For chocolate-loving children, Easter Saturday can be almost as slow-moving as Christmas Eve. Every second passing by is another step closer to the Easter Bunny delivering delicious treats - but for excited youngsters, the wait can feel pretty long.
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There are very few positives to have come out of the pandemic, but for UK WWE fans who basically were having to go nocturnal to watch the ever-lengthening pay-per-view events, the company splitting Wrestlemania across two nights for the third year in a row has to count as somewhat of a win. Gone are the six hours plus of pre-show and main card where, even if every match was a barnstormer, by the end you're just fatigued with the entire thing.
Instead, this year's Wrestlemania, the highlight of the WWE's calendar and all-round jewel-in-the-crown will be running across two nights, with live events this weekend on both Saturday and Sunday. Whether you stay up to watch one or both nights live, or enjoy them with a bacon sandwich in the morning instead, here's what we know you can expect from Wrestlemania 38 so far.
Confirmed for night one so far, we have Charlotte Flair defending the Smackdown Women's Championship against Ronda Rousey. Off the back of Rousey's not-so-surprise return from maternity leave at Royal Rumble where she entered at number 28 and cleaned house, this should be a solid match and a good bet for an early title change.
For the red brand, Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair will be fighting for the Raw Women's Championship. With the outcry after The Man returned to WWE last summer and defeated the on-form Belair in a 26-second drubbing, all we can hope is that both women get a chance to really put on a show on the greatest stage of them all.
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For chocolate-loving children, Easter Saturday can be almost as slow-moving as Christmas Eve. Every second passing by is another step closer to the Easter Bunny delivering delicious treats - but for excited youngsters, the wait can feel pretty long.
Campbell Hatton, the son of Manchester boxing great Ricky, will face his seventh professional fight on Saturday evening as he takes on Lee Glover on the undercard of Conor Benn vs Chris van Heerden. The fight takes place at Manchester's AO Arena in front of a crowd of up to 20,000 people as the Brit looks to continue the unbeaten start to his career.
Former Love Island contestant Anna Vakili has claimed that she was nearly arrested while on a trip to Iran after wearing jeans that were too tight. The TV personality, who’s recently spoken about her time on the show, made the admission on Johnny Seifert's Secure The Insecure podcast as she recalled how she was “dragged” into a police van. As she opened up about the experience, the 31 year old alleged that she “got arrested in Iran for wearing jeans”.
It’s the clash of the titans again this weekend as Manchester City take on Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley.
On the heels of her first Oscar nomination for Spencer, Kristen Stewart has signed on to star in the A24 film Love Lies Bleeding from director Rose Glass (Saint Maud), Deadline has confirmed.
Twenty-two people died and hundreds were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the foyer at the venue at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, 2017.Martyn Hett, 29, was among those who died and his father Paul Hett has now said he “can’t understand” why the attacker Salman Abedi was not classed as a person of interest by the security services prior to the attack.Mr Hett told BBC Breakfast that when the bombing happened, “we thought that Martyn was just in the wrong place at the wrong time” and “extremely unlucky”.“Now we know that wasn’t the case,” he said. “The fact was that this could and should have been prevented and we just can’t get over that.”A public inquiry into the bombing has been exploring the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the bombing and is due to publish its findings later in the year.It has so far heard that on May 1 2017, Abedi had been assessed as meeting the threshold to be considered for further investigation by MI5 and was due to be considered for referral on May 31, 2017.A senior MI5 officer later conceded that it was a mistake not to question the bomber after he returned to the UK from Libya four days before the attack.Mr Hett said he “can’t understand” why Abedi was not a person of interest, because he had “at least eight” known terrorist contacts.“He also visited a convicted terrorist in prison on two occasions,” he said.
Mogwai‘s Stuart Braithwaite has announced details of a memoir – find out all about Spaceships over Glasgow: Mogwai and Misspent Youth below.The book is set to land on September 1 via White Rabbit Publishing, and will tell the story of Braithwaite’s childhood in Scotland, through his musical beginnings and decades-long career with Mogwai.“I am immensely proud to be working with White Rabbit on my first book Spaceships Over Glasgow,” Braithwaite said in a statement.“The process of researching it and writing it has been challenging but one that I’ve really enjoyed. It’s incredibly exciting to be able to share it with the world.”Lee Brackstone of White Rabbit added: “From his early years in thrall to the giants of alternative music like MBV, JAMC and Sonic Youth to improbable sonic misadventures on tour with one of the greatest psychedelic bands of the present day, Mogwai, Stuart Braithwaite’s memoir is a funny and righteous celebration of a life lived on the road and in the studio, dedicated to the pursuit of aural (and occasionally) psychic enlightenment and obliteration.”See the cover of Spaceships over Glasgow: Mogwai and Misspent Youth below.Elsewhere, Mogwai are set to head out on a rescheduled set of UK and European tour dates at the end of the month.The Glasgow band were due to start their tour on January 27 in Milan, with a date scheduled at London’s Alexandra Palace on February 25.
Paige Turley has revealed she is not taken seriously as a music artist since appearing on Love Island and going out with Lewis Capaldi.
When you think of Maura Higgins’ hair during her time in the spotlight, only one colour comes to mind: brunette. With the exception of fancy dress appearances, the Irish beauty has always been a brunette since she first appeared on Love Island in 2019 – until now that is. Stepping out for the 2022 Gossie Awards in Dublin with a chic updo created by her go-to hairdresser Carl Bembridge, the 31 year old appears to have had a touch of balayage to take her hair much lighter in tone, with her fringe and the ends of her hair now visibly blonde.
Spencer. The film tells a fictionalized story of over three days on Christmas holiday with the royal family in the 1990s and dives deep into Diana's psyche.
Gennady Golovkin is back in the ring today against Ryota Murata in a middleweight title unification bout in Japan. The 40-year-old Golovkin retained his IBF and IBO titles with a victory over Kamil Szeremeta in 2020.
Manchester United on Saturday travel to Merseyside where they take on Frank Lampard's Everton at Goodison Park. Both sides can ill-afford to drop points as their battles at either end of the table continue.
Red Hot Chili Peppers light up the Official Irish Albums Chart as Unlimited Love lands straight in at Number 1.
Love Island bosses have reportedly signed beautician Sophie Draper up to appear in the upcoming series of the dating show. Sophie, 22, dated footballer Matty Cash, who plays for Aston Villa, for four years before splitting last year. The pair had been living together with their dog before they parted ways.
It's finally here, the highlight of WWE's live event calendar, the top pay per view of the big four and all-round jewel-in-the-crown.
Miley Cyrus has announced the release of her first-ever live album, Attention: Miley Live.
Bill Hader and Anna Kendrick are still going strong. A source tells ET that the pair are not only «in love,» but that they're «very happy» together.«Bill and Anna are in love and very happy in their relationship, and enjoying their time together,» the source shared. While the lovebirds appear to be in relationship bliss, the source said that Hader and Kendrick are not getting ready to head down the aisle just yet.«They're in no rush to get engaged and are happy with how things are going,» the source added.ET first learned the pair were an item back in January, when a source told ET that the 36-year-old actress and 43-year-old alum had been «dating for a while» now.«Anna and Bill have been dating for a while.
Eddie Hall and Hafthor 'Thor' Bjornsson will finally battle it out in the boxing ring in their rescheduled heavyweight fight in Dubai tonight.