“That’s gotta be Kane!” On Thursday, WWE wrestler Kane was elected mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. While the man known as Glenn Jacobs to his mother is best known to fans around the world as the masked brawler who been with WWE since 1995, he is also an outspoken libertarian blogger. He ran as a […]

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Definitely Sky Plus this Hayao Miyazaki is one of the world’s greatest filmmakers. The Japanese animator and founder of Studio Ghibli founder is the man responsible for such classics My Neighbour Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke and Ponyo. But perhaps his most-loved movie is Spirited Away, which airs on Film4 at 12.55am tonight. 10-year-old […]

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China is very important to Hollywood these days There are 1.3 billion people in China, and Hollywood studios desperately want to tap into that potentially massive box office audience. Many American movies are now being produced with one eye on doing well in China – Iron Man 3 included extra scenes in the Chinese cut […]

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Unexpected but amazing casting Fargo can definitely stake a claim at being the best film-to-TV of all time. The Coen Brothers’ original 1996 crime movie, starring Steve Buscemi, Frances McDormand and William H Macy, is one of the best American movies of the 1990s, and picked up Oscars for Best Screenplay and Best Actress (McDormand). […]

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One line in Ant-man and The Wasp is a massive clue about what might happen in Avengers 4.

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He was known for appearing in the video for Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” Heavily tattooed Canadian model Rick Genest – often known as ‘Zombie Boy’ due to his distinctive ink – has been found dead in Montreal. Police told Radio-Canada that his death is being treated as a suicide. Genest was known for his […]

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This is should be in the actual film Tom Hardy is starring in the new Spider-Man spin-off Venom, which is coming out later this year. Venom is generally regarded as Spidey’s most deadly – and most popular – foe. Journalist Eddie Brock fuses with an alien symbiote costume, turning him into a brain-eating monster. The […]

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All of the facepalms Donald Trump saying something stupid isn’t really news anymore. Another thing that  isn’t really news anymore: Donald Trump saying something wildly inaccurate about Britain. Still, the US President’s latest comments are hilariously wrong and will definitely cause any Brit to heavily roll their eyes. Trump was held a rally in Wilkes-Barre, […]

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Kane – real name Glenn Jacobs – is now mayor of Knox County, Tennessee Kane is one of WWE’s most enduring characters. First introduced 1997, he was the onscreen long-lost brother of The Undertaker who came back to take revenge on his brother. He was supposedly disfigured in a fire as a child, as thus […]

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Jermaine Defoe opened up about his deadline day move from Tottenham to Portsmouth in 2008.

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Netflix keeps coming with the docs If you are anything like me, despite the many hours of fine programming on the Netflix home streaming service, you just end up watching old Louis Theroux shows over and over again. Especially Weird Weekends. I am not exaggerating, I have probably watched the wrestling and rap episodes at […]

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Tom Cruise is an enigma From the couch jumping on Oprah to Scientology to insisting on always doing his own stunts, in is clear that Tom Cruise is a very interesting character. He is one of the last true movie stars, yet unlike the likes of Chris Evans or The Rock, who seem like really […]

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Sarah Connor is back The history of the Terminator franchise is long and complicated. Part one is a brilliant, stripped back thriller, that feels more like a slasher movie than a big blockbuster. And part two is the greatest action movies all time. Part three is actually quite good and better than people give it […]

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Tom Hardy loves completely transforming himself for a role Having previously played both of the Kray twins, Hardy is now taking on the role of Al Capone in Fonzo, a new film focused on the final years of the Chicago mobster’s life. Here’s the film’s synopsis: “Once a ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago […]

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Police are searching for two suspects Thieves have stolen priceless jewels from the Swedish royal family in an audacious heist. Jewels belonging to former monarchs Karl IX and Kristina were stolen from the Strängnäs Cathedral in Stockholm, on Tuesday. 31 juli 13.22, Stöld, Strängnäs Stöld från Domkyrkan i Strängnäs. Polisen söker efter vittnen. https://t.co/I0QFa0JhJj — […]

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout is f***ing amazing We’re not going to start an argument about which Mission: Impossible film is best. They are all great, and they all have their charms (also, part four is the best). But what matters is that part six, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, is out in cinemas now, and it […]

