Author: Danny Graham

Labour’s candidate for Makerfield also said government immigration reforms must “get the balance right”.

Cannes Palme d’Or front runner La Bola Negra looks set to be acquired for the U.S. in a record-breaking domestic deal for a non-English-language title in the $4-5 million-range. We hear the deal being brokered by Goodfellas and CAA Media Finance comes with a multi-week theatrical obligation and plans for an awards campaign, with the title being seen in the vein of crossover breakout Emilia Pérez. As announced by Deadline, Elastica will launch the film in Spain in October, while Le Pacte, which is also co-producing the film, is handling France.  La Bola Negra is the first feature from Calvo and…

It’s been a long, long time coming, but remakes of two all-time classic puzzle adventure games hit PS5 and PS VR2 this week. Cyan Worlds released this version of Myst on Meta Quest headsets in 2020; PC, Mac and Xbox in 2021; and iOS in 2022. PlayStation had been an outlier until now. It’s available for Sony’s console and VR headset (usually $35, 20 percent of for PlayStation Plus members until May 26) The remake of the sequel, Riven, debuted on PS5, PS VR2, Xbox Series X/S and the Microsoft Store on PC as well (also $35, but with a…

Market downturns typically tag new central-bank leaders. And Warsh faces a tough choice between crushing demand or saving the bull market.

A romantic comedy spanning Nigeria, the U.K. and Hong Kong was unveiled at the Cannes Film Market, with A13 Films founder Chidozie Christian Ahaiwe and U.K.-based Hong Kong creative Hiu Man Chan attached as executive producers on “My Nigerian Fiancé.” The project follows a successful London-based Nigerian man who enlists an Asian dancer to pose as his fiancé at a family anniversary celebration in Lagos. When the arrangement gives way to genuine feeling, both characters are forced to confront family pressure, ambition and identity. The film will draw on Nigerian music and fashion throughout. “This is a rare opportunity to…

Nature abhors a vacuum, so the saying goes, but nobody told the universe. Space is filled with cosmic voids—vast regions mostly free of matter that have opened between dense threads of material that make up a cosmic web.Far from being vacant backwaters with little to study, these voids may hold solutions to some of the most persistent cosmic mysteries, such as the behavior of gravity, the nature of dark energy, and the so-called Hubble tension, an observational mismatch in the expansion rate of the universe that has caused astronomers’ headaches for years.“With voids, we have the power to tackle most…

After a whirlwind romance and quickfire wedding, she was mysteriously found dead in a bathtub in Ghana.

new video loaded: How Profit-Seeking Autism Clinics Can Harm KidsProfit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm some children. Our health reporter Sarah Kliff explains her new investigation, co-authored with Margot Sanger-Katz.By Sarah Kliff, Margot Sanger-Katz, Erin Schaff, Paul Abowd, Jon Miller and Whitney ShefteMay 23, 2026

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US has banned entry from non-Americans who have been in the DR Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days.All DR Congo’s players are based outside the country and will not be affected by the restrictions now the training camp has been cancelled.”If there are other people that are going to be coming in, they need to have a separate bubble from that team,” Giuliani said.”If they end up coming, and any of those people end up symptomatic, they are risking the entire team being able to come…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he wants to end his campaign on a “positive” note. Sen. John Cornyn, however, is prepared to go down fighting. Paxton said Thursday he’s pulling his negative ads against Cornyn in the final days ahead of their bruising GOP primary for Texas’ Senate seat. The move reveals that the MAGA warrior, bolstered by President Donald Trump’s endorsement, is confident in his ability to clinch the Republican nomination. But Cornyn, who’s facing an uphill battle to keep his seat, responded that he will keep his own attacks coming, leaning into Paxton’s long trail of personal…