The Judge

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

We are profoundly saddened by the loss of Kevin Keegan. A giant of English football, he was a cherished figure at the very highest levels of the game.

Our condolences go to Kevin’s family, loved ones and all those he inspired as a manager, player and person, on and off the pitch.

Rest in peace, Kevin ❤️

[chidı @sslchidi]

Unrelated but Ornstein has really killed fabrizio this window.

[Pilib De Brún (Phil Brown) @Malachians]

Ornstein would announce your death an hour before you knew it yourself

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Game on, Nige.

[Carl Anka @Ankaman616]

Back here again.

[Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm]

Lovely 5 star review. I'm not a critic, but so touched by this
https://t.co/jX85Qk62cM

[Ciarán Ó Deoráin @ciaranodeorain]

Here's something I wrote on...

- What people get wrong about the Derby

- Why a July Derby is nonsense

- What GB trainers & owners need to do to win the Derby

- Why rumours of European middle-distance racing & breeding's demise are greatly exaggerated
https://t.co/r2KL1s0mtp

[King Andy Burnham @Andy_Your_King]

He's so ronely

[Racing TV @RacingTV]

Rachael Blackmore & her son Bowie visiting Honeysuckle & her foal by Blue Bresil ❤️

📷 Rathmore Stud

[The Judge @TheJudge1999]

@aobrienfansite How has Graffard have so much already?? 🤔

[The Judge @TheJudge1999]

He ain't wrong 🤷

[Not Match of the Day @NOT_MOTD]

Alexi Lalas just called James Corden a 'fookin w*nker' on live TV. 😂

[History Nerd @_HistoryNerd]

Alec Guinness almost said no to the role that would make him immortal to an entirely new generation.

When asked how he came to be involved in a science fiction film, Guinness revealed his first reaction was far from enthusiastic:

"A script arrived on my dressing table. And I heard that it had been delivered by George Lucas and I thought, well, that's rather impressive because he's an up-and-coming and very respected young director. So, and then when I opened it and found it was science fiction, I thought, 'Oh crumbs,' you know, 'this is simply not for me.'"

But something kept him reading:

"I started reading. And it seemed to me the dialogue was pretty ropey. Uh, but I had to go on turning the page and I mean that's an essential in any script. You've got to know what happens next or what's going to be said next."

He eventually met Lucas, they got on well, and he signed on.

Then came the contract negotiation that would become legendary.

Guinness had never taken a percentage on a film before because, in his words, films "lose money like mad" when he takes a percentage. His agent suggested 2%. He agreed, expecting nothing.

The day before Star Wars opened in San Francisco, Lucas called him personally:

"He said, 'I think the movie is kind of going to be all right.' I said, 'I'm glad, George.' He said, 'Yeah, the press quite like it.' I said, 'Good.' He said, 'We're pleased with, you know, very grateful for little alterations you suggested, and so we'd like to offer you another half percent.'"

Guinness thought he had 2.5%. But when he later asked the producer to put the offer in writing, he discovered the half-percent had quietly become a quarter-percent. He ended up with 2.25%.

On why he thinks the film connected so deeply with audiences, Guinness offered a simple diagnosis:

"A marvelous healthy innocence. Great pace, wonderful to look at, full of guts, nothing unpleasant. I mean, people go bang bang and people fall over and are dead. But, you know, no horrors, no sleazy sex… a sort of wonderful freshness about it, a kind of like a wonderful fresh air."

He added that when he walked out of the cinema onto Tottenham Court Road, the real world suddenly felt "awfully sort of gritty and dirty and full of rubbish." It was, he said, "one of the few movies I've come out of recently where I really felt happy and uplifted."

His warning to anyone looking for deeper meaning in it:

"People are going to read too much into it. It's a simple, simple stuff for all ages."

Though the letters he was already receiving suggested the reading-too-much-into-it had begun.

One couple wrote asking if he'd come live with them for a few months to help fix their marriage.

[The Judge @TheJudge1999]

@bushontheradio Just went to it too! Thought it was excellent 📽️

[Remembering Rik @Remembering_Rik]

12 years ago today 🪽💔🕊️

#RememberingRik #RikMayall

[Walk Among Heroes @walkamongheroes]

Eighty-two years ago today, the fate of the free world turned on the courage of ordinary men asked to do the extraordinary.

On June 6, 1944, more than 156,000 Allied soldiers crossed the English Channel and stormed the beaches of Normandy — many knowing they might never return.

They came not for glory, but for something far greater: the liberation of a continent crushed under tyranny. D-Day was not simply a military operation — it was the moment the tide of history changed, purchased at an almost incomprehensible cost in blood and sacrifice.

As we mark the 82nd anniversary, we don’t simply remember a battle. We remember the men behind it — their fear, their faith, and their extraordinary willingness to give everything so that others could live free. That debt does not expire with time. It only deepens.

@Normandy @WW2Facts

#dday #normandy #dday82 #ww2 #ww2history

[Kevin Blake @kevinblake2011]

What an interview this is!! Pure passion and visceral joy. From foaling her himself to being with her all the way to the winners enclosure. Magic, magic stuff. Congrats, Ronan. 🙌

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

In 2000, Roger Ebert and Martin Scorsese got together to present their Top 10 Best Films of the 1990s, and it's really interesting to see what they loved, or didn't love, out of the entire decade 📽️

[Casemiro @Casemiro]

There are places we pass through in life… and there are places that become part of who we are.
Manchester will forever be my home.

To the city, the club, and every supporter, my sincerest thank you. These past four years have been unforgettable, filled with moments my family and I will carry with us for the rest of our lives. There simply aren’t enough words to describe the happiness and warmth we’ve felt here.

Thank you for every cheer, every memory, and for making us feel at home from the very first day.

Forever a Red Devil ❤️

[Cinema Tweets @CinemaTweets1]

The Insider is 1) one of Al Pacino’s best films 2) one of Al Pacino’s best performances. I love, love, love this film & strongly believe this movie deserves to be mentioned alongside Heat as the best work of Michael Mann’s career. On Pacino’s 86th, give this movie a go. 🎂