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5 days ago

Lola Young Is Doing a 'Hell of a Lot Better'

Um, so yeah, I think I would rather for the sake of my privacy not say too much. But what I would say is that recovery is an ongoing process. I'm not the finished article, but I'm doing a hell of a lot better.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

'Touching' community boxing film packs a punch for the BFI Southbank

Learning The Ropes documents the legacy of coach Tony Burns and the community spirit of Repton boxing club in East London.
Film
fromThe Independent
1 week ago

Kim Novak says Sydney Sweeney could never play her because she always 'looks sexy'

Kim Novak disapproves of Sydney Sweeney portraying her in the film 'Scandalous!' due to concerns about the film's focus on sexuality.
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fromAnOther
1 week ago

How Actor Megan Northam Uses Music to Get Into Character

Megan Northam uses music to connect with characters, drawing from personal experiences and emotions during her acting roles.
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

If I didn't have dwarfism, I'd probably be quite normcore': Midgitte Bardot on sex, drag and street harassment

Tamm Reynolds, a non-binary trans drag queen with dwarfism, is a unique performance artist known for their bold and provocative acts.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Audiences told us we didn't show enough teacher sex': how we made Waterloo Road

Bad Girls creators Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus had a fiery belief in social justice and did rigorous research. Those are often the foundations of successful serial drama.
Education
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fromFilmmaker Magazine
1 week ago

Inspired by Meatloaf: Alice Maio Mackay on The Serpent's Skin

Alice Maio Mackay is a prolific young filmmaker gaining recognition for her queer supernatural romance films.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago
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At first, she couldn't come off the oxygen long enough': the film that gives Marianne Faithfull one final thrilling performance

Marianne Faithfull's final musical performance appears in the documentary film Broken English, which celebrates her six-decade career through an innovative narrative structure that corrects historical misrepresentations of her life and work.
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

Michaela Coel Is Out for Blood

I have long been in awe of fighters, and astounded by the discipline, intensity and isolation the sport demands of them. I am excited to explore this world, especially so with A24 as my collaborators.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Booze, drugs and Egg in the buff! How This Life sexed up the world of TV

Michael Jackson not that one, the BBC Two controller wanted to be more like Channel 4, so decided to commission a cool drama for young people about trainee lawyers. When I told [executive producer] Tony Garnett that I'd briefly been a lawyer, his eyes lit up. But I didn't want to write a show about lawyers! Fuck, so boring. That's why I'd left to become a writer.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The Guardian view on new musicals: sex, drugs and song n' dance | Editorial

Trainspotting the Musical adapts Irvine Welsh's novel, showcasing the evolution of stories from books to stage with contemporary themes.
Film
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

John Boyega to appear in BBC Damilola Taylor film

John Boyega will appear in a documentary about his childhood friend Damilola Taylor, who was fatally stabbed in 2000.
Arts
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Rebecca Hall: We lost counterculture somewhere along the way'

Peter Hujar's Day reconstructs a 1974 conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz, capturing the vibrant 1970s New York art scene through dialogue set entirely in Hujar's Westbeth apartment.
Media industry
fromThe Independent
3 weeks ago

Sinners star says Baftas Tourettes debacle cast a 'shadow' over her award win

Wunmi Mosaku's Bafta Best Supporting Actress win was overshadowed by the BBC's failure to censor a racial slur broadcast during the ceremony.
fromTime Out London
1 week ago

Review: 'Teeth 'n' Smiles' starring Rebecca Lucy Taylor at the Duke of York's Theatre

Rebecca Lucy Taylor, known as Self Esteem, channels a lot of personal stuff into the role of Maggie Frisby, a minor rock singer, angry, amused and very drunk as her band disintegrates at a 1969 Oxford student ball.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

UK's performing arts industry inhospitable to parents', research warns

The UK performing arts industry inadequately supports parents, particularly women, causing many to leave their careers due to inflexible schedules and lack of accommodation.
Television
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

