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Brett OkamotoSep 6, 2025, 07:04 PM ETCloseBrett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has covered all of the biggest events in combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and features with names such as Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre. He was also a producer on the 30 for 30 film: “Chuck and Tito,” which looked back at the careers and rivalry of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. He lives in Las Vegas, and is an avid, below-average golfer in his spare…

On Friday, a startup called Fable announced an ambitious, if head-scratching, plan to recreate the lost 43 minutes of Orson Welles’ classic film “The Magnificent Ambersons.”  Why is a startup that bills itself as the “Netflix of AI,” and that recently raised money from Amazon’s Alexa Fund, talking about remaking a movie that was first released in 1942?  Well, the company has built a platform that allows users to create their own cartoons with AI prompts — Fable is starting out with its own intellectual property, but it has ambitions to offer similar capabilities with Hollywood IP. In fact, it’s…

Bryan Cranston has won the Emmy for best guest actor in a comedy for “The Studio. This marks Cranston’s seventh Emmy win. He previously won all six of his Emmys for “Breaking Bad.” “The Studio” is a 10-episode, sharp satire set at the fictional Continental Studios run by Seth Rogen’s Matt Remick. Cranston plays eccentric studio head Griffin Mills. The all-star cast includes Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz, and Chase Sui Wonders.  Cranston was nominated alongside directors Ron Howard and Martin Scorsese, as well as Dave Franco and Anthony Mackie, who all played themselves on the show. “The Bear’s”…

Violence breaks out as police move in on 1,500 people protesting against government’s proscription of anti-genocide group.Published On 6 Sep 20256 Sep 2025|Updated: 4 hours agoUpdated: 4 hours agoLondon police have arrested more than 425 protesters during violent clashes at a rally calling on the United Kingdom’s government to lift a ban on the Palestine Action group.Defend Our Juries, the campaign group that organised the rally on Saturday, said about 1,500 people participated in the demonstration outside the UK Parliament in London, risking arrest under terrorism laws.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Met police brutally attack protesters and throw…

Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice in a 5-0 World Cup qualifying win in Armenia as Portugal remember Diogo Jota.Published On 6 Sep 20256 Sep 2025Cristiano Ronaldo’s quest to play in a record sixth World Cup has begun in typical fashion with two goals as Portugal made a winning start to its qualifying campaign by routing Armenia 5-0.The match on Saturday marked a poignant day for the Portuguese as it was their first international fixture since the death of their forward Diogo Jota in a car crash in July along with his brother Andre Silva.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe stadium…

The United States men’s national team’s summer of experimentation has been extended all the way to the fall equinox, and on Saturday evening against South Korea, so too did the disappointing results. The 2-0 loss against the Taeguk Warriors on a steamy and damp evening at Sports Illustrated Stadium may have provided US head coach Mauricio Pochettino with valuable new insights about his additions to the US player pool, as he said was his goal for this international window. It may have confirmed pre-conceived theories about which players from an MLS-heavy roster can make the step up to the international…

Deputy quits, cabinet reshuffled as far-right Reform UK gains in polls.United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a political crisis after being forced to reshuffle his cabinet following the resignation of his deputy over unpaid taxes.He’s under attack too from the right-wing Reform UK party over migration.A year after a landslide election win, why is Keir Starmer in trouble?Presenter: Adrian FinighanGuests:Jonathan Tonge – professor of politics at the University of LiverpoolMark Devenport – freelance journalist and former BBC Northern Ireland political editor and BBC United Nations correspondentPeter Geoghegan – political commentator and authorPublished On 6 Sep 20256 Sep 2025

South Sudan says Mexico provides assurances its national deported by the US in July would not face torture or other inhumane treatment.Published On 6 Sep 20256 Sep 2025South Sudan says it has repatriated to Mexico a man deported from the United States as part of US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Saturday said Mexico had accepted the return of Jesus Munoz-Gutierrez, one of eight men deported from the US to South Sudan on July 5 after a long-running legal battle.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe statement added that Munoz-Gutierrez…

European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a €2.95bn ($3.5bn) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, marking the fourth such antitrust penalty for the company as well as a retreat from previous threats to break up the tech giant.The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive branch and top antitrust enforcer, also ordered the US company to end its “self-preferencing practices” and take steps to stop “conflicts of interest” along the advertising technology supply chain.The commission’s investigation found that Google had “abused” its dominant positions in the ad-technology ecosystem.Google said the decision…

In Forrest Gump, the title character, played by Tom Hanks, receives the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Lyndon B Johnson.In real life, it appears Hanks will no longer receive another military honor.The alumni association of the US Military Academy, or West Point, announced in May that it would award Hanks, a two-time Oscar winner, with its 2025 Sylvanus Thayer award, which is given to an “outstanding citizen of the United States whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exemplify personal devotion to the ideals expressed in West Point’s motto: ‘Duty, Honor, Country’”.Now, the West Point Association of Graduates…