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Davika Hoorne and director Banjong Pisanthanakun are opening up about “Inherit,” the psychological horror film that reunites the pair and will have its world premiere in the Centrepiece program at the Toronto Film Festival, with Hoorne starring as a centuries-old, demon-possessed grandmother. The film follows the Manasvanich family, whose wealth and polish mask deep secrets once an unexpected relative arrives at their door. Hoorne plays Woranart, a grandmother in her 80s whose youthful looks conceal a centipede spirit searching for a new host, with Oui (Baipor Thitiya Jirapornsilp), the family’s youngest member, emerging as her likely target. The film is…

Morning opening: When the dust settles (a bit)Jakub KrupaHej from Stockholm as the dust settles (a bit) after a hectic election night.With 95% of votes counted overnight, the left-leaning opposition bloc – led by Magdalena Andersson’s Social Democrats – has widened its lead to three seats, leading 176 to 173 against the reigning centre-right coalition and their far-right partners in Sweden Democrats.Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson gives a speech during the party´s election watch after the Swedish parliamentary election in Stockholm. Photograph: Caisa Rasmussen/BILDBYRÅN/ShutterstockFormally, the result is not settled yet: there is only some 28,600 votes separating the two blocs,…

Trump’s mail-in voting restrictions blocked by a second judgeHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.A second ⁠federal ⁠judge has prevented ⁠Donald Trump’s administration from implementing ⁠a ​new ‌US ‌Postal Service ‌rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements.However, ‌the US supreme court is ​still weighing the administration’s ⁠request to ​overturn a separate ​order ​blocking the ​rule. Late on Sunday, District Judge Carl J Nichols in Washington, DC, handed down a similar hold on the rule, which was issued 21 August.“Plaintiffs have demonstrated that, absent an injunction, there is an increased risk that a significant number of otherwise appropriate absentee…

Africa’s richest man aims to list his 700,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery, which commenced its initial public offering Monday morning, in the United States in the next three to four years, he told the investing public in Lagos during the Fact Behind the Offer event at the Nigerian Exchange. “In the next three years, by the grace of God, three to four years or thereabouts, we will try and also list outside the African continent, most likely in the U.S,” he said. “By doing so, because the company will be very, very large, we will be having 10 per cent of…

The AI industry seems to be having its loudest debate yet about whether its technology poses an existential threat to humanity. The current discussion began after AI researcher Jacob Coxon said that he’s resigned from Anthropic because he’s worried that the leading AI companies are “gambling with our lives.” Then Anthropic’s alignment lead chimed in with a post declaring, “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!” adding that he personally thinks the chance is “>10% within the next decade.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed the latest apocalyptic…

Key eventsTUC leader says Reform UK getting £72m shows democracy ‘in crisis’ and politics ‘captured by corporate interests’Paul Nowak, the TUC general secretary, has said that the two donations worth a total of £72m to Reform UK announced over the weekend show that democracy is in crisis.In his speech to the TUC conference, he called for a permanent ban on crypto donations, overseas donations, and foreign-funded political ads.And he claimed there was a direct link between Reform UK and the white supremacist movement in the US.He told the conference: double quotation markWhy is it that two crypto billionaires have donated…

This week’s Starwatch is a challenge but a beautiful reward awaits for anyone who succeeds. The question is: how early in the evening can we find Venus?On Monday, the bright planet has a close encounter with a young crescent moon. The moon will be just over three days old with about 14% of its visible surface illuminated. Unfortunately for UK observers, the two make their closest approach during daylight, passing within a moon’s width of one another around lunchtime.By the evening they will have separated a little, but they will still make an attractive pairing for observers with a particularly…

Matt BowenCloseMatt BowenESPN WriterMatt Bowen is a fantasy football and NFL writer for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2015, writes regularly for ESPN+ and spent multiple years on “NFL Matchup.” After graduating from the University of Iowa, Matt played safety in the NFL for St. Louis, Green Bay, Washington and Buffalo over seven seasons. and Tristan H. CockcroftCloseTristan H. CockcroftESPN Senior WriterTristan H. Cockcroft is senior writer for fantasy baseball and football at ESPN. Tristan is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. He is also two-time LABR and four-time Tout Wars champion.Multiple AuthorsSep 13, 2026, 11:47 PM ETWeek 1 of…

It’s an evening of two halves and many, many parts, some that dovetail snugly, others more clunkily bolted together. And perhaps that’s because The McRae/Vassilev Project is just that: a project more than a piece.Directed by Natalie Abrahami and choreographed by Loughlan Prior, it is essentially an encounter between two masterful performers with long careers at the Royal Opera House, dancer Steven McRae and violinist Vasko Vassilev, entwined with the near mythical figure of another virtuoso artist, Niccolò Paganini.The first half opens with Vassilev centre stage playing Bach (for some reason); he backs off to cede space for a luxurious…

Former presidential aide and ambassador-designate, Reno Omokri, has admitted that he was wrong to have described President Bola Tinubu as a “drug lord”, saying his investigations in the United States found no evidence to support the claim. Mr Omokri said he travelled to Chicago in September 2022 to independently verify reports about Mr Tinubu’s academic history and alleged links to drug-related activities. He spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on Sunday. Mr Omokri said he initially believed reports that questioned Mr Tinubu’s academic credentials and alleged that he was involved in drug trafficking. “I honestly believed what the media reported.…