A Sydney entrepreneur, Callum Forbes, has described how he offered to marry his banker boyfriend, David Cao, in a desperate bid to survive an alleged attack at a French hotel in July. Cao, 37, allegedly struck Forbes on the head with a saucepan and poured boiling water over…
Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has strongly criticised Flock Safety's license plate-reading cameras, joining a growing bipartisan backlash that has turned the technology into an unexpected issue in America's midterm elections. Speaking in a Wednesday interview, she said the cameras were "terrible" and warned they risked creating a "surveillance…
Channel 4 airs the first episode of Joe Lycett's new live series in which the comedian takes on the role of landlord at a brand-new East End pub, the Lycett Arms. Broadcast live for an hour every Friday at 10pm, the show sees Lycett welcome celebrity co-managers and…
Avocado demand in India has surged over the past 15 years, transforming a fruit once dismissed as "dog fruit" into a sought-after crop for farmers, chefs and consumers. Growers such as Sunil Bopaiah of Cottanad Plantations in Kerala say interest took off around 2011 after Bollywood actress Shilpa…
Nvidia has confirmed to The Verge that its new DLSS 5 AI rendering technology will officially extend to older RTX 40-series graphics cards, reversing an earlier plan to limit the feature to its newest RTX 50-series GPUs at launch. The reversal follows modders successfully porting a leaked version…
Argentina's President Javier Milei has sharpened his threat to sanction oil companies operating near the Falkland Islands, using a televised address to declare the islands "Argentinean" and dismiss islanders' right to self-determination as "invalid". The escalation comes as Donald Trump has signalled the US may be reviewing its…
Chinese director Dong Jie's debut feature "Zoom In, Zoom Out" will premiere at the Venice Critics' Week, with Variety exclusively unveiling a clip from the film. The story follows Shi, a young game designer, as he searches for his missing roommate Gao, a quest that draws him closer…
The Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty visits Luton to speak with former Vauxhall Motors workers made redundant after their plant closed in March last year, arguing that the collapse of trusted institutions – not stupidity or bigotry – is pushing former Labour voters towards Nigel Farage's Reform UK. He…
The Venice Production Bridge (VPB), Venice's informal indie film market, opened on 4 September with roughly 4,000 industry attendees, even as a rival market launched by the Toronto International Film Festival prepares to debut the following week. VPB chief Pascal Diot said the new Toronto market, TIFF: The…
Ireland's national broadcaster RTÉ is producing a drama series about the murder of Bobby Ryan, known locally as "Mr. Moonlight," one of the most closely followed criminal cases in recent Irish history. The series, titled The Murder of Mr. Moonlight, has been pre-bought by the BBC and is…
The recent turbulence in the UK bond market is stoking concerns about higher borrowing costs for households, with fixed-rate mortgages the most immediately exposed. Because such mortgages are priced off wholesale "swap rates" rather than the Bank of England's base rate, the sharp rise in government borrowing costs…
Fifty years ago today, ABBA's song "Fernando" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, eventually peaking at number 13 in November of that year. Though other ABBA songs have charted higher, "Fernando" is still regarded as one of the band's finest moments, and its creation…
Hayley Williams has added a second London date to her upcoming 2027 solo tour after her original Alexandra Palace show sold out its presale window amid "overwhelming demand". The Paramore frontwoman had already announced a UK and European tour retracing the smaller venues she played earlier this summer,…
An amateur footballer has been banned for 10 matches after an independent FA panel found he made a discriminatory comment towards an opposition player during an FA Cup tie. Alex Francis, who plays for Salford club Irlam FC, had denied making the remark, which an FA spokesperson said…
Badenoch urges 3% defence spending against Russia while the Bank of England's Huw Pill pushes for a rate rise; Apple faces a £2bn suit, Ultrahuman raises $70m, Anthropic tightens Claude security, and Netflix unveils The Altruists and Ravenloft.
Senator Ted Cruz has criticised Vice President JD Vance's negotiation of a memorandum of understanding with Iran, calling it "a terrible deal," as he signals interest in a possible 2028 presidential run. Cruz, who lost the 2016 Republican nomination to Donald Trump, has also said the party has…
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, the sequel to 2019's horror-comedy Ready or Not, is now available to stream, with Polygon praising it as one of the most entertaining action-thrillers of recent years. The film continues the story of Grace (Samara Weaving), who previously survived a deadly…
Restaurants are increasingly turning to AI-generated illustrations for their menus, but the results often look subtly "off" — unnaturally smooth, symmetrical and artificial in ways diners struggle to articulate but instinctively notice. Experts say this is because image-generating AI models are trained on huge datasets of existing food…
This Collider feature lists superhero television shows that failed to live up to their promise, arguing that even strong premises can be undone by poor execution, pacing or tonal inconsistency. It highlights how these series squandered compelling concepts through structural and characterisation missteps rather than a lack of…
Collider has published a ranked list of the eight most fun films of the 21st century, celebrating movies that prioritise pure entertainment and joy over deeper themes, spanning comedies, action spectacles and fantasy adventures released over the past 26 years. The selection highlights titles the outlet considers endlessly…