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Watch live: Trump touts federal crackdown on crime at New York rally
President Trump will deliver remarks Friday from Long Island, N.Y., where he is expected to tout his administration’s efforts to combat violent crime. The appearance comes as the Trump administration ramps up its focus on crime in Democratic-led cities, including extending the National Guard deployment to Washington, D.C. The president has defended the federal crackdown,…
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Europe’s top clubs threatened Club World Cup boycott before Fifa plan collapsed
Europe’s leading football clubs threatened to boycott future Club World Cups unless Fifa president Gianni Infantino abandoned a proposed Football Forward Enterprise scheme. The warning, issued shortly before the plan was withdrawn on 1 August, matters because European clubs’ absence would make the tournaments effectively unviable. The European Football Clubs group said the scheme appeared…
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Ewan McGregor Would Like to Play Obi-Wan Kenobi Again — Even If His ‘Star Wars’ Prequels Were “Dragged Through the Mud”
Ewan McGregor has said he hopes to play Obi-Wan Kenobi again, suggesting there could be further television series or films centred on the Star Wars character. Speaking at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, he reflected on the initially harsh reception to the prequel trilogy and said the later Obi-Wan Kenobi series revealed stronger fan affection…
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The Watcher is a creepy surveillance thriller with shiny Unreal Engine props – I just hope it’s not as talkative as its trailer
The Watcher is an upcoming surveillance thriller in which players work for a totalitarian state, monitoring residents of an opposite apartment block for suspicious behaviour. Rock Paper Shotgun finds its core premise appealing—combining voyeurism, deduction and moral choices—but is concerned that the game’s trailer makes it seem overly talkative and tonally uncertain. Players will build…
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Cardi B Reignites BIA Feud With a Spaces Rant After BIA Doubles Down on Diss Track
Cardi B has renewed her public dispute with fellow rapper BIA after BIA reaffirmed claims made in her 2024 diss track on X. Cardi responded in an X Spaces broadcast with personal criticism and denials of allegations that she had copied BIA creatively or cheated on her estranged husband, Offset; the exchange matters because it…
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Venice: M-Appeal Picks Up Chinese Director Jie Dong’s ‘Zoom In, Zoom Out’ Ahead of Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Berlin-based sales company M-Appeal has acquired international sales rights to Chinese director Jie Dong’s debut feature, “Zoom In, Zoom Out”, before its premiere in Venice Critics’ Week. The deal gives the film a prominent international sales partner as it launches at the festival, while highlighting a new Chinese filmmaker whose work explores how digital life…
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Davies calls for WRU board to step down
Former Wales captain Jonathan Davies has called for the Welsh Rugby Union board to resign, arguing it has failed to improve the game during its three years in office. His intervention increases pressure on the WRU amid wider criticism from business figures and Swansea politicians, and reflects concern over the governing body’s proposed restructuring of…
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The Partnership: ‘The Pitt’s Taylor Dearden & Tal Anderson Tackle Sisterhood With Precision
Taylor Dearden and Tal Anderson discuss their collaborative work portraying twin sisters Mel and Becca King in HBO’s The Pitt, saying their off-screen rapport helps them depict a close but increasingly strained sibling relationship. Both first-time Emmy nominees emphasise portraying the characters’ neurodivergence with specificity and resisting stereotypes, with Anderson describing an actor’s responsibility to…
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Netflix unveils Sunshine Girls and Minimum Wage casting update
Netflix has confirmed two additions to its young-adult slate: new coming-of-age series Sunshine Girls and a casting update for workplace comedy Minimum Wage. The announcements reinforce the streamer’s strategy of adapting digital-first entertainment for younger viewers, partnering with Brat TV and American High. Sunshine Girls will premiere in December and stars Alma Marian, Isabella Fowler…