The WWE went international again early Saturday morning with its "Crown Jewel" premium live event taking place in Perth, Australia.Well, the Aussies made it clear that the United States is not at the top of their love list at the moment.Australian singer Sophie Foster performed the "Star-Spangled Banner" before the event began, and it was met with resounding boos.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe U.S. national anthem has been booed at numerous sporting events this year, perhaps even more so since President Donald Trump took office.During the 4 Nations hockey tournament, the Canadian crowd in Toronto booed the anthem immensely, which came shortly after Trump said he wanted to make Canada the "51st state" amid a tariff war. It was also booed at a Toronto Raptors game, and WWE commentator Pat McAfee called Canada "terrible" afterward.JOHN CENA'S FINAL WWE MATCH TO TAKE PLACE AT SATURDAY NIGHT'S MAIN EVENT IN DECEMBERNew York Rangers fans booed the Canadian national anthem during a bout with the Toronto Maple Leafs in March.WWE has been in Australia all week, beginning with "Smackdown" on Friday night. "Monday Night Raw" will also be broadcast there.WWE made its first trip Down Under in the 1980s and returned there last year for the "Elimination Chamber" after a six-year hiatus.Matches on Saturday included Roman Reigns vs. Bronson Reed, Tiffany Stratton vs. Stephanie Vaquer, and John Cena vs. A.J. Styles.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X,and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

As liberal pundits and networks across the country downplay the rise of violence carried out by Antifa, a journalist who has covered the domestic terrorist designated group extensively pushed back on that narrative in an interview with Fox News Digital.Social media has beenlittered with posts in recent weeks featuring elected officials and pundits dismissing concerns about Antifa violence as simply an "ideology" rather than an organized effort, which Ngo argues is a message driven by tacit support of the cause."It is an ideology, but Neo-Nazis organize around an ideology, jihadists organize around an ideology, so what's your point really? The point you're really trying to do, when people bring that up, is to run cover for Antifa because these people on the left know that organized militant Antifa networks themselves and individuals operate as shock troops for their cause.""They have the same enemies, they want the same outcomes in terms of the institutions destroyed and they want the political opposition intimidated into silence and disengaging from the political process."UNC PROFESSOR REVEALED ANARCHIST GROUP REQUESTED SECURITY FROM FAR-LEFT GUN CLUB DURING 2017 RIOTNgo went on by explaining that individuals who doubt the existence of Antifa networks should watch the footage that he and other independent journalists have published."I would show them the video from June 2019 when people working in an organized manner beat me with their faces covered, having weapons, and escaped," Ngo said. "Nobody was ever arrested for that. If that's not convincing enough, I would tell them to watch the shooting video of the assassination of Aaron Danielson in Portland in 2020, a Trump supporter who was killed by somebody who actually left behind a manifesto. If you don't believe the video, you can read his manifesto. He describes himself, I am 100% Antifa."President Trump, who issued an executive order last month declaring Antifa a domestic terrorist organization,hosted a roundtable at the White House on Wednesday where Ngo, and other prominent independent journalists, spoke to the president about the violence they have seen and experienced first hand.Antifa is a far-left militant movement that describes itself as antifascist. It has been accused of organizing or encouraging violent riots, notably during the 2020 "defund the police" protests and, more recently, in attacks targeting federal immigration facilities.Ngo said his biggest takeaway from that event with Trump was the recognition of the dangerous work journalists have done covering Antifa violence in recent years with little to no support from mainstream outlets or elected officials.TEXAS AG LAUNCHES UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS TO INFILTRATE 'LEFTIST TERROR CELLS' ACROSS THE STATE"I've been reporting on Antifa now for about nine years, and for some of that time it did feel like I was reporting on something that nobody who could do something about it would listen," Ngo told Fox News Digital. "And there was a lot of despair through that time. I saw a lot violence, saw death, and I suffered violence myself. I feel optimistic now. I think Antifas a confusing topic and subject, and I'm thankful that I have the expertise to be able to share that with the administration."Ngo told Fox News Digitalhe carries "so much gratitude to the president" for holding the event, saying, "They have a million things to do. There's a lot of important things on the world stage. Yet, nearly two hours is dedicated on this topic. So I don't take any of it for granted, and I'm just thankful to have been able to be there."Ngo also told Fox News Digital the event was "bittersweet" for him personally due to losing his father earlier this year."I wish he had been around to see that," Ngo said. "My parents were refugees of communism from Vietnam. I don't know how they would take it if they knew the full extent of far-left militancy in America and that they raised a son who's put himself at a lot of risk to try to expose it. So I wish my father was there to share in that moment."CHARLIE KIRK KILLING PUTS RISE IN LEFT-WING TERROR IN SPOTLIGHT AS STUDY SHOWS VIOLENCE HITTING 30-YEAR HIGHNgos family history living under communism is