4 d. ago Paul Bettany says he thought his 'career was over' before landing role  in £22 Billion Marvel Universe

The British actor, 54, went on to voice and appear as the supercomputer in another seven films, as well as spin-off series Wandavision and the upcoming VisionQuest.

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6 d. ago Strictly's Shirley Ballas lands new role as she addresses 'best' career decision

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas opened up about her new book featuring her mother and honest discussions about menopause and health issues on James Martin's Saturday Morning

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6 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing star addresses 'best' career decision as she lands new role

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas opened up about her new book featuring her mother and honest discussions about menopause and health issues on James Martin's Saturday Morning

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1 week ago ‘One of best films ever made’ returns as ‘intriguing’ new period drama

The new series starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany is about one of the most famous historical figures of all time.

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1 week ago Amadeus review – this Mozart series is a pale, petty version of the movie it’s based on

Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany’s new TV drama is flat, airless and banal. It’s a crass affair with a thin, half-hearted performance from SharpeHere’s my position. If you are going to create a miniseries about the life, death and music of one of the defining geniuses of the last 1,000 years of western civilisation, and if you are going to use as your source material a script for a great play that was made into a near-perfect film beloved by almost everyone for its wit and immense, profound themes rendered accessible and moving, and for the fact that it had two of the most extraordinary performances ever committed to what may still then have been celluloid – well, you had better be pretty damn sure that you are bringing something new, exciting, different, richer, cleverer, even more illuminating to the table. Otherwise you are going to look like a bit of a berk.And so, my friends, to the new six-part drama Amadeus, about the life, death and music of Wolfgang A Mozart, one of the definin...

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1 week ago Amadeus' Will Sharpe's life from early career failure and mental health struggles to BAFTA success

The BAFTA-winning actor stars alongside Paul Bettany in Sky's new five-part drama Amadeus, reimagining the rivalry between composers Mozart and Salieri

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1 week ago Paul Bettany admits he 'didn't know' how to approach major Amadeus scene

Paul Bettany and Will Sharpe will face off in the new Sky drama Amadeus, which premieres this Sunday

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1 week ago Amadeus' Paul Bettany and Will Sharpe 'didn't know what to do' for key scene

Paul Bettany and Will Sharpe apparently improvised a key scene in the new Sky drama Amadeus, premiering Sunday 21st December

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1 week ago Paul Bettany spills on most 'daunting' scene with surprise co

Paul Bettany and Will Sharpe have opened up about their creative challenges filming Sky's new period drama Amadeus

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2 w. ago Roman and Martin Kemp land huge Channel 4 programme in major career move

Roman Kemp and his dad, Martin, have secured a huge deal with Channel 4, which will see the father and son duo head to Ireland to explore their heritage

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2 w. ago The Traitors star issues career update after landing major new role

One star from popular reality TV show The Traitors has landed a major gig early next year

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2 w. ago Wales international lands major contract with huge retailer as new career takes off

The former British & Irish Lion says he is "hugely proud" to see a product he has given his name to hitting supermarket shelves

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2 w. ago Horse racing tips: ‘The form looks hot and he’s very progressive’ – Templegate’s 3

TEMPLEGATE'S Tuesday tips are below - where he goes hunting winners ahead of a huge Saturday at Ascot. Back a horse by clicking their odds. DIPLOMATIC ASH (2.30 Wincanton, nap) Produced a career best when finishing second to the progressive Just Over Land at Fontwell last month. The winner has since won at Chepstow so...

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2 w. ago Amadeus review: Will Sharpe plays Mozart as a messy, priapic indie kid

This adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s play pits Sharpe’s scamp Mozart against Paul Bettany’s stuffy Salieri to entertaining effect

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2 w. ago ‘It’s fun to go to war with God’: Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany on their sweaty, sacrilegious take on Amadeus

Last time the fierce enmity between Mozart and Salieri was adapted for the screen, it won a best picture Oscar. Now a new TV version turns up the temperature several notches – but will its stars develop a rivalry of their own?“A prodigal son story with God as the father,” is how actor Paul Bettany describes Amadeus, the Peter Shaffer play that became a celebrated film in 1984. Both depict the rivalry between Austrian court composer Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a former child phenomenon whose towering talent exposes Salieri as mediocre and stuck in his ways. Salieri, who believes a composer’s gift to be divine, is so affronted by this upstart that he renounces God and sets about destroying Mozart.Now Amadeus has been remade for TV, with Will Sharpe in the title role and Bettany as Salieri. The series, which begins with Mozart arriving in Vienna in a rickety carriage and promptly throwing up in the street, is written by Joe Barton, the Black Doves and Giri/Haji writer ...

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3 w. ago Where you've seen Landman's Guy Burnet from Hollyoaks to Netflix hit

Landman season two is well underway with the Western drama introducing a new blossoming romance for Rebecca Falcone.

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3 w. ago Ariana Grande reacts to rare double Golden Globe nomination as Wicked: For Good sets awards

Ariana Grande is celebrating a major milestone in her film career after landing a second Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Glinda in Wicked: For Good.

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3 w. ago Lando Norris: A rise to F1 stardom through immense privilege and even greater talent

Lando Norris has joined the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Damon Hill on the list of British Formula 1 world champions after seeing off Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen

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3 w. ago Warner Bros Disaster? Netflix deal for Hollywood giant follows string of flops

David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros Discovery, promised ‘everyone’ would win by combining the storied Hollywood studios with his reality TV giant. Instead, many lostIt’s less than five years since David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros Discovery, negotiated what looked like the deal of his career. Now as Netflix plans a landscape-changing takeover of Warner Bros, he’s in the middle of an even bigger one.Zaslav, or Zaz, is a hard-charging, well-connected executive who cut his teeth inside NBC, and ascended into New York’s media elite as he transformed Discovery Inc from a nature- and science-focused cable broadcaster into a reality TV giant. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Warner Bros Disaster? Netflix inks deal for troubled Hollywood giant

David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros Discovery, promised ‘everyone’ would win by combining the storied Hollywood studios with his reality TV giant. Instead, many lostIt’s less than five years since David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros Discovery, negotiated what looked like the deal of his career. Now as Netflix plans a landscape-changing takeover of Warner Bros, he’s in the middle of an even bigger one.Zaslav, or Zaz, is a hard-charging, well-connected executive who cut his teeth inside NBC, and ascended into New York’s media elite as he transformed Discovery Inc from a nature- and science-focused cable broadcaster into a reality TV giant. Continue reading...

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