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Funny, absurd and sentimental: Mr Deeds is one of Adam Sandler’s most underrated films

This Razzie-nominated romcom contains genuine movie magic, with Sandler delivering a restrained performance as an affable man who inherits $40bn

Adam Sandler has long been the Razzies’ punching bag. In 2012 he famously swept every category at the 32nd Golden Raspberry awards for Jack and Jill, in which Sandler plays both eponymous characters. Almost a decade earlier, at the 2003 ceremony, director Steven Brill’s Mr Deeds – starring Sandler – was nominated for worst remake or sequel. Though it ultimately lost to Guy Ritchie’s Swept Away, the nomination suggested a dim view on the film’s attempts to renovate the original – the 1936 Mr Deeds Goes to Town, directed by the indomitable, six-time Oscar-winning Frank Capra – as well as Sandler’s performance in it.

Though Mr Deeds isn’t Sandler’s most popular or critically acclaimed film, it is an endearing watch, and not so far removed from the hallowed image of Capra’s original.

2026-05-26 15:00:01

Czech police release Russian bishop after ‘white powder’ found in his car

Russia says arrest of Bishop Hilarion, who heads Orthodox congregation in Karlovy Vary, was politically motivated ‘setup’

Czech police have released a Russian Orthodox bishop who was detained on suspicion of drug possession, after Moscow condemned the arrest as a politically motivated setup.

Bishop Hilarion, also known by his secular name, Grigory Alfeyev, was stopped by police on Sunday in Karlovy Vary, a spa town in western Czechia popular with Russian tourists, after officers discovered containers of a white substance in the boot of his car.

2026-05-26 14:58:27

Crystal Palace and Oliver Glasner head to Leipzig with fairytale ending in sight

In game No 60 of an unrelenting season the manager can sign off in style if he adds the Conference League trophy to last year’s FA Cup

Oliver Glasner couldn’t resist the temptation. As he addressed the crowd after his last match at Selhurst Park on Sunday, the Austrian who will go down as Crystal Palace’s greatest manager showed he retains his sense of humour. “Now I’m leaving, I don’t have to agree with the chairman,” he said with a smile. “He said the best day was the FA Cup final but I don’t agree. The best day is still to come in Leipzig.”

Should Palace beat Rayo Vallecano in Wednesday night’s Conference League final to win a third trophy in 12 months, Glasner’s stay will have a fairytale ending that barely seemed possible in the dark days of January. After the holders were stunned by Macclesfield in one of the biggest FA Cup shocks recorded, he accused the chair, Steve Parish, of abandoning him by then selling the captain Marc Guéhi to Manchester City and told supporters who had chanted his name on three successful trips to Wembley last year to “stay humble”.

2026-05-26 14:55:51

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Volkskrant.nl biedt het laatste nieuws, opinie en achtergronden

Gaat het kabinet dan toch erkennen dat er ook buiten de sociale zekerheid nog wel wat te halen valt?

2026-05-26 15:00:00

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Het laatste nieuws van vandaag over Rotterdam, Feyenoord, het verkeer en het weer in de regio Rijnmond

Let op! Dit zijn de wegwerkzaamheden van deze week

Ook deze week volop wegwerkzaamheden. Zo zijn onder meer gedeelten van de A15 dicht, wordt er gewerkt aan de Drechttunnel (A16) en zijn er vier dagen en nacht lang werkzaamheden in de buurt van de Brug over de Noord.

2026-05-26 14:59:02

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Het pikante kabinetsbesluit over Solvinity toont aan hoe de verhouding met de VS in korte tijd is veranderd

Het kabinet blokkeert de overname van Solvinity, het bedrijf achter DigiD, door het Amerikaanse Kyndryl. De beoogde overname „vormt mogelijk een risico voor het publieke belang”, schrijft staatssecretaris Willemijn Aerdts.