relevant in the conversation today regarding Antifa, the Portland-born journalist told Fox Digital, given the underlying communist beliefs espoused by radical left movements in the United States today.."For a century now, communists and anarchists, particularly in Europe, have engaged in violent acts that have sparked revolutions and the Antifa today look to those historical examples in the acts of violence they carry out," Ngo said, adding that many "normal" and mainstream liberals in the country are confused by the "deception and misinformation" in the media regarding Antifa."If you read the mainstream, one can leave with the impression that these are people who are opposed just to fascism and racism. So why not come on board with that, right?" Ngo explained. "When really the ideology is anarchist communism and violent anarchist-communism a lot of them engage in violence for the purpose of nihilistic violence. They want to see things burnt down. Their own slogan has become ungovernable. So if you care about democracy, liberal democracy in institutions, civil rightsyou should not. You cannot be anywhere on the side of advocating or running cover for these so-called Antifa."Ngo went on to say that Antifa messaging and ideology is becoming more and more "mainstream" with the evidence for that being the "depraved worldview philosophy" that has given rise to those who celebrated the assassinations of Charlie Kirk, United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and those who "call for myself and others to be assassinated."Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noemslammed Antifa during the Wednesday roundtable arguing that the network is "just as sophisticated as MS-13, as TdA, as ISIS, as Hezbollah, as Hamas, as all of them."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPShe said that authorities recently arrested the girlfriend of the founder of Antifa in Portland, and that investigators are trying to garner more information from her about the network of newly-labeled "domestic terrorists" during their prosecution.Noem said the administration's explicit goal is to "eliminate [Antifa] from the existence of American society.""These individuals do not just want to threaten our law enforcement officers, threaten our journalists and the citizens of this country. They want to kill them," Noem said.Fox News Digitals Peter DAbrosca contributed to this report.

The emergingGaza peace framework crafted by President Donald Trump could reshape regional dynamics, but analysts warn that unless Hamas is fully stripped of its weapons and power, this will amount to little more than a pause for the terrorist group before it renews conflict.Dr. Michael Milshtein, head of the Moshe Dayan Forum at Tel Aviv University and one of Israels foremost experts on Hamas, says any plan that assumes the group will dissolve misunderstands its nature."Forget words like peace and coexistence that wont happen," he told Fox News Digital. Hamas leaders, he explained, have made clear they will not accept an international mandate or a Tony Blair-style trusteeship. "Theyre prepared to let a cosmetic Palestinian administration run daily affairs, but Hamas will operate behind the scenes, like Hezbollah in Lebanon."EXCLUSIVE: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR SAYS NO PEACE IN GAZA UNLESS HAMAS HANDS OVER ALL 48 HOSTAGES, DISARMSMilshtein said Hamas rhetoric about "freezing" weapons rather than surrendering them reveals its strategy. "Theyre willing to stop growing stronger but not to disarm. Theyll hand over whats left of their rocket infrastructure but keep light weapons and explosives," he said. "Hamas will remain in Gaza under every scenario as a military and social force. The war may end, but Hamas stays."An Arab source knowledgeable about the negotiations told Fox News Digital he believes Hamas will agree to disarm but only if it is confident Prime Minister Netanyahu will not restart the war or pursue its leaders after they lay down arms, admitting phase two will be hard to negotiate.Ghaith al-Omari of the Washington Institute says the current optimism rests on extraordinary regional coordination. "Trump has amazing instincts when it comes to recognizing openings and opportunities," he said. "He identified the moment and went for it."Al-Omari said the convergence of several pressures the attack on Qatari soil, growingGulf anxiety over instability, and fear of the conflict spreading pushed Arab states to act. "They have tremendous leverage," he said, "and this time they used it."One of the key players, he emphasized, is Turkey. "Bringing in the Turks was key," al-Omari explained. "Ankara had its own interests with Washington and moved quickly to be part of the equation." He said Turkeys leverage over Hamas is both political and personal: it hosts Hamas leaders, controls financial channels, and offers an ideological model through its ruling AKP party. "They can tell Hamas, Look at us we started out illegal and unarmed, but we learned to work within the political system. If you disarm, you can become a political organization too."TRUMP UNVEILS 20-POINT PLAN TO SECURE PEACE IN GAZA, INCLUDING GRANTING SOME HAMAS MEMBERS 'AMNESTYThat example, he said, could encourage Hamas to "play the long game step back now, survive politically, and wait for the Palestinian Authority to weaken." But he warned that this approach does not amount todismantling Hamas; it merely channels its ambitions into politics rather than open warfare.Al-Omari is uneasy about signs that Arab unity on disarmament is already fraying. "I am concerned when I hear the Egyptian foreign minister say that disarming Palestinian weapons is an internal issue," he noted. "And Emirati officials have said theyd send troops only to the Rafah border. That kind of slippage is dangerous."He said the decisive test will come after the first phase. "If Hamas doesnt disarm, we wont have to wait years," he said. "Things could reignite within weeks."Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said that a truce is not peace. "This is only a pause," he told Fox News Digital. "There will be peace only when Hamas lays down its weapons, surrenders all role in governing Gaza, and the Trump Peace Plan is fully implemented. That will require relentless focus from the president and his team to cut through Hamas games and end its grip on the Gazan people."Dubowitz dismissed hopes of voluntary compliance. "They will never give up willingly," he said. "They must be pushed out of Gaza and relentlessly hunted down inside the Strip by the IDF and whatever international security force is willing to take action."ISRAEL-HAMAS CEASEFIRE TAKES EFFECT, IDF BEGINS PULLING BACK IN GAZATamir Heiman, a former Israeli intelligence chief, described three possible scenarios once the hostages are released and fighting subsides. In the best case, Hamas cooperates with the establishment of an alternative technocratic government supported by international policing forces. If it refuses,Israel could still transfer limited security control to an international force "in separate sectors, gradually," he said.The third scenario and, in his view, the most likely is that no foreign force steps in. "The IDF would remain in areas along what we call the yellow line, operating like a security buffer similar to southern Lebanon," Heiman said. Under that model, Israel maintains freedom of operation while Hamas retains light weapons but is stripped of rockets and missile factories. "Its not peace," he added, "but its managed security."Taken together, the analysts paint a cautious picture. The Trump team has aligned regional interests and generated rare cooperation among Arab capitals, they say, but sustaining that unity through disarmament and reconstruction will be the true measure of success.If Hamas continues to exist as a hybrid militia-government, experts warn, the world may soon discover that the "peace" is only an intermission between rounds a pause mistaken for an ending.

FIRST ON FOX: Republicans in New York's congressional delegation are pressing their two Democratic senators to end the ongoing government shutdown, casting their opposition to the GOP's funding bill as "radical and harmful" to residents of the Empire State.The government shutdown has entered its eleventh day with Republicans and Democrats still unable to agree on a path forward. Thousands of government workers, including members of the military and federal law enforcement, are set to miss their first paychecks next week barring a breakthrough."You have abdicated your responsibility to New Yorkers. By consistently voting against the clean Continuing Resolution (CR), you have shut down the government with no willingness to reopen operations," seven House Republicans wrote to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y."Throughout both of your decades in federal office, you have consistently supported clean CRs as a way to keep the government funded and open until Congress can pass bipartisan spending bills."JOHNSON RAISES STAKES ON SCHUMER AS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BARRELS INTO WEEK 3The Republicans accused their senators of changing course now "to spite President Trump and congressional Republicans," and called it "a disservice to our nation and our institutions.""In fact, both of you have been vocal about your past opposition to shutdowns and the dangers they wreak on the American people," they wrote.The letter is being led by Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., and is signed by the six other House Republicans representing parts of New York: Reps. Nick Langworthy, Nicole Malliotakis, Claudia Tenney, Nick LaLota, Elise Stefanik, and Andrew Garbarino.HOUSE PASSES TRUMP-BACKED PLAN TO AVERT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNThe House passed a measure to keep the government funded at levels roughly even to fiscal year (FY) 2025 through Nov. 21 called a continuing resolution (CR) on Sept. 19, mostly along party lines.But Democrats in the House and Senate were largely infuriated by being sidelined in federal funding talks and are now demanding any spending deal also include an extension of COVID-19 pandemic-era enhanced Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire at the end of this year.Democrats have argued that a failure to act on those subsidies now will lead to higher health care premiums for millions of Americans by the end of the year.Republican leaders who control the House and Senate have said they are willing to hold negotiations on those subsidies, but have insisted the CR must be "clean" without any policy riders. CRs are aimed at giving congressional negotiators more time to strike a longer-term funding deal for FY2026, which began on Oct. 1.Schumer had been under particular pressure from his left flank to resist the GOP's plan after his vote was key to helping advance the same bill in March, which extended FY2024 federal funding levels through Sept. 30."Just last year in 2024, you said that no reasonable member on either side of the aisle wants a government shutdown. I agree, Senator, your position now is unreasonable," the House GOP's Saturday letter read.The CR has now failed in the Senate seven times. Under the most recent tallies, five more Democrats would be needed to cross the aisle and meet the Senate's 60-vote threshold to break the filibuster and advance the bill to a final vote.Fox News Digital reached out to Schumer and Gillibrand's offices for a response but did not hear back by press time.

