[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for the end of “The Idea of You.”]

Ask any fan about their favourite e-book, and they’re most likely a bit nervous when Hollywood comes calling with that very query. Streamers are affected by e-book variations that may by no means reside as much as the world created in a single’s personal head.

That’s why it’s such a deal with, then, that the Anne Hathaway-starring adaptation of “The Thought of You,” which hit Prime Video on Might 2, is such a steamy, enjoyable delight that really improves upon its supply materials.

It stays loyal to the e-book’s fantasy-driven plot: Hathaway portrays Solène, a newly-single mother of an adolescent who — after assembly backstage at a live performance in a pinch-me second of serendipity — falls right into a whirlwind, sex-forward romance with the lead singer of a world boy band, Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine). (Of be aware: The movie‘s screenwriters, Jennifer Westfeldt and director Michael Showalter, make the very good option to age up by a number of years each Solène’s daughter and Hayes himself from their e-book variations.)

However regardless of the fluffy rom-com premise, within the authentic 2017 e-book by Robinne Lee, Solène and Hayes don’t find yourself collectively. After their last breakup chat — principally a model of what’s within the film, with Solène realizing that finally her life, and her daughter’s, simply received’t mesh with worldwide fame — she tearfully lets him go. The novel’s last pages discover Solène telling Hayes she doesn’t love him (lie) and that she simply cherished “the concept of [him].” Hayes texts and texts and texts, begging her to rethink after which someday … he doesn’t anymore. He’s moved on. However we all know that Solène nonetheless loves him.

Are you kidding me? I like tearjerker as a lot as the following particular person, however once I initially learn the e-book, I’ve to confess: it felt a bit just like the rug was pulled out from beneath me. It simply didn’t really feel like the place the story was going, you realize? I’m making an attempt to get pleasure from a steamy examine two hotties overcoming all logic and sense to bang into the sundown, not ponder the difficulties of grownup life and fame within the trendy period.

Fortunately, director Showalter agreed that the unique downer ending ought to be readjusted.

“For me, there’s this ingredient of it is a style film,” Showalter informed IndieWire throughout a latest interview. “This can be a Hollywood movie. That is one thing that I would like audiences to get pleasure from and have enjoyable with, and there’s numerous want achievement right here. And it’s simply extra enjoyable. It’s simply extra satisfying to see them be collectively.”

Completely appropriate.

Within the film model, through the breakup scene, Hayes tells Solène to vow to name him in 5 years, when her daughter might be in school and issues will doubtless be simpler. The movie then jumps ahead 5 years: Solène remains to be fortunately working at her artwork gallery, and Hayes has moved on to a profitable solo recording profession.

However whereas showing on a chat present, Hayes mentions he’s about to take a touring break and go to LA as a result of there’s “somebody [he] needs to see there.” Solène wonders … after which he exhibits up at her gallery and she or he bursts into pleased tears, the sort that promise that love conquers all! Perpetually is feasible! You’ll be able to have nice intercourse with a boy bander and he’ll nonetheless be head over heels in love with you, even years later! Now that is a Hollywood ending.

“If this was a extra form of romantic tragedy, like a ‘Howard’s Finish’ or one thing, then I might’ve been extra open to the unhappy ending,” Showalter informed IndieWire. “However I need to see them collectively on the finish of the film, or at the very least I need to really feel like that’s a chance.”

Mission: achieved.

Extra reporting by Kate Erbland.

A Prime Video launch, “The Thought of You” is streaming now.

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese language truck driver was praised in native media Saturday for parking his car throughout a freeway and stopping extra automobiles from tumbling down a slope after a bit of the street within the nation’s mountainous south collapsed and killed not less than 48 folks.

Wang Xiangnan was driving Wednesday alongside the freeway in Guangdong province, a significant financial hub in southern China. At round 2 a.m., Wang noticed a number of autos shifting in the other way of the four-lane freeway and a fellow driver quickly knowledgeable him concerning the collapse, native media reported.

Reacting swiftly, Wang, a former soldier, positioned his truck to dam the freeway, successfully stopping dozens of autos from advancing into hazard, Jiupai Information quoted Wang as saying. In the meantime, his spouse acquired out of the truck to alert different drivers concerning the state of affairs, it mentioned.

“I didn’t suppose an excessive amount of. I simply needed to cease the autos,” Wang informed the Chinese language information outlet.

Wang’s brave actions not solely garnered reward from Chinese language social media customers but in addition recognition from the China Employee Improvement Basis.

