Cory Monteith will forever be missed, and his Glee co-stars have found ways to deal with their grief over the years.
02.07.2023 - 04:45 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A former SNP rising star has accused the party’s hierarchy of “rigging” an internal selection battle to ensure a preferred candidate won a safe seat.
North Lanarkshire councillor Paul Di Mascio believes he would have been a certainty to win the support of local members to stand in the 2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election.
However, he has claimed his candidacy and others were blocked by former FM Nicola Sturgeon, ex-SNP CEO Peter Murrell and party chair Kirsten Oswald, before Anum Qaisar was parachuted in.
Anum – whose 2015 wedding was attended by Sturgeon, her husband Murrell and Humza Yousaf – went on to take her place in the House of Commons after winning the seat aged just 28.
The privately educated former teacher had been a prominent member of the Labour Party until September 2014.
Di Mascio said: “I believe there is no question that the selection process to stand as a candidate was rigged to make sure Anum got that seat.
“I was a local candidate and councillor who was very well known and liked by the membership in Airdrie and Shotts.
“I don’t want to sound big-headed because I absolutely am not – however, I have absolutely no doubt that I would have been selected in a members’ vote if I had been allowed to run.
“I felt party members and local constituents deserved to have a candidate who lived in the Airdrie and Shotts area.
“Instead I was interviewed by SNP chair and business convener Kirsten Oswald and then told that I had failed the process. There wasn’t much explanation given. There were other local candidates who weren’t even given an interview.
“Branch members then had a candidate who was not from the area imposed on them through a process that had clearly been manipulated to make sure Anum won.”
Anum was selected to
Cory Monteith will forever be missed, and his Glee co-stars have found ways to deal with their grief over the years.
With the WGA and SAG strikes happening right now, there are a lot of questions about what the fall film festival circuit will look like. Will studios pull films if they can’t have stars show up at the events? Will the events be delayed if they can’t produce a quality lineup of features? Well, even though we don’t know the answers to those questions, it appears it’s business as usual over at the Toronto International Film Festival, as the event has announced the first film to make its debut— “Seven Veils” from director Atom Egoyan.
Drugs Minister Elena Whitam’s leaked messages are another headache for low polling First Minister Humza Yousaf. His first 100 days in office were a car crash which have left him looking like a First Minister in office but not really in power.
Robert Downey Jr. is opening up about what is arguably his biggest role to date – playing Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
When artists head out on tour, Manchester is often considered a must-visit. The heart of the north west welcomes musicians and performers of all kinds, genres and backgrounds all year round, making for an eclectic and non-stop music scene.
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services.
The moment it was announced that Ridley Scott was teaming up with actor Joaquin Phoenix for a historical epic about the rise and fall of Napoleon, people have been anointing the film as an instant Oscar contender. Now, we are mere months away from the film’s fall release, and we finally get our first real look at the action-packed drama, “Napoleon,” to see whether or not the film can live up to its hype.
The moment it was announced that Ridley Scott was teaming up with actor Joaquin Phoenix for a historical epic about the rise and fall of Napoleon, people have been anointing the film as an instant Oscar contender. Now, we are mere months away from the film’s fall release, and we finally get our first real look at the action-packed drama, “Napoleon,” to see whether or not the film can live up to its hype.
The mystery BBC presenter at the heart of a sex pictures scandal has been the subject of fresh allegations on Sunday amid a growing crisis for Britain’s national broadcaster.
Less than one year after Jonah Hill and Sarah Brady split, she spoke out about the end of their relationship and alleged that the actor was emotionally abusive.
Anne Hathaway is sharing her tribute to Alan Arkin, whom she starred with in Get Smart.
Noah Jupe and Nico Parker are two of the most promising rising stars in young Hollywood and they were just spotted hanging out together!
Ryan Murphy has found the two actors who will play the Menendez brothers in the upcoming second season of the Netflix anthology series Monster.
Jamie Foxx might not be gracing any red carpets at the moment, but he’s still on everyone’s mind. ET’s Kevin Frazier spoke with Foxx’s co-star, Porscha Coleman, at the 2023 BET Awards, where she shared a hopeful update on the 55-year-old’s hospitalization in Atlanta, Georgia.
Jamie Foxx might not be gracing any red carpets at the moment, but he's still on everyone's mind. ET's Kevin Frazier spoke with Foxx's co-star, Porscha Coleman, at the 2023 BET Awards, where she shared a hopeful update on the 55-year-old's hospitalization in Atlanta, Georgia.«I've talked to people very close to Foxx, [he] is doing well.
Anthony Anderson exclusively told Us Weekly his advice for 23-year-old son Nathan Anderson, who is following in his father’s Hollywood footsteps.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Avid car collector Robert Downey Jr. isn’t sure how many cars he actually owns. “About 20,” the Marvel actor said at the Los Angeles premiere of his new Max series, “Downey’s Dream Cars. “The fact that I don’t know the exact number speaks to the fact that I need to convert more of my cars.” “Downey’s Dream Cars” chronicles a team of auto experts who convert traditional gas-powered cars into electric vehicles. The program was inspired by RDJ’s Footprint Coalition, his 4-year-old environmental organization that works to mitigate climate change.
James Mangold’s life, Harrison Ford told him he was worried Indy was looking too old. It was the fall of 2019, and Mangold had joined the team working on the film adaptation of “The Call of the Wild,” in which Ford plays a rugged frontiersman, to help with reshoots. In their downtime, Ford began confiding in Mangold about the fifth “Indiana Jones” movie, which had been bouncing around in development for the better part of three years. Steven Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp had conceived a roughly five-minute opening sequence set during World War II, in which Ford would be digitally de-aged. Ford wasn’t sure it was a good idea.
The Chase star Mark Labbett shared a post on Instagram as he bid farewell to his new girlfriend Hayley Palmer.
Coronation Street actress Sair Khan has shared her love for her former co-star on the ITV soap. Sair, 35, is known for playing Alya Nazir on the show and her character has had a rather turbulent time in Weatherfield.