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A furloughed artist has spent her spare time in lockdown creating stunning portraits of celebrities made out of thousands of blocks of LEGO.Charlotte Tyrer, 25, spent several hours a day painstakingly crafting more than a dozen masterpieces with the iconic toy bricks in her bedroom.The fine art graduate has gone viral with her amazing creations of pop stars, TV and sports personalities as well as The Mona Lisa and The Queen.Each piece takes around a week to finish using on average 2,500 Lego bricks, which Charlotte salvaged from her loft during a lockdown clear-out.She had wanted to find a way to get creative since being furloughed from her job as as events sales executive at a hotel on March 23.Charlotte's artwork include striking

straight to your inboxManchester City have officially unveiled their new home kit to be worn by the men's, women's and youth teams for the 2020/21 season.The new kit follows manufacturers Puma's 'crafted from culture' theme and will feature a unique and stylish mosaic design which pays tribute to the artistic and creative heritage of Manchester, inspired by the numerous mosaic artworks that can be found in the city, especially in the Northern Quarter. The shirt also abandons the divisive purple trimming used on this season's home kit in favour of a more traditional white and navy trim to partner the classic City blue.

Paul Hollywood has sent his social media followers into meltdown as he looked unrecognisable in a mind-blowing blast from the past. The 54-year-old Great British Bake Off star shared the throwback on Wednesday, leaving his fans aghast at how different he looked.

Fletch is getting a reboot!

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jim Belushi, Keegan-Michael Key and more are celebrating their hometown of Chicago.

Matt Damon and wife Luciana Barroso purchased a 6,000-square-foot penthouse in the Standish, a Beaux Arts building in New York's Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, for $16.5 million. It was, at the time, Brooklyn's most expensive apartment.Now, he and his family are finally moving in.

Read more: Pa Salieu: Coventry’s genre-blurring rising star on his journey from the Frontline to greatnessBut when grime died down a bit in recent years, UK rap became a little London-centric again. Non-Londoners would obscure their true selves behind an accent (see the Irish drill group A9ine) while Londoners ran free in the industry.

Brooklyn Beckham is set to marry into billionaire family who own a 27-bed mansion.

Oliver Stone is unhappy with the state of Hollywood. The Oscar-winning writer-director-producer recently spoke with New York Times Magazine, slamming Tinseltown for becoming too sensitive toward political correctness and coronavirus.

Queen Elizabeth II has been crafted – out of red wine spilled on a CARPET.

Valve’s Half-Life development team reportedly want to build a “full-scale” non-VR Half-Life game, according to video game journalist Geoff Keighley.In Keighley’s new interactive “storybook” Half-Life: Alyx – Final Hours, which goes behind the scenes on the development of the VR game, the journalist claims that the Half-Life development team are ready to work on a full Half-Life game.“Privately, most of the team hopes that the next big thing will indeed be a full-scale Half-Life game built not for VR,” Keighley wrote, “but as a game accessible across all traditional gaming platforms.”Keighley also stated that the success of Half-Life: Alyx seems to have reinvigorated the team.

USC’s School of Cinematic Arts will remove its John Wayne exhibit after months of students and alumni protesting keeping such a tribute to the actorendorsed white supremacy. Protests over the exhibit followed resurfaced racist comments by the actor in a 1971Playboy magazine interview.

The University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts announced its decision on Friday to remove a John Wayne exhibit from its main building. Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion Evan Hughes explained the school's decision in a memo shared on Twitter.

The Independent Gamer is a curated roundup of news from indie gaming, landing here every other Friday. Indie games entered the mainstream spotlight this month, so our return from a brief hiatus feels all the more celebratory.

Lady Gaga is going to be the face of a new fragrance!

police officer fought for his life as a teen mixed martial artist pinned him down with a potentially lethal chokehold in Dundee.Mirko Novansky pinned the 16 stone officer to the ground by wrapping his legs around his neck and forcing him to gasp for air.Dundee Sheriff Court was told that PC Graeme Hunter - who is several inches taller and five stone heavier than his assailant - had been left traumatised by the near death experience.Fiscal depute Vicki Bell told the court that Novansky ran off from outside a bar when he saw the police officer and his colleague so they gave chase.She said: "One officer couldn't keep up and fell behind in the foot chase.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorMonica Sotto was elevated to production designer on “Drunk History” after Chloe Arbiture left the Comedy Central series between the fifth and sixth seasons. Earlier this year, Sotto took home the variety, reality or event special production design award from the Art Directors Guild for her work on the lip-synced historical comedy after being responsible for creating the sets for all 16 episodes of the sixth season.

LISA Snowdon has given fans a sneak peek into her gorgeous boho style home that's filled with plants, colourful art and funky wall paper. The model, 48, regularly updates her Instagram account full of snaps inside her stunning Epping Forest pad that she shares with fiance George Smart.

Jeremy Meeks has recently unveiled his debut fashion line, following his rise to fame as a model.But the 'Hot Felon' is also taking time to enjoy the company of good friends, amid his busy schedule.He rocked a black 'hustle' t-shirt Wednesday as he met up with two of his friends to grab lunch in Los Angeles during a break from quarantine.

If you were the kid that was patiently waiting for the owl to deliver your invitation to Hogwarts, this is for you. 

Do NOT Mess with Meghan Markle! The Mirror got ahold of the woman now called the Duchess of Sussex’s old Hollywood one-sheet — an actress’ resume — and it is impressive. Not only can Markle speak multiple languages, but she is trained in martial arts and kickboxing.