(NEW YORK) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans on announcing a Republican bid for the 2024 presidency next week, sources familiar confirm to ABC News.
Christie will make his announcement at St. Anselm College on June 6 at 6:30 p.m. during a town hall event.
His bid will be shepherded by long-time aides Maria Comella and Mike DuHaime. The news comes a day after Christie allies launched a super PAC to support his candidacy.
The details of the campaign launch were first reported by Axios.
Christie, who also ran in 2016, joins an ever-expanding group of GOP hopefuls who must knock former President Donald Trump out of front-runner status to make real inroads with Republican voters. His soft pitch in the past several weeks — as he’s made the rounds on national media and visits to consequential primary states — is that he might very well be the only Republican willing and able to bring that force.
“In American politics, if you want to beat somebody, you’ve got to go get them, and you got to make the case,” Christie told a group of New England voters in April. “So what I’m saying tonight, I think, is the beginning of the case against Donald Trump. And that’s the first task for Republican primary voters — decide who we’re going to nominate. And if we are willing to put up with that level of policy, and character failure, then we’re going to get what we deserve.”
Trump, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, radio host Larry Elder and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson have formally announced their bids for the Republican nomination.
Queens of the Stone Age have shared another new song from their upcoming album, In Times New Roman…, which drops June 16. The latest is the track “Carnavoyeur,” which they say “must be heard to be believed.”
“Carnavoyeur” is the second single from In Times New Roman…, following “Emotion Sickness,” which they released earlier this month.
The record is QotSA’s first album since 2017 Villains and is available for preorder now.
QotSA is set to play several festivals this summer in support of the new release. They hit the stage last weekend at both Boston Calling and Sonic Temple, where they treated fans to such classics as “No One Knows,” “Little Sister” and more.
Their next show is happening July 16 at the Southside Festival in Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany, and they were recently added to England’s Glastonbury Festival, which is happening July 25. A complete list of tour dates can be found at qotsa.com.
On Wednesday, Amazon Studios released the cloak-and-dagger trailer to the fourth and final season of its Prime Video series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.
John Krasinski returns as Ryan, now the acting deputy director of the CIA, who “uncovers a series of suspicious black ops that could expose the vulnerability of the country,” according to the streaming service.
“As Jack and the team investigate how deep the corruption runs, he discovers a far-worse reality—the convergence of a drug cartel with a terrorist organization—ultimately revealing a conspiracy much closer to home and testing our hero’s belief in the system he has always fought to protect.”
In the trailer, Ryan warns, “They can move anything. Humans. Weapons. Suicide bombers. Unlimited resources paired with undying hatred.”
Wendell Pierce returns as Ryan’s ally James Greer, and the new season has veteran character actor Michael Peña joining the cast as Domingo “Ding” Chavez, a fan favorite special operator ripped from the pages of the late Clancy’s books. Ryan recruits him to help crack the case by any means necessary.
The final season starts June 30 on Prime Video, with two episodes premiering each Friday, leading to the series finale on July 14.
Guns N’ Roses is heading out on their 2023 World Tour next week and they’ve lined up a diverse group of artists to join them on their North American leg.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just announced the support acts joining them on the tour, including The Pretenders, Alice in Chains, The Warning, Dirty Honey and country star Carrie Underwood on select dates.
The World Tour is set to kick off June 5 in Tel Aviv, Israel, and hits North America on August 8 in Moncton, Canada. The first U.S. show happens August 11 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
And the North American leg just got bigger, with two just added shows – August 18 in Pittsburgh and October 14 in Seattle. The general on sale for Pittsburgh is happening Friday, June 2 at 10 a.m. local time, with Seattle going on sale Friday June 9 at 10 a.m. local time.
A complete list of dates and openers can be found at gunsnroses.com.
For a group that’s supposedly on hiatus, BTS sure is active.
The group will release a new digital single, “Take Two,” on June 9, in celebration of their 10th anniversary.
According to a press release, the song’s title refers to the fact that the group is moving on to their second chapter after completing their decade-long journey. The song is also a tribute to the group’s fans, ARMY. Suga and RM had a hand in producing the track, while j-hope participated in the songwriting.
Jin and j-hope are currently serving their mandatory military service.
As previously reported, the BTS 10th Anniversary Festa will take place June 17, but leading up to that, special content and events will be revealed, starting Wednesday, May 31.
Pacino is already a father to 33-year-old Julie with Jan Tarrant, and twins Olivia and Anton, both 22, with Beverly D’Angelo.
This news of course comes weeks after Pacino’s Heat co-star and former fellow Godfather saga lead, 79-year-old Robert De Niro, confirmed the birth of his seventh child. De Niro welcomed daughter Gia Virginia Chen De Niro, his first with girlfriend Tiffany Chen, on April 6.
