6 days agoNews TalkComments Off on ‘Not good enough’ – Darts star Gerwyn Price announces plan for retirement as he faces ‘more and more’ demands on tour
GERWYN PRICE claims he has plenty left in the tank – but won’t be content until he’s world champion again.
Shutterstock EditorialGerwyn Price believes he has another decade of success in him[/caption]
PAThe 2021 world champion is desperate to win a second title[/caption]
He’s been the winner of seven major PDC titles – but admits as time goes on, he may be forced to pick and choose events.
The Iceman continued: “I would never give up totally.
“But the Pro Tours and Europeans, depending on how many it’s going to be at that time, because it’s getting more and more every year, but I’ll stop doing those.
“I would never give my Tour Card up. I’d still do events and if they invite me to the Premier League and World Series, I’ll still do them.
“But none of the lower events and just stop the travelling.”
Darts’ hectic pro schedule has become a major talking point among the sport’s elite.
Nathan Aspinall recently branded the calendar “absolutely obscene”.
The Asp fumed: “For us to take a weekend off, I have to pull out events.
“So I’m losing ranking money because I just need a few days off.
“And I’ve done that over the last couple of weeks because I was in a tight position in the Premier League, I really wanted to make the playoffs.”
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6 days agoNews TalkComments Off on Boxer Keyshawn Davis ‘escorted out by police after backstage brawl caught on camera with his brother’s opponent’
BOXER Keyshawn Davis was reportedly escorted out by police after a backstage brawl with his brother’s opponent.
Keyshawn was due to headline a homecoming show in Norfolk, Virginia with his brothers Keon and Kelvin on the undercard.
ESPNKeyshawn Davis was reportedly escorted out by police after a backstage brawl[/caption]
ESPNIt came after Kelvin Davis’ loss[/caption]
ESPNNahir Albright’s brother is in the purple[/caption]
The Davis brothers declined to comment when asked by ESPN.
Keyshawn beat Albright by decision in 2023 – but the win was overturned to a no-contest when he tested positive for marijuana.
Now Albright says there is unfinished business between the two that he plans to settle one way or another.
He said: “It’s definitely unfortunate, but it added fuel to the flame. Keyshawn, you gotta run it back with me – in the ring, not outside of the ring.”
Mikey Williams/Top RankNahir Albright, left, beat Kelvin Davis[/caption]
GettyKeyshawn Davis was stripped of his WBO lightweight belt after missing weight[/caption]
6 days agoNews TalkComments Off on Best time to shop at retailers like B&M and Poundland to save money and find the best bargains
KNOWING when to visit your favourite shop could be the key to saving money.
From when yellow stickers are placed on items to reduce prices, to the best day of the week for new products – timing is everything when it comes to shopping on the high street and supermarkets.
We spoke to a deals expert who shared the best time to shop at your favourite store
The Sun spoke to Tom Church, co-founder of discount code website Latestdeals.co.uk who shared the best time to visit shops.
B&M
The best time to head to the budget store is Wednesday morning, according to Tom.
He said: “This is when most of the new reductions are dropped.”
To increase your chances of spotting a deal, it also recommended that shoppers download the B&M Scanner App.
The scanner lets you see if an item’s price is cheaper than advertised on the shop floor label.
Products that are typically discounted are seasonal items and old stock that B&M is trying to shift.
The app is free to download off the B&M Stores mobile app via Google Play or the Apple App Store.
Often, products will be marked down in the system, but the staff haven’t had the chance to change display prices.
Tom added: “It’s always worth scanning items to check if they’re cheaper than they seem. Products can scan for as little as 10p.”
Home Bargains
If you are planning a trip to Home Bargain’s then it is best to head their first thing in the morning to grab the best deals.
That is because most the larger Home Bargains stores get deliveries at around 7:30am everyday.
Tom said to make sure you take a good look around as you enter the store.
He explained: “Often, Home Bargains keeps the best deals at the front to lure you in. You don’t want to walk straight past them on the way in!.”
Boots
The high street chemist can be a great place to bag a bargain on pricey makeup and skin care.
Singing up for its Advantage Card loyalty scheme can help you earn points on their purchases.
These can then be redeemed for money off future purchases.
Shoppers collect three points for every £1 they spend.
