6 Upcoming DC Movies That Are Bringing Comic Book Storylines to the Big Screen, From "Clayface" to "Dynamic Duo"

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. The rebooted DC Universe is being called "Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters" Supermanis the first movie in the new universe, withSupergirlfollowing in summer 2026 Batman will be introduced inThe Brave and the Bold, featuring the superhero's son, Damian It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a new day for theDC Universe. In January 2023, DC Studios co-chairs and co-CEOs,James Gunnand producer Peter Safran, announced their plans for the first part of the new rebooted DC Universe, which they are calling "Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters." "DC Studios is unprecedented," Safran said at a press conference, according toVariety. "It is a standalone production entity and studio. It is the first time that everything DC related — film, television, live-action, animation, gaming — is all centralized under one creative vision, that of James and myself." In a June 2025 interview withEntertainment Weekly, Gunn elaborated on their "master plan" for "Gods and Monsters. "The most important thing is the specific stories, but there is also a much bigger story that we're telling that will take a little bit longer to tell," he explained. Technically, the first installment in the "Gods and Monsters" chapter was the 2024 Max animated series,Creature Commandos, but the latestSupermanwill be the first movie in the new era. Supermanwill be audiences' introduction to the new DC Universe, but what about the other DC movies planned? Will Batman be reborn in a new film, and which other classic comic book characters are headed for the big screen? Here's the latest on the DC Universe movies in the works. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. It's fitting for the first superhero to kick off DC's new era, withSupermanflying into theaters on July 11. The latest take on the Man of Steel starsDavid Corenswetas Superman,Rachel Brosnahanas intrepid Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane andNicholas Houltterrorizing Metropolis as Lex Luthor. Superman isn't the only superhero featured in the candy-colored action film, written and directed by Gunn. The Last Son of Krypton will be joined by other superfriends, includingNathan Fillionas Green Lantern, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific andAnthony Carriganas Metamorpho. In June 2025, Gunn toldEWhe wanted to tell a Superman story "about someone who was truly good in a world that doesn't value goodness, in a world that makes fun of basic kindness and basic human values." "The fact that he can fly and lift buildings and shoot laser beams out of his eyes was really secondary to who he was as a person and what he stood for," he added. Dia Dipasupil/WireImage; DC Superman won't be the only Kryptonian lighting up the sky. His cousin, Supergirl, will be starring in her own story, the second movie in the new chapter of the DC Universe. Supergirlwill be based on the Tom King 2021 comic series,Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, with Milly Alcock as the titular superhero Kara Zor-El. Other cast members include Eve Ridley as Ruthye Mary Knolle and Matthias Schoenaerts as the villain, Krem of the Yellow Hills. Last year, in December 2024, itwas announcedthat Jason Momoa would join the cast as the violent intergalactic bounty hunter, Lobo. Most recently, Gunn teased that even though Superman and Supergirl are both from Krypton, they had different childhoods. "He had parents who loved him in an easy-going upbringing, and it makes him the least dysfunctional of superheroes in so many ways," he explained in a June 2025 interview withComicBook.com. "And Supergirl, especially the DCU Supergirl, she's kind of a mess. I mean, she's, she's had a real issues growing up." Gunn continued, "And it is based on the comic where she watched person after person after person dying in front of her as her piece of the planet disintegrated." Supergirlis scheduled to hit theaters on June 26, 2026. DC Tom Rhys Harries stars as Batman's malleable menace, Clayface. Director James Watkins will helm the movie centered around the gruesome Gotham City villain. PerThe Hollywood Reporter, it will follow a "B-movie actor who becomes a walking piece of clay after injecting himself with a substance in an attempt to keep himself relevant." Clayfaceis expected to premiere in theaters on Sept. 11, 2026. James Gunn/Instagram Dynamic Duowill be a Robin reunion, as two of Batman's former sidekicks, Dick Grayson (who later suits up as Nightwing) and Jason Todd (who becomes superhero vigilante Red Hood), team up to battle some bad guys. The feature film will be "a mix of animation, puppetry, and CGI," according to an October 2024social media postby Gunn. "This is something special." That same month,Varietyreported that it "will depict how the friendship between Grayson and Todd as youths becomes tested by their diverging ideas for what their future should be." Dynamic Duowill be released in theaters on June 30, 2028. DC The Authorityis a superhero team, and one of its members, the Engineer (María Gabriela de Faría), will appear in the newSupermanmovie as one of Lex Luthor's henchmen. The project was originally announced by Gunn in January 2023, and it has been slowly moving forward since. More recently, Gunn was asked byBlavity TVin June 2025 about the Engineer appearing inSuperman, to which he replied, "I just really like the Engineer's power set." "I thought her power set was good for fighting Superman," he added. When asked about de Faría reprising her Engineer role forThe Authorityfilm, Gunn said, "It could happen," adding that the movie is "not something that's going especially quickly right now, but it could happen for sure." DC The Brave and the Boldis based on the 2006 comic book arc by Grant Morrison, where Batman learns he has a son, Damian, whose mother is Batman's former flame, Talia al Ghul, daughter of Ra's al Ghul. Damian joins his father to protect Gotham City as Batman's newest Robin. In a January 2023 interview withCollider, Gunn said thatThe Brave and the Bold"is the introduction of the DCU's Batman. It is notRobert Pattinson. It is notBen Affleck." "This is a story of Damian Wayne, who is Batman's actual son, who we didn't know existed for the first eight to 10 years of his life. He was raised as a little murderer and assassin," he continued. "He's my favorite Robin, based on the Grant Morrison comic books run, which is one of my favorite Batman runs, and we are putting that all together right now." Producer Safran teased that the film would will "feature other members of the extended bat family. Just because we feel like they've been left out of the Batman stories in the theater for far too long." Read the original article onPeople

