12 h. ago Kim Kardashian's Paris robbers found GUILTY after pleading for forgiveness

The men who held Kim Kardashian at gunpoint during her Paris robbery have been found guilty following a trial in the French capital, hours after begging for forgivness

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4 d. ago The lock of white hair 'cut from Marie Antoinette' hours before the French queen's execution

The lock of hair, stored under glass on a brass medallion, has sold at auction outside Paris. According to legend, the French queen's locks turned white from stress the night before she died.

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6 d. ago French rapper dies of cardiac arrest aged 31 just hours before concert

Jeremy Bana Owana, known as Werenoi, was hospitalised on Friday night after going into cardio-respiratory arrest, according to French outlet Pure Charts .

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6 d. ago French rapper Werenoi dies age 31 just hours before show as tributes pour in

French rapper Werenoi was due to perform on stage on Saturday night, but he has tragically died aged just 31 - music fans have paid tribute to the star after the news broke

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6 d. ago Werenoi dead: French rapper dies age 31 hours before concert as tributes pour in

French rapper Werenoi has died at the age of 31 the sad news was announced by a local gossip site before his producer shared a sad tribute to his music colleague and friend

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7 d. ago The Guide #191: After three decades, Tom Cruise is done with Mission: Impossible – so what’s next?

In this week’s newsletter: In retiring his messianic action hero schtick, a return to challenging, messy roles could lead to a late-era flowering of his careerIs Tom Cruise finally free? That’s what I asked myself, watching Hollywood’s last movie star cling to the undercarriage of a biplane like a sloth in the climactic scene of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Even by the standards of the long-running action franchise, this stunt – which sees Cruise’s character Ethan Hunt shimmy into the cockpit of one moving plane before wing-walking on to another, mid-flight – seems particularly masochistic: the crew were worried that he had passed out during its filming. What’s more, Cruise doesn’t even look particularly cool performing it: at one point the wind resistance plasters his hair into a Dumb and Dumber bowl-cut, jowls flapping about like a basset hound. You would have never caught Paul Newman committing such clownery. Surely Tom Cruise doesn’t have to do this sort of thing a...

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7 d. ago Iranian criminal who wouldn't be able to cut son's hair 'remotely' if deported was allowed to stay in UK

An Iranian criminal was allowed to stay in the UK after an immigration judge said that he wouldn't be able to cut his son's hair 'remotely'.

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1 week ago BBC viewers urged to watch 'best period drama in a long time' as it's added to iPlayer

Marie Antoinette, which first aired in 2022, is now available to stream on BBC iPlayer and has been compared to popular Netflix show The Crown.

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2 w. ago TODAY'S TV WITH SARA WALLIS: BBC's Marie Antoinette is a lavish, feminist take on a scandalous slice of history

From the retelling of that iconic Judy Blume novel Forever to drama in the French courts in Marie Antoinette and danger in the soaps, our TV columnist Sara Wallis picks the best telly to watch tonight

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2 w. ago Inside the 58 hours that saw French police free a crypto hostage whose finger was chopped off

Police tracked the gang to a house in the Essonne region south of Paris

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2 w. ago 'Jackpot!' How French police freed a cryptocurrency hostage whose finger was severed for ransom

A French police commander has detailed 58 hours of drama, terror and finally relief that marked the latest kidnapping of people working in the cryptocurrency business

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2 w. ago Trump’s ‘Marie Antoinette moment’: call for national sacrifice falls flat

President faces backlash after warning Americans they will have to make do with fewer toys at Christmas

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3 w. ago Teenage 'hitman' is arrested after Swedish barber shop 'executions' saw three shot dead as they were having their hair cut amid spiralling gang violence in the country

Swedish police have arrested a teenager following a deadly barber shop shooting that saw three people die as they got their hair cut. 

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3 w. ago Skins star Freya Mavor wreaks havoc in explosive TV appearance for BBC drama

After Skins, The ABC Murders and Industry, Freya Mavor takes on a new role in the second season of BBC's Marie Antoinette, embodying a ruthless and calculating villainess.

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3 w. ago Skins favourite Freya Mavor in surprise TV appearance for latest series of BBC drama

Emilia Schüle and Louis Cunningham return to the gilded palace walls in a high-stakes second season of Marie Antoinette on BBC2. And one newcomer will be making this worse.

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3 w. ago How to know if you’ll suit a fringe, according to a celebrity hairstylist

Davina McCall’s hairstylist has shared his expert tips and tricks on getting a fringe

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4 w. ago How to treat a thinning hairline, according to a trichologist

With so many supposed remedies for hair loss circulating online, we cut through the noise

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