Ranting about the decline of comedy specials while releasing a new one at the same time feels a bit like an oxymoron. But somehow it still makes sense coming from alt-comedy pioneer David Cross, who isnβt just complaining; heβs finding his own route to making specials feel special again. The only way to do that…
Election officials sort through ballots at a counting station for the local elections in Seoul on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP via Getty Images) Pedro Pardo | Afp | Getty Images South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has chosen Han Seongsook, the country’s minister for small and midsize businesses and startups,…
A wealth platform which targets professionals whose finances are becoming increasingly complex is raising nearly Β£8m from a syndicate of investors. Sky News understands that Sidekick, which was founded in 2022, will announce on Friday that it has secured the backing in a Series A round led by Eos Ventures and the Development Bank of…
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner should face an ethics inquiry over her tax affairs, the Conservatives have said. It comes after The Daily Telegraph claimed Ms Rayner, who is also housing secretary, avoided Β£40,000 in stamp duty on a second home in East Sussex by removing her name from the deeds of another property in…
Files from a ‘birthday book’ compiled for the sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein appear to include a glowing contribution from the current UK ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson. Documents appear to show Lord Mandelson calling Epstein his “best pal” and writing of the friend “taking you by surpriseβ¦ in one of his glorious homes he likes…
In the annals of things I could not have seen coming, none has been more unexpected than βWomen Wearing Shoulder Pads,β a queer Spanish-language stop-motion comedy melodrama, set in the aesthetic world of a 1980s Pedro AlmodΓ³var film. (It arrives Sunday at midnight on Adult Swim, the home of things one doesnβt see coming, and…
First clue that someone is serious about pingpong: They call it table tennis. Second clue: They bring their own paddle. TimothΓ©e Chalamet dropped a third clue on movie sets all over the globe. To prepare for his role in the delightfully frenetic βMarty Supreme,β the two-time Oscar nominee traveled for years with a table in…
As the Department of Transportation begins the process of overhauling the country’s air traffic control system β a $12 billion undertaking β there are already plans to integrate artificial intelligence into it in the future. Addressing fears that AI is meant to completely replace air traffic controllers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told CBS News, “that’s…
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The owners of New Look, the high street fashion retailer, have picked bankers to oversee a strategic review which is expected to see the company change hands next year. Sky News has learnt that Rothschild has been appointed in recent days to advise New Look and its shareholders on a potential exit. The investment bank’s…