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6 Upcoming DC Movies That Are Bringing Comic Book Storylines to the Big Screen, From “Clayface” to “Dynamic Duo”

6 Upcoming DC Movies That Are Bringing Comic Book Storylines to the Big Screen, From "Clayface" to "Dynamic Duo" Warner ...
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas Once Tricked Her Mother-in-Law into Doing Her Least Favorite Household Chore (Exclusive)New Foto - Priyanka Chopra Jonas Once Tricked Her Mother-in-Law into Doing Her Least Favorite Household Chore (Exclusive)

Daniele Venturelli/Getty Priyanka Chopra Jonas tells PEOPLE about her habits and home life in this week's issue TheHeads of Statestar names laundry as her least favorite household chore Her mother-in-law Denise Miller-Jonas "tried to teach me once, but that was just my way of getting her to do my laundry for me," she admits Priyanka Chopra Jonasmay be an accomplished screen star, activist and former Miss World, but she has a least favorite household task just like everyone else. "Laundry is a hard chore for me. I find it tough," theHeads of Stateactress, 42, tells PEOPLE. "I'll always try to get someone else to do it." In fact, Chopra Jonas is perfectly candid in recalling one such person:Denise Miller-Jonas, mother of her husbandNick Jonas. "I can steam an iron, I can fold," explains theCitadelstar. "But just getting through the process of laundry is just really tough. Too many buttons, too many choices, too many little things. … My mother-in-law tried to teach me once, but that was just my way of getting her to do my laundry for me!" Chopra Jonas adds with a laugh that following her PEOPLE interview, she plans to give her mother-in-law a heads-up that she disclosed that story. "I'm going to call her right now and tell her I said this. 'Just want you to know!' " Since marrying Miller-Jonas' son in 2018, Chopra Jonas has beenclose with her mother-in-law, sharing occasional photos offamily outingswith 3-year-old daughterMalti Marieon social media. Nick Jonas/Instagram Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. TheQuanticostar oncerevealedthat Nick, 32, and his family tuned into the 2000 Miss World pageant she had won. "My mother-in-law was like, 'I remember watching you when you won,' " Chopra JonassaidonThe Jennifer Hudson Showin 2023. "He was 7, I was 17. And he was sitting there, and he was watching," she said at the time, calling that fact "unfathomable." Chopra Jonas stars in Ilya Naishuller–directedHeads of StatewithJohn Cenaas the U.S. president andIdris Elbaas the U.K. prime minister. The action-comedy is streaming now on Prime Video. Among Chopra Jonas' other upcoming screen projects areThe Bluffstarring Karl Urban andJudgment Daystarring Zac Efron and Will Ferrell. Read the original article onPeople

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas Once Tricked Her Mother-in-Law into Doing Her Least Favorite Household Chore (Exclusive)

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Americans at Wimbledon: Taylor Fritz, Emma Navarro highlight best remainingNew Foto - Americans at Wimbledon: Taylor Fritz, Emma Navarro highlight best remaining

