A 17-year-old boy was killed and four other people were critically injured when they were stabbed while tubing on the busy Apple River in Wisconsin on Saturday, law enforcement officials said.
The suspect, a 52-year-old man from Minnesota, had fled the scene but was taken into custody by police about an hour and a half after the incident began with the help of witnesses on the river. Authorities have not released the name of the suspect or the victim.
The victim who died was also from Minnesota, according to police, and the surviving victims were described as one woman and three men, all in their 20s. The suspect did not have a knife on him when he was taken into custody, and the police are still looking for the weapon.
St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson said investigators were not immediately clear on a motive for the attack but said the suspect and victims were tubing down the river in two separate groups when the incident happened.
“At this time we’re not sure what started this incident,” the sheriff said at a news conference Saturday. “It’s all believed that everybody was tubing.”
Knudsen described the scene as “scary” and “chaotic.”
“I’m sure that anybody who witnessed this will never forget it,” he said. “So it is a tragedy.”
The Apple River in Somerset, Wisconsin – a town about 35 miles outside of Minneapolis – is a popular for tubing and camping in the area. Resident Kat Fenton, who said she helped the father of one of the stabbing victims, told local outlet FOX 9 she was shocked by the stabbing at such a popular summer spot.
“I’ve never seen anything like this,” she said. “This is not OK. People just come here to have fun.”
Contributing: Mike Hart, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Amazon is handing out six free tites this month through Prime Gaming.
You can claim all six titles starting August 1.
The free games for August are StarCraft: Remastered, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Beasts of Maravilla Island, Recompile, ScourgeBringer, and Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises.
This month, Prime members can also claim new in-game content for Pokemon Go, Fall Guys, Roblox, League of Legends, Two Point Hospital, and more.
Over the past two years, the number of Amazon Prime members using Prime Gaming worldwide has grown by more than 120%, and last year more than 80 million free games were claimed. Free games and in-game content offers claimed worldwide by members increased by more than 330% over the past three years.
Last year, Prime Gaming had more than 420 million offers claimed by Prime members, which consisted of over 100 free games and over 675 in-game content offers worth thousands of dollars in MSRP value.
In 2022, Amazon has already offered more than 75 games including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Need for Speed Heat, Dead Space 2, Madden 22, Stellaris, Total War: Warhammer, World War Z: Aftermath and others .
Smith posted a video to his verified Instagram account and on YouTube on Friday that began with the words on screen, “It’s been a minute.”
“Over the last few months, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and personal work…,” the statement reads.
Will Smith posts emotional apology video for Oscars slap, says Chris Rock is ‘not ready’ to speak with him (YouTube/WillSmith)
“You asked a lot of fair questions that I wanted to take some time to answer.”
Smith can then be heard sighing, he enters the screen and addresses to camera why he didn’t apologize to Rock during his Oscars acceptance speech following his win for best actor for his role in king richard.
“I was fogged out by that point,” Smith says.
“It’s all fuzzy. I’ve reached out to Chris and the message that came back is that he’s not ready to talk and when he is, he will reach out. So I will say to you Chris, I apologize to you. My behavior was unacceptable and I’m here whenever you are ready to talk.”
CNN has reached out to representatives for Rock for comment.
Smith also apologizes to Rock’s mother, family and his brother, Tony Rock, who had starred in the 2007 sitcom All of Uswhich was created by Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
“We had a great relationship,” Smith says. “Tony Rock was my man and this is probably irreparable.”
Smith walked on stage at the Oscars and slapped Chris Rock, who was presenting at the time, after he made a joke about Smith’s wife’s shaved head.
Pinkett Smith suffers hair loss due to alopecia, an autoimmune condition that can lead to hair loss.
Smith addresses why he didn’t apologize to Rock during his Oscars acceptance speech following his win for best actor (AP)
In his video, Smith also answers the question as to whether or not his wife, after rolling her eyes at Rock’s joke, had asked him to do something in that moment by saying she did not.
He also apologizes to her, their children, and his fellow Academy Award nominees in the post.
