23 m. ago Al Pacino was ‘offered a fortune’ to play iconic Star Wars character – but didn’t ‘understand’ the script

‘I can't play something if I don't speak the language,’ said the acclaimed actor

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27 m. ago 'Dodgy' Fire Stick users 'could be JAILED amid illegal streaming crackdown'

Fraud investigators have reportedly warned that users will also be targeted by authorities from next season, with a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

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87 m. ago Pulp review – Jarvis Cocker’s captivating comeback turns a rapt crowd rapturous

OVO Hydro, GlasgowOn a kitschy 1970s chatshow set, the Sheffield band play hits from across their career – and fans welcome their just-released album tracks like old friendsA thick velvet curtain cocoons the stage as a cool disembodied voice projects over the audience: “This is an encore. An encore occurs because the audience wants more.” Since their initial breakup in 2002, Pulp have re-formed twice, for sold-out tours and festival sets played to loyal, rapturous audiences. Tonight, the stakes are higher: for the first time in 24 years, Pulp have a new album, More, released just one day before tonight’s opening show. The audience want more – but do they want More?Any anxiety about new material is quashed when set opener and comeback single Spike Island is received like an old friend. Jarvis Cocker rises from the back of the stage flanked by cardboard cutouts of his bandmates – recognisable from the cover of 1995’s Different Class – before joining their real-life counterparts, guita...

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99 m. ago Rasmus Hojlund breaks silence on £40m Man Utd transfer exit as Inter Milan wait

Rasmus Hojlund has been linked with a £40million transfer back to Italy this summer after struggling for goals with Manchester United, who are bringing in attacking reinforcements

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1 hour ago Truth about La Toya Jackson's VERY slender frame after fans claimed she lost too much weight

La Toya Jackson has broken her silence after fans claimed that she'd lost too much weight.

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1 hour ago Harry Styles laughs with pals at renewable energy festival in London's Victoria Park as he continues his time

Harry Styles laughs with pals at renewable energy festival in London's Victoria Park as he continues his time  Daily Mail

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2 h. ago ‘I’m here to open doors’: Bernardine Evaristo on success, controversy and why she plans to donate her £100k award

The Girl, Woman, Other author has this week been awarded a one-off Women’s prize award for her outstanding contribution. She talks about her long road to recognition, and using her profile to support other writersBack in 2013, Bernardine Evaristo gave a reading in a south London bookshop from her novel Mr Loverman. Only six people showed up, a couple of them were dozing and she realised they were homeless people who had come to find somewhere comfortable to sleep. Last month, the hit TV adaptation Mr Loverman, about a 74-year-old gay Caribbean man set in Hackney, east London, won two Baftas, including leading actor for Lennie James, making him the first Black British actor to win the TV award in its 70-year history. “I checked Wikipedia!” Evaristo exclaims of this shocking fact when we meet in London.Evaristo’s long career is one of firsts and creating them for others. In 2019, at the age of 60, she became the first Black woman to win the Booker prize – shared with Margaret Atwood –...

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3 h. ago I was in so much pain I couldn't WALK but doctors simply sent me home with painkillers... and failed to diagnose condition that changed my life forever

EXCLUSIVE: Mother-of-one Alexandra Gerrard, 34, (pictured) was sent home with a prescription for painkillers despite the fact she was unable to walk.

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3 h. ago I've been arrested at the airport for eating fermented foods including 10

Ahead of the release of his debut book, Adventures in Fermentation, Dr. Johnny Drain, from Birmingham, reveals why he loves fermented food - and how his unusual passion has got him arrested.

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3 h. ago Elon Musk has 'PTSD from the White House' and believes he's 'made a mistake' by helping Donald Trump get reelected, his father Errol claims

Errol Musk, 79, was speaking about his son's epic fallout with the US President after arriving in Moscow to speak at a forum organised by Vladimir Putin 's closest aides.

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4 h. ago Scientists issue urgent warning to festivalgoers over terrifying new drug that's 500 TIMES stronger than heroin

Scientists have issued an urgent warning to festival goers over a terrifying new drug which is sweeping the country.

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4 h. ago England gets £16bn for transport as people share views on what Wales needs

WalesOnline readers have shared their thoughts on the the billions of pounds that will be spent on tram, train, and bus projects in mayoral authorities across the Midlands, the north, and the west of England

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4 h. ago Mauricio Pochettino breaks silence on Tottenham return to replace Ange Postecoglou

Mauricio Pochettino has been linked with a Tottenham return as they eye a new manager but the USA boss insists the timing is not right for him to head back to north London

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4 h. ago Expert warns 'never book a holiday' without one specific item

A Which? travel expert has shared the one thing she'd never book a holiday without

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4 h. ago Salman Rushdie warns people are 'too eager to prohibit speech they disapprove of' as acclaimed author cautions against 'slippery slope' of cancel culture

The Satanic Verses author, 77, warned of the 'very slippery slope' of cancel culture and urged to 'trust the audience to be able to make up their own minds'.

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5 h. ago ITV Love Island's Tina Stinnes unrecognisable nine years after first appearance

Love Island bombshell Tina Stinnes returned to the ITV villa for All Stars earlier this year and fans were left scratching their heads as they failed to recognise her

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5 h. ago The Hollywood inspired UK seaside villa that oozes 1930s glamour you can book to stay at this summer

Families and friends can book out the National Trust villa for a holiday

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6 h. ago Summer McIntosh shatters world record with stunning freestyle swim

The teen sensation bettered Ariarne Titmus’s 400m freestyle mark at the Canadian Trials

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7 h. ago Businessman accused of 'increasing the size of his home in every direction' without permission by council

Mohammed Rahman failed to acknowledge he had done wrong until the council told him it was an 'illegal build' causing 'significant stress to some residents' in Elmdon, West Midlands.

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7 h. ago If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a youth hostel to give their parents a break | Nell Frizzell

Forget luxury escapes: it’s more fun to share time and space with people of all ages and from all walks of lifeI’ve never been in a band. But I have been to a youth hostel with four babies, which is sort of the same thing. Everywhere we turned there was singing, selfies, strangers coming up to us in the street and women getting their boobs out – it was the Small Faces, but with actual small faces.My God, how I love youth hostels. In all their strange, intergenerational, shared washing-up sponges and boot-room glory, they are the best of us. You can keep your sponsored hotel stays and luxury apartments as far as I’m concerned. Give me a fluorescent-lit kitchen with five electric hobs and a roll of stickers to label your milk any day.Nell Frizzell is a journalist and author Continue reading...

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