1 week agoUSA UpdateComments Off on The top 10 most popular Irish baby names for boys and girls
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1 week agoUSA UpdateComments Off on UFO Mother Ships Spotted Above US Military Bases, Deploying Small Drones
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1 week agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Amazon Exec Ruba Borno Faces Backlash for Necklace Featuring Israel Map and Palestinian Flag in Company Video
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1 week agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing makes cut-throat move as he launches bid to crack America
THEY say you must be cut-throat to get to the top – just ask Jamie Laing.
The ex-reality star, who made his TV debut on Made In Chelsea in 2011, has ditched his entire team of two years in a bid to go global.
Jamie has split from UK talent management heavyweight YMU, which looks after some of the leading names in UK TV, including Davina McCall, Emma Willis and Stacey Solomon.
The agency helped guide Jamie to new showbiz heights and a prime-time slot co-hosting BBCRadio 1’s Drivetime show alongside Vick Hope and Katie Thistleton.
But that hasn’t been enough to keep him on its books.
I’m told Jamie, co-founder of sweet brand Candy Kittens, is keen to follow in Mark Wright‘s footsteps and bidding to crack America.
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Former Towie star Mark moved to Los Angeles in 2017 to pursue his Hollywood dream, after securing a slot on US telly presenting entertainment news and gossip show Extra.
Now Jamie has signed to leading LA- based managers United Talent Agency.
A source said: “Jamie had been with YMU for years, and on a personal level he gets on with the team.
“But in recent months things have become more and more complicated and strained, in terms of the direction he thinks he should go and the direction they think would work for him.
“Ultimately Jamie wants to go global and YMU isn’t the best fit for that.
“His deal with UTA is really exciting but many of his old team are gutted to see him go.”
UTA has also snapped up Jamie’s wife Sophie Habboo, his co-host on hit podcast NewlyWeds.
Jamie and Sophie met while filming E4’s Made In Chelsea before tying the knot in Spain in May last year.
Good luck to him with his new move.
But just make sure you don’t forget those people who helped you on your way to the top, Jamie.
1 week agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Latest Dragon Ball game sells more than 3million copies in a day
THE first Dragon Ball game in a couple of years proved to be a massive success, selling over 3million copies in just 24 hours.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is the first new game in the Budokai Tenkaichi fighting series in more than 15 years.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero sold more than 3million copies in the first day since its release[/caption]
The fighting game comes just as a new Dragon Ball anime series begins[/caption]
The game was expected to be a hit, but even die-hard fans of the franchise couldn’t predict the numbers we are seeing.
Stats on PC’s biggest digital store Steam, reveal that the game is the best-selling title on the platform.
With a peak of 122,554 concurrent players on Steam, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero managed to beat other big releases this week, like Metaphor: ReFantazio and the Silent Hill 2 remake.
Sparking! Zero’s player count is impressive even when compared with the same stats of other fighting games, like the recent Mortal Kombat 1 and Street Fighter 6.
Mortal Kombat 1 peaked at 38,129 players 13 months ago, while Street Fighter 6 amassed 70,573 players around launch in June last year.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero marks the first game in this subseries since Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 was released in 2007.
It is also the first time a Budokai Tenkaichi game has been released with its Japanese title “Sparking!” worldwide.
Sparking! Zero is a 3D arena fighter with more than 180 playable characters from the Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super, and Dragon Ball GT series.
On review aggregator Metacritic, the game boasts an 83 rating for its Xbox version, and after more than 23,000 user reviews on Steam, players are “Very Positive”.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero launched on October 11, 2024, for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S at a high point for the Dragon Ball franchise.
The new Dragon Ball Daima anime series starts on October 18, 2024, and will be streamed by Netflix in the West.
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1 week agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Princess Kate ‘sends love, strength and hope’ to anyone who’s felt the ‘devastation’ of baby loss in touching message
PRINCESS Kate has shared a hand written message during Baby Loss Awareness Week.
The mum-of-three is “sending love, strength and hope” to anyone who has felt the “devastation”.
The Princess of Wales during a visit to Southport Community Centre last week[/caption]
Princess Kate with Prince William and their kids, George, Charlotte and Louis, at Trooping the Colour in June[/caption]
At 7pm on Tuesday, people around the world who have suffered pregnancy or baby loss will light a candle to remember the little lives.
In a message of support for families affected by the tragedy of losing a baby, Kensington Palace shared Kate’s emotional note alongside an image of a candle.
The heartfelt post read: “Baby Loss Awareness Week is such an important moment to support those who have experienced the devastation of baby loss.
“Sending love, strength and hope to anyone affected. #WaveofLight C.”
Baby Loss Awareness Week is an annual event that takes place from October 9 until October 15.
