Tag: Serena Williams

Forbes Sports

$108 Million In Prize Money, 700,000 Honey Deuces Served: The 2026 U.S. Open By The Numbers 0 (0)

From the price of courtside seats to the size of the winner’s checks, here are some interesting numbers to know about this year’s final Grand Slam tennis tournament. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2026/08/28/2026-us-open-tennis-by-the-numbers/ Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1 Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more: https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript Stay [See More…]

Forbes Sports

The World’s Highest-Paid Tennis Players 2026 0 (0)

Thanks in part to the return of Serena Williams, for the first time ever there are more women than men among the sport’s top ten earners, who hauled in a combined $333 million over the past year. Injuries have momentarily halted what already looks like a generational rivalry between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, allowing another men’s tennis player—Alexander Zverev at Roland-Garros in June—to capture a Grand Slam singles title for the first time since 2023. But even when the two young aces can’t make it onto the court, they are locked in a battle for financial supremacy. The 23-year-old [See More…]

People & Blogs XXL Magazine

Decoding Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show 0 (0)

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was a grand showing from the Compton, California rapper, who continues to raise the bar for himself and hip-hop as a whole. In a pre-Super Bowl interview last week, K-Dot noted that fans could expect storytelling. And he certainly delivered on that statement. The MC provided that in the form of several Easter eggs sprinkled throughout the show. And we all know how good Kenny is with the hidden messages and secret references. Here’s a look at 9 Easter Eggs in Kendrick’s halftime performance. Subscribe to XXL’s channel: http://youtube.com/@XXLMagazine?sub_confirmation=1 Check out the XXL Store: [See More…]

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Kendrick Lamar’s SURPRISE DRAKE DISS at the Super Bowl 0 (0)

After months of controversy and five Grammy wins for “Not Like Us” last week, Kendrick Lamar graced the stage at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for the Apple Music Super Bowl 2025 halftime show. Kendrick’s halftime performance started with an introduction by actor Samuel L. Jackson dressed as Uncle Sam. The stage was built to look like it had PlayStation controller buttons. The tone for the show was set early. He performed 11 songs including “Not Like Us.” Subscribe to XXL’s channel: http://youtube.com/@XXLMagazine?sub_confirmation=1 Check out the XXL Store: http://shop.xxlmag.com Read the latest hip-hop news: http://www.xxlmag.com Connect with us on [See More…]

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Serena Williams Is Pregnant! Tennis Superstar Expecting Baby No. 2 With Alexis Ohanian | PEOPLE 0 (0)

The pro tennis superstar, 41, is pregnant, expecting her second baby with her Reddit co-founder husband Alexis Ohanian. The pair, who wed in November 2017, are already parents to 5-year-old daughter Olympia. Williams announced the news on Instagram on Monday, sharing a carousel of photos of her and Ohanian. In one photo, Williams is holding her baby bump, and in another, the couple is standing next to one another smiling. The post included the caption: “Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the 3 of us to the Met Gala,” with a list of outfit, hair, and makeup details for [See More…]

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Jane Campion makes cringey comment about Serena and Venus Williams | Page Six Celebrity News 0 (0)

Jane Campion raised eyebrows at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards with a painfully awkward joke comparing herself to Serena and Venus Williams. While accepting Best Director for “The Power of the Dog” at Sunday’s ceremony, Campion went out of her way to note that she was competing against five men, a situation she claimed the Williams sisters would never find themselves in on the tennis court. “I’d also just like to give my love out to my fellow — the guys, the nominees,” she said with a laugh, referring to Paul Thomas Anderson (“Licorice Pizza”), Kenneth Branagh (“Belfast”), Guillermo del [See More…]