5 h. ago Top lawyer Alan Dershowitz announces movie producer son has died of stroke aged just 64

Elon Dershowitz, the Hollywood producer son of famed attorney Alan Dershowitz, has died of a stroke aged 64 after a career that spanned Oscar-winning films and podcasts.

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12 h. ago ‘I’m not a big CGI guy’: Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash on remaking trashy classic Deathstalker

The rock star has loved the cult film ever since he worked in a video shop. As his ‘requel’ gets its world premiere, he talks Hammer horror, soundtrack heaven – and how his dad got him into Edgar Allan PoeWelcome to the celluloid jungle. Guitar legend and Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash is getting into movies, producing a “requel” of the 1983 cult Roger Corman trash classic Deathstalker. The film has its world premiere at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland, where Slash – aka Saul Hudson – is talking up this new addition to his CV.It turns out that Slash’s affection for Deathstalker goes way back. “When I was working at Tower Video, we had it on the monitors all the time. It was a real popular popcorn movie,” he says. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago ‘I’m not a big CGI guy’: Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash on remaking trash classic Deathstalker

The rock star has loved the cult film ever since he worked in a video shop. As his ‘requel’ gets its world premiere, he talks Hammer horror, soundtrack heaven – and how his dad got him into Edgar Allan PoeWelcome to the celluloid jungle. Guitar legend and Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash is getting into movies, producing a “requel” of the 1983 cult Roger Corman trash classic Deathstalker. The film has its world premiere at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland, where Slash – aka Saul Hudson – is talking up this new addition to his CV.It turns out that Slash’s affection for Deathstalker goes way back. “When I was working at Tower Video, we had it on the monitors all the time. It was a real popular popcorn movie,” he says. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Father reveals teen son's fears he was 'going to die' after 'being spiked at Boardmasters'

Cooper May, 17, feared he 'was going to die' after he was allegedly spiked at Boardmasters festival on August 8 in New Quay, Cornwall, his father Roland May, told the Daily Mail.

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38 h. ago Asian Persuasion review – indie New York romcom of divorcee meddling in his ex’s dating life

A coffee-shop owner tries to get out of paying alimoney with a scheme that lacks finesse at best and is sociopathic at worstIt is unexpected to see vintage romcom values upheld in an indie movie populated almost exclusively by Filipino-Americans. Tony award-winning producer Jhett Tolentino at least has a good high-concept hook for his feature directorial debut: a beleaguered divorcee tries to get out of paying alimony to his ex-wife by making a fake dating profile to bag her a new partner. Sadly, this tonally shaky and borderline-sociopathic outing doesn’t have the class or skill to be part of the much-needed renaissance for the genre.Asian Persuasion takes place on the great New York dating grounds beloved of many a romcom: feckless single dad Mickey (Dante Basco, who played the leader of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg’s Hook) is struggling to elevate his Queens coffee shop, Da Fili Beans, to hipster notoriety. Ponying up payments to his fashion designer ex Avery (KC Concepcion)...

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41 h. ago ‘I luxuriate in the weird details’: why Highlander is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their favourite comfort watches is a journey back to the unusual sci-fi antics of 1986With all due respect to Flash Gordon, there is only room in my heart for one maximalist 1980s movie blending science fiction, fantasy and romance with a banging Queen soundtrack. That film is Highlander, the stylised but strangely lofty 1986 wannabe blockbuster with a premise so ridiculous – immortals tussle throughout human history in a beheading battle royale – it is often deployed as a pop culture punchline. (In the Nascar comedy Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Will Ferrell’s blowhard racer confidently asserts that Highlander won the Academy Award for “best movie ever made”.)Even Highlander’s production history sounds like a mistranslated joke about national stereotypes walking into a bar. Australian director Russell Mulcahy chose French-American actor Christopher Lambert to embody the titular mythic Scottish hero, then cast actu...

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3 d. ago Dad, 47, dies in holiday boating accident while with son and girlfriend

Hohn Nelson, a 47-year-old man, tragically died in a boating accident while on holiday with his family in Turkey with the circumstances around his death still being investigated

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4 d. ago Hit and run driver who killed unborn baby in collision as mother walked to work jailed

Ranju Joseph was hit by reckless driver Ashir Shahid while crossing the road in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, and her unborn son Olive died just hours later following an emergency C-section

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5 d. ago Jackie Bezos dies at home weeks after Amazon billionaire son Jeff Bezos' lavish £42m wedding

Jackie Bezos, the mother of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has died aged 78 after a battle with Lewy Body Dementia, weeks after her son's lavish wedding

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6 d. ago A98 crash: Scottish family pay tribute to 'beloved' husband and son who died in crash with ambulance

Police have named the 36-year-old as Alistair J Stewart

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6 d. ago Pirates of the Caribbean producer ‘thinks’ Johnny Depp will return in new movie

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer believes actor will reprise Jasck Sparrow role on one condition

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7 d. ago Gladiators star says newborn son died while he held him for first time

Athlete broke down as he said: ‘No parent should ever hold their baby till he stops breathing’

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7 d. ago My son died after a smoking vape 'laced with opioid 20 times more powerful than fentanyl' but no one has ever heard of... I don't want other families to go through our pain

Freddy Ireland-Rose, 30, died last September following an accidental overdose of nitazenes, a drug thought to be around 20 times more powerful than fentanyl.

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7 d. ago Mother reveals 'unimaginable' loss after son, 30, died from 'smoking vape laced with opioid 20 times more powerful than fentanyl'

Freddy Ireland-Rose, 30, died last September following an accidental overdose of nitazenes, a drug thought to be around 20 times more powerful than fentanyl.

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8 d. ago What to expect on Netflix thanks to Harry and Meghan’s new deal

The Sussexes’ Archewell Productions is working on a romantic movie and a documentary short about children in a Ugandan orphanage.

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8 d. ago Mother and son died after collision with school bus, inquest finds

Sian Goffin had taken cocaine before the accident, the assistant coroner said.

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9 d. ago Shane Warne's son reveals the cheeky restaurant move his cricket legend dad pulled

The late, great Shane Warne built a career on confusing opposition batsmen, but he also confused plenty of diners and waiters with a hilarious act.

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9 d. ago Man arrested after Central London quadruple stabbing leaves father and son dead

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that 31-year-old Hassan Cevik has been charged with murder after Terry McMillan, 58, and his son, Brendan, 27, died in a daylight mass stabbing

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9 d. ago TikTok star's husband 'makes bet and watches basketball game' while son, 3, drowns in pool

Emilie and Brady Kiser's three-year-old son died when he fell in the pool at the couple’s home in Arizona. Brady Kiser, who was at home with his son, was watching a basketball game

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1 week ago Chances of a stroke before age 50 may be higher in women who have had high

High-risk complications during pregnancy is relatively uncommon in the UK - affecting just up to 10 per cent.

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