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Celine Dion Biopic ?Aline? Finds U.S. Home With Roadside Attractions, Samuel Goldwyn Films (EXCLUSIVE)
Chemotherapy?s effectiveness may vary with time of day
Surveys with repetitive questions yield bad information, study finds
COVID-19: Small study found no evidence of transmitting virus through breastfeeding
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?Aline,? the biopic loosely based on French Canadian hitmaker Celine Dion, has been acquired by Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films for U.S. distribution. The critically acclaimed musical comedy-drama world premiered out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It will be released theatrically in the U.S. in early 2022.

Lemercier, one of France?s most popular actors and stand-up comedians, directed, co-wrote (with Brigitte But) and stars in the film as Aline Dieu, a singing prodigy (who is meant to be Celine Dion) who grew up in 1960s Quebec surrounded by her tight-knit family of 13 siblings.

When a famous producer, Guy Claude (who is meant to be René Angélil), discovers Aline and her golden voice, he sets out to make her the world?s greatest singer. The crowd-pleasing film charts Aline?s life journey from her childhood through to her sudden rise as a global superstar, showing her impressive transformation. The movie closely details Aline?s relationship with her producer and mentor, who became her husband, while showing her navigating a busy career and motherhood.

?A lot of things are invented, but I tried to be in the perfume of Celine?s life,? Lemercier told Variety in Cannes. ?Nothing is against her, but some things are invented to be more cinematic and romantic sometimes.?

Lemercier stars opposite Sylvain Marcel, Danielle Fichaud, Roc Lafortune, Antoine Vézina, Pascale Desrochers and Jean-Noël Brouté. Aline?s singing voice is Victoria Sio, who was chosen among 50 singers by the Lemercier and the producers.

?Valérie?s tour de force performance as an emerging worldwide singing superstar created an enormous splash at Cannes this year, and we think American audiences will be every bit as thrilled to discover this one-of-a-kind entertainer in movie theaters early in 2022,? said Roadside and Goldwyn in a joint statement.

Alexis Cassanet, executive VP of international sales and distribution at Gaumont, said Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films are ?two emblematic independent U.S. distributors? with an ?impressive track record and many awards to their credit.? The executive described the film as a love letter to Dion.

The deal was negotiated by Cassanet and Roadside?s Howard Cohen and Goldwyn?s Peter Goldwyn.

?Aline? was produced by Édouard Weil, Alice Girard at Rectangle Productions and Sidonie Dumas at Gaumont, in association with Laurent Zeitoun (?Intouchables,? ?Ballerina?). The film was co-produced by André Rouleau, Valérie d?Auteuil and Patrick Vandenbosch. De l?huile, Caramel Films and Belga Productions co-produced with the participation of Entourage Pictures, Canal Plus, TF1 and Téléfilm Canada.

Gaumont will release the film on Nov. 10 in French cinemas. (The movie was meant to have launched last year but faced delays from the closure of cinemas due to the pandemic.) With a budget in the $25 million range, ?Aline? is one of the biggest and most anticipated French films slated for this year.

?Aline? marks Lemercier?s sixth directorial outing. She previously directed ??Quadrille,? ?From Behind,? ?Palais-Royal!,? ?The Ultimate Accessories? and ?50 is the new 30.? She also wrote and performed five one-woman shows, three of which won awards.

Roadside Attractions? recent credits include the Oscar-winning ?Judy? starring Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland, and ?The Peanut Butter Falcon.? Samuel Goldwyn Films, meanwhile, is handling Thomas Vinterberg?s ?Another Round,? which won the Oscar for best international feature film, as well as the Oscar-nominated Tunisian film ?The Man Who Sold His Skin.?

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Celine Dion Biopic ?Aline? Finds U.S. Home With Roadside Attractions, Samuel Goldwyn Films (EXCLUSIVE)

) [summary] => ?Aline,? the biopic loosely based on French Canadian hitmaker Celine Dion, has been acquired by Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films for U.S. distribution. The critically acclaimed musical comedy-drama world premiered out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It will be released theatrically in the U.S. in early 2022. Lemercier, one of France?s most ... Read more [atom_content] =>

The deal was negotiated by Cassanet and Roadside?s Howard Cohen and Goldwyn?s Peter Goldwyn.

