Out There review – Martin Clunes waving a shotgun is an unexpected January treat | Television & radio
○In recent weeks, ITV has been heavily following Out There with teasers that sound like a combination of Happy Valley, Countryfile and the Liam Neeson revenge thriller Taken. Martin Clunes plays Nathan Williams, a Welsh farmer whose feeble son Johnny is manipulated into joining County Lines' drug-trafficking operation. The film is drenched in Ozark blue […]
Love Life review – surreal Kurt Weill musical skips through the decades with flair | Music
THe opens the magic show. The woman was cut in half by a saw, and the man's chair disappeared and he was thrown into the air. A magician leaves them alone on stage and their conversation reveals that they have been married for 157 years. The love life of Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner […]
The week in theatre: Oliver!; The Devil May Care review – consider yourself entertained | Theatre
○Ompapapa! There's plenty of it, with just enough emphasis on Fagin as surrogate dad to suggest puns in this loudest of numbers. Oliver! After all, this is a show about families lost, restored, and invented. However, there is a lot of darkness swirling around there. London fog and rain falling outside the workhouse. The song, […]
Prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi expect 79-89% chance of US TikTok ban: Trump to ‘review’ situation – crypto.news
Cryptocurrency prediction markets indicate that TikTok is likely to face a ban in the US by May 2025. According to the latest information, the main platforms Polymarket and Karushi Both indicate that the ByteDance-owned app is likely to be shut down. Source: Polymarket According to Polymarket data, the probability of a TikTok ban is 79% […]
CBS owner considers settling Trump suit over Kamala Harris’ ’60 Minutes’ interview ahead of merger review: report
Paramount Global executives have reportedly held internal talks to settle a lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump over his interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on CBS News. CBS parent company Paramount hopes to finalize its planned merger with Skydance Media in the coming months, but President Trump is accused of editing a “60 Minutes'' […]
Live Forever? by John S Tregoning review – adventures in mortality | Science and nature books
TPublishing a book in January is to let the world know that you have the secret of miraculous self-improvement. Head to bookstores now for brand-new books on how to eat better, drink better, sleep better, prevent dementia, overcome anxiety, heal intergenerational trauma, and generally become invincible in the process. You will find the book. Frankly, […]
Rangers give Utah ‘positive review’ after playing in state for first time
SALT LAKE CITY — The Delta Center became the 91st unique venue for a regular season game as the Rangers defeated Utah Hockey Club for the first time Thursday night, 5-3. There's always a kind of buzz with any team competing in a new location, and the Blueshirts were no exception. Thanks to the hard […]
Yvette Cooper announces urgent national review on grooming gangs | UK child abuse inquiry
Following sustained political pressure, Yvette Cooper has announced an urgent national review of the size of grooming gangs as part of a range of new measures to tackle the problem. The inquiry, which is expected to last three months and will be led by Louise Casey, who led the report into sexual abuse in Rotherham, […]
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter review – swashbuckling Hammer horror still has bite | Movies
TAlthough the sword-fighting vampire genre never really caught on, this highly entertaining 1974 Hammer Horror is a spooky adventurer written and directed by British genre legend Brian Clemens. And I didn't want to try it. In fact, it's his only directorial credit. Clemens is a prolific writer who was instrumental in getting TV viewers hooked […]
Alone No More review – touching shaggy dog tale about a stray mutt who rescues a lonely old man | Movies
TThe story of this rambling shaggy dog from Hong Kong is peppered with eccentric antics. This is the story of a stray mongrel dog called Piggy (played by mongrel Little) who saves a man from suicide not once, but twice. The man is Kai (Lawrence Cheng), a recently retired, miserable grump who lives alone. Like […]