New York City Marathon 2025: Benson Kipruto wins photo finish, Hellen Obiri breaks course record

New York City Marathon 2025: Benson Kipruto wins photo finish, Hellen Obiri breaks course record Chris Cwik November 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM 0 Kenyans Benson Kipruto (L) and Alexander Mutiso Munyao celebrate taking first and second place respectively in the New York City Marathon on Nov. 2, 2025. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images) (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU via Getty Images) It took a photo finish to determine the men's winner of the 2025 New York City Marathon.

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Kenyans Benson Kipruto (L) and Alexander Mutiso Munyao celebrate taking first and second place respectively in the New York City Marathon on Nov. 2, 2025. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images) (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU via Getty Images)

It took a photo finish to determine the men's winner of the 2025 New York City Marathon. Despite posting the same finishing time, Kenyan Benson Kipruto narrowly beat out country-mate Alexander Mutiso Munyao to win the event.

Both runners finished with a time of 2:08:09, with Kipruto finishing .16 seconds before Munyao.

The men's race remained extremely tight up until the final couple miles. A number of contenders were still threats to pull ahead at the halfway point, but as things wound down, Kipruto and Munyao charged ahead of the pack. With just 800m left in the race, it was unclear which runner would actually finish first.

Kipruto was able to put some space between him and Munyao, but a late sprint by Munyao nearly won him the event. Instead, it was Kipruto who got the narrow victory.

Kenyan Albert Korir finished third with a time of 2:08:57.

It's yet another significant win for Kipruto, who won the 2021 Boston Marathon, 2022 Chicago Marathon and 2024 Tokyo Marathon.

Hellen Obiri of Kenya celebrates winning the New York City Marathon on Nov. 2, 2025. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images) (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU via Getty Images)Hellen Obiri sets course record in second NYC Marathon win

As the women's portion of the New York City Marathon reached its final stages, three former champions were battling it out for a course record. Sharon Lokedi, Hellen Obiri and Sheila Chepkirui — the three most recent winners of the event — found themselves neck and neck with three miles to go and history on the line.

As the trio entered the final stretch, Chepkirui fell behind, making it a two-woman race. That's when Obiri found her stride and pulled ahead, winning her second New York City marathon and breaking a course record in the process. With her time of 2:19:51, Obiri took down Margaret Okayo's 2:22:31 record time, which stood for 22 years.

It's Obiri's second win at the New York City Marathon. She also won the event in 2023. Obiri has also won the Boston Marathon twice and is a three-time Olympic medalist. She has two 5000m silver medals — which she won in 2016 and 2020 — and one bronze, which was won during the marathon event at the 2024 Olympics.

With three miles to go, it became apparent the women's portion of the marathon would be won by a former winner — and a Kenyan. Lokedi won the event in 2022, and Chepkirui took home the win last year.

While Obiri secured the victory, Lokedi and Chepkirui didn't finish far behind. Lokedi finished with a time of 2:20:17. Chepkirui finished at 2:20:24. American Fiona O'Keeffe finished fourth with a 2:22:49 performance.

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World Series 2025: Game 7 took fans everywhere in an off-the-rails thrill ride of the best baseball has to offer

World Series 2025: Game 7 took fans everywhere in an offtherails thrill ride of the best baseball has to offer Jake MintzNovember 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM 88 TORONTO — Baseball is but a game, glitter on dirt. It is three outs and four bases and nine innings (sometimes 18) and a bunch of millionaires grunting on your TV screen. It is a nice summer day, a hot dog and a few cold ones. It's an expensive jersey that you didn't need but bought anyway. And it is all, compared to the realities of life, completely trivial. It's a beautiful distraction. Neither the actions nor the outcomes actually matter.

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TORONTO — Baseball is but a game, glitter on dirt.

It is three outs and four bases and nine innings (sometimes 18) and a bunch of millionaires grunting on your TV screen. It is a nice summer day, a hot dog and a few cold ones. It's an expensive jersey that you didn't need but bought anyway. And it is all, compared to the realities of life, completely trivial. It's a beautiful distraction. Neither the actions nor the outcomes actually matter.

In other words: It's all only as important and as meaningful as it makes us feel.

