Charlie Hunnam is joining the Ryan Murphy universe.
Murphy, 58, announced that the third installment in his Monsters franchise is in the works — with Hunnam, 44, leading the charge as notorious real-life serial killer Ed Gein.
The showrunner shared the news during his Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story premiere in Los Angeles on Monday, September 16. Following the premiere, Netflix announced the news via X, sharing a photo of the Sons of Anarchy alum.
Netflix shared on Tuesday, September 17, that production on season 3 is set to start next month.
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Aside from Hunnam’s casting news as Gein, not much information about the third season has been released just yet. Gein, nicknamed the “Butcher of Plainfield,” was convicted of one count of first-degree murder and admitted to a second killing in the 1950s. However, it’s suspected that he was involved in multiple other crimes around his Plainfield, Wisconsin. Gein also admitted to exhuming multiple graves and fashioned grotesque keepsakes out of the bodies. He is said to be one of the inspirations behind The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and many other horror films.
Ed GeinBettmann Collection/Getty Images
Murphy’s Monster franchise premiered via the streamer in September 2022 with The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, starring Evan Peters as the titular character. The second season set to premiere on Thursday, September 19, is titled The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and will follow the story of brothers Lyle Menéndez (Nicholas Chavez) and Erik Menéndez (Cooper Koch).
“One of the things that you and I didn’t know, but soon found out, is that there are literally thousands and thousands and thousands of TikToks from young people, specifically young women, talking about the Lyle and Erik Menendez case,” Murphy told collaborator Ian Brennan at a New York City screening for the show earlier this month.
The show follows the true story of the Menéndez Brothers who were convicted of the 1989 murder of their parents, José and Kitty, which they claimed was in self-defense after years of alleged physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
Brad Culver as Gerald Chaleff, Nicholas Chavez as Lyle Menendez, and Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez in ‘Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story.’Miles Crist/Netflix
Brennan, 46, added that he was “blown away” by the social media response.
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“It seemed so current to them,” he continued of fans. “I think one of the one of the things is we finally have a vernacular to think about and discuss sex abuse and mental health that did not exist at the time.”
Murphy went on to compare this upcoming season to Dahmer.
“This season was about abuse. Who is believed, who’s not believed,” he said. “All the stuff in here, by the way, is true. We spent many, many, many years researching this. Things you really can’t make up, but the thing that I was struck by when Ian and I were working on it was … [the show is] really more interested in talking about how monsters are made, as opposed to born.”
Long-time readers of this blog may have noticed that new posts have been very sporadic over the last couple of years. A series of issues kept arising, including the pandemic and various personal matters that resulted in there always being a bunch of matters that needed to be addressed ASAP and always had to take priority to writing blog articles. That’s ok, writing a blog is something that can go in fits and starts… however, the same issues have affected staying up to date with my quake preparations and making sure emergency supplies like food and medicines aren’t expiring. And that’s the reason for me mentioning all this: it underscores that there will always be reasons to put off taking quake precautions or keeping them up to date, and there will sometimes be reasons that make such postponements unavoidable, until the point is reached that the risk to the future of putting them off starts to outweigh the risk at the present of not doing them now. Where that line is, is a matter for personal choice and priorities, of course.
I’m distressingly late in checking my food supplies to replace any that are no longer good, and as I reported the last time I replaced my expired supplies, this is a real issue! Some stored foods really do go bad, there was the amazing exploding vitamin pill incident, and even the plugs for emergency power of mobile devices become defunct! The problem is that earthquakes can hit at inconvenient times. And lest you figure you typically keep enough food around and usually are not near the end of your prescription refill cycle, remember that quakes can occur when you are low on food and medicine. In fact, Murphy’s Law would seem to dictate that this is exactly when the next large quake will occur! After all, how many times have you gotten a bad cold right when it was time to buy more Kleenex?
“Fortune favors the prepared mind” (yes, yes, I know, there are different translations), to which Murphy laughs and says, “I eat procrastination for breakfast.”
So one purpose of writing this article, along with needing to finally break the silence and get these articles flowing again, is to goad myself into pulling out the emergency supplies and doing the expiration check that I have not done since early 2019 (too long!) even though I have a bunch of other things I need to do. Hopefully, some of you will also realize you have been saying about basic earthquake precautions that “it’s on my to-do list” for the past 10 years.
