Rochdale and Wigan could get more arts funding in 'levelling up' push

EXCLUSIVE: How’s this for a strong lineage — Matt Barr, who played 2020s Hoyt Rawlins on the CW’s Walker, will also play 1800s Hoyt Rawlins in the network’s pilot Walker: Independence. Barr has been been tapped as the male lead in the project, executive produced by Walker‘s Jared Padalecki.

EastEnders favourite Tamzin Outhwaite could barely cast aside her horror at seeing the online footage.The 51-year-old took to Twitter tonight to vent her frustration at the war."Watching that heroic Doctor on @SkyNews in the children’s hospital, has broken me," she announced to her 255,100 followers, warning: "This is NOT a military operation.""Some of the videos I have seen in residential areas are horrific," she continued."Innocent civilians being targeted. #StopWarInUkraine #StandingWithUkraine."The soap star was referring to heart-rending coverage of injured young people which was broadcast earlier in the day.The news comes amid reports that injured civilian soldiers in Ukraine are keen to dismiss their injuries and get back onto the front line to defend their country.Vladimir Putin's troops rained cluster bombs down on children's schools and hospitals, and a baby was born in a hospital basement, while soldiers opened fire outside.Hundreds of Ukraine's civilians, including children, have been killed in the short few days since the conflict began, after getting caught in the crossfire.Though Tamzin has had experience enacting tough scenes relating to international conflict after starring in Foyle's War, these real-life situations have left her overwhelmed.Many of her fans responded to her Twitter posts regarding the scenes to share similar feelings of horror."Absolutely horrific dads leaving their small children not knowing if they will ever see them again," @hugelunchbox wrote in the comments section."Watched it.

Wilson Chapman editorPeacock has unveiled the official trailer for its new miniseries “Joe vs. Carole,” starring John Cameron Mitchell and Kate McKinnon.Based on the Robert Moor-hosted Wondery podcast “Joe Exotic,” “Joe vs. Carole” focuses on the bitter rivalry between big cat zookeeper Joe Exotic (Mitchell) and animal sanctuary CEO Carole Baskin (McKinnon), which was immortalized in the first season of the popular Netflix docuseries “Tiger King.” In addition to Mitchell and McKinnon, the miniseries also stars Kyle MacLachlan, Brian Van Holt, Sam Keeley, Nat Wolf, Marlo Kelly, William Fichtner, Dean Winters and David Wenham.The trailer depicts McKinnon and Mitchell in character, as Baskin and her husband (MacLachlan) set out to take down Exotic for his abuse of his animals and breeding of big cats for profit.

“It’s a tough thing; making movies. And to talk to people who appreciate them means a lot.” Director Joachim Trier has an undeniably infectious energy, housing a clear love for the history of cinema and storytelling art in general.

Dua Lipa has today launched her “global style, arts and culture newsletter” called Service95.The free platform was announced last November and will be released weekly to subscribers – you can sign up here. Talking about the venture, Lipa said: “I find huge joy in telling people what I’ve learned about in any given city and love finding connection in our shared experiences.

PETER Andre and his wife Emily looked ridiculously loved-up as they posed together on a day out. The 48-year-old singer and the NHS doctor looked stronger than ever in a new selfie, which he simply captioned with a love heart.

More than £200 million of funding is expected to come to the Scottish Government from the UK Treasury to offset the huge rise in energy bills.

“It’s a tough thing; making movies. And to talk to people who appreciate them means a lot.” Director Joachim Trier has an undeniably infectious energy, housing a clear love for the history of cinema and storytelling art in general.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Tales of the Walking Dead” anthology series at AMC has added its first five cast members.Terry Crews (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), Poppy Liu (“Hacks”), Parker Posey (“Lost in Space”), Anthony Edwards (“Inventing Anna”), and Jillian Bell (“Rough Night”) have all joined the episodic anthology, which will consist of six standalone stories featuring both new and established characters from “The Walking Dead” universe. Details on the characters the five will play are being kept under wraps.“We’ve worked hard to create unique, interesting and unexpected characters for both old and new TWD fans, and I’m thrilled that these are the actors who will bring them to life. I can’t wait for you to see the depth, drama, terror and, yes, humor they bring to the screen,” said series showrunner Channing Powell.

The initial cast has been announced for Tales of the Walking Dead, AMC’s new spinoff series set in The Walking Dead universe. Anthony Edwards (Inventing Anna, WeCrashed), Parker Posey (Lost In Space), Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Poppy Liu (Dead Ringers) and Jillian Bell (Rough Night) have been tapped to star in the AMC Studios-produced episodic anthology series.

Naveen Kumar In answer to the question of whether it’s possible to separate the art from the artist, “MJ” performs a slick, crotch-grabbing sidestep. Packed with nearly 40 hits from Michael Jackson’s irresistible catalogue, the Broadway production from director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon is not so much a biomusical as a high-shine and surface-skimming rehabilitation tour for its late subject, flattening rather than reckoning with his complex legacy.“With respect, I wanna keep this about my music,” insists Jackson early on, played in the story’s present day by Myles Frost, impressive in perhaps an impossible role.

EXCLUSIVE: The final nominations for the 2022 SXSW Gaming Awards are in. Indie game developer Ember Lab boasts a strong showing with its debut title Kena: Bridge of Spirits leading the final nominees list.

EXCLUSIVE: Cut Throat City producer William Clevinger, multi-hyphenate Sidney Elle Brocious, actor Jonny Weston (Chasing Mavericks, Project Almanac), Chairman & CEO of Amalgam Jeremy Jordan Jones, Jerry Easter and Trena Cook-Easter—the parents of high school basketball prodigy Jerry Easter II—are joining forces to launch The Big Picture.

Spire Animation Studios has closed a $20 million funding round that includes a strategic investment from Epic Games. It said the fresh funds are earmarked for staff expansion, studio technology and infrastructure build out and creative development. Epic will also join Spire’s board of directors.

Robert Wall, a martial arts master who performed alongside Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee, has died at the age of 82.

Martial arts master Robert Wall, who trained and starred alongside Chuck Norris and Burce Lee, has passed away at the age of 82. No official cause of death has yet been revealed for the American actor.The star's passing was confirmed by his family in a statement to TMZ, which read: "Bob was the greatest husband and father. Family was Everything to him.

Martial Arts icon Bob Wall, who worked with the late Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris among others, has died at the age of 82.'Bob was the greatest husband and father,' his family told TMZin a statement Monday. 'Family was Everything to him.

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Greater Manchester is set to be awarded millions of pounds to transform derelict brownfield sites into housing, the Government has announced.

A martial arts expert who is serving a prison sentence for major fraud has been ordered to pay £160,749 in three months.

EXCLUSIVE: Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill, Blackadder) has signed on to star alongside Murray McArthur (Wonka, The Northman), Cameron Ashplant (Gentleman Jack), Tilly Keeper (EastEnders), Jenet Le Lacheur (Cinderella) and Brian Webster in the thriller Marooned Awakening, which is in production on the island of Guernsey.