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Office Romance review – Jennifer Lopez’s romcom return is too much like hard work

Star makes for reliably charming lead in Netflix’s basic throwback, but co-star Brett Goldstein, and his co-written script, lack in fizz

Netflix has become something of a safe space for Jennifer Lopez, a one-time box office heavyweight who has now secured a more reliable at-home following on the platform. Middling action films The Mother and Atlas might have turned critics off but both drew blockbuster streaming numbers, while more recent theatrical efforts such as Marry Me and Kiss of the Spider-Woman struggled to reach earlier highs. The arrival of her latest Netflix vehicle, to-the-point romcom Office Romance, is likely to be another smartly packaged win for the star, harking back to a genre she once dominated in the 2000s with hits like Maid in Manhattan and The Wedding Planner. It’s similarly by-the-numbers, but what gives it something of an alleged unique selling point is its unusual R rating and the promise of more “raunch” than usual.

But the film is far tamer than those involved seem to think, an inconsistent mix of sugar and spice, the right tone never quite clicking into place. Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein, acting as both leading man and co-writer, tries to introduce British humour (awkward bumbling, football jokes, calling people cunt affectionately) into an American setting but it never blends together as smoothly as we want or expect from such high-gloss material. Lopez looks and acts the part, movie star charisma dialled up to 11, but the film around her is too unsure and ungainly to match.

2026-06-05 01:12:13

US imposes new sanctions on Cuban president and Castro family members

US secretary of state Marco Rubio says anyone providing services to listed entities ‘is at risk of sanctions themselves’

The United States has announced fresh economic sanctions on Cuba’s president and some of his immediate family, alongside members of the Castro family, in Washington’s latest ramping up of pressure on its communist-led neighbour.

Among those targeted were the son and a grandson of former president Raúl Castro, who no longer holds an official position but remains a key figure on decisions about the future of the island.

2026-06-05 01:07:15

In second break with Trump in a week, House passes bill to aid Ukraine

Legislation would also sanction key segments of Russian economy, overriding objections from Republican leaders

The House passed legislation Thursday that would aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy, overriding objections from Republican leaders who warned the bill would undermine negotiations designed to achieve a comparable but stronger result.

The 226-195 vote is a sign of impatience with Donald Trump’s approach to the war and represents the House’s second major foreign policy break with Trump this week. The day before, the House, for the first time, approved a war powers resolution aimed at halting US military action against Iran.

2026-06-05 00:54:10

More than 100,000 cockroaches worth $200,000 seized from NSW breeder in record-breaking bust

The invertebrates were likely destined for the pet trade, including as reptile food

More than 100,000 live exotic cockroaches have been seized from a commercial breeder in New South Wales in a record-breaking bust linked to the pet trade.

Biosecurity officials seized the animals, which have a commercial value of up to $200,000, from a breeder in Bathurst in the state’s central west this week.

2026-06-05 00:22:10

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We have determined that Bricks & Minifigs can stuff it.

You may have recently seen on your socials the edges of a classic too-hard-to-explain-to-your-partner YouTube and beyond saga involving stolen Star Wars Legos, YouTube gonzo journalism and (surprise) an over-enthusiastic Utah police department but haven't been able to get your hands around it. 404 Media is here to sort you out.

Jason Koebler has done all the leg work (404 doesn't seem to do gift links, so I will include some of the many many many sources he has collected). The very short version is in 2003 a man tried to sell a large collection of (mainly, I gather) Star Wars-themed Lego sets under consignment at a Bricks & Minifigs location (which valued the collection at $200,000). The store was then bought back from the franchiser by B&M corporate, who refused to return the sets or any money. A YouTuber (who I hope isn't problematic) named Reckless Ben got really involved, eventually getting arrested in Utah for stalking by an extremely credulous police department. TechDirt's Mike Masnick, who concludes, reasonably, that 'everyone in this LEGO dispute should have spoken to a lawyer earlier than they did' in a post that covers everything you need. Or just read the Wikipedia entry. Or the Reddit megathread. It's the gift that keeps on giving. If videos are your thing, get the basics in Reckless Ben's first video (90min). Eventually, Patreon got involved via a legal threat, and thus we are rewarded with a video from Jack Conte telling Bricks & Minifigs to pound sand.