A third man was charged Tuesday with the 2002 murder of Run-DMC‘s Jam Master Jay, ABC News has confirmed.
Jay Bryant, 49, is currently being held on unrelated federal drug charges and will be arraigned on the murder charge at a later date.
Jam Master Jay, born Jason William Mizell, founded Run-DMC in 1983 with Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels. He was shot to death on October 30, 2002 in a recording studio in Jamaica, Queens. He was 37.
Karl Jordan and Ronald Washington were previously charged with killing. Both are awaiting trial.
As legislation pops up around the country meant to limit access to drag shows, a new drag show debuts Wednesday on Hulu. It’s calledDrag Me to Dinner, starring Neil Patrick Harris as a judge and executive producer.
So what’s the show about?
“Two pairs of drag queens, each in full drag regalia, trying to desperately prepare food and drink and entertainment for themed dinner parties,” Harris explains, adding, “you’d be a fool not to want to observe the shenanigans.”
Observing the shenanigans is what Harris says is a great way to open people’s minds about drag.
“Opinions about drag sometimes come from lack of observation or experience,” he shares. “And I think Drag Me to Dinner provides a great fun view into how they behave in a positive light way that might indoctrinate people into it in a way that they weren’t expecting.”
Even though it’s great exposure, Harris’ partner, David Burtka, also an executive producer, says it’s not a show meant for kids.
“Your 7-year-old shouldn’t be watching this, you know. It’s for a more of an adult crowd, so use your discretion,” says Burtka.
Nonetheless, the show’s host, transgender comedian Murray Hill, says that now is the perfect time for a show like this.
“During this time of like fearmongering, you know, it’s very important to literally just show queer people and drag people living, laughing, joyous lives,” Hill expresses. “And to show that we’re just all people first.”
Harris agrees, explaining, “I’ve never been to a drag show where everyone wasn’t cheering and laughing and smiling and dancing, and the positivity really shines through. So if we can help represent that to people who haven’t seen it, I think that’s a fantastic thing.”
(NEW YORK) — If you’re a female who loves fitness you may have heard the term “cycle syncing,” the idea that you should change up your workouts based on where you are in your menstrual cycle.
The impact of the menstrual cycle in women’s sports has been prominent among professional athletes over the last few years with the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team tracking their periods ahead of their 2018 World Cup win as a strategy to maximize performance. This year, Orlando Pride, a National Women’s Soccer League team based in Florida, changed their uniforms from white shorts to black shorts to help players feel more “comfortable and confident” while playing on their periods.
Now, curiosity over how the menstrual cycle impacts performance has gone mainstream. The hashtag #cyclesyncing has been used more than 280 million times on TikTok with millions of women sharing how changing their workouts each month based on where they are in their menstrual cycle has benefited their personal health.
Cycle syncing focuses on four main phases of the menstrual cycle: the menstrual phase, follicular phase, ovulatory phase and luteal phase. This training regimen recommends doing different types of workouts for the four different stages of your cycle.
The breakdown of the average cycle syncing training regimen, according to Nike trainer Lauren Schramm, looks like this:
Menstrual phase: Lasts three to seven days. Rest on days one and two of your period, then use optimal movement for when energy levels are low and rest needed is high with activities such as yoga, walking, and barre.
Follicular phase: Lasts around seven days. Focus on speed, power and optimal movement for when energy levels are low to moderate and rest needed is moderate with activities such as heavy lifting, HIIT, boxing, dance and track workouts.
Ovulatory phase: Lasts around three to seven days. Focus on aerobic, endurance and optimal movement for when energy levels are the highest and rest needed is low with activities such as a group fitness classes, long runs, cycling and hot yoga.
Luteal phase: Lasts around seven days. Focus on mobility, recovery and optimal moment for when energy levels are low to moderate and rest needed is moderate to high. Activities can include mobility training, stretching, breath work, yoga and massage.
Does cycle syncing your workouts really help your performance? How can you effectively track your cycle? Is it one size fits all? We asked the experts.
What experts know about cycle syncing
Dr. Ellen Casey, a sports medicine physician from the Department of Physiatry and the Women’s Sports Medicine Center at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, spoke with ABC News’ Good Morning America about her thoughts on the science of cycle syncing.
While your menstrual cycle will impact your physical performance and energy levels, Casey, who has been researching this topic since 2009, says there are benefits for female athletes to track their cycles, but adds there is not enough scientific evidence to show this structured “cycle syncing” method works for everyone.
