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G wyneth Paltrow said she felt “very sorry” for a man she collided with on a ski slope, but reiterated multiple times that she had been the “victim” of the crash. The Oscar-winning actress said she could not be “at fault” for Terry Sanderson’s subsequent health decline as she had not caused the accident. Ms Paltrow is being sued by retired optometrist Mr Sanderson over a collision at the Deer Valley resort in Utah in 2016. She is accused of “slamming” into Mr Sanderson on a ski slope and falling on top of him, leaving him with several broken ribs and a severe concussion. The actress has denied the allegations, claiming that Mr Sanderson collided with her, and is counter-suingContinue Reading

Review at a glance T he first season of Yellowjackets was something of a sleeper hit. It came from seemingly nowhere, staggering out of the forest to build a devoted fanbase and became studio Showtime’s second most streamed show in the process. So now it’s back, can it keep up the momentum? The thriller, about an all-girls high school football team, whose plane crashed in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, was everything that previous teenage versions of Lost failed to be. Compelling, genuinely scary, a nice bit of gore and a rich mix of complex, divisive characters. Season two manages to take the thrills and chills from season one and ratchets them right up. As with the first series,Continue Reading

R ege-Jean Page said when the cast of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves took on the popular roleplaying game ahead of starring in the film Michelle Rodriguez was “chaotic” in her style of playing. The heist comedy sees 42-year-old Star Trek actor Chris Pine in the main role as a bard called Edgin Darvis who tries to look after his daughter Kira, played by Avatar: The Way Of Water actress Chloe Coleman, 14. Speaking at the UK premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square in London, Pine said making the film was “joyful and creative and imaginative”. He added: “It reminds me of a lot of 80s films (The) Goonies and (The) Princess Bride and a little bit Indiana (Jones). “It’sContinue Reading

S am Neill said he has “never felt better” after revealing he has been in remission from blood cancer for several months. The 75-year-old New Zealand actor, who was born in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, is best known for his role as palaeontologist Alan Grant in the science-fiction film series Jurassic Park. In an interview about his book, Did I Ever Tell You This?, he reported he first experienced swollen glands during publicity for Jurassic World Dominion in March last year. This is the third film in the series, about dinosaur cloning, in which he has starred after the first film Jurassic Park in 1993 and Jurassic Park III in 2001. Neill took a break from acting following his diagnosisContinue Reading

T he brother of Anthony Minghella said he is still living in “agony” 15 years on from the Oscar-winning director’s death. The British filmmaker won best director for romantic war drama The English Patient, which starred Ralph Fiennes, and received three more nods from the Academy Awards. Dominic Minghella, who is the creator of Doc Martin, the medical comedy which stars Martin Clunes, posted a Twitter thread on Saturday describing his sibling as “more than” a filmmaker on the anniversary of him dying on March 18 2008 at the age of 54. While listing his brother’s work, he wrote: “Y’all might know him for this adaptation of Charles Frazier’s American Civil War epic (2003’s Cold Mountain starring Nicole Kidman). ReadContinue Reading

L iam Neeson has issued a blunt message to Northern Ireland politicians to get back to work. The Co Antrim-born Hollywood star expressed frustration at the Stormont impasse over post Brexit trading arrangements. The devolved powersharing institutions are currently in cold storage due to a DUP boycott in protest at economic barriers on trade moving from Great Britain into Northern Ireland. The EU and UK have recently agreed a fresh deal to address issues with the contentious Northern Ireland Protocol trading arrangements, but the DUP has yet to sign up to the new Windsor Framework agreement and Stormont remains down. The framework would reduce checks on Northern Ireland destined goods arriving from GB with the creation of a green lane,Continue Reading

Frankfurt City Council last week called off the singer’s concert, scheduled for May 28, saying Waters was “considered one of the most widely spread antisemites in the world”. Several politicians and Jewish organisations have also criticised Waters for his statements about Israel. In 2013, he compared the Israeli government’s “oppression” of the Palestinian people to the actions of the Nazis during the Holocaust. Waters has five concerts scheduled in Germany in May as part of his tour, Roger Waters — This is Not a Drill. He has denied antisemitism and said his views are against Israel rather than Judaism. Waters has long been an opponent of Israel over its activity in Palestine, describing it as an “apartheid state” that isContinue Reading