Tom said the best time to shop at Boots is during one of their Points Events.
These events allow shoppers to even triple points on your entire shop, or selected products and ranges.
So for example, if you spend a set amount like £50 you get 1,000 extra points, which is worth £10.
Tom said it is also worth seeing if you can stack any offers.
He explained: “For example, if something is on a 3 for 2 offer, and then you can get double points on top.”
Superdrug
Superdrug has frequent offers and shopping incentives.
So, Tom said the best time to shop depends on “what you’re buying, and timing your shop to coincide with a relevant offer”.
The store regularly has 3 for 2 offers on beauty products, so if you’re restocking your makeup bag, it may be better to hold off until that offer comes back around.
If you are planning a trip to one of it’s store you can check what offers are running ahead of time on the Superdrug website.
Tom said you can also get bargains if you’re a Health & Beautycard member, which is free to sign up for.
Customers earn one point for every £1 you spend.
You can spend your points in multiples of 100. This means that you can chose to use:
100 points = £1
200 points = £2
300 points = £3 and so on
ALDI
The German discounter is known for it’s middle aisle Special Buys, selling everything from air fryers to dupes for Dyson hairstylers.
The deals drop on Thursdays and Sundays, so going first thing on those days is your best bet.
But if you are on the hunt for marked down food, it’s best to head in first thing in the morning.
That’s because Aldi slashes the price of food and other items first thing in the morning rather than later in the day like its competitors
WHAT TIME OF DAY?
The store also has red stickers to show an item has been reduced, unlike the yellow ones you may see in Tesco or M&S.
Tom said: “If you get there early, you have a better chance of bagging them. Just look out for red stickers.”
POUNDLAND
The bargain store can be a great place to pick up cheap sweets and even clothes.
Tom said the best time to shop at the high street store is the morning.
He said: “Stock is replenished either at night, or first thing, so you should have a better chance of finding what you want.”
But if you are planning a trip to one of it stores, you should be aware the brand has made a major change to its loyalty scheme.
The discount store has scrapped its exclusive lower prices forPoundland Perkmembers, which had worked similarly toTesco’s Clubcardoffers.
Poundland told The Sun the loyalty scheme shake-up is aimed at lowering prices on the shelves for all customers without the “hassle” of looking for a voucher in the shop’s app.
Customers can still collect points on their shops and there will be weekly competitions to win points and prizes.
Poundland shoppers get Perk Points when they spend money at the retailer and these can be turned into vouchers when they’ve accumulated at least 5,000 points.
How to bag a bargain
SUN Savers Editor Lana Clements explains how to find a cut-price item and bag a bargain…
Sign up to loyalty schemes of the brands that you regularly shop with.
Big names regularly offer discounts or special lower prices for members, among other perks.
Sales are when you can pick up a real steal.
Retailers usually have periodic promotions that tie into payday at the end of the month or Bank Holiday weekends, so keep a lookout and shop when these deals are on.
Sign up to mailing lists and you’ll also be first to know of special offers. It can be worth following retailers on social media too.
When buying online, always do a search for money off codes or vouchers that you can use vouchercodes.co.uk and myvouchercodes.co.uk are just two sites that round up promotions by retailer.
Scanner apps are useful to have on your phone. Trolley.co.uk app has a scanner that you can use to compare prices on branded items when out shopping.
Bargain hunters can also use B&M’s scanner in the app to find discounts in-store before staff have marked them out.
And always check if you can get cashback before paying which in effect means you’ll get some of your money back or a discount on the item.
6 days agoNews TalkComments Off on How Sydney Sweeney’s sexy new single life will ‘DOUBLE her £40m fortune’ with her raciest ever stunts
AS an actress, she’s got Hollywood at her feet – with bigwig directors lining up to work with her, and a slew of movies in the pipeline.
But Sydney Sweeney isn’t just resting on her laurels on set.
GettySydney Sweeney has cemented herself as a Hollywood sex symbol[/caption]
GettyShe split from her fiancé Jonathan Davino in February[/caption]
The Mega AgencySince then, she’s leaned into her pin-up status – even releasing a soap made from her bathwater for ‘dirty little boys’[/caption]
Instead, the very savvy star is cashing in on the side with enough money-making brand deals to fund a small nation, and she’s leaving no doubt as to what those deals all hinge upon: her irresistible sex appeal.