Smith says he “spent the last three months replaying and understanding the nuance and the complexities of what happened in that moment.”
Smith also apologizes to Rock’s mother, family and his brother, Tony Rock, who had starred in the 2007 sitcom All of Us, which was created by Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith (YouTube/WillSmith)
“I’m not going to try to unpack all of that right now, but I can say to all of you, there is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment,” he says.
“There’s no part of me that thinks that is the optimal way to handle a feeling of disrespect or insults.”
Smith adds that it hurts him to know that he didn’t live up to the image people had of him.
Smith also answers the question as to whether or not his wife, after rolling her eyes at Rock’s joke, had asked him to do something in that moment by saying she did not (Getty)
“Disappointing people is my central trauma,” he says.” I hate when I let people down so it hurts.”
Smith directs a message to his supporters, saying he’s committed “to putting light and love and joy into the world.”
“If you hang on I promise we’ll be able to be friends again,” he concludes.
Kyle Chalmers says he feels victimized and almost quit swimming because of a media smear campaign based on a fake love triangle.
The Australian swim star has accused media of using him for “clickbait” by publishing stories about his relationships with Emma McKeon and Cody Simpson.
Chalmers and McKeon dated last year but have broken up, with McKeon now the partner of Simpson.
“It’s all just false news that is actually just crap, it’s honestly just a load of shit that is not true,” Chalmers told reporters on Saturday night.
The three swimmers are competing at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Chalmers and McKeon won gold as part of Australia’s 4x100m freestyle mixed relay team on Friday night.
But some tabloid reports centered on Chalmers, painted as a jilted lover, supposedly ignoring McKeon in post-race celebrations.
“I definitely said congratulations,” Chalmers said. “If you watch the race back I actually walk up and say good job across the pool.”
McKeon agreed.
“I did [offer congratulations],” she said after winning another gold on Australia’s women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team.
Chalmers on Saturday night also won gold as part of Australia’s men’s 4x100m freestyle team.
Emma McKeon and Cody Simpson at training in Birmingham on the eve of the Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
His swim helped Simpson earn a gold medal too – the celebrity swimmer will get a gold for being a heat swimmer in the event.
“I say good luck to Cody, I say good job to Cody, I sent him a message after the race,” Chalmers said. “I do nothing but be as positive as I possibly can.
“I support him on the team but, again, people just want clickbait on the article. It’s unfortunate that I can’t do anything right at this point in time.
“I think it’s fantastic that he’s here… it’s fantastic for our sport, it brings new viewers in. What he has achieved in two years of swimming is incredible.”
Chalmers said the media attention was impacting his mental health.
“You guys [media] don’t actually realize the impact you have on athletes, when we’re standing up to perform for not only ourselves but our country, you guys can affect a lot,” he said.
“And for me after trials I actually really sat down and assessed if I was going to continue on the sport, because for me I had given everything to this country, I have given everything to my sport … instead of focusing on the positives, you guys want to focus on the negatives again.
“You can try and bring me down all you want but it’s only going to last so long and I will stop talking to the media.”
Strings of seashells, coils of red feathers and dolphin teeth are traditional currencies that are used to say “I love you” in parts of the Solomon Islands.
The shells play a significant role in traditional bride price ceremonies, which are used to mark when a woman leaves her family to settle with her husband.
But for Australian-based Solomon Islander Terry Wong, tracking down the shell money for his bride-to-be — my sister Azalea — was no easy feat.
For generations, strings of shells have been used to trade and settle disputes, long before cash was introduced.
Shell money is still used in provinces including Malaita, Makira and Guadalcanal and families often have a treasure box of the currency hidden in their homes.
Ten strings of shells makes one “tafulia’e” and its value varies depending on the length.(Supplied)
Solomon Islands is home to a range of traditional currencies, and some are easier to find than others.
Some provinces use large disc-shaped clam shells called “bakiha”, while others use dolphin teeth or red feather money.
While the red feather money from Santa Cruz Islands in the eastern part of the country is no longer in use after the small scarlet honeyeater bird became difficult to find, dolphin teeth and shell money are still commonly used.
