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WorldOct 11Virginia football rallies for come-from-behind win over SyracuseQuarterback Beau Pribula and wide receiver Da'Shawn Martin sparked Virginia football to overcome a 10-point third-quarter deficit and rally from behind for a win over Syracuse on Saturday night.dailyprogress · united states of america
WorldOct 11Friday the 13th canon has room to bend, says Crystal Lake showrunner Brad Caleb KaneThis article contains spoilers for the premiere episode of Crystal Lake, which arrives on Peacock on October 15. Crystal Lake opens on Pamela Voorhees, hunched over a bathroom sink, blood all over her, looking into the mirror. A human tooth is lodged in one of her knuckles. "What did you do…?" she asks the woman looking back at her. That is the first image Peacock's Friday the 13th prequel series gives viewers, and it says a lot about the show's priorities. Jason gets his moments, but the series belongs to Linda Cardellini, and Pam is the one with the knife. The creator and cast were at New York Comic Con this week, a week before the premiere. They held a panel, ran a Camp Crystal Lake activation and screened the pilot, and we sat down with the group to talk about returning to Jason's old stomping grounds. Showrunner Brad Caleb Kane also explained why he thinks the canon has some flexibility."I mean, if you watch the [film] series, it changes things from movie to movie," Caleb Kane said. "I think there's always room and I think it's always ripe for reinterpretation."Pamela takes center stageIn case your memory of Friday the 13th has faded, here's a quick recap. Jason is the franchise's signature slasher, but the killer in the original 1980 film was Pam, his mother. She came unhinged after her son drowned at Camp Crystal. (Or appeared to drown. Keep that in mind.)Cardellini's Pam isn't insane, or at least not yet. By the time the first episode ends, though, there's no question she's capable of serious harm. Cardellini recently won an Emmy for the HBO series DTF St. Louis. "There's a switch," she said. "If you flip it with her, there's no going back. It's almost like she doesn't even understand what she's doing. If someone flips that switch, there's a loss of control for her. In a way, she's looking for control and then she loses it at the same time. That's the dangerous dance there."Caleb Kane was more direct. "I like to think there's nobody more dangerous than a mother whose child is threatened," he said. Cardellini said part of the appeal is that nobody sees it coming. "Also, it's somebody you don't expect," she said. What drew her in most, she said, was that "here's this person who you can kind of relate to, but there's a massive rage underneath there that, if you tap into it and start to open that Pandora's box, you can't put that genie back in the bottle."Then the showrunner admitted something most people wouldn't. "At a certain point, maybe it also feels a little good to let that genie happen," Caleb Kane said. Finally, a young JasonJason's origin story is about as familiar as horror lore gets. Yet he has appeared in 12 movies (sort of: he's dead for the fifth one) and decades of tie-in media, and we've seen almost nothing of his childhood. We know he had some kind of deformity. We know the grown-up Jason, who everyone thought had drowned, took over killing teenagers at Camp Crystal after his mother died in the first film. That's about all. Crystal Lake casts Callum Vinson, who you may recognize from the Chucky TV series, as a young Jason. He's a sweet kid with a physical disability that includes a large, misshapen head. Caleb Kane said this version of the character came from "Invention and being really well versed in the movies." He cited the creature that make-up effects legend Tom Savini created for the end of the first film. It was monstrous, and it existed mainly as the idea that set Pam on her course."But if we're doing a show about how Pam lost him, you want to see the connection between mother and child," Caleb Kane said. "You want Jason to be a real 11-year-old boy, obviously with differences and difficulties. The iteration of Jason here really came out of the point where we were making a show about a relationship between mother and child. What is that? Who is Jason within the context of that relationship? How does losing him set Pam on this journey? So that's where it came from."Cardellini described her son as "everything to Pam," adding that "he's everything to the franchise." She has a point: leaving him out of this show would have felt odd."She just loves him more than anything," Cardellini said. "Brad wrote this line that they're connected at the heart, and I think that is really at the core of it all – that she never feels disconnected from him. I think the codependency and the inter-connectedness is very, very deep and almost, I don't know, telepathic."The drowning is locked in. The death is less certain. Every prequel has fixed events it has to hit, and the biggest one here is Jason's drowning. Betsy Palmer's Pam summed it up in the first film: "They were making love while that young boy drowned!" Crystal Lake's first episode shows that moment, since Pam's story can't get going until it happens. Still, Jason can't really be dead, can he? That's the challenge: how do you fill a whole season of television without contradicting a canon fans know by heart? According to Caleb Kane, you look for the spots where the canon gives a little."I think fans of the franchise are going to love certain movies and they don't love certain movies and the fandom is pretty rabid," he said. "As a longtime fan, as somebody who knows these movies, their novelizations, all of the things sort of chapter and