37 m. ago Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning review: did someone not get the party time memo?

Despite Tom Cruise stripping down to his swimming trunks, this is missing Vanessa Kirby and a stunt as breathtaking as the previous instalment

Events

60 m. ago Tom Cruise joins Mission: Impossible cast selfie on Cannes red carpet

The picture, taken by director Christopher McQuarrie, also featured Angela Bassett and Hannah Waddingham.

Events

1 hour ago 'Innovative' wireless Amazon water feature kit turns unused plant pot into 'beautiful' fountain

This wireless Amazon water fountain kit has been hailed as a game-changer by shoppers, as it easily transforms indoor and outdoor spaces by turning any disused plant pot into a 'beautiful' water fountain

Economics

2 h. ago Turn any unused plant pot into a fountain with this 'innovative' wireless Amazon water kit

Transform your unused plant pots into a stunning and captivating water feature with this 'innovative' Amazon water kit that doesn't rely on a power source or direct sunlight

Economics

2 h. ago Keely Hodgkinson shows true colours with offer to Prince William after meeting with royal

Keely Hodgkinson, who won gold in the women's 800m at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, was presented with an MBE by the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle on Tuesday

Politics

2 h. ago Gary Lineker apologises after sharing Zionism post featuring rat image

Gary Lineker shared the video from group Palestine Lobby that featured a rat emoji and the headline ‘Zionism explained in less than 2 min’

Politics

3 h. ago Trump’s cryptocurrency endeavor caps a political career filled with conflicts of interest

Trump’s foray into cryptocurrency involves him leveraging his presidency for personal gain and operating in an industry he has power overThe 220 winners of a cryptocurrency contest were told on Monday to look out for an email featuring “the most exclusive invitation in the world”. As a reward for spending immense amounts of money, in some cases millions of dollars, they had won the prize of attending a private gala with Donald Trump at his own Washington DC golf club later this month.Awarding access to the president in exchange for investment in his crypto endeavor was Trump’s latest conflict of interest in a political career filled with, in the words of one of his most repeated catchphrases, “many such cases”. Real estate holdings, a media company, merchandising deals, fraud and most recently Qatar’s gift of a $400m plane are only some of the myriad of entanglements that government ethics watchdogs have warned about for a decade now. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Eva Longoria dazzles in a green sequinned gown as she poses up a storm at Mission Impossible premiere during Cannes Film Festival

The actress, 50, stole the show as graced the star-studded red carpet in the stunning figure-hugging dress featuring a halterneck design and short train.

Events

3 h. ago REVEALED: Blake Lively's mother, 77, was a stunning model from Georgia who 'worked hard' to raise her 5 kids

The past career of Blake's mother was brought to light by Robyn Lively, the 53-year-old sister of the sex symbol. Lioness star Robyn shared old images of her 77-year-old mother.

Politics

3 h. ago Tom Cruise was just THREE minutes away from catastrophe while filming wild Mission: Impossible 8 stunt that saw the actor pass out

Cruise, 62, famously shattered his ankle leaping between two skyscrapers on the previous Mission: Impossible

Events

4 h. ago Gary Lineker apologises and insists he would 'never knowingly share anything anti

The BBC Match Of The Day presenter and ex-England captain reposted to his 1.2million Instagram followers a clip featuring an emoji of a rat - prompting condemnation from Jewish group

Politics

4 h. ago BBC's main soccer presenter Lineker issues apology after sharing 'antisemitic' social media post

Gary Lineker, the former England soccer player and a leading sports broadcaster on the BBC, has “apologized unreservedly” for reposting an Instagram story about Zionism which featured a picture of a rat

Sport

5 h. ago ‘We couldn’t tell if he was conscious’: Tom Cruise got stuck on top of biplane shooting Mission: Impossible sequel

The star, who at 62 performed his own stunts for the forthcoming Final Reckoning, tells Cannes press conference ‘I don’t mind encountering the unknown’Tom Cruise got stuck on the wing of a biplane shortly before it ran out fuel during the filming of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the director of the eighth instalment of the action franchise has revealed.Speaking to an audience at the Cannes film festival hours before the film’s premiere, director Christopher McQuarrie recounted the filming of a stunt sequence in which Cruise, in his long-running role as the field agent Ethan Hunt, walked between between the two wings of a biplane as the aircraft was mid-air over South Africa. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Sound of Falling review – intergenerational angst haunts a German farmhouse

Cannes film festival Told in four different timeframes in the same rural family home, this story of national guilt and yearning is powerfully unsettlingHere is a mysterious and uncanny prose-poem of guilt, shame and yearning in 20th-century Germany, and the 21st; a drama of intergenerational trauma and genetic memories, visions and experiences suppressed and handed on to descendants and grandchildren in whom they can return as neurotic symptoms of the repressed.There are visual rhymes and unexplained cosmic echoes, and the film speaks of militarism and resentment, guilt and horror, with dark hints of abuse and sterilisation, the female slavery of domestic servitude and the pastoral world of rural Germany in which the city’s political currents are only dimly perceived. And it gestures at the terrible pathos of the old GDR, which laboured and sacrificed for 40 years after the war in Soviet vassalage finally to discover it was for nothing. The film’s original German title is In Die Son...

Politics

5 h. ago Gary Lineker apologises after sharing ‘antisemitic’ social media post

Gary Lineker shared the video from group Palestine Lobby that featured a rat emoji and the headline ‘Zionism explained in less than 2 min’

Politics

5 h. ago EastEnders fans claim villain is 'iconic' as shocking affair twist 'gives them life'

The latest episode of the programme boasted two stunning pieces of plot development

Events

5 h. ago BBC Celebrity Traitors release date, full cast list and filming location

The Celebrity Traitors is coming for the first time ever later this year with Claudia Winkleman set to welcome nineteen famous faces to the iconic castle - here's everything you need to know.

Politics

5 h. ago Theatre exposes historic timber floor dubbed ‘dry equivalent of the Mary Rose’

St George’s Guildhall identified 15th century floorboards believed to have once been trodden by Shakespeare.

Culture

5 h. ago What does Sigma mean? Nickelodeon sparks outrage with video of Dora The Explorer explaining slang word

In the latest attempt to appeal to younger audiences, Dora - a bilingual character who speaks Spanish and English - features in a baffling video.

Politics

6 h. ago Online dating advice: five ways to stay safe, according to the experts

Spotting red flags while online dating is far from easy – especially in the age of AI. We asked the experts for their top tipsMost dating apps have been forced to bolster their safety measures in recent years due to a litany of complaints of online abuse as well as negligence when handling reports of sexual violence. Several of them are now taking steps to combat this and encourage users to verify their identities to ensure everyone is who they say they are. Typically, this is done with facial recognition technology by asking users to take a video selfie or provide a photo ID that the app uses to compare with the photos used in their profile. Many have also introduced features to help users stay safe, including block and report systems alongside bans on sexual harassment, fetishisation and hate speech.Still, there are precautions to be taken whenever you agree to meet someone you’ve spoken to online, like meeting in public places and withholding any private information. Here are mor...

Politics