A Scots woman whose rare cancer was misdiagnosed for three years is desperately fundraising for further treatment abroad.
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Oldham Athletic have appointed John Sheridan for a sixth spell in charge as the League Two strugglers turn to a proven miracle worker as a final throw of the dice to save them from their latest crisis.
Oldham's ownership problems under the controversial Abdallah Lemsagam have been well-publicised and protests from fans have been commonplace this season with multiple pitch invasions, tennis balls and flares being thrown on the pitch, and a coffin being placed outside Boundary Park.
A gutless 3-0 defeat at Harrogate on Saturday saw Oldham players booed and jeered off the pitch by their own furious away support, leading interim coach Selim Benachour to declare that everyone was against his team. The loss left Latics seven points adrift of safety at the bottom of League Two, facing a second relegation in four years under Lemsagam's reign.
Earlier this month, Lemsagam agreed to sell the club after accepting that his departure is in Oldham's best interests. Now, in one final, desperate attempt to ensure he sells a Football League club rather than a non-league one, he has turned to Latics legend Sheridan to perform another one of his 'great escapes', after the former Republic of Ireland international kept them up against the odds in League One in 2016/17 and 2017/18.
After Sheridan's return was confirmed on Saturday night, many fans vowed to suspend their boycotts against Lemsagam and return to Boundary Park, and the supporter-base now see a glimmer of hope in their survival battle. However, in turning to Sheridan - reportedly working for free - it is one final admission from Lemsagam that his project at Oldham has emphatically failed.
Since Lemsagam took over Oldham in January 2018, there have been 11 changes of manager,
A Scots woman whose rare cancer was misdiagnosed for three years is desperately fundraising for further treatment abroad.
Storm Keating has returned to Instagram following the recent drama surrounding her family home.MORE: Storm Keating's fans take sides over 'disgraceful state' of family homeStorm – who has been married to singer Ronan Keating since 2015 – made headlines this week when she shared photos to illustrate the "disgraceful state" a team of cleaners had left their former rental property in, ahead of handover to the landlord.WATCH: Storm Keating reveals cleaners left her former home in a 'disgraceful' stateBut she put the drama behind her on Monday when she took to social media in support of her stepdaughter, Missy.READ: Ronan Keating moves into forever home – and reveals gorgeous country viewsMORE: Storm Keating debuts ultra-modern glass living room in new homeMissy is currently competing in Dancing With The Stars Ireland, and Storm proudly shared a striking snapshot showing the 20-year-old and her partner Ervinas Merfeldas on the dance floor.A post shared by Storm Keating (@stormykeating)Storm shared a striking photo of Missy and her dance partner"Tango time #MissyandErvinas #whataphoto #dwtsireland #throughtoanotherweek #proudfamily," she wrote.READ: Ronan Keating's fans in disbelief over photo of lookalike son JackMORE: Ronan and Storm Keating unveil her family's jaw-dropping French estateMissy is Ronan's second child from his marriage to Yvonne Connolly. The former couple were married from April 1998 until their split in 2010; their divorce was finalised in March 2015.
EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has handed a formal 10-episode series order to Sunny (fka Dark Manual), a half-hour darkly comedic drama starring and executive produced by Rashida Jones, from Katie Robbins (The Affair, The Last Tycoon) and A24. Lucy Tcherniak (Station Eleven, The End of the F***ing World) is attached to direct.
Naman Ramachandran Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” won four major awards at the 42nd annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards on Sunday.“The Power of the Dog” won film of the year, Campion director of the year, and stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee, actor and supporting actor of the year, respectively. This is Campion’s second film to take the Circle’s top honor, 28 years after “The Piano” won in 1994.Olivia Colman’s performance in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter,” which was snubbed at the BAFTA nominations, earned her the actress of the year award.
The Masked Singer tonight. The singer was the first celeb to leave the ITV guessing game this evening, with another celebrity set to follow in their footsteps very soon for a double elimination tonight. Judges - Jonathan Ross, Mo Gilligan, Rita Ora and Davina McCall - as well as guest judge Dame Joan Collins were completely shocked when Traffic Cone took off their mask to reveal their true identity.
EXCLUSIVE: The Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie feature, Eileen, based on Ottessa Moshfegh bestseller, which just wrapped in New Jersey, is being sold at EFM by Endeavor Content and WME Independent.
EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films and Shudder have teamed to acquire rights to The Cellar, the Irish horror film written and directed by Brendan Muldowney and starring Elisha Cuthbert and Eoin Macken. The deal comes as the pic is prepping for its world premiere next month at SXSW. It will now get an April 15 day-and-date release in the U.S., with Shudder to stream it exclusively in North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and its AMC Networks sibling RLJE Films handling theatrical.
In his review of the film, TheWrap’s Steve Pond wrote “‘Nothing Compares’ is a movie that is both timely and curiously out of time. It’s a potent film that explores the roots of the brilliant but troubled Irish singer, who’s been back in the news recently with the suicide of her teenage son and her own hospitalization, but it also turns her recent years into an afterthought, bypassing many of the highs and lows that led her here over the last two decades.”“Nothing Compares” is produced by Eleanor Emptage and Michael Mallie for Tara Films (UK) and Ard Mhacha Productions (Ireland), and presented by Field of Vision.
EXCLUSIVE: Numerous broadcasters and streamers vied for it, but Deadline hears that Showtime is in exclusive negotiations for the worldwide rights to Nothing Compares, the Sundance buzz title documentary about the provocative life of Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorAmcomri Entertainment has come on board as financier and producer, alongside Ireland’s Studio Atlantic, on Victorian-era thriller “The Gates.” The film stars John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli the dwarf in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Amcomri’s 101 Films Intl.
Kirsten Dunst is looking back at her time on the set of the 2006 historical drama, and recalling just how «nervous» she was as a young actress in such a free-spirited and sometimes risqué project.Dunst recently reconnected with her co-star and on-screen love interest, Jamie Dornan, as part of's Actors on Actors chat series, and the pair reflected on their experiences on the set.After Dornan admitted that that he felt a bit intimidated by the film — considering it was his first-ever acting gig — Dunst revealed, «I was nervous too.»«All our stuff was like making out, and I’m not comfortable with that,» shared Dunst, who was 22 while filming the Sofia Coppola-directed drama. «It’s never comfortable, ever.»«I think my first time I even showed my breasts was with Sofia.
A woman, who has been waiting for a kidney transplant for over ten years, says it would be a dream come true if she could be dialysis free on her wedding day.
Kirsten Dunst (“The Power of the Dog”) and Jamie Dornan (“Belfast”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more, click here.Since their first meeting, Jamie Dornan and Kirsten Dunst have followed similar trajectories. They initially played off one another in Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film “Marie Antoinette” — his eligible Swedish count set off sparks with her teen queen of France.
The Met Office has issued two yellow weather warnings for this weekend as Storm Malik brings strong winds to the region.