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Ben Affleck’s big payday: SEC filing shows INSANE sum Netflix paid for actor’s AI startup company… after reports it was worth up to $600M
Ben Affleck has secured a significant payout after selling his AI-focused film production company, Artists Equity’s AI arm (reported elsewhere as a separate AI startup venture), to Netflix, according to a newly filed SEC document. The deal follows earlier reports suggesting the company could be valued as high as $600 million, underscoring how major studios…
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Major appeals court declares New Jersey AR-15 ban unconstitutional in landmark Second Amendment ruling
A federal appeals court has struck down New Jersey’s ban on semiautomatic rifles, including AR-15s, and on magazines holding more than 10 rounds, ruling the restrictions unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. The decision, delivered by the full bench of the Philadelphia-based 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals, marks a significant setback for one of the…
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Gracie Abrams captures pain of early adulthood in new album – but you’re left wanting more
The singer’s third album is full of incisive, witty lyrics that are let down by muted production.
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One second he was propped on the window ledge. The next he’d gone: Devastated family reveal what really happened to British two-year-old who fell to his death from five-star Cyprus hotel… and his father’s anguish in hellhole prison
The family of a two-year-old British boy who died after falling from a hotel window in Cyprus have described the moment he disappeared from a window ledge, as his father continues to be held in a Cypriot prison over the tragedy. The case has drawn attention both to the circumstances of the toddler’s death at…
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This ‘Backrooms’ Detail You Missed Makes It So Much More Terrifying
A24’s 2026 horror hit *Backrooms*, directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons and based on his YouTube series inspired by an unsettling 4chan post, has become the studio’s highest-grossing film. With the film now available on streaming, attention has turned to a subtle visual detail that deepens its themes of fate and mortality, adding fresh resonance to…
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The LEGO Exclusive Dungeons and Dragons Set Has Sold Out Just Days Before It Retires Forever
LEGO’s exclusive Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale set has sold out at every major retailer just days before its official retirement date of 31 July 2026, leaving fans unable to buy it new at any price. The set, one of LEGO’s most elaborate collaborations, had drawn praise for its intricate design and unique features,…
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How widowed Wallis Simpson died in squalid exile, betrayed by those closest to her
Wallis Simpson, the American divorcée for whom King Edward VIII gave up the British throne in 1936, spent her final years isolated and mentally incapacitated in her Paris home, cut off from the outside world by her lawyer, Suzanne Blum, who took control of her affairs after the Duke of Windsor’s death in 1972. Blum…
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Our fortnight from hell: Young teenagers having sex on the beach, luxury homes trashed by drunk teens and parents who couldn’t care less. Locals from this seaside village reveal their nightmare
Residents of a British seaside village have spoken out about what they describe as a torrid fortnight of antisocial behaviour by visiting teenagers, including public sex on the beach, luxury properties being trashed by drunk youths, and a lack of parental oversight. Locals say the disruption has turned their community into a source of dread…
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Inside New York’s shanty town: Festering in the heart of Manhattan, the stinking tent city offers squatters electricity, water and even free needles to inject their drugs… while police turn and walk the other way
A Daily Mail report describes a sprawling encampment in Manhattan where dozens of homeless people and drug users have set up semi-permanent tents, reportedly with access to electricity, running water and clean needles supplied to reduce disease transmission, while police allegedly avoid intervening. The piece frames the site as a symbol of New York’s worsening…
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British families ‘unwittingly funding Russian kidnap of Ukrainian children after Labour watered down oil sanctions’, researchers warn
Researchers have alleged that British families are unknowingly helping to fund the abduction of Ukrainian children by Russian forces, after the Labour government eased oil-related sanctions. The claim centres on how relaxed restrictions may allow revenue from Russian oil exports to keep flowing, indirectly supporting operations linked to the forced removal of children from Ukraine,…