2026-06-05 01:01:16

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Geen akkoord over gezant Bosnië, VS heroverwegen rol

BRUSSEL (ANP/AFP) - Amerikaanse en Europese functionarissen zijn er na twee dagen onderhandelen niet in geslaagd overeenstemming te bereiken over een hoge vertegenwoordiger voor Bosnië en Herzegovina. Dat bevestigde de vertrekkende gezant Christian Schmidt, die aangeeft dat het overleg binnenkort wordt voortgezet.

De hoge vertegenwoordiger, ingesteld als onderdeel van het vredesakkoord van 1995 dat een einde maakte aan de Bosnische burgeroorlog, houdt toezicht op de uitvoering van de akkoorden en beschikt over verregaande bevoegdheden in het Balkanland.

De gezant wordt aangewezen door een stuurgroep van de Vredesuitvoeringsraad. In die raad zijn 55 landen vertegenwoordigd. Europese landen, Rusland en de Verenigde Staten verschillen de afgelopen jaren van mening over de rol en de toekomst van de hoge vertegenwoordiger.

De VS lieten na het stuklopen van de besprekingen weten hun rol in Bosnië te heroverwegen. Dat doet het land vanwege "de Europese besluiteloosheid en het feit dat de Vredesuitvoeringsraad zijn verantwoordelijkheden afschuift."

2026-06-05 00:55:42

VS stellen sancties in tegen Cubaanse president en familie Castro

WASHINGTON (ANP/RTR) - De Verenigde Staten hebben sancties ingesteld tegen de Cubaanse president Miguel Díaz-Canel. Dat valt te lezen op de website van het ministerie van Financiën. Ook zijn sancties ingesteld tegen leden van de familie Castro, onder anderen tegen de zoon en kleinzoon van oud-president Raúl Castro.

Onduidelijk is wat de sancties behelzen, maar zeker is dat de VS hun druk op het communistische land opvoeren. De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump noemde Cuba donderdag opnieuw een mislukt land toen hem werd gevraagd naar de sancties en zei dat de VS graag zien dat Cuba een "goed gerund land" wordt.

De Cubaanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Bruno Rodríguez noemt de sancties op X "verwerpelijk". Amerikaanse acties om een conflictsituatie te creëren zijn gedoemd te mislukken, aldus Rodríguez. "Elke bedreiging van de onafhankelijkheid en soevereiniteit van Cuba zal beantwoord worden met meer eenheid en vastberadenheid van onze bevolking."

2026-06-05 00:52:04

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New IronWorm Malware Hits 36 Packages In npm Supply-Chain Attack

A new npm supply-chain attack has infected 36 packages with Rust-based infostealer malware called IronWorm. According to BleepingComputer, the malware "targets 86 environment variables (key-value pairs) and 20 credential files that may contain OpenAI, AWS, Anthropic, and npm credentials, vault configuration files, SSH keys, and Exodus cryptocurrency wallet files." From the report: According to researchers at supply-chain and devops company JFrog, IronWorm is written in Rust, hides behind an eBPF kernel rootkit, and communicates with the operator over the Tor network. The Rust-based malware self-propagates by using stolen credentials for publishing on npm; this includes secrets associated with npm's Trusted Publishing workflow. Once it compromises a developer or CI environment, it can publish trojanized versions of packages owned by the victim, which then infect additional developers and CI systems.

This behavior is conceptually similar to Shai Hulud, which had its code published on GitHub recently. Although JFrog researchers did not find a clear connection between IronWorm and Shai Hulud, they observed the same commit names in both supply-chain attacks. This opens the possibility that the new malware is an evolution of TeamPCP's payload, since IronWorm appears to be "a custom, carefully built implant from an operation with its own infrastructure."

[...] The company provides a list of all impacted package names and their versions in the report and recommends that developers upgrade to fixed releases, rotate their keys, and enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for all accounts. At the same time, Endor Labs and StepSecurity have spotted a very similar but distinct attack involving a JavaScript-based malware named binding.gyp, performing registry poisoning and GitHub Actions infection, unfolding during the same time-frame.

Formula 1 News

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F1 to race in Las Vegas until 2037 after new extension

The Las Vegas Grand Prix will remain on the F1 calendar through 2037 following the new long-term extension.

2026-06-05 00:35:25

Why the Las Vegas GP has earned a 10-year extension

F1.com has all the details on the new contract announced for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, with a 10-year extension meaning that the event will continue on for many years to come.

2026-06-05 00:35:25