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Angel Acquires Michael Keaton-Morgan Freeman Western ‘Rode To Ruin’, Launches Sales Arm Ahead Of TIFF Market
Angel has acquired worldwide rights to “Rode To Ruin,” a Western directed by and starring Michael Keaton alongside Morgan Freeman, marking the two actors’ first on-screen reunion since 1988’s “Clean and Sober.” The deal is notable not just for the star pairing but because it comes as Angel launches an international sales arm, with the…
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Have a little fun scamming the scammers | Letters
This is a letter to the Guardian, responding to an earlier Money article about a reader who strung along bank-card scammers by giving them fake details. The letter writer, Gary Calder, offers tips to make such fake details more convincing, suggesting people are keen to have fun turning the tables on fraudsters attempting card scams.…
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No little kids allowed, and other new info about Tesla’s Cybercab
Tesla held a low-key private event to launch its Cybercab, a fully autonomous, driverless vehicle intended to compete with Waymo on price, but the company revealed key details through PDFs and app terms of service rather than a full presentation. The muted rollout is notable given CEO Elon Musk’s long-stated ambitions for the vehicle, and…
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Storm brews over water use, food security and Middle East fallout, plus Oasis and Hull City hearten
A Guardian probe exposes big firms’ water use amid hosepipe bans, as NAO flags food-supply risks and Iran-driven oil prices hit child aid; also: Sheffield forest school vandalism, the Oasis reunion documentary, teenage Hull star Herrington, and a chilling French attack survival story.
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Nigel Farage latest: Conference thrown into chaos as leader’s speech delayed due to ‘security scare’
Nigel Farage’s keynote speech at the Reform UK party conference was delayed by more than an hour after security staff were reportedly seen searching underneath the stage, with party sources citing a “security scare” that they said had prompted counter-terror police to hold him back. The disruption capped a chaotic day for Reform, which was…
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Cambridge University launches probe into James Orr after Reform donations sting
Cambridge University has launched a probe into associate professor James Orr after he stepped down as Reform UK’s head of policy over claims he arranged for polling to be paid for by an overseas company, an impermissible donor under UK electoral law. The allegations, part of an undercover investigation by Channel 4 and Verbatim, broke…
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Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot
Microsoft has told a US court that its Copilot chatbot only rarely reproduces substantial chunks of copyrighted news articles or books, as it seeks summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times, book authors and other publishers. The filing, submitted on Friday, forms part of Microsoft and OpenAI’s defence against claims that…
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The 2005 role Harrison Ford will always regret turning down: “I think I made a mistake”
Harrison Ford has revealed that turning down a role in the 2005 film “Syriana” remains one of his biggest career regrets, as the part eventually went to George Clooney and earned him an Academy Award. Ford told The Irish Examiner he doubted the “truth of the material” at the time he was offered the role,…