From the main stage at Willie Nelson's annual music festival, North Carolinian folk singer and songwriter Lou Hazel asked the small audience gathered for his early set: "How's everybody doing?" A lanky, grey-haired man in the front row shouted back, gleefully: "We're in Luck!" Enveloped in near-constant clouds of barbecue smoke and weed, the rest of the onlookers chuckled—it was true. Nelson's ranch, dubbed "Luck, Texas," isn't technically its own town. The property—home to buildings...
On June 11, 2024, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray and DVD for Blind War (read our review), a 2022 martial arts actioner headlined by Hong Kong action stars Andy On (Kung Fu League, Undercover Punch and Gun) and Waise Lee (To Be Number One, The Big Heat). Directed by Suiqiang Huo (The Nine Talisman Tower), Blind War tells the story of the former SWAT captain Dong Gu, permanently Continue reading →
Lord Alan Sugar's claim he would never have plastic surgery while attacking Simon Cowell over his "weird looks" is being questioned after he went under the knife in 2007. The 77-year-old Apprentice star spent £6,000 on cosmetic surgery to get rid of bags under his eyes and lift his eyelids, claiming the work was aimed at improving "vision problems". Then in 2019, Lord Sugar admitted the real reason for his surgery was to improve his looks, revealing: "Yes!" I've had my eyes done; I had plastic...
Indian actor-producer Yash‘s Monster Mind Creations and producer Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios have partnered on an adaptation of Indian epic “Ramayana” for global audiences. The film will be directed by Nitesh Tiwari, whose “Dangal” is the highest Indian grosser of all time. Yash is best known for the “K.G.F.” action film franchise, the second […]
CBS broadcast the first-ever USL match on network TV on Saturday. The league hopes to ride Messi-mania while challenging MLS’s structureNot for the first time, American soccer is approaching a crossroads, and given the landscape in which this latest rumble in soccer’s turbulent history in the US will play out, it could be one of the most defining moments yet.The organisation that runs professional leagues in the second and third tiers of soccer in the US, the United Soccer League (USL), could...
Let’s go, queers! The 2024 lineup for the All Things Go Music Festival just dropped, and the lineup is filled with massive pop performers, most of whom identify as queer. […]
By WILL GRAVES It wasn’t just Caitlin Clark. And no one knows that better than the Iowa superstar. While the two-time Associated Press Player of the Year understands her impact on the NCAA Tournament during the Hawkeyes’ run to a second straight title game — with the sellouts she played in front of, the historic TV ratings and all […]
Chase Rice caught up with Billboard at the CMT Awards 2024.
Women's college basketball has never been hotter. Last week, Nielsen
Federal authorities allege Ippei Mizuhara, the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, stole more than $16 million from the two-way baseball sensation to cover his gambling debts
U.S. prosecutors say Ippei Mizuhara stole more than $16 million from Ohtani’s bank accounts to pay for his own sports betting and lied to the bank to access the accounts.
Deal-making dominated the headlines this past week as the FinTech IPO Index lost 2.9%. Nuvei’s stock gained 2.4%. As reported by PYMNTS, Nuvei is being taken private in a $6.3 billion deal with private equity firm Advent International. Nuvei CEO Philip Fayer will reportedly control nearly a quarter of the equity in the private company […]