Former Love Island contestant Sophie Gradon was found dead on Wednesday night Police are not treating her death as suspicious. Gradon appeared on 2016 series of the show. She was just 32 years old. Now one of her fellow contestants from show, who remained friends with Gradon after the series finished, has spoken out about the […]

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Don’t panic! Earlier this week, it was reported that Moscow was running out of beer because of all those thirsty football fans descending on the city for the World Cup. Those England fans who were not able to make the trip out to Russia were sat at home smiling, knowing that even though they were […]

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You’re standing on my neck MTV have announced they are launching a new production unit – entitled ‘MTV Studios’ – which will work on both new shows, and reboots of old MTV shows. Some of the names looking to be revived include The Real World, the show considered the originator of everything we consider reality […]

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Neither of these guys are people you’d want to mess with Earlier this week, Diego Maradona criticised Spain’s Sergio Ramos, saying he wasn’t as good as Atletico and Uruguay centre back Diego Godin. Much like Maradona, Ramos is not really the type to shy away from something like this. On Wednesday, Spain narrowly beat Iran […]

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Who is your World Cup lookalike? One of the great thing about the World Cup is that we get exposed to a load of players we’ve never seen before. Sure, you’ve got that one mate that reads everything Tim Vickery does and knows everything about Costa Rica’s defensive formation. But for most of us, it […]

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Sarah Connor is back The history of the Terminator franchise is long and complicated. Part one is a brilliant, stripped back thriller, that feels more like a slasher movie than a big blockbuster. And part two is the greatest action movies all time. Part three is actually quite good and better than people give it […]

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She appeared on the 2016 series of the show.

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Are we suffering from Star Wars fatigue? First up, we should point out that Solo is actually a pretty, solid fun film. Like, it’s not a masterpiece, it is not era defining or anything. But it’s an enjoyable space movie to spend a Sunday afternoon in the cinema with, and Donald Glover and Phoebe Mary […]

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Oh, Piers Love Island is completely love or hate. You’re either cancelling Friday night plans to stay in with ITV2, blowing up your WhatsApp group about how much you love Alex, or you’re raging on Facebook about how much you hate it and wish people would shut about it and how it’s a sign that […]

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Canada has become the latest place to legalise cannabis On Tuesday, the Canadian parliament passed a law allowing the use of cannabis across the country. A vote in the country’s Senate ended 52-29, with The Cannabis Act being passed. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a tweet that the decision would help protect children […]

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Spoilers for The Walking Dead season two The Walking Dead is one of TV’s bleakest shows. Robert Kirkman, co-creator of the original comic book, always intended the series to be a zombie movie where the credits never roll – where there is no cure, or saving the world. Just the characters having to survive, and […]

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Well played, Charlie England got their 2018 World Cup campaign off to a winning start on Monday night, beating Tunisia 2-1, thanks to two Harry Kane goals. Things didn’t run all that smoothly though. Kane put England ahead in the first half, and they looked reasonably comfortable. Until that was until Fakhreddine Ben Youssef went […]

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The Incredibles is maybe the greatest superhero film of all time Seriously. Yeah, you can shout about all the Dark Knights and Avengers you want, but they’re for nerds, nerd. The Incredibles is a brilliantly funny, sweat, and touching. It is also as exciting as any other superhero film you care to mention – the […]

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He can definitely afford an official shirt now Did you ever have a fake football shirt when you were a kid? Maybe you got it on holiday, or from a stall on Oxford Street. The badge probably said something like “Chelsea Football” or “Manchester The Best”. It looked ok form a distance, but up close […]

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If Yaya Toure has taught us anything, it’s that you have to remember your star player’s birthday In 2014, the Manchester City midfielder’s advisor famously said that he was considering leaving that club because they’d failed to mark his 31st birthday. On Friday, Egypt played their first game of the 2018 World Cup, losing 1-0 […]

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SO. MUCH. FOOD. A full English breakfast is one of life’s noblest pleasure. It’s a Saturday or Sunday morning, you were out far too late, far later than you planned, and you may have consumed some alcohol. But you rouse yourself, and stumble like something out of a George Romero movie, to the local greasy […]

