Author: Liam Porter

Mahershala Ali walked the red carpet in New York on Monday in support of his latest blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth, while also touching on the status of his highly anticipated Marvel project Blade. The vampire thriller has been stuck in development hell for years, as two different directors have exited the project while Ali has been attached to star since 2019. It was also hampered by the actors and writers strikes, alongside Disney’s changing studio strategy, and last year was entirely removed from 2025 theatrical calendar. At the Jurassic premiere, Ali told The Hollywood Reporter that when it comes to…

What happens when a brand stages a fashion presentation not for the press and buyers but for its fans? On a sweaty June evening, Masu’s Shinpei Goto did just that. The tiniest handful of editors were invited to the designer’s spring presentation at a warehouse in Tokyo Bay, along with more than 300 Masu Boys, the nickname that the brand’s fans—of all ages and genders—have adopted. These well-dressed fans, more than a few of them students from Bunka Fashion College (Goto’s alma mater), were mostly clad in Masu staples—spiky popcorn tops, rhinestoned denim, distressed baseball caps—as they queued up excitedly…

Getty ImagesFor the first time, at-home HPV tests will be offered to some women in EnglandWomen who have delayed coming forward for cervical screening will be offered a test to be taken at home, NHS England has said.The DIY test kits, available from January, contain a long cotton-wool bud to swab the lining of the vagina.The test is for human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes most cervical cancers, and women between the ages of 25 and 64 are offered it every few years.But more than five million women aren’t up to date with the test, according to the government.The Department for…

Al-Hilal v Pachuca, Red Bull Salzburg v Real Madrid – Friday, 27 June (02:00 BST)The winners of Salzburg v Real Madrid will progress top of the group, with the losers knocked out should Al-Hilal beat already-out Pachuca.A draw between Salzburg and Real and a win for Al-Hilal would leave all three sides level on points.Their head-to-head record would also be the same, leaving Real through thanks to a superior goal difference over the Austrians. Al-Hilal are one goal behind Salzburg on goal difference heading into the final round.Should Al-Hilal and Salzburg also finish level on goal difference and goals scored,…

United States President Donald Trump says that Iran and Israel have agreed to a “complete and total” ceasefire, which will come into effect in the coming hours. Trump’s announcement on Monday came shortly after an Iranian missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which houses US troops. “On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, ‘THE 12 DAY WAR,’” Trump said in a social media post. “This is a War that…

The crackdown on protest in England and Wales has been ringing alarm bells for years, but the decision to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws raises the stakes dramatically.As the group itself has said, it is the first time the government has attempted to proscribe a direct action protest organisation under the Terrorism Act, placing it alongside the likes of Islamic State, al-Qaida and National Action.The home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said the proposed ban was evidence-based and had been assessed by a wide range of experts.“In several attacks, Palestine Action has committed acts of serious damage to property with the…

The colour palette for the front cover was the same, and whizzy light beams were again used to denote go-getting national ambition. But the big difference between Greg Clark’s 2017 industrial strategy and Jonathan Reynolds’s “modern” version on Monday was supposed to be the latter’s emphasis on reducing the sky-high cost of electricity for UK industry. Does it deliver?Well, it acknowledges the problem, which is a start. But then it’s impossible to avoid the UK’s woeful position on electricity prices. The statistics are aired alongside every deindustrialisation story from the Port Talbot steelworks to the Grangemouth oil refinery. The lobby…

The more things change, the more they stay the same. After unveiling some new visual elements to the next generation of its operating systems during WWDC 2025, Apple has already walked back some of the proposed design revisions. 9to5Mac noticed that the most recent developer betas included changes to the new Liquid Glass operating system appearance and to the Finder app icon.Liquid Glass was . The idea of layering transparency in the user interface appealed to some, while others felt it was needlessly fussy and hard to read, especially when using the Control Center. In the of iOS 26, Apple…

Sarah Michelle Gellar is hoping for a serious revival in the upcoming “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reboot. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair Italia, Gellar, who played the titular vampire-slaying heroine in the 1997 series, said she hopes for a massive “Buffy” reunion in the reboot. That means bringing back all the characters from the past, even if they perished in the original. “It will be lighter than the last few seasons of the original,” Gellar said. “We will try to find a balance between new and old characters. My dream is to bring back everyone who has died,…

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