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at Ye Olde Kings Head in the UK — although those guests wishing for a spooky evening must sign a waiver upon arrival and agree to have the night filmed to air in a weekly episode on the “My Haunted Hotel” YouTube channel.Built in 1622, the hotel in Chester has a long and colorful past, starting as a townhouse before moving on to a stint as a brothel and then being converted into an inn in 1714.With footage showing chairs moving by themselves, guests being screamed at by supposed “entities” and “haunted” dolls flying at guests in the nursery, it’s certainly not for the faint of heart.The UK hotel was sold to paranormal enthusiast Harry Achilleos in 2012 when it was operating as a fully working hotel. Achilleos, who had his own paranormal group in 2011, knew of the Ye Olde Kings Head and got to know the landlord and started booking the hotel for private events.“The place was so active that I asked the landlord if I could put cameras in the rooms to document any activity,” Achilleos told NeedToKnow.online.

Eva in Evita and David Bowie’s red-and-blond look in The Man Who Fell To Earth said it was “mind-blowing” to be made an MBE. Martin Samuel received the honour from the Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace on Friday, and said Prince William joked to him: “Well I don’t really have much hair to speak of. ”Mr Samuel told the PA news agency: “And then (the Duke) said, ‘Well I don’t really have much hair to speak of’, and I said, ‘but your wife does have beautiful hair’, so he said, ‘I’ll tell her that’.

Style Archive: a series in which we celebrate the stars of the past that made menswear what it is today. This week: Brad Pitt's leather fixation. January 4th 1988.

Style Archive: a series in which we celebrate the stars of the past that made menswear what it is today. This week: the experimental tailoring of Tom Cruise.

Style Archive: a series in which we celebrate the stars of the past that made menswear what it is today. This week: the Die Hard star who murdered the rulebook. There are those who'll tell you that Die Hard is not a Christmas film.

Harry Styles returns to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart today for a third, non-consecutive week with Harry’s House, seeing off fierce competition from two big new releases. 

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Kelly Ripa never appears to age - and neither does her mother! The star has inherited some amazing genes from her mom, Esther, 81, and she shared just how much they look alike in a new Instagram snapshot. Kelly managed to sneak a rare photo of her family member in which she looked very chic in a white, wide-brimmed hat and smart, pale blue jacket. MORE: Kelly Ripa's jaw-dropping foyer inside $27million NY townhouse will give you chillsThe Live with Kelly and Ryan star was beaming in the snap, however, her mom looked a little less ready for her photo. WATCH: Kelly Ripa's son shows off his impressive dance moves"A rare birthday photo of my mom in her natural habitat, trying to block me from taking her picture with her phone," Kelly wrote. "Amateur move! Happy birthday mom! I love you."Both women showed off their chiseled cheekbones and Esther looked many years younger than her age.MORE: Kelly Ripa mulls over guest's unexplained appearance change on the airMORE: Kelly Ripa explains recent absence from LIVE! with cheeky pictures from unexpected locationWhile Kelly's fans don't often see Esther featuring in her photos, they were treated to a throwback of the mother-daughter duo recently and the resemblance is uncanny. A post shared by Kelly Ripa (@kellyripa)Kelly and her mom look so alike The popular presenter was sitting on her mom's knee in the image from her childhood. Kelly was flashing her adorable smile as Esther looked down sweetly upon her. She captioned the post: "#fbf especially grateful for this gorgeous lady.

To this day, filmmaker Rory Kennedy won’t fly on a Boeing 737 Max aircraft.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFrom the moment photos of Natalie Portman in “Thor: Love and Thunder” surfaced, the internet was swift to comment on how bulky her arms were.In the Marvel film, opening July 8, Portman returns as Jane Foster/The Mighty Thor. This time around she is wielding Mjolnir, Thor’s Hammer, and she has the newfound power to throw lightning.Fitness trainer Naomi Pendergast at Australia’s RPX Fitness was the person responsible for getting the actress ripped, developing Portman’s biceps and giving her abdominal definition.The goal and initial brief for working with Natalie was to develop arm and abdominal definition.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominee Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale) has signed on to star alongside Peyton Kennedy, Anjali Bhimani, Jeremy Radin, Akilah Hughes and Ben Gleib in the indie Pruning.

