1 hour ago Materialists review – Dakota Johnson torn between Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans in charming romcom

Johnson plays a matchmaker who has to choose between wealthy new suitor Pascal and broke ex Evans, but the outcome feels a little undramaticSay you are a single woman in New York and you are, in the words of the song, torn between two lovers: two handsome, intelligent, nice guys – one very poor and one very rich. All things being equal, who do you go for? The answer in real life is very different, in fact diametrically opposed, to the answer in a film. Few movie heroines have the candour of Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, who admitted to falling in love with Mr Darcy on seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley.But this is the choice, which never quite ascends to the state of a dilemma, in this charming and watchable – yet for me somehow anticlimactic – romantic comedy-drama from South Korean-Canadian film-maker Celine Song: a love-triangle confection to follow the much realer, truer love triangle of Song’s much acclaimed debut Past Lives. When the decision is...

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4 h. ago Woman 'traumatised' after being dragged along by OWN car after thief stole it

Angela Johnson, 54, from Newport, Wales, had been working her weekend delivery job when a man stole her car as she was exiting the vehicle before she was pushed out

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14 h. ago Crypto mogul Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud for $40bn market collapse

Terraform Labs co-founder, pleading guilty to two charges, was accused of misleading investors in 2021 about TerraUSDDo Kwon, the South Korean entrepreneur behind two cryptocurrencies that lost an estimated $40bn in 2022 and caused the market to implode, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two US charges of conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud.Kwon, 33, who co-founded Singapore-based Terraform Labs and developed the TerraUSD and Luna currencies, entered the plea at a federal court hearing in New York. He had pleaded not guilty in January to a nine-count indictment charging him with securities fraud, wire fraud, commodities fraud and money-laundering conspiracy. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Crypto mogul Do Kwon, known as 'the cryptocurrency king,' pleads guilty to fraud charges

South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to two fraud charges arising from a $40 billion cryptocurrency collapse

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17 h. ago Bike vigilante Cycling Mikey returns to scene where he pushed his bike in front of a car to perform same stunt AGAIN

The biker, whose real name is Michael Van Erp, this week uploaded a clip showing him pushing his bicycle into a car as the driver tried to pass on Paddenswick Road in Hammersmith.

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23 h. ago Diogo Jota's final interview: Late footballer reveals poignant meaning behind his final Liverpool goal in new documentary filmed just weeks before his tragic death

Diogo Jota revealed the touching meaning behind his last Liverpool goal in a documentary filmed just weeks before his tragic death in a car crash last month.

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45 h. ago Brits warned 'easy mistake' could see car insurance cancelled this week

Drivers are being warned that leaving their car in this way could invalidate their insurance and make it more likely to be targeted by thieves

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48 h. ago ‘They have 24 months to milk the hell out of it’: will Son signing open up Asia for MLS?

The South Korean superstar is one of the most beloved players on his home continent, giving MLS a valuable chance to raise its profileSouth Korean baseball fans have long been accustomed to organizing their weekends around MLB schedules – now it is time for the country’s soccer supporters to do the same with MLS.Son Heung-min has started his two-year contract with Los Angeles FC, coming just after the attacker helped Tottenham Hotspur become the biggest club in his homeland (even if claims of close to 13 million fans are surely wildly overexaggerated) and one of the biggest in his home continent. Now it is the time to see what he can do in Los Angeles on the field and what the club can do off it. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Ray Brooks dead: Coronation Street and EastEnders actor who voiced Mr Benn dies

Ray Brooks, who starred in both EastEnders and Coronation Street while also being the Mr Benn narrator, has died at the age of 86 his family has confirmed

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3 d. ago Man in his 50s dies after tractor crashed into parked vehicles at vintage car show

The horrifying collision happened in the village of Fiddington, Somerset, at around 11.25pm on Saturday, near the Severn Vale Vintage Club event (pictured).

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4 d. ago Frank Grimes dead: Coronation Street actor dies after short illness

Coronation Street actor Frank Grimes has died at the age of 78 after a short illness. Tributes have flooded in for 'one of Ireland's greatest actors'

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5 d. ago Jon Miyahara dead: Superstore actor dies as tributes pour in from co

Jon Miyahara starred in almost all episodes of Superstore, appearing in 105 out of the 113 episodes. A number of his co-stars have now paid tribute

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6 d. ago Samsung to produce image sensors for Apple’s iPhone in Texas

Deal suggests South Korean company’s US investments are paying off as Trump dials up his tariff policies

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6 d. ago Blue Badge holders warned over new rule change starting next week

Blue badge holders have been issued a warning about the changes set to come into effect from next week in the government's new Electric Car Grant portal

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7 d. ago Driver trying to set speed record at Utah salt flats race dies after losing control

Chris Raschke, 60, was going 283 mph in his rocket-like car at the Speed Week racing event at the Bonneville Salt FlatsA driver going 283 mph (455 km/h) trying to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died on Sunday after he lost control of his rocket-like vehicle called the Speed Demon, organizers said.Driver Chris Raschke lost control about two and a half miles into a run and was treated by medical professionals at the scene, but died from his injuries, according to the Southern California Timing Association, which has organized the popular land-speed racing event known as Speed Week since the late 1940s. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Netflix's 'crazy' new South Korean crime thriller is so good fans are 'blown away'

The series has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

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8 d. ago Football Daily | Tears for Mr Tottenham as Son and his trademark smile head for pastures new

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Due in no small part to their peerless work in the field of curing the ills of struggling and out-of-sorts opponents in need of a fillip, few Spurs fans would be sorry to see the back of Dr Tottenham if he ever decides to leave their club. But on Sunday in Seoul, during a pre-season friendly between the Bigger Vase champions and Newcastle, there was scarcely a dry eye in the house as Tottenham and their South Korean supporters’ branch bade an emotional farewell to a player who, over the past decade, has to all intents and purposes become Mr Tottenham. Substituted after 65 minutes of the 1-1 draw, an emotional Son Heung-min received warm hugs and a guard of honour from both his teammates and the players of Newcastle before retiring to the substitutes’ bench for a little weep. After 10 years of service, one of the most popular, high-performance and low-maintenance players to ever grace the Premier League is off to ply his trade in MLS...

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8 d. ago South Korean actor is found dead in his car weeks after he was arrested for drink driving

The 'Extreme Job' actor was discovered by an acquaintance in a car at a housing complex in Yongin, just south of Seoul, around 8am, police said.

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8 d. ago Marcus Rashford sent Man United message after first Barcelona goal

Marcus Rashford has opened his account for new club Barcelona during their pre-season clash against South Korean club Daegu FC

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8 d. ago Martin Lewis gives urgent warning to drivers over slice of £18b compensation

The FCA is to launch a consultation within six weeks on a proposed redress scheme for drivers mis-sold car loans, following the Supreme Court ruling on the hidden car finance commission claim

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