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Cowardly child killer Thomas Cashman refused to enter Manchester Crown Court to be sentenced for the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel. It meant the drug dealer wasn't in the dock on Monday, April 3, to face Olivia's family and hear Justice Amanda Yip hand down his sentence of life with a minimum of 42 years in jail.

Irish Oscar winner Martin McDonagh has complained of theatres refusing to perform his work because he would not agree to changes in the language. 

Councillors have refused plans for a short-term let in Birnam in an area which has a "critical" housing shortage.

A superhero storm is brewing. Zachary Levi seemingly revealed that fellow DC Universe star Dwayne Johnson changed Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ post-credits scene.

Playing a Disney Princess is a dream role, and it turns out that at least four other stars were interested in landing Anika Noni Rose‘s role as Princess Tiana in 2009′s The Princess and the Frog.

Emmerdale star Roxy Shahidi has revealed she previously refused to film scenes in her underwear for the ITV soap. The actress, 40, who portrays Leyla Cavanagh in Emmerdale, recalled the moment on Steph's Packed Lunch on Thursday, sharing how she was reluctant to take part in the scene, where she was due to be wearing just her bra and pants.

Emmerdale star Roxy Shahidi has revealed how she once refused show bosses' filming requests as her character's fate on the soap was confirmed. The actress has been back in the thick of the action in the ITV soap after Leyla Cavanagh was kidnapped by her former drug dealer Callum after she tried to cross him.

The family of a murdered teenager said they are "delighted" their loved one’s knife killer has been kept behind bars. John Wilson – who stabbed 17-year-old Michelle Stewart to death in the East Ayrshire village of Drongan in 2008 – has been refused parole but can reapply in just eight months' time.

A war hero fought back tears as the Scottish Government stepped in to replace his stolen service medals after heartless MoD bosses refused. Paul Houston was left heartbroken after his hard-earned medals – for service in the Gulf War and Northern Ireland –were stolen 10 years ago when his home was burgled.

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The Bachelor star Zach Shallcross is revealing what he begged and pleaded for during his time as the star of the show, and was ultimately turned down by ABC.

It's hard to believe but Gogglebox has been on our screens for ten years - and of course it has been a total hit with viewers ever since.

King Charles III makes his official ascent to the throne, but the afterparty is shaping up to be anything but epic.According to reports, a long list of British A-listers, ranging from Elton John and Ed Sheeran to Harry Styles and Adele — even the Spice Girls — have declined invitations to perform at the big bash.And while John and Styles are said to have declined due to scheduling conflicts, as the Sun reported on Feb. 25, experts say it’s no wonder so many others have given firm no’s to The Firm.

Certain celebrities have been coming forward for years saying that a select few designers won’t dress them for awards shows.

Daily Mail Australia.The restaurant described itself as “casual but fancy” where “work gear, activewear, singlets, and thongs (flip-flops)” are forbidden.Mr. Miyagi’s management doubled down on their decision to kick out the Gladiator star, saying no one is above their rules. “We treat everyone the same.

Mourning the family patriarch. The Kardashian family has opened up over the years about the painful loss of Robert Kardashian.

Drake‘s armed guards allegedly refused a subpoena issued to the rapper in relation to the murder of XXXtentacion.According to the Miami Herald, Mauricio Padilla, lawyer for Dedrick Williams, one of the three men accused of murdering XXXTentacion, issued a motion last week requiring Drake (real name Aubrey Graham) to deliver a deposition later this month.Padilla alleged that when an attempt was made to deliver the subpoena outside Drake’s California home on February 14, guards not only closed the gates in the face of the servers, but also kicked the subpoena down the driveway.The defence lawyer’s filing also included transcribed audio of the conversation said to have taken place between the process servers and Graham’s guards, reports Rolling Stone.According to the audio, security repeatedly allegedly insisted the process servers had to get off Graham’s property and maintained that they were neither expecting any deliveries, nor authorised to accept anything.In trying to plead their case, one of the process server’s allegedly told the guards: “It is only a subpoena for a virtual deposition, it is not even like a lawsuit bro.”After one final attempt to serve Graham, one of the process server’s apparently said: “By the way, I like Drake.” To which the guard replied, “I am not accepting anything.”Along with trying to serve Drake, Padilla claimed a subpoena was also served to his lawyer Bradford Cohen, asking if he would “accept service on behalf of” the rapper which Cohen allegedly refused.In a filing by Cohen yesterday (February 20), he insisted that the subpoena brought to Drake’s house was not properly served in compliance with California law, arguing that not only was he not authorised to accept service, but neither were