After all, while Hollywood is built on beauty, there are few stars who can fully embody that bombshell energy of yesteryear – in the guise of Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren – and become a brand unto themselves in the process.
Yet Sydney manages to toe that line – and it’s no coincidence that she’s fully embraced her sexiest, and most marketable, self yet in the wake of her relationship ending earlier this year.
According to brand and culture expert Nick Ede, the 27-year-old knows what her selling power is. And with her single status now confirmed to the world, she’s leaning into that bachelorette image.
Hollywood bombshell
“She’s a modern-day sex symbol – and it feels like brands are really buying into her,” Nick tells us.
“They want to be associated with her, and they love the fact that she’s single because it means she’s potentially obtainable to guys.
“Meanwhile, women feel like she’s more relatable because of the likely heartbreak she’s had, so they want to support her too.
“There’s lots of opportunities in this from a branding point of view – and with 25m Instagram followers, she’s got a lot of influence!”
Last week, the Euphoria star confirmed reports that had been circulating since February, that, after seven years, she’d broken up with fiancé Jonathan Davino.
Speaking to The Sunday Times Style magazine, she said she was now single, adding, “I’m learning a lot about myself, spending more time with my friends. And I’m loving it.”
Amid her break-up, she posed with a hot air balloon and told fans, ‘Only up from here’Instagram/sydney_sweeneyGettyShe walked the carpet alone at the Met Gala in May[/caption]
She’s also been posting some sexy shots on Instagram in the wake of her splitInstagram/sydney_sweeney
And one thing she’s seemingly learnt about herself is that she’s a highly valuable commodity, who can command big figures from companies begging her to promote them.
Indeed, over the past few months – and coinciding with her break-up – Sydney has aligned herself with more brands than ever, fronting their ad campaigns and posting branded content to her social media.
Big brand deals
Some of her recent brand partnerships include the likes of MiuMiu, HEYDUDE shoes, Armani makeup, Samsung, Laneige, Kérastase, Ford and Dickies.
Joking that the idea was born from “dirty little boys” who “wouldn’t stop asking” for her used bathwater, Sydney cheekily posed for the men’s soap company in a bathtub.
Would she have done so willingly if she were still engaged? Possibly.
But she couldn’t fully represent that attainable fantasy to her mostly male market with a ring on her finger.
She owns herself and she owns the way she looks
Brand and culture expert Nick Ede
“When she was still in her relationship, it didn’t really feel like she was being so overtly sexual with her social posts, and she wasn’t doing as many brand collaborations,” says Nick.
“But now that she’s single again, and she’s not getting married, it feels like she’s come out of that spell. Now, she’s out there, and she’s owning it.
“I think that’s what’s great about her – she owns herself and she owns the way she looks.
“She’s a bit like Sabrina Carpenter – they both own their sexuality and it’s up to them what they push and what they don’t push.”
Of course, this isn’t the first time that Sydney has leaned into her desirability to earn the big bucks.
In 2023, she starred in the romcom Anyone But You – but it was the press tour to promote the movie that had fans running to the cinemas, as they couldn’t get enough of Sydney’s “are they – aren’t they” chemistry with co-star Glen Powell.
To that end, they happily flirted for the cameras and cosied up together on red carpets – despite the fact that Sydney was still coupled up with Jonathan at the time.
Clearly, the actress isn’t afraid to ham it up for the cameras – and also blur the lines between film and reality.
As Nick tells us, she’s “not pretentious nor prissy” when it comes to press and publicity, and she enthusiastically embraces her image as a pin-up.
Instagram/sydney_sweeneyStarring in an ad campaign for Miu Miu[/caption]
Instagram/sydney_sweeneyShe’s also promoted Kérastase alongside fellow pin-up Emily Ratajkowski[/caption]
The Mega AgencyLeaning into the romance rumours with Anyone But You co-star Glen Powell[/caption]
What’s important to note is that – while bombshells of the past like Marilyn Monroe were beholden to others, including film studios and directors – Sydney is fully in control of her image.
On camera, she hasn’t shied away from her sexy looks in the past – especially with envelope pushing roles in Euphoria and the erotic thriller The Voyeurs.
