Man abused by manager of children's home in the 1980s loses compensation bid against Manchester council

Douglas Trumbull was a visual effects legend and filmmaker who created groundbreaking effects for films including “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Blade Runner.”Trumbull was new to the field of visual effects when he was hired to work on “2001” – his sole previous credit was a short about spaceflight for the 1964 New York World’s Fair, “To the Moon and Beyond.” But he created visual magic for “2001” as he built memorable effects including the “Star Gate” sequence. Trumbull innovated the use of slit scan photography for the sequence.

Laverne Cox is proud to say that she will be turning 50 this spring. In a cover story with the beauty publication Byrdie, the actress opened up about when she first started to hide the truth about her age, which was when she was in her late 20s and looking to satisfy the wishes of a younger partner at the time. As the years went by and her stardom grew, she told the magazine she began to feel some shame about keeping her age a secret.

Channing Tatum is tired of waxing his body to play stripper Mike Lane. After ridding himself of all hair in the first film and, the 41-year-old actor said he's ditching the wax for the upcoming third film. «We are going to change with the times, and I'm not going to do the whole waxing thing,» Tatum shared on Tuesday's.

Gianluca Vacchi is one of the most charismatic social media personalities. The Italian entrepreneur, DJ, and author have thousands of friends from the highest entertainment spheres, including Marc Anthony.

Nearly a year after their split, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s divorce reason is finally coming to light. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum opened about the decision that may have “caused” her divorce from the Yeezy founder in an interview for Vogue’s March 2022 Issue.

Kim Kardashian has revealed that she “chose herself” and that by doing so it may have “caused divorce” from her estranged husband Kanye West, 44.The pair married in May 2014 and over the course of their relationship welcomed four children together: North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm, two. Seven years on from tying the knot, Kim, 41, filed for divorce from the Golddigger rapper in February 2021. Now, a year one from filing the documents Kim, who’s currently dating SNL star Pete Davidson, has opened up about how putting herself first was important to her, even if it resulted in the end of her marriage.

Have you ever wanted to visit LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre but don't have any little ones in your life? Well now you can!

Mrs Hinch has unveiled the loft space of her new home on her Instagram page, and fans can already see the stunning possibilities of what’s to come. The cleaning guru extraordinaire, whose real name is Sophie Hinchliffe, posted a full-length image showing off the huge currently empty attic area.The star then revealed her plans for a huge organisation space for her various annual events.

Police searching for a missing teenager have found a body.

Manchester United followed up a shock FA Cup penalty-shootout defeat at the hands of Middlesbrough last weekend with a hugely disappointing Premier League draw away at Burnley on Tuesday night.

Fans are in shock over how unrecognisable Kate Ford looks in a newly-unearthed vintage snap of the Coronation Street actress. A youthful-looking Kate - who is best known as Tracy Barlow on Corrie - was pictured alongside her ex-boyfriend, BAFTA-nominated film producer Bart Ruspoli.

Denzel Washington again became the most nominated Black actor in the history of the Academy Awards following the announcement of the 2022 Oscars Nominations.Washington received a Best Actor nomination for his performance in the lead role in A24’s The Tragedy of Macbeth – scoring his tenth overall, and first since 2018’s Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson just needs a goal to kickstart his Bolton Wanderers career after improving game on game with his new club with Ian Evatt believing starts will come for the January transfer window signing.

I'm just a few months shy of turning 30, so I've been looking for a way to upgrade my usual purifying facial for something a bit more results-driven. I'm quite happy with the condition of my skin, but I do find it gets quite greasy, my pores are quite large and fine lines are beginning to settle in some areas on my forehead.

On Wednesday night the world watched as Adele praised her 'gracious and patient' son while accepting the Best Album gong at the Brit Awards. But while the Easy On Me singer's devoted fans know her son as Angelo, it seems that name may not be entirely accurate. In an interview last year to promote her Brit winning album 30, the notoriously private Adele explained that she deliberately withheld information about herself.Talking about media interest in her life, she told Vogue in her first chat in years: "they know nothing! They don’t know my son’s name, my son’s birthday.

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Changing his tune. After slamming Kim Kardashian’s parenting last week, Kanye West is now calling for reconciliation with his estranged wife.

The playbook for love! Matthew Stafford and wife Kelly Stafford’s romance started in college — and four kids later, they are still going strong.

Idris Elba ran into a bit of a problem with his pants at the 2022 BRIT Awards. Upon taking the stage, it became clear that the 49-year-old actor didn’t double check that his outfit was red carpet ready. 

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Rose Ayling-Ellis is continuing to win the hearts of the nation following her sensational win on Strictly Come Dancing in December.MORE: Rose Ayling-Ellis leaves Strictly cast member in tears over iconic Giovanni Pernice danceThe actress, who is currently on the live tour with Giovanni Pernice, is now teaming up with Comic Relief and TK Maxx to launch their incredible collection of T-shirts.WATCH: Strictly stars rally behind Rose Ayling-Ellis in heartwarming videoShowing her support, Rose rocked a lovely white tee which had the word, "Love," emblazoned across while slipping into another which features a tribute to Luke Christian, the founder of deaf Identity.MORE: Rose Ayling-Ellis makes honest remark about 'crazy' Strictly experienceREAD: Rose Ayling-Ellis holds 'deep affection' for Giovanni Pernice - expert discusses relationshipSpeaking about the collaboration, the actress exclusively told HELLO!: "It's been all-go recently, being part of Strictly Come Dancing and now being on the tour but I'm so glad I managed to take part in this year's TK Maxx campaign for Comic Relief."The T-shirts this year are just incredible, and include designs by Luke Christian from Deaf Identity. I'm so proud to wear Luke's designs and thrilled that they feature as part of the Red Nose Day collection."The collection has been pulled together by a collective of 11 awesome artists for Red Nose Day 2022, which takes place on 18 March.

Universal already had May 13 this year reserved for a Blumhouse movie, and it turns out that’s Firestarter. The movie will go day-and-date on Peacock too as the streamer needs to up its paid subscriber count. Firestarter is the only wide theatrical release on May 13, and follows the weekend after Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. 

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Lionel Richie is celebrating Black History Month by opening up in a new interview.

EXCLUSIVE: Amid a streaming-spurred frenzy for music catalog rights, Multimedia Music has acquired film and TV scores from nine-time Oscar nominee James Newton Howard.

Jimmy Kimmel thinks he knows why his favorite film of the year, Spider-Man: No Way Home got snubbed of an Oscar nomination yesterday. And he’s not happy about it.

UTA has tapped Paul Yoo to the new role of senior vice president of Ventures, a division that invests in businesses at the intersection of media, entertainment, consumer products and technology.

Bebe Rexha is the latest celeb to take on the viral Céline Dion TikTok challenge.