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2 James Bond Stars Officially Reunite in the Sleeper Hit Western Leaving Paramount+
Mads Mikkelsen and Eva Green, who previously appeared together in Casino Royale as a Bond villain and love interest, reunited in the 2014 Western The Salvation, which is now leaving Paramount+ on 31 August 2026. The film’s departure comes as Westerns are enjoying a resurgence in popularity, largely credited to Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone franchise, which…
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Medium Build Shares Wistful New Single ‘Home Depot’
American singer-songwriter Medium Build has released a new single, ‘Home Depot’, a wistful character study of emotionally repressed men who focus on outward signs of success rather than their inner lives. The track follows his acclaimed 2024 album ‘Country’, which brought him wider recognition but also personal pressures, prompting a more introspective direction on his…
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Woman, 47, was hit and killed by 40-tonne truck while clambering out of overturned car after crash, inquest hears
An inquest has heard how a 47-year-old woman died after being struck by a 40-tonne truck while she was trying to climb out of her car, which had overturned in an earlier collision. The case highlights the particular dangers faced by people who become trapped or stranded on busy roads following a crash, especially where…
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‘Kill Jackie,’ Starring a Glamorous, Lethal Catherine Zeta-Jones, Acquired by Warner Bros. Discovery for HBO Max (EXCLUSIVE)
Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired the revenge thriller “Kill Jackie,” starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, for HBO Max in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, France and Belgium. The deal extends to two of HBO’s most established international streaming markets, with HBO Max reportedly on track to overtake Prime Video as Spain’s second-largest streamer by the…
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Underdogs by Louise Powell review – a powerful debut with plenty of northern soul
Louise Powell’s debut novel, Underdogs, is reviewed as a powerful and authentic portrait of Easington and Easington Colliery, former mining villages in east Durham left to decline after the pit closures of the 1980s and 90s. Set in 1998, the story follows a bereaved 10-year-old, George Wheatley, and his grieving father Reg, who are drawn…
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Millionaires flee Britain as courts, wildfires and voting rights dominate
Wealth exodus hits a 20-year low as legal battles rage over Trump’s mail-in voting order and D4vd’s murder trial, wildfires scorch France and Spain, and AI bias claims and John Stones’s Inter move round off the bulletin.
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Carly Simon shares Parkinson’s disease diagnosis: “It is difficult, frustrating, and sometimes frightening”
Carly Simon, the 83-year-old singer-songwriter known for hits including “You’re So Vain,” “Why,” and the James Bond theme “Nobody Does It Better,” has revealed she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. She shared the news in a lengthy Instagram statement, explaining that her recent absence from public life stemmed from adjusting to the diagnosis, and…
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Canal+ Posts Big H1 Gains Thanks To $2B Deal For Africa’s MultiChoice
Canal+ has reported sharply higher first-half revenues and earnings, driven largely by last year’s $2 billion acquisition of South African pay-TV group MultiChoice. The Paris-based media giant said it had already achieved half of its targeted €250 million in cost synergies from the deal and remained on track to hit the full amount by year-end,…
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Barclays increases bonus pool by nearly 30% as calls grow for UK bank tax
Barclays has increased its banker bonus pool by nearly 30% to £1.3bn for the first half of the year, following a sharp rise in profits that has intensified calls for the government to impose higher taxes on UK banks. The bank’s strong results have been seized upon by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which argues…