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• Focusgroep is sceptisch dat het vervangen van Keir Starmer de positie van de partij zou verbeteren, waarbij sommigen zich aangetrokken voelen tot Reform of de Greens. • Terwijl Keir Starmer voorstaat dat hij geconfronteerd wordt met een uitdaging voor het leiderschap, voelden voormalige Labour-stemmers in een kiesdistrict in Birmingham vorige week zich nerveus over wat er zou kunnen volgen. • Een maand geleden had de groep uit Birmingham Yardley erg weinig goeds te zeggen over de premier, waarbij ze hem vergeleken met een rat of een ezel. Ze gaven aan dat hij hen in de steek had gelaten.

• Het vervolg van The Devil Wears Prada verdiende 233 miljoen USD wereldwijd in het openingsweekend, waarvan 77 miljoen USD uit de VS en Canada en 156,6 miljoen USD internationaal. • De Michael Jackson biopic Michael eindigde op de tweede plaats met 54 miljoen USD in het tweede Noord-Amerikaanse weekend, waarmee het wereldwijde totaal op 423,9 miljoen USD kwam op 3.955 schermen. • Het succes van de film, grotendeels gedreven door een vrouwelijk publiek, markeert het op één na grootste openingsweekend van Hollywood in 2026, waarmee het Project Hail Mary met 141 miljoen USD passeerde.

Sequel a rare example of female-skewing movie leading the North American summer offerings – and highest opening weekend yet for a Meryl Streep filmGird your loins: The Devil Wears Prada 2 has had a huge opening weekend at the box office, making $233m (£171m, A$323m) worldwide from an overwhelmingly female audience.The Devil Wears Prada 2 earned $77m at the North American box office, and $156.6m internationally. In the US and Canada, the sequel bumped Michael to second place, though the musical biopic held on in its second weekend to earn $54m, falling only 44%. Continue reading...

• India's Central Board of Film Certification awarded an adults-only 'A' rating to The Devil Wears Prada 2, making it the sole country to do so globally. • Viewers who watched the sequel on May 1 and 2 expected significant skin show or intimacy, but the strict rating surprised audiences. • This decision contrasts with international classifications, sparking debates on India's conservative censorship standards.

Film sequel reveals how luxury brands have turned the tables on once-dominant magazine editorsThe National Gallery was the grand setting for the party that followed The Devil Wears Prada 2’s London premiere this week. Donatella Versace held court in a roped-off area beneath Paul Delaroche’s The Execution of Lady Jane Grey.Meryl Streep, reprising her role as Miranda Priestly – Anna Wintour’s fictional alter ego – wore a red satin Prada coat as a nod to the film’s title and black sunglasses as a wink to Wintour. Glossy magazine editors from Spain, Germany and the Netherlands, flown in for the night, nibbled on fried chicken served with caviar and dishes of mac and cheese presented theatrically under silver cloches. Continue reading...

Use of interns by Plum Sykes, an ex-assistant of Anna Wintour whose family owns a Yorkshire estate, reignites debate about creative industriesShe is said to have been the inspiration for a character in The Devil Wears Prada and was a personal assistant of Anna Wintour, so Plum Sykes knows a thing or two about the arduous and often unglamorous life of being a fashion industry intern.But that recognition does not, it appears, extend to paying her own interns a fair wage. Or, indeed, any wage at all. Continue reading...

As UK PM resists pressure to back airstrikes US president invokes British leader known for his policy of appeasementMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesDonald Trump has appeared to compare Keir Starmer to Neville Chamberlain in his latest disparaging remarks about the prime minister, who has refused to back the US-Israeli attacks on Iran.The comments, during an Easter Monday event at the White House, underline Trump’s continued annoyance at Starmer’s scepticism about the aims and legality of the conflict, a view which has not been shifted by the US president’s jibes. Continue reading...

Judge describes Nathan Bennett as ‘incorrigible and dangerous’ over string of offences including rapeA “dangerous paedophile” who sexually abused five children in his care at a nursery in Bristol has been jailed for 24 years.Judge William Hart described Nathan Bennett as “evil” and said that he had thought seriously about imposing a life sentence because it was difficult to assess whether he would ever not be a risk to children. Continue reading...