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USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Cowboys officially lose a 2024 draft pick to another NFL team
Sometimes draft picks just don't work out for the teams that picked them. Underperformance, scheme changes, misevaluations, injuries, patience and general mishandling can all lead to a premature parting of the ways. Drafting isn't an exact art and situations change. Players move on and that's exactly what happened to one of the Dallas Cowboys' 2024 draft picks. In a move to clear roster space for free agent Perrion Winfrey this past spring, the Cowboys parted ways seventh rounder Justin Rogers out of Auburn who got the pink slip. Rodgers has just signed on with the Seattle Seahawks this week. At 6-foot-2, 338 pounds, Rogers was once billed as a potential solution to the Cowboys run-stuffing problems in the middle of their line. A rotational plugger had been lacking in Dallas for some time and finding a stubborn speed bump became a low-key priority each offseason. Unfortunately, Rogers never quite worked out. Despite all of Dallas' ongoing issues at defensive tackle, Rogers failed to make the cut out of camp. After latching on with the Cincinnati Bengals for the 2024 regular season, the Cowboys re-signed their former pick in the offseason of 2025. The reunion proved to be short lived. Winfrey plays a different brand of DT entirely. Fitting the 3-technique profile, Winfrey is one of a handful of players competing for snaps behind Osa Odighizuwa. It's the 300+ pound rookies Jay Toia and Tommy Akingbesote who are what likely made Rogers expendable. Now it's up to them to do what Rogers could not: make the final roster and improve the Cowboys run defense inside. In 2022 the Cowboys were in a similar situation with rookie defensive tackle John Ridgeway. Facing a roster crunch at positions elsewhere, Ridgeway found himself on the wrong side of the bubble when it came time to trim the final roster. Ridgeway went on to sign with Washington and has been a rotational piece in the years since. Rogers hopes for the same fortune in his post-Cowboys employment. The Cowboys, on the other hand, can't afford to lose another promising draft pick to a rival club. You can follow Reid on X @ReidDHanson and be sure to follow Cowboys Wire on Facebook to join in on the conversation with fellow fans!
USA Today
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Why Oprah Winfrey 'would never' go to space like best friend Gayle King
Oprah Winfrey isn't joining her bestie Gayle King by going to space any time soon. The ex-"Oprah Winfrey Show" host got candid on the July 16 episode of the SiriusXM show "Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa" about why she skipped going on the infamous Blue Origin flight in April with her BFF. "I would never do it, but I became very interested in the whole process," Winfrey said. The Oprah's Book Club creator told Ripa that she was "just so proud to be there for" King, adding she was "relieved" that the "CBS Mornings" host went to space, "because if she'd asked one more time, 'What should I do? Do you think I should go?' I, from the beginning, was like, 'You should do it.'" Winfrey also revealed that she told King not to "let Katy Perry come down and say, 'It was really great fun.'" Kelly Ripa shuts down Mark Consuelos' 'repulsive' morning habit For the mission, King joined pop star Perry and billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' now-wife and author Lauren Sánchez Bezos along with three others for the first all-female flight to space in decades. However, the flight from Bezos-backed exploration company Blue Origin garnered widespread criticism. Still, Winfrey encouraged King to adventure. "You're going to be really saying, 'I should have done it,'" she recalled telling King. "The minute somebody says, 'Oh my God, like a life changing experience,' you're going to go, 'Oh, I should have done it.'" Oprah says July book club pick hooked her 'until the very last shocking sentence' The "Oprah Winfrey Show" star confessed that she knew it was time to leave her eponymous daytime talk show, which ended in 2011, when her team suggested they send an audience to space. "I remember going into a meeting and someone saying, 'I think what we should do is try to get people on a spaceship, or we should be able to take an audience or some audience members up on a spaceship,'" Winfrey said. Oprah Winfrey tells Kelly Ripa not to 'walk away' from 'Live' talk show After making the admission, Winfrey gave her fellow talk show host a word of advice and told her that "it's not time for you to step away" from "Live," which Ripa hosts with husband and actor Mark Consuelos, because "you have fun and it's easy and it's light enough. And serious enough when it needs to be, and it's not a grind." The "Oprah Podcast" host said that she loved hosting her own show, but it was different than Ripa's because the "Oprah" show dealt with heavier topics, sharing with the "All My Children" alum that "the nature of what we were doing every day became just so hard." Gayle King on 'disrespectful' space backlash, celebrity friends 'throwing shade' "Don't let go of the platform that you have. Do not do it. Don't even consider it," Winfrey said. "Because I feel that the reach that you have, the audience that you've built, the family that you've created – both inside the studio and in the rest of the world – is really more vital and important now than ever before."
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kelly Ripa reveals she often thinks about quitting 'Live With Kelly & Mark': 'Is it time?'
