Dave Portnoy Bought Back Barstool Sports for a Shocking Amount of Money

ITV's mischievous travel series with Gordon Ramsay, Gino D'Acampo and Fred Sirieix will wrap up next month with a two-part Spanish special. Marking their final trip together, after contractual issues and scheduling caused chaos this year, Gordon, Gino and Fred: Viva Espana! sees the famous foodies journeying from Malaga to Ronda and Jerez. "Along the way, the lads become waiters at a bustling beachfront restaurant, before Gordon and Gino go head-to-head in a tapas cook-off, and Fred puts on a laugh-out-loud performance as he showcases his skills as a Flamenco dancer," teased a description.

Dave Grohl, Chad Smith and Shane Hawkins have come together to play a series of rock classics at a pizza bar in California. Check out fan-captured footage of the moment below.The intimate, star-studded set took place at the Rock N Roll Pizza Bar in Simi Valley, California on Monday evening (August 21), and was part of a set by famous covers band Chevy Metal.The band was formed by late drummer Taylor Hawkins, who often performed with the side project in his time away from his Foo Fighters commitments.

Following the huge news last week that Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy had bought back his controlling stake in the company from Penn Entertainment, Barstool Sports is already making changes on the exec front. Barstool Sports has upped Barstool Sports New York founder Kevin Clancy, aka KFC, to GM of Comedy at the company.

Bobbi Althoff and Drake‘s rumored feud has gone viral recently, and there’s a new rumor circulating that they might have slept together.

Bobbi Althoff is shutting down the rumour mill.

K-pop girl group PURPLE KISS have begun teasing their return with ‘Festa’.On August 17, RBW Entertainment shared a teaser clip for PURPLE KISS’ comeback with their first single album ‘Festa’. The new video features the group’s logo set against a pastel blue door that opens to reveal their comeback date of September 5.RBW first confirmed last week that PURPLE KISS were preparing to return in September.

SEVENTEEN singer Seungkwan is set to rejoin the group for their upcoming release following a health-related hiatus.On August 16, Pledis Entertainment shared that Seungkwan will be returning from a hiatus by September. The K-pop singer had announced a break due to unspecified health issues last month.“Seungkwan is currently concentrating on his recovery.

FIFA Women’s World Cup quarter-final victory against the French on August 12. “We’ve made history,” the 28-year-old exclaimed to reporters following the awe-inspiring match. Truer words have never been spoken.

Laura Anderson has hit back at cruel trolls who said she’s been “pregnant forever” as the star shared another video of her baby bump.The former Love Island star, 34, is expecting her first child with her ex-partner Gary Lucy and has been keeping fans closely updated on her pregnancy. In a new video, the star could be seen dancing in her bathroom in a crop top and grey tracksuit bottoms as she applied moisturiser to her bump. In the caption, she wrote: “I’m loving bonding with bump and looking out for my skin at the same time during this crazy pregnancy journey," as she promoted a brand.

It’s a Celebration, we just hope she’s being safe!

Spurred by steroids and his growing influencer status, Ryan Connor decided on a new way to make ends meet in Coronation Street next week. The former DJ has, understandably, been struggling since he was doused in acid in a horror attack by Daisy Midgeley's stalker earlier this year.

The Jonas Brothers opened up in a revealing new interview.

Depeche Mode have announced the acts joining them as support on the North American leg of their ‘Memento Mori’ tour.Announced today (August 11), the band – which is comprised of Martin Gore and Dave Gahan – shared the three acts that will be joining them for their string of tour dates across North America starting next month.On Instagram, the duo shared that Kelly Lee Owens, Young Fathers and DIIV would be the acts joining them across all 35 upcoming shows.Kicking off their North American tour with three dates in Mexico on September 21, 23 and 25, the band will then head out to Austin, Texas. From there, Depeche Mode will make stops in major cities such as Miami, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Vancouver, Seattle, and San Diego.A post shared by Depeche Mode (@depechemode)The tour will wrap up with four dates in Los Angeles, California in December.

Bella Hadid is happy to be working again after opening up about her battle with Lyme disease.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy purchased the site back for $1 yesterday, according to a filing. Portnoy sold Barstool to PENN Entertainment in a two-part sale — the latter transaction having just closed in February of this year — for $551 million. Now, he gets this site back for just $1.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Dave Portnoy had said he had bought Barstool Sports, the brash sports and pop-culture media company, for “pennies on the dollar” from Penn Entertainment. In fact, Portnoy paid 100 pennies for Barstool.

The Will Rogers Picture Pioneers Foundation is holding a screening of Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back on Aug. 30, 7PM at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to raise funds for its charity.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Dave Portnoy, now 100% owner of Barstool Sports after former parent Penn Entertainment sold it back to him — concurrent with Penn’s major 10-year sports-betting deal with ESPN — has admitted that Barstool isn’t a good fit in the gambling industry. “[W]e underestimated just how tough it is for myself and Barstool to operate in a regulated world, where gambling regulators, the New York Times [and] Business Insider hit pieces, fucking with the stock price every time did something,” Portnoy said in an “emergency press conference” video posted on X (aka Twitter) Tuesday.

Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch said linear television is still the best way to protect the company’s sports programming, which, at the moment, “derives the most value from being behind a paywall, behind the traditional cable and satellite pay-TV universe.”

Love Island star Ouzy See has apologised to Kady McDermott as he broke his silence on the pair's sudden split earlier on Tuesday. Ouzy, 28, started to get to know Kady during the end of his stint on the hit ITV show and the pair were dumped from the villa as an item.