Apple TV+'s dark new comedy "Physical" delivers on exactly what the title suggests: campy 1980s aerobics la Olivia Newton-John, complete with legwarmers, highly puffed-up hairstyles and even higher-cut leotards. The show follows Sheila, played by Rose Byrne, a downtrodden wife and mother who finds a passion for teaching aerobics. The woman behind Byrne's hip rolls and grapevines? Choreographer Jennifer Hamilton, who drew on memories of her mom's Jazzercise tapes to channel those iconic '80s moves.

When my agent brought it to my attention, I thought it was awesome because it's based in the 1980s, it's all about aerobics, and Rose Byrne was starring. But it's also a dramedy, and as I was reading the scripts by Annie Weisman, the show's creator, I realized it had so much substance. So much of the show is about female empowerment and women's struggles with our inner voice, with our self-confidence and self-doubt.

I grew up in the '80s, and I remember my mom doing Jazzercise in our living room, so it was fun to go back and really research it. I looked at Kathy Smith and Judi Sheppard Missett. I kind of stayed away from Jane Fonda, just because she's the ultimate. I didn't want it to become clichd or be identical to something else.

I also watched a lot of 1980s music videos, just to get myself back in the time period of movement. On set, we'd be filming to Eurythmics, A Flock of Seagulls, Aretha Franklinthat music really transports you to that time.

What's so cool about this project is that the aerobics are part of the whole journey. Sheila is a very unhappy housewife at the time when we meet her. She's damaged and flawed and has some inner struggles with body image and her self-confidence, so her movement starts out cautious and not so in-your-face. It starts light and delicate, but she doesn't end the season that way.

Then Bunny, who's played by Della Saba, has such a fiery attitude. She's this tiny little person who's like a firecracker. Her movement needed to have a lot of spunk and a lot of accents and hits.

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When you're teaching a nondancer, whether it's dance steps or aerobics, you really have to pay attention to that individual and tailor things to them. I couldn't just spit out a bunch of moves and expect the actresses to pick it up.

We didn't really have the luxury of time. If there was something that didn't look good, I'd be like, "You know what? Let's do something else."

But the great thing was Rose and Della cared so much about these characters and about this project. They're such great actresses and they picked up the movement very well.

I can't say enough amazing things about Rose Byrne. She brought her A game to rehearsal and set every single time. Due to COVID-19, we held all of our rehearsals over Zoom, so I had never met her in person prior to our first day on set. Sometimes she would be like, "Yeah, maybe when I see you in person, we can work on that move." Then we'd get to the set, and we'd have a little rehearsal time on site, so she'd be able to see me and understand the movement.

I'd always look forward to what the next leotard was going to be. The costume designer, Kameron Lennox, really killed it with all these leotards. We'd joke, "Is this one going to be higher cut than yesterday?" The leotards were definitely a character of their own.

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In the new Apple TV series, Rose Byrne plays Sheila Rubin - a dutiful housewife who becomes obsessed with the world of aerobics.

Sheila Rubin is at first the dutiful housewife, standing by her husband who is running for state assembly.

However, as she battles with body image and spirals out of control, she finds an unlikely release through the world of aerobics.

Here's everything you need to know about the series - including the cast, how many episodes there are, and how to watch.

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Physical first premiered on Apple TV+ on Friday, June 18, with the first three episodes being released simultaneously.

Since, the show has been released in weekly instalments, dropping on the streaming site every Friday.

In total, there are ten episodes in season one, with the finale slated to be released on August 6.

The series is an Apple TV+ exclusive, so in order to watch the show, you'll need to subscribe to the streaming platform.

Starring alongside Rose Byrne as Sheila's husband Danny is Rory Scovel. You may recognise the actor from Superstore, Robbie and Amy Schumer's I Feel Pretty.

Actress Diedre Friel plays Greta in Physical, and is best known for her role as Sandy in the critically-acclaimed series, Sopranos.

Other notable names in the cast of the Apple TV+ series include Paul Sparks, Della Saba, Ashley Liao, Lou Taylor Pucci and Geoffrey Arend.

You can watch the next episode of Physical on Apple TV+ this Friday.