And on Saturday, this heavenly, cruel, perfectly imperfect sport sent any and all who interacted with World Series Game 7 through every emotion the human experience has to offer. Fans from Saskatchewan to Southern California, from Toronto to Tokyo, were held captive by the game's wondrous, tortuous, addictive power.

It was, in every way, the best baseball has to offer.

"There's so many things to unpack," Jays manager John Schneider said afterward.

In the end, the Los Angeles Dodgers emerged victorious, 5-4 in 11 innings. That's what the box score says. In doing so, they captured their second consecutive World Series championship, becoming the first MLB franchise since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees to win back-to-back titles. The club's deep-pocketed ways have already sparked debate and discord about the future of the sport. Those conversations will only intensify as the weather cools. Twenty-nine fan bases are understandably angry; something the triumphant Dodgers won't lose any sleep over.

"We got a bunch more to win," one Dodger joked postgame. "At least one more until [the league] locks us out."

If these Dodgers have indeed become a full-fledged dynasty — and it certainly feels like it — this was an empire well-earned. The Blue Jays gave them everything they had and more. Besides, this is what an evil sports juggernaut is supposed to look like: impenetrable, inevitable. Tortured fan bases are just playthings, character foils for the Los Angeles steamroller.

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The Dodgers arrived at the pinnacle, once again, thanks to contributions big and small, predictable and unexpected, from every nook and cranny of their roster. Franchise catcher Will Smith, perhaps the best offensive catcher of his generation, poked the go-ahead homer in extra innings. That moment was only made possible because Miguel Rojas, the team's veteran utility infielder — a light-hitting glovesmith whose only round-tripper this season versus a right-handed pitcher came against a position player — crushed a game-tying big fly with one out in the ninth.

"Hitting a homer wasn't on my bingo card, to be honest," he told MLB Network after the game.

"Hitting a homer wasn't on my Bingo card to be honest."- Miguel Rojas on #MLBTonight 🤣 pic.twitter.com/7DdSpCUusZ

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto, named a deserved World Series MVP, contributed 2 2/3 miraculous innings on zero days' rest about 24 hours after he threw 96 pitches in Game 6. Add his complete game in Game 2, and it was an entirely unprecedented performance. Fittingly, Yamamoto was on the mound for the final out, a double-play bouncer to superstar outfielder-turned-shortstop Mookie Betts that kept the tying run from scoring from third.

In the aftermath, the Dodgers lifted Yamamoto aloft on their shoulders like a retiring high school football coach at the end of a Disney movie. Later on, in the celebration, Yamamoto found Dodgers assistant pitching coach Connor McGuiness and jokingly informed him, in broken English: "I no pitch tomorrow."

But this game was far, far bigger than any one contribution, any one person, any one play.

It was an off-the-rails thrill ride, with enough heart-stopping moments and tantalizing storylines for five sporting lifetimes. 41-year-old Max Scherzer somehow collected 13 outs. There was a benches-clearing brouhaha. Five starting pitchers appeared in relief. Toronto nearly walked it off in the ninth on a bang-bang play at home. They nearly walked it off again one play later, when two Dodgers outfielders collided but made the out anyway.

Everyone watching, both involved and detached, wanted to vomit for four straight hours, and it was the best.

Perhaps most improbably, on Saturday, the sport of baseball even found a way to humble Shohei Ohtani, a man who has scoffed at and outright ignored its limits more often than any other player in the game's long, colorful history. Starting on three days' rest, Ohtani the Pitcher was a man on empty. Utterly spent. He who has done it all simply did not have it. Ohtani survived his first trip through Toronto's lineup with grit, guile and good fortune, but things went decidedly sideways for him in the third inning.

Bo Bichette — the evening's first hero-that-wasn't — unleashed the hammer blow.

A Toronto Blue Jay since his teenage years, the 27-year-old infielder missed the prior rounds of these playoffs due to a knee sprain. All World Series, Bichette essentially played on one leg, enduring immense discomfort, even though, after Game 7, he admitted only to "a little" pain. Adrenaline and muscle memory pushed him through, enabling a moment of sheer magic: a country-erupting, three-run, 442-foot moon shot to dead center.

The lid popped off the joint. Bichette dispatched his lumber and strutted calmly toward first as revelry reigned. Ohtani went hands to knees in exhaustion, a giant slain. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bichette's good pal and longtime teammate, waited at home plate, arms spread wide for the hug of all hugs. At the time, it felt like a fitting capstone to a glorious October north of the border.

