“Saturday Night Live” cast members won’t be forced to appear alongside controversial billionaire Elon Musk when he hosts the show, Page Six is told.
“Speaking historically, if a cast member has been that unhappy, they don’t have to do it,” a source told us. “[‘SNL’ boss Lorne Michaels] won’t ever make them do anything they don’t want to do.”
The Tesla founder, 49, is set to helm the NBC institution on May 8 — but some cast members have made it clear that they’re less than enthused by the prospect of having him on stage at Studio 8H.
After Musk tweeted, “Let’s find out just how live Saturday Night Live really is,” cast member Bowen Yang wrote: “What the f–k does this even mean?”
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Meanwhile, writer Andrew Dismukes posted on Instagram: “Only CEO I want to do a sketch with is Cher-E Oteri,” over a photo of “SNL” alum Cheri Oteri.
Longtime cast member Aidy Bryant shared a message that many perceived to be a dig at Musk too. The “Shrill” star, 33, reposted a tweet by Sen. Bernie Sanders that called it a “moral obscenity” that “the 50 wealthiest people in America today own more wealth than the bottom half of our people.”
As for Michael Che, the “Weekend Update” host, 37, joked to Jimmy Fallon this week that he hopes the billionaire will uphold the “SNL” tradition of hosts giving “a couple million dollars” to each cast member.
Miley Cyrus has also been blasted for signing up to perform on Musk’s episode after some fans claimed online that he’s “destroying the planet” and doesn’t like women.
Musk will join the cast for rehearsals at 30 Rock beginning on Tuesday.
No cast members have pulled out of the show yet, we’re told. The source added: “Whether you like him or not, Elon is a very interesting character. … He’s very much a showman.”
Musk has courted controversy several times over the years.
In an interview last September, he downplayed the risks of the coronavirus, adding he won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine.
It may be titled for Leigh Bardugo’s other famous series, but Netflix’s Shadow and Bone is still everything I wanted as a fan of Six of Crows.
Like all fans of Leigh Bardugo’s writing, I was overjoyed when I read that her fantastic YA fantasy duology of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom would be adapted to a Netflix series.
I was admittedly less overjoyed when I read that the show would actually combine Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom with Leigh Bardugo’s first and perhaps more popular YA fantasy series, Shadow and Bone.
That’s no intended slight to Shadow and Bone, which I know has a broad and fervent fanbase and which I enjoyed reading (the first two at least). Rather, this is because the Six of Crows duology knocked me flat on my back and I never really recovered from them. The Six of Crows duology connected with me on a level that few books — YA or otherwise — have been able to do. I’ve read each of them multiple times and aggressively recommended them to friends and family on numerous occasions.
So while I was thrilled to hear that Netflix would be turning my favorite Leigh Bardugo stories into a television series that would bring Kaz, Inej, Jesper and the entire Dregs crew to life, I was a little bitter that they’d have to share space with a story and characters that existed in the same universe, but whose stories and journeys I wasn’t particularly interested in seeing.
I assumed that my experience with Netflix’s Shadow and Bone would be me essentially fast forwarding through all the Shadow and Bone parts to get to the Six of Crows sections, all the while lamenting that Six of Crows had to share a show at all with the other half of the Grishaverse and ending up embittered that my favorite crows had gotten the short shrift.
However, once the show actually dropped, I was pleasantly surprised to find that not only was I genuinely interested in all the Shadow and Bone parts, but that all the Six of Crows content left me incredibly satisfied and eagerly awaiting more.
Since Netflix’s show is called Shadow and Bone, I do feel like I should at least give a shoutout to that part of the story since I spent basically the entire lead-up to show’s release saying I didn’t and wouldn’t care about it at all and would only watch the Six of Crows parts.
I was wrong about that and I’m glad to be and admit that I was wrong about that, because actively disliking half a show so that you can watch the other half of that same show is a nightmare scenario and luckily not one I actually had to endure.
All the Shadow and Bone parts are fantastic, though — again — as someone who has only read the first two books once, I can’t say that I’m the best authority on how well (or not) Alina, Mal and The Darkling were adapted from book to screen. Granted, everyone even passably familiar with the story knew the minute Ben Barnes was announced as The Darkling that that was pitch perfect casting and the show proved that.
However, it wasn’t just Ben Barnes that made all the Shadow and Bone sections of the show more captivating, but all the characters. Alina and Mal in particular were, for me at least, better served by the broader scope of the show than the first person point of view of the books and the show did a fantastic job building out the world and crafting the main narrative.
