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The lauded artist's new album is a tribute to her late idols and to music at its most communal and authentic: "I don't think AI can write a song that makes you pull your car over and cry."

Neko Case on finding beauty in the sorrow: 'Death gives us so many gifts if you're willing to look at it'

The lauded artist's new album is a tribute to her late idols and to music at its most communal and authentic: "I don't think AI can write a song that makes you pull your car over and cry."

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Death doesn't scare Neko Case.

Do not mistake her resolve for indifference. Coming off her last album, 2018's *Hell-On*, the hypnotic 55-year-old indie singer-songwriter experienced repeated loss in rapid succession, as around 10 people she held dear died. Many of them were musicians who were her idols, who then became her collaborators, and soon her friends. She was heartbroken, stunned by the onslaught of bad news, yet inspired by their impact.

"Death gives us so many gifts if you're willing to look at it," she tells * *days before she's set to kick off her North American tour. "I thought the gifts needed to be turned into some sort of love that would be broadcast on this record in a way."

One might consider her eighth solo album, *Neon Grey Midnight Green, *a eulogy. But she calls it a celebration, "a tribute to music, and musicians specifically." It's the first LP for which she was the main producer, and her fingerprints are on every detail. Like its title, her songs evoke imagery akin to Brontë novels, all foggy plains adorned with "mansions of sound" and "tender psychic rivers." Its compositions include dense forests of baritone guitar and an opulent 25-person chamber orchestra.

"I got what probably is the last advance anybody will ever get for a record," Case says on the day she starts rehearsals for the tour, tuning into our Zoom from her very own studio, Carnassial Sound, a converted post office in St. Johnsbury, a town in Vermont where much of *Neon Grey* came to life. "So I thought it would be good to spread it around and pay these people to play." She's often wry like that in her asides, unafraid to stare straight at the s--- facing artists today while still reveling in the magic of collaboration, of tinkering with so many strings.

Here, Case opens up to EW about the existential threats against musicians and other creatives, navigating her industry as a gender-fluid person, and using her songwriting to find beauty in sorrow.**

**: When you recorded the album, it was all of you playing live in one setting, and that totally comes across while listening to it. Why was it so important to you that it really sound like musicians gathered together? **

**NEKO CASE:** The world right now, and technology, are working hard to make people who create things obsolete. It's been really bad for musicians and pretty much every other field of work. But I just wanted to remind people what it sounds like when humans can make something together that way. There's nothing wrong with using instruments and having one person overdub a bunch of things. But I wanted the sound of the air, of all the people breathing together, and people's coats moving across a microphone, or human breaths. There's intention that you can hear, or you can feel.

**The record sounds so lived-in, like humans really made it, which is becoming a novelty of sorts. As an artist, what are your feelings about the rise of AI? **

I'm not worried about AI replacing real musicians. I don't think AI can write a song that makes you pull your car over and cry. But I do worry about our music and our art being mined to train AI. I don't think that's a consensual relationship. That is theft, and nobody wants it. If we were somehow compensated for that, maybe, but nobody gives us a choice in anything. And a lot of us, myself included, have a great deal of debt from [COVID-19] that's gonna be really hard to get out from underneath. And then somebody's just using your music to make money for training AI robots to kill people. [*sarcastically*] It's great.

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**Thematically, the album seems to decenter romantic love while still basking in the glow of that feeling and how all-consuming it can be. What do you think love means in the context of this record? **

It's about sustenance and community, and a tribute. I lost so many friends in the music industry while making this record. If you lose somebody, you often think, 'Oh, I wish I had told them this or that.' I wanted that to come through on a record, and just tell all the musicians how great they are, because I don't know how great they feel*.*

**The record often feels morbid and majestic at the same time. Why do you think it's so important to find beauty in sorrow, especially now?**

[It] makes it less scary. I wanna remind people how powerful and how capable they are to call things out.