The United States entered Wimbledon 2025 with its largest combined contingent of singles players since 1999. A total of 35 Americans drew into the 256-person field for the men's and women's tournaments and the grass-court major. There were 19 women and 16 men in the field, matching the exact totals from the 1999 tournament, which saw Americans Pete Sampras and Lindsay Davenport take home the Grand Slam singles titles. The Americans' path to a similar sweep won't be easy. Just a handful remain standing as the tournament's second week draws nearer, with many of the top-seeded players having already been eliminated from the upset-laden tournament. Here's what to know about the Americans still in the Wimbledon field and when they will be in action at the All England Club. There are four total Americans remaining in the Wimbledon draw as the men's and women's tournaments enter play Sunday. They are as follows: Taylor Fritz (No. 5 seed) Ben Shelton (No. 10 seed) Emma Navarro (No. 10 seed) Amanda Anisimova (No. 13 seed) None of the remaining Americans have won a major. Fritz has come the closest, as he was a finalist at the 2024 U.S. Open. He was defeated by current World No. 1 Jannik Sinner in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. MOST MEN'S WIMBLEDON TITLES:Novak Djokovic chasing history in 2025 Anisimova and Fritz are set to play their Round of 16 matchups on Sunday, July 6, while Navarro and Shelton are set to play Monday, July 7. The quartet would advance to the tournament quarterfinals with wins. Here's a run-down of their upcoming matches: (5) Taylor Fritz vs. Jordan Thompson: 8 a.m. ET (13) Amanda Anisimova vs. (30) Linda Noskova: Noon ET (10) Emma Navarro vs. (7) Mirra Andreeva: TBD (10) Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Sonego: TBD MOST WOMEN'S WIMBLEDON TITLES:Martina Navratilova reigns supreme Below is a round-by-round look at the Americans eliminated at Wimbledon, both in the men's and women's tournaments. Players are sorted alphabetically be last name. Nishesh Basavareddy — 6-7 (5-7), 3-6, 2-6 vs. Learner Tien Chris Eubanks — 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (9-7), 3-6, 6-7 (3-10) vs. Jesper De Jong Brandon Holt — 2-6, 4-6, 5-7 vs. 26. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Aleksandar Kovacevic — 3-6, 7-5 (7-5), 1-6, 7-5, 4-6 vs. Marton Fucsovics 30. Alex Michelsen — 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (10-6) vs. Miomir Kecmanovic Mackenzie McDonald — 5-7, 4-6, 4-6 vs. 17. Karen Khachanov Jenson Brooksby — 4-6, 7-5, 2-6, 4-6 vs. Joao Fonseca Marcos Giron — 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (7-4) vs. (15) Jakub Mensik Reilly Opelka — 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 3-6 vs. (29) Brandon Nakashima (13) Tommy Paul — 6-1, 5-7, 4-6, 5-7 vs. Sebastian Ofner Ethan Quinn — 1-6, 4-6, 3-6 vs. Kamil Majchrzak (12) Francis Tiafoe — 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 5-7 vs. Cameron Norrie Learner Tien — 2-6, 2-6, 3-6 vs. Nicolas Jarry (29) Brandon Nakashima — 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (8-10), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-7 (10-3) vs. Lorenzo Sonego (2) Coco Gauff — 6-7 (3-7), 1-6 vs. Dayana Yastremska Iva Jovic — 1-6, 1-6 vs. Suzan Lamens (32) McCartney Kessler — 1-6, 6-7 (3-7) vs. Marketa Vondrousova Alycia Parks — 0-6, 3-6 vs. Belinda Bencic (3) Jessica Pegula — 2-6, 3-6 vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto Bernarda Pera — 2-6, 4-6 vs. 30. Linda Noskova Taylor Townsend — 6-7 (5-7), 2-6 vs. (28) Sofia Kenin Peyton Stearns — 4-6, 2-6 vs. Laura Siegemund Caroline Dolehide — 4-6, 6-3, 2-6 vs. (17) Barbora Krejcikova (28) Sofia Kenin — 1-6, 6-7 (4-7) vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (31) Ashlyn Krueger — 6-7 (4-7), 4-6 vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Ann Li — 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 2-6 vs. (24) Elise Mertens Caty McNally — 7-5, 2-6, 1-6 vs. (8) Iga Swiatek Katie Volynets — 0-6, 4-6 vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto Hailey Baptiste — 1-6, 3-6 vs. (7) Mirra Andreeva Danielle Collins — vs. (8) Iga Swiatek (6) Madison Keys — 3-6, 3-6 vs. Laura Siegemund This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Americans at Wimbledon: Who remains, schedule, more to know

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Roman Anthony hype train has passed. Now Red Sox mega-prospect faces 'the gap'New Foto - Roman Anthony hype train has passed. Now Red Sox mega-prospect faces 'the gap'

