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Sigourney Weaver hates being called an actress: “Like something invented in the 17th century in France”

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Tue 9 December 2025 11:30, UK Sigourney Weaver has had such a wide-ranging and consistent career that it’s easy to overlook just how remarkable her body of work really is. Best known for redefining sci-fi heroines as Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise, her filmography also spans everything from […]

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Sziget 2026: Line-up revealed with Florence and the Machine among headliners

(Credits: Press) Tue 9 December 2025 11:22, UK The line-up for Sziget Festival in Hungary has been revealed for 2026, featuring headliners including Florence and the Machine, Lewis Capaldi, and Twenty One Pilots. The festival will return to the Óbuda Island in Budapest, otherwise known as the Island of Freedom, for five massive days next […]

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Paul McCartney urges EU to stop plan to ban vegetarian sausages and burgers

(Credits: Raph Pour-Hashemi) Tue 9 December 2025 11:18, UK Paul McCartney has thrown his support behind a campaign for the EU to block a proposal on the renaming of plant-based food items. In October, the European Parliament voted in favour, by 355 to 247, to reserve the use of “burgers”, “steaks”, “egg-whites”, “sausages”, and more, […]

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Who is the highest-grossing director in cinema history to never make a sequel?

(Credits: Far Out) Mon 8 December 2025 11:30, UK It feels almost antiquated in an age of risk-averse blockbusters, the very idea that a director can win big box office success without wading into the realm of the fraught sequel. In an age of franchise reboots, extended universes, and nostalgia-driven ‘reimaginings’, the inexorable pull toward […]

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Louvre faces new blow as water leak damages hundreds of ancient books

(Credits: Louvre) Mon 8 December 2025 11:24, UK The Louvre has faced a new blow after a water leak damaged around 400 ancient books at the end of last month, it has emerged. The museum revealed on December 7th that between “300 and 400 works” were harmed when the leak was discovered on November 26th, […]

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Frank Sinatra “loathed” Donald Trump, daughter Nancy Sinatra reveals

(Credits: Capitol Records / Daniel Torok) Mon 8 December 2025 11:21, UK Nancy Sinatra has revealed her late father, Frank Sinatra, “loathed” Donald Trump. Sinatra made the revelation on social media while condemning the Trump administration and the ongoing ICE raids across the United States. In response to a video of an alleged ICE raid […]

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How Leeds’ darkest hour gave rise to Gang of Four’s masterpiece

(Credits: Far Out / Gang of Four) Sun 7 December 2025 11:30, UK The Fenton is a lovely, unassuming, independent pub frequented by University students in Leeds, with a poker night on Mondays and a quiz on Thursdays – standard fare. One thing this pub doesn’t properly advertise, though, is its position as a landmark […]

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Matthew Lillard responds to “humbling” Quentin Tarantino criticism

(Credits: Far Out / Frank Sun) Sun 7 December 2025 11:03, UK Matthew Lillard has hit back at Quentin Tarantino, who recently criticised the actor in a much-discussed podcast episode. Recently, Tarantino named his top 20 favourite movies of the 21st century while chatting with the American Psycho author on the Bret Easton Ellis Podcast. […]

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The Big Indie Playlist: Curated by Home Counties

(Credits: Far Out / Home Counties) Sun 7 December 2025 11:00, UK As the nights draw in and the length of every journey is extended by the need for de-icing, there can be no mistaking that winter is well and truly upon us, and that means two things: Christmas is just around the corner, and […]

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Dakota Johnson says Saudi Arabia has “renewed” her faith in cinema

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Sat 6 December 2025 11:12, UK Dakota Johnson has praised the film industry in Saudi Arabia and admitted that, compared to the state of things in the United States, it has “renewed” her faith in cinema. Johsnon recently appeared at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival. The festival […]