Deadpool & Wolverine isn’t particularly good. But it’s so determined to beat you down with its incessant irreverence that you might submit anyway. Photo: Jay Maidment/20th Century Studios/MARVEL Right before he and Wolverine have their first big fight in Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds’s Deadpool asides to the camera, “Get your special sock out, nerds….
An international police investigation involving the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) working with law enforcement from north America has resulted in the conviction of the radical preacher Anjem Choudary for directing a banned terrorist group. The joint-Met Police and MI5 investigation into Choudary was assisted by the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Royal…
We recall how Barcelona almost stopped Lionel Messi from making the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Before the Copa America triumph in 2021, Lionel Messi’s success on an international level had come exclusively through age-grade competitions: the 2005 Youth Championships and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It is quite peculiar that he had to go through Nigeria to…
The Parkhead club will take on the Premier League champions in the early hours of Wednesday morning before a final match Stateside against Chelsea. The pre-season friendly will be Celtic’s fourth outing of the summer after playing Ayr United and Queen’s Park in Scotland, then DC United in America. Celtic drew 1-1 with Ayr – now managed…
Docuseries “Fugitive: The Mystery of the Crypto Queen,” about one of the most wanted women in the world, has sold across 31 territories, Variety can confirm. The globe-spanning mystery, which filmed across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, tells the story of Ruja Ignatova, the founder of fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme OneCoin and the only woman…
Sara Martins is ready for battle. The French actress stars in Peacock’s new epic Those About to Die as Numidian immigrant Cala, a relentless mother who follows her children to Rome when her daughters are sold into slavery and her son becomes a gladiator during the Flavian dynasty. Martins’ desperate ferocity makes her a standout…
When she was offered the role of the matriarchal Irene Raymond in EastEnders, Roberta Taylor told the producers that she did not mind what the character was like as long as she did not have to wear a cardigan. Having barged her way through three years (1997-2000) of melodramatic plot lines – Irene was an…
For most local businesses on Franklin Street, July is the slowest time of the year. The bulk of UNC students are gone, and Tar Heel sports are in the offseason. It’s why some of the biggest brands in international soccer popping in for an exhibition at Kenan Stadium is such a boon. When Chelsea…
Five minutes after finishing the latest episode of McDonald & Dodds (ITV1), I’d forgotten the finer points of the plot and the names of half of the characters. Actually, if I’m honest, I kept forgetting them while I was watching it. But that’s the thing about this series: it operates on good vibes rather than…