But it wasn't to be. The baseball gods, imaginative and cruel, had other plans. So did the Dodgers, who clawed their way back into the fight. Max Muncy trimmed the deficit to one in the eighth with a solo blast off rookie Trey Yesavage. An inning later, with the Jays two outs from glory, Rojas stunned a nation with an inconceivable, game-tying tater.

MIGUEL ROJAS WITH THE BIGGEST SWING OF HIS LIFE 💥GAME 7 IS TIED IN TORONTO pic.twitter.com/tDwUGzBrVq

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"I cost everybody in here a World Series ring," Jays closer Jeff Hoffman, the poor soul on the other side of Rojas' iconic moment, said afterward. "It feels pretty s***ty."

Hoffman wasn't the only Jay affected. All around the home clubhouse, grown men had tear-stained eyes. Shane Bieber, who gave up Smith's homer, was a puddle. So was infielder Ernie Clement, who broke the record for hits in a postseason in Game 7. Teammates gushed over one another, waxed poetic about how close-knit everybody was, how they felt like it was written in the stars — until, of course, it wasn't.

"I said thank you," a grateful John Schneider revealed during his postgame news conference. "I said thank you probably about 10 times. And that was the main message. I'm sure I'm going to talk to them all again, but I said thank you."

Canada, surely, feels the same.

This Jays club reinvigorated the sport for a nation — no small feat. With a magical postseason run, they turned this franchise into a destination and an institution. Nobody wearing white on Saturday will take much solace in that, at least not in the immediate afterglow. But in time, the pain will subside, and the good will endure.

At around 2 a.m. — the second one, thanks to daylight savings — the Rogers Centre grounds crew gave up. By that point, both teams had long since left the building.

Jays players were home or heading there, their tanks empty, their eyes heavy, their brains too full to dream of sleep. The jubilant Dodgers were likely plane-bound or already in-flight, their champagne-soaked victorywear in a laundry cart somewhere. The stadium stood still. It was over, somehow. All the pictures had been taken, the thank-yous shared, the hugs given, the interviews conducted, the trophy stage taken apart and removed.

All that was left was a mess.

And as an army of leafblowers worked through the bleachers, clearing the detritus of 44,713, the blue-shirted grounds crew struggled to vacuum up the avalanche of confetti that littered the infield dirt. They'd already cleaned up the shimmering strands of paper on the outfield turf, scooping the darn things pile by pile into huge trash bins.

But for whatever reason, the gold and silver shrapnel behind second base proved too difficult a challenge. So they just left it there, a thousand shiny rectangles that could have belonged to the Blue Jays but in the end belonged to the Dodgers.

Meaning that when the sun rose over a defeated city, all that sparkle would still be there. Glitter on dirt.

It's just that. It's much more.

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Who will replace Hugh Freeze? Nine candidates Auburn may consider

Who will replace Hugh Freeze? Nine candidates Auburn may consider Paul Myerberg, USA TODAYNovember 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM 0 Auburn fired football coach Hugh Freeze on Sunday, according to multiple reports, one day after a 103 loss to Kentucky dropped the Tigers to 45 this season and 1519 since Freeze returned to the SEC in 2023. The partnership between the Tigers and the former Mississippi and Liberty coach seemed almost foolproof thanks in no small part to his SEC experience. Having won in Oxford, the thinking went, Freeze would do the same with Auburn, only on an even bigger scale. Not quite.

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Auburn fired football coach Hugh Freeze on Sunday, according to multiple reports, one day after a 10-3 loss to Kentucky dropped the Tigers to 4-5 this season and 15-19 since Freeze returned to the SEC in 2023.

The partnership between the Tigers and the former Mississippi and Liberty coach seemed almost foolproof thanks in no small part to his SEC experience. Having won in Oxford, the thinking went, Freeze would do the same with Auburn, only on an even bigger scale. Not quite.

At no point in his tenure did the Tigers resemble the best team in the state, let alone the SEC. Despite his track record on offense, Auburn failed to score more than 17 points in five of six SEC games this season and scored more than 31 points in regulation in conference play just twice over his three seasons.

