After the dumpster fire of a presidential debate Thursday night, we know a lot of Americans are hurting.
16.06.2024 - 17:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It’s the mid-1980s, and a desperate lover or concerned friend has arranged sheets of A4 paper to spell out ‘ROB PHONE ME’ across a south Manchester tower.
It’s the early 1990s, and there are pencils and papers pinned to residents’ doors in a south Manchester tower so they can leave one another messages.
It’s the mid-2010s, and the fire alarm has just gone off in a south Manchester tower for the fourth time that night after someone drunkenly burned a late night snack.
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Many will already know the tower referred to: Owens Park, the home of thousands of students. For some, it would have been their first home in the city.
And it gave a hell of an introduction to Manchester, as revealed by the memories of alumni shared with the M.E.N. They’ve been unearthed because, after 59 years, Owens Park Tower is being demolished.
Built in 1965, Tower was then the gold standard in student digs. It had sinks in every room, shared kitchen facilities as well as a dining room, plus a music hall where the infamous Owens Park BOP student night would run until 2009.
It was at one of those events in the late 1980s that students The Chemical Brothers played their first ever gig. Other musicians who’ve lived in the tower include Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien.
More famous names also inhabited those walls. Rik Mayall, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jack Whitehall all lived there — with the latter saying it had ‘so many sordid memories’.
But, as the decades went by OP, as it was nicknamed, became something of a relic of the past. Its fit-and-finish couldn’t match up to newer student digs such as the Richmond Park complex built just behind it in the mid-90s
After the dumpster fire of a presidential debate Thursday night, we know a lot of Americans are hurting.
The Bear has just landed in the UK on Disney+, and the soundtrack to the latest show features classic songs from bands including Radiohead.The highly anticipated third season arrived in the US yesterday (June 26) ahead of schedule, and is now available to stream in the UK today (June 27) on Disney+.The popular comedy-drama – which has been hailed a huge commercial and critical success since its premiere two years ago – stars Jeremy Allen White as a chef who returns to manage his late brother’s chaotic sandwich shop in Chicago.Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach also star in the show, which debuted in 2022 and returned for a second season in 2023. It’s since racked up 10 Emmy and four Golden Globes, including Best Performance awards for stars Allen White and Edebiri.A synopsis of the new season reads: “Season three of FX’s The Bear follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri) and Richard “Richie” Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they do what it takes to elevate The Bear, their beef stand turned fine dining establishment, to the highest level, all while doing their best just to stay in business.
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Austin Butler lead an all-star cast in The Bikeriders.Directed by Jeff Nichols (Mud, Midnight Special), the film follows a Chicago outlaw motorcycle club as it evolves into a violent crime syndicate in the 1960s.The film, while fictional, is inspired by the 1967 photobook of the same name by Danny Lyon, which depicts the lives of the Outlaws MC.Other cast members include Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, Norman Reedus, Boyd Holbrook, Damon Herriman, and Beau Knapp.The film is scored by David Wingo, who previously collaborated with director Jeff Nichols on Take Shelter, Midnight Special and Loving.He’s also known for his collaborations with David Gordon Green, including on The Exorcist: Believer, and for scoring the HBO TV series Barry.The Bikeriders features a wealth of Chicago-based music, ranging from Muddy Waters and Magic Sam, to major rock acts from the 1960s.You can check out all the songs featured in the film below.
Writer/directors and collaboratorsBrit Marling and Zal Batmanglij have entered into a multi-year creative partnership with Sister, the independent, global entertainment group.
The Last Dinner Party have teased their upcoming Glastonbury performance, suggesting that there will be something special happening.The band will perform on the Other Stage between 15:45 and 16:45 on Saturday, June 29 and asked on social media which of their fans was planning on making the trip to Worthy Farm next week.“Who’s going to @glastonbury this year??! We’ve got a very special treat to give to those of you going, one for our dearest fans
! But that also raises the question of how to clean jewelry in the summer. After long hot days in the sand, the ocean, and in chlorine, your favorite necklaces, bracelets, and earrings can start to look dull and grimy.
Vito Coppola was flooded with messages of love and support as he celebrated himself and his fellow Italians who were celebrating a special holiday. The Strictly Come Dancing star has remained in the UK after finishing his second tour of the year with his fellow dancers.
Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys are now streaming, but what songs are included in the episodes?The superhero series, adapted from the comic books written by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson and developed for the screen by Eric Kripke, follows the titular team of vigilantes as they combat superpowered enemies who abuse their powers.Last month, the trailer for season four was released, in which the group’s leader Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) reveals that he’s running out of time to live due to a weakened heart as he rallies the gang for an assault on Homelander (Anthony Starr) and the supes community.Watch the trailer below:Prime Video released the first three episodes of season four on June 13, with the remaining five episodes set to hit the streaming service on a weekly basis, with the final one arriving on July 18.It is currently unclear whether the cast of the show’s spinoff series Gen V will make appearances in the series, after several key characters from The Boys cameoed in the debut season of Gen V.Set in the same universe, Gen V is about to begin production on its second season. The show’s producers recently issued a statement that they will not be recasting the role of Andre Anderson after the untimely death of actor Chance Perdomo in March this year.In a four-star review of the new season, NME wrote: “With season five already confirmed, the return of a few familiar faces and a lot of characters confronting their pasts, this season sometimes feels like the set up for an eventual endgame scenario.
