2 hours ago Kristi Noem won’t say if she would withhold disaster aid if Trump asks: ‘Leadership has consequences’

Trump’s nominee for massive cabinet job rebuffs ‘hypothetical’ question as he threatens California fire relief

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8 hours ago The unusual way nightclubs are ensuring partygoers leave venues quietly

The venue's operation director, David Nejrup, said the method have proven to be effective at other late night spots in Leeds, according to the BBC .

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83 minutes ago Greta Gerwig’s Narnia adaptation lands historic deal ahead of Netflix release

Director’s forthcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis book series will be released in 2026

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21 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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2 hours ago McDonald's worker's warning to others after vile 'virginity' question and 'bum slapping'

A young employee at McDonald's, who still works for the company, has urged others to think twice before applying for a job at the chain despite saying some things have improved

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5 hours ago Top 10 David Lynch' movies and TV shows ranked from Twin Peaks to Mulholland Drive

Legendary director David Lynch has sadly died at the age of 78.

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32 hours ago Jenufa at the Royal Opera House review: symbolic, psychologically probing and more potent than ever

This revival was Jakub Hrusa’s first production as Covent Garden’s music director designate – the venue is in safe hands

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8 hours ago Roman Roadchef! Archaeologists uncover a 'service station' in Gloucester where ancient travellers would have stopped for 'fast food' 2,000 years ago

Archeologists have discovered the foundations of a Roman 'service station' by the A147 in the Cotswolds, about five miles south of Cheltenham.

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2 hours ago ‘David Lynch altered our brains’: fellow directors, friends and fans remember a titan of cinema

His unique, twisted visions shocked and seduced generations of filmgoers. Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Coralie Fargeat and more pay tribute• Ranked: David Lynch’s films and TV shows• Cigarettes were Lynch’s magic wand – and his undoingPaul Schrader, director Continue reading...

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27 hours ago LA fires live updates: California weather eases up as firefighters report gains against massive wildfires

Improved conditions should help fire crews and allow residents to return to their neighborhoodsEasing of extreme winds expected to strengthen efforts to put out blazesMark Pestrella, Los Angeles County Public Works director, said that in the event of major rain, “we do expect that all of the street areas and all the communities will be impacted by debris flows that could be hazardous to human health.”He warned that “we do expect the window to open for rain in the later part of this month.” Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Erling Haaland’s record Manchester City deal to 2034 leaves Guardiola stunned

Striker signs nine-and-a-half-year extension Guardiola had to ask Txiki Begiristain to repeat newsPep Guardiola was so stunned when learning the length of Erling Haaland’s record new nine-and-a-half year contract that he asked Txiki Begiristain, Manchester City’s sporting director, to repeat himself.The 24-year-old’s fresh terms ties him to the champions until 2034 and will earn him a basic salary of around £500,000 a-week. It is the longest agreed by a player in domestic competition. Guardiola does not get involved in contract negotiations so was asked shortly after Haaland’s deal was announced how he reacted to the news from Begiristain. “I said: ‘Can you repeat?’ And he said to me. ‘[10].’ I said: ‘Sure?’ And he said: ‘Yes.’ So, good news. That means a lot.” Continue reading...

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33 hours ago Chelsea in talks to avoid points deduction over secret transfer payments made under Roman Abramovich

Club in talks with Premier League over financial settlement over alleged rule breaches 10 years ago

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4 hours ago Beat The Chasers viewers rip into 'harsh and ridiculous' opening question as player crashes out of show after just seconds

Contestant Ray took on Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha, Jenny Ryan and Darragh Ennis in a bid to win some money.

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5 hours ago ‘Music is a magic’: how David Lynch used song and sound to transcend reality

He found global fame as a film-maker, but Lynch’s passion for music was life-long and resulted in work every bit as surreal as his moviesDavid Lynch, Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director, dies aged 78David Lynch: the great American surrealist who made experimentalism mainstream‘Music,” David Lynch said when I spoke to him for the Guardian last year, “is a magic”. We were discussing the album Cellophane Memories, which he had produced with singer Chrystabell: a beautiful, dreamlike, archetypically Lynchian record, which – with his death this week at the age of 78 – would be his last.While he started out as a painter and found global fame as a director through surrealist masterpieces like Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, Lynch maintained a passion for music all his life – from his bizarre sonic experiments for film, to his own albums, to his collaborations with the likes of Julee Cruise, Flying Lotus and Angelo Badalamenti. Continue reading...

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38 hours ago Archaeologists uncover Roman ‘service station’ during roadworks in Gloucester

The mutatio, on Ermin Street linking Silchester and Gloucester, would have provided a place for travellers to rest or change horsesAt Gloucester services on the M5, travellers are resting and refuelling, taking a break from the demands of the road.Just a few miles east, scores of archaeologists are completing a two-year project that has unearthed a forerunner of the site, a 2,000-year-old Roman take on the service station. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago The best of David Lynch: pay tribute to the beloved director with his most famous filmography

From Eraserhead to Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks to Lost Highway, the director leaves behind some of the best films of the past half century

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35 hours ago Mikel Arteta gives Rio Ferdinand response he wanted to Arsenal transfer question

Arsenal stepped up in attack against Tottenham on Wednesday night as Leandro Trossard scored to inspire a 2-1 win in the North London Derby, but Mikel Arteta will know he still needs more depth up front

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5 hours ago Missed chances to probe patient safety during Letby attack spree, inquiry told

Professor Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, gave evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry on Friday.

