Kinks singer Ray Davies opens up about near-death experience with Nazi bomb

Zack Sharf Any “Dune” fan disappointed with Dave Bautista’s lack of screen time in the 10-time Oscar-nominated epic are in luck, as director Denis Villeneuve promises a lot more “Harkonnen stuff” is coming in the sequel. Bautista stars in the “Dune” franchise as Glossu Rabban, the sadistic nephew of the villainous Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård). Villeneuve told Empire magazine that reducing Harkonnen screen time in “Dune” was simply the result of the adaptation process and spreading Frank Herbert’s novel across two films.“When you adapt, you have to make bold choices in order for the things to come to life,” Villeneuve said.

Angelique Jackson Filmmakers Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee’s Sundance award-winning documentary “Aftershock” has been acquired by Disney’s Onyx Collective and ABC News.News of the joint acquisition comes after the feature won the U.S. Documentary special jury award for impact for change at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where it made its debut as an official selection last month.

Manori Ravindran International EditorSovereign Distribution has launched a new label to develop action content for film and TV.Action Xtreme will be headed up by writer and director Chee Keong Cheung, with Sovereign founder and CEO Andreas Roald joining the board. The label will join the U.K.

David Benedict The gap between what you see and what you get has long proved fertile territory for playwrights. At his considerable best, not least his Oscar-winning adapted screenplay of his play “The Father,” French dramatist Florian Zeller (and translator Christopher Hampton) has shown that by cunningly changing what audiences are seeing, he can not only define but also dramatize emotional content.

Kanye West has admitted that his recent behavior towards estranged wife Kim Kardashian 'came off' as him 'harassing' the reality star.In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the 44-year-old rapper pledged to work on his communication after he posted a series of screenshots that contained threats directed at Kim's boyfriend Pete Davidson.'I know sharing screen shots was jarring and came off as harassing Kim. I take accountability,' the rapper stated in a lengthymea culpa.Kanye also sparked concern when he posted an image of a truck full of roses arriving at Kim's house in LA, which many divorce experts on social media claimed was a sign of 'post-separation abuse.' Kanye West admits to HARASSING ex Kim Kardashian: Rapper promises to 'work on his communication' after sending estranged wife roses and threatening her boyfriend Pete DavidsonThe rapper wrote in his Instagram post: 'I've learned that using all caps makes people feel like I'm screaming at them.

Paris Jackson celebrated Valentine's Day by holding hands with self-taught artist Michael Bradley outside celebrity hotspot Craig's in West Hollywood on Monday night.At 35, the SoCal native is 12 years older than the Michael Jackson heiress, and this was their first public sighting together.Michael bared his tattooed neck and sleeves in white sweats and matching sneakers. New boyfriend? Paris Jackson celebrated Valentine's Day by holding hands with self-taught artist Michael Bradley outside celebrity hotspot Craig's in West Hollywood on Monday nightAnd Paris bared her tattooed sleeves and chest while scantily clad in a lacy brown slip and matching thigh-high cowboy boots.Later, Jackson had to enlist her gal pal Dakota Ledford to help her remove the new boots.

Calm after the storm? Kanye West is speaking out about Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson once again — this time without all caps.

She endured a bitter split with ex Playboi Carti more than a year ago and has remained committed to raising their one-year-old son Onyx.And it appears as though Iggy Azalea found a new man in her life as she was spotted leaving celebrity hotspot Giorgio Baldi with Lakers star Malik Monk on Monday night in Los Angeles.The 31-year-old rapper hid her incredible figure in an all-black ensemble as she enjoyed a Valentine's Day double date with Anthony Davis and his wife Marlen at the trendy Santa Monica Italian restaurant. Stepping out: It appears as though Iggy Azalea found a new man in her life as she was spotted leaving celebrity hotspot Giorgio Baldi with Lakers star Malik Monk on Monday night in LA Iggy, who's full name isAmethyst Amelia Kelly, kept completely covered up wearing a long black top with a high-neckline.She opted for a pair of high-waisted trousers with delicate silver buckle clasps around her waist, and added inches to her petite frame with pointy-toed heels.

Fast And Furious actor Tyrese Gibson has sold his mansion in the Woodland Hills area just outside of Los Angeles, California for nearly $3million.According to TMZ, he got$2,895,000 for the sprawling home, which is less than his May 2021 listing price of $3.5million. He originally bought the house for $1.385million in 2010.The sprawling property has a stunning seven bedrooms, a massive swimming pool and a Transformers statue in the back yard.This news comes a day after the star shared that his mother Priscilla Murray Gibson had passed away from COVID-19.

Gemma Collins has revealed she had to be put on a drip as she continues to battle post-Covid exhaustion. The former Towie star, 41, has recovered after having the coronavirus but said she has days where she "literally can't do a thing".