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Celine Dion Biopic ?Aline? Finds U.S. Home With Roadside Attractions, Samuel Goldwyn Films (EXCLUSIVE)

[date_timestamp] => 1643914670 ) [1] => Array ( [title] => Chemotherapy?s effectiveness may vary with time of day [link] => https://scionnewsroom.com/healthandscience/chemotherapys-effectiveness-may-vary-with-time-of-day/ [dc] => Array ( [creator] => Tony Grantly ) [pubdate] => Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:53:39 +0000 [category] => Health And Sciencechemotherapysdayeffectivenesstimevary [guid] => https://scionnewsroom.com/?p=2481 [description] => Journal Reference: William H. Walker, Samuel A. Sprowls, Jacob R. Bumgarner, Jennifer A. Liu, O. Hecmarie Meléndez-Fernández, James C. Walton, Paul R. Lockman, A. Courtney DeVries, Randy J. Nelson. Circadian Influences on Chemotherapy Efficacy in a Mouse Model of Brain Metastases of Breast Cancer. Frontiers in Oncology, 2021; 11 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.752331 William Walker ? a ... Read more [content] => Array ( [encoded] =>

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William H. Walker, Samuel A. Sprowls, Jacob R. Bumgarner, Jennifer A. Liu, O. Hecmarie Meléndez-Fernández, James C. Walton, Paul R. Lockman, A. Courtney DeVries, Randy J. Nelson. Circadian Influences on Chemotherapy Efficacy in a Mouse Model of Brain Metastases of Breast Cancer. Frontiers in Oncology, 2021; 11 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.752331

William Walker ? a researcher with the West Virginia University School of Medicine ? is investigating whether the blood-brain barrier is more likely to admit chemotherapy drugs at different times of day.

His study ? funded by the National Institutes of Health ? shows that the blood-brain barrier is dynamic rather than static and suggests that properly timed chemotherapy treatments could better reach the tumors they?re targeting.

?We are not the first ones to show that chrono-chemotherapy is beneficial, but we?re the first to show that it?s beneficial in the treatment of brain metastasis,? said Walker, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neuroscience.

His findings appeared in ?Frontiers in Oncology.?

Walker and his colleagues delivered chemotherapy into mice that had breast cancer, which had traveled to the brain.

Some of the mice received the treatments in daylight conditions, when mice ? being nocturnal ? are typically at rest. The other animals received them in the dark, a setting that more closely resembles the mice?s active period.

The researchers found that the chemotherapy they administered during the dark phase killed more brain tumor cells than the ones given in the light phase.

Dark-phase chemotherapy treatments also did a better job of delaying neurological symptoms, like strange walking patterns and loss of muscle control.

They also increased the median survival rate by about 20%.

?In all our projects, we try to ask, ?If we see an effect molecularly, does that translate? Is there a functional relevance to it?’? Walker said. ?To an extent, it might be pointless if we increase the amount of chemotherapy within the brain tumor at a certain time, but we don?t see any functional difference, we don?t improve survival, or we don?t improve changes in neurological deficit. So, these results were great to see.?

Questions remain. Does the human blood-brain barrier fluctuate, too? If it does, is it more receptive to chemotherapy in the day or at night? Do the fluctuations reflect the fact that humans are diurnal creatures (more active during the day), or are they an effect of light exposure itself?

?Those are the questions William Walker will be looking into when he leaves this lab and starts his own,? said Randy Nelson, chair of the Department of Neuroscience, director of the WVU Center for Foundational Neuroscience Research and Education and Walker?s mentor.

Typically, people on chemotherapy receive their treatments in the daytime ? during regular business hours ? but ?if it?s the case that people are more like flies, and the brain blood-brain barrier opens up at night, then that might be the best time to give chemo,? Nelson said.

?Chrono-chemotherapy has been shown to be beneficial for years ? in terms of peripheral cancer ? but for some reason, that basic science is not being translated to clinical practice,? Walker said. ?I think that?s an important step. That?s my goal in starting my own lab: to try to raise awareness so that we can actually translate some of the basic science that we see into clinical practice to improve patient outcomes.?