“I do think it’s very important for female athletes to track their cycles,” Casey says. “It’s when you try to give a sort of group recommendation that I think [is] where we’re falling short to date in the literature, and where I worry that there may be some overselling of cycle tracking and conforming that to your workouts, because we don’t have the data to support that as a group effect at this time.”
Casey said that everyone’s cycle is different — things like the length of phases and estrogen levels vary for every person. This makes it difficult to track the change in phases without using an ovulation stick every morning, which she said can be expensive and time consuming.
“Even if we know exactly that everybody’s on day 10 of their follicular phase, it’s still going to be different, because my level of estrogen might be totally different than yours,” Casey said.
While the cycle syncing method can be used as a baseline, Casey said without proper equipment, like using an ovulation stick each day, there is no sure, scientific way to tell what phase of your cycle your body is in.
“What would be nice is for everybody to be like, ‘Cool, this is where I’m really going to push my strength gains, and this is where I’m going to do endurance work.’ I think at some point you know, when we can check these markers in saliva or whatever … [but] we’re not there yet with the science,” she said.
How tracking your period can influence your workouts
While Casey said the science is not there for a one size fits all cycle syncing program just yet, she does recommend tracking your cycle to figure out how to get best results for yourself.
“I do think there’s value in individual following,” she said.
Referring to cycle syncing, she added, “I think it’s such a fascinating area and I love that people are thinking of it. So, embrace that interest.”
Schramm said she began tracking her cycles when she noticed she wasn’t able to train in the same way and get the same consistent results that her male coworkers and clients were getting.
“I believe cycle-syncing is something that can be taken as far as you desire, and if it’s of interest to begin experimenting with yourself, after clearance from your doctor is obtained, then I think it’s an ideal approach to movement as someone with monthly hormonal fluctuations,” Schramm said.
Schramm said she has seen improvements in her own training by tracking her cycle and following the cycle syncing method of training.
“Understanding the hormonal fluctuations … has clarified why some days I feel my strongest, have unlimited energy and could workout for hours and then the following week, it’s a struggle to get through my warmup,” Schramm said.
Where to start
If you’d like to start monitoring your cycle in relation to your workouts, here several ways you can get started:
Consult with a doctor or trainer: If you are looking to begin a cycle syncing-type process, start by making observations regarding your own menstrual cycle, then consult with a trainer or doctor about the best ways to be active while still respecting your body’s needs for rest and energy.
Track your cycle with apps: Start tracking your cycles. The FitrWoman app, designed by Dr. Georgie Bruinvels, breaks down the four phases of the menstrual cycle and uses evidence-based research to match symptoms and solutions to each phase. This app was used by the U.S. Women’s National Team when training for the World Cup. Other period tracking apps such as MyFlo, Cycles and Period Tracker Lite will help you track your cycle and follow how you feel turning workouts at different points of your cycle.
Use cycle-friendly training tools: More and more fitness brands are adding cycle syncing training as an option in their training programs. Nike has started a “NikeSync” training program with physiologist Stacy Sims, Ph.D., which includes training plans and nutrition suggestions for every phase of the menstrual cycle. Fitness membership program Les Mills + contains a cyclical training guide that includes four workouts to match each week of cycle. Adidas also offer a free “PE(riod)” lesson plan online developed by Buinvels that helps you better understand working out during your menstrual cycle and gives recommendations for each of the four phases.
(LONDON) — An airline is asking passengers to weigh in before flights in a survey that will take place for nearly five weeks and involve more than 10,000 passengers.
Air New Zealand will be asking over 10,000 of its customers traveling internationally on their flights between May 29 and July 2 to weigh in before they travel on the airline.
“The survey is essential to the safe and efficient operation of the aircraft and is a Civil Aviation Authority requirement,” according to a statement from Air New Zealand announcing the survey.
“We weigh everything that goes on the aircraft from the cargo to the meals onboard, to the luggage in the hold,” Air New Zealand Load Control Improvement Specialist Alastair James explained. “For customers, crew and cabin bags, we use average weights, which we get from doing this survey.”
This isn’t the first time the airline has done a similar survey.
“Customers on Air New Zealand’s domestic network were weighed in 2021. Now that international travel is back up and running, it’s time for international flyers to weigh in,” the airline said in their statement.
But there is one big caveat that should put the thousands of customers who are asked to weigh in at ease.
“We know stepping on the scales can be daunting. We want to reassure our customers there is no visible display anywhere. No one can see your weight — not even us! It’s completely anonymous,” said James. “It’s simple, it’s voluntary, and by weighing in, you’ll be helping us to fly you safely and efficiently, every time.”
The planned survey will be taking place at the entrance to the gate lounge of certain Air New Zealand flights departing from Auckland International Airport beginning this past Monday.
