The man behind some of Disney's biggest films on making his dreams come true with new release Wish

EXCLUSIVE: The Hideaway Entertainment has snapped up rights to Level Up, a high concept spec script from screenwriters David Matalon (Totally Killer) and Matthew Altman (Feed the Devil).

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Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival has unveiled the juries and honorees of its third edition which kicks off on Thursday in the port city of Jeddah.

Strictly Come Dancing fans want a 'ban' to be put in place ahead of Musicals week as they made the same complaint about one of the couple's dances.

Paris Hilton and Carter Reum are over the moon about their newborn daughter!

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hit the market with a whopping price tag of $49 million.But at a preview of his new retrospective exhibit “Billy Joel: My Life — A Piano Man’s Journey” at the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame, Joel hedged about movin’ out from his lavish Oyster Bay property — which is reportedly now off the market — or the LI stomping grounds where he grew up in Hicksville.“I know [you’ve heard] there’s a house for sale and on the market — that doesn’t mean I’m leaving Long Island,” Joel, 74, told the private audience on Tuesday night before the exhibit’s public opening on Friday.“This is my home; it will always be my home. We will always have this as our home — and we’ll come and visit this place a lot.”Certainly, the LIMEHOF — which opened its museum in Stony Brook last year — will feel like home for Joel until next August.

J. Kim Murphy Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman has filmed a lot of things — dismissive budget negotiations among UC Berkeley administrators, dead end conversations inside a New York welfare center, a live capuchin monkey being decapitated by scientists. But before he saw any of that, the Boston native saw Bill Russell win the NBA Finals.

First meets second at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday as Manchester City host Liverpool in the early kick off.

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Former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan was snapped with a “hot new man” after they left a venue together at 1am over the weekend, following her split from Scott Sinclair last year. Helen’s new mystery man has been revealed to be Amar Ali who is reportedly a well-known bar boss from Manchester.

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Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor It took director Ariel Kuaray Ortega almost two decades to be able to tell a story he’s heard throughout his entire life: the strange tale of Canuto, a man who mysteriously transformed into a jaguar and then died a tragic death. The resulting film, “Canuto’s Transformation,” had its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, where it took the award for best film in the Envision Competition and the outstanding artistic contribution award.

Government advisers have called for a vaccination programme to target the growing threat of a biblical disease that has hit a record high in the 21st century. The latest NHS data shows that there were more cases of gonorrhoea, the ancient sexually transmitted infection, in England in 2022 than at any time since records began more than 100 years ago.

The Human League have announced the support acts for their 2024 UK headline tour – find all the details below.The synth-pop group are due to hit the road for a run of arena shows next December, with dates scheduled in Cardiff, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton, Bournemouth, Glasgow, Leeds and London.You can find any remaining tickets for the forthcoming concerts here.In a recent post on social media, The Humann League said they were “very pleased” to confirm “two wonderful artists” who will be opening for them on the tour.Sophie Ellis-Bextor and T’Pau are both set to appear at the gigs as “very special guests”. Check out the announcement post below.pic.twitter.com/QVlS2boxkG— The Human League (@humanleagueHQ) November 10, 2023The Human League’s 2024 UK tour dates are as follows: DECEMBER 05 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff 06 – AO Arena, Manchester 07 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham 09 – Brighton Centre, Brighton 10 – Windsor Hall (BIC), Bournemouth 12 – Ovo Hydro, Glasgow 13 – First Direct Arena, Leeds 14 – OVO Arena Wembley, LondonThe band formed in Sheffield in 1977 and achieved huge success in the ’80s with hits including ‘Don’t You Want Me’, ‘Mirror Man’ and ‘Tell Me When.’ They won a BRIT Award for Breakthrough Artist in 1982.Lead singer Philip Oakey has been the group’s consistent member since 1977 while keyboard players Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh both left the band to form Heaven 17.

Ray Davies has recalled being shot almost 20 years ago, and explained that he now has some sympathy for the gunman.The former Kinks frontman was involved in a shooting in New Orleans back in 2004, leading to him being hospitalised.He and a friend were walking home from dinner when a mugger attacked them both, threatening the woman with a gun before taking her handbag and piling into a getaway car.Davies chased after the assailant, who turned, aimed the gun and shot him in the leg at point-blank range.The musician went on to recount the ordeal in his 2013 memoir Americana: the Kinks, the Road and the Perfect Riff. During a new interview with NME, Davies was asked about how it felt to relive the incident while writing the book.In response, he said it was a “cathartic” experience because he “didn’t feel like the good guy” when he replayed the scene on the page.“Just before he shot me, he looked afraid – and he had a gun,” Davies told NME.

Paul Pogba's current agent, Rafaela Pimenta, has recalled the time former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson lost his cool with the midfielder's former agent, Mino Raiola.

Manchester United signed off for the November international break with a narrow 1-0 win over Luton Town at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.

In 2020, musician and composer Jon Batiste won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Grammy, and a BAFTA Film Award for co-composing Pixar’s “Soul.” Not to rest on his laurels in 2022, he dominated the Grammy Awards entirely with 11 nominations, the most of the year. The day the nominations were announced, however, Batiste’s partner, writer Suleika Jaoaud, went through her first round of chemotherapy.

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