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The Westies: Why Real Gangsters Were Renamed | Set Stories
A new Collider “Set Stories” video feature explores how the upcoming series *The Westies* recreates the real-life Irish-American gang that terrorised Hell’s Kitchen, New York, during the 1980s. Cast members J.K. Simmons, Tom Brittney and Titus Welliver join co-creator and showrunner Chris Brancato to discuss the challenges of adapting notorious real gangsters for television, including…
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South Africa ease to seven-try win over pointless Wales
South Africa cruised to a 43-0 bonus-point victory over Wales in Durban in round three of the Nations Championship, scoring seven tries without needing several first-choice players. The result extends Wales’s winless run against the Springboks, who have now beaten them by an aggregate score of 116-0 across their last two meetings, and underlines the…
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Pregnant mother-of-two is blinded and her cat killed when her pets are ‘poisoned by heroin’ – as police arrest woman, 32
A pregnant mother-of-two has reportedly been left blind and lost her cat after her pets were poisoned with heroin, according to Daily Mail reporting. Police have arrested a 32-year-old woman in connection with the incident, though further details of the case were not included in the available article text. The report indicates the poisoning affected…
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Chelsea sign Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers for club-record £117m
Chelsea have agreed a club-record £117m deal to sign England midfielder Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa, making him the most expensive transfer for an English player and the costliest signing in Chelsea’s history. The move comes as new manager Xabi Alonso reshapes his squad ahead of the new Premier League season, and is seen as…
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WNBA coach predictably bends the knee to the fake outrage mob over Angel Reese’s racism claim
Toronto Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello apologised to Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese after being accused of using a racist term during a WNBA game on Friday. The Fox News/OutKick opinion piece frames the apology as capitulation to what it calls a “fake outrage mob”, arguing Reese’s accusation was unfounded and that Brondello should not…
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URIAH HEEP’s MICK BOX Says Ongoing ‘Farewell’ Tour Is ‘More Of A Slowdown Rather Than An Absolute ‘Finish Finish”
Uriah Heep guitarist Mick Box has said the British progressive rock band’s ongoing “Magician’s Farewell” tour is best understood as a gradual slowdown rather than a definitive end, in a new interview with Metal Mayhem ROC. The tour was announced in September 2024 and began in early 2025, but Box explained that visiting all the…
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Jim Acosta urges TV networks to stop airing some Trump speeches live, calls them ‘totally nuts’
Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta has urged television networks to stop airing some of President Donald Trump’s speeches live, arguing it would be “totally nuts” for broadcasters to do so without fact-checkers on hand to challenge inaccurate claims in real time. His comments follow a row over how US networks covered Trump’s primetime address last…
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Water bosses get multi-million pound payments that will NOT be hit by regulator’s power to ban bonuses
Water company executives are set to receive multi-million pound payments that will fall outside the reach of a regulator’s new power to ban bonuses, according to reporting by the Daily Mail. The article’s headline highlights that despite public and political pressure over executive pay in the scandal-hit water industry, a loophole appears to allow bosses…
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Iran missile and drone strikes kill two US troops, one missing
Iran has carried out missile and drone strikes on a US airbase in Jordan, killing two American service members and leaving a third missing, in a sharp escalation of the confrontation between Washington and Tehran. The Trump administration has vowed to “punish” Iran with a fresh barrage of strikes in response, raising the prospect of…
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Hungary’s president agrees to stand down after parliament backs removal
Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok has agreed to step down after parliament passed a constitutional amendment ending his term, following pressure from Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s Tisza party. Sulyok, widely regarded as a loyalist of former prime minister Viktor Orbán, had five days to sign the change or face a prolonged constitutional crisis and impeachment proceedings;…