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Sponsored by Warner Bros Dunno if you knew, but the greatest film of all time is coming out soon. The Meg, released on August 10th, is about Jason Statham fighting a giant shark. Experts predict it will win All Of The Oscars – yes, all of them – and there are rumours that Hollywood is […]

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Imagine the scene You sassily stroll into your college, university or place of employment. You flip your hair back, take a sip of water, and wink seductively. Everyone stops and stares. Their jaws drop. Your crush looks impressed. What’s that you are drinking from? Why yes, this is my limited-edition The Conservative Party X Love […]

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Brian Christopher Lawler died on Sunday, aged 46 It’s always heart-breaking when a figure from your childhood dies young. But the death of Grandmaster Sexay, who hanged himself in a jail cell this weekend, feels particularly crushing. The former WWE wrestler – real name Brian Christopher Lawler – was never one of the industry’s top […]

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Ready to head back to the Upside Down? Last week, we got the first trailer for Stranger Things 3 (Why does Stranger Things get to have just  numerical number after it like a movie, but for every other show, we say ‘season 3’? Anyway…). All it really told us was that  Steve is still very […]

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“Instead of mosh pits, we’ll have study pits.”

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“Have you ever fired your gun up in the air and gone ‘arrrrhhrgh’?” Hot Fuzz is great. Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s love-letter to buddy cop movies in general, and Bad Boys and Point Break in particular, is wild, crazy, and breathlessly funny. It is full of nods to classic action films, but has car […]

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It rained! It finally rained! After what felt like a decade of Saharan conditions across the UK, it finally, finally, finally rained. Not just rained. God damn thunderstorms let their fury out all over the UK on Friday. People stood in the streets, staring vacantly up in the air, transfixed, having forgotten that it was […]

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Are you afraid of the dark? A lot of great horror movies work because a simple, killer premise – and 2016’s Don’t Breath, which has recently been added to Netflix UK, is no different. Essentially, the set-up is this: a trio of street kids hear that a blind, reclusive army veteran (Stephen Lang) is hoarding […]

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It will launch with the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, according to reports Look, we don’t need to tell you what Fortnite is. If you are young, then you are totally addicted to it. And if you are old, it is everything that is wrong with this generation of kids, even though all you really know […]

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In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes and a new FIFA every Autumn Gameplay video of FIFA 19 leaked on Reddit this week, and gave us a first glimpse at the game’s new features. The new edition of the best-selling football game was officially announced last month, with the […]

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There are two types of people in the world: those who are obsessed with Community, and those who have never seen it There are some TV shows that are never massive ratings hits when they are on the air, but slowly foster an army of devoted fans. TV shows that aren’t just stuff to gawk […]

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There are smudges on the animal’s face A zoo in Egypt has denied an animal displayed as a zebra is actually just a donkey painted white with black stripes, after photos of it appeared online. A photo of the alleged zebra was posted by Student Mahmoud Sarhan, after he snapped it at the International Garden […]

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“The transfer window is now open” So there’s this film coming out called Final Score. It is basically Die Hard at a football match, and it was filmed at West Ham’s Upton Park before they demolished. It stars former WWE champion Dave Bautista, and Pierce Brosnan is also in it. Seriously, just watch the trailer, it looks AMAZING. Yeah, it’s […]

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It’s going to be called Stoner Alone Home Alone is great, right? A little kid is accidentally left behind when the rest of his family goes on holiday, and then two burglars try to rob the house, and the kid fights back with more and more violent and sadistic traps. What’s not to love? Home […]

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What more could you want in a movie? There is very little that gives more joy in cinema than the ‘Die Hard in a [blank]’. Die Hard on its own is obviously one of the finest Hollywood movies ever made, but perhaps its biggest legacy, its great gift, was bestowing a simple a concept on […]

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She was only 14 when she started on the show When The Lord of the Rings finished filming, the actors that played nine companions of the Fellowship got the Elvish number nine tattooed on their body to mark the time they’d spent working together. It was the end of an epic chapter in their lives, […]

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The blood moon is coming The current heat burning up the UK – and most of the world, really – might feel a bit apocalyptic. But the skies are about to get even more ominous, as a crimson blood moon will appear at the end of the week. The red variant of our only natural […]

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Is this a smart idea? Bruce Lee, despite being the most famous martial arts star of all time, only actually starred in four completed films before he died aged just 32. His Chinese movies The Big Boss, Fists of Fury and Way of the Dragon are all fun in their own way, but his only […]

