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Time of India
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
All free Fortnite skins in June 2025 and how to unlock them
It's Chapter 6 Season 3 right now in Fortnite dubbed as the 'Super' Season. After a successful yet controversial span of the Star Wars-themed mini-season Galactic Battle, it was time for the Superheroes to take entry into this highly popular battle-royale title, like Superman and Robin. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now However, both of these skins are locked behind paywalls. But that shouldn't stop the fans from having some exciting skins in the game as there are many free skins as well still available to redeem in June 2025. All the available free Fortnite skins in June 2025 Fortnite features a lot of free skins in June 2025. | Image via Epic Games Fortnite boasts more than 2,000 skins but most of them have to be bought via the in-game currency called V-Bucks. But that doesn't mean there is any shortage of free skins in the game. From Agent Peely, Blizzard Belle, Ruby Shadows to the likes of Krisabelle, Trailblazer, and many more, skins in Fortnite doesn't always mean you have to spend money. Similarly there are numerous free skins for the fans after the arrival of Chapter 6 Season 3 and they are still available to be redeemed in the month of June. Here are they: Blitz Knight How to get: Be top ten in 20 Blitz Royale matches or reach account level 10 Available until: July 15, 2025 First Order Stormtrooper How to get: Link your Epic and MyDisney accounts Available until: August 31, 2025 GHOST Monks How to get: Redeem a Fortnite gift card Available until: December 31, 2026 Shinji How to get: Link your Epic and PlayStation Plus accounts Available until: N/A Explorer Emilie How to get: Link your Epic and LEGO accounts Available until: N/A Mr. Dappermint How to get: Link your Epic and LEGO accounts Available until: N/A Trailblazer Tai How to get: Complete the Trailblazer Tai quests in LEGO Fortnite Available until: N/A Iridia Vayne How to get: Complete in-game quests Available until: While quest is active Vivica Saint How to get: Claim the free Saint Academy quest pack and complete the quests Available until: July 17, 2025 Burnoff How to get: Log in to Fortnite on a mobile device (Android or iOS) Available until: No expiry We hope you find this guide useful. We will update the article if any other free skin pops up in this month. So, what are you waiting for? Head on to Fortnite and claim these freebies now. Read More:
Daily Mirror
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Footballer who 'pooed in Liverpool icon's bag' was found dead after drug binge
The west London wizard is widely considered the most naturally talented footballer of his generation – but his career was marred by his wild off-field antics and his life ended in tragedy Robin Friday's final notable act on a football pitch was to kick Mark Lawrenson squarely in the face. The story goes that after being sent off, the then-Cardiff City forward broke into Brighton's changing room and defecated in the centre-back's kit bag before exiting the stadium while the match was still underway. Within two months, he'd retired from football, aged just 25. Then 13 years later, he was found dead in his flat, having suffered a heart attack following a suspected heroin overdose. He was only 38. Once hailed as "the complete centre forward", Friday mixed the sublime with the ridiculous, scoring spectacular goals, while also grabbing his markers' testicles or kissing them on the lips. Off the pitch, his life was a whirlwind of womanising, alcohol and drug abuse. He frequently shocked with outrageous acts such as carrying a swan into a hotel bar, stealing statues from a graveyard and performing an X-rated dance he liked to call 'The Elephant'. More on that later. Friday lived fast and died young. His professional football career spanned just four years, yet he's still considered Reading's greatest ever player and Cardiff's all-time cult hero. Friday and his twin brother Tony were born and raised in a working-class family in Acton, west London, during the 1950s and 1960s. In his teenage years, around the time he began experimenting with drugs, he played for the youth teams of Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers and Chelsea. However, none of these clubs were willing to take a risk on the young non-conformist. He dropped out of school at 15 and took up jobs as a plasterer, van driver and window cleaner before his criminal activities – primarily thefts – resulted in a 14-month stint in Feltham Borstal. His father Alf's verdict: "He didn't care." Shortly after his release, he and his girlfriend, Maxine Doughan, welcomed their baby daughter, Nicola. Despite facing hostility and even violence from friends and family due to their interracial relationship – Maxine was of mixed race – they did not let this deter them from tying the knot, both at the tender age of 17. Over the next three years, Friday frequently shone in the Isthmian League, playing for semi-professional teams Walthamstow Avenue, Hayes and Enfield, while holding down a full-time