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Thousands evacuate as a new fast-growing fire ignites near Los Angeles with red flag warnings extended until Friday. Also, parts of the Southern U.S. are dealing with closed bridges, collapsing roofs, and clean-up complications following historic winter weather. Plus, University of Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger is back in court for evidence hearing ahead of trial. And, In-Depth TODAY: Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir preview the National Figure Skating Championship.
On the first episode of the third season of Unexpecting, Tara and Todd discuss their recent travels, sickness incubation, Johnny Weir's wedding speech, and provide important updates on their second surrogacy journey. This episode is brought to you by FERRING. If you're looking for a reliable resource to provide you with a sense of empowerment as you navigate your fertility journey, check out FerringFertility.com for helpful tools and information, including personal stories and financial assistance programs.This episode was also brought to you by Ritual. A prenatal multivitamin Made Traceable® with vegan, bioavailable, and clinically-studied key nutrients for before and during pregnancy. Visit ritual.com/TARA to start Ritual or add Essential For Women Prenatal to your subscription today.
Listen in to Cindy's entertaining and enlightening conversation with American commentator and retired figure skater, Johnny Weir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of Reel Insights, Sean Tajipour, the Mayor of Nerdtropolis, chats with Jordin Sparks, Johnny Weir & Terrell Ferguson about their new roller skating competition series, Roller Jam, which premieres on MAX on October 10th. https://Nerdtropolis.com https://www.Facebook.com/nerdtropolis https://www.Instagram.com/nerdtropolis https://www.Twitter.com/nerdtropolis https://www.tiktok.com/@nerdtropolis
Riley Keough joins to discuss the process of completing her mother, Lisa Marie Presley's, From Here to the Great Unknown. Also, Jordin Sparks and Johnny Weir talk about teaming up for their new competition show, ‘Roller Jam,' and square off in a cake decorating competition.
Join us on Dope Interviews for an exclusive backstage pass to the adrenaline-fueled world of Roller Jam, the reality competition taking MAX by storm. Hosted by the one and only Jordin Sparks, with expert judges Terrell Ferguson and the legendary Johnny Weir, this show takes roller skating to the next level. Get the inside scoop on what makes Roller Jam unlike anything you've seen.From the raw talent on wheels to the high-pressure challenges of judging a sport where style, speed, and grace collide—this episode digs deep. You'll hear Jordin Sparks' personal take on the show's creation and the passion driving this roller-skating revolution. Catch the judges' most memorable moments, from jaw-dropping performances to heart-pounding showdowns.
Q&A on the series Roller Jam with judge & roller skating legend Terrell Ferguson and judge & Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir. Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. The top roller-skating crews in the country compete to see who will be crowned America's best roller dancing team.
TW: This episode contains discussion of suicide, sexual abuse and human trafficking (briefly when discussing the recent arrect of Sean Combs)This episode, as promised, is a more in depth look at each individual cast member of this iteration of Surreal Life (Kim Zolciak-Biermann, Chet Hanks, Johnny Weir, Macy Grey, Tyler Posey, Ally Brooke, OT Genasis and Josie Canseco). If you've never heard of the current season or couldn't find it, you're not alone. It was hard to access; however, YBT and Lyndsay recap the entire series while breaking down interesting storylines of each individual cast member, so you don't have to watch!Surprisingly, Surreal Life focused a great deal on mental health and wellness. YBT and Lyndsay talk addiction and recovery, anxiety/other mental health conditions, self-esteem and misophonia/sonophobia (fear of sounds and noises). YBT shares psycho-educational information about grounding and the 4-7-8 breathing trick for panic and anxiety. While serious topics were tackled, YBT and Lyndsay have a Kiki including lots of laughter and fun. We hope you enjoy!Please follow Lyndsay on Instagram (Vanderpod recaps) and follow her new podcast Recap Rodeo. Please give our podcasts a 5-star rating!Brand Ambassador: Please check out Iamhumanthebrand.com for clothing with a purpose. Code BISH20 for 20Your Bish Therapist YouTube channel is now featuring membership subscriptions. To subscribe, click this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu8bmVPTlWANg5v7rGRJjow?subconfirmation=1To join Spreaker Supporters club for bonus episodes: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/your-bish-therapist--6065109/supportTo find links to all YBT content: https://linktr.ee/yourbishtherapistPodcast website page: https://www.spreaker.com/show/your-bish-therapistDisclaimer: Posts are not intended to diagnose, treat or provide medical advice. Your Bish Therapist (YBT) is for entertainment and informational purposes only. The podcast, my opinions, and posts, are my own and are not associated with past or present employers, any organizations, Bravo TV, Grey Heart productions or any other television network. The information in YBT podcast and on its social media is provided for general informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat. Please do not act or refrain from acting based on anything you read, see, or hear on YBT, podcast or associated social media. Communicating with YBT via email, and/or social media does not form a therapeutic alliance. Melissa, operator of YBT, is unable to provide any therapeutic advice, treatment or feedback.
Paris Olympics are done, Denard Robinson's cop cam, Justin Bieber heckled, Eli Zaret stops in, Corey Feldman visits a medium, Drew Crime, bands with no original members, and Frankie Valli is morphing into an animatronic puppet. Paris 2024: Breakdancing captivated the Olympics for its pure stupidity. The butts were on full display in the Artistic Swimming event. Olympics are done… back to twerking on OnlyFans. Johnny Weir looked perfectly ridiculous. Tom Cruise made the closing ceremonies all about him. The USA dominates Basketball. Eli Zaret drops by to praise LeBron James, name-drop Mike Tirico, the NBA's massive new sports streaming deal, comment on Donald Trump's crowd obsession, cover the latest Jim Harbaugh nonsense, Michigan's middle finger back to the NCAA, the Wolverines low standing in the first AP college football rankings, MSU's rough schedule, boring Detroit Lions preseason games, quarterback contracts to come, the terrible Detroit Tigers and more. We watch the cop cam footage of former University of Michigan QB Denard Robinson's OWI. Jake Paul looks like he's on steroids. A new movie about Saturday Night Live is on the way and will be released October 11th. Nelly is 50 years old and still taking ecstasy. We only know this because he hit a slot machine jackpot. Frankie Valli is 90 and still singing… depending on how you define singing. There are many bands performing today with no original members. Molly Hatchet sucks live. Iron Butterfly is not much better. Kevin Bacon really wants you to look at his hair. Is Kevin Bacon hot? He certainly thinks he's a smoke show. Corey Feldman saw medium Tyler Henry and his mind was blown. Fred Durst confirmed the Corey solos are legit, but they are still atrocious. Amanda Bynes looks terrible these days. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are making a movie about Hulk Hogan suing Gawker. Murderer Gypsy Rose Blanchard is going to have a baby and it's a girl! Justin Bieber is an old man being heckled by kids now. Britney Spears played with 1/3 of Paul Soliz's children. She's currently beefing with Blake Lively. Elijah Wood was in town and probably thinks he's hot too. Drew Crime: The crimes of Linda Cooney. The Samantha Woll alleged murderer will not be tried again. Murder charges were finally filed against a man that had a relationship with a Detroit neurosurgeon that was found dead in his house rolled up in a carpet. David Copperfield sued for trashing penthouse. There a few things funnier that a leaky pool in a city high-rise. Politics: Kamala Harris is on the rise! Joe Biden did an interview and nobody noticed. Debates are on the way. Even Time Magazine couldn't land an interview with Kamala. Come join us in support of the Kirk Gibson Foundation's 8th Annual Golf Classic on August 19 at Wyndgate Country Club in Rochester Hills, MI. Come see us October 25th at The Magic Bag with WATP! Visit Our Presenting Sponsor Hall Financial – Michigan's highest rated mortgage company If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Page, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (The Drew Lane Show, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley and BranDon).
Election Day is today and Pennsylvanians will cast ballots for judges for the three biggest courts in the state. In the nation's sixth largest city, voters in Philadelphia will be electing their new mayor, Across the state, voters are choosing their next Allegheny County executive. The county encompasses Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest city. A former candidate for Reading public works director is suing the city after his job offer was rescinded. Figure skating icon and Lancaster County native Johnny Weir is stepping up to assist the Quarryville Library with a $1,000 donation. The move comes after Fulton Township supervisors declined to fund the borough's library because it offers materials about LGBTQ+ life and culture.Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's time for an absolutely MASSIVE interview today as we are delighted to bring you a chat with American figure skating legend and two-time Olympian Johnny Weir to learn more about his iconic career both on and off the ice! We find out from Johnny just which other Olympic sport he could've become a household name in and just how he was able to turn something unique into ice in order to teach himself to skate. We also learn from him all the incredible obstacles he had to overcome in order to make it to the Olympics, and just how an almost forgotten multi-sport event he attended in Australia helped him prepare for his debut Olympics in 2006. Added to this we learn his other unique Australian story and his connection to a very famous Australian broadcaster, why toilet seats are important in his Olympic journey and how Will Ferrell might be his biggest fan. If there's one interview you can't miss this year it's this one, so get to listening and get excited!