To create shell money, the seashells are broken, smoothed and collected in strings of 10 to form a “tafulia’e”.
The different lengths of string have different value and a single tafulia’e can be worth anywhere between $100 and $500.
Dancing, music and shouting on the big day
Traditional dancing is part of farewelling the bride as she begins the next chapter of her life.(Supplied)
On the day of the bride price ceremony, Terry and his family arrive at our home in Honiara in a convoy of vehicles to a chorus of tooting horns, laughing and shouting, and we welcome them with plenty of music and dancing.
It’s a big deal for Azalea’s loved ones, who have come out in large numbers to witness her bride price and farewell her with traditional dances.
Terry’s family bring items to pay the bride price: live pigs, bags of rice, root crops, traditional mats and a small black box of shell money — the most valuable item of all.
“It was a hard time [finding the shell money] but we just endured it,” Terry says.
“It’s for someone I love and also, as shown today, my family loves her too.”
The day is filled with cultural exchanges and words of encouragement for the new couple.(Supplied)
Terry’s family is from the province of Temotu in the eastern part of the Solomons. It’s closer to Vanuatu and shell money isn’t part of their culture.
Terry’s grand uncle Solomon Palusi says finding the shell money was “very difficult but wasn’t impossible.”
“We tried our very best to take the shell money.”
It’s for people like Terry that a shop has recently opened in Honiara’s Chinatown, selling shell money for cash, targeting three of the nine provinces in the country that use the traditional currency.
Why is shell money so hard to find?
Shell money shop owner Mary Sifoburi is from Langa Langa in Malaita province, a community known for crafting the currency.
“Basically, the process of making shell money involves 10 steps before the product comes to completion,” Mary says.
The shells are smoothened and ground flat before a small drill is used to create a hole in the center of the shell, and a tuna tin is used as a makeshift scale to weigh them.
Mary’s sister Angella and their mother Veronica start the long process of making shell money.(ABC News: Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong)
“In the past it would take two to three days because of the manual drill used. But now with the introduction of the new drill, a person can drill three to four tins [worth] per day,” Mary says.
The shells are placed on hot rocks to change color before final grinding is done.
It’s not an easy task and it can take up to two weeks to find a single shell.
The process of making shell money is slow and the shells can be hard to find.(ABC News: Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong)
“There are different kinds of shells involved in the process of shell money, so we have black shells, white shells and red shells,” Mary says.
The harder the shell is to find, the higher the value.
“For now, I can say that the value is based on the people who produce the shells but because right now… we do not have any standard regulations to guide the value of the shells, the prices vary,” she says.
Concerns currency will fall out of circulation
Father of the bride Steve Aumanu has noticed the monetary value of shell money shift over the decades but the cultural value has so far endured the test of time.
“It’s being commercialized, the value of the shell is called by those who produce it and those who are price takers, we don’t have much choice,” he says.
With shell money now so difficult to find and its price increasing, community elders fear it will some day lose its place in the three provinces.
“I don’t know whether it will cease to be recognized but for the time being, the value has been ascending,” Steve says.
The bride and her cousins on traditional mats.(Supplied)
Back at the bride price ceremony, the bride stands with her cousins on traditional mats called “kaufe”, which in the Malaitan custom recognizes her leaving her family home with dignity and pride.
An honoring ceremony of Azalea’s closest aunties and grand aunties also takes place where the groom’s side hands over monetary gifts in red envelopes that reflect Terry’s father’s Chinese heritage.
Azalea’s grandmother was among those thanked for helping raise her, as part of the bride ceremony.(ABC News: Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong)
The moment of truth
The most anticipated part of the ceremony comes when the bride’s father either accepts or declines the bride price from the groom’s side — there have been instances where it has been rejected.
But not this time around.
During the ceremony, more than 20 tafulia’e are given to the bride’s father by the groom’s father.
Waiting to see if the bride price will be accepted is the most anticipated part of the ceremony.(Supplied)
“Traditionally when there’s a marriage ceremony between two people, that’s a significant event in the life of a family or tribe and this one is no different,” Steve says.
