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Scottish Sun
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Oasis' Noel Gallagher looks miserable as he watches Man City lose with daughter Anais and her famous boyfriend
See what his brother Liam had to say about the game no wonder ball Oasis' Noel Gallagher looks miserable as he watches Man City lose with daughter Anais and her famous boyfriend Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) NOEL Gallagher looked utterly dejected as he watched his beloved Manchester City lose to Crystal Palace this afternoon. The rocker, 57, was joined by his daughter Anais and her actor boyfriend Callum Howells to watch the underdog pull off one of the biggest FA Cup final upsets in recent memory by beating Man City 1-0 at Wembley Stadium. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 Noel Gallagher could be seen with his head in his hands at the Emirates FA Cup Final Crystal Palace v Manchester City match Credit: Paul Marriott 5 Noel was with daughter Anais and her actor boyfriend Callum Howells Credit: Getty Noel was seen looking animated at one point as he chatted to It's A Sin star Callum, who has been dating Anais, 25, for well over a year now. Anais, who is Noel's daughter with his ex Meg Matthews, was spotted wearing a Man City shirt for the big game. Noel and his brother Liam are both life long fans of the team and will no doubt be devastated by the result. Liam, who was not at the game, posted on X afterwards: "Utter s*** respect to palace." The outing with Anais comes after The Sun revealed the famous brothers have been consulting their children over which hits to play for their upcoming Oasis Live '25 tour. Anais has been picking out Oasis tracks popular on TikTok. A source said: 'TikTok has the power to bring songs from the Nineties and Noughties back to the mainstream. "Lesser-known tracks by Oasis, including Bonehead's Bank Holiday and Talk Tonight, are being shared on the app among the younger generation. 'Noel and Liam love that some of their less famous songs are being talked about on TikTok.' The model, who boasts 160,600 followers on TikTok, often uses Oasis tracks to accompany videos she shares on the platform. Inside Noel & Liam Gallagher's first Oasis show in 16 years at surprise venue where they enraged neighbour The model and photographer — whose mum is Noel's ex Meg Mathews — filmed one clip of her applying lip gloss, to the 1995 Oasis track She's Electric. She has also shared a video of herself lip-synching to the band's 1994 song Digsy's Dinner — captioned: 'Silly song.' Speaking about the track, from album Definitely Maybe, she said: 'It's definitely not my favourite.' Noel previously revealed Anais loved the band's 2002 tune Little By Little, from their album Heathen Chemistry. Before playing the song during a gig at London's O2 in 2012, Noel told the audience: 'I'm dedicating this to my daughter — she said it was her favourite song when she was nine.'' 5 Noel could barely look at what was going on Credit: Paul Marriott 5 Anais wore a Man City top for the game Credit: James Curley
The Irish Sun
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Oasis' Noel Gallagher looks miserable as he watches Man City lose with daughter Anais and her famous boyfriend
NOEL Gallagher looked utterly dejected as he watched his beloved Manchester City lose to Crystal Palace this afternoon. The rocker, 57, was joined by 5 Noel Gallagher could be seen with his head in his hands at the Emirates FA Cup Final Crystal Palace v Manchester City match Credit: Paul Marriott 5 Noel was with daughter Anais and her actor boyfriend Callum Howells Credit: Getty Noel was seen looking animated at one point as he chatted to It's A Sin star Callum, who has been dating Anais, 25, for well over a year now. Anais, who is Noel's daughter with his ex Meg Matthews, was spotted wearing a Noel and his brother Liam are both life long fans of the team and will no doubt be devastated by the result. Liam, who was not at the game, posted on X afterwards: "Utter s*** respect to palace." Read More on Noel Gallagher The outing with Anais comes after The Sun revealed the famous brothers have been consulting their children over which hits to play for their upcoming Oasis Live '25 tour. Anais has been picking out Oasis tracks popular on TikTok. A source said: 'TikTok has the power to bring songs from the Nineties and Noughties back to the mainstream. "Lesser-known tracks by Oasis, including Bonehead's Bank Holiday and Talk Tonight, are being shared on the app among the younger generation. Most read in Football 'Noel and Liam love that some of their less famous songs are being talked about on TikTok.' The model, who boasts 160,600 followers on TikTok, often uses Oasis tracks to accompany videos she shares on the platform. Inside Noel & Liam Gallagher's first Oasis show in 16 years at surprise venue where they enraged neighbour The model and photographer — whose mum is She has also shared a video of herself lip-synching to the band's 1994 song Digsy's Dinner — captioned: 'Silly song.' Speaking about the track, from album Definitely Maybe, she said: 'It's definitely not my favourite.' Noel previously revealed Anais loved the band's 2002 tune Little By Little, from their album Heathen Chemistry. Before playing the song during a gig at London's O2 in 2012, Noel told the audience: 'I'm dedicating this to my daughter — she said it was her favourite song when she was nine.'' 5 Noel could barely look at what was going on Credit: Paul Marriott 5 Anais wore a Man City top for the game Credit: James Curley 5 Noel has been a life long fan of the team Credit: James Curley