All that said, while I’m happy to report that I didn’t just skip through all the non-Six of Crows sections (nor did I even want to!), I will also admit that it was all the Six of Crows sections of the show that I was looking forward to the most and all the scenes that I’ve rewatched again and again.
And as much as I’m curious to see what happens next with Mal and Alina (because I genuinely do not remember the second book at all), it’s getting to the actual storyline of the Ice Court Heist from Six of Crows that makes me want season 2 of Shadow and Bone the most.
The reality that we weren’t even getting actual Six of Crows book content in the first season of Shadow and Bone was one of the reasons I initially tempered my joy at getting an adaptation. However, mark this down as another thing I’m happy to be wrong about with this show, because getting to essentially see a Six of Crows prequel story play out on my screen was absolutely fantastic.
Of course, it’s always a little scary to see some of your favorite characters in the hands of someone else, living out a story that isn’t the one you’ve read or was crafted by the person who created them.
However, even if showrunner Eric Heisserer didn’t (previously) have a Kaz profile picture and (currently) a Six of Crows header for his Twitter account, it’s still obvious from the minute Kaz, Inej and Jesper step onto the screen that everyone involved in this show has the utmost love and respect for these characters and what Leigh Bardugo has done with them.
Since this is a prequel story, you do have to step into the show realizing that the characters we see on screen are not exactly the same as the ones we meet in the very first pages of Six of Crows. Kaz is perhaps not as ruthless as we envisioned him, Inej as we meet her in the show has not yet killed someone, her relationship with Jesper is not as close as it is in the books and the dynamic between Kaz, Jesper and Inej as friends and partners is still being built.
That being said, it’s clear that even if we’ve met these characters a bit earlier than we did in the books, they are still the Kaz, Jesper and Inej we read about and fell in love with in Leigh Bardugo’s story. While these characters and their dynamics are not exactly what they were in the books, we can see them becoming those characters and building towards those relationships.
And anyway, I always think it’s wise to watch adaptations with the knowledge that that’s what they are — adaptations, not direct translations. Which means we ought not to be precious about what does or doesn’t get brought over in the specifics or minute details, as long as the spirit and core of the characters are preserved.
The biggest surprise for me when it came to the Six of Crows part of the show was the story of Nina and Matthias, which is basically set off apart from either the main plotline of Alina, the Darkling and Mal and subplot of Inej, Kaz and Jesper for most of the show but holds its own and captures our attention.
The story of how Nina and Matthias meet and fall in love is told only in flashback and memory in Six of Crows, but here we get to see it play out in all its beauty and tragedy. Danielle Galligan as Nina Zenik is just as bright and disarming as she is in the books, and I was instantly transfixed by her. She embodies Nina in all her boldness and charm and managed to make us all fall in love with her almost immediately.
Calahan Skogman has a bit of a harder job as Matthias Helvar in that he has to get us to believe in a hateful character and then transform him into a likable one, but he’s able to easily embody both a vicious Fjerdan Drüskelle and a young man slowly unlearning detestable and unfounded prejudice while also falling in love.
Their storyline is the most disconnected from the rest of the show, but I was never impatient to get through it and was captivated from start to finish by their journey, both individually and as a couple. The two embody the enemies to lovers dynamic perfectly, and it’s a testament to the show and both actors that I was incredibly heartbroken to witness it all fall apart even though I knew it was coming the entire time I was watching.
While Nina and Matthias were the biggest surprise to me in the show, it was Inej, Jesper and Kaz especially who were the revelation.
While Jesper has the easiest translation from book to screen, there’s also a danger in making him too campy or casting him simply as the comedic relief. However, Kit Young gives a standout performance in a cast that was full of them, making Jesper delightfully funny without making him simply a walking joke.
He’s just as snarky and charismatic as I imagined when reading Six of Crows, with the same big heart and deep well of loyalty that makes him so lovable and so easy to root for despite his role of being a hired gun for one of the nastiest gangs in the Barrel.
Inej, too, translates beautifully from page to screen, retaining both her softness and sharp edges without glazing over either. Inej is my favorite character from Six of Crows and one of my favorite characters in all of fiction, so I was eagerly awaiting her small screen debut and I’m so thrilled that Amita Suman brings Inej to life perfectly.
Amita Suman’s Inej is just as graceful and deadly as the character deserves. She brings Inej’s quiet strength, compassion and steadfastness to the forefront, showcasing the character’s kindness and faith even as she commits crimes and throws her knives across a room with pinpoint accuracy.
