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As film regularly tip over the three-hour mark, here’s a radical solution for impatient cinema fansContinue Reading

Autumn has arrived in Los Angeles, but it’s still a toasty 29C outside Paramount Studios in Hollywood where, as of Saturday 21 October, striking actors will have gathered in force for 100 consecutive days. The picketers don’t mind the heat, though. Last month, as temperatures soared to over 40, theyContinue Reading

Strictly Come Dancing star Layton Williams discussed his Bury accent with Sir Patrick Stewart, Ralph Fiennes, Joan Collins and Bella Ramsey on The Graham Norton Show. After a chat with Sir Patrick about received pronunciation, Norton asked the two younger guests if they had ever been “encouraged” to lose theirContinue Reading

Ghosts actor Simon Farnaby has reflected on an awkward encounter with the Queen while filming the Paddington platinum jubilee concert special. In June 2022, Queen Elizabeth II, who died three months later, participated in a pre-recorded sketch that kicked off the Platinum Party at the Palace concert. In a similarContinue Reading

Big Brother viewers have been left confused by Kerry’s reaction to getting booed by the crowd. The NHS manager, who was reprimanded by the show’s producers earlier this week, received a negative response form the audience during the latest live eviction episode. On Friday (29 October), one week after Farida’sContinue Reading

Cher has opened up about the age she would like to live until, calling herself “past my sell-by date”. The “Believe” singer, who is 77, was asked in a new interview whether she would like to make it to 96 – the same age her mother was when she died inContinue Reading

At the peak of Britney Spears’ pop supremacy in the late Nineties and early Noughties, the singer’s megawatt grin was one of the most recognisable, photographed smiles in the world. Now, in certain corners of TikTok, it has become the subject of feverish speculation and mind-boggling theories. A subset ofContinue Reading

Martin Scorsese’s long-awaited new picture, Killers of the Flower Moon, is finally out in cinemas. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as World War One veteran Ernest Burkhart alongside Native American actor Lily Gladstone, whose performance has been singled out by critics, as his wife, Mollie Kyle. Robert De Niro playsContinue Reading

The 83-year-old can be seen posing on board a cruise ship in images selected for next year’s publication.Continue Reading

Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker has confronted critics who have complained that the show’s quality has gone downhill since it was acquired by Netflix. The popular sci-fi anthology series debuted its first two seasons on Channel 4 in 2011 and 2013 respectively, before it was acquired by Netflix, where itContinue Reading