7 h. ago Gladiator fans left in complete shock as contestant is revealed to have a famous father

Gladiator fans were left stunned on Saturday night after learning that one of the show's latest contenders has a famous boxing legend for a father. 

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17 h. ago ‘We’re clearly heading towards collapse’: why the Murdoch empire is about to go bang

An explosive succession trial and an astonishing interview with one of Rupert’s sons have exposed the paranoia and hatred at the heart of global media’s most powerful family. This could get messy When some of the mind games and manoeuvres that turned a Murdoch family “retreat” into an ordeal appeared in Succession, the TV drama about squabbling family members of a right-wing media company, members of the real-life family started to suspect each other of leaking details to the writers. The truth was more straightforward. Succession’s creator, Jesse Armstrong, said that his team hadn’t needed inside sources – they had simply read press reports.Future screenwriters have been gifted a whole load of new Murdoch material in the past few days, after two astonishing stories in the New York Times and the Atlantic lifted the lid on the dysfunction, paranoia and despair at the heart of the most powerful family in global media. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Liam Payne's friend Roger Nores reveals the only reason he would drop lawsuit against One Direction star's father Geoff

Liam Payne's friend Roger Nores has revealed the only reason he will drop his £8.1 million defamation lawsuit against the One Direction star's father Geoff, whilst revealing their final exchange.

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57 h. ago Israel terror attack fears as several buses 'explode' in busy city centre

Several buses have exploded in Israel sparking fears of a coordinated terror attack - authorities are urging the public to avoid the areas and remain alert for suspicious items after reports of explosions

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57 h. ago Bat Yam explosions: Israel 'terror attack' as several buses on fire in busy city

Several buses have exploded in Israel sparking fears of a coordinated terror attack - authorities are urging the public to avoid the areas and remain alert for suspicious items

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58 h. ago Richard E. Grant reveals his father tried to shoot him at age 15 in horrifying attack

Saltburn actor Richard E. Grant revealed several disturbing incidents from his childhood to Davina McCall, and how it ultimately changed his life for the better

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69 h. ago Richard E. Grant reveals his alcoholic father tried to SHOOT him during multiple murder attempts as he opens up about his harrowing childhood

The 64-year-old actor revealed the harrowing truth of his upbringing in Swaziland - now known as Eswatini - where his father Henrik 'pulled the trigger' at the back of his head.

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3 d. ago James Murdoch has spilled the beans, and the reality is more miserable than we – or Succession – ever imagined | Zoe Williams

From the psychological torture to the inexorable rightward drift of the family business, it’s not much fun being a MurdochIt is a life-defining moment, for James Murdoch, to describe his father and wider family in an interview with the Atlantic. Much of the rough and tumble and backstabbing – Rupert essentially pitting James against the older Lachlan, in a fight that continually vexed him because his favourite (Lachlan) never won – has existed in the public domain for years as rumour. Much of it has been proved or demonstrated within reason, either by biographers – Michael Wolff in particular – or by events, culminating in Rupert and Lachlan’s legal case to secure Lachlan’s hold on the Murdoch family trust, against the other siblings, James, Liz and Prue, at the end of last year, which Rupert lost.Yet none of those machinations, spanning decades, could really encompass the sheer unbridled nastiness of this family. James describes a meeting with Rupert’s lawyer, Rupert himself sittin...

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4 d. ago RICHARD KAY: The latest Murdoch revelations shows the family is deep in an ideological knife fight

As revealed this week, James Murdoch - once his father's heir apparent, now cast as the family black sheep - faced a barrage of 'withering' questions from a lawyer

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4 d. ago James Murdoch launches astonishing public attack on his father and reveals details of family infighting that could be straight out of Succession

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's son James has opened up on the Succession-style battle for control of his father's empire - though he cannot bear to watch the hit show.

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4 d. ago Elon Musk's 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair felt 'jilted and terrified' after realising she was 'out in the cold' when the tech billionaire ghosted her

Ashley St. Clair, 26, stunned social media on Friday when she revealed Musk, 53, as the father of her child, intensifying speculation about the tech mogul's already complicated family life.

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4 d. ago ‘F***ing twisted’: James Murdoch interview exposes life as Rupert Murdoch’s son

Speaking to The Atlantic in a first-of-its-kind tell-all interview, James Murdoch explains exactly what it’s like to be part of the Rupert Murdoch dynasty

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5 d. ago Coronation Street exit plan for Daisy Midgeley 'confirmed' as baby's father revealed

Fans are aware that the Rovers Return co-owner and barmaid will soon be waving goodbye to Weatherfield

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6 d. ago James Murdoch lays bare his relationship with ‘misogynist’ father amid succession fight in rare interview

Rupert Murdoch’s second son reveals bitter details that set the scene for court battle for News Corp empireMore of the Murdoch family’s betrayals, leaks, “mind games”, manipulations, machinations and humiliations have been laid bare, in the wake of a messy court trial that offered tantalising glimpses inside the dynasty.The American journalist McKay Coppins this weekend published a rare and wide-ranging interview with James Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch’s second-oldest son, who is often portrayed as a bitter rival to his older brother, Lachlan. Continue reading...

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