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Jake Paul Provides a Rationale for Anderson Silva’s Underwhelming Pay-Per-View Sales

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On Saturday night (October 29), Jake Paul upset UFC icon Anderson Silva on points, but the 25-year-old is less than delighted with the number of fans who watched the boxing match.

A plausible explanation

Paul claims that pay-per-view sales for the bout on Showtime suffered as a result of rumors that 50-year-old Silva would be knocked out during a sparring session. This was contrary to what the former vlogger had anticipated.

The pro-turned-YouTuber fighter predicts that buys in the US will be in the 200-300k area, much below his pre-fight aim of 700k.

The pre-buys were booming, Logan Paul claimed on his brother’s Impaulsive podcast.

“The general public observes that and believes it is not happening because Tommy Fury and Hasim Rahman withdrew, and because Jake Paul was unable to organize an event.

We were still selling tickets, but on that day, everything stopped. It crushed ticket sales. It was very irritating. I predict that it will probably fall between 200,000 and 300,000, which is somewhat depressing.

Paul defeated Silva by unanimous decision on the scorecards despite Silva having multiple boxing victories to his credit and being a legitimate candidate for the UFC GOAT title.

As for the fight itself, it may have been his strongest performance to date against a true combat sport icon.

According to the American, the time of year it occurred, with multiple other events stealing the spotlight away from the fight, was another factor that contributed to the PPV sales tanking the way they did.

Paul also said “This is the worst time of the year to fight—Halloween, the World Series, and Sunday football—but guess what—I had to fight. From now on, all of my fights will take place in the summer, when there are no sporting events.

“The months of July and early August are like this ideal window without any sports. All of my prior battles took place during Covid, a time when nobody had anything to do or watch. There was no NBA or NFL action.

I was sick of waiting around, so I had to battle this year to get it f****ng done.

Following the cancellation of their previous match, Jake Paul’s next fight appears to be against the aforementioned Tommy Fury.

Paul previously said that he’d be happy to fight the former Love Island star in the UK – if the opportunity presented itself. A large portion of the Fury clan is currently prohibited from entering the US.

Paul said to Ariel Helwani that he would find it to be a “easy battle,” and he said, “Yeah, there’s obviously intrigue, but I believe if his team is taking the financial risk and staging the event then I’m good.

“I just don’t want to take that risk because I think he’s [Fury] going to back out again, most likely.”

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Kevin Feige Confirms Spider-Man 4 with Tom Holland

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Kevin Feige verified the information about Thanos resetting the cosmos in an interview with Entertainment Weekly (via UNILAD). Yet we’re not grumbling about it. Official confirmation of Tom Holland’s participation in Spider-Man 4 has come from Kevin Feige, president of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With that in mind, fans and viewers of the MCU have been relieved about the news while also being eager for more of the iconic superhero!

Making Headlines

Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tom Holland’s final performance, was released in 2021 and was absolutely fantastic. Feige said, probably in reference to Spider-Man 4 and No Way Home, “We were all treating (No Way Home) as the end of a franchise. If we were fortunate enough to explore these characters once more, we believe you would see a completely different version. If we had anything to say about it, this would be huge news!

A Surprising Return

This is significant news since when Holland finished his first trilogy with the critically acclaimed and financially successful Spider-Man: No Way Home, the future of his Spider-Man tenure was in some doubt. A multiverse-spanning, multiple Spider-Man-starring epic, that movie was an incredible smash hit, grossing more than $1 billion worldwide (the first cinematic release to do so), and energizing fans with the reunion of both Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield in their respective forms as Peter Parker.

Spider-Man 4’s narrative or release date remain unknown at this time, but the tiny symbiote fragment still present in the MCU may have a significant impact. Naturally, Spider-Man won’t miss out on Avengers Secret Wars, Marvel’s upcoming major event, which is set to take place in 2026. Yet another huge announcement that we’re all waiting for and something that we can look forward to, hopefully we can get our money’s worth when a new movie comes out!