job as an asphalter. By this point, he had already earned a reputation as a heavy drinker, but his first near-death experience had nothing to do with alcohol or drugs. In 1972, while attempting to free a hoist rope on a scaffold, he fell and landed on a large spike, impaling himself through the buttock. The spike also pierced his stomach, narrowly missing a lung. He returned to the pitch within three months. Finally, in 1973, Reading manager Charlie Hurley decided that Friday was a gamble worth taking and signed him as an amateur, allowing him to continue working as an asphalter. His arrival on the scene was like a bolt of lightning. Just months into his tenure, following a string of standout performances, he secured a pro deal with the Royals. Blessed with speed, strength and ball wizardry, coupled with a physical edge and tactical acumen, Friday instantly became every defender's worst nightmare. The fans adored him from the get-go. However, with remarkable talent came substantial trouble. In practice sessions, Friday's enthusiasm often bordered on recklessness; he eschewed shin guards and had no qualms about getting stuck in. Reading historian David Downs reminisced: "In his very first training session they were playing a six-a-side game and Robin went around trying to kick as many of the established Reading players as he could. He must have put two or three out of the game. Hurley had to call him off." Off the field, Friday's penchant for Colt 45 malt liquor saw him frequently ousted from local watering holes. He even got himself banned from the upmarket Sindlesham Mill nightclub for performing an explicit 'Elephant' dance, involving his jean pockets and a lewd gesture involving his privates. Friend Syd Simmons revealed that Friday duly followed manager Hurley's rule not to drink within 48 hours pre-match. Instead, he'd take LSD and spend the evening engrossed in heavy metal music. The club's unconventional attempt at curbing his excesses involved moving him into lodgings above their retired groundsman – a strategy that certainly didn't curb his wild side, as Friday seemed to delve even deeper into his hedonistic lifestyle. Friday made a promising start to his career at Reading, but it began under unusual circumstances. After undergoing surgery to remove tattoos from his fingers during the summer, he joined a hippy commune in Cornwall without informing the club. He returned late, but that did not stop him from starting the season in excellent form, although his behaviour on away trips became increasingly erratic and unpredictable. Following one match, during a temporary stop of the team bus, Friday climbed over a cemetery wall and stole stone angels from a grave, intending to place them next to the sleeping club chairman. Hurley told him: "You must never ever desecrate a graveyard." On another occasion, he walked into a hotel bar with a live swan under his arm that he had found outside. Towards the end of the 1974-75 season, he celebrated a last-minute winner against Rochdale by kissing a policeman behind the goal. When asked why, he replied: "He looked so cold and fed up standing there that I decided to cheer him up a bit." With 20 goals for the season, Friday was named the club's player of the year. In the following campaign, he improved even further, endearing himself to fans by doing a full lap of the pitch every time he scored. And on March 31, 1976, against Tranmere, he scored his greatest ever goal, an acrobatic overhead kick into the top corner. Renowned referee Clive Thomas praised Friday, saying his play was superior to that of Pele and Johan Cruyff. Friday responded: "Really? You should come down here more often, I do that every week." Shortly after, Reading earned a promotion to the Third Division, marking the peak of Friday's career. However, things began to take a turn for the worse. Following a contract dispute, Friday tied the knot with his second wife, Liza Deimel, in a wild and eventful wedding. Friday wore a bold outfit, including a tiger skin shirt, brown velvet suit and snakeskin boots, and was filmed rolling a joint on church steps. The reception was marred by intoxicated guests, fights and stolen presents. Friday's partying and substance abuse took a toll on his performance and he began the new season in poor shape. Hurley was aware of his drug use and its detrimental impact on his game. The club considered selling him and Hurley cautioned Friday: "The squad needs you but I owe it to the club because I can't have you using drugs. If I know you're using drugs, it won't take them [major clubs] long to find out. You have got to get your act together." In one of his final appearances for Reading, Friday expressed his discontent with the team's performance by breaking into the opposing team's dressing room and defecating in the team bath during a match against Mansfield. Cardiff secured his services with a modest bid of £28,000 in late December 1976 and he reluctantly joined Jimmy Andrews' team. However, his tenure with the Bluebirds got off to a rocky start. Upon arrival at Cardiff Central railway station, he was arrested for fare evasion, prompting Andrews to bail him out. The night