Bodies keep surfacing and so do questions.There's a dark current in Houston's bayous this year, with 16 bodies recovered, five of them in the same week last month.City leaders are downplaying speculation about a potential serial killer, but retired NYPD Sgt. Kevin Gannon, who has long espoused the theory that a group known as the "Smiley Face Killers" is responsible for hundreds of suspicious drowning deaths around the U.S., says he believes the deaths may be connected."Weve never seen drowning numbers like this before, especially with a drowning occurring every other day in the same location," he told Fox News Digital.HOUSTON POLICE DISCOVER 16 BODIES IN BAYOUS THIS YEAR AS MAYOR DISMISSES SERIAL KILLER SPECULATIONGannon examines dates, times and locations along with other details when judging whether he believes the Smileys may be involved. And the pattern fits in Houston, for the most part, he said except for the fact that some of the victims were in their 60s."This is an aberration and not the normal age of our 700-plus 'potential victims,'" he said. "But that doesnt mean they couldnt be involved in killing these older individuals also, as they feel like they are pretty invincible right now and can act with impunity due to the police response."Under the controversial "Smiley Face Killers" theory, a mysterious but organized gang of serial killers is believed to target young men, many of them in college fraternities, and dump their bodies in the water. As the theory goes, they mark the scenes with graffiti. It places most of their activity in the Midwest and Northeast, in big cities and college towns near the water.BODIES STACK UP IN TEXAS CITY AMID FEARS OF SERIAL KILLER, RUMORS OF ROOFIE ATTACKSHouston authorities have said they have uncovered no signs of a serial killer in connection with the bodies pulled out of the bayous so far this year.Police have said the bodies belonged to both males and females, and ranged in age from their 20s to their 60s."There is no evidence, and I repeat no evidence, to suggest that any of these incidents are connected," Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz told reporters last month.Two more bodies have washed up since then.FOUR FOUND DEAD IN MILLION-DOLLAR SAN FRANCISCO HOME AS POLICE PROBE SUSPICIOUS DEATHSHouston Mayor John Whitmire called the deaths alarming but said that drownings in the city's 2,500 miles of bayous is "not a new phenomenon."He urged patience as police investigate and suggested drug and alcohol abuse among the homeless could be a factor."Unfortunately the homeless, when they pass, often end up in the bayou," he said, suggesting that some are thrown in by others living on the streets.BANK ACCOUNTS OF NEW YORK ROOFIE MURDER VICTIMS DRAINED VIA FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGYRetired NYPD Sgt. Joseph Giacalone, a criminal justice professor at Penn State Lehigh Valley and a skeptic of the Smiley theory, said the mayors remarks were premature."You have 16 bodies, you can't just say everybody's dying and getting thrown into the river and everybody's homeless," he told Fox News Digital. "You don't even know if they're from your town."Each case, he said, should be individually investigated.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP"You need an individual autopsy and full toxicology on each one of these bodies," he continued.Forensic pathologists can also determine whether the victims were dead before they went into water or if they drowned, he said.