Channel 4
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Channel 4
Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu to lead new drama 'Falling' written by Jack Thorne
Filming has commenced in Wales and Bristol on major new Channel 4 drama, Falling, produced by The Forge Entertainment, a Banijay UK company (National Treasure, The Buccaneers, Marriage). Keeley Hawes (Scoop, Miss Austen) will star as Anna, a devoted nun, and Paapa Essiedu (Black Mirror, The Lazarus Project) as David, a Catholic priest, in BAFTA award-winning writer Jack Thorne's (Adolescence, Help) first ever love story. Both are deeply committed to their work in the church and in their community. Neither are expected to fall in love. But when they do, both are forced to wrestle with what it means for them, their vows, and their relationship with God. Falling is a witty, moving, contemporary romantic drama that is as honest as it is full of heart. Also joining the cast of Falling are Rakie Ayola (The Pact, Kaos), Jason Watkins (Coma, The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies), Niamh Cusack (The Virtues, Heartbeat), Adrian Scarborough (Gavin and Stacey, The Chelsea Detective), David Dawson (My Policeman, The Last Kingdom), Susan Brown (Mr Bates vs The Post Office, It's A Sin), Sandra Voe (Howards End, Vera Drake) and introducing TV newcomers, Holly Rhys and Shayde Sinclair. Keeley Hawes says: 'I'm thrilled to be taking on the role of Anna and so looking forward to working alongside the brilliant Paapa Essiedu to bring Jack Thorne's beautiful scripts to life.' Paapa Essiedu says: 'Falling is a story that has Jack Thorne's singular talent of mining the sublime out of the ordinary running all the way through. I can't wait to work with Keeley, Peter and the rest of the team to bring this world to life.' Jack Thorne says: 'I never thought I'd write a love story, but I am very excited to be making one with the brilliant Peter Hoar. We feel so lucky we have persuaded the mighty (and lovely) Keeley Hawes, the brilliant (and also lovely) Paapa Essiedu and the most amazing company of (lovely) actors to come make this with us, The Forge and Channel 4.' Gwawr Lloyd, Commissioning Editor, Drama adds: 'The combination of Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu, alongside Jack Thorne's incredible scripts and Peter Hoar's direction means this will be the most extraordinary show. We are so excited to bring this unique and compelling love story to Channel 4.' A 6x60' drama from The Forge, Falling is executive produced by George Ormond, George Faber and Jack Thorne. Joe Donaldson (Cobra, Ripper Street, Peaky Blinders) is the producer and Peter Hoar (It's A Sin, The Last of Us, Umbrella Academy) will direct. Falling has been commissioned for Channel 4 by Ollie Madden, Director of Film4 and Channel 4 Drama and Gwawr Lloyd, Commissioning Editor, Drama. Falling will be distributed internationally by Banijay Rights. Transmission details will be announced in due course. *ENDS* Notes to Editors About The Forge: The Forge, a Banijay UK company, is a UK based drama production company with an unrivalled reputation for high quality, ambitious and influential TV drama, working in collaboration with the UK's leading creative talent. The company has produced a wide range of award-winning dramas including Jack Thorne's 'National Treasure' starring Robbie Coltrane and Julie Walters, 'Help' starring Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham, David Hare's 'Collateral' and 'Roadkill', starring Carey Mulligan and Hugh Laurie respectively and Anya Reiss's 'Becoming Elizabeth' for Starz in the US. Most recently, The Forge have produced major 8-part series 'The Buccaneers' created and written by Katherine Jakeways for Apple TV+,; 4-part Disney+ series 'Shardlake' by Stephen Butchard, 'Generation Z', a six-part series and the first original TV project from Ben Wheatley for Channel 4 and 'Just Act Normal', a youth-skewing darkly comic series from award-winning writer Janice Okoh for BBC Three/BBC iPlayer. The Forge currently has multiple, high profile new titles for both linear and SVOD platforms in production, including season 2 of 'The Buccaneers' for Apple TV+ and a brand-new adaptation of 'A Woman of Substance' for Channel 4, written by Katherine Jakeways and co-written by Roanne Bardsley.