The other purpose: one of the matters that kept me from blog writing was the passing away of my mother Joyce about half a year ago, after the better part of a year of many health problems. It’s ironic because she was the main inspiration for a lot of my insights about quake safety, the talks I give (which have recently also been sporadic), and the blog articles that I write. She went through the 1971 Sylmar quake in the San Fernando Valley, along with me and our family. Then she lost her apartment in the 1994 Northridge quake, and went through the whole ordeal that those who have seen my talk know about, including being stuck in her apartment until being freed, and losing just about everything. She moved to nice safe Simi Valley, where earthquakes don’t seem to cause as much of a problem, and ironically ended up having to evacuate a few times due to wildfires; then ended up in an assisted living facility in her final year where she had to deal with COVID outbreaks. (There’s no perfect solution to avoiding earthquakes.) It was seeing all the stuff she had stuck down to surfaces in her Simi Valley apartment that initially made me think she was over-reacting, but then got me seriously thinking about the issue and realizing how sensible it was.
During her health issues last year, at one point when she was a bit out of it due to the health problem du jour, she asked me out of the blue without context “is this the end of the blog?” I thought she might have been a little disoriented since we had been talking about something else, but then realized that even in her state, she must have noticed the absence of Quaketips update e-mails. I assured her that it was not the end of the blog, and indeed, it isn’t.
Next time, I’ll be reporting on my field trip to the earthquake supplies section of a major department store in Tokyo.
In June 2023, five passengers were killed on board the Titan submersible, which was operated by OceanGate Inc. While on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic, the vessel failed to resurface safely. After a four-day search, officials revealed that the sub imploded. More than one year after the catastrophe, the Titan’s last message was revealed.
Learn more about the Titan’s expedition, its final moments and more, below.
What Happened to OceanGate’s Titan?
In June 2023, the Titan descended into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. One hour and 45 minutes into the voyage, the Titan’s mothership, the Polar Prince, lost contact with the vessel. After the Titan didn’t resurface, authorities were alerted, and a search for the passengers began.
Four days into the search, a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) discovered wreckage at the bottom of the ocean that resembled the Titan. The debris was located around 500 meters away from the Titanic.
Officials then informed the public that the pressure hull of the Titan had imploded during the vessel’s descent. According to the U.S. Coast Guard and other officials, all five occupants on board died instantaneously.
The first photo of the OceanGate Titan sub wreckage on the ocean floor has been released. pic.twitter.com/f0Ud2pDPRt
In September 2024, Tym Catterson, a former OceanGate contractor, testified that there were “no red flags” about the submersible the day when it went down.
“Considering who was in the cab with Stockton at that particular time — there are two billionaires in there with him — I would absolutely guarantee that he’s trying to make sure that this just goes as absolutely perfect and spot-on as he can,” Patterson said, per ABC News. “This was all theories that were just flying around between people that were totally without sleep and very anxious. It’s the worst thing that could be happening.”
Who Were the Titan Passengers?
The five Titan passengers were Pakistani-British businessman Shahzada Dawood, his 19-year-old son, Suleman Dawood, British businessman Hamish Harding, former French Navy commander and submersible pilot Paul-Henri Nargeolet and American submersible pilot and engineer Stockton Rush.
The Titan’s Final Message
In September 2024, the Titan’s final message was revealed. Per ABC News, the message was “All good here,” which was received at 2,274 meters. A photo of what was left of OceanGate’s Titan was also unveiled to the public.
In today’s fast-paced business world, mistakes happen. But when those mistakes cost your clients money, you could find yourself in hot water. That’s where errors and omissions (E&O) insurance comes in. If you’re a professional offering services or advice, E&O insurance isn’t just a nice-to-have — it’s a must-have. Let’s answer the question, what is errors and omissions insurance, and learn why it matters to you and your business.
What is errors and omissions insurance?
Errors and omissions insurance, also known as professional liability insurance, is a type of coverage that protects businesses and individuals who provide professional services or advice. It’s your safety net when a client claims that your work caused them financial harm due to mistakes, oversights, miscommunication, or negligence on your part.
Think of errors and omissions insurance as a professional’s version of malpractice insurance. Just as doctors need protection against medical malpractice claims, professionals in various fields need protection against claims of inadequate work or negligent actions.
Who needs errors and omissions insurance?
If you’re in the business of providing professional services or advice, E&O insurance is for you. This includes, but isn’t limited to:
Consultants
Lawyers
Accountants
Tax preparers and bookkeepers
Real estate agents
IT professionals
Architects and engineers
Marketing and advertising professionals
Essentially, if your job involves giving advice or providing a service that your clients rely on, you should seriously consider E&O insurance.
