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Ambitious plans are being scaled back – but film and TV industry point to big existing investments in British production Hollywood blockbusters including the eagerly anticipated Beatles biopics and big-budget TV series such as Bridgerton have been keeping the UK’s film and TV studio facilities packed. But as the streaming wars recalibrate having passed “peak TV” , a slowdown in the content arms…
He’s played English titans from William Shakespeare to Gareth Southgate, but what does the actor really think about the country today? We are at a corner table in a breakfast place in Chelsea, Joseph Fiennes opposite me on the banquette with his jack russell, Noa. “Dog duty,” he says, apologetic. Noa looks at me, brown eyes also apologetic. They’ve been in Hyde Park, he says, he lost track,…
While his colleagues deal with war and controversy, he’s laughing and talking in rap lyrics.
From Naomi Ishiguro to Jess Atwood Gibson, more children of high profile writers are becoming authors themselves. Parents and their literary offspring discuss the pressures of measuring up Martin Amis liked to observe that the unusual position he and Kingsley Amis held – father-and-son novelists – was a historical anomaly, a “literary curiosity”. But it was not unique: Alexandre Dumas père and…
The festival can often make you queasy, as geopolitics are played out through the proxy of art. This year it feels on the verge of collapsing in on itself On Tuesday, the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale was full of activity. Several pallets, piled high with cases of prosecco and a few boxes of good old English Gordon’s gin, had been delivered outside. Inside, Ensemble Toloka, a group of…
About 12 countries have so far been linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, as the UN health agency confirms at least five cases.
A ransomware attack took down a popular university-course-management software right in the middle of finals.
The theme of earth’s biggest art extravaganza – spiritual rest – felt wildly wrong for our crisis-hit planet. Thank goodness for the pavilions, from fake babies to hi-tech sperm banks to a chocolate Russell Crowe What not to miss at the 2026 Venice Biennale – a guide It was almost over before it even started. This year’s Venice Biennale has been tearing itself apart for months: countries not…
This Florida-set revenge thriller swings between being boring and ludicrous. It’s riddled with awkward dialogue and convenient plotting Miami, Florida is the US at its extreme. Ostentatious wealth is everywhere, some legal, some very illegal, most of it in a grey area between the two. All of it is propped up by the hard work and cherished dreams of immigrants, people whose fight for a better life…
(Atlantic) The lyrics may argue the dancefloor is dead, but this funny, wilfully plasticky new single isn’t the total about-turn from Brat that fans expected Last month, Charli xcx began the media campaign for her seventh studio album by giving an interview to Vogue magazine. The ensuing feature caused an impressive degree of online consternation, not because the 33-year-old star had said…
Adolescence writer Jack Thorne’s romantic new drama Falling is quite the gear shift. Its stars open up about what it’s like to research a love so controversial that the church couldn’t allow it The scene is the convent garden of a closed order of nuns, the place is somewhere in the UK with a maelstrom of social problems – which, let’s be real, could be any of it. Keeley Hawes’s Anna, a nun, isn’t…
M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool What Simon has lost in vocal power he has added in intimacy and authority – and this hushed performance makes for an arena concert like no other In 2018, Paul Simon’s triumphant Homeward Bound: The Farewell Tour was intended as his goodbye to decades of full-scale touring. However, even chronic hearing loss hasn’t dimmed his desire to perform again. Here, assisted by…
Amazon made its pitch to advertisers at their annual upfront presentation in New York on Wednesday, with the TV arm of the e-commerce giant packing in the star power once again. Like the great Stev…
VarietyMichael B. Jordan was among the surprise closing acts at Amazon’s upfront presentation to advertisers Monday at the Beacon Theatre in New York. And this particular appearance was not about the Osca…
VarietyGet ready, riders: The long-gestating “Fourth Wing” TV adaptation has been ordered to series at Amazon’s Prime Video. Based on the best-selling “The Empyrean” romantasy book series from author Rebe…
VarietyRonald Gladden and Anthony Norman may soon have some company. The two unwitting stars of Prime Video’s “Jury Duty” franchise will now get to watch while someone else experiences what they went thro…
VarietyPassengers potentially exposed to hantavirus are being repatriated, so what is the risk to the wider public?
BBC HealthAmazon Prime Video has set a release date for the next installation of “The Rings of Power.” The third season of the “Lord of the Rings” prequel series will debut on November 11. The news was annou…
VarietyMark Smythe, a New Zealand-born and L.A.-based composer, died Saturday after a medical emergency on the Mount Wilson hiking trail near Los Angeles. He was 53. The L.A. Coroner’s office reported tha…
VarietyAmazon Prime Video has ordered a series version of Elsie Silver’s “Rose Hill” romance novels. The announcement was made as part of Amazon’s upfront presentation to advertisers in New York on Monday…
VarietyThe moves the president is making right now will put all possible successors in the same predicament.
The AtlanticThe International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has reached an agreement with the producers of “Beast Games” Season 3. The new contract will cover more than 500 crew members workin…
VarietyJust hours after she performed a song-and-dance number at the NBC upfront (as her “30 Rock” character Jenna Maroney), “Celebrity Name That Tune” host Jane Krakowski opened the Fox upfront with anot…
VarietyNia DaCosta will direct the first two episodes of the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series “Sex Criminals.” She will also serve as an executive producer on the project. Based on Matt Fraction and Chi…
VarietyThe UK, US and EU are asking all citizens returning home from the virus-hit MV Hondius to self-isolate for about six weeks.
BBC HealthExperts say the “modest reduction” is “not cause for complacency”, with calls to redouble efforts to slash deaths further.