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7 hours ago Don’t Look Up director says ‘half a billion people’ have now seen film despite critics

Adam McKay says the Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio-starring satire resonates with a widespread feeling of being deceived by government and mediaAdam McKay, writer-director of climate-crisis satire Don’t Look Up, says that the film’s popularity with viewers shows the popular will to tackle climate change, despite the critical brickbats the film attracted and political inertia around the issue.McKay was speaking to the NME during the wildfire emergency that is currently affecting Los Angeles, which has included many high-profile victims from the Hollywood community. Saying that while Netflix, the film’s distributors, would not release definitive audience figures, he estimated that “somewhere between 400 million and half a billion” people saw it, and that “viewers all really connected with the idea of being gaslit”. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Dave Bautista names one thing he wants to be remembered for as fans beg for 'variety'

Dave Bautista wants to be remembered for one specific thing as he opened up on his acting career and took inspiration from the casting director of his biggest film, Guardians of the Galaxy

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5 hours ago GoFundMe, Mandy Moore and the unfairness of disaster relief: ‘If you were poor before, you should stay poor’

Aid was historically seen as a way to ‘restore the status quo’. Now the actor’s bid for help amid the LA fires raises a question: who deserves to crowdfund?It was a perfectly ordinary celebrity Instagram post for the first week of 2025, which is to say, it was nightmarish, but in a way that we’ve grown accustomed to.The actor and musician Mandy Moore was one of many entertainers to lose her home to wildfire in Altadena, California, last week. In her post upon returning to the neighborhood, photos bearing the jaundiced cast of wildfire smoke reveal rubble, charred trees, and an exterior staircase on the verge of collapse. Moore’s captions cataloged further losses: her husband’s studio and instruments, her children’s school, and the home of her brother-in-law and his wife, who are expecting their first child within weeks. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago David Lynch, the visionary artist who made films that no one else could

The singular American filmmaker died this week at the age of 78, leaving behind a legacy like no other. Louis Chilton looks at the life and work of a man who redefined what cinema itself could achieve

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6 hours ago Andrew McKinlay tells Hearts boo boys they went too far and slams 'unlawful' contract leak

McKinlay, chair Ann Budge and sporting director Graeme Jones were targeted after the Jambos euro exit

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9 hours ago David Lynch Quotes: A look back at 13 of the visionary director's best quotes following his death

Announcing his death, the family of David Lynch said: “There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’”

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7 hours ago New Pompeii excavation reveals a large private thermal complex built 2,000 years ago

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure: a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago

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13 hours ago David Lynch, film director known for Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet, dies aged 78

"There's a big hole in the world now that he's no longer with us. But, as he would say, 'keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole'.

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7 hours ago ‘We are ready’: the ACLU is prepared to fight Trump’s attacks on civil liberties

Organization faces arguably its biggest test with Trump’s return to power with deportation, free speech and immigration on the agendaThe American Civil Liberties Union, a leading defender of rights and freedoms enshrined in the US constitution, has drafted several major lawsuits it is prepared to file should Donald Trump try to wield excessive or unlawful power at the start of his second presidency, which starts on Monday.Cecillia Wang, the ACLU’s recently appointed national legal director, said the organisation was fully set, with plaintiffs lined up and legal complaints already written. The incoming president’s plans to mass-deport millions of undocumented immigrants, his threats to pursue vendettas against his political enemies and his talk of mobilising the military for domestic purposes, are all squarely in the ACLU’s sights. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago David Lynch dead: Naomi Watts' heartrending tribute to director who 'put her on the map'

David Lynch, whose career spanned more than 50 years, directed surrealist mystery Mulholland Drive, in which Naomi Watts, from Shoreham, Kent, played a lead character

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8 hours ago My wife asked me an 'innocent' question about our sex life. Now I fear I'm a cuckold without realising it

I love my wife and don't want to mess up what we have, but I can't help feeling uneasy about what she just told me.

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15 hours ago Gaza ceasefire: Israel security cabinet to meet on Friday after hostage deal reached, Netanyahu says – live

Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says in statement that security cabinet will meet on Friday following earlier delays in talks to release hostages in return for ceasefireAnalysis: Islamist groups in Middle East will emerge from Gaza war weakenedIn what has been advertised as his final interview as president, Joe Biden has said that Israel “has to find a way to accommodate the legitimate concerns” of Palestinians for the long term sustainability of Israel. He told broadcaster MSNBC:And the idea that Israel is going to be able to sustain itself for the long term without accommodating the Palestinian question ... It’s not going to happen ....And I kept reminding my friend, and he is a friend, although we don’t agree a whole lot lately, Bibi Netanyahu, that he has to find a way to accommodate the legitimate concerns of a large group of people called Palestinians, who have no place to live independently. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Lewis Hamilton already divides Ferrari F1 fan opinion as Charles Leclerc question remains