What does errors and omissions insurance cover?
E&O insurance typically covers:
Negligence: If a client suffers financial loss due to your professional mistake or oversight.
Misrepresentation: If you unintentionally give incorrect or incomplete information to a client.
Violation of good faith: If you fail to deliver on promises made to a client.
Inaccurate advice: If your professional recommendations lead to a client’s financial loss.
Legal defense costs: Even if a claim against you is groundless, E&O insurance can cover your legal fees.
It’s important to note that E&O insurance typically doesn’t cover intentional or dishonest acts, bodily injury, property damage, or work-related injuries to employees. These are usually covered by other types of insurance policies.
Real-world examples of errors and omissions claims
To better understand how E&O insurance works, let’s look at a few scenarios:
IT consultant: You’re hired to implement a new software system for a client. Due to an oversight in the configuration, the system crashes, causing the client to lose valuable data and experience downtime. They sue you for the financial losses incurred.
Financial advisor: You recommend an investment strategy to a client. Despite your best intentions, the strategy performs poorly, and the client loses a significant amount of money. They claim your advice was negligent and seek compensation.
Architect: You design a commercial building, but after construction, a flaw in your design leads to water damage. The building owner sues you for the cost of repairs and lost rental income.
In each of these cases, E&O insurance could step in to cover legal fees and any settlements or judgments against you, potentially saving your business from financial ruin.
E&O vs. general liability insurance: What’s the difference?
While both E&O and general liability insurance protect your business, they cover different types of risks:
For example, if a client slips and falls in your office, that’s a general liability claim. But if a client loses money due to your professional advice, that’s an E&O claim.
Many businesses need both types of coverage for comprehensive protection.
Why E&O insurance is crucial in today’s business landscape
In our increasingly litigious society, the importance of E&O insurance cannot be overstated. Here’s why:
Rising lawsuit costs: The cost of defending against a lawsuit, even a frivolous one, can be astronomical.
Client expectations: Clients today have higher expectations and are more likely to sue if those expectations aren’t met.
Complex business environment: As business operations become more complex, the risk of errors increases.
Contractual requirements: Many clients now require proof of E&O insurance before they’ll work with you.
Peace of mind: With E&O insurance, you can focus on your work without constantly worrying about potential lawsuits.
How to choose the right E&O policy
Selecting the right E&O policy involves several considerations:
Coverage limits: Many policies allow you to customize your coverage limits.Ensure your policy limits are high enough to adequately protect your assets.
Scope of coverage: Make sure the policy covers all the services you provide.
Claims-made vs. occurrence: Understand whether your policy covers claims made during the policy period or incidents that occur during the policy period. In the case of claims-made, the event and the claim must have occurred during the active policy period. In the case of occurrence, only the event must have taken place during the active policy period.
Deductible: This is the amount of money you would pay before the insurance carrier starts paying for covered expenses. Choose a deductible that you can comfortably afford in the event of a claim.
Exclusions: Carefully review what’s not covered by the policy.
Retroactive date: If possible, get a policy with a retroactive date that covers past work.
It’s often helpful to work with an insurance broker who specializes in professional liability insurance. They can help you navigate these choices and find a policy that fits your specific needs.
The bottom line
Mistakes can happen to even the most diligent and skilled professionals. Errors and omissions insurance provides a crucial safety net, protecting you and your business from the potentially devastating financial consequences of a lawsuit.
While E&O insurance does come with a cost, it’s a small price to pay compared to the potential expense of a lawsuit. Moreover, the peace of mind it provides is invaluable, allowing you to focus on what you do best — serving your clients.
Remember, it’s not just about protecting your business — it’s about protecting your reputation, your assets, and your future. In today’s complex and litigious business environment, E&O insurance isn’t just a smart choice, it’s an essential part of your professional toolkit.
So, now that we’ve answered “what is errors and omissions insurance” for you, take the time to assess your risks, understand your options, and invest in the right E&O coverage for your business. It could be the most important business decision you make this year.
FC Porto won the Champions League 20 years ago. That same season, Bournemouth finished below Hartlepool United, Port Vale, and Tranmere Rovers in England’s third tier.
Things have changed drastically since. The balance of power in European soccer has shifted.
When Dominic Solanke left for Tottenham Hotspur in one of this summer’s priciest transfers, Bournemouth shopped for someone to fill the 21-goal hole in their strike force. Their response was decisive and, naturally, expensive. Six days after Solanke’s exit, Bournemouth plucked Brazilian international Evanilson from Porto for a club-record fee that may exceed £40 million.
