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04/05/2026 – The Estonian festival has also celebrated the country’s first ever stuntman Aldo TammsaarAldo Tammsaar (right) at the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (© HOFF)It’s a wrap for Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF), which – traditionally blood-soaked – 21st edition ended with award for Best Science Fiction Film going to Sweden’s Egghead Republic, directed by Hugo Lilja and Pella Kågerman. “It was well thought out, layered and filled with crazy fantasy – in the best sense,” said the jury about the film set in alternative reality where the Cold War didn’t end and a certain radioactive…

Photo courtesy: B.C. Lions. 3DownNation has put in the work — down to the dollars and cents — for our publication’s annual show-me-the-money series. Our site will unveil the Canadian Football League’s highest-paid players from each position group. It starts with the most important position in football: quarterback. Check back over the coming days for the league’s top-earning running backs, receivers, offensive linemen, defensive linemen, linebackers and defensive backs. “Hard money” is a CFL term that refers to any portion of a contract that is paid even if a player is hurt. That can includes base salary, signing bonuses, roster…

Adrienne Bailon kicked off Mother’s Day week with a warm nod to real-life moms on Instagram, tagging lifestyle brand Lavoute in a sponsored post built more on empathy than flash. The caption kept things short. Bailon wrote: “For the mom’s who’s lives look like this… I got you… @lavoute #MothersDaySale.” No product specs, no discount codes. Just a quiet acknowledgment that motherhood is a full-time job, plus a gentle nudge toward Lavoute’s seasonal sale. The post drew 466 likes and a combined engagement score of 541. Those are modest but solid numbers for a mid-week sponsored caption – particularly one…

Bella Hadid is stirring conversation ahead of the Met Gala after appearing to take a stance on the controversy surrounding this year’s event.  The supermodel, who has attended the gala multiple times, drew attention after liking a video criticizing Jeff Bezos’ involvement as a lead sponsor.  With growing backlash tied to Amazon’s alleged connections to immigration enforcement and labor concerns, her subtle move has fueled speculation about whether she will attend, and intensified debate around the event’s politics. Bella Hadid has drawn attention ahead of the Met Gala after engaging with a viral video criticizing the event’s ties to Amazon…

Almost all of the 20 U.S. state government-run health insurance marketplaces shared residents’ application information with advertising and tech giants, including Google, LinkedIn, Meta, and Snap, according to a new investigation by Bloomberg. The report drives home the privacy problems created by pixel-sized trackers, which allow website owners to collect information about their visitors, often for web analytics and identifying bugs. A common tool in digital advertising, these trackers also allow the collection of personal information if misconfigured and placed on websites that contain sensitive content, such as healthcare data. Per Bloomberg, New York’s health insurance exchange shared information with…

The injury hell that Ferland Mendy has been going through since 2024 continues, with fresh surgery scheduled for the Real Madrid defender. The France international returned to form under Carlo Ancelotti, but over the past two seasons, has barely been available due to fitness problems.Mendy has been in and out of the side over the past few weeks, but was selected from the start by Alvaro Arbeloa on Sunday night against Espanyol, as Los Blancos ground out a 2-0 win over Los Pericos. The left-back’s game was up after just 10 minutes though, pulling up mid-run and immediately being taken…

GameStop is playing the biggest game of its life: a bid to buy eBay, a company nearly four times its size, according to The Wall Street Journal. The videogame retailer and meme stock, led by billionaire Chewy co-founder Ryan Cohen, is preparing a takeover offer for the $46 billion online marketplace. GameStop’s market cap sits at just $12 billion, meaning Cohen would need massive debt financing to pull off the deal. The two companies may seem like odd bedfellows, but there is strategic overlap. Both companies have pivoted hard into collectibles — trading cards, sports memorabilia, Pokémon — and eBay’s…

U.S. forces on Monday launched an effort to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds have been stuck since the Iran war began. Two American-flagged merchant ships have “successfully transited” through the critical waterway, the U.S. military said. Separately, the U.S. military denied Iran’s claims that it struck an American Navy vessel southeast of the strait. Iran handed over its latest proposal for negotiations with the U.S. to mediators in Pakistan, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday. Trump subsequently said he’s “not satisfied” with it, but did not elaborate on the proposal’s apparent shortcomings. The shaky…

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is hospitalized in critical but stable condition, his spokesman Ted Goodman said. Mr. Giuliani’s specific health condition was not disclosed. The ex-mayor, a Republican, turns 82 in May. He has been a staunch Trump ally and played a role in challenging the 2020 election results in swing states. In recent months, Mr. Giuliani has hosted the political commentary show “America’s Mayor Live” on BEK TV. During the most recent episode, which aired on Friday, Mr. Giuliani was coughing. He told viewers, “My voice is a little under the weather, so I won’t be able…

Inter Milan have made it clear they have no plans to sell centre-back Alessandro Bastoni amid reported interest from Barcelona. Barca are said to have identified Bastoni as their preferred option as they look to add a centre-back to their ranks this summer. But any approach for Bastoni appears likely to be resisted by Inter, who clinched a 21st Scudetto on Sunday with a 2-0 win over Parma. “I’ll say it again: we want to keep Bastoni,” sporting director Piero Ausilio told QSVS. “We are happy to have him. Inter certainly won’t be the ones calling anyone to offer him…