3 d. ago Marty Supreme review – Timothée Chalamet a smash in spectacular screwball ping

Following every dizzying spin of Chalamet’s table tennis hustler, Josh Safdie’s whip-crack comedy serves sensational shots – and a smart return by Gwyneth PaltrowThis new film from Josh Safdie has the fanatical energy of a 149-minute ping pong rally carried out by a single player running round and round the table. It’s a marathon sprint of gonzo calamities and uproar, a sociopath-screwball nightmare like something by Mel Brooks – only in place of gags, there are detonations of bad taste, cinephile allusions, alpha cameos, frantic deal-making, racism and antisemitism, sentimental yearning and erotic adventures. It’s a farcical race against time where no one needs to eat or sleep.Timothée Chalamet plays Marty Mauser, a spindly motormouth with the glasses of an intellectual, the moustache of a movie star and the physique of a tiny cartoon character. He’s loosely inspired by Marty “The Needle” Reisman, a real-life US table tennis champ from the 1950s who was given to Bobby Riggs-type sh...

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3 d. ago Race against time to find British teenage hiker missing in Romanian mountains after he made desperate call for help

His mother, Jo Smyth, has now flown to Romania after the alert was issued for her son George, saying he was exhausted and suffering from hypothermia.

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4 d. ago Desperate stem cell plea to save girl, 13, facing race against time

Millie Fairley, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, suffers from a rare blood disorder which means the bone marrow cannot make enough new blood cells for the body to work normally, making it harder to fight infection, stop bleeding or carry oxygen

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4 d. ago Rescuers in Indonesia search for hundreds of missing people likely buried under landslides

Rescuers are urgently searching for hundreds of missing people in the wake of devastating floods that hit Indonesia a week ago, following extreme weather caused by Cyclone Senyar.

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4 d. ago Warning to shoppers as Morrisons prepares to pull major £3.95 Quality Street and Xmas chocolate deal tonight

CHOCOHOLICS have just HOURS left to bag a bargain as Morrisons is set to axe its massive Christmas chocolate tub deal tonight. Savvy shoppers are in a race against time to stockpile their festive favourites before the supermarket giant pulls the plug on its £3.95 offer at midnight. If you’re planning to fill the stockings...

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4 d. ago What time is Qatar Grand Prix 2025 today? Grid order, weather forecast and how to watch F1 race live

Lando Norris can be crowned world champion for the first time on Sunday

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5 d. ago When is Qatar Grand Prix 2025? Start time, grid order, weather forecast and how to watch F1 race live

Lando Norris could be crowned world champion for the first time on Sunday, though trails Oscar Piastri on the starting grid

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5 d. ago F1 Qatar GP live: Race start time with title in sight for Norris and Piastri on critical pole

Follow F1 updates at the Lusail International Circuit as the title rivals occupy the top-three spots on the grid

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5 d. ago F1 qualifying Qatar GP live: Oscar Piastri snatches pole after Lando Norris mistake

Follow live F1 updates at the Lusail International Circuit as the title contenders target top spot in qualifying

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5 d. ago F1 Qatar GP qualifying live: Norris and Verstappen eye vital pole after Hamilton exit

Follow live F1 updates at the Lusail International Circuit as the title contenders target top spot in qualifying

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5 d. ago F1 Qatar GP live: Norris and Verstappen eye vital pole in qualifying after Piastri sprint win

Follow live F1 updates at the Lusail International Circuit as the title contenders target top spot in qualifying

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5 d. ago F1 Qatar GP live: Norris eyes crucial pole position after Piastri sprint win

Follow live F1 updates at the Lusail International Circuit as Piastri closes title gap to 22 points after victory

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5 d. ago F1 Qatar GP live: Piastri closes gap on Norris in title race with dominant sprint win

Follow live F1 updates from round 23 at the Lusail International Circuit with Verstappen up two places

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5 d. ago F1 Qatar GP live: Piastri on sprint pole ahead of title rivals Norris and Verstappen

Follow live F1 updates from round 23 at the Lusail International Circuit with Piastri at the front for the sprint

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5 d. ago Archaeologist in race against time to save Sudan’s heritage amid ongoing war

There are concerns about Sudan losing its cultural past amid the ongoing war in the country

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6 d. ago Qatar GP Sprint grid as Lewis Hamilton suffers fresh misery and Lando Norris beaten

Lewis Hamilton endured an awful Friday night at the Qatar Grand Prix as the seven-time champion was eliminated in SQ1 and will start the Sprint race from 18th position

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6 d. ago F1 Qatar GP live: Sprint race start time with Piastri on pole ahead of Norris

Follow live F1 updates from round 23 at the Lusail International Circuit with Piastri at the front for the sprint

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6 d. ago F1 Qatar GP live: Piastri pips Norris to sprint pole but Verstappen struggles

Follow live F1 updates from round 23 at the Lusail International Circuit as Piastri takes top spot ahead of Norris

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6 d. ago F1 Qatar GP live: Sprint qualifying start time with Norris and Verstappen eyeing crucial sprint pole

Follow live F1 updates from round 23 at the Lusail International Circuit ahead of a key sprint qualifying session on Friday

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6 d. ago When is Qatar Grand Prix 2025: Start time, weather forecast and how to watch F1 race live

Lando Norris can be crowned champion this weekend

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