[ad_1] Barbie has become the most anticipated film of the summer – and it is almost here. Written and directed by Greta Gerwig, it focuses on the trials of a doll facing an existential crisis in her perfect world. Accompanied by Ken, the film follows the pair on a journey of self-discovery after their expulsion…
[ad_1] Hit HBO drama Succession has made Emmy Awards history after receiving three lead actor nominations for its final season. Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong and Kieran Culkin will go head to head at the 75th annual awards, after all receiving nods in the category. It marks the first time ever that three actors from the…
[ad_1] Every so often, a novel comes around that makes you excited about reading again. For me, this year that is Caroline O’Donoghue’s gripping, moving The Rachel Incident, which looks like it could be branded the book of the summer. Nodding surely to Martin Amis’s The Rachel Papers in its title, and to Joni Mitchell…
[ad_1] Staff at The Sun described the atmosphere in its newsroom as “full on” as the paper faced questions over the allegations regarding the previously unnamed BBC reporter, before Huw Edwards’ wife revealed his identity on Wednesday. The Rupert Murdoch-owned title has been locked in a battle with the BBC since first reporting last Friday…
[ad_1] A new interest in 80s band Wham! has been growing, as Netflix releases a documentary chronicling their success. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley were only together as a band between 1981 and 1986. In that time, their success was stratospheric – four UK number-one singles, more than 30 million records sold, and the first…
[ad_1] Brooke Ligertwood aka Brooke Fraser of Hillsong Worship (Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images) The songs of born-again Christians, with their earnest lyrics, bland guitars and rapture-inducing mid-tempo, aren’t exactly known for being “cool”. Though this type of music – that usually refers to Jesus just as “he”, features tender acoustic verses and sounds just like…
[ad_1] How’s this for a grand theatrical paradox: there is no chance that Dr Semmelweis would have made the journey from the Bristol Old Vic to the West End without the towering central presence of Mark Rylance – and yet even with Rylance the show is not good enough. Fans eager for another dose of…
[ad_1] For the second week running Channel 5 has brought us a thriller starring a former denizen of Albert Square. Last week’s Blindspot featured Ross Kemp’s return to acting seven years after we last saw Grant Mitchell in EastEnders. And last night’s drama series Heat witnessed Danny Dyer’s first acting job after his lengthy stint…
[ad_1] Jack Thorne’s new BBC drama Best Interest grapples with a huge moral dilemma: is it ever okay to allow the death of a loved one when they are in pain? The theme is central to the series, and draws on a number of cases that have made recent headlines. Thorne has written about disabilities…
[ad_1] Writer Jack Thorne isn’t scared to get stuck into big, complicated issues. Kiri, his 2018 Channel 4 drama starring Sarah Lancashire, tackled interracial adoption and murder; 2016’s National Treasure cast Robbie Coltrane as a television entertainer who was accused of raping young women; even his adaptation of His Dark Materials is an allegory for…