“Westworld” was originally based on the 1973 movie starring Yu Brynner, the series quickly moved beyond its cinematic roots into the world of role playing games and overlapping storylines before moving outside the walls of the park into the real world in Season 3. Season 4, returning to HBO on June 26, feels inspired by both the 1976 feature film sequel “Futureworld” and “The Matrix” as the characters (and the audience) struggle to determine what’s real and what’s a simulation.The first two seasons of “Westworld” explored a massive live-action open-world role-playing game run by Delos Corporation.

Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” made $3.5 million in its preview screenings at the box office on Thursday from over 3,400 screens (inclusive of sneak previews on Tuesday), while “The Black Phone” also made $3 million in its own Thursday preview screenings from 2,800 theaters with showings beginning at 5 p.m. “Elvis,” the biopic about The King Elvis Presley from Warner Bros., is projected to earn in the $28-30 million range.

Roe v. Wade decision. Bee, filming in her backyard in New York, joked that her need for “attention” prevented her from taking some time off despite testing positive for COVID.

“Downton Abbey: A New Era” has made its debut on Digital, and to mark the occasion, we’ve got an early look at one of the bonus features included on the home video release.The video above goes behind the scenes of the sequel to show the challenge of making a movie about a film crew making a silent movie at Downton Abbey, which is a major plot point in the film. Director Simon Curtis explains in the clip how tricky it was to fit all the cameras in a room for the silent film within the film in addition to the real cameras needed to actually make “A New Era.”Additionally, actor Robert James-Collier, who plays Thomas in the franchise, explains why his character would not be a great fit for the silent era.“I couldn’t be in a silent movie, I’ll tell you why,” James-Collier says in the clip.

Supermarket chain The Co-op has wowed shoppers with their brand new meal deal that will cost them just £5 for a range of frozen family favourites.

Watch Jennifer Lopez and her child Emme perform at a GalaDid Gloria Estefan shade Jennifer Lopez? Singer addressed JLo’s Super Bowl ‘Halftime’ commentsJennifer Lopez honors her dad and fiancé, Ben Affleck, with a lengthy Father’s Day letter“And [it’s] not just to your own kids but also without obligation to mine as well. You show up and put them first always.

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Warner Bros’ Baz Luhrmann directed Elvis has grossed $3.5M from all previews off 3,400 locations, which includes Tuesday fan events and last night’s showtimes. Meanwhile Universal/Blumhouse’s Black Phone took in $3M from showtimes that began at 5PM yesterday at 2,800 sites.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAbsence can make the heart grow fonder, and one of the ironies of the power-pop revival of the mid-1980s was how hard it was to find records by some of its main archetypes, even if those earlier groups had genuine hits: The brace of great early-‘70s albums and singles by Beatles-obsessed bands like Badfinger, Big Star and the Raspberries had been out of print for years and could only be found at specialty shops for exorbitant prices or as random junkshop jackpots.Even more ironically, one of the greatest albums of that ‘80s wave — Redd Kross’ “Neurotica” — suffered the same fate. It was released in 1987 on the short-lived U.S.

Tara McNamara “Black Santa.” In two words, the progressively provocative title of Minneapolis-based Travis Wood’s Indeed Rising Voices short is likely to spark intrigue about this emergent filmmaker with a fresh perspective. The 10-minute comedy follows Henry, an Atlanta father who makes an annual tradition of working as a mall Santa Claus with his son Otis as an elf sidekick. Now in his self-conscious middle school years, Otis is embarrassed by the charade until he learns that his father has a noble ulterior motive: to help teach him how to upend stereotypes and increase positive Black representation. In both commercial and personal efforts, Wood specializes in telling stories about the Black experience.

Selome Hailu When director Dean Fleischer-Camp and star Jenny Slate wrote and produced their viral 2010 short film “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On,” they created the title character (voiced by Slate) as simply as possible. The tiny creature was made from a real seashell, doll shoes, a spot of clay and a googly eye.Becky Van Cleve, head of puppet fabrication on the feature-length adaptation of the short, in theaters June 24 via A24, made sure Marcel was always in sight as she worked to get him ready for the big screen.“I kept him right on my desk in a case,” says Van Cleve, knowing the little guy needed to be made of stronger stuff for the long haul: Because real shells are slightly translucent, they don’t hold up to studio lights.

