64 minutes ago ‘People often don’t feel treated as equals’: Adrien Brody on complexity, comebacks and The Brutalist

Twenty-two years after The Pianist, the actor is again Oscar frontrunner for a post-Holocaust epic. He talks about renovating a castle, unfulfilled yearnings and making his parents happyAdrien Brody puts down his phone. “I’m heartbroken,” he says. The latest of many friends in Los Angeles has just lost their home to the city wildfires. The actor, 51, hasn’t had a place in LA for some years, he says. Still. “It’s horrible. Unfathomable.” The mood is sombre, but he is also at work. He sits in the corner of a London hotel room, legs crossed in a chic black coat. A publicist hovers in the en-suite bathroom.Brody is here to spread word about The Brutalist, the epic drama in which his star performance is likely to secure the best actor Oscar. It would be his second. He remains the youngest man to ever win the prize, having done so in 2003 for Roman Polanski’s The Pianist. An awards campaign is now under way, a process not much less fraught than a run for political office. Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Top Russian model robbed at knifepoint in London after partying at nightclub

Irena Fedotova claims she was robbed at knifepoint as part of a set up outside a London club, where she had around £40k stolen after masked armed robbers forced her to unlock her phone

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4 hours ago King's royal seat is beaten in Game of Thrones... By a Scots shopping centre built in the 1970s who aced prestigious Loo of the Year awards

The facilities at The Centre in Livingston scored top marks from the judges, beating 1,800 other conveniences around the country.

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7 hours ago ITV Beat The Chasers fans outraged over 'ridiculous' question in 'harsh' game move

ITV Beat The Chasers fans took to social media to share their outrage after a contestant was handed a 'ridiculous' first question during the show's latest episode

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94 minutes ago Rangers fan left with horror hammer attack injuries after violent Ultras beating

A disabled Rangers supporting dad was smashed with a “hammer” from “Dundee Ultras” who tried to “stab him” before Thursday's game.

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3 hours ago Queensland woman seeks protective custody after being accused of poisoning child to grow social media following

Sunshine Coast mother, 34, appears in court charged with giving her one-year-old unauthorised prescription medicationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA lawyer for a Queensland woman accused of poisoning her one-year-old girl with unnecessary medications to gain a social media profile is seeking protective custody for his client due to the publicity.The 34-year-old from the Sunshine Coast, who cannot be identified, appeared in Brisbane magistrates court on Friday wearing a long green police watchhouse top and green pants.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Top attorney, Supreme Court news site publisher accused of using company funds to cover poker debts

Prominent Supreme Court attorney Tom Goldstein, publisher of SCOTUSBlog, was indicted on tax charges

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8 hours ago Manchester United player ratings vs Southampton as Amad very good but one 3/10 in comeback win

Man United beat Southampton in the Premier League and here are how the players rated at Old Trafford.

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4 hours ago Terrifying moment a drone collides with a paraglider and forces an emergency landing

The incident occured on the same day an unauthorized civilian drone hit an aircraft assisting in the fight against the apocalyptic Pacific Palisades fire.

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4 hours ago Cover your ears! Millions of phone alert sirens to blast again as the Government repeats a test of its controversial emergency system

In line with a recommendation from the Covid inquiry regarding crisis preparation, alarms on 87 million devices will sound.

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13 hours ago Brazen dealer waving cash while telling universal credit helpline he was 'struggling'

Iestyn Raven, 24, was caught pretending a stack of money was a phone during a call about a universal credit application in which he said he was 'struggling'

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9 hours ago Logan Paul and Conor McGregor discuss $500m boxing fight during phone call

Logan Paul has left the door open over a potential $500million boxing bout with Conor McGregor after it appeared that the possibility had ended due to the Maverick's involvment with WWR

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6 hours ago Accused American 'assassin' brought back to Britain over 'bungled murder plot'

Aimee Betro was arrested in Armenia and flown back to the UK where she has been charged in relation to a failed conspiracy to murder a man from Birmingham back in 2019

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5 hours ago Chaos in Georgia state capitol as Republican lawmaker dragged from chamber during Brian Kemp address

In an update from the hospital, Moore said he took a ‘beating’ and his right hand was ‘swollen’ and ‘purple’

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16 hours ago Boasting drug dealer who filmed himself brandishing wads of cash and chunky gold jewellery as he claimed benefits on phone is jailed

Iestyn Raven, 24, donned chunky gold necklaces and flashy jewelled bracelets as he made the call for Universal Credit, telling the operator 'I'm struggling for money'.

