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Frankie Muniz Of ‘Malcolm In The Middle’ Out Front 1st In Racing

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. It’s been a long since Frankie Muniz played “Malcolm in the Middle.”

Nowadays, he’s more like “Malcolm in the Front.”

Through the first three races of his first full season, the multitalented actor-turned-race car driver leads the standings in the ARCA Series, one of the lower rungs on the NASCAR feeder system. His ultimate objective is to make it to the Cup Series, but the 37-year-old Muniz has yet to illusions about how difficult that will be.

Especially because he’s still trying to figure out what all the switches in his current car do.

“I’m so focused right now in ARCA on everything I need to learn,” said Muniz, who was ninth fastest in practice Friday at Kansas Speedway, where the series will race Saturday. “This is the fourth of 20 races this season.” I expected to do well; I had no idea I’d be in the points lead at this stage. But I’m focused on carrying on and learning.”

Muniz has always been interested in racing. He watched some growing up in Charlotte and attended the Daytona 500, where he drove the Pace car in 2001, the year Dale Earnhardt died in a last-lap collision. And, back when he starred as the main character on the Fox sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle,” he dabbled in competitive racing.

Muniz competed in 14 Formula BMW USA races in 2006 before moving to the Champ Car Atlantic Series the following year. He raced until 2009 when a mishap left him with injuries that forced him to retire.

He concentrated on acting, even though “Malcolm in the Middle” had already completed its seven-year run on Fox and was quickly becoming a cult classic, and began moonlighting as the drummer in the indie rock band Kingsfoil.

Muniz’s “comeback” began in late 2021 when he raced a late model at Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield, California. Following an ARCA Series test at Daytona last year, Rette Jones Racing announced in January that Muniz would drive the No. 30 Ford full-time this season.

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Muniz competed in 14 Formula BMW USA races in 2006 before moving to the Champ Car Atlantic Series.

“I adore my past.” “I enjoy everything I’ve done,” Muniz remarked, “but I never said I wanted to be an actor.” I wanted to be a garbage man, and acting took over my life. This opportunity in racing was my way of asking, “What do I want to do?” ‘What do I want to achieve in my life?’ And now I’m here. This was my choice. And, for some reason, when I put on my helmet and leave pit land, I feel I’m exactly where I’m intended to be.”

That turns out to be near the front of the group.

While he has yet to win an ARCA Series race, Muniz has been a picture of consistency. He’s the only driver to complete all 316 laps, so he leads 18-year-old Jesse Love in the points race by the smallest of margins.

“It’s a fantastic accomplishment for Frankie to be leading the ARCA Racing Series championship point standings as a Rette Jones Racing driver, but it’s still early in the season,” stated team co-owner Mark Rette. “Frankie, on the other hand, is incredibly focused, and he knows that if he just focuses on his craft behind the wheel, the points will follow.”

One thing Muniz has working for him is Ford’s support. The racing behemoth recently hosted him at its international headquarters for a few events, and his car this weekend is decorated with the “Built Ford Proud” banner.

“That’s an integral part of making those leaps,” Muniz explained, “I’m in with an amazing manufacturer.”

But that will only get Muniz so far. He also recognizes that demonstrating an adequate aptitude to progress through the ranks is critical, and he only has a little time to do so. Muniz is starting in stock car racing at the same age when many drivers are beginning to consider what comes next.

That is additional pressure that many of his classmates do not have.

“There are advantages and disadvantages to being my age,” Muniz explained. “I’ve been through a lot in my life, both good and bad. I’ve done certain things in the past, including racing. I tried hard in races but always felt like I could have pushed harder. Now that I have this opportunity, I have a second shot to do it well.”

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Jason Kelce Smashes Football Fan’s Phone

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Retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce destroyed a Penn State football fan’s phone after the alleged heckler called his brother, Travis Kelce, a fag.

In now-viral footage published on X (previously Twitter) on Saturday, Nov. 2, the retired Philadelphia Eagles great was seen accompanied by football fans outside Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa., for the Penn State-Ohio State game.

As the individual capturing the tape lifted a fist to Jason, 36, and called his name for a fist bump, another man nearby hurled the homophobic slur at the retired Philadelphia Eagles star.

Hey, Kelce. How does it feel that your brother is a queer dating Taylor Swift?” the man questioned, referring to Travis, 34, who has been seeing Swift since 2023. Jason turned around seconds later, snatched the man’s phone, and crushed it to the ground.

“Looked like a Penn State student was getting in Kelce’s face for no reason,” the original X user who submitted the video remarked. “Wild scene in State College.”

Additional footage on X shows Jason smashing the phone on asphalt before picking it up and walking away. The phone’s owner, wearing a Penn State hoodie at the time of the incident, was shown in many videos strolling closely behind Jason and recording him before the conflict occurred.

Another footage published on X, which appears to have been filmed after Jason shattered the man’s phone, showed the hooded Penn State supporter trudging through a mob to pick up his phone off the ground.

“Give me my phone, bro,” he seemed to say to Jason.

The NFL alum seized the gadget first, then stood in front of the man and asked, “Who’s the fag now?” Others appeared to interfere.

