Gargieston Primary & ECC Parent Council have been awarded £3,740 from the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund to provide first aid training in East Ayrshire.
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Surreal. That’s how Misan Harriman describes his first time at the Academy Awards earlier this year. Six years before, his wife had bought him a Fujifilm X100 for his 40th birthday and encouraged him to start taking pictures with it. Then there he was, surrounded by the global industry’s most overachieving, himself an Oscar-nominated director.
He had always loved film, having been raised on ’80s and ’90s cinema like The Lost Boys, Big Trouble in Little China and Stand By Me. He describes Home Alone, of all things, as “more than entertainment for troubled kids like me,” and will share his connection to the classic movie’s study of “trauma response” and the way it, and films like it, saved him. Born in Nigeria in 1977, Harriman was the only Black kid at his British boarding school. “With my kind of neurodiversity, I’m not supposed to be good at anything,” he says. “I failed every exam I took, dropped out of school, university, all that.”
Cinema quickly became his way of connecting to the world. He was obsessed with the cinematography of Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, to the point of delivering a school presentation on its use of light when he was 9 years old. “I became a cinephile without even really realizing it. And I guess it was because I was looking for the meaning behind all of the things that confused me about life. I found the answers in film.”
So, why did it take him so long to think it was something he might be able to do for a living? “Self-doubt and self-love are bedfellows,” he says. “I met a woman that fell in love with the parts of myself I was ashamed of and saw the boy in me that saw the world with wonder. She was the one who said, ‘That boy needs to express his point of view.’ I needed someone to love
Gargieston Primary & ECC Parent Council have been awarded £3,740 from the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund to provide first aid training in East Ayrshire.
Metallica have played ‘Inamorata’, their longest song to date, live for the first time – check out footage of the performance below.‘Inamorata’ is taken from the band’s 11th studio album ‘72 Seasons’, and it runs at just over 11 minutes. Metallica are currently touring Europe in support of the album as part of the ‘M72’ tour, and gave the song its live debut on Sunday night (May 26) in Munich, Germany.“This next song, we have never, ever played live before,” frontman James Hetfield told the crowd, as captured in fan-shot video.“And, you know, in our band we don’t recognise the word ‘mistake’, because there are no ‘mistakes’.
Charles Leclerc picked up a very special win at the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2024 on Sunday (May 26) in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
Death in Paradise fans will be thrilled to hear that the BBC show is back and already filming as fans have flown to the Caribbean to pose with new actor Don Gilet on set. The series announced at the beginning of May that Don - who famously played serial killer Lucas Johnson on EastEnders - would become the new star of Death in Paradise. He'll make his debut in the show's feature-length Christmas special this December.
Cassie is speaking out.
The Witcher is coming back, and we’ve got a first look at Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia!
Billie Eilish has said she cried after performing her new song for the first time.Eilish dropped her newest album ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft‘ on Friday (May 17), where she would go on to host a series of listening parties across London, New York and Los Angeles.Now, Eilish has opened up to Radio 1‘s Jack Saunders (via Music News) about watching the album come to life. She told Saunders that she became emotional performing ‘The Greatest’, the record’s sixth track, at her show in Los Angeles last week (May 16).“The count-in happened and I was sitting there on the edge of the stage in front of this tiny crowd and I was like, ‘Woah, I’ve never done this one before’ and it’s really one of my hardest.” she recounted.“I love that song so much.
Just last week, Kerry Katona went under the knife once again for nose surgery to repair the damage done through past years of cocaine abuse - and now she's ready to share how she feels about the results. The 43 year old has revealed that she "burst into tears" after seeing her new nose for the first time and that it could take some time getting used to a difference appearance. She said: "I had a tough week mentally while recovering from my nose surgery, the recovery is going really well but it’s been a shock to the system seeing my new nose.
Taylor Swift has performed ‘How Did It End?’ for the first time ever at her show in Stockholm, Sweden – watch it below.For the singer’s final show in Stockholm, Sweden at the Friends Arena, Swift gave ‘How Did It End?’ its live debut during her surprise section of the show.In the ninth act of her ‘Eras’ tour, Swift often plays two surprise songs – so far, she’s kicked off her European leg with eight live debuts in one show as well as classics ‘Hey Stephen’ and ‘Maroon’ during her Paris date.Swift, who is currently touring with Paramore as a support act, delighted fans by playing ‘How Did It End?’ for the first time.
is still Bennifering.On May 16, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were seen together for the first time since all this started bubbling up. In new photos and video shared —the same tabloid that first reported their alleged split— can be seen picking up and her 16-year-old child, , in an SUV after 15-year-old Fin Affleck’s school play.While InTouch continues to report that the couple is “no longer sleeping under the same roof” and a source that the pair arrived separately, Affleck can clearly be seen wearing his wedding ring while keeping his left hand on the wheel.
A 'brave' and 'inspirational' axe attack survivor was found dead six years after a brutal assault that 'completely changed his life.'
for the first time since , with in a white crop top and a dramatically oversized black blazer (which you can see on ). She finished the look with low-rise black pants and sunglasses. Walking beside her, Justin was on brand in a baggy vintage band tee and highlighter green lounge shorts.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This is the first time Bieber's baby bump has been seen in public since the couple posted photos from their maternity shoot on Instagram on March 9.
Five years after Meghan Markle bravely confessed to international audiences that she wasn't okay, the duchess has recently shared a bright and hopeful overview of her life.
Ant McPartlin has welcomed his first child into the world and disclosed his extraordinarily unique name.
Meryl Streep is back at the Cannes Film Festival after a 35-year absence!
Marc Anthony was the star of the Miami Grand Prix, as the artist chosen to sing the national anthem. After his unforgettable performance, the singer had another commitment releated to sports.
Louise Thompson has recalled feeling like she was in a 'sick nightmare' as she recounted the terrifying moments of her labour for the first time. The reality star and her fiance Ryan Libby welcomed their first child, Leo, into the world back in November 2021 after suffering a heartbreaking miscarriage in 2020.
World-famous DJ Avicii’s ex-girlfriend, Emily Goldbert, has died at the age of just 34 - six years after the death of the Wake Me Up hitmaker. Emily died from a pulmonary embolism on April 3 in La Jolla, California, having just last year had celebrated being "cancer free" in a moving post on social media. Her family described the 34 year old as a "vivacious and unique person who experienced many adventures in her all too brief life".
Fans of the iconic Noughties reality TV series The Simple Life will be rejoicing with the news that the two stars of the show, Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton, are now working together on a new series, according to TMZ.The two women rose to fame more than 20 years ago when their reality series became a hit around the world.The premise of the show was that Nicole, the adopted daughter of Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey, and Paris, the great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels, were two young and very wealthy socialites who left behind their luxurious lives to try out menial jobs, and discover what life would be like without the money they were used to. Over five seasons, the pair worked in fast food restaurants, tried their hands at being camp counsellors, did farm work and travelled across the US in a pink pickup truck, doing jobs such as making sausages and even working as maids at a nudist resort.
Ellise Shafer Eras Tour attendees, welcome to “The Tortured Poets Department.” At Taylor Swift‘s Paris concert on Thursday night — the European kickoff of the record-breaking tour and her first show since the album’s release — the pop icon debuted several of the new songs live at La Défense Arena, starting with “But Daddy I Love Him.” Swift kicked off the show with her usual opener, “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince,” playing songs from both her “Lover” and “Fearless” eras. Then she switched up the set order, performing tracks from “Red,” “Speak Now” and “Reputation,” instead of transitioning to “Evermore,” as she had during the previous leg of the tour.