62 minutes ago Wicked costume designer reveals the real reason why Dorothy's ruby slippers aren't red in the new film

A costume designer on the new Wicked film has revealed the real reason why Dorothy's ruby slippers aren't red in the movie.

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83 minutes ago England v Japan referee Craig Evans coached by Nigel Owens amid difficult year

The Welshman is the man in the middle at the Allianz Stadium today

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2 hours ago Kendall defends Cabinet colleagues voicing ‘strong opinions’ on assisted dying

The Work and Pensions Secretary said she would not criticise the health and justice secretaries for their interventions on the issue.

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2 hours ago Wrestler, film star – and future president? Why we should all take Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson seriously

The WWE icon, already one of Hollywood’s highest-paid film stars, has shown himself to be ‘focus group-proof’It’s proving to be a busy period for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, sometime WWE professional wrestler and Hollywood film star. Well, another one. Red One, a Christmas-themed action movie (Johnson plays Santa Claus’s bodyguard), was released earlier this month. The Disney animation, Moana 2 (for which he voices the tattooed demigod Maui) is about to be released. He is also in the process of filming the new live-action version of Moana, and embarking on another Disney movie, Monster Jam.If anyone is surprised by Johnson’s repeated donning of the cinematic mouse ears, or by his general presence in children’s films, they shouldn’t be. While he is probably still best known for the Fast &...

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2 hours ago Russia plots devastating cyber attacks that could 'shut down UK's power grids'

In a speech to Nato chiefs Labour's Pat McFadden will warn 'the threat is real' as Vladimir Putin ramps up his cyber war with Ukraine's allies as World War Three fears heighten

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2 hours ago Cher was ‘shocked’ to discover her legal name after birth certificate mix

Pop icon had gone for years without knowing what was written on her birth certificate

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3 hours ago Rabbi missing in UAE murdered in ‘heinous terror incident’, Israel says

Netanyahu vows to ‘seek justice’ over death of Zvi Kogan in Dubai

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3 hours ago Prince William confesses to the one thing he's worse at than his three kids

Prince William has opened up about his family life with Kate Middleton and their three children; revealing the one thing George, Charlotte and Louis are better than him at.

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3 hours ago Bedtimes at our place are more dramatic than Australian soap operas | Seamas O'Reilly

Two young people with two very different approaches to bedtime sharing one room No wonder no one can get to sleep round hereFor the past few months, my wife and I haven’t had much time to ourselves. Right now, at the end of a day’s parenting, there’s often so little time left over that watching 35 minutes of a buzzy TV show – traditionally our favourite pastime – seems a bit pointless. Especially since several times this year, we’ve managed to time it right as a show gets cancelled.Bedtime is the real time-suck. Since our kids now share a room, our project for the last few months has been putting them down at the same time, to consolidate these parallel chores into one. But this process is fraught. At six, our son insists that he should get to stay up later than a two-year-old. The prob...

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