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George Clooney Defends Mark Ruffalo’s ‘Ability to Speak Freely’ About Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal and Doesn’t See How the Merger ‘Financially Ends Up Making Sense’
George Clooney used a press conference ahead of receiving the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to weigh in on Hollywood’s biggest current controversy: Paramount Skydance’s pursuit of a merger with Warner Bros. He defended fellow actor Mark Ruffalo’s right to criticise the deal, after Ruffalo was accused by Paramount of using “antisemitic…
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US sailors arrive at Thailand’s Pattaya after record 250 days at sea
The US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has docked near Pattaya, Thailand, giving its nearly 5,000-strong crew their first port stop after a record 250 days continuously at sea. The visit matters both for the exhausted crew, who have faced reported hardships including food shortages and broken toilets, and for the Thai resort town,…
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‘Nepal didn’t rescue me’: British aid volunteer says authorities mistakenly announced he had been ‘found alive’ a week after floods
A British aid volunteer, Gloucester councillor Alastair Chambers, has said Nepali authorities wrongly announced he had been “rescued” from devastating floods a week after he had actually travelled to the country to help with relief efforts. Officials, including a search-and-rescue spokesman and the Nepali Army, publicly credited him among those saved by helicopter, a mix-up…
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10 things they won’t tell you about travelling around America
A travel writer who spent a month touring the United States, following England’s football team at the World Cup, shares candid observations about aspects of American travel that catch visitors off guard. The piece, written for Far Out Magazine, blends humour with genuine travel advice, aiming to prepare British tourists for cultural quirks they might…
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Police failed to tell families of Nottingham attack victims ‘that they were being stalked by a mentally ill man’
A public inquiry into the 2023 Nottingham attacks has heard that police failed to warn the families of victims Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates that a mentally ill man obsessed with the case had been trying to track them down, and allegedly downplayed the threat he posed. The man, who had been sectioned…
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Travelers warned of murder, kidnappings and drink-spiking robberies in vacation hot spot
The US State Department has updated its travel advisory for Brazil, warning American visitors of risks including murder, armed robbery, carjacking and kidnapping, as well as drink-spiking incidents linked to dating apps and bars. The advisory, revised on 31 August, keeps Brazil at Level 2 (“exercise increased caution”) overall, but highlights crime and kidnapping as…
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The town that took on travellers and won: How, in the face of goading, security fences and intimidation, the defiant town of Sawbridgeworth spent 72 nerve-wracking hours fighting to stop diggers paving over their wildlife sanctuary
Residents of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, mobilised in their hundreds over the August bank holiday weekend to stop a group of travellers from occupying and developing a stretch of protected greenland used as a wildlife habitat and floodplain. The land grab, which began with diggers arriving on Friday evening and around 50 workmen flattening the site by…
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‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Announcer Jim Thornton Suspended, Role Recast
Sony Pictures Television has suspended longtime Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton and temporarily recast his role while it investigates unspecified allegations against him. A studio spokeswoman told Deadline the company had “recently been made aware of allegations concerning Jim Thornton” and was recasting the position pending “a thorough investigation,” with the change understood to…
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BLIND ILLUSION To Release ‘Stage Flight: Live At The UC Theatre’ Live Album Featuring Original Vocalist DAVID WHITE
Progressive thrash metal band Blind Illusion will release a new live album, “Stage Flight: Live At The UC Theatre”, on 16 October 2026 via Hectic Records/Bleeding Priest Records. The record captures a 2025 reunion performance with original vocalist David White at the UC Theatre in Berkeley, California, marking a significant moment for a band that…