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Dame Judi Dench lost her voice after snake scare

Dame Judi Dench lost her voice for two days after being scared by a snake.

The 90-year-old actress has been scared of slithering creatures since she was a child when she got a worm caught in her sandal - and Judi has revealed her terror reached new heights when she landed a role in a 1987 National Theatre production of William Shakespeare's '...Read more

Jason Isaacs 'lied' in White Lotus audition

Jason Isaacs "lied" in his 'White Lotus' audition.

The 'Harry Potter' actor - who plays wealthy businessman Timothy Ratliff in the latest series of the HBO anthology satire - had never seen the programme before his in-person try-out but told creator Mike White and executive producer David Bernad he was a "huge fan".

He confessed to People ...Read more

Tracy Morgan feels lucky to be alive

Tracy Morgan feels lucky to be alive to celebrate 'Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary.

The 56-year-old comedian was in a coma for two weeks and had to learn to walk and talk again after a Walmart truck hit his limousine from behind in June 2014, and he has expressed his gratitude at having made a full recovery from his injuries.

Speaking ...Read more

Stephen Amell needs to 'be more patient'

Stephen Amell needs to do a "better job" of speaking more cautiously in public.

The 'Suits LA' star received a backlash after he insisted he wasn't in favour of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes but later apologised and joined he picket lines, and now looking back, he admitted he should have been more mindful of the consequences, though he still feels...Read more

Sir Tom Jones to perform at Newmarket Nights 2025

Sir Tom Jones is "really pleased" to perform at Newmarket Racecourses again.

The multi-award-winning music legend is making a triumphant comeback to 'Newmarket Nights' - a special evening of live performances after the thrilling horse racing action - on Friday, August 1.

The 84-year-old star will be performing hits from across more than six ...Read more

Take That and Kane Brown among performers at F1 75 Live

Take That and Kane Brown have been confirmed as musical acts for F1 75 Live.

The 'Shine' band and US country artist will be joined at the historic motorsport launch event at London's O2 Arena on Tuesday (18.02.25) by award-winning artist mgk (formerly known as Machine Gun Kelly) and composer Brian Tyler's alter ego Are We Dreaming.

The acts ...Read more

Drake to headline all three nights at Wireless Festival

Drake is headlining the full three nights of the Wireless Festival.

The five-time Grammy award winner will perform three different setlists at London's Finsbury Park from Friday, July 11 to Sunday, July 13.

The 'One Dance' hitmaker will be on the main stage each evening as the festival celebrates its 20th anniversary as he performs in the UK ...Read more

Bez reveals that Happy Mondays have a new album in the pipeline

Happy Mondays are working on a new album.

The 'Step On' band's maracas-shaking dancer Bez has revealed that the group are set to release their first new record in 18 years after being persuaded to get back into the studio by their manager - the former Oasis supremo Alan McGee.

Bez told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "There's talk of a new...Read more

Alien: Romulus sequel could enter production this year, director Fede Alvarez says

Fede Alvarez hopes the sequel to 'Alien: Romulus' will begin shooting this year.

The 47-year-old director - who helmed the 2024 sci-fi horror film - is already writing the follow-up flick, and has now teased the sequel to 'Alien: Romulus' may be "[his] next movie".

When Collider asked Alvarez when he expected principal photography to commence ...Read more

Dune 3 to begin filming 'a year earlier than expected'

'Dune: Messiah' is reportedly due to enter principal photography a year earlier than expected.

The upcoming sci-fi sequel - which will be helmed by series director Denis Villeneuve - was anticipated to begin shooting in the summer of 2026, though Deadline has now claimed the filmmaker is planning to roll the cameras in June this year.

'Dune: ...Read more

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Review: In a Winnipeg few will recognize, 'Universal Language' speaks from a deep well of humanity

Take this four-star tour of a Winnipeg that may never exist. The stony, terse comedy "Universal Language" has all the wind, snow and monotony one might envision in Manitoba, especially for those who've yet to make the trip. There are neighborhoods with the deadpan names Brown, Gray and Beige. But the signs on the stores — even the Tim Hortons ...Read more

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Raphael Saadiq on the stories behind 5 of his prettiest, funkiest, tuba-heaviest hits

LOS ANGELES — Hanging out in Sacramento not long ago on a trip to see his mother, Raphael Saadiq dropped into a crowded barbershop for a haircut.

"They didn't know who I was for a sec, but they figured it out real quick," says the 58-year-old musician: a crucial figure in R&B who's performed, written, produced or played on an intergenerationa...Read more

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How Clancy Brown got to 'Good Cop/Bad Cop' from 'Shawshank' and 'SpongeBob'

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Clancy Brown is modest when he’s asked to share the secret that’s kept him working steadily in hundreds of TV series and movies over the past four decades.

“I just think I’m far enough down the list,” Brown says on a recent phone call from his Los Angeles home. “After everybody says no, they finally get to me and...Read more

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Douglas Lyons writes comedies centering Black women. How his trilogy could change theater

LOS ANGELES — Douglas Lyons stays booked and busy. The seasoned stage actor, also a musical composer-lyricist and a writer on Apple TV+'s "Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock," is currently in Los Angeles for IAMA Theatre's workshop production of "Don't Touch My Hair," the final installment of what he's titled "The Deep Breath Trilogy, New Plays ...Read more

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First look inside the wild Las Vegas Strip restaurant inspired by hit Netflix shows

LAS VEGAS — To enter Netflix Bites, the restaurant collaboration between the streaming giant and the MGM Grand that opens this week, you pass through glistening red lips, opening wide just off the casino floor, then proceed up a gentle incline.

As you crest the summit, a large image of Beth Harmon, Anya Taylor-Joy’s character from “The ...Read more

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Review: 'Redwood' on Broadway holds few surprises as Idina Menzel communes with the trees

NEW YORK — Stephen Sondheim famously said that Broadway is about surprise. You pays your money and, ideally, you are amazed, or at least intermittently jolted, by what you find there.

But there’s little ideal about “Redwood,” a wholly unsurprising new tree-hugging musical (and I mean that literally) written and directed by Steppenwolf ...Read more

Saturday Night Live stars reunite for epic 50th anniversary special

The stars of 'Saturday Night Live' reunited and brought in the biggest names Hollywood for the sketch show's 50th anniversary special.

The 'SNL50: The Anniversary Celebration' - a three-and-a-half-hour comedy marathon- aired on Sunday night (16.02.25) and kicked off with a performance by Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter singing 'Homeward Bound'...Read more

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex 'so proud' of husband Prince Harry

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is "so proud" of her husband Prince Harry.

The former actress had returned home to California before the Invictus Games Closing Ceremony on Sunday (16.02.25) but she shared footage of the 40-year-old royal receiving a standing ovation during a speech inside Vancouver's Rogers Arena by Canadian Prime Minister Justin ...Read more

Mauricio Umansky undergoes surgery after skiing accident

Mauricio Umansky has had a metal plate inserted into his shoulder.

The 54-year-old reality star was involved in a skiing accident in Aspen, Colorado on Friday (14.02.25) and he has now successfully undergone surgery to repair a broken clavicle, so is looking forward to making a "speedy recovery".

Thanking fans for their kind messages since he ...Read more

Alice Evans 'being evicted' from Los Angeles home

Alice Evans claims she's being "evicted' from her Los Angeles home.

The actress - who shares two daughters Ella and Elsie with her ex-husband Ioan Gruffudd - has revealed she's being forced to leave the house she shares with the kids but she's struggling to find anywhere else to live amid the housing crisis brought on by the California ...Read more