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Whodunnit movie Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has closed this year’s London Film Festival with stars telling Sky News how pleased they are the industry is back in full swing following the pandemic. The follow-up to the 2019 hit Knives Out sees Daniel Craig reprising his role as detective Benoit Blanc. “It’s just wonderful

Sir John Major has rubbished The Crown’s reported depiction of Charles trying to force the Queen’s abdication during his time in office as “damaging, malicious fiction”. The next series of the Netflix show is said to include scenes of the then Prince of Wales, played by Dominic West, briefing Sir John (Jonny Lee Miller) against

A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved and acclaimed children’s book classic, is being developed as a stage musical, producers announced today. The adaptation will feature music and lyrics by Obie Award-winning composer Heather Christian (Oratorio for Living Things), book by Lauren Yee (Cambodian Rock Band) and direction by two-time Obie Award winner Lee Sunday

Robbie Coltrane’s daughter has shared a touching picture of the pair together, following his death aged 72. Alice McMillan posted the photo of her hugging her father on Instagram on Saturday, accompanied by a black heart emoji. Coltrane is survived by Alice and her brother Spencer, their mother Rhonda Gemmell and his sister Annie Rae.

UPDATE, with device information The producers of Broadway’s Hadestown and Jujamcyn Theaters have apologized to an audience member with hearing loss whose use of a captioning device, provided by the theater, drew repeated onstage reprimands from one of the musical’s stars who mistakenly assumed the device was recording the performance. Audience member Samantha Coleman posted

London Film Festival has returned in its full, in-person form this year, as celebs and filmmakers head back to the event to show off their latest projects to a British audience. Backstage, the TV and film podcast from Sky News, has been at the British Film Institute’s flagship event on London’s South Bank, watching films

Max Woodward, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts executive and producer who oversaw the production of its theater programming for years before his retirement in 2016, died today of Alzheimer’s disease at a Washington D.C. care facility. He was 76. “Today, we mourn the passing of Max Woodward,” the Kennedy Center said

Harry Potter and Cracker actor Robbie Coltrane has died aged 72. The Scottish-born star, known for playing the Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid in the Potter film franchise and criminal psychologist Dr Eddie ‘Fitz’ Fitzgerald in the 1990s TV crime drama, died on Friday. In a statement, his agent of 40 years, Belinda Wright, said the actor

The Hadestown audience member with hearing loss who was reprimanded from the stage by Lillias White when the Broadway actress mistook a captioning device for a recording device is urging social media users to “please stop harassing” the Broadway star. “Ms. White is not a malicious person, nor is she the enemy,” said Samantha Coleman

Just Stop Oil activists have thrown tomato soup over Van Gogh’s masterpiece Sunflowers at the National Gallery. Two women walked into a room at the gallery in Trafalgar Square at about 11am, the campaign group said. They threw the contents of two tins of Heinz tomato soup over the famous 1888 painting, which has an

There’s abundant magic still in The Piano Lesson, August Wilson’s grand, 1987 Pulitzer Prize winning tale of a Black family torn between legacy and ambition, the past and the future, and, it’s not an overstatement to note, between life and death. In the new beautifully performed production opening on Broadway tonight at the Ethel Barrymore

Kevin Spacey is currently on trial in New York, accused of sexual misconduct – but there are no criminal charges involved. The Hollywood star has been sued in a civil case by stage and screen actor Anthony Rapp over an alleged incident almost 40 years ago. Following jury selection earlier in October the multimillion-dollar lawsuit

Broadway will honor the legendary Angela Lansbury with the traditional dimming of marquee lights this Saturday evening. “Angela Lansbury was without a doubt one of Broadway’s most endearing leading actresses and her influence in the world of musical theatre will forever live on,” said Charlotte St. Martin, President of The Broadway League in a statement.

Queen has released a lost song recorded with late frontman Freddie Mercury more than 30 years ago. Originally taped in 1988 during the British band’s sessions for their 13th album The Miracle, Face It Alone did not make the final cut and was later forgotten. The song was rediscovered when Queen’s production and archive team

From source of moral panic, to source material for a multi-million pound drama – while drill music has moved more into mainstream culture, rapper Big Narstie has hit out at how it has been demonised in the press. The musician and presenter is the star of new series Jungle, which he says presents the controversial

The Broadway production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Between Riverside And Crazy starring Common will be simulcast during its final two weeks in February, producer Second Stage Theatre announced today. The play will be the second production simulcast by Second Stage, following last season’s production of Clyde’s. “We are very pleased to once again offer a

Tributes have been pouring in for Dame Angela Lansbury after her death at the age of 96. The actress, who starred in TV drama Murder, She Wrote, died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles early on Tuesday, her family said. Born in London, she won five Tony Awards for her Broadway performances,

A Strange Loop, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Broadway musical, will plays its final performance on January 15, 2023, producers announced today. Michael R. Jackson’s acclaimed musical – it won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Best Musical Tony -opened April 26 at the Lyceum Theatre to rave reviews reviews, but has seen steadily