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The Hollywood legend is also remembered for 'Reds', 'Father Of The Bride', 'Manhattan' and 'The First Wives Club'The post Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather’, dies aged 79 appeared first on NME.
Every year hundreds of new shows join Netflix so standing out from the crowd is far from easy. This makes it all the more noteworthy when a show with little-known actors surges in interest.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Commanders were listed as two teams that could have interest in a running back with 501 yards through five games.
The BFI London Film Festival proved an excellent host for the premiere this evening of The Thing with Feathers. The new film from Dylan Southern is a haunting and poetic adaptation of Max Porter’s celebrated novel Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Boxall, Henry Boxall, Eric Lampaert, Vinette Robinson, Sam Spruell, […]The post The Thing with Feathers LFF Premiere Interview: Benedict Cumberbatch opens up on his very personal reaction to the film appeared first on HeyUGuys.
Former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in HMP Wakefield. The paedophile rock star was serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences. He was attacked with a knife by another inmate on Saturday morning, sources have confirmed. Emergency services were sent to the prison in West Yorkshire but Watkins was pronounced dead at the scene. The prison went into lockdown in the immediate aftermath of the incident, sources added. Watkins, 48, was jailed for 29 years in December 2013 with a further six years on licence, after admitting a string of sex offences - including the attempted rape of a fan's baby. The disgraced singer was arrested following the execution of a drugs warrant at his Pontypridd home on September 21 2012 when a large number of computers, mobile phones and storage devices were seized. Analysis of the equipment uncovered Watkins' depraved behaviour. A Prison Service spokesperson said: "We are aware of an incident at HMP Wakefield which took place this morning. "We are unable to comment further while the police investigate." A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: "At 9.39am this morning, police were called by staff at HMP Wakefield reporting an assault on a prisoner. Emergency services attended and the man was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. "Detectives from the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team are investigating and inquiries remain ongoing at the scene." Watkins was previously taken to hospital after being attacked in 2023. At the time, police said his injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. A source told the Mirror he had been taken hostage by three other inmates. And in 2019 he was jailed for 10 months on top of the sentence he was serving for child sex offences after he was found guilty of possessing a mobile phone in prison. Watkins claimed two inmates forced him to hold on to the phone so they could contact women who sent him fan mail in order to use them as a "revenue stream". In his evidence, the defendant refused to name the men, but said: "You would not want to mess with them." He also said his fellow inmates were "murderers, mass murderers, rapists, paedophiles, serial killers - the worst of the worst". Judge Rodney Jameson KC said he did not accept Watkins had the phone, which was in his possession for five days, because he had been threatened. During the five-day trial at Leeds Crown Court, the jury heard Watkins was strip-searched in the jail in March 2018 and then produced a small phone from his body after he became concerned that he would not be able to see his mother who was visiting from Wales. In 2014 Watkins was told he could not appeal against the length of his 29-year jail term. Lawyers for Watkins claimed he should have his jail term cut because his last-minute guilty plea spared a jury from having to watch his home-made child pornography. However the Court of Appeal, sitting in Cardiff, turned down his application for leave for an appeal, with presiding judge Lord Justice Pitchford saying: "These were offences against infant children of such shocking depravity that a very lengthy sentence of imprisonment was demanded. "It is not demonstrated the total sentence of 29 years together with the extended licence period was arguably manifestly excessive. Accordingly, the application in his case is refused." Among the disturbing videos due to be shown at his trial included his attempted rape of a baby and a webcam chat in which he instructed a crazed fan to abuse her child. Watkins was given 14- and 15-year consecutive prison terms for engaging in sexual activity with a child and the attempted rape of an 11-month-old baby. He was also convicted of 11 other offences - with those sentences running alongside his 29-year term.
Strictly Come Dancing: Amber Davies gets highest score of series so far while George Clarke impresses judges BBCWhat time is Strictly Come Dancing on tonight? Earlier start time announced for Movie week CosmopolitanStrictly Come Dancing: week two results – as it happened The GuardianStrictly's Amber Davies earns the highest score of the series as Wicked icon Cynthia Erivo guest mentors for movie week making West End star's 'dreams come true' Daily MailStrictly Come Dancing start time and how to watch the latest episode Edinburgh News
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A dominant display led by Mikey Lewis secured an astonishing treble for Hull KR, denying Wigan a three-peat
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Por Anabella González y Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español El portavoz de la Embajada de China en Argentina respondió este sábado a las declaraciones del secretario del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, Scott Bessent, en las que aseguró que no quiere que Argentina sea “otro estado fallido o liderado por China”. “Scott Bessent y Estados UnidosThe post China responde a EE.UU. en medio del apoyo al Gobierno de Milei: “América Latina y el Caribe no es el patio trasero de nadie” appeared first on KYMA.
