Former Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed US President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, saying fuel prices are “way too high”. Greene left Congress in January after splitting with Trump over the Epstein files, which led him to brand his former ally a “traitor”.
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The match began with five successive breaks of serve – mostly due to excellent returning by both players – but it was Sabalenka who finally took charge.
Doubles specialist Townsend, who walked out wearing a long, black-feathered outfit, continued to frustrate Sabalenka and forced her to serve out the set at the second opportunity, before making the breakthrough in the second set.
But Sabalenka, aware she must lift the trophy to have a chance of retaining her number one ranking, produced an immediate reply as she broke back to love.
That signalled the start of Sabalenka’s dash to the finish line. The top seed lost just five points across the final five games to end Townsend’s challenge in 75 minutes.
Sabalenka was full of praise for Townsend, saying: “What an incredible player she is, approaching the net, a great returner, moving well, very brave.
“You can see how focused she was. It was really challenging playing her, especially here.
“Thank you so much [to the crowd] for being so respectful to me. I knew coming into this match that you guys would be on her side, but you were sometimes cheering for me and I really appreciate that.”
At home on the US Open hard courts, Sabalenka has not failed to reach the semi-finals here since 2020.
But, following a fourth-round exit at Wimbledon, she is aiming to avoid a first season without a major title since 2022.
Noskova’s sense of relief was cleared as she crouched to the ground after taking her sixth match point about an hour after earning her first.
The 21-year-old served for the match in the second set, but missed her first two match points as Kostyuk battled back from 5-3 down to force a decider.
The players exchanged breaks of serve in a tense final set, but it was Noskova who emerged, once again, with a 5-3 advantage.
Noskova failed to take her next two match points as a couple of misses helped Kostyuk to deuce, and missed her fifth after saving a break point, before finally getting over the line after an emotionally draining two and a half hours on court.
“I am more than relieved, this match was so tough, emotionally a bit more than physically,” Noskova said.
“Today was very close, it could have ended both ways. With all the chances I had in the second set, it was tough to still kind of restart.”
While her trophy cabinet is overflowing with gold medals and world title belts, perhaps her greatest legacy is leaving women’s boxing in a vastly better place than she found it – that Serrano trilogy lifting women’s boxing to new heights.
Taylor broke through the barriers with a grace which belied the obstacles she faced yet her quiet determination and humble nature will serve as an example of what can be achieved by belief, hard work and a refusal to accept her lot as young girls can now walk the path she laid.
Fierce inside the ring yet unassuming outside of it – even factoring in an impulse-buy speedboat, since sold – superlatives such as trailblazer, icon and Ireland’s greatest sportsperson are not hyperbolic, for Taylor’s status as a legend is in no way cliched.
She has indicated she will remain in the sport, but for now, there is time to savour an extraordinary career, with her place among boxing’s greats set in stone.
Irish boxing is going to be a lesser place.
“I’m retired now so I can eat what I want, but I’m just going to enjoy a nice celebration and look back on a dream ending to a dream career.
“My story is the story of everyone in this room: we all have our ups and downs. I think people resonate with your vulnerabilities and your successes – saw me cope with the heartbreak of Rio, the Chantelle Cameron loss and personal difficulties.
“My story is the story of everyone in this room.”
HARRY Styles has made a cheeky joke about his ex Taylor Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce.
The One Direction star, 32, was performing at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday night when he decided to give a subtle shout-out to his ex.
He expressed: “We’re at Madison Square Garden, home of the world champion New York Knicks.”
The singer added: “And they also do weddings.”
It was a nod to the fact that Taylor and Travis, 36, tied the knot at the iconic venue back in July.
It was transformed into an indoor-outdoor garden setting as the couple said their vows in front of 1,000 guests in a private ceremony.
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Harry was reportedly invited to the wedding on July 3 but allegedly declined the invitation.
He was unable to attend because he was performing in London that night for his Together, Together world tour.
However, his fiancee Zoë Kravitz was in attendance as she and Taylor are long-time friends.
The couple chose Hollywood icon Adam Sandler to officiate the wedding which was attended by guests including Ed Sheeran, Karlie Kloss, Graham Norton and Bradley Cooper.
After the ceremony, the bride and groom threw a fairytale-esque party on the lower level of MSG with the theme reportedly mixing Alice in Wonderland and Wizard of Oz.
Soon after the couple exchanged vows, Dior revealed that the bride and groom’s looks were created by Jonathan Anderson, Creative Director of Dior Women’s, Men’s and Haute Couture Collections in close collaboration with the pair.
This was the designer’s first couture wedding dress for a world-renowned celebrity.
The newlyweds had custom shoes made by Christian Louboutin, and Taylor wore Cartier jewelry.
Good Morning America host George Stephanopoulos, who was the first guest to speak out after the ceremony, revealed that the couple’s vows were “everything you would hope for – real, vulnerable, serious, silly.”
After two years of dating, Taylor and Travis announced their engagement in August last year.
The Love Story singer was romantically linked to Harry back in November 2012 to January 2013.
Despite only being together briefly, the two appear to be on good terms today.
Harry reportedly got engaged to actress Zoë in April this year after eight months of dating.
Both stars are yet to publicly confirm their engagement but she was spotted wearing an engagement ring in New York City.