Liam Neeson has revealed his late wife, Natasha Richardson, told him they’d not be getting married if he played James Bond.The Memory actor said that he’d been tapped up in the ’90s over potentially playing 007 in 1995’s Golden Eye. However, it seems Richardson wasn’t bowled over by the idea of her soon-to-be husband playing the hard-drinking, pun-loving lothario.Recalling having his hat thrown into the ring to play Bond, Neeson told Rolling Stone that his late wife had told him “we’re not getting married” if he decided to take the role.“I was not offered James Bond. I know the Broccolis.

Bella Thorne has revealed that there are certain pictures of her that she won’t sign for autographs.

80 for Brady,” Wallace brought up her decades of political activism and arguably the most controversial moment of Fonda’s public life – that infamous photo that resulted in the lasting nickname Hanoi Jane and the de facto blacklisting in Hollywood until she made her comeback with “Fun With Dick and Jane” five years later.When asked by Wallace how she feels about that photo in retrospect, Fonda called it a “terrible mistake.”“I never wanted to go to any military installations. It was the last day of my two-week time there.

Penn Badgley saying no to sex scenes in YOU Season 4 has gone down well but would an actress have had the same luxury? If you are as eagle-eyed as Joe Goldberg from Netflix’s psychological thriller YOU, you may have noticed the subtle but significant dialling down of raunchier scenes the show was famous for in earlier seasons. It turns out this is because the former Gossip Girl star asked to do as few sex scenes as possible out of respect for his wife Domino Kirke.

Zack Sharf Michael B. Jordan earned universal acclaim for his Marvel debut as the villainous Killmonger in “Black Panther,” but it’s a role that came with great sadness. In a new interview with Rolling Stone ahead of “Creed III” opening in theaters, Jordan revealed that he avoided his entire family and didn’t interact with any children during the entirety of the “Black Panther” production. “Killmonger allowed me to access the pain. And the unapologetic frustration that I had,” Jordan said about the role, which forced the actor to confront centuries of Black oppression. “But then, obviously, there’s a sadness that comes along with that. I dove into that for a lot longer than I ever had before. So coming out of that [role] it was hard to want love. Because during shooting I kept myself from family and children, and away from everything that Killmonger never had.”

A finance expert has explained reasons households can refuse a prepayment meter installation after Ofgem has asked all energy firms to stop fitting the devices.

Mesh campaigners claim Health Secretary Humza Yousaf refused to meet them to hear their concerns. Patients blame surgical mesh products for leaving them disabled and in chronic pain and want the Scottish Government to hold an independent review into the use of the products.

telling the story of the first time she heard —and the moment she declined to work with the now Grammy-winning artist. In the story, Perry reveals that she was once sent an email suggesting she check out a “new artist” that someone from her team wanted the “Roar” singer to collaborate with. "It was a song called 'Ocean Eyes,' and it was just a blonde girl," Perry explained in the . "And I was like, ‘Meh, boring.’"Boring, she says! In case you forgot, Eilish when she was around 13 years old.

For the Bravo fans hoping for a one-on-one sit down between Andy Cohen and Jen Shah, we have some bad news for you.

A masked thug sliced open a shopkeeper's arm after he refused to give him money.

A 10-year-old boy killed his mum by shooting her because she refused to buy him a virtual reality headset, prosecutors have said. The boy, from Milwaukee, intentionally aimed the weapon at his mum before pulling the trigger.

Ice Cube revealed that he lost out on a hefty paycheck because he refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine.