40 h. ago Smells like tenor spirit: Jake Dunn on the Kurt Cobain opera

Last Days is based on Gus Van Sant’s film, which fictionalised the final week of Kurt Cobain. Jake Dunn, the silent actor at the centre of the show London can’t stop talking about, reveals all

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51 h. ago Meet Jake Dunn, star of the opera that's definitely not about Kurt Cobain

Last Days is based on Gus Van Sant’s film, which fictionalised the final week of Kurt Cobain. Jake Dunn, the silent actor at the centre of the show London can’t stop talking about, reveals all

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63 h. ago Jake Dunn on Last Days, the opera everyone is talking about: 'Bring on the weird'

Last Days is an opera based on Gus Van Sant’s film which fictionalised the final week of Kurt Cobain, and is proving to be a huge hit... the silent actor at the centre of the show reveals all

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6 d. ago Sean Combs: The Reckoning to It Was Just an Accident: the week in rave reviews

A documentary so damning it surely marks the end for Diddy, and grotesquery of a different kind in a Palme d’Or-winning film. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Alternative' Netflix Christmas film featuring Disney star has fans 'so excited'

If you're bored of the likes of Love Actually and The Holiday though, you're in luck, as this week Netflix is releasing an 'alternative' Christmas film starring a former Disney star

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2 w. ago Is Avatar’s main villain about to become a good guy? All the signs are pointing that way

Will Quaritch, the square-jawed representative of military-industrial destruction befriend the Na’vi in James Cameron’s forthcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash? And if so, what other unlikely character about-turns should we be prepared for?It’s almost possible to feel a little sorry for Colonel Miles Quaritch, the main villain of Avatar. Imagine: first you’re sent light years from Earth to hang out with 14ft blue space hippies, then you’re suddenly dead. Then you’re resurrected as one of the 14ft blue space hippies. And now, according to James Cameron, you might just be starting to realise that the giant tree-hugging freaks you’ve spent two films trying to erase are your kind of people after all.Speaking to Empire in an interview last week, Cameron revealed that the Quaritch we will meet in the forthcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash (although still played by Stephen Lang) is no longer the same person we first saw stomping through the rainforest in the original 2009 film. Yes, he’s a “recombinant...

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3 w. ago Taylor Swift reportedly set to film huge music video in London this week

The video will pay tribute to British-American actress Elizabeth Taylor

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3 w. ago Top film festival known for scouting Oscar favourites returns to Manchester this week

Features, documentaries and shorts form part of the varied line-up

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3 w. ago Layer Cake: The exact time you can watch classic Daniel Craig gangster film on TV this week

The stylish British crime thriller is back on the box this week 📺

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4 w. ago What time is Six Days and Seven Nights on TV? Where to watch classic Harrison Ford castaway film this week

The classic adventure-comedy is back on the box this week 📺

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4 w. ago ‘Diabolical move’: Miranda Priestly’s red shoes get Instagram fashion no

Closeup of studded stilettos in trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2 causes fashion debate on social mediaPosting the first trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2 on Instagram on her birthday this week, the film’s star Anne Hathaway captioned the video with “it’s everybody’s birthday”, prompting copious comments featuring emojis of flames, hearts and – of course – the red shoe now so associated with the film’s poster.But with the trailer circulating on social media, it’s the shoes that have become the focus of fashion debate – and not in a good way. Continue reading...

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