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So sorry! Why we need to be ruder to strangers on the phone…
An anti-fraud campaign, Take Five To Stop Fraud, is urging Britons to abandon their instinct to be polite when dealing with unsolicited phone calls, after research found scammers deliberately exploit good manners to build trust and pressure victims. A survey found 53% of British adults stay on unwanted calls longer than they would like, compared…
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The Business of Lucy Darling: How Carisa Hendrix Went From Performing At Haunted Houses To Touring Globally As Her Old Hollywood-Inspired Character – Comedy Means Business Podcast
Deadline’s Comedy Means Business podcast profiles Carisa Hendrix, the Canadian comedian and magician who built a global touring empire around Lucy Darling, an Old Hollywood-inspired glamour character she created in 2017. Her story shows how a variety act born from teenage haunted-house gigs and youth-outreach performing programmes grew into a self-managed, data-driven touring business, offering…
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Police determine that a Maine Bigfoot was actually man in a ‘very convincing costume’
Police in Damariscotta, Maine, resolved a wave of Bigfoot sightings after an unusually high number of calls prompted an investigation, ultimately finding that the “creature” was a man wearing a highly realistic costume. The department confirmed via Facebook that “Bigfoot is not real” in this case, closing the case without any wildlife or safety concerns…
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‘Lost’s Worst Episode of All Time Changed the Colossal Sci-Fi Hit Forever
Lost’s third season, which had to live up to two acclaimed prior runs, is widely seen as the point where the show’s ambition began to outpace its storytelling, and no episode symbolises this more than “Stranger in a Strange Land”. Billed as an instalment that would resolve three lingering mysteries, including the origin of Jack’s…
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Sammi’s cruise ship romance shatters when the Sydney mum is told the shocking truth about her lovebombing ‘Mr UK’ dreamboat – by his long-term fiancée
A Sydney woman’s whirlwind holiday romance with a British man she met on a cruise from Sydney to the Whitsundays came to an abrupt end when his secret fiancée messaged her online. Sammi, 44, had put her love life on hold for 14 years while caring for her son through a battle with brain cancer,…
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Pattinson stars in Venice noir exploring To Catch a Predator’s legacy
Robert Pattinson stars as Chris Hansen in Primetime, actor-turned-documentarian Lance Oppenheim’s feature drama debut, which dramatises the making of the controversial 2000s US reality show To Catch a Predator. Premiering at the Venice film festival, the film is a heavy-footed, neon-lit noir-thriller that critic Peter Bradshaw finds unsure of what it wants to say about…
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Allen’s ‘two illegal blows’ sent Carty through ‘loose ropes’
Boxer Thomas Carty’s team has claimed he was hit by “two illegal blows” and fell through “loose ropes” during a bizarre first-round no-contest against David Allen at Croke Park in Dublin on Saturday. Carty was unable to continue after suffering a suspected concussion when he toppled out of the ring and struck his head on…
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Political enemies take a brutal slap at Australia’s youngest senator Charlotte Walker, 22 – photoshopping her into a baby car seat… after she posted a video of herself covered in sausage roll crumbs
The feud between Australia’s youngest senator, Charlotte Walker, 22, and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has escalated after Hanson’s party shared AI-generated images depicting Walker in a baby’s car seat, mocking a video Walker herself had posted. The exchange highlights an increasingly personal and public rivalry between the two politicians, which has drawn attention to…
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‘Hereditary’ Meets ‘Parasite’ in This Unforgettable Mystery Thriller That’s Free on Streaming
This piece revisits The Wailing, the 2016 South Korean supernatural mystery from director Na Hong-jin, arguing it remains his finest work and recommending it now that his long-awaited follow-up, Hope, has arrived. The article frames the film as a companion piece to Hope, noting how both share Na’s fascination with ordinary, ill-equipped people confronting forces…
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May El-Toukhy Stops Venice Competition Screening Of ‘Woman Unknown’ Over Subtitle Snafu; Film Goes On To Garner 7-1/2 Minute Ovation
Danish director May el-Toukhy halted the world premiere of her Venice competition entry “Woman Unknown” on Sunday evening after the subtitles fell out of sync, an unusual intervention at one of cinema’s most prestigious festivals. The film went on to receive a seven-and-a-half-minute standing ovation once it resumed correctly, underscoring the warm reception for a…