Bournemouth’s ability to make this deal is largely a credit to the management that helped the modest club rise from the fourth division to the Premier League in just 12 years.
But it’s also another clear indicator of the financial disparity between the Premier League and the rest of Europe. Porto were strong-armed by Bournemouth, a club that’s spent 117 years of its 125-year history below England’s top flight and has a stadium that barely holds over 11,000 spectators. That same Porto that conquered Portuguese football 30 times and Europe twice and boasted global stars like Deco, Casemiro, and Pepe had succumbed to the might of Bournemouth and sold their prized asset.
“From a European perspective, it does seem like there is an increasing gulf between the Premier League and other leagues,” Christina Philippou, an associate professor in accounting and sport finance at the University of Portsmouth, told theScore.
Record Bournemouth signing Evanilson AFC Bournemouth / AFC Bournemouth / Getty
This summer was rife with Premier League clubs overpowering traditional European powerhouses in the transfer market. Even Ipswich Town, who finished second in England’s second tier last term, outspent 31 of the 36 clubs competing in this season’s revamped Champions League’s league phase, according to figures from Transfermarkt.
The 20 Premier League teams spent almost £2 billion in the summer, exceeding the combined transfer outlay of the 58 clubs in the Bundesliga, La Liga, and Serie A.
The boom and trickle-down effect
“It was broadcasting that kick-started the whole thing,” Dan Plumley, a senior lecturer in sport finance at Sheffield Hallam University, said when explaining the Premier League’s financial dominance. “Credit where credit’s due from a business point of view, (former chief executive) Richard Scudamore in the first phases of the Premier League era went really, really hard on the global market.”
The Premier League initially sold its broadcasting rights overseas for cheap to rapidly increase the exposure of English football and, over time, allow its popularity to soar. Plumley said the Premier League has enjoyed “continual growth” since around the mid-2000s. It boasts soccer’s highest broadcasting income at $3.8 billion this year, according to Statista research. Second-placed La Liga pulls in almost half of that at $2 billion, while only the NFL beats the Premier League across all sports with its huge annual total of $10 billion.
Unlike the rest of Europe, Premier League clubs can thrive financially without income from the Champions League, Europa League, or Conference League.
Average revenue per club in 2022-23
League
Figure
Premier League
€348M
Bundesliga
€213M
La Liga
€177M
Serie A
€143M
Ligue 1
€119M
(Courtesy: Deloitte)
Plumley is keen to point out that the Premier League’s outreach benefits other countries. It’s putting soccer on screens in all corners of the globe, from Macau to Mexico, the Pacific Islands to Portugal, and Sub-Saharan Africa to Serbia. The league is building a stronger appetite for the sport, sometimes in places where it may not have previously existed.
“(The clubs) are kind of joint economic partners,” Plumley said.
“You don’t really get that in a lot of other businesses because they’re all trying to outdo each other: a retail business is going to benefit if another retail business goes out of business. That doesn’t ring true in football.”
Hakan Mild, a director at IFK Goteborg and former midfielder with over 70 Sweden caps, has seen how the big leagues have directly influenced and improved smaller ones. He said there are now more “working opportunities” for players and coaches at the larger clubs and clearer coaching advancements than when he rose through the ranks as a teenager.
Of course, it also helps when a Premier League outfit swoops in for a talented player. Malick Yalcouye switched Goteborg for Brighton in the summer in a club-record sale that Mild said surpassed the €7-million mark.
“We can use that money to develop the club,” Mild told theScore. “(We can help) our young players, the boys and girls, to become better footballers because we have the possibility to put money in our facilities.”
Mild scored 3 goals vs. England during his international career Chris Cole / Getty Images Sport / Getty
You can draw similarities between two-time UEFA Cup winners Goteborg selling to Brighton and Porto surrendering to Bournemouth’s financial clout. However, English football’s strength over Sweden is nothing new. The Swedish game only made significant steps toward professionalism in the 1960s and 1970s. English football has long represented a significant leap forward from Sweden, demonstrated by an influx of Swedes from the 1990s.
‘Sacrifice everything to the gods’
Mild is optimistic about the future of leagues below the Premier League while he sees improvement among the smaller clubs.The Europa League and Conference League – the latter began in 2021 – can help lift the standard with more competitive games and greater financial windfalls.