The Phoenix Mercury couldn't complete their goal of winning a title, losing to the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA Finals. Still, the Mercury are proud of their 2025 season.
Substitute Zack Lynch was the hero for the Seandún outfit with a stunning two-pointer deep into injury time. They'll now meet a fancied Buttevant in the final but the underdog tag hasn't bothered them all year. Behind at the interval, St Nick's found themselves four points down at the halfway stage in the second half, before they turned it all around. First Cobh missed a free from 13 metres out. At the opposite end, another second-half sub Jamie Corkery made no mistake in converting his free from outside the arc. 0-12 to 0-10 to Cobh but with eight minutes left and the momentum now with Nick's. It was level by the 56th minute. Nick's then went in front for the first time when a long ball found its way to Lynch. With the right boot from distance, his shot went straight between the posts and up went the orange flag. Cobh did have one final chance to nick it at the death but Ross Cronin was on hand to deny Adam Hastings at his near post. Cobh will be wondering how they let this one slip. Diarmuid Kearney, one of the shining lights, was cool, calm and composed to land a brilliant two-pointer 0-6 to 0-1 after 20 minutes. Their bright start was put to a temporary halt when Eoin O'Leary got Nick's up and running. They wouldn't score again for another 11 minutes. But when they did, there was only four between the sides, 0-6 to 0-2. The margin was down to two when Cork hurling star Eoin Downey and Donagh Coughlan raised white 0-6 to 0-4 to Cobh at the break. The early stages of the second half saw both sides trade scores before Mark O'Rourke scored Cobh's second two-pointer. They stretched the lead out to six when Heelan and Timmy Wilk raised white. But Nick's refused to lie down. They hit back with a two-pointer through Dean Brosnan and then Jack O'Sullivan made it a one-score game 0-11 to 0-8. Sean Cummins' reply pushed Cobh four ahead. They wouldn't score again as Nick's came roaring back. No stopping the Saints. Scorers for St Nick's: J O'Sullivan 0-3 f, D Brosnan 0-3 (1 2pt), J Corkery, Z Lynch (1 2pt) 0-2 each, E O'Leary, E Downey, D Coughlan, S Cummins 0-1 each. Cobh: D Kearney 0-3 (1 2pt), D Heelan (0-1 45), J Ronan, M O'Rourke (1 2pt) 0-2 each, D Burke, T Wilk, S Cummins 0-1 each. ST NICK'S: R Cronin; D Dunlea, S Horgan, C Horgan; F O'Driscoll, R Downey, D Wall; E Varian, D Coughlan; G Marshall, J Brosnan, E Downey; J O'Sullivan, E O'Leary, D Morris. Subs: D Brosnan for Marshall (h-t), L Quilligan for Coughlan (45), J Corkery for Morris (45), C McCarthy for O'Leary (49), Z Lynch for Brosnan (49). COBH: Ed Walsh; A Stanton, B Geary, A McCarthy; T Wilk, S Cummins, M O'Rourke; C McLoughlin, G Keating; D Burke, D Heelan, D Kearney; A Lynch, J Ronan, E Hastings. Subs: E Cullimore for Hastings (56), A Hastings for Keating (56), A Doran for Lynch (61). Referee: Pat O'Leary (Kilmurry).
