The world's most chilling places to stay as Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel hits Netflix

New Zealand has voted to protect LGBTQ youth from so-called “conversion therapy.”In an almost unanimous vote, the New Zealand Parliament voted 112 to eight in favour of banning the controversial  practice. So-called “conversion therapy” is the discredited and dangerous practice that is intended to change, often by force, a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. The New Zealand Herald reported that it is now an offence to “perform conversion practices on a child or young person aged under 18, or on someone with impaired decision-making capacity. Such offences would be subject to up to three years’ imprisonment, and up to five years where it has caused serious harm, irrespective of age.”Leader of End Conversion Therapy NZ Shaneel Lal tweeted, “The ban on conversion therapy is a win for humanity, not just the queer community.

Jamie Redknapp and his wife Frida celebrated their very first Valentine's Day as a married couple this week – but it wasn't quite as romantic as you might think.The newlyweds only recently returned from their honeymoon in the Maldives, along with their baby son Rafael. But it was back to earth with a bump on Monday.WATCH: Jamie Redknapp's baby son is already taking after him!Jamie, 48, shared a snapshot showing the couple looking hot but happy as they posed with their trainer after a boxing session.

Jessica Kiang In a valley in the Swiss canton of Bern dominated by the local watchmaking industry, the first ever International Anarchist Congress was held in 1872. And inside a traditionally made clockwork watch, such as the factories of Bern would have been producing at the time, there is a tiny spiral wheel that balances the mechanism, called the unrueh — the unrest.This dainty coincidence of echoing terminology at most might raise a “huh” from those of us into wordplay and social history and Twitter accounts that exclusively post images of machinery at work.

Bruce Willis might have spent Valentine's Day with his wife Emma Heming Willis and their two daughters, Mabel, nine, and Evelyn, seven, but on Tuesday he planned a special date with two of his eldest daughters.MORE: Bruce Willis delights fans with rare family photo with two daughtersTaking to Instagram, Emma shared the sweetest photo of Bruce smiling widely towards the camera whilst sitting in the passenger seat of a car next to daughter Scout. Behind them, his and Demi Moore's eldest daughter, Rumer, could be seen, with her seatbelt on and smiling at Emma.WATCH: Bruce and Emma's daughter learns how to ride a bike with the help of Demi Moore"If this isn't the cutest daddy-daughter date," Emma wrote alongside the photo, before adding that Bruce was a "girl dad".READ: Demi Moore pays tribute to ex Bruce Willis in the most amazing wayRELATED: Rumer Willis proudly poses in provocative lingerie – fans praise her body and messageBruce has a great relationship with all his daughters and Rumer recently paid tribute to him and mom Demi, 58, for how they have co-parented throughout the years.

Anton Du Beke has taken to Instagram to share three snapshots of his twins for a very special reason.MORE: Anton Du Beke's country home with wife Hannah and twins is full of rustic charm – insideThe pictures show George and Henrietta inside the family home and trying on some new items of clothing ahead of a skiing holiday.WATCH: Anton du Beke's twins gatecrash his live workout"Start 'em young!" Strictly star Anton, 55, wrote. "My little ones ready to hit the slopes in their gorgeous Smalls Merino wool base layers.

center of renewed fervor in recent months, and Amy Poehler's new documentary on the pair aims to shine a different kind of light on their legacy.Poehler, who directed the forthcoming doc, spoke with ET's Matt Cohen at the film's Los Angeles premiere on Tuesday, and opened up about the difficulties she faced when helming the monumental project.«The challenge of this film, because Lucy and Desi are so known, is to figure out almost how to bring them back to life. Make them people again, rather than icons,» Poehler shared.

rescued a clumsy fox who found herself in a tight spot after she got a watering can stuck on her head.Animal rescue officer Natalie Read was called out to Braiswick, in Colchester, Essex, on Friday (11 February) after a man spotted the stricken animal in his garden.Describing how she set the urban fox free after finding it in a panicked state, Natalie said: “The caller said the poor fox had the plastic watering can stuck on her head and was thrashing around trying to get it off; she was clearly distressed.“She’d wedged herself between fencing at the bottom of the garden and must have been exhausted because I was able to catch her easily and carefully prise the can off of her head."Thankfully she wasn’t injured and she was raring to go so I released her and she bounded off back into the safety of the undergrowth. It was lovely to see her running back to her den."Natalie suspects that the animal got the watering can wedged on her head when she peered in to find out whether there was anything to eat or drink inside.She added that the fox was "lucky to be spotted and rescued so quickly" because she "could have suffered serious cuts and injuries to her head" or "may have even died if she’d have been left like that".Anyone who sees a sick, injured or trapped wild animal in need of help is advised to keep a safe distance and monitor, before calling the RSPCA’s emergency hotline for advice on 0300 1234 999.

Manchester City Council made the sudden announcement earlier this week that the speed limit on one of its busiest roads would be dropping.

