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South Park gears up to troll Trump once more with new viral teaser

ADVERTISEMENT Wouldn’t you know it, the South Park creators are doubling down...   The hit animated show, which made headlines last month with its first episode in two years, heavily mocked Donald Trump. And they’re not stopping any time soon. The new episode – “Got a Nut,” due today - will see Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 80 years later: Lessons from the living

ADVERTISEMENT Where there was once fire and ruin, Kunihiko Iida now walks through green lawns and memorials. Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park – built on the site where the atomic bomb hit on 6 August 1945 – is today a place of quiet reflection. It is also where 83-year-old Iida spends his time as a volunteer

Princess of Wales launches film series to support child development

ADVERTISEMENT Kate, Princess of Wales, has launched a series of animated films through her foundation to support the development of youngsters. The project is aimed at helping those working with families and carers explain the vital importance of social and emotional development, with the member of the British royal family addressing the importance of raising

Romanian teacher channels Elvis to fight anti-Roma prejudice

ADVERTISEMENT Tudor Lakatos is fighting discrimination against the Roma people, one Elvis Presley song at a time – and doing it in rhinestones, a quiff, and oversized sunglasses. Strutting across restaurant stages from Bucharest to remote villages, the 58-year-old schoolteacher doesn't call himself an Elvis impersonator. No, Lakatos says he channels the King – using

Former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor claims the Met has his stolen guitar

ADVERTISEMENT It’s the sort of story that could only come from the chaotic swirl of 1970s rock ‘n’ roll excess. Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor reckons the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is currently displaying his guitar – a 1959 Gibson Les Paul he says vanished in a haze of hard-living while

Francis Ford Coppola gives update amid reports of hospitalisation

ADVERTISEMENT Following reports that Francis Ford Coppola had been admitted on Tuesday to the Policlinico Tor Vergata, a public hospital in Rome, the acclaimed American director has released an update on his health. The director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now and his representative have released a statement revealing that Coppola underwent a non-emergency cardiac

Oasis fans raise more than €17,000 for family of man who died at show

ADVERTISEMENT Following the death of an Oasis fan who fell from one of the upper stands during the band’s Wembley Stadium show last weekend, a page has been set up to raise money for his family. The fan has been named as 45-year-old Lee Claydon, a landscape gardener from Bournemouth. He died on Saturday night

UK watchdog bans Zara ads for ‘unhealthily thin’ models

ADVERTISEMENT The UK’s advertising regulator Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two "socially irresponsible" Zara adverts for depicting models considered “unhealthily thin”.  The fast fashion retailer’s ads, released in May, featured one model wearing an oversized white shirt with her “protruding collarbone” emphasised by the shirt’s design and another model in a short white dress whose

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Former Superman actor Dean Cain says he’s joining Trump’s ICE agency

ADVERTISEMENT Dean Cain, the actor best known for playing Superman in the 90s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, has announced he’s joining US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - the controversial agency central to Donald Trump’s intensifying immigration crackdown. Speaking to Fox News, Cain said he has spoken with agency
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Mubi facing pressure from film industry over Israeli military ties

ADVERTISEMENT Global streaming platform Mubi is facing backlash over investor ties to Israeli military, with filmmakers calling on the production company and film distributor to end its relatioship with investment firm Sequoia Capital. The growing pressure aimed at the upstart distributor, which ushered The Substance to awards success last year, centres on a recent $100 million

Rare first edition of ‘The Hobbit’ sells for record price at auction

ADVERTISEMENT More than 50 years after his death, J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy masterpieces never cease to enchant audiences around the world. Now, a rare first edition of Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” has been sold for £43,000 (€49, 500) at an online auction on Wednesday. The first edition was expected to fetch between £10,000-£12,000 at auction, ultimately

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Former Superman actor Dean Cain says he’s joining Trump’s ICE agency

ADVERTISEMENT Dean Cain, the actor best known for playing Superman in the 90s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, has announced he’s joining US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - the controversial agency central to Donald Trump’s intensifying immigration crackdown. Speaking to Fox News, Cain said he has spoken with agency

Mubi facing pressure from film industry over Israeli military ties

ADVERTISEMENT Global streaming platform Mubi is facing backlash over investor ties to Israeli military, with filmmakers calling on the production company and film distributor to end its relatioship with investment firm Sequoia Capital. The growing pressure aimed at the upstart distributor, which ushered The Substance to awards success last year, centres on a recent $100 million
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New James Bond director announced – here’s our verdict

ADVERTISEMENTFinally some good news.  After trademark woes, fears over Trump's tariffs, and endless speculation over the identity of the actor who will take over the 007 mantle, here’s a very promising update for the 26th Bond adventure.Amazon MGM Studios put out a press release confirming the identity of the filmmaker for the first 007 film under

Largest Martian meteorite fetches more than €4.3 million at auction

ADVERTISEMENT 'Geek Week' could have a myriad of meanings for a New York gathering of rare objects on sale this week but what's certain is that those attending Sotheby's would need to have deep pockets. A massive meteorite from Mars was trailed as the prized object and fetched more than $5 million (just over €4.3m)