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Hulk Hogan, Wrestling Legend, Dead At 71 Following ‘Cardiac Arrest’

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Hulk Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, has passed away at the age of 71 according to reports.

The family of the former world wrestling champion confirmed the news to Us Weekly.

Emergency services were allegedly sent to the WWE brand ambassador’s home in Clearwater, Florida earlier this morning (Thursday 24 July) according to celebrity gossip site TMZ.

The site reports that the wrestling star was carried out of his property on a stretcher, before being taken to hospital by ambulance.

However, no cause of death has been confirmed by officials.

Hogan found major wrestling success after he joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) – what we now know as WWE – in 1979.

‘Hulkmania’ took off following his WWF heavyweight title win in 1984 – a triumph which brought widespread mainstream popularity to the sport.

During the 2024 presidential campaign, Hogan joked about body-slamming the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, and questioned her racial identity. He also proudly told the audience at the RNC that “Trumpamania” should “run wild.”

“Let Trumpamania rule again!” he said at that event. “Let Trumpamania make America great again!”

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates

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French President Macron Sues Far-Right US Influencer Over False Claims Macron’s Wife Is A Man

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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, have hit far-right influencer Candace Owens with a defamation lawsuit over her false claims that Brigitte Macron is male.

In a suit filed on Wednesday in Delaware, the Macrons allege that Owens has profited from a “campaign of global humiliation” against the Macrons, the complaint said.

In a March 2024 podcast, Owens said she “would stake [her] entire professional reputation on the face that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man,” according to the lawsuit.

Despite attempts to stop Owens from spreading the conspiracy ― including a retraction letter sent by the Macrons ― she instead “helmed an eight-part podcast series entitled Becoming Brigitte (the ‘Series’) and accompanying X posts,” the lawsuit said.

As part of the series, Owens fired off a series of “outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions.” More from the lawsuit:

These outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions included that Mrs. Macron was born a man, stole another person’s identity, and transitioned to become Brigitte; Mrs. Macron and President Macron are blood relatives committing incest; President Macron was chosen to be the President of France as part of the CIA-operated MKUltra program or a similar mind-control program; and Mrs. Macron and President Macron are committing forgery, fraud, and abuses of power to conceal these secrets.

The Macrons allege Owens has turned their lives “into fodder for profit-driven lies,” the complaint said.

“Owens has dissected their appearance, their marriage, their friends, their family, and their personal history — twisting it all into a grotesque narrative designed to inflame and degrade,” the lawsuit said. “The result is relentless bullying on a worldwide scale.”

Owens, a notorious conspiracy theorist who has been banned entry to Australia and New Zealand over her hateful rhetoric, has previously amplified a conspiracy about Jews being “drunk on Christian blood,” a reference to a false, centuries-old antisemitic trope.

And in July of last year, Owens suggested on her podcast that the horrific experiments Nazi physician Josef Mengele conducted on twins at Holocaust death camps never happened, in part because it would be a “tremendous waste of time and supplies.”

“That just sounds like bizarre propaganda,” she concluded.

The lawsuit against her does not specify the amount of damages the Macrons are seeking.

Owens has not responded to the lawsuit, but did respond on Tuesday to news that Brigitte Macron was suing the author of the book that first brought the baseless conspiracy to a mass audience.

“It’s official! Brigitte is now suing the author of ‘Becoming Brigitte’ for ‘cyberbullying,’” Owens posted on X. “Am I next?!”

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Trump Abruptly Ends CNN Interview After Being Questioned About New Epstein Photos

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US President Donald Trump hung up on a CNN reporter during a phone call Tuesday that lasted a mere 30 seconds after the journalist questioned him about resurfaced images showing Jeffrey Epstein at Trump’s 1993 wedding to his second wife, Marla Maples.

While appearing on Erin Burnett OutFront on Tuesday, reporter Andrew Kaczynski shared details about the abrupt phone call with Trump that ended in name-calling.

The call took place after CNN’s KFile found photos of Epstein and Trump that had not been widely reported on before. One photo showed the disgraced financier and sex offender attending Trump’s Plaza Hotel wedding to Maples.

In a separate image, Epstein was seen with Trump and his children at a Harley-Davidson Cafe that same year.

CNN also released a video of Trump and Epstein chatting with each other at a Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in New York in February 1999.

