Zuppa forte, also known as zuppa di soffritto, is an old-school Neapolitan dish made by slow-cooking meats with garlic and other aromatics, along with tomatoes and preserved chilies, until reduced and concentrated. The rich, spicy paste-like mixture can be spread on crusty bread, though it’s more commonly diluted and used as a soup base or pasta sauce.
This image released by Neon shows Benjamin Pajak in a scene from “The Life of Chuck.” (Neon via AP)You can’t blame filmmaker Mike Flanagan for assuming Benjamin Pajak was a skilled dancer. Pajak made his Broadway debut as Winthrop in
with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster. But ask Pajak, now 14, and he demurs that dancing is not exactly his strong suit.But you would never guess that to see him waltzing and sambaing across the floor (thanks to Mandy Moore’s choreography) in “The Life of Chuck” (out June 6).“Film is so different from theater,” Pajak said. “But there were just so many people kind of lifting me up and helping me throughout the process.”
, who plays his grandfather. Perhaps even more exciting than being in the movies? Sharing scenes with Luke Skywalker.Krypto the dog, in a scene from “Superman.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
Krypto the dog, in a scene from “Superman.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
very good boy Krypto might be a computer-generated creation, but the inspiration was a very real dog: filmmaker“The All Star Race is not just another race,” Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell said. “Everybody is more aggressive than a normal Sunday Cup race. Everyone has that win it or wear it attitude, and it races differently because of that.”
A sense of resignation from the All-Star Race’s annual format overhauls also makes it easier to accept the inanity of a random yellow.“I have a hard enough time keeping up with all of the different format stuff,” Team Penske’s Austin Cindric said. “It doesn’t really bother me that much that we’re going to have a Promoter’s Caution because, unless I’m the caution, I can’t control it in any way. It’s just the racing gods, but maybe they’re on earth this time.”
Though its timing could cost him a win, Logano is fine with the Promoter’s Caution because “the All-Star Race presents the opportunity to try things outside of the box.“I don’t think we should have a Promoter’s Caution in points-paying events,” he said. “But in this case, we do something different. It’s something everyone can talk about. And I just don’t know what they’re going to do. Are they going to put Marcus in the flag stand, and he’s just going to throw a yellow flag?”