24 h. ago Harry Potter director says reunion ‘will never happen’ due to JK Rowling’s trans views

’Everyone in the cast has a different opinion, which makes it impossible,’ filmmaker said

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41 h. ago Dancing On Ice star embarks on huge career move after landing role in British blockbuster

Dancing On Ice professional skater Vanessa Bauer has landed a role in Netflix film Thursday Murder Club starring alongside Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan

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47 h. ago Pierce Brosnan makes James Bond admission at 72 years of age

Pierce Brosnan has opened up about his time as James Bond, saying the role has given him 'the world in many respects'

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47 h. ago 'Perfect' murder mystery to watch after Netflix's Thursday Murder Club let down

Thursday Murder Club has finally landed on Netflix but it has not been met with overwhelming acclaim

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47 h. ago Netflix fans told to watch 'perfect' crime comedy after Thursday Murder Club disappointment

It's been suggested as an ideal alternative to the Richard Osman adaptation

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51 h. ago Pierce Brosnan: ‘A seventysomething Bond? They know where to find me’

The Irish star, who cut a suave figure as the 007 of the new millennium, has traded spy gadgets for OAP crime-solving in ‘The Thursday Murder Club’. He speaks to Patrick Smith about getting older, the importance of political protest, and the truth behind his confusing ‘MobLand’ accent

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62 h. ago A Broadway show asks a white actor to replace an Asian one. The backlash was swift

Broadway's “Maybe Happy Ending” faces backlash for casting a white actor to replace an Asian lead

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65 h. ago Netflix's The Thursday Murder Club faces backlash as fans reel 'it's a mess'

The film adaptation of Richard Osman's beloved book, The Thursday Murder Club has finally landed on Netflix.

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65 h. ago The real life Coopers Chase! Thursday Murder Club was filmed at a VERY posh stately home that hosted a 'royal' wedding and was also used for The Crown and Black Mirror

Englefield House near Reading was transformed into Coopers Chase years after it hosted Pippa Middleton's wedding attended by Princes William and Harry in 2017.

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65 h. ago 'What did I give up for?': Zoe Ball reveals regret after leaving BBC Radio 2 show to focus on family

The broadcaster, 54, left the high-profile job and its reported £950,000 salary in December to ‘focus on family’

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66 h. ago Thursday Murder Club takes Netflix's number one spot but is branded 'disappointing'

The movie adaption of Richard Osman's hit book The Thursday Murder Cub landed on Netflix this week but some fans have branded the star-studded film "disappinting"

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67 h. ago The Thursday Murder Club is now on Netflix – here’s how to read the books in order

‘The Impossible Fortune’ is available to pre-order ahead of its release on 25 September

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68 h. ago Gun used in Emmett Till’s lynching is on display at museum 70 years later

Mississippi museum announces display on anniversary of boy’s murder, a pivotal moment in civil rights movementThe gun used in the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till is now on display for the public to see, 70 years after the killing.The Mississippi Department of Archives and History unveiled the .45-caliber pistol and its holster during a news conference on Thursday, which is the 70th anniversary of Till’s murder. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago All the hidden Easter eggs in Thursday Murder Club including a subtle reference to one of Helen Mirren's most famous roles and celebrity cameos

The film, an adaptation of the first book in a line of novels that have since become one of the most successful detective series of all time, was released in UK cinemas on 22 August.

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2 d. ago Pierce Brosnan says the James Bond franchise gave him ‘longevity’

Brosnan played James Bond from 1995 to 2002, starring in four films as 007 in GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Not Enough and Die Another Day

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3 d. ago What Thursday Murder Club's second film could include as director speaks out on future

The Thursday Murder Club film is only based on Richard Osman's first book.

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3 d. ago What could happen in The Thursday Murder Club 2 as director addresses future

The Thursday Murder Club is out in cinemas and on Netflix now

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3 d. ago Pierce Brosnan: ‘Pink Floyd were my landscape. I was a hippy’

The former 007 and current star of The Thursday Murder Club revisits his old haunts in London’s Camden Town and Primrose Hill. Can he get past the security guard at the Roundhouse, where he once walked a tipsy Tennessee Williams to his car?It is a weekday morning and I am standing beside Pierce Brosnan on a deserted backstreet, watching a woman in a hairnet and white wellies hosing down the entrance to a fishmarket. The former James Bond is in full flow. “You know the scene in MobLand where I’ve got my foot on that guy’s throat and Tom Hardy is shooting the shit out of everyone?” He is talking in his rich, buttery burr about the recent series in which he and Helen Mirren play the heads of an Irish crime family. “We shot that right here!” He waves at the woman, who silences her hose temporarily. “Hi, hello,” he calls out. “I shot a television show here called MobLand.” She smiles back at him. “Yes,” she replies sweetly, as though indulging a confused uncle. “No idea, has she?” he chu...

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3 d. ago ‘Pink Floyd were my landscape. I was a hippy’ Pierce Brosnan revisits his old London haunts

The former 007 and current star of The Thursday Murder Club goes for a stroll in London’s Camden Town and Primrose Hill. Can he get past the security guard at the Roundhouse, where he once walked a tipsy Tennessee Williams to his car?It is a weekday morning and I am standing beside Pierce Brosnan on a deserted backstreet, watching a woman in a hairnet and white wellies hosing down the entrance to a fishmarket. The former James Bond is in full flow. “You know the scene in MobLand where I’ve got my foot on that guy’s throat and Tom Hardy is shooting the shit out of everyone?” He is talking in his rich, buttery burr about the recent series in which he and Helen Mirren play the heads of an Irish crime family. “We shot that right here!” He waves at the woman, who silences her hose temporarily. “Hi, hello,” he calls out. “I shot a television show here called MobLand.” She smiles back at him. “Yes,” she replies sweetly, as though indulging a confused uncle. “No idea, has she?” he chuckles....

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3 d. ago The Thursday Murder Club's Helen Mirren reveals she wants to 'spend every summer from now until I die' playing her retired spy character

As the helicopter came low over the English countryside, heads turned. 'It was like God out of the heavens,' says Dame Helen ­Mirren, who was filming a scene in a graveyard last summer.

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