Look for Auburn's next coach to have a background on offense to keep pace with Kalen DeBoer, Lane Kiffin, Josh Heupel and the top programs in the SEC. Here are the early names to watch:

Alex Golesh, South Florida

South Florida football coach Alex Golesh reacts to a replay during his team's game against Florida Atlantic at Raymond James Stadium.

Golesh spent two seasons as the offensive coordinator at Tennessee before getting hired at South Florida, where he posted back-to-back seven-win seasons before putting the Bulls on the national map with a win this September against Florida. That he has only three years of experience as a head coach, all in the Group of Five, is a drawback the Auburn decision-makers would have to weigh to bring in one of the fastest-rising names in the profession.

Brent Key, Georgia Tech

Key is in an enviable situation at Georgia Tech, with immense job security, deep ties to the program and on-field success the program hasn't matched in nearly 50 years. In other words, the former Tech offensive lineman may not be going anywhere. But Key did spend three years at Alabama on Nick Saban's staff, so he knows the state, and would bring a high degree of professionalism at a crucial moment for the program.

Rhett Lashlee, SMU

While Lashlee is a stronger contender for the opening at Arkansas, his long connection with former Auburn coach Gus Malzahn might be an asset given how Malzahn is looked at more fondly after Bryan Harsin and Freeze flopped in his wake. Lashlee is a young, offense-minded coach, like Golesh, but with Power Four experience and a College Football Playoff berth on his resumé. He signed an extension with the Mustangs last week, but that might not dissuade the Tigers if they decide he is the guy.

Manny Diaz, Duke

His defensive background makes Diaz a wild card in this search and a strong second-tier option if Auburn misses on a few of the trendier names in the mix. Diaz has spent five seasons as a Power Four head coach in addition to his lengthy run of success as a defensive coordinator across the Bowl Subdivision. The work he's done so far at Duke should make Diaz a legitimate candidate, though he's more likely to land somewhere outside of the SEC if he does leave the Blue Devils.

Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State

Dillingham could be pulled away from Tempe for the right opportunity. That spot might be Auburn, where he's still remembered for his one year as offensive coordinator in 2019 — the Tigers averaged 33.2 points per game and haven't sniffed that number in the years since. Like Lashlee, he has a direct link to Malzahn and a secondary connection through Malzahn disciple Mike Norvell, who hired Dillingham to his first full-time position as an assistant at Memphis in 2017. Dillingham later served as offensive coordinator at Florida State and Oregon before landing his current job at his alma mater.

Stanford coach Troy Taylor was fired prior to the 2025 season following allegations of mistreating staff. He was 6-18 in two seasons with the Cardinal and was replaced by interim coach Frank Reich.

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1 / 13College football coaches fired already in 2025 season. See who's on the growing listAuburn fired coach Hugh Freeze on Nov. 2 following a home loss to Kentucky. Freeze was 15-19 in two-plus seasons on the Plains.Dan Mullen, UNLV

Mullen might not find a better reentry point to the SEC unless he waits for the Mississippi State job to reopen, though that wouldn't be until after next season at the earliest. He's off to a good start in his first season at UNLV, and Auburn would have to overlook how Mullen was unable to achieve liftoff during his tenure at Florida. But he's deeply experienced, knows exactly how the SEC operates and might be the highest-floor candidate on the Tigers' early list.

Jon Sumrall, Tulane

Sumrall is going to be a head coach in the SEC, and probably as soon as the 2026 season. While Kentucky is seen as the likeliest destination should Mark Stoops retire, Sumrall would take a hard look at the Tigers' deeper pool of resources and quicker path toward College Football Playoff contention. While he played for Kentucky and coached there from 2019-21, Sumrall is smart enough to realize Auburn is a much better position overall.

James Franklin

Disgruntled Auburn fans might point to Franklin's poor record against ranked teams, the fact he never truly developed an elite quarterback or offense and the way the Nittany Lions disintegrated in his final season. These are valid points. Then again, Franklin won 24 games over three years at Vanderbilt. If he can deliver a coherent plan for how to maximize Auburn's NIL offerings, Franklin would be a smash-hit hire for a program that needs a steady hand.

Urban Meyer

If you can hire Meyer — if you can sell it, stomach it, grin and bear it — then you should. The drawbacks are obvious; so are the results. Meyer has shown no legitimate interest in getting back into coaching and left the profession several years before NIL and the House settlement transformed the sport. But it can't hurt Auburn to make a phone call.

