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Patrick Mahomes just won the Most Valuable Player award after winning the Super Bowl over the San Francisco 49ers, but he also has something else he values, his sneaker collection. It has been reported that Mahomes has over 180 pairs of sneakers and just built a custom room in his house to hold them.
“We renovated a lot of the house. The last thing was the shoe room,” Mahomes told Bleacher Report. “That has been something that I’ve wanted for the last six, seven years, at least.”
Mahomes, who lives with his high school sweetheart girlfriend, has a 3,759-square-foot home that he purchased last year. The house, which was built in 1953, includes three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a home gym, a pool, and a chef’s kitchen.
The shoe closet has shelves with backlighting that draw attention to the sneakers as well as several different pairs of sunglasses. The room also has a security camera to keep an eye on some of his prized possessions.
“When you don’t have enough room, I feel like you lose the value of some of your shoes,” said Mahomes. “Some of the shoes that you’ve worn once, you forget about because you don’t see them. So I wanted that shoe room to highlight that.”
Mahomes collection includes several different Adidas sneaker variations. Adidas has been his official sponsor since 2017. He also has a “Game of Thrones”-inspired pair called the “Night’s Watch Ultraboost” and many other customized ones, with phrases like “NYC,” “ATL,” and “Pharrell Williams” inscribed on the back.
Mahomes told Bleacher Report his favorite sneakers are the pair of Yeezy Boost 750 Triple Blacks, “These are my babies. They’re big but at the same time you can wear them with anything.”
Mahomes sneaker collection might get a lot bigger. It is rumored that he could get a $200 million contract extension when he becomes eligible for free agency.
You don’t have to throw away your shot (or hundreds of dollars) to see Hamilton.
A filmed version of the wildly popular stage musical is coming to cinemas (and Disney+) next year. And the Internet is 100 percent here for it.
Featuring the original Broadway cast—including creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda—Hamilton will hit screens on Oct. 15, 2021. It’s unclear whether this is a one-off event or an extended release.
Miranda tweeted the news on Monday, teasing followers with a cryptic “Wait for it” message before making the big announcement.
Fans are understandably over the moon: Broadway ticket prices start at $230 for a midweek matinee, and range from £43 ($56) to £230 ($300) in London.
For those living under a rock for the past five years, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash-hit musical tells the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton through hip hop, R&B, pop, soul, and show tunes.
Hamilton premiered on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (also home to Miranda’s 2008 debut In the Heights) in August 2015. The critically acclaimed production went on to win 11 Tony Awards, seven Olivier Awards, a Grammy, a Pulitzer Prize, and some A-list fans.
“Lin-Manuel Miranda created an unforgettable theater experience and a true cultural phenomenon, and it was for good reason that Hamilton has hailed as an astonishing work of art,” Bob Iger, chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, said in a statement.
“All who saw it with the original cast will never forget that singular experience,” he boasted. “And we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to share this same Broadway experience with millions of people around the world.”
The film is set for release in North America next year (so I’ll still have to pony up the cash to watch it on the West End).
As with any cinematic showing of a live performance, though, I am a bit wary: One of theater’s greatest joys is being able to view the show in your own way—not only as the movie director intends.
That may not be a problem, according to Disney, which called its screening “a leap forward” in the art of live capture, promising that it will “transport” audiences “in a uniquely intimate way.”
Exactly what that means remains to be seen.
Miranda is happy with the final product, though. So I’m in.
“I’m so proud of what [director] Tommy Kail has been able to capture in this filmed version of Hamilton—a live theatrical experience that feels just as immediate in your local movie theater,” the almost-EGOT winner said. “We’re excited to partner with Disney to bring the original Broadway company of Hamilton to the largest audience possible.”
Disney’s production of a 2016 stage performance includes original cast members:
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton
Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler
Christopher Jackson as George Washington
Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson
Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison
Anthony Ramos as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton
Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds
Jonathan Groff as King George III
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Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has reportedly been nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
Swedish lawmakers Jens Holm and Hakan Svenneling submitted the 17-year-old’s name for consideration, according to the Associated Press.
Thunberg “has worked hard to make politicians open their eyes to the climate crisis,” the Left Party members said. “Action for reducing our emissions and complying with the Paris Agreement is therefore also an act of making peace.”
The schoolgirl who inspired an international movement to fight climate change was recommended for the prize last year by three Norwegian members of parliament.
In 2018, Thunberg was just a pigtailed kid camping outside Sweden’s parliament, demanding reduced carbon emissions.
Now, she’s a ponytailed phenom who’s emboldened students across the world to hold climate strikes.
Motivated by the Parkland teen activists in Florida, Thunberg created the Fridays For The Future movement, trading weekly school lessons for regular protests.
In December, she became the youngest recipient of Time Magazine’s Person of the Year tradition, which began in 1927.
Busy making the world a better place, Thunberg has not yet addressed the 2020 Peace Prize nod. Last year, she tweeted that “It’s obviously a great honor and nice to be nominated for such a big prize.”
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won in 2019 for his efforts to achieve international peace.
If Greta prevails (fingers crossed!), she would be the 54th female Nobel Prize recipient and 18th woman to earn the Peace Prize in the award’s 118-year history.
Since 1901, male nominees have dominated the annual list, winning on 73 more occasions than women, according to Refinery29.
Then 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai, champion of women’s and girls’ rights to education, won the Peace Prize alongside child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi in 2014. Most recently, human rights activist Nadia Murad snagged the 2018 medal “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.”
The Norwegian Nobel Institute neither confirms nor denies nominees until an official list is published 50 years later. (Definitive proof will be available in 2070.)
This year’s winner will be announced in early October.
More on Geek.com:
- Greta Thunberg: ‘Nothing Has Been Done’ to Fight Climate Change
- When Greta Met David: Thunberg, Attenborough Talk Climate Crisis
- Greta Thunberg Documentary to Hit Hulu in 2020