4 d. ago Why the anger with Billie Eilish? You’re not allowed to say what we all know about billionaires | Zoe Williams

The singer is giving away millions – but the parameters for criticising the super-rich are very narrow, and hardly anyone qualifiesWhat exactly happened with Billie Eilish at the Wall Street Journal Magazine Innovator awards last week? Look it up, and you have a perfect thumbnail of the modern information environment, its highs and lows. You can find out the exact words used by the event host, Stephen Colbert, as he introduced her and announced that the 23-year-old singer was giving away $11.5m (£8.8m) to fight food poverty and the climate crisis. You can find out the exact words she used after she took the stage. “We’re in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark and people need empathy and help more than kind of ever, especially in our country,” she said. You can also get straight to the controversial bit. “Love you all, but there’s a few people in here that have a lot more money than me. If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, bu...

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4 d. ago Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires | Zoe Williams

The singer is giving away millions – but the parameters for criticising the super-rich are very narrow, and hardly anyone qualifiesWhat exactly happened with Billie Eilish at the Wall Street Journal Magazine Innovator awards last week? Look it up, and you have a perfect thumbnail of the modern information environment, its highs and lows. You can find out the exact words used by the event host, Stephen Colbert, as he introduced her and announced that the 23-year-old singer was giving away $11.5m (£8.8m) to fight food poverty and the climate crisis. You can find out the exact words she used after she took the stage. “We’re in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark and people need empathy and help more than kind of ever, especially in our country,” she said. You can also get straight to the controversial bit. “Love you all, but there’s a few people in here that have a lot more money than me. If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, bu...

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4 d. ago Major pizza chain could be SOLD after announcing 68 closures and collapsing into administration

A MAJOR high street pizza chain could be sold just weeks after announcing 68 restaurant closures and collapsing into administration. The potential sale comes after the chain’s American owner, Yum! Brands, which also owns KFC and Taco Bell, said it was reviewing its options following a period of weak performance. The company recently stepped in...

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5 d. ago Coronation Street spoilers next week see David and Shona rocked by sad baby news

Coronation Street is set to air a heartbreaking episode next week

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5 d. ago Coronation Street spoilers next week see devastating news for David and Shona

Coronation Street is set for devastating scenes next week

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5 d. ago Coronation Street spoilers: Baby heartache, Carla rumbles Becky and Fiz at breaking point

Coronation Street airs huge and emotional scenes next week, as well as drama, hints at some secrets and a character at breaking point on the ITV soap, with twists ahead

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1 week ago Angry residents say they've been trapped in their own street for weeks

Residents living in the street have had enough and have reported what is happening to the council and even the police

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1 week ago Dr. Phil ordered to liquidate media company after losing bankruptcy case with ‘no hope for rehabilitation’

‘This Chapter 11 case is an anomaly” since ‘there never has been a pretense of a rehabilitation or a reorganization’ of Merit Street, a bankruptcy judge said this week.

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1 week ago Dr. Phil’s media company ordered to liquidate after losing bankruptcy case with ‘no hope for rehabilitation’

‘This Chapter 11 case is an anomaly” since ‘there never has been a pretense of a rehabilitation or a reorganization’ of Merit Street, a bankruptcy judge said this week.

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1 week ago Coronation Street spoilers: Costello's victim, Hope's troll 'solved' and split fears

Coronation Street airs twists and turns next week according to new spoilers, with the fallout to Eva Price's return, a wedding possibly being cancelled and a murder twist

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2 w. ago Corrie's Becky takes action, Emmerdale 'exit' and EastEnders bombshell: Soaps next week

Emmerdale, Coronation Street and EastEnders spoilers for next week's episodes tease bombshells, discoveries, villainous action and hints of a double exit in new spoilers

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2 w. ago Coronation Street favourite faces heartbreak as couple 'split' just weeks after wedding

Dev Alahan seemingly split from his wife Bernie at the end of Wednesday night's Coronation Street after she decided to get involved in his daughter's personal struggles

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2 w. ago Shelby Oaks review – junky Halloween horror delivers zero scares

There is really nothing to be scared of in this clumsy hodgepodge of found footage, mockumentary and conventional narrativeIt might be the year that saw Sinners raise hell over Easter and Weapons target the late summer but this Halloween, the options are scarily poor in comparison, no tricks or treats, just junk. Last week’s Elm Street-cribbing sequel Black Phone 2 was a sign of a franchise already running out of steam while this week, low-budget disappointment Shelby Oaks tries and fails to start a new one, a scrappy attempt to conjure the clammy fear of The Blair Witch Project, a film that has so far proved impossible to replicate (horror fans would be far better served by making the most of the Sinners Imax re-release).It’s the debut of the YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann, who premiered his Kickstarter-funded feature at last year’s genre-led Fantasia festival, attracting the attention of Neon, a company who had just achieved surprise success with the serial killer horror Long...

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2 w. ago Soaps spoilers next week: Coronation Street return and EastEnders bombshells

Soaps spoilers have teased another week of drama for Corrie, Emmerdale and Walford residents - from Eva Price's bombshell return to Suki and Eve's adoption plans. Get the lowdown.

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2 w. ago Coronation Street fans say same thing as star decides to leave

Over the past few weeks, Coronation Street viewers have seen Lisa Swain battle her emotions after realising her ex-wife is alive.

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2 w. ago Coronation Street's Catherine Tyldesley declares 'week to go' as major update supported

It came as the actress spoke out on her Coronation Street return as Eva Price for the first time

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3 w. ago ‘Disorder, fright and confusion’: looking back at the devastating Wall Street crash of 1929

Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book 1929 takes readers back to the crash that changed the US and looks at what we can learn from it todayAndrew Ross Sorkin’s first book, Too Big to Fail, was a bestseller about the financial crisis of 2008, published the following year. His second, 1929, out this week, takes readers “Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History – and How it Shattered a Nation”.It’s been 16 years between books, but Sorkin hasn’t been idle. A columnist for the New York Times, he founded its DealBook newsletter and summit; he’s a Squawk Box co-anchor for CNBC; and after Too Big to Fail was filmed by HBO, he co-created Billions, a huge hit for Showtime starring Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Claudia Winkleman fans 'love' her 'stunning' Traitors look with high

Celebrity Traitors' frontwoman Claudia Winkleman is inspiring fashion fans once again with her on-screen wardrobe, and this week one of her ensembles features a high-street coat

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3 w. ago People's Postcode Lottery results: The winning streets for October 11 to 17

A street in Hertfordshire split £1,000,000 this week in the People's Postcode Lottery

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3 w. ago Coronation Street spoilers see Carla 'betrayed' as Becky 'is somebody who you don't want to mess'

Coronation Street spoilers have teased a new betrayal for the cobbles next week involving Becky and Lisa

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