58 m. ago Sinners star Jack O’Connell on his secret Irish dancing past

Jack O’Connell and Delroy Lindo sit down to talk all things Sinners, the highly anticipated supernatural horror from director Ryan Coogler. They share what it was like filming the genre-bending project, what they learned from working with Coogler — and Jack reveals an unexpected history with Irish dancing.

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67 m. ago What kind of chatbot do you want? One that tells you the truth – or that you’re always right? | Chris Stokel

ChatGPT’s embarrassing rollback of a user update was a warning about the dangers of humans placing emotional trust in AINobody likes a suck-up. Too much deference and praise puts off all of us (with one notable presidential exception). We quickly learn as children that hard, honest truths can build respect among our peers. It’s a cornerstone of human interaction and of our emotional intelligence, something we swiftly understand and put into action.ChatGPT, though, hasn’t been so sure lately. The updated model that underpins the AI chatbot and helps inform its answers was rolled out this week – and has quickly been rolled back after users questioned why the interactions were so obsequious. The chatbot was cheering on and validating people even as they suggested they expressed hatred for others. “Seriously, good for you for standing up for yourself and taking control of your own life,” it reportedly said, in response to one user who claimed they had stopped taking their medication and...

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82 m. ago ‘Jazz isn’t about perfection’: drummer Billy Cobham on Miles Davis, Massive Attack and still learning at 80

After a grounding with genre greats, he fused jazz with rock to outrageously funky effect. Ahead of UK dates, he explains why two prosthetic hips aren’t slowing him downBilly Cobham speaks the way he plays drums. Words pour out of him in a great, rhythmic rush, every sentence alive with energy and ideas – and so interviewing him can be as overwhelming as his music sounds. I ask about a recent sojourn to his birth nation of Panama and he’s still answering 15 minutes later, although the topic now is a huge 1973 concert at Yankee Stadium in New York where he played alongside salsa legends Fania All-Stars to 40,000 fans: “All the nations had their flags – and all the gangs were there too!” Cobham describes watching in awe as the greatest congueros alive all played in unison before the frenzied crowd invaded the stage. It’s fascinating, though I begin to fear our allotted time will be taken up by this single sprawling anecdote. “Don’t get me started,” he says, and laughs, kicking back in...

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9 h. ago A Ruby Celebration! Prince William and Princess Kate are all smiles as they bump into comedian on wedding anniversary trip

Ruby Wax , 72, spotted the royals on the Isle of Iona, in Scotland, after they had travelled there to meet the local community and learn about their way of life.

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9 h. ago Amanda Owen's dream life on the farm derailed: How it's gone wrong for Yorkshire Shepherdess once branded UK's most 'authentic' star

From the breakdown of her marriage and subsequent relationship to her children flocking the nest to go to university, the TV star has faced a slew of personal trials and tribulations.

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11 h. ago VE Day 2025: 50,000 kids write heartwarming letters to veterans as some meet King

A campaign to connect the generations before next week's VE Day celebrations has seen unprecedented success as more than 50,000 children have connected with a Second World War veteran by mail

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14 h. ago Aerosmith fans are only just learning the true meaning behind the band's iconic name

While they've had mega hits throughout the years, including Sweet Emotion, Dream On, and Walk This Way, the group's name has long left many fans stumped.

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15 h. ago £170m truth behind Man United's Europa League ambitions ahead of key Ruben Amorim transfer call

Manchester United would give their plans - on and off the pitch - a major boost with Europa League success.

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15 h. ago Europa League glory will not rescue Manchester United’s season, warns Amorim

Manager says addressing wider problems matters more Amorim confident United ‘are prepared’ for Athletic tieRuben Amorim has said even winning the Europa League will not save Manchester United’s season, the head coach stating that only “good decisions” can transform his side in the long term.United are at Athletic Bilbao for Thursday’s Europa League semi-final first leg, conscious that claiming the competition will conclude a troubled campaign with silverware and Champions League qualification. With United in 14th and certain to finish in their lowest position in the Premier League, it would also give Amorim a trophy after taking over in late October. However, the Portuguese is clear it would not make the campaign a success. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Ruben Amorim insists Europa League success will not solve Man Utd’s problems: ‘Nothing is going to save our season’

The Europa League could offer Manchester United a route back into the Champions League

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18 h. ago Brave Scots comic who lost eye to cancer lands dream gig with Romesh Ranganathan

"You've been through one of the most difficult things that anyone can go through. What has comedy got to be afraid of? Nothing, right?"

