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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freePaul Grant, who has died, opened up about “blowing” his Star Wars fortune and “drinking too much” in a video filmed just three weeks ago.The video is filmed at London’s King’s Cross station, where he collapsed on Thursday (16 March). He was pronounced braindead after being rushed to hospital and, three days later, his family decided to switch off his life support machine.His family…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeStar Wars actor Paul Grant has died aged 56, after collapsing outside a London station.The actor was found by police at King’s Cross on Thursday (16 March), and was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced braindead.His family have announced that they made the decision to switch off his life support machine on Sunday (19 March).Daughter Sophie Jayne Grant, 28, told The Sun she is…

Former FC Barcelona soccer player Gerard Piqué unveiled a huge banner in Barcelona on Friday throwing shade at mainstream soccer for being “scared” of his new Twitch soccer league, the Kings League, and its upcoming final at the famed Camp Nou stadium. “The thought of us filling up Camp Nou really scares them,” the banner read in Spanish and Catalan, part of Piqué’s final push to sell out the 99,000-seat Camp Nou stadium, the largest in Europe, for the Kings League final on March 26. Although the Kings League did not…

Photo: Courtesy of the Kings League InfoJobsAfter being written off as a “circus” by mainstream soccer officials, Gerard Piqué’s new Kings League continues to prove that, actually, there are hundreds of thousands of people completely hooked on this specific type of wacky, free-for-all sport. As they say in showbiz, the show must go on.The Kings League is an indoor soccer league started by Piqué, a former defense player with FC Barcelona, that debuted in January. For the uninitiated, it’s like a soccer video game in real…

Kelly Jones of Stereophonics’ new band Far From Saints has been announced as special guests for Kings of Leon’s upcoming May Bank Holiday shows.The band, which features Jones and Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker from The Wind and The Wave, will join the rock legends for two huge outdoor shows taking. place at the iconic Racecourse Ground, home of Wrexham AFC, on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th May 2023.The first show sold out instantly. Local Wrexham-based indie band The Declan Swans will also be joining the bill.Far From Saints…

Paradox Interactive has announced new downloadable content (DLC) for medieval grand strategy game Crusader Kings 3, with Tours And Tournaments set to allow the hosting of extravagant events in players’ kingdoms. Tours And Tournaments was announced today (March 6) during the Paradox Announcement Show. Set to launch this spring, Tours And Tournaments will allow players to host celebrations and tournaments in their realm, along with the ability for rulers to tour their lands. Tournaments will offer a means of improving the…

One of Loveland’s newest breakfast spots may be sharing their space with another longtime downtown restaurant, but the owners are working to make a name for themselves in the local early hours food game. Jesus Madrib makes a Mexican omelette Friday, March 3, 2023, in the kitchen at Egg Kings in Loveland. The new downtown breakfast eatery is sharing the Cactus Grille space to serve breakfast downtown. (Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald) The Egg Kings, started by brothers-in-law Jesus Madrib and Cristobal Macias,…

BARCELONA, Spain — Getting to the Cupra Arena, home of Gerard Piqué’s Kings League, to see a face-off between a Twitch streamer and a former Real Madrid goalkeeper requires patience and a prayer. Patience because there’s a chance you’ll end up driving in circles in the middle of nowhere, and a prayer that your taxi driver won’t get fed up and leave you stranded in the industrial outskirts of Barcelona.Upon arrival, there’s a good chance you’ll get mobbed by teenagers hoping to catch a glimpse of soccer legends or internet…

Howdy, I’m your host, Iliana Limón Romero, in for Houston Mitchell, who is probably refining his preferred Dodgers opening day lineup. Let’s get right to the news.From Helene Elliott: Every now and then, goaltender Jonathan Quick would flash his glove or kick out his leg or repel an intruder from his crease with a feisty shove and it would feel like the Kings’ best years all over again.But those moments recently had become all too rare for Quick, who was the most valuable player in the Kings’ surprisingly dominant 2012…

Kings of Leon will play two huge outdoor shows at Racecourse Ground, home of Wrexham AFC, on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th May 2023.Taking place over the Bank Holiday weekend, the shows follow the band’s massive UK arena tour in 2022. That run included two shows at The O2 in London and it was the band’s first UK shows since headlining Reading and Leeds Festival in 2018.The Racecourse Ground is the world’s oldest international stadium that still continues to host international games. Formed in 1864, Wrexham AFC are the…