OPINION: Only Urban Meyer can fix this Auburn mess

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Tom McKibbin earns spots in Masters, Open with win in Hong Kong

Tom McKibbin earns spots in Masters, Open with win in Hong Kong Field Level MediaNovember 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM 0 Tom McKibbin reacts while watching Jon Rahm on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, during day three of LIV Golf Indianapolis at The Club at Chatham Hills in Westfield. (Grace Smith/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Tom McKibbin punched his ticket to both the 2026 Masters and 2026 Open Championship by completing a wiretowire victory in the Hong Kong Open on Sunday. McKibbin carded a 7underpar 63 in the final round to finish 27under 253, setting a new tournament record by five shots.

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Tom McKibbin punched his ticket to both the 2026 Masters and 2026 Open Championship by completing a wire-to-wire victory in the Hong Kong Open on Sunday.

McKibbin carded a 7-under-par 63 in the final round to finish 27-under 253, setting a new tournament record by five shots. The 22-year-old finished seven strokes better than fellow LIV golfer Peter Uihlein, who had a quadruple-bogey 8 on the 14th hole to all but end his chance for a rally.

The victory was the second for McKibbin, who will be allowed to compete at Augusta National after the Masters changed its criteria for qualification this year. He is slated to compete at the Open Championship for the third time.

"Very excited to go back and play my third Open, it will be very, very cool," McKibbin said. "And to have that drive down Magnolia Lane for the first time ever, it will be even more special. You know, I think sort of historic tournaments like this deserve those spots, and yeah, it's great to sort of take advantage of those."

McKibbin opted to join LIV Golf despite earning his PGA Tour card via the DP World Tour's Race to Dubai last fall. He was even cautioned against joining the upstart circuit by his friend and fellow Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy.

McKibbin, who is No. 109 in the Official World Golf Ranking, turned professional in 2021 and won the Porsche European Open in 2023.

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- Sam Mendes is bringing the Beatles back to the big screen with a four-part film series.

- Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal, and Joseph Quinn will portray the legendary bandmates.

- Anna Sawai, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Saoirse Ronan, and Aimee Lou Wood round out the cast as the musicians' wives.

In early 2024, Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes announced that he was teaming up with Sony Pictures to make not one, but *four *biopics about the Beatles. The ambitious project, dubbed *The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event*, is slated to hit theaters in April 2028.

"I'm honored to be telling the story of the greatest rock band of all time, and excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies," Mendes said in a statement.

The initial cast was unveiled at CinemaCon 2025: Paul Mescal will star as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson will take on the role of John Lennon, Barry Keoghan will play Ringo Starr, and Joseph Quinn will portray George Harrison.

On Oct. 31, Sony officially announced that Saoirse Ronan, Anna Sawai, Mia McKenna-Bruce, and Aimee Lou Wood are joining the cast as Linda McCartney, Yoko Ono, Maureen Starkey, and Pattie Boyd, respectively.

Read on for a side-by-side look at the stars* *and the real-life figures they'll bring to the big screen.

Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney

Paul Mescal; Paul McCartney.

Oscar-nominated actor Paul Mescal is stepping into the shoes of Paul McCartney, the musical genius who wrote timeless hits like "Hey Jude" and "Yesterday." Throughout his decades-long career, McCartney has earned numerous accolades and remains one of the best-selling artists of all time.

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Joseph Quinn calls Barry Keoghan live on air mid-Beatles movie screen test

Mescal first stole hearts on Hulu's romantic drama miniseries *Normal People* (2020) and has since become a full-blown movie star. You might've seen him in *Aftersun *(2022), *All of Us Strangers* (2023), and *Gladiator II* (2024). He also leads the upcoming film *Hamnet *(2025).

In a recent interview with *IndieWire*, Mescal revealed that he's linked up with McCartney. "He's an extraordinary man, like to spend any time — it's a crazy sentence to say that I've spent time with that man, let alone play him," he said of the musician.

Harris Dickinson as John Lennon

Harris Dickinson; John Lennon.

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Harris Dickinson will star as John Lennon, the late musician who was shot and killed outside his apartment on Dec. 8, 1980. He left an incredible musical legacy in his wake. McCartney inducted him into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1994, and the 2009 biopic *Nowhere Boy* explored his early life.