“When we are all together to witness, it’s a manifestation of a great valuable cultural undertaking.”
And on the occasion of my sister’s bride price ceremony, the enduring value of the shell money and the traditions that come with it, are clear.
Azalea’s father Steve says coming together for the bride price ceremony is a “valuable cultural undertaking.”(Supplied)
West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin on Sunday hailed the legislation he almost killed off by calling the rewritten bill to pay down US debt and tackle the climate crisis that he finally agreed to last week “great for America”.
Manchin agreed on a deal with Senate majority leader and fellow Democrat Chuck Schumer last Wednesday, announcing an expansive $739bn package, that had eluded them for months, that addresses healthcare and the climate crisis, raising taxes on high earners and corporations and reducing federal debt .
The bill replaces the $3.5tn Build Back Better flagship infrastructure and social support legislation that Manchin crushed last year and the reduced version that suffered a near-death experience just weeks ago after Manchin turned away from that too, after months of negotiations.
The new legislation, now called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, could pass the Senate this week, although it is not a done deal and Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has not yet committed. As a budget-related bill, Democrats aim to be able to use the so-called reconciliation process to pass it with a simple majority in the Senate, which would need all 50 Democratic Senators in the 100-seat chamber and the swing vote of US vice-president Kamala Harris to pass.
“I sure hope so,” Manchin told CNN’s State of the Union show on Sunday morning, when asked if the Senate would vote to approve the bill before they go on summer recess at the end of the week.
It’s “a great opportunity. It’s not a Democrat bill, it’s not a Republican bill, it’s definitely not a ‘green’ bill, it’s a red, white and blue bill,” he told host Jake Tapper.
Manchin appeared to walk away from the legislation earlier this month on inflation concerns, enraging supporters of climate action and his own colleagues on Capitol Hill. He has repeatedly thwarted his own party and was seen as jeopardizing world climate goals and, at home, Democratic fortunes in the midterm and 2024 elections, while himself making millions in the coal industry.
He refused to support more funding for climate action and came out against tax raises for wealthy Americans to pay for it.
“There were things in there I considered could be considered inflammatory…inflation is the biggest challenge we have in our country,” he said on Sunday.
Then, I added, “we re-engaged” in negotiations. “I never did walk away,” he said.
There was relief among Democrats and climate experts last week, and a sense of turning a corner if the bill passes, both for climate action and the fortunes of the beleaguered Biden administration.
Manchin hailed US president Joe Biden, even though he won’t say whether he will support him for re-election in 2024.
“You do not do anything of this size without the president,” he said of the bill, adding he was “very grateful” to Biden for his support in the negotiations.
The bill includes $369bn, especially tax credits to encourage renewable energy production that gets the US close to its planet-heating emissions reductions target of a 50% cut by 2030, and support for purchasing electric cars.
So, the economy is rolling on normally until governments suddenly order us to lock down. Obviously, this will involve many people losing their jobs and many businesses losing sales. It will be a government-ordered recession.
Since it’s government-ordered, however, governments know they have an obligation to provide workers and businesses with income to offset their losses. Fearing a prolonged recession, governments spend huge sums and the Reserve Bank cut the official interest rate to almost zero.
illustrationCredit:Matt Davidson
Get it? This was a government-ordered restriction of the supply of goods and services, but governments responded as though it was just a standard recession where demand had fallen below the economy’s capacity to produce goods and services and needed an almighty boost to get it back up and running.
The rate of unemployment shot up to 7.5 per cent, but the national lockdown was lifted after only a month or two. As soon it was, everyone – most of whom had lost little in the way of income – started spending like mad, trying to catch up.
Unemployment started falling rapidly and – particularly because the pandemic had closed our borders to all “imported labour” for two years – ended up falling to its lowest rate since 1974.
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So, everything in the garden’s now lovely until, suddenly, we find inflation shooting up to 6.1 per cent and headed higher.
What do we do? What we always do: start jacking up interest rates to discourage borrowing and spending. When demand for goods and services runs faster than business’s capacity to supply them, this puts upward pressure on prices. But when demand weakens, this puts downward pressure on prices.
