“It is impossible to guarantee a level playing field for exams to take place” Wales’s education minister Kirsty Williams has announced that students will not take GCSE, AS and  A-Level exams in 2021, in order to “ensure fairness”. Williams said that the move was for the “well-being of learners”. Examinations will externally set and marked, […]

5 years ago

“No more Michael… I’m sorry.” Prison Break star Wentworth Miller has said he is officially done with the show. In an Instagram post, he announced that he won’t be playing Michael Scofield on the show anymore, as he doesn’t want to play straight characters. Miller, who came out in 2013, spoke out about homophobic comments […]

5 years ago

Holidays aren’t coming Coca-Cola has confirmed that they have cancelled their annual Christmas truck tour for 2020, because of the coronavirus pandemic. For the last nine years, Coca-Cola has recreated their iconic ‘Holidays Are Coming’ TV advert by touring one of the trucks from the commercial around major UK cities. “In light of restrictions around […]

5 years ago

Helen Lewis will be removed from the game A British journalist is to be removed from the new Watch Dogs: Legion video game due to “controversial remarks,” publisher Ubisoft has confirmed. Helen Lewis, who is a staff writer for The Atlantic, appears in two in-game podcasts in Watch Dogs: Legion. She will now be replaced in an […]

5 years ago

The suggestion comes from a SAGE report Young people who have been told to isolate during the coronavirus pandemic should be given free access to streaming and video games, says a UK government thinktank. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has published a new report on how to encourage young people to follow the […]

5 years ago

‘Don’t go to 2020’ Lil Nas X has released a trailer for his latest single, and it features an appearance from Michael J Fox as Marty McFly. The rapper tweeted a short clip for his new Christmas song ‘Holiday’, which follows on from the cowboy theme of his worldwide smash hit ‘Old Town Road’. The […]

5 years ago

Are you a true beer expert? It’s very trendy to be a beer expert these days, and talk about some mircobrewery you’ve just bought shares in or some brew pub that has opened up in a gentrified part of town. But this isn’t about that. This a straight-up beer quiz that both beer nerds and […]

5 years ago

“I have been asked to resign by Warner Bros. from my role as Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts and I have respected and agreed to that request.” Johnny Depp will no longer be appearing in the Fantastic Beasts movies after being asked to resign from series. The actor lost his high-profile libel case against The Sun earlier […]

5 years ago

Professional wrestling is fascinating And sometimes what is going on behind the scenes is actually the most interesting part – which is what makes wrestling documentaries so great. Two new major wrestling documentaries were announced this week – one focusing on WWE owner Vince McMahon, the other on Stone Cold Steve Austin. Those won’t be […]

5 years ago

The greatest super-hero film of all time? Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is one of the most critically acclaimed superhero films ever, and it has just been added to Netflix in the UK. So we are reposting our interview with the film’s co-directors Bob Persichetti, Rodney Rothman and Peter Ramsey. Enjoy! “Anyone can wear the mask. […]

5 years ago

“I particularly want to say I’m sorry to kids with limb differences: now that I know better I promise I’ll do better” Anne Hathaway has issued an apology for her role in the remake of The Witches where she plays a villain with a limb difference. In the new version of Roald Dahl classic, Hathaway plays […]

5 years ago

Students said it made them feel like they were “in a prison” Students at the University of Manchester have torn down fences around their halls of residence, which were erected at the start of the second lockdown. Residents at the Fallowfield halls say they awoke to find 7ft metal barriers being put up between buildings. […]

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“Tinned meat is a bit like the airbag in your car. You don’t really want to see it, but it’s nice to know it’s there.” Jamie Oliver. Gordon Ramsay. Ainsley Harriott. And now there is a new name to add to that list: James May. Ok, The Grand Tour star is probably not someone you would […]

5 years ago

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that the furlough scheme will be extended until March next year BBC News says that the Chancellor will make an announcement soon in the Commons. The furlough scheme had been intended to finish at the end of October, but it was already extended following England entering a second lockdown. It […]

5 years ago

Yeezy got some votes, at least While the battle for the US Presidency between Joe Biden and Donald Trump remains on a knife-edge as votes continue to be counted, spare a thought for those who are definitely out of the race. Candidates like Kanye West. Kanye West appeared on the ballot in twelve US states, […]

5 years ago

WWE has signed a “groundbreaking” deal with Netflix More details are starting to emerge about Netflix’s upcoming major documentary about WWE owner Vince McMahon. The documentary series was first announced last week, during WWE’s third quarter earnings call. The company’s president & chief revenue officer Nick Khan revealed that Netflix had signed a “groundbreaking” deal […]

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What! ESPN’s The Last Dance was arguably the biggest documentary of 2020. Airing on Netflix in the UK, the ten-part series chronicled the career of Michael Jordan, the greatest NBA player of all time. Even non-Basket fans were hooked by the series. So how do you follow that up? What subject could possibly compare to […]