The incident occurred while Jason was at Beaver Stadium for an appearance on ESPN’s College GameDay. The Ohio State Buckeyes won Saturday’s game 20-13 over the Penn State Nittany Lions.

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Shaun White’s Proposal To Nina Dobrev Was Romantic Gold

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Shaun White, the Olympic snowboarding champion, already has an impressive medal tally, but his surprise proposal to Nina Dobrev deserves a gold medal.

On Wednesday, the couple announced their engagement on Instagram. Dobrev posted photographs of the two hugging under an arch of white roses and showing off her five-carat Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring.

“RIP boyfriend, hello fiancé,” Dobrev said in the caption.

However, the photographs only tell half the tale, as Shaun devised an elaborate plan to surprise Dobrev with his proposal.

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Shaun White’s Proposal To Nina Dobrev Was Romantic Gold

According to a Vogue interview published Wednesday, Shaun said he assembled a team of people from the couple’s inner circle and Vogue personnel to trick Dobrev into thinking she had been invited to an intimate dinner party with Anna Wintour.

White claimed that his publicist emailed Dobrev a forged invitation to the event, which was scheduled to take place at the Golden Swan in New York City.

Dobrev accepted the invitation, joking that Shaun made it “look so legitimate.”

He even asked Dobrev’s stylist to outfit her in Chanel for the event.

Dobrev said she recognized what was happening when she entered the venue and saw White standing beneath the flowery arch.

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Shaun’s Proposal To Nina Dobrev Was Romantic Gold

“I went into shock,” Dobrev admitted, later adding that White “said all the right things” before she agreed.

According to the publication, after Shaun proposed, the couple partied into the early morning hours with close friends and relatives.

“Best night of my life,” Shaun captioned his Instagram story on Wednesday.

The duo first became romantically involved in 2020, and they have since publicly recorded their relationship, globe vacations, and White’s Olympic farewell on social media.

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Hollywood Actress Teri Garr Passes Away at 79

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Teri Garr, known for her roles in classics like "Young Frankenstein" and "Tootsie," has passed away at 79.

Hollywood actress Teri Garr, known for her roles in classics like “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has passed away at 79. She died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis “surrounded by family and friends,” said publicist Heidi Schaeffer.

Admirers took to social media in her honor, with writer-director Paul Feig calling her “truly one of my comedy heroes. I couldn’t have loved her more” and screenwriter Cinco Paul saying: “Never the star, but always shining. She made everything she was in better.”

Throughout her career, the performer, often known as Terri, Terry, or Terry Ann, seemed destined for show business from a young age.

Her father was Eddie Garr, a well-known vaudeville comic, and her mother was Phyllis Lind, one of the original high-kicking Rockettes at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Their daughter began dancing classes at six and was performing with the San Francisco and Los Angeles ballet companies by age fourteen.

She was 16 years old when she joined the road crew of “West Side Story” in Los Angeles, and she began starring in small roles in films as early as 1963.

In an interview from 1988, she described how she landed the role in “West Side Story.” After being rejected at her initial audition, she returned the following day dressed differently and was accepted.

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Teri Garr then found steady work as a movie dancer, appearing in the chorus of nine Elvis Presley films, including “Viva Las Vegas,” “Roustabout,” and “Clambake.”

She has also appeared on various television shows, including “Star Trek,” “Dr. Kildare,” and “Batman,” and was a featured dancer on the rock ‘n’ roll music show “Shindig,” the rock concert performance “T.A.M.I.,” and a cast member of “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.”

Her breakthrough role was as Gene Hackman’s girlfriend in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 thriller The Conversation. This led to an interview with Mel Brooks, who offered her the Gene Wilder’s German lab assistant role in Young Frankenstein if she could speak with a German accent.

“Cher had this German woman, Renata, making wigs, so I got the accent from her,” Garr once said.

The film established her as a great comic performer, with New Yorker film writer Pauline Kael calling her “the funniest neurotic dizzy dame on screen.”

Her big smile and off-center appeal helped her land roles in “Oh, God!” with George Burns and John Denver, “Mr. Mom” (as Michael Keaton’s wife), and “Tootsie,” in which she played the girlfriend who loses Dustin Hoffman to Jessica Lange and discovers he has dressed up as a woman to revive his career.

 A gift for spontaneous humor

Teri Garr, best known for comedy, has shown in films such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Black Stallion, and The Escape Artist that she can also tackle drama.

She had a gift for spontaneous humor, frequently playing David Letterman’s foil during early guest appearances on N.B.C.’s “Late Night With David Letterman”.

Her appearances grew so frequent, and the pair’s good-natured bickering so convincing that rumors of romantic involvement circulated for a while. Years later, Letterman acknowledged those early appearances with helping the program become a success.

During those years, Garr began to experience “a little beeping or ticking” in her right leg. It started in 1983 and expanded to her right arm, but she thought she could handle it. By 1999, her symptoms had gotten so bad that she saw a doctor and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

After disclosing her diagnosis, Garr became a spokesman for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, giving hilarious remarks at events in the United States and Canada.

Source: AP

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