Romy has graced Glastonbury‘s Woodsies stage today (June 30) with a lush, romantic setlist – here’s what she played this year.The xx member took to Woodsies a day after her surprise appearance with Jessie Ware to play through hits from her latest album, ‘Mid Air‘, including ‘Enjoy Your Life’ and ‘She’s On My Mind’.Romy took to the stage at the beginning of her set to congratulate the crowd for making it to the last day of the festival: “You’ve made it to Sunday, you’re all legends… let’s keep it going!”She also acknowledged her performing on the last day of Pride, adding: “This is for all my queers in the crowd… Let’s go lesbians!”Along with her remix of Ariana Grande‘s ‘Into You’, Romy also covered The xx’s ‘Angels’, before closing out with her Fred again.. collaboration ‘Strong’.
Inside Netflix’s Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Docuseries: What ‘Cheer’ and ‘Last Chance U’ Director Greg Whiteley Learned From Following ‘America’s Sweethearts’ for a Season
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Angelique Jackson SPOILER WARNING: This interview discusses plot points from “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,” now streaming on Netflix. Last Thanksgiving, Greg Whiteley was on the sidelines at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas as the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders put on an electrifying halftime show with special guest, country music icon Dolly Parton.
The Emmy-winning documentarian, best known for “Cheer” and “Last Chance U,” and his crew had been filming into the wee hours the night before, as workers put the finishing touches on Parton’s stage (which had to be assembled in a way that it could be torn down in a matter of minutes for the game to resume) and the cheerleaders made last-minute tweaks to their formations. “The cheerleaders get 15 minutes of uninterrupted prime-time coverage.
It’s a huge deal. No other cheerleading squad gets this, and they get it every year, so they take it seriously,” Whiteley tells Variety.
“They spend so much time rehearsing and preparing for that day, which has become this American tradition — Thanksgiving with the Cowboys.” Whiteley compares the production — that year, a showstopping medley of Parton’s work capped off with a rendition of “9 to 5” — to riding a bull. “Watching Kelli [Finglass, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ longtime director] and the team try and stay on top was breathtaking,” he says, still visibly awestruck by what he witnessed.
“I’d sit at home and watch it and go, ‘Oh, cool. That’s neat,’ and it’s only when you saw just how freaking hard it is, you start to go, ‘Oh! These are pros!’” When the third quarter began, Whiteley was in the locker room interviewing Finglass and DCC’s head choreographer Judy Trammell to capture the comedown after the
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Jared Padalecki Says Goodbye to ‘Walker’ and Blasts the CW’s ‘Cheap Content’ Strategy After Show’s Cancellation: ‘F— It. They Can’t Fire Me Again’
Max Gao SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “See You Sometime,” the series finale of The CW’s “Walker.” In 2000, at the age of 17, Jared Padalecki landed the role of Dean Forester, the first love of Alexis Bledel’s Rory Gilmore, on the hit family dramedy series “Gilmore Girls.” Originally contracted for only four episodes, Padalecki went on to appear in the first five seasons of “Gilmore” and then booked “Supernatural” — both of which debuted on The WB before surviving the transition to The CW in 2006. For the better part of the next two decades, Padalecki would emerge as the face of The CW.
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Gena Rowlands Has Alzheimer’s Disease, Says Her Son and ‘The Notebook’ Director Nick Cassavetes
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‘Inside Out 2’ Stays Atop U.K., Ireland Box Office as ‘The Bikeriders’ Makes Strong Debut
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Meghan Markle's gift to Queen met with 5-word statement and lasted just hours
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America's Sweethearts Director Responds to Criticism of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders' Beauty Standards
. The latest , which premiered on June 20, follows the Cowboys' cheer squad—known colloquially as “the DCC”—from tryouts to training camp, all the way through to the end of the football season.The seven-episode series comes on the heels of CMT's Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team, a reality show starring many of the same characters, including DCC director Kelli Finglass, which ended in 2021 after 16 seasons.
Prince William arrives to cheer on England in Euros clash - while Kate Middleton stays home with three kids
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Here’s every song in ‘America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders’ on Netflix
Netflix documentary charts the physical and emotional strength required to become a member of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.Directed and produced by Greg Whiteley (Last Chance U), America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders follows the class of 2023 from the auditions to the end of the NFL season, with insight from the auditionees, coaches and executives behind the process.A synopsis reads: “With unfiltered access to the auditions, training camp and full NFL season, this is the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders like you’ve never seen them before.”All seven episodes of the series debuted June 20 on Netflix.The series features a wide range of licensed music, from AC/DC, Lizzo to Aerosmith.
How Much Do Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Make?
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‘Inside Out 2’ Makes Powerful U.K., Ireland Debut With 71% of Box Office
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James Chance, No Wave Icon and Saxophonist of the Contortions, Dies at 71
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Inside the Tony After-Parties With Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Billy Porter and Ariana DeBose (PHOTOS)
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What is the Order of the Garter and who are the members? From Charles and Camilla to William
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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Director Lee Cronin Sets Next Film With Atomic Monster, Blumhouse and New Line
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