7 h. ago The Alto Knights review – double De Niro makes for a laborious true

The actor plays Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, two warring mob bosses in 1950s New York, in a caper that lacks the richness of its writer’s earlier Goodfellas‘They’re the same – he’s marrying himself!” The speaker is an aghast Bobbie Costello, played by Debra Messing, addressing her shruggingly detached mob boss husband, Frank Costello, played by Robert De Niro. They are guests at the wedding of mercurial club owner Anna (Kathrine Narducci) to Frank’s hot-tempered mafia associate Vito Genovese. And Vito is played by Robert De Niro.This film is a laborious true-crime account of Frank and Vito’s homicidal falling out in 1950s New York, directed by Barry Levinson and written by Nicholas Pileggi, though with little of the perspective, light and shade and narrative richness of Pileggi’s earlier scripts. As Vito, De Niro is gloweringly resentful, taciturn, bad-tempered and wears glasses and a hat. As Frank, De Niro is gloweringly resentful, taciturn, slightly less bad-tempered and does...

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17 h. ago What time do Will Smith presale tickets go on sale today for Based On A True Story UK Tour 2025

Everything you need to know about securing presale tickets for Will Smith's upcoming tour

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33 h. ago What’s it like to have a serial killer for a father? Melissa Moore knows — and her story is being told

The eight-episode series ‘Happy Face’ for Paramount+ is inspired by the true story of Melissa G. Moore and the shocking discovery that her father was the infamous serial killer known as Happy Face. Andrea Cavallier reports

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35 h. ago Adolescence – the hit show is everywhere right now, but is it based on a true story?

The show is inspired by several horrifying real-life events

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36 h. ago How to get presale tickets for Will Smith Based On a True Story UK tour 2025 including Manchester date

Will Smith will visit five UK cities this summer

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53 h. ago Adolescence filming secrets revealed from true story haunting actors to one

Adolescence is one of the most important TV dramas of our time, tapping into the deepest fears of parents and teachers across the UK. But what went into making the most talked about Netflix show of 2025 so far?

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58 h. ago What’s it like to have a serial killer for a father? Melissa Moore knows

The eight-episode series “Happy Face” for Paramount+ is inspired by the true story of Melissa G. Moore and the shocking discovery that her father was the infamous serial killer known as Happy Face. Andrea Cavallier reports

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59 h. ago Is Protection based on a true story? The inspiration behind gritty new ITV drama

New ITV drama Protection sees witness protection officer DI Liz Nyles (Siobhan Finneran) investigate the murder of a family in witness protection.

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60 h. ago Will Smith announces first album in 20 years, Based on a True Story

Actor-rapper will release project on 28 March, including the song Beautiful Scars which makes reference to his infamous Oscars slapWill Smith is to release his first album in 20 years later this month, as the actor continues to rebuild his career following his assault on Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards.Writing on Instagram, he said the album Based on a True Story would be released on 28 March, adding: “Been working on this project for a minute and I’m itchin’ to get it out to y’all”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The ‘Happy face’ killer left 8 women dead and his daughter traumatized. A new TV show will bring their story to life

The eight-episode series “Happy Face” for Paramount+ is inspired by the true story of Melissa G. Moore and the shocking discovery that her father was the infamous serial killer known as Happy Face. Andrea Cavallier reports

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4 d. ago Toxic Town true story as Netflix viewers left in tears by horrific real

Netflix's drama, Toxic Town, starring the likes of Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood and Robert Carlyle, is inspired by the true story of a group of British mothers who fought for the truth

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4 d. ago Happy Face: this drama about a serial killer’s daughter is so mind

At times, this true-crime drama feels like a meta satire of an industry that milks private pain for entertainment. It is, however, no such thing You know the feeling: you’re watching a shocking docudrama about a toxic waste scandal, or the baseless prosecution of 555 sub-postmasters, or the fraudulent founder of a blood-testing biotech company, and you start thinking – did this all really happen? So you do some digging online. Usually, it turns out there has been a mild massaging of the truth in the name of narrative efficiency: a couple of characters conflated, a timeline slightly rejigged. Only very occasionally (once?) will a case of dramatic licence result in a hysterical media storm, a global debate about the ethics of dramatisation and Netflix being hit with a $170m lawsuit. And yet it is almost unheard of to settle down to watch a series based on real events – or, in the case of Paramount+’s Happy Face (from Thursday 20 March), “inspired by a true life story” – and be confron...

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5 d. ago Is new Opus movie based on a true story and what is the A24 thriller about?

Psychological thriller Opus boasts an impressive cast, but is it based on a true story and what is the film about?

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5 d. ago Dinosaur footprints found in the Banana Shire? A true and also nice story where nothing bad happens | First Dog on the Moon

What were these dinosaurs doing?Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Devil In The Family: the horrifying true story behind the new Disney+ series

Disney+’ new series unearths the horrifying lengths of abuse the children of Ruby Franke, who ran YouTube channel 8 Passengers, experienced at the hands of their mother – and how the abuse was revealed

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6 d. ago Stephen Graham says two grim true stories that inspired Netflix’s Adolescence ‘hurt my heart’

Adolescence star Stephen Graham has shed more light on the real-life inspiration behind Netflix’s hard-hitting drama

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6 d. ago Is Adolescence based on a true story? Inspiration behind real

Adolescence is streaming on Netflix and it tells some harrowing truths about the pressures faced by young people of today.

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8 d. ago Netflix's Adolescence viewers wonder if Stephen Graham drama is based on true story

Netflix's new crime drama Adolescence arrives this week, with all four episodes available to stream from Thursday, and it's got a tough storyline based on a harsh reality

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8 d. ago Punch at the Young Vic review: 'a tragic true story turned into devastating theatre'

The true story of a young man who killed another young man with a single punch is here transformed into a play that truly hits home

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8 d. ago Perfect ending as Scottish independent bookseller of year marries crime writer in her own shop

True story - the bookseller of Stewarton is living her best life.

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