But there’s still been just one Swedish team in the Champions League group stage or league phase over the past nine years (Malmo in 2021-22). Bodo/Glimt – on course to collect their fourth Norwegian title in five years – won five of their six 2024-25 Champions League qualification matches but didn’t make UEFA’s flagship competition, dropping into the second-tier Europa League instead. Dominant Danish club Copenhagen had no Champions League football for five years before earning impressive draws with Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund, and Sevilla in last season’s group stage.
Mild said Swedish clubs “have to fight” rather than complain about how the Champions League format grants automatic qualification to teams that finish as low as fifth in the Bundesliga and Serie A. Still, it often appears to be a closed shop to nations below Europe’s top five leagues.
UEFA’s five leading leagues take up 22 of the 36 places in the Champions League’s revamped league phase, with just one (Lille) needing to navigate qualifiers to reach that stage. Only 16 of UEFA’s 55 national association members are represented. It’s an environment where broadcasting income, prize money, European matchday revenue, and the increase in commercial interest that continental football brings are enjoyed by only a privileged minority – and regularly the same elite few each season.
Real Madrid have conquered Europe 15 times, with 6 titles crammed into the past 11 seasons Joe Giddens – PA Images / PA Images / Getty
Philippou, who supports Greek club Panathinaikos, feels the frustration of trying to reach the Champions League.
“You have to sacrifice everything to the gods in order to go through the myriads of qualification stages before a team from one of the – quote, unquote – lesser leagues gets in,” she said. “It’s kind of lost its luster in many ways from the viewpoint of the lesser leagues.”
The gap below the Premier League is one of many financial disparities that pockmark the whole continent and create an uneven playing field. In 2023, Sweden’s total revenue (€210 million) was around 10% of that pulled in by Europe’s fifth-biggest soccer revenue generator, France, according to UEFA figures. Sweden’s TV revenue income of €35 million was paltry compared to the €178-million haul brought in by Europe’s seventh-largest earner, Portugal.
Despite Mild’s determination to focus on Goteborg’s issues, the chances of the club consistently competing with and beating some of Europe’s best, like in its 1980s and 1990s heyday, are incredibly slim.
UEFA powerless
The solution to address the financial and competitive imbalance seems simple. First, Philippou said there should be a better way to distribute money throughout Europe, ensuring the top clubs don’t snag most of it for themselves. That could be followed by UEFA revising its competitions.
“(Give) smaller leagues better chances of getting in and competing,” Philippou suggested. “That way, you could boost your audiences and help develop football across the continent, as opposed to just focusing on the larger leagues, which is effectively what we’re seeing football move toward.”
Improving the chances of smaller clubs participating in the best competitions is within UEFA’s remit, but what motivation does it have? The long-term benefits could be huge, with clubs from lesser leagues bringing money into their domestic game and UEFA competitions becoming enriched with more cultures and a greater variety of teams. But the short-term benefits of well-known clubs attracting bigger audiences and, as a result, larger revenues are irresistible.
And outside of that, there’s little UEFA can do to bring more parity.
“They can’t in many ways because the leagues are self-governed,” Plumley told theScore. “They are the governing body of European football, and they have a role to play in the member associations, but they can’t tell the Premier League, as an example, how to split their broadcasting money.”
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin Kristy Sparow – UEFA / UEFA / Getty
UEFA and domestic leagues have tried to control the finances of its teams, but Financial Fair Play (FFP), profitability and sustainability rules (PSR), and squad cost ratios are limited. The latter is UEFA’s latest initiative, dictating that clubs competing in Europe can’t spend 80% or more of their revenue on transfers, wages, and agent fees. Next season, it tightens to 70%.
The ratio effectively ensures that clubs don’t spend beyond their means but preserves the competitive imbalance. Teams churning out the highest revenues can continue to outspend the rest, making it harder for everyone else to catch up.
Individual leagues’ efforts to control finances are also limited. La Liga calculates a spending cap for transfers and wages for its clubs based on various factors, including past revenues and projected income. While this can help remedy financial mismanagement at Barcelona, for example, it leaves their European rivals to potentially gain a competitive edge with larger, less contained squad upgrades.
Plumley said he thinks the chasms in the European game will remain for at least 5-10 years – and it would take something drastic for them not to continue much longer than that.
“The only thing that really shakes it up is a new governance structure within leagues or across the ecosystem that really changes what’s there and almost rips it up and starts again,” Plumley added. “And I just don’t think we’re in that space.”
In many illnesses, having one symptom makes you much more likely to have others. If you have a cough, you’re a lot more likely to also have a runny nose. Individuals with diabetes are more likely to also have hypertension. The same is also true for mental health disorders.
