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The historical fiction film about William Shakespeare's wife is set up at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners."Nomadland" director Chloé Zhao has landed two heavy hitters for her next film, "Hamnet," set up at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners.Oscar nominees Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal are both in talks to star in the film, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.

The top floor of the Empire Cinema, as seen in the opening moments of Empire of Light, is a wasteland.Gilt mirrors in the hallway reflect nothing but their own worn-out, tarnished edges, while wayward pigeons flutter around the empty Art Deco lounge.Alighting on booths and tables and window sills, the birds ignore the ocean view and the distant blue horizon.

Newcomers Ed McVey and Meg Bellamy play the royal couple in the final episodes of Peter Morgan's Queen Elizabeth II series." The Crown" has crashed into the present.Netflix has released the first images from Season 6 of their popular Queen Elizabeth II biographical series, focusing on the show's introduction of the romance between Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Olivia Colman, left, and Micheal Ward in "Empire of Light."(Searchlight Pictures/AP) (3.5 stars) Olivia Colman delivers an alternately delicate and ferocious performance as a cinema manager in "Empire of Light," a tender, tear-soaked valentine to the ineffable joys of moviegoing.

S tars of The Crown have attended a London premiere event ahead of the launch of the eagerly anticipated fifth series.New cast members including Imelda Staunton, Sir Jonathan Pryce, Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki hit the red carpet ahead of their debuts in the hit Netflix series.Staunton takes over from Olivia Colman as the Queen, alongside Sir Jonathan as the Duke of Edinburgh, with West and Debicki playing Charles and Diana.

In 2022, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish cleaned up.It took in a staggering $442 million at the box office and easily would have been one of the top ten movies of the year if Avatar: The Way of Waterhadn't bumped it to 11th place.And, in terms of family movies, The Last Wish is easily number one, not just in terms of the money it made but in terms of critical acclaim, too.

Comic actor Simon Pegg and comedian Adam Hills are the latest big names to back our Christmas appeal, with both men expressing their concern for people's wellbeing as the cost of living soars and calling on people to donate generously to support our initiative.Pegg, the star of cult films Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead said: Things are looking harder than ever for so many people this winter, but I know that by supporting this campaign we can help to raise funds which will reach projects this winter when they need it most.

A childhood friend of the late Queen has said The Crown makes her so angry as she feels it is unfair to members of the royal family.Lady Glenconner, who was a maid of honour at Elizabeth II's coronation and a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret for many decades, criticised the Netflix royal drama in an appearance on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

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Golden Globes host Jerrod Carmichael kicked off the 80th annual ceremony by addressing the award show's previous diversity controversy.The US comedian told audiences, I'll tell you why I'm here, I'm here because I'm black, as he opened the show in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening.Last year's show was turned into a private event at the last minute by organisers, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), after it faced heavy criticism over its lack of black members.

The Golden Globes did not shy away from its controversial past, as the awards show returned in person for its milestone 80th year.British and Irish talent fared well at the annual ceremony one of the first major events of the award season calendar with several wins for Martin McDonagh's The Banshees Of Inisherin.

The 80th annual Golden Globes ceremony is due to make a star-studded return following a muted ceremony in 2022.Last year's show was turned into a private event at the last minute by organisers the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), after it faced heavy criticism over its lack of black members.

It was the end of the day at school.Teachers sat around the hall, behind tables, waiting to help us choose our A-levels.At the table marked Art sat a teacher with a beard and a checked shirt.He'd never taught me.I sat down and told him I wanted to be an artist.He was downbeat and said something about it being hard to be an artist.

It's a funny time of year.On one hand, we're expected to kick back and relax  it's the party season!On the other hand, it's easy to feel surrounded, hemmed in even by the advice on how to best navigate it all.This is not a new thing.In fact, we like to think that it's less of a thing than it used to be, say, 30 or 40 years ago, when hosting a party seemed to be an altogether more straightforwardly formal thing to do.

Of all the music heard around Christmas, few passages rival the awe and mystery of one chord, known as the Word of the Father chord.It's a rare instance of powerful drama in holiday liturgical music, more akin to Edward Elgar's depiction of God in The Dream of Gerontius, or the opening of the fifth door in the Bartok opera Bluebeard's Castle: a moment of total release, embracing the unknown.