6 h. ago Harry Potter star rushed to hospital for surgery days after birthday over 'inability to breathe'

The actor appeared in the fourth film in the magical franchise

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7 h. ago ‘Revelatory, magnetic, unknown’: how Frank Dillane became a star at Cannes

With a breakout performance in Urchin, the actor has emerged from cult TV fame to the cusp of major stardom – a new ‘post-alpha male’ lead to join the ranks of Paul Mescal and Josh O’ConnorFew actors make an instant impact on their first major film festival appearance, but Frank Dillane, star of fellow actor Harris Dickinson’s directing debut Urchin, is one of them. Critics are near-unanimous in their praise, with Variety calling his performance “revelatory”, and IndieWire describing it as “magnetic”. Influential film industry publication Deadline said that Dillane “arrived in Cannes a virtual unknown, but Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut has made him a star”.In Urchin, Dillane plays Mike, a man living on the streets who ends up in jail after committing an assault and then struggles to go straight after his release. Despite being given a place in a hostel and helped into employment, Mike is tempted to fall back into his old ways. With a script written by Dickinson, Dillane commi...

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12 h. ago Labour child benefits civil war as Angela Rayner 'demands middle class parents who earn £60,000 a year lose payout' while Starmer 'clashes with chief aide' over handouts for big families

Angela Rayner suggested the Chancellor should 'claw back' the handouts from families where one adult earns over £50,000 a year.

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21 h. ago Angela Rayner 'urges Rachel Reeves to strip child benefits for middle

The Labour Deputy Prime Minister urged the treasury to 'claw back' the benefit from families where the top earner's annual salary was somewhere between £50,000 and £80,000, The Telegraph first reported.

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24 h. ago Cara Delevingne unrecognisable as she debuts dramatic new look at Cannes Film Festival

Cara Delevingne keeps fans on their toes with her ever changing styles - and they were treated to two very different looks during her Cannes Film Festival appearances

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27 h. ago Model Elena Perminova appears to flout Cannes Film Festival's new 'decency' rules as she goes braless beneath a sheer dress at amfAR Gala

The star-studded festival has seen its A-list guests wear nude fashion looks on its red carpets in recent years, but stringent new rules have been enforced this year banning nudity.

Culture

56 h. ago What has Kevin Spacey done to his face? Disgraced actor sparks plastic surgery rumors at Cannes

Kevin Spacey, 65, has sparked plastic surgery rumors as he made an appearance during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival this week.

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58 h. ago Alexa Chung just wore a high street trench coat to Cannes and it’s still in stock

Alexa Chung just gave her IT-girl stamp of approval to this high street trench coat during a Cannes Film Festival appearance, and it's still available to shop in all sizes

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58 h. ago ‘I’m still standing’: Kevin Spacey quotes ‘friend’ Elton John in passionate return speech at Cannes

‘American Beauty’ actor appeared at film event for first time after being cleared of sexual assault allegations

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59 h. ago 'How can they afford to go private?' Critics question why Peppa Pig's 'middle class' family welcomed new arrival Evie in £5,900

Named after Mummy Pig's aunt Evie, the piglet was delivered at the Lindo Wing in London - the same location where Kate Middleton gave birth to all three of her children.

Economics

3 d. ago Middle class mom hires bodyguard for court appearance after she was filmed committing obscene road rage act

Christina Solometo, 44, appeared at Prospect Park District Court on Monday for a preliminary hearing into the wild offense that was caught on camera last month.

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3 d. ago Youth mobility scheme shouldn’t only benefit ‘middle class kids’ – Labour MP

Sir Keir Starmer had told the Commons the newly-agreed ‘youth experience scheme’ will allow young British people to travel and work in Europe.

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3 d. ago This Morning fans seriously distracted during Natalie Portman interview

The actress, 43, appeared on the ITV show to chat about her new film Fountain of Youth, which is due to hit our screens on May 23 2025.

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3 d. ago We lost the spark in our marriage and THIS is how we rekindled it... don't make our mistake: The deadly truth behind the x

Like many parents in their early 40s, Harry and Bella Thomson leapt at the chance to enjoy a long weekend away without their children at the end of last year.

