内容摘要：She was “astounded” to be asked to audition for the matriarch role of Anita Dupree, but says she didn’t hear back after submitting her tape. The role went to Tamara Tunie, whom Rowell describes as “a brilliant actress.”

She was “astounded” to be asked to audition for the matriarch role of Anita Dupree, but says she didn’t hear back after submitting her tape. The role went to Tamara Tunie, whom Rowell describes as “a brilliant actress.”

Determined to push Trump’s bill to House passage, the speaker set his intention. He created a self-imposed deadline, Memorial Day, that seemed overly optimistic. And he just kept moving forward, despite robust opposition from Democrats and skeptics within his own GOP ranks.As the deadline neared, he did not let up. He prayed.

“I feel like I have sort of a vision of where we’re supposed to go, and you just set the course and you just patiently get everybody there,” he explained.The altar in the Congressional Prayer Room at the U.S. Capitol is photographed Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Lisa Mascaro)The altar in the Congressional Prayer Room at the U.S. Capitol is photographed Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Lisa Mascaro)

The speaker is sometimes in a question-answering mood. A conversation unfolded.Aren’t you afraid of flopping? he was asked.

“I don’t really have fear,” he said. “I mean, I know that we have to accomplish this mission in order to save the country.”

The speaker was explaining how this is “the greatest nation” and his own belief in its “foundational principles.”(Netflix, streaming): Prom queen candidates begin to vanish in this latest “Fear Street” installment, set in 1988.

(Angel Studios, theaters): Neal McDonough plays a retired cowboy who decides to return to the ring in a bid to pay his son’s medical bills.This image released by Sony Pictures shows, from left, Ralph Macchio, Ben Wang and Jackie Chan in a scene from “Karate Kid: Legends.” (Jonathan Wenk/Sony Pictures via AP)

This image released by Sony Pictures shows, from left, Ralph Macchio, Ben Wang and Jackie Chan in a scene from “Karate Kid: Legends.” (Jonathan Wenk/Sony Pictures via AP)(Sony Pictures, theaters): Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio unite for the newest “Karate Kid” film, set three years after “Cobra Kai” and focusing on a new kid, Li, played by Ben Wang. “It kind of harkens back to the previous entries in the franchise,” Wang said. “It’s a kid who is a fish out of water who comes to a new city and has to face down bullies.”