All posts tagged: Ivan

‘I saw hip-hop street style and cowboy culture merge. I felt I belonged’: Ivan McClellan on his images of America’s Black cowboys | Photography

‘I saw hip-hop street style and cowboy culture merge. I felt I belonged’: Ivan McClellan on his images of America’s Black cowboys | Photography

For a man who spends a lot of time around horses, Ivan McClellan isn’t much of a rider. “The last feedback I got was that I sit on a horse like a sack of potatoes,” he says. “I’m also a big fella, so people always put me on the biggest horse they have, some giant dinosaur of a horse. A fall from that height would be devastating, so I’m nervous. The horse knows I’m nervous. There’s a lot of work I need to do.” Since 2015, when McClellan first attended the Roy LeBlanc Invitational in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, “the Super Bowl of Black rodeos”, the US photographer’s name has become synonymous with Black cowboy culture in the country. “It was a culture I knew nothing about,” McClellan says. “I saw young men riding horses around with no shirt on, wearing diamond stud earrings, gold chains and Jordans. I saw women with braids and long acrylic nails riding 50mph. People were frying chicken, barbecuing, dancing … There was gospel music, R&B and hip-hop in the air. It was an …

5 Ways To Tell If Your Man Is For Real (Or A Total Fraud) | D. Ivan Young

5 Ways To Tell If Your Man Is For Real (Or A Total Fraud) | D. Ivan Young

What’s the equivalent of finding the perfect shoe, in the perfect color, in your size, on sale, for half the price? … Meeting the perfect guy. When you finally meet a well-mannered, handsome, attentive man … a man who makes you feel more than good … a man who makes you feel alive … he might just be “the perfect guy.” He stands out from all other men. Everything he says and does is right. His every move centers on all the things you want and need.  “Indescribable” best describes the powerful chemistry between the two of you. Each moment you spend with him makes you feel as if you’re experiencing heaven on earth. Making things even better is the irrefutable fact that you “KNOW,” without a shadow of a doubt, that this man is totally and equally interested in you, too. Everything about this guy is absolutely “perfect” ” but…Hold up! Wait a minute! Doesn’t your common sense tell you that anytime something seems “too good to be true,” more than likely it is?  RELATED: How To Know If What You’re Feeling Is Real, True Love Just like in the movie The Perfect Guy, many …

Jason Reitman Talks Honoring Late Father Ivan Reitman in New ‘Ghostbusters’ Film (Exclusive)

Jason Reitman Talks Honoring Late Father Ivan Reitman in New ‘Ghostbusters’ Film (Exclusive)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire will be the first film in the Ghostbusters franchise to be released following the death of Ivan Reitman — who directed the original 1984 film. The director’s son, Jason Reitman, took over the franchise with the 2021 revival, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and while he doesn’t direct the upcoming installment — handing the reins over to Gil Kenan — Jason told ET’s Rachel Smith that he knew he had a duty to honor his father’s legacy in co-writing the latest film. “I mean, I was thinking of my father every day,” Jason shared at the Frozen Empire New York City premiere this week. “But he was with us. My father passed the proton pack to me and now I’m thrilled to pass it to Gil Kenan.” Jason, who can recall being seven years old on the set of the first Ghostbusters film, said the cast and crew of Frozen Empire — which includes returning OG cast members Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson — “felt my dad smiling on this film the whole way.” …

Ivan Toney backed for England return

Ivan Toney backed for England return

A tale of two strikers helped swing this game and there was no doubting the impact of Ivan Toney as Brentford manager Thomas Frank recommended him for an England return. While Matheus Cunha, Wolves’ hat-trick hero from last week’s 4-2 victory at Chelsea, limped off after rolling his ankle, Toney stroked home Brentford’s second goal to make it three in four games since returning from his nine-month ban. Toney has been capped just once by England so far, replacing Harry Kane last March to see out a 2-0 Wembley win against Ukraine in a Euro 2024 qualifier. But the sought-after striker could cap a fairytale return since his punishment for breaching betting regulations when Gareth Southgate names his squad for the game against Brazil on March 23. That Wembley friendly falls exactly a year since Toney’s only appearance in a Three Lions shirt. “I know what Ivan can bring and I think it’s something different that England don’t have,” said Frank. “Ivan played a fine game but strikers need to score goals. He scored again …

Ivan Toney is back but nothing has changed: gambling is embedded in football | Brentford

Ivan Toney is back but nothing has changed: gambling is embedded in football | Brentford

Nottingham Forest, you suspect, will have been following the performances of Brentford’s reserve side with a degree of trepidation. There was a 2-2 draw in a friendly against Como and then, last Saturday, a 5-1 win over Southampton Under-23s. Ivan Toney scored in the first and got a hat-trick in the second. B-team football is not the Premier League but the suggestion is that the England striker is in form and ready for his comeback from an eight-month suspension for breaching gambling regulations. Forest could feel the fixture calendar has been a little unkind to them. If they had landed in the other half of the winter break and played the fixture this weekend, Toney would not have been available. And this is a fairly crucial game: a six-pointer for sides looking a little anxiously over their shoulders and wondering whether Luton are better than everybody thought. Why couldn’t they have played an injury-ravaged Brentford who have lost five in a row in the league this weekend? But that is to treat Toney’s return as …

Andy Murray splits from coach Ivan Lendl after difficult season | Andy Murray

Andy Murray has decided to split with his longtime coach Ivan Lendl. The decision comes after a difficult season for Murray culminated in a dire loss to Alex de Minaur at the Paris Masters after leading 5-2 and match point in the third set. “Ivan has been by my side at the biggest moments in my career and I can’t thank him enough for all that he’s helped me achieve,” said Murray in a statement. “ He’s a unique character, who understands what it takes to win and I’ve learned an awful lot over the years from him.” Murray has not won consecutive matches on the ATP Tour since early March and he has lost five of his last six matches since the North American hard-court swing. After his defeat in Paris, Murray said he was not enjoying himself on-court. “I’m not really enjoying it just now in terms of how I feel on the court and how I’m playing,” Murray said. “The last five, six months haven’t been that enjoyable, so I need to …