WASHINGTON — It's a strange existence, this life as baseball's No. 1 prospect. The greater glory is often in anticipation, the projection of minor league greatness to big league excellence, and the parlor game of just when a buzzworthy talent will land at the game's highest level. Roman Anthonyreached that apex on June 8, when he hit a497-foot grand slamfor Class AAA Worcester, a blast that figuratively punched his ticket from central Massachusetts toFenway Park. Days later came the hurried drive east, the first big league start, hit and RBI and the fan delirium of what might come next. And then, the hard part. "You kind of understand that as a player – when you're a prospect in the minor leagues and then when you come up here, nobody really cares anymore about your prospect status," Anthony tells USA TODAY Sports. "It's time to help the team win." To that point, Anthony, 21, has been wildly successful, even if his first almost month in the major leagues has not yet produced a sizzle reel worth of sharable moments. It would be hard to match the hype: Anthony's ascent as a hitting savant since the Red Sox chose him with the 79thoverall pick in 2022 crested these past two seasons, as an .879 career minor league OPS zoomed to .940 at Class AAA. So when Anthony began his career with two hits in his first 27 at-bats – an .074 average and .416 OPS – the hype machine cooled. And a maelstrom gathered around him: The club abruptly ended its cold war with All-Star slugger Rafael Devers and on June 15traded the designated hitter to San Franciscoin a blockbuster that roiled two franchises. Anthony had one major league hit to his name then, but the Red Sox did not consider spoon-feeding him; instead, they moved him to the No. 3 hole, and he's batted either second or third in 16 games since. They were rewarded with such foresight: Anthony has 16 hits in 50 at-bats since, a .314 average. One week ago, he had no multi-hit games; now, he has four, coinciding with the Red Sox winning five of seven to crawl back to .500 at 45-45 entering July 6. "Now," says Red Sox manager Alex Cora, "he's finding green. He's getting on base at a high rate. He's doing an outstanding job." Even if his contributions aren't the stuff of breathless anticipation. It's true: Home runs get the headlines. And Anthony hasn't homered in nearly three weeks and 56 at-bats, since his first and only big league dinger off Seattle's Logan Gilbert on June 16. That's not surprising given his batted-ball profile: Anthony's groundball rate of 55% is 11% higher than the league average. He has struggled most with spin, to be expected of a young player, with a 40.5% whiff percentage on breaking pitches, more than three times his rate against fastballs. And yet, he's ripped six doubles and makes the right contributions to keep the lineup whirring. Cora lauded his focus in drawing a walk with an eight-run lead Friday; the next day, he hit a ball to the right side to move a runner that scored, then rolled a pair of singles that way to aid the Red Sox's 10-3 victory over the Washington Nationals. That we are witnessing the building of a foundation as opposed to an instant smash is hardly a surprise in this era. Since the revamping of the minor leagues in 2022, the gulf between Class AAA and the big leagues has been widening. Anthony played just 93 games over two seasons at Worcester and was a month past his 21stbirthday when he debuted in Boston. He was tossed into a grind where three-city, nine-game road trips are common, whereas the minor leagues have largely shifted to a format where six-game series in one destination are commonplace. "I think the gap between minor league baseball and the big leagues is the biggest I have witnessed as far as stuff, execution, fastballs, obviously breaking ball stuff," says Cora. "Traveling, everything. This whole six days in one city – it doesn't prepare them for this. We played at 11 yesterday, we play at 4 today, tomorrow at 1, hop on a plane and then we got seven in a row in Boston. "Minor league baseball is not preparing these guys for what this is. They've done a good job adjusting. The organization does a good job with them when they get here, try to keep it as simple as possible. But it's a big adjustment period." Anthony adds another factor to this: The cutthroat nature of the majors, where the game becomes a binary – did you win or lose? – as opposed to the developmental priority of the minor leagues "I think the biggest adjustment is learning how to prepare yourself to help the team win every single day," says Anthony. "In the minor leagues, and coming to the big leagues, the idea of showing up every day to win is so much different than it is in the minor leagues. "My experience so far has been awesome." It doesn't hurt that the Red Sox are hitting an offensive high point in the post-Devers era, scoring double-digit runs in four of their last seven games. They haven't shown a consistency in all phases to compete in theAmerican League Eastbut encouraging performances of late from starters Lucas Giolito and Walker Buehler create some hope they may can stay in many more games than they were earlier this season. Cora admires Anthony's ability to flush outcomes with the aplomb of a much more veteran performer. "He's a consistent player, a consistent individual," says Cora. "He does not get caught up in results. He wants to put up good at-bats. "He wants to get better." Anthony, of course, is just one of a gaggle of mega-prospects who came up through Worcester in recent years, now playing alongside infielderMarcelo Mayer. The third piece of their Worcester triad one year ago, catcher Kyle Teel, was dealt to the Chicago White Sox in the Garrett Crochet trade this winter. Teel made his debut one week before Anthony, and the two talk or text frequently, Anthony admiringly noting that Teel is "killing it" on the South Side, with a .283 average and .400 OBP. Yet it is Anthony – who will officially lose his "prospect" status by around the All-Star break – that many in the game believe will produce a 15-year career. Become an elite hitter. And, eventually, elevate the ball, put more of them in the seats and remain the longtime cog in the Red Sox lineup. That's still a way off. And the new-car sheen of his debut has long faded. Yet the beginning of a long relationship is only just beginning – with Anthony quietly fulfilling his end of the bargain, with greater things to come. "I feel like AC trusts me and I feel like I've been having good at-bats and doing what I need to do to help the team. Continue to get better at that every day," says Anthony. "Credit to the staff, trusting me and putting me in that position to hit there with such a great lineup around me. "I'd much rather have it this way than be a prospect in the minor leagues. I'm in the big leagues and this is the dream – to be here. Just being a player on theBoston Red Soxwho is trying to help this team win." The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast.Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Roman Anthony Red Sox stats improve after top prospect's ugly start

