14 h. ago Call The Midwife star sports VERY different look as she transforms for new BBC period drama The Other Bennet Sister

The new drama tells the iconic story from the perspective of Mary Bennet, instead of drawing focus on Elizabeth Bennet and her love interest Mr. Darcy.

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28 h. ago Call the Midwife star unrecognisable in BBC period drama leading role

Call the Midwife star Ella Bruccoleri transforms into Mary Bennet in first-look images from BBC's upcoming period drama The Other Bennet Sister.

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3 d. ago Starmer to pick new US ambassador as relations with Trump tested

Exclusive: A trio of candidates have been interviewed by the PM, but he could still decide to directly appoint someone elseKeir Starmer is poised to choose a new ambassador to Washington from a shortlist of three as relations with the US are tested over Ukraine and Donald Trump’s attacks on European leaders.The prime minister held interviews with three finalists for the role this week, the Guardian has learned, with Downing Street preparing to make an appointment before the end of the year. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Shameless legend David Threlfall, 72, is forced to pull out of leading role in West End show after being struck down with a mystery illness

The Shameless legend, 72, who is known for his portrayal of Frank Gallagher in the Channel 4 series, is no longer going to star as Tiger in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.

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6 d. ago 'Perfectly cast' period drama that had viewers 'hooked' is now streaming

The BBC period drama premiered in 2013 and viewers claim it 'gets better with each episode'

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6 d. ago Arsenal given new verdict on captaincy change after bold 'next season' shout

Martin Odegaard has remained Arsenal captain this season but other members of the Gunners' leadership group have been tipped to eventually take the role from the Norwegian

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7 d. ago Tony Blair left out of Gaza ‘board of peace’ due to Iraq war history

Former UK Prime Minister had eyed a leading role on Trump’s council after working on the Israel-Hamas peace process

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8 d. ago Tony Blair reportedly dropped from Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’ shortlist

Former UK leader loses out on key role in transitional authority after objections from Arab and Muslim nationsTony Blair will not occupy a key position on Donald Trump’s Gaza “peace council” after Arab and Muslim nations were reported to have objected to the involvement of the former UK prime minister.According to the Financial Times (FT), Blair has been quietly dropped from consideration for Trump’s “board of peace”, which Trump has said he would chair himself. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Russell Tovey: ‘We have a responsibility, all of us, to choose empathy’

The actor is leaning into his leading man era, with a starring role in a new ‘Doctor Who’ spin-off series this month. He sits down with Helen Coffey to talk climate change, incel culture, and the importance of queer representation on screen

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1 week ago Angela Rayner hits back after fresh rumours of 'joint ticket' pact plan by Wes Streeting so he can topple Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister

The disgraced former housing secretary was reportedly promised a Cabinet role if she backs Streeting for a future leadership run.

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1 week ago ‘It was legs out all the time!’ June Squibb on starring in Scarlett Johansson’s directing debut – and Broadway’s original Gypsy

She brought the house down as a stripper in Gypsy, going on to star in films with Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson. Now, at 96, she’s stealing the show in Eleanor the Great. What’s her secret? ‘Be a looker-ahead’It is surely a comfort to anyone still awaiting mega-success to know that June Squibb was in her mid-80s before she hit the big time. Her role as a foul-mouthed matriarch in the 2013 film Nebraska brought her an Oscar nomination, and she had her first leading role in last year’s action comedy, Thelma. Now she’s playing the lead again, in the new film Eleanor the Great and she’s currently in rehearsals for a show on Broadway. Is Squibb, who has just turned 96, sick of talking about her late-peaking success? “I think people are interested, so no, it’s not a bad thing,” she says. “But it is funny, because when I first came to New York – it was the 50s – I did The Boy Friend, a musical, and I was a big hit.” But it was theatre, she concedes. “The film thing is so different.”In Elean...

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1 week ago 'Masterclass' period drama 'better than Downton Abbey' on BBC now

A period drama and murder mystery from the writer of Downton Abbey, hailed as a 'masterclass' with 'brilliant writing', is available to stream for free on BBC iPlayer.

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2 w. ago Succession star leads cast as BBC announce new le Carré series Legacy Of Spies

Succession star Matthew Macfadyen has landed the lead role on BBC le Carré series Legacy Of Spies

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2 w. ago Your Party conference thrown into chaos as Zarah Sultana boycotts first day

Sultana skips Saturday’s proceeding in solidarity with delegates expelled over links to other partiesZarah Sultana has boycotted the first day of Your Party’s inaugural conference, throwing the party’s first official gathering into chaos amid disagreements with co-founder Jeremy Corbyn over how the party should be run.Corbyn confirmed to journalists on Saturday that he preferred a single leader and is likely to stand for the role but Sultana said she would vote for collective leadership and that she did not believe parties should be run by “sole personalities”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Corbyn and Sultana at odds over Your Party leadership as conference opens

Delegates to choose between electing a single leader or a collective of lay members to run the leftwing movementThe two most prominent figures in Your Party are still divided over how it should be run as its inaugural conference kicked off this weekend.Jeremy Corbyn confirmed to journalists on Saturday that he preferred a single leader and is likely to stand for the role but Zarah Sultana, his co-founder, said she would vote for collective leadership and that she does not believe parties should be run by “sole personalities”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Walsh takes lead role as England face new test in clash of continental champions

Wiegman has had to rejig defence and captaincy for a Wembley friendly with China that should pose new challenges for LionessesWhen England welcome China to a sold-out Wembley Stadium on Saturday afternoon, it will mark the sixth meeting between two nations who have been on different trajectories in recent years. The marketing has focused on the clash of continental champions – England as the holders of the European Championship and China as the winners of the 2022 Asian Cup – but there has since been a change in fortunes between the two.The widening gap was evident the last time they met, at the 2023 Women’s World Cup, when England put six past the Steel Roses to progress to the last 16. It caught the eye not only because of the score but because of a bold tactical change from Sarina Wiegman – a switch from 4-3-3 to 3-5-2 – to deal with the absence of Keira Walsh. It kicked the Lionesses’ campaign into life and they made the final, while China exited, registering their worst finish ...

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2 w. ago Peaches: ‘We need lube to smooth out the friction of the world’

The Canadian electroclash icon on No Lube So Rude, her first album in a decade, the state of global politics, the ‘punk energy’ of the older generation and her love of ping-pongWhy is your forthcoming album your first in over a decade and who is/are the “you” in comeback single Not in Your Mouth None of Your Business? k4ren123I’ve been very busy – touring, working with dance troupes, performance art, sculptures, playing the lead role in a production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Seven Deadly Sins in Stuttgart, and on and on. Then, finally, I started on new music. The “you” in the single are people who feel they have the right to have autonomy over other people’s bodies and make it unsafe for people to be who they want to be. I’m especially talking about queer and mostly trans rights. The song’s like a mantra or chant, a way to empower people in only a few sentences.As a fan of your concert costume design as much as your music, what can we expect from the upcoming tour? KelechicaI was thin...

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3 w. ago International Emmy Awards: Full list of winners as Rivals and Ludwig claim top prizes

Anna Maxwell Martin also won the best actress award for her lead role in ‘Until I Kill You’

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3 w. ago 'Lush' period drama 'absolutely blows fans away' on BBC tonight

Adaptation of a play from the 1800s has been praised by fans who call it 'one of the best movies they have ever seen'

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3 w. ago John Travolta's son actor Spencer Lofranco dies at 33 as brother announces tragic news

Former film star Spencer Lofranco who was best known for starring in the lead role of James Burns in the 2014 drama Jamesy Boy, has died at the age of 33 and a cause of death is yet to be announced

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