Vangelis dead aged 79 – Oscar winning composer who penned Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner scores dies

Noah Thompson was crowned the winner of "American Idol" season 20 on Sunday night's three-hour live finale episode of the popular singing competition show. The 20-year-old construction worker, who hails from Louisa, Kentucky, was one of three finalists, and competed against HunterGirl and Leah Marlene, to earn the championship title. "Oh my God...

Death Row unit is located in the San Quentin prison in California and can count amongst its intake some of the most vicious criminals in existence.Included in the world's most grotesque yearbook would be monsters like 'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez and infamous serial killer Charles Manson."The Arena", as inmates call it, is the oldest prison in California and the largest death row in America where 421 condemned men have been executed by gas, noose or needle since 1893, reports the Mirror. As with most other places in the States, executions in the prison are now carried out solely by lethal injection.

The final trailer for season four of Stranger Things teases high-stakes drama and even more trouble for the whole Hawkins crew.The sneak peek begins with what appears to be a glimpse of the hellish Upside Down and Jim Hopper (David Harbour), who looks to still be imprisoned in Russia.He is handed a spear and the doors open to a courtyard, where armed men await. Back for more!The final trailer for season four of Stranger Things teases high-stakes drama and even more trouble for the whole Hawkins crewIn between flashes of explosions and action-packed fight scenes, it also shows glimpse of their lives as ordinary teenagers.Eleven, for example, is still learning the lingo.

Cathal Coughlan, frontman with acclaimed indie bands Fatima Mansions and Microdisney, has died, aged 61.His family announced the news, saying he “slipped away peacefully in hospital after a long illness”.The statement added: “It is with deep sadness that we have to inform you of the passing of Cathal Coughlan on 18th May 2022.“Cathal Coughlan first came to prominence as the singer and songwriter, alongside Sean O’Hagan, of their band, Microdisney. Formed in 1980 in Cork, Ireland, the duo relocated to London, became a five-piece, and recorded five albums for Rough Trade Records, first, and then Virgin Records.

Serena Williams as your mother, it’s hard to imagine not having a natual ability to excel at...well, pretty much anything.Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian took to Instagram on Sunday, May 22 to show off his daughter Olympia’s recent attempt at playing mini-golf for a daddy-daughter date. While the 4-year-old might have a knack for sports, she wasn’t exactly taking this day on the course seriously, according to her father’s caption.“I made the mistake of thinking my 4 year old would take mini-golf seriously (this footwear??), but it was still a great daddy-daughter date,” he wrote under a series of pics showing Olympia on the mini-golf course.

Joshua Jackson snaps a pic with Christian Slater as they step out for the Dr. Death FYC event held at NBCU FYC House on Sunday night (May 22) in Los Angeles.

He’s a winner! After his team won a polo match, Prince Harry scored a trophy and a big kiss on the lips from Meghan Markle.

Every acclaimed producer of intricate, thought-provoking dance music has a pop side. When Floating Points isn’t devoting his time to getting legendary jazz musicians out of retirement, he’s turning tracks by Thundercat and Headie One into monstrous, humid house bangers; Kelly Lee Owens counters her climate crisis-inspired club music with witty collaborations and inspired covers of tracks like Aaliyah’s “More Than A Woman.” And when Kieran Hebden doesn’t want to be Four Tet, he unlocks KH — a cheeky, sample-flipping alias that he used in 2019 to release “Only Human,” an almighty banger that turned Nelly Furtado’s “Afraid” into a shimmering, festival-conquering dance track.

Naman Ramachandran Nayla Al Khaja, the first female filmmaker in the United Arab Emirates, and Oscar-, BAFTA- and Grammy- winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) are looking forward to their upcoming collaboration on “Baab.”Written by Al Khaja and Masoud Amralla Al Ali, the film follows Wahida, who is unable to make sense of her twin sister’s mysterious death and is plagued by a haunting rhythm in her ears.Rahman and Khaja were present at the Cannes Film Market to promote “Baab.” The composer’s directorial debut, the VR “Le Musk” also had its world premiere at the market’s Cannes XR strand. “It’s about the four stages of grief, but we don’t say it so black and white,” Al Khaja told Variety about the film.

The first trailer for David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream has been shared today ahead of the film's premiere at Cannes on Monday night. The feature-length documentary, directed by Brett Morgen, features never-before-seen footage and is stitched together using Bowie’s own narration.

