4 h. ago State pension plan £580 a week and retirement age at 60 in 'living wage' campaign

A petition to Parliament is demanding the state pension increase to the equivalent of 48 hours a week at the National Living Wage, which pays £12.21 an hour for workers

Economics

24 h. ago ‘No plans ever to retire’: why Steven Spielberg and the movie brat generation just won’t quit

Spielberg, 78, has announced he’ll keep making films till he dies – and he’s a spring chicken next to Coppola, Scorsese, Werner Herzog and Ridley Scott, all still working in their 80s. What makes directing a job for life?If life behaved in the same way as movies, then The Fabelmans would have been Steven Spielberg’s last film. He spent the previous five decades writing the rulebook of modern cinema, and then The Fabelmans was the rare work of art that wrapped everything up with a neat little bow. Part autobiography and part tutorial, it was like the work of a man looking back on his life with a sense of satisfied completion.But real life doesn’t behave like that, and Spielberg has just announced that he is never going to retire. In fact, he announced it twice. In a speech he gave during a star-studded event unveiling a new Steven Spielberg Theater on the Universal lot last night, the 78-year-old said: “I’m making a lot of movies and I have no plans ever to retire.” And then, talking...

Politics

7 d. ago Steven Spielberg says he thought Jaws would be the ‘last movie I would ever be given to direct’

The director had ‘consistent nightmares’ for years following the movie’s release

Politics

7 d. ago Steven Spielberg says he collapsed on set, shaking and gasping for air – ‘like a heart attack’

The director admits to the terrifying moment where his body felt under siege in new interview

Society

8 d. ago Steven Spielberg was ‘deeply involved’ in Jurassic World: Rebirth

The 78-year-old director helmed the original 1993 film Jurassic Park

Politics

8 d. ago Think you know 'Jaws'? Test your knowledge with this trivia ahead of the movie's 50th anniversary

Friday marks the 50th anniversary of “Jaws.”

Politics

9 d. ago Lotto winning rocker planning easy ride into retirement after scooping millions

Rocker Jon Waring, 57, and wife, Lucy, 48, from Paignton in Devon, who also have a 15-year-old daughter, are planning to take life at a more relaxed pace thanks to a tidy £3.9m jackpot win

Politics

9 d. ago Easy riders! Couple who scooped £4m Lotto jackpot quit their jobs to buy Harley

Jon and Lucy Waring, from Paignton in Devon, are now planning an easy ride into retirement after quitting their jobs and drawing up a bucket list for the ultimate golden years shopping spree.

Economics

1 week ago 'Jaws' changed movies forever, but Hollywood could still learn from it

Fifty years after “Jaws” sunk its teeth into us, we’re still admiring the bite mark

Culture

1 week ago Scarlett Johansson says new Jurassic World film is a ‘love letter’ to Steven Spielberg

Spielberg directed first two films in franchise

Politics

1 week ago Novak Djokovic drops hint on tennis future and reveals 'only thing' on his mind

Novak Djokovic has outlined his plans for the future, with the 24-time Grand Slam winner stating that he wants to compete at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

Politics

1 week ago Kevin Costner, 70, drops retirement bombshell after frosty reunion with ex

Kevin Costner revealed whether he has plans to retire following a successful and decades-long career in the industry.

Events

2 w. ago Lewis Hamilton makes Ferrari and F1 retirement statement before Canada GP – 'zero doubts'

Lewis Hamilton has insisted he has no plans to retire from F1 and is 'in it for the long haul' at Ferrari, after speculation about his future in the sport

Politics

2 w. ago British government reverses policy that limited home heating subsidies for retirees

The British government say it is reversing its unpopular plan to end winter home heating subsidies for millions of retirees

Events

3 w. ago Steven Spielberg's 'best ever' film is now available to stream on Netflix

It is considered to be the acclaimed director's best movie

Politics

3 w. ago Six words that became 'greatest movie quote ever' was never part of script

As Jaws 50th anniversary approaches, we take a look at the making of Steven Spielberg;s blockbuster movie and the star Roy Schneider add libbed "the greatest in movie history."

Politics

3 w. ago 'I was a child star in ET and after the film my life was never normal again'

Henry Thomas, now 53, shot to fame at the age of 10 when he was cast as Elliot in Steven Spielberg's iconic 1982 film

Politics

3 w. ago ‘We were like brothers, but we scrapped’: the chaos and pranks that shaped The Goonies – by its cast and crew

Forty years on, Richard Donner’s adventure movie continues to delight audiences – and its heroes and villains. They remember the thrills they had behind the scenesWhen The Goonies was first released in 1985, the swashbuckling kids’ adventure became a resounding box office hit. Audiences were charmed by Mikey (Sean Astin), Data (Ke Huy Quan), Chunk (Jeff Cohen) and Mouth’s (Corey Feldman) rambunctious personalities as the self-styled Goonies, who were desperately trying to save their homes in Astoria, Oregon, from being sold off by a property development company.Steven Spielberg is rumoured to have come up with the idea for The Goonies when he wondered what kids got up to on rainy days. Apparently the answer was daring exploits worthy of Indiana Jones involving a dastardly family of ex-cons and a hidden shipwreck heaving with jewels. It all combined to make a touching film about the power of friendship that was also rip-roaring good fun. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago One of the best Tom Hanks movies of all time is airing on TV tonight

The film is one of the actor's many collaborations with Steven Spielberg

Culture

4 w. ago First official Jaws documentary to examine film’s impact 50 years on

The documentary will premiere on July 11 at 8pm on National Geographic and will stream the same day on Disney+.

Politics