Individuals with depression tend to be more likely to suffer from other psychiatric conditions like anxiety. The recently crowned “World’s Fastest Man,” Olympic sprinter Noah Lyles, publicly disclosed that he suffers from both anxiety and depression, in addition to numerous other challenges he had to overcome to reach the top. While his elite running ability is profoundly rare, his “disease comorbidity,” or the simultaneous presence of multiple conditions, is much more common. In fact, research shows that more than half of all people with one mental health disorder will also meet diagnostic criteria for at least one other disorder1. Recently, the world of psychiatry research has placed more focus on these common co-occurrences and sought to better understand disease comorbidity in mental health. Tackling this issue could potentially allow mental health professionals to treat multiple psychiatric conditions at once.
As with all traits, both genes and the environment contribute to individual differences in the prevalence and manifestation of mental health disorders2. By investigating the genetic overlap of psychiatric conditions, researchers may be able to identify or create drugs and therapies aimed at treating common symptoms across disorders with similar genetic roots.
In a recent paper published in the research journal Nature Mental Health3, the authors examined whether the same genes contribute to the development of psychiatric conditions that share symptoms and tend to co-occur. To do this, data was analyzed from the UK Biobank, one of the world’s largest collections of genetic, lifestyle, health information, and neuroimaging samples from nearly half a million UK volunteers.
The results of the study showed that symptom overlap and co-occurrence between disorders varied across psychiatric conditions. This was also true at the genetic level: some disorders shared more genes than others. However, disorders that were more genetically similar did not always have the highest rate of symptom overlap or co-occurrence. For example, anxiety and depression shared most of their genetic roots but were only partly similar at the symptom level. In contrast, substance use disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) had overlapping symptoms but differed from each other in their genetic roots.
How could this be? Both genes and the environment influence how these disorders develop and interact. Genetics alone are not sufficient to explain the manifestation of a psychiatric condition. This is why many diseases like schizophrenia can occur in only one member of an identical twin pair, even though schizophrenia itself is one of the most strongly genetically linked mental health disorders. One’s lifestyle, social, and environmental setting can even lead to symptoms that are shared across genetically unrelated disorders.
This is not to say that genetics don’t play a role. Genetic differences partly explain why some people are more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder after being exposed to trauma4,5. But genes are not a determining factor.
The psychiatry world still has work to do before it fully understands the commonalities and differences between mental health disorders. This type of research will help move us closer to helping individuals with one, or multiple mental health disorders. Perhaps not to become Olympic champions like Noah Lyles, but to achieve their own personal victories, and ultimately live their fullest, healthiest lives.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Osbrink Agency, the Los Angeles-based boutique agency which represents actors in film, television, commercials, voiceover, print, and digital, is expanding its footprint with an office in New York.
Joining the team on the East Coast are NY-based Theatrical agent, Victoria Kress, and Voiceover agent, Keegan Monti-Kewley.
Kress is a veteran agent who has spent the last 3 decades working in the youth and young adult space. She got her start at J. Michael Bloom, launching the careers of Regina Hall and James Van Der Beek among others, before becoming the Head of the Youth Division at Buchwald. More recently, she spent the past 10 years as a Senior Agent at A3.
Kress will be joined by a majority of her clients including Alexa Swinton (And Just Like That/Maestro), Maxim Swinton (Bookie), Elle Graham (Are You There, God, It’s Me, Margaret?/Sulphur Springs), Kyliegh Curran (House Of Usher/Sulphur Springs), Joshua Satine (A Simple Favor 1 and 2) and Josh Williams (Them: The Scare). She will be working in tandem with L.A.-based agents Emily Urbani and Tiffany Treibel.
Monti-Kewley has spent over 15 years in the voiceover space as a booth director and agent. He has found much of his success developing talent from the ground up and secured voices to major brands including Ritz, Jeep, and Dupixent. Monti-Kewley prefers to blend traditional agenting with his technical expertise in home-studio design, and a strong focus on market identity. Monti-Kewley is also a Voiceover Lecturer for the MFA acting program at Yale. Previously an agent at A3, Monti-Kewley joins the L.A./NY Voiceover team, working alongside longtime VO agent Maureen Rose, who heads the division that covers Animation, TV/Radio & Video games.