Burning love! Austin Butler is making headlines for his performance in Elvis, but there’s another breakout star in the movie: Olivia DeJonge, who plays Priscilla Presley.

Everyone’s favorite space-based alien family, the “Solar Opposites,” are returning to Hulu for a third season. Originally premiering in 2020, “Solar Opposites” took the adult animated sitcom and gave it a sci-fi twist.

Alexander Gabelia Georgian director Ana Kvichidze is in production with her first feature documentary, the Georgian/French coproduction “Heart, Don’t Be Afraid.” The film is supported by the Georgian National Film Center and France’s CNC, Film New Europe reports.Vardo lives alone and unlike the witches from the fairytales, she is a kind character. She was a popular “magician” years ago, but now her livelihood is mainly pension money and food brought by neighbors. With the help of her spells, the film examines the lives of everyone in the village and witnesses their plight, from young women who have reproductive problems to families who are losing the last of their livelihood.“I fell in love with witchcraft because of my grandmother, who was a spellcaster in our village.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Elvis,” Baz Luhrmann’s kaleidoscopic look at the “King of Rock,” grossed $3.5 million in Thursday previews, while “The Black Phone,” a child abduction chiller from Blumhouse,” scared up $3 million. The two films are hoping to make a mark at the box office this weekend, but they face stiff competition from holdovers such as “Jurassic World Dominion,” “Lightyear” and “Top Gun: Maverick.” It’s a wide open field as they elbow their way to the top of the chart.“Elvis,” a Warner Bros.

K.J. Yossman “No Time to Die” producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson were honored by Prince William in an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace today (Friday, June 24).The duo, who run James Bond production company EON, were both awarded Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBEs) in Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s Honors list for services to film, drama, philanthropy and skills.After the ceremony, Broccoli told a reporter from The Independent the award was a “huge honor” and that she was still on the hunt for the next 007 following Daniel Craig’s retirement from the role last year.

Anna Marie de la Fuente After 13 years on the road with Spain’s iconic singer-songwriter-poet Joaquin Sabina, “The Good Boss” director Fernando León de Aranoa has finally wrapped his documentary, “Sintiendolo Mucho” (roughly translated to “Deeply Felt”).“This film is a rare privilege that, as a filmmaker, I would like to share with the public: to spend some time alone with Joaquín when he is not Sabina,” said León de Aranoa. “13 years ago, I began to shoot with him, to accompany him on his day-to-day activities, on rehearsals, tours, immersed in his own environment… to portray the artist, his best and worst moments, and his personality, so linked to his work, his creativity,” he remarked, adding: “Most importantly, it has been a lot of fun.” León de Aranoa, who also produced the doc, established a deep rapport with Sabina through the years.The Reposado, BTF Media and Sony Music Spain co-production is the first of its kind on Sabina, who is known to be a very private person.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn the new season of “Westworld,” Evan Rachel Wood’s character describes the concept of the NPC — in video game parlance, the “non-player-characters,” the electronic background figures who exist to serve the person in control. Going by Dolores, Wood’s character once lived such a fate herself, as a sentient “host” at a theme park; having long since freed her mind, she’s now known as Christina, living in an American city, working at a video game company where she’s the one telling stories.Well, stories on the margins, at least.

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#ThorLoveandThunder is fucking great. I think instantly one of my favorite Marvel movies – probably cause it’s easily the funniest, yet still had me choked up by the end. I hope Taika Waititi never stops making Thor movies.#ThorLoveAndThunder might be my favorite Marvel movie and it also might be their very best.

Taylor Swift fans will be hitting repeat on her new single, «Carolina,» to kick off the weekend. The 32-year-old singer released the track at midnight on Friday and the ballad is haunting. «About a year and half ago I wrote a song about an incredible story, the story of a girl who always lived on the outside, looking in. Figuratively and literally,» Swift detailed in an Instagram post with the song. «The juxtaposition of her loneliness and independence.