One of the most famous episodes of Friends is set to be re-enacted with an all-black cast. Hosted by Bring It On and 10 Things I Hate About You star Gabrielle Union, the Friends table read will feature Sterling K Brown, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Uzo Aduba, Aisha Hinds, Kendrick Sampson and Jeremy Pope. Image: Sterling
Month: September 2020
A 13-year-old autistic boy has been shot 11 times by police who were called to his house by the teenager’s mother. Bodycam footage of the incident – which took place on 4 September in Salt Lake City, Utah – has been released, along with 911 calls. Linden Cameron survived the shooting but is in a
The owner of the Premier Inn chain of hotels and Brewers Fayre restaurants has announced plans to cut 6,000 jobs. Whitbread said it had begun consultations with staff and hoped the majority of the proposed cuts could be made voluntarily as it outlined a collapse in sales during the coronavirus crisis. It reported that sales
Jackie Stallone, the mother of Hollywood actor Sylvester and one of Celebrity Big Brother’s most memorable stars, has died aged 98. Tributes have been paid to “a remarkable woman” by one of her other sons, Frank, who confirmed the news in a statement. Stallone died on Monday “in her sleep as she had wished”, he
Rescuers in Australia say conditions are in their favour as they try to save around 180 whales stranded in one of the country’s worst beaching events. An estimated 270 pilot whales became stuck in shallow water on a sandbar off the remote west coast of the Australian island of Tasmania. Twenty-five have been returned to
A British man who helped steal information from several companies as a key member of The Dark Overlord hacking group has been jailed for five years in the US. Nathan Francis Wyatt pleaded guilty in federal court in St Louis, Missouri, to conspiring to commit aggravated identity theft and computer fraud. The 39-year-old, of Wellingborough,
A deal to prevent TikTok from being banned in the US has been plunged into peril. The Chinese company ByteDance had reached an agreement with Oracle and Walmart that was designed to allay national security concerns, but Global Times, a newspaper backed by the Chinese state, has suggested Beijing is unlikely to give its approval.
Boris Johnson’s plans to impose a 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants have been described as a “crushing blow” for the hospitality sector. The new measures are set to be enforced from Thursday across England, amid concerns that social distancing rules aren’t respected late at night. But Kate Nicholls, the chief executive of UKHospitality has
A well-known paraglider has been found dead in the mountains of Nevada in the US, nearly a month after he went missing. The body of James “Kiwi” Johnston – who disappeared on 23 August – was found under a tree in the Fish Creek mountains of Eureka County after a passerby noticed a parachute on
The author of classic children’s book Guess How Much I Love You has died, his publisher has said. Sam McBratney, 77, died on Friday, according to Walker Books. His much-loved bedtime story, first published in 1994, has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into 57 languages. It tells the story of
Michael Lonsdale, best known for his role as James Bond villain Hugo Drax, has died at the age of 89. He worked with some of the world’s top directors in an acting career that spanned 60 years. From his role in the 1979 Bond film Moonraker, to that of a French monk in Algeria in
Pubs, bars and restaurants throughout England will be forced to close at 10pm from Thursday, Boris Johnson will announce in a new coronavirus crackdown. In a House of Commons statement followed by a TV address to the nation, the prime minister will unveil a range of new measures to tackle the dramatic surge in COVID-19
Microsoft has agreed to buy the company behind hit games such as Fallout, Doom and The Elder Scrolls in a $7.5bn (£5.8bn) deal. The acquisition of ZeniMax will help Microsoft strengthen its Xbox video game offering as competition with rival Sony heats up ahead of Christmas. Gaming has been boosted by growing demand at a
The family of Jacob Blake, the man shot seven times by US officers in front of his children, has told Sky News how the traumatised youngsters scream in fear at the sight of a police car. Jacob Blake Snr said: “It’s burning their little minds. One of them, who’s eight – his question constantly is:
Boris Johnson is set to make a statement on the next steps the country will take to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The prime minister will speak a day after Sir Patrick Vallance, the government’s chief scientific adviser, warned the UK could soon see 49,000 new cases of COVID-19 every day unless action is taken. Mr
The UK’s COVID-19 alert level should be upgraded from level three to level four, meaning transmission of the virus is high or rising exponentially, the four nations’ chief medical officers have said. In a statement, the chief medical officers of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland said: “After a period of lower COVID cases and
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