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ELLIS Fay Eighme Ellis Of Annandale, VA, passed away peacefully on June 15, 2021. Her sons Ken and Chris were at her side. She was 84 years old. Fay was born in the summer of 1936 to the late Richard and Arlene Eighme in Little Valley, NY. She was raised there with her brother Dean. She graduated, Valedictorian from Little Valley Central High School in 1956 and went on to attend Alfred State College. After graduating from Alfred, she moved to Rochester, NY where she studied and worked at the Simon School at the University of Rochester, completing her bachelor's degree. She was a Renaissance woman, and her intellect knew no bounds as she continued to complete the NY Times crossword puzzle daily as she ate breakfast until her final days. Fay married her high school sweetheart, Howard, in the summer of 1958 and moved to Washington, DC. There, she began a government career with the US State Department. Their son Michael was born in Washington, DC in 1959 and Christopher in 1961. In 1963, their careers took the young family to Madrid, Spain. Son Kenneth was born in Spain in 1964. For the next twenty years they lived, worked at US Embassies and travelled around western Europe having residences in Madrid, Rome, Italy and The Hague, Netherlands. Fay moved back to Annandale, VA in the summer of 1982 and went on to another career with Winrock International in Washington, DC. She was a database analyst for this nonprofit organization which empowers the disadvantaged and strives to increase economic opportunities and sustain natural resources. Her career there lasted for over 30 years until she retired in 2019. Fay enjoyed living. Her warmth, compassion and nonjudgmental attitude were the heart of her soul. Her passions included spending time with her family and most notably her grandchildren with whom she travelled internationally including China, Africa, the Galapagos Islands, Russia and domestically Hawaii, Chicago, the Grand Canyon and Utah Parks. She was passionate about the theatre and held season tickets at Signature Theatre in Arlington. She enjoyed yoga, swimming and water aerobics right up to her final days. She was an extremely active member in AA and sponsored many members over the years. Fay worked with various charities and was an active volunteer for political and social issues that she cared deeply about, one of the most recent being the Women's March on Washington where she proudly wore her cat's ears and marched on the plaza. Fay is survived by her sons Michael (Elizabeth), Christopher (Kimberly), Kenneth (Alice); and her grandchildren Quinn (and soon-to-be-husband Michael), Colin, Chloe and her ex-husband Howard, with whom she had continued to share a close relationship with. She is predeceased by her brother, Dean. She was an aunt to Sharon, Melanie and Rick. A Celebration of Life to honor Fay will be held on Friday, July 16, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Demaine Funeral Home, 5308 Backlick Road, Springfield, VA, 22151. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Independence Club of Springfield, Virginia. Please view and sign the family's online guestbook at http://www.DemaineFunerals.com

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New Delhi, June 30: There is a lot of fake news circulating on social media and spreading false information to the masses. Recently, a post went viral on several social media platforms, including Twitter, claiming that the Bhagavad Gita had become compulsory for students in the Netherlands from the 5th year. The statement in the message is incorrect.

During a reverse image search in Google, the viral image, which is circulating with the false claim, was uploaded to the Iskon Desire Tree website in September 2013. In particular, the International Society for the Conscience of Krishna (ISKCON), also known as the Hare Krishna movement, preaches the teachings of Lord Krishna. Did the United States use the image of Mahatma Basavishwar on the $ 100 bill? The converted image spreads very quickly with a false statement; Here is the truth.

Here is the viral post with the fake claim:

This is not the first time this image has appeared on various social media platforms with a similar claim. Almost five years ago, the photo was posted on Facebook and Twitter. Meanwhile, the official website of the Dutch government does not mention the chapters of the Bhagavad Gita which have become compulsory from the 5th grade. The list of compulsory subjects on the website includes Dutch, English, Social and Environmental Sciences, Arithmetic and Mathematics.

The same message was posted in 2016:

A few days ago, an old photo of a river in Manila, Philippines also went viral, claiming the Methi River in Mumbai was being choked with plastic waste. Several social media users in India shared the photo with the false claim and likened it to the frontage of the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad.

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The most difficult thing to do is to live in peace and harmony with people. It is, perhaps, easier to live with birds and animals. Why is living with people a problem?

We know that fire is hot and we accept that fact. If we are burnt by touching fire, we do not blame it. Again, if we are admiring a beautiful full moon and someone else comes and starts appreciating it, we dont say, Why are you looking at my moon? You have no right to see it! There is no sense of ownership, no possessiveness; there is acceptance without any projection of likes and dislikes.

The Bhagavad Gita says that a wise person moves everywhere with love and affection. Like the wind blowing freely, he does not get attached to anything. He accepts all. . Sometimes people behave nicely, sometimes they dont. This neither elates nor depresses the wise person. Such a man of wisdom lives with his senses under control, free from personal likes and dislikes, and therefore, enjoys every object, place, situation and person.

