By Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) -Rising British actor Josh O'Connor was drawn to how normal his character in "The Mastermind", a suburban dad who cooks up an art heist, seemed when he signed on to U.

Love blossomed on set for John Robinson and Claire Reynolds, both from Birmingham, as the pair bonded over their shared love of quizzes. "They say opposites attract," said Mr Robinson. "But I think in this case, very similar personalities are attracted."

The title of Kelly Reichardt ’s “The Mastermind, ” the last film to premiere in competition at Cannes this year, only gets funnier the more you think about it. Josh O’Connor stars as J.B., a judge’s son and former art student who hatches a plan to rob a handful of paintings from a museum in Framingham,

At the center of it all was Adriano Aguiar de Castro, long known to investigators as a master of gold laundering. He's now accused of coordinating the collection and shipment of illegal gold from mining hot spots such as Pará to Venezuela's capital, where it was likely funneled to companies with ties to international tech supply chains.

John Robinson, a Teacher from Sutton Coldfield, was crowned the 2025 Mastermind Champion in a nail-biting finale on Monday 19 May on BBC Two, concluding the show’s 52nd series.

The Carpenters’ songwriter Roger Nichols who penned the band’s biggest hits has passed away aged 84, with his co-writer Paul Williams paying an emotional tribute to the music icon.

On Monday, 19 May, Mastermind viewers saw Robinson, a teacher from Birmingham, crowned the winner of the 52nd series of the BBC quiz after beating Reynolds, an actuary from Stratfors-upon-Avon, by just a single point in the closing seconds of the competition.