Dickinson, known for starring in *Beach Rats *(2017), the Palme d'Or winner *Triangle of Sadness* (2022), *The Iron Claw *(2023), and *Babygirl* (2024), also made his feature directorial debut with the acclaimed drama *Urchin* in 2025.

The actor recently told RadioTimes that he feels "really lucky" to portray Lennon. "It's such a unique experience to play someone of that calibre. I mean, it's intimidating, but it's enriching," he added.

Joseph Quinn as George Harrison

Joseph Quinn; George Harrison.

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Joseph Quinn will portray the Beatles' guitar player George Harrison, who died of lung cancer on Nov. 29, 2001. Known as "the quiet Beatle," Harrison wrote iconic songs such as "Here Comes the Sun" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."

The upcoming Beatles film event reunites Quinn and Mescal, who were onscreen enemies in *Gladiator II*. Quinn is also known for his breakout role as Eddie Munson on *Stranger Things *(2022) and for movies such as *A Quiet Place: Day One* (2024),* Warfare *(2025), and *The Fantastic Four: First Steps* (2025).

Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr

Barry Keoghan; Ringo Starr.

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Barry Keoghan will play Ringo Starr, the Beatles' drummer. Starr joined the Fab Four in 1962, replacing Pete Best. He's responsible for some of the group's most whimsical songs, including "Octopus' Garden."

Starr has expressed support for the films, previously telling *Entertainment Tonight *that he thinks "it's great" to have Keoghan portray him. In July 2025, he also shared that he requested a few script changes tied to his relationship with his first wife, Maureen Starkey Tigrett.

Keoghan earned his first Oscar nomination for *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), but he's also known for his roles in *Dunkirk *(2017), *Eternals *(2021), *The Batman *(2022), and *Saltburn* (2023).

Since his casting, Keoghan has spoken about visiting Starr at his home. "I was nervous," the actor recalled. "But he's like, 'You can look at me.'"

Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney

Saoirse Ronan; Linda McCartney.

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Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan is taking on the role of Linda McCartney, a celebrated photographer and musician, and the first wife of Paul McCartney. After the Beatles broke up, Linda and Paul formed Wings and performed together until 1981. She also spent her life advocating for animal rights and remained with Paul until her death from breast cancer in April 1998.

The Beatles project reunites Ronan with Mescal, her onscreen husband in the 2023 sci-fi thriller *Foe*, and with Dickinson, her costar in *Blitz* (2024). Ronan first turned heads in the period drama *Atonement* (2007) and has since delivered acclaimed performances in *Brooklyn *(2015), *Lady Bird *(2017), *Little Women *(2019), and *The Outrun *(2024).

Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono

Anna Sawai; Yoko Ono.

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Anna Sawai will play Yoko Ono, the Japanese artist, musician, and activist who first met Lennon at a London exhibition of her work. They married in 1969 and were inseparable until Lennon's assassination in 1980.

Sawai initially gained fame as a member of the J-pop group Faky and has since developed a successful acting career. She's best known for her roles on the TV shows *Pachinko *(2022–present), *Monarch: Legacy of Monsters* (2023–present), and *Shōgun *(2024–present), the latter earning her a SAG Award, a Golden Globe, and a historic Emmy.

Aimee Lou Wood as Pattie Boyd

Aimee Lou Wood; Pattie Boyd.

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Aimee Lou Wood takes on the role of Pattie Boyd, the model and photographer who crossed paths with Harrison on the set of the Beatles movie *A Hard Day's Night*. The couple married in 1966 and divorced 11 years later.

Wood gained international fame with her acclaimed turn in the third season of *The White Lotus*, which earned her an Emmy nomination. Fans also know her for her BAFTA-winning turn as Aimee Gibbs on Netflix's comedy series *Sex Education *(2019–2023).

Mia McKenna-Bruce as Maureen Starkey Tigrett

Mia McKenna-Bruce; Maureen Starkey Tigrett.

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Mia McKenna-Bruce will play Maureen Starkey Tigrett, an early fan of the Beatles who married Starr in 1965. They later divorced in 1975. She died on Dec. 30, 1994, from complications related to leukemia.

