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Film of the Week: Luc Besson’s ‘Dracula: A Love Tale’ – Fangtastic?

ADVERTISEMENT Mere months after Robert Eggers returned vampires to their Gothic roots with Nosferatu, his stylish exhumation of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent German Expressionist classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, it’s now Luc Besson’s turn to sharpen his fangs. "I'm not a fan of horror films," the French filmmaker recently told Le Parisien newspaper about his take

‘107 Days’: Kamala Harris to release memoir about 2024 presential run

ADVERTISEMENT July 2024: Joe Biden makes the long-awaited decision to drop out of the US presidential election, thrusting his vice president into the spotlight and, ultimately, into a wall. It has been just over a year since this bombshell turnaround, and Kamala Harris has things to say about it. Harris announced on Thursday the upcoming

‘Moronic’: White House responds to backlash over Sydney Sweeney ads

ADVERTISEMENT It’s the controversy that just won’t go away, and now the White House is weighing in on the American Eagle jeans advertisement featuring actress Sydney Sweeney.  Steven Cheung, longtime adviser for Donald Trump and the White House communications director, wrote on X: “Cancel culture run amok. This warped, moronic and dense liberal thinking is

Justin Timberlake reveals Lyme disease diagnosis

ADVERTISEMENT Justin Timberlake has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, the popstar announced on Instagram. Timberlake shared the news in a post commemorating his Forget Tomorrow tour, which wrapped in Turkey on Wednesday after more than 120 shows around the world. The singer described the tour, which lasted for over a year, as “the most fun

By order of 007: Peaky Blinders’ creator to write next James Bond film

ADVERTISEMENT Well, this is coming together rather brilliantly, isn’t it?   Following the announcement that Arrival and Dune director Denis Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond film for Amazon MGM Studios, it has now been announced that British screenwriter Steven Knight will be on scripting duties.   Knight is best known for creating the

Scandi ever after: Why are couples flocking to Denmark to get married?

ADVERTISEMENT Shotgun weddings don’t have to rhyme with Las Vegas anymore, as Denmark has become the European (and global) hotspot for fast weddings. Couples from all over the world are flocking to Copenhagen to get married, as the lack of red tape compared to other countries has led some to brand the capital as the

Beloved British children’s author Allan Ahlberg dies aged 87

ADVERTISEMENT Celebrated British children's author Allan Ahlberg has died aged 87, his publisher Penguin Random House has confirmed. Ahlberg wrote 150 books, including beloved titles like “The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters”, “Funny Bones”, “Burglar Bill”, “Peepo!” and “Each Peach Pear Plum”. He worked with his first wife, Janet, an award-winning illustrator, for these classics

WWE wrestler Hulk Hogan’s cause of death revealed

ADVERTISEMENT Professional WWE wrestler and 90s pop culture icon Hulk Hogan’s death last week was caused by a heart attack, according to a Florida medical examiner's report.  Hogan, 71, whose real name was Terry Bollea, previously had leukemia and atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm, the report from the District Six Medical Examiner said. To honour

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Film of the Week: Luc Besson’s ‘Dracula: A Love Tale’ – Fangtastic?

ADVERTISEMENT Mere months after Robert Eggers returned vampires to their Gothic roots with Nosferatu, his stylish exhumation of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent German Expressionist classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, it’s now Luc Besson’s turn to sharpen his fangs. "I'm not a fan of horror films," the French filmmaker recently told Le Parisien newspaper about his take
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‘107 Days’: Kamala Harris to release memoir about 2024 presential run

ADVERTISEMENT July 2024: Joe Biden makes the long-awaited decision to drop out of the US presidential election, thrusting his vice president into the spotlight and, ultimately, into a wall. It has been just over a year since this bombshell turnaround, and Kamala Harris has things to say about it. Harris announced on Thursday the upcoming

‘Moronic’: White House responds to backlash over Sydney Sweeney ads

ADVERTISEMENT It’s the controversy that just won’t go away, and now the White House is weighing in on the American Eagle jeans advertisement featuring actress Sydney Sweeney.  Steven Cheung, longtime adviser for Donald Trump and the White House communications director, wrote on X: “Cancel culture run amok. This warped, moronic and dense liberal thinking is

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Film of the Week: Luc Besson’s ‘Dracula: A Love Tale’ – Fangtastic?

ADVERTISEMENT Mere months after Robert Eggers returned vampires to their Gothic roots with Nosferatu, his stylish exhumation of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent German Expressionist classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, it’s now Luc Besson’s turn to sharpen his fangs. "I'm not a fan of horror films," the French filmmaker recently told Le Parisien newspaper about his take

‘107 Days’: Kamala Harris to release memoir about 2024 presential run

ADVERTISEMENT July 2024: Joe Biden makes the long-awaited decision to drop out of the US presidential election, thrusting his vice president into the spotlight and, ultimately, into a wall. It has been just over a year since this bombshell turnaround, and Kamala Harris has things to say about it. Harris announced on Thursday the upcoming
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Emmanuel Macron wants UNESCO cultural heritage status for French touch

ADVERTISEMENTFrench President Emmanuel Macron has called for French electronic music - also referred to as French touch - to be granted UNESCO cultural heritage status – like Irish harp music, Jamaican reggae and Cuban rumba before it. The list of intangible cultural heritage allows signatory states of the UNESCO Convention to register “practices, representations, expressions, knowledge

Footage of CEO allegedly having affair at Coldplay concert goes viral

ADVERTISEMENT Footage of a tech CEO apparently being caught in a compromising position with an employee on “kiss-cam” at a Coldplay gig has gone viral.   The moment happened during the band’s Music Of The Spheres tour at the Gillette Stadium near Boston on Wednesday night (16 July).   The exposing moment had the kiss-cam panning onto

David Lynch auction: More than 450 personal items go under the hammer

ADVERTISEMENTIt's been nearly five months since we lost visionary director David Lynch, and now his memorabilia are up for auction.Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) have announced the David Lynch Collection, which includes more than 450 items like Lynch’s vinyl collection, books, scripts, paintings, instruments and treasured movie collectables. Even some of his woodshop