"Terrible on my behalf, probably one of my worst games of my whole career," Stroud said. "Just came out flat, didn’t have any energy. Didn’t lead the offense the way I should have."
When asked specifically about the crowd’s reaction, Stroud appeared to understand.
"People are entitled to their opinions," he said. "They care about the game. Their emotions matter. I understand. It's not the first time, and it probably won't be the last. It's not something to internalize and point the finger at yourself, but it is something that you can use it to motivate you.
"I got plenty of football left in my career, hopefully, God willing. And I know this is gonna be a story I'll tell one day that'll help me in the long run."
The Texans' only points of the day came from a safety in the second quarter.
The AFC South champion Texans face the Tennessee Titans next weekend in search of a win heading into the playoffs.
Monica Barbaro and Timothée Chalamet as Joan Baez and Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown."
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Monica Barbaro plays Joan Baez in "A Complete Unknown," which follows Bob Dylan's early career.
Barbaro told BI that she and Timothée Chalamet, who plays Dylan, first met at a music rehearsal.
Barbaro did vocal training to sing like Baez and duet with Chalamet's Dylan.
In "A Complete Unknown," Timothée Chalamet and Monica Barbaro inhabit two musical legends: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. True to form, the actors first met on set at a music rehearsal.
Timothée Chalamet playing Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown."
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The film's greatest strength is its music, much of which was recorded live on set. Not only does Chalamet perform live as Dylan, but he duets in-character with his collaborators. That led to the perfect meeting for the actors.
"We heard each other's voices in recording studio sessions, because I would sing duets to his voice," Barbaro told Business Insider. "The first time we met was a music rehearsal, and it was just the most beautiful experience to me."
Like Chalamet, Barbaro also did vocal training to play Baez in the film, working to emulate the singer's trilling vibrato while also researching Baez's life and career. The actor told BI that she knew the music was going to be "the biggest hill to climb," and she knew that Chalamet — who spent five years preparing to play Dylan — had been practicing. By the time they first met, she felt ready to hold her ground not only as an actor, but as a musician.
"Getting to play next to him and hear the harmonies of our voices and the accompaniment, so complementary of each other — that was a career highlight," Barbaro said.
"I'm so glad we waited until that point to meet each other and to work with each other," she continued. "It was more true to a Bob and Joan version of the meeting that we'd have these musical proficiencies, that we could collaborate and play together."
Former Philadelphia Eagles star wide receiver DeSean Jackson and Delaware State are finalizing an agreement for him to become the program's next head coach, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Thursday.
Thousands of pallets of humanitarian aid stacked at the Gaza border — from sacks of flour to blankets and canned food — are awaiting delivery by relief organizations that are unwilling to send supply trucks likely to be looted by Hamas terrorists and other street criminals.
Patrick Mahomes is keeping friend and teammate Travis Kelce humble as the Kansas City Chiefs tight end attempts to break into the acting world.
During an interview with the NFL that aired on Netflix Wednesday, December 25, Mahomes, 29, was asked what he would give Kelce, 35, for Christmas. “The guy has got everything,” Mahomes noted before quipping, “Maybe some acting lessons.”
Mahomes made the joke on the same day as the Happy Gilmore 2 teaser was released, in which Kelce makes a cameo. Kelce’s star has been on the rise since he joined the Kansas City Chiefs.
After his high-profile romance with Taylor Swift made headlines in September 2023, however, Kelce’s success has skyrocketed even more and with that has come new opportunities. Kelce made his acting debut earlier this year in Ryan Murphy‘s FX series Grotesquerie and later hosted Prime Video’s game show Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?
Kelce’s Grotesqueriecostars had nothing but praise after working with him. Micaela Diamond recalled the athlete coming in and being “so game” to work on the show, exclusively telling Us Weekly in September, “We all were just like, ‘Let’s make a TV show.’ That’s something Niecy [Nash-Betts] said all the time. There’s part of this that’s just play. We’re just playing and [Travis] can do that.”
Travis Kelce and Courtney B. Vance in ‘Grotesquerie’.
Diamond, 25, called Kelce a committed “team player” on set. “This was my first big TV show and also his,” she added. “So we were in it together trying to soak up as much as we could and be inspired by the veteran actors around us and listen and respond.”
“I just wanted to make sure I was very, very present for him in this new space. [He was] coming into the acting world and was just getting baptized in [the acting world] real quick,” she told Us in October. “[Grotesquerie] is going to come with some things that maybe other shows don’t present so I just wanted to make sure he felt covered. I wanted to make sure we had time to rehearse.”
Travis Kelce in ‘Happy Gilmore 2’.
She continued: “The blessing about this particular show for an actor is that most of the characters play a duality. Travis went from being a charming person who worked at the hospital to being down and out on his luck guy who has a mullet.”
Kelce, for his part, previously admitted there was pressure that came with the gig.
