Ebanie Bridges posts eye-popping selfie at 'fight night' as she enjoys time outside ring

Joe Otterson TV ReporterGarrett Hedlund has joined the cast of the Sylverster Stallone-led Paramount+ series “Tulsa King,” Variety has learned exclusively.The series follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone) just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, OK. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters, to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.Hedlund will appear in the series regular role of Mitch Keller, an Oklahoma native and ex bull-rider who retired prematurely after injuries led to addiction.

Selome Hailu HBO Max and Cartoon Network has greenlit and acquired several projects for their kids and family live action slate, Variety has learned exclusively. The slate includes two specials based on Mattel’s American Girl franchise and a supernatural romance starring Peyton List.The first American Girl special has the working title “American Girl: Corinne Tan,” inspired by the doll brand’s 2022 girl of the year and the first doll of Chinese descent.

Dua Lipa is setting her priorities straight, following her split with ex-boyfriend Anwar Hadid. The successful singer has revealed that she is “single and content” and does not want to focus on anything else but herself at the moment.After going on her long awaited Future Nostalgia Tour, the singer says she wants to have time to work on her confidence and learn how to be there for herself, which is why she has decided to go on dates with herself, even if the public comments on it.“Some people on the internet were like, ‘Oh, Dua went out for dinner on her own, blah blah, I do this all the time,’” she explained during her recent interview with Vogue.“And I think that’s amazing if you do it all the time.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticDavid E. Kelley never went away, exactly, but his brand of high-middlebrow drama conveyed with alternating froth and gravity has been particularly thick on the ground of late.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYouTube has hatched a new way to spur content production for YouTube Shorts, its TikTok-like short form video feature: The video giant is launching Green Screen, which lets creators use clips from the billions of videos on YouTube as the background for their Shorts.With Green Screen, YouTube Shorts creators will be able to remix up to 60 seconds of video (or audio only) from any eligible on-demand YouTube video or other YouTube Short — as long as the original creator has granted permission to do so and the video isn’t flagged for copyright violations.The creative tool is YouTube’s latest effort to compete with TikTok, which popularized the short-form video format and counts more than 1 billion monthly active users. YouTube Shorts has boomed in popularity and now averages more than 30 billion daily views, up more than fourfold from 6.5 billion a year ago, Alphabet/Google CEO Sundar Pichai told investors last month.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterWhile measuring the success of broadcast series has largely been a job for the TV ratings among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic, that total viewer tally is still powerful and not to be ignored.With the end of the 2021-2022 season fast approaching, Variety has looked at 33 weeks of complete Nielsen data from September to May to assess what the most and least-watched primetime scripted series have been across NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox.The below total viewer averages are season-long for each show and include persons over the age of 2, which is what Nielsen counts as a viewer. The totals are based on Nielsen’s “most current” data stream through May 8, which includes a week’s worth of delayed viewing where available. For the “most” list, it is ranked beginning with the top show.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez presented their newborn girl by sharing three new photos on Instagram. Rodriguez also revealed the baby’s name. “Bella Esmeralda

Katherine Tulich The Sydney Film Festival has completed the selection for its first full in-person edition in three years with a strong Australian lineup and a smattering of Cannes titles. The 2022 edition runs June 8 – 19, 2022.After COVID disruptions saw the 2021 edition delayed from June until November, it has been a quick six-month turnaround to return the 2022 festival to its regular winter slot.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFor some cinephiles, Sicily may still conjure images from “The Godfather” franchise, but the Italian isle has long moved on.When you see Sicily on screen these days in movies and TV series made for global audiences, the narratives now seldom involve Cosa Nostra tropes as they once used to. What’s taking precedence for producers now is the sheer beauty of the Sicilian landscape in its plethora of forms.“For decades Sicily was where you would come to film stories that were centered around the Mafia and organized crime; but now this is changing,” says Sicilian Film Commission chief Nicola Tarantino.

Rebekah Vardy claims in evidence she will "never forgive" Coleen Rooney for "ruining" her pregnancy and causing her weeks of stress after accusing her of leaking information to the press.Vardy is now in a libel battle with Rooney and the court trial is underway, who claimed Vardy had revealed private details of her life with former footballer Wayne Rooney.Rooney underwent a months-long "sting operation" to find out who had revealed her private information.She accused Vardy's account of being the culprit.Vardy is now seeking legal action against the claims and has now claimed months of torment she endured before and after her pregnancy.Vardy said she had suffered "strange palpitations" and "contraction-type pains" after she began receiving a slew of vile messages after Rooney's social media post.In a written statement, Vardy said: "I was in such a heightened state of emotion because I was heavily pregnant and it felt like the whole world was caving in on me. I must have been in shock.“I started getting really bad pains in my stomach … They were contraction type pains and I panicked that the baby was in danger.”Vardy claimed that she suffered with severe anxiety and suicidal thoughts in the last two months of her pregnancy, and was admitted to hospital three times.

tribunal.Despite having asked to not work weekends, due to being the sole carer for the eight-year-old child at the time, and not having anyone to look after her, Jacqueline Keating's 'frustrated' boss told her she had to find her own replacement if she could not work a shift.After being forced to quit she sued the high street chain for sex discrimination and unfair dismissal.Ms Keating has now been awarded £25,558.55 in compensation after the panel found that forcing women, as primary caregivers, to work on Saturdays puts them at a disadvantage.Having started working at a WHSmith chain in London in October 2015 she was on a 20 hour contract – plus a further eight when required, the panel heard.Then, in July 2018, her boss – named in tribunal documents only as Mr Cruikshank – introduced a Saturday rota for weekday staff to work one weekend day a month.This was to combat falling sales revenue and came after university students who usually covered the weekend had quit, the tribunal heard.The hearing in Croydon, south London, was told on numerous occasions that this roster was a ‘massive issue’ for the single mother, who had no family or social network to help her out.The tribunal was told she tried to talk to her boss multiple times about this, even sending him a text which was ignored.In September 2018, although she told her boss she could not work the Saturdays she had been put down for, she was informed she would have to organise swaps herself, the panel heard.The following month, Ms Keating was forced to ask for both WHSmith and her boss to sign off on letting her daughter accompany her to work – a move the panel found to be an indication of her ‘obvious and significant childcare issues’.The tribunal found this should