And while Inej is my favorite character, it was Kaz Brekker whom I was most worried about in the move from book to screen. Kaz is a very inward facing character who benefits the most from the first person point of view in the novel, with his internal monologue during his parts of the Six of Crows providing so much of the nuances of his character. Without that internal monologue, I was afraid that Shadow and Bone would strip him of everything that made him interesting — either by highlighting only the jagged parts of him or smoothing him out until he was unrecognizable.
Luckily, the writers of the show are not only talented, they hired Freddy Carter to do the job — and what a tremendous job it was. Some of Kaz’s internal monologue was made external in order to flesh out his character — a necessary change since this is a visual adaptation — and Freddy Carter delivers each of those moments with the jagged edges we expect of Kaz Brekker with just enough softness that we, as book readers, know is lurking deep beneath the surface.
But it’s what Freddy Carter does with his glances, his movements and his intensity that truly brings Kaz to life. He’s able to portray the cool and collected criminal, the simmering rage just beneath the icy exterior and the yearning fragility that’s almost — but not quite — hidden by his darkness.
The dynamics between the characters is an absolute joy to witness as well. You can tell that these three haven’t been working together as long as they have been in Six of Crows but that they’ve worked together long enough to have a strong foundation. You can tell they genuinely care about each other — Kaz reluctantly, Jesper enthusiastically and Inej quietly — and over the course of the show, you can see how that trust and care grows.
Also, all the Kanej scenes are perfect, but that’s an entire other article for another time.
Just as with the writers and creative team, it’s obvious that the actors and actresses tasked with bringing the Dregs of Six of Crows to life in Netflix’s Shadow and Bone loved and respected the source material and their specific characters.
Not a single one of them are just actors playing their characters, they are their characters. That sort of faithfulness to the characters and the spirit of the books makes Inej, Kaz, Jesper, Nina and Matthias stand out even when they’re the obvious B plot in a much bigger story.
In fact, once I finished the show the first time and started immediately queuing it up again for a second watch, I had to berate myself for initially being skeptical of getting a Six of Crows prequel. How could I have been upset about getting more content about my beloved Dregs?
Despite being only (admittedly) weakly connected to the main narrative, the Six of Crows content was carried by the strong acting of all the Dregs and the writing, which cares deeply about each of these characters and understands their sincere connections to one another (if not their connection to the main storyline).
So while I was initially worried at the prospect of getting a Six of Crows prequel story, I’m now grateful for Netflix’s Shadow and Bone and glad that my favorite characters are in the hands of these actors and these writers.
Now, where’s that second season renewal announcement so I can meet Wylan, see all the Dregs together and witness the madness of the Ice Court heist?
WASHINGTON — With four flights now complete, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter will transition from being strictly a technology demonstration to a test of its ability to work in cooperation with the Perseverance rover.
Ingenuity performed its fourth flight April 30, staying aloft for 117 seconds. The helicopter flew to an altitude of 5 meters, then went 133 meters downrange and back before landing. The flight set records for duration in the air and distance traveled.
The flight was scheduled for April 29, but telemetry returned later that day showed that the helicopter never took off. Project engineers believe that a timer issue, similar to one discovered during a preflight test in early April, kept the helicopter grounded. They developed a way to get around the timer glitch without updating the helicopter’s software, a method they previously said should work 85% of time the time.
“There is a bug, and this is a workaround for the bug,” Bob Balaram, Ingenuity chief engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said during an April 30 press conference about the helicopter shortly before data confirming the successful flight arrived on Earth. “It worked out perfectly well three times and yesterday it didn’t quite work.”
The successful fourth flight now allows Ingenuity to move into a new phase of its mission. NASA originally planned to conduct up to five test flights over a campaign lasting 30 sols, or Martian days, after which the project would end, no matter the state of the helicopter. That would allow the Perseverance rover, supporting the helicopter flights, to move on to its primary science mission.
However, at the JPL briefing, agency officials said Ingenuity would continue to operate beyond the original month. “After assessing the Perseverance science strategy, there’s room to expand the Ingenuity demonstration into a new phase,” said Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s planetary science division. “Ingenuity is going to transition from a technology demonstration, where we prove the technical capabilities of the helicopter, to an operations demonstration.”
In that new demonstration, Ingenuity will support Perseverance as it starts its science mission. “We will now concentrate on the utility of an aerial platform, and work on operational products,” said MiMi Aung, Ingenuity project manager. That would include aerial observations of science targets for the rover and scouting paths for the rover to take.
