24 h. ago Actress who played Hilary Duff’s mum shares throwback film snap and where she is now

It's always fun to re-watch our favourite films from when we were younger and one actress has reminisced on when she played the mother of character played by Hilary Duff, in a film people insist is 'so underrated'

Culture

3 d. ago My brother and sister are angry at my parents. I feel caught in the middle. What can I do? | Leading quesstions

To avoid becoming a conflict manager, you might want to pick phrases to repeat like a broken record, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. They might stop trying to involve youRead more Leading questionsMy brother and sister are really angry at my parents. They say that we had a terrible childhood because my dad was absent a lot and my mum used to play us off against each other to keep control. There was a lot of arguing.But this is just half the story. I know my parents loved us all a lot and tried to give us a good childhood. We always had home-cooked food and stories. Nowadays my parents are trying to make amends, but my brother and sister just don’t see it. They’re so critical and to be honest I think they’re a bit ungrateful. I feel caught in the middle. What can I do? Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago Tron: Ares review – even Gillian Anderson can’t slap this mind

Pointless threequel delivers a leaden cameo from a white-robed Jeff Bridges and an irritating turn from Jared Leto as a hipster-haired humanoid The matrix of pointlessness is reloaded in this mind-bendingly dull sci-fi, more a screensaver than an actual film. It’s a threequel to the original movie Tron from 1982, a film that was mould-breaking and boldly pioneering for its day in a way that eludes this one and its predecessor Tron Legacy from 2010. Tron: Ares (almost) comes to life just once – when Evan Peters gets a smack in the face from Gillian Anderson playing his mum, in an old-fashioned bit of analogue reality. That’s a bit of firm parenting you might feel like handing out to every producer involved in this film, and it’s sad to see the estimable Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith being made to look so lifeless.The situation now is that an evil AI corporation with the unsubtly gangster-ish name of Dillinger has become a rival to the virtual reality firm Encom, originally set up ...

Science

9 d. ago Film Club: Aimee Lou Wood’s fantastical romcom is part Mike Leigh, part cosy family sitcom

The White Lotus star is an agoraphobic movie lover who puts on elaborate immersive screenings in her garage in this sweet tale of longing, anxiety and family bickering. But is it believable?I’m not sure where Aimee Lou Wood – the Stockport-born star of Sex Education and The White Lotus – got the idea for Film Club (Tuesday 7 October, 10pm, BBC Three), the new drama she has created with fellow actor Ralph Davis, but I’d be amazed if it’s drawn from her own life. Not because the fearlessly outspoken global celebrity plays a woman too scared to set foot outside her mum’s house in Manchester following a nervous breakdown, her only respite being a weekly movie night with uni friends in the garage. No. It’s the garage itself.Each week, unemployed, agoraphobic Evie somehow finds the wherewithal to transform her garage into a spectacular film set. For a screening of Alien, this one-woman Secret Cinema wallpapers it with tinfoil and hazard tape and fills it with smoke, strip lights...

Society

1 week ago Coronation Street's Tina O'Brien 'emotional' as fans spot daughter Scarlett's 'twin' after 'confusion'

The actress, famed for playing Sarah Platt in the ITV soap, is a doting mum to Waterloo Road actress Scarlett Thomas

Politics

2 w. ago TV star mum shamed by other parents 'banned from son's playgroup over boob size'

Jodie Weston is known for her stints on Channel 5's Rich Kids Go Skint, Rich Holiday Poor Holiday and BBC's Eating with My Ex.

Events

3 w. ago Young actor suffering from depression murdered mum as she played piano at family home

A court heard how Ryan Grantham, who played Jeffery Augustine in teen drama Riverdale, also plotted to kill Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.

Society

3 w. ago TV star killed his own mum while playing piano then covered her with bedsheet

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Riverdale star Ryan Grantham shot his mother in the back of the head while she played the piano, before planning to kill the Canadian prime minister

Events

3 w. ago TV star, 21, slaughtered his mum as she played piano then covered her with a sheet

TV actor Ryan Grantham, famed for shows like Riverdale, loaded his car with weapons for a horrific act of violence that his entire family never saw coming

Politics