One small problem. The basic cause of our higher prices isn’t excess demand, it’s a fall in supply. The main cause is disruption to the supply of many goods, caused by the pandemic. To this is added the reduced supply of oil and gas and foodstuffs caused by Russia’s attack on Ukraine. At home, meat and vegetable prices are way up because of the end of the drought and then all the flooding.
Get it? Once again, we’ve taken a problem on the supply side of the economy and tried to fix it as though it’s a problem with demand.
Because the pandemic-caused disruptions to supply are temporary, the Ukraine war will end eventually, and production of meat and veg will recover until climate change’s next blow, we’re talking essentially about prices that won’t keep rising quarter after quarter and eventually should fall back. So surely, we should all just be patient and wait for prices to return to normal.
But it’s our misdiagnosis of the “coronacession” that’s left us with demand so strong it’s too easy for businesses to get away with slipping in price increases that have nothing to do with supply shortages.
Why then are the financial markets and the econocrats so worried that prices will keep rising, we’ll be caught up in a “wage-price spiral” and the inflation rate will stay far too high?
Short answer: because of our original error in deciding that a temporary government-ordered partial cessation of supply should be treated like the usual recession, where demand is flat on its back and needs massive stimulus if the recession isn’t to drag on for years .
If we’d only known, disruptions to supply were an inevitable occurrence as the pandemic eased. What no one foresaw was everyone cooped up in their homes, still receiving plenty of income, but unable to spend it on anything that involved leaving home.
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It was the advent of the internet that allowed so many of us to keep working or studying from home. And it was the internet that allowed us to keep spending, but on goods rather than services. It’s the huge temporary switch from buying services to buying goods that’s done so much to cause shortages in the supply of many goods.
But it’s our misdiagnosis of the “coronacession” – propping up workers and industries far more than they needed to be – that’s left us with demand so strong it’s too easy for businesses to get away with slipping in price increases that have nothing to do with supply shortages.
Now all we need to complete our error is to overreact to the price rises and tighten up so hard we really do have an old-style recession.
In TV land, excellent black levels have been the name of the game for nearly a decade. By providing better contrast via new backlighting technologies like organic LEDs (OLEDs) or mini LEDs, companies have slowly given us a more realistic (and less gray) view of our favorite images.
For years now, high-end TVs like the new Samsung QN90B have had nearly perfect delineation between light and dark. However, many models lacked the powerful brightness you might need to overcome a sunny California afternoon in a modern glass living room.
That’s why if I were shopping for a new high-end screen, I’d be sure to consider this model specifically. The thin, pedestal-mounted TV has excellent, mini LED–driven contrast, but at brightness levels that might downright hurt your eyes in a dark room. For watching inside during summer, there is probably no better viewing experience.
All Class
Photography: Samsung
The QN90B is thin but not too thin to easily grip by two people when assembling and mounting it. That’s why I’m ashamed to admit that I bonked the corner of my first review unit on my coffee table when mounting it to the included pedestal, thus ruining it. (Ed. note: It had to happen sometime, Parker!) A few weeks, a new unit, and a slightly bruised ego later, and I repeated the process without incident.
Get it set up, and you’ll be impressed by the QN90B’s looks. The pedestal mount really makes it look like the TV is floating behind my soundbar, with the screen just high enough to peek over the top. It’s a design that’s surprisingly rare in modern screens, many of which end up getting slightly blocked at the bottom.
Because I use a Samsung phone, setup was nearly instantaneous. I just signed in to my Samsung account on my phone, told the TV what apps I wanted to download, and was off to the races. You still have to sign in to individual apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and more, but all the apps you’ll need are likely to be here. It even has Paramount+ and Plex apps.
One criticism of Samsung’s Tizen smart TV interface is that it can be a bit difficult to navigate for newbies. You get used to the weird assortment of menus below the single app bar that you’ll actually want to use, but it’s easy to get lost among Samsung’s free content. Heck, to this day I can’t figure out how to add the aforementioned Paramount+ and Plex apps to the home screen. I’m sure there’s a way, but I’ve yet to be motivated enough to find it.