I'm Watching Love Story for Grace Gummer's Earring Acting

The FX series prioritizes visual aesthetics and costume accuracy over substantive storytelling, resulting in a beautiful but hollow and forgettable viewing experience.
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fromTime Out London
3 weeks ago

BFI Flare: 10 films to see at the UK's biggest LGBTQ+ film festival this month

BFI Flare, the UK's largest LGBTQ+ film festival, celebrates its 40th anniversary with 65 feature films, 62 shorts, and special programming across London and nationwide starting March 18.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Pre-Spice Girls Geri Halliwell dressed as sci-fi character Barbarella: Soulla Petrou's best photograph

A photographer transitioned from fashion to music photography in 1994, gaining recognition through early commissions with drum'n'bass DJs and subsequently photographing an emerging girl band using creative, stylized approaches.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

It feels like flying!' Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe on child stardom, passion and the heady rush of Romeo and Juliet

Noah Jupe and Sadie Sink, known for film and television roles, are performing in Robert Icke's production of Romeo and Juliet, marking their significant entry into classical theatre despite limited prior Shakespeare experience.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Lesley Manville says her stage and screen careers 'feed each other'

Lesley Manville stars in Midwinter Break as Stella, exploring marital tensions in a retired couple's Amsterdam trip, while balancing a 50-year career across stage and screen.
Film
fromFilmmaker Magazine
3 weeks ago

Maggie Gyllenhaal's Monster Mash

Maggie Gyllenhaal's film reimagines Frankenstein's monster as a lonely being seeking connection, exploring how real intimacy requires vulnerability and acceptance of our darker aspects.
Television
fromIndieWire
1 month ago

'Industry' Creators on Mapping Yasmin's Arc from Wallflower to Ghislaine Maxwell

Industry Season 4 incorporates conspiracy-thriller elements and right-wing political themes, with Yasmin's character arc transforming her into a Ghislaine Maxwell-like figure involved in a dangerous fundraiser for white nationalist politics.
Film
fromIndependent TV
4 weeks ago

Cillian Murphy pays tribute to Helen McRory at Peaky Blinders premiere

Cillian Murphy reprises his role as Tommy Shelby in The Immortal Man, a Peaky Blinders film set during World War II, releasing in cinemas Friday and Netflix March 20.
Music
fromBustle
1 month ago

Gracie Lawrence's Unlikely Productivity Hack? Sitting Around & Thinking

Gracie Lawrence balances Broadway acting and a music career, starring in All Out while leading the band Lawrence and performing songs from Family Business.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I'm fully prepared for our dystopian future!' Holliday Grainger on AI, firearms training and The Capture

Each series explores technology that feels just one step ahead of reality. In the era of AI, it feels more and more timely. Ben does a lot of research and we have advisers who inform us about the latest developments. Not just from the Met and counter-terror but military consultants as well. They're banks of information and a lot more open than you'd expect because it's all off the record.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Hard work, romance and bell hooks: how Olivia Dean became British pop's newest megastar

Olivia Dean's second album The Art of Loving and its hit single Man I Need have established her as one of the UK's biggest music breakouts, with five Brit Award nominations positioning her for major recognition.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Chic couture, bio-terror and a whole load of Mike Leigh: Lesley Manville's finest films ranked!

Among the bold choices in Luca Guadagnino's feverish film of William S Burroughs' novel are the late 20th-century pop and alternative soundtrack (Nirvana, Prince, New Order) for a 1950s story, and the casting of an unrecognisable, orc-like Manville in a trumped-up cameo as the shaman Dr Cotter, who was male in the original book.
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fromLondon On The Inside
1 month ago

Gisele Pelicot Will Tell Her Story at Southbank Centre

Gisèle Pelicot launches A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides, urging shame to change sides in sexual abuse cases.
Film
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

She's the best part of Wuthering Heights': How Alison Oliver won over Hollywood

Irish actress Alison Oliver achieved rapid career success through serendipity, landing major roles immediately after graduating from drama school and becoming a coveted figure in film and fashion within five years.
Television
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Jennifer Garner, star and producer of The Last Thing He Told Me': I'm comfortable making decisions'