BBC News
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies hits back at 'wokeness' criticisms
Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies has hit back at criticisms that the show is too "woke", saying he has no time for complaints from "online warriors".The long-running BBC sci-fi show returned last week with Ncuti Gatwa reprising his role as the Doctor alongside newcomer Varada Sethu as the latest companion, marking first time the Tardis team has been comprised of non-white told BBC Radio 2: "Someone always brings up matters of diversity. And there are online warriors accusing us of diversity and wokeness and involving messages and issues."And I have no time for this. I don't have a second to bear [it]. Because what you might call diversity, I just call an open door." Asked on Radio 2's Doctor Who: 20 Secrets from 20 Years if he writes such themes into the show consciously, the Welshman replied: "I don't even know if it's conscious. That's life, and I think it's the only way to write."Davies, who also wrote acclaimed TV dramas Queer As Folk and It's A Sin, added that he felt it was harder to write using "a narrow window" of references."Why limit yourself? Why breathe in the exhaust fumes? Why be toxic? Come over here where the life and light and air and sound is."Sethu, who made her debut last week as Gatwa's character's new companion, Belinda Chandra, also recently addressed claims around the show's perceived "wokeness", suggesting that meant it was on the right track."There's been a couple of 'Doctor Woke' [comments] or whatever," she told the Radio Times. "But I just think we're doing the right thing if we're getting comments like that."She continued: "Woke just means inclusive, progressive, and that you care about people. And, as far as I know, the core of Doctor Who is kindness, love and doing the right thing." 'Not something huge' Addressing the same subject, Gatwa told the Radio Times that their collaboration represented "progress, in terms of how we reflect the societies that we live in"."That's something incredible that media can do, and that's what it's doing," he added."But it's also exciting to look forward to a day when [having non-white leads] isn't something huge."Doctor Who was first broadcast on the BBC in 1963, portrayed by William Hartnell, and the show has undergone many changes in recent head writer Chris Chibnall introduced Jodie Whittaker as the first female Doctor in 2017, before Davies chose Gatwa to appear as the first black Time Lord from have been unconfirmed reports in recent weeks that Gatwa is set to leave and that the show may be facing the axe. The BBC has said any decision on a new series would be made after the current series ends.
The Guardian
04-04-2025
- Health
- The Guardian
Fear, joy, solidarity: exhibition explores 40 years of HIV activism in Manchester
Paul Fairweather was in his late 20s when he volunteered to take calls from terrified members of the public for Manchester AIDSline, an organisation he set up with five friends in response to the impact of HIV across the city. Though it was four decades ago now, he still remembers some of the conversations. 'Some of the calls had a really big impact on you,' he says. 'I had a phone call from a woman who was phoning up about her son who had Aids. And as she was talking, I realised that I knew her son. 'She was just in tears – and it was really early on, so you wanted to reassure people, but the reality was he was probably going to die quite soon because there were no treatments.' Now for the first time in history, the logbook from this invaluable service can be seen by the public as part of the exhibition ACTING UP! 40 Years of HIV Activism at Manchester central library, which is open until December. Handwritten notes about calls taken over a span of a couple of days in November 1985 show how people phoned to ask questions about the risk of oral sex, to discuss virus symptoms they might have had and to ask about clinic opening times. Many callers were the 'worried well' who were anxious about catching HIV despite being at no risk, such was the stigma of the virus, says Fairweather. 'People would phone up either too nervous or too scared to say anything,' he says. 'It feels really strange,' says the activist on this piece of his history becoming part of a public exhibition, which was created by the George House Trust, the HIV charity that Manchester AIDSline turned into. 'It doesn't seem 40 years ago, but it's great to see it. To remember what it was like in those early days is really important.' The logs and other materials from the George House Trust's archive were used by the charity's patron, Russell T Davies, in writing the Channel 4 television drama It's A Sin, which went on to receive a record-busting 12 Bafta nominations after it aired in 2021. Joe Tanzer, the project lead, says: 'The phone calls that happen in It's a Sin are real-life stories from the Manchester AIDSline logbooks.' The year 1985, when the phone line was started, was also when the first HIV tests became available, and the materials made at the time helped people weigh up the positives and negatives of testing. Tanzer says: 'So people have this dilemma of: 'Do I test for it or not, because there's no treatment. Do I want to know that I've got that?'' Fast forward to 2025 and the message has changed entirely. 'It's very different to the kind of context now where it's all about knowing your status.' The archive shows that, as well as the help and support provided to gay men, the charity had services specifically for women and black communities, who also found themselves affected. Personal testimonies tell stories from the past four decades, and there is an emphasis on the oral histories of five women, who include Michelle Croston, a professor who spent much of her career as a HIV nurse, and Agatha Phiri, a woman originally from Malawi who runs a charity for women with HIV in Oldham called Agatha's Space. There are fundraising materials, such as raffle tickets, flyers, comics and protest T-shirts, some of which were worn by Fairweather, who was awarded an MBE in 2023 for his activism. Tanzer said he hoped the exhibition would 'put the north on the map', adding: 'Because as the history of HIV gets written, London is tending to eclipse other centres of activism, and Manchester really was one of them, and still is.' The city is fiercely proud of its activist history around HIV. While London is working on a memorial to those killed by the disease, Manchester has had one for 25 years, a metal sculpture called the Beacon of Hope in Sackville Gardens in Manchester's gay village. 'Manchester has been kind of leading the way in that sense but it's not as well known,' Tanzer said. Also featured in the exhibition, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, are protest banners used in the 1980s, which are displayed in the library's grand first-floor reading room until the end of May. The materials on display show how the campaigners deployed wit to help spread their message. Tanzer says: 'In 1993, Virginia Bottomley, the then health secretary for the Conservative government, cut funding to HIV. So they protested [against] her … and at some point someone worked out her name was an anagram. 'There's a picture of them all standing there spelling out her name, Virginia Bottomley, and they do a little shuffle, and then it says 'I'm an evil Tory bigot'. It's just brilliant.' Tanzer adds: 'So it's not just sad. There's so much involved in the activism, it's about joy and solidarity and action, and strength in community as well.'