**You've been doing this for a while. Right now, we're seeing the reversal of social progress for women and other threatened demographics. How, in your eyes, has this rollback of progress impacted women in the music industry?**

What *has* changed in the music industry is there's way more women. We're not being paid for it, but we're pretty much running the show. And it's funny, when I first started making records and doing press, it was always all men who were doing the interviews. And it'll be like one out of 10 people who do the interviews now are men. Not that I wanna get rid of men. I'm just very excited that so many people are women. Of course, we've wanted to hear and see ourselves in music all this time. It's been a long time coming. But yeah, they still treat us like s---.

**Do you have a prominent example in mind?**

Just being talked to like you* *don't know what you're talking about. That's my favorite. It's only been 35 years — I couldn't possibly know what I'm talking about. And some of the patriarchal bias is even my own. I'm so indoctrinated with it that I'll be thinking about producers and I will think pretty much only of men. And I'm like, "Wow, [I'm] a producer and [I] still think about it that way." I'm always amazed at the bias I still have. That's something I try to tell men all the time. You're not the only person dealing with toxic masculinity. We have it too.

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**In my eyes, the album truly climaxes in the title track. You exclaim, "I'm not your backdoor man / I'm not your oxeye daisy / I'm not your Listerine lady / Your girl!" What did you mean by that, and why did you have so much emphasis concentrated into that moment? **

It felt really good. I'm a gender-fluid person. I always refer to myself as a guy because that's how my grandma talked. And I always thought it was really funny, and it was really inclusive and really sly, but it was also really powerful. She was making everyone one gender: a guy. I can't tell you how many times people just corrected me. It's like, "Have you looked down my pants? Can you see how absurd it is to tell somebody what gender they are to their face, like they don't know?"

**Or, like it even matters what that person thinks in the first place…**

Who are we to tell people? I still go by she/her, but I'm not very hung up about it. I've never have felt like I have a place other than being a soul who does things. I've been obsessed with this since I was younger, but women, for the most part, I think they feel that they have to sing beautifully or pretty. I love women who don't have any qualms with just making their voice sound really ugly and guttural, and just bizarre or strange. It's also part of nature, which I really respect. Nature is just scabs and blood and eating each other, in the nicest way possible.

*Neon Grey Midnight Green* is out now. Case's North American tour kicks off October 1 in Woodstock, N.Y.**

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FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets go on sale amid high demand and many uncertainties

FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets go on sale amid high demand and many uncertainties TIM REYNOLDS October 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM 0 President of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Gianni Infantino speaks at the Global Citizen Awards ceremony, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in New York.

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President of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Gianni Infantino speaks at the Global Citizen Awards ceremony, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

MIAMI (AP) — Not even half of the spots in the 48-team field have been claimed. The schedule of matches won't be finalized until December. And other than host nations U.S., Canada and Mexico, nobody has any idea where or when they'll be playing.

Millions of soccer fans worldwide evidently don't seem to mind any of those points.

Tickets to next year's FIFA World Cup officially go on sale Wednesday. The buyers will be those who were selected, out of 4.5 million applicants in a lottery that took place last month, to have the first formal chance to purchase tickets over the next few days. FIFA said lottery winners have been, or will soon be, informed by email.

There are unique questions for consumers heading into the tournament, particularly about how they'll get visas, if necessary, to visit the U.S. as the country cracks down on immigration. There are also more traditional concerns such as who, when and where — and none of those will be answered until the draw on Dec. 5. FIFA knows many fans won't fret about those answers; they'll just want tickets now and will figure out the rest later.

"These are not only outstanding figures, but also a strong statement," FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on social media, reacting to the 4.5 million applicants for a spot in the purchase window that opened Wednesday. "The whole world wants to be part of the FIFA World Cup 26, the biggest, most inclusive and most exciting event ever. From Canada, Mexico and the United States, to countries big and small across every continent, fans are proving once again passion for football truly unites."

In divided times, the notion of soccer being something that "truly unites" will be put to the test.

Here are some things to know as tickets go on sale.

What's for sale?

Fans can purchase seats in one of four categories; Category 1 is the best seats, Category 4 is somewhere around the tops of stadiums. Ticket prices will range initially from $60 for group-stage matches to $6,730 for the final but could — and almost certainly will — change as soccer's biggest event utilizes dynamic pricing for the first time.

