8 h. ago Was Alfred Hitchcock inspired by Ed Gein for classic film Psycho?

Netflix's Monster tells the story of Ed Gein and his link to iconic movies

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9 h. ago How accurate is The Lost Bus? Inside the life of real bus driver Kevin McKay after heroic wildfire rescue

The Lost Bus is now available to stream on Apple TV+ and tells the inspiring true story of a California bus driver

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11 h. ago The Lost Bus cast as Hollywood icons joined by And Just Like That star and real

The Lost Bus has just dropped on Apple TV+ and tells the true story of a heroic bus driver who saved 22 children during the 2018 Camp Fire in California

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28 h. ago Good Boy review – crafty supernatural horror leads with a heroic dog

A lovable pet is unlikely protagonist of 73-minute haunted house riff that has ingenious moments but gets repetitiveIn the horror genre, you’d be a fool to ignore the concerns of a dog. While cats are mainly lurking in dark spaces waiting to collaborate with the orchestra on a cheap jumpscare, dogs are quick to alert their owners of nefarious goings on, acutely sensitive to threats whether they be human or not.In the often ingenious new horror film Good Boy, a pet dog isn’t just an easily dismissed harbinger of evil, he’s the main character. Like last year’s Presence, which saw Steven Soderbergh tell a ghost story through the lens of the ghost, and In a Violent Nature, which gave us a gory slasher as seen by the killer, we’re given a fresh perspective on a story that’s anything but, this time a haunted house horror as seen by Indy, a loyal retriever. He’s worried about his owner Todd (Shane Jensen, whose face we barely see), who’s retreating to his grandfather’s remote cabin after a...

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33 h. ago ‘Russia will not stop until they are forced to do so,’ Danish PM warns European leaders summit – Europe live

More than 45 leaders meet in Copenhagen for the seventh summit of the European Political Community European Council president António Costa opens his speech with congratulations for Moldova and its president Maia Sandu for the win of pro-European forces in last weekend’s parliamentary elections there.He also congratulates the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for their recent peace deal.“I know that for some of you, the threat from Russia is very clear and very present. For others, it still seems further away, but none of us can no longer be naive. The war was never just about Ukraine. It is about Europe, all our nations, all our citizens, our values and our freedom.”“Please just take one look at the history of our continent, from the expansion of the Russian Empire to Soviet tanks rolling across several borders during the cold war, shattering hopes of freedom. Recent history tells us the exact same story. So why shouldn’t it happen again? Continue reading...

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33 h. ago ‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativityJosh was at the end of his rope when he turned to ChatGPT for help with a parenting quandary. The 40-year-old father of two had been listening to his “super loquacious” four-year-old talk about Thomas the Tank Engine for 45 minutes, and he was feeling overwhelmed.“He was not done telling the story that he wanted to tell, and I needed to do my chores, so I let him have the phone,” recalled Josh, who lives in north-west Ohio. “I thought he would finish the story and the phone would turn off.” Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Threave Rovers boss believes scoreline doesn't tell full story of Scottish Cup loss to Johnstone Burgh

The Castle Douglas side were beaten 4-0 but Danny Dunglinson believes his side gave a good account of themselves.

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39 h. ago ‘I was a man, I was 36 – I didn’t think in a million years I could have breast cancer’

James Richards was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023 aged 36. After finding that so much of the support is geared towards women, he launched Moobs in 2023, the UK’s first dedicated male breast cancer organisation, to raise awareness and help men with the disease. He tells Charlotte Cripps his story

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53 h. ago 'I had to tell angry tenant that the Queen was evicting him for Prince William and Kate'

Royal correspondent Richard Eden has shared the story of the time he had to tell a tenant on the Sandringham Estate that he was being evicted to make way for Prince William and Kate Middleton

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55 h. ago Narges Rashidi and Joseph Fiennes star in series about Nazanin Zaghari

The four-part BBC factual drama Prisoner 951 will tell the story of Mrs Ratcliffe who was detained and held hostage by the Iranian state.

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56 h. ago I’m just Ken: why is Kenneth Branagh narrating Anthony Hopkins’s memoir?