This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi and Daphne Backman and is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Monday.Website: http://www.thisweekinskating.comEmail: thisweekinskating@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisweekinskatingTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/thiswkinskatingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinskating_________________________________________EPISODE 47 SHOW NOTESNational Skating MonthKaren Chen EpisodeEvent Results Brief2023 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships | Video Archive2023 FISU World University Games EduSport Trophy | Video ArchiveNorwegian Nationals | Video ArchiveNeuchatel Trophy (Synchro)Britannia Cup (Synchro)Segment - General Skating NewsA Russian Anti-Doping Agency disciplinary tribunal has found that while 15-year-old Kamila Valieva committed an anti-doping rule violation, she bore “no fault or negligence” for it. Skate Canada announced the passing of Wilf LangevinTSN Article on Kaitlyn Weaver and Scott Moir's support of Skate Canada's policy also mentioned that Canada plans to push for an international rule change at the next ISU Congress in 2024Skate Canada unveiled the brand identity and logo for the 2024 ISU World Figure Skating Championships®.The ISU Skating Awards 2023 show, taking place in Zurich (SUI) on Feb. 5th in collaboration with Art on Ice, will be presented by Johnny Weir and Elma Smit. Stars on Ice announced its U.S. tour. Tour opens May 20 in Anaheim with stops in Seattle, Palm Springs, Chicago, Baltimore, Boston and Hershey. Segment - Recent InterviewsAshley Wagner, A Lavender Proposal, by Susan D. Russell, International Figure Skating MagazineIce Dance Opens Doors for Junior Team (Interview with Vanessa Pham and Jonathan Rogers), by Robyn Clark, U.S. Figure Skating Fan ZoneMeet the Vienna Teen Who's Changing the Figure Skating World (Interview with Ilia Malinin), by Jill S. Devine, Northern Virginia MagazineMichael Xie Aims to Compete Like He Practices at U.S. Championships, by Paige Feigenbaum, U.S. Figure Skating Fan ZoneLucas Broussard's new season after injury and illness, by Jillian L. Martinez, U.S. Figure Skating Fan ZoneBemidji figure skater to represent Team USA in World University Games (Interview with Wren Warne-Jacobsen), by Maggi Fellerman,The Bemidji PioneerSegment - Social Media UpdatesCayla Smith and Andy Deng posted on Instagram that they ended their partnershipMidori Ito posting videos of her attempting Axels at age 52 . Mitsuki Sumoto has announced his retirement from competitive skating. Segment - Upcoming Events for the WeekSynchro: Mozart Cup, Salzburg, Austria (Jan. 19-21)Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/this-week-in-skating-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Tara Lipinski won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics - earning her the distinction as the youngest individual gold medalist ever in Winter Games history! Tara joined us to talk:-That night in 1998 when she won-Her friend Scott Hamilton going BaNaNaS when she hit the triple/triple-Her new show 'WEDDING TALK'-How many people were invited to Pete's wedding? What? Really?-Her friend Johnny Weir
A literal golden girl, Tara Lipinski made headlines when she took home top honors for figure skating at age 15 at the Nagano Winter Olympics. A self-proclaimed hopeless romantic, Tara has now trained her prowess for pageantry in the world of weddings with her new show WEDDING TALK, now streaming on Chicken Soup for the Soul and Crackle TV. We talk about everything from her difficult decision to leave competitive skating, to finding a second act in TV commentating and fashion with her non-husband soulmate, Johnny Weir.A Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a digital media and commercial video production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network and learn more about our other services today on HurrdatMedia.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Tara Lipinski is an Olympic gold medalist for figure skating, she analyzes figure skating for NBC, she also covers the Kentucky Derby for NBC with her partner Johnny Weir. Tara has a new show out on the experience of weddings debuting Thursday October 13th on Chicken Soup. She joined After Hours to discuss her new show, and working with Johnny Weir covering horse racing. Check out Defo and Lubie M-F from 7-9am ET LIVE, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxmvF27-1OY_PGUZvAb7d9g Follow Defo on Twitter @DefoShow, FB - https://www.facebook.com/jeff.deforrest Follow Lubie on Twitter/Ig @LubieOnAir, FB - https://www.facebook.com/mike.lubitz1
Tara Lipinski is the 1997 world champion and 1998 Olympic champion in women's singles figure skating. She was the first woman to complete a triple loop, triple loop combination jump in front of judges, and when she turned professional, she won every competition she entered during her professional skating career. Her second career as a broadcast commentator and tv host began when she joined NBC, teaming up with commentator Terry Gannon and her now good friend Johnny Weir, she bought a bright, fresh, fun, and accessible approach to figure skating commentary that she has now expanded into a larger role as an analyst for both the winter and summer Olympics. In her conversation here with Nic, Tara talks about her admiration and respect for Kristi Yamaguchi and Scott Hamilton, transitioning into her broadcast career with Johnny Weir, and shares her opinion on the seemingly endless ways Russia finds to cheat in the sport, most recently in the Beijing Winter Olympics. Tara also talks about the music that has played a central part in her life. From winning medals skating to the soundtrack of the animated movie 'Anastasia' to the songs of Stevie Nicks, Bob Seger, NSYNC, Motown and her favorite artist of all time, Dave Mathews Band.
Dearest listeners, you didn’t think we would let the EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2022 happen without an entire episode of Miss Information devoted to the competition, did you? Julia and Lauren do their best Johnny Weir [and Graham Norton] impressions on this year’s entries, give you the highlights, and once again remind you why it’s worth your attention every year. Let us know which country would have gotten your twelve points in 2022!
We're joined on the bridge this week by ATV Podcast's Andrew Cunningham, to talk about the latest addition to the Star Trek family, Paramount+'s Strange New Worlds: the benefits of procedural narrative, the Shatnerian properties of Anson Mount, and horny Spock. Then we transported ourselves Around The Dial with I Love That For You, Our Flag Means Death, and B-B-B-B-Bosch: Legacy, and listener Keira hoped to transport the lazily crappish series finale of The Good Wife into the EHG Nonac. Johnny Weir won, Tara's soap predictions lost, and someone got a major lift from Tube Tunes 10 in Game Time. Grab your universal translator and beam up the latest all-new Extra Hot Great.Show TopicsStar Trek: Strange New WorldsATD: I Love That For YouATD: Our Flag Means DeathATD: Bosch: LegacyATD: Totally Nude NudesThe Nonac: The Good Wife S07.E22: EndWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: Tube Tunes XShow NotesAndrew Cunningham on TwitterATV Podcast on TwitterThe Overdue podcastAndrew at Ars Technica"Todd Glass Sells The NNF Folio" on YouTubeTara interviews Pablo Schreiber at GQ.comSarah talks about The Painter & The Thief on the Crime Seen podcastPhoto: James Dimmock / Paramount+DiscussionTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSupport EHG on PatreonThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up at 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! Extra Hot Great on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We're joined on the bridge this week by ATV Podcast's Andrew Cunningham, to talk about the latest addition to the Star Trek family, Paramount+'s Strange New Worlds: the benefits of procedural narrative, the Shatnerian properties of Anson Mount, and horny Spock. Then we transported ourselves Around The Dial with I Love That For You, Our Flag Means Death, and B-B-B-B-Bosch: Legacy, and listener Keira hoped to transport the lazily crappish series finale of The Good Wife into the EHG Nonac. Johnny Weir won, Tara's soap predictions lost, and someone got a major lift from Tube Tunes 10 in Game Time. Grab your universal translator and beam up the latest all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS
Juwan Howard's oopsie, Olympics finally end, Spotify grifters, injured LA Rams photog's bad tweets, the Covid Queen, jumping off a cruise ship, Drew Crime stories, and we investigate Paris Jackson's "show" in Aspen.Sundays without football make us feel empty. Basketball takes center stage.Juwan Howard lost his mind after he was "assaulted" and tossed some slaps as Wisconsin destroyed Michigan 77-63. Dave Portnoy has a complete different take than Dick Vitale. Nolan Finley wants Juwan FIRED! Mike Valenti will be extremely always aggravated on Monday.The Olympics are over and nobody noticed. Johnny Weir once again was the best part of the games.Lia Thomas dominates the Ivy League swimming championships.The Dallas Cowboys pay their cheerleaders $2.4 million to SHUT UP. It also surfaces that Jerry Jones' buddy up skirted Jerry's daughter.George Clooney is dropping an OSU Wrestling documentary. I'm sure Jim Jordan will come out in a shining light.University of Michigan stripped Adon Gordus of his emeritus title.Some dude took his new Bronco out for some donuts at Petco Park. Ben Verlander is "infuriated".A repeat episode of South Park featured Boltman.A bunch of Porsche's "drowned". BranDon's Porsche was among those that perished.Ice jams in Monroe are a bummer. A Frank Caliendo / John Madden impersonator is the best & most unnecessary man-on-the-street.Kanye Watch 2022: Ye's streaming service is off to a decent start (financially). Ye's "beef list" is long. Ye has a one autograph limit and may face charges for enforcing it.Chris Brown has a main move. It involves taking your phone and putting his powder-laced finger in your mouth.Jeffrey Epstein's bestie, Jean-Luc Brunel, has "committed suicide". Jizzlaine's family is super worried.Royal news: The Queen