What we need to have is love and affection. Along with that there should be freedom and space, too. Two hands joined together leave a gap and can be easily separated. Similarly, we should give space to people. It is not possible to love someone and also confine them in that love.

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One thing is not in doubt. Jairam Ramesh is the quintessential, scholarly researcher. He can pick up relatively off-stream subjects, like his tomes on P.N. Haksar and Krishna Menon, and delve deep into the subject like an academic beaver who will not rest content until all the dimensions of the subject are fully retrieved.

But one still wonders whether Sir Edwin Arnolds The Light of Asia is deserving of 457 pages in print. Arnolds book is an important one, but is not considered by most critics to be a classic and his own place in literature is uncertain. It is true that Arnold was a genuine Indophile, and wrote several seminal works on Indian philosophy and literature, including The Song Celestial on the Bhagavad Gita. But, it is important to remember that he was a colonialist by conviction and, as Ramesh himself says, a firm believer in the civilising mission of the British for the good of the natives.

The Light of Asia Jairam Ramesh Penguin, May 2021

This being said, Ramesh had done a masterly work in piecing together and analysing the many facets of The Light of Asia, the life of Arnold, and the impact the book had significantly or tangentially on many pivotal figures in our own history, from Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, B.R. Ambedkar, Rabindranath Tagore, and the physics Nobel Laureate, C.V. Raman. For the rest, we are presented meticulously researched details on the translations of the book, the films that it inspired, the art exhibitions it prompted, and the most obscure details of the life of Arnold, including how his birth centenary was celebrated and what his children and grandchildren did and did not do.

There was one important matter in which Arnold played an important role. It related to who would run the Bodh Gaya temple: a Hindu sect that had been in control of the temple since the seventeenth century, or the Buddhists. Arnold visited Bodh Gaya in 1886, and lent his full support to the control over this site passing on to the Buddhists, whose claim was spearheaded by the Sri Lanka monk, Anagarika Dharmapala, the founder of the Mahabodhi Society. It was a long and bitter battle, but was fortunately peacefully settled in 1953 when Buddhist control over the temple was established.

While Arnolds interest in Indias philosophical, spiritual and literary heritage was undoubted, and his translations of several Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit classics is testimony to this, it is interesting that his actual sojourn in India was quite limited. He lived continuously here only between late 1857 and mid 1860, as the first Principal of what would be known later as the Deccan College in Poona. He again returned to India in 1885 but only for some three months. By contrast, perhaps, his involvement in Africa, where he had a key role in the first Congo expedition and had a mountain and a river named after him, and in Japan, which occupied his attention almost continuously from 1890 (his third wife was Japanese), was more.

Ramesh admits that Arnold has attracted only one serious biographer, and that too as far back as 1957. In that sense, certainly, our intrepid researcher has fulfilled a gap which, obviously, was not very evident to the country to which Arnold belonged Britain.

As a biography, Rameshs book rates very highly. As an account of the times in which Arnold lived, and of his interactions with eminent people who were his contemporaries, it also scores very highly. Ramesh has left no stone unturned to dig deep into archival material and in particular letters and reports to construct a highly readable kaleidoscope of the man, his book, and the times. While one may cavil about whether so much time and effort ought to have been spent on a subject of limited scope, there can be little doubt that at the end of it all, the final product is a very readable one, and veritably, a labour of love.

Pavan K. Varma is a former diplomat and was a member of the Rajya Sabha between 2014 and 2016.

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Below, in a conversation edited for clarity, Newski chats about the project and puts anxiety in perspective:

Brett Newski: I've been schlepping American highways as a full-time touring musician the past nine years. That's how I make a living. We fit into that '90s alternative sound, even though we were just little kids in the '90s when Nirvana and all that was happening. Some of those bands have taken us under their wing and brought us on tour, which really helped get going. Some bands we've played with include the Pixies, Violent Femmes, Manchester Orchestra, New Pornographers, Courtney Barnett and Better than Ezra.

I've had anxiety and depression as long as I can remember. I just never knew what that fuzzy brain haze was until recent years. When I felt down, it was like I would stop seeing in color for a few hours or days on end. It's good to have a definition for anxiety. Even if it's just made-up words by humans. It made me realize those moments of existential dread are only temporary, and most other people experience them, too.

