Somali Director Mo Harawe Talks History-Making Cannes Title ‘The Village Next To Paradise’: “For 70% Of The Crew, It Was First Time On A Film Set”

Aldi has announced big changes to over 30 stores across the UK this summer, including two in Greater Manchester.

Bolton Market has opened a new food hall featuring an offering including gourmet burgers, Japanese food and freshly-cooked kebabs.

Police have made another arrest after the remains of a baby were found in the garden of a home in Wigan.

Stuttgart striker Serhou Guirassy says his future will be decided in the coming weeks, following links with Manchester United.

SHINee singer Key has dropped the first teaser image for his next solo single ‘Tongue Tied’, out later this month.The new retro-inspired teaser images feature cryptic, low-quality photos of a houseplant, a nineties Macintosh model PC and one of Key’s dogs, Comme Des. Titled ‘Tongue Tied’, his new single arrives on June 16 at Midnight KST.‘Tongue Tied’ will be Key’s first solo release in ten months, after his September 2023 mini-album ‘Good & Great’.

House Of The Dragon star Fabien Frankel has revealed that he auditioned for the role of George Harrison in one of Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles biopics.Announced back in February, the four biographical films will each be told from the perspective of a different Beatles group member, and will intersect to “tell the story of the greatest band in history.”Previously, it was reported that Paul Mescal will portray Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson will play John Lennon, Barry Keoghan will be Ringo Starr and Charlie Rowe will star as George Harrison. At the time of writing, these rumours have not been confirmed nor denied by Sony, which will be distributing Mendes’ films.Now, in an exclusive interview with NME, Frankel has revealed that he auditioned for the role of Harrison, but didn’t land the part.“I read to play George,” he said.

Foo Fighters kick off their 2024 UK tour, revisit the time the band told us about the meaning and writing of their classic track ‘Everlong’. Watch the video below.Speaking to NME previously, frontman Dave Grohl said he “remembered coming up with the riff” for the song “while recording ‘Monkey Wrench’.

Kate Winslet has recalled her “messy” experience of kissing Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic, admitting it “was not all it’s cracked up to be”.In a new interview with Vanity Fair, while revisiting the iconic “I’m Flying” scene from the 1997 Oscar-winning film, Winslet explained how the vasts amount of makeup on both actors made for an unpleasant, albeit amusing, kissing experience.“My god, he’s quite the romancer, isn’t he? No wonder every young girl in the world wanted to be kissed by Leonardo DiCaprio,” Winslet joked, before adding: “It was not all it’s cracked up to be.”She explained: “We kept doing this kiss, and I’ve got a lot of pale makeup on and I would have to do our makeup checks — on both of us, between takes — and I would end up looking as though I’d been sucking a caramel chocolate bar after each take because his makeup would come off on me.”Winslet added that DiCaprio looked as though “there was a bit missing from his face” thanks to the residue of her paler cosmetics. “Oh God, it was such a mess,” she said.The Oscar-winning actress also recalled banging her knee on the railing multiple times and needing a few takes to get everything right.“This was a nightmare,” she said, rewatching the scene.

Coldplay’s Romania gig this week was booed for singing manele.The group, who are due to headline Glastonbury later this month, invited Romanian manele singer Babasha to perform alongside Chris Martin during their first concert in Bucharest on June 12.However, the moment was met with boos from the audience and was followed by much controversy afterwards. Manele is a controversial music genre in Romania because some of the content of the songs can have negative connotations.Before inviting him on stage, Coldplay’s Martin said he chose him after hearing him sing on the street recently.“When I landed yesterday, well, two days ago, I wandered the streets and heard this man singing so beautifully on the street.

‘Once Upon A Time In Shaolin’ has now been turned into an NFT.The world’s rarest and most expensive album was their seventh studio effort, for which they released only one physical copy in 2014.Recorded in secret between 2006 and 2013, the project became the most valuable album ever made, and reportedly features contributions from all surviving members of Wu-Tang Clan, as well as two guest appearances from Cher. The unique copy was housed in a silver, jewel-encrusted box, alongside leather-bound liner notes and a wax seal of the Wu-Tang Clan logo.No digital downloads or streams have ever been made available, and after pressing the CD, the Clan stored it in a high-security vault at the Royal Mansour Hotel in Marrakech, Morocco.

Talking Heads have spoken about the making of their iconic concert film Stop Making Sense, saying that they didn’t want it to be “too Spinal Tap“.All four members of the New York band – David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison – appeared on yesterday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (June 13).They talked to host Fallon about the upcoming 40th anniversary reissue of their 1984 album ‘Stop Making Sense’, the recent star-studded tribute compilation celebrating that record, and the A24 remastered Stop Making Sense film.At one point in the interview, Talking Heads were asked whether they had approached director Jonathan Demme with any “notes” on how he should capture their performance onscreen.“Do you all go like, ‘Hey, here’s what we definitely don’t want to do’?” Fallon said. Weymouth responded: “Yeah.

Tom Hardy has addressed whether he’ll be making an appearance in the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie.The hit BBC period crime drama, which starred Oscar winner Cillian Murphy as gangster and businessman Tommy Shelby, concluded in 2022 after six seasons. Its creator, Steven Knight, has since announced his plans to wrap up the story with a feature-length film, rather than a seventh season.Although the cast for forthcoming movie has not yet been announced, Knight has previously confirmed that Murphy will be reprising his lead role.

Cadbury is set to delight chocolate lovers by bringing back the beloved Cadbury Top Deck for a limited time.

Greater Manchester Police officers have released pictures of some of the amphetamines uncovered in a huge drugs lab - which is believed to be 'one of largest cooking operations in the UK'.

With the summer holidays soon on the horizon, the car will be getting its fair share of runs out with the family, kids and quite often the dog too - and your backseats are almost guaranteed to be covered in pet hair, dropped crisps and various other unknown crumbs. Handheld vacuums are ideal for these scenarios. In fact, they can be one of the best gadgets you can have in your cleaning arsenal.

Bolton FA Cup winner and former England defender Tommy Banks has died aged 94, with Wanderers paying tribute to a 'club legend'. Flags will be lowered to half-mast at the club in tribute to him.

Manchester dads, there's nothing quite like them.

Carolyn Giardina Disney Animation‘s showcase of new clips from upcoming “Moana 2,” screened Friday at the Annecy Animation Festival, included the return of the coconut-like Kakamora tribe’ Moana’s parents, Chief Tut and Sina; and of course Dwayne Johnson’s Maui. During the presentation, directors David Derrick Jr. and Jason Hand also included clips featuring new characters including Moana’s baby sister, Simea; and the crew for her next adventure, engineer Loto, farmer Kele and enthusiastic Maui superfan Moni.

Courtney Howard The One Who Got Away is a romantic notion that’s been widely propagated by pop culture cinema. And for good reason, as heartfelt drama and compelling conflicts arise authentically from these confrontations with fate. Director-co-writer Baltasar Kormákur’s “Touch,” based on Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson’s novel of the same name, expands on this swoon-worthy idea, elegantly crafting an achingly poignant story centered on an elderly man searching for his true love amidst a time of uncertainty.

A Greater Manchester hospital trust will pay out nearly £30m after ‘accepting their negligence led to a baby girl suffering catastrophic injuries’, according to a family’s lawyers. The case is the ‘second largest settlement the NHS has ever made in a medical negligence case’, it is claimed.

David Beckham has quashed rumours of a potential Spice Girls reunion. The 49-year-old former football star dismissed growing speculation that the iconic Nineties girl group, which included his wife Victoria Beckham famously known as Posh Spice, were set to reunite for another tour.