2 h. ago What is Stranger Things’s Conformity Gate craze – and why did it crash Netflix?

An online conspiracy theory has left hysterical fans believing that the Netflix show’s finale was a fake. Could Vecna still come back with a secret episode?In recent days, my 14-year-old daughter has been exhibiting signs of becoming a conspiracy theorist. But this isn’t your common or garden Twin-Towers-grassy-knoll-moon-landings business. She has fallen, entirely and joyfully, for a conjecture known as Conformity Gate – and she is not the only one. For the non Gen-Zers out there, Conformity Gate is the theory that the much-vaunted finale of Netflix behemoth Stranger Things, released on 1 January in the UK, wasn’t the real finale at all.Fuelled by energy drinks and pasty from lack of sunlight, fans of the show have been beavering away in basements around the world to produce a fantastical hypothesis that the finale’s rather soupy 40-minute epilogue was all an illusion created by the show’s mind-controlling villain Vecna. A secret final episode, showing what had really happened, wou...

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2 h. ago 'Funniest TV show ever watched' is leaving Netflix in a matter of days

The comedy is leaving Netflix on January 14, giving fans just days to watch

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42 h. ago White House refuses to rule out using US military to 'acquire Greenland'

The statement, which said "utilising the US military is always an option," comes days after US commandos seized President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from their home while they slept

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44 h. ago Celtic dressing room's true feelings on Wilfried Nancy come to light after 33 day 'shambles'

Martin O'Neill has quickly been ushered back into the building after a horror tenure under the former Columbus Crew boss

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2 d. ago US spy jet mysteriously circles drug smuggling hotspot off Mexico's coast as Trump threatens military action

The flight comes just days after President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Mexico about its drug smuggling into the US.

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2 d. ago US spy jet mysteriously circles drug smuggling hotspot off Mexico's coast as Trump threatens military attack

The flight comes just days after President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Mexico about its drug smuggling into the US.

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3 d. ago Celtic sack Wilfried Nancy after just 33 DAYS as nightmare reign comes to an end

Wilfried Nancy was appointed by Celtic at the start of December and won just two of his eight games, with their 3-1 loss at home to Rangers on Saturday proving to be the final blow

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3 d. ago Trump's spy jet mysteriously circles drug smuggling hotspot off Mexico's coast for hours

The flight comes just days after President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Mexico about its drug smuggling into the US.

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4 d. ago Celtic confirm Sunday departure with new arrival expected 'in the coming days'

Japanese outcast secures loan move as reports claim winger set to sign

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5 d. ago Saks Global CEO steps down as luxury retailer reportedly preparing for bankruptcy

Executive chair Richard Baker to replace Marc Metrick after company misses $100m interest payment on debtSaks Global said on Friday that its CEO, Marc Metrick, has stepped down and named executive chair, Richard Baker, as his successor, amid reports that the luxury retailer is preparing for bankruptcy.The change at the top comes days after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Neiman Marcus parent company is preparing for bankruptcy after missing an interest payment exceeding $100m on debt from its Neiman merger. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago We Bury the Dead review – Daisy Ridley tackles the undead in solid zombie twist

Star Wars alum gives an impressively modest performance in this slightly smarter-than-average survival taleUnlike some other less resilient horror subgenres, the zombie movie is, fittingly, never going to really die. Neither will film-makers attempting to add their own twist, understandable given how repetitive the die, wake up, lumber, bite and repeat formula has become. Australian director Zak Hilditch’s attempt, the rather buried We Bury the Dead, is therefore not quite as striking as it might have seemed a decade and change ago. Using words such as “contemplative” and “mournful” to describe a film that includes its fair share of gnarly head-smashing has become something of a cliche, so much so that last month’s meta-comedy Anaconda reboot had its characters joke that these days, even a film about a giant snake needs “intergenerational trauma” to work.But Hilditch mercifully avoids drowning his film in drab self-seriousness. Yes, it’s a zombie survival thriller that’s also about ...

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6 d. ago Brits divided over when the right time to take Christmas decorations down is

Christmas is over and the New Year is here, but people are divided on when festive decorations should come down. From Boxing Day, to Twelfth Night, all the way into February and beyond, views on the issue vary drastically.

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6 d. ago Blue: Reflections review – a clunky rehash of their Y2K boyband heyday

(Blue Blood International/Cooking Vinyl)The four-piece try to tap into modern pop’s deep well of nostalgia but come off like Westlife on a bad day‘Blue’s in the house / Oh it’s party time!” muse the fortysomething man-band on Souls of the Underground, the penultimate song on this seventh album, and the fourth since their 2011 reunion. The British four-piece are keen to take us back to their early 00s heyday, a time of Met bar table service, where the ladies have “a little prosecco” and the guys have a “nice cold beer”. Musically, it’s a clunkier approximation of their (comparatively) harder-edged hybrid of pop, hip-hop and R&B; think 2002 “low ride” anthem Fly By II but on a Megabus budget.It makes sense that they would want to tap into modern pop’s deep well of nostalgia, but rather than recalling what made Blue originally stand out, Reflections often feels like a tribute to other evergreen boybands. For most of the album’s 13 tracks, the tempo is mid, with the dreary, Westlife...

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6 d. ago BBC Mrs Brown's Boys viewers complain minutes in as they call for show axing

Mrs Brown's Boys fans were left less than impressed as the BBC comedy returned for its second instalment on New Year's Day

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7 d. ago Swimmers brave freezing water to celebrate first day of the New Year before ‘risk to life’ weather warning & heavy snow

BRAVE swimmers have taken the plunge in the freezing waters around the UK as they celebrate the first day of the New Year. It comes after the Met Office issued a “risk to life” weather warning for ice and snow. Hundreds of fearless bathers took to the seas for a traditional early morning dip as...

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7 d. ago Patriots star Christian Barmore charged with domestic assault as court date set five days before Super Bowl

It comes one day after another Patriots player, Stefon Diggs, was accused of strangling a chef in a separate incident

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8 d. ago Don’t stress, do less: 52 ways to make your life easier in 2026

We asked experts in fields from homes to health to horticulture for advice on tasks we can simply stop doing and problems to take off our worry platesMore summer essentialsThe dawn of a new year brings visions of an idealised version of yourself. Fresh-faced, we eagerly pile our to-do lists with things we’ve been putting off and ambitions to aim for. But the energy that comes after a few days off quickly disappears as we settle back into the daily grind of school runs and inbox maintenance.So instead of adding to your to-do list, why not resolve to take something off it? Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Avoid drinking 1 type of alcohol this NYE to avoid nasty hangover

Many people would be terrified of the morning after, but one doctor revealed six steps which can hopefully ease your hangover really easily come New Year's Day...

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9 d. ago Nicola Peltz takes another 'swipe' at Beckham family in a simple three

This social media hit comes just days after Brooklyn Beckham did not attend Adam Peaty and Holly Ramsay's wedding.

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1 week ago ‘He has come back from the dead’: Chevy Chase spent eight days in a coma during Covid pandemic

In documentary I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, the actor and his family revealed that doctors told them to ‘prepare yourselves for the worst’Chevy Chase suffered “near fatal” heart failure which led to him being placed in an induced coma during the pandemic in 2021, according to a new film about the American actor and comedian.As documented in I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, the star of films such as Caddyshack and the National Lampoon movies, who hosted the Oscars twice, spent a total of five weeks in hospital. Continue reading...

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