40 h. ago Senate narrowly passes Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ spending bill after three Republicans vote no – live updates

Vice-president JD Vance was in the chamber to break the tieWhat’s in Trump’s big, beautiful bill? Tax cuts, deportations and moreThe senate has adopted an amendment offered by Republican senator Joni Ernst – who represents Iowa - to prevent jobless millionaires from claiming unemployment compensation.Lawmakers voted 99-1 to strike the AI regulation ban from the bill by adopting an amendment offered by Republican senator Marsha Blackburn. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Protesters urge Wimbledon to cut ties with Barclays over Israel business deals

Pro-Palestinian protesters urged Wimbledon to drop Barclays as a sponsor Monday because of the British bank’s business dealings with Israel

Economics

4 d. ago Prince of Wales charity donor sent out '£20K cash for access' invitation without William's knowledge

Minerva Mondejar Steiner (pictured), a millionaire art gallery curator who sponsored William's annual polo fundraiser, offered a meeting with the Waleses for the whopping sum.

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6 d. ago Brokeback Mountain writer predicted Oscar loss when she learnt Clint Eastwood hadn’t seen it: ‘Like somebody kicked me in the stomach’

Romance film famously lost out to ‘Crash’ at the 2005 Academy Awards

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9 d. ago Strictly's Wynne Evans suffers fresh blow as 'final BBC show axed' after just one series

His final tie to the BBC has reportedly been cut after the Strictly Come Dancing scandal.

Culture

9 d. ago BBC drops another Wynne Evans project as it cuts ties after Strictly drama

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Wynne Evans left the live tour and his radio show earlier this year, and the BBC has now confirmed it has 'no plans' to renew a travel show he did

Events

2 w. ago Wayne Rooney drops huge hint on managerial return after two brutal sackings

Plymouth Argyle and Birmingham City both cut ties with Wayne Rooney after just a few months, with both going on to suffer relegation from the Championship after his dismissal

Politics

3 w. ago Why Brad Pitt believes relationship with two of his kids is now 'unfixable'... sparking vicious Angelina Jolie backlash

Nine years on from his split with Angelina, Pitt is cutting all ties with two of his children... while desperately holding out hope for reconciliation with the other four.

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3 w. ago Awkward timing as David Beckham gives family interview as Brooklyn Beckham 'cuts all ties'

David Beckham is continuing his 50th year in style as he follows in the footsteps of the King, but his family's rift with his eldest son Brooklyn continues to hit the headlines

Events

3 w. ago Brad Pitt 'cuts ties with two of his kids' after bitter divorce from Angelina

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie share a brood of six: Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne. He is reportedly cutting ties with two of his children

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3 w. ago Brad Pitt brutally CUTS OFF two of his children... sparking vicious backlash from Angelina Jolie

Nine years on from his split with Angelina, Pitt is cutting all ties with two of his children... while desperately holding out hope for reconciliation with the other four.

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3 w. ago Independent Scotland would cut ties with Israel over Gaza, claims Stephen Flynn

Flynn said and other SNP MPs were "deeply, deeply upset and angry about what’s happened in Gaza".

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3 w. ago Independent Scotland would cut ties with Israel, says SNP Westminster leader

Stephen Flynn said he was ‘deeply upset and angry’ about the situation in Gaza.

Politics

3 w. ago University of Michigan drops private security after reports of surveillance

The University of Michigan says it’s cutting ties with a private security company that was accused of following pro-Palestinian activists on and off campus

Events

3 w. ago More alleged child porn victims of former New Pornographers drummer come forward, authorities say

The New Pornographers say the band cut ties with drummer Joe Seiders immediately after his April 2025 child porn arrest.

Events

4 w. ago Ireland's top university cuts all ties with Israel after major student protest

Ireland's prestigious Trinity College Dublin said on Wednesday that it would cut all links with Israel in protest at 'ongoing violations of international and humanitarian law'.

Politics

4 w. ago The good, the bad and the ugly: Clint Eastwood’s interview debacle reveals bleak truths about film journalism

An Austrian newspaper ran an interview with the cinema legend which he denied ever giving. What actually happens in the world of movie reporting can be yet more murkyIt is no surprise that Austrian newspaper Kurier’s Clint Eastwood interview went viral over the weekend. An audience with a 95-year-old film legend containing stern words about the current state of cinema was always going to go like a rocket. Particularly during cinema’s dregs season: the thin period post Cannes and pre the summer proper, with Mission: Impossible fever fading fast and Lilo & Stitch ruling the box office – a success from which only so many stories can be spun.Further evidence of this thinness comes from a quick scan of the news stories run over the past week in some of the trade magazines – Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Screen International – who must keep producing them, regardless of actual material. These include a write-off of an interview in which Michael Cera says he didn’t think Jacki...

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4 w. ago Austrian newspaper cuts ties with writer over Clint Eastwood ‘exclusive’

Kurier editor says Q&A that was picked up by other outlets contained old quotes from round-table eventsOne of Austria’s leading newspapers has severed ties with a Hollywood reporter after admitting she repackaged old comments by Clint Eastwood and presented them as a supposedly exclusive interview.In an apparent journalistic coup, the Vienna-based daily Kurier published a Q&A with Eastwood last Friday and it was picked up around the world over the weekend due to the Oscar-winning actor’s outspoken criticism of Hollywood’s “era of remakes and franchises”. Continue reading...

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last month Clint Eastwood denies giving viral interview to Austrian newspaper

Actor says interview published by Kurier newspaper last week ‘entirely phony’

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