show, similar to the one Garth Brooks put on in this stadium just a few short years earlier.
The Tiger Stadium was soaked and they were definitely “Callin Baton Rouge”.
Two teams, two different stories.
Before the season ends in 2026, one might need to decide on their coach.
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