There are other ways to get tickets other than shelling out big bucks. American Airlines announced last month that its AAdvantage loyalty program members can redeem miles for World Cup tickets, starting Oct. 13 for executive platinum and concierge key members, then Oct. 14 for platinum pro, platinum and gold members, followed on Oct. 15 by all members.

And starting Thursday, some Verizon customers will have access to free World Cup tickets and other perks. The telecommunications giant is a World Cup sponsor and will simply start dropping free ticket chances to its customers through its app.

"For me, there are few things as exciting as experiencing football live, whether that's on or off the pitch, and so I am proud to partner with Verizon to celebrate their plans to give fans unprecedented access to the tournament," said soccer icon David Beckham, part of Verizon's promotion for the World Cup.

Who's in?

The U.S., Mexico and Canada all automatically qualified as host nations. Also in so far: defending champion Argentina, Japan, New Zealand, Iran, Uzbekistan, Jordan, South Korea, Brazil, Australia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Tunisia, Colombia, Paraguay and Morocco.

That leaves 30 spots still unclaimed.

FIFA said fans from 216 countries and territories applied to be part of the first ticket lottery. The top three nations of interest, to no surprise, were the hosts: the U.S., Mexico and Canada, in that order. The rest of the top 10, also in order of application totals: Germany, England, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Spain and Italy.

Nobody has said how many tickets FIFA plans to sell in this first window. Availability won't be depleted; based on the listed stadium attendance figures, there are roughly 7.1 million seats to fill for the 104 matches around 16 North American venues, though it's unknown how many of those seats will be available for sale to the public.

Will visitors travel to the U.S.?

There is an immigration crackdown unfolding across the U.S., which could dampen overseas interest in traveling to the country. U.S. tourism officials have already noted a drop in overseas visitors this year and even organizers in some U.S. host cities have acknowledged that political dynamics may have an impact on attendance.

Adding to some of the uncertainty, President Donald Trump, who has a close relationship with Infantino, has suggested that the host cities could be changed if he wants to move some events away from places his administration considers unsafe.

The U.S. cities that are scheduled to host are East Rutherford, New Jersey; Inglewood, California; Foxborough, Massachusetts; Houston; Arlington, Texas; Atlanta; Seattle; Santa Clara, California; Philadelphia; Kansas City, Missouri and Miami Gardens, Florida.

"If any city we think is going to be even a little bit dangerous for the World Cup … we won't allow it to go there," Trump said last week. "We'll move it around a little bit. But I hope that's not going to happen."

The State Department says that "the safety and security of the United States" along with "World Cup matches, athletes, fans, and venues" are the top priorities with regard to its role in the World Cup process. It also suggests that travelers who need a visa should start applying now, and officials have said the U.S. is trying "to ensure an efficient, smooth, and effective visa process."

What's next?

A second phase, called an early ticket draw, likely will run from Oct. 27-31, with purchase timeslots from mid-November to early December. A third phase, termed a random selection draw, will start after the final draw of teams on Dec. 5 determines the World Cup schedule.

Tickets will also be available closer to the tournament "on a first-come, first-served basis." FIFA also said it will start an official resale platform.

Some tickets have already been snagged; hospitality packages have been sold since May.

"The world will come together in North America," Infantino promised, "like never before."

The tournament runs from June 11 through July 19.

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Jillian Lauren, the best-selling true-crime author and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, will avoid jail time after being arrested in connection with a bizarre standoff with Los Angeles police in April.

On Thursday, L.A. County Superior Court Judge Susan J. DeWitt granted Lauren, 52, a mental health diversion that was petitioned by the defense, a spokesperson from the L.A. County District Attorney's Office confirmed to **.

Lauren "was ordered to have quarterly progress reports for the next two years," the spokesperson added. "Any violation reported to the court may result in potential termination of the diversion. If she successfully completes the conditions of the diversion, the case will be dismissed by the court."

