6 hours ago Paddy McGuinness breaks silence on replacing MasterChef star Gregg Wallace on BBC show

Take Me Out star Paddy McGuinness makes his debut as host of Inside the Factory on BBC1 on Sunday, marking his first

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13 hours ago Mufasa: The Lion King review – technically dazzling Disney origin story lacks soul

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins’s all-action tale boasts uncanny CGI effects and songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, but the screenplay is schmaltzy and derivativeIt’s a technical marvel. Using the same photorealistic CGI techniques as John Favreau’s 2019 “live-action” remake of the classic 1994 Disney animation The Lion King, this origin story for Mufasa, father of Simba and the character whose death is the inciting incident in the original film, is a visually arresting spectacle. Directed by Barry Jenkins, the indie darling behind the triple Oscar-winning masterpiece Moonlight, and the similarly lauded If Beale Street Could Talk, Mufasa: The Lion King feels like a massive leap forward in terms of the rendering capacity of the computer animation software.It captures not just the fur, but the play of muscle and sinew beneath it; not just water and ice but the minute refractions of light through a droplet or crystal. It even solves the lack of facial expression of the somewhat taxidermied-...

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15 hours ago Celtic, Rangers and Hearts will be a challenge, but Motherwell can take points, says star

Liam Gordon reckons the Steelmen can go into their festive fixtures with confidence

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16 hours ago Hailey Bieber story inspired Justin Baldoni's alleged plot to 'destroy' Blake Lively's reputation, according to lawsuit texts

Lively is suing Baldoni over allegations of sexual harassment and fostering a toxic work environment on the set of their movie It Ends With Us. He has furiously denied the accusations.

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19 hours ago Inside Cheryl and Bear's first Christmas without Liam: Friends reveal how his family are rallying round, the 'great lengths' Cheryl is going to... and what's happened to ex

KATIE HIND: How Cheryl is doing her utmost to fill the void in the life of her seven-year-old son Bear this Christmas after the tragic death of his pop star father Liam Payne

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21 hours ago Kneecap take to Belfast stage after death of member’s father: Tonight is for him

It comes after the group won their discrimination court battle against UK leader of the Opposition and former business secretary Kemi Badenoch.

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29 hours ago Robbie Williams has Oscar victory dream shattered after song is disqualified

Academy Awards team rule tune from the Take That star's upcoming biopic Better Man is too similar to a previous nominee

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