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ABOUT AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR

Season 15 of "American Ninja Warrior" returns with the most elite athletes in the country competing on the world's most difficult obstacle courses. Hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila, along with co-host Zuri Hall, are back to call the action as the ninjas make their way through the qualifying and semifinal rounds in Los Angeles before moving to the national finals in Las Vegas. With the biggest changes in show history, Season 15 will challenge the ninjas to race side-by-side and head-to-head across a high-stakes course with a spot in the national finals on the line. At stake is a top prize of $1 million for the fastest ninja who can conquer all four stages at the national finals.

There is a 1 Million Dollar winner this season. In the past 14 seasons, this has only happened twice. The fastest ninja at the final stage always wins prize money, but if they are faster than the rest of the competitors AND reach the top in under 30 seconds, the prize becomes $1M. The show airs 2-hour episodes Monday nights at 8/7c on NBC with the finale on Sept 11th.

AKBAR GBAJABIAMILA BIO

Akbar Gbajabiamila serves as host of NBC's four-time Emmy Award-nominated heart-racing obstacle course competition series American Ninja Warrior. The former NFL player also joined CBS's hit show The Talk this past September.

Gbajabiamila most recently hosted Tokyo Live! which debuted on Peacock and covered the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He also recently hosted The Miss USA Contest as well as multiple years hosting NBC's Red Nose Day programming and the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular. His critically acclaimed debut book, I>Everyone Can Be a Ninja: Find Your Inner Warrior and Achieve Your Dreams,/I> aimed to encourage readers to never give up no matter the obstacle> Gbajabiamila is honored to leverage his professional platform to inspire and motivate others as well as advocate for those in need. Currently, he serves on the board for the Asomugha Foundation, which provides pathways to college for disenfranchised youth, as well as for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. He's also privileged to be a celebrity ambassador for Red Nose Day, which since its inception in 2015 has raised more than $150 million to fight child poverty. Moreover, Gbajabiamila is a strong proponent of financial literacy, lending his time and energy to educating young people and pro athletes.

Gbajabiamila grew up in hard-scrabble South Central Los Angeles, one of seven children of Nigerian immigrants. A solid family foundation coupled with a natural athletic ability made him a standout high school student athlete, excelling in both basketball and football. He went on to earn a bachelor's degree in communications and media studies while attending San Diego State University on a football scholarship and then spent five years in the NFL as a linebacker and defensive end with the Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins before retiring in 2008.

Gbajabiamila started his broadcasting career with CBS Sports before joining the NFL Network. He and his wife live in Los Angeles where they are raising their four beautiful children and two dogs.

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Carmelle Lopez's episode offers a thought-provoking exploration of her career, her passion for lifelong learning, and valuable insights into the art of learning better and faster. Whether you're in the field of education, international relations, or simply seeking inspiration for personal growth, this episode provides a wealth of knowledge and practical tips for success.

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Christie Carmelle Lopez is a higher education consultant and manager for the big-four firm Deloitte and has worked in higher education for more than a decade. She is a lifelong learner and loves sharing her knowledge through writing. Over the past twenty years, she’s written for various print and online newspapers, magazines, and journals, including The Huffington Post.

Christie is a former U.S. diplomat and holds a master’s degree in International Relations and an MBA in International business. She loves to travel and spent years living overseas while working for the State Department at the U.S. Embassy, London.

Christie is based in Los Angeles, California, where she enjoys working out, spending time with her Maltipoo, and practicing yoga.

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MOB LAND SYNOPSIS

In a small town struggling with addiction, a local sheriff (John Travolta) tries to maintain the peace when desperate family man Shelby (Shiloh Fernandez) robs a pill mill. The supposedly easy score takes a violent turn, alerting the New Orleans mafia's revenge-seeking enforcer.

Here's the trailer:

https://www.lionsgate.com/videos/mob-land-2023-official-trailer-john-travolta

NICHOLAS MAGGIO INTERVIEW WITH MOVIEWEB


Here's a case for catharsis through creativity. Writer/director Nicholas Maggio made the new John Travolta action thriller Mob Land for his 13-year-old self. "I was 13 and in my friend's basement in Pennsylvania, and we got a copy of the VHS for Reservoir Dogs," Maggio admitted. "I remember having my mind just absolutely blown that this was all possible. I didn't know that film because I grew up with my dad. We watched Ben-Hur and Lawrence of Arabia. We didn't watch French Connection or Bullet. I had never seen this gritty kind of film before.