Ben Croll Stop-motion giant Henry Selick is back circling the Neil Gaiman adaptation “The Ocean at the End of the Lane,” confirming ongoing work with the English author alongside plans to make the project his next feature. The filmmaker holds Gaiman’s 2013 novel in high esteem – calling the book Gaiman’s crowning achievement – and envisions the film as a companion piece to the duo’s modern classic “Coraline,” describing the development title as “almost a sequel.” “Instead of a child going to this other world with a monstrous mother, it’s a monstrous mother who comes into our world to wreak havoc on a kid’s life,” he tells Variety.
Terry Gilliam hasn’t shot a movie since 2018’s “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” a film that took him nearly 30 years to make. So let’s call the seven years between that movie and Gilliam’s upcoming “The Carnival At The End Of Days” a well-deserved break.
Fans of A Murder at the End of the World rejoice! Brit Marling, who created the show with her longtime collaborator Zal Batmanglij, is game to take the limited series further. Possibly as far as Tokyo…
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return for the fourth Bad Boys film, Bad Boys: Ride Or Die.Directed by duo Adil & Bilall, who helmed the previous instalment Bad Boys For Life, this latest entry sees detectives Mike and Marcus become fugitives as they try to solve a case of corruption within the Miami PD.Vanessa Hudgens, Joe Pantoliano, Alexander Ludwig and DJ Khaled all reprise their roles from the previous film, while new cast additions include Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhea Seehorn, Melanie Liburd and Tiffany Haddish.The film’s score is by Scottish composer Lorne Balfe, who previously worked with directors Adil & Bilall on Bad Boys For Life.His other credits include Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, The Lego Batman Movie, along with video games like Assassin’s Creed 3 and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.Bad Boys: Ride Or Die also features original track ‘TONIGHT’ by the Black Eyed Peas & El Alfa, along with other songs by various artists.You can check out the tracklist for the soundtrack album below.‘TONIGHT’ – Black Eyed Peas & El Alfa feat. Becky G‘Lights Out’ – BIA & JID‘Mike T’ – ScarLip‘OH NO’ – BIA‘DUH!’ – Flo Milli‘Bam Bam’ – Shenseea & Myke Towers‘Brand New’ – 21 Lil Harold‘Flores Pa Ti’ – Becky G, Luisa Sonza & Papatinho‘Light Em Up’ – Will Smith & Sean Paul‘Bad Boys’ – Sean Paul & Trueno
Halsey has shared an update regarding their health following the release of their brand new single ‘The End‘.Yesterday (June 4), the ‘So Good’ singer took to her Instagram account and shared a carousel of photos and videos of them at various points of their treatment. One saw them in a mask on “day one” of her treatment, while another was a montage of them in a hospital at various points.In the first video, she is seen saying: “I feel like an old lady.
The bond between the Prince of Wales and his eldest son, Prince George, is as strong as ever, as their latest outing shows. All eyes were on the pair as they sat in the stands at Wembley Stadium to watch the FA Cup Final, with George, 10, clearly having inherited his father’s love of football.
Queens of the Stone Age have announced the final shows of their ‘The End Is Nero’ world tour with The Kills in support.They will wrap up their world tour with a short run of US dates in the autumn, starting in Boston on September 28. They will then move on to Cincinnati on October 1, Chicago on October 2 and Madison, WI on October 4.They will also be playing two festivals, namely the Soundside Festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Mempho Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee.The artist ticket pre-sale has begun, while the Live Nation ticket pre-sale will start on Thursday (June 6).
Chris Pratt voices the iconic cat in 2024’s The Garfield Movie.Directed by Mark Dindal, the latest film based on Jim Davis’ comic strip sees Garfield head on a high stakes adventure with his long-lost father Vic (Samuel L.
Thania Garcia Halsey gets candid about her health struggles, life and death in her latest and riveting new single, “The End.” “Long story short, I’m lucky to be alive,” Halsey wrote in social media post on Tuesday morning. “Short story short, I wrote an album.
Halsey has said she’s “lucky to be alive” after experiencing difficulties with her health and shared her new single ‘The End’.In a post on Instagram, the artist shared a carousel of photos and videos of them at various points of their treatment. One saw them in a mask on “day one” of her treatment, while another was a montage of them in a hospital at various points.In the first video, she is seen saying: “I feel like an old lady.