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‘Don’t Say Good Luck’ movie review: A familiar cancer dramedy that coasts on charm and sincerity
Don’t Say Good Luck, a Netflix dramedy produced by Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison but starring his daughter Sunny Sandler, follows theatre-obsessed teenager Sophie as she lands the lead role in her school’s production of Waitress just as her mother Elizabeth’s cancer relapses. The review argues the film exceeds expectations for a Sandler-produced Netflix release, treating…
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‘I’m so sorry’: Heartbroken family farewell cousins, seven and 11, killed in horror crash – as first responder reveals heartbreaking aftermath
Mourners gathered at the Australian Islamic Centre in Newport, Melbourne, to farewell cousins Sarah El Hawli, seven, and Ossama El Hawli, 11, who died after the 4WD they were travelling in crashed near Parwan in Melbourne’s west. The funeral drew an overwhelming turnout of family, friends and well-wishers, reflecting the shock felt across the local…
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Boy, 6, kidnapped and smuggled across state lines is finally found as police arrest his mother
A mother has been arrested in Wyoming after allegedly kidnapping her six-year-old son and driving him across state lines from Michigan, then leading police on a high-speed chase through a car park and city streets before crashing. Marisa Calliea, 30, did not have custody of Liam Malburg and was due to return him to his…
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Aussie’s $1,500 flight credit vanishes in costly mix-up after cancelling son’s Bali trip: ‘I’m so angry’
A Brisbane mother, Jessica Dorante, says she has lost a A$1,500 Virgin Australia flight credit after a mix-up over the terms attached to a cancelled family trip to Bali. Ms Dorante, 43, had booked flights through travel agency Flight Centre for a June trip, but pulled her 15-year-old son from the booking in February over…
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‘It started as a joke, a fantasy’ – F1 heads to football-obsessed Madrid
Formula 1 returns to Madrid this weekend for the first time since 1981, staging a new race in a city dominated by football and home to Real Madrid, widely regarded as the sport’s greatest club. Organisers and F1 are testing whether the sport can carve out attention in a market already saturated by elite football,…
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Office writers launch satirical newsroom comedy The Paper on Sky One
Tonight’s television schedule highlights the return of two popular series alongside a mix of documentary, comedy and film offerings across UK channels. The Paper, the newsroom mockumentary from the writers of the US version of The Office, returns to Sky One with Domhnall Gleeson’s editor Ned now leading an award-winning team hungry for more outlandish…
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Democratic senator Fetterman endorses Republican McCormick at GOP convention
Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania delivered a surprise video message at the Republican Party’s inaugural midterm convention, praising President Donald Trump and endorsing Republican Senator Dave McCormick’s re-election bid while rejecting what he called the Democratic Party’s “extremes and socialism.” Speaking in front of a steel mill, Fetterman said he was proud to work…
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I was the only Daily Mail reporter in New York when planes hit the Twin Towers… I remember lying in my West Village apartment thinking ‘we’re all going to die here’
Three veteran Daily Mail journalists have shared their recollections of the 11 September 2001 attacks on the Deep Dive podcast to mark the atrocity’s 25th anniversary. Former US Correspondent Sarah Chalmers, the only Daily Mail reporter in New York at the time, gave a first-hand account of the chaos that followed the strikes on the…
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Russia outpacing Ukraine’s air defences with daily use of new jet-powered drones
Russia has been launching its upgraded, jet-powered “Geran” drones against Ukraine every single day in August, according to BBC Verify analysis of Ukrainian Air Force data, marking an escalation that Kyiv’s air defences are struggling to counter. The drones’ far greater speed, over 300mph, makes them significantly harder to intercept than older models, prompting President…