Inside the huge new 42-metre sculpture that has landed in Piccadilly Gardens

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The cinema of filmmaker Gaspar Noé tends to skew toward the younger, stickier parts of life. Since the name-making controversy of his second feature, “Irreversible” (2002), the Argentinian filmmaker has become synonymous with a world of parties, loud music, drug-taking, and sex.

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Born in Argentina and an honorary Frenchman since his family moved there in 1976, director Gaspar Noé is the Cannes film festival’s artist-in-residence, bringing all of his features to the event since his 1998 debut Seul contre tous (AKA I Stand Alone). Noé’s films always provoke a strong reaction—many festivalgoers are still reeling from his 2002 rape-horror Irréversible—not just because of their subject matter but because of his innovative technical mastery.

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Football fans will be hoping England bring it home tomorrow when they take on Italy in the Euro 2020 final. And one of the players who will defending the England goal is Manchester City’s Kyle Walker.The 31 year old footballer signed for the Premiership team in 2017 for a whopping £45 million.

Footballer Harry Maguire has been spending a lot of time on the pitch as of late while battling it out in the Euros. When he’s not impressing his fans however, the star lives in a gorgeous home, which is hardly surprising given Manchester United completed their £80million transfer for Maguire from Leicester two years ago.

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Coronation Street star Lucy-Jo Hudson has had a whole host of success as an actress, and she has the home to show for it too.The gorgeous 38 year old, who hails from Leeds, starred as Katy Harris on the ITV soap from 2002 until 2005, and she’s also had parts in Wild at Heart, Casualty and Doctors.

A local band claim their plans to play a gig in Piccadilly Gardens has been 'shut down' by police minutes before it was due to go ahead.

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Former Coronation Street star Lucy-Jo Hudson, who lives with her boyfriend Lewis Devine and two children in Manchester, gave us an exclusive guided tour of her newly decorated home.The family home includes a gorgeous hotel-style bed, multiple living areas and family artwork on the walls. In the exclusive video, the gorgeous blonde took us around the chic home and explained why she loves it so much.

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Marcus Rashford lives in a sprawling six-bedroom home and has given his legion of fans a peek inside the gorgeous pad.The Euros 2020 star, 23, who was awarded an MBE last year in recognition of his services to vulnerable children during the Covid-19 pandemic, has a gorgeous gated home in the leafy suburbs of Cheshire which he reportedly bought for £1.85million.The Manchester United striker has treated his 10.2million Instagram followers to a peek inside the gorgeous pad when he is not scoring