BBC HealthIn the course of his delightful Netflix series, Galifianakis learns how to graft apple trees, make richer compost and generally self-sustain. "The future is agrarian," he says in every episode.
NPR BooksSharpe played a newly rich tech bro on vacation in The White Lotus . Now he's starring as Mozart, a musical genius who struggles to "read the room" in a new limited TV series.
NPR BooksHe can no longer hide the consequences from the Russian public.
The AtlanticDudley Town Hall With bits about Prince, Tiswas, his Jamaican family and his long career, the standup treads familiar ground and the home-town crowd love it In this new standup show – his first tou…
The Guardian CultureReport suggests that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home are making UK audiences more adventurous Theatre streaming services and cinema screenings of stage performances are not a thr…
The Guardian CultureCasting director urges Keir Starmer to intervene in case of Paata Burchuladze, 71, jailed for seven years after singing at anti-regime demonstrations The Royal Opera House in London has urged Keir …
The Guardian CultureOver his kaleidoscopic career, the great Shakespearean was a stalwart of the RSC, co-founded a ‘rock’n’roll’ theatre company and excelled at Chekhov and Pinter Michael Pennington was what Richard I…
The Guardian CultureDespite their anger at Donald Trump, European nations have an interest in defending the freedom of navigation.
The AtlanticAfter years of upheaval, English National Opera is staging its first new opera in its northern base: the Pulitzer-winning Angel’s Bone, about two angels brutally exploited by human traffickers. We …
The Guardian CultureAllies and rivals alike are less likely to give the president what he seeks.
The AtlanticUEA Drama Studio, Norwich A scientist sees the climate crisis in action when she returns to her mother’s flooded home, while the mum just fancies a trip to see the penguins In these days of ever-en…
The Guardian Culture‘There was a lot of fighting and drinking at our shows. We played for bikers, for Hell’s Angels. We would break records for beer sales everywhere we played’ Before Bad to the Bone, we just played o…
The Guardian CultureBeijing’s geopolitical restraint is all part of a long game.
The AtlanticThe host of the film awards ceremony at which Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson shouted a racial slur has said he won’t host it again Alan Cumming has criticised the organisers of the Bafta …
The Guardian CultureAt the end of 2024, Keir Starmer announced key government targets including on NHS waiting lists and building new homes, how is he getting on?
BBC HealthThe hit novel Yesteryear seems to be a withering critique of influencers—but is actually more attuned to the corruptions of power.
The AtlanticVisiting galleries was fine when my son was asleep in the sling – now he’s a boisterous explorer. It’s made me wonder: should we be sticking to exhibitions aimed at children? Oh, for the days of th…
The Guardian CultureBob Dylan and Paul McCartney are wringing great art and performance out of the relationship between the present and the past.
The AtlanticAnd I wish Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did too.
The AtlanticFrom Claudia Winkleman’s joy to Stephen Graham kissing the queen of baking plus secrets and selfies with Alan Carr, Guardian photographer Sarah Lee gets an exclusive look behind the scenes at the b…
The Guardian CultureBrudenell Social Club, Leeds The polka-dotted phenomenon land their spaceship in Leeds for an ecstatic show that balances supremely complex musicianship with ridiculous good fun The proud tradition…
The Guardian CultureUK Anti-Doping have published research into SARMs being sold on social media platforms. The survey found a third of people aged 16-25 see ads for SARMs every week.
BBC HealthThe French actor steps into unfamiliar – and bracingly raw – territory with In-I In Motion after four decades reigning the international arthouse. You have to go out of your comfort zone, she says,…
The Guardian CultureThe once-powerful aide’s influence has quietly diminished.
The AtlanticNewcastle United Foundation has painted benches in the city's Leazes Park to highlight mental health and encourage fans to talk to each other. Defender Dan Burn spoke to BBC Sport about the work be…
BBC HealthToon Kelder artwork from famed Goudstikker collection resurfaces with descendants of Hendrik Seyffardt Europe live – latest updates An artwork looted by the Nazis from the renowned Goudstikker coll…
The Guardian CultureThe latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their favourite comfort films is an ode to Brad Pitt and Aaron Sorkin’s lovably human baseball drama The older I get, the more I want to hear p…
The Guardian CultureAfter a long career in comedy, Martin Short shares his story of "love, loss and survival" in a new Netflix documentary, Marty, Life Is Short .
NPR BooksYihwen Chen’s warm and galvanising documentary follows queer punk band Shh…Diam! as they battle discrimination with humour and raw energy For queer Malaysian punk band Shh … Diam!, every live gig i…
The Guardian CultureThe grand music halls and theatres of the 1920s gave way to the era of the moving image, prompting the acquisition and conversion of lavish cinemas across the US – many of which became enduring cul…
The Guardian CulturePaul McCartney hails plans for 3 Savile Row, which include access to rooftop where the band played their final gig The address may not sound familiar, and the street name is best known as the heart…
The Guardian CultureAn enthralling history of the record label that stuffed the charts with hits takes in everything from Bananarama to Bronski Beat. Plus, Suzi Ruffell serves up a lovely series of LGBTQIA+ chat and d…
The Guardian CultureThe Booker winner’s epic tale of gay love and loneliness in the Hebrides charts an uneasy homecoming against a backdrop of repression There’s a common greeting in the Outer Hebrides: the lineage-es…
The Guardian CultureGroups in Liverpool are trying to remedy the historical under-resourcing of women's healthcare.
BBC HealthA moving documentary marks 85 years since the end of the blitz. Plus, the finale of Steve Carell’s hit comedy Rooster. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC Two “Don’t worry … we’ve got big st…
The Guardian CultureFive passengers of the MV Hondius will be quarantined in Paris "until further notice", France's prime minister says.
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