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Ilford Boy review – Barbra Streisand teaches teen to smile about the way we are

Quiet teenager Ted (Leo Whitfield Harris in his stage debut) is surrounded by the loud swirl of his feuding family, with everyone’s rusty views on queerness, race and masculinity grating against each other as they clear out his showtune-loving nanna’s house in Ilford. Illuminated in a brilliant moment of boldness from the script, with glorious movement by Ebony Molina, this is the image we’re left with long after Pat’s left the stage and the rest of the family have turned away: a beautiful man, up above the audience, leg kicked high in the air, radiant with life.

Como demolish dismal Manchester United to pile more pressure on Carrick

They can’t – for the team’s prospects, and Michael Carrick’s job security, because witnessed here by Lake Como was a humiliation of the three-times European champions by Cesc Fàbregas’s competition debutants, as United suffered their worst defeat in continental football since 1994. The opener came moments after Diogo Dalot spurned a simple opening to dizzy the hosts: Matheus Cunha flipped the ball to his right-back, Dalot’s touch was awful, yet after possession was retained, he ballooned wide. Paz enjoyed a universe of time to thread in Douvikas, and he ran on and powered past Lammens.

Paper Tiger review: Adam Driver and Miles Teller star in gritty gangster thriller

James Grey | ★★★★☆ After directing the true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett as he searched for an ancient civilisation in the Amazon rainforest; a psychological sci-fi drama film about a sad astronaut; and a coming of age drama starring Anne Hathaway, the next logical step for James Gray was always going to be a New York City gangster movie. The American Dream, baby! It’s strange, then, that Gray’s ending feels borrowed from any number of made-for-TV cop dramas, the final scenes visually stunning but narratively flat, resorting to cliche when the rest of Paper Tiger aims much higher.

Rylan Clark's net worth as he takes swipe at BBC salary over Radio 2 absence

Rylan Clark has joked about his BBC salary after a travel nightmare left him stranded in the south of France and unable to make it to his Radio 2 show. And while he's built a successful career across several major broadcasters, his latest comments have sparked fresh interest in just how much he is worth. Rylan said: "I can't wait to be part of the show on 13 November, to shine a light on some incredible young people and raise lots of money to help ensure every child has someone by their side when they need it most."

You can try Lily Allen's 'life-changing' sex toys that she's 'personally tested'

The six saucy toys in the Love, Lily collection are a Heart, a Peach, a Wand, a Womanizer, an Advent calendar and a polka dot Butt Plug, all tested by Lily while on her West End Girl tour throughout 2026. Her velvety soft Peach has patented clitoral suction technology, the Lovehoney Pleasure Trip Wand is a curved pale pink vibrator, ergonomically designed for hard-to-reach spots and The Lovehoney Enjoy Advent Calendar has 24 different surprise items, including a feather Tickler and Menthol Orgasm balm. Sign up for our free Daily Star Showbiz newsletter

Celebrity Traitors star was 'nearly arrested' after being mistaken for prostitute

Celia says she doesn’t want to be “defined” by the incident — and she may get her wish after spilling the beans on an equally funny moment. She told the Joe Marler Will See You Now podcast: "We got there at sort of about half past six at night, looking for the hotel that we'd booked, which was the Radisson, and it was all boarded up." And she put the flat of her hand on my head and shoved me down into this, back of her police car, you know, black and white, real flashing and everything."

Our Friends in the North: The Thatcher Years review – old pals back on the toon as TV series gets squished

Theatre Royal, Newcastle They have appeared in epic BBC dramas since their RSC debut but Peter Flannery’s immortal foursome now return in an 80s-focused play The four thwarted, postwar north-eastern dreamers created by dramatist Peter Flannery have now played more than a whole day of drama across different formats. All forms of the story have used soap opera domestic tension to offset socialist history and here the epic courtship of Sam Neale’s Mary and Ryan Nolan’s Nicky affectingly shows campaigners for social change yearning for romantic conformity.

X Factor's Louis Walsh admits 'my health isn't good' after live TV heart attack

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More recently, the telly personality appeared on Celebrity Big Brother alongside fellow former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne, where he suffered a suspected heart attack that demanded urgent medical attention. Louis was also asked about whether he'd debate a comeback to The X Factor amid speculation the show might be rebooted: "I won't be doing it as I am probably too old." Follow Daily Star to keep up to date on all things showbiz here Want all the biggest Showbiz and TV news straight to your inbox?

As fans reject AI-generated music, even boosters are drawing the line

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Enthusiasts like Grimes and A$AP Rocky may embrace AI-generated content, but they won’t produce it themselves Streaming services, notable musicians and fans are confronting the growing presence of AI-generated music and drawing lines in the sand. On the Top 200 album charts, most of the Top 10 albums foreground a singer over analog instrumentation – Olivia Rodrigo’s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, Ella Langley’s Dandelion, Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving, Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide and Stick Season, and Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem.

Woman told Russell Brand he 'treated her like an animal', court hears

Warning - this report contains graphic content One of the women who claims Russell Brand raped her later told him he had "treated her like an animal", a court has heard. Russell Brand on Trial You can follow the trial day by day on the BBC podcast Russell Brand on Trial - available on BBC Sounds, YouTube, iPlayer, or wherever you get your BBC podcasts Woman says she 'closed eyes and tried not to be there' during alleged Russell Brand rape Russell Brand accuser says he turned 'monster-like' before alleged rape Russell Brand was a 'sexual predator', prosecution alleges as rape trial begins

The Debate: Should you be fined for playing music on the bus?

Polling has shown that eight out of 10 Londoners are bothered by ‘bare beating’ (as this anti-social phenomenon is known) and half of those fear it is on the rise. Eliot Wilson is a writer and historian As part of a new crackdown on antisocial behaviour on public transport, the government has announced plans to empower local authorities to issue £100 fines for anyone playing loud music on buses in England, along with a reinforced rail campaign to encourage people to “share the carriage, not the noise”. It’s a popular message amid increasing frustration towards so-called ‘loudcasting’.

Russell Brand accuser 'treated like an animal' after 'being anal raped', court told

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the court the alleged incident occurred in Brand's home as she told jurors she had “repeatedly” told him to stop. Asked how she felt during the consensual sex, the woman replied: “I don’t think I enjoyed it, not because I didn’t feel I had consented to it. Brand’s lawyer Ian Winter KC asked his accuser if she knew his reputation at the time, she replied: “I had not at that point heard about Mr Brand raping somebody.”