Author: News Desk

Fans can’t get over Robert Pattinson’s ‘confusing’ real accent reveal Fans listening to Suki Waterhouse prank call her fiance Robert Pattinson were left talking about more than her elaborate joke. The Good Looking singer, 32, who shares a daughter with The Batman star, 38, convinced him she wanted them to take on a new role together. As part of Elle’s new video series Phoning It In, she prank-called Pattison as well as pals Zoë Kravitz and Camila Morrone. Speaking to Robert, she attempted to convince him she had been approached about hosting the latest season of Love Is Blind alongside…

00s pop icon ‘disappointed’ to cancel gigs just 1 day before next show US singer Pink has announced she is postponing four shows in her Summer Carnival Tour the day before one of them was set to take place. The star, who had her first UK number one with Lady Marmalade in 2001, said she was ‘disappointed’ to make the decision. The 45-year-old, whose real name is Alecia Moore Hart, announced on Saturday that she would reschedule her Sunday show at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. Pink, known for her acrobatic stunts during her performances, did not give a…

Amelia Dimoldenberg’s love life following electric Andrew Garfield Chicken Shop Date Amelia Dimoldenberg and Andrew Garfield have sent the internet into meltdown following their Chicken Shop Date episode. The pair first met in December 2022 on the red carpet of the GQ Men of the Year Awards in which Amelia interviewed Andrew with plenty of flirty banter and dry wit. Since the viral interview, fans have been calling for the Spider-Man star to appear on Amelia’s show Chicken Shop Dates which sees her interview several stars while tucking into fried chicken. They met again in 2023 at the Golden Globes,…

The next PS5 exclusive has to be Ape Escape 4 – Reader’s Feature Inspired by Astro Bot, a reader suggests Sony commission a new series of low budget franchise reboots, starting with Ape Escape and LocoRoco. I’m still a bit hazy on whether Astro Bot has been a sales hit or not but I’m confident that it is going to be in the running for a lot of games of the year lists by the time we hit December, and quite right too. It’s a great platform game and a great celebration of PlayStation, even if not using anyone’s name…

 Why the N64 is my favourite console and can never be topped A reader muses about the reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 and why no console can live up to the impact made by the N64. With Nintendo and Xbox both announced they’ve got next gen consoles on the way it’s probably not long until PlayStation does the same – Sony’s probably just waiting until the PS5 Pro is out. Personally, I think it’s far too early for a new Xbox, but I understand why they’re doing it, and I can’t say I’m not curious to see what their…

First look at HS2 train interiors Carriages for controversial high-speed line focus on passenger comfort, innovations and headroom, mock-ups reveal. For now, it remains unclear quite how far any passenger will travel on future HS2 services – whether reaching Euston or on high-speed tracks all the way to Crewe. But however short the journey, an exclusive peek at HS2’s embryonic carriages reveals travellers will be enthroned in “the best seats of any UK trains” – even, arguably, in the toilets. Conscious of discontent with the “ironing board” seats in some of the newest trains introduced to Britain’s railways, HS2 are…

Giant illuminated sphere finds a new home after Londoners reject it | World News London’s planned ‘Las Vegas sphere’ has found a new home in Abu Dhabi after those living in the capital resoundingly rejected it. The £1.8 billion venue in Las Vegas, with an LED screen wrapping halfway around the whole audience, has already been hugely successful. There had been plans for a similar illuminated dome in London, but they never came to fruition. The 300ft-high ‘Crystal Ball’, developed by MSG Sphere London, was going to be built in Stratford, east London, after it was approved by planning officials in 2022.…

Anti-fossil fuel comic that went viral in France arrives in UK World Without End topped bestseller lists but was criticised for embracing nuclear power. In 2019, France’s best known climate expert sat down to work with its most feted graphic novelist. The result? Perhaps the most terrifying comic ever drawn. Part history, part analysis, part vision for the future, World Without End weaves the story of humanity’s rapacious appetite for fossil fuel energy, how it has made possible the society people take for granted, and its disastrous effects on the climate. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/19/world-without-end-fossil-fuel-arrives-uk-comic-france-nuclear

Quarter of UK summit investment came before Labour win, analysis suggests Ministers heralded ‘record-breaking’ £63bn total at London event but £16.5bn appears to have preceded July election. About a quarter of the investment announced by the government at its summit this week appears to have been secured or initiated before Labour came to power. Ministers touted £63bn of investment at the summit on Monday, where they hosted hundreds of company bosses in a showcase of the UK’s pro-growth policies. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/19/uk-international-investment-summit-labour-government

Paul Pogba has said he is “not a cheater” but accepts responsibility for failing a doping test that led to a four-year football ban. The ban was recently reduced to 18 months after the Court of Arbitration for Sport accepted the ingestion of the substance “was not intentional.” The 31-year-old Juventus midfielder was suspended by Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal (Nado) in February after a drugs test found elevated levels of testosterone – a hormone that increases endurance – in his system. “This is not me, I’m not a cheater,” Pogba told Sky Sports. “I’m someone that loves my sport, I…