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To win the very big sum, the ticket must match all five numbers (in any order) and the red Powerball number.

It’s early days yet, though. The studio says the JJ Abrams film earned enough on Wednesday to pass the $760.5m (£520m) taken by Avatar over its lifetime.

The three films are then joined by Fantastic Four and Pixels in the Worst Picture category. BTW, the most famous recent “winner” to show up and collect their award?

City lawyers filed a motion with a federal judge to vacate protective orders covering videos that showed the shooting a Cedric Chatman by members of the Chicago Police Department.

At least one lucky victor has scooped the record-breaking $1.59 billion US Powerball lottery jackpot following Wednesday’s draw.

Writer Nick Hornby told film critic Jason Solomons and the BBC’s Jane Hill that he was “delighted for the film” and “so proud of Saoirse”.

Lottery officials had said 85.8 percent of possible number combinations had been selected by midday Wednesday in what some had been saying was the biggest lottery jackpot in the world. No more will be forthcoming.

“If I win, I’ll give it all away to poor people”, said NY restaurant deliveryman Osman Gamie, 43, after buying a dozen of the $2 tickets at a midtown Manhattan grocery. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016.

California Lottery officials confirmed that the winning six numbers had been purchased at a convenience store outside Los Angeles, as well as at locations in Florida and Tennessee.

The priority now is “determining … how exactly these sailors found themselves in Iran”.

There has been very little award consideration for Michael B. Jordan’s excellent performance in “Creed” and while some are predicting a Best Picture nomination for “Straight Outta Compton”, that would still be surprising. But the film could walk away...

In a partnership with Disney-owned Maker Studios, Internet and YouTube sensation PewDiePie has announced the launch of a new content network called Revelmode which will feature other YouTube creators and himself in a bunch of original series among other things. Felix Kjellberg,...

The perceived bullying towards Tiffany by other housemates received 41 complaints, and 154 to the decision to televise Angie being told of David Bowie’s death.

A US Navy sailor has been forced to make a humiliating apology on Iranian TV after being captured in the country’s territorial waters.

What admirable “diplomatic” objective was served by forcing our sailors to their knees at gunpoint, and then publicly releasing the video thereof?