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Chemotherapy?s effectiveness may vary with time of day

) [summary] => Journal Reference: William H. Walker, Samuel A. Sprowls, Jacob R. Bumgarner, Jennifer A. Liu, O. Hecmarie Meléndez-Fernández, James C. Walton, Paul R. Lockman, A. Courtney DeVries, Randy J. Nelson. Circadian Influences on Chemotherapy Efficacy in a Mouse Model of Brain Metastases of Breast Cancer. Frontiers in Oncology, 2021; 11 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.752331 William Walker ? a ... Read more [atom_content] =>

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William H. Walker, Samuel A. Sprowls, Jacob R. Bumgarner, Jennifer A. Liu, O. Hecmarie Meléndez-Fernández, James C. Walton, Paul R. Lockman, A. Courtney DeVries, Randy J. Nelson. Circadian Influences on Chemotherapy Efficacy in a Mouse Model of Brain Metastases of Breast Cancer. Frontiers in Oncology, 2021; 11 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.752331

His findings appeared in ?Frontiers in Oncology.?

Walker and his colleagues delivered chemotherapy into mice that had breast cancer, which had traveled to the brain.

The researchers found that the chemotherapy they administered during the dark phase killed more brain tumor cells than the ones given in the light phase.

Dark-phase chemotherapy treatments also did a better job of delaying neurological symptoms, like strange walking patterns and loss of muscle control.

They also increased the median survival rate by about 20%.

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Chemotherapy?s effectiveness may vary with time of day

[date_timestamp] => 1643914419 ) [2] => Array ( [title] => Surveys with repetitive questions yield bad information, study finds [link] => https://scionnewsroom.com/healthandscience/surveys-with-repetitive-questions-yield-bad-information-study-finds/ [dc] => Array ( [creator] => Tony Grantly ) [pubdate] => Thu, 03 Feb 2022 17:36:03 +0000 [category] => Health And ScienceBadquestionsrepetitiveStudySurveysyield [guid] => https://scionnewsroom.com/?p=2476 [description] => Journal Reference: Ye Li, Antonia Krefeld-Schwalb, Daniel G. Wall, Eric J. Johnson, Olivier Toubia, Daniel M. Bartels. EXPRESS: The More You Ask, the Less You Get: When Additional Questions Hurt External Validity. Journal of Marketing Research, 2021; 002224372110735 DOI: 10.1177/00222437211073581 The study found that people tire from questions that vary only slightly and tend to ... Read more [content] => Array ( [encoded] =>

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Ye Li, Antonia Krefeld-Schwalb, Daniel G. Wall, Eric J. Johnson, Olivier Toubia, Daniel M. Bartels. EXPRESS: The More You Ask, the Less You Get: When Additional Questions Hurt External Validity. Journal of Marketing Research, 2021; 002224372110735 DOI: 10.1177/00222437211073581

The study found that people tire from questions that vary only slightly and tend to give similar answers to all questions as the survey progresses. Marketers, policymakers, and researchers who rely on long surveys to predict consumer or voter behavior will have more accurate data if they craft surveys designed to elicit reliable, original answers, the researchers suggest.

?We wanted to know, is gathering more data in surveys always better, or could asking too many questions lead to respondents providing less useful responses as they adapt to the survey,? said first author Ye Li, a UC Riverside assistant professor of management. ?Could this paradoxically lead to asking more questions but getting worse results??

While it may be tempting to assume more data is always better, the authors wondered if the decision processes respondents use to answer a series of questions might change, especially when those questions use a similar, repetitive format.

The research addressed quantitative surveys of the sort typically used in market research, economics, or public policy research that seek to understand people?s values about certain things. These surveys often ask a large number of structurally similar questions.

Researchers analyzed four experiments that asked respondents to answer questions involving choice and preference.

Respondents in the surveys adapted their decision making as they answer more repetitive, similarly structured choice questions, a process the authors call ?adaptation.? This means they processed less information, learned to weigh certain attributes more heavily, or adopted mental shortcuts for combining attributes.

In one of the studies, respondents were asked about their preferences for varying configurations of laptops. They were the sort of questions marketers use to determine if customers are willing to sacrifice a bit of screen size in return for increased storage capacity, for example.

?When you?re asked questions over and over about laptop configurations that vary only slightly, the first two or three times you look at them carefully but after that maybe you just look at one attribute, such as how long the battery lasts. We use shortcuts. Using shortcuts gives you less information if you ask for too much information,? said Li.

While humans are known to adapt to their environment, most methods in behavioral research used to measure preferences have underappreciated this fact.

?In as few as six or eight questions people are already answering in such a way that you?re already worse off if you?re trying to predict real-world behavior,? said Li. ?In these surveys if you keep giving people the same types of questions over and over, they start to give the same kinds of answers.?