5 years ago

The opening of a McDonald’s restaurant in Rutland might not seem like big news But the county, in the East Midlands, was previously the only one in England not to have a McDonald’s branch. However, plans to open the restaurant and drive-thru on the outskirts of Oakham were approved by Rutland County Council in January. […]

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“You are wrong, wrong, wrong.” Nigel Farage has had an on-air spat with Piers Morgan, over Donald Trump’s suggestion that injecting disinfectant could be a treatment for coronavirus. Whilst interviewing Farage on Good Morning Britain, Piers Morgan lambasted Trump’s handling of the pandemic, and in particular criticised his “nonsensical cure theories, like bleach and so on.” […]

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Could we see him back in the MCU soon? The screen rights for Daredevil are set to return to Marvel Studios at the end of November, and fans are getting very excited. Netflix produced three seasons of Daredevil as part of their series of Marvel shows, as well as him appearing in the team-up show The […]

5 years ago

It is the first time Eminem has allowed his music to be used in a political campaign advert Eminem has endorsed Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, sharing a campaign advert that uses his song ‘Lose Yourself’. Biden shared the commercial on Twitter, which features the Oscar-winning song over footage of Americans wearing masks and going […]

5 years ago

“We recommend you stay at least 6 feet from Joe Goldberg at all times” Netflix has announced that season three of You has gone into production. The streaming service announced the return of the show with a photo of lead actor Penn Badgley wearing a mask with “Hello You” written on it. Netflix also recommended that […]

5 years ago

These are truly extraordinary times Someone check if hell has frozen over, because Burger King are telling you to go to McDonald’s. Yes, really. The Burger King UK Twitter account is encouraging customers to get a Big Mac from their arch-rival in order to help save jobs in the restaurant industry. And they are not […]

5 years ago

Ah, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on It has been 22 years since Father Ted finished. Yet we are still watching it endlessly. The show is just so damn watchable. Its particular brand of surrealism and silliness means that, apart from the odd reference to the Irish football team of the […]

5 years ago

Get to da sofa Film4 has announced they are showing a big Arnold Schwarzenegger season of films at the start of November. Honestly, with everything going on right now, it seems like not a bad idea to go back to a time where all you needed for a hit movie was a giant Austrian dude […]

5 years ago

Johnny Vegas fell off a ladder to make 2020 a tiny bit more bearable Cult comedy gameshow Taskmaster made the leap from Dave to Channel 4 this year, with Johnny Vegas amongst the contestants. On last night’s episode, one of the tasks challenged the celebrity contestants to catapult a shoe into a bathtub, from a […]

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They have also been told to be careful with their emojis. BBC journalists have been told to avoid “virtue signalling” as part of new social media guidelines published today. The guidelines apply to everyone who works for the BBC, but there are additional rules for those working in news and current affairs or factual journalism […]

5 years ago

“We at Pret strongly believe we must take steps to stop the spread of the virus and tackle the new wave of infections” Pret has distanced itself from comments made by the coffee chain’s founder Julian Metcalfe on a second Covid lockdown. Metcalfe said that: “Society will not recover if we [have a second lockdown] […]

5 years ago

“It’s just a guy wearing a Halloween costume of David Bowie” The trailer for the upcoming David Bowie movie Stardust was released on Wednesday, and it has not gone down well with the late singer’s fans. Stardust stars Johnny Flynn as a young Bowie, and the film will focus on his creation of the iconic Ziggy Stardust […]

5 years ago

Very Nice! $100,000 has been raised for an unemployed babysitter who appears in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Jeanise Jones was one of the many unsuspecting members of the public duped into appearing in the Sacha Baron Cohen sequel. Jones was hired to babysit Borat’s teenage daughter Tutar, played by actress Maria Bakalova. Jones is currently unemployed […]

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Always recycle the cans afterwards, kids While some people with no taste or class are perfectly happy drinking cola from a plastic bottle, a cold can is always the preferable option for a fizzy drink (unless a glass bottle is available, obviously). The cold touch of the can. The satisfying ‘Tssk’ sound as you crack […]

5 years ago

“This is kinda like saying it’s French Week – and then baking Cornish pasties or Welsh Cakes or Strudel” This week’s edition The Great British Bake Off has been called “ignorant” and “racist” by viewers, as bakers made dishes inspired by Chinese and Indian culture during the show’s first-ever ‘Japanese Week’. This week’s theme was […]

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“It’s only a matter of time before they do it.” Black Panther star Letitia Wright has said she thinks an all-female Avengers movie is an inevitability. The idea has spread following the climactic scene in Avengers: Endgame where all of the the MCU’s female heroes  – including Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Scarlett Witch and Valkyrie – […]