The inspiration introduced Friday that in partnership with a automotive firm it had awarded Wang 10,000 yuan ($1,414). A charity undertaking linked to tech large Alibaba Group Holding additionally gave an equal quantity to Wang, newspaper Dahe Each day reported. Wang informed the newspaper he would donate the cash to the households of the collapse victims.

Native media additionally reported that one other man had knelt down to stop automobiles from continuing on the freeway.

The accident got here after a month of heavy rains in Guangdong. A few of the 23 autos that plunged into the deep ravine burst in flames, sending up thick clouds of smoke.

About 30 folks had been hospitalized. On Saturday, one was discharged from the hospital, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The others had been enhancing, however one stays in severe situation.

On Saturday, the Meizhou metropolis authorities in Guangdong mentioned in an announcement that authorities would conduct citywide checks on expressways, railways and roads in mountainous areas. A workforce led by the provincial governor is investigating the reason for the collapse, Southcn.com reported.

The Chinese language authorities had despatched a vice premier to supervise restoration efforts and urged higher security measures following calls by President Xi Jinping and the Communist Celebration’s No. 2 official, Premier Li Qiang, to swiftly deal with the tragedy.

The dispatch of Zhang, who can be a member of one of many ruling Communist Celebration’s main our bodies, illustrates the priority over a potential public backlash over the catastrophe, the most recent in a collection of lethal infrastructure failures.

Good fan fiction ought to transport you to the world of your goals, the place you adorably meet your favourite superstar and fall hopelessly in love. In The Concept of You, when Solène (Anne Hathaway) bumps into Hayes (Nicholas Galitzine), the lead singer of her daughter’s favourite childhood band at Coachella, sparks by chance fly. He’s unable to stroll round Silver Lake with out the paparazzi trailing behind, she’s a sizzling gallery proprietor who doesn’t actually care how well-known he’s, and so their entanglement begins. At first, the film units us up for what seems to be like horny, lighthearted enjoyable, however whenever you keep in mind that we stay in an period when you possibly can’t even make out with a celeb in a crowd with out having your id uncovered, it turns into clear that The Concept of You would possibly as properly be a horror flick.

Going into this film, I assumed I used to be going to get a smooth-brained horny story, however The Concept of You has made one factor very clear to me: The one factor worse than being well-known is being a girl relationship somebody well-known. I’ll admit, the preliminary assembly and subsequent chasing of Solène by Hayes is swoon-worthy — particularly once I imagined him as a 2024 model of 1D-era Harry Kinds, the actual individual upon whom he’s loosely based mostly. However there are merely a number of moments of pleasure all through the movie. Solène solely seems to be like she is having enjoyable whereas she’s taking part in groupie on the band’s European tour. At that time, nobody is aware of about her relationship with Hayes, together with her teenage daughter, who has been blissfully unaware of her mother’s whereabouts all summer season. A secret romance will be horny, nevertheless it’s such some extent of pressure on this film that it stops being enjoyable and begins to veer into tragedy. I can’t think about that I’d truly discover having to maintain quiet about my relationship with the lead singer of one of many hottest boy bands on the earth arousing, but when that is purported to be fan fiction, I don’t wish to be reminded concerning the real-world penalties of age-gap relationships between older ladies and youthful males too a lot.

Irrespective of the couple, when a celeb is concerned, there’ll at all times be trolls. However they shortly activate ladies extra typically than they activate males, calling her a predator if she dates a youthful man, whatever the dimension of the age hole. Despite the fact that she was already well-known after they met, the quantity of hate Olivia Wilde acquired whereas relationship Kinds (ten years her junior) from his fan base was excruciating. There have been infinite hashtags praying for the couple’s downfall, quite a few social-media feedback suggesting that relationship the singer correlated to her being a nasty mom, dying threats, and fixed chatter concerning the nature of their relationship. Most of his crazed stans conveniently ignored the truth that the connection started when Kinds was 26. Many of the destructive press was hyperfixated on Wilde, with Kinds’s followers claiming he was a “sufferer.”