Under the terms of the agreement, Lauren must avoid the use of drugs and alcohol, attend therapy, and not own firearms.**

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EW has reached out to representatives for Lauren for comment.

The development comes five months after Lauren's convoluted incident with the LAPD, which began when three suspects in a misdemeanor hit-and-run allegedly fled the scene of a traffic accident on the 134 Freeway and escaped into a residential area in the neighborhood of Eagle Rock. Lauren was later determined to have no connection to the hit-and-run.

At the time, police said that they established a perimeter on Waldo Place after one of the suspects was allegedly spotted there, and that a nearby homeowner, later identified as Lauren, walked out of her house with a handgun.

According to a press release issued by the LAPD after the incident, Lauren "was struck by gunfire" in "an Officer-Involved Shooting" and retreated into her home before returning outside, where she was taken into custody.**

Scott Shriner and Jillian Lauren at the 2019 Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.

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The author was initially arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of a peace officer, a charge that can carry a lengthy prison sentence. Prosecutors eventually charged Lauren with assault and negligent discharge of a firearm.

Lauren has written two *New York Times* best-selling memoirs: 2010's *Everything You Ever Wanted* and 2015's *Some Girls: My Life in a Harem*, the latter of which chronicled her time as a concubine of Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei.

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In 2021, Lauren appeared in the Starz docuseries *Confronting a Serial Killer*, which centers on the serial killer Samuel Little. She also wrote a 2023 book about Little, *Behold the Monster: Facing America's Most Prolific Serial Killer*.

Lauren and Shriner have been married for 20 years.

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In case you need a reminder that stars are just like us, Gloria Estefan revealed the surprisingly relatable reason that she turned down the chance to perform in the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show with Shakira and Jennifer Lopez.

The Latin-pop legend stopped by Sherri Shepherd's daytime talk show, *Sherri*, on Monday, and revealed that she was invited to join the two stars onstage for what would have been her third time performing at the major football game.

"Jay-Z had asked me to join Shakira and JLo when they were there, it would have been my third time," Estefan said. "First of all, they're already dividing up that time and it's really quick. It's like you're in and out. And secondly, I was going to have to diet during Christmas, and I really didn't want that. I did not."

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As the audience laughed, Estefan continued to explain why she didn't jump at the chance to join the two women during their buzzy collab performance.

"You know what? It's their moment," Estefan said. "Everybody has their moment. I had my moments, it all went well. I don't want to push my luck. The two times went great."

When Shepherd asked if Estefan would consider joining Bad Bunny onstage during his 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, she repeated that "it's his moment." She thought Karol G would make a better guest for his halftime show.

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"I think he's killing it this year," she said, adding that she's "so happy" to see the Puerto Rican singer's success as a global icon.

"It's great," Estefan said. "We need Latino representation. And the Latinos have burned up that show [during the Super Bowl]. I've done it twice. First time in Minneapolis, it was freezing. I was shaking everything. They pulled me up in the air and I was afraid of heights at that time... I was dying. It was like 100 feet in the air, it felt like I was on the moon."

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Estefan performed the Super Bowl halftime show in 1992 and 1999. For her first time, she closed out the "Winter Magic" celebration by singing her hit songs including "Get On Your Feet" and "Live For Loving You" while 1992 Winter Olympic athletes joined her on the stage.

Seven years later, Estefan returned to perform alongside Stevie Wonder, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Savion Glover for "A Celebration of Soul, Salsa, and Swing."

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On Sunday, Bad Bunny announced that he will headline the 2026 Apple Music Super Bowl LX halftime show.

"What I'm feeling goes beyond myself," Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, said in a statement. "It's for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown... this is for my people, my culture, and our history. Ve y dile a tu abuela, que seremos el halftime show del Super Bowl."

Bad Bunny's upcoming performance marks the seventh year that Jay-Z's Roc Nation will program the show. In 2019, the NFL entered into a partnership with the rapper and his Roc Nation group to "enhance the NFL's live game experiences and to amplify the league's social justice efforts." The partnership is working out, as the multi-year contract was extended in 2024.

