58 h. ago 'Coward' driver left best friend to die in wreck after horror drug

Joshua Pearce was slammed by a judge while he was being sentenced to four years and four months in jail for ditching the godfather of his child after a car crash, in Wales

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67 h. ago Alfie Allen on Dealer’s Choice: ‘Maybe when it was written, men would just bury things and move on’

As he prepares to play a poker-loving ladies’ man in the Donmar’s revival of Patrick Marber’s Nineties classic ‘Dealer’s Choice’, Alfie Allen talks to Phil Harrison about male friendship, doing justice to his parts and shooting in the desert

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4 d. ago 'I'm the Godfather of poker who has won more than £4.5m – here's how I call a bluff'

At the highest level of poker, you must read your opponent like a book – few people on the planet are better at doing that than Britain's Godfather of poker Barny Boatman

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8 d. ago US star McKennie among 13 players being investigated for illegal gambling

Juventus and USA midfielder named in probe, per reportsInvestigation focuses on poker and non-soccer bettingUnited States midfielder Weston McKennie is among 13 soccer players being investigated for illegal online betting in Italy, according to widespread media reports.A new investigation by Milan prosecutors stems from evidence given by Sandro Tonali and Nicolò Fagioli in 2023. Both then served lengthy bans, ruling them out for most of last season, after agreeing plea bargains that also included therapy for a gambling addiction. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Astonishing escape from behind enemy lines that mimicked Tarantino's famous Inglourious Basterds scene: How disguised Ukrainians joined drunk Russians... before slip

Lieutenant Colonel Vano Nadiradze and his band of Rogue Heroes were the first men into Kursk leading the audacious incursion last August that shocked America and paralysed Moscow

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1 week ago Astonishing escape from behind enemy lines that mimicked Tarantino's famous Inglourious Basterds scene: How disguised Ukrainians joined drunk Russians' poker game... before slip

Lieutenant Colonel Vano Nadiradze and his band of Rogue Heroes were the first men into Kursk leading the audacious incursion last August that shocked America and paralysed Moscow

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1 week ago Netflix now streaming 'best movie trilogy of all time' that's 'even better than the Godfather'

The final entry in the critically-acclaimed series is now available to stream on Netflix

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1 week ago ‘Jonah Hill keeps his teeth in a safe’: meet Hollywood’s top special

He made the ‘manky British’ set for Austin Powers, droppable ones for Mrs Doubtfire – and fangs for Tom Cruise. Gary Archer on crafting amazing gnashers for starsAimee Lou Wood has been one of the standout stars of the third series of The White Lotus, stealing almost every scene with her character’s wild one-liners and wide-eyed obsession with astrology. But the Bafta winner from Stockport has in recent weeks been getting as much attention for her teeth as for her winning turn in the hit show about a luxury resort. Vanity Fair and the New York Times have been notable fans of Wood’s natural look but there has also been a backlash, with beauty magazine Allure saying that “fawning over a rejection of perfection is misplaced”.Gary Archer doesn’t know what the fuss is about. “They look all right to me,” he says of Wood’s teeth. He would know, because after working on 350 films and TV shows, plus 200 adverts, he is called the Godfather of FX Teeth in Hollywood and beyond. It was Archer wh...

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2 w. ago Best hair straighteners for every hair type, tried and tested

Whether for poker-straight results, curls or waves, these are the hair tools to buy

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2 w. ago Michael Hurley, hero of the US folk underground, dies aged 83

Singer-songwriter made more than 30 albums away from the mainstream, inspiring numerous artists in American alternative musicMichael Hurley, the American singer-songwriter whose unique path through the US folk scene made him an inspiration to generations of alternative musicians, has died aged 83.A statement from the family announced his “recent sudden passing”, though no cause of death has been given. It added: “The ‘godfather of freak folk’ was for a prolific half-century the purveyor of an eccentric genius and compassionate wit There is no other. Friends, family and the music community deeply mourn his loss.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Rian Johnson reveals how Poker Face created multiple Cynthia Erivos without CGI

‘It’s not like we were using high, crazy camera technology,’ said the ‘Knives Out’ director

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3 w. ago 12 incredible sequels that were better than the originals, from The Dark Knight to Terminator 2

From ‘Godfather II’ to ‘Toy Story 3’, Kevin E G Perry highlights a dozen sequels that exceeded the original films

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3 w. ago Godfather of Punk Ian Drury’s dark life from polio paralysis to tragic death

‘Ian’s spirit is on stage with us all the time’ Blockheads guitarist and keyboard player Chaz Jankal remembers his friend Ian - the Godfather of Punk - on the 25th anniversary of his death

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3 w. ago Blockheads star Ian Drury's dark life from polio paralysis to tragic death

‘Ian’s spirit is on stage with us all the time’ Blockheads guitarist and keyboard player Chaz Jankal remembers his friend Ian - the Godfather of Punk - on the 25th anniversary of his death

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3 w. ago 'I played poker against Ronaldo – this is what celebrities are like when they play'

He was one of the greatest strikers in the history of football, but Real Madrid and Brazil icon Ronaldo is also an ice-cold killer on the poker table

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3 w. ago Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur review – pomposity puncturing gets lost in personae

Wallace Collection, LondonArtworks ‘by’ Perry’s new alter ego – an abuse survivor from the East End called Shirley Smith – sit among works by real outsider artists. His stronger pieces are more straightforwardGrayson Perry is fascinated by outsiders – outcasts, nonconformists, the marginalised and the deviant. He has frequently assumed the outsider position, delivering commentary on class, gender and Britons’ petty snobberies. Across his career, he has pronounced on how his medium of choice (ceramics), his crossdressing, or his engagement with popular culture have excited the disapproval of cliques including the art world. Now, as a member of the Royal Academy, a knight of the realm and a ubiquitous presence on TV, that anti-establishment stance is under some strain. He shall hereafter be referred to as Sir Grayson, to keep him in his (elevated) place.Delusions of Grandeur is a classic Graysonian bluff – a title that carries its own takedown (who does he think he is?). Though it is ...

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3 w. ago Hidden Portraits: The Untold Stories of Six Women Who Loved Picasso by Sue Roe review – artist as lothario

Françoise Gilot is the most compelling figure in this biography of the painter’s lovers – but you get the feeling she would have loathed this book“No woman leaves a man like me,” Pablo Picasso is supposed to have declared to Françoise Gilot, his partner and the mother of two of his children, in the spring of 1953. The couple had by this point been together for a decade, their first encounter having taken place in 1943 in a black market cafe in Paris (Picasso, who was then 61, had approached the 21-year-old Gilot bearing a bowl of cherries). But now he’d become involved with Jacqueline Roque, the woman with whom he’d go on to spend the final years of his life.What to do about this? Gilot would not confront him. Better simply to call his bluff. “I am very secretive,” she said in an interview in 2016. “I smile and I’m polite, but that doesn’t mean that I will do as I said I will do He thought I would react like all his other women. That was a completely wrong opinion.” The following ye...

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