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It’s official, men LOVE a chick flick: Quarter of men admit they secretly like watching romance films with Twilight, Pretty Woman and Mamma Mia among the top ‘guilty pleasures’
A survey commissioned by Netflix has found that a quarter of men in relationships secretly enjoy watching romantic films, despite many being reluctant to admit it to their friends. The streaming service polled 2,000 men to mark the arrival of the complete Twilight Saga on Netflix UK, revealing that so-called “chick flicks” are a more…
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Musk review – epic study of the world’s richest and most banal man
Alex Gibney’s four-hour documentary “Musk”, shown at the Venice film festival, presents an expansive study of Elon Musk, the trillionaire behind Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, X and Grok AI. Rather than a conventional biography, the film paints Musk as both dull and destructive: a self-styled visionary and Trump ally whose businesses now underpin national military capabilities,…
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‘Musk’ Review: Alex Gibney’s Mammoth Elon Musk Doc Is a Poleaxing Portrait of the Tech Titan as a Con Man Given Way Too Much Power to Be Stopped
Alex Gibney’s four-hour documentary “Musk” offers an unflinching, meticulously researched account of Elon Musk’s rise from South African whiz kid to the world’s most powerful and controversial billionaire, painting him as a con man whose grip on wealth and influence has gone dangerously unchecked. Because Musk refused to participate, Gibney’s team compiled a database of…
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‘Cantona’s a Kwengletarian!’ Inside the maximalist, magical mentality of rising London Irish rapper Kibo
Kibo, a 26-year-old Harrow-born rapper of Irish heritage, has released Kwengletaria: Ragamyff, described as one of the year’s most inventive and funny UK rap debuts, built on the maximalist philosophy he calls “Kwelengletarianism” – finding magic and value in the mundane. He is a rare rapper to emerge from Harrow, a town better known for…
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What is the Anker ‘smart display charger’ and what does that screen even do?
Anker has introduced a range of plug-in wall chargers featuring a small “smart display”, designed to make normally hidden charging data visible to users. The move builds on Anker’s long history of popular charging accessories and marks an evolution from previous cheeky visual touches, such as those on its Laptop Power Bank, into a more…
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Apple says ‘Fold’ and competitors ask ‘how wide?’
Apple is expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone this week, seven years after Samsung launched the original Galaxy Fold. The Verge argues that, despite arriving late, Apple’s influence on the industry remains immense: rivals including Samsung, Huawei and Xiaomi have already released passport-shaped foldables in recent months, a form factor widely believed to mirror…
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Nigella praised as new Bake Off judge as latest contestants announced
Nigella Lawson has received glowing early reviews for her debut as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, ahead of the new series starting on Channel 4 later this month. She replaces Dame Prue Leith, who stepped down from the role, saying she wanted to “work less and play more.” Critics who previewed the…
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AI will help find cure for cancer ‘within our lifetimes’, says Arm Holdings chief
Rene Haas, chief executive of the Cambridge-based chip designer Arm Holdings, has claimed that artificial intelligence will help find a cure for cancer “within our lifetimes”, arguing that modelling how DNA markers are affected by cancer is currently too complex for both humans and existing AI systems, but that increasingly sophisticated computers will eventually solve…
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Now Tom Kerridge is charging £60 for fish and chips after the Michelin-starred chef caused controversy for the price of the meal
Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge has sparked fresh backlash after it emerged his fish and chips dish now costs around £60 at The Hand and Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. The dish, served with Caviar Tartare Sauce and Minted Pea Purée, comes with just 17 chips, prompting accusations online that the chef has “lost the plot” over…
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BLACKPINK’s JISOO to Star as 4 Different ‘Cinematic Characters’ in Conceptual Fashion Campaign
BLACKPINK member JISOO has been announced as the star of a new conceptual fashion campaign for London-based label Self-Portrait, in which she plays four distinct “cinematic characters” across a series of short films. The campaign builds on her existing relationship with the brand, for which she became the first musician to serve as its face…