19 h. ago BAFTA Awards snub Freddie Flintoff despite his inspiring television comeback

Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff missed out on a BAFTA Award in London on Sunday after making his return to the small-screen following a near-death crash while filming for Top Gear

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5 d. ago Alicia Vikander to make West End debut in Henrik Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea

The Oscar winner, 36, admitted she was both ‘thrilled’ and daunted by the challenge, admitting: ‘... it's my first time on stage as an adult’

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5 d. ago Alicia Vikander will make her theatre debut in London opposite Andrew Lincoln in ‘The Lady from the Sea’

Alicia Vikander will make her theatre debut in London opposite Andrew Lincoln in ‘The Lady from the Sea’  Time Out

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9 d. ago ‘An intuitive genius’: Gary Oldman steps back on to stage as a national treasure

Actor returns to York theatre where he started out 46 years ago, after cementing status as one of UK’s greatest actorsIt’s been 46 years since Gary Oldman made his professional stage debut at York’s Theatre Royal. Returning to the venue last week for Samuel Beckett’s one-man play Krapp’s Last Tape, the 67-year-old English actor is a world removed from the young upstart once advised by Rada to do something else for a living.In the intervening four decades Oldman has steadily become one of the greatest actors of his generation, whose versatility and intense performance style have earned him numerous accolades including an Oscar, three Baftas and a Golden Globe. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Woman denies plotting BGT star Andrew Johnston rape claim with another woman

BGT star Andrew Johnston is on trial at London's Southwark Crown Court after being charged with two counts of rape and one of sexual assault - all of which he denies

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1 week ago Paul Mescal to make National Theatre debut in two 20th century plays

It comes after it was announced the actor is play Sir Paul McCartney in four films directed by Sir Sam Mendes about The Beatles.

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1 week ago Woman who says she was raped by Britain's Got Talent finalist tells court she did not plot with another accuser to celebrate a 'victory' over him

Andrew Johnston, 30, is on trial at London 's Southwark Crown Court charged with raping and sexually assaulting one woman and raping another woman.

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1 week ago Violence against women and girls 'endemic' in London with boys in thrall to figures like Andrew Tate whose influence is like 'terrorism', report warns

Violence against girls is 'endemic' in London as boys are in thrall to figures like Andrew Tate whose influence is like 'terrorism', a report has warned.

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2 w. ago Airdrie group Point5 Theatre wows hometown audiences with debut play

Cormac Myles, Alex Burns, Harry Reid and Scott Taylor and their cast and crew delivered in spades with 'The Ballad of Sonia The Skunk'.

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2 w. ago Alicia Vikander picks the most underrated film from her career

Oscar winner says her chosen film has grown in popularity in recent years

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2 w. ago Alicia Vikander on starring opposite Jude Law and her favourite work | Binge Watch

Alicia Vikander speaks with The Independent’s Jacob Stolworthy about new film Firebrand, a historical drama directed by Karim Aïnouz. Set during the tumultuous final years of Henry VIII’s (Jude Law) reign, the film focuses on Catherine Parr (Alicia Vikander), his sixth and final wife. In this interview Vikander discusses working opposite Law and the film’s representation of sex and feminism.

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3 w. ago Sinners is a horror film about the highs and lows of the Black experience | Andrew Lawrence

Ryan Coogler’s wildly ambitious period vampire movie is set around the great migration and uses supernatural and real-life horrors to smartly make its pointWhen it comes to centering the Black experience on film, director Ryan Coogler has carved a fruitful and unprecedented niche. Fruitvale Station reconstructs the final hours in the life of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Oakland man killed by a transit cop on New Year’s Day. The Creed franchise tarries in the space between Black athletic genius and fatherlessness. The Black Panther franchise meditates on the relationship between Black Africans and the global diaspora. Now comes Sinners, a Jim Crow period piece that frames the Black experience in America as a horror show – complete with real scars.The film, which made its theatrical debut over the weekend, follows Sammie – a young guitar hero (played by newcomer Miles Caton) itching to break away from his preacher father and the family church to play the blues for the unsaved masses. He...

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3 w. ago High Court case against Andrew Tate believed to be legal first, judge told

Four women, who cannot be identified, are suing Andrew Tate over allegations of sexual violence, which he denies.

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3 w. ago Lanarkshire theatre kids to make Edinburgh Fringe debut ahead of West End show

Encore Stars Academy is thrilled to announce that they will be heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year for the very first time with their production of Matilda Jr.

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