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NFL season opens with defending champ Eagles edging Cowboys in game with hour-long lightning-related delay
Philadelphia — Jalen Hurts rushed for two touchdowns for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, who lost their hot-tempered star defender for spitting on Dak Prescott, then withstood a rare weather delay and needed a late stop to beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-20 early Friday in a wild start to the NFL season.
With one last chance at a comeback, Prescott threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-3 with 1:54 left to send what was left of a thinned out Eagles crowd into a frenzy.
The game ended at 12:18 a.m.
It was delayed 65 minutes because of lightning in the area. The Eagles led 24-20 with 4:44 left in the third quarter when the gamn was stopped – and that’s the way it ended.
Hurts wore out a defense without Micah Parsons on TD runs of 4 and 8 yards – no legal tush push needed. Saquon Barkley also ran for a 10-yard score, even if his final rushing total of 60 yards was minuscule compared to the last season, when he topped 2,000 yards.
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Hurts punctuated one score by chucking the ball into the stands and shrugging his shoulders much like his friend and mentor, Michael Jordan, who received a nice ovation when he was shown on the big screen.
“I think our discipline wasn’t in it early in the game,” Hurts said. “Great job by our defense being able to battle and respond. Guys stepped in and filled those roles. We came into this game talking about discipline and focus, and we’ll leave it saying the same things.”
Hurts, Barkley and the rest of the Eagles spent a pregame ceremony where the team raised their 2024 championship banner inside the locker room, per the wishes of coach Nick Sirianni.
“It’s a new team. It’s a new journey. We got tested tonight,” Hurts said. “We know how they are when Dak is back and they’ve got their crew all together. We’ve played better football, but it’s always good to say that and find a way to win.”
Jalen Carter headed right back inside only moments after the banner was raised.
Prescott and Carter exchanged words after the opening kickoff, and Carter spit on Prescott’s jersey before backing away. Prescott quickly motioned to a nearby official who threw the flag and sent Carter packing. Fans booed as Carter walked off slowly, the standout defensive tackle holding his helmet in his hands behind his back.
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Carter could be headed toward a hefty financial penalty, if not worse, in the first major test of the NFL’s increased emphasis this season on sportsmanship.
The ejection was the quickest in a game since 2005, when former Eagles linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Sr. was ejected from the game for a pregame altercation prior to Philadelphia’s season opener, notes CBSSports.com’s Garrett Podell and Jeff Kerr.
Still one of the NFL’s nastiest division rivalries, the game was full of skirmishes and a near-costly unnecessary roughness penalty late in the third against the Eagles that put the Cowboys in position to take the lead.
Dallas running back Miles Sanders, though, fumbled the ball at the 10 and the Super Bowl champions recovered. Prescott made a touchdown-saving diving tackle on cornerback Quinyon Mitchell on the play.
It would be a while until the Eagles got the ball back, thanks to the delay.
The scores by Hurts and Barkley made the Eagles the first defending Super Bowl champions to score touchdown on the first three drives of the season since Green Bay in 2011. Jake Elliott put the finishing touches on the scoring with a 58-yard field goal.
Javonte Williams had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs – the first on the opening driving after Carter was ejected – and Brandon Aubrey kicked field goals of 41 and 53 yards.
Eagles offensive lineman Landon Dickerson left with a back injury.
Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer lost his head coaching debut. He was promoted him from offensive coordinator to be the 10th coach in the storied franchise’s history.
Dallas plays its home opener against the Giants.
Did someone say Super Bowl rematch? The Eagles head to Kansas City seven months after a 40-22 romp in New Orleans.
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Dubai clinician accuses Katie Price, Lee Andrews of leaving without paying
Katie Price’s self-proclaimed multi-millionaire husband, Lee Andrews, has been accused of not paying surgery bills after the couple visited a Dubai clinic.
The controversial businessman,43, has been named by a UAE-based aesthetic clinician for allegedly failing to pay for the cosmetic work they underwent in recent months.
