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A 60 metre-long earth embankment is set to be built along a stretch of the River Irwell to link newly built flood defences to higher ground. The Environment Agency has this week lodged plans for the scheme in the Redvales area of Bury.

At the request of company members of Broadway’s The Minutes, producers announced today that audiences will be required to continue masking through the play’s final performance on Sunday, July 24, nearly a month after Broadway at large will shift to a mask optional policy.

Not staying silent. Meghan Markle revealed how she and her husband, Prince Harry, are feeling after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

The BBC and BritBox have commissioned a spin-off of BBC drama favourite Death in Paradise, with Kris Marshall’s DI Humphrey Goodman character making a return in the UK.

Death is not the end for the characters of “Days Of Our Lives”.

What are you up to, Fancy Face?

Sharon Stone was left just as upset as millions of other women around the country after Roe v Wade was overturned, stripping women of the constitutional right to an abortion.MORE: Sharon Stone dons sheer nightgown in stunning throwback photoThe actress remained relatively silent on the issue beyond sharing posts and videos of others, allowing herself time to process it, but decided to speak out in a different way.VIDEO: Sharon Stone speaks about recapturing her radiance after her strokeShe revealed that she expressed her emotion with the help of art, sharing the painting that she had made to vent her feelings.The abstract work featured an explosion of color on canvas, featuring shades of teal, hot pink, and yellow, with a black X and some words to pepper in the sentiment.MORE: Sharon Stone looked better than ever at Cannes: Here's how she stays in incredible shape at 64"I am beyond words now. So I made this.

Before Legendary Entertainment Godzilla franchise scribe Max Borenstein became attached as showrunner to Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty series, it took co-creator Jim Hecht some years after optioning Jeff Pearlman’s 2014 book, Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, to get HBO to sign on.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterIt’s hard to escape the deflating sense that Disney’s “Lightyear” has remained stubbornly Earth-bound in its box office debut. At least, that’s the prevailing sentiment that’s greeted the latest Pixar film’s so-so $51 million opening weekend in North America.For industry analysts, those lackluster ticket sales were confounding because Pixar had been box office royalty and “Lightyear,” a spinoff of the cosmically successful “Toy Story” franchise, landed decent — though not euphoric — reviews.

A heartbroken dad says his family has been 'shattered beyond repair' after his son was stabbed to death in a random attack.

Accepting change. Tom Hanks reflected on his lengthy career in a new interview, and he admitted that he probably wouldn’t take one of his Oscar-winning roles today.

Jennifer Lopez wants to support Latina women and is taking all steps necessary to empower a new generation of entrepreneurs. The superstar, who recently attended the premiere of her ‘Halftime’ docummentary, announced her new $14 billion partnership with Grameen America.The new deal expects to reach more than 600,000 Latina entrepreneurs across 50 cities in the United States, with a business capital of $14 billion and six million hours of financial education and training.“Being Latino in this country has always been a matter of pride for me.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterSeasoned film and television animator Robert Valley is tackling a new project about the life of Billy Rose — a songwriter, Broadway producer and unwitting activist.“American Rose” will tell the roving true story of Rose, once married to comedian and multi-hyphenate Fanny Brice and producer of “Carmen Jones,” the first musical on Broadway to feature a cast of all-Black performers.“Valley, who directed ‘Pear Cider & Cigarettes’ and, most recently, two episodes of ‘Love Death & Robots,’ is bringing his immense talent and unique artistic vision to this bespoke project and our team is thrilled beyond belief to work with him,” said producer Steven Finkelstein of American Rose Productions, who has spent four years putting the production together. The child of Jewish immigrants from modest means in the Lower East Side tenements of New York, Rose became a shorthand writing champion, a songwriter, and a producer of Broadway shows and massive outdoor spectacles, according to the filmmakers.

EXCLUSIVE: John Morayniss’ Blink49 Studios has struck an overall deal with The Walking Dead: World Beyond co-exec producer Ben Sokolowski.

Jonathan Cohen The creators and executive producers of the beloved FXX series “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” are taking their podcast to the live stage for the first time.Glenn Howerton (Dennis), Charlie Day (Charlie) and Rob McElhenney (Mac) will bring “The Always Sunny Podcast” to the Bourbon and Beyond festival in Louisville, Ky., on Sept. 17, and then again the next night for a homecoming show of sorts at the Met in Philadelphia.Tickets for Bourbon and Beyond are already on sale.

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