K.J. Yossman 101 Films International has picked up world sales rights to “Fear the Invisible Man,” an adaptation of H.G.
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A man has spent hundreds of pounds buying a section of roller coaster track for his own home after falling in love with them.
That's despite being petrified of the adrenaline machines as a child - and his piece from The Big One goes along with four wheels and a chain link.
Scott Bickerton, 33, made his latest purchase last week, CheshireLive reports.
He jumped at the chance to own another piece of The Big One after parts they went on sale - with Blackpool’s most iconic ride being refurbished.
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But when the YouTuber heard officials were putting further pieces on sale, he was more than happy to part with £150 for a piece of the track.
He said: “For me it’s priceless, and when you think about it, it’s a bit of history. It is something that is iconic in the UK.”
“Most people who aren’t rollercoaster fans might think it’s just a lump of steel. What are you going to do with it?
“But there are a lot of people like me who are rollercoaster enthusiasts who would be well happy to have any bit of their favourite rollercoaster in their house or their garden.”
Scott said he has an “emotional attachment” to the ride, which was the tallest, fastest and steepest steel rollercoaster in the world when it was constructed.
He said: “I’ve got quite a lot of emotional attachment to that ride because when I was younger, I was absolutely terrified of it.
“My parents used to take me to Blackpool quite a lot when I was little.
“During that time, I wasn’t a confident person, and anything like going on a rollercoaster or talking to people I didn’t know was a big obstacle.
“But when I went on The Big One, it was a massive weight lifted off my shoulders, and it was
K.J. Yossman 101 Films International has picked up world sales rights to “Fear the Invisible Man,” an adaptation of H.G.
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Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticAmerica is no longer leading on the world stage in one crucial metric.We’ve lost game-show-host supremacy.On “Jeopardy!,” the standard-bearer for American quiz shows, star power has been outsourced to the contestants. And recent long-running champions Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio lent energy that had otherwise been missing. The recent endless cycling through “Jeopardy!” guest hosts having ended in a fiasco and then a compromise has left Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik, dividing the role, adrift.
Spider-man actor Tom Holland and his girlfriend, actress Zendaya, have splashed out £3million on a luxury home in the UK.
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Spider-man hero Tom Holland is swinging his way back to the UK to live in a £3million home with superstar girlfriend Zendaya. Hollywood’s golden couple are making Britain their home and have got the keys to a six-bed London semi-near a raft of celebrities. The 25-year-olds – who met on the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2016 – have big renovation plans.
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