"That's when I fell in love with filmmaking," he quickly added. "I fell in love with what film could be, especially the independent films of the 1990s." Decades later, Maggio has given birth to a gritty action-packed tale, which he co-wrote with Rob Healy.

The story takes place deep in the heart of Dixie, where a small town is struggling with a rise in addiction. An intrepid sheriff (John Travolta) keeps things in check as best as he can, but when Shelby, a frenetic family man (Shiloh Fernandez of Evil Dead) robs a pill mill with Trey (Kevin Dillon of Entourage), his reckless brother-in-law, things turn dire. The New Orleans mafia enters the picture, and the action kicks up.

Curiously, Nicholas Maggio was inspired to create the tale, thanks to an unconventional encounter about seven years ago. An avid muscle cars fan, he found several guys on Instagram who shared the same interest. They were located in the northern part of Alabama.

"They were all about driving these old beat up muscle cars and I had never met them. I didn't know anything about them. So, I hit them up on Instagram, and said, 'Hey, I want to come down and take photos of you guys.' So literally, a buddy of mine in New York met me in Alabama, and we ended up becoming very good friends with these guys. And we documented their lives for four or five days."

Maggio loved the area - both his parents were born and raised in Mississippi - and he found northern Alabama intriguing. "It wasn't totally new to me, but it was a side I hadn't seen before. And they were taking me to all these small towns where they're from. So, I knew I wanted to write a story that revolved somewhat around these guys, and this idea of what the American Dream is, and what it means to them. It's definitely fictionalized, and I ran with it. I mean, my buddies in north Alabama are not hooked on pills and run clinics. But it is something that, you know, they probably have friends who do."

Between Paradise City and Die Hart, it's been interesting to track Travolta's career choices of late. Regardless, there's a fascinating sense of ownership and power in what the Grease and Pulp Fiction star brings to the screen in Mob Land. Once the action gets rolling, audiences discover that the man fueling the New Orleans mafia twist here is a revenge-seeking brute (Stephen Dorff of Blade, Old Henry), who soon threatens Shelby's wife (Ashley Benson of Pretty Little Liars) and daughter. Travolta's beleaguered sheriff has to rise to the occasion.

"John read the script, and he expressed to me that it was something he could see himself doing," Maggio says. "I had a couple of conversations with John and as a first-time director, I think some people grilled me a little bit, wanting to know things. I got very different questions from everyone. But John wanted to know what I was going to do with the film, and why I wanted to make it."

"He was pretty interested in not just the technical aspect of what I was going to do, he was more interested in why and what it meant to me, which is really fun. But once he was involved, I mean, we tore through it."

Along the way, Maggio kept recalling his younger self, and why it was important for him to make a film that was, in some ways, a throwback to those 1990s action movies.

"That whole scene, the whole genre, all the great films that we got out of that era was incredible," he said. "For Mob Land, I wanted to do not just a love letter to the American neo-noir genre, but to the independent film spirit. I wanted it linear, simple, you know. filled with great characters. I wanted it to be defined by its protagonists and antagonists. Brutal and poetic."

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Basic baby needs, like diapers, are becoming difficult to come by and the cost of child care is making the extra help seem merely unattainable for parents. It’s no secret that economic concerns are one of the most common reasons women opt for an abortion. Human Coalition has found that of the women they serve, 76% would prefer to parent if their circumstances were different. Recognizing this, Human Coalition works to provide women with an understanding of their options and help fill gaps as needed, like helping women apply for child care assistance.

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Jeff Bradford serves as President of Human Coalition, where he channels his experience as a seasoned business leader to initiate and cultivate relationships with major and principal donors. As former owner and CEO of Cross Media, Jeff built that company from 4 to 80 employees, and grew sales from $400K to over $14 million. He brings a breadth of knowledge about leadership development and sales cycle management. Most recently, Jeff was a managing partner of CGO Partners, a consulting firm focused on corporate growth. After learning about Human Coalition (HuCo) in 2010, Jeff was so moved by how the organization verifiably saves preborn children from abortion, he began volunteering. He eventually left the business world to work with Human Coalition full time in 2012. Since then, he’s helped grow HuCo into one of the nation’s largest pro-life organizations. Jeff graduated from the University of Texas (Austin) and holds a BS in Finance. He and his wife Tricia have four children.

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Dr. Helen Ofosu has been practising Industrial / Organizational Psychology (also known as Work or Business Psychology) in the public and private sectors for over 20 years. In addition to Career and Executive Coaching, her specialties include assessing and developing leadership skills and navigating the complex issues of workplace bullying, harassment, equity, diversity and inclusion.

