Netflix has announced Brazilian actor Gabriel Leone will play the role of Ayrton Senna in its upcoming dramatisation of his life. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Leone, 29, was born the year before Senna died in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. He rose to fame for his role in Dom, a Brazilian television series produced by Amazon. The announcement of his casting was made on what would have been Senna’s 63rd birthday. He is also due to appear in another upcoming motorsport film. Leone has been cast in Michael Mann’s film Ferrari as Alfonso de Portago, the first Spanish driver to finish on the podium in Formula 1. De Portago died along with his co-driver and 10 spectators when he crashed during the Mille Miglia sports car race in 1957. Netflix, which also screens the popular F1 series Drive to Survive, announced its plans for a fictionalised drama about the life of Senna in 2020. Originally announced as an eight-part series which would appear … [Read more...] about Netflix reveal actor who will play Senna in new series · RaceFans
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Toby Price teases Red Bull F1 filming
Listen to this article The two-time Dakar Bikes class winner posted a teaser on Instagram this morning that showed him chasing a Red Bull Formula 1 car on dirt roads in what looks to be a Red Bull video shoot. Price was on four wheels for the shoot, behind the wheel of his Finke Desert Race-winning Mitsubishi-skinned Trophy Truck . The F1 car was one of the Red Bull RB7s that spent time in Australia earlier this year for a series of film shoots. While the identity of the driver of the Formula 1 car isn't clear, Price did reference Ricciardo in his social post. At one point Price tries to hop into the F1 car but doesn't fit. "Definitely not sitting in that seat," he says. "That's as low as I'm going. The Formula 1 boys are definitely small." The location of the shoot has been kept under wraps, however Price's Trophy Truck transporter was spotted in Bathurst in late January, which suggests filming took place somewhere in the same region. Red Bull is thought to … [Read more...] about Toby Price teases Red Bull F1 filming
States cranking out even more tax cuts amid cash surpluses
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just six months after passing what was billed as the largest tax cut in Missouri history, the Republican-led state House voted Tuesday for an even bigger income tax cut that could return over $1 billion annually to individuals, corporations and retirees. The Missouri legislation is the latest in a series of aggressive tax reductions that swept across U.S. states last year and have continued into 2023 — even as some warn that it might be wise for states to hold on to record large surpluses amid economic uncertainty. “Wouldn’t it be a good idea for us to all just pause for a year?” Democratic state Rep. Deb Lavender asked rhetorically before her Republican colleagues endorsed the tax cut on a 109-45 party-line vote. The Missouri legislation still has a ways to go — it needs a second House approval before it can move to the Senate and then to the governor. But legislatures and governors in several states already have given final approval to tax cuts and … [Read more...] about States cranking out even more tax cuts amid cash surpluses
Theater goes underwater—literally—in the Houston production of ‘Metamorphoses’
Houstonians are intimately familiar with the power of water. It's transformative but also destructive, relaxing but strong, cleansing but unstable. So who would be better equipped to handle the challenges of performing a play on a stage made entirely of water? Said play, Metamorphoses , opens March 24 at Houston's Art Factory . Based loosely on the myths documented by the Roman poet Ovid, the show (written by Tony-winning theater and opera director Mary Zimmerman ) unfolds as a series of 10 vignettes, all of which take place in two pools that cover the entirety of the stage. Nearly all of the nine actors in Metamorphoses are either fully submerged or fully drenched at some point during the performance, says Art Factory artistic director Colton Berry. And then there's the puppetry, the music, and other special effects involved in the production, he says. For the stage, Art Factory is building two separate pools. One is about 40 by 20 feet, and a few inches deep. The other … [Read more...] about Theater goes underwater—literally—in the Houston production of ‘Metamorphoses’
MotoGP sprint races: Everything you need to know
Listen to this article Revealed last year during the Austrian Grand Prix, MotoGP is making the most radical format shake-up to a race weekend for decades in 2023. On the Saturday of all 21 rounds this season, a sprint race running to half the distance of the main grand prix will take place. It is a format tweak that is set to have major ramifications on the destiny of the 2023 world championship. Ahead of this weekend's first round of the season in Portugal, here is everything you need to know about MotoGP sprint races. Why is MotoGP running sprint races? Alex Rins, Team Suzuki MotoGP leads at the start Photo by: Dorna MotoGP is currently trying to re-position itself in the motorsport landscape amidst a drop in interest in the series. The series tried to boost this by releasing a behind-the-scenes docuseries entitled MotoGP Unlimited on Amazon Prime in March. But the series was deemed a failure and a second season of it was shelved not long into filming. … [Read more...] about MotoGP sprint races: Everything you need to know