When I was but a wee man, I would draw my own sports trading cards in my parents' basement for hours on end. I would create my own sports leagues and play out simulation games by myself all day. I would literally dunk on myself on a Fisher-Price plastic basketball hoop in my parents' basement.

One afternoon I was trapped in my brain, and I started drawing to make fun of my own "disloyal," anxious brain. My brain was attacking me, and I saw drawing as a way out. I posted a few of them online and the response was really friendly warm. So, I kept making them for three years. Eventually I had over 200 drawings and my editor Anna and I whittled them down to the best 140 for the book.

The idea of the book was to share the tips and hacks that help me get out of my own head. It entails everything from specific stretches to going to the driving range to how to escape social media. It uses ham-fisted humor to boost mental health, even if just a little.

Anxiety is fuel. Anxiety is not all bad. In fact, it's the catalyst for my ability to write. Anxiety is that fight or flight in our DNA. There's examples from history. When certain species don't have a fight or flight, they just get clubbed by a caveman and cooked for dinner. Anxiety keeps me alive. When you're in an anxiety "toilet bowl," it's hard to have the awareness to realize you're just bullying yourself. When the clouds part and you get out of that anxiety spiral, you finally realize how 99 percent of your worries were irrational and silly. I find many of my anxiety spirals to be hilarious in retrospect.

It's medicine. Maybe part of it is self-avoidance, but for the most part it's free therapy. You can vent out a lot of your brain toxins through creation. Even if it's just drawing something on a napkin.

It's OK to be sad. I think Instagram culture pummels you with other people's "greatest hits," which is unrealistic. It creates a flawed barometer for how it actually is to be a person. It is hard to be a person, no matter who you arerich or poor or successful or not, or whatever. The brain is a marvel and a beauty but it's also a complicated apparatus that often doesn't work in our favor. It's OK to down sometimes. It's just part of the cycle.

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Welcome to YouTube Millionaires, where we profile channels that have recently crossed the one million subscriber mark. There are channels crossing this threshold every week, and each creator has a story to tell about YouTube success. Read previous installments here.

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In the vast crowded wilds of the internet, creators who have built an audience can (understandably!) be nervous about moving away from the kind of content that drew in those viewers. But over the past year, 2HYPEmemberJiedel has proven that not only can he switch content niches and retain his viewershiphe can switch and grow it.

The 25-year-old, Los Angeles-based YouTuber has been making videos since 2014. Healong with his brotherJesser and the rest of sports/gaming collective 2HYPEgot his start as a video game-focused creator whose uploads revolved around gameplay in titles like NBA 2KandMadden. That niche made up the bulk of his channel until 2019, when he got into sneaker customization. And then, in 2020, he shifted again.

Over the past year, Jiedel zeroed in on a combo of culinary and challenge content. Hes tested popularTikTok recipes, tried the best pizza L.A. has to offer, held 2HYPE trivia parties, taken Gordon Ramsays masterclass, bounced his way through a trampoline basketball tournament, and much, much more. He uploads at least once a week, swapping from topic to topic with each video posted.

This subject-switching is exactly the kind of thing creators can be leery ofbut for Jiedel, mixing it up has paid off, pushing his channel up past one million subscribers.

Check out our chat with him below.

Jiedel:With the pandemic keeping us all inside for over a calendar year, not a ton has changed for me personally. But on the channel side of things, Ive definitely focused more on food, cooking, and self-improvement videos through my masterclass series.

Jiedel:It is a very cool feeling and Id like to thank everybody who helped me hit that goal. Having said that, its just a number, and I feel like Im the same guy I was at 900k, 800k, etcetera.

Jiedel:Before YouTube, I was a journalism student at Rutgers University. I was an intern for the NFL the summer before graduation working on their YouTube channels, so becoming a full-time YouTuber was what I was preparing for, in a sense.

Jiedel:When I first started with YouTube, I was doing NBA 2K MyTEAM videos, I took inspiration from my brother Jesser and KSI with their respective series. Even though the videos were love commentaries, I always liked the narrative arcs that would form across episodes.

I knew I wanted to do gaming videos (at first), but didnt always know what to do. I loved doing rebuilds on Madden and NBA 2K, but didnt know people were going to be interested in watching that until years into doing YT. I also want to give a shout-out to Jon Graham, who used to go by Digitalph33r, for being a gigantic inspiration for me wanting to make YouTube videos. His Halo videos are what ultimately made me fall in love with the platform.

