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Millie Bobby Brown to star in, produce Netflix’s ‘Girls I’ve Been’ film

Entertainment

July 30 (UPI) -- Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown is set to lead the cast in a Netflix film based on Tess Sharpe's novel, The Girls I've Been, which will be published in 2021. The 16-year-old actress is producing the project alongside Ozark actor-director Jason Bateman. Advertisement The streaming service described Girls in a press release as "a twisty, exhilarating thriller centering around a con artist, Nora, who must use her powers of persuasion and impersonation to get herself, her girlfriend, and ex-boyfriend free during a hostage situation at a bank." Sharpe is writing the screenplay. "At the core, this book is about being a survivor of abuse and what it is to live not just through it, but beyond it. I really wanted to explore a character who had (through extensive therapy, t...

Shaun Ryder: ‘I think I’ve had coronavirus – but I’m fine, I’ve been isolating for years’

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Shaun Ryder has shared his top tips for surviving the national lockdown - saying he is going to repeat his favourite TV series and learn how to play chess.Speaking to Sky News from his home in Manchester, the Happy Mondays and Black Grape star said he has been "basically self-isolating for the past 10 years, apart from work" so is fully equipped to deal with life indoors. And he thinks both he and his wife, Joanne, may have already had COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, after falling ill at the beginning of the month. Image: Ryder says he believes he and his wife Joanne, pictured in 2014, have both already had coronavirus He is more than content spending the lockdown with Joanne and three of his children - Oliver, 26, Pearl,...

‘I’ve paid $250,000 for a ticket into space’

Business

Ketty Maisonrouge has waited 15 years for a trip that she knows will be out of this world.The 61-year-old business school professor signed up back in 2005 for the promise of five minutes in zero-gravity, paying $ 250,000 (£190,500) to travel beyond the the earth's atmosphere.Now the company that sold her the ticket, Virgin Galactic, says it will finally begin flights this year. Its founder, Sir Richard Branson, will be on the first trip, and Mrs Maisonrouge won't be far behind."Hopefully it will be as amazing as I think," says Mrs Maisonrouge.If all goes to plan, Virgin Galactic will be the first private company to take tourists into space. The company says 600 people have already purchased tickets, including celebrities like Ju...