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These filmmakers know exactly how to get you hooked on bizarre one-minute dramas

These filmmakers know exactly how to get you hooked on bizarre one-minute dramas 7 hours ago Jake KwonSeoul correspondent, Seoul "More anger, more anger, please!" Director Kang Mi-so shouts across the set at an actor playing the role of the "wicked" aunt. The camera rolls to the woman. Face scrunched …

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'It feels like my brain is trying to be the class clown' - the reality of Tourette's

'It feels like my brain is trying to be the class clown' - the reality of Tourette's 6 hours ago Beth Roseand Alex Taylor Tourette's campaigner John Davidson, the inspiration behind the film I Swear, has made headlines around the world because of tics related to Tourette's syndrome. But what …

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Six things to look out for in tonight's Brit Awards ceremony

Six things to look out for in tonight's Brit Awards ceremony 6 hours ago Mark SavageMusic Correspondent The biggest stars in pop and rock are gathering in Manchester ahead of the 46th edition of the Brit Awards. It's the first time the ceremony has been held outside London since its …

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The Papers: 'Starmer on ropes' and 'nightmare for Labour'

'Starmer on ropes' and 'nightmare for Labour' "Green delight sparks nightmare for Labour" declares the Guardian. It says the "scale of the defeat in an area that had returned Labour MPs for nearly a century" has plunged ministers and MPs into "renewed despair". The weekend edition of the i says …

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The strange British phenomenon of the snatched backseat picture

The strange British phenomenon of the snatched backseat picture 6 hours ago Noor NanjiCulture correspondent It was 7 PM, two Thursdays ago. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had just been released from police custody when a haunted photo of him, slumped in the backseat of a car, suddenly dropped. The image immediately went …

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Trump orders government to stop using Anthropic in battle over AI use

US President Donald Trump said Friday he would direct every federal agency to immediately stop using technology from AI developer Anthropic. "We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. Anthropic is mired in a row …

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Cruz Beckham launches music career, having fun amid family drama

13 hours ago Ian YoungsCulture reporter, Mama Roux's, Birmingham Cruz Beckham, the youngest son of David and Victoria, is trying to forge a path as the frontman in a rock band, and they started their first headline tour this week. What's more, they're not terrible. When Cruz Beckham and his …

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Rent tops £1,000 a month in more areas - find out where

6 hours ago Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent Renters are paying an average of at least £1,000 a month for a new tenancy in more than half of British neighbourhoods, according to data shared with the BBC. In 2020, average rent in only 23% of local authority areas in Britain …

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I Swear director says Baftas 'let down' Tourette's campaigner

Kirk Jones, director of Bafta-winning film I Swear, has said John Davidson was "let down", after the Tourette's campaigner's racist slur was broadcast during the BBC's coverage of Sunday's ceremony. Jones told the Telegraph he initially thought the slur, shouted while black actors Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were …

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Neil Sedaka, singer of Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, dies at 86

American singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, who wrote and performed hits through the 1950s and 60s, including Oh! Carol, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Bad Blood, Laughter in the Rain and Calendar Girl, has died at the age of 86. "Our family is devastated by the sudden passing of our beloved …

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