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14 hours ago Football Daily | Spurs live down to underdog billing as Arsenal paint town red

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Since comfortably beating Aston Villa at the start of November, Tottenham Hotspur have won only two of the 11 Premier League matches they’ve contested. Well, played in or at least turned up for. Indeed, a good lawyer might argue that technically they haven’t really won any because one of the aforementioned victories came against peak b@nter era Manchester City, while not even Spurs were capable of doing anything other than swat the current Southampton rabble aside, a feat that is not so much something to be proud of, but more the equivalent of helping yourself to the pennies covering a dead man’s eyes. Having taken just eight points from their previous 10 games, Ange Postecoglou’s knack-depleted team went into Wednesday night’s north London derby as firm underdogs and duly lived down to their billing.I would never dare doubt the accuracy and reliability of statistics from Big Website, but some of the match stats from the Holsten Pil...

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7 hours ago Mom took her son to jail to turn himself in on murder charges. Then cops arrested her too

The Richland County sheriff in South Carolina has vowed to hold parents criminally responsible

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6 hours ago Telecoms bills must now be in pounds and pence format to end ‘nasty surprises’

Phone, broadband and pay TV providers are now banned from linking price rises to future rates of inflation.

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17 hours ago Deals and wheels: Post box transformed into EV charger, Enyaq pricing revealed and new Mazda6e broadens firm’s EV range

A round-up of the latest car reveals, consumer issues and hot deals.

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18 hours ago Everything can change in two games – David Raya sure Arsenal can catch Liverpool

The Gunners moved to within four points of the Reds by beating Tottenham on Wednesday night.

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7 hours ago Crockett received creepy phone call from Republican staffer after Mace ‘threatened violence’

‘I do need to take it seriously, because violence has become a very real thing in this chamber,’ Crockett told The Independent

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6 hours ago Ruben Amorim issues immediate challenge to Amad as he matches two Man Utd icons

Amad fired a blistering 12-minute hat-trick to haul Manchester United back from a goal down to beat Southampton 3-1 - but manager Ruben Amorim is already pushing his winger to repeat his heroics

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19 hours ago Mathys Tel to Chelsea: Vincent Kompany reveals motivation for surprise decision as Blues dealt transfer blow

The teenager climbed off the bench to register an assist in a huge win for Bayern Munich

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7 hours ago Kiena Dawes 'has paved way for future abusers to be held liable' after harrowing suicide

While Ryan Wellings was found not guilty of Kiena Dawes' manslaughter, his prosecution could help set a precedent for more domestic abuse suspects being charged over victims' deaths in cases of suicide, expert Dr Kirsty Welsh says

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8 hours ago Brighton beat Ipswich to claim first Premier League win since November

Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter scored second-half goals at Portman Road.

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8 hours ago Singer found 'beaten to death in car and lying in pool of blood' as murder probe launched

P. Fluid, a founding member of the New York rock band 24-7 Spyz, was reportedly found dead in the back of a vehicle in New York, with cops investigating it as a homicide

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8 hours ago American 'assassin', 44, charged with conspiracy to murder Birmingham man

Aimee Betro, from Wisconsin, had been internationally-wanted since an attempted hit in September 2019 on Sikander Ali outside a house in Birmingham.

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10 hours ago Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson talks painful regret he has on fifth anniversary of his father's death

The 52-year-old third-generation wrestler had stopped speaking to Rocky 'Soulman' Johnson on Christmas Eve 2019 after they got into a 'massive fight' on the phone

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8 hours ago 80s singer P. Fluid, 64, found 'beaten to death in pool of blood' in back of car

P. Fluid, real name Peter Forrest, was found dead aged 64 in NYC

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13 hours ago Australian Open: US qualifier Learner Tien stuns Daniil Medvedev in five

World No 121 beats No 5 seed 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 1-6, 7-6Californian seals victory just before 3am in MelbourneLearner Tien, a 19-year-old qualifier from California, became the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open’s third round since Pete Sampras in 1990, upsetting a racket-tossing Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 1-6, 7-6 in a thrilling contest that began on Thursday night and ended in the wee hours of Friday in Melbourne.The four-hour, 49-minute match had a bit of everything, including a six-minute rain delay that interrupted play shortly before 2.30am with Tien serving at 5-5 in the fifth set. When play resumed, Medvedev broke and served for the match at 6-5, but Tien refused to cede, broke back, and forced the concluding first-to-10 tiebreaker, which he emerged to win shortly before 3am. His victory came about two hours after he had failed to convert his initial match point. Continue reading...

