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So sorry, celebrities, but you should take a tip from Emily Blunt before you offer an insincere apology | Rebecca Shaw | The Guardian

So sorry, celebrities, but you should take a tip from Emily Blunt before you offer an insincere apology | Rebecca Shaw | The Guardian : %u201CI%20just%20need%20to%20address%20this%20head%20on%20as%20my%20jaw%20was%20on%20the%20floor%20watching%20this%20clip%20from%2012-years%20ago%2C%u201D%20Blunt%20says%20in%20a%20statement%20to%20People%20magazine.%20%u201CI%u2019m%20appalled%20that%20I%20would%20say%20something%20so%20insensitive%2C%20hurtful%2C%20and%20unrelated%20to%20whatever%20story%20I%20was%20trying%20to%20tell%20on%20a%20talk%20show.%u201D%0A%0AShe%20adds%3A%20%u201CI%u2019ve%20always%20considered%20myself%20someone%20who%20wouldn%u2019t%20dream%20of%20upsetting%20anyone%20so%20whatever%20possessed%20me%20to%20say%20anything%20like%20this%20in%20that%20moment%20is%20unrecognisable%20to%20me%20or%20anything%20I%20stand%20for.%20And%20yet%20it%20happened%2C%20and%20I%20said%20it%20and%20I%u2019m%20so%20sorry%20for%20any%20hurt%20caused.%20I%20was%20absolutely%20old%20enough%20t...

Making%20Squid%20Game%20reality%20TV%20show%20posed%20problem%20of%20how%20to%20%u2018shoot%u2019%20players%20%7C%20Squid%20Game%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

Making%20Squid%20Game%20reality%20TV%20show%20posed%20problem%20of%20how%20to%20%u2018shoot%u2019%20players%20%7C%20Squid%20Game%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : The fictional series was viewed in 142m households and accumulated 1.65bn viewing hours in the first 28 days of its release in 2021.

Online vitriol could undo decades of political progress, warns Dutch deputy PM | Netherlands | The Guardian

Online vitriol could undo decades of political progress, warns Dutch deputy PM | Netherlands | The Guardian : %u201CI%20think%20it%u2019s%20quite%20sick%2C%20frankly%2C%u201D%20said%20Kaag%2C%20a%20former%20UN%20diplomat%20who%20until%20recently%20helmed%20Democrats%2066%20%28D66%29%2C%20a%20progressive%2C%20socially%20liberal%20and%20pro-European%20party%20in%20the%20Netherlands.%20%u201CThe%20tone%20and%20the%20intimidation%20and%20the%20easy%20threats%20that%20are%20issued%20via%20social%20media%20against%20a%20broad%20range%20of%20people%20serving%20in%20the%20public%20domain%20%u2026%20it%u2019s%20become%20so%20rampant%20that%20I%20really%20feel%20it%u2019s%20up%20to%20politicians%20to%20draw%20a%20line%20in%20the%20sand.%u201D%0A%0AEarlier%20this%20year%20Kaag%2C%2061%2C%20announced%20she%20had%20decided%20to%20step%20down%20rather%20than%20lead%20her%20party%20in%20the%20Netherlands%u2019%20upcoming%20general%20elections.%20At%20the%20time%20she%20pointed%20to%20the%20toll%20tha...

Swiss miss: no goal of the month for Basel after drawing blank in October | Basel | The Guardian

Swiss miss: no goal of the month for Basel after drawing blank in October | Basel | The Guardian : The%20Swiss%20club%20Basel%u2019s%20season%20has%20gone%20from%20bad%20to%20worse%20%u2013%20and%20with%20no%20goals%20scored%20in%20October%2C%20they%20were%20unable%20to%20announce%20a%20goal%20of%20the%20month%20winner%20on%20Tuesday.