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Premier League 2026-27 preview No 8: Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace enter the 2026-27 season after an extraordinary year that brought a third trophy in 12 months, but Oliver Glasner’s departure to Nottingham Forest has quickly changed the mood. New manager Pierre Sage must preserve the progress made under Glasner while handling Europa League commitments, squad uncertainty and the loss of defensive leader Maxence…
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Comedian declares Hugh Laurie ‘can’t be canceled’ as actor comes to Sophie Cunningham’s defense
Actor Hugh Laurie has defended WNBA player Sophie Cunningham in the debate over transgender participation in women’s sport, according to the article. A comedian also supported Laurie, arguing that the actor “can’t be cancelled”, highlighting the continued public disagreement over eligibility rules in female competitions. The article says Laurie rejected the idea of biological males…
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Henry Cavill’s 2-Hour Action-Movie Masterpiece With a Secret 007 Connection Is Officially Free to Stream
Guy Ritchie’s 2024 Second World War action-comedy The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is now available free on Tubi, with Polygon highlighting Henry Cavill’s unusually playful performance as its main attraction. Inspired by a real British covert operation, the film casts Cavill as Gus March-Phillipps, who leads a team sent to sabotage a German supply ship…
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‘Pretty Babies’ Director Tyler-Marie Evans on Depicting Real Women in Sex Work — and Winning Over Christine Vachon: “I Lost Sleep!”
Director Tyler-Marie Evans’s debut feature, Pretty Babies, will premiere in competition at the Edinburgh Film Festival, following a five-year effort to bring the project to screen. The coming-of-age drama examines young women’s dreams of Hollywood and their vulnerability to exploitation, seeking to depict sex work from a perspective centred on real women rather than familiar…
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How a Massive Hollywood Scandal From 1973 Helped Inspire This Neil Young Deep Cut
Neil Young’s song “Pocahontas” was partly inspired by Marlon Brando’s controversial 1973 Oscars protest over the treatment of Native Americans. The episode, in which activist Sacheen Littlefeather declined Brando’s Best Actor award on his behalf, caused a sharp reaction in Hollywood and later influenced Young’s criticism of colonialism and American culture. Young also drew on…
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Referee for Sheffield’s Wednesday season opener at Leyton Orient confirmed, not popular with Owls fans – thestar.co.uk
Referee for Sheffield’s Wednesday season opener at Leyton Orient confirmed, not popular with Owls fans thestar.co.uk
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Marvel fans think they’ve spotted an iconic Spider-Man villain in Brand New Day, but I’m convinced it’s an Avengers callback
Marvel fans have speculated that a detail seen in Spider-Man: Brand New Day could hint at the return of an iconic villain. The article argues that the clue is more likely a reference to the wider Avengers story, illustrating how early set details can prompt competing interpretations before official confirmation. The suspected reference has not…
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Love Island’s Georgia Harrison and a Bake Off star are among 10,000 homes without running water for six days amid heatwave
Love Island contestant Georgia Harrison and a former Bake Off star were reportedly among residents affected by a water outage in Essex during a heatwave. Around 10,000 homes were said to have gone without running water for six days, raising concerns about the impact on households in extreme temperatures. The disruption reportedly affected local residents’…
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Writers Insist That, ‘Technically,’ Jean Grey Didn’t Kill Anyone — or So We Should Believe
The writers of Spider-Man: Brand New Day have said that Jean Grey does not “technically” kill anyone during the film, despite scenes in which she appears to endanger civilians while terrorising New York. Their comments address fan criticism that the character’s eventual redemption feels difficult to reconcile with the destruction and violence associated with her…