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USA’s ‘Race for the Championship’ Gives Fans Inside Look at NASCAR Cup

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On your mark! USA Network is taking fans behind the scenes of the 2022 NASCAR Cup in an all-new docuseries called Race for the Championship.
“NASCAR drivers are some of the best race car drivers in the world,” one of the elite drivers said in the super tease for the series, which dropped on Thursday, July 28.
Racer Joey Logano confessed, “I just want to win,” while Ross Chastain revealed just how wild the sport has become.
“We’ve all got those couple of crazy friends who do crazy things. Well, this is 40 of us,” Chastain, 29, explained in the clip. “When I think about gladiators, NASCAR drivers are very much in that vein.”
The 10-episode series will document the lives of NASCAR’s best and brightest drivers both on and off the track during the 10-week NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. The road to being dubbed the champion, however, won’t be easy … and will definitely be dangerous.
“When you’re in the car you don’t think about, ‘Oh, I can get hurt.’ I got life insurance policy for that and it’s up to date,” Corey LaJoie said in the trailer, while holding his baby boy, Levi, in his arms and touching upon just how dangerous the sport can be.
Fans got a sneak peek at the terrors that can consume the track as scenes of crashes, fires, and bloody athletes filled the screen. At one point, a racer can be heard saying, “Death is my biggest fear,” before images of collisions and cars flipping play out in the background.
The rivalries between the sports’ most iconic names and legacies will also be front and center when the series premieres in September.
“When you race with somebody wheel to wheel, it’s inevitable to piss somebody off,” LaJoie, 30, added. “Our livelihoods are made by beating that guy.”
Ryan Blaney, who races for Team Penske, chimed in, “Sometimes I feel like people are better when they’re pissed off.”
Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Daniel Suárez and the 2021 NASCAR CUP champion Kyle Larson will also be featured in the exhilarating show, documenting their crashes, fights, tears and celebrations all season long.
Race for the Championship premieres on USA Network Thursday, September 1, at 10 p.m. ET.
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Gabi Confronts Zach About Revealing They Had Sex: ‘Beyond a TV Show to Me’

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March 28, 2023By
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Her turn to ask the questions. Zach Shallcross had an emotional reunion with Gabi Elnicki during the Monday, March 27, finale of The Bachelor.
The 25-year-old was crying when she joined Jesse Palmer after watching her breakup with Zach, 26. “It’s honestly worse watching it back,” Gabi, who predicted that Zach wasn’t going to propose to her, said. “I don’t even have words right now. … I never thought that somebody who said they were falling in love with me would make it go through that. … I felt humiliated.”
When Zach joined Gabi on stage, she told him she was “still hurting” and “sad” about the situation. The senior account executive, who called it “violating” that Zach told Kaity Biggar (and the “entire nation”) that they had sex, claimed she and Zach promised things would stay “between us.”
“When you came to my hotel room, I was blindsided. … I understand that you were trying to be honest and trying to think of everyone’s feelings. … However, what I wish would have happened was that you warned me that you were going to use my name and that you were going to tell everyone what had happened because I didn’t know you are going to do that,” she said. “And even when you talk to me in my hotel room, it was just, ‘I don’t want there to keep secrets, I don’t want to start a relationship with you based on a secret,’ And it was never, ‘Hey, this is what happened, it was with Gabi.’ I didn’t know you had told everyone until I watched it last week. … And it was beyond a TV show for me.”
Gabi continued to cry. “I feel ashamed — from a moment that felt like love to me,” she said. “It’s very painful that I went through. And during that rose ceremony … you were only speaking to Kaity in that moment. Because Ariel didn’t know, and I didn’t know then until watching it back. And I wish you would have just sent me home and saved me all of the pain.”
Zach admitted he was “completely wrong” for how he handled things. “In my mind — which was wrong — I felt like I needed to let everyone know that I went against my word,” he said. “In my mind, it was just the secret that I had to not have. … The last thing I wanted to do was hurt you like that. … From the bottom of my heart, I’m sorry.”
Gabi and Zach’s romance took a turn during fantasy suites. After he told finalist Ariel Frenkel that he wasn’t going to have sex with anyone on the show, Zach slept with Gabi and began to feel guilty ahead of his third date of the week with Kaity Biggar.
“It was very special, it was important and it was both what we both wanted and needed for the relationship. I feel terrible because, obviously, I’ve gone against my word and I have fears with how Kaity would feel, how would Ariel feel,” Zach said on the March 20 episode. “I have a guilt about the whole week now.”
Zach subsequently told Gabi that he was falling in love with her — and that he was going to tell Kaity that they slept together. While things appeared awkward at the rose ceremony between the top two, Kaity later spoke out to clarify her love for the Vermont native.
“Beyond grateful for this incredible [woman] and our friendship,” the nurse wrote via Instagram. “Thank you for always lighting up a room with your beautiful, [quirky] personality! You exude the best energy that is so contagious to be around! Thank you for always being YOU! Truly, one of the most beautiful humans inside and out. Keep sprinkling sunshine.”
During Monday’s finale, Zach ended things with Gabi because he had stronger feelings for Kaity. He previously spoke to Us Weekly about his relationships with both women.
“It, like, started a little slow and then, I don’t know the exact certain point where it just kind of clicked, where it was starting to progress,” Zach explained of Gabi in February. “But then once London came around and we had that one-on-one date, that was a big deal for our relationship. That I think really was the thing that, like, really put us on the radar.”
Speaking about “total sweetheart” Kaity, Zach gushed: “She is someone [who] from the very beginning had my attention and is someone that shows and exudes kindness and compassion with, like, everyone. She just kind of, like, brightens up a room.”
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Daddy-Daughter Date! See Jason Bateman Take Daughter Maple to Lakers Game

