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Image copyright Netflix Image caption The film is set in post-war America Martin Scorsese’s latest film, The Irishman, will be shown for the first time outside the US at the BFI London Film Festival. The Oscar-winning director said he’s “extremely honoured” the crime film will be played at the festival’s closing night gala on 13 […]

Image copyright Getty Images Kevin Spacey has given his first public performance for almost two years, reading a poem about a boxer lamenting the loss of his once-glorious career. He has kept a low profile since sexual assault allegations emerged in 2017. The actor resurfaced to recite the poem The Boxer by Gabriele Tinti in

Image caption Many festival-goers get up early to take part in workshops and classes Millions of people around the world go to music festivals each year. At one time, they were seen as encouraging heavy drinking and drug-taking while providing poor facilities and bad food. But now organisers are more focused on festival-goers’ wellbeing. “The

Image copyright PA Media Image caption Terry Deary (right) and illustrator Martin Brown launched the Horrible Histories books in 1993 Author Terry Deary has a pretty good idea of why his Horrible Histories series is so popular. “The problem with non-fiction books is they’re written by experts who wouldn’t know a child if it jumped

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is Quentin Tarantino’s salute to what he loves most: movies. On Los Angeles backlots and inside lavish homes where the rich and famous dwell, egos may rule, but everyone shares an unyielding desire to create something magical. Do it well enough, and they’ll be mythologized in the American consciousness

D.A. Pennebaker, the revered filmmaker who revolutionized the technology and style of contemporary documentaries, died Thursday at his home in Long Island, New York. He was 94. The list of U.S. filmmakers with notable influences on popular culture is lengthy, but few can claim to have changed the medium altogether. Pennebaker did so in at least

Image copyright AFP Image caption Heloise Letissier: “Since I started, it’s been non-negotiable: I’m going to be brutally honest.” There aren’t many pop shows like the one Christine + The Queens is putting on at festivals around Europe this summer. Sparse and theatrical, it sees the French singer tangle and tussle with her dance troupe,

“What do you mean the telenovela’s gonna end?” a young Jane Gloriana Villanueva, sandwiched on the couch between her mother and grandmother, asks in a flashback in the beginning of the “Jane the Virgin” series finale. “They always have an ending,” her abuela Alba says. “But it’s always a happy one. The good people always

Bindi Irwin shared a touching tribute to her famed father, the late Steve Irwin, on Instagram on Friday that included heartfelt appreciation for her younger brother, who she said has provided her “amazing support.” The daughter of the wildlife expert and TV personality who was nicknamed “The Crocodile Hunter” got engaged last week on her 21st birthday to

When it comes to one “Hobbs & Shaw” rumor, director David Leitch says not so fast … and furious. In the new “Fast and Furious” spinoff, which follows the exploits of Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Shaw (Jason Statham) as they go around the globe trying to save the world from a super virus, there’s a