The findings suggest some tactics that can increase the validity of data while also saving time and money. Process-tracing, a research methodology that tracks not just the quantity of observations but also their quality, can be used to diagnose adaptation, helping to identify when it is a threat to validity. Adaptation could also be reduced or delayed by repeatedly changing the format of the task or adding filler questions or breaks. Finally, the research suggests that to maximize the validity of preference measurement surveys, researchers could use an ensemble of methods, preferably using multiple means of measurement, such as questions that involve choosing between options available at different times, matching questions, and a variety of contexts.

?The tradeoff isn?t always obvious. More data isn?t always better. Be cognizant of the tradeoffs,? said Li. ?When your goal is to predict the real world, that?s when it matters.?

Li was joined in the research by Antonia Krefeld-Schwalb, Eric J. Johnson, and Olivier Toubia at Columbia University; Daniel Wall at the University of Pennsylvania; and Daniel M. Bartels at the University of Chicago. The paper, ?The more you ask, the less you get: When additional questions hurt external validity,? is published in the Journal of Marketing Research.

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Surveys with repetitive questions yield bad information, study finds

) [summary] => Journal Reference: Ye Li, Antonia Krefeld-Schwalb, Daniel G. Wall, Eric J. Johnson, Olivier Toubia, Daniel M. Bartels. EXPRESS: The More You Ask, the Less You Get: When Additional Questions Hurt External Validity. Journal of Marketing Research, 2021; 002224372110735 DOI: 10.1177/00222437211073581 The study found that people tire from questions that vary only slightly and tend to ... Read more [atom_content] =>

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Ye Li, Antonia Krefeld-Schwalb, Daniel G. Wall, Eric J. Johnson, Olivier Toubia, Daniel M. Bartels. EXPRESS: The More You Ask, the Less You Get: When Additional Questions Hurt External Validity. Journal of Marketing Research, 2021; 002224372110735 DOI: 10.1177/00222437211073581

Researchers analyzed four experiments that asked respondents to answer questions involving choice and preference.

While humans are known to adapt to their environment, most methods in behavioral research used to measure preferences have underappreciated this fact.

?The tradeoff isn?t always obvious. More data isn?t always better. Be cognizant of the tradeoffs,? said Li. ?When your goal is to predict the real world, that?s when it matters.?

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Surveys with repetitive questions yield bad information, study finds

[date_timestamp] => 1643909763 ) [3] => Array ( [title] => COVID-19: Small study found no evidence of transmitting virus through breastfeeding [link] => https://scionnewsroom.com/healthandscience/covid-19-small-study-found-no-evidence-of-transmitting-virus-through-breastfeeding/ [dc] => Array ( [creator] => Tony Grantly ) [pubdate] => Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:18:53 +0000 [category] => Health And SciencebreastfeedingCovid19EvidenceStudytransmittingvirus [guid] => https://scionnewsroom.com/?p=2471 [description] => Journal Reference: Paul Krogstad, Deisy Contreras, Hwee Ng, Nicole Tobin, Christina D. Chambers, Kerri Bertrand, Lars Bode, Grace M. Aldrovandi. No infectious SARS-CoV-2 in breast milk from a cohort of 110 lactating women. Pediatric Research, 2022; DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01902-y Authors from the University of California (California, USA) analysed breastmilk samples from 110 lactating women who donated ... Read more [content] => Array ( [encoded] =>

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Paul Krogstad, Deisy Contreras, Hwee Ng, Nicole Tobin, Christina D. Chambers, Kerri Bertrand, Lars Bode, Grace M. Aldrovandi. No infectious SARS-CoV-2 in breast milk from a cohort of 110 lactating women. Pediatric Research, 2022; DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01902-y

Authors from the University of California (California, USA) analysed breastmilk samples from 110 lactating women who donated to the Mommy?s Milk Human Milk Biorepository at the University of California, San Diego between March and September 2020. Of the 110 women included, 65 had a positive COVID-19 test, while 9 had symptoms but tested negative, and 36 were symptomatic but were not tested.

Paul Krogstad and colleagues found SARS-CoV-2 genetic material (RNA) in the breastmilk of 7 women (6%) with either confirmed infection or who reported being symptomatic. A second breastmilk sample taken from these 7 women between one and 97 days later did not contain any SARS-CoV-2 RNA. The authors did not find any infectious SARS-CoV-2 genetic material known as SgRNA, which is an indicator of virus replication, in the 7 breastmilk samples and when culturing other samples. There was no clinical evidence of infection in the infants who were breastfed by the 7 mothers with SARS-CoV-2 RNA in their milk.

