‘The three sharks’: Wolff excited at possible F1 return of Ecclestone, Horner and Briatore

‘The three sharks’: Wolff excited at possible F1 return of Ecclestone, Horner and Briatore

F1 heavyweight ‘supergroup’ linked to Alpine takeover Formula One needs ‘the buzz’, says Mercedes principal Toto Wolff has said he would welcome something of a Formula One supergroup returning to the sport in the form of Christian Horner, Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore potentially uniting to buy the Alpine team. When asked at the Dutch Grand Prix what he thought of the concept, albeit a somewhat unlikely proposition despite rumours persisting that Horner is interested in purchasing Alpine if he can obtain the substantial financial backing required, the Mercedes principal was all in favour. Continue reading...

Texas governor signs new redistricting bill, setting up loss of Democratic seats in US House

Texas governor signs new redistricting bill, setting up loss of Democratic seats in US House

Greg Abbott battled Democrats to bring bill to vote, and redrawn district maps will heavily favor Republicans Texas ’s governor, Greg Abbott, has signed a new redistricting bill that will redraw the state’s congressional map to heavily favor Republicans . On Friday, Abbott signed the highly controversial bill which prompted state Democrats to stage a weeks-long walkout earlier this month. Continue reading...

Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – this look at the Die Hard star’s decline is heartbreaking

Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – this look at the Die Hard star’s decline is heartbreaking

You’d think an interview with a movie star’s wife ahead of her upcoming book about caring for him would be dreadful. Instead, it’s a poignant watch in which love shines through On paper, it looks dreadful. A Diane Sawyer interview with the second wife of a beloved actor who has a life-changing disease, timed to coincide with the launch of said wife’s book about her experiences as a carer. Pass the bucket, give me strength and have some dignity are just some of the instinctive responses. So it is with trepidation verging on dread that one approaches Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special. But, much like the other recent potential schmaltzfest My Mom Jayne (Mariska Hargitay’s film about her mother, Jayne Mansfield, who died in a car crash when Hargitay was three), it turns out unexpectedly well. Yes, Sawyer does not help. She is the doyenne of the sympathetic/emetic head tilt and master of the pained expression. Her furrowed brow invites us to imagine she is being forced at gunpoint to ask the intimate questions her producers and the lowest common denominator demand, and her self-penned scripts are inexcusable. “His quiet dream girl shared his working-class values though they were from wildly different backgrounds,” she intones softly over photos and footage of the film star and his soon-to-be fiancee, Emma Heming, from their early days together, “before the joyful ride began”. Alas: “No one in life knows when there is a shadow about to creep in.” Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey is on Disney+ Continue reading...

US Open tennis 2025: Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz in action on day six – live

US Open tennis 2025: Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz in action on day six – live

Updates from the third round at Flushing Meadows Get in touch with Katy | Osaka hits back at Ostapenko Also getting going: Jiri Lehecka, the Czech 20th seed, against Belgium’s Raphael Collignon, the conqueror of Casper Ruud; and the all-French affair between Benjamin Bonzi and Arthur Rinderknech. On Sky, Tim Henman is backing the Brit, but reckons it’ll go to three sets . Marion Bartoli is also going with Raducanu. Big call. The head-to-head doesn’t help us much: ER has met ER only once before, back in 2022, though Rybakina did thrash Raducanu 6-0, 6-1. The pair have plenty of respect for each other and played doubles together last month in Washington DC. Continue reading...