Walk onto any construction site in America, and youll hear the same story: We cant find enough skilled workers. Electricians, welders, HVAC technicians, plumbers and heavy-equipment operators are in dangerously short supply, and the gap is widening.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently warned that building Americas artificial-intelligence infrastructure will require an army of electricians.The demand for data centers both cloud and AI is expected to double year over year. Mike Rowe has been sounding the alarm for years: the most "essential" jobs are the ones our culture stopped celebrating.Heres the truth: without skilled tradesmen, America grinds to a halt. No power. No housing. No data centers. No cloud. No AI.Yet we keep pushing young people toward four-year degrees, often leaving them with six-figure debt, while treating the trades as a second-class option. Meanwhile, a "silver tsunami" is coming as baby boomers and Gen X tradesmen are retiring faster than replacements are entering the field.HELP WANTED: US MUST FILL LOTS OF SHIPS-AND-CHIPS JOBS TO BEAT CHINAAccording to Rewiring America, well need 1 million additional electricians in the next decade, on top of todays workforce of about 800,000.Failing to emphasize and incentivize skilled work isnt just a cultural mistake. Its an economic time bomb.Fixing the Imbalance: Use the Tax CodeThe quickest, fairest way to reverse course is through the tax code.Heres our proposal: create aggressive tax breaks for tradesmen themselves, not just the companies that employ them.If you choose to become an electrician, welder or plumber, you should enjoy the same level of government support that college graduates receive.TRUMP ADMIN TACKLES URGENT ELECTRICAL GRID CRISIS AS AI SET TO DOUBLE DEMANDIf we can make tips non-taxable for service-industry workers, we can certainly extend that logic to the men and women literally rebuilding Americas infrastructure. And frankly, its absurd that our active-duty service members or full-time first responders pay federal income taxes at all.Want to attract a new generation into these professions? Incentivize the behavior that sustains the nations backbone.By their late 20s, these tradesmen could be debt-free, earning solid middle- to upper-class wages, buying homes and raising families; not just chasing the American Dream, but rebuilding it.Compare that with many college grads today: burdened by debt, underemployed and watching automation threaten their jobs.We should reward the work Americas future depends on not funnel kids into a path that may not exist a decade from now.This Is Also About National SecurityThis isnt only an economic issue, its a national-security one.AMERICA HAS THE POWER TO LEAD THE AI REVOLUTION AND THE LEADERSHIP TO MAKE IT HAPPENThe Pentagon already warns of labor shortages in shipbuilding and mission-critical infrastructure. Data centers the central nervous system of AI and national defense are desperate for electricians and cooling technicians.Without a robust pipeline of skilled tradesmen, our ability to compete with China in the AI race collapses before it begins.Our national security depends as much on the American welder and HVAC tech as it does on the fighter pilot. Its time our policies reflected that truth.This Isnt a Subsidy, Its an InvestmentCritics will call this a giveaway. Theyre wrong.Tax incentives arent handouts, theyre investments in the backbone of America, in the men and women who keep the lights on, the water running and the servers cool.If Washington can shovel billions into green-energy dreams and Ivy League programs producing fragile, perpetually offended graduates, then it can certainly afford tax relief for the Americans who actually build, wire and power this country.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONThe conservative answer is clear: reward hard work, build self-reliance and restore dignity to the trades.Congress Should Act NowYear after year, calls for reform fall on deaf ears in Washington, especially among Democrats more interested in partisan shutdown theatrics than solving the real problems facing working Americans. Its time to stop putting politics above people and start rebuilding the middle class that keeps this country running.Congress can start by:This is simple, fair and fiscally sound. The alternative is to watch American growth and resilience grind to a halt.Americas prosperity and security now depend on the trades more than ever. Lets start treating tradesmen and women with the respect they have earned.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM MIKE SARRAILLECLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM KIRK OFFELKirk Offel is a Navy submarine veteran and the CEO of Overwatch Mission Critical, a Texas-based talent incubator that trains and hires future leaders for high-skill jobs in the data center industry.

As a gust of wind from a New York City subway grate sent Marilyn Monroes white dress fluttering past her legs, cameras captured what would become the "shot seen round the world."The 1955 comedy "The Seven Year Itch" arguably the stars most iconic film turned 70 this year. The family of photographer Sam Shaw, Monroes close friend whose now-famous images cemented her status as a sex symbol, has released a new book, "Dear Marilyn: The Unseen Letters and Photographs." It reveals the little-known story behind the making of that legendary photograph."The behind-the-scenes story, the origin story of my grandfathers Seven Year Itch photographs, is not really well known," Shaws granddaughter, Melissa Stevens, told Fox News Digital.ROCK HUDSON CAME ON TO ME DURING ARRANGED STUDIO DATE: '50S SEX SYMBOL CLAIMS"It started in 1941 when he was a photojournalist. It was during World War II, and he photographed these young women and sailors, who were on a break in Coney Island. He took these photographs of women standing over the grates in Coney Island, and the wind is blowing their skirts up. And one of these images appeared on the cover of a magazine called Friday in 1941.""So fast-forward to 1954, Sam was hired to be the