TWILIGHT star Taylor Lautner’s wife Taylor has revealed their unborn baby could ALSO be called Taylor.
She admitted the parents-to-be, who are expecting a baby girl, hadn’t ruled out the moniker – and confirmed it is “in the mix”.
The couple revealed they were expecting their first child in March.
During a chat on the Call Her Daddy podcast, registered nurse Taylor was asked about potential baby names.
Host Alex Cooper asked: “Was there any consideration of naming your child Taylor?”
Taylor replied: “It may be in the mix.
“We will find out when the baby comes”.
She then added: “I feel like if I don’t name my baby Taylor, the Internet’s literally gonna cancel me.
“I’m gonna get cancelled”.
Taylor added the name had been in line if the duo had learned they were welcoming a little boy, too.
She added: “We used to always joke that if we’re having a boy, we’d name him Taylor and call him T.J”.
In their baby reveal actor Taylor, 34, shared a sweet snap of him planting a kiss on his wife’s blossoming baby bump.
The glowing couple also posted a baby scan in an adorable family photo.
Taylor cheekily captioned the post: “What’s better than two Taylor Lautners?” – a nod to the fact his wife shares his first name and surname.
The two tied the knot in a lavish November 2022 wedding.
McCartney reflected on his history with Parton, which began when he met her in Nashville at the Grande Ole Opry right before starting her solo musical career.
“She was so bubbly and full of life, it is difficult to take in the news that she has passed,” he said. “Her songwriting, her singing and her philanthropy were unrivaled in the world of country music and it is hard to imagine living in a world without Dolly.”
John said he was “shocked and devastated” over the news. “A giant of an artist – unique and irreplaceable, with the kindest heart”.
Swift, who began her professional career in country music as a teen after moving to Nashville, has paid tribute to Parton’s “true grace and true grit, all in one dazzling person”.
“A world without Dolly doesn’t feel possible, real, or right,” the singer said in a statement shared with the BBC. “But because of the eternally generous way she spent her time on this earth and the countless lives she changed for the better, her legacy will be an everlasting one.”
As well as “melodies and lyrics she wrote that thawed even the coldest of hearts,” Swift acknowledged “the millions of books she provided children all over the world so that they might fall in love with stories the way she did”.
She thanked Parton “for the tightropes she walked so that young girls like me could grow up dreaming of joining the circus too”.
Beyoncé said Parton was the “barometer” and the “north star”.
“Bold and brilliant. Talented and tenacious. You taught so many lessons on how to be uniquely oneself. I am grateful for your art, your heart, your generosity, your humor, your entrepreneurship,” Beyoncé wrote.
Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé’s 2024 country album, famously featured a rendition of Parton’s song Jolene.
Former talk-show host Winfrey wrote that one of her fondest memories with Parton was “having a hoot and a holler while wearing Bob Mackie gowns on her show Dolly”.
“This girl from the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee dreamed a life and then lived a life bigger than she could have ever imagined, giving so generously to others in ways we saw and ways we didn’t.”
A lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday accuses writer and director Taylor Sheridan of stealing the idea for his powerhouse success “Yellowstone” from Lauren J. Salkin, a Virginia-based journalist and screenwriter.
Requests for comment from representatives for Sheridan, Paramount and NBCUniversal, all among those named as defendants in the lawsuit, were not immediately returned on Saturday.
The lawsuit says that Salkin spent more than 10 years developing a series to be called “Sovereign Nation,” which is described as “a dramatic television series centered on tribal governance, casino-driven economic power, and a modern war over land and development” with the overall project copyrighted beginning in 2010 and a specific pilot script copyrighted in 2016.
Having submitted the project to Sheridan’s management company, Elevate Entertainment, in February 2017, according to the filing, Salkin later received an email message that included the statement, “Taylor thanks you very much for your interest. Unfortunately, he’s unavailable for TV projects.”
Soon after, Paramount greenlit Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” project, with the first episode airing on June 20, 2018.
The lawsuit goes on to catalog a list of similarities between “Sovereign Nation” and “Yellowstone,” stating, “What then appeared in ‘Yellowstone’ was not merely another Western about land or family. It included specific expressive choices already embodied in Salkin’s materials.”
Kevin Costner in “Yellowstone.”
(Paramount)
Actors Gil Birmingham and Danny Huston were mentioned in Salkin’s original pitch deck as potential casting ideas for her show. Both would later appear on “Yellowstone.” The lawsuit goes on to say that the subsequent “Yellowstone” spinoffs “1883,” “1923,” “Marshalls” and “Dutton Ranch” are therefore also based on Salkin’s work.
The lawsuit states, “Copyright law does not protect the abstract idea of a Western, a land dispute, an Indian casino, or a powerful family — and that is not Plaintiff’s claim. The infringement alleged here lies in the copying of Salkin’s particular expressive choices and their coordinated selection and arrangement.”
The lawsuit asks for a jury trial, an injunction against ongoing and future copyright infringement and unspecified damages.
“Yellowstone” ran for five seasons from 2018-2024. Sheridan, who is also behind shows such as “Tulsa King,” “Landman” and “Mayor of Kingston,” is set to move his production company from Paramount to NBCUniversal in 2029. Sheridan was also nominated for an Academy Award in 2017 for best original screenplay for the neo-western “Hell or High Water.”