McKenna-Bruce is best known for starring in the drama film *How to Have Sex *(2023), for which she won the BAFTA Rising Star Award and a British Independent Film Award. She's also appeared in *Persuasion* (2022) and on shows such as *Tracy Beaker Returns *(2010–2012), *The Dumping Ground *(2013–2018), and *Vampire Academy *(2022).

The actress confirmed her casting on Instagram on Oct. 31, posting photos of Maureen with the caption, "Let's go Mo 🖤."

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Trump Threatens To Send the U.S. Military to Nigeria Rebecca SchneidNovember 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM 0 Catholics gather for a mass at the Church of the Assumption in Lagos on April 21, 2025. Credit Olympia De Maismont—AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump threatened to send the U.S. military into Nigeria "gunsablazing", citing claims of mass killing of Christians in the African nation. "If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A.

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President Donald Trump threatened to send the U.S. military into Nigeria "guns-a-blazing", citing claims of mass killing of Christians in the African nation.

"If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, 'guns-a-blazing,' to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities," Trump posted on his Truth Social account, calling on the Nigerian government to "act fast."

Trump's post included a directive for the Pentagon to prepare for "possible action," to which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded: "Yes sir" on his social media."The killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria — and anywhere — must end immediately," Hegseth said on X. "The Department of War is preparing for action. Either the Nigerian Government protects Christians, or we will kill the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities."

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The threat came just two days after Trump threatened possible sanctions and removal of aid from the country of over 230 million people, claiming that Christianity is facing "an existential threat in Nigeria."

"Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter," he said on Truth Social on Friday, while announcing that he was designating Nigeria "a country of particular concern"—an official State Department designation given to countries where religious freedom is under threat.

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu challenged Trump's characterization of the nation as religiously intolerant in a statement posted to social media on Saturday, saying that it "does not reflect our national reality, nor does it take into consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government to safeguard freedom of religion and beliefs for all Nigerians."

He continued, "Nigeria is a country with constitutional guarantees to protect citizens of all faiths."

Yet, Nigeria has announced that it would "welcome" assistance from the United States in fighting armed groups, provided the U.S. respects its territorial integrity.

Here's what we know about the situation.

Trump is reacting to viral claims

Claims of a genocide against Christians in Nigeria have been circulating in right-wing circles since earlier this year.

The viral claims have spread quickly on social media, reaching U.S. politicians and faith-based organizations.

Riley Moore, a Republican Congressman from West Virginia, claimed earlier this week that "50,000-100,000" of our brothers and sisters in Nigeria have been murdered for their faith in Christ.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican, claimed that officials in Nigeria are ignoring and even "facilitating the mass murder of Christians by Islamist Jihadists."

Nigerian officials and experts have countered those claims.

Cruz pushed for Trump to include announcing the West African country on a State Department watch list for "countries of particular concern," which Trump did on Friday.

Sunday Alamba—" data-src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/.TXeGFeNSDJGhTIZnd90gg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD05MzI-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/aol_time_773/94994117b1f85d1e356f2e7239f06401>Sunday Alamba—" src=https://ift.tt/vYw5qS4 class=caas-img>A vendor sells local newspapers with headlines referring to US President Donald Trump's comments about Nigeria, on the street of Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. Sunday Alamba—

Cruz has been joined by some celebrities and pundits, including Bill Maher, who on his show has delivered a similar account of claims of Christian genocide in Nigeria, claiming that jihadist groups in the nation are "literally attempting to wipe out the Christian population of an entire country." Rapper Nicki Minaj also thanked Trump for shedding light on the issue.

Trump's forceful response to claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria mirrors his equally aggressive measures when similar claims of a genocide against white farmers in South Africa spread online.

Those claims led to his administration prioritizing white refugees from South Africa while severely limiting the number of refugees allowed from any other nation. Trump has claimed that white Afrikaners, particularly farmers, were victims of a genocide, and made the population the first refugee group to land in America during his second term.

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South African officials have long disputed claims that Afrikaners are victims of racial persecution.

More Muslims killed than Christians

Nigeria has been facing brutal insurgencies from jihadist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State for years, leading to thousands of deaths, but most attacks have been carried out in the majority Muslim northeast of the country, and the majority of the victims have been Muslim, according to the Council of Foreign Relations, "despite Boko Haram's murderous hostility to Christians."