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Ok, it’s been a pretty good World Cup so far It’s only been three days, and we’ve had an absolute classic between Spain and Portugal, Messi missing a penalty, and a lot of controversy in the France game. And we’ve still got a lot more to come. But one of our favourite things to happen […]

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GET SWIFTY! I’M PICKLE RICK! And other various famous sayings Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty has gone from cult oddity to mainstream success over the last year or so. It had always had a devoted fanbase, but when the third season hit, it became a full-blown phenomenon. Someone, this dirty versions of Back To The […]

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On Friday night, another chapter of the World Cup history was written Spain faced Portugal on Friday night, in a titanic tussle for the ages. It was a thundering encounter, the kind of game that we love World Cups for. There were six goals (including a few absolute stunners), a penalty, a late equaliser, and […]

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He was allegedly seen by a journalist Diego Maradona has reportedly been seen making ‘racist gestures’ in the stands whilst watching Argentina take on Iceland at during their group D tie at the Sparatak Stadium in Moscow. British journalist Jacqui Oatley filmed the 57-year-old blowing kisses to fans in the crowd. However, she claims that […]

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Modern TV shows don’t die, they just get renewed by streaming services Arrested Development. Community. Black Mirror. All picked up by services like Netflix or Hulu after they were previously cancelled. And now there’s another name to add to that list: the FOX supernatural show Lucifer has been picked up by Netflix for a fourth […]

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Remember Undercover Boss? It was the Channel 4 show where the owner of a big company would pretend to be a regular joe and take an entry level position at their own company, in order to see what the realities of the front line were actually like. Like, some top guy from Costa Coffee would […]

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The thing about Love Island is that it brings out the Instagram detectives Amateur sleuth who think of themselves as iPhone Benedict Cumberbatches, going full CSI scrolling back 30 months through the contestants’’ timeline. And to be fair, it has brought up a few things of interest. Like Jack before he got his blindingly white […]

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She was meant to be in a West End musical One question that always comes up when you stop to think about reality TV is “Don’t these people have jobs?”. I mean, they must have to quit their regular employment in order to go and live in a villa in Spain, right? And isn’t that […]

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Fowl play World Cups bring together fans from all over the globe, and highlight the various different quirks of national supporters. For instance, a common sight at a Nigeria international is the fans bringing live chickens to the game. Super Eagles supporters will often paint them green and hold them aloft. Nigeria kick off their […]

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Could he possibly match Jack Nicholson? If you had to name the greatest horror film all time, you wouldn’t get many complaints by saying Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. There’s other big names people would throw into the hat – Dawn of the Dead, Halloween, The Exorcist – but Kubrick’s masterpiece is effortlessly rewatchable and full […]

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These are all pretty solid reasons to kick someone out The contestants might continually repeat that Love Island “is not a game”, but let’s face it – it is. It is an ITV2 reality show, after all. And like any game, there are rules. There has to be rules. We can’t just have chaos on […]

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Love Island’s Hayley Hughes is basically the female Karl Pilkington. These are some of the gems she has come out with so far: She thought Brexit was about cutting down trees She didn’t know what an earlobe was She had never heard the words ‘aura’ or ‘superficial’ Just in case you didn’t see the infamous, […]

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Who expected the performance of the night to come from England’s greatest showman?

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Imma let you finish but…. He’s a man with incredible, undeniable talents – yet at the same time, a gigantic ego that makes him unbearable to everyone around him, and he won’t stop talking absolute rubbish. The above statement could apply to both the popular rapper Kanye West and the fictional superhero Deadpool. It would […]

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Welcome… to Jurassic Park. Jurassic Park turns 25 years old this week – yes, you do feel old, you are basically a dinosaur now. And not only that, the film’s fourth sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has just come out in cinemas. All this means it’s the perfect time to see how much you remember Steven Spielberg’s original […]

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You know nothing, Niall Aslam. Last night, the Love Island, er, islanders were treated to a ‘festival’ night – which was basically an excuse for them to wear stupid costumes for the last quarter of the show. It was kind of a weird, ill-defined theme – the vibe was basically Instagram Influencer at Glastonbury. More […]