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Andrew Garfield Rumored for Role in Upcoming Frankenstein Movie

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The next Frankenstein film that Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro is working on is now casting, and the cast is reported to include some of the most promising young actors. And now, Oscar Isaac, Andrew, Garfield, and Mia Goth are in conversations About Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein.

A Starting Headline

There is not much information available about the movie, and del Toro’s creative direction is kept under wraps. According to a source close to the project, del Toro is currently revising the script, and no actors have received official offers. Yet, according to insiders, all three have met with him and have agreed to star.

Fresh Off Another

Pinocchio, directed by Guillermo del Toro, was a huge success for Netflix. It received positive reviews from critics and won numerous prizes for Best Animated Feature, including one at the 95th Academy Awards this year. He also won Best Picture in 2018 for his The Shape of Water, a horror-inspired movie. Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro, will debut on Netflix.

Del Toro has been working on his Frankenstein idea for a while. He has always wanted to make a film based on the well-known Mary Shelley tale. It is unknown if his rendition would be a period piece or take place in the present. It’s unclear who would play Dr. Frankenstein or his creation; Goth is rumored to play the doctor’s love interest. Del Toro already seems to be assembling a cast that is as hot as any in town, even in its early stages. In addition to his Emmy-nominated work in the Marvel limited series Moon Knight and HBO’s Scenes from a Marriage, Isaac is still quite active.

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Whoopi Goldberg Retracts Her Insult on The View

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Whoopi Goldberg recently got into some trouble after calling the Romani people an insensitive name during an episode of The View.

“Wokeness” is complicated

The actor-turned-talk show host claimed during a discussion about the late President Donald Trump that his fans believed he was ‘gypped’ in the 2020 election.

Unbeknownst to Goldberg, the phrase “gypped,” which meaning “to rip someone off,” is probably originated from the word “gypsy,” an insult used to designate the nomadic Romani people, according to Merriam-Webster.

Social media users reacted angrily to Goldberg’s usage of the phrase as a result.

Whoopi Goldberg’s apology is well-deserved, according to one user. “Gypsies are a real class of people with their own unique hardships, and they are most often stereotyped by ignorant pretentious entitled elitists individuals like Whoopi Goldberg, and it shows,” the user added.

“I don’t know how many more’slip ups’ by Whoopi need to be done before the ABC Network takes a position,” a second stated. “I’m not even sure why The View is still there given the nonsense they’ve said and done. I guess they condone it to let it to continue.”

Shortly after the show aired, The View’s official Twitter account published an apologetic video in response to people criticizing the presenter.

You know, when you get to a certain age, you start using words you remember saying or knowing from when you were a kid. That’s what I did today, and I shouldn’t have.

“I should have thought about it a little longer before I said it, but I didn’t, and I should have said ‘cheated,’ but I used another word. And I’m really, very sorry,” the 67-year-old actor continued.

She apologized, trying not to smile as she said.

She received harsh criticism for her apology as a result.

“Don’t trust her. She’s lying yet again. She meant precisely what she stated,” one user commented.

A second person said, “Oops, I did it again.”

Some social media users also noted that they were unaware that the term “gypped,” or the incorrect spelling “jipped,” was insulting.

In 2013, University of Texas at Austin professor Ian Hancock, whose Romani parents were born in Britain, described how the phrase affects people of Romani heritage to NPR.

Many frequently claim to him that they were unaware that the word “gypped” had anything to do with gypsies or that it is insulting, especially when the word is spoken rather than read, he added.

“That’s okay. You didn’t know but now you do. So stop using it. That may mean nothing to you, but when we hear it, it still hurts,” is my reply to them.

So there you have it.

Baby boomers who are ranting on social media about how the ‘awake’ world has gone insane, take note: it is no longer appropriate to compare Romani people to liars, cheaters, and thieves.

When you’re more than willing to hurt their feelings, don’t whine about how “wokeness” has wounded your feelings.

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