• Wrong couple get divorced after solicitor ‘clicks wrong button’

    London law firm admits to error but judge says final order cannot be overturnedA couple were divorced by mistake after solicitors at a leading law firm made a computer error but a senior judge has said it cannot be overturned.The couple, referred to as Mr and Mrs Williams by the high court, were married for 21 years until they separated in 2023. Continue reading

  • What 'Civil War' Gets Right (and Wrong) About Photojournalism

    Civil War eschews the typical trappings of a combat action movie by turning the lens not toward the soldiers but to the photographers capturing them. And while it excels in some aspects of its portrayal, it falters when it comes to the big stuff. [Read More]

  • Morning Brew: What Questions You Hate Getting Asked?

    The Rising crew sits down to discuss what questions people hate getting asked.

  • Shōgun: What the Hit Series Gets Wrong About Japan

    Is Shōgun a Japanese show or an American one? It was produced by an

  • What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Chemtrails (Sigh)

    In this column I try not to cover things that any normal person knows are fake—like chemtrails. But just this week, Tennessee legislators passed a state law that bans “the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals substances, or apparatus with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight. In other words: chemtrails.

  • The Worst Gangster Movie of All Time Gets Everything Wrong

    John Travolta played gangster John Gotti in 2018’s Gotti, which learned all the wrong lessons from movies in the genre.

  • What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Donald Trump Trial Myths

    For the first time in American history, a former president is the defendant in a felony trial, and the misinformation, rumors, and fake news are coming in hot from the Trump trial. Below are some quick fact-checks of some of the many dubious claims coming out of the trial.

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    Love it or hate it, Velma season 2 gets its first trailer

    Velma season 2 finally has a trailer ahead of its premiere later this month, showing that the titular character is leading a new life - a popular one. When the first season of Velma released last year, it didn't exactly go down well with… well, anyone, to be honest. Clearly it was popular enough to warrant a second season though, as the first trailer for it came out yesterday, showing off a look at Velma's life post-solving her first case. Like the first season, it looks like there'll be more...

  • Why Neville is WRONG about Mark Clattenburg and who ARE the columnists who end up getting the bullet for being bland?

    CRAIG HOPE: The journey that brought Mark Clattenburg on board with the Daily Mail began in the foyer of a social club in Seaham in 2017. He was - not for the first time - at the centre of a media storm.

  • Opera gets slapped with the 'elitist' label. L.A. proves just how wrong that is

    The label of elitism sticks to opera like superglue. The label is a fake, but one for which no cultural chemical capable of removing it has yet proved effective. Still, opera populists are trying and appear to be making progress. Los Angeles Opera last week unveiled two new productions of operas old or avant-garde: Verdi’s 19th century chestnut “La Traviata,” and Huang Ruo’s 2021 “Book of Mountains and Seas,” based on ancient Chinese myths. Both are literally worlds apart, they were given in...

  • Trump hates his courtroom sketches — and thinks the artist is 'out to get him': report

    Former President Donald Trump is enraged about how he looks in the courtroom sketches at his Manhattan trial — and thinks that the sketch artist is trying to make him look bad on purpose.According to Rolling Stone's Ryan Bort, Asawin Suebsaeng, and Catherina Gioino, the former president "privately asked people close to him if they agree that the courtroom sketch-artist must be out to get him, two of the sources say. Trump has critiqued the sketches of him that have circulated in the media this...

  • The Left's Hate Goggles Won't Let Them See a Dad's Love for His Son—and It's Getting Ridiculous

    This is getting ridiculous. I think Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) is one of the most vile individuals in Congress, and that's even before I factor in his affair with a communist Chinese spy. But I'm pretty sure he loves that kid I've seen in photos. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) hates America and is an anti-Semite—as loathsome a politician as you can get—but the commie loves her trans kid. Joe Biden is the worst ever, but on some level, he loves his kids, even though he turned them into drug-...