68 m. ago Olivia Colman admits she was uncomfortable with The Roses script as she and Benedict Cumberbatch defend domestic violence 'jokes' amid controversy over 'dangerous' allergy scene

The Peep Show actress, 51, and Sherlock actor, 49, star in a new film about a husband and wife whose fierce competition destroys their marriage.

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19 h. ago Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch's new movie The Roses is blasted as 'dangerous' over controversial allergy scene

It is a film about a husband and wife whose fierce competition destroys their marriage.

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22 h. ago Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch on family dynamics and working together for the first time in The Roses

Before the idea to reimagine the 1989 classic film The War Of The Roses came about, Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch had never worked together.

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65 h. ago Benedict Cumberbatch says things 'got nasty' between him and Olivia Colman during filming

Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that the toxic nature of the characters in his new film spilled into real life with his co-star and friend Olivia Colman

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3 d. ago Benedict Cumberbatch reveals his friendship with The Roses co

The actor, 49, stars alongside Olivia, 51, in The Roses, which is a remake of the original 1989 movie The War of the Roses.

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4 d. ago Benedict Cumberbatch looks smitten with his wife Sophie Hunter as he joins co

The Sherlock star, 49, arrived at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London on Thursday for the premiere of the remake of the 1989 Hollywood classic War Of The Roses.

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5 d. ago BaByliss hair straighteners drop to lowest ever price in huge Amazon deal

These BaByliss straighteners have never been cheaper – and Amazon shoppers are snapping them up fast in this limited-time deal.

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7 d. ago The Roses review: cartoonishly insane, even if both characters are unlikeable

Ingenuity is not the order of the day here - just as well Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch are excellent

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7 d. ago The Roses review – Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch are relentlessly entertaining

In this remake of 1989’s ‘The War of the Roses’, which charts the breakdown of a marriage, desire and disgust become one

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7 d. ago The Roses review – dieback blights Colman and Cumberbatch remake

Both British actors are let down by the overly glossy, romcom-y sheen of this update of Warren Adler’s 1980s novel about a spectacularly toxic marriageOlivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch, the two most prestigious English screen actors in the world, resoundingly butt heads in this feel-bad movie; it is oddly, but not uninterestingly, composed throughout in feelgood romcom style. In casting terms, this is a Borg-McEnroe 10-set tie-break leading to play being suspended even as the leads bring every microlitre of their technique to the game.They play Ivy and Theo, two high-achieving professionals whose marriage becomes a black-comic Chornobyl of toxic hate; it is adapted from the 1981 novel The War of the Roses by Warren Adler, which was previously filmed in 1989 with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. Tony McNamara writes this new version and the director is Jay Roach, known for Austin Powers and Meet the Parents. Colman and Cumberbatch are acting black-belts and they are never an...

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1 week ago Everything you need to know about England Rugby’s Red Roses squad 2025

There’s never been a more exciting time for women’s sport in the UK. The Red Roses won the Guinness Women’s Six Nations, and now have victory this summer in their sights. Here’s the lowdown on 2025’s line-up

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2 w. ago Rugby’s family fortunes: From a Hollywood movie star dad to a World

As the world’s elite descend on England 2025, meet the famous parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings who have inspired themWhen the loosehead prop Hannah Botterman made her England debut, on the sidelines, her aunt shed a tear; knowing full well what it meant to wear the Red Rose for the first time. Jane Everett also knows what it feels like to lift the Rugby World Cup, having been part of the victorious England side of 1994, a feat her niece’s team will try to emulate on home soil this September.Everett, an unused replacement tighthead prop when England beat the United States 38-23 in Edinburgh, also coached another member of the 2025 cohort, the prop Kelsey Clifford, at Old Albanian Juniors once she retired from playing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Teenagers rescued after getting stuck on rock as water rose around them

Time was running out for the rescuers as water quickly rose around the stranded teenagers

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