The 2026 Super Bowl halftime show will take place at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, the home field of the San Francisco 49ers, on Feb. 8, 2026.

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Dan Mullen to Rhett Lashlee, sounding off on seven Arkansas coaching candidates

Dan Mullen to Rhett Lashlee, sounding off on seven Arkansas coaching candidates Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams, USA TODAY NETWORKOctober 1, 2025 at 5:31 AM 0 We have motion on the SEC coaching carousel, and it's full steam ahead.

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We have motion on the SEC coaching carousel, and it's full steam ahead.

Arkansas needs a coach after firing Sam Pittman, and, hey Jon Gruden's not only available, but he wants to coach in the SEC.

A perfect match? Well, about that ...

Bobby Petrino wants the job, too. So, that's two bad ideas.

On this edition of "SEC Football Unfiltered," a podcast from the USA TODAY Network, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams consider potential candidates for the Arkansas job with a round of love it, like it or no thanks.

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Arkansas is not an elite job, but with the right hire, it can be a top-25 job. The Razorbacks' glory days occurred back in the Southwest Conference. In the years since Petrino crashed his motorcycle, the Razorbacks finished the season ranked just one time.

Fan passion isn't an issue, and there's money in Northwest Arkansas (see Walmart and Tyson Foods), but John Calipari's basketball program demands financial support, and Arkansas cares about its baseball program, too.

So, who's the coach that not only could connect with boosters but also handle the recruiting and CEO duties, alongside being a good coach on game day?

Here are seven potential candidates for the Arkansas job, and what our "SEC Football Unfiltered" hosts think of the idea, with this round of "love it, like it, or no thanks.":

Should Arkansas football consider hiring these coaching candidates?Gus Malzahn, Florida State offensive coordinator

No thanks. Malzahn is right where he needs to be at this stage of his career — coordinating an offense.

Dan Mullen, UNLV coach

Like it. He won at Mississippi State. Arkansas should be no harder of a job than that. Mullen's biggest chore would be connecting with boosters.

Jon Sumrall, Tulane coach

Like it. He's won at Troy. He's won at Tulane. Next stop: a Power Four job. Arkansas could cut Kentucky in line and hire Sumrall.

Rhett Lashlee, SMU coach

Love it. The Arkansas native and alumnus led the Mustangs to the playoff last season, and he's got SMU's booster game humming. He'd be a fit for Arkansas, but would he leave a good thing at SMU?

Ryan Silverfield, Memphis coach

No thanks. We almost like it, and Silverfield's Tigers beat Arkansas, but if hiring from the Group of Five ranks, Sumrall seems like maybe the hotter commodity.

Bobby Petrino, interim Arkansas coach

No thanks. Even putting the motorcycle incident aside, can you imagine Petrino thriving in the SEC in the player empowerment era? We can't. He's suited to SEC coordinator jobs, not coaching jobs.

Jon Gruden, Barstool Sports personality

No thanks. Gruden is well suited to the job he has as an internet content creator, and where's the evidence he'd be a good college coach? There is none. He wasn't a good NFL coach, either, by the time he took a blowtorch to his career.

Later in the episode

∎ Is Alabama 'back'? We're not quite ready to go there. Impressive though the win against Georgia was, we saw this film last season. Beat Vanderbilt and Missouri, and then we'll talk.

∎ LSU's problems didn't end with a loss to Mississippi. There's trouble with the Tigers.

Week 6 picks against the spread!

Toppmeyer's five-pack of picks (picks in bold):

∎ Kentucky at Georgia (-20.5)

∎ Vanderbilt at Alabama (-10.5)

∎ Kent Stateat Oklahoma (-45.5)

∎ Mississippi State at Texas A&M (-14.5)

∎ Iowa State at Cincinnati (-1.5)

Season record: 12-13 (1-4 last week)

Adams' five-pack of picks (picks in bold):

∎ Kentucky at Georgia (-20.5)

∎ Texas (-6.5) at Florida

∎ Vanderbilt at Alabama (-10.5)

∎ Kent Stateat Oklahoma (-45.5)

∎ Texas Tech (-11.5) at Houston

Season record: 11-14 (1-4 last week)

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*Pose* actress Indya Moore is criticizing series creator Ryan Murphy for a lack of vocal allyship at a time when transgender rights are being eroded by the U.S. government.

