60 m. ago Luigi Mangione, Diddy, and SBF walk into a jail: Wild musical about UnitedHealthcare assassination debuts in San Francisco

A sell-out musical about the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin has hit the stage before Mangione has even gone to trial. Josh Marcus was on hand at the premier of the wildest musical of 2025

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70 m. ago Natural entertainer Rayan Cherki ready for test of maturity at Manchester City

France international impressed with his flicks and tricks from a young age at Lyon. Now City hope he can fire their creative rebuild“To win the Ballon d’Or and the Champions League,” came the response from Rayan Cherki to the Lyon academy director Jean-François Vulliez’s question. Even as a 15-year-old the playmaker was ambitious, knowing his talent would take him to the top. He might have expected to reach the Premier League earlier but he is ready to take the next steps at Manchester City.Vulliez worked at Lyon for 12 years and from the moment he witnessed an eight-year-old Cherki he knew the club had a glorious talent on their hands. This week City paid £30.5m for the France international, who could make his debut against Wydad AC on Wednesday at the Club World Cup. Lyon’s academy coaches were soon gossiping about the two-footed generational talent who dribbled past opponents, created chances and plundered goals in the youth setup. Continue reading...

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70 m. ago My unexpected Pride icon: Pokémon, small fluffy monsters battling in a gender

As a queer child in the early 2000s, I never fitted in with the hyper-masculine world of Action Man. But in the gender-nonconforming Pokémon universe, I found safetyWoolworths, Woking, Surrey. I’d walk up to the till, place my Barbie or Britney Spears CD player on the counter, and before the cashier had the chance to ask if we wanted a bag, I’d blurt out: “This is a present for my sister, it’s not for me!” Sharing a smirk with my mum, they’d offer replies such as, “Wow, she’ll love it!” and “Aren’t you a kind brother?” (If you hadn’t already guessed, I do not have a sister.)This was a regular occurrence in my childhood in the early 2000s. I was acutely aware, even as early as the age of five or six, that these were not the usual toys a little boy should be playing with. Where was my Action Man or Scalextric track? Why were my bedroom walls covered in posters of pop stars wearing crop tops and not footballers with muddy knees? Continue reading...

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71 m. ago People just realising film star helped create WiFi and Steve McQueen invented bucket seat

What other celebs have turned creators? From Marlon Brando's drum machine to Donald Trump's bizarre claim that he invented the word 'equalise'

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74 m. ago You're organising your bathroom cabinet wrong! Expert reveals the surprising items you should never store in there

Most bathroom cabinets are a jumble of half-used shampoos, forgotten Christmas bath bombs and ancient first aid kits. But there are some items you should never store in this room, experts say.

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1 hour ago Israel issues stark warning to Iran after three people killed in missile attack

Iran had responded to an attack on its nuclear bases by Israel, which killed a number of generals and scientists.

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2 h. ago Michael Sheen opens up on financial struggles as he admits to 'juggling debt'

Michael Sheen set the record straight about what he insists is a huge misconception about his finances, as he opened up about the true reality of his earnings

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4 h. ago Netanyahu outplayed Trump on Iran. Now the US risks being mired in another war | Mohamad Bazzi

If Trump wants to be the peacemaker he claims to be, he must negotiate a new deal with TehranBefore dawn on Friday, Israel unleashed a wave of air strikes against more than 100 targets in Iran, including nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and air defense systems. The surprise Israeli attack also killed some of Iran’s most senior military commanders and nuclear scientists. The Iranian regime called it a “declaration of war” – and western powers raced to prevent a wider regional conflict that could draw in the US along with other countries in the Middle East.While the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claims that he’s trying to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the attack is as much intended to blow up ongoing negotiations between Tehran and Donald Trump’s administration. While Trump’s overall foreign policy has been a disaster, for months he had resisted Netanyahu’s pleas to give Israel a green light to attack Iran, with US assistance. Trump insiste...