“Our company’s expansion to the East Coast had been a long-term goal that needed the perfect team to bring it to fruition.” said Cindy Osbrink, Founder and CEO “We are excited to welcome Victoria and Keegan, two incredible agents, who each bring a variety of experiences, skill sets and relationships that will round out Osbrink’s reach and strengthen our bi-coastal presence.”
I’ve shared with y’all many times before about how hands off Matt is with our house. And I’m not just talking about the fact that he has MS and can’t physically help me with any projects. I’m also talking about the fact that he almost never has any input about the house. Ever since we built our first house in Albany, Oregon, twenty-one years ago, his attitude has been that the house is mine to do with as I wish. And the longer we were married, and the more I proved myself (e.g., I wasn’t going to haphazardly take out a load bearing wall and destroy the house or anything like that), the more hands off he has become.
But even though I know that about him, I still didn’t realize the extent to which he would let me do whatever I want to do until a couple of days ago. I was talking to him about all the different possibilities for our house that I’ve discussed here on the blog. One of those possibilities was to turn the current pantry into a workout area, or turn it into an area for him to use however he wants (but it would have to accommodate his Theracycle).
So I was showing him the floor plan and showing him how the doorway to that room will no longer be through the breakfast room/sitting room, but instead, it will eventually be through the kitchen. It’s the empty room shown below.
So I was showing this to him and explaining that he could do whatever he wanted to do with that area. His Theracycle could go in there, and we could put a TV in there for him. And he looked at me and said, “Yeah, but I won’t be able to get into that room.”
I was so confused. I mean, the room isn’t huge. After the kitchen is built, it’ll be 7′ x 11′. It’s a small area, but there’s plenty of room for his Theracycle and whatever else he would want in there. So I tried to explain that. I also explained that we can make the doorway 36 inches wide, which he can get through very easily.
He said, “Yeah, but it’ll be through the kitchen, so I won’t be able to get to it.”
I was even more confused. How were we miscommunicating? Were we looking at the same floor plan? What was he seeing on that floor plan that I wasn’t? I kept looking at it and studying it and trying to figure out what he was seeing that would hinder him from entering that room. I couldn’t see any obstructions. Why was he not understanding what I was trying to explain? And why in the world did he think he wouldn’t be able to access this room?
So I asked him to help me understand why he wouldn’t be able to access this room, and he responded, “Because of the slab foundation. The new kitchen will be a slab foundation, right? That means that there’s going to be a step down into the kitchen, so I won’t be able to get in there.”
Oh. My. Goodness. This whole time that we’ve been talking about and planning our new kitchen, Matt has thought that having a slab foundation (which is what two different contractors have suggested) means that it will have to be ground level, which means that it will be lower than the rest of the pier and beam house. I couldn’t believe it! I explained to him that under no circumstances would our new kitchen be inaccessible to him. Even if it’s a slab, it will be high enough so that the floor will be continuous from the current house into the new kitchen.
I said, “Are you telling me that in all of this time that we’ve been talking about a new kitchen addition, you thought that I was going to build a kitchen that you wouldn’t be able to access? That’s what you thought, and you weren’t going to say anything to me about that?!”
He just looked at me, grinned, shrugged his shoulders, and said, “Nope.”
My goodness, that dear, sweet man would literally let me do anything I want to this house. Getting opinions out of him is like pulling teeth. And even when he thinks I’m going to do something that would be a huge inconvenience to him, he’s still okay with it. I mean, I knew that he has always wanted me to be able to do what I want to do with our house, and as long as I’m happy with it, he’s happy with it. I just never realized until that moment to what extent he was willing to let me do whatever I want.
I feel very thankful to be married to someone who lets me do pretty much anything I want in our house, and decorate however I want (and redecorate, and redecorate, and redecorate as many times as I want). Over the years, I’ve heard from many women in the comment sections of my posts whose husbands are very involved in the decision making regarding the house and the decor, and I’ve heard from other women whose husbands won’t let them change a single thing in the house.
So I recognize just how lucky I am to have a spouse who lets me do whatever I want to do, and I try not to take advantage of that. But rest assured that I always try to take into consideration how my decisions will affect Matt. The last thing I’d want to do is make life more inconvenient for him that it already is. And no, there will not be a step down into our new kitchen. 😀
Addicted 2 Decorating is where I share my DIY and decorating journey as I remodel and decorate the 1948 fixer upper that my husband, Matt, and I bought in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do physical work, so I do the majority of the work on the house by myself. You can learn more about me here.
Name: Lori Holcomb City: Talkeetna, Alaska Grades taught: 5th grade School type: Rural, public, Title 1 school Student demographics: 100 students, PreK-5th
Which activities did you teach?