That effort will start with the helicopter’s next flight, expected in about a week. The project team will use images taken on the fourth flight to identify a new “airfield,” or landing spot, for Ingenuity. The helicopter will then take off on a one-way flight from its current landing zone to the new one, which will be the base of operations for the next phase of the mission.
The extended mission is made possible in part because of the excellent performance of Ingenuity. “The technical performance has been fantastic, and exceeding all of our expectations,” Balaram said. “We had in our mind that there would be some issues.” The only issue, he said, was the timer glitch.
He noted the solar-powered helicopter has no consumables that would limit its life. The biggest issue is likely thermal stresses from the day-night cycle on Mars affecting commercial off-the-shelf parts used on the helicopter. “The expectation is that, at some point with enough thermal cycling, something — a joint or something — will snap,” he said.
The other major factor that allowed the extended mission is a change in plans for Perseverance itself. “Originally, we thought we would be driving away from the location that we landed at,” said Jennifer Trosper, Perseverance rover deputy project manager. Instead, scientists want to remain in the area for months, including collecting the first samples the rover will cache for later return to Earth.
Ingenuity operations will be limited, though, during this operational demonstration to minimize the effect it has on Perseverance. While Ingenuity had been flying every three to four days, the mission now expects to perform only one or two flights over the next month, once the helicopter flies to its new airfield. Perseverance also won’t be taking images of the helicopter in flight as it had on previous flights.
“We are hoping we can operate Ingenuity in a not-to-interfere basis with the science mission, in a way that, as long as it’s available and alive, that we’ll be able to continue,” Trosper said.
That operational demo is scheduled to last 30 sols, but NASA is open to continuing it for longer if the helicopter remains in good condition and is helping Perseverance. “We’re going to watch the performance, we’re going to see the kind of data products that we can get back, and see how the two flight systems work with each other,” Glaze said. “After that 30-sol period, we’ll assess where we are.” Glaze added the extended mission will have only a “very minimal” cost given the reduced pace of operations.
“We really do expect some finite life” for Ingenuity, Aung said, “so it will be a race between how long these parts surprise us in surviving and, in doing these operational scenarios, we will naturally be pushing the limits of Ingenuity.”
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Duke women's basketball has added six transfers to its 2021-22 team, coach Kara Lawson announced Friday. The Blue Devils played just four games before opting out of this past season, Lawson's first as head coach, because of COVID-19 concerns. The transfers are expected to be a big factor for Duke in 2021-22.
Guard Celeste Taylor, who helped lead Texas to the NCAA Elite Eight this season, headlines the group. She averaged 12.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game for the Longhorns as a sophomore. Fellow former Big 12 guards Lexi Gordon of Texas Tech and Jordyn Oliver of Baylor also are headed to Duke.
Gordon was the Lady Raiders' second-leading scorer this past season (15.7 PPG) as a starter and is a graduate transfer. Oliver came off the bench for the league champion Lady Bears and averaged 4.0 PPG as a sophomore.
Also joining the Blue Devils are guard/forward Elizabeth Balogun of Louisville, center Amaya Finklea-Guity of Syracuse and forward Imani Lewis of Wisconsin.
Lewis started 84 games in three seasons at Wisconsin, averaging 15.0 points and 8.8 rebounds this past season. Balogun was ACC freshman of the year for Georgia Tech in 2019, but then spent her last two years at Louisville, averaging 5.8 points this past season. Finklea-Guity, a grad transfer, started 96 games with the Orange, but was in a reserve role this past season, averaging 3.4 points per game.
"We wanted to be aggressive in going after players that fit how we want to play," Lawson said in a statement. "There are a couple things that we value highly. One is versatility. The other is two-way players -- players that can make an impact on both ends. All of these players can do that."
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have been spending time together in Los Angeles after her split from Alex Rodriguez, sources exclusively tell Page Six.
The Oscar winner has been spotted multiple times going to J.Lo’s California home during the day, we hear, after having been picked up in a white Escalade SUV that allegedly belongs to Lopez and then taken to her nearby mansion.
While the pair have not been spotted together, a source told Page Six, “Security picks him up at a nearby location and drops him off after spending a few hours at her house.”
Jennifer Lopez pictured in her white Escalade on April 29.BACKGRIDJennifer Lopez driving away in her white Escalade SUV on April 29.BACKGRID
Affleck, 48, has allegedly visited Lopez, 51, three times since she returned to Los Angeles from shooting her new film, “Shotgun Wedding,” in the Dominican Republic.