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11 hours ago Transgender teen stabbed after sex act in 'sickening' attack at roller disco

The transgender victim was mercilessly stabbed and beaten after being lured to Harrow Leisure Centre in North London in an ambush organised over Snapchat, while one bystander robbed her handbag

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14 hours ago Learner Tien beats Daniil Medvedev and is the youngest US man in Australia's 3rd round since Sampras

Learner Tien has become the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open’s third round since Pete Sampras in 1990

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12 hours ago Paedophile threw phone out of the window when police raided his mother's home

Curtis Hale, 27, was found with sickening images of children as young as six months old being abused.

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14 hours ago Blue Monday: How to use music to beat Blue Monday 2025 and boost your mood

How singing with friends and a spot of classical music can help you through 2025’s Blue Monday 🎶🤦 ♂️🎺

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13 hours ago Reward and fresh appeal for information over murder of James Akinwande in 1994

The 18-year-old was chased, beaten and stabbed by a group of men after leaving the Vox nightclub in Brixton, south London.

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15 hours ago When is the WWE Royal Rumble on? How to watch the wrestling event, format, matches and history

It’s the first time ever that the event will be available at no extra charge to streaming subscribers.

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13 hours ago Man charged eight months after death of 'one in a million' Scots dad hit by car

Police Scotland has confirmed a 39-year-old has been charged in connection with road traffic offences following the death of William Henderson in May last year.

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15 hours ago Australian social media influencer charged with poisoning her baby girl

Police say the baby could have become ’gravely ill’ and also possibly died had she stayed in the woman’s care

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14 hours ago Aaron Jones, George Kittle and Morgan Fox are the finalists for NFL's Salute to Service award

Vikings running back Aaron Jones, 49ers tight end George Kittle and Chargers defensive end Morgan Fox are the finalists for the NFL’s 14th annual Salute to Service award presented by USAA

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15 hours ago Danielle Collins thanks booing Australian Open crowd for 'big fat pay cheque' after beating home qualifier

Collins ended the run of Australian qualifier Destanee Aiava before thanking the crowd for her ‘big fat pay cheque’

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14 hours ago Woolwich stabbing: Schoolboy Kelyan Bokassa, 14, killed on London bus was stabbed 27 times, court hears

Two teenagers have appeared in court charged with murder after Kelyan Bokassa died from knife wounds on the Route 472 bus in Woolwich

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16 hours ago Katie Boulter insists moment will come after disappointing Australian Open exit

The 22nd seed was beaten 7-6 (3) 2-6 6-2 by Russian Veronika Kudermetova at the Australian Open

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15 hours ago Woolwich stabbing: Victim Kelyan Bokassa, 14, killed on London bus was stabbed 27 times, court hears

Two teenagers have appeared in court charged with murder after Kelyan Bokassa died from knife wounds on the Route 472 bus in Woolwich

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16 hours ago Danielle Collins thanks booing Australian Open crowd for 'big fat paycheck' after beating home qualifier

Collins ended the run of Australian qualifier Destanee Aiava before thanking the crowd for her ‘big fat paycheck’

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16 hours ago Paul Danan dies aged 46: Hollyoaks star was set to appear in court on drugs charges today

The Hollyoaks star appeared in the original series of Celebrity Love Island in 2005, as well as Celebrity Big Brother in 2017

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16 hours ago 'It was either me or him and I won,' British retiree says after beating back mugger

An 84-year-old British man armed only with a pair of trousers beat back a mugger half his age who tried to rob him at a laundry in the north of England

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16 hours ago Scottish man jailed for beating dog so severely with golf club it had to be put down

Terry Thurling was banned from owning a dog for 15 years

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17 hours ago Danielle Collins slaps her backside and boasts of 'big fat $180,000 cheque' as she accuses Australian Open crowd of being 'super drunk' for booing her as she beat the local underdog

 American tennis star Danielle Collins blasted the Australian Open crowd as being 'super drunk' as celebrated victory over home hopeful Destanee Aiava.

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16 hours ago Paul Danan died hours before he was due in court for drugs charges: Tragic Hollyoaks star, 46, was charged over cocaine and driving under the influence

Paul Danan had been due to appear at Warrington Magistrates' Court in Cheshire today after being charged with being in possession of several bags of cocaine and a 'quantity' of cannabis.

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17 hours ago Former football club chairman bailed on £10m stadium loan inquiry fraud charge

Ex-Northampton Town chairman David Cardoza appeared before a judge alongside property developer Howard Grossman and two other men.

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16 hours ago Joey Barton faces offensive messages charges as reason given for court no

Joey Barton was set to appear in person at Chester Magistrates' Court today over alleged posts about Jeremy Vine and Lucy Ward, but attended via video-link as his lawyer explained his absence

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