Новости за 15.02.2024

22 years since its first release, Lilo & Stitch is still a beloved family film and now it’s hard to walk through a Primark without seeing hundreds of items of Stitch-based merchandise.

If you’re a pet owner, you likely had a lot of fun (or frustration!) naming your pet. Do you go silly and call them something like pancake or do you go aggressively normal and name them something along the lines of Barry?

Do you know what I love at the end of a long, busy day?

A nice, cold, single arm raised in the air while I lay on the couch. Nothing beats it. I’ve earned it.

If you do the same and thought you were a bit weird for it, let me just assure you that you’ve never had a unique experience in your life and these arm raises are no exception to that rule.

In fact, according to Dr Karan Raj, a surgeon and TikTok creator, there’s actually a biological reason behind it.

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Antisemitism in the UK rose to a 40-year high last year, according to a charity, with incidents increasing by almost 150 per cent compared to 2022.

Keir Starmer has not “let down” Britain’s Jewish community despite a row over anti-Israel comments made by two Labour candidates, Rachel Reeves has said.

Stephen Colbert tried to make sense of Donald Trump’s latest angry attack, this time at a member of his own party.

Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday night tore into Donald Trump for pushing Lara Trump as co-chair of the Republican National Committee, which would put her in charge of the organisation’s money. 

When it comes to dental hygiene, I thought I had it nailed. The brushing teeth, scraping tongue, water flosser, mouthwash routine twice a day has my mouth feeling fresh and bright every day.

Graham Norton on the set of his BBC talk show

After more than 25 years of interviewing the biggest names from film, TV, music and beyond, Graham Norton has probably seen it all by this stage.

And apparently, that includes one absolute icon’s wig getting its own dressing room.

Graham’s long-time producer Graham Stuart recently sat down with Metro to discuss celebs’ diva demands, admitting there hadn’t been that many over the years.

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It's more bad news for Rishi Sunak.

Only a third of voters who backed the Conservatives in 2019 will vote for the party again at the next general election, according to a new poll.

On Thursday, YouGov and WPI Strategy revealed that out of 4,000 voters who supported the Tories, just 37% would support them again if an election were held tomorrow.

The poll also found 9% of respondents would switch to Labour, 3% to the Liberal Democrats and 1% to the Green Party.

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People are £1,500 worse off than they would otherwise have been thanks to a collapse in living standards, a new analysis has shown.

Barely two months after becoming prime minister, Rishi Sunak made five promises to voters on which he wanted to be judged.

Kids may say the darndest things, but parentstweet about them in the funniest ways. Although Twitter has rebranded to X, the humour lives on.

Marriage is full of highs, lows and a whole bunch of ordinary moments in between. Somehow the married people on X, formerly known as Twitter, continue to find humour in the minutiae of wedded life.

What's the deal with mould and cheese?

Cheese is probably something you always have on hand. But if you’re lax about taking stock of what’s in your fridge, you might notice white or green fuzz growing on it when you reach for it.

Mould and cheese have an important relationship that begins long before it hits the store shelves, but it can be tricky for the casual cheese eater to grasp. Mold plays a role in cheesemaking, but you can’t always see it. And some molds you see are safe to eat, while others are best avoided. Читать дальше...

Thinking of exchanging numbers before a first date? You might want to turn off this iPhone feature.

Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak confidently announced that the UK economy had “turned a corner” on Wednesday – only for official stats to reveal we are in a recession on Thursday.

Yes, not only did the UK’s GDP (gross domestic product) shrink across the final six months of 2023 – a big blow for the prime minister in itself – but he was also filmed predicting that the economy was on the up, less than 24 hours before.

And the internet has the receipts.

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Lady Gaga

Joker director Todd Phillips had a Valentine’s Day gift for all of us excited for the divisive film’s upcoming sequel.

Despite having our issues with the first Joker film, we’ve been sold on follow-up Folie À Deux ever since it was first reported the would be a musical-of-sorts with Lady Gaga joining Joaquin Pheonix as a new incarnation of Harley Quinn.

Since then, there’ve been plenty of photos from the set to keep us intrigued – with its Oscar-nominated director sharing new photos on Instagram on Wednesday. Читать дальше...

Pedro Pascal

Marvel has revealed the cast of its upcoming adaptation of the Fantastic Four.

Speculation has been rife for months now about which actors will be playing the iconic superhero team in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the production company finally unveiling the news in a Valentine’s Card on Instagram.

As was previously rumoured, Pedro Pascal will be taking the lead as Mister Fantastic, a role previously portrayed on the big screen by Ioan Gruffudd, Miles Teller and (briefly... Читать дальше...

Rishi Sunak promised to grow the UK economy shortly after he became prime minister.

We got through it! While we’re still in the season of winter, the long dark days are behind us, treating us to brighter mornings and longer evenings. Finally.

When we use words such as ‘helpful, quiet, tidy, pretty, gentle, kind and sweetie,’ more often than not we associate this with girls. Whereas using language such as ‘brave, loud and adventurous’ you’re more likely to think of a boy.

According to Superdrug Online Doctor, 1 in 10 men across the globe experiences erectile dysfunction, and cases are expected to raise to 322 million people by 2025.

Nearly two-thirds of older adults say they're interested in sex.

There’s a lot of mystery surrounding sex in your 60s, 70s and beyond. 

Look online and you’ll find countless threads where curious younger people ask if older people are having sex at all, and if they are having it, what it’s like. “What does it feel like?” others wonder. (Good, we imagine? It’s still sex!) 

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The Kansas City Chiefs celebrate during their victory parade in Kansas City, Missouri, on Feb. 14.