88 m. ago My cultural awakening: Jackie Chan films inspired me to become a kung fu instructor

Since I saw a VHS of Rush Hour at a sleepover as a kid, the martial art has given me increased body positivity and helped me find a community When I was 12, following my parents’ divorce, I moved with my mum and sister from London to Australia, leaving behind my dad and a large extended family. It was destabilising and demoralising. Throughout high school I was bullied for my accent, clothes and looks. While Australian girls seemed like flowers thriving under the brutal sun, I felt like a sweaty, acne-prone gremlin who craved the dark and cold of home.Shortly after moving, I befriended a girl who had lost her mum. Suffering in our own ways, we found release in watching the 1998 action comedy Rush Hour, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as detectives trying to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Chinese diplomat. My friend had the film on VHS, and we put it on one night when I was sleeping over. This became a regular activity, and we would fling ourse...

Culture

88 m. ago The Girlfriend: Warning! This sexy oedipal thriller may be too shocking for vanilla viewers

Robin Wright has a steamy relationship with her son as he embarks on a new romance with Olivia Cooke. This drama is the perfect show – and I say this with love – for pervertsThe thriller genre is amazingly malleable. You can start with an escaped monkey, a mystery corpse in frozen tundra, or just two women who can’t bear to be in a room together. You can make your own rules, as long as you do it with style, and take us somewhere surprising. Like using a tricycle to break into the Met Gala.The Girlfriend (Prime Video, from Wednesday 10 September), is a great example. It takes a relatable premise – what if your mother and your partner don’t get on? – and pushes it to extremity. When privileged surgeon Daniel takes new girlfriend Cherry, played by Olivia Cooke, to meet his family, things are tense from the outset. Daniel’s mother, Laura, is extremely protective, and senses Cherry is hiding something. The women strain to remain outwardly polite while their real relationship grows into o...

Events

89 m. ago Hollywood star's son vanished while working as a photographer was never found

Errol Flynn was one of Hollywood's biggest stars but his son Sean Flynn disappeared in 1970 while working as a photojournalist in Cambodia and has never been found

Culture

2 h. ago 'I confronted men smoking in the kids' play area at Piccadilly Gardens

"There, sat on the bouncy astro turf installed to provide kiddies with a safe, soft place to play, were four men smoking and drinking."

Politics

3 h. ago Photos show how one New Delhi family is coping after being displaced twice by floods

When the floodwaters of the Yamuna River gushed into Bindu Pandey’s home in New Delhi, she knew her family had to leave instantly.

Events

3 h. ago Queen's 'please stay' plea to Meghan Markle and attempt to keep Royals united

The Queen was desperate to keep Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in the Royal Family, but her 10-word plea was not enough to prevent them from leaving, a royal expert has claimed

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5 h. ago Rebekah Vardy eyes new social circle in Italy after Jamie's Serie A move

Rebekah Vardy has moved to Italy with her family after husband Jamie signed for Serie A side Cremonese, and the WAG is said to be keen to make a 'fresh start'

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6 h. ago The unholy side of 'God's Influencer'...as told by his TEACHERS! British

He might be close to becoming the first millennial saint - but British-born Italian teenager Carlo Acutis was often more prankster than 'perfect' his teachers have fondly recalled.

Politics

7 h. ago 17 shows, events and family activities you can’t miss in Cardiff this autumn

There is so much to enjoy in Cardiff this autumn including

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7 h. ago Steve review – Cillian Murphy is outstanding in ferocious reform school drama

Toronto film festival: adapted by Max Porter from his novella Shy and co-starring Little Simz, Emily Watson and Tracey Ullman this brutal but ultimately hopeful story is fiercely affectingProducer-star Cillian Murphy and director Tim Mielants last collaborated on a superlative adaptation of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, and their new project together could hardly be more different: a drama suffused with gonzo energy and the death-metal chaos of emotional pain, cut with slashes of bizarre black humour. Max Porter has adapted his own 2023 novella Shy for the screen and Murphy himself gives one of his most uninhibited and demonstrative performances.Murphy is Steve, a stressed, troubled but passionately committed headteacher with a secret alcohol and substance abuse problem, in charge of a residential reform school for delinquent teenage boys some time in the mid-90s. With his staff – deputy (Tracey Ullman), therapist-counsellor (Emily Watson) and a new teacher (Little Simz) ...

Events

8 h. ago Sydney Sweeney lands a knockout at TIFF with ‘Christy,’ stoking Oscar buzz

Sydney Sweeney came to the Toronto International Film Festival wanting to talk about her film “Christy,” not her American Eagle ad campaign

Politics

8 h. ago Dog sitter who looked after her brother's labrador while he went on holiday ends up with a DOZEN puppies

When she agreed to look after her brother's labrador Tilly for the holidays, Rhian Boxall was assured there was no chance the pregnant pet would go into labour.

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9 h. ago Uncouth, haughty and entitled, Angela Rayner was an insult to working class women like me. She's let us all down: KATIE HIND

Her story is certainly impressive. Having grown up on a council estate in Stockport, and left school as a pregnant 16-year-old, Angela Rayner rose to become deputy prime minister.

Politics

10 h. ago How Thomas Tuchel is warding off complacency in the England dressing room

Tuchel has cut the size of his squads in order to foster a sense of competition

Events

11 h. ago Emiliano Martinez's family break silence on failed Man Utd deadline day transfer

Emiliano Martinez agreed personal terms with Manchester United ahead of transfer deadline day but Ruben Amorim's side opted to pursue an £18.2million deal for Senne Lammens instead

Events

11 h. ago Duchess of Kent dies at 92: Kate, William and Harry pay tribute to 'much

William and Kate said the Duchess - who became the oldest living member of the Royal Family when Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022 - would be 'much missed'.

Events

12 h. ago Sharon Osbourne's painful dilemma after fulfilling Ozzy's dying wish to be buried under a crabapple tree in the garden of their sprawling estate

When Ozzy Osbourne asked his beloved wife and children to bury him under a crabapple tree in the garden of the family's sprawling Buckinghamshire estate, they immediately agreed.

Events

12 h. ago British student jailed for life after making 'a very stupid mistake' in Dubai

The Foreign Office have said they are supporting the family

Events

12 h. ago Lulu admits she's an alcoholic and says secret battle is a 'family illness'

Scots singer Lulu has opened up about her secret battle with alcoholism for the first time revealing she was trying to 'suppress feelings' for years.

Society

12 h. ago Fury over claim transgender teenagers should be allowed to shoplift

Two transgender influencers have sparked backlash after stating that transgender teenagers should be allowed to shoplift. 

Politics