Netflix Million Dollar Beach House star Sara Burack killed in hit-and-run in Hamptons as cops launch manhunt for driver

A manhunt hunt for the driver has been launched by the cops
STAR LOST Netflix Million Dollar Beach House star Sara Burack killed in hit-and-run in Hamptons as cops launch manhunt for driver
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SARA Burack, the star of Netflix's Million Dollar Beach House, has been killed in a hit-and-run in the Hamptons.
Cops have launched a manhunt for the driver.
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Sara Burack has died having been involved in a hit-and-run incident in the Hamptons
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Sara died following the hit-and-run incident on Thursday afternoon, police and reports say.
The 40-year-old was found unconscious by police on a Hampton Bays road shortly before 3pm and the motorist who struck and killed her remains at large, police said.

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Scottish Sun

38 minutes ago

• Scottish Sun

Coronation Street legend Sue Cleaver gives health update after quitting ITV soap – and reveals TV and Loose Women future

The actress revealed exactly when she made the decision to leave the soap - and it may surprise you CORONATION Street legend Sue Cleaver has given fans a fresh health update after quitting the ITV soap after 25 years. The actress, who played telly favourite Eileen Grimshaw since 2000, waved goodbye to the cobbles in an emotional exit episode earlier this month. 7 Coronation Street's Sue Cleaver has opened up about her health in a new interview Credit: Rex 7 The Loose Women star admitted she felt 'faint' at times while filming the show Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 7 Sue said she has taken control of her life again with the use of Dexcom Credit: Dexcom 7 Sue said she is chuffed with her Corrie legacy as the star exited the soap after 25 years Credit: Shutterstock Editorial Behind-the-scenes, Sue, 61, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes over 20 years ago, and while she's known for her strength on screen, the star admitted at times she'd feel faint while filming. But the star has now revealed that the use of Dexcom, a continuous glucose monitor, has helped give her back control of her life. Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Sue said: "I think there is a lot of misunderstanding around diabetes, people tell you can't eat chocolate or sugar - but where I struggle with my diabetes is when I'm about to go on stage or when I'm about to go on Loose Women or live shows. "Before I go on I'd have to prick my finger and check if my sugar is stable enough to get me to the interval or do I need to eat." Sue admitted there has been times that she's felt "faint" on screen. "If I'm about to go on stage or live shows and I don't know if I'm going to make it if my sugars aren't stable enough, and I don't have time to prick my finger, you tend to think 'let me eat this thing now' and then you tend to feel the effects of it later or the middle of the show. "But with Dexcom, I just have to look at my phone and see my sugar levels, it takes all of the worry out of it." TV FUTURE After quitting the soap, Sue has now also revealed what her future TV career plans include and whether or not she'll join a rival soap. She told us: "I'm chuffed with my Coronation Street legacy, they gave me a wonderful send off and the ending that I asked for and I wanted Eileen's exit to mirror what I feel I'm doing and what I want other women to do - to live fearlessly, don't let fear hold you back, be who you want to be. "It's never too late to try something new, that's what I wanted for her, this realisation for her to go 'hang on a minute, I don't have to stay, I can do something completely different, all it takes is courage. Coronation Street's Eileen Grimshaw waves goodbye to the cobbles after 25 years "I think people forget that you either have courage or you don't, courage is a muscle, start really small and put yourself our of your comfort zone for a couple of minutes a day, enquire about book club or evening class, because that muscle really does." Sue said her final scenes "brought a tear to her eye" as she saw a row of taxis lined up down the street, with her character having worked at StreetCars taxi firm during her time on the soap. "There were moments when I had a little wave of emotion, we filmed the final scene on a Thursday and we went out for dinner and I came back on the Friday to do some other scenes and at the end of that it was really weird feeling, but it felt right." The TV star admitted she now has the "freedom" to explore other passion projects after spending over two decades at ITV. She said: "It was the right time for me to go, the door is still open, my hearts there, my husband still works there, I still see them all. "But for now, it's absolutely the right thing, it's time for me to have some freedom, to not be committed to things, to do passion projects, which is why I'm going back to the theatre. "I love doing Loose Women, there are other things I want to do and there