But, given that – up until recently – she was engaged in real life, it was confined to make believe.
Now, her sexy image seems more real than ever, and brands are clearly buying into the narrative… which is, ultimately, Sydney’s bottom line.
When she was 16, her parents, Lisa and Steven, had to sell their home in Washington, forcing the family (she has one younger brother, Trent) to live in one bedroom together in a Holiday Inn hotel for eight and a half months.
Three years later, her parents filed for bankruptcy.
Since then, she’s been determined to make a better life – both for herself and her parents – and has grafted hard to up her earning potential.
Instagram/trent_sweeneyyPosing with her parents, Lisa and Steven, and brother Trent at the latter’s graduation[/caption]
InstagramShe and Trent had to share a bedroom with their parents after they were forced to sell the family home[/caption]
Clearly, her efforts have paid off. While Sydney earned $2m to star in Anyone But You, she’s since upped her film fee to around $7.5m – earning her a reported net worth today of approximately $40m.
And she spends it well, admitting she’s “obsessed with Zillow” (America’s version of Rightmove), and has invested in a highly lucrative property portfolio that includes homes in Bel Air, Los Angeles, Florida Keys, and several more properties in the Pacific Northwest.
She also has a vintage car collection – which she last added to with a $68,500 Fiat Jolly.
Meanwhile, the savvy star has also cemented herself behind the camera in Hollywood, producing Anyone But You and her recent film Immaculate.
She’s also producing her two upcoming movies – The Housemaid, and an untitled biopic about the boxer Christy Martin.
However, as she herself has previously said, the acting and producing gigs only go so far – especially in today’s economy.
“They don’t pay actors like they used to,” she said in 2022. “And with streamers, you no longer get residuals”.
On brand
That’s where the brand deals come in. According to Nick, Sydney’s massive following – which eclipses most actresses working today – guarantees her a sizeable income from sponsored content.
That means that, the way things are going, she could easily double her fortune in no time.
“She could absolutely double it – I think she could be making hundreds of thousands per post,” he explains. “She’s wearing clothes from the likes of Miu Miu and jewellery from De Beers – ultra fabulous stuff.
“And she recently did a deal with Samsung Galaxy – deals like that can bring in six figures, definitely.
Instagram/@armanibeauty/@sydney_sweeneyYet another ad campaign – this time for Armani Beauty[/caption]
InstagramPosing for Samsung Galaxy – in a deal that could be worth six figures[/caption]
“With 25m followers, she’s up there with the Kardashians. Sydney’s really captured the zeitgeist.”
As for where she goes from here, the sky’s the limit for the star – who’s somehow achieved the impossible: straddling the worlds of old Hollywood and new-age social media.
Some stars in the past have tried and failed to be both commercial and respected in acting circles, but Sydney’s somehow struck that balance.
If she were a mediocre actress, she couldn’t have done this
Nick Ede
According to Nick, her brand comes down to some excellent strategising and talent management.
“If she were a mediocre actress, she couldn’t have done this,” he says. “Look at Megan Fox, who kind of ruined her career because her sexuality came before her acting.
“Sydney’s different – she’s got really great range, and also has that respect of Hollywood, which allows her to do these brand deals.
“She’s very clever – and the team behind her must be really clever as well. Everyone understands what she’s doing.
“She’s peppering the deals with movies and she’s not over-saturating in either arena – that means we’ll keep buying into her.”
As for where she goes from here, it seems the sky’s the limit for Hollywood’s ultimate It Girl.
She’ll soon be starring as boxer Christy – in a film that’s already being pegged for Oscar success.
Meanwhile, in the meantime, she’s proving she’s got enough self-awareness – and cheekiness – to cash in on her sex appeal.
It seems that, as long as people are happy to buy soap made of her bathwater, she’ll continue to sell it.
And – in the process – Sydney’s cleaning up very nicely indeed.
Instagram/sydney_sweeneyShe adopted a dog, Sully, following her relationship split[/caption]
AlamySydney first sexed up her image starring as Cassie in Euphoria[/caption]
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The first National Guard troops have arrived in Los Angeles early on Sunday morning following President Trump's order to deploy 2,000 troops in the city after two days of violence and protests.
6 days agoNews TalkComments Off on Незвичайні сирники в паніровці, з яблуками та без олії
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