Elections are not just in the air everywhere in neighbouring Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent & The Grenadines (SVG), with similarities and differences driving the respective campaigns by two sister Labour Parties. The multi-island Eastern-Caribbean-island is seen by most observers as in the midst of another predictable round of the continuing revolving cycle of re-election that’s seen the ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) re-elected a record five times. But Saint Lucia’s race is between a ruling party seeking re-election after a series of similar but rotating results in the three general elections before 2021. Candidates are stomping the ground in all-17 constituencies, ahead of an election still not dated – and with a full year before one is constitutionally due. Campaigning is in full swing, with sitting MPs and hopeful challengers clashing aloud every weekend from rival platforms. As traditional with Eastern Caribbean elections campaigns, the Saint Lucia government is relying on its delivery record in its first four years since taking office on July 26, 2021, while the opposition offers itself as a better alternative. The opposition – with only two elected MPs, is trying to move Heaven and Hell – even Heaven into Hell – to try to convince voters the positive changes they’re feeling and seeing in the last four years are just illusions. The ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) and Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre are seeking a second term and the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) is asking voters to select it again only 50 months after suffering its second-worst rejection by voters since independence (1979). In 1997, the SLP (led by Dr Kenny D. Anthony) defeated the UWP 16-1; and in 2021, the SLP (under Prime Minister Pierre) took office with the UWP only able to secure its two current seats out of the 17 it contested. Again facing the same combination of allied forces that sealed the UWP’s fate under the same leadership four years ago, the UWP is going heads over heels to sell its unbelievable claim that PM Pierre and the SLP-led administration have ‘done nothing’ since taking office. The parties are again using IT to their best advantages, and the next election is being fought as much online as off, reflecting the usual deployment of each side’s best skills at either telling it like it is – or like it’s not. Unfortunately, online attractions distract most netizens from the nitty-gritty issues affecting offline citizens in many communities, too-many believing no-one is anyone if you’re not online. So, too many offline citizens are disregarded and treated as lesser-beings in the average Netizens’ imagined national political stratosphere. The local Netscape citizenry will examine macro issues from wishful perspectives, most who back the opposition swimming against proverbial tides to make it appear this is government, is simply the worst Saint Lucia’s ever had. But, like in SVG — where even voters stanchly opposed to Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves and his ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) will openly tell you ‘The opposition can’t run the country’ – Saint Lucia voters can also see the difference between delivery and recycled promises. The opposition’s recently-launched Seven-Point-Plan that’s hardly attracted attention beyond its press lunch, its leadership now flogging a dead horse: trying to pressure the Prime Minister into calling the election before he’s ready to ring the bell. The opposition continues beating its head against a yellow brick wall, its leadership being driven by the wind of its unabashed sense of exceptional entitlement and eternal political class privilege comes out in almost every public statement regarding the elections. But PM Pierre isn’t hanging his party’s re-election hat where their hands can’t reach — not-at-all ignoring the opposition, but instead canvassing every possible vote to secure what most Saint Lucians at home and abroad will consider a deserving second term. Aware that the prime minister is the only one who can and will – by law — ring the bell — and not at the UWP’s convenience – the UWP continues behaving like Saint Lucians can no longer distinguish between cheese and talk, between birds in hand and those in the bush, between what they see and what’s invisible. The opposition, morbidly fearful of positive effects the opening of the St. Jude Hospital will have on voters (including its supporters), is hoping-against-hope that something – anything – will delay, postpone or prevent the grand opening from taking place. A real reason the opposition wants an early election is obviously to save costs, as weekly campaigning doesn’t come cheap — and with another complete year before elections must be called, another 48 weekly campaign stomps and stops will add up to more-than-a-little ‘Ching Ching’ for the UWP’s traditional financiers. Yet-again, the next contest will be between the SLP and the UWP — and until an election date is known, analyses will continue to be based more on partisan or personal speculation, than on assessments of how undecided voters will react to how the parties and candidates are running their campaigns. Popular support for Saint Lucia’s two major parties usually borders on running down-the-middle; and even if the SLP was to win all the seats in the upcoming election (as it aims to), the UWP will still have enough support to keep its hopes alive for another five years. Meanwhile, politicians on both sides are asking voters to choose between continuity and starting all-over-again, between keeping a good government in office and voting to hope and trust that an opposition party and leader they utterly rejected just four years ago, will now have found the evasive mechanisms for Good Governance that eluded them during two long terms (2006-2011 and 2015-2021). But then, even before the bell rings, the choice is clear as Saint Lucian voters get ready to choose between what most see as good and what the usual suspects in the opposition is worse than bad. Instead of messing with masking on Monkey Mountain, the UWP should simply be advised to ‘Wheel and come again!’