The authors caution that the sample size is low in this study and may not capture all the potential factors that predict the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in breastmilk. However, it is the largest study at this time to analyse breastmilk and provides evidence that breastfeeding from women proven or suspected to have had SARS-CoV-2 infection does not lead to COVID-19 infection in their infants.

Paul Krogstad, lead author, said: ?Breastmilk is an invaluable source of nutrition to infants. In our study, we found no evidence that breastmilk from mothers infected with COVID-19 contained infectious genetic material and no clinical evidence was found to suggest the infants got infected, which suggests breastfeeding is not likely to be a hazard.?

The authors conclude that their study adds to the evidence that women who are infected with COVID-19 and are breastfeeding their child have no risk of transmitting the virus through their breastmilk.

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COVID-19: Small study found no evidence of transmitting virus through breastfeeding

) [summary] => Journal Reference: Paul Krogstad, Deisy Contreras, Hwee Ng, Nicole Tobin, Christina D. Chambers, Kerri Bertrand, Lars Bode, Grace M. Aldrovandi. No infectious SARS-CoV-2 in breast milk from a cohort of 110 lactating women. Pediatric Research, 2022; DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01902-y Authors from the University of California (California, USA) analysed breastmilk samples from 110 lactating women who donated ... Read more [atom_content] =>

Journal Reference:

Paul Krogstad, Deisy Contreras, Hwee Ng, Nicole Tobin, Christina D. Chambers, Kerri Bertrand, Lars Bode, Grace M. Aldrovandi. No infectious SARS-CoV-2 in breast milk from a cohort of 110 lactating women. Pediatric Research, 2022; DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01902-y

The authors conclude that their study adds to the evidence that women who are infected with COVID-19 and are breastfeeding their child have no risk of transmitting the virus through their breastmilk.

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COVID-19: Small study found no evidence of transmitting virus through breastfeeding

[date_timestamp] => 1643905133 ) [4] => Array ( [title] => Así es Sunisa Lee, la heredera de Simone Biles, que se enfrentó al machismo para ser campeona olímpica | Actualidad, Moda | S Moda EL PAÍS [link] => https://scionnewsroom.com/influential-people/asi-es-sunisa-lee-la-heredera-de-simone-biles-que-se-enfrento-al-machismo-para-ser-campeona-olimpica-actualidad-moda-s-moda-el-pais/ [dc] => Array ( [creator] => Harold Kent ) [pubdate] => Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:08:17 +0000 [category] => Influential PeopleActualidadAsíBilescampeonaenfrentóherederaLeemachismoModaolímpicaPAÍSparaserSimoneSunisa [guid] => https://scionnewsroom.com/?p=2465 [description] => Si las decenas de artículos en revistas que nada tienen que ver con la prensa deportiva no fueran suficiente prueba de la ?obsesión? ?como afirma The Independent? mediática por Sunisa Lee, basta echar un vistazo a algo tan generación Z como ella misma: la evolución de su influencia digital. En apenas una semana, Lee ha ... Read more [content] => Array ( [encoded] =>

Si las decenas de artículos en revistas que nada tienen que ver con la prensa deportiva no fueran suficiente prueba de la ?obsesión? ?como afirma The Independent? mediática por Sunisa Lee, basta echar un vistazo a algo tan generación Z como ella misma: la evolución de su influencia digital. En apenas una semana, Lee ha triplicado su número de seguidores en Instagram hasta llegar al millón trescientos mil y ha cambiado hasta en dos ocasiones la descripción en su perfil de la red social: del ?ganadora de una plata olímpica? al actual ?ganadora de un oro olímpico?. En TikTok, que está demostrando en estos Juegos ser la app bandera del cambio generacional representado por los propios competidores, ha pasado de los 150.000 seguidores a superar el millón gracias a las coreografías protagonizadas por una de las grandes estrellas de Tokio 2020.

Con tan solo 18 años, la que fuera admiradora y luego compañera de la gran Simone Biles se ha convertido ahora también en su heredera como reina de la gimnasia gracias a las tres preseas conseguidas en Tokio, entre las que destaca un imponente oro en la final individual femenina. ?Enhorabuena, princesa, lo has bordado. Campeona olímpica, estoy más que orgullosa de ti?, fue la felicitación que le dedicó Biles, a priori gran favorita en la categoría y que decidió retirarse de la competición para proteger su salud mental dando pie a uno de los episodios más comentados del último mes.