In an emotional 30-minute Instagram reel, Moore teared up while railing against the current administration's stance on trans rights. After thanking "everyone who has ever supported trans people ever," Moore took aim at Murphy, who she accused of abandoning the transgender community and allowing "racism [and] violence" to fester on his shows.

"I want to express my thanks and my gratitude to all the people who have ever given us jobs, allowing us to be able to speak out. But like, we really need y'all. We really, really need y'all," Moore said, through tears. "Like, the fact that Ryan Murphy has been this silent — like, we really pissed you off that much, Ryan? Like Ryan Murphy, who upset you that much?"

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Invoking *Pose* co-creator Janet Mock, who made headlines for blasting Hollywood in a 2021 speech, Moore added, "Janet really pissed you off that much?"

In the infamous 2021 incident, Mock, a trans woman and an activist, voiced some choice words about the industry while attending a red carpet event for the show's third season. After Murphy and fellow co-creator Steven Canals offered their own remarks, Mock launched into a nearly 15-minute speech in which she demanded to know why she wasn't paid more for her work on the show, questioned the quality of the season 1 episodes written by men, directly confronted Murphy, and at one point declared "f--- Hollywood."

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Praising Mock for speaking out, Moore said of Murphy, "I'm trying to understand how is it that you could do something like *Pose* during Donald Trump's administration and then, it's like — poof — you're gone? It's garbage. It's an embarrassment. Like that's how it feels."

She continued, "Ryan Murphy, we need you to do more. You do need to address the racism, the violence, and the targeting of people on your productions, Ryan Murphy. Yes, you do."

In addition to Mock's complaints, Moore's comments call back to *American Horror Story* alum Angelica Ross and *Scream Queens* star Keke Palmer both speaking out about experiencing racism on the respective sets, two separate shows co-created by Murphy.

Jason A. Rodriguez, Mj Rodriguez, Angelica Ross, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Hailie Sahar on 'Pose'.

"You do need to make sure that trans people are paid equally," Moore said, adding. "Yes, Janet did the right thing."

A representative for Murphy did not immediately respond to *'*s request for comment.

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Elsewhere in the video, Moore called upon others in Hollywood to "stop being passive" as trans rights are threatened across the globe.

"Please advocate for us in your countries," she implored viewers. "We need your help, we need your support."

Laverne Cox, who championed *Pose* during its run, praised Moore's remarks in the videos' comments section, writing, "Love you so much my sister. This call to action, this call to love, this call for empathy, acknowledging each other's humanity both intra-community and for those who proclaim allyship. I've been weeping just like this. Weeping. But not showing it. But I hear you. I feel you deeply. I'm right there too."

Indya Moore as Angel on 'Pose'.

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Spanning three seasons, *Pose* delved into the vibrant underground of New York City ballroom culture of the late '80s, largely revolving around Black and Latinx members of the LGBTQ community. When the show debuted in 2018, in the midst of Trump's first presidential term, Murphy spoke about the importance of "uplifting" trans voices in such a dangerous moment.

"Our community is under such attack from this administration," Murphy said at the 2018 premiere. "I wanted to put something optimistic and uplifting out there."

He expressed a similar sentiment while speaking to EW for a *Pose* cover story.

"It's a community that has always needed champions and advocates, and I thought now is the perfect time," Murphy said of the show. "I think the power of television is incredible. I feel like if you put characters in front of viewers, even if they're not like you, but you learn about them and you love them, it will change your worldview and lead to acceptance. I've seen it."**

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James Franklin mirroring Ryan Day's soulcrushing path. Will it lead to a championship? Matt Hayes, USA TODAY NETWORKOctober 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM 0 The same lonely, desperate look. Saw it on the face of Ryan Day last season, saw it on James Franklin last weekend.