is a lot more of the world I want to see." Although Sue has the freedom to join other soaps, she admitted her loyalties still lie with Corrie, saying: "I don't think so at this stage, I think I'm very committed to Corrie and Corrie has been very committed to me. "I've been incredibly fortunate and it gave me the opportunity that not many actresses have, to be at home, to be there for my son in the morning and put him to bed at night and to have a proper home life, whereas normally you have to go where the work is. "I've been extremely fortunate, it's not lost on me how lucky I've been, it has a big place in my heart." SUE'S DECISION TO LEAVE Soap fans were devastated after it was announced that matriarch Eileen was set to leave the soap, just months after Helen Worth, who played Gail Platt, also said farewell. She said: "Weirdly enough I remember quite a long time before it came out that Helen was going, she rang me and said 'I just wanted to ring and tell you I'm leaving', and I went 'Helen, I just want to tell you I'm leaving as well'." A number of stars on the soap have been axed over the last few years amid budget cuts. However, Sue, who starred on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2022, admitted she left the soap on her terms and had made the decision years ago. "I made the decision to leave when I went and did the jungle, I'd known for a while, it had been a while in the planning," she said. HEALTH UPDATE Sue has opened up about wearing the Dexcom ONE+, a continuous glucose monitor that helps track her glucose levels to manage her Type 2 diabetes. Sue said: "Dexcom has made a big difference in my life, having diabetes and having decision fatigue - it can be a mental marathon all the time. "Diabetes is lifelong and the management is lifelong and you do get tired thinking about what you can eat and what impact it's going to have. "What I love about Dexcom, it helps me see how my body is reacting to stress, food in real time. It stops me needing to guess but it tracks all the trends. Dexcom is a small, fast and easy to use, helping to simplify diabetes management for those with Type 2. Dexcom's new State of Type 2 Report - which looked at patients and doctors in the UK and other key European cities - discovered 72% of those living with Type 2 Diabetes believe that using a CGM device helps to improve their lives, a further 74% believe that it would also reduce the risk of complications. EXIT STORYLINE Sue said she told ITV bosses that she wanted her on-screen son Ryan Thomas to return as part of her exit storyline. She said: "I asked for Ryan to come back, I rang him even before I rang Corrie to let him know I was leaving. I told him not to say anything and asked him to come back and he went 'I'd have to for my mother'. They asked me what plan of exit I'd like and I said I want Eileen to go off to Thailand to start her new life and Ryan to come back and take me." The theatre star said she now has the freedom work on various other projects after dedicating over two decades to the soap. "I won't miss being tied to people, I'm really enjoying my freedom and getting up in the morning and going to the gym and deciding what to do with my day," she continued. "Everything I do now are passion projects like going back to the theatre. "I've got so much going on at the minute." Although Sue is no long on Corrie, she has her hands full with other TV jobs including being a panelist on Loose Women. But the star firmly hit back at rumours that the panel is feuding. Sue said: "I love it. I've known the girls for years, it's such a fun thing to do. It's that typical thing, Denise and I will disagree with something on the show, we're great mates, we've known each other for 26 years but then there are rumours that they've fallen out, we've not fallen out over anything. "People don't say that when you see Match of the Day, can we not please move on. "It is one big family and a huge amount of loyalty. We're very honest and brave and we put ourselves out there and in order to do that we have to feel very safe. "We don't wear our heart on our sleeve and talk about things like that when you don't feel safe. "There aren't clashes, we're making our programme and doing our job - it's just different opinions, we're not falling out with each other. I get on with everybody, I love them all. It's just really nice." Last month it was announced that Loose Women will air for only 30 weeks of the year from January. Speaking about her Loose Women future, Sue said: "Nobody knows what's happening in TV, I'm just getting on with what I'm doing in my life and I'm just enjoying it. "I've had a great time on it, I've had a great ride, I don't know what will happen in the future - I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow or the next hour." 7 Sue has hit back at rumours that the Loose Women panel is feuding Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 7 The actress revealed the moment she knew she wanted to leave the soap Credit: ITV

The Guardian

an hour ago

• The Guardian

The Guide #196: How blockbusters, streaming and risk-averse studios shaped the last 25 years of cinema

