5 h. ago Pristine UK village with tranquil moors and scenic train rides features in major film and TV show

This little village sits within the stunning North York Moors National Park and is the real-life set for a number of popular TV and film productions - but there's more than meets the eye

Culture

19 h. ago Ricky Hatton’s heartbreaking cause of death as ‘truth’ about final hours emerged

The former world champion boxer was found dead at his Manchester home in September, aged just 46

Events

42 h. ago Fallout fans think they've spotted hidden clue about Macaulay Culkin role

Eagle-eyed viewers spotted something in the background of episode 1 they think could be huge

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42 h. ago Fallout fans spot huge clue for Macaulay Culkin's character after first episode

Fans think they've worked out the secret details of the Home Alone star's new role

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47 h. ago Macaulay Culkin wades in on Die Hard Christmas debate — and fans aren’t happy

As the self-proclaimed ‘godfather of Christmas,’ Culkin believes his opinion ‘has some sway in this’

Events

65 h. ago Little girl 'murdered' named locally in heartbreaking tribute as teen boy arrested

Floral tributes placed at police cordon at the scene named the little girl.

Events

68 h. ago Exact time Fallout Season 2 lands on Prime Video with 8 new episodes

Fallout Season 2 debuts December 17 at 2am GMT on Amazon Prime Video with eight weekly episodes featuring returning stars Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins plus new arrivals Macaulay Culkin and Kumail Nanjiani

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4 d. ago The secrets of Home Alone: All the plot holes, fakeries and filming tricks that you won't be able to unsee

The 1990 classic tells the story eight-year-old Kevin McCallister ( Macaulay Culkin ) fending off robbers after being left home alone while his family holiday in Paris.

Society

7 d. ago Harry and Meghan announce they are producing a film about 'Girl Scouts baking cookies'

The Duchess of Sussex said being part of taking the movie Cookie Queens to the Sundance Film Festival was 'absolutely irresistible'.

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7 d. ago Home Alone stars Kieran Culkin and brother Macaulay’s relationship now after Oscars 'snub'

Kieran Culkin, who appears with his wife Jazz Charton on Celebrity Gogglebox for Stand up to Cancer tonight, appeared to snub his brother Macaulay in his Oscars acceptance speech

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1 week ago Zootopia 2 bucks trend for Hollywood releases in China as it breaks records for foreign animation

Now China’s highest-grossing foreign animation, the films, known as Zootropolis in some countries, comes amid a boom for domestic productionsA comedy about animal cops investigating a reptilian mystery has become the highest-grossing foreign animated film ever in China, bucking the trend of declining interest in overseas productions that has resulted in Hollywood films struggling in the Chinese box office.Zootopia 2 (called Zootropolis 2 in some European countries), a hotly anticipated and widely marketed sequel to 2016’s Zootopia, was released in China last week. In its first seven days, it made about 2bn yuan (£213m) in ticket sales, making it one of the best-performing films of the year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mr Men Little Miss feature film in the works from Paddington producers

David Heyman has joined the French media company StudioCanal with plans to bring one of the bestselling children’s book series of all time to the screenThe film-makers behind the successful Paddington series are to embark on a feature film adaptation of another British family favourite, the Mr Men and Little Miss series of illustrated children’s books.David Heyman, whose Heyday Films produced Paddington and Paddington 2 as well as the Harry Potter series, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and White Noise, is to join with the UK arm of French media company StudioCanal to make the film. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mr Men and Little Miss feature film in the works from Paddington producers

David Heyman has joined the French media company StudioCanal with plans to bring one of the bestselling children’s book series of all time to the screenThe film-makers behind the successful Paddington series are to embark on a feature film adaptation of another British family favourite, the Mr Men and Little Miss series of illustrated children’s books.David Heyman, whose Heyday Films produced Paddington and Paddington 2 as well as the Harry Potter series, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and White Noise, is to join with the UK arm of French media company StudioCanal to make the film. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jake Paul backed to beat Anthony Joshua in stunning $5million bet

Many within the sport of boxing have backed Anthony Joshua to make easy work of Paul, but a legendary Hollywood film producer is tipping the YouTuber-turned-boxer to pull off a stunning upset

Economics

2 w. ago Jamie Lee Curtis asked My Girl studio to put trigger warning on poster over Macaulay Culkin bee sting

Actor told Columbia’s head of marketing that the film’s scene showing the death of Culkin, then 10, was going to freak out every child in the USJamie Lee Curtis has said she asked the studio behind the 1991 comedy-drama My Girl to put a trigger warning on the poster, owing to the dramatic death of its central character towards the end of the film.Speaking on The View, Curtis, 67, said she was sufficiently concerned by the incongruously perky publicity materials for the movie to phone the studio’s head of marketing. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago White House defends releasing jailed executive who defrauded thousands out of $1.6bn

The White House has defended Donald Trump’s commutation of a prison sentence for former private equity executive David Gentile, who conned thousands out of $1.6 billion in a fraud scheme.

Events

2 w. ago ‘He asked me what I’d done sexually with a woman’: how Joy Gharoro

The rising star has made her debut film, Dreamers, a semi-autobiographical love story set in an immigration detention centre. She talks about fleeing persecution in Nigeria – and what she learned from French new waveJoy Gharoro-Akpojotor had a little wobble when she stepped on to the stage after the screening of her debut feature, Dreamers, at the London film festival. The Nigerian-British director’s film is a love story set in an immigration detention centre. It had already premiered in Berlin earlier this year. But showing her semi-autobiographical film to a home crowd in London felt exposing. “I suddenly had this feeling: Oh my God, everyone can see me. Everyone knows everything about me.” She laughs.Gharoro-Akpojotor has built a reputation as a rising star producer. Her company Joi Productions makes films telling black, female and gay stories. (“All of the above, sometimes individually.”) Her credits include Rapman’s Blue Story and Aml Ameen’s romcom Boxing Day, and she is curre...

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2 w. ago British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie

Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema tripsWhen Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Second teen dies after horror A19 crash as police issue 'extremely sad' update

Northumbria Police said a 19-year-old male has sadly died following a crash on the A19 northbound in Sunderland - a 17-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the scene

Events

2 w. ago Scarlett Johansson says she was pressed to remove Holocaust narrative from directing debut

A backer of Eleanor the Great, about a woman who pretends to be a Holocaust survivor, dropped out after Johansson refused to make changesScarlett Johansson has said she was pressed to remove Holocaust references in her feature directing debut Eleanor the Great, which stars June Squibb as an elderly woman who pretends to be a Holocaust survivor.Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Johansson said that during the film’s pre-production phase, one of the film’s backers threatened to pull out unless the plot elements relating to the Holocaust were cut out. Continue reading...

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