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‘Joy’, Story of First Test-Tube Baby Starring Bill Nighy, to Get World Premiere at BFI London Film Fest
This year’s Cunard Gala at the 68th BFI London Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Joy starring Bill Nighy, James Norton, and Thomasin McKenzie. The cast of Joy, which tells the true story behind the world’s first “test-tube baby” in 1978, will be in attendance, the LFF also confirmed. Told through the […]
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Tilda Swinton-Narrated Installation Leads London Film Festival’s Immersive Art and Gaming Program
An installation narrated by Tilda Swinton will lead London Film Festival Expanded, a new lineup of immersive art, extended reality, and gaming experiences at this year’s event. The 68th BFI London Film Festival, running Oct. 9-20, has in partnership with American Express unveiled the fest’s program addition in a bid to celebrate moving images “in […]
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Cate Blanchett to Return to Theater in Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ on London Stage
Cate Blanchett will return to the stage for the first time in six years. The Australian Oscar winner will perform as Arkadina in a new version of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull at the Barbican Theatre in London for six weeks from February. Blanchett will be joined by Tom Burke (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga) […]
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Elton John Doc on Overcoming “Adversity, Abuse, Addiction” Set for BFI London Film Festival
A documentary on the celebrated British singer Elton John will get its European premiere at the 68th BFI London Film Festival. Elton John: Never Too Late will air on Oct. 10 at London’s Royal Festival Hall, with the singer and doc directors R.J. Cutler and David Furnish, who is also John’s husband, set to be […]
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‘A Very Royal Scandal’: See Michael Sheen as Prince Andrew in First-Look Photos
Amazon Prime Video has released first-look images of Michael Sheen and Ruth Wilson in A Very Royal Scandal, a series following the BBC’s infamous interview with Prince Andrew about Jeffrey Epstein. The newly-released photos show Sheen (Good Omens, Prodigal Son Masters of Sex) as the British royal family member and Wilson (Luther, The Affair, Jane […]
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BBC Asks Disgraced Former News Anchor Huw Edwards to Return $255K Salary
Disgraced former news anchor Huw Edwards has been asked to pay the BBC back his 200,000 pound ($255,000) salary after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children. Edwards, who led landmark coverage for the BBC, including its announcement of Queen Elizabeth II’s death and the London 2012 Olympics, was arrested in November — a development […]
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‘Veep’ Creator Armando Iannucci Takes Aim at Elon Musk After Anti-Racism Rallies Quash U.K. Riots
Veep creator Armando Iannucci is taking aim at tech mogul Elon Musk after the billionaire was accused of fanning the flames of the U.K.’s far-right movement, which has led to nights of riots, looting and vandalism. On Wednesday, police were told to brace for over 100 anti-migration protests with more than 6,000 riot police deployed […]
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Lisa Westcott, British Makeup Artist Who Won Oscar for ‘Les Misérables,’ Dies at 76
Lisa Westcott, the British makeup artist who won an Oscar for her work on 2012’s Les Misérables, has died, her husband told The Hollywood Reporter. She was 76. Westcott died July 30 at her home in Oxford with her husband, Jeremy Ancock, and her twin children, George Ancock and Harriette Rothwell, with her. She was […]
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Sky Employees Issued Memo to Leave Work Early as U.K. Braces for More Far-Right Riots
Sky employees based at the company’s west London campus have been told to either stay at home or leave work early as far-right riots continue to take place across the U.K. with hundreds arrested for setting fire to buildings, looting stores, and harassing local residents. The unrest began after the stabbing of three young girls […]
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‘Queen Charlotte’ Star India Amarteifio, ‘Maxton Hall’ Actor Damian Hardung to Lead Coming-of-Age Film
India Amarteifio, star of Netflix’s Bridgerton prequel series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, will lead a new coming-of-age romance alongside Maxton Hall‘s Damian Hardung. From Shot of Tea, Into the Deep Blue is the winner of the Nicholl Fellowship, awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It follows Nick (Hardung) and Fiona […]
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‘Top Boy’ Star Jasmine Jobson to Lead Biopic on Boxing Champion Ramla Ali, ‘In the Shadows’
Filming is underway in London on In the Shadows, starring BAFTA-winning actor Jasmine Jobson in the biopic about female boxing champion Ramla Ali. Jobson recently won big at the television awards for her role in Top Boy. She plays Ali, a woman who secretly pursued her dream to become the first Somali-British professional boxing champion. […]
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Lily Collins, Álvaro Morte to Make West End Stage Debuts in Bess Wohl’s ‘Barcelona’
Lily Collins will bid adieu to Paris and join Money Heist‘s Álvaro Morte in London for the pair’s West End stage debuts in Barcelona. The Emily in Paris star will join Morte in Bess Wohl’s acclaimed two-character play Barcelona at the Duke of York’s Theatre in the U.K. capital from Oct. 21 to Jan. 11, […]
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