• How we met: ‘I cried because the bar didn’t have any pizza and he comforted me’

    Philippa, 32, and Jack, 30, met at a post-election party in 2019. They plan to marry in September and move to Spain• Tell us your story of how you met someone specialWhen Philippa moved to Sheffield from London in 2018, one of the first things she did was join her local Labour party. “I was studying for a PhD in housing and planning and was already involved in a tenants’ union,” she says. “I was very active socially, but I lived alone, so it was a bit lonely for me.”A year after moving up north,...

  • 'Don’t need anyone’s approval. People said the same about Dhoni': Virat Kohli's no-holds-barred attack on Gavaskar

    Just hours after former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar took a fresh jibe at Virat Kohli ahead of the IPL 2024 clash between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the RCB opener launched a scathing attack on the India legend, saying that he needs no one's approval or assurance about his game.Kohli has long been criticised for his strike rate in the T20 format, especially against spinners and in the middle overs. In fact, at the start of the IPL 2024...

  • Philly McMahon: Armagh weren’t unlucky – they didn’t have the balls to win

    ?You’ve choked. Bottled it. Imploded. Capitulated. There isn’t a worse feeling in sport.

  • Fancy a Broadway musical about Richard Simmons?

    Forget that unauthorized Pauly Shore biopic, a musical about lovable fitness fanatic Richard Simmons may be heading to Broadway! Here's Richard himself, on Facebook: "I am so excited! I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who is an attorney and manages famous artists in music. — Read the rest

  • ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Didn’t Do Enough With Starbuck

    The Battlestar Galactica reboot wastes Starbucks potential with confusing storylines and an abrupt, ambiguous ending.

  • Biden Fared Well at Morehouse. So You Didn’t Hear About It.

    Joan Walsh Biden’s speech wasn’t groundbreaking. But he did not take these talented 20-somethings for granted.

  • X-Men ‘97 didn’t have to go that hard

    The following article discusses spoilers for the first season of X-Men ‘97. I was excited about the return of the ‘90s Saturday morning cartoon version of the X-Men. Still, I wasn’t sure Marvel, under the auspices of Disney, could deliver on the flavor of the original while also making a modern show that older fans, now adults in their 30s and 40s, could enjoy. And X-Men '97 is a total play on our nostalgia, which makes it even odder that it delivers. And is better than the original in pretty...

  • What the Sarnia murder trial jury didn’t hear

    A jury spent seven weeks listening to the testimony of 15 witnesses before deciding late Thursday to convict Joshua Tomlinson of second-degree murder in the 2021 fatal stabbing of Sarnia senior Allen Schairer. But there’s a lot they didn’t hear over that month and a half that, until they left to deliberate and were sequestered, […]

  • ITV says Sorry, I Didn’t Know for fifth season

    NEWS BRIEF: UK commercial broadcaster ITV has recommissioned comedy panel show Sorry, I Didn’t Know for a fifth season. Produced by TriForce Productions, Sorry, I Didn’t Know is a quiz show centred

  • Doctor Who Space Babies review: Bet you didn’t expect that

    The following includes spoilers for “Space Babies.” You can’t help but admire Russell T. Davies’ audacity. He plucks the rights to make Doctor Who from the BBC. He gets Disney+ to write an enormous check to bring the show to life in a way never before attempted. Then, with so much money at stake and a months-long promotional campaign, he opens season one and the door to new fans with this. We kick off at the end of “The Church on Ruby Road,” with the Doctor's latest companion, Ruby Sunday...

  • Lewis fought Almeida with injured shoulders: ‘I didn’t have any strength’

    Derrick Lewis comes into his St. Louis main event against Rodrigo Nascimento on a 1-3 skid over the past two years, but “The Black Beast” believes his recent record doesn’t reflect the improvements he’s made in his training and fitness. “I’m feeling great right now,” Lewis reiterated during media day interviews. “I actually really feel like this is my prime. Whenever I was in my twenties, early thirties or whatever, I didn’t feel as good. And now I’m feeling fantastic right now.” This was...

  • Ian McShane: ‘When I was about to get it on with Richard Burton, he said I reminded him of Elizabeth’

    The actor on the fate of Lovejoy's leather jacket, appearing nude on the