73 m. ago ‘The world is hurting right now’: politics and protest hit the Sundance film festival

A conflicted mood has lingered over Utah’s long-running film festival with premieres and parties continuing but stars speaking out against government crueltyThe news began to spread through the Sundance film festival on Saturday morning, as people emerged from early screenings or long nights out at the bars on Main Street.“If you all have not heard what’s going on in Minnesota this morning, someone else was murdered by ICE,” director Ava DuVernay told the audience at a panel on freedom of expression, referring to the shooting that morning of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, by Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) agents in Minneapolis. Continue reading...

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96 m. ago Horror of accidental paracetamol overdoses: It's surprisingly common and destroys the liver. In our special report PAT HAGAN reveals what goes wrong, the warning signs

Like most new parents, Ahad and Hira Ul Hassan keep a close eye out for signs that their one-year-old son Zohan is developing just as he should.

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2 h. ago Sir Ben Kingsley ‘never dreamt’ that he would play a Marvel character four times

The Oscar-winning actor first played Trevor Slattery 15 years ago

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3 h. ago Arsenal’s biggest leads lost in title race revealed as damning stats leave Gunners nervously looking over their shoulder

ARSENAL fans left the Emirates on Sunday evening with the horrible  feeling  they have seen this film before. And — spoiler alert — the ending is not a happy one. Manchester City lift the Premier League title  and plans for a bus parade around Islington are shelved for another year. The fear for Arsenal right...

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3 h. ago Revealed: Why Britain's crumbling canals are a ticking timebomb

After rushing to wake his wife, and their adult son, the three fled the boat, powerless to do anything but watch in horror as the canal continued to give way and a second boat fell into the opening chasm.

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3 h. ago JASON GROVES: As Starmer visits China, how when Theresa May was in Beijing she was told to get dressed under the bed covers so local spies couldn't film her naked

When he sits down with Xi Jinping in Beijing's Great Hall of the People this week, Sir Keir will be the first British prime minister to visit China since Theresa May exactly eight years ago.

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4 h. ago The Odyssey fans are all saying the same thing after trailer release

Clip from Nolan’s forthcoming epic teases unexpected guest appearance from Grammy-winning rapper Travis Scott

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4 h. ago Scots sporting legend reveals horror accident as he shares grim injury pics

SIR Chris Hoy is back riding his bike after making a remarkable recovery from a horrific crash which left him with a broken leg. The six-time Olympic champion, who has terminal prostate cancer, suffered the injury in a mountain biking accident which he described as the "worst" of his life. However he was able to...

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5 h. ago Tragedy as pedestrian dies after being found lying injured in ditch after crash as cops quiz man in his 80s

A PEDESTRIAN in his 60s has died after a horrific traffic collision left him lying in a ditch on the roadside. Emergency crews were scrambled to Sutton Green, Surrey, on Wednesday evening after the horror smash was reported. Members of the public alerted cops that a pedestrian was found lying in a ditch by the...

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5 h. ago A delayed Christmas miracle: Woman is reunited with her handbag and the £500 cash inside... after she accidentally put it out with her recycling

Tracy Williams, from Treorchy, said her 'heart stopped' when she realised her bag and the cash inside had been mixed up with her Christmas waste.

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6 h. ago I was an Uber Eats driver and this is why I only managed a handful of deliveries and my highlight was the first day... when I made a mere £4

'Don't mess it up,' I said to myself as I collected my first order as a delivery driver before stashing it towards the back of my massively oversized bag.

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7 h. ago Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’

Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategyAs film exhibitor strategies go, counter-programming is one of the most reliable. It worked for The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia!, released in the US on the same day in 2008, as well as for Dunkirk and Girls Trip in 2017. In 2023, Barbie and Oppenheimer leveraged the tactic to the tune of $2.5bn in combined box office takings.This week we could see another example as Amazon releases its authorised documentary about Melania Trump in more than 100 UK cinemas. There it will compete against an already-eclectic slate of releases including the Jason Statham action film Shelter, the ape horror Primate, Bradley Cooper’s comedy-drama Is This Thing On? and Richard Linklater’s Jean-Luc Godard fictionalisation Nouvelle Vague. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Meghan swaps her £236,000 jewellery stack for a friendship bracelet at Sundance

The Duchess of Sussex, 44, was fresh-faced and casual in a white jumper and skinny jeans for the film but without the usual glitzy additions of her accessories,

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7 h. ago Margot Robbie stuns in ‘breathtaking’ black corset that left Wuthering Heights co

HOLLYWOOD actress ­Margot Robbie made her Wuthering Heights co-star Jacob Elordi weak at the knees in a “breathtaking” black corset. Leading man Jacob said the ­uplifting black number was “an absolute banger” and described it as “devastating”. The 28-year-old Australian plays Heathcliff opposite Margot’s Cathy in the upcoming film adaptation of Emily Bronte’s 1847 novel....

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8 h. ago Melissa Gilbert speaks out about ‘extraordinarily difficult time’ amid husband Timothy Busfield’s sex abuse charges

Busfield was released from police custody last week pending trial on sex abuse charges

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8 h. ago Private jet crash leaves seven dead as airport hit by horror snowstorm

Investigators said the private Bombardier Challenger 600 had been carrying eight people when it crashed during take-off from the New England airport on Sunday evening

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8 h. ago Woman, 40, who died after ‘being punched outside bar ‘ is pictured – as teen charged over horror attack

A WOMAN who died after allegedly being punched outside a bar has been pictured - with a teenager now charged over the horror attack. Lisa Denton, 40, was rushed to hospital in critical condition with a head injury shortly after 10pm on Saturday. She tragically died in hospital the morning after the alleged attack in...

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8 h. ago Alex Pretti shooting aftermath horror as new clip shows federal agent clapping

A video of the moment Alex Pretti was shot and killed shows a Department of Homeland Security member clapping nearby - Pretti’s family has described his death as a 'murder'

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9 h. ago Chilling moment predator who sexually assaulted four women GRINS as he skulks through train station hunting for victims

THIS is the chilling moment a predator who sexually assaulted four women grins as he skulks through a train station hunting for victims. Craig Anderson launched the horror attacks at Bank, Liverpool Street and Westminster underground stations as well as Redhill in Surrey. During one assault, the 38-year-old "laughed" as the victim screamed and burst...

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9 h. ago Send Help review – Sam Raimi’s return to horror is absolutely disgusting and completely brilliant

Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien are stranded on a desert island and submerged in blood, vomit and fish innards – it’s a blast!

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