has Qovid. York doesn't want Andy Windsor to be their Duke anymore. Prince Charles is accused of cash-for-honors just like his brother.Ava DuVernay is the worst podcaster of all-time. Spotify sure has a lot of grifters.Michael Jackson's totally biological daughter, Paris, headlined St. Regis Resort in Aspen. We check in with St. Regis Resort to find out how we can book Paris Jackson.The San Francisco school board was such a mess that they were all swept out. Their DA isn't doing much better.AOC fights for shoplifter's rights.Drew Crime: 48 Hours covered the murder of Maya Millete. Drew tells a lesbian murder story, but gives no details or names. A woman jumped off a cruise ship to her death and the surviving passengers want free trips as compensation.We go down a cruise rabbit hole as BranDon brought sexy back in 2007 and Marc dined with the captain and some broad from the Dallas TV show.Jeanna Trotman has a hot new angle on Juwan Howard vs Greg Gard.The Freedom Convoy was shut down after Justin Trudeau invokes the Emergencies Act.We're sending the Country Music world on fire as two publications picked up our C.W. McCall interview.WPHS used our Frank Beckmann audio for their Warren school radio.Kim Potter has been sentenced to 2 years in prison for the murder of Daunte Wright.Kelly Smiley was everyone's favorite injured photographer... until her old racist tweets were unveiled.Jackson Mahomes LOVES drugs. And no, Patrick did not have to have an intervention with his brother and girlfriend.Stefon Diggs nails multiple chicks with huge boobs on Valentine's Day.Allison Gollust has resigned from CNN.The Trumps have to testify under oath. Donald Trump flushed feces, urine, toilet paper and his notes down the toilet.Dave Chappelle has 4 specials coming to Netflix.The Virginia Tech Hokies do a cute hammer thing when they hit homeruns.Valtteri Filppula led Finland to a gold medal in hockey.There was some kind of puppy story on Fox 2 but we were distracted by a smoking hot cop.Social media is dumb but we're on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew and Mike Show, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels and BranDon).
Happy Saturday! Alex spends the bulk of the show this week discussing the Kamila Valieva doping scandal, and how the phenom teenage Russian skater was failed by the adults around her. Alex also praises the commentary work of Johnny Weir, who should win an Emmy already! Also, the Aaron Rodgers gay jokes are starting up again. Ugh. Alex is off next week. The Sports Kiki will be back in two weeks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Stories we can't get enough of: Channing Tatum talks about his new movie 'Dog' in which he stars in the film and makes his directorial debut! Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski hold back their comments but not their feelings during Kamila Valieva's routine. Plus, more interesting TV news.
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Lori and Julia discuss how Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski "said it all" last night during Kamila Valieva's short skate routine.
HOUR 1Tom talks about the passing Kathy Tilton and how social media can be used for positive reasons and messaging State mask mandates lightening in Democratic strongholds / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/02/09/new-york-other-blue-states-announce-plans-to-drop-mask-mandates?Russian doping scandal in China Winter Olympics / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/beijing-olympics-figure-skating-medal-ceremony-delay-legal-issue?San Francisco officials asking residents to help by opening up a room to the homeless because of crisis / (FOX News) https://video.foxnews.com/v/6296779888001#sp=show-clipsGary from East Anchorage on Nathan Chen's wins, Johnny Weir's apparel, and continued frustration with lawmakersSuperbowl odds and line on teams / (CBS Sports) https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2022-super-bowl-odds-line-spread-bengals-vs-rams-picks-predictions-from-proven-nfl-expert-on-22-9-roll/Could a convoy pop up near the SuperBowl protecting Canadian trucker vaccine mandates / (CBS) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/dhs-says-trucker-protests-could-hit-the-us-with-a-convoy-starting-on-super-bowl-sunday/The Teddy Near story (named after President Teddy Roosevelt) / (NPS) https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/storyofteddybear.htmHOUR 2Dalton in Mat-Su on crack pipes and Joe Rogan and running for officeWill a black woman be named to the U.S. Supreme Court? / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2022/02/09/1078933311/black-woman-supreme-court-justiceTom talks about the need for more women, and women of color, leaders and managers and jurists and policymakers (as long as they're competent - as would be expected of any person filling a position of importance)Lakefront Hotel drops being Iditarod Headquarters after 2022 and PETA protests may be part of the reason / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/outdoors-adventure/iditarod/2022/02/09/lakefront-anchorage-hotel-longtime-iditarod-headquarters-will-drop-sponsorship-after-upcoming-race/Mayor Bronson invites Black leaders to discuss city issues / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/02/09/mayor-bronson-invites-black-community-roundtable/Salmon runs across Alaska down for another year / (AJOC) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2022/02/09/fish-and-game-forecasts-fair-to-poor-sockeye-runs-for-cook-inlet-copper-river/
Meet the young Team USA men's hockey team — made up of mostly college players — hoping for a new “Miracle on Ice.” Plus, Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir are breaking down Nathan Chen's gold medal win. Also, U.S. moguls silver medal winner Jaelin Kauf is on the Plaza to celebrate her win — plus a special reunion with her mother!
Tuesday, February 8, 2022: Update: The Ohio woman who was missing in Arizona has been found safe! Find out why the city of Cleveland says so many waivers were denied to serve alcohol late during NBA All-Star Weekend, why Peloton won't open an Ohio factory after all, when US figure skater Nathan Chen competes again, what Shanae Ankney is up to this week on The Bachelor, and more on 3News Now with Stephanie Haney Need a break from bad news? Watch It's All Good (News!) with Stephanie Haney, every Wednesday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMyXqO1tPuw Like this show? Check out the 3 Things to Know with Stephanie Haney podcast: http://wkyc.com/3thingstoknow Connect with Stephanie here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: 'I am very concerned': Ohio woman reported missing in Arizona during cross-country trip https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/ohio-woman-reported-missing-arizona-cross-country-trip/95-846f883c-f986-44d8-811a-80aa7bff2109 Restaurant, bar owners shocked after City of Cleveland only recommends hotels for permission to serve alcohol late during NBA All-Star Game Weekend https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nba/nba-all-star-game/bar-and-restaurant-owners-upset-over-cleveland-extended-alcohol-hour-waivers-denied-for-most-businesses-except-hotels/95-aa415c2e-9fd7-4464-9811-300722d4cbd6 Peloton pulls plug on Ohio factory; CEO steps down as company restructures https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/peloton-pulls-plug-on-wood-county-factory-ceo-steps-down/512-45db67c0-8ef1-4dcb-b570-3bdf5485f7fa COVID-19 in Ohio: State reports 4,385 new cases in the past 24 hours https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-numbers/coronavirus-ohio-updates/95-e2faeb56-d02a-443a-bcdb-141f2c7fafe8 3News' Austin Love shares mom's story of battling rare cancer: 'It's not the circumstance, it's how you respond to it' https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/austin-love-mom-cancer-diagnosis-multiple-myeloma-research-foundation/95-02b0b1d7-59b8-4f76-b615-6ec005d8a551 Austin Love vs. Dave Chudowsky: Winter Game Showdown in battle to raise money for charity https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/olympics/austin-love-vs-dave-chudowsky-winter-game-showdown-charity-fundraiser-gigs-playhouse-multiple-myeloma-research-foundation/95-a2cd9d9b-225a-4e0a-98ca-6a3667a5874b Nathan Chen looks to complete redemption: Beijing Olympics livestreams for Wednesday, February 9 https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/olympics/nathan-chen-beijing-olympics-livestreams-wednesday-february-9/95-7d80c849-0d86-4966-9a3e-48ba5a5667dd 4 burning questions about Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/olympics/tara-lipinski-johnny-weir-winter-olympics/507-e7c49039-7f7e-4a22-94d0-62c018265ab9 3 things to know about new Cleveland Cavaliers G Caris LeVert https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nba/cavaliers/3-things-to-know-a-cleveland-cavaliers-g-caris-levert/95-fc9a72f5-b9fd-4b5b-890a-a90a0917977d Joakim Noah pokes fun at Cleveland following Chicago Bulls' NBA All-Star selections https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nba/nba-all-star-game/joakim-noah-cavs-bulls-nba-all-star-video/95-a27d2747-3d62-4c93-8fd4-0fc9c3b142c9 The Bachelor's Shanae Ankney admits to lying in apology to women for crashing a date, gets selected for two-on-one date where one woman gets sent home https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/entertainment-news/ohio-shanae-ankney-admits-to-lying-in-apology-to-women-for-crashing-group-date-gets-selected-for-two-on-one-date-who-was-sent-home-on-the-bachelor/95-cacf05a1-6bf5-494b-a406-ae2c96a33590 13 ways to celebrate Black History Month in Northeast Ohio https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/black-history/black-history-month-northeast-ohio/95-d22968cf-0356-4aa7-a122-67b7585679f3
In a special edition of TODAY, we're highlighting the 2022 Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony and looking ahead. Plus, Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir are previewing Team USA figure skating and what we can expect. Also, we're catching up with Shaun White as he prepares for his final Olympic Games. And, Lindsey Vonn gives us a closer look at Mikaela Shiffrin's path to gold and what to expect from Team USA alpine skiers.