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Brought to you by Incredibles 2, in cinemas now. No matter how old you are, you have definitely been charmed by a Pixar movie. Since being founded in 1986, they made history with the world’s first fully computer-generated full-length movie (1995’s Toy Story, you might have heard of it), have produced 20 features, over 35 shorts, […]

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It didn’t look good. At some stage in recent memory, you may have come across a clip of a Chicago Cubs fan seemingly stealing a baseball that had been thrown to a young fan in the crowd at Wrigley Field. It was rage-inducing stuff… When going to a baseball game, DON'T be this guy. pic.twitter.com/pAeiRN6Q2X […]

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All things must pass Just as the sun rises and sets, and the tide comes in and out, eventually one generation of games console is inevitably replaced by the next. The Super Nintendo and Mega Drive were replaced by the Playstation and N64, then the Playstation 2 and Xbox, then the Playstation 3 and Xbox […]

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The attack happened on Saturday in Worcester Three men have been arrested after a three-year-old boy was seriously injured in an acid attack this weekend. The attack happened on Saturday at 2.15pm at Home Bargains, Shrub Retail Park in Worcester. West Mercia Police said they believed he had been “deliberately attacked”. Three men, aged 22, […]

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He definitely, definitely, does.

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But there might be a catch In 2016, Donald Trump got elected, the Zika virus became a global health threat, and both Prince and David Bowie died. But easily the worst thing to happen was that they made Toblerones smaller. Infamously, makers Mondelez International removed half of the triangles in the Swiss chocolate, making it […]

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer was one of the greatest TV shows of the 1990s The show mixed up gothic horror with relatable teenage experiences, mixed up with Joss Whedon’s sassy dialogue (back when that wasn’t completely overplayed), delivered by a great cast. Buffy ran for seven seasons and 144 episodes, and survived being cancelled once, […]

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James Gunn was set to direct the third movie Director James Gunn has been fired from the third Guardians of the Galaxy movie after offensive tweets resurfaced. The tweets were from 2008 and 2009, and cover topics including rape, paedophilia and 9/11. One tweet, quoted by The Guardian, read: “The best thing about being raped […]

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‘Loyal’ Georgia was one of the stand out characters on this year’s Love Island  Prior to leaving the villa with Sam this week, she made an impact with viewers are being dumped by Josh for Kaz, after the boys went to Casa Amor. And then she drove viewers insane with her habit of pointing out […]

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Paul entered the villa on day 43 We’re getting to point in this year’s Love Island where there have been so many contestants that we’re losing track of them. Jack and Dani are the stars, obviously, no-one can believe that Alex is still there, there is Josh and Kaz. But as it goes on, they […]

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We are living in the weirdest timeline Remember Dave Benson Phillips? For any 1990s kids, he was a regular staple of your childhood. The CBBC presenter was best known for hosting gameshow Get Your Own Back  from 1991 to 2004, where kids competed to gunge a parent, teacher or another annoying adult in their lives. […]

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“Fuck Batman” The trailer Titans, an upcoming TV show based on the Teen Titans, the team of DC’s younger heroes, has not got the reaction DC might have hoped for. A good sign to see if a Batman comic/movie/cartoon is trying to be a super-serious, ‘adult’ take on the character is if it includes Robin. No […]

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England are out of the 2018 World Cup Despite all the hope, the performances and the memes, it is not coming home this year. Kieran Trippier took the lead early on, only Croatia to equalise halfway through the second half, and went on to win the game in extra time. However, this is definitely an […]

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When Croatia equalised in the World Cup semi-final, English hearts broke a tiny bit But they almost shattered just a few minutes later, when Ivan Perišić. Almost straight after he scored, he beat Kyle Walker to smash the ball across the box, only for his shot to hit the woodwork. CHANCE! Perisic hits the post […]

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One of the world’s greatest sporting contests is currently taking place The best athletes in their chosen field have come together, to battle it out until one is crowned champion. We are, of course, talking about Wimbledon. Oh, you though we were on about the World Cup? The prestigious tennis tournament is of course taking […]

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They played in front of 30,000 people in Hyde Park With the beautiful weather – as well as England doing far, far better than anyone expected – fan parks have been very popular this last week or so. And arguably none have been as impressive as Hyde Park in London. Organised at the last minute, […]

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