EXCLUSIVE: Global TV and film studio Sister is gearing up for a string of projects to hit the small and big screens and today might well see the launch of its most daring.
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The parents of a baby boy who became Britain's youngest ever organ donor have welcomed a new little girl into the world ten years on.
Teddy Houlston made history by becoming the UK's youngest organ donor aged just 100 minutes, after being born with the fatal congenital brain condition anencephaly.
The family have now welcomed a new sister, baby Bodhi, for his surviving twin brother Noah a decade later. Parents Jess and Mike Houlston invited the Mirror into their home to meet little Bodhi.
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The couple said her arrival has been a great comfort to Noah, who has felt the loss of his brother even though they never got to know each other - common in a surviving twin.
Jess said: "He is besotted. Every single night he would ask, 'When can we have another baby?' He has always been missing something."
Bodhi was born on February 11 and Jess, 37, said she can see Teddy in her. She said: "I have felt joy with her in a way I wasn't able to feel after Teddy. She is just amazing, I'm enjoying every second. She has Teddy's mouth. When she is out for the count, her mouth wide open, she looks just like him. It's nice, we only have so many minutes-worth of memories of him."
Mike, 39, told the Mirror how Bodhi's arrival has brought a sense of wholeness again. He said: "I think you can describe it like a puzzle with a piece that was kind of always missing.
"Teddy will always be here, but with Bodhi it feels almost complete now. We say Noah has missing twin syndrome, he always needs company."
After Jess and Mike bravely opened up about Teddy's story in April 2015, more than 100,000 people signed the organ donation register. And the organ donation opt-out system, named
EXCLUSIVE: Global TV and film studio Sister is gearing up for a string of projects to hit the small and big screens and today might well see the launch of its most daring.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Viggo Mortensen revealed in an interview with GQ UK magazine that he used Aragorn’s iconic sword Andúril from “Lord of the Rings” in his latest movie, “The Dead Don’t Hurt.” Mortensen wrote and directed the 19th century Western, in which he stars as a Danish immigrant separated from his love (Vicky Krieps) during the Civil War. For one fantasy sequence in the film, Mortensen asked his “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson if he had his permission to use Aragorn’s sword again on screen. Mortensen played the character in Jackson’s original “Rings” trilogy and kept the sword after production wrapped.
Khruangbin.Listen to ‘People Never Change’ below.The new album is set to capture the group’s personal evolution, which has expanded since marriages and children.“BETA is a collection of stories about the future told 50 years in the past, to make sense of the present, on our only home, planet Earth,” said the band in a press release.‘BETA’ was just one of five album titles that could have been selected for the project. They wrote down all five, put them in a hat, and let drummer Karan Singh’s six-month-old son reach in and pick.A post shared by Peter Cat Recording Co.
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Radio 1 DJ Mollie King has opened up about how she discovered her inner strength after two major life events occurred within a fortnight.The 36 year old welcomed her baby girl, Annabella, in November 2022, but also tragically lost her father, Stephen, to a brain tumour just 10 days later. She described this period as the most challenging she's ever faced, but also a time of self-discovery. Speaking to Women's Health UK, Mollie shared: "My dad was the healthiest person I knew.
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A pensioner who died on a flight which hit severe turbulence has been named. Geoffrey Ralph Kitchen is said to have passed away from a heart attack after being thrown from side to side on a Boeing 777 bound for Singapore.
Susan Boyle looked completely unrecognisable as she walked the red carpet at The Pride of Scotland Awards at The Hilton Hotel in Glasgow last night (May 21).The singer smiled for photographs and wore a stunning pale pink jumpsuit that was embellished with feather sleeves and paired it with silver accessories. Susan wore her hair in a sleek bob and opted for glowy make-up.
Ant McPartlin will return to work on Tuesday tomorrow, just one week after he became a dad for the first time according to recent reports.
YG Entertainment has announced plans for BABYMONSTER and TREASURE to release new music in the coming months.Today (May 20), YG Entertainment released a video featuring founder Yang Hyun-suk announcing and detailing upcoming plans for BABYMONSTER and TREASURE to release new music in the coming months.Yang first announced that a performance video for BABYMONSTER’s ‘BABYMONS7ER’ album cut ‘Like That’, which was produced and gifted to the group by Charlie Puth, will be released sometime by the end of the month.He also shared that the seven-piece will then be gearing up to release their first full-length album sometime in October. While Yang himself only verbally mentioned October as a release window, the English subtitles noted that the release would be in “either September or October”.In the lead-up to BABYMONSTER’s upcoming album, Yang shared that the girl group will be dropping a song from the album as a pre-release single sometime in July.
Britain's Got Talent is well underway and the much-loved talent show, which has catapulted acts like Susan Boyle and Diversity to fame, is offering another batch of talented hopefuls the chance to win a whopping £250,000 and perform at the prestigious Royal Variety Performance. New judge Bruno Tonioli is back for his second season, after taking over from David Walliams last year. He sits on the panel alongside Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon.
Bridgerton's very own Florence Hunt, who plays the charming Hyacinth Bridgerton, has just shared a regal secret about her attire in the much-anticipated third season of the Netflix sensation.The young actress revealed to People magazine that she wore a dress with a direct connection to none other than Princess Diana herself, with the garment fashioned from a remnant of a gown previously adorned by the late princess.The 17 year old British actress couldn't contain her excitement about the costume department's magic touch, exclaiming: "I wore this beautiful blue dress, and I believe it was a cut off from Princess Diana's dress that she wore at some point. A cut off from one of her dresses that they made for Princess Diana and they made a dress out of that fabric, which was mental." Florence was over the moon about her favourite costume piece and even got to keep a piece of the fabric after the shoot wrapped up.
Billy Corgan‘s new unscripted series Adventures in Carnyland has just dropped – watch the trailer below.The Smashing Pumpkins co-founder first announced the news in February, and the show will reportedly focus on his involvement in wrestling. Corgan has served as the president of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) since 2017.The eight-episode series, Billy Corgan‘s Adventures In Carnyland, is set to premiere on the CW on May 14 and will let fans “see behind the scenes of SP, Billy’s family and wedding, the NWA and more”.Speaking about the series, Corgan said: “Rebuilding the historic NWA brand has been both an honor and challenge, and this show opens the doors wide so to speak.
Piers Morgan has appeared on Lorraine after his bombshell interview with Baby Reindeer's 'real-life Martha' Fiona Harvey which aired on Thursday.
Superstar Susan Boyle has revealed her dream of duetting with Lewis Capaldi and hopes they can one day do a comedy sketch together.
Britain's Got Talent winner Jai McDowall has finally spoken out about his long-standing feud with Simon Cowell, which lasted a whopping eight years. After winning the talent show in 2011, Jai was catapulted to stardom overnight, leaving him stunned as fans across the country clamoured for his autographs and screamed his name. However, fame is not without its pitfalls, and after losing his record contract, an innocent comment about BGT boss Simon Cowell sparked an uncomfortable eight-year feud.
Superstar Susan Boyle has revealed her dream of duetting with Lewis Capaldi and hopes they can one day do a comedy sketch together.
K.J. Yossman “Baby Reindeer” star Richard Gadd and “Jurassic Park” icon Jeff Goldblum are among those set to present a BAFTA TV award on Sunday night.