4 h. ago Steve review – Cillian Murphy is outstanding in ferocious reform school drama

Toronto film festival: adapted by Max Porter from his novella Shy and co-starring Little Simz, Emily Watson and Tracey Ullman this brutal but ultimately hopeful story is fiercely affectingProducer-star Cillian Murphy and director Tim Mielants last collaborated on a superlative adaptation of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, and their new project together could hardly be more different: a drama suffused with gonzo energy and the death-metal chaos of emotional pain, cut with slashes of bizarre black humour. Max Porter has adapted his own 2023 novella Shy for the screen and Murphy himself gives one of his most uninhibited and demonstrative performances.Murphy is Steve, a stressed, troubled but passionately committed headteacher with a secret alcohol and substance abuse problem, in charge of a residential reform school for delinquent teenage boys some time in the mid-90s. With his staff – deputy (Tracey Ullman), therapist-counsellor (Emily Watson) and a new teacher (Little Simz) ...

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9 h. ago Lulu admits 'I'm in recovery' after sharing her secret alcohol addiction

She shared that she has "carried so much shame" about her parents actions

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9 h. ago Lulu admits she's an alcoholic and says secret battle is a 'family illness'

Scots singer Lulu has opened up about her secret battle with alcoholism for the first time revealing she was trying to 'suppress feelings' for years.

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9 h. ago Lulu reveals she's an alcoholic and admits addiction is a 'family illness'

Singer Lulu has has opened up about her battle with alcohol and confessed she was struggling for years but wanted to keep the addiction private until she understood it more

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12 h. ago Lulu shares that she's an alcoholic and admits secret battle is a 'family illness'

Singer Lulu has revealed she is an alcoholic as she opened up on her secret battle for the first time while admitting she was trying to 'suppress feelings' for years

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1 week ago Liz Hurley, 60, reveals the secret to her ageless appearance as she fronts new show

Gearing up to front The Deceased in C4's The Inheritance, Liz Hurley has opened up about her relationship with alcohol - and it may be the secret to her ageless appearance.

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2 w. ago Tommy Fury shares secret addiction alongside alcohol that makes him 'feel guilty'

Tommy Fury has opened up about his "many addictions" in his BBC Three documentary Tommy: The Good, The Bad, The Fury, with the 26-year-old admitting he "can't do things by halves"

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3 w. ago Taylor Swift shares update on dad Scott after major heart surgery

Singer Taylor Swift has shared an update on her dad Scott Swift and his recovery after the singer moved in with him after the Shake It Off star's father had major heart surgery

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3 w. ago Taylor Swift shares update on father's recovery post triple bypass surgery

Taylor Swift shared a major update on her father Scotts health during a heartfelt podcast appearance, as she opened up about his recent quintuple bypass surgery

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4 w. ago 'Superwoman' sports star shares horror pic of injury that left her 'blessed to still have leg'

WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Chloe Dygert has shared an insight into the recovery from an injury that almost led to her losing a leg - leading to the American star being branded "superwoman"

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4 w. ago 'Superwoman' sport star shocks fans with horror pic – 'blessed I still have leg'

WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: American sporting star Chloe Dygert has been branded as "superwoman" as she shared an insight into the recovery from an injury that almost led to losing a leg

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4 w. ago Nurse shares devastating symptom all dying people have and think is recovery

Nurse Julie McFadden, who has worked in end-of-life care for over two decades, has shared the most 'wild' deathbed behaviours she's witnessed - some of which are truly bizarre

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