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Disney's live-action remake of Snow White And The Seven Dwarves has topped the North American box office chart, despite a controversy-packed run-up to the film's release.Based on the 1937 classic that established Disney's name as an industry leader, Snow White took an estimated $43m (£33.1m) domestically, and $87.3m (£67.3m) worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. Image: Pic: Disney In the UK and Ireland, the film took £3.85m, accounting for 43% […]

Bonnets at the ready, with 2025 marking two and a half centuries since Jane Austen's birth, does "bad lad" Mr Darcy still do it for Gen Z?From erotic audio books to one-woman comedy shows, an Austen invasion is under way this year with various reinterpretations of her work being offered up from those savvy enough to spot a marketing opportunity. Many promise their own modern twists on classics like Pride […]

A swathe of celebrities including Sir Stephen Fry and Succession star Brian Cox have urged the government to reverse its "shameful" cuts to welfare.Sir Stephen said the cuts should not be targeted at "the most vulnerable and overlooked of all our population", while Mr Cox recalled his own experience of child poverty and argued the plans would "have a lasting impact on the lives of so many people already finding […]

Former Love Island winner Jack Fincham has won an appeal against his prison sentence for two dangerous dog offences.Fincham, 32, was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment at Southend Magistrates' Court on 29 January after pleading guilty to two counts of having a dangerously out-of-control black cane corso. But within hours of the sentencing, he was released on conditional bail and vowed to appeal it.On Friday, Fincham, who won the ITV […]

Disney's use of CGI to create the seven miners at the heart of the live-action remake of Snow White And The Seven Dwarves has left little people feeling "disregarded" and "erased," according to a disability activist.Comedian, model and content creator Fats Timbo, who has spoken about being bullied as a child, told Sky News she believes Disney has missed a golden opportunity to educate children in what is likely to […]

An actress who worked in a film directed by Noel Clarke said she felt "shell-shocked" when he asked her to "bend over further" during a scene where she was naked from the waist down, the High Court has heard.The woman, known only as Mila, gave evidence on Thursday in Clarke's legal case against Guardian News and Media (GNM).Mila told the court that although she felt uncomfortable about filming the nude […]

A former studio engineer has been charged with stealing Eminem's unreleased music and selling it online.FBI prosecutors say more than 25 songs from the Detroit rapper have been played or distributed online without his or Interscope Capital Labels Group's consent. A federal affidavit said Joseph Strange, a 46-year-old from Michigan, was charged via a criminal complaint with copyright infringement and interstate transportation of stolen goods.Acting US Attorney Julie Beck in […]

Sir Keir Starmer has revealed he is watching Netflix's Adolescence with his family and supports a campaign for it to be shown in parliament and schools.The drama, starring Stephen Graham, depicts the aftermath of the stabbing of a teenage girl - as a 13-year-old boy from her school is arrested for her murder. Politics live: PM challenged over tax rises Graham and co-writer Jack Thorne have said they want it […]

Drag queen James Lee Williams - known as "The Vivienne"- died after taking ketamine, their family has said.Williams, who won the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2019 under their drag name, was found dead at the age of 32 at their home in Cheshire on 5 January. In a statement shared in an Instagram story today, Williams' manager Simon Jones said the "family and I feel it […]