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Lionsgate has recalled the trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s multimillion-pound movie Megalopolis, after critic quotes it featured were exposed as fake.Admitting “we screwed up,” the studio immediately pulled the new trailer, which had been released on Wednesday. A Lionsgate spokesperson said: “We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error in our vetting process. We screwed up. We are sorry.”The trailer had included quotes from critics including Pauline Kael, Roger Ebert and Owen Gleiberman about other Coppola films – but the quotes never appeared in their reviews.A voice…

British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been confirmed as among the dead after a superyacht sank off Sicily this week.The Italian coastguard also said the bodies of Morgan Stanley chairman Jonathan Bloomer and US lawyer Christopher Morvillo had been recovered, along with their wives, Judy Bloomer and Neda Morvillo.Mr Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter Hannah remains missing.Superyacht search – follow latestRecaldo Thomas, the yacht’s chef, also died and was found in the hours after Monday’s early morning sinking.The confirmation of identities comes as another body was brought up from the wreck on Thursday morning, after divers recovered four yesterday.Mr Lynch’s wife, Angela…

A drug that can slow the debilitating symptoms of Alzheimer’s has been approved by the UK’s medicines regulator.In an unusual double-header assessment by UK authorities, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has said the drug lecanemab is safe and effective enough for doctors to prescribe, but a separate NHS watchdog has ruled that it’s not cost-effective and won’t be available. The decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) means that the first drug to show an effect in Alzheimer’s will only be available privately.In the US the treatment costs £20,000 a year.A key clinical…

Hollywood star Alicia Silverstone has reassured fans she is “alive and well” after she shared a video of herself appearing to eat a poisonous fruit in England.The US actress, best known for her role as Cher in the 1995 film Clueless, shared the clip on her Instagram account on Monday. In the video, she bites into a small orange fruit, which looks like a cherry tomato, before asking her followers what it is.Social media users began to speculate that the fruit was solanum pseudocapsicum, commonly known as the Jerusalem cherry.The fruit is mildly poisonous and the Royal Horticultural Society warns…

Government borrowing rose to the highest amount since the pandemic in July, official figures show, as public sector pay increased.Not since 2021 has there been a July with such high borrowing, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It means there was a £3.1bn difference between what the government took in from things such as taxes and how much was spent on public sector services. The government has committed to borrowing only to invest and to bring down debt.Money blog: Top chef shares Yorkshire pudding secrets The sums are also higher than expected when looked at across…

Vogue, Wired and GQ publisher Conde Nast has done a multi-year deal with OpenAI.The artificial intelligence company announced the partnership on Tuesday, saying ChatGPT and its prototype tool SearchGPT would display content from “top brands like Vogue, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, GQ, Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, Wired, Bon Appétit, and more”. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.In June, OpenAI and Time magazine announced a “multi-year content deal” to allow OpenAI to access more than 100 years of Time’s content. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 4:53 Reports by analysts at Goldman…

The comedian whose joke was voted the funniest at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has said it isn’t the best one in his show and it isn’t the sort of gag he most enjoys.Mark Simmons took this year’s award for his gag with: “I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship but I bottled it”. Simmons, a Mock The Week panellist, told Sky News: “I don’t think it’s my best joke in my show, but I think it is probably the best one written down so that, you know, so everyone can understand it.”Personally, I like…

A joke by Edinburgh Fringe veteran Mark Simmons has been named the funniest of the lot at this year’s comedy festival.A vote by 2,000 people found this joke by Simmons the funniest during the August event: “I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship but I bottled it.” Simmons has said he is “really chuffed” with the win – which comes a decade on from his first appearance at the event.Some of the leading comedy critics and comedians in the UK were on the judging panel for the Funniest Joke Of The Fringe award, which…

A planned £2.5bn merger between British housebuilders Barratt Developments and Redrow Plc looks set to go ahead despite concerns from the competition regulator.It comes after Barratt announced on Monday it planned to push ahead and start the process of taking over its rival this week, even though the two firms will officially remain separate until the watchdog gives its final approval. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been investigating the deal and earlier this month expressed worries that the acquisition could lead to higher prices and lower-quality homes in the Whitchurch region in Shropshire. Both firms have developments in…

Top tips for photographing the night sky Welsh astrophotographer Dafydd Wyn Morgan gives some top tips for people take pictures of night-sky spectaculars. Tip one: Get to know your local area’s darkest spots “Seek out somewhere where you live which has minimal light pollution,” says Mr Morgan. Plan ahead as to where you’re going to spend the night – make sure it is safe and you’re allowed to be there, and let someone know where you’re going. Tip two: Give stargazing a go first “Get to understand what you can see in the night sky. What are you looking at?”…