Winds of Winter release delay – George RR Martin on Game of Thrones fan anger | Books | Entertainment
It’s been 13 years since George RR Martin last published a book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series. The Game of Thrones TV series has come and gone in that time, with showrunners having to rely on the author’s plot outlines for the final two novels The Winds of Winter and A […]
New data reveals boost for surprise Tory leadership hopeful | Politics | News
As the Tory party lay smouldering this Saturday in the wake of its worst-ever election defeat, top party peer Lord Frost broke his silence to slam the centrists who he accused of causing it. A swathe of the Tories’ most senior and experienced ‘one nation’ MPs were swept from office by the Labour tsunami, including […]
Defiant Biden sends letter to Democrats urging them to unite around his candidacy
U.S. President Joe Biden, in a letter to congressional Democrats, stood firm against calls for him to drop his candidacy and called for an “end” to the drama that has gripped the party after his dismal public debate performance two weeks ago. Biden wrote in the two-page letter Monday that “the question of how to […]
Ringo Starr 84th birthday celebrated by Paul McCartney and late Beatles’ estates | Music | Entertainment
Sir Ringo Starr may now be 84, but the music legend seems to be getting younger with his ever-youthful vigour. As is his wish every year, The Beatles drummer took to social media urging fans worldwide to make peace hand signs and wish each other “Peace and Love”. He posted on Instagram: “OK Peace & Love here […]
Macron’s election gamble may have blocked the far right. But it didn’t dim its appeal
France is a republic created by a general who wanted to be a monarch. So, more than 65 years ago, Charles de Gaulle designed a presidency with vast powers to name governments, call elections, pass laws without a vote and launch nuclear missiles. Like powerful monarchies of the past, its politics are irregularly punctuated by […]
Immersive Vogue show lifts curtain on catwalks past and present | Fashion
When the immersive London exhibition venue Lightroom announced The Moonwalkers, a high-budget production narrated by Tom Hanks charting the first landing on the lunar surface, the aim was to allow visitors to relive those historic small steps and the “giant leap for mankind”. For the venue’s next project, the focus will be on historic steps […]
Paramount announces $28B US merger with Skydance, a new era for famed Hollywood studio
Entertainment giant Paramount will merge with production company Skydance, closing out a decades-long run by the Redstone family in Hollywood and injecting desperately needed cash into a legacy studio that has struggled to adapt to a shifting entertainment landscape. It also signals the rise of a new power player, David Ellison, the founder of Skydance and […]
PC and PS5 gamers can jump on Alienware monitor for a low price
It has become so popular that reviewers have called it a “god-tier monitor” thanks to its brilliant features and screen. Our writer owns the 4K version of the screen and it might be one of the best monitors we’ve tried. One reviewer said: “People aren’t lying when they call this a god tier monitor. I […]
Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud, pay $243M US fine in proposed deal over fatal crashes
Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners that killed 346 people, including several Canadians, after the U.S. government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution. The plea deal, which was revealed by the U.S. Justice Department on Sunday night and […]
F1 trailer – Brad Pitt teams up with Top Gun Maverick director in first look | Films | Entertainment
Following the billion-dollar success of Tom Cruise’s Top Gun Maverick, director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are taking on another speedster of a blockbuster. Brad Pitt, whose salary is reportedly $30 million, stars in the upcoming Formula 1 movie F1 and the first teaser has landed today. The official synopsis reads: “From Apple Original […]