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Croatian right-wing singer Marko Perkovic and fans perform pro-Nazi salute at massive concertNew Foto - Croatian right-wing singer Marko Perkovic and fans perform pro-Nazi salute at massive concert

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A hugely popular right-wingCroatian singer and hundreds of thousands of his fansperformeda pro-Nazi World War II saluteat a massive concert in Zagreb, drawing criticism. One of Marko Perkovic's most popular songs, played in the late Staurday concert, starts with the dreaded "For the homeland — Ready!" salute, used byCroatia'sNazi-era puppetUstasha regimethat ran concentration camps at the time. Perkovic, whose stage name is Thompson after a U.S.-made machine gun, had previously said both the song and the salute focus on the 1991-95 ethnic war in Croatia, in which he fought using the American firearm, after the country declared independence from the former Yugoslavia. He says his controversial song is "a witness of an era." The 1990s conflict erupted when rebel minority Serbs, backed by neighboring Serbia, took up guns, intending to split from Croatia and unite with Serbia. Perkovic's immense popularity in Croatia reflects prevailing nationalist sentiments in the country 30 years after the war ended. The WWIIUstashatroops in Croatia brutally killed tens of thousands of Serbs, Jews, Roma and antifascist Croats in a string of concentration camps in the country. Despite documented atrocities, some nationalists still view the Ustasha regime leaders as founders of the independent Croatian state. Organizers said that half a million people attended Perkovic's concert in the Croatian capital. Video footage aired by Croatian media showed many fans displaying pro-Nazi salutes earlier in the day. The salute is punishable by law in Croatia, but courts have ruled Perkovic can use it as part of his song, the Croatian state television HRT said. Perkovic has been banned from performing in some European cities over frequent pro-Nazi references and displays at his gigs. Croatia's Vecernji List daily wrote that the concert's "supreme organization" has been overshadowed by the use of the salute of a regime that signed off on "mass executions of people." Regional N1 television noted that whatever the modern interpretations of the salute may be its roots are "undoubtedly" in the Ustasha regime era. N1 said that while "Germans have made a clear cut" from anything Nazi-related "to prevent crooked interpretations and the return to a dark past ... Croatia is nowhere near that in 2025." In neighboring Serbia, populist President Aleksandar Vucic criticized Perkovic's concerts as a display "of support for pro-Nazi values." Former Serbian liberal leader Boris Tadic said it was a "great shame for Croatia" and "the European Union" because the concert "glorifies the killing of members of one nation, in this case Serbian." Croatia joined the EU in 2013. Croatian police said Perkovic's concert was the biggest ever in the country and an unseen security challenge, deploying thousands of officers. No major incidents were reported.

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July 06, 2025

Croatian right-wing singer Marko Perkovic and fans perform pro-Nazi salute at massive concert

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Ozzy Osbourne says farewell to live performance with a hometown show for 40,000 fansNew Foto - Ozzy Osbourne says farewell to live performance with a hometown show for 40,000 fans

LONDON (AP) — Hard-rock royalty and some 40,000 fans gathered for an ear-splitting tribute toOzzy Osbourneat what the heavy metal icon says was hislast-ever live performance. The original lineup of Osbourne's band Black Sabbath performed at Villa Park soccer stadium in their home city of Birmingham, central England, on Saturday. The 76-year-old singer, who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, sang from a black throne that rose up from under the stage. "Let the madness begin!" he urged as he took the stage, and later paid tribute to fans. "I don't know what to say, man, I've been laid up for like six years. You have no idea how I feel — thank you from the bottom of my heart," Osbourne said. "You're all … special. Let's go crazy, come on." Osbourne performed several songs solo before being joined onstage, for the first time in 20 years, by Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Terence "Geezer" Butler and Bill Ward. The band ended a short set with "Paranoid," one of its most famous songs. It capped a day-long metal festival that included performances from the likes of Anthrax, Metallica and Guns N'Roses. Artists who sent plaudits and well-wishes included Jack Black, Dolly Parton and Elton John. "You are one of the most remarkable singers of our time," John said. "You are the king, you are the legend." Osbourne formed Black Sabbath in 1968 in Birmingham, a city then known for its heavy industry that became the crucible of the British metal scene. Black Sabbath's devil imagery and thunderous sound made them one of the era's most influential — and parent-scaring — metal acts. Both the band and Osbourne as a solo artist have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Osbourne's fame expanded into the mainstream in the early 2000s, when he joined his wife Sharon Osbourne, and two of their children in the MTV reality TV show "The Osbournes." He has struggled with health issues since 2003 following a near-fatal quad bike crash. He revealed his Parkinson's diagnosis in 2020 andpaused touring in 2023after spinal surgery.

