2 h. ago Diplo: The Mighty Dinosaur review – family dino animation goes meta as it rebels against ‘cute’

A strange, not entirely convincing attempt to add conceptual depth sees an animator forced to erase his own mildly annoying cartoon creationsWe’re in familiar children’s entertainment territory at the start of this family animation featuring a tiny little sincere dinosaur: mildly annoying lead character, mildly annoying would-be wizard sidekick delivering all the requisite snarky asides, plus mildly annoying assorted other critters. But in an unlikely swerve, this Czech/Polish/Slovakian production (dubbed into English for this release) turns out to honour the more formally and conceptually interesting heritage of east European animation. A couple of beats into the story, we suddenly find ourselves in a live-action environment, with a real human sitting in a dark basement studio, working away, drawing cartoons – the self-same cartoon, in fact, that we’ve just been watching.The artist is then interrupted by an extremely grating woman – think Joan Cusack’s deranged hyper-girly Debbie J...

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18 h. ago JD Vance hosts ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’ in tribute after conservative activist’s assassination: Live updates

Vance is hosting Monday afternoon’s episode of Kirk’s podcast, ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’

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54 h. ago Liverpool news: Marc Guehi responds to failed transfer as star left unhappy with Arne Slot call

Liverpool return to Premier League action on Sunday hoping to maintain their perfect start to domestic action when they travel to Turf Moor to face Scott Parker's Burnley

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64 h. ago Man seen cheering after Charlie Kirk shot dead claims he was 'trying to save lives'

A man who appeared to cheer in the moments after Charlie Kirk was shot dead in a viral video has broken his silence, and claimed he was actually trying to 'save lives'

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3 d. ago Taylor Swift can be deposed, but has no role in Blake Lively

A lawyer for Taylor Swift says the singer can answer questions in October — if she is forced — from attorneys involved in the litigation between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni stemming from their roles in the movie “It Ends With Us.”

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3 d. ago Sarah Beeny's battle to save £3m 'mini Downton Abbey' set for update amid demolition order

Sarah Beeny's lavish property in Somerset is set to end in disaster for the presenter after the council rejected her planning permission appeal

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3 d. ago A video, a pastor and a tense meeting: timeline of Charlie Kirk suspect’s arrest

Surveillance footage of person suspected of fatally shooting the rightwing activist set in motion a rapid series of eventsCharlie Kirk shooting – live updatesFuzzy video footage of Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer racing across a rooftop at Utah Valley University, dropping to the ground and sprinting away in the moments following the conservative activist’s death on Wednesday, was taken from so far away that it could not possibly have revealed his identity.“You started off with a clip that made him look like an ant,” Donald Trump told Fox News in a Friday morning interview as the US president discussed the killing of the rightwing activist at a campus speaking engagement attended by thousands of students. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Week of protests over Palestine Action ban will begin at Labour conference

Group opposing the proscription announces ‘major escalation’ that will culminate in London on 4 OctoberUK politics live – latest updatesA week of mass actions protesting against the ban on Palestine Action has been announced, beginning at the Labour party conference in Liverpool and culminating in a national mobilisation in Parliament Square in London on 4 October.The plans were announced by Defend Our Juries on Friday, a week after 857 people were arrested under the Terrorism Act at a demonstration outside parliament opposing the proscription. It said the next phase of the protests represented a “major escalation” that would create an “unprecedented challenge” for the police, with 1,100 people already registered to take part and risk arrest. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Liverpool news: Arne Slot gets huge injury boost as Florian Wirtz in 'ultimate challenge'

Liverpool are gearing up for their return to Premier League action following the international break, with most of Arne Slot's squad now back on Merseyside

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4 d. ago Poland says UN will hold emergency meeting after Russian drone incursions

Polish, Ukrainian and Lithuanian foreign ministers say act was deliberate and coordinated as Trump offers little supportEurope live – latest updatesPoland said the UN security council would hold an emergency meeting over an incursion into the country by Russian drones on Wednesday as allies disputed whether it was a deliberate attack on Poland by Russia and Donald Trump offered little in the way of public support.Poland’s foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, told local radio Poland planned to use the security council meeting to “draw the world’s attention to this unprecedented Russian drone attack on a member of the UN, EU and Nato”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago TMZ forced to apologize after staff heard erupting in laughter as Charlie Kirk's death was announced

TMZ has been forced to apologized after staffers burst into laughter the moment ring-wing activist Charlie Kirk's death was announced during an unflattering livestream.

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5 d. ago TMZ forced to apologize as staff filmed erupting in laughter as Charlie Kirk death announced during livestream

TMZ has been forced to apologized after staffers burst into laughter the moment ring-wing activist Charlie Kirk's death was announced during an unflattering livestream.

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5 d. ago ‘It’s like they’re trying to get prosecuted’: when cartoons try to take down governments

From The Simpsons mauling George HW Bush to South Park’s current head-to-head with Trump, animations are no stranger to political battles. But sometimes, things get far, far more brutalIt shouldn’t really be a surprise that South Park has become “the most important TV show of the Trump 2.0 era”. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have spent decades taking any potshot they like at whoever they choose, from Saddam Hussein to Guitar Hero to – thanks to their inexplicable 2001 live-action sitcom That’s My Bush! – other sitting presidents.But by using every episode in its latest series to focus their fury solely at the current US administration, hitting Trump with a combination of policy rebuttals and dick jokes (and daring him to sue them in the process), this is the strongest sense yet that Parker and Stone are out for nothing less than full regime change. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Voices: Why is Nigel Farage so touchy when asked about his finances?

When the Reform UK leader is questioned about who actually owns the £900,000 Clacton property where he lives and how much stamp duty was paid on it – especially in light of Angela Rayner’s resignation over a tax irregularity – Farage becomes uncharacteristically irritable. Why might that be, asks Sean O’Grady

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6 d. ago This Morning star 'saved' by Davina McCall after devastating health battle

Eva Speakman, a therapist and regular on This Morning alongside her husband, Nik, has opened up about her battle with perimenopause and how Davina McCall helped her

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7 d. ago Blake Lively wants Justin Baldoni to pay millions of dollars for filing frivolous defamation suit

Actor accused Lively of attempting to destroy his career with false sexual harassment allegations

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7 d. ago Gigi Hadid says she took singing lessons during fashion month to audition for Disney film

Supermodel says she was ‘really proud’ of her audition for proposed Tangled live-action remake

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7 d. ago Bagpuss is back to fix broken Britain! Iconic character is being revived for new live action film

The much-loved programme about a pink and white cloth cat was voted the nation's favourite children's show in a 1999 BBC poll, and this new incarnation will be a sequel to the 13-episode series.

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7 d. ago Greta Thunberg LIVE: Activist's Family Boat targeted in drone attack near Gaza

Greta Thunberg was onboard Family Boat - one of the vessels with a Portuguese flag and carrying members of aid worker's Steering Committee - as it headed towards Gaza

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7 d. ago Greta Thunberg LIVE: Family Boat full of activists targeted in drone attack

Greta Thunberg was onboard Family Boat - one of the vessels with a Portuguese flag and carrying members of aid worker's Steering Committee - as it headed towards Gaza

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