We've mulled over music, tackled TV and now, to finish our series looking at how pop culture has changed in the first quarter of the 21st century, we're chewing over cinema. And there's quite a bit of chewing to do, equivalent to at least a medium-rare steak or a large toffee. Because, while film might not have been disturbed quite as dramatically by streaming as music or TV has, its still had to contend with some serious changes in audience habits. The more than a century-old practice of spending money to stare at a giant screen in a darkened room now has all manner of competition, including streamers like Netflix beaming films with the same production values and star names straight to your living room at a fraction of the price. These changing headwinds, not to mention a global pandemic that discouraged people from gathering in enclosed spaces together, have only intensified a focus on what studios believe will coax people into cinemas: superhero movies, sequels and stories drawn from familiar IP – wizards, hobbits, Barbies. All of these make an appearance in the list of the biggest films each year at the global box office, which we'll be looking at today. To help make sense of how cinema has shifted over the past 25 years, I spoke to film journalist Ellen E Jones, who as well as being the author of Screen Deep: How Film and TV can Solve Racism and Save the World, co-hosts Radio 4's film discussion series Screenshot with Mark Kermode. Who better then to channel Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind, and solve the complicated equations of 21st century cinema. Here's the list of the highest-grossing films from each year in full and what it tells us … The full list 2000 | Mission: Impossible 22001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2003 | The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King2004 | Shrek 22005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2008 | The Dark Knight2009 | Avatar2010 | Toy Story 32011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22012 | The Avengers2013 | Frozen2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens2016 | Captain America: Civil War2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi2018 | Avengers: Infinity War2019 | Avengers: Endgame2020 | Demon Slayer: Mugen Train2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water2023 | Barbie2024 | Inside Out 2 Blockbusters reign supreme Fifty years to the day since the release of Jaws, the first blockbuster, now there is seemingly nothing but. And, while Jaws was based on an original idea, today's equivalents trade on past glories. 'Hollywood,' Ellen says, 'is becoming increasingly risk-averse, leading to an ever-narrowing offering at the multiplex.' As Ellen points out, in the last 25 years of the 20th century only eight of the highest-grossing films from each year were sequels and franchises (though some would go on to spawn their own sequels). 'But in this century, with the exception of Frozen, every single highest-grossing film has been based off of a popular toy, book or film series, and frequently all three.' Amid this sea of regurgitated IP, Ellen sees one small glint of optimism: Barbie, despite the fact Greta Gerwig's film was drawn from the most commercial of sources. 'The film is unassailable proof that, even within the strict IP-only, risk-averse confines of the current system, a film-maker and star, working in perfect partnership and at the height of their powers, can make great cinema art,' Ellen says. Stars are less important than ever In the 21st century it is the franchise, not the human fronting it, that determines box office success. 'Gone are the days when all your movie needed was Julia Roberts's smile or Bruce Willis in a tank top and you were guaranteed return on investment,' says Ellen. 'These days, every actor needs a franchise under their belt in order to crack the highest-earning list, and preferably that franchise is the Marvel Cinematic Universe.' Still, wonders Ellen, is the dwindling importance of A-listers at the box office necessarily a bad thing? 'From the star's ashes has risen a new category of Interesting Internet-Beloved Actors: people like Josh O'Connor, Paul Mescal, Anya Taylor-Joy and Zendaya, who now have space to carve artistically fulfilling careers on their own terms … just as long as they don't expect to out-earn Robert Downey Jr in 2013.' … and so are the Oscars Sign up to The Guide Get our weekly pop culture email, free in your inbox every Friday after newsletter promotion Oscar acclaim and commercial success have rarely been bedfellows, but in the 20th century you would find occasional meeting of the two (The Godfather, Rocky or Titanic, for example). In the last 25 years though the prospect of an Oscar-winning chart topper seems fanciful: only one film on our list – The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King – has won best picture and few others have even been nominated. Still, says Ellen, the Oscars still have a role to play here. 'If the Academy awards is good for anything — and I have my doubts — it's giving a box office bump to quality films for grownups that might otherwise get overlooked, in this time of superhero shenanigans aimed at 15-year-old boys. There are many people who will go and see great films like The Zone of Interest, Past Lives or Nickel Boys simply because they are Oscar nominated. That said, there is only ever a fairly loose correlation between awards season success and artistic value, so I don't find this divergence unduly concerning.' Cinema is thriving away from the top of the box office Rather than uninspired blockbusters, Ellen is interested in what isn't on this list. The fact that our 25 films are only representative of what people went to the cinema to see, misses an entire revolution in film-making that streaming has only accelerated. 'Streaming and its preference for the subscriber revenue model has, in combination with campaigning pressure from social media, led to a positive development on screen, which would be missed if the highest-grossing list is your only barometer,' she says. The result has been a rapidly increasing diversity – in terms, says Ellen of 'race, gender identity and, to a lesser extent, class' – in the sort of stories being told on screen. 'More different kinds of films are being made with smaller budgets, aimed at representing smaller — but possibly more enthusiastically engaged — audience groups,' says Ellen. 'And some of these have also been huge commercial successes, exploding the pervasive and pernicious industry myth that only white-fronted films can 'open' at the box office.' She points to the enormous success of Ryan Coogler's Black Panther, or Crazy Rich Asians, the highest-grossing romcom of the entire 2010s. And then there are the many, many people going to see films each week that don't ever threaten the top of the box office: indie movies, foreign language films or, increasingly, old films given a second chance on the big screen. 'Thanks in part to platforms like Letterboxd, Mubi and even Instagram, a whole new generation of people now thinks going to the cinema to watch arthouse, left-field or foreign-language films is cool,' says Ellen. 'If you don't believe me, just head to the Prince Charles cinema in Leicester Square — or your local repertory or arthouse cinema — on a Friday or Saturday night. 75% of the audience are under 30.' What sums up 21st-century cinema? So which film on our list best encapsulates film in the past quarter century? Given their dominance over our list, it would be difficult to look past one of the caped crusaders here, and Ellen opts for Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, which she describes as, 'a superhero movie, but a superior one. It's representative of our era's tedious obsession with IP and that conservative affirmation of white, male, moral power represented by the (white, male) superhero, but it also demonstrates that there is some room for originality and artistry within that.' Superhero movies: not entirely terrible, then. If you want to read the complete version of this newsletter please subscribe to receive The Guide in your inbox every Friday

