Warner Bros & Heyday Films’ Wonka rolled out the red carpet in London this evening for the world premiere of the feature musical.
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Niall Barry knew he was facing serious trouble when detectives investigating the murder of Ashley Dale downloaded the contents of her phone.
The 26-year-old drug dealer even made the cowardly move of recruiting the services of an underworld fixer, known only as ‘Gus’ to smuggle him out of the country in the back of a lorry. But when that plan failed and Barry was arrested, his 'heavy beef' with Ashley's boyfriend Lee Harrison would come to light.
As the jury concluded following an seven week trial at Liverpool Crown Court, his minion, 41-year-old James Witham, barged through the front door of Ashley’s home in Leinster Road, Old Swan, at around 12.30am on Sunday, August 21. Witham, face covered by a balaclava, sprayed the property with bullets from a Skorpion sub-machine gun, one of which caught Ashley in her midriff just as she was about to escape through the back door - seconds from safety, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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As he sat in police custody, Barry may have drawn some comfort from the fact he had an alibi for the shooting itself - he was holed up in a smoky flat in Pilch Lane, Huyton, a location covered by CCTV corroborating his story.
Even with a trail of calls and texts between Barry and Witham that night, and the fact that Witham and getaway driver Joseph Peers, 29, were in the flat with Barry for hours both before and after the shooting, it was not enough to finger Barry as the driving force behind the attempted hit. The police needed more.
That is exactly what the
Warner Bros & Heyday Films’ Wonka rolled out the red carpet in London this evening for the world premiere of the feature musical.
Jeymes Samuel was intent on putting a “hood” vibe into his Biblical epic The Book of Clarence starring LaKeith Stanfield as the eponymous Clarence, a local lad in the Holy Land who gets by dealing weed and holding chariot races against a no-nonsense Mary Magdalene. Clarence soon sees an opening to make some bucks in the Messiah business but then he realizes that miracles can happen when you least expect them. The Book of Clarence, which also features RJ Cyler, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Omar Sy, David Oyelowo, Teyana Taylor, Anna Diop and Michael Ward, follows the director’s debut feature, The Harder They Fall, which spiced up the Western genre.
Police received tip-offs from as far afield as Thailand and Spain following the murder of Ashley Dale, it has been revealed.
Tim Burton’s upcoming Beetlejuice sequel in a new interview. Speaking to Variety from this year’s edition of the Marrakech Film Festival, the veteran actor discussed various topics relating to his latest projects, including his involvement in Beetlejuice 2. Dafoe straightforwardly explained his role, stating: “I play a police officer in the afterlife, so I’m a dead person.
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Catherine Tate has said Doctor Who is “100% the best job I’ve ever had” as she made her return to the long-running, science fiction show.
One of Ashley Dale's killers headed up a county lines drug operation and boasted of selling 'fat bits' and 'the best in town'.
Ashley Dale's devastated dad said 'history has repeated itself' after he told a court how his son was also shot dead in 2005.
Ashley Dale's devastated mum said her 'life might as well have ended' when her daughter was shot dead at her home in Merseyside.
carry another “Grinch” film.Despite a report from Giant Freaking Robot that the 61-year-old actor was set to return to “Universal Pictures for ‘The Grinch 2,’ once again playing Dr. Seuss’s most famous and ill-tempered creation,” a rep for the actor confirmed that the rumors were false.
On a rainy Saturday in August last year, Ashley Dale was enjoying a quiet night in, watching TV in her pyjamas with her dog Darla beside her, when her front door was knocked down and she was shot dead with a Skorpion submachine gun.
Four men have been found guilty of the murder of Ashley Dale in Liverpool.
This is everything that was heard in court during the seventh week of the Ashley Dale murder trial. Five men deny the murder of the 28-year-old Knowsley Council worker.
EXCLUSIVE: Ridley Scott unveils Napoleon today at a lavish world premiere in the 2,500-seat Salle Pleyel concert hall in Paris. He is 85 but seems ageless, and Scott is already plotting to quickly resume production on Gladiator, the second installment of his film that won five Oscars including Best Picture. He’s got 90 minutes of footage, fully edited, and needs that much more. He expects to be shooting within two weeks, and he’s already got his next movie slated for around March. Though he is keeping the details to himself, he acknowledged it’s period, with a script like perfectly distilled liquor, and two stars ready to join him in what he said is a bucket list project for him.
It’s been another very busy week in the world of pop culture!
Friends star Matthew Perry who tragically died last month had a dream to create a superhero project called Mattman, inspired by his own life. While working on the film Don't Look Up, Adam McKay shared with the Hollywood Reporter that Matthew's idea was about a famous guy named Matt who uses an unexpected inheritance of $2 billion to become a superhero. He said: "It's about this guy.
The Marvels.Park Seo-jun stars in The Marvels as Prince Yan. The film, which is directed by Nia DaCosta, is the sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel and a continuation of the television miniseries Ms. Marvel.The South Korean actor’s appearance in the film was highly anticipated, but fans have since soured on his appearance due to his reportedly limited screen time.
Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed there is only one film star who could get her out of retirement and convince her to make another film.Paltrow, 51, had an acting career spanning almost three decades, with credits in movies from Great Expectations to Iron Man. For her role in the 1998 romance movie, Shakespeare In Love, Paltrow won the Oscar for Best Actress among many other awards.However, in recent years, she has taken a hiatus from acting, aside from a brief appearance in Marvel‘s Avengers: Endgame in 2019, subject to Marvel’s requirements.Speaking to Bazaar in 2020, the Seven actor said: “When I was acting I really burned myself out.
Ashley Dale's killer has told how he thought he was "having a nightmare" after learning how he shot her dead.
Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves McConaughey’s 15-year-old son Levi is sharing insights into what his famous dad is like at home. The Dallas Buyers Club star turned 54 on November 4th, and Levi opened his heart to the world.Levi might have a career in writing because he left the sweetest message describing his father on Instagram with a gallery of family photos.