¿Seremos testigos en París 2024 de un duelo entre Simone Biles y Sunisa Lee por triunfar en la gimnasia? Foto: getty

Las medallas olímpicas suponen ahora la confirmación de una proyección meteórica y que ha estado a punto de irse al traste en diferentes ocasiones, más allá de las lesiones, acumulando la joven un historial de reveses especialmente trágicos. En 2019, apenas unos días antes de su participación en los campeonatos nacionales que la elevaron de promesa a realidad, su padre, John Lee, se quedó paralítico al caerse de una escalera mientras podaba un árbol. ?No quería competir porque creía que se iba a morir cuando estaba en el hospital. Él me dijo que fuera, que eso era lo que él quería. Así que lo hice. Ahora me doy cuenta de que si él no me hubiera empujado a hacerlo, no estaría en la situación en la que estoy ahora?, reflexionaba la gimnasta en The New York Times, que ha declarado que estuvo muy cerca de la retirada. Aunque John Lee no es su padre biológico, Sunisa quiso competir bajo el apellido de su padrastro, que ?sacrificó todo? para que ella triunfara en la disciplina. Unos meses después, el coronavirus se llevó la vida de dos de sus familiares más cercanos, su tío y su tía, con quienes pasó buena parte de su infancia. Su último adiós fue a través de una videollamada de Zoom.

«Nunca pensé que estaría aquí», declaró Lee tras conseguir el oro en la final femenina. Foto: getty

Lee se ha convertido también en la primera estadounidense perteneciente a la etnia nómada hmong, originaria del sudeste asiático, en ganar una medalla en los Juegos. Sus padres llegaron en la década de los 70 a la ciudad de Saint Paul, en el estado de Minnesota, huyendo de Laos, país en el que tras la guerra de Vietnam los hmong fueron tratados como ciudadanos de tercera. La ciudad cuenta con la mayor comunidad de la tribu en Estados Unidos ?conformada por cerca de 70.000 personas, la mayoría refugiados?, y durante décadas han sido víctimas de la pobreza ?el 60% pertenecen a la clase baja? y de un racismo sistemático denunciado por la propia gimnasta. Una situación agravada desde mayo de 2020 por el asesinato en Minneapolis de George Floyd a manos del policía Derek Chauvin, condenado a 22 años y medio de cárcel. La que fuera esposa del agente, Kellie Chauvin, que solicitó el divorcio tras conocerse los hechos, es hmong y también había llegado a la ciudad como refugiada. Así como otro de los policías presentes en la escena del crimen, Tou Thao, que irá a juicio en marzo de 2022 por colaborar y ser cómplice del delito de homicidio involuntario.

Esta vinculación con el caso provocó que varios establecimientos de propietarios hmong fueran vandalizados durante las noches de disturbios y protestas que tuvieron lugar en la ciudad durante los días posteriores, e incluso se allanaran algunas viviendas. Una situación calificada de ?terrorífica? por la familia de Lee y que la atleta lamentó por la pérdida de lo conseguido hasta la fecha: ?Estaba intentando hacer a la comunidad hmong más conocida. Tras lo sucedido, sentí que era un retroceso?, alegó en la edición estadounidense de Elle. ?La gente nos odia sin ninguna razón. Sería genial mostrarles que somos mucho más de lo que dicen?.

Shyenne, una de los cinco hermanos de la gimnasta, celebra los logros de Sunisa junto a centenares de espectadores. Foto: getty

Buena parte de la comunidad hmong de Minnesota se congregó junto a la familia de Lee, luciendo camisetas con el eslogan Team Suni (Equipo Suni), para ser testigos junto a ellos del logro histórico de la joven. Demostrando una vez la capacidad integradora del deporte ?y, sobre todo, de los oros olímpicos?, las autoridades ya no solo hacen suyos sus éxitos, sino que el gobernador Tim Walz se apresuró a anunciar que, para conmemorar la medalla, el 31 de julio será conocido a partir de entonces como el ?día de Sunisa Lee? en el Estado. Un hito que va más allá de lo puramente deportivo para romper con prejuicios históricos en una comunidad tradicionalmente machista que no ofrece a las mujeres las mismas opciones que a los hijos varones. ?Durante décadas, la narrativa ha sido que una ?buena? hija no debería alejarse demasiado de casa, y la presión para corresponder a estas expectativas suele ser abrumadora. Así que para las mujeres y niñas hmong de todas las generaciones, la victoria de Lee sirve como un recordatorio de lo que se puede conseguir si se explota todo el potencial?, escribe la periodista Angela Vang en la revista Time, recordando cómo, por lo general, a las adolescentes no se les permite ni practicar deporte ni cualquier otra actividad extraescolar.