still photographer for The Seven Year Itch," Stevens shared. "He read the script, and theres a line where Marilyn is coming out of a movie theater. She walks over the grate, and a subway car is passing underneath. And then theres this wind. The line in the script is something like, Oh, do you feel the breeze? Isnt it delicious?""The minute that Sam read that in the script, he remembered the 1941 photograph from Coney Island and how successful it was," said Stevens. "He essentially repurposed that photograph . . . which is very joyful and fun."WATCH: MARILYN MONROES FAMOUS PHOTO HAS A HIDDEN BACKSTORY"It became a bigger event than he had ever anticipated," she added.According to the book, Shaw asked the movie studio to "arrange for an additional number of police officers to handle the crowd that was sure to gather" at New York Citys Lexington Avenue and 51st Street. A technician would operate a wind machine under the spot where Monroe would step on to simulate a passing subway.On Sept. 15, 1954, thousands, mostly men, gathered to see the blonde bombshells dress fly up in front of cameras. With every camera flash, the 29-year-olds white underwear was visible to the roaring crowd."The police were completely off guard, more fascinated watching Marilyn, forgetting the mob," Shaw wrote. "Not one person in the crowd broke through. They were too mesmerized by what they were seeing."Stevens said filmmakers were worried about how far they could go."People may think today, Whats the big deal about a woman with her skirt blowing up a little bit?" said Stevens.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER"Yet it was very controversial at the time. Also, given the censorship and the rules of the Hollywood studio system, those things were not allowed. Sam talks about this in the book. He writes about how they had to tread very carefully in the filming of the scene and the way he was photographing it. Otherwise, it would be cut from the movie. It wouldve been censored.""Even though that seems ridiculous today from the point of view of just how much skin we see daily, I think we have to really understand the context of the time in 1950s America," said Stevens.The final cut was modest compared to what everyone saw that evening. In the film, Monroe's dress isn't seen going dramatically over her waist. Still, the Catholic Legion of Decency and other morality groups would criticize the scene as indecent.Shaw wrote that Monroe "enjoyed the whole experience more than anyone even more than the man below at the wind machine."The scene was reshot in a Los Angeles sound studio where Shaw had control over wind and lighting "without thousands of onlookers." The blowing skirt shot became the key ad image for the film."The Seven Year Itch" made Marilyn Monroe a legend. It also came at a price."It was during the subway grate photo shoot in New York for The Seven Year Itch that [Monroes husband] Joe DiMaggio was reported to walk away in anger," Shaw wrote.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS"Three weeks after the shoot, Marilyn told reporters her marriage was over. I never saw her cry except on television the morning she left Joe. To the press and the waiting world, all tears. That afternoon, she was on set. Her spirits were high. She was back in the studio working, posing and remembering her lines, take after take. That evening, we went to dinner. She was all laughs and high enthusiasm.""What brought about the divorce? I do not know," Shaw reflected. "Unfortunately, her [three] husbands never really understood her individuality. Like many men, they wanted to fashion her and remake her to their own standards. Joe was known for his high standards and purity off the field."The film also made Monroe realize her worth in Hollywood."She demanded more than her starlet salary," Shaw wrote. "The costumers, hairdressers and makeup artists were all paid more than Marilyn the superstar. She demanded better scripts and director approval. She broke her 20th Century Fox contract. She declared her freedom. She defied the conventions of her time. She asserted herself as an actress and a woman. She was on strike against the most powerful movie studio in the business.""The studio was furious," he continued. "They tried to stop her publicity and fame. But they needed her to sell the film. The very young woman they helped to stardom now declared herself free. She was a star. Her name above the title. Now they had to accept her on her own terms. For Marilyn, it wasnt a fight for money but for story rights, executive and director approval. Marilyn didnt need them to publicize her buildup. The press and the world were at her feet and at her whim, and her whim was a whim of iron."Shaw died in 1999 at age 87. Stevens said that her grandfather was fiercely protective of his friendship with Monroe, who passed away in 1962 at age 36. Many of his letters to Monroe are seen for the first time in the book, including one he wrote a year before her death."The tone of that letter is different than the other letters," said Stevens. "The tone is more bittersweet. Hes writing right after she separated from Arthur Miller. So, he refers to the turmoil. My grandfather says, Do you want to come to Paris and stay with us? We have an extra room. My wife is asking about you. Youre invited. Theres clearly the concern of a good friend about how shes doing.""Theres a lot of difficulty in Marilyn Monroes life," said Stevens. "But Sam referred to something called the joy of Marilyn. Sam always focused on this young woman who really was funny, smart, joyful Marilyn is always described as a victim and vulnerable. Sam did not describe her that way. Sam described her as tough and strong and that she was able, in fact, to deal and cope well with a lot of the adversity in her life."Stevens said fans are still fascinated by Monroe because she embodies "the American dream.""She started with nothing," said Stevens. "No money and a troubled family situation. Yet somehow, she rose to the top. Thats the story Sam tells, the story of a hardworking young woman who really did make it."