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Ozzy Osbourne says farewell to live performance with a hometown show for 40,000 fans

Ozzy Osbourne says farewell to live performance with a hometown show for 40,000 fans LONDON (AP) — Hard-rock royalty and some 40,000 fans ga...
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Kyle Higashioka homers and drives in 5 runs in the Rangers' 7-4 victory over the PadresNew Foto - Kyle Higashioka homers and drives in 5 runs in the Rangers' 7-4 victory over the Padres

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle Higashioka was 3 for 3 with a home run and five RBIs from the ninth spot in the order in the Texas Rangers' 7-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night. Patrick Corbin (5-7) allowed two runs on six hits in six innings to help Texas even the series. Luis Arraez singled four times for San Diego, with the final one coming off Robert Garcia and loading the bases with two outs in the ninth. Shawn Armstrong came in and retired Xander Bogaerts on a force at third for his third save. Josh Smith hit the first pitch from Stephen Kolek (3-4), who allowed six runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings, to right field for his eighth homer and a 1-0 lead. Jose Iglesias drew a one-out walk off Corbin in the second and Jake Cronenworth, who singled in the winning run in the 10th inning of a 3-2 win Friday, hit his eighth home run to put the Padres up 2-1. Jake Burger was hit by a pitch leading off the third, and Higashioka followed with his second homer to put the Rangers ahead 3-2. Wyatt Langford walked with two outs in the fourth and scored on Jonah Heim's double. Burger and Higashioka had two straight singles for a 5-2 advantage. Langford singled leading off the sixth, took third on Burger's single and scored on Higashioka's sacrifice fly to make it 6-2. Luke Jackson replaced Corbin to begin the seventh and loaded the bases with nobody out. Jackson Merrill and Manny Machado followed with sacrifice flies to get the Padres to 6-4. Texas answered in the eighth with Higashioka's third hit — a two-out run-scoring single for the final run. Machado went 1 for 4, leaving him two hits away from 2,000. Key moment Higashioka's two-run homer in the third gave Texas the lead for good. Key stat San Diego has won 13 of 15 games against Texas since 2020. Up next The Padres haven't announced who will start opposite Rangers RHP Jack Leiter (4-5, 4.29) on Sunday in the series finale. ___ AP MLB:https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

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July 06, 2025

Kyle Higashioka homers and drives in 5 runs in the Rangers' 7-4 victory over the Padres

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HOUSTON (AP) — Chris Richards has noticed a turnaround in the U.S. team during the CONCACAF Gold Cup, a change from both the end of coach Gregg Berhalter's tenure and the start of Mauricio Pochettino's. "We kind of like to fight, so I think that's something that maybe has been missing from the national team over the last few camps, few months, few years," the defender said ahead of Sunday's final against Mexico. "We didn't come into camp saying that we want to fight, but I think if teams want to bring it to us, then they have something else coming for them. Of course, we want to win games, but sometimes in CONCACAF it's not pretty, so you have to do the dirty things." Mexico is the defending champion and has nine titles to seven for the U.S. and one for Canada. A pro-Mexico crowd is expected at NRG Stadium. Richards said the Americans have bonded during their month together, causing players to defend each other when opponents challenge them. "We love each other as if we're a big family, and if you have siblings you know that if anybody messes with your sibling, well, I guess for lack of a better word, you kind of have to kill them," he said Saturday. "You're allowed to do whatever to your siblings, but nobody from the outside can." Missing many of its regular starters because of injuries, vacation and the Club World Cup, the No. 16 U.S managed five wins over relatively weak opponents and reached its first Gold Cup final since 2021. The meeting with 17th-ranked Mexico will be the last competitive match for both nations before they co-host next year's World Cup along with Canada. "I think the team is going to be ready not only to fight on the pitch against players from Mexico with the difficult atmosphere on the stadium, on the crowd, but I think it's good for us," said Pochettino, who admired the energy-filled semifinal crowd in St. Louis that was 90% pro-Guatemala. "It's good because I think it's going to be maybe the last game that we are going to play under pressure, and to play under pressure is what we need." The U.S. advanced with victories over teams ranked No. 100 (Trinidad and Tobago), 58 (Saudi Arabia), 83, (Haiti), 54, (Costa Rica) and 106 (Guatemala), winning three times by one goal and once on penalty kicks. The only dominant performance was an opening 5-0 rout of T&T. The Americans entered the Gold Cup with a four-game losing streak, their longest since 2007. Defender Tim Ream, at 37 the oldest player on the roster, said it took time for them to adjust to Pochettino and his assistants. "This is a different atmosphere now," he said. "This is different set of coaches, different ideas, different standards, different values, different everything. And it was a learning process, for sure." Pochettino is a former coach of Tottenham and Paris Saint-Germain, where he guided Lionel Messi. "From the outside looking in, they can be a little bit intimidating," Richards said. "But then once you finally get to meet them, you understand that they're all just big teddy bears and they all really care about family." Matt Freese has emerged during the Gold Cup to supplant Matt Turner for now as the starting goalkeeper. "I think we've proved that we can play against some bigger opponents. I think we've proved that we surprise people," he said. "We haven't proved what we want to prove yet, and so the job is not finished." Ahead of the final, Pochettino gathered the players and staff for a motivational message, "He said something about his dreams last night," midfielder Malik Tillman said, "and about his dream for tomorrow." ___ AP soccer:https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

