67 m. ago Storms, possible twisters to threaten the South just as New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras

Powerful storms bearing a threat of tornadoes are expected to punch through Louisiana and other parts of the South on Tuesday

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69 m. ago Westfield yobs filmed hurling furniture from top floor and accused of 'attempted murder'

Westfield Stratford shoppers escaped serious injury as horror footage shows the moment morons pick up furniture and drop it towards members of the public below - narrowly missing them

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69 m. ago From Parasite to Anora: how Cannes became an Oscars power player

The increasingly international Academy has warmed to more and more Cannes film festival premieres, leaving all eyes on this year’s editionIt might have been a bad night for streamers, blockbusters and horror movies, but last night’s Oscars was another excellent year for the Cannes film festival.The major winner, Anora, which picked up five awards including best picture, best director and best actress, was a Palme d’Or winner at last May’s edition and became only the fourth recipient to go on to a best picture Oscar. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago She dated Kanye West, is friends with Blac Chyna and supported Donald Trump, who is she?

The pinup was at Utopia Presents Darren's Oscar party with Vivienne Sabo Paris to Benefit Global Empowerment Mission LA Wildfires Relief.

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2 h. ago Michael Owen names FOUR teams he thinks can win this season's Champions League

The Champions League round of 16 gets underway this week with former Liverpool and Real Madrid star Michael Owen reckons his old clubs are the sides to beat

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2 h. ago FA issues robust statement after Pep Guardiola's Manchester City vs Plymouth Argyle complaint

Pep Guardiola was not pleased with one aspect of Manchester City's win over Plymouth - now the FA have stepped in

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2 h. ago And the loser is politics: why was this year’s Oscars so reluctant?

Taking place in the middle of a chaotic time for the US and the world at large, this year’s ceremony was light on statements and devoid of the Trump word entirelyTwenty-two years ago, the last time Adrien Brody won the Academy award for best actor, film-maker Michael Moore accepted his own Oscar for Bowling for Columbine, a documentary about America’s obsession with guns, by offering a preview of sorts of his next feature, Fahrenheit 9/11. He decried then president George W Bush as “fictitious” (alluding to his fishy, supreme court-assisted election win a year and a half earlier) and excoriated the Bush administration for sending the United States to war with Iraq – just three days earlier, in fact – for “fictitious reasons”. It was received with a mixture of applause and boos, probably the most memorable moment of the night, give or take Brody planting a kiss on Halle Berry.Two years later, when Fahrenheit 9/11 might have been similarly honored (and almost certainly would have been...

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3 h. ago Adrien Brody DEFENDS his 'disgusting' Oscars act after facing backlash

Adrien spoke out about his uncouth act on Live With Kelly and Mark moments after his win.

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3 h. ago Nurse accused of shooting her husband dead as they argued over a social media friend request

Rashaan Wallace, 30, is in jail on a $50,000 bond

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3 h. ago Jubilant Brazilians hail I’m Still Here’s Oscar as landmark in fight for justice

Walter Salles’s dictatorship-era movie turns focus on dark time in country’s history and more recent coup attemptAhead of the Oscars ceremony, Brazil’s Fernanda Torres – star of Walter Salles’s dictatorship-era movie I’m Still Here – had warned her compatriots not to get into a “World Cup fever” over the Academy Awards.Her plea went in vain on Sunday night, however, as crowds across the country – already gathered to celebrate carnival – erupted in joy over Brazil’s first-ever Oscar win, for best international feature. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago 'Racist' transgender best actress nominee Karla Sofia Gascon's miserable evening at Oscars revealed

Karla Sofia Gascón had a lonely night at the Oscars after she was accused of being a racist over social media posts where targeted Muslims and George Floyd .

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4 h. ago The main Oscars takeaway? Hollywood is as scared of the world right now as you and I are | Emma Brockes

Perhaps the Ozempic was making people light-headed, or the stars felt they should stay silent. Either way, there was a notable lack of politicsThe Oscars ceremony on Sunday night was long and boring, as it has been for a few years, but this year its shortcomings landed differently. Hollywood’s waning influence, which registered most glaringly last month in the large number of American nominees who showed up in London for the Baftas – not something they were inclined to do in better times – gave the ceremony a sense of low-stakes irrelevance that was frankly a relief from the rest of the news cycle. Still, the question lingers as to why the actors and presenters largely, and mercifully in my view, stayed away from mention of Donald Trump.After the devastating forest fires in Los Angeles in January, the classy thing to have done this year would’ve been to cancel or at least radically downsize the Oscars ceremony, but of course no one involved was going to vote for that. Instead, audie...

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4 h. ago Kyogo tipped for rapid Rennes transfer exit as ex Celtic idol snubbed AGAIN by new boss

The Japanese striker has made just two appearances for his new club and has been an unused sub in the last two games

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4 h. ago British peace troops in Ukraine attacked by Russian army would respond under ‘defensive rules,' says minister

European leaders are still seeking a US security guarantee ‘backstop’ for a peace-keeping mission in Ukraine

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4 h. ago Cricket legend Jimmy Anderson enters Hundred draft aged 42 despite double snub

Jimmy Anderson wants to extend his club career by playing in this summer's Hundred, having been told that he has no future in the international game by England head coach Brendon McCullum

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4 h. ago FA defends Mitre match ball after Pep Guardiola’s ‘not proper’ criticism

Guardiola said the ball was ‘not proper’ after his side’s win over Plymouth

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5 h. ago Fires, frocks and the president who must not be named: my very weird night in the Oscars cheap seats

After the horror of the LA wildfires and with the world in uproar, some had called for the show not to go on. But up in the mezzanine with the shouty hoi polloi, I saw that hope really does spring eternal hereOscars 2025: Brody beats orchestra, Brits keep it classy and Kieran Culkin botches his big momentIt’s the calm before the storm of the 97th Academy Awards and the announcer, Nick Offerman, is rehearsing his lines on the auditorium’s PA system. He introduces the nominees and trails the potential stories. He says: “Conclave won six awards tonight, including best picture,” and then pauses a moment to allow this momentous result to sink in. Upstairs at the Dolby theatre in Hollywood, the early arrivals have barely had time to get a drink in their hands. Now, all at once, they look stricken and cast nervous glances back and forth. Is Offerman joking, or has he just emitted white smoke by electing Edward Berger’s papal thriller? The Oscars don’t even start for another two hours and t...

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5 h. ago Keir Starmer defends his plan to tackle the Channel migrant crisis despite small boat crossings being up 20 per cent on last year

Latest figures, published by the Home Office, showed 592 migrants arrived in the UK yesterday after crossing the Channel in 11 small boats.

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5 h. ago The case of three missing children has haunted this town for 15 years. A mother now wants closure

Tanya Zuvers has prayed someone ‘would cure her broken heart’

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5 h. ago Elton John's Oscar afterparty menu revealed as guests treated to incredible dishes

Elton John’s prestigious AIDS Foundation Gala, an annual event that raises funds for HIV/AIDS research and support, wouldn't be complete without an incredible menu

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