Hannah adapts to life five years after Owen's disappearance while actors reunited for an unexpectedly long break ahead of season two production.
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fromThe Verge
2 months ago

X hasn't really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK

X's Grok chatbot continues to enable creation of sexualized deepfakes of women despite attempted restrictions, with easily bypassed controls and inconsistent censorship.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Katherine Ryan has had a facelift at 42. Why do I feel betrayed? | Polly Hudson

Katherine Ryan's podcast is called Telling Everybody Everything, and she does. The comedian is honest to a fault: her comments are regularly reported out of context to create clickbait news stories that give people the wrong idea of what she meant and of her as a human, but she doesn't stop. Her commitment to truth, especially in the celebrity world she inhabits, is as unusual as it is admirable.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Anna Kendrick says she was 'really jealous' watching her friends go to college

Anna Kendrick felt insecure about skipping college to pursue acting but later saw it as a blessing to know her career goal early.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Oh my God, what a brutal existence!' Haley McGee on her global hit about growing old

Age Is a Feeling is a solo monologue that reframes youthful speculation on choices and aging as a reassuring message that life's value persists despite uncertainty.
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Sarah Breen: Is 'Hamnet' grief porn or great art? As I sobbed silently in the cinema, I was in no doubt

Seeing this remarkable movie reminded me that we cannot look away from real-life tragedies
Books
fromConsequence
1 month ago

Stream On This Week: A New Michelle Yeoh Short and a Ciaran Hinds Recommendation!

Welcome to the latest issue of Stream On, the weekly newsletter from Consequence that answers the eternally confounding question: What films and TV shows should you be watching? (Subscribe here!) We're looking at all the new and recent releases from Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, Paramount+, Peacock, HBO Max, and more for ideas - not to mention a Blast From the Past and streaming suggestions from this week's special guest: Midwinter Break star Ciarán Hinds!
Television
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fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

'It's incredible, surreal': Skye Newman wins BBC Sound of 2026

Skye Newman, a 22-year-old from south-east London, won BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2026 after rapid chart success, high-profile tours, and acclaim for raw, emotional pop.
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Judi Dench affectionately described as a 'mischief maker' by former co-star

The best actress I've ever worked with is Judi Dench, who's such a mischief maker. She's so delightful. She's so, so good. If you ever just want to just hear something short, listen to Judi Dench read a Shakespeare sonnet, just find one on YouTube, and it will move you to tears - you'll just think that is how English should be spoken.
Film
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fromVulture
2 months ago

What Melanie Lynskey Watches (and Reads) With Her Daughter

Melanie Lynskey was an avid childhood reader who now fosters a strong love of reading and storytelling in her young daughter.
Television
fromTime Out London
2 months ago

'Andor' breakout star Elizabeth Dulau has been cast in Hampstead Theatre's 'Bird Grove'

Elizabeth Dulau, famed for playing Kleya Marki on Andor, will portray young Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) in Bird Grove at Hampstead Theatre.
fromLondon On The Inside
1 month ago

One of East London's Best Indie Cinemas Is Opening South of the River

The Castle Cinema, which opened on Chatsworth Road in 2015 after a crowdfunding campaign, has become one of the best places to catch a film in the whole of London, so there's no better team to revitalise Catford Mews. Reopening at The Castle Catford some time in 2026, the venue will boast three screens, a community space, a bar and a cafe.
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fromDefector
1 month ago

Emerald Fennell Now Going Moor-To-Moor Trying To Shock People | Defector

Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights replaces the moors' austere solitude with visual excess, interior spectacle, and costume-driven symbolism, diminishing the novel's original starkness.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Girl Taken review Alfie Allen is incredible in this twisty tale of teen abduction

A teenage girl abducted by a trusted man must use her wits to survive and possibly escape, exploring psychological impact and survival.
Film
fromKqed
1 month ago

Movie Review: Polly Findlay's 'Midwinter Break' | KQED

An elderly Irish couple's quiet, emotionally complex marriage is portrayed with subtlety and profound impact in Midwinter Break.
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

You're Telling Me It's Possible to Be More Beautiful Than Rebecca Hall?

