The walking dead no man

DAREDEVIL Dick Sheppard, a stunt driver and showman who worked on the Italian Job and James Bond films, has died at the age of 90. The dad-of-nine boasted that he had wrecked 2,003 cars, appeared in 500 films and held 18 world records during his career. His death on March 1 was announced by his family on his Facebook page today. They said "Fondly known by many for his obsession with cars and motorbikes he was truly a larger than life character who caught the public's attention with his daredevil stunts and world records. "His final wishes, however, were that we his family might grieve in private so we can reflect on his other roles as husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather." At one point in his career, he held the most records in the Guinness World Book Of Records, though the title was later claimed by New Yorker Ashrita Furman. Sheppard was said to have destroyed over 2,000 cars while filming his mind-bending stunts for film and television. Starring … [Read more...] about Dick Sheppard dead: Italian Job and James Bond stuntman who held 18 world records during iconic career dies, aged 90

Like so many others, the coronavirus has robbed travel influencers of their livelihoods. International travel is almost impossible and advertising partners have drastically scaled back their orders. Many of them now advertise fashion, sandwich spreads or mail-order companies. But some influencers carry on regardless. Clients around the world are using them and their immense influence to market travel destinations ― especially during the COVID crisis. Travel influencers promote travel to high-risk areas Like the Gulf emirate of Dubai. It relies on social media stars to attract vacationers ― after all, it wants to become the "world's leading tourist destination," in the words of the tourism authority's website. Influencers receive numerous benefits in Dubai. In return, they are supposed to persuade people willing to travel to book their vacation in the desert city despite the coronavirus pandemic and recent scandals about human rights violations . Dubai's tourism authority did … [Read more...] about Travel influencers and the COVID crisis

Formed in 1998 on the back of the success of boybands like Take That and Boyzone, Westlife went on to become one of the top-selling bands of all time. Before their split in 2012, the group released 13 albums, embarked on 12 world tours, earned 28 platinum discs and sold more than 55million records across the globe. And their success continued when they reunited and released their number one album Spectrum in 2018. But what have members Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Brian McFadden, Nicky Byrne and Kian Egan been up to in the years between? From snubs and solo careers to bankruptcy, finding true love and starting a much-longed for family, here's what came next... Shane Filan Lead singer Shane, 41, studied business and accounting before joining Westlife, but was left devastated when his property empire went bust in 2012, leaving him with debts of £18million. The Irish star and his brother Finbarr ran property development company Shafin Developments, and had taken out loans … [Read more...] about Where Westlife are now… bankruptcy, life-shattering tragedies and Brian McFadden ‘snub’