The legendary actor best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and Book Club, has died
Last week, Amazon's 2025 devices event debuted two new Echo smart speakers with Amazon's latest Alexa Plus (Alexa+) voice assistant. Now, Echo Show owners are reporting that its AI-powered updates brought with them a tidal wave of ads that make the device practically unusable. Previously, Amazon's Echo Show smart displays showed ads mostly through the Shopping Lists feature or Alexa's "By the way" features. It also occasionally played audio ads when using Alexa to listen to Amazon Music. However, several reports on the Alexa subreddit and from The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, who owns more than one Echo Show, found that the number of ads has skyrocketed in recent months. Full-screen ads marked "sponsored" now pop up between photos in the Photo Frame mode slideshow as well as between content cards for music, recipes, and news. Some Reddit users reported ads showing up alongside the alarm clock and other basic functions as well. To add insult to injury, the displays have also started showing ads for Alexa Plus itself, even though it's still in early access. The ads are so pervasive that many users said their smart display feels more like a billboard for Amazon these days, and some are considering returning the product outright. It really shouldn't come as a shocker, though. CEO Andy Jassy has promoted the revamped AI-powered voice assistant Alexa Plus, as a new revenue driver for the company's hardware division. "We have over 600 million Alexa devices out there today, and expect Alexa+ to play an even more vital role in the lives of these hundreds of millions of customers in the future," Jassy said in his annual shareholder letter back in April. Amazon’s Devices division has long struggled to turn a profit, so it's no surprise that Amazon's pushing ads, one area where it is making money, so hard on them. According to Amazon, the Echo Show is designed to show home screen ads if someone even so much as gets close to the device. Unlike with the best Kindles, there's no option to buy an ad-free version of the Echo Show. But there are some settings you can tweak to make the ads on your Echo Show a little less obnoxious. How to limit ads on your Echo Show To make the Echo Show's ads less obnoxious, users on Reddit have shared two workarounds. For the first, you'll need to set a routine in the Alexa app. Tap the More option at the bottom (the icon with the three stacked lines), select Routines, and tap the plus icon. Select Add an event to choose when your trigger will start, tap Add action, select Custom, and type in: Alexa, start Photo Frame. Alternatively, changing the language on your Echo Show device to English/Canada also seems to do the trick. Just swipe down from the top of the device, select Settings, scroll down, tap Device Options, then Device Language. Follow Tom's Guide on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our up-to-date news, analysis, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button! More from Tom's Guide Google just teased a new Gemini-powered smart display — here's what we know7 tips to make your smart home even smarter — an expert weighs inRing's new Search Party feature can help you find your lost dog — here's how it works
In a powerhouse showing, all of their scores came from play, a clinical display of attacking football. A string of high fives greeted the outcome amongst Buttevant players, the satisfaction of team manager Joey Hanlon related a successful mission accomplished. “Lat season, we underperformed against eventual champions Kilmurry in a semi-final, that experience gained proved invaluable. The new playing rules have been a huge boost too for we possess serious forwards," he said. “While our attack takes the plaudits, our defence has been incredible, doubling and trebling up when needed to lay the platform to mount rewarding moves." The perfect start for Buttevant, Mark Lenehan delivering a two-pointer from the throw-in. Though Canovee opened their account from a Jack Kelleher pointed free, Buttevant pressed forward, the Hanlon brothers, David and Conor on target to split the uprights. Central to Buttevant’s superiority was the powerful presence of Michael Walsh, Seamus Madigan and Anthony O’Neill. Up front, David Hanlon kicked back to back points, Lenehen adding his second two-pointer. A labouring Canovee attempted a recovery, Buttevant ‘keeper Ronan Donovan denied Evan Dodd before a Kelleher point reduced the leeway 0-9 to 0-4 at half time. Buttevant found a slicker gear on the changeover, Michael O’Neill placed Conor Hanlon to net. Canovee played their way back into contention, their initial score from play surfaced in the 35th minute courtesy of Mark Healy. However Canovee faced an uphill task after a long-range delivery from Kevin Lenehen deceived keeper Ben Cheasty in the bright sunshine for an opportunist goal. In fairness Canovee weren’t prepared to let their challenge collapse, two pointers from Kelleher and Conor Dodd narrowed