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Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Royal Ascot punters win ‘life-changing' sum from £1 stake after run of freak results ‘not seen in years'
Fair play if you managed to scoop the lot POT PICKERS Royal Ascot punters win 'life-changing' sum from £1 stake after run of freak results 'not seen in years' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) SEVERAL Royal Ascot punters were celebrating winning 'life-changing' sums from a £1 stake - after a run of freak results not seen in years. Those who took on and conquered the Tote Placepot on Friday were duly rewarded with a colossal payout. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 1 Cercene, left, was a shock 33-1 winner of the Coronation Stakes Credit: Shutterstock Editorial If you managed to pick a horse to place in the first six races and stuck a quid on it, you'd have won £26,424.30. Bookies were laughing as huge outsiders such as 33-1 Cercene won the Coronation Stakes. While 25-1 roughie Time For Sandals nabbed the Commonwealth Cup ahead of the likes of the well-fancied Shadow Of Light, Jonquil and Babouche. Favourite backers were licking their wounds after getting one over the layers on Thursday. But it was definitely 1-0 to the bookies on day four after just two favourites - Ethical Diamond and Amiloc - won. There were just 18.15 winning units on the Placepot. And the £26,000 dividend was one of the biggest seen in years. However, the benchmark was set in 2022 when, on one day there, the dividend was £79,125.50 to a £1 stake. Kev Matthews, Head of Racing at Tote, said: "Days like this are what the Tote Placepot is all about – a small stake can lead to a life-changing return. "Friday's dividend of over £26,000 is a perfect example. "We saw plenty of favourites turned over and a real mix of results, which gave Placepot players a rollercoaster ride all the way through to the final leg. "Huge congratulations to those who landed it." The Placepot, which requires punters to pick a placed horse in each of the first six races, remains one of the most popular bets in British racing. With tens of thousands playing every day at Royal Ascot, today's results demonstrate the unique excitement and potential rewards of pool betting. FREE BETS - GET THE BEST SIGN UP DEALS AND RACING OFFERS Commercial content notice: Taking one of the offers featured in this article may result in a payment to The Sun. You should be aware brands pay fees to appear in the highest placements on the page. 18+. T&Cs apply. Remember to gamble responsibly A responsible gambler is someone who: Establishes time and monetary limits before playing Only gambles with money they can afford to lose Never chases their losses Doesn't gamble if they're upset, angry or depressed Gamcare – Gamble Aware – Find our detailed guide on responsible gambling practices here.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Carly Simon Defends Sabrina Carpenter Against Album Cover Backlash: 'She's Not Doing Anything Outrageous'
Carly Simon is defending Sabrina Carpenter amid the backlash against her album artwork for Man's Best Friend In an interview with Rolling Stone, the "You're So Vain" hitmaker said the LP cover seemed "tame" Man's Best Friend is due Aug. 29Carly Simon is standing by Sabrina Carpenter. In an interview with Rolling Stone published on Wednesday, June 18, the "You're So Vain" hitmaker came to the pop star's defense amid the backlash surrounding the cover for her forthcoming album Man's Best Friend. The album artwork features a photo of Carpenter, 26, on her hands and knees as someone who appears to be a man grabs her by the hair. In the image, she's donning a short, black dress and black heels. Simon herself released a similarly controversial cover with her 1975 album Playing Possum, which featured the "You Belong to Me" artist on her knees wearing black lingerie and black leather boots. "Everybody looked at it, and people definitely had a reaction to it,' Simon, 81, told the publication of the controversial album cover. 'But they wouldn't have told me what they really thought.' When the album was shipped to stores, she was met with bolder reactions. 'Suddenly, I'm getting calls from Time and Newsweek, saying, 'This is one of the sexiest covers that has ever known,'' Norman Seeff, the photographer who shot the cover for Playing Possum, told Rolling Stone. He continued: 'There's this whole controversy around what did it represent? It felt very much like that energy in a woman, but I just thought of it as a beautiful shot. None of that stuff they were talking about was the intention." Simon also addressed the criticism Carpenter has faced for her Man's Best Friend album artwork, which she didn't understand. "She's not doing anything outrageous,' she told the outlet. 'It seems tame." Added Simon: "There have been far flashier covers than hers. One of the most startling covers I've ever seen was [The Rolling Stones'] Sticky Fingers. That was out there in terms of sexual attitude. So I don't know why she's getting such flak." Carpenter announced the release of her seventh studio album and its cover art on Wednesday, June 11. The news came after she shared the album's lead single "Manchild" earlier this month. In the days after she shared the album cover, Carpenter responded to an X user who reshared the singer's Man's Best Friend album cover, saying, 'Does she have a personality outside of sex?' The 'Espresso" hitmaker then reshared the post and said: 'girl yes and it is goooooood.' Man's Best Friend follows Carpenter's chart-topping LP Short n' Sweet, which was released last August. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Meghan Markle Shares the Main Thing She Misses About Acting