before his debut against Fulham on New Year's Day 1977, Friday stayed up drinking until 5am, but still managed to score two goals and outmanoeuvre England legend Bobby Moore, even subjecting him to his signature "squeeze" move. Nevertheless, his most memorable moment for Bluebirds fans came in an April match against Luton. After repeated clashes with goalkeeper Milija Aleksic, Friday celebrated scoring by walking past Aleksic and making a V-sign gesture, much to the delight of the fans. This act of defiance inspired the Welsh indie band Super Furry Animals to dedicate their 1996 single The Man Don't Give A F*** to Friday, featuring the image of his obscene gesture on the cover. Despite this, Friday's time at Cardiff was marked by more lows than highs, as he increasingly isolated himself. Former teammate Paul Went reminisced: "He wouldn't even bother to have a shower. He'd just get dressed, take his carrier-bag with his dry Martini and he'd go – no explanation." The footballer's career was marked by controversy, including an incident where laughter at a ball hitting him on the head triggered an outburst that left a teammate in a neck brace for two weeks. After the team's demotion to the Fourth Division and a 3-0 defeat in the Welsh Cup final against Shrewsbury, Cardiff experienced his fury first hand as he rampaged around their hotel in his underpants, hurling snooker balls in anger. His only notable contribution in the following season was his assault on Lawrenson. By 1978, he was back in Acton, living at his parents' house and working as an asphalter. His aggression on the pitch was notorious, once declaring: "On the pitch I hate all opponents. I don't give a damn about anyone. People think I'm mad, a lunatic. I am a winner." Post-retirement life saw Friday marry for the third time and serve time for impersonating a police officer to seize drugs. Then on December 22, 1990, he was found dead in his flat aged 38. Though he suffered a heart attack, Paolo Hewitt and former Oasis bassist Paul McGuigan, who both wrote the 1997 biography The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw, claimed in the book Friday died of "a suspected heroin overdose". Ten years ago, a film about his life was said to be in the pipeline with The Hunger Games star Sam Claflin rumoured to be playing Friday. Nothing has emerged since. For Reading and Cardiff fans, Friday is the quintessential cult hero. A football genius whose career stayed under the radar. His prowess on the pitch left an indelible mark on those who saw him play. Recounting an exchange with former Reading manager Maurice Evans, the enigmatic striker famously quipped: "I'm half your age and I've lived twice your life." Of that, there was certainly no doubt.
Malaysian Reserve
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Malaysian Reserve
A Celebration of Flavor, Culture, and Connection
OAKLAND, Calif., June 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The McBride Sisters Wine Company proudly unveils Black Girl Magic Moscato Frizzante, a vibrant, lightly sparkling wine crafted to celebrate joy, bold flavor, and the richness of individuality. This new release expands the award-winning Black Girl Magic collection with a refreshing twist, just in time for summer sipping. This latest addition captures the spirit of celebration with aromas of ripe stone fruit, honeyed citrus, and floral notes, delivering a lightly effervescent experience that's both elegant and playful. Whether served at brunch, golden hour on the beach, or during a night out with friends, Black Girl Magic Moscato Frizzante invites wine lovers to savor the moment. 'This launch is about more than a new wine – it's giving our wine lovers exactly what they've been asking for. Since we launched Black Girl Magic Wines in 2018, the number one request has been to create a Moscato. And now, the wait is over and we're proud to bring it to life – it's sweet, bubbly magic that just hits different. We're always looking to deepen our commitment to our customers who love our wines.' said Robin McBride, cofounder of McBride Sisters Wine Company. 'It's about expanding representation, elevating shared experiences, and showcasing excellence within Black Culture.' Key Features include: Fresh Summer nectarines and floral decadence dance on the nose with candied citrus of Meyer lemon and cara cara orange. The palate fizzes to life with juicy white peaches and crisp pear. Florals of jasmine, orange blossom and honeysuckle play with the hints of melon that gives a lingering impression of lemon zest and honey. Black Girl Magic Moscato Frizzante is rolling out now to select retailers nationwide and online at Fans and those new to the brand can find exclusive tasting pop ups throughout the summer of the new arrival at: About McBride Sisters Wine Company:Founded by Robin and Andréa McBride, McBride Sisters Wine Company is the largest Black-owned wine company in the United States. Built on a mission to transform the industry through inclusive access and award-winning wines, the McBride Sisters Collection and Black Girl Magic Wines reflect the boldness, brilliance, and resilience of women who inspire them.