In this edition of "Halftime Entertainment" longtime MLB umpire Joe West officially retires, Anthony Edwards holds up his presser to order McDonalds, Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski explain their outfit choices and Tiki Barber defends the Giants organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
She was born in Philadelphia, lived in New Jersey and Sugar Land, Texas. At the age of 14, Tara Lipinski won the World Figure Skating Championships, beating her fierce rival, Michelle Kwan. The next year, in 1998, she beat Kwan again to win the Olympic Gold, the youngest ever in skating history. Once known for her triple-jumps, Tara now walks the Red Carpet, working everything from the Academy Awards to the Kentucky Derby. Starting this week, she and her fellow champion and fashionista, Johnny Weir, will bring their fun and expertise to NBC's coverage of the Olympic Games.
Jennifer Lopez details the struggles of being famous on TODAY, Masked Singer unveils Rudy Giuliani as a contestant--causing uproar, and Rihanna shares another look at her baby bump! Plus, 2022 Winter Olympics commentator Johnny Weir reveals Elton John's epic nickname for him & Tyler Cameron tells on dirty dancing with Loni Love!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
You know those people who just seem to be able to do anything, well Tara Lipinski is one of them. Aside from winning a Gold Medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics at 15, she went on to a stellar broadcasting career with her well-dressed counterpart, Johnny Weir and now is adding producer to her resume with a new docuseries on Peacock. To feel a little about your pandemic productivity maybe pour a drink on ice this week. Stream for free on Hisense Smart TVs, LG Channels, Sports on Tubi, Plex, Samsung TV Plus, The Roku Channel, Vizio Channels fubosportsnetwork.com, and XUMO or as part of fuboTV's subscription packages of 100+ sports, news and entertainment channels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Figure skater Timothy LeDuc (they/them), the first openly gay athlete to win a U.S. national pairs title, will become the first publicly out non-binary athlete to compete at a Winter OlympicsHear from:Timothy LeDucAshley Cain-Gribble (Timothy's figure skating partner)Tara Lipinski (1998 Olympic figure skating champion)Johnny Weir (two-time Olympian)Hudson Taylor (Executive director at Athlete Ally)Erica Rand (Professor at Bates College)Mike (Timothy's father) and Becky (Timothy's mother) LeDucRead more about Timothy LeDuc on NBCLX, NBC Bay Area, NBC Olympics and On Her TurfSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Al Roker is in Mayfield, Kentucky, lending a hand to the community hard-hit by tornadoes. Plus, the countdown to the Winter Olympics — we're exclusively revealing the plane that will fly Team USA to the Games. And, we're chatting with Tara Lipinski, Apolo Ohno and Johnny Weir. Also, an inside look at the experimental colon cancer vaccine.
Episode 149 | ICE GOLD (Season 19 Episode 5) Olympic Icons Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir need looks worthy of perfect scores for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games (already...?!?!). The designers are paired up for the short program (aka 1-day challenge) and if they can stick their landings, their outfits will get them one step closer to the biggest game of them all... NYFW! Nayland is back in The Workroom to talk through the puffy ruffles of it all. Join us!!! Special Links This Week's Cheatsheet! https://theworkroompodcast.tumblr.com/post/667983477198766080/ep149 We're on Patreon! www.patreon.com/theworkroompodcast . Listen to Linoleum Knife! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/linoleum-knife/id403079737 Michelle Kwan Skating to Fields of Gold: mmFind The Workroom Podcast: The Workroom on FB: facebook.com/theworkroom The Workroom on IG: instagram.com/theworkroompodcast And, keep sending your notes/questions/gossip to —> intheworkroom@gmail.com Find Hernease: Tiger Strike Asteroid Exhibition: https://www.tigerstrikesasteroid.com/tagged/andwhenyoucomeback Lenscratch Feature: https://lenscratch.com/2021/11/figure-studies-hernease-davis-the-body-as-absent-3/ Website - www.herneasedavis.com Twitter — twitter.com/hernease IG - instagram.com/hernease Find Nayland: Website - www.naylandblake.net Twitter - twitter.com/naylandblake Tumblr - tumblr.com/naylandblake Remember, Nayland is off Instagram! Find Patricia: Twitter - twitter.com/senseandsight IG - instagram.com/senseandsight Find Samilia: texstyleshop.square.site Black Lives Matter Initiatives - blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Asian Americans Advancing Justice https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/get-involved www.thelovelandfoundation.org The donation helps to fund the initiatives of Therapy for Black Girls, National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network, Talkspace and Open Path Collective. Loveland Therapy Fund recipients will have access to a comprehensive list of mental health professionals across the country.
This episode brought to you by the spirit of Johnny Weir.Whitney jumps into a variety of haunted lakes. Lisa takes a stab at the history of Sid Vicious & Nancy Spungen.Hayly details the lives of Ron & Joy Holiday and Chuck Lizza, who danced a little too close to their performance tigers and didn't end up quite as lucky as Siegfried & Roy.
8/10/21. Del & Emerson Dentist Trips, Olympics Wrap Up, Jenna Ellis v. Johnny Weir, Aaron Carter Singing Naked, Foo Fighters Troll Westboro, Snickers, Actor Adopts Daughter's Bestie, Grindr Data, Ejaculate To Fight Cancer & more! FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram: @EmersonCollins @DelShores Twitter: @ActuallyEmerson @DelShores Facebook: EmersonCollinsOfficial DelShoresOfficial Website: EmersonCollins.com DelShores.com TikTok: @EmersonCollins1
Kimmer Show 301! Big brother Cuomo steps down, More traffic banter, Issue with folding thank you cards, Liberal woke hypocrisy getting out of control, Infrastructure bill passes, Chrissy Teagan back on the air, Swimming Lake Tahoe, Lightfoot gets the cold shoulder from the blue, Freak show Johnny Weir, Bad theatre texting, and other interesting topics on today's Kimmer-castSupport the show (http://Patreon.com/KimmerShow)
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Doug's paper is wet. We have a lot of Veiled Profit listeners. Johnny Weir used Iggy and threw him away like trash. Caller Luke has been muzzled by his new GF. Chris Cuomo confronts heckler. Iggy has a king size bed. Iggy is not upset with Mia Khalifa. Iggy calls her a bunch of names. Iggy can't pronounce hijab. When did tramp stamps gain popularity? Tattoo discussion. Plowsy and Doug battle over generational values. Caller Ellen chimes in. Iggy is banty about the fan pin. Nicksy calls in. WWE Recap.
The girls were joined with Jill Kargman today. Jlo & Arod got engaged, Felicity Huffman & Lori Loughlin were indicted in a college bribery case, Chance married his high school sweetheart, and so much more. In the awards ceremony, Zoe Kravitz & Andy Cohen took home the gold. Emma & Julie ended the episode with follower questions for Jill. Remember to call in your thoughts/questions to the podcast: 2137617088 Or email commentsbycelebspod@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Brandi Glanville and Johnny Weir in Andy's Clubhouse. Vintage Scandal: Rita Moreno and Marlon Brando.