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“I feel we need some working-class people, people who have lived a real life.” Danny Dyer is a national treasure. When he’s not acting in Eastenders or presenting a quiz show about balls, he coming out with gems like calling David Cameron a twat or saying that Oswald Mosley was a melt. Now Danny Dyer has […]

5 years ago

Are you a geography whiz? Can you name the capital cities for pretty much every country in the world? Can you name all 50 US states at the drop of a hat? Do you know every country in Africa? Well, you are the sort of person who should be taking this quiz then. We are […]

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It’s got to be better than the movie Netflix has announced that they are developing a live-action TV show based the Assassin’s Creed series of video games. Details are very thin on the ground at the moment, but Netflix did share a very brief teaser, where the Netflix ‘N’ appears in the Assassin’s Creed logo. Netflix […]

5 years ago

Just one more episode, it doesn’t matter if it is already 2am… It is something we’ve all been through. There is a new TV show that everyone is hyping up, and you settle down to watch the first episode. It’s usually a show like Chernobyl or Penny Dreadful. But then… you never get around to watching […]

5 years ago

“Tony Jaa just rips that movie apart!” As well as being a rapper, producer and mastermind of The Wu-Tang, Robert Diggs aka The RZA is also now an established film director. His first movie The Man With The Iron Fists was the kung fu extravaganza you would expect from the RZA, but his follow up, […]

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It is far better to add context to dated material, rather than pretend the mistakes of the past didn’t happen Earlier this month, Disney+ viewers started noticing that content warnings had started appearing before classic films. The 12-second unskippable warnings, that appeared before movies including Peter Pan, Dumbo, The Aristocats and Lady and The Tramp, […]

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The high street chain is to start offering same-day coronavirus tests Boots is set to start selling high speed COIVD tests for £120. The coronavirus tests will give a result in just 12 minutes, and is undertaken via a nasal swab. They then give results via a small, portable machine. The in-store test will be […]

5 years ago

New Borat! The Bourne Trilogy! And the best film of the century so far! It’s the weekend, and it is starting to get cold, and the clocks go back on Saturday night. All of which suggests that you should maybe spend your next 48 hours or so inside, watching movies. But what to watch? Here […]

5 years ago

So we’re back with another Simpsons quiz Are you a Simpsons quote expert? Can you conduct entire conversations using just lines and references from the show? Then this is the quiz for you. We are going to give you a classic Simpsons quote, and you have to tell us which character said it. Simple. And don’t […]

5 years ago

Sunday’s rugby union match between England and Barbarians has been called off, after 12 Barbarians players broke Covid protocol Former England captain Chris Robshaw is believed to be amongst the Barbarians players who left the team’s London hotel on Wednesday night, to go to dinner at a restaurant. The Rugby Football Union confirmed that the […]

5 years ago

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm dropped on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, and one moment has everyone talking Borat, or at least Sacha Baron Cohen in-character, has released a video statement reacting to the controversy over Rudy Giuliani’s appearance in his new film. Spoilers for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm follow. Toward the end of the film, the former New York […]

5 years ago

Time for the pub quiz Have you ever thought about if you were a wrestler or a boxer, what song you would come out to the ring to? I always personally thought ‘Money For Nothing’ by Dire Straits would be a good one. You’ve got a long intro with the drums to build anticipation, and […]

5 years ago

James Safechuck appeared in the documentary Leaving Neverland One of the men who accused Michael Jackson of sexual abuse has been told by an LA court that he cannot sue companies owned by the late singer. James Safechuck was one of two men featured in the 2019 Channel 4/HBO documentary Leaving Neverland. The Los Angeles County […]

5 years ago

The first image of Tom Holland as Nathan Drake in Uncharted film released The Spider-Man star takes the lead role in the long-awaited adaptation of the uber-popular Uncharted PlayStation games. View this post on Instagram It’s nice to meet you, I’m Nate. #uncharted A post shared by Tom Holland (@tomholland2013) on Oct 22, […]

5 years ago

Sharknado, but with spiders instead of sharks – what’s not to love? Earlier this month, we suggested that Ju Jitsu, a film where Nicolas Cage leads a bunch of martial artists against aliens, was going to be the best film of 2020. Then we discovered Arachnado. We apologise for this error. The first trailer for […]

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“I was tucking in my shirt after taking off the recording equipment” The following includes spoilers for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Current personal attorney of Donald Trump and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has called a scene featuring him in the new Borat film “a complete fabrication”. The scene towards the end of the movie features […]

5 years ago

The Boys has become one of the most talked-about TV shows of the year. The second season of the superhero satire has been a ratings smash for Amazon, and a hit with both viewers and critics. The skewering of superheroes seems to have struck a chord with viewers now that the Marvel and DC movies are […]

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