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MrBeast’s Giant Reality Competition Faces Safety Complaints From Initial Contestants

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NEW YORK — MrBeast, YouTube’s biggest celebrity, is facing questions regarding the safety of contestants in the preliminary stage of his ambitious “Beast Games” game show, which has 1,000 competitors vying for a $5 million grand prize.

Some contenders complained publicly and to other YouTube influencers about not having regular access to food, water, and medication during early production at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, and some competitors were wounded throughout the process.

MrBeast’s Giant Reality Competition Faces Safety Complaints From Initial Contestants

A MrBeast spokeswoman stated that his team is reviewing the process and requesting input from participants ahead of the next round of production in Toronto.

The stakes for “Beast Games” are high not only for the players but also for MrBeast himself, actually named Jimmy Donaldson, and the recipients of his style of “stunt philanthropy,” which frequently involves direct cash or housing presents. The accusations about the “Beast Games” production coincide with Donaldson’s admission this week that he used racial and homophobic obscenities years ago in recordings he made as a teenager.

The show, which has already been picked up by Amazon Prime Video and will air in 240 countries, is part of Donaldson’s cultural expansion beyond YouTube, where he has 307 million subscribers. Countless young consumers already buy his Feastables candy line and the burgers bearing his name.

“My goal is to make the best show possible and prove that YouTubers and creators can succeed on other platforms,” Donaldson stated in an Amazon press release in March.

Donaldson’s firms cast 2,000 people for an initial trial at Allegiant Stadium in July, with 1,000 moving on to the main event. Amazon Prime Video was not participating and did not return a request for comment.

A MrBeast spokeswoman stated on Friday that the promotional video production was “unfortunately complicated” by inclement weather, the huge CrowdStrike outage that caused global technological devastation, and “other unexpected logistical and communications issues.”

We “have taken steps to ensure that we learn from this experience, and we are excited to welcome hundreds of men and women to the world’s largest game show in history,” the spokesperson stated in an email.

MrBeast provided $1,000 to eliminated candidates upon their departure from the game, and the spokesperson stated that most of those still in contention are eager to continue.

Some players anticipated obstacles akin to those from the dystopian Netflix show Squid Game, a fictitious series—and eventually a reality game show—in which highly indebted people battle for millions in high-stakes children’s games.

The Associated Press contacted multiple candidates about “Beast Games,” but the majority either did not answer or refused to speak on the record because they had signed nondisclosure agreements.

Scott Leopold, a 53-year-old father from Austin, Texas, told the Associated Press that he believed he was competing in the actual “Beast Games,” not a prelude to the program. He claimed he was misled about his prospects of winning and that the tournament in Las Vegas would not be available on Amazon Prime Video.

Donaldson should not be “villainized,” but “an apology would go a long way.”

“All I can conclude is that he was in over his head,” Leopold explained. “There were too many people, and I don’t think he knew how to handle the situation.”

Nancy Libby, a Navy veteran from California who claimed to be one of the last people removed, told the Associated Press that she registered after seeing a casting call on Facebook. Her daughters watch MrBeast videos, she explained, and she had already planned to take time off work.

The on-set conditions met her expectations. Libby stated that recruiters had urged her to watch past MrBeast’s challenges to better understand the event. As a result, she added, muesli meals and nights spent sleeping on the floor were no surprise.

Libby admitted that “crowd control” was a difficulty, and extra staffing could help ensure that competitors did not damage their opponents. But Libby said the MrBeast team appeared to take safety seriously, and she only saw nasty behavior from other contractors.

MrBeast’s Giant Reality Competition Faces Safety Complaints From Initial Contestants

“Sometimes, when you run things that are the first of their kind, things come up that you can’t foresee,” Libby told me. I think that the template was there for a really good competition.”

MrBeast has previously had strained ties with its contractors. One of Donaldson’s companies sued and then countersued a vendor with whom they collaborated on the “MrBeast Burger,” which was critically ridiculed.

Fans have frequently complained about not receiving things ordered from MrBeast or receiving incorrect items or sizes. In an online post last year, a merchant who worked with MrBeast to ship some of those goods said they had let the fan down.

SOURCE | AP

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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.

Teri Garr, a comedian

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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