Tiktok influencer and her mum, whom she once described as her "best friend" in a popular video, have both been charged with murder after a horrific car accident last week. The two women are among five people due in court this week in connection with the fatal incident in which a Skoda Fabia was “run off the road”, leading to the deaths of its two occupants.Social media star Mahek Bukhari, 22, and her mother Ansreen, 45, were jointly charged with two counts of murder alongside a third woman, 21-year-old Natasha Akhtar, as well as Leicestershire men Raess Jamal, 21, and Rekan Karwan, 28,Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin and Saqib Hussain died at the scene after their silver Skoda Fabia split in two after it crashed during a chase which is alleged to have involved the defendants, Leicester Magistrates Court heard.Mohammed Zarandouz, prosecuting, said that a “high speed pursuit” began at a Sainsbury’s in Leicester in the early hours of Friday, February 11.

Britney Spears turned the heat all the way up as she put on a sizzling hot display for her fans online. The 40-year-old Grammy Award winner stole the show as she paraded her gorgeous curves in a skin-tight plunging red leotard.Britney made sure all eyes were on her as she gave fans full view of her white bra which could hardly contain her assets.Dancing seductively while giving a sultry look to the camera, the mother-of-two added a pair of red gloves to her look as well as a pair of red peep-toe heels.Providing her fans with a full view of her toned physique, Britney flaunted her killer dance moves while she hurled her famous blonde locks around.The Gimme More singer kept her makeup simple but added mascara to her big brown eyes.

Emmerdale viewers have been on the edge of their seats for months as serial killer Meena Jutla's reign of terror took over the village.Three residents have already met their deaths at Meena's hands, with further murders teased by soap bosses ahead of her return for Billy Fletcher and Dawn Taylor's wedding.It seems that there is no sign of Meena's villainous acts stopping anytime soon, with Emmerdale executive producer Jane Hudson telling the press: "There are still some more twists and turns to be had in this story."Some that you probably won't see coming but I think we can all agree that Meena can pretty much do anything."Meena may have bumped off three residents but she also tried to murder Vinny Dingle and her own sister Manpreet Sharma in dramatic scenes last month.However, the lucky villagers managed to escape the clutches of the evil nurse - but are they safe?While viewers wait to see what will happen to Billy and Dawn on their wedding day, Daily Star looks at where the actors who played her previous murder victims are now.Leanna Cavanagh became Meena's first on-screen murder victim, after Leanna discovered that not only had Meena had stolen money from a local collection and tried to pin the blame on Jacob, but she murdered teenager Nadine too.Intent on exposing her crimes, Leanna was stopped in her tracks by Meena, who then subsequently threw Leanna off a bridge to her death.Speaking about the shocking storyline, Leanna actress Mimi Slinger revealed how difficult it was to keep her character's death a secret, telling The Mirror: "It’s been so hard to keep this a secret as I’ve known about it since last December and I am so glad it is finally out."Only my mum knew, and I didn’t breathe a word to anyone until the

Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero said Michael Owen is his favourite Liverpool player of all time.The five-time Premier League winner played against plenty of Anfield legends during his ten-year stay at the Citizens.Aguero turned out against the likes of Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez, as well as current Reds’ heroes Sadio Mane, and Mohamed Salah.He faced off against the Reds on 22 occasions in his career, contributing seven goals and four assists in many memorable meetings against the Merseysiders. However, Aguero snubbed all the legends he starred against, stating Owen was his favourite ever Reds player.“Michael Owen” was Aguero’s firm reply when a fan tweeted him, asking who his favourite Liverpool player was.After bursting through the ranks at Anfield, Owen became one of the best strikers in world football at Anfield.He contributed an outstanding 158 goals and 53 assists in 297 appearances for the Premier League giants, between 1996 and 2004.

Amanda Holden has dazzled fans with a video showing her dramatic hair transformation.The clip posted on Instagram showed the Britain's Got Talent judge displaying a hair before and after, following a wash with a hair product that she joked was her "one true love".The first video showed Amanda looked less than impressed as she ruffled her hair, which looked slightly rumpled and yellowy.In the second clip the 50-year-old mum-of-two beamed happily as she admired her swishy new do.Her hair looked completely different, glowing a pale blonde and shining as it framed her face in a sleek, swingy bob.Fans were seriously impressed with Amanda's gorgeous new look and littered the comments section with flaming hot and heart emojis."You are sexy!" one fan wrote."My heart is beating out of my chest," said another, while another commented on how "beautiful" she looked."Hair goals," said another.However, others said that the TV star always looked amazing."I don't know about that, all I know is you and your hair always look stunning and gorgeous," said one person."You looked great before tbh!" said another fan.One posted: "Look beautiful anyway."One admirer posted: "Can this woman anymore beautiful and stunningly gorgeous, I don't think so, she's well fit.""Both fit," insisted another.Amanda is currently shooting the Britain's Got Talent auditions with her fellow judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams, and has been wowing fans with her sizzling looks.The star had fans hot under the collar earlier this month when she wore a skintight hot pink dress to watch hopefuls try their luck at a shot on the show.The presenter looked absolutely incredible in the form-sitting number, which clung to her killer curves and highlighted her

