Friday night’s Fastlane fallout edition of SmackDown averaged 2.191 million viewers on Fox, up 4.7 percent from the previous week. As usual, it wasn’t enough to lift Fox out of last place in viewership among the major networks. No other major network averaged less than three million viewers on the night. SmackDown did finish second on the networks, and all of television,…
Madrid — The leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party has said it should be much easier for law-abiding Spaniards to own firearms for self-defense, and use them for that purpose without legal consequences. In an interview published Wednesday by a website specializing in weapons, Santiago Abascal said that “the concept of legitimate defense needs to…
Fast national ratings for this week’s Fastlane fallout edition of SmackDown saw the show average 2.031 million viewers on Fox, up 4.4 percent from last Friday’s overnight number. Click Here: france national rugby union team jersey The episode averaged 2.02 million viewers in the first hour and went up one percent to 2.04 million in the second hour. Fox finished last…
Tokyo — The International Skating Union says there is “no evidence” that American figure skater Mariah Bell intentionally harmed a South Korean rival. The alleged incident happened during a warmup on the opening day of the world championships. The BBC reports that South Korean management agency All That Sports published a statement on Wednesday saying…
Vatican City — The founder and all-female editorial board of the Vatican’s women’s magazine have quit after what they say was a Vatican campaign to discredit them and put them “under the direct control of men.” They say it only got worse after they denounced the sexual abuse of nuns by clergy. The editorial committee…
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Boeing for the company’s role in the fatal crash of Ethiopia Airlines Flight 302 earlier this month. The lawsuit, filed in Illinois, has been brought on behalf on one of the victim’s estates and accuses Boeing of “a defective design, and concomitant inadequate warnings, of the Boeing…
Red Velvet is now an official member of the AEW roster. Cody Rhodes announced on Twitter today that Red Velvet’s contract has been upgraded to a full-time deal. Rhodes tweeted: At The Crossroads @AEWonTNT event squaring off against @SHAQ & Jade…Red stepped up in a huge way! @TonyKhan saw what over a million people saw…
The granddaughter of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has engaged in a very modern war with supporters of actor-turned-political cartoonist Jim Carrey. The “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” star tweeted a photo of his latest work on Saturday, depicting the real-life scene of the slain Mussolini and his mistress hanging from a steel girder in 1945….
A new reality series starring Cody Rhodes and Brandi Rhodes is coming to TNT. Announced on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, “Rhodes to the Top” will be centered around Cody and Brandi as they balance their personal and professional lives. No release date was announced, but a press release stated that episodes will be 30 minutes long….
Rome — Pope Francis has tapped Archbishop Wilton Gregory to head the high-profile, sexual abuse-battered Washington D.C. archdiocese. The 71 year old prelate succeeds Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who resigned in October following criticism over his handling of abuse cases in the 1980s and 90s. Wuerl’s predecessor, former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, was defrocked by Pope Francis…