The country is split evenly between Christians and Muslims, and the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom found in 2024 that the violence affects both populations in "large numbers."

According to data collected by the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) program, there have been 20,409 deaths from 11,862 attacks against civilians in Nigeria between January 2020 and September 2025. Of that number, 385 attacks and 317 deaths were on Christian people, in which their religious identity played a factor. During the same time, 417 deaths were recorded among Muslims in 196 attacks.

The Council on Foreign Relations also notes that many attacks against Christians have taken place in the Middle Belt—a region of the country where all of Nigeria's ethnicities live—and often involve disputes over land, water and ethnicity, in addition to religion.

How have Nigerians reacted?

Many Nigerians have disputed Trump's characterization of their country and its treatment of Christians, including some Christian leaders.

Joseph Hayab, a former chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna state, among the worst hit by the insecurity, told the last month that he rejected the claims of "Christian genocide," and said that while there have been many Christians killed over the years, and every death is lamentable, "things have been better than what they were before."

Gimba Kakanda, Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria, wrote in an opinion piece this past week that claims of "religious war…betray ignorance of the country's internal dynamics."

"While Western media often highlight attacks on churches and Christian communities, the reality is that these terrorists are indiscriminate in their violence," Kakanda wrote. "The real danger lies in media outlets portraying Boko Haram, a group despised by both Muslims and Christians, as representative of Islam."

Responding to Trump's threat of military action on Sunday, Daniel Bwala, an adviser to the Nigerian president, said the country would welcome U.S. help to combat militants under certain conditions.

"We welcome U.S. assistance as long as it recognises our territorial integrity," Bwala told Reuters.

"I am sure by the time these two leaders meet and sit, there would be better outcomes in our joint resolve to fight terrorism," he said, in reference to Trump's criticism of Nigeria as a "disgraced country."

Some Christian groups in Nigeria, however, have called for more to be done to protect members of their faith, as violence has undeniably affected the nation.

Last month, President Archbishop Daniel Okoh of the Christian Association of Nigeria responded to increased attention on his community to say that "many Christian communities in parts of Nigeria, especially in the North, have suffered severe attacks, loss of life, and the destruction of places of worship."

"We therefore renew our call on government and security agencies to take urgent, transparent, and equitable action to end the killings, safeguard vulnerable Christian communities from displacement, and ensure that perpetrators face the full weight of the law. The pain of Christian families torn apart by violence must never be treated as mere statistics," he added in the statement.

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Rosalía Bleached Her Hair Into a Halo Ahead of Her New Album Sophie WangNovember 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM 0 Rosalía Is Angelic at a "Lux" Listening Event Marc Piasecki Getty Images "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Not every listening party gets a starstudded turnout—but then again, not every listening party is for Rosalía's fourth album, LUX.

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Not every listening party gets a star-studded turnout—but then again, not every listening party is for Rosalía's fourth album, LUX. Surprising fans (including Dua Lipa, Callum Turner, and Emily Ratajkowski) at the Weylin, an old church-like bank in Brooklyn with high-domed ceilings and a vintage feel, the artist celebrated her forthcoming release in an appropriate location, given its exploration of sainthood and the feminine divine.

For the event, the singer leaned into the project's thematic identity even further with a transparent gown worthy of a goddess, styled by Jose Caravol. The look, pulled from Colleen Allen's Autumn/Winter 2025 collection, featured a sleeveless silhouette and deep V-neckline, with a center seam of gathers creating dramatic ruching down the front. Crafted from transparent chiffon in an antique ivory-tinted white, the piece was adorned with floral lace accents on either hip, and swept the floor in a romantic train. A celebrity favorite, the dress was previously worn by Mikey Madison and Adwoa Aboah, who each put their own spin on the elegant number.

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The ensemble paired perfectly with Rosalía's freshly bleached hair—which she shared the process behind on TikTok while starting to promote the new album. Elevating her angelic status, she dyed a halo directly onto her head, for a semi-permanent accessory perfect for LUX. Out November 7, the album has already proven its visual and sonic mastery with its lead single, "Berghain," out now with a corresponding music video. Her fashion looks, also styled by Caravol, featured cross pendant sandals, vintage McQueen, lots of transparent layering, and an apron dress by Stockholm-based RAVE RVW.

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