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The same lonely, desperate look. Saw it on the face of Ryan Day last season, saw it on James Franklin last weekend.

But there's a road back for Penn State, no matter what Franklin feels gnawing at his insides. From the lowest of lows, to maybe — just maybe — the highest of highs.

"At some point, and quickly, you make a decision to move on with a plan of how to make it right," Day said in January, days before his Ohio State team rebounded from the worst loss of his coaching career by winning the national title.

If there's one takeaway following Penn State's gut-punch of an overtime loss to Oregon, it's this: at least it wasn't to a bitter rival for the fourth consecutive season.

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Because other than that, Franklin is mirroring Day in some sort of sick symphony of the unexplainable. Day found a way out of the crushing reality last season, rallying from another loss to Michigan to win the College Football Playoff as a No. 8 seed.

Franklin will begin down that road this week, days removed from yet another loss to a Top 10 team despite a talented, loaded roster and a three-year starter at quarterback.

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But how do you respond to an irrecoverable loss? How do you move forward when unrelenting noise from the outside begins to creep inside and infect everything?

How do you convince a group of 18-22-year-olds, as consumed with NIL deals and social media standing as their place in a championship race, that all isn't lost?

How do you convince a coaching staff that spent all offseason preparing for this moment — after three gimme putts to begin the season against vastly inferior opponents — the goals haven't changed?

This was the opportunity to make a statement early, and ride it all the way to Columbus, Ohio in early November and slay that dragon, too.

And now what?

Penn State is 4-21 vs. Top 10 teams under Franklin, and early in the fourth quarter of the Oregon game — after the Ducks had taken a 17-3 lead — Lions fans began chanting "Fire Franklin" for the coach with a 37-9 record since 2022. Those chants from fans in Happy Valley at the end of their rope with a coach who has won at least 11 games five times since 2016.

Meanwhile, back in last November, as Michigan celebrated its fourth straight win over Ohio State and the teams fought at midfield after the game, fans in Columbus began chanting "Fire Ryan Day." For a coach that has won at least 11 games five times since 2019.

Day and Ohio State rallied behind a senior-laden team, and an experienced quarterback who got hot at the right time. They beat a surging SEC team (Tennessee) to begin the CFP, then beat No. 1 Oregon, SEC runner-up Texas and a Notre Dame team that had won 13 straight games.

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They did it by doubling down on what they did best: run the ball and throw off play action. It was no longer about proving toughness, it was about getting the ball into the hands of the most-talented players on the team.

It was also about continuing to play tough, punishing defense behind coordinator Jim Knowles, who spent three years tweaking and perfecting his system before moving to Penn State at the end of last season.

Hours after the soul-stealing loss to Oregon, Franklin started talking to Knowles about how Ohio State found a way back from the abyss. Then Franklin had Knowles address the players and staff.

You can listen to words, but can you hear it? In this highly visual society, it's advantageous to have someone who can paint the picture of success for all to clearly see.

It's easy to yammer on about not letting one loss turn into two, or how great teams don't get beat twice by the same game. Or how the CFP has given teams a longer runway to find a way to the big prize.

All of that is philosophical mind games. Teams and players today need to see it, feel it and more important, follow a step-by-step path.

Ohio State star wide receiver Jeremiah Smith caught five passes for 35 yards against Michigan. In four CFP games after Ohio State decided to double down on what it does best — Smith had 19 catches for 381 yards and five touchdowns.

There's nothing magical to it. Do what you do best, and do it without hesitation or disruption.

Running backs Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton, the strength of the Penn State offense for three seasons, combined for just 96 yards and one touchdown on 26 carries against Oregon. That will drastically change over the next two months of the season.

Because if you're James Franklin and your career is mirroring Ryan Day's, keep doing what he did. Get back to the basics, and do them better than you ever have to find a way out.

"There's a ton of football left to be played," Franklin said.

And a road back to the highest of highs.

Matt Hayes is the senior national college football writer for USA TODAY Sports Network. Follow him on X at @MattHayesCFB.

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