Geek Dad
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Dad
Review – Batman and Robin: Year One #8
Batman and Robin: Year One #8 cover, via DC Comics. Ray: As Grimaldi tightens his grip on Gotham, Batman and Robin find themselves in uncharted territory – and some fraying threads start to show in their bond. Someone is targeting people around Gotham that they think might be Batman – and while saving a man and his daughter, Robin picks up the criminal's gun to scare him. Batman reacts predictably badly, not knowing if Dick can be trusted to abide by his no-guns rule. It's a disturbing enough event that Batman seeks out the help of Commissioner Gordon on parenting advice which is very funny – but there's some deeper conversations to be had too. It turns out that the files of possible Batmen weren't put together by criminals – but by the GCPD, and Batman isn't sure if Gordon can be fully trusted, especially with his name on the list. It's always interesting to see when this alliance is actually tested by the fact that they're on opposite sides of the law. Close call. Via DC Comics. The back half of the issue is where things get tense, as Dick comes home to find Bruce behaving…oddly. He puts his father figure to the test with some simple questions – and Bruce fails utterly. It's not Bruce, it's Clayface – and he's infiltrated Wayne Manor to try to clean up the list. At the same time, Bruce and Alfred are being escorted home by a GCPD attache when the car is attacked by gunmen. This lets Alfred play the hero for a change, which was fun, but the action in this segment is some of the most intense of the series so far. Add in a completely vile villain in the sadistic Grimaldi, and the plot in this series is really picking up. Mark Waid has a great history of taking on a classic origin and finding new spins to put on it, and Chris Samnee is of course perfectly suited for a gritty noir story. I was skeptical that this could work as an ongoing, but I'm being proven wrong in a big way. To find reviews of all the DC issues, visit DC This Week. GeekDad received this comic for review purposes. Liked it? Take a second to support GeekDad and GeekMom on Patreon!
The Herald Scotland
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Haliburton's injury soils narrative; Thunder's Batman finds his Robin
The Pacers have been basketball's equivalent of Jason from the movie "Friday the 13th.'' You can't kill them. Sure enough, down by as many as 18 points in the first half Monday, June 16, the Pacers pulled within two points with about eight minutes left. The Thunder slayed Jason, er, Indiana. They went on an 18-4 surge and now head into Game 6 of the NBA Finals needing one victory to win the championship. ANALYSIS: Tyrese Haliburton injury has star struggling and Pacers' title hopes fading ANALYSIS: NBA Finals Game 6 creates historic moment for small-market teams, zealous fans WINNERS Robin Every Batman needs a Robin. Even the NBA MVP can't do it all himself. On Monday night, the Thunder's Robin (a.k.a. Jalen Williams) scored a game-high 40 points on 14-of-25 shooting to go along with six rebounds and four assists. When Indiana pulled within 95-93 in the fourth quarter, Williams' 3-pointer sparked OKC's subsequent surge. And you know you've had a legendary night when you upstage Batman (a.k.a. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander), who had 31 points and 10 assists. Little guys It's understandable if you're watching Indiana's T.J. McConnell play and laugh in disbelief when you hear his official height is 6-1. He can look really small out there weaving in between and around the big men. But McConnell, the 33-year-old backup point guard, looked larger than life Monday. He scored 13 points in the third quarter to keep the Pacers in the game. And even though he will be reduced to a footnote, it's worth remembering that McConnell finished the game with 18 points on 8-of-14 shooting in addition to four rebounds, four assists and two steals in 22 minutes. Thunder fans When it comes to decibel readings, OKC's fans look determined to live up to the team's nickname - the Thunder. It was so loud, you couldn't even hear the clank of the rim after Tyrese Haliburton's shots. "Unreal,'' Mark Daigneault said when asked about the crowd. "They've been unreal forever. But they just put the wind at our back, you know. And we have to give them a reason to. We have to play with the type of togetherness and competitiveness and spirit they can relate to, which I thought we did tonight.'' LOSERS A right leg In particular, the right leg that belongs to Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton. He appeared to injure it during a fall in the first quarter and left the game. Although he returned in the second quarter, it created uncertainty. Was the injury at all responsible for Haliburton shooting 0-for-6 from the floor? If so, how did he manage to grab seven rebounds and dish out six assists? And will the leg be healthy enough for Haliburton to be in top form Thursday night? Butter fingers At times, the Pacers looked like they were handling a greased pig rather than a basketball. The Pacers committed 23 turnovers compared to just 11 by the Thunder. You don't need an analytics expert to figure this one out. Committing twice as many turnovers is not a reliable path to the NBA championship. Reality These are two terrific teams. There will be only one victory parade. Heartbreak is coming soon for the Pacers or the Thunder.
