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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…
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Kind-hearted grandmother is mercilessly beaten with baseball bat by a stranger who she welcomed in after fake sob story
A 71-year-old grandmother in Crestline, California, was left with life-threatening injuries after a stranger she took in beat her with a metal baseball bat. Therese Garcia welcomed Erik Eduardo Navarro, 26, into her home after he claimed to have been robbed while camping, but he attacked her while she slept once she asked him to…
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REVEALED: The BIZARRE message about a drink drive TD that this junior minister deleted from a private Fianna Fail WhatsApp group and why many will say it proves politicians are out of touch
Junior housing minister Christopher O’Sullivan posted a message in a private Fianna Fáil WhatsApp group praising drink-drive TD Malcolm Byrne as “always destined for greatness,” attaching old footage of Byrne on the Late Late Show, then deleted it about an hour later once he realised the timing. The post came the same evening the Irish…
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“Stupid, unfunny hoaxes”: The 1982 audience poll that permanently banned Andy Kaufman from ‘Saturday Night Live’
The article revisits how comedian Andy Kaufman’s relationship with Saturday Night Live came to an abrupt end in 1982, after the show ran an on-air telephone poll asking viewers whether he should be banned. Kaufman, an anti-comedy pioneer, had made sporadic appearances on the programme since its debut in 1975, but tensions grew after a…
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Andrew Loog Oldham: The strange rock manager who passed on Jimi Hendrix and called Marianne Faithfull “an angel with big tits”
Andrew Loog Oldham, best known as the manager who shaped the Rolling Stones’ early image and pushed them to write original material, is also remembered for two notable misjudgements: dismissing Jimi Hendrix as untalented before his rise to fame and making a demeaning remark about Marianne Faithfull’s talent. The article revisits these episodes as examples…
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“I could hardly move”: the “crazy” 1967 Beatles song that came from John Lennon being “very paranoid”
The article revisits the origins of The Beatles’ 1967 track “Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!”, which John Lennon once described as emerging from a period of intense paranoia during the making of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The song stands out among several Beatles tracks noted for anxious or paranoid undertones, and…
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Moonfish’ Director and Stars Lucy Liu and Morgan Spector Break Down Their Black-and-White Animated Film About Isolated Astronauts And Why It’s an Allegory for ‘The Current Human Condition’
“Moonfish”, the debut animated feature from first-time filmmaker Daniel Zvereff, premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 6 September 2026 after receiving a grant from Biennale College Cinema. The independently made, black-and-white 2D film features the voices of Lucy Liu and “The Gilded Age” star Morgan Spector as two astronauts sent on an isolating lunar…
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Reunited Gallagher brothers’ Oasis documentary receives standing ovation at Venice premiere
Liam and Noel Gallagher premiered their Oasis reunion documentary, “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” at the Venice Film Festival, where it received an eight-minute standing ovation as the once-estranged brothers held hands and raised them triumphantly before an emotional crowd. The event underlined the scale of public and media interest in the Gallaghers’ reconciliation, with…
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‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger’ Review: The Gallagher Bros. Bury The Hatchet In A Sentimental But Funny Concert Movie – Venice Film Festival
A new documentary, “Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger”, premiered at the Venice Film Festival, chronicling brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher’s decision to reunite Oasis for a heavily promoted, hugely oversubscribed world stadium tour, despite the acrimonious split that saw the band implode moments before a 2009 festival appearance. Directed by Dylan Southern and Will…
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Baking legend’s 1960s home hits market with original details and a very unusual kitchen
Marjorie Johnson, a beloved American baking champion known as the “Blue Ribbon Baker” who died last year aged 106, has had her Minnesota home listed for sale for the first time. The 1968 lakefront property in Robbinsdale is being marketed as a meticulously preserved “time capsule”, complete with a custom kitchen Johnson designed herself to…