Patrick Mahomes #15 and Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs speaks with a NETFLIX reporter after the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium on December 25, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“Right now, I’m just taking it scene by scene and trying to make sure that I remember my lines. Like I said, I’m very amaetur at this,” the Kansas City Chiefs tight end said on his and brother Jason Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast in May. “Hopefully I don’t bomb this for [Ryan]. It sounds like everything is going as planned, and I can’t thank him enough for just this opportunity because I’m sure there’s actors out there who have been in the acting world that would die for an opportunity to work with Ryan, and I’m getting it in, really, my first gig ever. So it’s pretty unique and pretty cool.”
He concluded: “The biggest difference from being outside of the acting world and starting to get into it, is you’re very much in tune with scenes. You don’t want to get so caught up with the lines, you want to be in the scene with whoever you’re acting with, right? I started off thinking, ‘Man, just memorize your lines. Memorize your lines.’ But in reality, you want to be able to take that scene from one point to the next and portray exactly what the scene’s meaning is.”
Kim, 44, revealed via social media that Khloé, 40, gave her a bedazzled knee scooter for Christmas. “Merry Christmas Keeks! Love, Khloé, True and Tatum,” read the tag attached to the scooter in an Instagram Story clip Kim shared on Wednesday, December 25. In addition to tagging Khloé, Kim captioned the video with laughing, diamond and star eyes emojis.
Kim continued to show off the scooter in a second Instagram Story clip, stating, “I’ve literally never been more excited for something. This is so cute.”
Khloé reposted both of her sister’s Instagram Story videos via her own page, captioning the latter clip, “It was a hit!!! She said she’s gonna keep it forever .”
Kim first stepped out with her knee scooter at the December 12 opening of her Skims flagship store in New York City. She sported a pair of white heels on both feet in addition to a chic white bustier top and matching pants.
Days later, the Kardashians star kicked off a camp new trend by showing off her high heel-shaped foot cast via her Instagram Story. Her red pedicure stuck out of the cast’s open front.
Kim ditched the heel cast in a TikTok video her eldest daughter, North, shared of the two of them on Christmas Eve. In the Tuesday, December 24, post, Kim sat by the fireplace in a high-neck snakeskin-patterned dress and matching heels while North, 11, danced to Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me.” (Kim shares North and kids Saint, 9, Chicago, 6, and Psalm, 5, with her ex-husband Kanye West.)
Kim gave fans a look at more of her Christmas presents via her Instagram Story on Wednesday, one of which was a Kardashian-Jenner version of the board game Guess Who? The back of the game box featured hilarious clues such as “Did your character lose a diamond in the ocean?” and “Is your character the least exciting to look at?”
Kim went on to showcase elaborate gingerbread houses on display at her mom Kris Jenner’s house featuring the names of all the family’s members. Kim, for her part, wrapped presents she gave out in shimmering white wrapping paper sealed with a letter “K” wax stamp.
The Kardashian-Jenners celebrated Christmas Day together, with several family members sharing glimpses of their get-together via social media. In one Instagram Story snap shared by Kylie Jenner, each person’s presents were wrapped in paper featuring their face on it. Kylie, 27, also helped Khloé make beeshee (a.k.a. Armenian pancakes) at the stove.
Kourtney Kardashian dressed in a Santa-inspired minidress for a holiday photo shoot with her husband, Travis Barker, while Kendall Jenner sported a backless, long-sleeved white silk gown for the family’s Christmas festivities.
Katie Maloney celebrated Christmas with her new boyfriend, Nick Martin, less than a month after making their relationship official.
The reality star, 37, reshared several Instagram posts from her mom, Teri Maloney, on Wednesday, December 25, that showed Katie and Nick, 42, spending time together. The trio enjoyed an outing where they saw Christmas lights and fake snow. Katie and Nick held hands in some photos during their first holiday as a couple.
The Sleeping With Sirens guitarist was also spotted in photos uploaded by Katie’s family of them at home on Christmas Eve. Katie and Nick were all smiles after taking their romance public.
Katie surprised fans in October when she confirmed she was seeing someone new. “I have a boyfriend,” she told her cohost Dayna Kathan during an episode of their “Disrespectfully” podcast. “Yeah, I’m in love, everybody. I’m really happy.”
“This weekend, I went to go see my boyfriend. He has to travel for work, so I went to go meet up with him and hang out with him and spend some time,” she continued. “It was really amazing ’cause I hadn’t seen him in a few weeks and just being able to, like, spend some quality time and just be around him was really necessary and really nice.”
“There’s been some things online recently. I’ve seen little bits and pieces. But let me tell you, he could not have been nicer,” Scheana, 39, shared on her own podcast that same month. “He’s from San Diego and we just talked about that. Then I ran into them again later back at the hotel at the end of the night, and [he] was just such a sweet guy. I caught the end of their set.”
Katie’s romance with Nick comes two years after her split from Tom Schwartz. The former couple were married for six years before their 2022 divorce. Schwartz, 42, for his part, moved on with Sophia Skoro.
After ending her marriage, Katie was linked to actor Satchel Clendenin and Love Island USA‘s Connor Newsum before finding love with Nick. She previously explained what she was looking for in her next relationship.
