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2 hours ago EastEnders Lacey Turner teases Christmas plans amid huge BBC soap storyline

Lacey Turner has opened up about how she'll be spending Christmas evening as the nation will be gripped to their screens waiting to find out what happens on EastEnders

Politics

2 hours ago Woman uses food to clean her mirrors and people are completely divided

A woman has shared a video of herself cleaning her bathroom mirrors using a potato - and it's safe to say people were a little confused by the method but others loved it

Politics

2 hours ago The Holiday stars Cameron Diaz and Jude Law 'fell in love' on movie set but then one thing happened

Cameron Diaz and Jude Law starred as two of the lead characters in the 2006 Christmas film, The Holiday - now it's been revealed that love was in the air in real life too

Politics

3 hours ago Mufasa: The Lion King review – technically dazzling Disney origin story lacks soul

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins’s all-action tale boasts uncanny CGI effects and songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, but the screenplay is schmaltzy and derivativeIt’s a technical marvel. Using the same photorealistic CGI techniques as John Favreau’s 2019 “live-action” remake of the classic 1994 Disney animation The Lion King, this origin story for Mufasa, father of Simba and the character whose death is the inciting incident in the original film, is a visually arresting spectacle. Directed by Barry Jenkins, the indie darling behind the triple Oscar-winning masterpiece Moonlight, and the similarly lauded If Beale Street Could Talk, Mufasa: The Lion King feels like a massive leap forward in terms of the rendering capacity of the computer animation software.It captures not just the fur, but the play of muscle and sinew beneath it; not just water and ice but the minute refractions of light through a droplet or crystal. It even solves the lack of facial expression of the somewhat taxidermied-...

Politics

3 hours ago TV news star reveals shock health scare weeks before mum's own cancer diagnosis

A well-known TV presenter has shared their terrifying health scare, which happened just weeks before her mum was diagnosed with cancer as she said it's 'been a living nightmare'

Science

4 hours ago Menaced by foreign foes, facing mutiny at home: how long before Iran goes nuclear? | Simon Tisdall

After Syria, Israel and the US fear Tehran will build an atomic bomb. Their threats may produce that very outcomeChoices, choices. In life, there’s always a choice, or so that complacent saying goes. It didn’t really hold true for the people of Syria, bound and gagged by tyranny for half a century. Yet finally, after infinite pain, they chose freedom. Now the Middle East spotlight shifts to other victims of state oppression. Who’s next for revolution? Step forward, Iran.A sudden collapse of the hardline theocratic regime in power since the Shah’s overthrow in 1979 is unlikely. True or false? Surprises happen, as all Syria knows. How Iran navigates the changing post-Assad landscape is fiercely debated in Tehran. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior mullahs face fateful decisions about the country’s path. Continue reading...

Events

4 hours ago Why Ralf Little really quit Death in Paradise as replacement Don Gilet says character 'not liked'

Death In Paradise is back for a Christmas special with a new lead detective this weekend - but what happened to actor Ralf Little?

Events

4 hours ago East 17’s huge Christmas hit Stay Another Day has tragic story fans don’t know about

Stay Another Day by East 17 might be a Christmas classic - but many don't know about the real heartbreaking meaning behind the song after a band member suffered a devastating loss

Events

5 hours ago Hailey Bieber story inspired Justin Baldoni's alleged plot to 'destroy' Blake Lively's reputation, according to lawsuit texts

Lively is suing Baldoni over allegations of sexual harassment and fostering a toxic work environment on the set of their movie It Ends With Us. He has furiously denied the accusations.

Society