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Almost every day, multi-paragraph emails arrive from passionate and well-informed readers in Barcelona and Frankfurt, Chicago and Warsaw. They have appealing names like Bella Monroe, Thalina Rose and Tricia Claxton. Some…
The performer, who has a degenerative sight condition which has left her registered blind, was given a congratulatory hug by her coach Sir Tom Jones on his final appearance on the show after previously announcing he had…
The singer-songwriter returned to the long-running US sketch show for its Halloween special, which was hosted by Obsession star Inde Navarrette. Advertisement Abrams opened with ‘Hit The Wall’, the lead single and…
The presenter , who stepped down from Strictly Come Dancing at the end of last year and quit her self-titled chat show after just one season, was reported to be in talks to host a reboot of the popular programme earlier…
The appeal of Puccini's work to any company – never mind one urgently committed to stabilising itself – is clear. Tosca is one of opera's most bankable titles and a complex, compact drama about power with endless…
Speaking on the Half the Picture podcast , the Twelfth Doctor star said that the iconic sci-fi needs to be overseen by people who love the series rather than BBC executives who "don't really understand it". Referencing…
The metal legend revealed that his band had approached the Baltimore hardcore group about joining them on the road, but that they had declined the opportunity. Advertisement Speaking on a recent episode of his SiriusXM…
It’s the plot twist nobody saw coming. The delight viewers felt when Lady Monica Baddingham finally left cheating husband Tony (David Tennant) in the last episode of Rivals released back in May, was short-lived, as she…
Cinema, the iconically stupid presenter explains, is not just mankind's greatest achievement but also a world where "men can be heroes, women can get off with heroes, and nobody ever goes to the toilet – unless you're…
The 16th-century tragedy, a story of love-addled teenagers and white-hot resentment, is often an English student's first introduction to the bard's oeuvre – more accessible and relatable to teens, with its plaintive lust…