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Tale of the unexpected! Roald Dahl’s grandson divorces princess… and marries US TikToker
The Daily Mail’s diary column reports that Ned Donovan, the 32-year-old grandson of author Roald Dahl, has divorced Princess Raiyah of Jordan, whom he married in 2020, and has quickly remarried. His new wife is American TikToker Megan Tomlin, with the couple wedding last week at St Margaret’s Church in Babington, Somerset. The item is…
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Norway upsets balance as six European teams reach 2026 World Cup quarter-finals
The knockout stage of the 2026 World Cup has come to be dominated by European sides, with six of the eight quarter-finalists — Belgium, England, France, Norway, Spain and Switzerland — drawn from the continent. Norway’s progress helped tip the balance in Europe’s favour, producing the strongest European presence at a World Cup staged outside…
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Service by Lauren Mooney review – a very modern ghost story
The Guardian reviews Service, the debut novel by Lauren Mooney, a contemporary ghost story that uses the haunted-house genre to examine present-day class inequality and economic precarity. The book follows Danielle, a low-paid personal assistant at a whimsical arts charity called Hodgepodge, whose exploitative boss Jeannie treats her as a personal servant. After a breakup…
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Ghosts, Grief and a Vanishing Highway: ‘The Ink Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb,’ From India’s Yashasvi Juyal, Arrives at Karlovy Vary
Yashasvi Juyal did not pitch his way into filmmaking. He shot his way in. “We never went through the route of pitching from development,” the Indian filmmaker says of “The Ink Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb,” his debut feature, which premieres in the Proxima Competition at Karlovy Vary. “We shot the film and then…
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Netflix’s Mexican Drama ‘I’m Not Afraid’ Is a Gut-Wrenching Mystery and Exhilarating Coming-of-Age Tale: TV Review
Variety has published a review of “I’m Not Afraid”, Netflix’s latest Spanish-language mini-series, a Mexican drama praised as both a gut-wrenching mystery and an exhilarating coming-of-age story. The six-episode limited series is the first television adaptation of Niccolò Ammaniti’s 2003 novel “I’m Not Scared”, and it explores the cruelties of poverty and the loss of…
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Aliens, chimps and a pregnant man: iconic British adverts – in pictures
The Guardian has published a picture gallery celebrating some of the most memorable British advertisements, drawing on images held by the History of Advertising Trust archive. Presented with wry, humorous commentary, the piece revisits campaigns spanning from the 1930s to the 1990s that helped shape popular culture and the nation’s collective memory. It matters as…
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TalkFuse morning briefing, 8 Jul 2026 05:55
Your morning briefing: a short audio round-up of 6 top stories, drawing on TalkFuse, Collider, The Guardian.
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Dwayne Johnson Laughed ‘So F—ing Hard’ When He Saw the Memes About His ‘Moana’ Wig: ‘It Was Very, Very Funny’
Dwayne Johnson has spoken publicly about the online mockery of his flowing wig as Maui in Disney’s forthcoming live-action “Moana”, telling Variety at the film’s Los Angeles premiere that he laughed “so f—ing hard” at the memes and found the reaction “very, very funny”. Speaking at the Hollywood Bowl, the usually bald actor revealed he…
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Telstra chief Vicki Brady breaks silence on nationwide outage as leadership absence draws criticism
Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady has spoken publicly about the nationwide outage that knocked out phone, mobile data and card-payment services for millions of Australians, adding detail to a story that had been dominated by questions over absent leadership. The renewed scrutiny of how both Telstra and the government handled the crisis matters because the…
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Unusual or predictable? How Europe is dominating the World Cup
Six of the eight quarter-finalists at the 2026 World Cup are European sides — Belgium, England, France, Norway, Spain and Switzerland — a level of dominance not seen at a tournament outside Europe since 1994. This matters because European teams have historically struggled to win World Cups staged beyond their own continent, triumphing only twice…