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have enjoyed a cordial start to life as Ferrari team-mates, but it remains to be seen how racing against each other will affect their relationship

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15 hours ago Sepsis warning signs after death of TV legend death from elective surgery ‘gone wrong’

The British TV director reportedly died from sepsis after an elective surgery

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8 hours ago How Jeff Bezos can stop the bleeding at the Washington Post | Margaret Sullivan

The paper’s owner should show up – soon – to hold a town hall with the newsroom, answer questions, and take the heatMore than 400 newsroom staffers at the Washington Post pleaded with the paper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, this week to do something about their beloved paper’s rapid – and very public – decline.“We are deeply alarmed by recent leadership decisions that have led readers to question the integrity of this institution, broken with a tradition of transparency, and prompted some of our most distinguished colleagues to leave, with more departures imminent,” an extraordinary letter to Bezos read in part, as first reported by NPR’s David Folkenflik. It was signed by some of the Post’s most respected names, including the investigative reporter Carol Leonnig and the unofficial dean of DC politics writers Dan Balz.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...

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17 hours ago Naomi Watts' heartbreaking tribute to David Lynch after his death at 78

Australian actress Naomi Watts has penned a heartfelt tribute to director David Lynch.

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9 hours ago Best David Lynch Films: Here are all 10 of the director's feature films ranked from best to worst

As the movie world mourns one of the great auteurs, we’re looking at David Lynch’s filmography.

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19 hours ago David Lynch death: Steven Spielberg, Kyle MacLachlan, Naomi Watts and more pay tribute to auteur

Collaborators including Nicolas Cage and Lara Flynn Boyle have shared their thoughts on the director’s death

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9 hours ago Kat Dennings says ‘cruel’ casting director labelled her ‘too fat’ when she was 12

‘It was insane,’ the actor said

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19 hours ago I, Fraudius! Roman coin conmen discovered nearly 1,700 years after he committed crime

A dig has revealed a number of moulds which would have been used to create fake Roman coins - an offence that was punishable by crucifixion.

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9 hours ago Hearts accused of being transfer cheapskates over Islam Chesnokov as FC Tobol slam 'unacceptable' bid

Sporting director Sanzhar Seitkazinov says they'd take player to Scotland themselves if Hearts meet their price

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19 hours ago David Lynch tributes: Twin Peaks actor Kyle MacLachlan leads stars remembering director after his death aged 78

Kyle MacLachlan led the celebrities paying emotional tributes to David Lynch following his death aged 78 .

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10 hours ago North Lanarkshire Council helps launch World Gaelic Week programme announcement

Members of the Gaelic and community resettlement teams met at Chapelside Community Centre, joined by Seachdain na Gàidhlig director Joy Dunlop.

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20 hours ago David Lynch death: Steven Spielberg, Kyle MacLachlan, Nicolas Cage and more pay tribute to auteur

The ‘Eraserhead’ and ‘Elephant Man’ director was described as ‘the first populist surrealist’

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22 hours ago David Lynch dies aged 78: Tributes pour in for legendary Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director

The filmmaker, writer and artist was Oscar-nominated for his films Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive

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12 hours ago BBC Question Time: Elon Musk told he's 'not to fit lick Jess Phillips' boots' in brutal takedown

BBC Question Time audience applaud the Labour peer and broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika after she said tech billionaire Elon Musk's attack on minister Jess Phillips was 'absolutely disgusting'

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22 hours ago David Lynch death updates: Steven Spielberg, Kyle MacLachlan and more pay tribute to auteur

The ‘Eraserhead’ and ‘Elephant Man’ director was described as ‘the first populist surrealist’

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12 hours ago 'My heart is broken': Naomi Watts pays tribute to legendary Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director David Lynch

The filmmaker, writer and artist was Oscar-nominated for his films Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive

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23 hours ago Shocking moment angry mob forces Queen Elizabeth hospital into lockdown 'threatening staff'

The gang of men turned up to Queen Elizabeth Hospital shortly after a shooting victim was admitted - causing staff to question whether they were there to 'finish the job'

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14 hours 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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23 hours ago David Lynch tributes: Ron Howard, James Gunn and others remember Twin Peaks director after his death aged 78

Celebrities including Ron Howard and James Gunn have paid tribute to Hollywood icon David Lynch following his death aged 78.

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18 hours ago Naomi Watts mourns Mulholland Drive director David Lynch: ‘He put me on the map’

The US filmmaker died on Thursday at the age of 78.

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23 hours ago David Lynch death updates: Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and more pay tribute to auteur

The ‘Eraserhead’ and ‘Elephant Man’ director was described as ‘the first populist surrealist’

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19 hours ago BBC Question Time: Fiona Bruce skewers Nadine Dorries about 'attack on leader'

When Fiona Bruce asked former Conservative MP Nadine Dorries her thoughts on Kemi Badenoch, the politician squirmed - much to the amusement of the Question Time audience

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24 hours ago David Lynch dead at 78: Famed director of Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet passes away

Twin Peaks director David Lynch has died at age 78. The four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker's family announced the devastating news via social media on Thursday.

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