EXCLUSIVE: Natasha Marc will reprise her role as ‘Cherry’ in Season 3 of the Paramount+ Original series Mayor of Kingstown. Marc made her last appearance in the ninth episode of Season 1 titled “The Lie of the Truth.”
17.02.2024 - 16:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A number of violent thugs are amongst those who were put behind bars this week in Greater Manchester.
They include Reon Davis who bit his girlfriend when she asked him to help her with housework.
Also locked up this week was a skint American musician lured into the murky world of drug importation, and a group of teen thugs who robbed a taxi driver. Prison terms are handed out to the worst offenders. And Manchester Evening News court reporters are on hand to cover such cases.
A violent robber launched a brutal attack on a 'vulnerable' 54-year-old man in his own home - leaving him with a snapped bone in his leg.
Robert McDonagh, 33, burst into the victim's home in Cheetham Hill at around 9am on April 21 last year. The victim was with a friend and his carer at the time, police said.
McDonagh, who was 'known to the victim', pushed through the door after knocking. The victim tried to run up the stairs away from him.
But he grabbed him with both hands and pulled him back down the stairs, police added. McDonagh pushed him to the floor before brutally stamping on him and kicking him.
He grabbed £100 out of his pockets before he and another male fled the scene. The victim's femur bone was left snapped in half after the horrific attack.
McDonagh, of no fixed abode, was arrested before being charged on July 13. At Manchester Crown Court, he was jailed for 12 years for two robberies against the same victim, police said.
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A mum was bitten by her husband's ex-lover as a brutal brawl erupted outside a Sunday church service.
The 39-year-old victim was arriving for a service at the St Thomas of Canterbury Roman Catholic Church in Bolton with her two children and godchildren when her attacker Flavia
EXCLUSIVE: Natasha Marc will reprise her role as ‘Cherry’ in Season 3 of the Paramount+ Original series Mayor of Kingstown. Marc made her last appearance in the ninth episode of Season 1 titled “The Lie of the Truth.”
Sergio Reguilon was in tears in the dressing room after Manchester United were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Newcastle earlier in the season.
American Dreamer deserves better than it has gotten. Shot three years ago during the pandemic this delirously black comedy premiered at Tribeca 2022 and got lost in the crowd. The filmmakers including first time feature director Paul Dektor and screenwriter/producer Theodore Melfi (Hidden Figures, St. Vincent) decided to then hold it back and recut and tighten it eliminating 10 minutes of the original running time. In early 2023 it turned up at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, still largely ignored, and then its distribution hunt was further delayed by the Hollywood strikes. Finally Vertical has wisely picked it up and it will be opening in theatres and VOD Friday.
EXCLUSIVE: Scottie Thompson (Hellfire), David Koechner (Anchorman), Gillian White (Trouble Man!) and Isaiah Washington (Grey’s Anatomy) are currently starring in Christmas action-comedy Dashing Through The Snow.
Ashley Benson is officially a mom of one!
Former Manchester United star-turned businessman Gary Neville is becoming a familiar face to fans of the BBC's Dragons' Den. He made his debut appearance on the show in January and returns tonight (February 29), with more entrepreneurs hoping to persuade the panel of business gurus to invest in their ideas.
Adam Sandler is set to remind us he's more than an esteemed comedy performer with his latest Netflix offering. The actor has produced and starred in a number of films on the streaming giant, including the Murder Mystery duology featuring Jennifer Aniston.
It's 2024 and that means... it's a leap year - so, according to tradition, today - February 29th - is the one day, which only comes around every four years, that women across the world can propose to their partners.
Run DMC‘s Jam Master Jay have been convicted of his murder over two decades after it took place.The artist, whose real name was Jason Mizell, was shot in the head at the age of 37 in Queens in 2002.Karl Jordan Jr and Ronald Washington targeted the artist at his recording studio in New York after they were cut out of a drug deal allegedly said to be worth $200,000, the court heard. They were first charged with murder back in 2020 and had initially plead not guilty.Jordan and Washington now face at least 20 years in prison.The murder trial began on January 30, with the court hearing that the Run-DMC legend’s killing was motivated by greed and revenge related to a drug deal row.An eyewitness who was at the scene of the shooting also appeared in court during the trial, identifying a suspect and recalling the Run-DMC star’s last moments.Jordan and Washington’s defence lawyer had notably invoked Harry Potter in the closing statements of the trial last week.As reported by Courthouse News, Jordan and Washington’s defence attorneys have pointed to evidence that they claim implies a third person as a suspect in Mizell’s murder, Jay Bryant.According to the prosecutors’ argument, Bryant was present simply to let Jordan and Washington into the building on the day of the murder before leaving.
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy Award-winner Tammy Blanchard has been cast in FX’s American Sports Story, the new FX anthology limited series from creator Stu Zicherman, in a series regular role, sources tell Deadline.
Micheline Presle, the French actress whose controversial Devil in the Flesh role was the start of a career that included starring opposite John Garfield, Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn and Paul Newman, has died at 101.
Karol G has accomplished so much in her life, and the singer is only getting started. The Colombian artist turned 33 years old last week on February 14.
Holly Jones Yasuo Nakajima and Mariona Carrera’s Barcelona and Tokyo-based b-mount have boarded “Maybe It’s True What They Say About Us,’ (“Quizás Es Cierto Lo Que Dicen De Nosotras”) from Chilean filmmaking duo Camilo Becerra (“El último sacramento”) and Sofía Paloma Gómez (“Quiero morirme dentro de un tiburón”), seen at San Sebastian’s San Sebastián WIP Latam competition. b-mount join a co-production between Carlos Núñez and Gabriela Sandoval at Chile’s Storyboard Media (“The Sky Is Red”), Cecilia Salim at Argentina’s Murillo Cine (“Chaco”) and Lucía van Gelderen at Argentina’s Morocha Films (“El Cinco”) alongside Becerra’s production venture La Jauría Comunicaciones.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle reportedly bought the domain for their controversial new Sussex website from a British tech businessman Neil Agate, The Sun has reported. According to the outlet, Agate, born in Sussex but currently resides in the US, registered the domain in 1995 and held on to it for almost 30 years until it was purchased by Prince Harry, 39, and Markle, 42, for an undisclosed amount.
Keith Gillespie was once dubbed the ‘new George Best’ but ended up leaving Manchester United with just 14 senior appearances under his belt.
A yellow weather warning is in force as the region braces for heavy rain. 'Some disruption is likely', warns the Met Office, with downpours are expected from 3pm today (Saturday) to 6pm tomorrow.
Christopher Vourlias Abel Ferrara is set to begin production on his latest feature, “American Nails,” a modern gangster story inspired by ancient tragedy that stars Asia Argento and Willem Dafoe, Variety has learned. According to the producers, “American Nails” charts “the rise and fall of this modern Phaedra, in a tale set in the gangster world of primal violence, power and revenge.
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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Pulsar Content has closed major deals on “Niki,” a biopic of French-American artist Niki de Saint-Phalle. “Niki” marks the feature debut of popular French actor Céline Sallette and stars Charlotte Le Bon (“The Walk” “Saint-Laurent”) as de Saint-Phalle. Pulsar closed deals with Neue Visionen (Germany), Movies Inspired (Italy), Paradiso (Benelux), Praessens (Switzerland), Vercine (Spain), Magic Films (CIS), Best Films (Baltics), Shaw (Singapour), Sky Digi (Taiwan) and Immovision (Brazil).
FGirl Island is no more.