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4 h. ago Mia Khalifa brags 'I probably built the pyramids' in explosive new interview

The adult model opened up in a tell-all interview which she described as 'one of the most healing, cathartic pieces of art I have ever had the opportunity to create'

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5 h. ago ‘It’s not tokenistic’: how The Assembly became an international hit

Unpredictable questions from neurodivergent audience have created perfect interview format for social media ageIt is an interview like no other. One which has seen Emmanuel Macron confronted over whether it was right to marry his former teacher and Danny Dyer probed about whether he has a joint bank account with his wife. Celebrities have been caught off guard, or left sobbing and laughing in equal measure.The Assembly, in which an audience of autistic, neurodivergent and learning disabled people ask unpredictable, probing and often remarkably direct questions of a celebrity, has won plaudits and rave reviews since launching in 2022. It has now become an international phenomenon. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Scientists discover extremely intimate act enjoyed by one in four couples is 'more likely to lead to orgasm' in men than women

US scientists who surveyed 1,000 lovers on their experience, found males were far more likely to report having an orgasm from the act alone compared to women.

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5 h. ago Toilet paper over or under? Scientist FINALLY settles the debate

A scientist has come up with a definitive answer of whether the 'over' or 'under' position for toilet paper is best is and it may finally put the debate to bed for good.

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5 h. ago The girl who went to buy cereal and never came home: Lindsay Rimer was 13 when she went missing, months later, her body was found

On the evening of November 7, 1994, Lindsay Rimer went on a short walk from her home in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, to the local shop to buy cereal and never returned home.

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6 h. ago 'I was standing naked in the woods in Kent': What happened when I became one of Britain's six million naturists for a day

Over six million Brits are into naturism. Patrick Galbraith joins some of them for a naked walk in the woods

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6 h. ago The Grammys tweak rules to create two new categories for 2026

The Recording Academy has carved out a stand-alone category for best album cover, just as Sabrina Carpenter takes the spotlight

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6 h. ago Gardeners urged to do one thing if they spot butterflies near specific plants

Gardening expert Diarmuid Gavin has warned gardeners over a pretty creature which could actually wreak havoc with one vegetable crop

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7 h. ago Gen Z and gen Alpha brought a raw, messy aesthetic to social media. Why does it feel as inauthentic as ever? | Eugene Healey

The glossy perfection of millennial content gave way to something that felt more ‘real’. But that was a mirage – and brands quickly caught onEugene Healey is a brand strategy consultant, educator and creatorAuthenticity is the great mirage of the modern age. Its promise – to live unmediated, in full accordance with our values and beliefs – feels like the ideal we’re always reaching for before it vanishes beyond the horizon. And ironically, the more we try to prove we’re authentic online, the more we seem to accelerate its disappearance.As Generations Z and Alpha joined social media, they responded to the cultural demand for perfection with chaos – raw, unfiltered, deliberately messy content. The curated feed of flatlays gave way to the sloppy photo dump; the finstas; the bedrotting. Finally, our real lives represented on screen. Finally, something real.Eugene Healey is a brand strategy consultant, educator and creator Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Love Island: All the nepo babies who have appeared on the reality show

Dejon Noel-Williams is far from the only nepo baby to walk into the famous villa

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7 h. ago Former detective slams authorities and says they 'failed' in Jay Slater inquest

Mark Williams-Thomas, who has worked on some of the world's most high profile missing persons cases, has set the record straight on a key question surrounding Jay Slater's inquest

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8 h. ago Trump is deeply obsessed with US history – but he has learned all the wrong lessons from it | David Reynolds

His ostentatious birthday parade is his latest reimagining of America’s past. He’d do well to remember that pride must be rooted in honestyDavid Reynolds is the author of Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the leaders who shaped himToday the US army will parade in style along the National Mall in Washington DC to celebrate its 250th anniversary. This also just happens to be the 79th birthday of President Donald J Trump. As commander-in-chief, he will take the salute from a viewing platform on Constitution Avenue.But this is not a mere vanity project, as some critics have claimed. History really matters to the US’s 47th president. One of Trump’s last acts before reluctantly leaving the White House in January 2021 was to publish a report by his “1776 Commission”, created to “restore understanding of the greatness of the American Founding”. Deliberately, the commissioners included few university historians because universities were described as often being “hotbeds of anti-Americanism...

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