72 m. ago Gene Hackman's incredible net worth as legendary actor found dead alongside wife

Gene Hackman, who had a movie career spanning from 1964's Lilith to his role as Monroe Cole in Welcome to Mooseport in 2004, reportedly accumulated a vast fortune over the years

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85 m. ago Planetary parade: UK Dark Sky Discovery Sites to view seven planets together

Seven planets are to be visible this week for the last time until 2040 - here are the UK’s Dark Sky Discovery Sites where you can get the best view.

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2 h. ago ‘I told him to stop’: the elite restaurant culture that consumed me

To enter a four-star dining room like Jean-Georges is to enter a world of perfection. But in dark corners hidden from guests is its cruel and seedy underbellyI was working at Jean-Georges, the petite and bourgeois restaurant tucked into Trump’s building on Columbus Circle, just off Central Park, where the sounds and smells of New York faded into the austere dining room. It was a room of extravagances small and large.There’s no pleasure in a four-star dining room, no joviality. You can’t be jocular with your fellow servers. There’s no room for error. A server is not permitted to do the following: wear colored nail polish; cross hands in front of the body; slouch; speak on the floor; carry a glass from the bar to the table without a tray; show visible tattoos; wear hair in an inappropriate manner (this can be at the discretion of a manager); touch a glass by any part except the stem; pour wine in the incorrect order; spill; laugh. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Coronation Street star Geoffrey Hinsliff's will revealed and huge sum he left to wife

Geoffrey Hinsliff played Don Brennan in Coronation Street in the 1980s and now the huge fortune in his will has been revealed - and what he left to his wife

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2 h. ago Gene Hackman's childhood betrayal that turned him into 'Vesuvius': He loved to brawl, squandered a fortune, and ultimately his demons made him turn his back on fame, writes TOM LEONARD

One of the finest actors of his generation, Hackman embodied the virtue of refusing to take the easy path in Hollywood by allowing oneself to be typecast, writes TOM LEONARD.

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3 h. ago ‘He was a titan of of the music world – and my teacher’: Benjamin Appl on Dietrich Fischer

Appl was the great singer’s final pupil. As the musical world celebrates Fischer-Dieskau’s centenary, his friend remembers lessons with ‘FiDi’Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau placed great value on punctuality. Whenever I drove up the driveway to his house on Lake Starnberg near Munich at precisely 10.25 am, the tall and smiling FiDi (as he was affectionately called by friends and colleagues) was already standing at the door. He was waiting for me under the large carved letters DFD above the front door. His bright, mischievous eyes made him appear youthful well into old age. Depending on his state of health, he either resolutely offered me his hand or just his elbow (something he did throughout his life to protect himself from infection). Then we started working, always promptly at 10.30am.Being mentored by Fischer-Dieskau is something I look back on today with the greatest gratitude. I was so fortunate to be his last pupil, and studied with him for three years, until his death in 2012 aged ...

Events

6 h. ago Trump might not know it, but he’s forging a new relationship between Britain and the EU | Martin Kettle

Support for Ukraine means that closer ties to Europe are now a patriotic priority, opening up avenues that Brexit had once blockedIt would be absurd to claim to see a silver lining behind every Donald Trump cloud. Those clouds are too many, too dark and too dangerous. All the same, viewed from a domestic political perspective, there is a clear emerging British upside to Trump’s efforts at crashing the post-cold war order. It might even get a boost from Thursday’s Washington visit by Keir Starmer.In July 2024, when Starmer became prime minister, Labour was rigidly on the defensive about Europe. Brexit was seen as an electorally unstable issue for a party whose priority was to reconnect with leave voters. Everything about Europe was thus sidelined during the election. Only vague generalities were permitted. The only foreign leaders pictured in the party manifesto were Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Canada’s Justin Trudeau.Martin Kettle is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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13 h. ago 14 best eye creams and serums to combat dark circles, fine lines, and puffiness

