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The 82nd Venice Film Festival got underway with a constellation of stars on its red carpet, as Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield attended the premiere of “After the Hunt”, directed by Luca Guadagnino. Film critic Emma Jones tells us why she was impressed by Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Bugonia”, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemmons. We also discuss the French-made political intrigue “The Wizard of the Kremlin”, with Jude Law playing Vladimir Putin himself. And politics were ever-present at this year’s Mostra, with Venice4Palestine protests and Kaouther Ben Hania’s powerful docu-drama “The Voice of Hind Rajab”, which is set in Gaza.

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – SEPTEMBER 06: A general view prior to a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles at Arena Corinthians on September 06, 2024 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Wagner Meier/Getty Images)Getty Images For the second consecutive season, an NFL game in Brazil is on the league’s calendar. The Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs will play a regular season contest in São Paulo on Friday night. On Sept. 6 2024, the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Green Bay Packers 34-29 in the league’s first-ever regular season game in South America. The matchup averaged…

Fast-fashion giant Shein has launched an investigation after an image of Luigi Mangione – accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York last year – was used to model a shirt.An image with his likeness, which appeared to show him wearing a white, short-sleeved shirt, appeared on the fast-fashion website until its removal.It is thought the product he appeared to be modelling was on sale for just under $10 (£7.50).A spokesperson from Shein told BBC News: “The image in question was provided by a third-party vendor and was removed immediately upon discovery.”We have stringent standards for all listings…

The Marías’ front woman, Maria Zardoya, witnessed her vision come to life during the group’s latest Jimmy Kimmel Live performance. “Sienna,” from their most recent LP Submarine, considers the prospect of having a child and seeing familiar characteristics within them. For the performance, Zardoya was joined by a young girl with the same jet black hair and bangs. “I feel seen,” she sang. “Only through you.” Later in the song, nine more children appeared lining the stage as they provided backing harmonies, helping her to sing, “Ooh, Sienna/Would’ve been cute/Ooh, Sienna/Would look just like you.” Smoke and haze covered the dimly lit…

Any revamp of the County Championship may not take place until 2027 – if changes are implemented at all.The 18 first-class counties have been examining the domestic structure throughout this season, with the intention of introducing alterations in 2026.While a reduction to the T20 Blast was agreed in August, consensus on the future of the Championship has been harder to find.Various proposals to cut from the current 14 matches to a 12-game programme were supported by the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), but opposed by a number of counties.As such, a 12-game schedule is off the table.Now the choice is between…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The age of anesthesia began in 1846, when a man named Edward Abbott came to Massachusetts General Hospital with a painful growth under his jaw. Dental surgeon William Thomas Green Morton saw the case as the perfect opportunity to test his anesthetic breathing apparatus in the hospital’s amphitheater. In front of a packed crowd of surgeons, Morton asked Abbott to breathe in the fumes of a sweet-smelling liquid, known as ether, contained inside a small glass sphere. Within minutes of inhaling, Abbott was unconscious.  While doctors…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories A bipartisan group of Congress members are trying today to force a vote to make the Trump administration release more of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The Justice Department initially promised to release more details on the convicted sex offender, then abruptly said there was nothing more to see. This has been a focal topic surrounding the administration, as President Trump was a longtime friend of Epstein until…

Topshop will return to the High Street, five years after it closed all of its UK stores.The brand is going to be available in 32 John Lewis shops from February 2026, while its menswear brand Topman will be available in six stores.The chain disappeared after the collapse of Sir Philip Green’s retail empire, which owned Topshop as well as Burton and Dorothy Perkins.The Topshop brand was bought by the online retailer Asos, which sold its majority stake last September to the Danish retail tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen and is now in the midst of a major comeback.Asos currently sells Topshop…

Apple’s phone lineup is usually split between the more-affordable iPhone and the extras-added iPhone Pro models, but this year we could see another split, and I’m not talking about a possible iPhone 17 Air. Whereas the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are basically the same phones but with different size screens and bodies, the iPhone 17 Pro Max expected to be announced at Apple’s “Awe dropping” event next week on Sept. 9 could set itself apart from the regular-size iPhone 17 Pro.I’ve always stuck with the standard iPhone Pro, but now I’m not so sure. Here’s a rundown of some…

Kevin Costner made sure to acknowledge the death of Graham Greene, one of his costars in the 1990 movie Dances With Wolves. “A few things come to mind when I think of Graham Greene and our time together on Dances With Wolves,” the director and star of the Cilvil War-era Western wrote. “I think of how willing he was to learn the Lakota language. I think of my joy when I heard that his work on the film was recognized with an @theacademy Awards nomination. And I think of this scene in particular, when he was able to establish so…