byLiam Oneel
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July 06, 2025

Chris Richards says US team ready to fight in Gold Cup final against Mexico

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Victoria Beckham, 51, Sends Message After Missing Mel B's WeddingNew Foto - Victoria Beckham, 51, Sends Message After Missing Mel B's Wedding

Victoria Beckham, 51, Sends Message After Missing Mel B's Weddingoriginally appeared onParade. Victoria Beckham may have missed Mel B's wedding, but she made sure that her presence was felt through a touching message. The Spice Girls member officially said "I do" to her longtime boyfriend and hairstylist, Rory McPhee. The couple tied the knot at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, six years after they began dating. On her big day, the 50-year-old bride walked down the aisle in a stunning gown by British bridal designer Josephine Scott. The dress featured a strapless neckline and a mermaid silhouette adorned with delicate embroidered pearl details. For the reception, she changed into a creation by designer Justin Alexander. Mel B married her hairstylist yesterday?? GENIUS.pic.twitter.com/s6oOtWavQ5 — Nicole Nichelle (@alamanecer)July 5, 2025 In addition, the nuptials were also graced by a star-studded guest list. Besides the newlyweds' family, a few famous faces were also spotted at the ceremony. These include model and actress Cara Delevingne, Gavin Rossdale's daughter Daisy Lowe, and Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan. In addition, Emma Bunton, fellow Spice Girls member also known as Baby Spice, is the only member from the group who attended the nuptials. Despite missing the ceremony, Beckham, a.k.a. Posh Spice, sent her former bandmate a loving tribute as Mel B shared herfirst Instagram postas McPhee's wife. "Congratulations!!!!! We hope you had an amazing day!!!! X kisses xxxxxxxxc," she wrote. Not only that, the mom of three also took to Instagram Story and dedicated a post to Scary Spice with the same message. Victoria Beckham IG Storypic.twitter.com/ykNdXz99Yv — Polly (@pollygarcia0915)July 6, 2025 Like Beckham, fellow Spice Girls member Mel C, also known as Sporty Spice, expressed her warm wishes to the newlyweds. "So so happy for you both and beyond gutted I couldn't be there. Excited to celebrate with you really soon. Yippee," she captioned her Instagram Story. Related: Fans Are Obsessed with Bella Hadid's Hairstyle Victoria Beckham, 51, Sends Message After Missing Mel B's Weddingfirst appeared on Parade on Jul 6, 2025 This story was originally reported byParadeon Jul 6, 2025, where it first appeared.

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July 06, 2025

Victoria Beckham, 51, Sends Message After Missing Mel B’s Wedding

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Thousands of voices unite in song at traditional choir festival celebrating Estonia's cultureNew Foto - Thousands of voices unite in song at traditional choir festival celebrating Estonia's culture