Key Points Kelly Ripa revealed that she often thinks about quitting Live on her latest podcast episode. "Is it time? Is it time?" Ripa asked Oprah Winfrey on Let's Talk Off Camera. She also asked Winfrey, "How did you know it was time to step away?"After nearly three decades of helping kick off America's mornings at the helm of Live, talk show icon Kelly Ripa has revealed that she often thinks about quitting the daytime series she currently cohosts with her husband, Mark Consuelos. The 54-year-old star sought advice from a fellow TV legend after she admitted to a nagging point of consideration in her mind in a new interview with Oprah Winfrey on her podcast, Let's Talk Off Camera. " I've been at the talk show now for 25 years, so, I'm asking for a friend: How did you know it was time to step away?" Ripa asked Winfrey. Winfrey quickly replied, "First of all, it's not time for you to step away. And I, if I were advising you, I would say absolutely not, because you and Mark are in a groove. And that groove continues to work." Winfrey said she thinks Ripa and Consuelos "have fun and it's easy, and it's light enough and serious enough when it needs to be," adding that the show is "not a grind," as the couple gets to work together every day. She later said that "your legacy is every life you touch" and suggested that Ripa consider "all the lives that are being affected by what you're doing and saying." The 71-year-old former talk show host stressed, "Don't let go of the platform that you have. Do not do it. Don't even consider it. Because I feel that the reach that you have, the audience that you've built, the family that you've created, both inside the studio and in the rest of the world, is really more vital and important now than ever before." Ripa responded that she thinks Winfrey's sentiment is true, as she's noticed a phenomenon over the years of audiences discovering Live while in the hospital, as it airs early in the mornings. "When you host a talk show or a talk show like ours, where we don't really cover heavy topics, it is appointment viewing in all of those chemotherapy labs and all of those rooms where people receive their treatments, because it's not anxiety-inducing," Ripa said. "And so I have to remember that when I'm thinking, 'Is it time? Is it time?' … that there are certain people that I will never know who count on me right now, who are counting on me. And counting on the show." Winfrey closed the discussion by agreeing with Ripa that "through appointment television, [people] are counting on you right now." After joining Live in 2001 alongside the late Regis Philbin, Ripa has remained with the show across several iterations and cohosts, including Michael Strahan and Ryan Seacrest, before her husband, Consuelos, took the seat beside her in 2023. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly before Consuelos took his new post, Ripa admitted that she had considered retiring. "It's so funny. Every time you get a new cohost, it's like a little jolt of energy," she said at the time. "But to be clear, I am always thinking about retiring [laughs]. It is my favorite topic of discussion."She added, "I commend Ryan for lasting as long as he did because I really had my concerns. We're friends, we're open, we've talked about this in the past, but, of course, I had my concerns about him picking up and moving to New York because it's not as easy as one thinks it might be. The sacrifices he made are not lost on me, and I really think he did it for as long as he possibly could." Live With Kelly & Mark airs weekdays in syndication. Check your local listings for showtimes in your area. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Hindustan Times
13-07-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Oprah Winfrey gets real about body image struggles following weight loss: ‘I blamed and shamed myself'
Oprah Winfrey has long faced public scrutiny over her body. In a 2023 interview with People, she said, 'It was public sport to make fun of me for 25 years. I have been blamed and shamed, and I blamed and shamed myself.' Oprah Winfrey decided to lose weight after moderating a panel on weight and obesity(AFP) After undergoing knee surgery in 2021, Winfrey says she found a new relationship with her body. What started with physical therapy turned into daily hikes. 'I could eventually hike three to five miles every day. I felt stronger, more fit, and more alive than I'd felt in years,' she told People. Also read: Oprah Winfrey says taking weight loss drugs has changed her opinion of 'thin people' Winfrey opens up about role of medication in losing weight Winfrey confirmed she now uses a doctor-prescribed GLP-1 medication. She did not name the drug but said it helped her stop blaming herself for her weight struggles. 'I have a predisposition that no amount of willpower is going to control. I now use it as I feel I need it – as a tool to avoid yo-yoing,' she said. The star decided to moderate a panel on weight and obesity for Oprah Daily. 'My highest weight was 237 pounds,' she said. Still, she insists medication alone isn't enough. 'It's not one thing, it's everything. I know that if I'm not also working out and being vigilant, it doesn't work for me,' Winfrey told People. Also read: Expert says on Oprah Winfrey's show 'never sleep with your phone, keep it in bathroom'. Explains why it causes anxiety Winfrey talks about the shame and stigma around body weight The talk show host shared that she felt judged in stores and on red carpets when she weighed more. 'Let me show you the gloves. Would you like to look at the handbags? There is a condescension. There is stigma,' she recalled. Winfrey also revealed she was once told to lose weight during a TV appearance in the 1980s. 'I just sat there smiling breezily, wanting nothing more than to crawl under my chair,' she said in her 2017 cookbook Food, Health, and Happiness. She no longer has a specific number in mind. 'I don't have a goal in mind, I'll know what it is when I get there,' Winfrey said in a 2020 WeightWatchers Q&A. She added that she still uses their point system and stops eating by 4 p.m. FAQs How did Oprah Winfrey finally lose weight? She combined regular exercise, a balanced diet using WeightWatchers principles, and a doctor-prescribed weight-loss medication. What weight loss surgery did Oprah have? Oprah didn't have weight-loss surgery; she underwent knee surgery in 2021, which helped her return to daily physical activity. How long did it take Oprah to lose 67 pounds? While she hasn't confirmed losing exactly 67 pounds, she has shared her progress gradually over several years, including a 26-pound loss with WeightWatchers.
