The Simpsons is more than three decades old. Television’s most popular cartoon of the last 30 years has always been fond of referencing films, and as you’d imagine due to its longevity, it has referenced an absolute tonne of them over its time on the air. From comedies, horrors, psychological thrillers and dramas – the […]

3 years ago

Tyson was caught on video attacking a passenger on a plane. Mike Tyson has broken his silence for the first time after he was filmed while appearing to attack a passenger on a flight on Wednesday night. Footage recorded showed the 55-year-old repeatedly punching a passenger on a flight which was set to take off […]

4 years ago

The Wales manager will appear in Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court next Wednesday. Ryan Giggs has been charged with assaulting two women and controlling or coercive behaviour, the UK Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed. In a statement, Greater Manchester Police said that the charges were related to an incident on November 1, 2020. “Police were […]

5 years ago

Prince Philip passed away on Friday morning. Queen Elizabeth II will enter eight days of mourning following the death of her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh this morning at the age of 99. Buckingham Palace confirmed Prince Philip’s death on Friday, stating that he had “passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle”. As […]

5 years ago

His death was confirmed by Buckingham Palace. Prince Philip has died at the age of 99, Buckingham Palace have confirmed. A statement read: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. “His Royal Highness passed away […]

5 years ago

It’s 2021 – we shouldn’t have to tell you not to be opening beers with your teeth. Technology is truly incredible. It has given us the phones and computers you’re reading these words on right now. It’s given us satellites, WiFi, electric cars and planes. Often, it’s the more modest inventions which are the most […]

5 years ago

He wasted no time. Trevor Noah has been praised and criticised in equal measure after taking the piss out of the Royal family, the US Capitol siege and cocaine use during his opening monologue at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night. Walking down the red carpet at the event, which was part-virtual and part-open air […]

5 years ago

Morgan quit the show on Tuesday evening. Piers Morgan has broken his silence following his decision on Tuesday evening to leave his role as co-host of Good Morning Britain following his coverage of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s prime-time interview with Oprah this week. Ofcom was inundated with complaints about Morgan’s coverage, with more than 41,000 […]

5 years ago

Reid spoke about her former co-host live on air. Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid spoke on Wednesday morning about her former co-host Piers Morgan, following his decision to quit the show amid increasing criticism over his reporting on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Morgan stepped down from his position as co-host of the morning […]

5 years ago

He was moved to St Bartholomew’s Hospital days ago. Prince Philip has undergone a “successful procedure” on a pre-existing heart condition for which he is currently being treated in hospital, Buckingham Palace have confirmed. In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: “The Duke of Edinburgh yesterday underwent a successful procedure for a pre-existing heart condition at […]

5 years ago

We all have to make sacrifices. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the vast majority of us have had to make substantial changes to the way in which we live our lives, to protect ourselves and those we love. That means no meeting up with friends, no shaking hands with people, wearing a mask when out and […]

5 years ago

Who doesn’t love Pixar movies? All but the coldest of hearts are warmed by the sight of that weird little Pixar lamp fella hopping into view, ready to take his place among the iconic letters that make up the Pixar logo. Since releasing Toy Story in the mid-90s, Pixar has continually made some of the most heartwarming […]

5 years ago

‘NILLLLLLLLEEEEESSSS’. American television was a goldmine for comedy fans back in the 1990s. Depending on what particular kind of sitcom you were into, you had your choice between the likes of Everybody Loves Raymond, Seinfeld, Cheers and The King of Queens, but for many of us the standout was Frasier. A spin-off featuring the character of Frasier Crane from Cheers, the […]

5 years ago

So here it is, the UK’s roadmap out of lockdown. For almost a year now, the United Kingdom, like Ireland, has been in a perpetual state of locking down and reopening. People have grown used to this weird way of life, enjoying the time when society has been allowed to reopen, before begrudgingly trudging back […]

5 years ago

It’s the most talked-about documentary of the year to date. The New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears is one of the most talked-about television events of the year so far, and has restarted the discussion in the wider media about not only Britney Spears’ conservatorship under her father, but also the media’s treatment of the star. […]

5 years ago

The most ambitious crossover of 2021. Roy Keane appears, to anyone who has ever watched or heard him speak, a man who knows what he likes. Having cut his teeth in the Premier League in the 1990s, a simpler time where there was little to no faffing about, Keane is a product of that time. […]

5 years ago

What do we know about Pelé? He is one of the greatest footballers to ever play the game, one of the highest goal scorers of all time (the highest, actually, if you go by his and Santos’ records) and the winner of three World Cups. But despite this, Pelé remains a divisive figure in his […]