But sources close to the stars tell us they are just friendly and have remained so over the years.
An insider said: “They are friends … they’ve never not been.”
Ben Affleck gets dropped off at Bel-Air Hotel on April 29.BACKGRID
But A-Rod wasn’t the only former fiancé Lopez has allegedly seen since she got back in town.
Sources told us that Affleck was spotted at the same hotel a day before J.Lo saw A-Rod, on April 22, being dropped off by a white SUV — which later drove Lopez and a business associate to a business meeting.
Ben Affleck walks up to the Bel-Air Hotel after being dropped off by a car that allegedly belongs to Jennifer Lopez on April 29.BACKGRID
Days later, on April 28, Affleck was allegedly seen coming out of Lopez’s Bel Air home, sources said.
He was spotted again the next day, April 29, dropping his car at the Hotel Bel-Air in the morning and being picked up by the same white Escalade to go to J.Lo’s home. About 3½ hours later, the same white SUV dropped him back at the hotel’s valet, sources said.
Affleck was photographed exiting the white SUV in a T-shirt, jeans and sneakers, with a green backpack. He was also photographed leaving his car at the hotel.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, pictured here in the early ’00s, broke up in 2004.FilmMagic
J.Lo has been seeing famous friends after her breakup with Rodriguez. “When you’re that famous, who are you going to talk to? People who you know, other famous people,” a source said.
Lopez has reportedly been leaning on another ex, Marc Anthony, in the wake of the split, and has also seen her longtime friend Leah Remini.
Reps for Affleck and Lopez did not comment.
Page Six exclusively reported in March that J.Lo and A-Rod were breaking up — though they subsequently said they were “working through some things” before eventually pulling the plug. They’d been engaged since 2019.
Lopez has been rehearsing for “Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World,” hosted by Selena Gomez and also featuring Eddie Vedder, J Balvin and Foo Fighters.
He told the mag: “I thought I had a good work ethic, but I was completely humbled and blown away by what she was committed to doing day in and day out, the seriousness in which she took her work, the quiet and dedicated way she went about accomplishing her goals, and then how she would go back and redouble her efforts.”
Affleck also said, “Where are you keeping the fountain of youth? Why do you look the same as you did in 2003 and it kind of looks like I’m in my 40s … at best?”
Lopez shares 13-year-old twins, Max and Emme, with ex-husband Anthony, while Affleck shares three children, Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner. Affleck recently spent quarantine shacked up with Ana de Armas. The couple split in January.
Capcom, bless their hearts, have some funny ideas. They're releasing a demo for Resident Evil Village this weekend, but it'll only be playable for a week and will have a hard time limit of 60 minutes total. Heaven forbid people freely play a demo. But I'm still up for it because I'm well up for Village, so how handy that we can now preload the demo and be ready to get stuck right into our... limited fun?
Resident Evil Village's demo will give players an hour to poke around village and castle sections of the game (are there others? I have no idea). Capcom have previously released village and castle demos separately for PlayStationeers, available for a single day and 30 minutes of play, but this is the PC (and Xbox) debut.
The demo is due to be playable between midnight UTC on Sunday the 2nd of May (that's 1am for us in the UK, and 5pm on Saturday for Pacificians) and midnight UTC on Monday the 10th (etc). Originally it was only due to be available for one day, but Capcom extended it. And yes, it really is limited to 60 minutes. That's not 60 minutes at a time, like some old demos, it's 60 cumulative minutes. I assume people will quickly figure out how to bypass this limit by fiddling with files or memory or new accounts or something?
As of this morning, you can preload the demo on Steam. It's an 8.5GB download. The demo won't be playable just yet but hey, you'll be ready.
Resident Evil Village is due to launch on May 7th. I will be very disappointed if Lady Dimitrescu turns out to only be in the first ten minutes before the real villain is revealed to be a clone of Albert Wesker or something. Oh I'm annoyed just thinking about that. Capcom don't you dare make this Resident Evil game a, uh, Resident Evil game.
Capcom recently announced that Re:Verse, the six-player deathmatch mode thrown into Village for no good reason, will launch this summer.
OneWeb, the global communications network powered from space, has announced that it is opening a state-of-the-art Service Demonstration experience at the new Innovation Centre at Westcott Venture Park, which is run and managed by the Satellite Applications Catapult and was funded by Buckinghamshire LEP through the Local Growth Fund. Situated in Buckinghamshire UK, OneWeb’s facility will welcome customers from May 1 to demonstrate the performance and potential applications of their satellite network in real-time.
