49 h. ago How we made Muriel’s Wedding: ‘No one wanted a film about a plus

‘I wanted to do an Australian Mike Leigh film. I was convinced it was terrible – but we showed it at Cannes and they went crazy. Audiences had never seen a character like that treated sympathetically’The kernel of the story was my family, and my sister’s stormy relationship with our dad. He was a local politician and, like Trump, obsessed with success. I’m one of seven and my sister and I are the oldest. To use my dad’s language, we were the most useless because we wanted to be artists and so were unemployable. He was very dismissive of us. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump hits Special Relationship: Brits see themselves as having more in common with the FRENCH than Americans

Some 34 per cent of Brits view the US as more of a threat than an ally - up from just 16 per cent at the time of the presidential election last November.

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7 d. ago Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr

Ministers are insisting that Trump’s regime can still be a friend. It’s a delusion and a lie Whatever Britain’s relationship with the US under Donald Trump might be, it should not be called an alliance. That word implies common goals, shared burdens and trust – a cooperative model that is not available from the White House.Trump’s warped concept of reciprocity is encapsulated in his belief that foreigners are guilty of “pillage” when they sell more goods to the US than they buy in return. The punitive levy, applied in proportion to the offending nation’s excess exports, is a “reciprocal” tariff in the president’s lexicon.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russia says it cannot accept US peace plan for Ukraine ‘in its current form’

Moscow’s refusal highlights the limited progress Donald Trump has made on his promise to end the warMoscow has described the latest US peace proposals as unacceptable to the Kremlin, highlighting the limited progress Donald Trump has made on his promise to end the war in Ukraine since taking office in January.Sergei Ryabkov, a foreign policy adviser to Vladimir Putin, said some of Russia’s key demands were being addressed by the US proposals to end the war, in comments that marked a rare acknowledgment from the Russian side that talks with the US over Ukraine had stalled in recent weeks. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago EU has a ‘strong plan’ to retaliate on Trump tariffs, says von der Leyen

Head of European Commission says bloc would prefer to negotiate but all countermeasures are on the tableThe European Union has a “strong plan” to retaliate against tariffs imposed by Donald Trump but would prefer to negotiate, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has said.Trump, who has upended eight decades of certainties about the transatlantic relationship since taking office, has threatened tariffs on goods from around the world from Wednesday. His administration in March put tariffs on imported steel and aluminium and said higher duties on cars would come into effect on Thursday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago USA president Donald Trump responds to Tiger Woods dating former daughter

The United States president's former daughter-in-law, Vanessa, and golf legend Tiger Woods confirmed their relationship earlier this month, with former President Donald Trump addressing the new romance

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2 w. ago Trump reveals what caused Don Jr.'s divorce from Vanessa and how Tiger Woods broke news of relationship

The couple, who have been seeing each other since Thanksgiving, went public with their romance on March 23 after DailyMail.com exclusively broke the news.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer praises Adolescence being rolled out to teens saying misogyny 'tears through families and communities'

From the summer, platforms will also have to ensure children have an age-appropriate experience online preventing them from seeing dangerous content which includes abusive and hateful misogyny and violence

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2 w. ago Netflix 'incel drama' Adolescence to be shown in UK schools, says Prime Minister

Netflix's four-part drama series Adolescence has received high praised from Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who also confirmed that the show will be made available to secondary schools in the UK

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2 w. ago Donald Trump Jr’s new girlfriend springs to his defense over claims he’s a ‘spoiled heir’

Donald Trump Jr., 47, and Bettina Anderson, 38, went public with their relationship at President Trumps’ inauguration in January but are believed to have been dating since last summer

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2 w. ago Donald Trump 'very angry' with Putin as relationship sours over Russian proposal

The US President has threatened Russia with new tariffs over the row.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump fumes he's 'pissed off' with Putin as cosy relationship takes wrong turn

US President Donald Trump says he's "very angry" and "pissed off" with his Russian counterpart after Vladimir Putin suggested regime change in Ukraine as part of a future peace deal

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2 w. ago Donald Trump fumes he's 'very angry' with Putin as cosy relationship takes wrong turn

US President Donald Trump says he's "very angry" and "p*ssed off" with his Russian counterpart after Vladimir Putin suggested regime change in Ukraine as part of a future peace deal

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2 w. ago ‘I would never be able to sing a song that a robot wrote’: Lucy Dacus on her new album’s themes of artistry and intimacy

As the indie singer-songwriter and Boygenius star releases her latest, highly personal solo record, she talks of her weariness of AI and digital art, the pressures of being in a public relationship, and her anger and fears in Trump’s USIn the shadow of a Hogarth painting, accompanied by guitar and violin, Lucy Dacus is singing about disappointment. The painting depicts Thomas Coram, founder of the Foundling Hospital in London’s Bloomsbury district. A shipbuilder by trade, he is portrayed in full baroque garb, a style usually reserved for the aristocracy. But amid the classical architecture and rich fabrics, he is shown as he was: the thread veins on his face, his feet not quite touching the ground. The setting is apt for Dacus’s disquisitions on life and love, and the ways they can exceed, or fall short of, the expectations we place upon them: the moments that feel exalted, idealised, as well as the times when reality intrudes on the fantasy.The Foundling Museum, the setting of toni...

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2 w. ago Tiger Woods’ ex Rachel Uchitel announces engagement days after golfer confirms Vanessa Trump romance

Woods and Vanessa Trump went public with their relationship on Sunday

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2 w. ago China looks south as it seeks to reduce reliance on a capricious United States

China wants to protect against the volatility of Trump’s tariffs, and now has more than a dozen free trade agreements with global south countriesChinese vice-premier Ding Xuexiang has pledged to give stronger policy support to the Chinese economy as he delivered the keynote speech at a forum focused on bolstering the country’s role in Asia and ties with the global south.With the tariffs on Chinese goods mounting, China is trying to find a foundation for growth that does not rely on an increasingly capricious United States. At the Boao Forum for Asia, a conference in south China’s Hainan province, Chinese officials and academics stressed the need for partnerships with global south countries. Despite its rapid economic growth in the past three decades, China still identifies as being part of this group. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Inside the mind of Tiger Woods: Why a titanic alliance with Donald Trump and the hidden message in THAT Vanessa Trump relationship unveiling reveal all in his hunt for peace

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: We should be careful about how much weight we attach to social media numbers, but there was something revealing about Tiger Woods's two most recent posts.

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3 w. ago Don Jr's bizarre proposal to Vanessa Trump resurfaces amid her new romance with Tiger Woods

With renewed interest in her love life, fans were shocked to find out more about Vanessa's previous relationship with Don Jr . - President Donald Trump's son - or more so, how the he proposed.

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3 w. ago A timeline of Tiger Woods’ relationship history from Elin Nordegren to Lindsey Vonn and Vanessa Trump

Woods just announced his latest relationship with Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-wife

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3 w. ago Ivanka Trump speaks out after Tiger Woods reveals relationship with Vanessa Trump

Vanessa Trump and Tiger Woods reportedly started dating in November

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