69 m. ago Woman drives Chinese EV through streets of London and is blown away by strangers' reactions

Woman drives Chinese EV through streets of London and is blown away by strangers' reactions  supercarblondie.com

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97 m. ago Adorable orphaned elephants' reaction to their milk arriving melts animal fans' hearts

The workers at Sheldrick Wildlife Trust documented the hilarious yet adorable moment the baby elephants realised the milk van arrived as they rushed to get bottle fed

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97 m. ago A House of Dynamite is both political fantasy and major disappointment

Kathryn Bigelow’s Netflix ‘what if?’ drama is the director’s most frustratingly assembled and visually flat film to dateBestowed on an elite few, the mantle of Noted Film-maker can be both a crown and a burden. On the positive side, it can serve as protection: viewing an ennobled director’s films through this prism, auteurist critics can feel obliged to make excuses for even the worst among them. (The rationale is that a bad film by a Noted Film-maker is still better than the best efforts of a jobbing hack.) One disadvantage is that such honorifics can leave a creative patrolling a very narrow courtyard, searching only for material worthy of a Noted Film-maker; another is that the dismay when a project doesn’t spark is all the greater. A prominent test case has just reached Netflix in the Kathryn Bigelow-directed A House of Dynamite, a not-so-heavy-hitter that – if texts from cinephile pals this past weekend are anything to go by – seems nailed on for only one award this season: tha...

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3 h. ago New Zealand beat England by five wickets in second men’s cricket one

Hosts secure series victory after win in second ODI Sign up to The Spin newsletter | And email Tom4th over: England 25-1 (Smith 13, Root 11) Jamie Smith clatters a pull shot to the midwicket fence for four and then picks up a single in the same region. Root continues his busy start with a single past point and Jamie Smith then plays a nonchalant flick for SIX onto the grass bank on the leg side.3rd over: England 13-1 (Smith 2, Root 10) Joe Root is the new batter. He whips Duffy off his pads for two and then times the next one even better for four. Root then pings a drive through cover for four more! Ten runs and the wicket of Duckett off the over. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Mary Earps 'snubs Wembley farewell' after dramatic retirement before Euros triumph

Ex-Lionesses goalkeeper Mary Earps has decided to snub the invite of a Wembley farewell in November following her retirement - but talks continue over a future date

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3 h. ago Inside Liverpool dressing room after damning Brentford defeat as Reds star reveals all

Liverpool were beaten again at the weekend, losing at Brentford, with Federico Cheisa admitting it was a silent dressing room before conversations began about arresting their poor form

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3 h. ago Down Cemetery Road review – Emma Thompson is magnificent in this thriller from Slow Horses’ creator

The Oscar winner’s turn as a no-nonsense private investigator is a role model for women everywhere. She really shines alongside Ruth Wilson in this pacy, twisty thriller based on Mick Herron’s debut novelI always forget how good Emma Thompson is. That is partly because she tends to work in film rather than television and I last made it to the cinema in the mid-90s. It is also partly because she is always so how can I put this? so Emma Thompson in all her interviews and award speeches that I can’t envisage her putting herself away enough for Proper Acting.But of course she can – and does as the private investigator Zoë Boehm, a woman of flint and diamond, in the new eight-part thriller Down Cemetery Road, Morwenna Banks’ adaptation of Mick Herron’s debut novel of the same name. Herron has since become known for Slow Horses, the series about the busted spies in Slough House pushing paper under the world-wearied eye of Jackson Lamb, ever hoping to get back in the game. Gary Oldman, who...

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3 h. ago Facing War review – cool customer of a Nato secretary general marshals world on the brink

Gripping documentary follows Jens Stoltenberg through his final year as Nato chief – balancing diplomacy, egos and all-out war with unnerving calmJens Stoltenberg is the Norwegian politician and international diplomat whose destiny it was to be secretary general of Nato in the second most fraught period of its postwar history (if we accept that the Cuban missile crisis is in pole position). He was in charge from 2014 to 2024 and this documentary, with remarkable access, shows us his final 12 months – day-by-day, moment-by-moment – after Joe Biden had persuaded him in 2023, when his tenure was technically at an end, to stay on for another year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Perhaps, until that moment, Stoltenberg had been happy to assume that for all the meetings and stress, the secretary-generalship was an agreeable prestigious technocratic position without any real danger. But now he was faced with the possibility of executing Nato’s raison d’être. Ukraine can’t be admitted to ...

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3 h. ago The Witcher season four cast from unrecognisable sitcom star to John Wick favourite

There are a number of new names and faces joining Netflix's The Witcher

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5 h. ago Director of Bataclan terror attack drama rejects accusations of ‘indecency’

Jean-Xavier de Lestrade defends decision to film mini-series inside Paris theatre where 130 people died in 2016The Oscar-winning director of a TV mini-series about survivors of the 2015 terrorist attack at the Bataclan in Paris has rejected accusations his decision to film inside the theatre was “indecent”.Jean-Xavier de Lestrade said the hostages on whose story the eight-part docudrama was based wanted their terrifying ordeal recreated inside the building and to film it elsewhere would have been “trickery”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Tanzanian president poised to retain power as rivals barred from election

Government critics abducted, killed or arrested in run-up to vote as Samia Suluhu Hassan faces first electoral testTanzania’s president looks on course to strengthen her grip on the country as it holds a general election on Wednesday against the backdrop of rapidly intensifying repression and the exclusion of opposition candidates.Samia Suluhu Hassan, a former vice-president who took office after the death of her predecessor, John Magufuli, in 2021, has left nothing to chance for her first presidential and parliamentary electoral test. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago From Bezos with love... as billionaire Amazon boss invests in Sydney Sweeney lingerie business, will a James Bond role be next?

His company bought the rights to James Bond earlier this year for £790million and has already announced that a new 007 film will be directed by Dune director Denis Villeneuve.

Economics

10 h. ago Charlotte Bankes refocuses in Team GB bid for Winter Olympics glory 100 days out

One hundred days out from a return to the pinnacle of winter sports, the prospect of more Covid daily testing misery has gone.

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12 h. ago London Film Festival’s Standout Works Offer Portraits of Connection in a Disconnected World

London Film Festival’s Standout Works Offer Portraits of Connection in a Disconnected World  observer.com

Culture

13 h. ago Bake Off fans slam judges over latest exit declaring it is ‘wrong decision’

Bake Off fans are not happy about the latest exit 😡🍰📺

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13 h. ago Scots millionaire guilty of 'indecent communication' to woman 'hired for massages'

Kevin Booth, 65, has been found guilty of indecent communication at Wick Sheriff Court.

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14 h. ago The Celebrity Traitors’ Tom Daley reveals son’s adorable reaction to ‘murder’

Tom Daley has revealed his oldest son’s adorable reaction to his The Celebrity Traitors elimination.

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14 h. ago Tom Daley shares son's heartbreaking reaction to his Celebrity Traitors stint

Tom Daley's son burst into tears when he watched his dad being killed off on The Celebrity Traitors and the diver had to reassure the little one that everything was okay really

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14 h. ago Leonardo DiCaprio's gritty film leads Gotham Award nods as Jennifer Lawrence, Amanda Seyfried recognized

The movie has been recognized in the categories Best Feature as well as acting nods for Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor and Chase Infiniti.

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14 h. ago England vs Australia live: Bronze scores birthday goal to cement Lionesses dominance in friendly

England knocked Australia out of the World Cup in 2023 to deny them glory on home soil

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