Pre-Unit Values Activity
Lesson 1 – Activity 1, 2, & 4 (Energy Observation of School Grounds, Food Chain and Energy Transfer Game, Carbon Cycle Game)
Lesson 2 – Activity 1, 2 & 3 (Trusted Adult Interview & Gallery Walk, Community Map, What are our Local Energy Sources?)
Lesson 3 – Activity 1 & 2 (What Happens to our Community when we Burn Fossil Fuels?, Energy Source Jigsaw Reading)
Lesson 6 – Activities 1, 2, 3 Envisioning a Just Transition, Creating a Just and Equitable Future for All, Action Project)
My assessment activities included student energy journals, Multisolving FLOWER, presentations, and posters.
In addition to the Next Generation Science Standards and other standards already listed in the Experience Energy resource, I was able to connect to my Alaska State Standards for 5th grade such as:
5.ESS.2.1 Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
5.LS.2.1 Develop and describe a model that describes the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
5.PS.3.1 Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and maintaining body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
Which activities went well? What made them successful?
My students had some previous lessons about energy. They had been thinking of ways to conserve energy such as turning off lights, unplugging chargers when not in use, limiting the use of paper towels, etc. The lessons in Experience Energy extended their learning. I did have limited time, so I pretty much did the required lessons, with the addition of a few that extended previous lessons.
The first lesson I did was the values lesson. I was curious to see what my students would pick so I gave them all of the value cards – about 5 pages worth! This was too much in hindsight. If I did this again, I would limit the number of cards. I had students number 1 (lowest value) to 5 (highest value) as we discussed each one. Then I had students pick their top five, cut them out, and tape them in a chart on the back wall. I ended up with many singles, but we did have some commonalities (family, environment, and friendship).
Which activities were challenging? What was difficult about them?
The vocabulary on the Multisolving FLOWER model was challenging. We discussed the meaning of each petal and students were able to present and justify their thoughts. However, when the flowers were colored, they looked much the same, with almost all the petals filled in. I had better luck using their Energy Journals for assessment.
I found social justice difficult to discuss as it applies to our community. However, our class was reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Since students were struggling to identify areas of inequity in our community, I referred to the book where plenty of examples could be found and it seemed easier to discuss. I also shared some of the suggested videos. From there, I asked my students to describe what a perfect world might look like – a future where energy could be distributed equally to every person in ways that were not harmful to the environment. We also had great discussions about the pros and cons of various types of renewable and nonrenewable energy during the jigsaw readings.
Please tell one or two stories that are relevant to your situation and experience teaching the resource.
Students loved the games. Both the food chain game and the carbon cycle game went very well. It was fun to compare before and after fossil fuels in the carbon cycle game. During the “before fossil fuels” portion, a few students complained, “This dice is rigged! I’ve been deep underground forever!” We then discussed how their experience as a carbon molecule changed after the introduction of fossil fuels and brainstormed ways we might reduce our carbon footprint.
I was also very impressed with the posters my students made after the trusted adult interview. Students interviewed parents, grandparents, and community members. Responses were recorded in the form of a poster or writing. Everyone enjoyed sharing and marveled at the changes over time. The most dramatic changes were in the areas of technology and transportation. We had some great discussions about perspectives and how experiences shape opinions. For example, one person thought that the world had more pollution today because the population has increased. Another person thought there was less pollution today because people are more aware. This was a good time to look at the value cards posted on the back wall and discuss how our experiences affect our values, and how our values can influence our actions.
During this unit, students bought into conserving energy and recycling. Recycling became the focus of their action project. Students wrote a letter to our local recycling center asking for recycling bins. There are now enough bins for each classroom to recycle paper and a few centrally located bins for recycling plastics. It was inspiring to see my students connect with family and community members while discussing changes over time as they related to energy and the environment. The games and activities were a fun way to teach about some of the challenges we face today and possible solutions. It was exciting to see students actively think about the future, the impact of their actions, and brainstorm solutions and alternatives to current problems related to energy and the environment. One student said, “Every little thing that we do adds up.”
I have been teaching for 30 years, currently teaching 5th grade. I get a great deal of enjoyment from watching students make connections between what they are learning in the classroom and real life. In my leisure time, I love spending time outdoors hiking, kayaking, and skiing. What I love most is spending time with my family.
Want more inspirational ideas on how to use Experience Energy? Read the other case studies and download the resource on Climate Generation’s Resource Library.
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