'The skydive that changed my life forever'

As you probably have heard by now, writer Tom Perrota, the author of 1998’s novel “Election,” which was adapted into a very successful feature film by filmmaker Alexander Payne, has written the sequel, 2022’s book “Tracy Flick Can’t Win.” And some years back, it was announced that Payne and Reese Witherspoon would reunite to adapt that book into a movie. READ MORE: ‘The Holdovers’ Review: Alexander Payne & Paul Giamatti Reunite For A ’70s Nostalgia Dramedy [Telluride] Some thought it would be Payne’s next movie.

The family of a mum whose body was dumped 'like rubbish' by a callous couple who found her dead have spoken of their heartbreak. Kerry Newman, 40, was discovered lifeless at a flat in Rochdale by 'evil' couple Melanie Bullen and Robert Halliwell.

Noel Gallagher has said Oasis never became as popular in the US as they were in the UK because America “couldn’t handle” that “we didn’t give a fuck about anything”.Gallagher was speaking in conversation with the legendary rock photographer Jill Furmanovsky ahead of her new exhibition, which will include images of Oasis that she was able to capture during the band’s peak.“America, they couldn’t handle the fact that we didn’t give a fuck about anything,” said Gallagher, when asked about Oasis’ relationship with the country. “I mean, I think that’s the reason we’ve never really had a number one album in America – they wouldn’t go the extra mile for us because we wouldn’t go the extra mile for them.”“That’s why we’ve never been nominated for a GRAMMY – you’ve got to do all that stuff over there, you’ve got to kind of fake it a little bit and we just we couldn’t do it which is why we’d always stall at number two.”All seven of Oasis’ studio albums reached the Number One spot on the UK Albums Chart, whereas none achieved the same feat in the US, with 1997’s ‘Be Here Now’ reaching the highest position of Number Two.

K.J. Yossman The past 18 months have produced an abundance of celebrity documentaries, but Netflix’s newly-released “Robbie Williams” sets out to do something different. Charting Williams’ rise from clueless teenager in British mega-boy band Take That to solo superstar, there’s no talking heads and no glossing over the less salubrious moments in Williams’ 35-year-career, including his relationships, drug-taking and depression.

Crystal Kung Minkoff of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills had an eventful weekend attending BravoCon in Las Vegas and an upcoming episode of the Bravo reality series will see her celebrate her 40th birthday in Sin City.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor For the second year in a row, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) launches against the backdrop of a major war. Last year, the festival took place at the height of Russia’s attacks on Ukraine, this year it runs as the Israel-Hamas War rages.

Gwyneth Paltrow has been on an acting hiatus with her last on-camera work being in 2020’s Season 2 of The Politician.

Leonardo DiCaprio, LACMA trustee Eva Chow, Gucci Creative Director Sabato De Sarno, and Gucci President and CEO Jean-François Palus, proved to be a dazzling affair, even amid the backdrop of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.

Nicolas Cage has revealed that his cameo in The Flash was changed without his knowledge.Speaking to Yahoo! Entertainment, the Oscar-winning actor weighed in on the debate over the use of AI in movies before sharing some critical words about his cameo.“AI is a nightmare to me,” Cage said. “It’s inhumane. You can’t get more inhumane than artificial intelligence… I would be very unhappy if people were taking my art … and appropriating [it].”However, AI wasn’t responsible for his cameo in The Flash. The short scene towards the end of the film saw the actor de-aged and envisioned as a multiverse version of Superman inspired by Superman Lives – Tim Burton‘s cancelled Man Of Steel project from 1998.In the cameo, Cage’s Superman was seen fighting a giant spider while shooting lasers out of his eyes.

It is one of Manchester's oldest and most prestigious hotels - and now The Midland has been hailed among the best in the UK for its traditional afternoon tea. The luxury hotel, on Peter Street, has been serving afternoon teas to customers for the past 120 years.

Michaela Zee Matthew Perry discussed what he wanted to be remembered for most during an interview that occurred a year before his death. The “Friends” star died Saturday at age 54. Perry spoke publicly about his legacy on the “Q With Tom Power” podcast in 2022 while promoting his memoir “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.” “I would like to be remembered as somebody who lived well, loved well, was a seeker,” Perry said.

Former Friends star Jennifer Aniston issued a four-word warning to her late co-star Matthew Perry amid his thought-to-be "secret" battle with addiction at the height of the show's fame.

A huge ‘no man’s land’ between Ancoats and the Etihad will become a ‘vibrant city centre neighbourhood’, the council hopes.

For anyone who drives regularly on the M56 or A556 through Cheshire, there is a familiar and sad sight along the roadside - of a gradually decaying old pub. Once The Nag's Head, and more recently the Cheshire Lounge, its car park and fields famously played host to Sunday car boot sales off Junction 7 of the M56 at Bowdon for years.

“The pandemic has finally passed, and cinema has returned to normal, but the way people think has changed dramatically,” Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou concluded when quizzed by Deadline about cinema post-Covid 19 during a brief chat at the Tokyo Film Festival (TIFF). 

Tom Bergeron, former longtime host of Dancing With The Stars, is opening up about his exit from the reality competition series. After hosting DWTS since its launch in 2005, Bergeron was dismissed in 2020 after being publicly critical of the show’s choice to cast Donald Trump’s White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer in Season 28.

The alarm was raised at 3.47pm on October 22nd 1971. Smoke spotted escaping from a basement rapidly became a raging blaze engulfing an entire factory. It destroyed a five-storey spinning mill and changed one family's life forever.

Thania Garcia Adele has announced she is extending her residency at the Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas one last time. The final leg of Weekends With Adele, which launched last November, is 32 dates and runs from January through June 2024. Details were announced by Adele, who on X (formerly Twitter), penned a thoughtful paragraph to go along with the news.

Lise Pedersen Lyon’s impressive Roman-style auditorium, normally used by the city’s symphonic orchestra, was sold out as U.S. writer and director Wes Anderson took to the stage as guest of honor of the Lumière Film Festival.

“The notion that the strikes saved the company is wildly overstated,” Bob Bakish said of Paramount today.