13 h. ago The Guardian view on the public’s dinomania: passion for palaeontology endures through the ages | Editorial

From blockbuster movies like Jurassic World Rebirth to documentary series, the appetite for these ancient creatures appears inexhaustibleOn-screen discussions of DNA and off-screen scientific consultants notwithstanding, no one goes to see a Jurassic Park movie for its realism. Yet one of the less convincing moments in Jurassic World Rebirth, the latest in the franchise, is unrelated to oversized velociraptors. It’s the palaeontologist Dr Henry Loomis complaining of shrinking public interest in his field.This spring, the BBC revived its 1999 hit series Walking With Dinosaurs. Not a week goes by without headlines announcing the discovery of a new species or new theories on how they behaved. Publishers produce an endless stream of dino-related fact and fiction, particularly for children. Palaeontology – at least when focused on the dinosaurs of the Mesozoic, or our hominin forebears – has long exerted an extraordinary hold on the public imagination.Do you have an opinion on the issues...

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14 h. ago Football Daily | Infantino awaits his ‘big bang’ as Club World Cup refuses to slide away

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Like Dr John Hammond and his scientists in Jurassic Park, Gianni Infantino and his fawning Fifa lickspittles have spent recent years so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn’t stop to think if they should. The upshot is that a preposterously lucrative tournament described by its creator as “a big bang” has been crowbarred into an already jam-packed calendar. And the largesse of its in-no-way unethically sourced prize-money for those participating now threatens to destroy several already under-threat footballing ecosystems around the world.I want to talk about my mate. My buddy. The bloke I loved and will miss like crazy. I could talk about him as a player for hours, but none of that feels like it matters right now. It’s the man. The person. He was such a good guy. The best. So genuine. Just normal and real. Full of love for the people he cared about. Full of fun. He was the most British foreign player I’ve ever ...

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19 h. ago First Universal theme park in UK hopes to build the tallest rides in Europe

Visitors to the theme park in Bedford are likely to see rides based on the studio’s most famous film franchises including Minions, Jaws and Jurassic Park

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19 h. ago Jurassic Park star Sam Neill reveals his son repeatedly FARTED on Princess Diana at legendary film's premiere

The actor, 77, starred in the smash-hit movie franchise, which catapulted him to international fame thanks to his role as Dr Alan Grant.

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3 d. ago ‘This Spinosaurus could kill somebody!’ The making of Jurassic Park III

With the seventh instalment in the Jurassic Park franchise arriving in cinemas today, Tom Fordy looks back on how the best, bitiest sequel of all the dino movies was made

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7 d. ago How do you make a 'Jurassic World' movie? With these 'commandments'

If you’re going to let dinosaurs run amok, it’s good to have some ground rules

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1 week ago Wicked's Jonathan Bailey 'risked being seconds from death' filming Jurassic World Rebirth

Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey has opened up about joining the Jurassic Park franchise, with him appearing alongside Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali in the new film

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2 w. ago Steven Spielberg was ‘deeply involved’ in Jurassic World: Rebirth

The 78-year-old director helmed the original 1993 film Jurassic Park

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2 w. ago ‘It put the fear of God in the audience’: the incredible story of how Jaws changed Hollywood

As the industry-shifting blockbuster turns 50, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary and Wendy Benchley look back on the highs and lowsHalf a century later, Richard Dreyfuss still won’t go in the water. “I have never done it, not since the film,” the Oscar-winning actor says, “because you’re totally aware of what you’re not aware of and you’re not aware of anything underneath.”The film is Jaws, whose release 50 years ago on 20 June marked a turning point in both the history of cinema and public perception of sharks. It was the movie that in effect invented the summer blockbuster, paving the way for Star Wars, Jurassic Park and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It cast sharks in the role of monsters to be feared and killed – but also stimulated interest in marine conservation. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago My unexpected Pride icon: Jurassic Park’s strutting, swaggering T rex is pure camp

From Jeff Goldblum’s unbuttoned shirt to the dilophosaurus wobbling her wattles, the film is an enduring queer staple‘That’s camp,” proclaimed my drag queen friend Vanity as we watched the T rex rip a tyre off a Jeep in the first Jurassic Park movie. It’s 2012, 2am and we’re in her bedroom playing our favourite Jurassic Park drinking game, where you swig every time you see a dinosaur.“Is it, though?” I said, doubtfully, dipping a Walkers Sensation in some coleslaw. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Chris Pratt and Anna Faris reunite for first time in SEVEN years for son's graduation after shock divorce

Jurassic Park star Pratt, 45 and actress Faris, 48, were both in attendance for the sixth grade graduation for their 12-year-old son Jack in Santa Monica on Monday.

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