I’d encourage Samsung UI designers to take a deeper look at what people actually use these interfaces to do. I don’t really need endless lists of suggested items to watch below the actual apps. One thing I absolutely won’t complain about? The remote, which is rechargeable via a solar cell on the back. I never have to hunt for pesky AAA batteries again. Eureka!
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Photography: Samsung
Once you’ve found something to watch, you’re sure to be impressed with how it looks on the QN90B. The TV features quantum dot technology for bright colors in high dynamic range. The matrix of mini LEDs behind the screen keeps even fast-moving objects like soccer balls from having weird shading.
Neighbors star Ryan Moloney has revealed that he is again eyeing acting roles after switching his focus to a career in construction.
In an interview with Mark Dolan on GB News last night, Ryan, 42, who has played Jarrod ‘Toadfish’ Rebecchi on the soap since 1995, said that after the success of this week’s finale, he was again considering work on the big and small screens.
‘I’d love to do more acting and more TV and film. I’d love to come over to the UK and have a crack at one of your dramas. That would be absolutely special’ he said.
Neighbors star Ryan Moloney (pictured) has revealed that he is again eyeing acting roles after switching his focus to a career in construction
Ryan explained: ‘I’m just not saying no to anything and then in the meantime I’m doing civil construction.
‘I’m about to start doing civil construction and have to do what every little boy dreams of and learn how to drive trucks and excavators and dig big holes, so it’s all one big adventure.’
Asked how much contact he has had with cast members such as Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, Ryan joked: ‘Well, it’s very limited because that’s what the court order says that I’m allowed to.’
In an interview with Mark Dolan on GB News, Ryan, who has played Jarrod ‘Toadfish’ Rebecchi on the soap since 1995, said that after the success of this week’s finale, he was again considering work on the big and small screens. Benjamin McNair (right) also appeared
When it comes to regrets, Ryan insists he doesn’t have many.
‘I wouldn’t change anything. Probably the biggest downside is just trying to manage, like all of that kind of fame and attention,’ he said.
‘That’s one thing for me to deal with but then when you realize that your family has to deal with it as well and they haven’t been brought up with it and they’re not trained in it and having kids – kids don’t want to have all that attention on them.
The epic final focused on Neighbors legend Toadie’s (Ryan Moloney, left) wedding to Melanie (Lucinda Cowden, right) with him finally getting his happily ever after
‘I’d love to do more acting and more TV and film. I’d love to come over to the UK and have a crack at one of your dramas. That would be absolutely special’ Ryan said
‘I was at the gym with my daughter and before you know it, we’ve got a whole exercise group wanting to take photos with me and she’s just like, “oh my god”.
‘It’s things like that that you kind of go ‘I’m thankful that I am leaving’ at that point in that perhaps my kids can just kind of go under the radar a bit more and just enjoy having dad a bit more instead of the famous guy off TV.’
Ryan previously told The Daily Telegraph of his new career: ‘I’m not ruling anything out. I’m doing a civil construction course which is about driving excavators and building roads.
When it comes to regrets, Ryan insists he doesn’t have many. ‘I wouldn’t change anything. Probably the biggest downside is just trying to manage, like all of that kind of fame and attention,’ he said
‘I like playing with those kinds of machines. I like doing earthworks, all that kind of manual labor stuff. That’s where I’m at, but who knows where it’s all going to end up.’
Ryan also revealed he has a commercial pilots license and said he ‘might come back to flying when the time’s right’.
The epic final focused on Neighbors legend Toadie’s (Ryan Moloney) wedding to Melanie (Lucinda Cowden) with him finally getting his happily ever after.
Also appearing on the show was Benjamin McNair (left) who played Malcolm Kennedy, and the actor paid tribute to fans of the show he met when he visited the UK
Also appearing on the show was Benjamin McNair, 47, who played Malcolm Kennedy, and the actor paid tribute to fans of the show he met when he visited the UK.
‘I have done so and I enjoyed it very much. I was born there, I’ve got my family there, aunties and cousins,’ he said.