5 years ago

The return of the king. It’s hard to believe it now, but there was a time when social networks were just that: a place to speak to your friends, exchange photographs and give music recommendations. It was a simpler time, when the biggest thing you had to worry about was questionable fashion choices and bad […]

5 years ago

The UK government had initially said that the new variant was no more deadly than that which had originally brought life in the UK to a halt. The ‘Kent variant’ of the Covid-19 virus, which has spread around the United Kingdom and has been identified in Ireland in recent weeks, could be as much as […]

5 years ago

SUCH A GOOD BOY. In October 2018, Taka – a Shiba Inu belonging to an American family living in the state of Georgia – was badly burned in a house fire, after the porch upon which he stood collapsed. He was left in agony, screaming in pain, forcing vets at the Care More Animal Hospital […]

5 years ago

He will never recover from this, probably. Joe Exotic, the protagonist (and antagonist) of the wildly popular lockdown one hit Tiger King has not been granted a presidential pardon by Donald Trump. He had reportedly been so confident he would be pardoned that he had arranged for a limousine to wait for him outside of the […]

5 years ago

They’re calling it ‘Pardonpalooza’ – which is pretty catchy to be fair. Donald Trump’s time as the president of the United States is coming to an end. Take a second to breathe a sigh of relief if you need to right now. All good? Sweet. President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th […]

5 years ago

He appears to have grown tired of using that particular set of skills Actor Liam Neeson has said that he plans to stop making action movies, despite his love for the genre. Neeson, who had spent the majority of his career as a dramatic actor before appearing in the first of the Takenseries in 2008, told Entertainment […]

5 years ago

The food packages have replaced the £30 vouchers previously given to families. The UK government is facing intense criticism after images shared online on Monday evening showed what low-income families are receiving as part of the free school meals scheme. A Twitter user named @RoadsideMum shared the image of the food, with which she is […]

5 years ago

Who doesn’t love Dwayne Johnson? Actor, wrestler, tequila business owner – is there anything Dwayne Johnson cannot do? The man who rose to fame as The Rock and created one of the most iconic figures in professional wrestling history, is now one of the most in-demand and highest paid actors in the world, and he […]

5 years ago

Her partner had confirmed her death earlier on Monday. Actress Tanya Roberts is still alive, her representative has confirmed, after widespread reports of her death on Monday. Reports had claimed that Roberts, who is best known for her roles in Charlie’s Angels, A View to Kill, and That ’70s Show, had felt unwell on Christmas Eve after […]

5 years ago

“If I can have it at 90, you can have it too” Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old woman from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, has become the first person in the world to receive a fully tested and approved Covid-19 vaccine, at her local hospital in Coventry. The woman, a former jeweller who turns 91 next week and […]

5 years ago

FIFA 21 is not scripting your games, according to EA. EA Sports have responded to a lawsuit brought against the company by three American gamers, calling their accusations “baseless” and a misrepresentation of the company’s games. A class action lawsuit was last month filed against EA Sports in the US District Court of Northern California […]

5 years ago

One of the best to ever play the game, taken too soon. Diego Armando Maradona passed away today at the age of 60. A player and man for which there could never be enough superlatives has been taken far too soon. From playing on the streets in the outskirts of Buenos Aires and his world […]

5 years ago

So long to a WWE legend. Wrestling legend The Undertaker has officially called time on his career in WWE after three decades in his final appearance at Survivor Series. The 55-year-old, who is played by Mark Calaway, took to the ring to address the WWE audience for one last time in what felt very much […]

5 years ago

It’s still unlikely that this means Trump will stop talking about voter fraud… So it turns out that Donald Trump cannot bend every cog of the American political machine to his will. The US president’s campaign to challenge the legality of his election defeat to Joe Biden caused concern initially – among people both in […]

5 years ago

The company will seek FDA approval ‘within days’. Pfizer has completed the trial for its Covid-19 vaccine, the company has confirmed, which has shown the vaccine to have an efficacy rate of 95%, with no side effects. The successful end of the trial comes a week after Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their vaccine had […]

5 years ago

The launch follows Rashford’s campaign to provide children with free school meals. Marcus Rashford has launched a book club with the aim of allowing children to experience the “escapism” of reading. Teaming up with Macmillan Children’s Books, Rashford has stated that he wants all children to be in the position to be able to read […]

5 years ago

Hundreds of people have called the helpline mocking the president’s defeat in the US election. A phone line set up by Donald Trump’s administration with the aim of receiving evidence of voter fraud in the American presidential election has found itself inundated with pranks calls mocking the president. Trump continues to push allegations of voter […]

