29 h. ago Sheridan Smith fans 'in tears' at heartbreaking I Fought the Law scenes

Sheridan Smith is being praised for her powerful performance in I Fought the Law, a new ITV drama based on the real-life harrowing story of a Brit who fought for justice after her daughter's murder

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34 h. ago Chilling discoveries that led to Billy Dunlop's arrest as tragic case revisited in ITV drama

Sheridan Smith stars in ITV's new four-part series, I Fought The Law, as Ann Ming, whose daughter, Julie Hogg, was tragically strangled to death by Billy Dunlop

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34 h. ago Parcels on working with Daft Punk and their euphoric electropop: ‘The ultimate goal is to cry on the dancefloor’

After forming at high school in Byron Bay, the Australian band’s nostalgic, disco-funk sound has been streamed more than 1bn timesGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWithin six months of forming in high school in Byron Bay and just a handful of gigs, Parcels packed their bags and moved to Berlin. The band’s five members were barely out of their teens with no real plan; it was purely “vibes-based”, as vocalist and guitarist Jules Crommelin remembers: “It’s the inevitable small town [thing] – you either stay forever or you leave as quick as possible.”That spontaneous move a decade ago turned out to be a fortuitous decision for the young band: Crommelin, percussionist Anatole “Toto” Serret, keyboardist and vocalist Louie Swain, bassist Noah Hill and keyboardist, vocalist and guitarist Patrick Hetherington. Their 2015 self-released debut EP caught the attention of the French record label Kitsuné, who signed them.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop cultur...

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44 h. ago I Fought The Law's Sheridan Smith left 'shaking mess' over murdered woman hidden under bath

Gavin and Stacey star Sheridan Smith brings Ann Ming's relentless fight for justice to screens in I Fought The Law. The actress explains why the series was particularly daunting.

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4 d. ago Taylor Swift’s romantic travails were the soundtrack to mine. What does her engagement mean for fans’ love lives? | Hollie Richardson

The singer’s breakups were anthems for emotionally bruised youth. Now she’s happy, I look forward to hearing yet more poundingly relatable lyrics – based on real, lasting love• Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announce engagement on social mediaTaylor Swift wrote today’s headlines when she was only 17 with her country hit Love Story: “Baby, just say yes!” Now, at 35, she has announced her engagement to Travis Kelce, her American football player partner of two years, who got down on one knee and popped the question. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” she captioned the subsequently staged engagement photos of them in a rose garden. It’s gaudy, it’s cringe, it’s gleefully too much – some even say it makes the Bezos wedding look classy. But it’s perfect and it made me cry.When the pop star who has soundtracked your entire adult love life gets engaged, it’s discombobulating. Especially when they are similar in age. Over two decades, Swift has gifted a song for ...

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6 d. ago Coronation Street Aadi star's new movie with Hollyoaks actress available to stream now

Coronation Street actor Adam Hussain plays a young lad struggling to connect with his care worker in short film Spice For Life which is based on real-life story

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1 week ago Fake footage of an alien autopsy may have been based on real ‘original frames’

EXCLUSIVE: Though fakers behind the grainy 18-minute film admit they staged it, they insist it was a reconstruction of real footage shot by the US military after UFO crash near Roswell

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1 week ago Sheridan Smith declares 'if it causes me a few months of distress, that's nothing' amid real

I Fought the Law will air at the end of August and is based on a harrowing real-life story

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1 week ago Sheridan Smith reduced to tears in tense courtroom scenes in first look at her gritty new ITV series I Fought The Law that is based on a real

The actress, 44, has been visibly aged by costume designers as she appears in court for the new crime drama.

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1 week ago Sheridan Smith tears up after mum she plays in ITV drama makes heartfelt confession

BAFTA-winning actress Sheridan Smith was reduced to tears on This Morning with Ann Ming, the woman she plays in ITV's new drama I Fought The Law

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1 week ago Beaming Amanda Knox laughs as she poses up a storm and kisses her husband at premiere of new series based on her ex

Amanda Knox grinned and shared a smooch with her husband - at the New York premiere of a dramatized mini-series based on the real life case that saw her accused of murder.

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2 w. ago ‘You will have AI friends’: Character.ai bets on companionship chatbots

Company argues persona-based chatbots will aid real-life interactions but critics say they create dependency

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3 w. ago All seasons of 'addictive' crime drama compared to House now streaming

The show's premise is actually based on real world psychological research

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3 w. ago It was a film filled with unsimulated sex, based on a real murder. But even the nudity and graphic depiction of severed genitals paled in comparison to one infamous scene that shocked audiences

***GRAPHIC CONTENT*** Nagisa Oshima's groundbreaking 1976 erotic drama In the Realm of the Senses was hugely controversial upon its release for a series of reasons.

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4 w. ago Sheridan Smith unrecognisable in first look at heartbreaking yet inspirational drama

The four-part series is based on real-life events

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