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Luke Rockhold and Darren Till nearly came to blows during a volatile Misfits 22 press conference on Wednesday, and Dillon Danis even got involved in the near brawl. The action started before the fighters were even seated, with Till and Rockhold shouting at each other from across the dais with security swooping in to keep the fighters separated. Till even …

George Clooney had to miss the press conference for his new Netflix movie Jay Kelly, which launches this week at the Venice Film Festival, due to what the festival moderator described as a “bad sinus infection.” The press conference moderator said Clooney “should” be at this evening’s world premiere screening but the conditional tense left the door open to him …

Adam Sandler, best known for broad comedies like “Happy Gilmore,” “Billy Madison” and “Big Daddy,” relished in the opportunity to play against type and take on a dramatic role in Noah Baumbach’s dramedy “Jay Kelly.” In the film, Sandler portrays a straight-shooting manager to a spiraling movie star Jay Kelly (George Clooney). “Being in this movie and not just trying …

1. The rookie class is off to a strong start. The Seahawks kept eight of their 11 2025 draft picks on the initial 53 man roster—a ninth, defensive lineman Rylie Mills, is on the non-football injury list due to a torn ACL suffered late last season—and the two who were waived on Tuesday, running back Damien Martinez and receiver Ricky …

The ongoing war in Gaza was the main topic of conversation at this year’s Venice Film Festival jury press conference, although director Alexander Payne diplomatically chose to not offer his viewpoint on the matter. “Quite frankly, I feel a little bit unprepared for that question,” said Payne, the competition jury president, when asked about his personal stance on the humanitarian …

Microsoft president Brad Smith hosted an impromptu press conference on Tuesday afternoon, just hours after protesters gained access to a building at the company’s headquarters and held a sit-in demonstration inside his office. Seated on the edge of his desk, in the office that had been occupied by protesters earlier that day, Smith addressed a group of reporters and viewers …

An emotional Venus Williams fought back tears while candidly speaking to the media after she was eliminated from the US Open in the first round Monday. Then, her press conference was cut short. Williams, 45, was playing her first Grand Slam match in two years after battling multiple health issues, and lost in three sets to 11th-seeded Karolina Muchova. Venus …

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker spoke at a news conference Monday afternoon, addressing reports President Trump is planning to send the military to Chicago. Here is the full text of his remarks. I want to speak plainly about the moment that we are in and the actual crisis, not the manufactured one, that we are facing in this city, and as …

The SEC will move to a nine-game conference schedule in 2026, it said Thursday, ending years of debate about whether it should add another conference game. The decision came after the conference’s athletic directors met this week in Birmingham, Ala. Each school will play three annual opponents “focused on maintaining many traditional rivalries,” the conference said, and six rotating games …

US stocks tend to gain around Fed’s Jackson Hole summer conference, analysis shows  Reuters Wall Street ends on muted note ahead of Jackson Hole summit, retailers’ earnings  Reuters Fed Rate Cuts: Will Powell Disappoint the Market at Jackson Hole?  The Wall Street Journal Bond Market’s Rate-Cut Bets Enter Decisive Stretch With Powell  Bloomberg Powell’s Jackson Hole speech could set up a policy tweak that …