The Service Demo will showcase equipment and high-speed connectivity, and visitors will be able to see the OneWeb network in action including download and upload speeds and latency. The sales support staff will also be on hand to discuss the technology, potential partnerships, testing requirements and further collaboration opportunities.
Focused on attracting partnerships with commercial communications or internet solution providers, the Service Demo experience will play a vital role in launching OneWeb’s service for UK businesses. The centre will develop a long-term commercial proposition for its technology in collaboration with the UK’s innovative satellite communications sector.
OneWeb chose Westcott as part of its collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult to demonstrate high-speed data transfer through space to their 5G network. Aligned to OneWeb’s mission to deliver broadband connectivity and bridge the Digital Divide, this strategic business partnership is the next step in OneWeb’s journey to enable a cross-fertilisation of technologies to enable other businesses to collaborate and benefit from advances in the UK space sector.
Opening the Service Demo is yet another milestone for OneWeb as it continues to demonstrate its progress in the commercialisation of the network. In recent weeks the company has also announced an Innovation Challenge further onboarding of customers globally, and in March 2021, OneWeb conducted network demonstrations to the US Government and will be rolling out additional demonstration kits and demo centres in key markets globally.
Commenting on the launch, Michele Franci, Chief of Delivery at OneWeb, said: “The launch of the Service Demo at the Westcott Innovation Centre is a significant moment for OneWeb, as we expand our UK presence and lead the way as a global gateway for space innovation. As we continue to develop and deliver a unique LEO network product for the world, the Service Demo will create engagement and partnerships using satellite technology, for the benefit of future generations. The opening of this facility brings OneWeb closer to delivering on its mission to provide connectivity for people, businesses and governments, while potentially unlocking new research, development and manufacturing opportunities in the UK.”
Stuart Martin, Chief Executive Officer at the Satellite Applications Catapult, added: “We are delighted to be working with OneWeb to host their new Demo Experience in the Westcott Innovation Centre. This unique facility will showcase the possibilities of their low-Earth orbit constellation and the opportunities now made available in using this technology. This collaboration has the potential to create future business growth in a diverse array of sectors and represents an important milestone for the UK Space industry. By working with OneWeb, the Satellite Applications Catapult also continues to fulfil and maintain its own mandate to drive economic growth through the commercialisation of space technology. We are extremely excited by this development and look forward to some great outcomes for UK business in general, which will also lead to the development of other technology skills in the years to come.”
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The night began with three Crimson Tide players selected in the top 10: receiver Jaylen Waddle (Miami Dolphins, No. 6), cornerback Patrick Surtain II (Denver Broncos, No. 9) and receiver DeVonta Smith (Philadelphia Eagles, No. 10).
Waddle will be reunited with former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa in Miami; Smith played with Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts when both were in Tuscaloosa.
Quarterback Mac Jones went at No. 15 to the New England Patriots, and then the Las Vegas Raiders surprised much of the draft world by selecting offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood at No. 17. ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. had Leatherwood ranked as this year's No. 62 overall draft prospect.
Running back Najee Harris rounded out the class by going No. 24 to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Since 2008, Alabama has had 39 first-round picks, by far the most of any school.
Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani scored twice each as Manchester United took a giant step towards the Europa League final with a 6-2 drubbing of AS Roma in their semi-final first leg at Old Trafford on Thursday.
United's run of four semi-final losses under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should be ended after next week's second leg in the Italian capital after Fernandes and Cavani gave a display of class, providing two assists each to go with their goals.
Roma paid the price for three first-half injuries, including to goalkeeper Pau Lopez, which forced them to use all three sub windows before going in 2-1 up at the break.
But that should not disguise the impact of the quality provided by Portuguese midfielder Fernandes and Uruguayan forward Cavani which the visitors simply had no answer to.
United took a ninth-minute lead with a well-crafted goal. Paul Pogba's clever turn and pass to Cavani resulted in an inviting pass to Fernandes who expertly chipped past the advancing Lopez.
Six minutes later, though, Roma were awarded a penalty when Pogba slid recklessly into tackle Rick Karsdorp, with the full back's shot striking the outstretched arm of the Frenchman and Lorenzo Pellegrini drilled home the equaliser from the spot.
It got worse for United in the 34th minute when their former midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan fed Pellegrini in the inside left channel and the Italian's low cross was turned in by ex-Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko.
Roma coach Paulo Fonseca's inability to freshen up his side from the bench in the second half proved decisive, however, as they wilted in the face of a determined United.