Chase might have been up late for Blues Casino Night, hockey chatter, why aren't we watching more Olympics coverage, Iggy gushes about Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinksi, bowling should be part of the games, Iggy holds American figure skaters accountable, asking why Russian athletes cheat so often, Iggy trolls for boobs watching Water Polo, Doug talks about the Olympic athletes using condoms, Biff joins the radio presentation, Petro-Mart presents Blues analyst Kelly Chase, Barrett's new Under the Radar column, Hoffman reads the Hotshots Email of the Day.
We're loving Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski's color commentary. Is “simmering” a part of your relationship? It should be.
Stars on and off the ice, Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir discuss their journey to Primetime and how the sport of figure skating has changed. Plus, diving into a surprise in the snowboarding world after two superstars, Sage Kostenberg and Kaitlyn Farrington, left the sport — and what they're up to now.
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Jonah Keri hits a double axel with Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater and broadcaster Tara Lipinski about whether she'd want her kids to follow in her footsteps; skating at 3:30 a.m. every day as a child; eating disorders in the sport; her skating heroes; schooling as a child athlete; thriving on pressure; winning gold at the Olympics; her rivalry with Michelle Kwan; an ice cream party with Wayne Gretzky; the transition from amateur to pro to broadcaster; Johnny Weir; and Tara's Life Tip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February 2014An interview with the legendary Dick Button. What hasn't he done? He's practically the father of our sport (if Jackson Haines were Grandfather). The two-time Olympic Gold medalist invented many of the jumps and spins we see today, and he invented figure skating commentary. He's a skater, producer, commentator, actor, truth-seeker, hall-of-famer, stirrer-upper, and figure skating's biggest fan. This first episode focuses on his new book Push Dick's Button, a fantastic book that is a really wonderful conversation on skating. 55 minutes, 50 seconds. [display_podcast] AM: Allison ManleyDB: Dick Button AM: Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Manleywoman Skatecast. I'm your host, Allison Manley, and this is Episode 73, an interview with Dick Button. That's right! You heard it, here it is! Any longtime fan of my podcast knows I have been chasing this interview for years. Years! And it only took writing a poem, some polite stalking, a pinch of begging, and quite a bit of persistence and tenacity — and let's face it, it doesn't hurt that he was trying to spread the word about his new book. All I know is that I'm thrilled to have been finally able to interview him. So, in case you don't know his many accomplishments, I'm going to list them off first. Here is the general overview of what Dick Button has done for this sport. He was the first skater to have won the men's novice, junior and senior titles in three consecutive years. He was the first skater to land a double axel. He was the first skater to land a triple jump, which was a triple loop, and the first male skater to perform a camel spin. And he was the inventor of the flying camel spin, also known as the Button camel. He's the only American to win the European title. He's the first American world champion, the first American to win the Olympic title in figure skating, the first and only American back-to-back champion. He is the first and only American skater to simultaneously hold all of the following titles: national, North American, European, World and Olympic. That's five. He's the youngest man to win the Olympic title in figure skating, at age 18, and it shocks me still that this record stands today. He is the winner of the Sullivan Award. In the 1960s he began doing television commentary, and has been gracing our television sets for decades since. He was inducted into the World Skating Hall of Fame in 1976, which was the initial class. He won an Emmy Award in 1981 for outstanding sports personality/analyst. He was a producer of skating shows including The Superstars, which was the first of the reality shows. He starred in movies and on television, and on the stage. The autobiography he wrote in 1955 is a fount of knowledge, and is incredibly well written. I highly recommend that you all find a copy and give it a read. And, of course, he is the author very recently of Push Dick's Button, a fantastic book that is a really wonderful conversation on skating. Dick and I decided to do this interview in two parts. The first will be focused on his book and all the ideas within. The second part will focus more on his career and life in skating, and will follow at a later date to be determined. Anyone who knows my podcast knows that I've been dying to capture his voice on tape for the fans. So, ladies and gentlemen, may I present — Dick Button. ----- AM: All right, Dick Button, are you ready? DB: I am. AM: So, thank you so much for your book. It's wonderful. I have to ask, why did you write it at this time? DB: And my question to you is, what do you mean by “at this time”? Are you saying that I'm a very old poop [laughs] and therefore don't have any understanding of what the hell is going on in today's world? Or are you asking it because it's been a long time since I have written? I wrote a book in 1952 or 1954, when I was a very young person, and then I did one other paperback kind of book a couple of years later. I don't understand the question “at this time”? I mean, that does that mean? Am I missing something? AM: I guess it is curious that it has been such a long time. I do actually have the book from the 1950s, and I think it's interesting that the book that you chose to release now, rather than being a biography or an autobiography, is such a conversational book. So I suspect that you felt the need to have this conversation, so that's why I'm asking. Is skating frustrating you to the point where you felt like you had to tell these opinions? DB: I'll tell you what it really is. Number one, it was in the past exceedingly difficult for me to write. The advent of the computer and the lectures that I give on gardening introduced me to an entire new way to write. If you write on your computer, you can erase things, you can change things, you can move things around, and you don't have to rewrite painfully every single word. So the system and the ability to write was exceedingly pleasant. Then I also have a very good friend who had gotten me a major contract ten years ago, that was with Simon and Schuster, and I had a great opportunity to write a very good book at a very high-priced contract. And that was at the same time that I had gone skating on New Year's Eve, and fell and fractured my skull, and got concussions and lost the hearing in my left ear. And I also had a co-writer with me, and it didn't work. We just didn't work out. In other words, it was too much. I couldn't handle it at that time. It took me about two or three years to really get my act together and to recoup from that fall. So the important thing was, this same lady, who is a great friend of mine and who got me that contract, her name is Pat Eisemann-Logan — I finally said to her, Pat, what can I do for you? And she said, I'll tell you what you can do. I would like it if you would come and sit on the couch next to me and tell me what the heck is going on with what we are watching. So I sat down one day and I just wrote out a couple of things, a few chapters, and she said, yeah, that's terrific. And I love it because, number one, it doesn't have to be The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire of Skating. It is a simple conversation. Conversations are meant to be interrupted, to have answers, to have somebody kvetch about it. Conversations can range from any subject to any subject, and that's why I like the idea of this. I did not want to do a history of skating, which others have done before this, and I did not wish to do a biography. I think there's far too much more of great interest around the world of skating. I wanted to do what subjects came up to my mind, what it is to watch for at the Olympics, and most of the questions you've asked me about this are all in that book. So it was a very pleasant experience for me, I enjoyed it no end, and I'm happy to have done it and done it the way I did. Although I will tell you that there are three books that you write and three skating programs that you skate and three pictures that you paint. They are, number one, the book you plan, number two, the book you do, and number three, the book you wish you'd done [laughs]. So if you can put up with that, you're a good gal. AM: It does seem to have worked out that this is the book you wish you had done. You seem very pleased with it. DB: Oh, yes, but there's a lot of things that I . . . listen, if I had started with all the things I made notes of, I would have had six more volumes [laughs]. I don't think so. AM: Well, I do love the fact that even though it's not biographical, that you have a lot of sprinklings of your history in there. I mean, I think that's a great addition to the opinion pieces that are in there, because there's definitely opinions in there as well. DB: Well, it's a conversation. It covers whatever's on your mind. The one chapter that many people have criticized, they say, we know what jumps are, you don't have to put a chapter in there saying the different jumps. But my doctor said to me, "Dick, my daughter skates and we all really like watching the skating, but I can't tell one jump from another, how can I do that?" And it annoyed him. So I put in this brief explanation, if you don't know what a jump is, there's three or four or five or six pages of it, and if you already know which jumps are which — skip over it! This is not the end of the world book. This is not the end of the world subject. It is a conversational piece. And I hope like the devil that people can figure out that they can learn something from it. Because I enjoyed very much doing it. AM: Well, great. And I do want to ask you some questions about it, obviously without giving away too much, because people should buy it and read it, of course [laughs]. DB: [laughs] Well, we don't have long enough on this conversation, so go ahead and spring your questions. AM: Well, one of the things you are concerned about is losing the theatrical part of skating. And I wonder, from a competitive standpoint, how you think it can be preserved. There are a lot of people trying to preserve it outside of competition, but in the competitive arena, what are your thoughts on that? DB: Let me also start out by saying that competition, the Olympic Games which we're about to start into in another day or two — they get the most audience. Figure skating and dancing, they're kissing cousins, and figure skaters have the opportunity to become instantly famous and household names. Dancers don't have that. So if a figure skater has that opportunity, and the Olympic competition is there, it's marvelous that they take part and do it. However, figure skating is a complete sport. It's a sport that has music, choreography, costuming, performance level, story level — it has so many different aspects that are intimately intertwined with each