3 h. ago ‘Unfilmable’ video game movie announced from director of 'best war movie ever'

One of the best-selling games in history is finally getting the live-action film adaptation fans have been yearning for

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13 h. ago Josh Barrie at The Park: Life if it were lived on a film set

Josh Barrie at The Park: Life if it were lived on a film set  London Evening Standard

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20 h. ago Josh Barrie reviews the bar at The Park: Life, if it were lived on a film set

Jeremy King’s new bar is a beacon of sorts, says Josh Barrie

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32 h. ago Neighbour fought to save man's life after park stabbing, court hears

Margaret Jones said she tried to save James Brogan while others 'just watched me'

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35 h. ago 'World's loneliest dolphin' dies alone in tiny tank in abandoned theme park

Honey, a female bottlenose dolphin, spent the last two years of her life in a small pool at the Marine Park Aquarium in Choshi, Japan, before she heartbreakingly died alone

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56 h. ago Lilo & Stitch creator reveals his one concern about Disney’s new live

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Sanders, who created and voiced beloved Disney character Stitch, spoke to The Independent ahead of the 2002 animated film’s live-action remake

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3 d. ago ‘I don’t have a relationship with my face’: Judi Dench models for a live sculpture

To raise money for lymphoedema research, the actor sat before an audience for artist Frances Segelman, who admired her youthful, ‘pixie-like’ face while rendering it in clayIt began as a blob: a 12kg lump of clay the size of a watermelon. Three hours later, it had become Judi Dench’s head, 50% larger than usual, twinkle-eyed even in terracotta.At Claridge’s hotel in London on Monday evening, Frances Segelman hosted her latest ticking-clock sculpt: paying guests watch as she kneads a celebrity bust on stage, the subject sitting quietly beside her. In the past, Segelman has done Simon Rattle, Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley, Boris Johnson, Mr Motivator and major-league royals, almost always for charity. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Lilo & Stitch review – Disney’s latest unnecessary remake is a monstrosity

The studio’s new attempt to generate more money from the same property hits an instant roadblock in ghastly misfireThis year, Disney may have gone too far, turning perhaps its single greatest animated film into a heavily CG-augmented quasi-live-action monstrosity. No, not the already-infamous box office bomb Snow White; the animated basis for that movie is a monumental achievement in the medium, but it’s ultimately a famous version of a timeless fairy tale that seems fair game for reinterpretation. Lilo & Stitch, however, is the rare sui generis piece of Disney animation – one that somehow emerged during a tumultuous time for the animation studio to become a substantial hit back in 2002.The film has endured because it’s a triumph of mixing techniques: old-fashioned ultra-expressive hand-drawn animation and watercolor backgrounds; dashes of newfangled computer animation to assist with some of its sci-fi-heavier scenes; and a story about a stranded alien befriending a misfit littl...

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3 d. ago Things to do in London this bank holiday weekend, including a hot new Camberwell restaurant

Josh Barrie picks the very best of what to do in the capital this weekend

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5 d. ago Lilo & Stitch early viewers praise ‘heartfelt’ film as ‘best Disney live

‘It was magical,’ one fan said

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5 d. ago Jeff Goldblum looks back: ‘My brother was an interesting dude. When he died it was terrible, monumental’

The actor and musician on the power of puberty, overcoming his fear of acting and what Michael Winner yelled at himBorn in Pennsylvania in 1952, Jeff Goldblum is an actor and musician who has starred in some of the most acclaimed and highest-grossing movies of all time: Jurassic Park, Independence Day, The Fly, The Tall Guy, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou and Wicked. He is also known for TV roles such as Zeus in Netflix’s Kaos, and his work in theatre. Beyond acting, Goldblum has been performing jazz with the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra since the 1990s. His latest album, Still Blooming, came out in April. Jeff has two sons with his wife, Emilie Livingston, a former Olympic rhythmic gymnast.Here I am in my house in Whitaker, Pennsylvania. My mom needlepointed the Grecian bench I’m sitting on. Little did I know I was going to be Zeus some day. I started playing the piano when I was nine but I was not good. Not disciplined. My teacher would come once a w...

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5 d. ago Everton v Southampton: end of an era at Goodison Park in Premier League – live

MBM report of final men’s match at Goodison Park‘Goodison helped save my life’: fans mourn Mersey moveSouthampton hold talks with Will Still and Tom CleverleyLive scores | Get in touch! Email Daniel with any thoughtsThe streets around Goodison are rammed. I guess the docks will be nice too, but theuy’ll never be is heimish.Also going on: Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Parasol: Brolly good drinks, come rain or shine

The bartenders here just get it, says Josh Barrie

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8 d. ago Things to do in London this weekend, including the city's hottest pizza opening

Josh Barrie picks the very best of what to do in the capital this weekend

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8 d. ago Colin Harvey: ‘How do you go from being a kid watching Everton to having a statue?’

Elegant player and legendary coach looks back on some of his finest moments at ‘iconic’ Goodison ParkStanding outside a pawnbrokers on Goodison Road, waiting for his dad to emerge through the crowd after the match, a young Colin Harvey could not have imagined what lay in front of him. Standing in the same place today, the great Evertonian would face a statue of himself immortalised alongside fellow members of “The Holy Trinity”, Howard Kendall and Alan Ball. Time has not diminished the 80-year-old’s wonder at his life and legacy at Goodison Park.“How do you go from being a kid watching Everton from the Boys’ Pen to having a statue on Goodison Road?” he says, with genuine astonishment. “If someone had presented me back then with a history of my life in football I’d have said: ‘Don’t be silly, nothing like that is ever going to happen to me.’ But it did. When I was told the statue was going to be made it was one of my proudest moments. I’ve had a fantastic football life and it amazes ...

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9 d. ago Killer jailed for life over 'ferocious' murder on homeless man in park

Joshua Carroll left Headley Thomas with serious head injuries, which he later died from.

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2 w. ago Cypress Hill & London Symphony Drop Black Sunday Live Album & Film June 6

Cypress Hill & London Symphony Drop Black Sunday Live Album & Film June 6  Live Music Blog

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2 w. ago Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Oeno Maris: a fishmonger that is also a wine bar

Josh Barrie enjoys monkfish wraps and Slovakian pinot noir on a gentle spring afternoon

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2 w. ago Trump says nothing Carney says will stop tariffs after PM insists Canada ‘will never be for sale’ – live

Trump claims he wants ‘friendship’ between US and Canada as new PM visits White HouseA group of US senators wants Congress’ watchdog agency to investigate whether controls on humanitarian aid deliveries by Israel and other foreign governments violate US law, according to a letter seen by Reuters.The six senators – Chris Van Hollen, Dick Durbin, Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Peter Welch – wrote to Gene Dodaro, the comptroller general, asking him to launch an investigation by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office into the US government’s implementation of laws regarding the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Carney says Canada ‘will never be for sale’ and Trump responds ‘never say never’ – live

Trump claims he wants ‘friendship’ between US and Canada as new PM visits White HouseTrump and Carney to meet in closely-watched encounterA group of US senators wants Congress’ watchdog agency to investigate whether controls on humanitarian aid deliveries by Israel and other foreign governments violate US law, according to a letter seen by Reuters.The six senators – Chris Van Hollen, Dick Durbin, Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Peter Welch – wrote to Gene Dodaro, the comptroller general, asking him to launch an investigation by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office into the US government’s implementation of laws regarding the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Continue reading...

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