Blake Lively and her sister Robyn make a stylish duo as they arrive for the Michael Kors Collection Fall/Winter 2022 Runway Show held at Terminal 5 during New York Fashion Week on Tuesday night (February 15) in New York City.

Those of us who become weirdly obsessed with crime series will have already watched and analysed Netflix’s new true-crime series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at The Cecil Hotel.

Amy Price has revealed why she never quit her job as the manager of the infamous Cecil Hotel.

The new true crime docu-series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel has been a huge hit for Netflix and one part of the series that has gone viral is the security footage of Elisa Lam.

Cecil Hotel has plagued it since it opened its doors in Los Angeles, US, in the 1920s.The notorious hotel has a blood-soaked history, with countless robberies, murders, suicides and mysteries happening in the venue.One of the most recent mysterious to unfold at the Cecil Hotel is being explored in Netflix’s newest true crime documentary series called Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel.The docuseries takes a deep dive into the disappearance and death of Elisa Lam, who stayed at the hotel in 2013.It also gives the viewers a look at the historic’s building’s gory history, and the shocking crimes that unfolded there.With an increased interest in the Cecil Hotel itself, true crime fans may be wondering if it’s possible to visit and

Netflix viewers have been left struggling to sleep after watching murder documentary Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel, which was released on the streaming site this week.The four-part documentary is exploring the mysterious deaths that occurred at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles between the 1930s to the 60s.Whilst it explores a number of shocking incidents, including serial killer Richard Ramirez's rampage which he lived in the hotel for several weeks, it focuses on one person in particular.College student Elisa Lam, 21, vanished in 2013 while she was staying at the hotel, and her body was eventually found in the water tank on the roof.A shocking CCTV clip of Elisa using the elevator in the hotel went viral online, where the

Netflix’s latest true crime documentary series called Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel.It takes a deeper look at the case of Elisa Lam, who went missing while staying at the Cecil Hotel in 2013.Unfortunately, this is just one of the tragic cases to happen at the Cecil Hotel.One of the youngest victims at the Cecil Hotel was killed in September 1944 – and it’s one of the most tragic cases in the hotel’s history.19-year-old mother Dorothy Jean Purcell didn’t know she was pregnant when she woke up in the middle of the night with stomach pains next to her 38-year-old partner.Not wanting to wake shoe salesman Ben Levine, she reportedly went to the bathroom and delivered the baby herself.Believing the baby was stillborn, she threw

Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles has a blood-soaked history of countless suicides and murders.One of the mysterious deaths is currently being explored in new Netflix true crime documentary series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel.It explores the death of Elisa Lam, who mysteriously disappeared while staying at the hotel – and was eventually found in the water tank on the roof.There have been several strange and tragic deaths that have occurred at the Cecil Hotel.One of the most tragic incidents to happen was undoubtedly that of 65-year-old George Giannini and 27-year-old Pauline Otton.On October 12 1962, Pauline had an argument with her estranged husband in a room on the ninth floor.After Pauline’s husband left, she wrote a suicide

Netflix is releasing a brand new true crime series this week - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel.The new documentary delves into the horror past of the Los Angeles’ Skid Row “Hotel of Death”, an establishment that has been home to two infamous serial killers, and the site of a number of mysterious deaths and disappearances from its inhabitants.Initially built for travelling businessmen to come and stay for work, the Cecil in downtown LA rapidly became a building where the poor and down-and-out would end up, many never leaving through its doors again.One of the documentary’s focuses is about Canadian college student Elisa Lam, the 21-year-old who was seen in bizarre elevator footage acting strangely before she disappeared - she

Netflix series called Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel explores the mysterious death of Elisa Lam.But that's not the only strange thing to happen at the Cecil Hotel.

Netflix’s latest documentary series set to grip true crime fans is Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel.Over the years The Cecil Hotel has been the site of dozens of deaths, murders and hauntings – and it has also been the home of several serial killers for a time.Netflix’s latest offering explores the mysterious disappearance and death of Elisa Lam.The creepy, compelling and fascinating four-part series includes commentary from individuals like Amy Price, former Cecil Hotel manager from 2007 and 2017 and retired Los Angeles Police Department homicide detectives, in a bid to find out what happened to Elisa.Elisa, a student at the University of British Columbia, booked herself into the Los Angeles hotel on January 26 2013 – after

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIn its fourth and final episode, “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” finally gets to its point.After three episodes of unpacking the mysterious disappearance of Elisa Lam, the infamous Cecil Hotel in which she was last seen, the fraught history of downtown Los Angeles, and even several truly confusing “web sleuth” theories about what might have happened, the new Netflix series reaches a perhaps unsatisfying conclusion: that the simplest explanation is almost definitely the right one. This hour not only addresses all the reasons why this particular case got so much attention, but why that attention complicated everything about it beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.

serial killers, the scene of brutal murders and lodged guests whose infamous slayings would remain bafflingly unsolved. But perhaps the most chilling of all the grisly events to have taken place at the creepy Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles is the mysterious death of 21-year-old student Elisa Lam.