14 h. ago ‘I don’t touch my phone. At home, I’d be scrolling’: why young people are flocking to independent cinemas

Young people are drawn in by the promise of a ‘no-distractions’ zone, rereleases of old classics and music documentaries by global artistsA new generation of film lovers is helping to drive an increase in cinema attendance across the UK. As the industry slowly recovers from the decline of audiences during the pandemic – there were 126.5m admissions in 2024 compared with 176.1m in 2019, the rise in younger people returning to cinema may be due to a newfound love for film developed during the lockdown years. Although figures are yet to be restored to pre-pandemic levels, admission rates are continuing to increase, and it is younger audiences in particular who are showing significant enthusiasm, with figures from the Cinema Advertising Association suggesting that under-35s make up 50% of cinemagoers across the board.This is a proportion, which includes all cinemas including mainstream multiplexes, has held steady over the last few years but the effect appears particularly marked on the...

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15 h. ago ITV The Chase's Paul Sinha shares Bradley Walsh 'must' demand before 'transformation'

The Chase star Paul Sinha has been a firm favourite on the hit ITV quiz show for years and has now opened up about his friendship with the show's host Bradley Walsh

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69 h. ago ITV Tipping Point star says there's one secret people never guess about hit show

Game show regular Tony Fillingham has racked up an impressive list of appearances on some of the nation's favourite TV shows

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3 d. ago Georgia May Foote hits back at fans as divorce speculation intensifies

Coronation Street star Georgia May Foote hit back at fans who continued to speculate on the state of her marriage amid reports and allegations she is heading for divorce

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4 d. ago Mektoub My Love: Canto Due review – gobsmackingly weird series drops another surreal sex shocker

Locarno film festivalBlue Is the Warmest Colour director Abdellatif Kechiche’s latest erotic melodrama delivers another heady dose of flirting, farce and bafflementSo here it is – the third but, incredibly, perhaps not the final episode in the most bizarre arthouse franchise in film history, and which, for its sheer melodramatic ker-aziness it commands attention. So, as it were, previously on Mektoub My Love The first film in the series from Tunisian-French director Abdellatif Kechiche, who had won the Cannes Palme d’Or for Blue Is the Warmest Colour (for which he was famously required to share the award with his two acting leads Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux), arrived in 2017. This first MML (called Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno) turned out to be an epic erotic summer romance set in the early 90s about a guy called Amin (Shaïn Boumedine) who comes back from Paris to his hometown of Sète, having abandoned his medical studies to follow his dream of being a screenwriter, and finds ...

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4 d. ago John Leguizamo brands Superman actor Dean Cain a ‘moron’ over ICE announcement

Emmy-winning star of films such as ‘John Wick’ and ‘Moulin Rouge!’ hit out at the former Superman actor after he urged his followers to join Trump’s immigration crackdown

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5 d. ago Dexys Midnight Runners star says huge hit became 'a millstone'

Singer Kevin Rowland said it was 'tough' when people would only talk about the band's biggest hit, Come On Eileen, because there were other ones during their 33 year career together

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5 d. ago BBC star Richard Osman reveals 'everything is blurred' as he opens up about health condition

The TV star is preparing for an adaption of his famous novel to hit Netflix

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6 d. ago Denise Welch finally does damage control after embarrassing Taylor Swift interview

Loose Women star Denise Welch was hit with backlash following her awkward US talks show interview where she hit out at her son Matty Healy's romance with Taylor Swift

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6 d. ago Alfredo Morelos injured in shocking team bus attack as ex Rangers star hit by shattered glass

The incident occurred ahead of a Copa Colombia clash against Cucuta but the striker brushed off his scars to score in the game

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7 d. ago Wednesday season 2 addresses Xavier absence as star dropped from Netflix hit

Wednesday season two doesn’t welcome back actor Percy Hynes White as Xavier Thorpe but he still has a role to play in Wednesday Addams’ next investigation.

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7 d. ago WNBA dildo pandemic continues as star is hit by flying erotic projectile

Another dildo was lobbed from the stands onto the court during a WNBA match in Los Angeles just days after a luminous green sex toy bounced across the court

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7 d. ago EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Murder on the Dancefloor will haunt me to the grave, says Sophie

Perky pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor, pictured, whose 2001 hit Murder On The Dancefloor featured in the movie Saltburn, fears the ditty will haunt her to the grave.

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8 d. ago RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research

Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemicThe US Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday it would terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of a technology credited with helping end the Covid pandemic and saving millions of lives.The unit, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, helps companies develop medical supplies to address public health threats, and had provided billions of dollars for development of vaccines during the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Love Island's Lochan Nowacki hits back at ex Whitney Adebayo's claims he called her skin 'dirty' and says he's 'insulted' by her allegations of racism

Love Island star Lochan has hit out at his ex-girlfriend Whitney Adebayo's claims he called her skin 'dirty' during their relationship.

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3 w. ago Brian Cox takes on role of Adam Smith in new show set for Fringe

The Dundee-born star, who played fearsome media tycoon bully Logan Roy in TV hit Succession, is returning to Scotland for his scariest role in decades

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3 w. ago Jeremy Clarkson left completely confused over farm issue as he reveals 'most difficult thing'

Clarkson's Farm star Jeremy Clarkson has turned his countryside escapades into a hit TV series - but he has confessed he is still very clueless about some agricultural practices

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3 w. ago 'Natural and weightless' blushes just launched by Victoria Beckham are 'perfect for summer'

Victoria Beckham Beauty has just launched the brand's first-ever line of blushes, and they have already become a smash hit with beauty shoppers as they have amassed plenty of 5-star reviews

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3 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing star joins ‘absolutely perfect cast’ of Netflix hit’s second season

Netflix's Geek Girl has just announced a new cast member for its second season

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3 w. ago Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy

The late star, who broke through with Who’s Sorry Now, paved the way for solo female singers in the highs of the 50s and 60s but her life was hit by devastating lowsConnie Francis, 1960s US pop star known for Pretty Little Baby, dies at 87There may be more widely revered singers, but the statistics don’t lie – worldwide, the Italian-American Connie Francis was the best-selling female vocalist of the 50s and 60s.Her breakthrough hit, 1958’s Who’s Sorry Now, was written as far back as 1923 and had been a hit for Johnnie Ray just a couple of years earlier, with a swinging, uptempo arrangement. But what made the 19-year-old Francis’s version click was the way in which she took pleasure in her ex’s misery, coolly and coyly cooing over the slow-rocking backing while picking his failed love life apart; for a finale, she ended the song with impressive, high-kicking spite. In contrast, her second UK No 1 was the daffy Stupid Cupid, written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, and loaded wit...

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