Shock jock radio host Howard Stern balked Thursday at the claims that he has gone "woke" amid rumors of his retirement, arguing both are untrue.Stern was once on the cutting-edge of shock-jock radio, famously sparring with the FCC for decades to defend his raunchy and politically-incorrect show. In later years, Stern was accused of losing the very devil-may-care approach to humor that led to his rise in the first place. This has been a repeated claim over the years, as has been rumor of his retirement."I was on vacation and the next thing I know, I was in Stephen Colbert-land where I was being thrown off by the FCC somehow, I don't know what, whatever it was or because I'm too woke Too woke? I don't even know what a woke is. What is woke?" Stern asked."If Im too woke, the world has turned upside down," Stern claimed. "I mean, the stuff I do and talk about, I dont even know what that means. But you know what? If it means Im awakened, God bless."HOWARD STERN BLASTS ABC OVER KIMMEL SUSPENSION, SAYS HE CANCELED DISNEY+ SUBSCRIPTIONFellow radio host Andy Cohen suggested this accusation, "might mean that you care about other people.""Yeah," Stern agreed. "Suddenly, its not macho to give a f--- about anybody, but Im not being fired, Im talking to Sirius right now about extending in some way, and if that works out, great."However, Howard has actually embraced being called "woke" in the past amid accusations of going soft in his comedy, offering his take on its definition."I hear that a lot that Im not good anymore because Im woke," Stern said in September 2023. "By the way, I take that as a compliment. To me, the opposite of woke is asleep. And if woke means I cant get behind Trump or that I support people who want to be transgender or Im for the vaccine dude, call me as woke as you f---ing want."He added further, "I am woke, motherf---er, and I love it. I want to be awake. I want to read legitimate news sources. Heres how woke I am: I believe the election was not rigged," Stern said of the 2020 presidential election. "I am woke. I think thats a compliment."In 2022, he was accused of contradicting his past defense of free speech by appearing to sympathize with efforts against podcaster Joe Rogan, the very podcaster who many say replaced Sterns niche with American men.Neil Young had recently demanded that Spotify remove his tracks from its service in January 2022, declaring the company "can have Rogan or Young. Not Both." Young had previously called on Spotify to censor Rogan for what he claimed was false or misleading information about the pandemic.STERN TRICKS OUTLETS INTO REPORTING HE QUIT SIRIUSXM WITH ANDY COHEN PRANK"I dont think Neil Young is for censorship," Stern argued at the time. "I just think hes saying, Look, I dont want to be part of this organization, because if my music is helping people bring people to the table, and then theyre spreading something as lethal as dont take the vaccine, do this.'"Stern later added, "Im against any kind of censorship, really, you know, I really am. I dont like censorship, but when youre talking about life and death."The radio host alienated some fans numerous times over the COVID-19 pandemic years, such as arguing those who refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine should be denied medical treatment."If you dont get it, in my America, all hospitals would be closed to you. Youre going to go home and die. That is what you should get," he said.Stern also reportedly spent years holed up in his house, refusing to go back to his studio over concerns he might catch the virus."Im going crazy with this. My wife yelled at me last night. We got into a fight. You know how paranoid I am about getting COVID. I havent gotten it, and Im pretty safe, and I really dont want to get it," Stern said in September 2023. After noting he had somewhat emerged for certain events, news of a new strain of the virus made him consider going back into lockdown.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREMore recently, shortly after the second attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, Stern said he "couldn't agree with you more," after a caller compared Trump to Adolf Hitler in September 2024. "It is the same playbook. We have seen it before in history.""Hitler was perceived as a clown in Germany He was one of these buffoonish characters. Somehow he won an election. And that was the end of Germany. He dragged them through hell and back," Stern continued. "This does feel like a replay of pre-World War II. I am one of those people who believe that if the election goes the wrong way, it's the end of the United States."