Last year, the palace shared links to organisations offering support to those affected.
They will do the same again following The Princess’ message.
Bebe King, six, was killed along with Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the Merseyside town on July 29.
In her first public engagement with Wills since her cancer diagnosis, Kate met privately with the families of the three tragic children, and dance teacher Leanne Lucas who was present when the attack happened.
Leanne, 35, nearly died after being stabbed in the neck, back and arms as she bravely fought to protect her class.
Will and Kate also met with the fire, ambulance, air ambulance and police services at the Southport Community Centre.
The Princess of Wales was seen hugging tearful emergency service workers as they told her of their ordeal responding to the Southport stabbings.
And she was so moved by their traumatic experience that she broke off from the engagement to go back and hug crews who had told of their anxiety and the toll on their mental health since that day.
The Prince and Princess then greeted mental health practitioners who have been working to deliver long term support to the blue light community.
Emergency crews also asked the couple how the families of the three slain little girls were coping, after their private meeting with the victims just minutes before.
Kate, 42, told them: “They’re OK. They’re managing it differently. All the families are so different. Individually too they are managing it and processing this tragic event in very different ways but they’re getting support from families and officers and things like that.
She added: “I can’t underestimate how grateful they all are for the support you provided on the day.
“On behalf of them, thank you.”
In a heartwarming post on X, formerly Twitter, the Prince and Princess of Wales wrote: “We continue to stand with everyone in Southport.
“Meeting the community today has been a powerful reminder of the importance of supporting one another in the wake of unimaginable tragedy.
“You will remain in our thoughts and prayers. W & C.”
The moving post was accompanied by a picture of William and Kate speaking with those involved in the Southport tragedy.
The Princess announced she had finished her chemotherapy course in a heartfelt video on September 9.
Kate, 42, said she was entering “this new phase of recovery with a renewed sense of hope and appreciation of life”.
Timeline of Kate's health battle & recovery
Jan 16: Kate is admitted to the London Clinic for abdominal surgery
Jan 17: Kensington Palace announce the princess underwent surgery
Jan 18: William spends time at Kate’s bedside
Jan 23: The princess’ hospital stay passes one week
Jan 29: Kate leaves hospital
Feb 27: Prince William pulls out of service last-minute due to ‘personal matter’, sparking wave of unfounded conspiracy theories about Kate’s health
Mar 4: Princess pictured in the car with mum Carole on the Windsor estate
Mar 10: Royal posts a sweet snap of her and the kids for Mother’s Day – then fans started spotting flaws, and massive agencies put out ‘kill notice’ on photo
Mar 11: Kate admits she edited photo, and is snapped in car with William
Mar 16: Royal fans spot the princess at farm shop near Windsor
Mar 17: Onlookers see Kate watching her youngsters playing sport
Mar 18: The Sun exclusively published video of Kate and Wills from two days prior
Mar 22: Kate bravely reveals in an emotional video that she was given a shock cancer diagnosis
April 29: Kate and William mark 13th anniversary releasing unseen wedding photos
June 8: Kate does not attend Colonel’s Review but letter she penned to Irish Guards reveals she said: “I do hope that I am able to represent you all once again very soon”
June 14: Kensington Palace announces the princess will attend the King’s Birthday Parade
June 15: Kate beams as she joins her family at the annual Trooping the Colour event
July 14: The royal attends Wimbledon with sister Pippa and Princess Charlotte to hand out trophies to players
July 15: Kate shares a touching photo of Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis watching England in the Euro 2024 final
August 11: She joins a bearded Prince William in a video to congratulate Team GB in the Olympics
September 9: Kate reveals her treatment for cancer has finished
1 week agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Who is Dominick Dunne, how did his daughter Dominque die and what was his involvement in Erik and Lyle Menendez’s trial?
DOMINICK Dunne is one of America’s most famous journalists and writers, who covered some of the biggest trials in American history for Vanity Fair.
He documented the Menendez brothers’ infamous trial, which saw them accused and eventually convicted, in 1996, for killing their parents Kitty and Jose.
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Dominick was born on October 29, 1925, in Connecticut and grew up in a wealthy Irish Catholic family.
His younger brother John Gregory Dunne shared his passion for writing and the pair began to write a column for The Saturday Evening Post.
They would later collaborate on the film The Panic in Needle Park, with Dominick as a producer and John as a co-writer alongside his wife Joan Didion.
Joan is widely considered to be one of the most important writers and journalists in American history.
When Dominick moved to New York City in 1949, he began to socialize with Hollywood’s elite and was friends with Elizabeth Taylor and Elizabeth Montgomery.
He married Ellen Beatriz Griffin in 1954 and they went on to have three children together, including Griffin Dunne and Dominique Dunne who both became actors.