You might think the audiobook of the acting legend’s autobiography should be read by the acting legend himself. But apparently he wasn’t right for the partIn November, the biggest celebrity memoir of the year will be published. We Did OK, Kid promises to tell the life story of Sir Anthony Hopkins, and anyone with even a passing knowledge of the man will know that it’s a hell of a story. Born working class, he was hauled out of repertory theatre after being spotted by Sir Laurence Olivier, a move that set him on a course to the stars. Sir Richard Attenborough called him “unquestionably the greatest actor of his generation”. He has battled depression and alcoholism. He can do a mean Tommy Cooper impersonation. His publisher promises that Anthony Hopkins will tell this story with “a voice that is both arresting and vulnerable”.That is, unless you listen to it on audiobook. Because Kenneth Branagh’s doing that bit. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry review – a brilliant meditation on mortality

The Essex Serpent author offers a moving account of her father-in-law’s final illness that will resonate widelyThe novelist Sarah Perry’s father-in-law, David, died of oesophageal cancer in 2022. This book tells the story of his dying, from the last time she saw him well, on a trip to Great Yarmouth at the end of summer, to his death less than two months later, just nine days after being diagnosed.It’s not easy to account for what makes this book so special. Its main character is as unpromisingly ordinary as its title suggests, and some may even find him a little boring. David Perry is the kind of man who spends hours sorting his beloved stamp collection into albums with the aid of long-tipped forceps and magnifying glasses, or filling in his Sudoku puzzle books, or reading the latest copy of the Antiques Gazette, looking intently at porcelain dogs and chased silver punch-bowls. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 'I worked for Taylor Swift and this is what she's really like'

Taylor Swift's former band member Emily Poe Stumler tells her story in a new Channel 4 documentary about the singer's rise to fame

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3 d. ago How John Davidson used fishing to help actors tell his story in I Swear

John Davidson has revealed how he helped the actors who portrayed him in the film I Swear get into character - and it involved a fishing trip.

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3 d. ago Kentucky has kicked people off food benefits using data that doesn’t tell the full story

The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has brought hundreds of fraud cases in the last five years that are heavily reliant on transactional data with the goal of revoking people’s federal food benefits

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3 d. ago Three years on from stadium disaster, Indonesian football has a positive story to tell

The World Cup is in reach for Patrick Kluivert’s side and, though problems persist, things are looking up in one of Asia’s most passionate football nationsThree years ago this Wednesday, 135 football fans died at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Indonesia after security forces deployed teargas and created a stampede for the exits. 1 October 2022 was the nadir of a curve that had been sliding downwards for decades. This is a country that, in this century alone, has seen its FA president run the federation from a prison cell while facing corruption charges, the creation of rebel national leagues, federations and national team Fifa bans and fans being killed by other fans.In March 2023 there were more negative headlines when the country was stripped of hosting the Under-20 World Cup just months before kick-off after the governor of Bali said that Israel would not be welcome on the island. Erick Thohir, former owner of Inter and DC United and current co-owner of Oxford United, had just become ...

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4 d. ago House of Guinness fact vs fiction: How accurate is the new Netflix drama about stout dynasty?

Telling the story of the Irish family behind the world's favourite stout, it is set in 19th century Dublin just after the death of patriarch Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness.

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4 d. ago Ricky Hatton’s heartbreaking last interview filmed four days before death is released as he ‘tells story for final time’

RICKY HATTON explained just four days before his death that he wanted to be remembered as “one of the boys”. The 46-year-old British boxing legend was found dead at his home on the morning of Sunday, September 14. And an interview he did with former middleweight world champion Darren Barker, on September 9, can now...

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4 d. ago Sarwar: Labour needs to be better at telling its ‘positive story’

Anas Sarwar said he, rather than Sir Keir Starmer, would be at the forefront of the 2026 Scottish election campaign.

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5 d. ago Matthew McConaughey: The Lost Bus being a true story ‘gives me more purpose’

The film tells the story of bus driver Kevin McKay, who had to navigate a bus carrying children and their teacher to safety in 2018.

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