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Enjoy a night of wall-to-wall pop icons. Plus, Alfie Boe, James Emmanuel and Mica Paris perform at the Festival of Remembrance. Here’s what to watch this evening
Read moreJohn Malkovich and Sam Rockwell team up in a typically offbeat Martin McDonagh comedy, and the Followill brothers reach album No 10 in rustic mode Wild Horse Nine Out now John Malkovich looks set to be nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of an ageing CIA agent with terminal cancer who is sent to Easter Island with his younger colleague (Sam Rockwell) in this dark comedy drama from Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin). Continue reading...
Read moreGordon Ramsay and Marco Pierre White reunite to beef it out, while the poetic Spanish saga recounts the hidden history of gay sexuality. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...
Read moreThe grime artist, widely considered to be one of the UK's best, returns with his first album in seven years.
Read moreEdward Sarsfield says he suffered "excruciating" burns while filming a scene on a burning ship.
Read moreThe first foray into Asia for the song contest will see 11 countries vying for the trophy, but will it have the same feel as its European predecessor?
Read moreOrganisers hope extravagant attempt to transplant song contest will be a success Thailand is about to get a glitz-infused injection of pop culture, with crews starting construction of a large stage in Bangkok as part of an extravagant attempt to transplant Eurovision to Asia. Organisers have promised the world’s longest-running music competition will launch “a new chapter in Asia” next weekend, when 11 contestants from across the region will sing and dance for votes. Continue reading...
Read moreMet police chief says ‘many more’ victims could come forward, as actor and comedian awaits sentencing Police are bracing themselves for more victims of Russell Brand to come forward, with at least 10 more women suspected of having been attacked by the disgraced star. Brand, 51, will be sentenced on Monday to what is expected to be a lengthy jail sentence for rape and sexual assaults after he abused his fame to become a “predator” targeting women, and got away with it for years. Continue reading...
Read moreTV’s most soothing gardener bids viewers farewell in his own inimitable style: poetically, and with barely a hint of fuss Monty Don paces through his garden, slowly and deliberately. “Welcome to a beautiful day,” he announces. Autumn has hit and the greens of Longmeadow have modulated into soft yellows and oranges. He’s right. This is as idyllic as his place will get. “But,” he warns, “we know winter will come.” And with winter comes change, and death, and a final loss before regrowth. Don is talking about gardens, about how it won’t be long before the first frosts arrive. But maybe, just mayb
Read moreChilean director of films including Gloria and A Fantastic Woman could expertly capture both the personal and political Sebastián Lelio, director of A Fantastic Woman and Gloria, dies aged 52 The last 20 years have seen an amazing flowering of creativity from Chilean film-makers. The standard bearers of the Novisimo Cine Chileno, or New Chilean Cinema, have included Pablo Larraín, Patricio Guzmán (who sadly died this year) and Sebastián Silva, directors who brought to global audiences news of what it has been like in their country to have submitted to Augusto Pinochet’s rule, a tinpot tyranny
Read moreRapper called out ‘intimidation and suppression’ in post, claiming major arenas refused to host him after he was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour Macklemore says that nine leading US arenas have refused to host his Free Palestine fundraising tour, calling out “intimidation, manipulation and suppression” tactics. In an Instagram post, the rapper says that he hoped to bring the tour to the US, but nine top arenas refused to host the event, including New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Los Angeles’s Crypto.com Arena and Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Continue reading...
Read moreChilean film-maker, whose films starred Florence Pugh, Julianne Moore and Rachel Weisz, died at his home in Santiago Chilean film-maker Sebastián Lelio has died at the age of 52. He was best known for the Oscar-winning trans drama A Fantastic Woman and his English-language films included Gloria Bell and The Wonder. Continue reading...
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