These are the top under-eye formulas for tired peepers

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15 h. ago Power back on in Chile after blackout leaves millions in dark

Electricity restored to almost all affected regions as investigation under way into how outage occurredPower has been restored to most of Chile’s 19 million people after the country’s most disruptive blackout in 15 years, the government said, as authorities lifted a strict curfew imposed when the outage left 98% of the population without electricity.Chilean interior minister Carolina Tohá said on Wednesday that electricity had largely returned to Chile’s 14 afflicted regions, although 220,000 residents remained without power. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Coronation Street Mick's 'dark secret' and real link to Kit Green 'exposed'

Coronation Street newcomer Mick is already causing chaos and now fans are convinced he's hiding something sinister, amid his mystery link to Kit Green being shared

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17 h. ago The Guardian view on Spain: a progressive beacon in dark times | Editorial

Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist-led government has welcomed immigration and boosted public spending, with stellar resultsCoverage of this week’s seismic election result in Germany focused on the disturbing rise of the far right, and chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz’s warning that Europe can no longer rely on the United States for its security. But for European progressives, there was also a third depressing takeaway: the comprehensive rejection of Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic party, which recorded its worst postwar result.Across the continent, centre-left parties have been exiled from the corridors of power, while the radical right has fuelled anxieties over immigration and economic stagnation to extend its influence. There is, however, one startling outlier to this dismal trend. Last year, Spain recorded the highest growth of any major country, at 3.2%. This was achieved under a Socialist-led coalition government that has welcomed high levels of immigration as a driver o...

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18 h. ago Paraag Marathe breaks Rangers takeover silence as 49ers supremo reveals search for club to replicate Leeds success

Marathe wants to use some of that wealth to help transform the fortunes of Rangers

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21 h. ago Dark secrets of Kenyan forest where body of Scots businessman Campbell Scott was found in sack

Fearful locals have told of dumped corpses and abandoned babies at the Makongo forest - where 58-year-old Campbell Scott, from Dunfermline, Fife, was found dead on Saturday.

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21 h. ago The best beauty boxes revealed by our experts: Get £215 of premium products for just £50 this spring

It's dark, grey and rainy outside, so what better way to give yourself a boost than splurging on some brilliant beauty products?

Economics

22 h. ago Pink Floyd to rerelease restored 1972 Pompeii concert film in Imax

Iconic performance amid Roman antiquity has been restored from original negatives, with a soundtrack newly mixed by prog star Steven WilsonOne of the most distinctive concert films in rock history, Pink Floyd at Pompeii, is to be rereleased in cinemas – including in Imax format – and have its first soundtrack release.Filmed in 1971 and released the following year, the film (previously titled Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii) captures the band shortly before The Dark Side of the Moon ushered in their most commercially successful phase. It will be in cinemas worldwide on 24 April. Continue reading...

Culture

23 h. ago Most expensive house in Wales dubbed the 'Pie Palace' after bakery fortune bought it goes up for sale... But you'll need to earn a decent crust to afford it

Multi-millionaire Peter Thomas built the modern mansion in the countryside overlooking Cardiff 25 years ago.

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25 h. ago Edinburgh Dark Skies 2025: Here are 10 great places in and near the Capital to stargaze

You’ll be amazed at what you see when you look up on a dark and clear night in these locations - all easily reached from Edinburgh.

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25 h. ago Dark Sky Scotland 2025: Here are 10 great places to stargaze

You’ll be amazed at what you see when you look up on a dark night in these Scottish locations.

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25 h. ago Inside the crimes of Britain's worst paedophile as video of 'joking' arrest revealed

One the surface, Matthew Falder was a respectable, middle-class university professor, but he led a dark double life which saw him blackmail a teenager into raping a boy aged four

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25 h. ago Next shoppers beg 'please don't stop selling' £28 jeans that are 'best they've ever worn'

The Supersoft Bootcut Jeans cost just £28 and come in four colours - dark blue, mid blue, black and rinse blue

Economics