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In one of this Broadway season’s most startling on-stage moments, Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen takes a swift and no-turning back move, a Psycho-like turn shortly after the start of the play that re-directs everything. A character we might have initially believed to be the center of the story is done away with, dispatched by one the

Glastonbury Festival has announced its full line-up and stage times, with acts including The Libertines, AJ Tracey, Kae Tempest and Jamie T added to the bill. They join headliners Billie Eilish, Sir Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar, as well as other acts including Noel Gallagher‘s High Flying Birds, Diana Ross, Sam Fender, Wolf Alice, Haim,

Love Island 2022 is officially here – and this year’s singletons include former England striker Michael Owen’s daughter, Gemma. The 19-year-old international dressage rider and businesswoman will enter the villa in Majorca when the popular ITV2 dating show returns next week. She will join the new crop of contestants which include a dancer with a

Top Gun: Maverick has taken flight at the box office, pulling in more than £196m worldwide and securing the biggest ever opening weekend for a Tom Cruise film. Amid a post-pandemic malaise for the industry and fears audiences may never return to cinemas in huge numbers, the sequel to the 1986 blockbuster collected an estimated

Noel Clarke has said allegations of sexual harassment and bullying made against him by 20 women left him feeling suicidal. The actor, writer and director told The Mail On Sunday the allegations “damaged me in a way I cannot articulate… I lost everything”. Allegations of groping and sexual harassment said to have taken place between

Music fans are being priced out of seeing their favourite acts due to high ticket prices, according to those in the industry. In 1999, the average arena gig ticket cost £22.58, according to the National Arenas Association. Today, that is equivalent to £36.22 when taking into account inflation from the ONS inflation index, although it

Stranger Things actor David Harbour has described being mentally ill as “a natural condition of poverty” while reflecting on fame as the popular series returns to Netflix. Harbour, 47, found fame for his portrayal of Jim Hopper in the science fiction drama series Stranger Things and also hit the headlines when he married British pop

Perhaps a show about the founders of punk was never going to be without controversy. Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten, tried to stop the rest of the group using the band’s music in new series Pistol – but the court ruled against him. Guitarist Steve Jones told Sky News he

The jury in the multi-million dollar defamation trial between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard has been sent out to consider its verdicts. Heard, who claims Depp physically and sexually assaulted her, is being sued by the Hollywood actor for $50m over an article she wrote in The Washington Post in 2018 in which

EXCLUSIVE: Broadway’s Felicia Boswell (Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert) will be making her West End debut this July when she takes over from Beverley Knight (Bodyguard Musical), the chart-topping Queen of British Soul, in the enormously enjoyable hit show The Drifters Girl, which has been running at The Garrick Theatre since last November. Knight departs The

Since the launch of Disney+, Star Wars fans have been treated to wildly successful shows such as The Mandalorian, The Bad Batch and The Book Of Boba Fett. But for several years, fans were screaming one name, almost in unison – Obi-Wan. Ewan McGregor’s portrayal of the bearded Jedi master in the Star Wars prequels

Amber Heard made an emotional return to the stand as Johnny Depp’s libel trial against her entered its final stretch, reminding jurors she is “a human being” and saying: “I just want Johnny to leave me alone.” In her second round of direct evidence in the high-profile case on Thursday, the actress was tearful as

One of the spring’s hottest Off Broadway tickets will make the move to Broadway this summer: The acclaimed, sold-out Encores! production of the James Lapine-Stephen Sondheim classic Into The Wood will transfer to Broadway’s St. James Theatre on June 28 for a strictly limited eight-week engagement. Making the move from New York City Center to

Former reality TV star Josh Duggar has been jailed for about 12-and-a-half years after he was convicted of receiving child abuse images. Duggar was arrested in April 2021 after a Little Rock police detective discovered files were being shared by a computer which was traced to him. Investigators testified that images depicting the sexual abuse

EXCLUSIVE: Stranger Things actor Gaten Matarazzo will return to Broadway this summer in the Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen. Beginning July 19, Matarazzo will play the role of Jared Kleinman in the long-running musical. The casting was announced today by producer Stacey Mindich.  Dear Evan Hansen is playing at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre. “Words could

Kate Moss has said Johnny Depp “never” pushed her down any stairs, contrary to rumours discussed by Amber Heard during the US defamation trial. The British supermodel said the actor, who she was in a relationship from 1994 to 1998, had not “pushed, kicked or threw me” down any stairs while they were together. She

Broadway’s 2021-22 season – 10 weeks shorter than usual, plagued by Covid and the cancelations it caused, not to mention the tourists who didn’t show up – took a beating at the box office, with season-end numbers no less stark for being expected: The industry took in a total of $845,414,915 at the box office,

Amber Heard’s estimated $45m loss of earnings due to negative statements made by Johnny Depp and his attorney has been disputed in court, as their ongoing libel battle ends its 21st day. Depp is suing Heard over an article she wrote in the Washington Post in 2018, in which she claimed to be a victim

In a case that has raised the bar for eye-popping revelations and allegations, it is perhaps one of the most shocking – Amber Heard’s claim that Johnny Depp pushed his ex-girlfriend Kate Moss down some stairs during their relationship. Heard alleged she had heard this had happened during her time on the stand earlier in

UPDATED with latest: There was a glut of great TV, movies and music to celebrate in 2021, but 2022 isn’t allowing much room for celebration. Many awards events were canceled, moved or modified as New York and Los Angeles smashed daily Covid records due to Omicron. The winter months were challenging for red carpet and