The Chase fans are calling for Bradley Walsh to become a contestant on the ITV quiz show after he took on chaser Mark Labbett in a head-to-head money wager.The spontaneous bet came after a player John scored a whopping £11k in his cash builder but declined to go for the high offer of £50k.After comments from Bradley about the surprising decision, Mark tempted Bradley to take him on for a tenner if he played alongside John as a mock contestant.Chaser Mark, also known as The Beast, told Bradley: “I’ll give you a tenner if you make it home from the high offer how’s that?”To which he replied: “Oh ok cool - Lets do that! I’ll play along.”The chase got off to an even start with all three answering the question correctly.

Swindon Town have issued a plea to track down a young Robins fan who wrote a touching letter to Harry McKirdy with 26p attached.The young fan, who signed the letter as Joe, is just six years old and outlined how he and his mother cannot afford to attend games at the County Ground.And the youngster then outlined his plans to come to attend and stuck 26p to the letter for Town star McKirdy.The touching note has gone viral on social media - with the club desperate to track down their junior support.The Robins tweeted: "We have received this letter from Town fan Joe, aged 6 and a half."We'd really love to get in touch with Joe, but we don't have a return address."If anyone recognises the writing or thinks they know who Joe is, please email supporters@swindontownfc.co.uk".And Swindon's attempts to track down Joe were aided by touched fans, who shared the tweet along with the hashtag #FindJoe.Life hasn't been particularly pleasant, both on and off the pitch, for Swindon over the past year, but they have shown signs of recovery under new owner Clem Morfuni this year.Swindon were dumped out of League One last term after a nightmare campaign under former Town chief Lee Power.But Power was ousted by Morfuni ahead of the new season - and the Australian supremo and new Robins head coach Ben Garner have got the club flying in the right direction again.The Robins are just outside the play-off places in League Two - despite a turbulent summer that saw them miss out on a host of transfer targets due to the drawn-out takeover process.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in

Alec Baldwin has been sued by the family of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins for "unlimited damages".The family of Halyna, who died in October 2021, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alec on Tuesday.It has also been filed against others who were also on the set of the low-budget Western film titled 'Rust'.This comes after the actor accidentally killed her with a prop gun after he fired it at her chest.Alec was holding a revolver on the New Mexico set during filming rehearsals when it fired and killed Hutchins.However, Alec has maintained his stance that it was Halyna herself who asked him to point the gun just off-camera and towards her armpit.This comes after Alec's public Twitter account appears to have been shut down late last year and appeared to be deleted from the social media platform.When searching for the Hollywood star on the micro-blogging site, a message which reads "this account doesn't exist" appears.It comes after Alec gave his first television interview following the shock death of his Rust colleague Halyna Hutchins.During the emotional chat with America's ABC News, Alec became teary-eyed as he spoke in-depth and publicly for the first time about the tragedy that occurred on set on October 21.Since the interview's debut, the star's main Twitter account became inactive days after being interviewed by ABC news TV host George Stephanopoulos.Although Alec's main account has been deleted, a second account, @AlecBaldwin___, remains to be live, with its most recent tweet being from October.During the emotional interview, Alec discussed the tragedy which happened during the filming and included the unfortunate death of American cinematographer Halyna, 42, as she had been tragically shot on set.In the

Never-before-seen pictures of former Love Island presenter Caroline Flack have been released to mark the second anniversary of her passing. Caroline tragically took her own life on 15 February 2020, leaving both her fans, family and friends heartbroken. With today marking the second anniversary of her death, acclaimed artists The Connor Brothers have released stunning portraits of the late 40 year old which were taken just months before her passing.

The Kinks’ Ray Davies has said he never wanted to release ‘Waterloo Sunset’.The track was released as a single in May 1967 and went on to feature on the album ‘Something Else’ later that year.Despite now being one of the band’s classic songs, Davies has said in a new interview that had wanted to keep the song private. “I got my family together – my sister was over from Australia and there was Jackie my niece and a couple of my nephews – and I played them the acetate of it about 20 times,” he told MOJO.“I said, ‘That’s for us and I don’t want it to come out’.

Kinks star Sir Ray Davies was almost killed by a Nazi bomb.The You Really Got Me singer only recently found out about his near-miss as a baby during The Blitz.The north Londoner, 76, said: “I was on Zoom with my family, a couple of my daughters and their kids.“My sister Gwen was on it too and she told this story.“When I was two days old – she would have been about five or six – she suddenly decided to pick me up and take me out of the kitchen where my cot was. And she heard a V-2 bomb come over.“The V-2 landed just up the road from Fortis Green and all the glass in the kitchen, where I’d been lying, was shattered all over the room and I would have been killed.