Madonna is an undeniably terrible steward of her own legacy — you can’t really be a groundbreaking pop icon in multiple decades without being something of an anti-nostalgist. The way she’s treated Sickick’s TikTok-viral trap remix of her immortal Ray Of Light-era single “Frozen” is a perfect example of this: Rather than let it simply sit as a strange revival of the original, she gave the remix an official release and added verses by 070 Shake and Fireboy DML, sharing videos for each.

staycation bargains may want to check out a new deal from Legoland Windsor. That's because the theme park resort currently has short breaks from £47pp - and that includes perks like a second day at the theme park that's completely FREE. The Windsor based resort has launched a huge sale on its summer staycations, which includes both its on-site hotels, the Legoland Resort Hotel and the Legoland Castle Hotel, as well as its partner hotels.

killer dog at an address in Wrexham. North Wales Police confirmed that the man died from cardiac arrest after he suffered wounds from the dog at the property on Holt Road, which has been closed all day.

Happily ever after? Miranda Rae Mayo is ready for fans to see Chicago Fire’s season 10 finale — even if the wedding between Stella Kidd and Kelly Severide doesn’t go as planned.

The newest victor! Noah Thompson was crowned the season 20 winner of American Idol after a showdown with Leah Marlene and HunterGirl.

EXCLUSIVE: Marking her first feature since she won a Best Actress Oscar for The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, Jessica Chastain and Dopesick and The Batman star Peter Sarsgaard have just wrapped on Michel Franco’s (New Order) new film, which we can reveal is called Memory.

The stage musical adaptation of NBC’s Smash is “alive and kicking,” says producer Neil Meron, and he and composer Marc Shaiman have the photos to prove it.

Jesse Spencer is back on NBC‘s alongside Taylor Kinney for the highly anticipated Season 10 finale titled “The Magnificent City of Chicago,” airing May 25. Spencer exited the series in October after a decade on the firefighter drama.

The TV star presented on Aussie TV for over two decades, where she also worked at MTV, Totally Active TV and The Morning Show. There's MUCH more where that came from! Want all the jaw-dropping stories from the world of showbiz and up to the minute news from TV and soaps?Well, we've got you covered with our showbiz, TV and soaps newsletters - they'll drop straight into your inbox and you can unsubscribe whenever you like.We'll bring you the inside track from telly expert Ed Gleave and soap specialist Sasha Morris. Oh, and your daily fix of Piers, Katie Price, Demi Rose and all your other Daily Star favs.You can sign up here - you won't regret it...She shot to fame after appearing in a tourism campaign which aired on NBC in the Stated after being scouted at Sydney's Manly Beach.The decorated athlete also competed for Australia in surf life-saving and synchronised swimming, where she won 11 national titles.Plummer also fronted an exercise series called Aerobics Oz Style for six years, a show which ran from 1982 to 2005 and gained an audience of 10 million at its peak. For more of the latest showbiz news from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.

An evil 'baby killer' foster mum sent disturbing texts to her husband about 'moaning whinge bag' baby she couldn't stop smacking.Twisted Laura Castle, 38, was found guilty of murdering 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill at Preston Crown Court last week after the court heard she had 'leathered' the child who suffered fatal head injuries.During her trial the foster mum pleaded guilty to manslaughter, after admitting that she shook the baby so that he would “stop crying.”However, disturbing messages sent to her husband sent in the lead up to the baby's death saw her referring to Leiland-James as a “proper n*bhead", a "d**k" and a s**t bag".Castle also admitted to "smacking" the child in the messages.In one text she wrote: "I honestly really don't like him lately, he's an absolute moaning winge bag and I totally regret doin this [sic]."I'm goin to lose my mind."He just p****s me off all the time, can never just have a nice day or night ever."Although I need to stop smacking him cos if I start I'll not stop at one point and it's not getting us anywhere and then I feel bad."The court also heard a social worker had reported concerns about the foster mum after she had branded the baby “lazy” and “big”.A review then took place where officials told the couple they would not support permanently placing Leiland-James with them unless they undertook therapeutic work.But the court heard the couple instead ploughed ahead with the adoption proceedings.The couple exchanged further texts on September 25, 2020, with Laura telling her husband she had "leathered" Leiland-James again as she was at her "wits end".She added: "I'm just an abusive parent so it seems." A jury later found Laura Castle guilty of murdering Leiland-James, with a judge

Tipping Point fans have been left in disbelief as an underdog contestant won the show's jackpot counter.Monday's episode (May 23) of the ITV quiz show saw Claudia beat out her competitors Anssi and Alison to get to the final round.With the £10,000 jackpot counter up for grabs, Claudia managed to correctly answer every question in the final round to successfully knock down the jackpot counter.After a wobbly start, she even almost took home a whopping £20k as she was inches from also sinking the double counter, which would have saw her prize pot doubled.Posting to Twitter, Topping Point fans quickly shared their congratulations and disbelief.One fan wrote: "Congratulations to Claudia. I thought she was going to come out empty handed but counter 18/18 got her the jackpot.