Former Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan pushed his ex-fiancee’s head into a hamster cage and threatened her with a wooden pallet in front of a child, a court has heard. The 39-year-old arrived at Leicester Magistrates’ Court this morning where he pleaded guilty to one charge of assault by beating on 9 April this year. He
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US comedy-drama Saint Frances will be one of the first new films showing in UK cinemas since the coronavirus lockdown began. The movie is opening in a world where some cinemas remain closed, and smaller, independent chains may never open again. It’s something the film’s lead and writer, Kelly O’Sullivan, was painfully aware of when
Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has left the band after struggling with “personal issues”. A statement on behalf of the group said: “Kasabian have announced today that Tom Meighan is stepping down from the band by mutual consent. Image: The band play Glastonbury in 2014 (pictured Meighan and Pizzorno) “Tom has struggled with personal issues that
Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer who wrote the iconic theme tune to The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, has died aged 91. His death was confirmed by his lawyer, Giorgio Assumma, who said he died in a hospital in Rome early on Monday. Image: Morricone died in Rome aged 91, following a fall. Pic:
Major sporting events, as well as TV and film productions, are to be given an exemption from the UK’s 14-day coronavirus travel quarantine. It means Formula One will return to Silverstone this summer with the British circuit hosting two Grands Prix on 2 and 9 August. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has also told Tom Cruise
Kanye West has announced he is running for US president – and he has already won the backing of billionaire Elon Musk. The American rap star posted a message to his 29.4 million Twitter followers in which he suggested he was entering the 2020 presidential race. We must now realize the promise of America by
Tributes have been paid to Earl Cameron, one of the first black actors to be given major roles in British cinema, after his death aged 102. Modern-day stars have been honouring a man widely seen as a pioneer of UK film, with David Harewood calling him a “total legend” and Paterson Joseph describing the Bermuda-born
Dom Joly says performing to a stadium full of windscreens is weird. “If somebody told me 20 years ago when I started Trigger Happy TV that one day I would come out to a motorway car park and shout ‘Good evening Brent Cross’ to a bunch of people sitting in their cars! I don’t know
This summer’s cinema blockbusters found themselves largely cancelled this year due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. While Christopher Nolan’s Tenet bucked the trend and hit the big screen in August, the lion’s share of major releases have been pushed back until 2021 and beyond. Without the necessary tentpole productions to guarantee sales following six months
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Sir Rod Stewart’s assault case in Florida over a claim that he punched a security guard at a luxury hotel is unlikely to go to trial, a US court has heard. The 75-year-old singer has been charged with simple battery, after allegedly punching Jesse Dixon in the chest at the Breakers Palm Beach Hotel on
Argentina World Cup winner Diego Maradona has died aged 60. The national team’s former manager had been in a Buenos Aires hospital after surgery to remove a blood clot on the brain earlier this month. In June 2019, Sky News spoke to filmmaker Asif Kapadia about the two Maradonas – the “sweet, innocent guy and