The claim from the aesthetician came after The Sun reported allegations that Lee used fake money to scam women.
Following the report, the clinician shared his own experience with the couple.
He said: “This is expected as they both left without paying for their treatment and after multiple sent invoices, I was blocked.
“Although no mention of being unhappy with the results was ever brou- ght to my attention.
“What Katie is experiencing with her treatment is perfectly normal.”But Lee has denied these claims when the The Sun reached out to him.
He has insisted that Katie was left “unable to move her mouth” following the procedure and disputes the charges.
It comes after Lee made bizarre claims that he wants to buy a majority stake in Chelsea Football Club this year for £2bn.
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Jon B flexes working with Michael Jackson
Jon B has opened up about one of the most memorable moments of his career, creating an official remix for Michael Jackson’s You Are Not Alone, as he celebrates 30 years since his debut album.
Speaking to PEOPLE ahead of his Still Got Love Spring/Summer Tour, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and producer, 51, was clear about the significance of the collaboration.
“I remixed the song You Are Not Alone for Michael Jackson. And it was an official remix. It wasn’t like I just did it on the side. They asked me to do it and I was honored.”
He added that at the start of his career, he was also managed by the same company as Jackson, deepening the connection between the two artists.
Though he has yet to see the new Michael biopic starring Jaafar Jackson, Jon B has warm memories of working alongside the King of Pop in person.
“It’s an incredible honor,” he said, emphasising that the collaboration happened “in the same room, really collaborating, not over the phone or via text message or something like that.”
He placed those sessions in the context of a broader career defined by in-person creative partnerships with legends.
“That’s really my name of the game as far as using the opportunity that I have as an artist to live out my dreams. The first thing for me was, all right, I’m gonna work with all my favorite people.”
That list included Tupac Shakur and many others.
Jon B’s debut album Bonafide was released in 1995, producing the breakthrough single Someone to Love featuring Babyface, which first appeared on the Bad Boys soundtrack.
“To [be featured] on my record, my very first song that I ever put out was a tremendous honor for me,” he said of working with Babyface, whom he described as “the pinnacle of all artists for me to want to work with.”
His 1997 follow-up single They Don’t Know from the album Cool Relax remains a live highlight three decades on.
“It’s still being sung in the club. Everybody’s singing it word for word, and you’re just thinking, ‘Man, that started out as me shedding my feelings.’ As a songwriter, that’s very fulfilling.”
He calls it the song he is most proud of.
Jon B’s latest album Waiting on You was released in March 2025 and features Tank, Rick Ross, Donell Jones and Alex Isley. His next tour stop is 10 May in Palm Springs.
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Renée Zellweger joins cast of ‘A Woman in the Sun’
Renée Zellweger is set to lead the cast of the upcoming feature film A Woman in the Sun, joining forces with fellow Academy Award winner Sissy Spacek and rising star Mia Threapleton.
The project will see Zellweger take on the role of Claire Keating, a bartender on Nantucket whose life is upended when her mother falls ill and her daughter moves back home.
Written and directed by Julia Cox, the film explores the struggles of the island’s shrinking middle class as Claire is forced to confront her past and take charge of her future.
The film marks a significant directorial debut for Cox, who previously earned acclaim for writing the Oscar-nominated Nyad.
Zellweger, who is also producing the project through her Big Picture Co. banner, described the script as a “storytelling treasure” and expressed her excitement about championing Cox as an emerging filmmaker.
Production is scheduled to begin this September, with the project set to be introduced to international buyers during the Cannes Film Festival.
The cast brings together an impressive amount of industry talent. Zellweger, a two-time Oscar winner, recently returned to her iconic role in the latest Bridget Jones film, Mad About the Boy.
She is joined by Spacek, a six-time nominee and winner for Coal Miner’s Daughter, and Threapleton, who has been making waves in projects for directors like Wes Anderson and Damien Chazelle.
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