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Mexico break ranks to join Argentina in backing Infantino
Norway’s football federation has called for Fifa president Gianni Infantino to resign, arguing that he no longer has the trust needed to lead the organisation. The demand follows his abandoned proposal to sell private-investment stakes in World Cup-related competitions, exposing a widening split among football’s governing bodies over his leadership. Mexico has backed Infantino despite…
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Pokémon princess, 20, with £90 MILLION collection poses for glamorous photoshoot as she denies being ‘fake AI’ and reveals how she gathered so many valuable cards
A 20-year-old Swiss woman known as the “Pokémon Princess,” Jolina Gisèle, has spoken out to deny claims she is an AI-generated persona, insisting her reported £90 million Pokémon card collection is genuine. Speaking to Tatler for its September edition, she explained how a childhood hobby shared with her father grew into one of the most…
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Tell us your favourite true crime TV
The Guardian is inviting readers to name their favourite true crime television documentary and explain why it stands out. The request follows the publication’s compilation of notable programmes in the genre, including OJ: Made in America and Tiger King, and may inform a future feature. People aged 18 or over can submit responses through an…
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Arun Sood and Angeline Morrison: Donn/Dubh review – British folk giants startlingly transform sacred histories
Arun Sood and Angeline Morrison’s Donn/Dubh is praised as an ambitious, atmospheric folk album that reimagines sacred histories from the 10th-century Celtic text Saltair na Rann. Drawing on the pair’s Hebridean heritage, it combines Gaelic songs and texts with distortion, drone, dream-pop and post-rock, creating a sound the review finds both unsettling and richly layered.…
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Vishal Bhardwaj Sets ‘Rashomon’-Style Film on Tarun Tejpal Rape Case After Bombay High Court Conviction (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj is developing a film inspired by the Tarun Tejpal rape case, following the Bombay High Court’s reversal of Tejpal’s acquittal and its imposition of a 10-year prison sentence. Bhardwaj says the sharply differing court judgments make the case suitable for a ‘Rashomon’-style story, examining competing perspectives rather than presenting a predetermined…
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Ricky Gervais’ Netflix Animated Comedy ‘Alley Cats’ Is Surprisingly Bittersweet: TV Review
Netflix’s “Alley Cats” is an adult animated comedy created by and starring Ricky Gervais as Gus, an overweight orange tabby living in a derelict London house with fellow stray cats. The review finds its humour unusually subdued and conversational, but says the series is also marked by a surprising melancholy as it portrays the precarity…
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Why are ultra-processed food firms panicking and suing? Because they know time is running out | Felicity Lawrence
Felicity Lawrence argues that ultra-processed food companies are increasingly using lawsuits and denial to delay regulations as evidence of health harms strengthens. She compares their tactics with those previously used by tobacco and fossil-fuel industries, warning that legal challenges can deter governments from introducing measures to reduce obesity and diet-related disease. Since 2010, food and…
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‘The Last House’ Review: Wagner Moura and Greta Lee Bring Conviction to a Suitably Stifling Stay-at-Home Thriller
Netflix thriller ‘The Last House’ follows a Seattle family mysteriously sealed inside their home indefinitely, turning pandemic-era memories of lockdown into a more extreme apocalyptic scenario. Variety finds the film effectively claustrophobic and tense, with Wagner Moura and Greta Lee lending emotional credibility to a premise that becomes increasingly implausible. Directed by Louis Leterrier and…
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Best friend of US Marshal who was jailed over twisted revenge plot says she was DUPED by documentary filmmakers as she maintains his innocence after his ex exposed horrific catfish hoax
Netflix’s A Toxic Love Story revisits the case of former US Marshal Ian Diaz, who was convicted in 2023 of plotting to frame his former girlfriend, Michelle Hadley, for stalking his wife. Diaz’s friend Leslie has criticised the documentary, saying it misrepresented her support for him and omitted evidence she believes undermines his conviction; the…