7 h. ago BRIAN VINER reviews One Battle After Another: Paul Thomas Anderson has made something Academy Award winningly special

Now that he's turned 50 and his baby-faced good looks have faded, Leonardo DiCaprio is becoming an expert at playing middle-aged men gone to seed.

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14 h. ago Kate Middleton and Melania Trump hand out sandwiches as they host Scouts in joint outing

The Princess of Wales has joined First Lady Melania Trump for a special outing in Frogmore Gardens in Windsor, where they met with Scouts taking part in nature activities

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15 h. ago Leonardo DiCaprio's new movie One Battle After Another receives five

Paul Thomas Anderson's latest movie offering One Battle After Another has won phenomenal praise and garnered Oscar buzz among critics. 

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15 h. ago Inside Windsor Castle state banquet with 1,500 cutlery, 76 waiters, and special cocktail

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania joined King Charles and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle for the grand state banquet - and it was nothing short of perfection

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17 h. ago Trump UK visit live: President to meet Starmer after £150bn US investment in Britain unveiled

Talks come after King and president hailed ‘special relationship’ between US and UK at glittering state banquet in Windsor Castle

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29 h. ago Melania Trump bares her shoulders in a daring yellow gown at lavish banquet during state visit to the UK

The First Lady slipped into a different ensemble for the special dinner, hosted at Windsor Castle.

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33 h. ago One Battle After Another review – Paul Thomas Anderson’s thrillingly helter

Anderson updates Thomas Pynchon for the era of Ice roundups, pitting shaggy revolutionary Leonardo DiCaprio against cartoonish forces of reactionOne of the great creative bromances has flowered again: Paul Thomas Anderson and Thomas Pynchon. Having adapted Pynchon’s Inherent Vice for the screen in 2015, Anderson has now taken a freer rein with his 1990 novel Vineland, creating a bizarre action thriller driven by pulpy comic-book energy and transformed political indignation, keeping his pedal at all times welded to the metal.It’s a riff on the now recognisable Anderson-Pynchonian idea of counterculture and counter-revolution, absorbing the paranoid style of American politics into a screwball farcical resistance, with a jolting, jangling, nerve-shredding score by Jonny Greenwood. It’s partly a freaky-Freudian diagnosis of father-daughter dysfunction – juxtaposed with the separation of migrant children and parents at the US-Mexico border – and a very serious, relevant response to the U...

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33 h. ago One Battle After Another review: Leonardo DiCaprio romps through 2025's coolest film

Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Leonardo DiCaprio and many more are a riotous, chaotic blast in yet another Paul Thomas Anderson masterwork

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46 h. ago Democrat wins special election for seat formerly held by murdered Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman

‘I will work hard every day to carry forward Speaker Melissa Hortman’s legacy,’ Democrat Xp Lee said after his electoral victory Tuesday

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3 d. ago NHS running ‘war game’ exercises as bosses predict busy winter

Local health organisations are asking for special attention to patients considered most vulnerable to winter viruses and hospital admissions

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3 d. ago Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’

Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements More than 100 of Donald Trump’s inaccurate statements are to be dissected by Channel 4 to coincide with his state visit, in what it described as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”.The US president is expected to arrive in the UK on Tuesday night. He will enjoy a huge amount of special treatment as ministers attempt to preserve the special relationship, including a ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle for Trump and his wife, Melania. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago BRIAN VINER reviews Spinal Tap II: The End Continues: Even with names like McCartney and Elton... Spinal Tap hit a few bum notes in spoof sequel

Not many films are revered quite like This Is Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner's 1984 spoof which is often credited with pioneering the 'mockumentary' genre.

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7 d. ago New beer river cruise launches in Europe with onboard tastings and tours

Beer is taking centre stage rather than wine on a special Riverside Luxury Cruises sailing

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7 d. ago 'IDEAL on stage isn't for everyone but it's perfect for fans of Johnny Vegas cult classic'

The special 20th anniversary stage adaptation of multi-award winning BBC TV sitcom rather aptly kicked off it's tour of England at The Lowry in Salford on Monday night

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7 d. ago Donald Trump to get special treatment on UK visit with stay in Windsor estate

Donald Trump will be treated to a flypast by the Red Arrows and UK and US F-35 military jets on the East Lawn at Windsor Castle and a special Beating Retreat military ceremony

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8 d. ago Davina McCall shares heartbreaking truth behind NTA tears after health battle

The Masked Singer star Davina McCall revealed the truth behind her tears after winning the Special Recognition Award at last year's National Television Awards

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8 d. ago Britain's cocaine 'superhighway': How Ireland's tiny navy of just eight ships is to blame for South American cartels flooding UK with drugs

Buffeted by high winds, special forces soldiers leap out of a helicopter and rush down fast-ropes onto the container ship as it sways from side to side in the roiling Irish Sea.

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9 d. ago Nuns vs the Vatican: documentary alleges sexual abuse and misconduct in the Catholic church

Toronto film festival: a new film follows women who claim to have been abused by a former Jesuit priestA complicated stain on Pope Francis’s legacy is further explored in Nuns vs the Vatican, a sensitive and unsettling documentary following women whose sexual abuse allegations were long ignored by the Catholic church, and the broader system that protects and enables predators within.Nuns, which is directed by Emmy winner in Lorena Luciano and executive produced by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay and premiered at the Toronto film festival on Saturday, largely centres around Gloria Branciani and Mirjam Kovac, who are among dozens allegedly victimized by Marko Rupnik, a former Jesuit priest currently awaiting canonical trial for sexual, spiritual and physical abuse. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Carlos Alcaraz shows true colours as woman left in tears by final words of US Open speech

Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner, paid tribute to his opponent and then ended his winner's speech with a special gesture

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1 week ago Louise Redknapp's son watches on in awe during Radio 2 In The Park performance

Louise took to the stage at Hylands Park in Chelmsford for BBC Radio 2 in the Park and had a special guest watching on in the wings of the huge event

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