Kaczynski told host Burnett that the call, in which he asked Trump about the images, ended with the president slamming CNN as “fake news” and hanging up after he refused to answer questions about his past connection to Epstein.

“We were not on the phone very long. I think our call was about 30 seconds or so,” Kaczynski told Burnett. “But when I asked him about the wedding photo, he said, he sort of paused for a second and then said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’ before calling CNN ‘fake news’ and then hanging up on me.”

In a statement to CNN, Kaczynski said, White House communications director Steven Cheung said, “These are nothing more than out-of-context frame grabs of innocuous videos and pictures of widely attended events to disgustingly infer something nefarious.”

Cheung added: “The fact is that the president kicked [Epstein] out of his club for being a ‘creep.’”

Kaczynski’s heated yet ultra-brief conversation with Trump comes after the Department of Justice and FBI released a two-page memo earlier this month, claiming their Epstein investigation determined that there was no evidence Epstein was murdered or had a “client list” of powerful figures he could potentially blackmail.

Following the memo release, Trump faced scrutiny over his administration’s handling of the Epstein files, particularly from his own base. Since then, both Republicans and Democrats have called on the president and his administration to release more information.

Watch Kaczynski’s appearance below.

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Reviews: What Do Critics Say About The Marvel Reboot?

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The reviews have landed for Marvel’s fourth go at The Fantastic Four – and could it be that director Matt Shakman has finally given the superhero quartet the movie they deserve?

First we had 2005′s edition (and subsequent 2007 sequel, Rise of the Silver Surfer), which starred Chris Evans (who recently reprised the role of Johnny Storm in Deadpool vs Wolverine) and Jessica Alba. A perfectly fine offering… but truly fine at best.

Then we got the moody 2015 reboot. It’s somewhat long-forgotten amongst other Marvel films of the time, despite starring Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan – which is maybe for the best given its 9% Rotten Tomatoes scoring.

Now, with a super fun press tour to boot, we’ve been given a brand new set of superheroes (and Pedro Pascal’s entrance to the Marvel cinematic universe at last) alongside new storyline (no origin stories here this time!) – but what do critics make of the latest iteration?

Some have called it “the best Marvel film yet”, while others have labelled it “not quite the confident strides fans were hoping for” – but if there’s one thing they can all agree on, it’s that the film heralds a much-needed new era for Marvel.

Check out a selection of the reviews for yourself below…

“The result hangs together as an entertaining spectacle in its own innocent self-enclosed universe of fantasy wackiness, where real people actually read the comic books that have made mythic legends of the real Four. I have expressed my dissatisfaction recently with superhero films… but at least this finale emerges from the established story premise, and works well with the tone of uncomplicated fun.”

“If the script doesn’t hit quite so many comedic high notes as some other Marvels, it at least brims with sincerity, presenting a heroic squad committed to protecting the Earth, while encouraging the whole world to link arms and do its bit, too. Those are the kind of heroes, it feels, that we need right now.

“This is the best Fantastic Four yet. And if that bar’s too low for you, then it’s also the best Marvel movie in years.”

“Fantastic? We’ll settle for merely good. Fantastic Four may not be the confident stride Marvel fans were hoping for but, at the very least, it’s a solid first step.”

“These First Steps might not be the great strides I was hoping for, but they are sure footing for the Fantastic Four to officially leap into the MCU.”

“After spending the best part of a decade since Iron Man 3 blundering into the furniture, Marvel has finally learned how to put one foot in front of the other again – and in doing so, arrived at the studio’s funniest, most exciting, moving and complete film in more than 10 years.”

“This film feels like a warm-up, introducing characters who will become major parts of the MCU. These characters are strong enough to stand out amidst the other superheroes, but you can already hear Wikipedia calling.”

“All four leads bring something special to their respective roles and to the superbly gauged balance of personalities that makes each of them essential to the group… It’s fun but never campy.”

“First Steps is no disaster – but it’s no Superman, either. Angst isn’t on the cards for Marvel as of now. And it’s nice, admittedly, to see the genre embrace wonder once again.”

“True to its subtitle, the film feels like a fresh start. And like this summer’s blockbuster “Superman” reboot over at DC, that could be just what it takes to win back audiences suffering from superhero exhaustion.”

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