Music review: Sia’s catastrophic directorial debut uses autism like it’s a ‘Live, Laugh, Love’ poster

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA pensioner has been banned from an Asda supermarket for allegedly verbally abusing staff over the store's Covid policy.William Alcock, 81, was accused of hurling abuse at staff at the chain's Tunstall branch in Stoke-on-Trent after complaining about fellow shoppers not wearing face masks four weeks ago.But he was forced to repeat his complaint during a second visit to the store a week later after counting another five rule breakers inside.It is believed a row broke out, leading the supermarket to barring him for life.Mr Alcock, who denies the allegation, said he was "made to feel like a criminal.""We went into the store as usual with

Megan Barton-Hanson was recorded romping twice when she starred in Love Island 2018 and the sex-positive babe has now made bombshell claims about the show's sex scenes.The 26-year-old, who dated co-stars Eyal Booker and Wes Nelson on the ITV dating show, made the confession during a Q&A on her official Instagram Story while chatting with her 1.8million followers.It came after a fan asked the beauty, "how much sex happened" and "was it just at night or did couples sneak off during the day?"In her usual fashion, Megan did not hold back and gave a very honest answer to her loving fans.Megan wrote back: "Haha I tried! So embarrassing that's one of the only clips I've watched back! Where Jack walked in the room!"The star continued: "What's

As the temperatures dip, people who live with joint and bone conditions such as arthritis can feel more discomfort than they do in summer. But in reality, could those problems actually be down to a lack of the ‘sunshine vitamin’ in the dark winter months?

Kate Hudson is speaking out in response to the backlash her movie Music, directed by Sia, has received for its portrayal of autism.

Since the early aughts, Rihanna has made a name for herself in not only the music industry but also the worlds of movies, fashion, beauty and beyond.

direct to your inboxLoan sharks have been targeting vulnerable people through dating websites.Criminals are setting up online dating profiles to lure victims into fake romances before trapping them in a dangerous cycle of debt, experts say.In one case, a victim was tricked into taking out a loan after telling her new love interest about her financial problems.She borrowed £3,000 but her debt soon spiralled out of control.The loan shark demanded £10,000 and sexual favours to pay off her debt.In other cases, victims have been blackmailed on social sites used by the LGBTQ community.Others have been targeted by loan sharks threatening to download and share private photographs if they fail to pay their debts.Tony Quigley, head of the England

John Travolta is getting love from one of the most important ladies in his life – his daughter Ella. The actor turned 67 on Feb. 18, his first birthday since the heartbreaking death of his wife Kelly Preston last July, and the 20-year-old look-alike shared a loving photo and message to Instagram to celebrate. In the pic, Ella, John, and younger brother and son Ben, 10, are sitting down and smiling together.

incredibly unforgiving circumstances. "The commitment, the love and the pure selflessness of every single person, carer, provider, hero, continuing to push through in a time of such horror is one precious positive this pandemic has not produced, but finally brought out for overdue respect and recognition.

Welcome to the world! Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank gave fans a glimpse of their baby boy and announced his name over one week after his birth.

Emmerdale wouldn't be the same without Mandy Dingle's sprinkling of leopard print, working everything from spotted jumpers to clutches.But actress Lisa Riley, who has played Emmerdale's resident schemer Mandy since 1995, looked utterly transformed in her latest social media post.

John Burridge wasn't just part of the goalkeepers' union during a career that spanned almost 800 games.

Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Kim, 40, has reportedly filed for divorce from Kanye after seven years of marriage. Kim and Kanye’s divorce is said to be amicable and the pair will be asking for joint legal and physical custody of their four children, according to TMZ.

Coronation Street actress made the admission about her marriage in a chat with the store’s CEO Jacqueline Gold as well as Coleen Nolan.The group discussed Melanie Blake’s new novel Ruthless Women which focuses on powerful females from the worlds of TV and business and includes sex scenes.In an admission about her own love life, she revealed: “John and I are Jacqueline’s best customers - I am telling you.“He buys me things and I buy him things, we buy ourselves things and we love it.”Ann Summers CEO Jacqueline chimed in: “I think it’s a myth that women wear sexy underwear just to turn on the men in their lives.Josephine Jobert addresses ‘saddest day’ ahead of DIP final“It’s so much about our own confidence and what makes us feel sexy and of

direct to your inboxFor Andrew Gwynne, catching coronavirus at the very start of the pandemic was just the beginning of a year long battle against its debilitating symptoms that left him looking ‘close to death’s door’.By early March last year, the virus had begun to circulate widely in Europe with confirmed cases of Covid-19 rising to a ‘high’ of 87 in the UK, raising alarm among leaders.But a full lockdown of the economy, which was then only weeks away, seemed unthinkable for most people going about their normal lives.Aware of reports of new cases emerging in London, on March 5 the Labour MP for Denton and Reddish was concerned enough to ring NHS 111 after days of feeling fatigued and like he’d ‘just hit a brick wall’.Following a working

Remember when movies and TV shows billed as “sleazy” actually lived up to sleaze’s promise? No one else does, either, which at least makes the faux-sordid veneer splashed across Harriet Warner’s “Tell Me Your Secrets” less disappointing: If nothing that aspires to sleaziness manages to get there, then we can forgive one show for half-assing an attempt at dirtbag storytelling. Failure is failure, though, and “Tell Me Your Secrets,” its scattered better merits aside, makes a mess of itself by opting away from grime and leaning hard on a tangle of interwoven plot threads written to emphasize the series’ title.

Jessica Kiang We’ve all been alone inside our heads a lot recently, and the question “why am I having weird dreams” has reportedly surged as a Google search over the past year. Natalia Almada’s “Users,” which won the directing award for U.S.

At the midpoint of her astounding first feature “Beginning,” Georgian writer-director Dea Kulumbegashvili pulls off a brazen formalist coup that will either envelop you entirely in its world or freeze you out for good. On a glimmering autumn afternoon, put-together mother Yana (Ia Sukhitashvili) goes strolling with her pre-teen son Giorgi (Saba Gogichaishvili) in local woodlands, pausing at a leaf-carpeted clearing, where ringing birdsong and insect chatter fuse into a kind of white noise.

Holed up in a cold, poky apartment in the faded Spanish coastal town of Gijón, fashion student Leo and her single mother Maria are living way beyond their means, but don’t tell them that: They’d prefer to think of it as their means simply not having caught up with them. There’s a fine, even invisible, line between dignity and denial in “El Planeta,” a fine-grained portrait of everyday poverty amid the lingering wreckage of the global financial crisis.

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MEGAN Barton Hanson has revealed Love Island only airs sex scenes if the contestants admit to their romps. The reality star, who shot to fame on Love Island in 2018, claimed producers consult islanders before showing any of their bedtime antics.

For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter hereWigan MP Lisa Nandy has urged the prime minister to set out a 'real plan' for schools as they prepare to reopen to pupils.The shadow foreign secretary accused education secretary Gavin Williamson of 'going missing' as the government finalises its plans for easing lockdown, which could see schools reopen in just over two weeks time.She told Sky News that schools needed to be the " absolute overriding priority" and urged the government to ensure that the current lockdown would be the last one."What we need to hear is a real plan to make sure that this is the last lockdown, and that we reopen in a way that is sensible and consistent with scientific advice," she