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Spider-Racoon, Spider-Racoon, does what spider can… Remember the Paris Spider-Man that scaled an apartment building a few weeks back, in order to save a stranded four year old? Well, if he ever needs a cute animal sidekick, we’ve got him covered. On Tuesday, a wily racoon found itself stuck on a ledge beneath the UBS […]

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Our Spider-Sense is tingling Spider-Man is having quite a busy year. Tom Holland was one of the (admittedly many) scene-stealers in Avengers” Infinity War, and gave us the “I don’t feel so good, Mr Stark…” meme. And this Christmas, we are also getting the absolutely amazing-looking Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse animated movie, which will bring […]

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After ‘Back Museum’, there was a lot speculation Netflix’s Black Mirror is one of the most vital and fascinating TV show of this generation. Not only is it very much about where we are as a society, and where we are going, it can also be funny, scary, heart-breaking, thrilling and mind-blowing in a way […]

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A fake Facebook post has gone viral So not to get too niche on you guys, but there’s this film called Back To The Future, and it stars Michael J Fox (Teen Wolf) as a teenager in the 1980s who accidentally gets sent back in time to the 1950s, and has to make sure his […]

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“You’ve got to hold and give, but do it at the right time.”

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It’s also one of the best prison movies of recent years If you’re not familiar with the prison system, the phrase ‘Starred up’ might not mean much to you. Essentially, it refers to a juvenile inmate being moved to an adult prison prematurely, before they reach the age of 21. That’s what happen to the […]

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Prepare to have this song stuck in your head all day again With Love Island a week in, the potential breakout stars are starting to come to the fore. We’ve got our villain locked in with Adam The Snake, though we’ve still not got a people’s fave yet though. Eyal, with his curly hair and […]

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Wonder where they got the idea for that from? So there’s this video game called Fortnite, right. Maybe you’ve heard of it. It’s pretty popular. Even Dele Ali and Drake play it. If somehow you don’t know about it – or you’re just old – it is an online battle royale game where 100 players […]

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“Maybe abandoning everybody who stood by your side wasn’t the right move after all?” CM Punk stepped back into the octagon for his second UFC bout on Saturday night, this time in his home town of Chicago. His opponent was another 0-1 fighter, Mike Jackson. Things arguably went slightly better than in his debut, where he […]

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The defining photo of 2018? The G7 summit took place this weekend, in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada. The annual summit sees leaders of seven of the world’s most powerful nations – The UK, The USA, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada – come together for discussion. This meant there were some pretty big characters in […]

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Now you have our attention.

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He’s come a long way from Star Trek: Nemesis The Queen’s Birthday Honours list has been announced, and there are some big names on it, including Bournemouth striker Jermaine Defoe and Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish. One name has really stood out to us though. Over the last 15 years or so, Tom Hardy has established […]

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“It is a good feeling… there’s going to be a lot of eyes and I am going to have an influence on other people” The Trooping the Colour parade took place on Saturday morning, marking the Queen’s 92nd birthday (even though it’s not her actual birthday – her real birthday in April 21st. It’s complicated, […]

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What is even real? While this year’s Love Island so far has been dominated by The Uncoupling of Kendall Rae-Knight By The Snake Adam Collard, the slow burn growing relationship between Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer has been one of the growing subplots that could come to define this year’s run. Only, it’s all a […]

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New ink Post Malone is already pretty well known for his face tattoos, with a barb wire crown under his hairline, and “Stay away” above his right eyebrow. But he’s just added another big one. You know when you wake up after a big night, and  you’ve had about three hours sleep, but you have […]

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The Food Standards Agency is investigating Traces of meat have been found in vegan and vegetarian products from two major supermarkets. An investigation by The Daily Telegraph looked at ten different items from Sainsburys and Tesco, and found animal DNA in two of them. The survey was undertaken by a German government-accredited food testing lab. […]

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Love Island is many things, but Question Time it is not People come to the ITV2 show for many different reasons, but serious political discussion is not one of them. So when Georgia brought it with the other girls, it lead to maybe the finest moment on British TV since that guy flew off the […]

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