When my mother gave me my first camcorder for my eighth birthday, a despot was born. From that moment, all I wanted was to write and direct movies. I tortured every friend and family member I could get my hands on to act in my self-written, self-directed short films, and I dragged whole suitcases of props, lights and costumes on every vacation. My finest moment was nearly getting my mother arrested en route to St Moritz, when I made her chase my long-suffering godfather Hugh Grant around Zurich...
Why is everyone so interested in Manor Lords? The game, an ambitious city builder/RTS hybrid, attempts to simulate how medieval towns were constructed by embracing organic layouts and doing away with the grid systems common in the genre. And, today, it hit 3 million wishlists on Steam – that's no mean feat. It's currently above even Hades 2. That's impressive. Its trailers have been attractive, interesting, and intriguing – but there's something else to the game's rampant success. It's 2022...
The flat cap and muffler are in the main a thing of the past now but is the whippet still a northern bloke’s preferred pet? That was the question the team at Yorkshire Windows in Rotherham set themselves as they launched a special online survey. “Over tea breaks, we often chat about our own dogs at Yorkshire Windows and it recently sparked a surprisingly serious conversation,” said Managing Director Ian Chester, who is himself the proud owner of a cockerpoo. “Our on-site surveyors have noticed...
Netflix has announced “some guests” for John Mulaney’s new special, Everybody’s In L—holy crap, Halloween director John Carpenter is listed. That’s right. Tucked between Los Lobos and Warren G, John Carpenter, director of They Live, is among the names scheduled to appear on Mulaney’s live-streamed Netflix series, John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In L.A. What will Carpenter be doing? We assume he will be smoking a J-bone and playing Dead Space. Mulaney will also host the likes of Cassandra...
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The Birmingham Times Opera Unveiled: A Concert of Greatest Hits will take place at the Dorothy Jemison Day Theater at Alabama School of Fine Arts on Friday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 28 at 2:30 p.m. featuring selections from iconic composers such as Puccini, Verdi, and Mozart. The concert will showcase some […]
Two area girls golf teams were in action Friday, April 26.
The Library venue - set on Leeds Road under the shadow of the Olympic Legacy Park - is re-launching its daytime business under the management of Jamie Christian and Steve Roebuck. The duo made their name at the city’s renowned Baldwins Omega and are bringing their years of expertise in fine dining, banqueting and all-round quality hospitality to the East End. City-born David Slater funded the restoration of the Attercliffe Library building – which originally opened in 1894 and lent its last book...
Celebrated painter ‘went down the drain from the 1930s’, claims Rebecca John in a new interviewThe granddaughter of Augustus John, Britain’s most famous and successful artist of the early 20th century, has delivered a damning critique of his later works. Rebecca John, the leading authority on the artist, says in her first interview for two decades that “most should have been burned. My grandfather went down the drain from the 1930s onwards, drank too much, lost his judgment, and took every...
Here's where to watch the Billy Joel '100th - Live at Madison Square Garden' concert special online without cable, plus how to stream on-demand free.
Premier League remain unconvinced by 777 Partners takeoverEverton could confirm top-flight survival against BrentfordSean Dyche has likened his job as Everton’s manager to “juggling sand” amid protracted uncertainty over the club’s ownership and financial future.Dyche admits there will be no assurances over his summer transfer plans even in the event of securing the club’s Premier League status on Saturday. Everton can guarantee survival with victory against Brentford at Goodison Park providing...
Dermot Mulroney blames the cake. As sports reporter Michael O’Neal in My Best Friend’s Wedding, Mulroney expected many doors would fly open after his star turn. “I was sitting there ready for the gift with purchase that was supposed to come along with being in a popular movie, and instead, I probably didn’t work for […]