verse, I felt like I had a little bit of license to play. Also, you've got to make sure that you give the fans what they want."He appears to be spending that license on Pam and Jason's lives before Crystal Lake. The pilot hints at something called "Argonaut," which appears in a flashback as a name on a door at the end of a long hallway. The show doesn't explain it yet. Caleb Kane did give a small hint. "What you learn about [Pam] later on in the series is that she did a lot to protect him and get him out of a pretty difficult situation, and herself," he said. "When you put that amount of attention on protecting someone and loving someone, their absence is going to be that much more acute."And yes, it gets full Friday the 13thAs for the tooth in Pam's knuckle, just wait until you find out how it ended up there. The pilot has plenty of blood, some wildly excessive gore and a bit of sex. "The thing has to go full Friday the 13th at a certain point," Caleb Kane said. "We made sure we did that in the show."At least in the first episode, none of it feels gratuitous. Those scenes move the story along and reveal who these characters are. One sequence comes close to pure gross-out, and it's funny in the best way. I won't spoil it. It's better if you go in knowing nothing. Pam's supporting castA TV series needs more than a mother and son, and a few of the supporting characters stand out. William Catlett plays Sheriff Levon Brooks, Pam's friend and a former city cop who seems a little out of his depth in the Crystal Lake woods. He may want more than friendship. Knowing where Pam's story goes, that probably won't end well for him. Catlett said he plays the role without leaning on what's ahead. "You know, I think you can have two things, two wishes at the same time within your mind," he said. "You love Pam, you want to be with Pam, it's a new beginning, but at the same time it's like, who is this woman? And so if I don't judge it, then I can allow myself to have those emotions that go through with it."Gwendolyn Sundstrom plays Grace, a girl in her early teens who is one of Jason's few friends. His apparent death sends her down a path that could be dangerous for her."I think it's losing the most important person in your life," Sundstrom said. "Losing Jason, to Grace, is something that brings a lot of trauma, and I think that definitely plays into the rest of the season too. It's something that Grace really struggles with, and she doesn't want it to happen. She definitely wants it to reverse."One character has a free pass on dyingSeveral legacy characters from the first film appear as younger versions of themselves. "Crazy" Ralph, originally played by Walt Gorney, is now played by Nick Cordileone. Officer Dorf, played by Ron Millkie in the first film, is now played by Cameron Scoggins. Dorf survives the original movie, so Scoggins has something like plot armor."Yeah, he makes it!" Scoggins said with a laugh. "He doesn't die as far as we know in the first movie. We'll see. He appears so briefly in that first movie that you almost do have to go back and watch it sometimes, but it is a memorable little character, and you kind of wonder, where's that guy coming from? And it's just so fun to take such a brief scene and expand upon that and just take the energy of a different actor and be like, well, how are we going to build on this more?"He's wise to add "as far as we know." Thirteen movies of history show that in this franchise, nobody stays safe for good.egamers · united arab emirates
WorldOct 11In Frames | Kumartuli: where clay comes aliveIn the historic lanes of Kolkata’s potters’ quarter, majestic idols of Goddess Durga come alive this Puja season as tourists, photographers and social media enthusiasts throng the open-air workshops to witness the meticulous craftsmanship behind the artThe Hindu
WorldOct 11When Solitude Succeeds: The Mighty Power of Lone Comic HeroesIn a universe where many champions team up, some heroes choose to stand alone. This piece examines iconic characters-from the cosmic Silver Surfer and the weblike Question, to Blade, Ghost Rider, Rorschach, and John Constantine-that thrive in solitary missions. It explores their unique abilities, the narrative reasons for preferring isolation, and why a single hero can at times surpass a squad. Readers discover why some comic legends prove that working alone can be the greatest strength, offering new lenses for understanding heroism and teamwork.headtopics · united states of america
WorldOct 11High School Ref Suspended After Grabbing Player During TD CelebrationA Missouri high school football game took a bizarre turn Thursday night when a referee angrily confronted and grabbed a player after the player scored a touchdown. The trouble started after Glendale High School wide receiver Joelle Rover scored a touchdown against Kickapoo High School. Rover then did a kick move similar to the dance […] The post High School Ref Suspended After Grabbing Player During TD Celebration appeared first on CBNC.cbnc · india
WorldOct 11Chevella: MBBS Student Arrested for Assaulting, Blackmailing PG Medical StudentThe accused pressured the woman to marry him and demanded money from her. After the victim recently got engaged to another person, the accused sent her private photos and videos to her fiance.deccanchronicle · india
WorldOct 11Murray leads No. 1 Nebraska to sweep over No. 7 WisconsinHarper Murray logged a season high 20 kills as No. 1 Nebraska swept No. 7 Wisconsin, 25-23, 25-14, 25-20.wowt · united states of america
WorldOct 11Chicago White Sox fan Pope Leo on his favorite team making the playoffsChicago White Sox superfan Pope Leo was asked if he had anything to do with their playoff "miracle" as the team prepares to face Cleveland on Saturday night. Chris Livesay has the story from Rome.CBS News