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Cavani fired the home side back on level terms three minutes after the interval with a fine first-time strike after being slipped in by Fernandes following a swift break.
The Uruguayan completed the turnaround with a simple tap-in after Roma substitute keeper Antonio Mirante failed to hold on to a low shot from Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Fernandes made it 4-2 from the spot after former United defender Chris Smalling had clattered into Cavani and Pogba headed in the fifth from, inevitably, a Fernandes cross.
There was still time for substitute Mason Greenwood to join in the fun with a confident finish after he was played in by the irrepressible Cavani.
It wasn't quite a repeat of United's 7-1 win over Roma in the Champions League last eight in 2007, but it should give Solskjaer a chance to secure his first silverware as manager.
"I don't feel the job is done. We did a good job and did well but we know they have quality," said the Norwegian.
"We took most of our chances today, so we're very pleased with that. The character showed – we came back, we didn't lose our heads. For five, 10 minutes at the end of the first half we didn't look great, but we got it together."
His counterpart Fonseca was left puzzled how a team that was leading at the break could have fallen apart so badly.
"It's difficult to explain how the same team that did so well in the first half had that kind of second half. It's hard to play against a side like United without having the substitutions," he said.
"It's positive to reach this stage of the competition anyway, and also to play like we did in the first half. But in the second half we got everything wrong."
United will face the winners of the other semi-final between Villarreal and Arsenal. The Spanish side won Thursday's first leg in Spain 2-1.
Oil prices slipped on Friday, taking a breather after touching their highest in six weeks as concerns of wider lockdowns in India and Brazil to curb the COVID-19 pandemic offset a bullish outlook on summer fuel demand and economic recovery.
Brent crude fell 31 cents, or 0.5%, to $68.25 a barrel by 0630 GMT, the last day's trading for the front-month June contract. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for June was at $64.59 a barrel, down 42 cents, or 0.7%.
Prices also came under pressure after China's factory activity growth slowed and missed forecasts in April, although a private sector survey showed that Japan's factory activity expanded in April at the fastest pace since early 2018. read more
"The post-COVID-19 demand recovery is still uneven and the surge in Indian cases serves as a timely reminder that any rally to $70 is too premature," Energy Aspects analysts said in a note.
Such a level is likely to be reached only in the third quarter this year, when demand improves materially and destocking ends, they said.
The world's third largest oil consumer is in deep crisis, with hospitals and morgues overwhelmed, as the number of COVID-19 cases topped 18 million on Thursday. read more
The surging infection numbers and renewed mobility-restricting measures have "forced us to revise down Indian gasoline and gasoil demand" estimates for 2021, said JBC Energy's senior analyst Eugene Lindell.
Brent is on track to gain roughly 8% in April while WTI could see gains of nearly 10% for the month.
That would be their fifth monthly gain in six months as global demand has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels on the back of fiscal stimulus and the easing of virus lockdowns in some countries, while production cuts from OPEC and their allies including Russia eased crude oil oversupply.
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout and the lifting of lockdowns in several cities in the United States and Britain are also restoring confidence in travel, lifting fuel demand, ANZ analysts said.
The upcoming Labour Day holiday in China would also boost fuel demand at the world's second largest oil consumer.
"This renewed optimism is overshadowing headwinds in India, where a second wave of infections of COVID-19 are resulting in new travel restrictions being put in place," ANZ analysts said in a note.
LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Starburst, the world's first and only global aerospace and defense accelerator, hosted yesterday its Singapore Aviation Accelerator's first demonstration with its inaugural cohort of startups. The demo day served as a platform for the startups, whose technologies span across green aviation, digitalization, safety and sustainability, to showcase their far-reaching capabilities and immense value to Singapore's Aviation ecosystem.
The Singapore Aviation Accelerator demo day is Starburst's latest investment in its global expansion plans, and will be a catalyst in its efforts to accelerate the growth of startups in Asia through the commercialization and implementation of their technology with respective stakeholders. Starburst is championing innovation in Singapore through the Singapore Aviation Accelerator and the program aims to create a vibrant innovation ecosystem for the local community, creating good job opportunities for professional and young talents. Starburst partnered with Enterprise Singapore, Singapore Airlines, SIA Engineering Company, SATS, AIRLab (Innovation center setup between Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Thales) and Panasonic Avionics to jointly launch the Singapore Aviation Accelerator earlier this year and is proud to present its first cohort of startups.