Id also note that I change my zone every single year, Ive never consistently done the same thing. In 2017 it was NBA 2K MyTEAM, 2019 NBA rebuilds, 2020 sneaker customizing, 2021 cooking and assorted challenges.

Jiedel:YouTube has been my full-time job since February 2017. We film for 2HYPE on average once a week, and for my personal channel on average two to three times a week. I also film for 100 Thieves from time to time.

I film a lot, but I would say when I was on the come-up and I was younger, I certainly did morein the sense that I now have a great team to help me film and edit that I didnt have before. Ive also gotten older during my five or so years doing this, so other life responsibilities can eat into my time.

Jiedel:Spending time with my brother and the other guys in 2HYPE. Id say the guys are all my best friends and a lot of the content creators I know are some of the nicest and most genuine people Ive ever met.

Jiedel:Kris, Jesse, and I launched TruCreator, a company making sports-like cards of content creators. People have really liked the two products weve put out so far, and we have even bigger things on the horizon for that.

In regards to other platforms, Im happy existing as a YouTuber, and if the other things come, they come.

Jiedel:Im not sure what Im filming tomorrow, let alone 2022 and beyond, so well see.

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Kaiyah Jones spent her senior year excelling academically, at work, at track and at motherhood.

Despite working past midnight on a regular basis, the recent W.T. White graduate finished her school year with strong grades and as an acclaimed track-star who earned an athletic scholarship.

One of my biggest track accomplishments was running a lap (400 meters) in under a minute, she said. I was able to finish school, work, go to practice early in the mornings, and still make good grades and do everything right. I had a baby last year and still participated in Cross Country, came to practices, went to every meet and graduated.

Jones ran with the team that qualified for regionals in the 4 200 and was part of the Longhorn squad that won District Champions in the 4 400 (two track competitions in which teams of four athletes run a relay race where each runner completes 200 meters or 400 meters, depending on the event). Individually, she placed as a district finalist in the 800 meter-race and is a two-time regional qualifier in the 400-meter dash.

Coach Michael Martin has taught physical education at W.T. White for 17 years and has led the Longhorn Girls Track team for the last 13 years. When he met Jones during her sophomore year, he was amazed by her attitude of relentless self-improvement. He noticed that she had a great work ethic and a natural gift of leadership.

Shes a nice kid. We never gave up on her and she never gave up on us, Martin said. She practices hard and is one of the athletes who gets her teammates to practice. And as a student, she did what she was supposed to do, took charge of a tough situation and did the best she could. Her efforts paid through, because she ended up getting an athletic scholarship.

Jones relentlessly kept her grades up, worked long hours into the night and continued to support her team, even throughout her pregnancy and after giving birth to her daughter Legacy in July 2020.

I was working at a movie theater, and I was always the night person, she said. My shift would start almost immediately after leaving school, and sometimes I wouldnt get out until 2 a.m., depending on when the last movie ended. Id go to practice for Track and Cross Country the next day at 7 a.m., every day, and do it all over again.

Three months into her pregnancy, Jones realized that she wasnt able to run as well she normally could. She had not told anyone at school that she was an expecting mother, and she knew that having a baby meant giving up athletics for a couple of months.

It was really hard to stop running, she said. I loved working out, I loved practicing with my friends and being part of the team, so much. I didnt want to miss out on anything.

She gave up the sport until after Legacy was born. And while she wasnt able to continue breaking her personal records and pushing her endurance in the 400-meter track, her coach found another area where she could continue supporting her team and excelling.

Jones became the team manager, and helped her teammates anywhere she could, from getting water for the runners to helping the freshmen improve their times. After Legacy was born, Jones was back on her feet, with her running shoes on and one goal in mind: graduating and going to college.

When she told us she was pregnant, we embraced it. Her family, her teachers and I did what we had to do to get her through, and she did the same. I told her: Were going to get you through this, but were not going to let you quit, Martin said. There was a lot happening at once, especially for her at 18 years old. There were ups and downs, and a lot of emotions. But we worked it out, and we all agreed to get this young lady to the next level, because she had the talent and she persevered.

Jones wants to become a police officer and is set to start college with a partial athletic scholarship at the University of Southwest in New Mexico in the Fall of 2021. She will major in Criminal Justice and run for the Mustangs women track and field team.

Something that Ive learned at W.T. White and being part of the Longhorns is that giving up is a mental thing, she said. If you give up mentally, then youre going to give up in every other aspect of your life. And the only person who can make you quit mentally is yourself.

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