‘George Lucas told me off for wearing lipstick’: Celia Imrie on Traitors, Star Wars and treating the lens like a lover

What was it like? Who have you kept in touch with? breezehillpete They absolutely didn't hang on my every word. I'm fascinated to watch it now, because at a distance, I can see how people follow each other. That herd…

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Raise the Red Lantern review – Gong Li gives a decade-defining performance in an addictively ruthless masterpiece

They responded to its arguably westernised tale of a young woman's desperate loneliness in a sinister environment that resembles something by Charlotte Brontë or Daphne du Maurier. Like Jung Chang's memoir Wild Swans…

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Philomena Cunk has launched a Letterboxd account: “I ate Revels and was sick in my lap”

The Diane Morgan character originally appeared as a segment Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe before going it alone in a run of satirical mockumentaries including 2018’s Cunk On Britain , 2022’s Cunk On Earth and Cunk On…

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NESYA has found her calling as an “exorcist musician”

“It’s become a tradition. My fanbase pretty much expects it now because my music is kind of spooky,” says the singer-songwriter, who recently moved from California to the Southwest of America. “Spooky” is certainly one…

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‘La Bola Negra’ review: this dazzling queer melodrama is coming for all the Oscars

La bola negra has already dazzled at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where Los Javis won the Best Director award jointly with Polish auteur Paweł Pawlikowski. Now it looks like a shoo-in for a slew of Oscar nominations…

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Married at First Sight UK cancelled after BBC revealed rape allegations

The Channel 4 show was plunged into crisis earlier this year, after Panorama revealed rape allegations from two female cast members on the show , while a third woman alleged a non-consensual sex act. The men involved…

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Bash Croft On Playing Himself, Celebrity Traitors And Making Pop Music

After a childhood spent appearing on the boards of West End productions like Les Misérables and Oliver! , Croft’s acting career led him to the set of the nation’s beloved TV shows, where he played a young Eddard ‘Ned’…

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Full of life and catching feelings: Christine and the Queens’ greatest songs – ranked!

Hopecore eschewed the sophisticated pop of his early years in favour of lo-fi, roughly drawn sonic sketches, and this flighty opener is built around ricocheting drum beat patterns that are eventually pierced wide open by…

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Stone to be laid for Mobo founder Kanya King

The Mobo awards music ceremony - which celebrates black music, culture and excellence from the UK and abroad - was launched by King in 1996. Through Mobo, King is credited with playing a major role in bringing black…

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Cynthia Erivo to play Tupac’s mum in Snoop Dogg biopic

The Snoop Dogg biopic was first announced in 2022 and has been described by creators as the “definitive” film about the entertainment mogul and iconic rapper Snoop Dogg. Advertisement Outer Banks ’ star Jonathan Daviss…

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