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Nine years ago, Meghan Markle was best known for starring on the legal drama Suits. So, if you didn't watch Suits, there's a good chance you had no idea who she was. (Deal or No Deal superfans are another exception.) That all changed when her relationship with Prince Harry was made public. Since then, Meghan has retired from acting, married Harry, welcomed two children, stepped down as a working royal, moved back to America, and become an entrepreneur and TV host. Whew! A lot has happened—obviously—so does Meghan ever look back on her former career and miss acting? "Sometimes," Meghan answers that question on the podcast Aspire with Emma Grede. "But you know what, actually, having a large team, being back on set with With Love, Meghan was great, because I realized how much I missed my crew. I love being around a crew." Meghan explained that she was not able to say a proper goodbye to the crew on Suits, because she was secretly leaving the show amid reports that speculated about her future with her Harry. "It was such a unique time, because we couldn't say that I was leaving, necessarily," she told host Emma Grede. "It was speculated. So, after seven years on the series, we couldn't have a going away party. I couldn't say my goodbyes … If my crew's watching, I miss you guys. I wish I could have said bye." Hosting her Netflix lifestyle series With Love, Meghan, ended up being a way to get back the part of acting that she misses most. "I think for me, having the series, even though it wasn't scripted, was really great to get that piece back," she explained. "But then also building my own business, you have a team, and that's really what I was craving." Meghan left Suits and acting ahead of her marriage to Harry, deciding to take on the humanitarian work she could do as a royal as her new career. "I don't see it as giving anything up, I just see it as a change," she said in her engagement interview with Harry (via Time) in 2017. "It's a new chapter, right? Also keep in mind I had been working on my show for seven years. So we were very, very fortunate to be able to have that sort of longevity on a series. For me, once we hit the 100 episode marker, I thought, you know what, I have ticked this box, and I feel very proud of the work I had done there and now it's time to work as team with [Harry]." Also on the podcast episode, Meghan shared the skills from acting that are still serving her today as a businessperson. (In addition to her Netflix show, she has a food line called As ever and a podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder.) She said that she learned to have a "thick skin" and to focus on building relationships. Meghan told Grede she once received the auditioning advice, "Don't try to book the part, book the room." She explained, "It's not about the part. You're going to see those producers and those casting directors at so many other opportunities. Book the room. Let them see that you're talented. Let them see that you have something to bring to the table. Treat them with kindness. All of those relationships end up coming to fruition—you don't know when, but just like with life, relationships matter."
Middle East Eye
2 days ago
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Iran: Time Magazine accused of supporting regime change over Khamanei cover
Time magazine's latest cover featuring Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has sparked criticism online, with users accusing the publication of drumming up support for the idea of regime change in Iran following Israel's surprise attack on the country last week. The cover, published on X on Thursday, features a half-torn poster of Khamenei with the headline: "The New Middle East" featured prominently on the page. "Western press is setting the stage for the aggression against Iran," said one user. "What they call 'The New Middle East' is fragmented, failed states whose resources and people they think they are entitled to exploit." Another user said: "It hasn't even been a week and there's already a new Middle East?! How? Am I missing a ceasefire, a regime collapse, or a revolution?" Many social media users also drew parallels between Time's Khamanei image and the March 2003 issue of the magazine, which was published just weeks before the US invasion of Iraq. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters The cover features a man painting over a poster of Saddam Hussein, the country's leader who was later captured by US forces after the invasion which plunged the country into years of chaos and violence. A clear propaganda piece: 1. Tearing out the page as though Iran's time has come (it hasn't) 2. Drumming up 'Iran's threat' (unfounded) 3. Painting Israhell as the hero in 'Israel's Gamble' (LIE) 4. Justifying American intervention so it's justified (it's not) FOR SHAME! — Claudiopoi (@claudiopoy) June 19, 2025 In addition to the title "Life after Saddam Hussein", the March 2003 issue also promoted an article about "[President George W] Bush's high-risk plan to occupy Iraq and remake the Middle East". "We're not exaggerating when we say it's the same playbook," one user wrote on X. TIME's new cover, same as the old cover. — Network Radio (@Anarcho1776) June 19, 2025 Israel launched its attacks last week claiming that Iran was on the verge of building nuclear weapons. But the Islamic Republic has repeatedly denied seeking nuclear weapons, a position supported by the most recent assessments from the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, and the US intelligence community. The attacks have since escalated into an exchange of rockets between Tel Aviv and Tehran. Israel's attacks have killed several top military generals and nuclear scientists and targeted Iranian nuclear facilities, but it has also struck residential buildings, hospitals, civilian infrastructure and the Iranian state television headquarters, killing hundreds of civilians in what is being viewed by many as an operation geared towards regime change. On Thursday, Israel's defence minister said Khamenei "can no longer be allowed to exist". Israel's defence minister - following an Iranian missile that hit the Soroka medical complex - said that Khamenei "can no longer be allowed to exist", while Prime Minister Netanyahu said Iran would "pay the full price" for its attack. In an interview with US broadcaster ABC on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked about reports that US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Khamenei. "It's not going to escalate the conflict, it's going to end the conflict," Netanyahu replied, not denying Trump's rejection nor such Israeli plans. Israel, he added, is "doing what we need to do". Trump himself remains elusive about his plans. While he has approved plans to attack Iran, he has reportedly made no final decision. Recent reports suggest that Trump is waiting to see if he can get Iran to renounce its nuclear programme by threatening to join Israel's attacks.