Starburst worked diligently with these companies in preparation for the showcase, which allowed them to reveal their unique capabilities in providing viable solutions that meet the strict operational requirements of Starburst's corporate partners. Following the demo day, Starburst will continue to work with these startups to make connections with corporate partners and help them move towards the commercialization of their technology while expanding internationally through Starburst's global late-stage accelerator program.
Startups, investors, corporates, IHLs and government agencies utilized the demo day to connect and exchange ideas for potential collaboration opportunities in the air transport sector. Starburst is actively engaging various stakeholders that are providing fresh perspectives and innovation in the air transport sector, such as academic professionals and students from the Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) for example Nanyang Technological University, Temasek Polytechnic and ITE Central.
Mr. Law Chung Ming, Executive Director for Transport and Logistics, Enterprise Singapore said, "The innovative solutions showcased by local and global startups at the Demo Day will support the long-term sustainable growth of our aviation ecosystem. Startups would be able to leverage Enterprise Singapore's network of partners and local talents to test-bed and bring to market new solutions expeditiously. We look forward to partnering Starburst to grow the aviation industry in the new business environment."
Mr. George Wang, Senior Vice President Information Technology, Singapore Airlines said, "It is exciting to see many promising startups taking part in the Singapore Aviation Accelerator, and bringing new and innovative solutions to strengthen Singapore's position as a global air hub. Singapore Airlines is glad to be one of the contributing partners that have helped to make the inaugural run a successful one, and we look forward to seeing more ideas come forth in future runs of the program, with more startups to partner with to explore new digital frontiers."
Mr. David So, Senior Vice President for Transformation and Technology, SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) said, "We are happy to partake in the inaugural Singapore Aviation Accelerator. It has been exciting to plug into Starburst's network of innovative start-ups and getting quality innovative proposals that could enhance the quality and safety of SIAEC's operations and training."
"The accelerator program has provided us with the opportunity to work closely with like-minded startups in co-innovating in the Air Traffic Management (ATM) domain. Startups were able to tap on AIR Lab's public APIs to provide potential value-added services for ATM by working on suitable proof-of-concept use cases. And more importantly, such programs would support our ambition in strengthening the solution and talent pipeline in the local ATM ecosystem," said Chris Lee, Deputy Director of AIR Lab.
"In line with our desire to accelerate digital transformation, Starburst provides SATS with a platform to reach out to a wider group of tech start-ups to collaborate on unique solutions for the aviation industry," said Donald Lum, Senior Vice President for Technology Innovation Centre, SATS.
"We are very proud of our inaugural cohort of startups within the Singapore Aviation Accelerator and the high-quality solutions they are bringing to market and to our enthusiastic corporate partners," said Julius Yeo, Director of Starburst Asia. "We've seen a greater acceptance and push towards working with startups in the air transport sector and we look forward to connecting additional startups with our corporate partners to jointly build a more innovative ecosystem in Singapore and Asia."
Starburst is always open to working with promising and interesting startups in the aviation, air transport, and aerospace for its next cohort. Sustainability and digitalization are key themes that Starburst continues to place value on for future cohorts. Given the unprecedented unpredictability of the COVID-19 pandemic, corporations within the air transport sector are especially eager to adopt innovative solutions by working with startups to eliminate uncertainty.
To find out more about the Singapore Aviation Accelerator or apply to be a part of a future cohort with Starburst, please connect with the team at www.starburst.aero.
About Starburst
Starburst is an innovation catalyst in the aerospace and defense industry. It is the first and only global aerospace and defense accelerator, connecting industry and government with startups while providing strategic innovation and growth consulting for all. With offices in Los Angeles, Paris, Munich, London, Seoul, Singapore, Mumbai, Madrid, and Tel Aviv the team has built an ecosystem of key players in the aerospace and defense industry as well as 6000+ startups. Every year Starburst hosts numerous international and national events bringing together entrepreneurs in aviation, space and defense putting innovation under the spotlight. Starburst supports its clients to acquire and maintain leadership in new markets and identify and fend off disruptive threats. Starburst invests in leading aerospace and defense innovators. Visit starburst.aero.
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OneWeb, the global communications network powered from space, has announced that it is opening a state-of-the-art Service Demonstration experience at the new Innovation Centre at Westcott Venture Park, which is run and managed by the Satellite Applications Catapult and was funded by Buckinghamshire LEP through the Local Growth Fund. Situated in Buckinghamshire UK, OneWeb’s facility will welcome customers from May 1 to demonstrate the performance and potential applications of their satellite network in real-time.
