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How WHITE does my hair look in this!! Leslie Nielsen eat your heart out. Amazing photography by the ever talented @colinjsmith Brutus "Julius Caesar" Act 3 Sc 2

Earlier today the Russian military proudly posted footage of their own forces striking UN vehicles with FPV drones in Kherson but the terminally useless Secretary-General of the UN is still apparently incapable of publicly assigning responsiblity.

Spoke to Lucasfilm President @dave_filoni about the future of @starwars on movie screens and @DisneyPlus collider.com/dave-filoni-st…

Reform likes Russia.

I've written about it on another platform - free to read here open.substack.com/pub/peterfrank…

I think there will be one side that is celebrating about a job very well done: China. The summit was carefully planned out - and went better than expected 3/5

Lots of talk here about Trump’s Beijing visit. The real story here (IMHO) is not trade - but the optics, symbolism and power 1/5

POV: You’re coming home after a journey around the Moon. 🌕 Before reentering Earth’s atmosphere at the end of Artemis II, the Orion spacecraft’s crew module — carrying the astronauts — separated from the service module that provided propulsion and power throughout the mission.

Goddamn. I don’t know who needs to hear this but The Black Keys just dropped their best record in a decade. This is smoky, sweaty, zero polish juke joint blues and I didn’t know they still had it in them. 10/10.🔥

Jason Alexander losing every Emmy nomination for George Costanza in Seinfeld still feels absurd. George gave the show its neurosis, panic, selfishness, insecurity, and legendary meltdowns. One of the greatest comedy performances television has ever seen.

This was meant to be semi-frivolous, but seems to have struck a chord. The Oxbridge union societies are basically mock-ups of Westminster - playpens which allow super-ambitious student politicians to learn pantomime and theatrical techniques which have not served the UK well.

WATCH: UK’s most important new factory - opening next year: Tonight as part of my UK GDP report ive been to Somerset Agratas factory which from next year will be manufacturing made in Britain EV batteries that will enable JLR exports to the EU and US… Absolutely fascinating:

The final ep of Moonlighting aired OTD in 1989, and went full meta. Bruce Willis & Cybill Shepherd race to save their own characters, David & Maddy, from cancellation, because when the show ends they'll literally cease to exist. It even admits why Moonlighting ultimately failed

APPLEBAUM: Russia's war in Ukraine is sometimes described, including recently by American Vice President, as if it were nothing more than territorial dispute, kind of scuffle over lines on map. But when Russia denies that Ukraine is a real nation, builds concentration camps on Ukrainian territory, bans Ukrainian language and systematically arrests mayors, teachers, journalists, and priests, then Russia is also attacking Europe that was built after 1945, Europe whose borders are not supposed to be changed by force. Russia invaded Ukraine not only to destroy Ukraine but also to prove that treaties are meaningless, alliances are weak, and brute force still decides fate of nations. By waging imperial war of conquest, Russia seeks to undermine Europe's post-imperial order.

Watch the newly released trailer for The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, the #BFIBacked darkly comic drama starring Peter Mullan! The debut feature from Seán Dunn arrives in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 12 June. #NationalLottery @mubiuk

Dave Filoni says he “couldn’t even say” what the craziest #StarWars pitch he’s heard since taking over as Lucasfilm president: “At the time, when Jon [Favreau] came in and pitched a child of Yoda’s species, that might’ve seemed crazy… Crazy is opportunity sometimes.” #TheMandalorianAndGrogu

Amazing interview by my Big Bro @holland_tom with Sir Paul McCartney. Can’t believe it - we’ve been OBSESSED with The Beatles since we were knee-high. Bought my first album when I was 7! And now this! Nuts! open.spotify.com/episode/2dHQjO…

Jon Favreau introduces #TheMandalorianAndGrogu at the LA premiere: “I sat by my dad 49 years ago watching ‘Star Wars’ for the first time, and tonight I get to sit next to my dad and watch this movie.”

Harrison Ford: “Humanity is a part of nature, not above it. We need cultural change. We need to extend social justice. We need to respect and elevate the indigenous people that are being marginalized, and in many cases, killed in cold blood. The world you’re stepping into, the world my generation left you, is a real mess”

Colin Jost says he pitched Pete Hegseth mistakenly quoting Pulp Fiction as Bible verse in the SNL writers room—then Hegseth actually did it.

Cate Blanchett’s (57 today) cameo in Hot Fuzz (2007) is the ultimate subversion. Edgar Wright thought it'd be funny to have one of the most recognisable actresses on the planet hiding behind a mask for the entire scene. Cate agreed, shot for a day, gave her fee to charity.