23 h. ago Legal battle over Star Wars actor ‘resurrected’ in Rogue One moves to next stage

Peter Cushing’s likeness was featured in a 2016 Star Wars movie despite the actor passing away in 1994

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35 h. ago Legal claim over Star Wars actor ‘resurrected’ for Rogue One reaches next stage

Peter Cushing’s likeness was featured in a 2016 Star Wars movie despite the actor passing away in 1994

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38 h. ago Legal claim over ‘resurrected’ Star Wars actor ‘should be thrown out’

Peter Cushing’s likeness was featured in a 2016 Star Wars movie despite the actor passing away in 1994

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60 h. ago Sean Combs: The Reckoning review – you can see why the musician is fighting to ban this horrific documentary

Netflix’s series feels like the point of no return for the rapper and mogul. It’s so thorough in its harrowing detail that it will surely block any chance he ever had of a return to stardomIf its subject gets his way, the new documentary series Sean Combs: The Reckoning might not be available on Netflix for long. On Monday, lawyers on behalf of Combs sent a cease and desist letter to the streamer, demanding that the series be withdrawn based on the inclusion of footage that they claim violates copyright, and involves discussions of “legal strategy that were not intended for public viewing”.After watching the series, you can see why Combs might be rattled. This is a man whose fall from grace last year was sudden and comprehensive, and yet Sean Combs: The Reckoning feels like the moment of no return for him. It does such a thorough job of laying out and backing up so many horrific allegations that his way back to stardom is surely blocked for ever. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Star Wars actor quits Ahsoka season 2 after salary dispute with Disney

‘They could not, sadly, support a single mom,’ they said

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5 d. ago Kneecap taking legal action against Canadian MP over allegations of 'deeply malicious' comments

Hip Hop group Kneecap have announced that they have taken legal action against Canadian MP Vince Gasparro they claim made 'untrue' and 'deeply malicious' accusations about them

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7 d. ago Ant Middleton shared ‘sensitive’ special forces details on podcast, court told

Mr Middleton, who served in the special forces from 2008 to 2011, is opposing the legal claim.

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1 week ago Daughter settles legal claim against Government over father’s ‘degrading’ death

Alpha Kalay died in 2021 after multiple opportunities to care for him were missed by staff at HMP Hull, where he was serving a prison sentence.

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1 week ago Udo Kier is dead at 81 after prolific career starring in classic horror films

German actor Udo Kier, who worked with Andy Warhol and Madonna, has died at age 81. Kier passed away on Sunday morning, his partner Delbert McBride shared.

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1 week ago Actor Dylan Llewellyn looks back: ‘I warned Mum that Big Boys was a bit raw. Thankfully she never commented on the glory hole scene’

The Derry Girls star and his mother, Jackie, on an unfortunate vomiting incident, struggling at school and ‘bare bottom’ scenesBorn in Reigate in 1992, the actor Dylan Llewellyn graduated from Rada in 2011. He began his career with roles in Hollyoaks and Call the Midwife, but is best known for playing James Maguire in the Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls and Jack in its sitcom Big Boys. He competes in the latest series of Celebrity Race Across the World with his mother, Jackie, on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Inside UK pet cloning trend where desperate Brits pay £50k to resurrect ‘zombie dogs’ as TV star reveals replica twins

ANYONE who has lost a beloved pet knows the heartrending grief that brings - and how you would do anything to bring them back. But, while cloning is currently illegal in the UK, an increasing number of British animal lovers are banking samples of their furry friends in high tech laboratories ready for a potential...

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3 w. ago Rightmove faces '£1bn lawsuit' as estate agents claim say it is ripping them off

Rightmove is facing legal action from estate agents who claim online property portal is charging them excessive and unfair fees for listing homes.

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3 w. ago Rightmove faces £1bn legal claim over ‘excessive’ fees for estate agents

Damages could total around £1 billion, say the group behind the claim

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3 w. ago Private investigator in Mail legal claim says statement was a ‘forgery’, court told

Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) is accused by the group of carrying out or commissioning unlawful activities

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3 w. ago Oscar Isaac says he would only do Star Wars again if Disney doesn’t ‘succumb to fascism’

Star Wars actor said he was ‘not so open to working with Disney’ in interview two days after the company suspended Jimmy KimmelOscar Isaac has said he is “not so open to working with Disney” in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, with the Star Wars actor saying he’d only consider working with Disney again if the company doesn’t “succumb to fascism”.Asked in a GQ interview published Monday whether he’d consider returning to the Star Wars franchise, in which he played X-wing fighter pilot Poe Dameron across three films from 2015 to 2019, Isaac said, “Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great if that happens, then yeah, I’d be open to having a conversation about a galaxy far away. Or any number of other things.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Channel 4 Trespasses full cast list as Tom Cullen and Lola Petticrew star

Trespasses is a four-part drama starring Welsh actor Tom Cullen, Lola Petticrew, Gillian Anderson, Martin McCann and Barry Ward

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3 w. ago 'Epic' war film starring 'best ever actor' and boasting 100 per cent rating on BBC today

Fans of classic WWII movies should not miss this absolute classic of the genre, which stars the great Richard Burton

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4 w. ago Shirley Valentine gave Pauline Collins a role to match her talent. She seized it with style and glee

The film for which the actor, who has died aged 85, is best-remembered is also that in which she was afforded most airtime. If only more film-makers had managed to channel her warm, sharp charmPauline Collins was the smart, funny, cherubically sexy female actor in the 1970s who became a recognisable star on both sides of the Atlantic in the smash hit British TV show Upstairs, Downstairs, the Downton Abbey of its day.She played Sarah, the pert-yet-vulnerable parlour maid with a dodgy past, who has a relationship with the handsome chauffeur Thomas, played by Collins’s real-life husband, John Alderton. It was a TV marriage that the public loved and which carried on into spinoff shows Thomas and Sarah and No, Honestly. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Uefa face being sued for £18MILLION over accusations they STOLE new Champions League format

UEFA face an £18MILLION legal claim after being accused of stealing its new Champions League format. Euro chiefs introduced the “Swiss model” league phase last season. The system, which sees all 36 teams playing eight matches in a single league table, replaced the previous group phase involving 32 sides playing in four-team pools. But a Chilean...

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