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Vance strengthens 2028 frontrunner status at GOP’s first midterm convention in Dallas
Vice President JD Vance drew widespread praise from Republicans at the party’s first-ever midterm convention in Dallas after delivering a sharp retort to a protester who interrupted his primetime speech waving Palestinian Authority and Mexican flags. Commentators across conservative media hailed the moment, in which Vance told the heckler “if you love Mexico so much,…
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Woman sexually assaulted inside police barracks on Martha’s Vineyard by friend of state trooper, police say
A woman has alleged she was sexually assaulted at a Massachusetts State Police barracks on Martha’s Vineyard after a trooper let a male friend stay overnight there. The alleged assault, which reportedly took place in late August, is now being investigated by local Oak Bluffs police rather than the state force, raising questions about oversight…
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‘Practical Magic 2’ Sparks $3.5M+ In Previews On Thursday – Box Office Update
Warner Bros and Alcon’s “Practical Magic 2”, reuniting Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, has opened strongly at the US box office, with a $12.5m Friday putting it on course for a roughly $30m domestic weekend across 4,146 cinemas. That figure follows a stronger-than-expected $4.7m in Thursday previews, well above the $3.5m-$4m initially forecast, giving Warner…
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Pulp reaches number one as documentary captures band’s three-decade reunion
Ahead of the release of the film “Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?”, Jarvis Cocker and director Garth Jennings discuss revisiting the band’s history in a hybrid concert film and documentary. The project matters because it captures a milestone moment for the Sheffield band, who split in 2002, reunited briefly between 2011 and…
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‘Being Huemann’ Review: Siân Heder’s First Film Since ‘CODA’ Is a Bold and Stirring Dramatization of the Protest That Launched the Disabled-Rights Revolution
Variety’s review covers “Being Huemann,” director Siân Heder’s first feature since “CODA,” which dramatises the 1977 sit-in that helped launch the American disability-rights movement. The film, which opened the Toronto International Film Festival, stars Ruth Madeley as activist Judy Heumann and Mark Ruffalo as the official she confronts, and the critic praises it as bold…
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‘The Housewife’ Review: Naomi Watts Is Chilling In Disturbing Post-Holocaust Drama With A Surprising Twist – Toronto Film Festival
‘The Housewife’, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, stars Naomi Watts as Hermine Ryan, an ostensibly ordinary 1950s Queens housewife who is secretly Hermine Braunsteiner, a former Nazi concentration camp guard hiding under an assumed identity. Directed by Ben Shirinian in his feature debut, the film is based on real events and dramatises how…
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It almost feels sacrilegious to write this: MAUREEN CALLAHAN’s unobstructed view of 9/11, the phone call she’ll never forget… and horrors only New Yorkers know
In a first-person piece marking the 25th anniversary of 11 September 2001, Daily Mail columnist Maureen Callahan recounts watching the terrorist attacks unfold from her Brooklyn apartment, which had an unobstructed view across the East River to the Twin Towers. She reflects on the reluctance many New Yorkers feel discussing that day, given the scale…
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Chaos at Sydney Airport as air traffic controller shortage sparks flight cancellations and major delays
A shortage of air traffic controllers forced Airservices Australia to impose flow management restrictions at Sydney Airport on Friday morning, triggering flight cancellations and lengthy delays. The disruption highlights mounting concerns over staffing levels within Australia’s air traffic control system, coming just months after a series of near-miss incidents on the airport’s runways prompted a…
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British 9/11 survivor still grieving loss of sixty-one colleagues
William Rodriguez, a janitor working two storeys underground in the North Tower, has recounted his experience of the 9/11 attacks and how he came to be described as the last person to escape before the tower collapsed. His story sits alongside that of British survivor Janice Brooks, who has spoken of losing 61 colleagues from…