‘Aftershock’ Review: Sundance Doc Exposes the Bias in U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates

A mum has revealed how her teenage son's itchy skin condition turned out to be a symptom of a rare cancer.

Ukrainian Scots have spoken of their horror as their spiritual homeland and relatives came under Russian attack.

Lorraine McLaren and her husband Edwin were seen as “saviours” to the cash-strapped homeowners who turned to them in desperation when financial difficulties struck.

A Scots woman has gone viral after she posted a video of herself being 'held hostage' by a persistent s wan who barricaded her doorstep.

A mum whose superfit 13-year-old son died suddenly after a seizure at karate practice has spoken out to help other grieving families.

discovered a 9,000-year-old ritualistic shrine deep in the Jordanian desert.The discovery is thought to be the earliest known large human-built structure in world.The ritual complex was found in a Neolithic campsite near large structures known as "desert kites" or mass traps.The Stone Age shrine site that has been unearthed features carved stone figures, an altar and a miniature model of a large-scale hunting trap.Wael Abu-Azziza, a Jordanian archaeologist and co-director of the project, said: "The site is unique, first because of its preservation state."It's 9,000 years old and everything was almost intact."The mass traps are believed to have been used to corral wild gazelles for slaughter thousands of years ago.Similar structures of two or more stone walls, some that are several kilometres long, have been found in deserts across Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and Kazakhstan.The teams of researchers have also found campsites with circular dwellings and large numbers of gazelle bones.The site was discovered inside a larger campsite by a joint French-Jordanian team called the South Eastern Badia Archaeological (SEBA) Project last October.A statement by the SEBA Project said: "The nearby desert kites in Jibal al-Khashabiyeh in Jordan are the earliest large-scale human-built structures worldwide known to date."The French-Jordanian researchers added that the shrine "sheds an entire new light on the symbolism, artistic expression as well as spiritual culture of these hitherto unknown Neolithic populations".The decade-old research project aims to study "the first pastoral nomadic societies as well as the evolution of specialised subsistence strategies".The French ambassador to Jordan, Veronique Vouland-Aneini, hailed the "outcome

Brad Pitt is teasing his upcoming film “Bullet Train”.

Foals have shared a message of solidarity with the people of Ukraine, highlighting the local team that helped bring their recent ‘2am’ music video to life.Russian forces launched a military assault on Ukraine in the early hours of yesterday morning (February 24).

Mauricio Pochettino and Erik ten Hag would 'love' to be offered the Manchester United job, according to Wes Brown.

Valery Gergiev, a conductor who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will not lead the Vienna Philharmonic in a five-concert U.S. tour that starts at Carnegie Hall Friday night. The 68-year-old Russian conductor is music director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St.

EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy looked absolutely smitten as she enjoyed a rare date night with her fiance Marc Humphries. The 38-year-old soap actress shared a rare snap with her other half Marc as the two were on a date night.

flood warnings remain in place across the UK today after another hectic week of weather chaos hit the country. The Environment Agency have enforced a total of 31 'act now' flood warnings up and down England for Friday (February 25), with many of these in areas that were affected by Storm Franklin earlier in the week.Places of concern include the River Ouse in York and the River Severn at several locations across Worcestershire and Shropshire.It comes as massive downpours from three recent storms haveleft river levels dangerously high in a number of low-lying areas.A flood forecast on the Gov.uk website reads: "Local flooding from rivers is expected for parts of the River Severn today (Thursday) and tomorrow and is possible for parts of north-east England.

Emmerdale role Bob Hope for over 20 years but fans may be shocked by his side hustle away from the ITV soap.Not only does the Lancashire-born star act in the popular soap, but his side hustle is worlds away from the Dales drama.While away from acting Tony actual fronts a bands called White Van Man who tour and play several gigs.The band have been performing together for over a decade and have even appeared in an episode of Emmerdale.In 2010, White Van Man teamed up with acclaimed operatic singer Sean Ruane for an unofficial England football song.

Michael Madsen has been released after being arrested Wednesday night. According to multiple reports, Madsen was arrested in Malibu on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing. Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputies were called to Madsen’s Malibu home, which he was renting, at around 9:00 p.m. Wednesday night, by the property’s owner, who detained the actor in a citizen’s arrest.

Bleecker Street has acquired U.S. rights to the dramatic thriller 892, starring John Boyega (Star Wars franchise) and the late Michael Kenneth Williams (The Wire), which recently made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in U.S. Dramatic Competition and won its Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast. The independently-financed distributor is planning a late summer release in theaters nationwide.

MICHAEL OWEN was unveiled as Doughnuts on The Masked Singer on Saturday night to send social media into meltdown. The 42-year-old made it to the sixth week on the hit ITV show, but was sent packing in a double elimination alongside actress Jaime Winstone. Supporters of the programme guessed the ex-Manchester United and Liverpool striker could be Doughnuts last week following a number of clues he divulged.

Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger have inspired one of the new films at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

As you know, the in person festival was canceled due to rising concerns of the omicron variant of Covid-19 and it has moved to an online screening format for press and attendees.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic“What would you do if you had six months left to live?” asks the doctor who diagnoses a do-nothing bureaucrat with terminal cancer in “Ikiru,” a 1952 masterpiece I suspect precious few of those who see its English-language remake, “Living,” will recall. Quite unlike anything else in Akira Kurosawa’s career, “Ikiru” ranks among the Japanese director’s best: With no samurai battles or set-pieces, the low-key contemporary melodrama raises profound questions about how we choose to spend the limited time we’re afforded, focusing on a stoic functionary about whom even the narrator apologizes, “He might as well be a corpse.”Culturally specific as so much of “Ikiru” may be, its lessons translate quite well to midcentury British society, courtesy of Nobel-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, who did the work of adapting it to 1953 London for director Oliver Hermanus (“Moffie”).

Addie Morfoot ContributorThis year at the Sundance Film Festival, three feature documentaries — Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee’s “Aftershock,” Reid Davenport’s “I Didn’t See You There” and Isabel Castro’s “Mija” — share in common a $10,000 grant provided by the Points North Institute and CNN Films’ American Stories Documentary Fund.Launched in 2020, the fund underwritten by CNN has dispensed a total of $100,000 in grants to emerging U.S. filmmakers working on 10 documentary projects that highlight pivotal moments in America. Eiselt and Lewis Lee’s “Aftershock,” and Davenport’s “I Didn’t See You There” are two of nine films in the Sundance U.S.

Chris Willman Music WriterNetflix’s epic Kanye West documentary, “Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy,” will unfold in three feature-length parts, as the subtitle promises. (The first part premiered Sunday in the Sundance Film Festival, and gets a one-night theatrical release Feb.