David Mouriquand
Food and Drink
A delicious heist: Funniest reactions to 12 tonne theft of KitKat bars
A sizeable shipment of Nestlé's KitKat chocolate bars has been stolen in Europe, while the goodies were in transit from Italy to Poland. Beyond the shortages the heist could provoke – especially right before Easter – the internet has been having a blast...
Art
Art theft rocks Italian museum with paintings worth millions stolen
Italian police have confirmed that four thieves stole paintings by Cézanne, Matisse and Renoir from a museum near Parma a week ago. The artworks are worth millions and the thieves managed the smash-and-grab in under three minutes.
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Cinema
Russian court bans Oscar-winning documentary ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’
‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ is based on secretly recorded footage by school teacher Pavel Talankin, who exposes how the Putin administration aims to indoctrinate schoolchildren in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The film won the Oscar for Best Documentary earlier this month.
Culture news
'Superman' actress and Cannes winner Valerie Perrine dies aged 82
Valerie Perrine, who won Best Actress at Cannes and was Oscar nominated for her performance in Bob Fosse’s 1974 Lenny Bruce biopic ‘Lenny’, has died aged 82. She is perhaps best known for playing Lex Luthor’s love interest in the Richard Donner Superman films.
Culture news
Buffy The Vampire Slayer cast pay tribute to Nicholas Brendon
Best known for playing Buffy’s sidekick Xander Harris on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Nicholas Brendon died in his sleep from natural causes. He was 54. Over the weekend, his Buffy co-stars paid tribute to him. “Some people leave a mark without trying.”
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