In The Concept of You, as quickly because the world discovers their relationship, Solène finds herself beneath the extreme scrutiny of hundreds of thousands of individuals, most of whom despise her for relationship a well-known singer. In actual life, we all know that she would have haters. (One other couple I couldn’t assist however be reminded of whereas watching the movie was Dangerous Bunny and his ex-girlfriend Gabriela Berlingeri, who now has a horde of on-line followers monitoring her each transfer.) To its credit score, the film does attempt to gesture towards the double commonplace that exists for girls by juxtaposing Solène’s new relationship with Hayes in opposition to her strained relationship together with her ex-husband, who as soon as cheated on her with a a lot youthful girl. He ignorantly assumes Solène’s actions are equal to his and the irony of the state of affairs is evident, however one thing concerning the distinction between the 2 relationships on this movie feels pointless. Finally, when her ex confronts her about it and embarrasses her additional in entrance of the paparazzi, it isn’t even a humorous sufficient second to make up for the uncomfortable encounters Solène and her daughter proceed to have with strangers due to her relationship with Hayes.

After which there’s the sensation that we’re purported to view the whirlwind affair as Solène’s fault. Solène even appears, generally, like she has internalized that blame. If solely she hadn’t been so selfless that she took her daughter to Coachella as an alternative of her philandering absentee father of an ex-husband! If solely she hadn’t been so careless as to let herself be noticed making out with a youthful hunk on the seaside in St. Tropez! Finally, I signed as much as watch some attractive fanfic, not a half-baked meditation on slut-shaming.

I used to be completely happy to see Solène stay somewhat after her divorce and date somebody sizzling and wealthy, nevertheless it’s onerous to consider that every one the ache — like being lambasted on TMZ as an alternative of praised for being a MILF — of getting concerned with a celeb can be price it. There are not any moments of peace in most of these relationships. Wish to seize a bagel hung-over, trying like shit? Assume once more. Low on cash and hoping to keep away from tipping for that chilly brew you simply ordered? Don’t you dare make your boyfriend look low cost by the transitive property! Think about infinite cameras outdoors your own home. I can barely go for a run with out eager about what I appear to be to others, and I wouldn’t survive onlookers snapping pictures of me whereas I huff and puff. (And even worse, movie a TikTok whereas I’m purple within the face.) It’s unfair what occurs to Solène, however I assume it’s actuality. This film has made it clear that the one good path ahead with a celeb is straightforward: You meet them, you kiss them, and also you overlook them.

BOSTON — The sky is blue, water is moist, and the Boston Bruins will likely be taking part in in a Recreation 7. So it goes.

Regardless of taking a 3-1 collection lead over the Maple Leafs simply over per week in the past, the Bruins have now misplaced two straight to arrange Saturday night time’s Recreation 7 again in Boston. However that is nothing new for the Boston Bruins.

Whereas most imagine that there aren’t any higher phrases in sports activities than “Recreation 7,” the Bruins would most likely argue in any other case. It is not that they are unhealthy in these winner takes all of it showdowns, they’re most likely just a bit sick of going through these high-pressure tilts 12 months after 12 months after 12 months.

Saturday night time would be the thirty first time in franchise historical past that the Bruins will take the ice for a Recreation 7, including to the staff’s NHL document. Half of their Recreation 7’s have come within the final 15 years, and Saturday night time will mark the third straight postseason the Bruins discover themselves in a do-or-die scenario.

At the least Bruins followers are seasoned veterans on the subject of this drill. There isn’t any higher fanbase ready for the lengthy, anxious await Saturday’s 8 p.m. puck drop, and the enjoyment or psychological anguish that lies forward. This marks the second straight postseason that the Bruins will want a Recreation 7 after going up 3-1 within the opening spherical, so Boston followers are battle examined.

Will Boston get to expertise the raucous celebration that follows a Recreation 7 victory on Saturday night time, or will Bruins followers have one other scar to heal? 

What is the Bruins’ document in Recreation 7’s?

What’s actually wild about this Recreation 7 is that it is actually anybody’s recreation, regardless of the way you slice it. 

Of their 30 earlier Recreation 7’s, the Bruins received 15 of them and misplaced 15 of them. And per the NHL, the Maple Leafs at the moment are the sixty fifth staff to pressure a Recreation 7 after falling behind 3-1 within the collection. In these earlier situations, the trailing staff received 32 instances, whereas the staff that led has additionally received 32 instances.

The right stability of every of these statistics is about to be thrown askew.

Getting again to the Bruins, Boston followers most likely do not want a reminder of what occurred final postseason towards the Florida Panthers. However right here we go in any case, as a result of historical past may be repeating itself.

Towards the Panthers, the Presidents’ Trophy winners let a 3-1 collection lead slip away to arrange a Recreation 7 at TD Backyard. After which they let a 3-2 lead slip away in that recreation earlier than dropping in additional time on a Carter Verhaeghe aim.