Dominick divorced Ellen in 1965 and described himself decades later as a “closeted bisexual celibate”.
John strangled her on the driveway of her home in Hollywood, which caused her to slip into a five-day coma.
Sadly, she couldn’t be revived by doctors and she passed away.
Dominique had rocketed to fame that same year when she starred in the horror film Poltergeist.
Her father kept a journal throughout the trial, which was later published in a 1984 Vanity Fair article named “Justice: A Father’s Account of the Trial of his Daughter’s Killer”.
The article was a huge success and he began to write regularly for the magazine, covering the trials of O.J. Simpson, Claus von Bulow, Michael Skakel, William Kennedy Smith, and the Menendez brothers.
The account was so comprehensive that it was entered into the Library of America’s two-century retrospective of American true crime writing.
During the trial, the Menendez brothers alleged that they had murdered their parents as a result of sexual abuse perpetrated by their father, José.
Eventually, they were sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Dominick spoke to as many people involved in the case as he could and regularly sat in court to take notes.
He talked at length with the Menendez brothers’ defense lawyer Leslie Abramson, who he said waved a middle finger at a reporter.
Dominick described the attorney as “fierce”, “fearless” and “funny”, but added that her hair reminded him of “Orphan Annie”.
His younger brother John based a character named Leah Kaye in his 1987 novel The Red White and Blue on Leslie.
Dominick reported Leslie as describing the brothers as the “very best clients I’ve ever had” and as “two foundlings”, adding “You want to take them home with you”.
His account is the most intimate and revealing record of the case, outside of the Court TV recording.
In the article, Dominick never decides whether the brothers are guilty or innocent.
He wrote: “She said that last December, almost two months after the October 31 confession to Oziel, which was not taped, the boys, feeling that the police were beginning to suspect them, voluntarily made a tape in which they confessed to the crime.
“In it, they spoke of their remorse.
“In it, apparently, they told of psychological abuse.
“But sexual abuse?
“Judalon Smyth did not hear this tape, and by that time Dr. Oziel was no longer confiding in her.”
1 week agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Terry Bradshaw reveals ‘he calls me once every four years’ after claiming Fox NFL Sunday special guest is ‘my buddy’
TERRY Bradshaw had jokes for the newest host of Fox NFL Sunday.
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matt Stafford appeared as a guest host on Fox NFL Sunday during Week 6.
Terry Bradshaw claimed on Fox NFL Sunday that he is buddies with Matt Stafford[/caption]
Bradshaw joked that Stafford only calls him every few years[/caption]
Stafford and the Rams were on a bye during Week 6, giving him time to break down some of the week’s action with the Fox crew.
Very quickly, Terry Bradshaw made it known that he was a big fan of Stafford’s.
“You’ve got a fan there,” Jimmy Johnson said while pointing at Bradshaw.
“Well, he knows that,” Bradshaw replied.
The statement made Stafford smile, and he turned to shake Bradshaw’s hand after the admission.
“Terry is my guy,” Stafford said.
“We are buddies, we are,” Bradshaw replied.
After claiming they were friends, Howie Long wondered if Stafford ever calls Bradshaw, and the Pittsburgh Steelers legend made a hilarious joke about it.
“He calls me once every four years,” Bradshaw said.
The joke left the entire cast of Fox NFL Sunday in a fit of laughter before they could move on to the next segment.
NFL fans enjoyed the segment, and many shared how much they enjoyed having Stafford on the show.
“My man Matthew Stafford auditioning for his Fox NFL Sunday post retirement career!!” one fan said.
“Don’t change @NFLonFOX#FOXNFLSunday, don’t change!” another fan said.
“Fox nfl Sunday is toxic lol Stafford was like a new dog to them,” a third fan said.
“Fox NFL Sunday just had they funniest segment ever idk how that’s gon go over but that was hilarious,” a fourth fan said.
London calling
The New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings kick off the NFL's annual run of London fixtures.
New York and Minnesota face off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday October 6 at 2.30pm local time – 9.30am ET for fans back home in America.
It is the first of three straight NFL Sundays that begin with an early game live from London.
And on October 20, the Jags will head across town to Wembley Stadium to take on the New England Patriots.
After the crew got their laughs out, Stafford went on to talk about how he throws the football.
Stafford is a good person to learn from, as he currently has over 57,000 passing yards in his NFL career.
While he isn’t having a spectacular season this year, Stafford has still thrown 360 touchdowns in his 16-year career and won the Super Bowl with the Rams in 2021.
Stafford has two years left on his contract with the Rams after this season, and he is getting close to retirement.
After his performance on Fox NFL Sunday this week, he could find himself on the cast once he hangs up his cleats.
Stafford is playing for the Los Angeles Rams in his 16th year in the NFL[/caption]