The Beauty blends body-horror and satire, depicting a beauty virus that physically heats people, spreads through bodily fluids and sex, and leads to obsession and self-destruction.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

It was overwhelming': Katie Leung on Harry Potter, sudden fame, insecurity and starring in Bridgerton

Katie Leung embraces playing Lady Araminta Gun, a complex, protective mother whose harsh actions stem from love and human motivations.
Television
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Downton Abbey star opens up on working with 'proper multi-tasker' Guy Ritchie

Hugh Bonneville praises Guy Ritchie's multitasking directing, hints at an unconfirmable Gentlemen role, reflects on Downton Abbey's unexpected longevity, and doubts further Paddington appearances.
Film
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku on why she didn't enjoy 'isolating' time at Rada

Wunmi Mosaku experienced isolation, mockery for her Manchester accent, racial marginalization, and criticized RADA's training methods and lack of roles.
#charli-xcx
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fromPolygon
8 months ago

Emma Stone and beloved weirdo Yorgos Lanthimos team back up for another surreal mini masterpiece

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone collaborated on a cryptic, stylized music video 'Beth's Farm,' signaling Lanthimos' continued surreal filmmaking ahead of Bugonia.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Animol review gritty young offenders drama challenges conventional machismo

A young offender institution forces vulnerable inmates into violent gang hierarchies where phones, drugs, and respect become survival currency amid complicit, underpaid staff.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Jane Arden was a cinematic master of grief-art | Letters

The Other Side of the Underneath (1973) is a raw, harrowing British film that exemplifies grief-art, distinct from mainstream, prize-driven cinema.
Film
from48 hills
2 months ago

Swinging '60s legend Twiggy: 'It happened so fast, and I was so young' - 48 hills

Twiggy undergoes an emotional reckoning in a reflective documentary that emphasizes vulnerability, reinvention, and reclaiming her own story.
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fromBustle
1 month ago

June Squibb On Starring In Broadway's 'Marjorie Prime' & Life At Age 28

Creatives fear AI, but learning to work with it can reveal benefits for storytelling, memory, and aging-related themes.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I'd come back to the UK but I'm not playing a cop': Oscar-tipped Wunmi Mosaku on sensational vampire smash Sinners

Wunmi Mosaku's acclaimed role in Sinners and awards-season momentum have elevated her international profile while she retains her Manchester roots and love of Greggs.
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

Michelle Yeoh Is Everything Everywhere Again

Michelle Yeoh portrays multiple distinct characters in Sean Baker's short film Sandiwara, set in a Penang restaurant and premiering at Berlinale on February 13.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Sunny Dancer review chemo camp' gives teen drama a fresh spin

A big-hearted, well-acted coming-of-age film about a summer cancer camp balances uplifting energy and smart misdirection with occasional unrealistic optimism.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Melissa Leo: Winning an Oscar was not good for me or my career'

She declined an on-screen kiss with Denzel due to a boss‑trainee character dynamic; pottery supplanted knitting, and she seeks diverse, non‑typecast roles including period royalty.
Film
fromAnOther
2 months ago

It's a Big Year For Beatles Biopic Star Mia McKenna-Bruce

Mia McKenna-Bruce is a rising 28-year-old actress who won a Bafta Rising Star and leads several high-profile 2026 period and contemporary projects.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

It's more productive than doomscrolling': film-maker Ben Wheatley on his secret life as musician Dave Welder

Ben Wheatley, performing as Dave Welder, released 26 experimental albums across electronic genres and composed the music for his film Bulk.
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Margot Robbie: I've been kicked out of most nightclubs in Clapham

We were doing a job in Belgium where I met them (her roommates in Clapham), and they would tell me about the infamous Infernos, this place is so fun, you can't get kicked out of there, you can do anything in Infernos, and you can't get kicked out'.
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fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Let me entertain you

Covid-19 pushed entertainment and brands to innovate, shifting releases and creating digital experiences to maintain connection and reach audiences.
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