Woman hit and killed by lorry was walking on unlit bypass after night out, inquest hears

retirement complex took their own lives in a "suicide pact". The bodies of Peter White, 72 and his wife Diana, 74, were found at the couple's flat in a sheltered housing scheme in Altrincham, Trafford in January.

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Ewan McGregor's daughter, Clara McGregor, is recovering after getting bit by a dog.The 25-year-old actress posed on the red carpet for the premiere of her new film, e, on Friday in Las Vegas, with visible wounds on her face. McGregor Instagrammed photos of herself at the event, and revealed that she was bit by a dog just a half hour before the premiere.

Clara McGregor is making the best of a bad situation.

John Legend is gearing up to tell the story of beloved comedian Bernie Mac.

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Jackson made the announcement during a Q&A with Legend at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, saying that a deal had just been made between the studio and Bernie Mac’s estate that “John doesn’t know about yet.”“Look at you, breaking news,” the seemingly surprised Legend said.

Nicole Kidman showed off her natural curls in a cute selfie that was shared on Twitter on June 10. The 53-year-old mom-of-four took the photo on the day that she interviewed actor and comedian Chris Rock for Variety magazine.

Ramin Setoodeh Executive EditorAs far as the internet is concerned, Nicole Kidman must be practicing how to scheme with Ethel and gulping mouthfuls of vitameatavegamin as Lucille Ball in an upcoming biopic about the star comedian.But in an interview for Variety‘s Actors on Actors TV issue, on newsstands this week, Kidman revealed to Chris Rock that “Being the Ricardos,” the movie that she’s currently filming, will tackle some serious themes.

The Cannes Film Festival is chugging along, and one of the more perplexing films playing out of competition is “Aline: The Voice Of Love,” a biopic about famed French-Canadian singer Céline Dion that hails from Quebec and her star-studded rise in the music industry. Instead of a proper film about the singer’s life, the French-language film from Gaumont has decided to call Dion by a different name, Aline Dieu.

the film’s trailer, complete with the heroine’s mother voicing concerns about her daughter’s romance with a manager twice her age who seems very much like Dion’s late husband René Angélil.

Joe Lara has tragically died in a plane crash.

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Vivienne Chow A promise made between leading Asian film producer Bill Kong and the late Canto-pop super star Anita Mui will soon be fulfilled. Kong’s Edko Films has finally completed production of “Anita,” its long-awaited biopic of the legendary singer-actress who died 18 years ago.Recalling a meeting with Mui in 2003, Kong (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Lust, Caution”) said the beloved Hong Kong icon hoped to make a film that could leave a legacy for future generations.

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Ed Meza @edmezavarAlexis von Wittgenstein’s Munich-based production shingle Violet Pictures is expanding its TV series pipeline with a slew of new projects, among them a historical drama about the role of women in the creation of modern Europe, the story of a mother of three who became one of the Soviet Union’s most successful spies, and a 1970s-set anti-nuclear activist romance.The company, whose credits include “Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood,” which premiered last year on ARD and currently