‘I went back in 2000 and went back in 1999, it’s a great place.
‘The Brits, the UK – it’s a wonderful place to be, they embrace Neighbors like big, big warm cuddle. It’s beautiful.’
‘I have done so and I enjoyed it very much. I was born there, I’ve got my family there, aunties and cousins,’ he said. ‘The Brits, the UK – it’s a wonderful place to be, they embrace Neighbors like big, big warm cuddle. It’s beautiful’
Asked why he thought the series was so popular in the UK, Benjamin said: ‘I think it’s because we bounce along and it’s jovial and it’s fun and it’s larrikinism.
‘It’s things you probably wouldn’t normally see and you’re hoping to see a kangaroo bounce pass in front of the camera one day.’
The all-star series finale of Neighbors saw the soap win the Australian television ratings for the first time in more than a decade.
The long-running Australian soap came to an end after 37 years this week. Pictured: Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue in the final episode
The episode, which was simulcast on Channel 10 and 10 Peach, drew 873,000 metro viewers across both stations, largely thanks to the cast of returning favorites such as Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan.
Neighbours’ final ever episode also ended on a high in the UK this week, as a peak of almost 3 million viewers tuned in to Channel 5 on Friday afternoon.
Neighbors was axed after the UK’s Channel 5 decided in March not to renew its contract with production company Fremantle to finance and broadcast the series.
The finale of Neighbors saw the soap win the Australian television ratings for the first time in more than a decade. It also ended on a high in the UK, with peak of almost 3 million viewers
Brandon Moreno is a UFC champion again and looks set to face defending unified champion and longtime rival Deiveson Figueiredo for the flyweight title.
But when Figueiredo entered the octagon after Moreno’s TKO win over Kai Kara-France, the new interim champion took a moment to think about what he said next.
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He wanted to make a statement, to “take the mic” and tell his intense rival: “Let’s go motherf***er”, as Moreno put it when speaking to media at the post-fight press conference.
“But everything I said was real. My daughter Madison is eight years old and now she understands everything,” he added.
“I knew I had the opportunity to be a better example for her. I don’t want it for her de ella, her dad de ella doing stupid things on television.
He wanted to make a statement, to “take the mic” and tell his intense rival: “Let’s go motherf***er”, as Moreno put it when speaking to media at the post-fight press conference.
“But everything I said was real. My daughter Madison is eight years old and now she understands everything,” he added.
“I knew I had the opportunity to be a better example for her. I don’t want it for her de ella, her dad de ella doing stupid things on television.
So, instead of engaging in a war of words, the two instead put their history behind them with a classy exchange.
“This guy right here, tonight is his night and he is the champion,” Figueiredo said, through a translator.
“I have a lot of respect for him… I want to take this fight home to Brazil.”
“I don’t hate you,” Moreno later replied.
“I don’t feel anything against you. I forgive you. Please forgive me if I did something bad against you. I want to fight in December.”
UFC boss Dana White confirmed he is hoping the sport will return to Brazil next year, adding: “We’ll see what this crazy world has to throw at us in the next six months.”
But White himself was actually apologetic for deciding to get Figueiredo to enter the octagon post-fight, admitting on reflection that it was a “pretty disrespectful” move.
“You know what, it was kind of an in-the-moment thing,” White told reporters.
“Then when I hear him get up there I was like: ‘Well that was f***ing rude’. This kid is having his moment from him and he’s got Figueiredo standing in his face from him.
“It happened, it wasn’t horrible and we meant no disrespect to Moreno but it came off pretty disrespectful.”
While White is typically not a fan of running a fight back any more than three times, he made it clear he is very happy to see Moreno and Figueiredo face off in what would be their fourth meeting.
“It is one of those unique, freaky deals where who doesn’t want to see that fight again,” he said.
“I’m the worst with that stuff. I hate that s***. If you’ve got a guy up 2-1 you don’t ever need to see that fight again but this is one of those weird ones where you can.”
Originally published as UFC boss apologises for ‘disrespectful’ move after Moreno fight
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