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First look at film dubbed ‘next Oppenheimer’ but made for under $10,000,000 Fans are buzzing after getting their first look at a film dubbed the ‘next Oppenheimer’ and tipped for Oscars success in 2025 – which was made for under $10,000,000 (£7,702,765). The Brutalist premiered at Venice Film Festival in early September, wowing critics across the board and emerging as the surprise runaway favourite for its staggering scope and performances. And now its first trailer has been released, giving people a taste of filmmaker Brady Corbet’s bold style and the grand ‘American Dream’ scale of the movie. With a cast…

00s girl band confirm first gig 25 years after scorching debut single A glorious British girl band from the 00s have announced they are reuniting to perform onstage together 25 years after their biggest hit single. Supersister were part of the wave of iconic pop groups that blessed our ears at the turn of the millennium, with their success peaking in 2000 courtesy of hit single Coffee. Taking to Instagram on Monday, they announced that they would be part of the line-up for Mighty Hoopla next summer. ‘We are performing at @mightyhoopla!!!! We will be on the Hayu stage SUNDAY…

Games Inbox: Is Batman: Arkham Shadow the best VR game ever? Game of the year materialVery interesting review of Batman: Arkham Shadow on the Meta Quest 3. I remember you were very impressed with it at Gamescom and now it’s looking like it’s one of the best games of the year. I haven’t played it yet, but I was contemplating getting a Meta Quest 3 for Christmas, especially as you can get bundles where the game comes free. I’m now wondering whether it will become accepted as the best VR game ever. It doesn’t have a single negative or even…

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead review – the slowest game ever made Taking inspiration from Alien Isolation, the first console game set in the Quiet Place universe is an extremely authentic experience. There are many red flags to look out for when pondering a new video game but being based on a film or TV licence is not one of them, at least not anymore. The days of cheaply made tie-ins being churned out for any movie with even a slight amount of action are long gone and instead most licensed games today are much more thoughtfully crafted. They’re…

Michael Parkinson called Meg Ryan a ‘c**t’ after car crash interview It’s no secret Michael Parkinson and Meg Ryan didn’t hit it off during their difficult interview in 2003 – but the veteran chat show host really let rip off-camera. The Hollywood star appeared on Parky’s show to promote her critically panned thriller In The Cut and their frosty exchange became one of the most memorable interviews from the presenter’s career. It got so uncomfortable that Ryan literally told Parkinson to ‘wrap it up’. Sat next to Ryan were Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine, two of the most talked…

‘I love you’: Longtime Harris ally has been friends with CCP group’s top exec for over a decade FIRST ON FOX: A decades-long friend and mentee of Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running for Congress in California, has been friends with a top executive of a CCP front group for over a decade, a Fox News Digital review found. In early 2022, a year before James Chau became the president of the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), he wrote on Twitter, “Belated best wishes to my friend and sister [Lateefah Simon] as she builds on her years is [sic]…

Trump files extraordinary complaint claiming election meddling by UK Labour party First King George III. Now Sir Keir Starmer.Citing the American revolution while misspelling “Britian”, Donald Trump’s campaign has filed an extraordinary complaint against the UK’s Labour party for what it claims is “interference” in the US presidential election. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/22/trump-complaint-uk-labour-party

A quick summary of the news headlines today includes the discontent in Israel over the-rising casualties of war. The lockdown in Peruvian politics convicting former presidents of fraud and the addition of 7 new cases against P Diddy.  

The UN has been urged to intervene in UK journalist arrested The Canary| The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has written to four special rapporteurs at the UN urging them to make use of the full range of instruments at their disposal to urge the UK government into respecting freedom of expression and conscience in its territory. The letter follows a series of raids and arrests of prominent pro-Palestine activists in the UK including journalist Asa Winstanley whose home was raided by police last week. Ten counterterrorism police officers raided Winstanley’s home. He was neither arrested nor charged with any offence, but…