Love Island's Faye Winter has joked that she will break Teddy Soares's knee when it's time for him to pop the question. Since leaving the famous Majorca villa, their relationship has gone from strength to strength, with them even moving in with one another.The pair met on the ITV2 dating show last year and are seriously loved up, so fans have been speculating about whether they are engaged - or when they will be.Asked about it at the Pride of Manchester Awards, Faye told the Daily Star: "I mean, I wish, but everything happens in its own time."Teddy then chimed in coyly: "Yeah everything happens in its own time."Faye quipped: "Basically when I break his knee then he's got to get down.

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has been "done dirty" by an artist's courtroom sketch, leaving fans on social media hysterical.The Red Devils' record goalscorer, 36, was in attendance at London's High Court on Tuesday (May 11th) to support wife Coleen on day one of her 'Wagatha Christie' defamation trial versus Rebekah Vardy. The ex-Dancing on Ice contestant is suing Coleen for libel after she claimed Vardy was leaking her private Instagram stories to The Sun.The high-profile legal battle has already drawn mass media attention and some crazy headlines - with Mysterious Girl star Peter Andre bizarrely brought into matters by Rooney's legal team.

Ebanie Bridges had her followers begging for ice begs after posting a knockout selfie on social media.The Blonde Bomber is currently on tour around the UK, showing off her IBF bantamweight title that she won against Maria Cecilia Roman in Leeds last month. But that wasn't the only thing on show as she stopped by Blackpool on Wednesday evening. Bridges, 35, wowed fans in a stunning blue cutout body-con dress that left little to the imagination.

Ebaine Bridges made a rather lewd quip to her followers while enjoying herself at the Snooker World Championships.The Blonde Bomber posted an image on Twitter of the ringside view of Stuart Bingham and Haotian Lyu’s contest. With the game then levelled at 69, she wrote in the caption: “Tied at 69 they musta known I was coming #69rs #IYKYK #Snooker #SnookerWorldChampionships.”Bingham made it through to the second round with a 10-5 victory over Haotian.

Ebanie Bridges hit back at critics of her lingerie weigh-in stunts in a fiery interview only days before being crowned world champion after defeating Maria Cecilia Roman.The Blonde Bomber won the IBF Bantamweight title for the first time on March 25, after a t0 round contest saw her beat her Argentinian opponent on points. The result marked an improvement since the boxer was defeated by Shannon Courtenay last year.Bridges is signed to Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing company and her weigh-ins – where she poses in skimpy lingerie – have attracted attention, with social media users picking out Hearn’s often-awkward reactions.The stunts have also opened the fighter up to criticism, though.

Ebanie Bridges, better known as The Blonde Bomber, was asked for an interview by Molly 'Meatball' McCann at Conor Benn’s victory over Chris van Heerden on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena. She was then asked about Leeds United with the Australian born fighter being an avid Leeds fan and didn't agree with Liverpool born Molly when she suggested Evertonians are a step above Leeds fans.Molly asked the world champion boxer what it was like being a Leeds United fan in the short interview for iFL TV.

boxing world title, but Ebanie Bridges still reckons her haters can't see past her boobs.Bridges defeated Maria Cecilia Roman to become the IBF bantamweight champion last month, winning with a unanimous decision on the judges' scorecards. The Blonde Bomber, 35, has been one of the biggest names in women's boxing for some time, but only now are some fans finally starting to recognise her ability.

Ebanie Bridges has sent boxing fans into a frenzy with an Instagram snap of her wearing nothing but her gloves and underwear.The Blonde Bomber is no stranger to stripping off as she does so at all of her weigh-ins. And having been recently crowned the new IBF bantamweight world champion in her latest fight, she is building up quite the following.Bridges has treated her legion of nearly 500,000 fans to another lingerie moment in a racy post with She Can Do Both, a page which boasts just shy of 1million followers. One half of the image is her with her title belt, while the other is her posing for a shoot.It soon caught the attention with thousands of likes flocking in.

Ebanie Bridges has revealed she wants to take on rival Shannon Courtenay again in a rematch despite being left disfigured after their last fight.Bridges took on the Brit back in April 2021 where she suffered a defeat on points, allowing Courtenay to clinch the vacant WBA female bantamweight title. The Aussie’s face was left badly disfigured and her eye was severely swollen after the 10 round bout.But with the Blonde Bomber winning the IBF bantamweight belt last month, she has now turned her attention to a rematch.

Ebanie Bridges joked her eyes were bigger than her boobs after being left with a disfigured face following her fight with Shannon Courtenay.Bridges, who became world champion for the first time after beating Maria Cecilia Roman last month, came up short in her first title challenge 12 months ago when she lost to Courtenay. The Blonde Bomber went the distance with her British rival but lost out on the judges' scorecards, with all three officials giving the bout to Courtenay.The fight certainly took its toll on Bridges, who, as she put it, was left with an eye that looked bigger than her boobs after a brutal clash of heads in the fifth round. "What a war - blood, guts and heart.