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4 d. ago Could you fall into the pension inheritance tax trap? We reveal how four families could face huge bills

We reveal in four examples how families could be saddled with massive inheritance tax bills by 2030 thanks to the looming raid on pensions.

Economics

4 d. ago Stanley Tucci’s love of cooking has sent his acting career into a spiral of mediocrity

One of Hollywood’s most-liked character actors has revelled in a second career as a celebrity foodie – while appearing in a nearly unbroken run of lacklustre films. Louis Chilton asks where Tucci’s career will go from here

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5 d. ago A Danish Groundhog Day or tales of millennial angst What should win next week’s International Booker?

A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy our critic weighs up the contendersWhat unites the books on the shortlist for this year’s International Booker prize? Brevity, for one thing: five of the six are under 200 pages, and half barely pass 100. They are works of precision and idiosyncrasy that don’t need space to make a big impression. Themes are both timely – AI, the migration crisis – and evergreen: middle-class ennui; the place of women in society. And for the second consecutive year, every book comes from an independent publisher, with four from tiny micropresses. Ahead of the winner announcement on 20 May, here’s our verdict on the shortlist.Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, Book I (Faber, £12.99; translated by Barbara J Haveland) is easiest to introduce through the film Groundhog Day: its heroine, Danish antiquarian book dealer Tara Selter, is stuck in time. “It is the 18...

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5 d. ago A Danish Groundhog Day or tales of millennial angst What should win this year’s International Booker?

A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy our critic weighs up the contendersWhat unites the books on the shortlist for this year’s International Booker prize? Brevity, for one thing: five of the six are under 200 pages, and half barely pass 100. They are works of precision and idiosyncrasy that don’t need space to make a big impression. Themes are both timely – AI, the migration crisis – and evergreen: middle-class ennui; the place of women in society. And for the second consecutive year, every book comes from an independent publisher, with four from tiny micropresses. Ahead of the winner announcement on 20 May, here’s our verdict on the shortlist.Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, Book I (Faber, £12.99; translated by Barbara J Haveland) is easiest to introduce through the film Groundhog Day: its heroine, Danish antiquarian book dealer Tara Selter, is stuck in time. “It is the 18...

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6 d. ago Middlesex confirm interest in ‘iconic player of his generation’ Virat Kohli

India batter retired from Test cricket this weekKohli could play in County Championship or Metro Bank CupVirat Kohli could yet be seen batting in England once more after Middlesex confirmed they are keen to lure India’s recently retired galáctico to Lord’s. The 36-year-old called time on his stellar Test career at the start of the week, ruling himself out of the five-Test series in England that begins at Headingley next month. But notably his statement said nothing about drawing a line through first-class cricket.Middlesex have form when it comes to using Lord’s as a pull for star overseas talent, having signed South Africa’s AB de Villiers for the T20 Blast in 2019 and attracted New Zealand’s Kane Williamson over for the second half of this season. Both deals came about in collaboration with MCC – Williamson will also play for London Spirit – and officials there have indicated they would be happy to similarly split the cost of any deal for Kohli. There is a belief that, as someone ...

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7 d. ago Bono: Stories of Surrender review – megastar tries out humility in likable one

Cannes film festival The U2 singer’s solo stage appearance sees him reflect on his anguished family past and have a decent go at being an ordinary JoeThe stadium-conquering rock superstar Bono finds a smaller arena than usual for this more intimate and much acclaimed “quarter-man” show, performed solo without his U2 bandmates Adam Clayton, David “The Edge” Evans and Larry Mullen Jr and filmed live on stage at New York’s Beacon theatre in 2023 by Andrew Dominik. It’s a confident, often engaging mix of music and no-frills theatrical performance, with Bono often coming across like some forgotten character that Samuel Beckett created but then suppressed due to undue levels of rock’n’roll pizzazz.Bono delivers anecdotes from his autobiography Surrender, starting with his recent heart scare and going back to his Dublin childhood, his musical breakthrough to global fame, his post-Live Aid charity work on poverty and famine relief (though no discourse on the question of whether Live Aid was...

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