other. Figure skating is theatre, and I don't care who tells me that it's not. The head of the ISU, the head of the Olympic Committee, and a lot of guys get all honked about it and say it's not a sport. Well, don't watch it! If you think it's not a sport, don't watch it, and I couldn't care less. However, the point is very simply that it is all of these things. It is theatre, it always has been theatre, and it will always continue to be theatre. And that is the very reason that makes it so popular at the Olympic Games. Now the reason I'm saying this is, there's an old saying that Oleg Protopopov used to tell me all the time, and that was, “Deek! Deek! You cannot have artistry without technique. But neither can you have technique without artistry”. The old votes, the old judging system had two marks. They were for technical merit and for artistic impression. The new marks, in essence, if you really want to see what the icing on top of the cake is, the subterfuge of it all, is they have all the marks that you get on your point system first, and then they have the component scores. Have you ever read the component scores? AM: I have. DB: Then you know that they mix together choreography, step sequences, footwork, et cetera, et cetera, and they have something like 27 or 28 different criteria to figure and allot to a skater's program within about two seconds. That's almost an impossible thing. And also, you will never know what it's about because it's secret. All I'm saying is that yes, there are many other organizations — there's Disney on Ice and Stars on Ice and individual singles skating here and there, and there's ensemble skating with the Ice Theatre of New York, and there's synchronized skating, and there's all kind of things. But it's the theatrical performance level that mesmerizes us. I mean, why did we look at Katarina Witt? Not only was she sensational looking, but she had personality and pizzazz. Let me ask you a question. Why is Evgeni Plushenko such a hot subject? I'll tell you why. Because he has personality. He's a great jumper, not a great spinner. But he has personality. He has pizzazz. And you can't take your eyes off him, watching what he's going to do. He will bamboozle you with his wrist movements . . . AM: He'll make you think he's skating with those wrist movements [laughs]. DB: Of course, I've seen him do that half a dozen times. He stops and does a bunch of fancy wrist movements around his belt line, and that's supposed to be great theatrical skating or something. Let me tell you something. Who is it that you want to watch at this Olympic Games? Who is it they are looking forward to watching? AM: Jeremy Abbott and Jason Brown. DB: You mean you want to see the competition between them. AM: The competition between them, but I think both are so wonderful. They bring something so different. DB: Absolutely right. And so do half a dozen of these skaters. I think what you really want to see also is Davis and White and how they impact the show. And who do we remember out of the past? Come on, you remember the stars that had pizzazz, that had presence, that grabbed you. There's a whole chapter in my book there about entrances and exits, and it's all about the difference between an Irina Slutskaya entering the skating arena — the first thing she does is skate over to her coach, takes a swig of water, high fives her coach, and adjusts the pants on her dress. And the next thing she does is blow her nose. Now, come on, is that theatre? That's not a humdinger of an entrance. The point is that, how does Katarina Witt do it? She doesn't lose for one moment the presence, the theatre aspect of it. And the gal we remember most of those two has gotta be Katarina Witt. And that's why there's a chapter in the book called "Where Are You When We Need You, Katarina Witt?" And . . . what else can I tell you? [laughs] This is my favorite rant. AM: You're passionate and I love it. I love every minute of it. DB: Well, come on, you know, it's a fun activity. It's a very complicated activity. It has so many elements to it that you simply cannot avoid any one of them. And the level of performance is one of those characteristics. AM: Yes. Well, you are a vocal critic of the judging system, but I am curious because you have said that there are parts of it that you think are worth preserving. What parts would that be? DB: Well, for example, I think you should always have a markdown if you fall. Right now what we are seeing is — how many people fell in the last [2014] National Championship, both men and women, in the different parts. How many people fall down? AM: Not a lot this year, actually. DB: Well, Ashley Wagner, she did. But you're being rewarded if you do a quadruple jump and you fall down but you're rotated almost enough to complete the thing in the air. This is all part of Ottavio Cinquanta's desire to — if he had his way, he would not have any judges there at all, and it would all be based on points and timing. I would like the fact that there would be no reward at all for a fall. And a deduction if you fall down. I write about this in my book, there was a communiqué from the ISU explaining what falls were. You don't know what a fall is, I don't know what a fall is, certainly. But this rule came out and then three months later, there was — I mean, the question was, what part of the body was the fall on, was it on your bottom, was it on your core, and if you were on your fanny, were you on one buttock or another buttock or were you on both buttocks [laughs]. And then along came three months later this explanation, this clarification, and then changes to the rule that explained what a fall was [laughs]. So you have to read all that to understand the sense of the nit-picking. Now listen, let me tell you something else, and I write about this in the book . I challenge you to count — take one of the ladies anywhere, not necessarily Ashley Wagner, but start with a young lady and start counting the number of times when they're doing step sequences and all of those wonderful things, where they raise either one or the other or both arms over the level of their shoulders. And if you start counting, my bet is that you will get to 20 very, very quickly, and then you can stop. They're like flailing windmills. That's exactly the point. That does not augur well, in my book. First of all, there's just gotta be less talk about it. Why do you have to have something that is exactly two minutes with so many seconds on either end of it? That isn't the way. You should have one program that is your technical program, and one program that is your creative or other program, but neither one should be acceptable or be able to be marked well unless it has the qualities of the other one. One should be of technical merit and one should be of — the old judging captions, artistic impression, they are in a sense that way now, they're just called something different, it's technical marks and the program components. AM: So I wonder, you do outline at the end of the book your wishes and suggestions for better scoring, and they do include that the two programs should be different and that there shouldn't be a time limit. DB: Put it this way, there should be a time limit, but a generous one. I mean, during the World Professional Championships, we recorded the length of time of every skater, and only once did somebody ever go over, I think, maybe four and a half or five minutes. So if you have three and a half minutes or four minutes, a generous thing — what difference does it make? Why do you just have to limit yourself? This is just the one program, not the technical program, the artistic impression program. AM: Well, I'm curious, what do the powers that be think about your ideas? Have you gotten any feedback? DB: No, I don't have feedback, because they . . . Ottavio Cinquanta does not want any subjective judging there. Remember, he is a speed skater, and all he can see — number one, he has two goals to his agenda. And once you understand a man's agenda, you will understand what he will do. His agenda is to have, number one, to never have another scandal like we had in Salt Lake at the pairs skating competition. And number two, he's all for eliminating anything subjective about the sport. He would like it to be like speed skating. You get over the line first, you've won. Now that is not figure skating. And besides he's said it too many times, and he's the one who put the new rules system in. My chapters go into all of that and show the chicanery that was involved with it. And now because he [laughs] made a contractual offer and placed every officer in their position for an additional period of time, he will now remain as head of the ISU until the year 2016. It's a chapter in the book as well. AM: You have always been an advocate for great spinning. You've talked about Dorothy Hamill, Lucinda Ruh, Ronnie Robertson, so I have to wonder, that in the new judging system, it has to be nice that at least you see the spins getting rewarded even if you don't always love the positions. DB: Well, I find that the multiple levels — you know, everything that you look at, there's a grade of execution, there's a level of difficulty. If you add more moves and turns into your spin, you get more points. But nobody gets points for blurred spinning. Nobody gets points for the things that used to make the audience stand on their feet and cheer. Spinning is just as important as jumping, and it's one of the two major technical elements in skating, the other being jumping and then of course there's spinning. And when you see somebody moving from position to position and changing their edges, all that sort of thing, you're not looking at the spin. At least have one spin that reflects the total true quality of a fast, delayed, long lived spin, where everything counters on the centering and everything counters on the blurring of it and on the finishing of it. Look, I don't have to have everything that I like, it's what other people like too, but I will tell you, there's very little to cheer for when you get a 243.8 personal best score. That doesn't give the average person an understanding of what the heck the score is all about, except that somebody else can get 283.9. And I trust that was more than the first number I gave [laughs]. AM: Well, I've actually always wanted that. I've always wanted there to be at least one spin that was skaters' choice, if you will, that they could do just for choreographic effect. Just like they've finally done with the step sequences, where you can just do one that you don't have to do without so many turns and flailing and windmilling, but it's one that just works with the music. DB: Well, there's very little — you can't really create things that are unusual or unexpected or different and expect to get anywhere under the current judging system. AM: Well, you have of course mentioned before that the ISU needs to be split, that skating shouldn't be run by a speed skater any longer. It's going to be a while, of course, since Ottavio wrote his own contract . . . DB: Well, of course he did, and nobody stood up to him. Nobody was able to stand up to him because he has cultivated so many federations which are all speed skating federations which get their money from figure skating. So what do they care? Why would they care what the rules for figure skating are, any more than a figure skater would care less whether the