Gymnastic event finals so I obviously I needed #SquareTips4Suni pic.twitter.com/q6jvxLKlCL

? Adam Rippon (@AdamRippon) August 1, 2021

Además de por su talento y aptitudes gimnásticas, el discurso, carisma y estilo de Lee le ha servido para dar la vuelta a la situación y conquistar también a las cabeceras de moda y tendencias, que ya la alzan como próximo icono generacional pese a que ni siquiera ha cursado su primer año como universitaria. No pasaron desapercibidas, por ejemplo, las pestañas postizas o la manicura que lució para ganar el oro, apostando por unas extensiones de acrílico decoradas con los aros olímpicos que le regaló un salón ?regentado también por descendientes hmong? en su ciudad natal como amuleto de la suerte. ?Nosotros queríamos que se sintiera querida antes de marcharse a Tokio. Cuando vimos las imágenes dijimos, ¡esas son nuestras uñas!?, declaró la dueña del local, Amy Vang, a Fox. Un nail art que despertó la admiración de decenas de seguidores en las redes sociales, entre los que se encontraban actrices tan conocidas como Reese Witherspoon o Kerry Washington.

Si algo ha dejado claro Sunisa Lee es que el peso de la presión y las expectativas de todo un país no van a hacer mella en su rumbo profesional o autoestima. ?Nosotros no le debemos nada a nadie. No te debemos una medalla de oro, tú no eres el que está ahí compitiendo?, confesó en una rueda de prensa en Tokio como respuesta a una pregunta sobre la situación de su compañera Simone Biles. Un legado incomparable que, tanto dentro como fuera del estadio, parece estar en las mejores manos. Si la reina ha muerto, que está por ver, larga vida a la reina.

La ausencia de Biles dejó a Lee la oportunidad de debutar en unos Juegos colgándose hasta tres medallas. Foto: getty

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La ausencia de Biles dejó a Lee la oportunidad de debutar en unos Juegos colgándose hasta tres medallas. Foto: getty

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Given the entirely bizarre nature of Hollywood itself, where actors pretend to be a variation of different characters in an elaborate set, it?s fascinating that the whole of the industry isn?t made up of oddballs, maniacs and peculiar personalities. Instead, acting is seen as a noble profession, even one where one must train for years to fully comprehend and be able to properly perform.

Whilst this may be the case for such thespians as Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Day-Lewis, there are hundreds of other actors who worked their way into the industry through different means, leading to an eclectic range of personalities on the Hollywood circuit. Such actors traverse the industry as if in an exploratory jungle gym, squeezing into strange, unsuitable roles before swinging into the next opportunity before their agent has time to tell them it?s a bad idea.

This has led to some of the finest cult classics to be brought to the delights of baying cinephiles, including Nicolas Cage?s performance in Vampire?s Kiss, Marlon Brando?s appearance in The Island of Dr. Moreau and Tommy Wiseau?s magical car crash The Room.

The top 10 most peculiar actors of all time:

Marlon Brando

Starring in some of the finest films of all time including The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and On the Waterfront, Marlon Brando was an extraordinary acting talent with a wild list of personal eccentricities.

The father to over sixteen children, Brando is known to have partaken in several bizarre incidents in his lifetime, none more peculiar than buying his own private island for fun. In addition, Brando also wished for his character in Superman to appear as a giant green bagel and often found himself in bizarre situations such as when he, Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor escaped New York on 9/11 and drove to Ohio.

Gary Busey

If you want to know how eccentric the influential actor Gary Busey truly is, simply visit his strange Twitter account and the evidence is plain and obvious to watch, read and witness.

Popular in the ?90s and early 2000s, there is no end to the peculiar stories of the actor who appeared in such films as Point Break, Lethal Weapon and Lost Highway. Frequently telling interviewers how much he loved snorting coke off his dog, Busey has also designed his own sex toy, delivered several motivational speeches and once even sprayed a reporter with a hose. God bless Busey.