WorldOct 11SSO delivers impressive sampler of programme for upcoming China tourThe SSO, with new music director Hannu Lintu and violinist Chloe Chua, will tour seven cities from Oct 13 to 25.straitstimes · singapore
WorldOct 113 things that stood out from No. 7 Wisconsin volleyball's loss to No. 1 NebraskaThe top-ranked, undefeated Cornhuskers rode their experience and three-time All-American to hand the Badgers a fifth straight sweep loss in the rivalry series.chippewa · united states of america
WorldOct 11Browns players fined for pretending to smoke after touchdown against SteelersCleveland Browns players were fined after pretending to smoke in the end zone during a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The fines come as the NFL recently rescinded similar fines for imaginary drinking celebrations.headtopics · united states of america
WorldOct 11Roman Reigns beats LA Knight at Money in the Bank, cementing his status as WWE's bestRoman Reigns successfully defended his World Heavyweight Championship against LA Knight at Money in the Bank, proving he is WWE's best superstar. After the match, a brawl erupted between the 946 and The Usos.headtopics · united states of america
WorldOct 113 things that stood out from No. 7 Wisconsin volleyball's loss to No. 1 NebraskaThe top-ranked, undefeated Cornhuskers rode their experience and three-time All-American to hand the Badgers a fifth straight sweep loss in the rivalry series.kenoshanews · united states of america
WorldOct 11More support needed for ethnic minority children with special needs, charity saysA non-profit children’s education organisation in Hong Kong has urged the government to expand support services for preschool-aged ethnic minority children with special needs to more districts, after a pilot project found that 95 per cent of participants showed improvement. Heep Hong Society said on Sunday that many ethnic minority families faced multiple barriers when seeking support for children with special educational needs (SEN), including language difficulties, financial constraints and...South China Morning Post
WorldOct 11Arkansas football notebook: Ryan Silverfield explains decision to punt late down 7 in loss to TennesseeArkansas football played a close game against No. 15 Tennessee on Saturday, but it ended with a controversial decision.nwaonline · united states of america
WorldOct 11Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox Set for Decisive ALDS ShowdownA comprehensive preview of the climactic Game 5 between the Cleveland Guardians and the Chicago White Sox, featuring team performance, key players, stRategic insights, and betting projections for the winner‑take‑all postseason encounter.headtopics · united states of america
WorldOct 11Suns Rule Out Devin Booker, Miles Bridges vs SpursThe Phoenix Suns will be without two starters tonight.headtopics · united states of america
WorldOct 11Lily James and Bella Ramsey dazzle at The Liberation premiere in London after Traitors exitLily James cut an elegant figure at The Liberation gala screening at the British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival at Vue West End on Saturday night. The actress, 37, wowed in a strapless white gown as she joined Bella Ramsey at the premiere. It was Bella's first public appearance after they were murdered in Celebrity Traitors on Friday night's episode after Maya Jama branded the actor, 23, their 'biggest threat'.headtopics · united states of america
WorldOct 11‘The First Taste of Loneliness’ Review: A Sentimental but Affecting Study of Family Life After BereavementChinese director Gu You's 'The First Taste of Loneliness' is too often maudlin, but rights itself whenever it focuses on everyday details.headtopics · united states of america
WorldOct 11Holly Madison Shares Heartfelt Message About Late Ex-Husband Hugh HefnerFormer Playboy Bunny Holly Madison opens up about her enduring love for the late Hugh Hefner, sharing cherished memories of their marriage and expressing the profound impact his passing had on her.headtopics · united states of america
WorldOct 11Oregon Ducks Fall Short in Close Game Against UCLA, Loss Leaves Playoff Hopes in JeopardyThe Oregon Ducks' 17-15 loss to the UCLA Bruins on October 5, 2026, was a stark reminder of a season that has been plagued by offensive inefficiency and turnovers. Despite a determined comeback effort in the third quarter, the Ducks could not overcome a series of costly mistakes, including a fumble on the game‑ending play. Head coach Dan Lanning reflected on the game, highlighted issues at the QB position, and addressed the need for a sharp turnaround in the upcoming matchup with the Bruins.headtopics · united states of america
WorldOct 11No. 1 SBCC Women’s Water Polo Sweeps Doubleheader with No. 4 Orange Coast, BakersfieldVENTURA, Calif. – The No. 1 Santa Barbara City College Women’s Water Polo team (18-4, 5-0) won both of their games on Saturday at the Ventura Tournament, comfortably beating No. 4 Orange Coast (10-4) and conference foe Bakersfield (5-17, 2-4). “Super proud of our girls for the weekend. This was the hardest weekend of travel […] The post No. 1 SBCC Women’s Water Polo Sweeps Doubleheader with No. 4 Orange Coast, Bakersfield appeared first on Noozhawk.noozhawk · united states of america
WorldOct 11Know that You’re NeededInstead, you destroy the very instrument by which you can get rid of agony.thehansindia · india
WorldOct 11Today's horoscope, Sunday, October 11: predictions for health, love and moneyConocé qué dice el horóscopo hoy para los signos del zodiaco en este día de la semana.Clarín
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