speed skating race is another 50 meters or not? That's up to the speed skaters to understand that. And the very fact that they — did you know that there are over 80 federations in the world of skating? AM: I didn't know there were that many. DB: Over 80, and most of them all — the majority either are speed skating or joint speed skating and figure skating. And they get money from figure skating, the ISU pays them money from figure skating. And the end result is that of course they're going to do what he wants. AM: Do you think there's anyone out there right now who can challenge him, who can be the next great leader, to separate the two? DB: I think probably everybody is scared beyond belief. You see, the impact of the Olympic Games is always the most publicized event, but I can guarantee you, even the world championships which are taking place after the Olympic Games, they're not going to be on live. They're going to be in about two weeks in a summary program on NBC. Now maybe there's some obscure cable system or Ice Network that will show them, but you have to buy that cable system. I'm sure there will be recordings of it. But [laughs] here's a world championship that will be coming up a month later than the Olympic Games. Wouldn't you think it should deserve — and it used to always be very much of a highlight. Now it's sloughed off and it's shown a week or two weeks later after the world championship is over. I don't like that. AM: I don't either. All right, well, let's move on from the judging and talk about which skaters for you right now are really exciting. You've mentioned Davis and White. DB: Well, look, let me tell you something. My book covers a point about to wilt or not to wilt. When you have somebody who simply does not wilt, that in itself is exciting. And many a time, those people that can rise to the occasion, and suddenly pull together a program that is phenomenal — it's what you want to see. I mean, I found myself rising out of my seat when Jason Brown performed, because he in a sense broke the rules. It will be very interesting to see how he fares in this international competition, when he has competition from not only Jeremy Abbott but from Chan, Plushenko, Denis Ten, Javier Fernandez, and the Japanese skaters. It'll be very interesting to see how he compares in that to them. Remember, the national championship is one where it's a single country. And there aren't countries that are vying to improve their lot because that's the way they get money from the ISU. It's a different situation. I hope like the devil that he does brilliantly. I find him a fascinating skater and I was entranced by the choreography. And the choreography was done by Rohene Ward. I remember talking to him a couple of years ago, saying, you are going to keep on skating, aren't you? And he said, no, I'm not. And I felt that was a great loss. I'm very happy now to see him back in force as a choreographer. AM: Yes. And I'm happy to see someone, that he has a student that can interpret that choreography so well. Because, you know, Rohene was a very unusual talent, and oddly enough Jason has a lot of the same qualities, with his extreme flexibility and his showmanship. DB: Wait a minute. Are you telling me that that flexibility can't be gained by other people? They can, if they would understand what that is and follow that. AM: No, but I think Rohene was very unusual for a male skater to be able to use it to choreographic effect. DB: Why as a male skater? AM: Well, because most men, if they could do the splits like that, they certainly wouldn't lower themselves on the ice and pull themselves back up and do a lot of — Johnny Weir could lift his leg all the way up before a lutz, too, just like Jason and Rohene can, but it is unusual. DB: Well, that's because they don't follow that either. If you look at the number of skaters among the ladies that – well, look, there's a totally developable way. Guys can learn. You see it in gymnastics, for heaven's sake, If they do it, why can't figure skaters? Look, this is called the development of the — right now, I can guarantee you there's very, very little of the component score voting for some of the stuff that Jason Brown did. He was marvelous in the fact that he did not open his program with the single most difficult jump that he could. I'm really fascinated to see how the international version of this will work out, the international competition coming up in the Olympic Games. AM: So you did mention that he is a bit of a rule breaker in that sense, and you have said in your book that rules are made to be broken. And you did use Torvill and Dean as a perfect example of that, of course, from 1984. Is there a rule that you see right now that you wish someone would break, or push a little more? DB: Yeah. If you look at the rules of the component scores, you will see that, number one, they include skating skills, transitions/linking footwork and movement, performance and execution, choreography, and composition. Now what is the difference between choreography and composition, and transitional and linking footwork and movement, et cetera? I mean, aren't these the same things? AM: To me they are. To me it's semantics. DB: That's right. And isn't it better to have a skater develop that through their own intelligence rather than having to control those step sequences through it? And the linking movement and the linking footwork? And the transitions and the linking movement? [laughs].There was a wonderful English lady who would always comment on English television, and she had a very high voice, and when it came out, linking movements, we were all happily amused [laughs]. AM: Well, that's a good challenge for the next person listening to this, to try to push those boundaries a little bit per Dick Button's request. All right. So, you have a chapter on music choices, and there are a lot of choices as you know that are constantly overused and that we are all tired of hearing about. So is there a piece of music that you have never gotten tired of hearing, that you feel is underutilized? DB: Look, these pieces of music are time-honored pieces of music. So if you look at, for example, Swan Lake, I still will go, when I go to the theatre in the winter time, I still will go to New York City and see Swan Lake. I mean, it doesn't stop any more than certain songs that you get tired of. It is the way they're developed, and I do a whole thing in this book on the development of music by the skater, and whether they understand what the music is saying. And when you pick a piece of music like Carmen or Swan Lake, it comes with over a hundred years — one comes with much more than a hundred years and one comes from close to a hundred years — of very fine history and development and interpretation. Are you telling me that because six skaters do it within a two-year period of time that you're tired of it? I find it's that the skater hasn't developed it. We're always seeing different interpretations of dance, and if you get tired of Swan Lake being done, then try to bring a great quality into it that makes it sing. Swan Lake is wonderful for skating because it has long sweeping movements. It is not Irish clog dancing or step dancing. AM: Well, I think if you're going to pick, and this is my opinion, but I think if you're going to pick one of the commonly used pieces, you better make it good and different and that's what I think — Samantha Cesario, I don't know if you saw her program, when she did it this year at Nationals I thought it was fantastic. And I am not a fan of using Carmen because I think that after Debi Thomas and Katarina Witt had the battle of the Carmens, you'd better leave Carmen pretty dead. You know? [laughs] DB: But one of the things is, you have to understand what the music is. I write about this in the book, and I talk about Mao Asada who is a lovely skater and a very nice person. But she had all the white feathers and all the music, et cetera, but there was no understanding of the movement of a swan in that. There was no understanding of the history of Swan Lake. I mean, you can't have a program that has been performed for more than one hundred years now, nearly one and a half centuries, in great companies with great choreography and great sweeping music, and not understand what that performance level is. You must understand the music, you must be able to — and there are different interpretations of the music, different orchestrations, there are many times different ones. Whatever the piece of music it is that you choose, you can find sometimes more than one interpretation, and unfortunately we don't hear about that on the commentary, I don't think. AM: Is there a piece of music you would like to hear more? DB: Look, that's like saying is there a great skater that I'd like to see more of. Always! Always. I like great skating. That's all I'm saying, I like the best. And I want to be — it's theatre, it's athletic ability, it's competition, it's technical demands, it's music, it's choreography, it's costuming, it's the whole kit and caboodle. And I guarantee you, do you think they're going to cut out — I wouldn't be at all surprised, if Ottavio Cinquanta had his way, that he would make everybody wear the same costume for the team competition. AM: They were talking about that. One of the articles this week was talking about putting all the athletes in Nike outfits [laughs]. DB: Yeah, yeah, yeah, remind me of one event I don't want to see if that's the case [laughs]. Oh, gawd. If you have a great product, don't mess with it. Skating was a great product. Now we've messed with it so completely and for so long that it's very disheartening. Remember, you're not a member of the rules committee if you're not making rules. If you're a rule maker, you have to be making rules or otherwise you're not a rule maker. AM: [laughs] They got a little over-zealous. All right. Your commentary is epic. People still talk about it, they miss hearing you, your catchphrases have inspired a drinking game and compilations on YouTube. And you have gotten some heat for your comments such as “refrigerator break”. DB: I'd like to address that. What the heck, would it have been better if I had said, it will give you an opportunity to make a toilet break? I don't think so. A refrigerator break — you know, I think I got over 1100 letters from people saying that I had only said that, I wouldn't have said that if this, that, and the other thing. And I wrote each one of them back and I said, look, Angela Nikodinov was a very talented skater, but she was skating against Michelle Kwan, and there is no problem coming in second behind Michelle Kwan, but she was coming in fifth, fourth, second, third, fourth, that sort of thing, floating around. But what she allowed you to do was to lose your sense of concentration on her. That's where performance level comes in. She was a gorgeous, lovely skater, with wonderful technique and very, very beautiful on the ice. But she allowed you to lose your sense of concentration. She allowed you to switch off and take a refrigerator break. And after I answered that, I never heard anything more about it. AM: But she did listen to you, though. Because she came back amazing the next year. She made you pay attention. DB: [laughs] Well, that's my gold medal. My gold medal is when I hear, when I make a criticism of somebody and then I see later that they have either improved it