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The voices of more than 21,000 choir singers rang out in the rain inEstonia, and a huge crowd of spectators erupted in applause, unfazed by the gloomy weather. The Song Festival Grounds, a massive outdoor venue in the Estonian capital,Tallinn, was packed on Saturday evening despite the downpour. The traditional Song and Dance Celebration, that decades ago inspired resistance to Soviet control and was later recognized by the U.N.'s cultural agency, attracted tens of thousands of performers and spectators alike, many in national costume. The four-daychoir-singing and dancing eventcenters around Estonian folk songs and patriotic anthems and is held roughly every five years. The tradition dates back to the 19th century. In the late 1980s, it inspired the defiant Singing Revolution, helping Estonia and other Baltic nations break free from theSovietoccupation. To this day, it remains a major point of national pride for a country of about 1.3 million. This year, tickets to the main event -– a seven-hour concert on Sunday featuring choirs of all ages -– sold out weeks in advance. Rasmus Puur, a conductor at the song festival and assistant to the artistic director, ascribes the spike in popularity to Estonians longing for a sense of unity in the wake of the global turmoil, especially Russia'swar in Ukraine. "We want to feel as one today more than six years ago (when the celebration was last held), and we want to feel that we are part of Estonia," Puur told The Associated Press on Friday. Soviet occupation The tradition to hold massive first song-only, then song and dance festivals dates back to the time when Estonia was part of the Russian Empire. The first song celebration was held in 1869 in the southern city of Tartu. It heralded a period of national awakening for Estonians, when Estonian-language press, theater and other things emerged, says Elo-Hanna Seljamaa, associate professor at the University of Tartu. The festivals continued throughout a period of Estonia's independence between the two world wars and then during the nearly 50 years of Soviet occupation. The Soviet rulers were into "mass spectacles of all kinds, so in a way it was very logical for the Soviet regime to tap into this tradition and to try to co-opt it," Seljamaa said in an interview. Estonians had to sing Soviet propaganda songs in Russian during that time, but they were also able to sing their own songs in their own language, which was both an act of defiance and an act of therapy for them, she said. At the same time, the complicated logistics of putting together a mass event like that taught Estonians to organize, Seljamaa said, so when the political climate changed in the 1980s, the protest against the Soviet rule naturally came in the form of coming together and singing. The unity extended beyond Estonia's borders. During the Singing Revolution, 2 million people in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands to form a 600-kilometer (370-mile) human chain that protested Soviet occupation of the Baltics with a song. In 2003, the United Nations' cultural body,UNESCO, recognized Estonia's folk song festival and similar events in Latvia and Lithuania for showcasing the "intangible cultural heritage of humanity." 'We sang ourselves free' Marina Nurming recalls attending the Singing Revolution gatherings in the 1980s as a teenager. This year she travelled to Tallinn from Luxembourg, where she currently lives, to take part in the Song and Dance Celebration as a choir singer –- her longtime hobby. The Singing Revolution is a time "when we sang ourselves free," she told AP. Seljamaa says the song and dance celebration may have suffered a drop in popularity in the 1990s, a somewhat difficult time for Estonia as it was emerging as an independent country after the Soviet Union collapsed, but has since bounced back. There is a tremendous interest in it among young people, she says, and always more performers willing to take part than the venue can fit in, and there are people who had left Estonia to live abroad, but travel back to take part. Nurming is one example. She is part of the European Choir of Estonians – a singing group that unites Estonians from more than a dozen countries. Many opportunities to sing This year's four-day celebration, which started on Thursday, included several stadium dancing performances by over 10,000 dancers from all around the country and a folk music instrument concert. It culminates over the weekend with the song festival featuring some 32,000 choir singers, preceded by a large procession, in which all participants -– singers, dancers, musicians, clad in traditional costumes and waving Estonian flags –- march from the city center to the Song Festival Grounds by the Baltic Sea. Those taking part come from all corners of Estonia, and there are collectives from abroad, as well. It's a mix of men, women and children, with participants aged from six to 93. For most, singing and dancing is a hobby on top of their day jobs or studies. But to take part in the celebration, collectives had to go through a rigorous selection process, and months worth of rehearsals. For Karl Kesküla, an electrical engineer from Estonia's western island of Saaremaa, this is the first time taking part in the song celebration as a singer -– but he attended it before as a spectator. "I got the feeling that what they did was really special and almost, like, every person you meet has gone to it or been a part of it at least once. So I just wanted that feeling too," Kesküla, 30, told the AP at the procession on Saturday. High emotional point The theme of the song festival this year is dialects and regional languages, and the repertoire is a mix of folk songs, well-known patriotic anthems that are traditionally sung at these celebrations and new pieces written specifically for the occasion. The festival's artistic director, Heli Jürgenson, says that although the audience won't know all the songs -– especially those sung in dialects -– there will be many opportunities to sing along. The main concert on Sunday will end with a song called "My Fatherland is My Love" –- a patriotic song Estonians spontaneously sang at the 1960 festival in protest against the Soviet regime. Every song celebration since 1965 has concluded with this anthem in what both performers and spectators describe as the highest emotional point of the whole event. An emotional Jürgenson, who this year will conduct a combined choir of about 19,000 people singing it, said: "This is a very special moment." She believes that what drove the tradition more than 150 years ago still drives it today. "There have been different turning points, there have been a lot of historical twists, but the need for singing, songs and people have remained the same," she said. "There are certain songs that we always sing, that we want to sing. This is what keeps this tradition going for over 150 years." 'We forget our troubles' Participants described the celebrations as being an important part of their national identity. "Estonians are always getting through the hard times through songs, through songs and dances. If it's hard, we sing together and that brings everything back together and then we forget our troubles," singer Piret Jakobson said. "It's really good with all Estonian people to do the same thing," said engineer Taavi Pentma, who took part in the dance performances. "So we are, like, breathing in one and the heart is beating (as one)." Some 100 members of the European Choir of Estonians came to the Song Celebration this year from various corners of Europe. Among them is Kaja Kriis, who traveled from Germany, where she's been living for the last 25 years. "Estonia is my home," she said, adding that it's important for her "to be together with my friends, to keep my Estonian language, to maintain the Estonian language and Estonian culture."

byLiam Oneel
in
July 06, 2025

Thousands of voices unite in song at traditional choir festival celebrating Estonia's culture

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