Nicolas Cage

Perhaps the most famous Hollywood peculiarity, Nicolas Cage seemingly enjoys appearing in mainstream schlock only to occasionally surprise audiences with a remarkable performance in the likes of Mandy, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse or Pig.

Making strange career choices are merely one aspect of Cage?s increasingly bizarre life that includes trading rare dinosaur skills in his spare time and even preparing a pyramid for his body to lie in after his death. Such stories join the actor?s simple eccentric style, with his movie persona and real-life identity fusing together to the extent that it?s truly difficult to separate the two.

Tom Cruise

Remember when Tom Cruise appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and proceeded to behave like a crazed child when announcing his love for his former girlfriend, Katie Holmes? We do. It was extraordinary.

Whilst there are limited stories that prove Cruise?s peculiar life, it is the actor?s consistently quirky and bizarre personality that earns his place on this list. Who could forget his infamous advocacy of Scientology in the leaked video in which he rambles on about what sounds like utter nonsense. ?We are the authorities on the mind? Cruise utters at one point. Who are we to say otherwise?

Faye Dunaway

An iconic actor of the 1960s and ?70s, Faye Dunaway was the star of such influential films as Bonnie and Clyde, Mommie Dearest and Chinatown from director Roman Polanski.

Notoriously difficult to manage in the media, Dunaway often likes to keep a tight hold over what she can and can?t be asked in interviews. After her biographer asked her too many questions about the film Mommie Dearest, for example, she replied with a furious voicemail that clearly stated her disapproval. In addition, she also famously threw a cup of urine in the face of Chinatown director Roman Polanski after he bossed her around too much on the set of the film.

Andy Kaufman

Though Kaufman was undoubtedly better-known for his career as an avant-garde stand-up comedian, he also starred in a handful of feature films including God Told Me To, Heatbeeps and My Breakfast with Blassie.

His list of bizarre stories is simply too extensive to ignore, ranging from personal eccentricities to public displays of odd behaviour. The pinnacle of such stories may be the moment he took an entire audience of people out for milk and cookies after one of his shows in 1979, and if that wasn?t enough he also invited them to meet him on the Staten Island Ferry the following morning.

Klaus Kinski

Working closely with filmmaker Werner Herzog throughout his celebrated career, the German actor Klaus Kinski was known for his peculiar eccentricities and bizarre approach to the acting profession.

Inventing his own way of entering a film set, known as the ?Kinski spiral?, the actor and Herzog entered a complicated working relationship that mostly involved constant bickering and, at one point, Kinski constantly trashing the director?s mum?s apartment. In addition to this, Kinski was also an oddball in his private life, throwing potatoes and cutlery at a film critic who called his performance ?outstanding and extraordinary?. According to the actor, ?I was not excellent! I was not extraordinary! I was monumental!?.

Tilda Swinton

The star of We Need to Talk About Kevin, Okja and Only Lovers Left Alive, Tilda Swinton, is likely the finest female actor currently working in Hollywood, though this hasn?t stopped her from developing a truly peculiar personality.

It?s the general eccentricity of this influential British actor that makes her such an endearing enigma in the contemporary industry, with Swinton often bringing her own quirky edge to every role she takes on. She?s also been known to take part in several strange projects, such as when she took part in an art stunt at MoMA in 2013 that saw the actor shut herself in a giant glass box seven times.

Orson Welles

Widely known as one of the most eccentric filmmakers and actors of all time, Orson Welles may have brought Citizen Kane, one of the finest films of all time, to the big screen but he was also remembered for his several career oddities.

Fascinated by magic during WWII, Orson Welles toured US military facilities with his own performing magic troupe including Welles alongside Rita Hayworth and Marlene Dietrich. In addition to this, when Welles was in front of the movie cameras he demanded the makeup team make his nose look bigger, collecting several fake noses over the course of his career which he kept, named and stored in his Hollywood home.

Tommy Wiseau

Though Tommy Wiseau is only known for one feature film, in particular, his impact on the world of cult cinema was so significant that his personality has become the focus of underground film fans across the world.

It was his 2003 film The Room that would earn the filmmaker such recognition, allegedly financing the cult classic by selling leather jackets, though it is thought the budget could have been made up through money laundering. A truly fascinating figure, the origins of Wiseau aren?t truly known and he refuses to reveal the source of his income, though when he does reveal his thoughts about his life and iconic film they are usually quite obscure. Case in point, the time when Wiseau stated The Room lowered America?s crime rate.