Two years in the past, the Bruins have been those forcing a Recreation 7, successful Recreation 6 at dwelling towards the Hurricanes to pressure a deciding recreation again in Carolina. The Canes received that 3-2 to finish Boston’s season.

At the least 2019 and 2018 have been a lot better for Boston, as was 2013, and we’ll get to these years in a second. However the B’s additionally misplaced a Recreation 7 to the Canadiens in 2014 and 2008, in 2012 to Washington, in 2009 to Carolina, and in 2010 to Philadelphia, the latter of which got here after Boston jumped out to a 3-0 collection lead.

So the current historical past of Recreation 7 has been somewhat tough for Boston. However not less than one 12 months was actually spectacular, if not somewhat nerve-wracking.

The 2011 Stanley Cup champion Bruins received three Recreation 7’s en path to their title, getting the higher of Montreal, Tampa Bay, and Vancouver — within the Cup Remaining, in Vancouver —  to seize that unbelievable trophy. 

Want somewhat extra positivity and good juju? Possibly the Maple Leafs can assist with that.

Bruins-Maple Leafs Recreation 7 historical past

Whereas the Bruins have given everybody loads of causes to stress about Saturday night time’s Recreation 7, let’s not overlook concerning the staff on the opposite facet. If anybody can out-Bruin the Bruins, it is the Maple Leafs.

The Leafs did not win a playoff collection for twenty years till final season, and the Bruins have been an enormous a part of that drought. The 2 groups performed three win-or-go-home Recreation 7’s within the final 11 postseasons, and the Bruins received all three.

The 2013 Bruins-Leafs collection is an all-timer, and Recreation 7 of that set is without doubt one of the finest Boston followers will reside via. The Leafs jumped out to a 4-1 lead at TD Backyard, just for the Bruins to come back storming again to pressure additional time. Patrice Bergeron ended it simply six minutes into the additional body to ship Boston onto the subsequent spherical, and the B’s made all of it the best way to the Cup Remaining that season.

That unbelievable Recreation 7 victory got here after the Bruins blew a 3-1 collection lead.

The B’s and Leafs additionally wanted a Recreation 7 to resolve their playoff collection in 2018 and 2019, and the Bruins received each of these too. Additionally they let a 3-1 collection led slip away in 2018, however bounced again to win Recreation 7 at dwelling, 7-4.

Of their three earlier Recreation 7 matchups, the Bruins have outscored the Leafs 17-9. Boston and Toronto at the moment are the primary franchises in NHL historical past to require a Recreation 7 in 4 straight head-to-head matchups within the playoffs. 

The Bruins and Leafs have performed 5 Recreation 7’s towards one another, and the Leafs have received only one: Again in 1959. The Bruins additionally bought the most effective of the Leafs in a Recreation 7 in 1941.

However as hockey followers know, nothing however the current issues in a Recreation 7.

What the Bruins are saying about one other Recreation 7

This complete Recreation 7 factor is getting irritating to anybody who needed a stress-free first spherical. However we must always have recognized higher. That is the NHL playoffs, and extra succinctly, that is the Boston Bruins. That is type of their factor.

The staff has appeared tight on the ice within the final two video games, with Toronto’s protection all of the sudden changing into a suffocating unit and blocking 35 photographs of their two straight victories. The Bruins have scored simply two targets of their final seven durations of hockey (plus a couple of minutes of additional time) and a type of targets got here with lower than a second left on the clock Thursday night time.

After their 2-1 loss in Toronto, the Bruins mentioned their focus is on Saturday — not on something that has led up up to now.

“We’re not worrying about it,” mentioned coach Jim Montgomery. “We’re not dwelling previously, we’re not dwelling sooner or later both. We’re dwelling within the current. Proper now we’re not proud of our recreation, however we have to prepare for Recreation 7.”

“I may care much less the way it unfolded,” B’s captain Brad Marchand mentioned of the staff’s street map to Recreation 7. “We’re right here and it is a possibility. We have got to be thankful for it. These are the moments you dream about as a child. Recreation 7. That is the place heroes are constructed and made. We bought to be excited concerning the place we’re in and take advantage of it.”

The stress is absolutely on the Bruins although. With a loss on Saturday, they’d change into the primary staff in NHL, NBA, or MLB historical past to blow 3-1 collection leads in back-to-back postseasons.

The underside line is that if the Bruins win another recreation, they’re on to the second spherical. If not, their season is over. That is what all of it boils all the way down to on Saturday night time.

We have been right here earlier than, and chances are high we’ll be right here once more. Buckle up, as a result of Saturday night time goes to be one other emotional curler coaster in Boston.