Culture (Page 346)

The Twilight saga, the teen vampire romance films that became one of the world’s major talking points in the late Noughties, coming only second, perhaps, to the US election race and Obama’s accession, is going to be remade into a TV series. The news has, predictably, caused a firestorm online,Continue Reading

The RSC has reopened its refurbished Swan Theatre with an eagerly anticipated adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel Hamnet, said Sam Marlowe in The Stage. As “snug and supple” a fit for the Stratford stage as one of the bespoke gloves made by William Shakespeare’s bullying father, it imagines theContinue Reading

Josephine Hart’s 1991 novel Damage was the Fifty Shades of its day, “only much darker and much more elegantly written”, said Helen Brown in The Daily Telegraph. It was made into a film starring Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche, and now Netflix has turned it into a four-part TV seriesContinue Reading

The winner of a Sony World Photography Award has rejected the prize after it emerged that he created his image using artificial intelligence (AI).  German artist Boris Eldagsen won the creative category of the prestigious competition with a black and white computer-generated portrait of two women, titled Pseudomnesia: The Electrician. Continue Reading

S tephen King is back in the news, this time because The Boogeyman, an upcoming film adaptation of one of his short stories, was apparently so frightening that it had to be recut. “The first time you see the creature, the audience screamed so loud,” said director Rob Savage toContinue Reading

H arry Styles and his songwriting partner Kid Harpoon lead the way ahead of The Ivors with three nominations each. The pop superstar, who enjoyed a standout 2022 featuring number ones and a sell-out world tour, secured two nods for his work on single As It Was – Most PerformedContinue Reading

More than half a century after being written, Judy Blume’s Are you there God? It’s me Margaret is finally hitting the big screen. First published in 1970, the coming-of-age novel drew widespread acclaim – and controversy – for its depiction of taboo themes including puberty and religion. The upcoming film adaption, which starsContinue Reading

A bba star Bjorn Ulvaeus said he “could never have dreamt” the group’s Voyage show would reach so many people in under a year as he met the one millionth customer. Competition winner Josie Felix, 20, was treated to a surprise meet and greet with Ulvaeus on Monday as theContinue Reading