In 2012, she founded I/O Advisory Services, a practice where she offers Executive and Career Coaching, HR Consulting, and some speaking and training.

On February 23, 2023, her first book How to be Resilient in Your Career: Facing Up to Barriers at Work by Dr. Helen Ofosu will be published by Routledge.

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As the CEO of TRANSFORM YOUR PERFORMANCE, Regina Huber drives bold, value-driven, and heart-centered leadership of self and others. Her eclectic experience on five continents started in Germany and includes leadership positions at The Boston Consulting Group as well as ownership of businesses in Argentina, Brazil, and the U.S. This experience shaped her into a multicultural Transformational Leadership Coach, International Inspirational Speaker, and Author of Speak up, Stand out and Shine. She also co-authored three other books and wrote numerous articles for magazines in the U.S. and Africa, where she has been featured by multiple media outlets. In 2021/22, she hosted her own TV show titled What’s Your Spark?
Regina is a Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ)® Enhanced Skills Practitioner. She created three signature coaching frameworks: Powerful Leadership Transformation (PLT)™ , New-Paradigm Leadership (NPL)™ and Get Your Dream Salary™.
She has a passion for travel and dance.

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Farah, who is of Parsi origin, was born in London, but raised in North India, where she was educated at a Catholic convent in a historic Muslim city, surrounded by Hindu mythology. She is a British national with an Indian heart. She has embraced the different facets of her identity, and considers herself a citizen of the world, with the ability to straddle different cultures and geographies with ease.
She works in the banking industry, where she started as a trainee aged eighteen in London, having built her career over the span of thirty-plus years across continents.

In her personal life, following the untimely loss of her mother, Farah, struggling to reconcile the mysteries of life and death, embarked on an inward quest to find the strength to overcome the traumatic family tragedy and other significant life challenges. Through self-healing practices ranging from baking to yoga, Farah was able to find a positive conduit to channel her loss and pain, finally arriving at a place of equanimity.

Farah is based in Dubai where she has lived for the last two decades. She has two adult children, who are embarking on their life journeys. In her spare time, Farah is an avid baker and dreams of owning a cafe one day. Her other passion is Yoga, and she can often be found on the mat, at a class across Dubai.

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Pastor Vera McEwen is incredibly excited to give an open welcome to all at Love God Ministries! An online community where all truly are welcome, Pastor Vera embodies the Love of Christ through witness and discipleship. She founded Love God Ministries because conversations with people revealed a need for a community of believers where it does not matter how you look but recognize that you are a child of God.

Pastor Vera has been teaching and preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ and the Word of God for over 30 years. Her primary emphasis is spreading God's Love by providing pastoral care, preaching God's Loving Word, teaching God's Light-Filled Word, and implementing God's Living relational group architecture via in home communities.

She is currently reviewing the prospects of a doctorate in religious studies with an emphasis on Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic as encouraged by her professors at seminary. In addition to her vocation as Pastor she ministers as a certified professional and personal coach.

With God's help, she implements 1 Thessalonians 5.11, motivating people to be and do their very best by building one another up. Pastor Vera is a joyous, ever singing sister in Christ who after years of being pursued by God, stopped running and answered the call, halleluiah, הַלְלוּיָה

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Constantin is a passionate advocate of personal growth, self-discovery, and professional development with over 15 years of experience.

Through his journey from a fear-ridden man hiding his authentic self to embracing vulnerability and authenticity, Constantin demonstrates that self-discovery can unlock the keys to personal and professional success.

As a Holistic Life Empowerment Mentor & Coach, he inspires and empowers individuals on their unique journeys towards growth and self-discovery through both his professional and personal life, as well as his podcast, Unleash Thyself.

Integrating his passion for technology, spirituality, and mentorship, Constantin helps individuals unlock their full potential, fostering a positive impact on the world around them.

His mission centers on personal growth, spirituality, and self-discovery, dedicated to uplifting and empowering every member of the audience with his humble and sincere insights.

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Coach Kitch is the Founder and President of Edge Leadership Academy. He is a former Division1 Coach, and a PhD Candidate with a master's degree in sport psychology, who has a decade of experience building leaders, culture, and mindset at the highest levels of sports and business. He is the author of The Pyramid: A System for Building Tomorrow's Leaders Today, and The Scoreboard: A Self-Audit System to Help You Build the Life You Want. As a speaker, consultant, and coach, Coach Kitch and Edge Leadership Academy is trusted by 100+ CEO's, coaches, and high performers to help them lead and win in business, athletics, and life.

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