“I never felt prioritized. [Tom] didn’t really have my back or defend me or make me feel supported or heard. I just wanted that validation from him. So I made myself smaller in ways. I lost myself. I was a shell of a woman,” Katie said during the September 2023 episode of the “Almost Adulting” podcast. “It took me working on myself in general — not really because of all of that — but I wasn’t feeling great in my body and in general. I wanted to boost my own confidence and just started working on myself.”
Katie made it clear at the time that she had no regrets about her decision.
“I was not asking for the world. I was asking for somebody to show up for me and they couldn’t. Over and over and over again. It just became a voice that became louder and louder and I couldn’t deny it anymore,” she added. “It was over months — a period of months — and I just got to a point where I was like I need to get real with myself and real with him. I kind of just knew it. I became emotionally withdrawn. I still loved him but the love between us — that connection — that romance was not there anymore.”
Pregnant Brittany Mahomes might have skipped out on her husband Patrick Mahomes’ Christmas Day football game, but she still found a way to praise the NFL quarterback on social media.
“Always keeping his promises,” Brittany, 29, wrote via Instagram Stories on Wednesday, December 25, sharing a post from ESPN in which Patrick, 29, said he and the Kansas City Chiefs were going to clinch a win.
Patrick and the Chiefs took on the Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday, winning 29-10. The team’s victory allowed them to secure the No. 1 seed in the AFC.
“I told my pregnant wife I was gonna get the No. 1 seed so we can go have that baby,” Patrick told reporters after the Chiefs’ win. His teammate Travis Kelce was clapping by his side following the declaration.
Brittany may have skipped out on the game, but she was still watching at home with the couple’s two kids, Sterling, 3, and Bronze, 2.
“Baking and watching Daddy,” she captioned an Instagram Story on Wednesday. Brittany and Sterling were wearing matching pajamas in the sweet mother-daughter snap. “Already on our second box of baking.”
Brittany and Patrick announced in July that they were gearing up to welcome baby No. 3. “Round three, here we come,” they shared in a joint Instagram post at the time.
Patrick offered a post-game update on his wife’s pregnancy on Wednesday. Brittany is gearing up to give birth “any day now,” he told reporters.
“Brittany says I’ve been stressing her out too much this season,” Patrick added. “So, I gotta try not to put so much stress on her through these football games — and get the bye.”
Patrick added, “Hopefully, God works the right way, and we can have that baby on the bye week somewhere. Then, everything will work out perfectly.”
The quarterback, who married Brittany in March 2022, continued to gush about his wife, noting that she deserves the MVP trophy this year.
“MVP ‘cause she’ll go in [to the playoffs] and she’ll crush it,” Patrick added. “We’ll have three babies, and I can take a break for a long time and just focus on playing football and raising those babies.”
Because Patrick was playing football on Christmas Day, he said his family celebrated the holiday earlier in the week.
“Christmas with the Mahomeses is a lot of chasing kids around,” Patrick added. “Santa leaves surprises for the kids. Seeing them grow up and understand what the holidays are all about; I’m making those traditions now. I’m hoping to have some that I’ll have for the rest of my life.”
“I don’t need anything else,” Savchenko, 41, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, December 25, alongside an infinity emoji.
Savchenko included a handful of images of himself bonding with his 13-year-old daughter, Olivia, and his girlfriend, Brooks Nader, on a visit to California’s The Integratron. In one snap, Nader, 27, wrapped her arms around Olivia underneath a fairy light display. Savchenko and Nader packed on the PDA in another image.
Savchenko, who shares Olivia and 7-year-old Zlata with ex-wife Elena Samodanova, started dating Nader this fall when they were partnered together on DWTS season 33.
“We have a good energy. Like, I think we got good vibes. I mean, it’s nice to be in the room for five hours a day with someone that you get along with,” the choreographer told Us Weekly exclusively in September. “And also, you know, looking like that. She’s hot.”
Amid their rehearsals, Us broke the news that Savchenko and Nader started hooking up. They later stopped after they were eliminated from DWTS in October before reuniting ahead of the season 33 finale earlier this month following back-and-forth cryptic TikTok videos.
“I don’t know what to say about that,” Nader exclusively told Us in December. “I don’t even know what’s going on. I know I am confusing people, but I am confusing myself. I am loving life.”
At the time, Nader was unsure about a long-term future with Savchenko but stressed that “he’s great.” The model further said she “had so much fun” introducing Savchenko to her relatives at Thanksgiving last month.
“He will always have a seat at our table. My family loves him, and he’s just a great guy, and he’s so great with all the girls and the family,” Nader told Us. “We were all on Dancing With the Stars because it’s always a family affair. And he made everyone feel really welcome, including myself. He made me feel really comfortable dancing and doing things that I was maybe uncomfortable with. So he’s great.”
Savchenko confirmed to TMZ that night that they were back together.
Throughout the Christmas holiday weeks later, Savchenko and Nader teamed up with Olivia for a handful of new TikTok videos.
“Merry Christmas Eve Eve ,” Savchenko captioned a Tuesday, December 24, video with Nader, dancing in a kitchen.
Hours earlier, he shared another video with Nader and Olivia as they all twinned in oversized sunglasses and grooved in a closet.
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