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New barnet: why is everyone wigging out over Dwayne Johnson’s Moana hairpiece?
Disney’s live-action remake of Moana arrives this Friday, with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson reprising his role as the demigod Maui — and the internet has become fixated not on the film itself but on the wig used to give the famously bald actor Maui’s signature long, flowing hair. The Guardian’s tongue-in-cheek piece argues that this…
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WATCH: South Carolina block party thugs with machine gun, spear charged in mob attack on officers, police say
A Fourth of July block party in the Chicora-Cherokee community of North Charleston, South Carolina, descended into gunfire and an assault on police officers, and has now led to charges against six people, including four juveniles. According to the North Charleston Police Department, officers recovered multiple firearms and what appeared to be a makeshift spear…
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DuckDuckGo Browser can now block video ads, including YouTube’s
DuckDuckGo has announced that its browser can now block most video ads, including those on YouTube, when a video is played within the browser itself. The move is a pointed challenge to rivals such as Chrome, whose owner Google also runs YouTube, and reflects DuckDuckGo’s continued positioning around privacy and a cleaner browsing experience. The…
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Couple who lost 14 year battle with neighbours over six inches of land and a ‘sentimental’ ornamental squirrel are left facing £130,000 court bill
An Essex couple, Philip and Denise New, have been left facing a court bill of around £130,000 after losing a 14-year dispute with their neighbours, Steve and Karen Gibson, over roughly six inches of garden along a shared fence. The row, which also involved a “sentimental” ornamental squirrel and demeaning YouTube songs, reached the High…
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BBC A “Disinfectant” To Disinformation On YouTube & X/Twitter, Says New Boss
BBC director general Matt Brittin has told MPs that the corporation will strengthen its presence on YouTube and X/Twitter in order to counter the spread of disinformation online. Giving evidence to the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Brittin — a former long-serving Google executive — acknowledged that YouTube can act as a breeding…
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Jamie Muscato, King of the West End
British actor Jamie Muscato, 36, is profiled as one of the West End’s most bankable stars, an Olivier Award-nominated performer whose career has been built entirely on the stage rather than in film or television. The interview, conducted near London’s Kit Kat Club where he currently plays the Emcee in Cabaret, charts his unlikely journey…
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Netflix Officially Lands Christopher Nolan’s First Masterpiece Ahead of ‘The Odyssey’
Netflix has added Christopher Nolan’s 2000 psychological thriller Memento to its streaming catalogue, the film widely credited with launching the director’s career. The timing is notable because it comes just ahead of the release of Nolan’s much-anticipated new film, The Odyssey, his reimagining of Homer’s epic, which arrives in cinemas later this month. The article…
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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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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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Black belt former martial arts instructor takes on police officer in viral video
A former martial arts instructor, Timothy Allen Wegert, 33, was filmed attempting a spinning kick at a police officer during an arrest in Virginia Beach at around 2.20am on 5 July, over the Fourth of July weekend. The officer ducked the kick and tackled him, and three further officers helped take him into custody. The…