Famed Indian bodybuilder Varinder Singh Ghuman died earlier this week at age 42 after reportedly going into cardiac arrest during surgery.Indian newspaper The Tribune said that Ghuman ruptured a muscle in his chest, which led to his hospitalization at Fortis Hospital in Amritsar.Other Indian outlets, via People, reported that Ghuman had been dealing with shoulder pain before being admitted to the hospital.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe bodybuilder was named Mr. India in 2009 and earned second place in Mr. Asia that same year. Arnold Schwarzenegger hired him to promote his health products in Asia, and he was the first Indian to receive an International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB) pro card.WNBA COMMISSIONER CATHY ENGELBERT BOOED BY CROWD, FLIPPED OFF WHILE PRESENTING CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHYGhuman appeared in four movies, including "Tiger 3," which brought in 466 crore, or roughly $52 million, at the box office. He also competed in the Arnold Classic."Hearing the news of the sudden demise of Punjab's famous bodybuilder and actor Virender Singh Ghuman ji has left my heart very saddened," Senior Congress leader Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on X, via translation. "With his hard work, discipline, and ability, he illuminated Punjab's name across the world. May Waheguru ji grant his soul eternal abode at His feet and give strength to the family to bear this sorrowful blow."At one point, Ghuman, who stood at 6-foot-2, weighed 287 pounds.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X,and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said it deployed an "elite team" Saturday to help investigate the massive explosion at a Tennessee manufacturing plant, where 18 people still remain missing.Officials said "multiple" people were dead after the blast at Accurate Energetic Systems near Bucksnort, located about 50 miles west of Nashville, just before 8 a.m. local time Friday."ATFs National Response Team is an elite team comprised of highly trained investigative experts, with state-of-the-art equipment, specializing in explosives, fire and bombing investigations," the agency said in a statement. "The team, which can deploy anywhere in the United States within 24 hours of notification, is made up of special agents, certified explosives specialists, bomb technicians, explosives enforcement officers, fire protection engineers, certified fire investigators, chemists, and other specialists.""Team members, who are deploying from all over the country, are expected to arrive on scene today," the ATF added, noting that the team previously investigated "national-level incidents such as the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon; the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta; the Oklahoma City bombing and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing."TENNESSEE MANUFACTURING PLANT EXPLOSION LEAVES MULTIPLE PEOPLE DEAD, 18 MISSING"The teams primary responsibility will be leading the investigation into the origin and cause of the explosion, including analyzing, processing and documenting the scene," the ATF also said.Describing the incident Friday, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis told reporters that, "This has probably been one of the most devastating situations that Ive been on in my career."Jeremy Moore was identified by WZTV as a longtime employee at the facility who is now missing."I did find out it was the building, Building 602, that he worked in and that he was on the missing list," his mother, Ava Hinson, told the station. "The last I heard from him, he dropped his daughter off with me and was headed to work.""Its unbelievable, the not knowing, I almost, I dont want to hear bad news, but Id almost feel better if I knew," she added, according to WZTV. Accurate Energetic Systems released a statement about the explosion on its website."At approximately 7:45am this morning, there was a tragic accident at our facility," Accurate Energetic Systems wrote. "Emergency response teams and investigative agencies remain on scene, and the situation is under active investigation.""Our thoughts and prayers are with the families, coworkers, and community members affected by this incident," the statement added. "We extend our gratitude to all first responders who continue to work tirelessly under difficult conditions. We will provide updates as more verified information becomes available."Fox News Digital reached out to Accurate Energetic Systems on Saturday morning seeking additional information but did not immediately hear back.Signs near the site on Saturday asked for prayers for the families, according toThe Associated Press.EXPLOSION CAUGHT ON CAMERA ROCKS BEACH TOWN AFTER HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER HITS GAS LINE, FIREFIGHTERS INJUREDRescuers had to wait for hours to begin their search because of the burning field of debris and risks of secondary explosions at the site southwest of Nashville, authorities said. The area is now secure and there is no longer a risk.Davis said he expected that the investigation would span at least days before authorities would know what could have caused the explosion that happened just before 8 a.m. on Friday. He cautioned that there wouldnt be a "short-term explanation."Davis said the explosion Friday resulted in a number of fatalities, which he didn't specify, and that 18 people were still missing. He referred to them as "souls."The manufacturing plant sits on 1,300 acres in Bucksnort, Tennessee, an unincorporated rural community approximately 60 miles southwest of Nashville. There are eight plant buildings that manufacture, store and research explosives for customers beyond just the military, including aerospace, oil and other commercial demolition industries.The company also uses the sprawling campus to test explosives, according to its website, measuring the velocity of explosions as well as their impact on surrounding areas under varying environmental conditions."At the height of the response yesterday, there were more than 300 emergency personnel from 18 local, state, and federal agencies on scene collaborating on the ongoing investigation and response," the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said Saturday. "This coordinated effort is focused on ensuring public safety, supporting impacted families, and determining the cause of the incident.""We ask Tennesseans to join us in prayer for the families impacted by this tragic incident," Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee wrote on X on Friday.Fox News Louis Casiano, Bradford Betz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.