47 h. ago BBC confirms future of popular celebrity talk show after eight and fans are devastated

A popular celebrity chat show has been axed by the BBC after eight successful series, with fans left unimpressed by the decision

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57 h. ago Succession star Brian Cox: Cillian Murphy would make an ‘interesting’ James Bond

In an interview with Radio Times, the Succession star discussed the upcoming second series of reality competition 007: Road To A Million.

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67 h. ago Prime Video announces thrilling James Bond series with Succession star

The Prime Video series 007: Road To A Million is back for a second season and it will see eight pairs of ordinary people sent on a global adventure

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3 d. ago ITV ‘in talks to extend I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! until at least 2030’

A TV source says the broadcaster is planning to secure the series' Australian jungle location for another five years and if successful, the deal would take the hit reality show up to its landmark 30th series.

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4 d. ago ‘Do I need to purchase camels?’ Australian preppers have found their voice since Covid, but tough questions remain

Once a secretive subculture, survivalism has edged into the mainstream. But what happens if you dedicate your life to preparing for civilisation to collapse and doomsday never comes?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShortly after Israel announced its attack on Iran in June, Trevor Andrei sent a message to some of his fellow Australian preppers telling them to stock up on petrol and buy a few hundred dollars’ worth of groceries.“I was like, OK, this is super significant, there’s going to be a response shit’s going to go down,” Andrei says. “Most years, [Australia is] lucky if we’ve got 28 days [of petrol reserve] so if anything hits the world’s oil supply, we can be out of petrol in a month.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Gerwyn Price reveals his exact stunning weight loss and real motivation for darts prizes

Welsh ace looking sleak and performing superbly as he chases more success in Australia at World Series

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5 d. ago Cult classic 90s comedy shaped a generation finally streaming on Netflix

Clueless was a hit with critics and audiences alike and quickly became a cultural touchstone - not to mention a huge box office success. The film was followed by a TV series spin-off, which ran for three seasons from 1996 to 1999.

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6 d. ago Spanish town bans Muslim religious festivals provoking a furious outcry as migrant tensions threaten to boil over after nearby town was rocked by riots

The controversial ban was passed in Jumilla, a town in the Murcia region with a population of around 27,000 - roughly 7.5 per cent of whom come from mostly Muslim countries.

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7 d. ago China’s overcapacity is creating instability at home and abroad | George Magnus

From high-speed rail to housing, the focus on Leninist industrial policies is destroying profits as well as GDPChina’s astounding technological success in mass-producing quality electric vehicles (EVs) sits alongside a serious flaw in its industrial model: overcapacity.It has the capacity to produce about three times as many units as it can sell at home. The consequences so far have included widespread price cutting, large losses, misallocation of capital, and surging low-cost EV exports leading to trade conflict. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago China’s Leninist industrial policy is creating instability at home and abroad | George Magnus

Overcapacity – from electric vehicles to high-speed rail to housing – is destroying profits as well as GDP China’s astounding technological success in mass-producing quality electric vehicles (EVs) sits alongside a serious flaw in its industrial model: overcapacity.It has the capacity to produce about three times as many units as it can sell at home. The consequences so far have included widespread price cutting, large losses, misallocation of capital, and surging low-cost EV exports leading to trade conflict. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Jimmy Carr's staggering earnings revealed after TV deals and huge comedy tour

Comedian Jimmy Carr's staggering earnings have been revealed after his successful year working on The Amazon Prime Video series Last One Laughing and his stand-up comedy tour

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1 week ago Successful series shows why the Lions are here to stay — but new threats provoke tough questions for the future

A 2-1 win in Australia displayed both the joys of the touring side and the challenges they face in the modern era

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer to address the nation as he faces grilling over poverty and WW3

The event is the last chance for Prime Minster Keir Starmer to face tough questions on poverty and international affairs before the Parliamentary recess, which begins tomorrow

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3 w. ago An explosive Grand Canyon wildfire brings terror, loss and tough questions: ‘It came like a freight train’

The decision to let a small blaze burn – before it suddenly erupted – has drawn scrutiny. Now those who love the remote North Rim are reckoning with the destruction When lightning struck on 4 July along the remote North Rim of Grand Canyon national park, sparking a small wildfire in a patch of dry forest, few predicted the terror and loss that lay ahead.Fire managers decided that conditions seemed ideal to let the blaze burn at a low intensity – a practice known as “control and contain” that helps clear out excess fuels and decreases the chance of a more catastrophic wildfire in the future. Rains from previous weeks had left the forest floor moist and weather forecasts indicated the summer monsoon season would arrive soon. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Critically acclaimed crime thriller 'you need to watch immediately' finally hits Netflix

The TV show hit our screens on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video back in 2015. The series aired 30 episodes over three successful series until 2019.

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3 w. ago The Summer I Turned Pretty star axed from 90s slasher revival despite filming first scenes

Despite her success in hit Amazon series The Summer I Turned Pretty, lead actress Lola Tung has been axed from the 90s slasher revival of I Know What You Did Last Summer

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4 w. ago Lions deny Australian media attacks as star backs Henry Pollock comments

The Lions have been criticised by some sections of the Australian media but are simply focussed on delivering Test series success

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4 w. ago Netflix gets it: we all love watching a trainwreck | Andrew Lawrence

The summer success of the streamer’s Trainwreck series of docs shows how so many of us just can’t look away from unfolding chaosTrainwreck has become TV’s unlikely summer breakout, a runaway blockbuster for Netflix.Not to be confused with the 2015 comedy starring Amy Schumer, Trainwreck is the Netflix-produced anthology documentary series that revisits the shocking, bizarre and chaotic real-life media sensations of yesteryear. Episodes run the gamut from pop culture disasters (Travis Scott’s Astroworld tragedy) to public meltdowns (crack-smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford) to wildly improbable fiascos (the Carnival “poop cruise”), with each seemingly destined to land on the streamer’s most-watched list. Continue reading...

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