Tom's Guide
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
‘Jaws' 50th anniversary: How everything going wrong made the film a classic
The opening scene of "Jaws" is as iconic as its theme music. A young woman goes for a swim in the waters of Amity Island late one night. Then, suddenly, she's yanked under by a creature hiding beneath the surface. That shadowy killer was enough to make a generation of movie fans think twice before wading into the ocean — the terrifying shark reveal in the film's final act didn't help either — but the entire scene was almost completely different. The original script for Steven Spielberg's monumental blockbuster "Jaws," based on the book by Peter Benchley, called for the film's bloodthirsty great white shark to emerge from the water in the very first scene. But when production on the movie began, there was just one problem: The shark wasn't working. So Spielberg and his crew improvised. The result was an opening shot that built tension and terrified audiences without giving away the big reveal. Near-constant technical issues with the mechanical sharks custom-built for "Jaws" were just one of many issues that plagued the infamous production. But through a mix of movie magic, quick thinking, and dumb luck, Spielberg and the cast and crew managed to create a classic movie that changed Hollywood forever when it premiered in theaters 50 years ago, on June 20, 1975. "Jaws" was troubled from the start. Producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown bought the rights to the movie adaptation before the book was even released, after reading it in one night. Brown later joked that if he'd read "Jaws" twice, he would have had second thoughts. Some of the scenes imagined by Benchley were nearly impossible to bring to life on film. Spielberg later came on board as director after spotting the script on a desk during a meeting (the original director was fired for repeatedly calling the shark a whale by mistake). Spielberg also tried to quit early on out of fear he'd be pigeonholed into making action movies, and the studio had to strong-arm him into sticking around. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. Once the script was finished and the main roles were all cast, Spielberg made perhaps his most notable mistake: He decided to shoot the movie on an actual beach. This led to countless issues. Seawater regularly damaged the equipment, locals would sometimes sail into frame and the boat where the movie's' final act takes place even started to sink at one point while the cast and crew were on it. Despite all this, when Spielberg looked back at the experience a few days after the film's release, he seemed confident he'd made the right decision. "I could have shot the movie in the tank or even in a protected lake somewhere, but it would not have looked the same," the director told Time. Then, there was the shark. Nicknamed 'Bruce' (for Spielberg's lawyer Bruce Ramer), the great white actually consisted of three different mechanized creatures designed to be filmed from different angles. Bruce broke down constantly, in part due to corrosion caused by the salty ocean water. It also got tangled up in seaweed more than once. Behind the scenes, crew members referred to the film as 'Flaws.' In the end, Jaws wound up both over budget and behind schedule. It cost $9 million, up from an initial $4 million, and while filming was supposed to take 55 days, it lasted 159 days instead. And yet, "Jaws" went on to become one of the successful movies of all time. The reason why may have a surprising amount to do with what went wrong. Issues with Bruce the shark wound up making "Jaws" even better. Beyond the film's opening scene, it forced Spielberg to find other ways to build a sense of fear without just showing the great white in all its glory. For example, the recurring image of a fin cutting through the surface of the water, which went on to become even more memorable than the shark itself. 'The shark not working was a godsend. It made me become more like Alfred Hitchcock than like Ray Harryhausen,' Spielberg told Ain't It Cool News in 2011. (Harryhausen was an animator and special effects creator known for fantastical movies like Jason and the Argonauts.) 'The more fake the shark looked in the water, the more my anxiety told me to heighten the naturalism of the performances.' Production delays also gave Spielberg and his writers a chance to continuously improve the script throughout filming. And the choice to shoot on location on Martha's Vineyard prompted the director to hire locals for most of the minor roles, adding to the movie's realism even further. Ultimately, no one thing makes "Jaws" a great movie. From the character work to the tense build-up to the epic mechanized shark itself, it all comes together to create a perfect movie that still holds up to this day. And 50 years later, the behind-the-scenes stories reveal that even when everything goes wrong, it's still possible to make cinematic history. "Jaws" is currently streaming on Peacock.
