Arsonist drug user set fire to his mattress because he “couldn’t live on a tenner a day”

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group has hired former MGM TV executive Charles Farmer to the newly created role of CEO.

EXCLUSIVE: Gillian Robespierre (Obvious Child, Landline) and Mathilde Dratwa (Milk and Gall) have been tapped to executive produce and pen the adaptation for Separation Anxiety, a limited series based on Laura Zigman’s bestselling novel, from independent studio wiip. Robespierre also will direct the pilot for the project starring Julianne Nicholson.

Courtney Howard The delicate facets of parenthood are on full display in this season’s awards contenders. Whether they’re capturing the struggles of training world-class winners, instilling compassion and hope during the Troubles or tackling the stresses surrounding motherhood either by protecting or rejecting it, the acclaimed actors portraying these disparate parents blend movie magic with memory and imagination.Back in the late 1980s as “The Fresh Prince,” Will Smith scored a hit with “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” Yet, in a few decades’ time, he’s experiencing a royal ascension in director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard,” playing father Richard Williams, who does understand what it takes to raise tennis champions. Aunjanue Ellis proves the perfect partner for verbal volleys as Oracene “Brandy” Williams, mother of Venus and Serena Williams.

Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterWhen the Directors Guild of America’s annual awards gets underway March 12, there will be a number of changes from years previous. Most obviously, the ceremony will finally be held in person at the Beverly Hilton, after two straight years of virtual celebrations.

There are some bombshell new details regarding the paternity legal battle between Maralee Nichols and Tristan Thompson.

When it was announced that Disney+ would be the official streamer of the entire Disney catalog, most people assumed the platform would stay family-friendly, with the company’s sister streamer, Hulu, getting the more adult fare. But with the addition of the Marvel TV shows from Netflix, most of which push the limits of TV-MA and border on R-rated content, it appears Disney+ is getting more mature.

Peaky Blinders season six will arrive on Netflix on June 10.Following the show’s UK premiere on BBC One on Sunday February 27, the streaming giant confirmed the sixth and final season will arrive on the platform worldwide in June.While this is the final season, several spin-offs and a feature-length movie are already in the pipeline.Speaking to NME, the show’s creator Steven Knight said: “I’m seeing this as the end of the beginning, rather than the beginning of the end.”There's one last deal to be done.The sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders premieres June 10 pic.twitter.com/lDZJkCqiTk— Netflix (@netflix) March 10, 2022Peaky Blinders season six stars Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Finn Cole and Tom Hardy. The final season will also honour late actor Helen McCrory, who passed away from cancer last year before filming.Speaking about paying tribute to McCrory and her character Polly Gray, Tommy Shelby actor Murphy said: “I think the whole series is really in tribute to her and to honour her.

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war in Ukraine and tensions running high between China and Taiwan, now is not the time for nuclear powers to accidentally fire missiles at one another.But earlier today India’s defence ministry revealed it had accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan because of a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance.“On March 9 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile,” the ministry ministry said in a statement.“It is learnt that the missile landed in an area of Pakistan.

Google Maps user has spotted the bizarre moment one of the Street View cameras was attacked by a frog.TikTok user googlemaps.fai uploaded a video of the strange sighting, screen recording as they dropped the pin down. The video was captioned: "I found it!!", followed by a single frog emoji.

football stadium has been reduced to rubble by a Russian airstrike in the northern city of Chernihiv.Videos on messenger service Telegram and pictures on Facebook show the scale of the devastation at the city's Olympic sports training centre, home to Ukrainian Premier League side FC Desna Chernihiv.The images depict a once-thriving 12,060 capacity stadium almost totally destroyed by the impact of the strikes.One of the main stands has been completely wrecked, with pieces of wood and metal piled on top of each other from where the stand has collapsed in on itself. A shot from the exterior shows one of the main buildings blown out with wires and material hanging down and the glass windows shattered from the force of the blast.

Emmerdale this week, as her mother Mary arrived unexpectedly in the village.While Marlon Dingle attempted to propose to Rhona, Mary made her shock entrance - but why?With Rhona and Mary's relationship already strained, what will this mean for Rhona's life in the village? Viewers will have to wait and see.Rhona has had quite a few unexpected surprises recently, particularly following the arrival of her son Marcus Dean.However, Rhona actress Zoe Henry's life is far less dramatic - including a sweet bond with her onscreen mum, marriage to her Emmerdale co-star and living at her stunning Yorkshire home.

Amanda Holden looked ageless as ever as she showed off her toned pins in a figure-hugging dress.The Britain's Got Talent judge, 51, dazzled her Instagram followers as she performed an elegant twirl in her tight dress, allowing her skirt to flare around her.The dress in question was a black and white checked number, featuring a ruffle of pale yellow ribbon at the collar and a thin black leather belt cinched around Amanda’s waist.The fairytale gown spun in a perfect circle around her calves as Amanda twirled around the office for a sleek Boomerang clip, before coming to a stop to smoulder at the camera.Amanda matched the stunning frock, which hailed from London-based fashion designers L.K.

Stereophonics have secured their eighth UK Number 1 album with Oochya!, released on Ignition Records. The album outselling their closest competition by 2:1, according to Official Charts Company data. 

Manchester United should be running a mile from Mauricio Pochettino after his Champions League fiasco with Paris Saint-Germain.But whoever gets the manager's job next season faces an impossible job because they are going to be 20 points behind Manchester City and Liverpool again.United were cringeworthy in the Manchester derby. Embarrassing. Not one United player gets in the City team.

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Could Khloé Kardashian be getting back out there in the dating world pretty soon??

Chloe Cherry is one of several young actors to really pop on Euphoria, but did you know that before the career-making role as drug addicted prostitute Faye she was a very different kind of performer?

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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Odalis Pérez died at his home in the Dominican Republic on Thursday night, and it is suspected that his death was caused due to an accidental fall from a ladder.

court has heard. Anthony Orton was living at sheltered accommodation and had his daily income capped because he was spending his benefits on cocaine and cannabis, Manchester Evening News reports.