Metro

an hour ago

• Metro

Crime drama with 'one of the best twists of all time' finally available on Netfl

A crime drama that viewers have declared 'one of the best they've watched in a long time' has now been made available on Netflix. First airing in Australia in 2023, North Shore was created by Mike Bullen, who was also behind the comedy-drama Cold Feet. The six-part series follows a British and Australian detective who must team up and investigate the murder of the British trade minister's daughter after her body is found in Sydney Harbour. The politician, Abigail Crawford, is played by Downton Abbey and Breathtaking's Joanne Froggatt. In the middle of negotiating a major deal between Britain and Australia she is told the devastating news about her 19-year-old daughter Sophie's (Bailey Spalding) death. Invited to help investigate the case is London based detective Max Drummond (Game of Thrones' John Bradley) who flies across the world with Abigail and her husband Simon (Dan Spielman). However, once he arrives, it's made clear by DS Meg Driscoll (Kirsty Sturgess) that she will be taking the lead, with their personalities and cultures quickly crashing. Despite their icy introduction, the pair must overcome their differences to work together, which then sees them uncovering a 'complex conspiracy with international political consequences'. Several suspects then emerge, including Sophie's boyfriend and his best friend, while questions are also raised about Abigail's relationship with her old friend Greg Hardy, the leader of the Australian opposition party who looks likely to be the nation's next leader. Since tuning in, many viewers have shared what they thought of the drama. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'One of the best twists of all time. The final episode has the most surprising twist of any crime/ murder mystery series since the first season of Broadchurch! Not as emotionally dramatic but still shocking!' lbowdls posted on IMDB. 'Ok so this isn't Line of Duty or The Wire, but it was much better than I was expecting. Don't go into this expecting a breathtaking drama. Take it for what it is. A simple whodunit with a great twist at the end!' thenorthcotes shared. 'It doesn't sound cliché or cheesy like a lot of modern murder mysteries do lately, and it's just the right amount of thriller and mystery to keep you wondering, with little hints of comedy to spark your mood,' thewatcher17 added. The series was initially acquired by ITV in the UK, streaming on ITVX following its initial release on Australian television in 2023, but its dropped on Netflix in the UK today. 'Just binge watched North Shore One of the best series we've watched in a long time! Here's hoping they'll be another series!' Ian posted on X. More Trending 'Brilliant crime drama from down under with 2 UK lead actors. I'd recorded the first 2 episodes but after watching them yesterday I just couldn't wait and watched the rest,' John wrote. North Shore also stars Rob Carlton, Matt Passmore, Rhys Muldoon and Toby Truslove. North Shore is streaming on Netflix. View More » A version of this article was first published on January 16, 2025. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Daisy May Cooper makes shock exit from ITV series before second series MORE: Vanessa Feltz guest apologises after 'disgraceful' remarks spark almost 2,000 complaints MORE: Wincey Willis, ITV's first female weather presenter, dies aged 76