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Gene Wilder

American actor (1933–2016)

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  • 4d ago

    Andrew Haigh premieres 1950s Colorado drama A Long Winter at Telluride

    The film adapts Colm Tóibín's novella, relocating the 1951 story to the Rocky Mountains with Fred Hechinger and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

  • Jul 18

    Tour riders slam 'inhuman' 2am doping test after Vingegaard crashes out of Tour de France in stage 15

    Jonas Vingegaard abandoned the Tour de France with a broken collarbone hours after being woken at 2am for a doping control, prompting riders to call the timing 'inhuman' and 'disrespectful' while the International Testing Agency admitted the tests 'could have disturbed' their sleep.

  • Jul 13

    Nolan's 'The Odyssey' opens with $264m globally, his biggest debut yet, as 70mm pilgrims cross borders

    The three-hour IMAX epic took $124.5m in North America and $139.6m internationally, landing as the third-biggest domestic opening of 2026 despite an R-rating and competition from the World Cup final.

  • Jun 30

    Netflix's Willy Wonka reality show recreates Gene Wilder's voice with AI, sparking nostalgia and unease

    Wonka's The Golden Ticket, premiering September 23, will use an ElevenLabs AI voice clone of the late actor, approved by his estate. The 12-contestant game show recreates the 1971 film's factory for a competition that has already drawn sharp criticism.

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Twelve countries ban settlement goods

Allies punish settlements as missiles hit Saudi sites and AfD shakes Germany

Governments spent the day drawing lines, then discovered how quickly others could cross them. Europe hardened trade policy toward Israeli settlements, Saudi energy sites burned after Houthi strikes, and German conservatives confronted the scale of their eastern collapse.

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    Spoke for one hour following visits by US envoys to Moscow and Kyiv, agreeing to maintain contact on the conflict.

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    Sanctions the UK government against West Bank settlements, triggering a sharp diplomatic rebuke from Israel over the new restrictive measures.

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Huckabee's warning ties US market access to settlement policy and Israel closed the UK consulate, extending the transactional doctrine to a new theatre.

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