5 years ago

Is Trump going to upset the pollsters again? When Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential elections it rocked the political (and wider) world. Throughout the election, pollsters in the United States had believed that Hillary Clinton would walk it, only for America to push the now president over the line with a narrow victory. […]

5 years ago

The Wales manager was arrested at his home on Sunday night. Ryan Giggs has denied assault allegations made against him after the former Manchester United player was arrested at his Salford home over the weekend on suspicion of assaulting his partner Giggs was questioned by Greater Manchester Police on suspicion of assault and actual bodily […]

5 years ago

The court delivered its ruling on Monday morning. Actor Johnny Depp has lost his high-profile libel case against The Sun over the newspaper’s reporting of him as a “wife beater”. Depp, the star of such Hollywood blockbusters as Pirates of the Caribbean and Fantastic Beasts, brought the libel case against the Sun’s publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN), and […]

5 years ago

FUT card packs have been found to be in contravention of Dutch law. A court in the Netherlands has confirmed that the country’s gambling authority can proceed with a fine of €10 million towards Electronic Arts. The fine pertains to the company’s FIFA series and, in particular, loot boxes within its FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) […]

5 years ago

Ah, water on the moon. 2020 is the best. NASA has confirmed the presence of water on the moon for the first time, in an announcement delivered on Monday. A tweet by NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine stated that NASA had “confirmed water on the sunlit surface” of the moon, though it is too early to […]

5 years ago

“I am taking legal action against the publishers.” Paul Pogba has released a statement on his Instagram account in response to a story by The Sun which the France midfielder has rejected as “fake news”. The story in question claimed that Pogba had quit the France national team over comments made by French president Emmanuel […]

5 years ago

Few things get football fans as excited as a new FIFA cover Over the years we’ve seen some players feature on the cover more than others, with Wayne Rooney appearing a whopping seven times throughout the 2000s at the peak of his powers. In that spirit, let’s see how well you remember the faces which […]

5 years ago

Welcome to part three of our test of your most useless knowledge We’ve done all the preamble that we could possibly do as we enter the third incarnation of our quiz series testing your knowledge of the most obscure Simpsons characters The show has been going for decades and has had countless characters, some more […]

5 years ago

“All in this together…” Bars in the UK parliament are exempt from stricter coronavirus restrictions imposed upon pubs and restaurants last week, according to a report by The Times. In a revelation that will shock only those who have not paid attention to the UK government’s handling of the coronavirus, pubs on the parliamentary estate […]

5 years ago

“Welcome to the county of Kent, papers please.” Lorry drivers will be required to have a ‘Kent access permit (KAP)’ to get into the county from January 1, Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove has confirmed. The new system will require all lorry drivers intending to access ferry ports or the Eurotunnel to attain […]

5 years ago

Who doesn’t love trainers? No one, that’s who. Trainers are great. They look nice, they keep our feet from getting wet or cold, and, given the right pair, can actually convince people that we are much cooler than we actually are. Whether you’re a sneakerhead (that’s a relatively recent term for people who, erm, like […]

5 years ago

Wildfires continue to tear through the American west. More than two million acres of land have been burned in California due to wildfires blazing through the western American state, with a further 300,000 acres destroyed in Washington. Thousands have been evacuated as the fires tear through a number of states, with smoke covering huge swathes […]

5 years ago

The Simpsons remains brilliant, despite how bad it’s been for over a decade. Such is the pure genius of seasons 2-10/3-9 (depending on your own sensibilities) that the show could continue on its current trajectory for another 50 years – and let’s face it, that may happen – and it would still be arguably the […]

5 years ago

Tiger King was a revelation when it hit Netflix at the start of lockdown. For a brief period of time, before we realised the true extent of the hellscape in which we were living, we all just sat there bewildered and laughing at Joe Exotic and his cohort. His gang of eclectic animal handlers, their extraordinary […]

5 years ago

There have been a lot of Disney films. From the moment Walt Disney reached deep within his mind in 1928 to create an anthropomorphic mouse named Michael, Disney has not looked back. Now 100s of movies deep, Disney’s animated offerings follow a familiar but mostly satisfying pattern: a hero of some kind finds themselves in […]

5 years ago

The Italian looked visibly shaken after the incident. Italian MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi somehow emerged unscathed after a horror crash during the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. The 41-year-old was pictured looking dazed and shaken after he narrowly avoided being struck by two flying bikes in the aftermath of a collision involving Johann Zarco and […]

5 years ago