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March 28, 2023By
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Quality time with Dad! Jason Bateman made a rare appearance with his youngest daughter, Maple, as they watched the Lakers play over the weekend.
The father-daughter duo were spotted at the Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles on Friday, March 24, to see the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Oklahoma City Thunder. Bateman, 54, and his 11-year-old daughter sat courtside as they watched the NBA teams face off.
While the Ozark actor wore a t-shirt, jeans and hat, Maple donned a yellow hoodie showing her support for the home team by wearing their colors. She matched the bright ensemble with cream pants and blue sneakers. As the two watched the game, they could be seen chatting and laughing. While the game was a nail-biter, the Lakers ultimately took home the win as they defeated the Thunder with a score of 116 to 111.
Missing from the night, however, was Bateman’s wife, Amanda Anka, and his eldest daughter Francesca.
Bateman and the Bad Words actress, 54, tied the knot in July 2001 after four years of dating. The twosome — who originally met while attending a Kings hockey game in Los Angeles — became parents for the first time in 2006 when they welcomed their oldest daughter, Francesca in October of that year. The couple expanded their family for a second time when Anka gave birth to daughter Maple in 2012.
When the Arrested Development alum was up for a Golden Globe in 2021, both of his little girls were by his side as they participated in the awards show at home. While waiting to see if he took home the accolade for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Marty Byrde on the Netflix crime series, Maple and Francesa hung out with their dad.
When Bateman won his SAG award in January 2019, he joked that his kids weren’t impressed with his accomplishments. The Horrible Bosses star revealed that his wife was the one who kept things running in their household.
“[My daughters are] used to me working weird hours or not being in town a lot. My wife keeps me really grounded by doing nothing other than just being her,” he recalled at the time. “She’s got a full-time career herself, and she’s able to be an incredible mom, and she’s also almost a full-time dad too because I’m out of town so much. I’m floored by that. That keeps me grounded.”
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Ariel Slams Zach for How He Handled Fantasy Suites: ‘You Took Away My Agency’

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March 28, 2023By
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Getting proper closure. Ariel Frenkel reunited with Zach Shallcross during the live finale of The Bachelor on Monday, March 27 — and didn’t hold back when it came to her feelings about fantasy suites.
Ariel, 28, first told Jesse Palmer that she was “really hurt” to learn Zach, 26, had sex with Gabi Elnicki. after telling the New Yorker that he planned not to sleep with her, Kaity Biggar or Gabi. When Zach joined her on stage, Ariel noted it was “really difficult” to be “left in the dark” in Thailand.
“It was really difficult to see that you weren’t honest with me. I committed to being in an open relationship — that’s what it is, that’s what I want to call it,” she said. “And when the parameters of an open relationship change, I should be the first to know. I should have not been left in the dark, standing up there in Thailand at the rose ceremony when you had ample time to tell me about everything before I left. So, I just really want to know why the other women were given grace and honesty — and that is something you really pride yourself on — and why I wasn’t given that same respect?”
Zach said he has a lot of regrets about how he handled that week. “I was going through a lot mentally and I didn’t know the right way to handle everything,” he said. “You’re right. I should have told you — probably first. … There’s no excuse for it.”
While she appreciated his apology, Ariel accused Zach of taking away her “agency” in the relationship.
“You took away my agency and you took away my ability to even have a conversation. If you had waited, you would have found out that I was on the same page as you,” she added. “And I think by putting sex off the table, you made the entire week about sex, and it didn’t need to be like that.”
Fans will recall Ariel was eliminated by Zach at the rose ceremony during the March 20 episode of the ABC show after she had the first overnight date.
“What feels right to me is not to explore sexual connections with three different women before falling in love,” he explained before their date. “When sex is involved, it can cause so many additional hurdles and real feelings are at stake. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s difficult because I have a physical connection with [Ariel, Kaity and Gabi].”
Following their date, Zach confirmed that he and Ariel did not sleep together.
“My relationship with Ariel is so much stronger and I have so much more clarity. This was a very important night for us,” he said in a confessional. “I came into this week not wanting to involve sex and with Ariel, it was more difficult than I could have ever imagined. But we both agreed on it and it was very important to just have conversations and not have sex involved. I think it was the right decision.”
During his subsequent date with Gabi, however, Zach broke his own rule.
“It was very special, it was important and it was what we both wanted and needed for the relationship,” Zach told the audience. “I feel terrible because, obviously, I’ve gone against my word and I have fears with how Kaity would feel, how would Ariel feel. I have a guilt about the whole week now.”
While Kaity was informed during the third overnight date about what happened, Ariel went home without learning Zach had sex with Gabi.
“This was easily the hardest thing I’ve had to do,” Zach told Ariel after she didn’t receive a rose. “And I want you to know that I appreciate you more than you know. And you are one of the most interesting, intriguing, beautiful, respectful, mature, intelligent women I’ve ever met and I’m blessed to know you.”
After thanking Zach for “making it easy” for her to open up, Ariel admitted it “hurt a lot” to say goodbye to the lead. “I’m hurt because I know, like, how great of a person he is,” she said in the limo. “And I know that I felt this way for the first time in a while for a reason. It’s like that future and that life that you envision is just, like, gone in a cloud, in a way.”
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