Indian Express
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Oprah Winfrey's pick and 5 more must-read books on AI
As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes nearly every facet of our lives, from transportation to healthcare to creative work, the literary world has stepped up with compelling explorations, warnings, and provocations. At the center of this summer's AI discourse is Culpability by Bruce Holsinger, a searing novel that has earned iconic television personality Oprah Winfrey's endorsement as her book club pick. The book forces readers to confront the real-world consequences of autonomous machines such as self-driving cars. But Holsinger's is just one voice in a growing literary chorus. From Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun to Ethan Mollick's pragmatic Co-Intelligence, we bring to you six books that approach AI from a wide range of angles: philosophical, political, economic, and personal. Publisher: Spiegel & Grau Pages: 380 Kindle (available in India): ₹2,218 American author Bruce Holsinger's book is Winfrey's book club pick for the month. It received a ringing endorsement from her: 'If you were looking for the summer read, this is it,' Winfrey said. 'I picked it because it is so prescient. It is prescient. It is right now. And it is also the future.' Holsinger's novel explores the urgent issue of artificial intelligence and moral responsibility. It explores the fallout after a self-driving minivan kills an elderly couple. It forces readers, especially those in the USA, where not all states regulate use of autonomous cars, to confront this nightmare scenario, which may happen to anybody. Holsinger interrogates what accountability means in the age of autonomous machines. I leave you with Winfrey's word of caution: 'Do not under any circumstances cut to the end. Because the end is gonna shock you no matter what.' Publisher: Faber & Faber Pages: 320 pages Paperback: Rs 382 From the pen of Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun is a poignant exploration of love, sacrifice, and artificial intelligence. Set in a dystopian future United States, the story is told from the perspective of Klara, a solar-powered Artificial Friend (AF) designed to provide companionship to children. Klara is purchased by a teenager who has been genetically 'lifted' for enhanced intellectual ability, a common but risky procedure in this futuristic society. Isolated and home-schooled, Josie forms a deep bond with Klara. Blending science fiction with moral philosophy, Klara and the Sun raises several unsettling questions about the possibilities of artificial intelligence and whether it can develop an emotional quotient. The novel was longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize. Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: Rs 274 Paperback: Rs 740 The AI Con is a scathing takedown of AI hype and exploitation. Bender and Hanna dismiss the idea that artificial intelligence is an benevolent force. They argue it is a tech bauble enriching a few while replacing real labour with synthetic media machines, which work like plagiarism engines. From LLMs that hallucinate citations to chatbots replacing unionising workers, The AI Con calls out the industry's exploitative underbelly. This is a definitive work in the field of AI as Bender, who has featured in the TIME100 AI list of most influential people in AI, is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington. Her work, including the touchstone 'Stochastic Parrots' paper, brings a linguistic perspective to how large language models work and why the illusion they produce is so compelling. He co-author Alex Hanna is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute and a former senior research scientist on Google's Ethical AI team. Publisher: Bodley Head Pages: 432 Paperback: Rs 638 In his 2005 bestseller, the American computer scientist predicted that computers would reach human-level intelligence by 2029, and that humans would merge with computers and become superhuman around 2045. He called the futuristic phenomenon 'the Singularity'. With AI becoming part and parcel of life, a part of his prophecy has already come true, and so in 2024 he updated his prophecy. A culmination of six decades of work, the book delves into ideas that may seem as radical as the concept of artificial intelligence in the 90s. Some futuristic ideas he explores are rebuilding the world with nanobots (a hypothetical small self-propelled machine that can reproduce), life extension beyond 120 years, and connecting our brains to the cloud to name a few. Publisher: WH Allen Pages: 256 pages Paperback: Rs 671 This book by Wharton professor Ethan Mollick is a practical guide to 'living and working with AI.' Mollick contends that AI should not be treated as a threat, but as a new co-worker. Co-intelligence draws on real-world case studies to show how generative AI tools can be partners in education, creativity, and productivity. Mollick urges readers to master this relationship: to learn with AI, not from it. This should not be mistaken as a how-to manual. The book will guide us on how to reshape our lives to accommodate the tools that are now shaping the world. Publisher: Princeton University Press Pages: 352 Paperback: ₹398 The book cuts through the noise and explains what AI can and cannot do. This is best suited to those who are overwhelmed with the product hype created through AI. Again, two of TIME's most influential voices in AI clarify areas where AI works, where it fails, and where it is dangerously oversold. From education to hiring to criminal justice, AI Snake Oil explains why many AI claims are exaggerated, and how to spot them. The authors draw are attention from the distraction of Aargue we should worry less about AI itself and more about the unaccountable power behind it.
