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6 d. ago Anjelica Huston reveals she was diagnosed with cancer six years ago, but is now ‘in the clear’

The 73-year-old actor was diagnosed after her role in the John Wick franchise, and chose to keep it private – but is now speaking out in case it helps othersAnjelica Huston has revealed she was diagnosed with cancer six years ago, saying she is now “in the clear”.The 73-year-old actor declined to tell People magazine what kind of cancer she had, saying she wanted to keep that private, but did reveal she was diagnosed after the release of her 2019 film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Anjelica Huston reveals cancer diagnosis – but says she is now ‘in the clear’

The 73-year-old actor was diagnosed after her role in the John Wick franchise, and chose to keep it private – but is now speaking out in case it helps othersAnjelica Huston has revealed she was diagnosed with cancer six years ago, saying she is now “in the clear”.The 73-year-old actor declined to tell People magazine what kind of cancer she had, saying she wanted to keep that private, but did reveal she was diagnosed after the release of her 2019 film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Continue reading...

Science

9 d. ago US war on drug cartels heats up with CIA considering lethal force on gangsters

The agency is considering what kinds of activities it could legally undertake to deal with cartels amid Trump’s plans to clamp down on them

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9 d. ago Wife gushes about her husband's 'ridiculously kind' act to help out at meal times

A woman has been criticised online after sharing what she thought was a heartwarming gesture from her husband - only to be accused of being helpless and infantilised.

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1 week ago ‘An intellectual stuck in a Batman suit’: readers remember the genius of Val Kilmer

Guardian readers recall encounters with a brilliant actor who was kind, generous and much more than a heart-throb• Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun and The Doors, dies aged 65• An ethereally handsome actor who evolved into droll self-awareness• A life in picturesI worked as a dialogue coach on Oliver Stone’s Alexander in 2003. Val was playing Alexander’s father, Philip II of Macedon. Oliver wanted the Macedonians to have Celtic accents in contrast to the Greeks, who looked down on the Macedonians, as the English have only too frequently done to neighbours of the UK. We were prepping in Morocco and I had been working for a while with Val on his Irish accent when my 95-year-old mother died and I had to leave for a couple of days for her funeral. During my absence, Val had to go home for a short while. When I returned I opened my hotel room door to find it awash with beautiful white roses. Val had sent them before he left, leaving a note of condolence and both his personal phone numbers so ...

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1 week ago Birmingham XL Bully attack: Man mauled to death by pack of dogs after act of kindness

Nicholas Glass was savaged to death by four dogs in the Rubery area of Birmingham, with police only finding his body after the animals started roaming the streets

Events

1 week ago I put the Married at First Sight ‘experiment’ to the test. The results are stark | Gideon Meyerowitz

I’ve become addicted to the show. But as a scientist I wonder: how many couples actually stay together?It has finally happened. After a decade of avoiding the show, my wife and I decided that we would try out the new season of Married at First Sight. We consume quite a bit of reality TV, so it’s not that we avoided it precisely, but something about the idea of watching people struggle to build a healthy relationship amid a storm of cameras and manufactured drama just never drew us in. At least until we watched Married at First Sight and realised it was actually kind of fun.Relationship drama makes for addictive viewing. But after watching most of a season of weird “marriages”, screaming matches and couch quizzes accompanied by deep and meaningful music, one part of the show has struck me as really weird. Everyone keeps referring to the saga as an “experiment”. From the narrator to the experts who counsel the hapless couples on their relationship dramas, the entire show seems to be c...

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2 w. ago 'We live in "Britain's kindest village" but actually we seem to attract criminals'

Around 2,700 people live in Trawden, Lancashire, and while many of these regularly volunteer in the pub, library and shops, the picturesque village still suffers with crime

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2 w. ago Kind strangers pay for wedding for Glasgow mum, 26, diagnosed with aggressive brain tumour while pregnant

Bethany Wright, 26, from Glasgow, was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour when she was 34-weeks pregnant - on hearing her story a stranger reached out with an incredible act of kindness.

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2 w. ago King Frederik's act of kindness as he and Queen Mary return 'stronger than ever' as a couple following a rocky year

The King of Denmark displayed a sense of chivalry towards his wife on the first day of their state visit of France.

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2 w. ago Rewind and be kind: what happens if you do one act of kindness every day?

When Bernadette Russell decided to perform one good deed every day for a year, it made a difference to the world around her but also had a big impact on her own lifeIt has been nearly 14 years since a chance encounter with a stranger in a post office changed Bernadette Russell’s life forever. The date was Thursday 18 August 2011. For weeks, on the news, as a series of riots broke out across cities in England, Russell had been inundated with images of young people in hoodies looting, pillaging and setting buildings on fire.Now, standing in front of her at her local post office counter in Deptford, south London, was a young man in a hoodie. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Generous couple praised for donating entire wedding fund to save abandoned dog

Dylan McCay has been praised for his selfless act of kindness after saving the life of a dog that was left to die

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2 w. ago Alleged assassin Luigi Mangione's surprising act of kindness after being arrested inside a McDonalds

Alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione's act of kindness is revealed after he was arrested in a McDonalds in December.

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3 w. ago George Michael gifted backing singer £50k amid her marriage breakdown to 80s pop star in secret act of kindness

George Michael once gifted his backing singer an incredible £50,000 amid her marriage breakdown to an 80s pop star, it's been revealed.

Economics

3 w. ago George Michael's £50k secret act of kindness as singer's marriage hit breaking point

George Michael is being remembered eight years after his tragic death by his backing singers, who have put together a live celebration of their late friend's musical career

Economics

3 w. ago Michael Schumacher’s kind gesture revealed by David Coulthard as F1 legend shows true colours

Formula One icon David Coulthard shed light on his fascinating relationship with Michael Schumacher despite the pair racing for rival teams, with one act of kindness summing up the duo

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3 w. ago Covid ‘benevolence bump’ endures as acts of kindness 10% higher than before 2020

World Happiness Report 2024 finds volunteering more frequent in most regions as Finland tops chart again and Costa Rica and Mexico enter top 10The world experienced a “benevolence bump” of kindness during the Covid-19 pandemic that has remained, with generous acts more than 10% above pre-pandemic levels.The annual World Happiness Report found that in 2024, acts such as donating and volunteering were more frequent than in 2017–19 in all generations and almost all global regions, although they had fallen from 2023. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Snow White review – Disney’s exhaustingly awful reboot axes the prince and makes the dwarves mo

With tiresome pseudo-progressive additions that tie the whole thing in knots, this is a waste of estimable entertainers like Rachel Zegler and Gal GadotThat title is a description of the page on which new Hollywood ideas get written. Here is a pointless new live-action musical version of the Snow White myth, a kind of un-Wicked approach to the story and a merch-enabling money machine. Where other movies are playfully reimagining the backstories of famous villains, this one plays it straight, but with carefully curated revisionist tweaks. These are all too obviously agonising and backlash-second-guessing, but knowing that at some basic level the brand identity has to be kept pristine. This is particularly evident in the costume design, with which the wicked witch gets a pointy dark crown and skull-hugging black balaclava and Snow White is lumbered with a supermarket-retail tweenie outfit with puffy-sleeved shoulders. Those otherwise estimable performers Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot ar...

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4 w. ago Asda shoppers left shocked by security guard's extraordinary act of kindness and label him 'most wonderful human being'

The security section leader, affectionately known as KK, spotted a customer in his late 70s who appeared unwell and immediately sprang in to action, getting him a chair.

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