the arrears, 2-11 to 0-10 at the three quarter stage. The Buttevant response was both positive and effective, regaining the reins of control with the Hanlon brothers obliging with points. Though Kelleher and Dodd replied for Canovee, they were unable to rescue a lost cause. Buttevant advance to a county final against St. Nick’s, hoping to repeat a Co. Intermediate title won dating back to 1926. Scorers for Buttevant: D Hanlon 0-6, M Lenehan 0-6 (2tp), C Hanlon 1-2, K Lenehan 1-0, M O’Neill, P Behan 0-1 each. Canovee: J Kelleher 0-7 (0-5f, 1tpf), C Dodd 0-3 (1tp), M Healy 0-2. BUTTEVANT: R Donovan; M Walsh, J Whelan, K Crowley; S Madigan, K Bowles, J O’Neill; A O’Neill, K Lenahan; M Lenahan, C Hanlon, D Ryan; D Hanlon, M O’Neill, A Trimm. Subs: K Sheehan for D Ryan (26), B O’Riordan for S Madigan (41), B O’Connor for K Bowles (55), P Behan for M O’Neill (57). CANOVEE: B Cheasty; E Lehane, E McNabola, D O’Sullivan; C Dodd, R Delany, E Cunningham; A Murphy, C O’Neill; L Kelleher, J Moynihan, M Healy; A Moynihan, E Dodd, J Kelleher. Subs: D McMahon for D O’Sullivan (HT), S O’Connor for L Kelleher (46), W Aherne for E Cunningham (46), E McNabola for E Dodd (53). Referee: Jerry Kelleher (St. John’s).
Hull KR complete the treble with a 24-6 win over Wigan in the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford
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There is a local proverb that says “Never see, come crazy!” simply meaning “If you want everything you see, it can make you crazy.” The desire to want and to have and to be identified as one who has, is causing many people to live in permanent debt while automatically contributing to their continual poverty. We spend thousands to obtain an education, then seek the finest jobs, to then borrow from the many lending institutions, all willing to assist you with your aspirations, for a small profit no-doubt. Then you get so busy at work, day and night trying to make the money to buy and obtain all that you assume you need, regardless of the damage done to your mind and body. So, the big homes and private boats and the modern-day bikes and vehicles, dining at the finest resorts and restaurants, having the best available gadgets, drinking the finest alcohol and smoking the best foreign ‘weed’ and ‘hash’ is supposed to make you successful. The bigger your trolley when buying from the supermarket is also supposed to make you recognized as being successful, not forgetting going to every fette. After all it’s what people see that is important and matters most to them, so you must show-off and be counted as the elite, and no longer are you satisfied with a basic entertainment ticket, it must be V.I.P. and if you date or socialize it must be with the most gorgeous women — and the list goes on. Little do you know that all service providers regardless of the products or services operate because of profits and usually due to your patronizing habits are the ones providing their wealth while your continual debts keep you imprisoned by your own free will. When I look around, there are more and more sellers, because there are more and more buyers. But few people are content with a little of this or a little of that., so it is always about spending all that you can to impress the observers that you are one of the accomplished sons and daughters of this country. At that stage you sacrifice your spirituality, you forget morality, you become more and more selfish, you look down at others and you start to segregate based on your assumed class. It will take you about 40 years or more, or in some cases your whole life, to become debt-free or too-old to enjoy the benefits of your labor. In the process, some get killed unnecessarily, some kill themselves because of the foods that they consume and intake of drugs, cigarettes and alcohol that are frequently used and have become a daily diet, and all the time it is the merchants that profit while the modern day living they sell weighs their customers down. One should have thought that by obtaining that education it would make most people wise, but consumption habits caused by lifestyle forces many people to inflict their own demise and poverty. In the end, many, including whole families, are waiting on the sidelines for your death, to grab on to any material assets you may leave behind. My question is: Is it worth it to live for image and lose the common sense of living safe, healthy and righteous. As the saying goes, the choice is yours and all that I have written is just my point of view. But as a bystander and one who observes human behavior, I suggest that you take my opinion seriously because I just may be the voice that continues to remind you that maybe, just maybe, you are heading the wrong way in life and should be more analytical, for your own sake. We ought never to stop learning and experience should be one’s greatest teacher. But to know, learn and experience and still do the foolish things we do, really boggles my mind.
The party that ‘got smashed’ in the May federal election attracted only about 18% of gen Z’s vote