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Wicked actor Ariana Grande opens up on filming scenes that are ‘adjacent’ to her personal ‘pain’
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent email Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Ariana Grande has revealed her technique for tackling the most poignant scenes in Wicked: For Good. The 32-year-old, whoContinue Reading
World Cup draw question answered after fans left scratching heads
Football supporters were left bewildered during the 2026 World Cup draw when Rio Ferdinand explained that Uzbekistan would be placed in Group K – alongside Portugal and Colombia. The nation was selected near the conclusion of the third pot by Aaron Judge during Friday evening’s ceremony at the John F.Continue Reading
Trump selfie sparks BBC commentator anger as Kane comment backfires
The 2026 World Cup draw in Washington D.C on Friday had everything. Before a ball was even drawn, spectators in the arena and those watching at home were given over an hour of entertainment. From Andrea Bocelli’s outstanding performance to raise the curtain, to Gianni Infantino’s crowd-lifting methods with chantsContinue Reading
The world is facing a cancer crisis that’s hitting the most vulnerable hardest
Antonio Marca/Shutterstock When I worked on the latest Global Burden of Disease cancer study, a global project that tracks cancer patterns and deaths across countries, I found myself pausing as the numbers loaded on the screen. Even as a scientist used to large datasets, the scale was hard to process.Continue Reading
US unions call for Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery merger to be blocked
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails US unions have called for the Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery merger to be blocked.Continue Reading
Netflix is buying Warner Bros for $82.7B. This is what it means for movies and you
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent email Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros., one of Hollywood’s oldest and most essential ‘big five’ studios, threatens seismic shiftsContinue Reading
FTSE 100 falls despite benign US inflation data
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Blue chip stocks in London underperformed European and US peers on Friday, despite stable inflationContinue Reading
Why we created a phone-sized device to take blood diagnostics out of the lab into the real world
When your doctor thinks you might have an infection or an allergy, a simple blood test should give answers within hours. But for much of the world, that test can take days – or never happen at all. The problem is not usually the test itself, but an overlooked stepContinue Reading
Strip-searched, force-fed and drugged into a ‘comatose’ state: ‘Horrifying’ catalogue of allegations against children’s hospitals
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email After apparently being subjected to a “brutal regime” of force-feeding and physical restraint, a 12-year-old girl was allegedly left wheelchair-bound andContinue Reading
World Cup draw LIVE as England learn opponents and Donald Trump speaks
Pot 1 Mexico (Group A), Canada (Group B), United States (Group D), Germany, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Spain, France, England, Netherlands, Portugal Pot 2 Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Senegal, Japan, Iran, South Korea, Ecuador, Austria, Australia Pot 3 Norway, Panama, Egypt, Algeria, Scotland, Paraguay, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Qatar, Uzbekistan, SaudiContinue Reading