48 h. ago Mark Hamill has finally ruled out a return as Luke Skywalker. Can Star Wars survive without him?

The franchise’s last remaining connection to the original trilogy has appeared in a number of recent spinoffs. What’s next, now the 73-year-old actor says he has hung up his lightsaber for good?Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker has been Star Wars’ ultimate backup plan for at least half a decade. The original trilogy has faded into the distance, and the movies set in that galaxy far, far away have become so poor in recent years that we’d all rather watch Andor. But there was always the option of plugging in Hamill – a sort of human Star Wars USB stick, primed to conjure up 1970s vibes as required. Not quite getting your fill of Force nostalgia? Here’s Luke tutoring Baby Yoda in The Book of Boba Fett. And here he is again, whinging about past mistakes in The Last Jedi. It may not quite have been Binary Sunset, or Yoda lifting the X-wing on Dagobah. But for a few shimmering, quite-possibly-digitally-retouched moments, it felt like we were back in the real Star Wars again.Back in 2023, I wro...

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49 h. ago Michelle Keegan shares baby daughter Palma's sweet nickname on first holiday abroad

The Our Girl actress and her husband, former TOWIE star Mark Wright, welcomed their first child together in March

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66 h. ago Michelle Keegan reveals Palma's nickname as she shares adorable first holiday snaps

Brassic star Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright enjoyed a holiday to Spain with their daughter Palma recently, with fans having been shown photos from the trip this week

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3 d. ago ITV The Chase's best quizzer of all time revealed and the results may surprise you

The Chase has six impressive quizzers on the ITV show who have all defeated many of contestants but a new study has uncovered who is the most successful Chaser of all time.

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3 d. ago Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg tells Scots brothers rowing the Pacific their story 'could be a movie'

The Ted actor called the three brothers, who are currently rowing across the Pacific Ocean.

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3 d. ago I made £30m in Dubai and was blown away by the architecture, the riches and how safe it is

An entrepreneur has revealed why he quit Dubai after living there for two years and making an incredible £30 million.

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3 d. ago Carrie Fisher told Mark Hamill to ‘get over himself’ after he omitted Star Wars from Broadway bio

Originator of Luke Skywalker has performed in five Broadway productions

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3 d. ago Former Crystal Palace star Mark Bright marries Ian Wright's estranged sister Dionne

Wright revealed back in 2019 that he had not spoken to Dionne for 15 years, claiming that she had been 'disrespectful' to his second wife Nancy soon after the couple got together.

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5 d. ago ‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star | Mark O’Connell

He’s spent 24 hours immersed in slime, two days buried alive – and showered vast amounts of cash on lucky participants. But are MrBeast’s videos simply very savvy clickbait – or acts of avant garde genius?Jimmy Donaldson, the 27-year-old online content creator and entrepreneur known as MrBeast, is by any reasonable metric one of the most popular entertainers on the planet. His YouTube channel, to which he posts his increasingly elaborate and expensively produced videos, has 400 million subscribers – more than the population of the United States of America and equivalent to the total number of native English speakers currently alive. It’s close to twice as many subscribers as Elon Musk has X followers, and over 100 million more than Taylor Swift has Instagram followers. And that number, 400 million, does not account for the people who watch MrBeast’s videos in passing, or who are aware of his cultural presence because of their children, or who just sort of know who he is but don’t ha...

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7 d. ago Shaun Wallace's life away from The Chase from private relationship to huge salary

Shaun Wallace, who is better known as The Dark Destroyer on ITV's The Chase, has had an impressive career both as a barrister and television personality - but little is known about his personal life.

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9 d. ago ITV The Chase Paul Singha's health battle which has made comedy career 'harder'

Paul Sinha, who is known as The Sinnerman, often performed stand-up comedy at Edinburgh Fringe Festival but has been forced to give up a vital part of his career.

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1 week ago Mary Earps stuns England teammates by retiring from international football

Euro 2022 winner opts out before summer title defenceEarps had been discussing retirement for 12 to 18 monthsMary Earps has shocked her England teammates by retiring from international football with immediate effect, saying it is the right time “to step aside and give the younger generation an opportunity to thrive”. Her decision comes just 36 days before the start of the 2025 European Championship in Switzerland, where England will be hoping to defend their title.The Guardian understands that the goalkeeper has had discussions with the Lionesses head coach, Sarina Wiegman, about retiring from international duty for 12 to 18 months. It is also understood that Earps informed Wiegman she was going to retire during England’s last camp in April, but was asked to reconsider. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Super proud’: Slegers hails Arsenal after Women’s Champions League success

Head coach says Barcelona win was ‘above expectations’‘We had to suffer but were spot on in crucial moments’The Arsenal head coach, Renée Slegers, said her team’s performance was “above all expectations” after they stunned Barcelona to win the Women’s Champions League title in Lisbon.Cited as the major underdogs before kick-off, Arsenal thwarted a Barcelona side who had won three of the past four finals, and won their first women’s European title since 2007 thanks to substitute Stina Blackstenius’ 74th-minute winner. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mark Williams left in the shade as former professional snooker star banks over £500,000

Mark WIlliams came second best to Zhao Xintong at the World Snooker Championship this year, but his earnings from the tournament pale compared to one ex-pro's recent payday

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2 w. ago Football agents slam Man Utd transfer team as INEOS negotiations leave them 'stunned'

MAC OF THE NET: Manchester United have been left behind by their rivals and the new football operations unit set up by Sir Jim Ratcliffe at Old Trafford has struggled to make an impact

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2 w. ago Colson Smith shares final cheeky unseen Coronation Street snaps after violent soap death

Coronation Street actor Colson Smith bowed out as Craig Tinker after 14 years in a very brutal death scene, however the TV star made sure to leave a mark on the set before he left

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2 w. ago The Chase's Darragh Ennis shares tricky quiz question that only 5% can answer

ITV The Chase's Darragh Ennis, who is known as The Menace, shared a baffling quiz question on social media that is supposed to be 'simple' - but 95% of people can't get the answer right

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2 w. ago ITV The Chase host Bradley Walsh left confused by contestant's link to one another

The Chase viewers rushed to social media to share their thoughts after they saw the latest batch of contestants on the ITV show

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2 w. ago Three men who stole watches worth £750,000 from cycling star Mark Cavendish told to pay back money or face extra six years each in jail

The masked gang broke into the athlete's home in Ongar, Essex, in November 2021. They beat and threatened him with a knife in front of wife Peta and their young son.

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3 w. ago Mark Wright's sister shares adorable snap of his and Michelle Keegan's baby daughter

Former soap star Michelle Keegan and reality star husband Mark Wright were overjoyed in March when they welcomed their first child - and now her aunt has taken to Instagram to share a string of photos with her

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