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18 h. ago Rio Ferdinand rejects Gary Neville Man United theory after Liverpool title success

Rio Ferdinand was quick to shut down Gary Neville's Liverpool theory after the Reds equalled Manchester United's top-flight title record.

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19 h. ago Kendrick Lamar and SZA review – powerhouse duo make their mark in Atlanta

Mercedes-Benz stadium, AtlantaThe record-breaking Grand National tour brings together two stylistically opposed stars and continues an internet-breaking feudJust when it seemed as if Kendrick Lamar had dropped his grudge against Drake, it turns out his “game over” coda to the Super Bowl half-time show was just the end of regulation. On the Grand National tour, a four-month stadium circuit for the Grammy-sweeping album GNX and SZA’s reissue album Lana, Lamar takes the music industry’s most bitter rivalry match into overtime.The score-keeping has not stopped. The Grand National tour’s opening date in Minneapolis last week totaled more than $9m from more than 47,000 spectators, giving Lamar claim to the highest-grossing hip-hop concert of all time – surpassing the record Eminem set after playing Melbourne, Australia, in 2019. That’s what you get when you pair the hottest rapper in the game with an R&B queen who is coming off the critical and commercial success of the buddy comedy O...

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20 h. ago Jamie Laing ignores 'best pal' Spencer Matthews' marathon triumph amid feud rumours

Made In Chelsea star, Jamie Laing, made no comment about his 'best pal' Spencer Matthews' marathon success after the pair fell out last year over Jamie's wedding

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20 h. ago The US left Vietnam 50 years ago today. The media hasn’t learned its lesson | Norman Solomon

The myth that news coverage turned Americans against the war persists. In fact, it was largely complicit in perpetuating the conflictThe last helicopter liftoff from the roof of the American embassy in Saigon on 30 April 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam war. Fifty years later, mythology about US media coverage of the war is locked into the faulty premise that news outlets were pivotal in causing Americans to turn against it. Some say that mainstream media undermined a noble war effort, while others say that coverage alerted the public to realities of an unjust war. Both assertions are wrong.Scapegoating the media fits neatly into “stab in the back” theories of Americans who can’t stand the fact that their country lost a war to impoverished Vietnamese fighters. And praising the media as catalysts for the nation’s roused conscience gives undue credit while fostering illusions about mainstream news coverage of America’s wars. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Bathgate and Linlithgow MP commits to speaking up for MS community in parliament

Kirsteen Sullivan attended a Parliamentary event hosted by the MS Society, to learn about issues facing the multiple sclerosis (MS) community as part of MS Awareness Week which runs from April 28 to May 4.

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21 h. ago Teddy Sheringham tells Andre Onana to 'shut up' as Man United keeper called out

Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana has been told to 'shut up' and 'button his lips' by club legend Teddy Sheringham after a difficult season in the Premier League

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22 h. ago ‘When she first gave me her paw, my heart melted’: here’s what I’ve learned about taking on a rescue dog

For the first six months after arriving in the UK from Romania, Sophie never strayed from behind Rory Cellan-Jones’s sofa – but with patience and love she slowly emerged back into the worldWhen a trembling dog was placed in my arms in the early hours of a December Saturday I was not too concerned by her terrified state. After all, I knew about rescue dogs. Cabbage, our lovely collie cross who had died at the beginning of the year, had come from a Dogs Trust rescue centre 15 years earlier, and had also been pretty nervous at first. I was confident that Sophie, a one-year-old of indeterminate breed (but with a lot of German shepherd), brought to us on a van from Romania, would, like Cabbage, quickly settle down in her new home. How wrong I was.Our new dog seemed frightened of my wife and I, and our house, and desperately searched for the smallest space she could find, eventually settling behind a sofa. The next morning, I was keen to restart the early dog walks which had been a key fe...

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22 h. ago Drivers just learn meaning behind 'handy' symbol on car dashboard

Have you ever noticed this symbol on your car dashboard? Reddit users were recently in deep discussion about what it actually means – so here's what you need to know

Transport

22 h. ago Kilbarchan Primary School report card success as inspectors give thumbs up

Education Scotland assessed two areas of schoo life and published its report this week.

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