or changed it. One of the things I always said about Evgeni Plushenko was, way back in 2002, I said, he's a wonderful jumper but he's a lousy spinner. And the next year, or two years, I was at a championship, and he said, how are my spins? Are they better? So he was listening, and he made it good. And his spins were better. And that's a great compliment to me, when somebody does that. AM: So how many skaters would you say have come up to you and talked to you about your comments about their performance? DB: Well, I had a lot of skaters say, can you point it out to me. One of them was Jason Dungjen and his partner, Kyoko Ina. Kyoko Ina had exquisite posture and stretch and arching of the back, and Jason was like a nice all-American skater without that same stretch. So when they did a pair move, hers was extended beautifully and his was not parallel to it. As soon as I pointed that out to him, he understood exactly what I was talking about, and I think they worked hard on it. So that was a great honor to me. That is my gold medal, my reward, when a skater will do that. And look, you really only criticize, I say this in the book, you really only criticize a skater if they're talented. If they're not talented, it doesn't spark comment. AM: Would you say the refrigerator break comment was the largest reaction you've gotten over the years from fans, or was there another one? DB: It was one of them. Another one of them was when I commented one time about, I think it was crossing the street in New York, and everybody said, oh, you wouldn't have said that if the skater that I was referring to wasn't black. And come on, I encourage my kids to cross the street, I say, stop and look in both directions, otherwise you'll get run over and then you'll look like a pancake on that road. It's about an awareness of your surroundings, and you've got to be aware of the surrounding effect in an arena. How many times do you see — go back and look at programs. That's why some day I would like to see a great media museum of skating. Because if you go back and you look at these performances and you consider them, then you will never forget that. And it will apply itself, it will be another basis for another understanding of what it is that you're doing. Every position you take on the ice should be thought out. You cannot just do these positions where you see the skater come out and they take their position and the free leg toe is pointed behind and to the side of the skating leg — you know, the kind of position you take where one foot is flat on the ice and the other is on a point behind you. Look at the number of times you see, what is the position of that foot? Is it turned under, or is it not in an elegant position? If you want to see proper position, look at Oleg and Ludmila Protopopov, and John Curry, and Janet Lynn, and Peggy Fleming. And Dorothy Hamill, who became an infinitely better skater after she had won the Olympics. I was a better skater after I had finally learned, long after I had retired, and learned from — there's a whole chapter in this, it's called "Open Your Eyes, Dummy." And it was my opening my eyes which led me finally to understand what the heck skating was all about. AM: Well, I would love it if we finally had a media museum with all those performances. DB: There is the museum in Colorado Springs, but it doesn't have any money. US Figure Skating is not really going to support it because they want to support skating today. But sometimes the education, the media education is imperative. AM: Yes. Well, I am hopeful that one day will come to fruition, that there will be a central place where all that is housed, and it's not just Youtube [laughs]. So, all right, your book, I sort of felt like as I was reading it, and this is sort of getting heavy here, I really felt that it was a metaphor for living a balanced and fulfilling life. It talks about centering yourself, breaking the rules, having a solid foundation, fighting the good fight, not wilting under pressure, and having a whole lot of fun. Do you view skating that way? DB: Yep. You know, skating is no different than gardening, than painting, than anything else. You know, I hope you'll come some day and see my garden lecture [laughs]. Then you can do a conversation on that for a different sport. But all of these things intertwine. Why do you dress the way you do? Why do you speak the way you do? Why do you live in a house, if you have the opportunity to live in a house, why do you choose the style of house you do? All of these are inherent in skating, and they are inherent in everything else. It is called not only what the eye beholds, it's what the eye registers. One of my pet peeves is watching skaters take position in the center of the ice, when they skate down and they're on one foot, and the other knee is bent. Time after time, you look at that particular entrance move on one foot, and it's not a beautiful move, but yet there is every skater doing it. What is that move, what is that position supposed to be? If you ask the skater, what are you trying to express by that, are you expressing a welcoming moment to the crowd? You don't have to be on one foot to do that. Take a look at it yourself, and I urge all your listeners to take a look at that, and take a look at the number of times an arm flings above the shoulder. And question each and every one. Peggy Fleming, always, I would see her in front of a mirror at a rink, constantly checking out the way she finished a turn or a pirouette, or made a turn, and how the dress worked with it. She was constantly looking at that. And you will find that she does not make a move even today without knowing exactly what that position is, whether she's on skates or not. Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov, and I talk about this in the book, I went up to Lake Placid where they were getting a lifetime achievement award, and of course the Lake Placid club or whoever it was didn't have any money for publicizing it, and it was an almost empty arena. However, the Protopopovs skated in it as if they were skating for the King and Queen of England. And Oleg took an opening position with Ludmila, and you take one look — without them moving one inch, they took a position, and I said, that's it, that's their whole performance right there in that position. They were stunningly beautiful in that position. And they're well into their 70s, and there was the story, right there. My problem is, I can't look at skating — that's one of the sickening things with having watched it for so long, is that I've seen extraordinary performances, Belita Jepson-Turner, Noffke and Schubach, pairs skaters who were champions of the US in the 40s, the movement, their parallelism of their moves was extraordinary. They couldn't do throw axels and they couldn't know what triple side-by-side jumps were and so forth, but their pair skating quality was without compare. I mean, it was just extraordinary. All I'm asking the skaters to do, and everybody else to do, is to look at it, and say, why are we doing this? Each step, what is it supposed to do, and is it? Does it interpret the music and does it interpret — John Curry, we did a thing with Ice Theatre of New York, Dance on Camera, at Lincoln Centre over the weekend, and it was all about, it was a great deal of comment and production in the John Curry film of what he was teaching skaters and the way he was making them look at film. Slavka Kohout used to do that. She would take all her dancers in to see the ballet, or any other production that had dance movement in it. It wasn't about seeing it, it was about registering it. And that's the important thing. If there's only one thing I hope for in this book, with a little bit of tomfoolery that you don't get stuck into something serious, and, number two, that it opens your eyes. AM: I love that. All right, I just have one more question for you, then, since we are just days away from the Olympics. I am curious what you think about the new team event. DB: Oh, I don't really think much about it at all one way or the other. I think if they want to do it, that's fine. It gives a secondary skater a secondary choice, and it gives somebody who may not win a medal another chance to win a medal, and I'm fine with that. I don't have any great problem with it. You know, God bless them, what they're doing is trying to get another set of television exposure, and that produces money and blah blah blah. The one thing, though, that I did understand was that when the rules were not quite set in Budapest, at the European championships, the newspaper people were asking Ottavio Cinquanta what was the rule about such and such, and he said he didn't know. He said, you have to ask the Russians about that. Well, hello! Are the Russians the ones that are controlling the sport? I mean, the Russians are a hell of a good skaters, and very efficient, and they've got a wonderful team going, but are they the arbiters of our sport? That's my complaint. “I am a speed skater, I know nothing about figure skating.” AM: I know, it's incredible. Well, I agree with you that it's wonderful that there's another opportunity for skaters to get medals, because there's just been the one chance all these decades. But I also don't think that it was done for any reason other than ratings and money. I'm cynical enough for that. But I'm glad to see the skaters get another opportunity. DB: Right. But you've also got to remember that that's why figures are no longer with us. They didn't bring in any money, nobody watched them, they took a lot of time, they were expensive, and they didn't add anything to the income. So this is another one that adds to the income, and it really doesn't change anything. I'm sure they'll all do their same programs that they will do again. They're not going to create a new program now. They might for another year. AM: Maybe for the next round. But we'll see. To be determined [laughs]. Well, I am going to take you up on your offer and invite myself to one of your garden lectures someday. DB: [laughs]. All right. I just finished one at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and one at the Botanic Garden in Arizona, and I've done several in the New York area, in the New York and Connecticut area, and maybe there'll be one in the early spring or so in a nearby city to New York. So I'll let you know. AM: Please! And as we've discussed I'm hoping to come out and see you in a couple of weeks, and do another interview more about you. DB: Good. AM: And I hope that you'll let me come up and take a look at your fantastic art collection of skating art. DB: Oh, you're more than welcome. AM: I would love it. DB: You're more than welcome. You have a good one, my dear, and keep the faith. AM: You too. Enjoy the next couple of weeks of good television. DB: Thank you, ma'am. AM: And there it is. I have finally had my dream of interviewing Dick Button. I can now die happy. I think. Although, as you heard, he did want to have another conversation later. So we will plan to do that. And until next time —May you be a pioneer with whatever you choose to do. May you be as opinionated and passionate about your life's work as Dick Button is about his life's work. And as he says in his new book Push Dick's Button, on page 46, and yes, I'm paraphrasing just a little bit: don't skate to Carmen. Bye-bye!
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