89 m. ago Richard Gere calls out 'enabler' Donald Trump at Together for Palestine gig as boos fill Wembley stadium

Dozens of stars appeared at the Wembley Arena Together For Palestine benefit concert, including Benedict Cumberbatch, Paloma Faith, and Florence Pugh

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95 m. ago From Benedict Cumberbatch and Florence Pugh to Yara Eid and Mehdi Hasan: key speeches from star

Concert raises £1.5m for humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza

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3 h. ago ‘Silence is complicity’: Benedict Cumberbatch, Florence Pugh and Riz Ahmed lead rousing Together for Palestine concert

Over the course of four hours, musicians, artists, speakers and activists come together at London’s Wembley Arena for fundraiser curated by Brian Eno

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5 h. ago From Benedict Cumberbatch to Nicola Coughlan, watch key speeches from star

Concert raises £1.5m for humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza

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11 h. ago Together for Palestine concert: Benedict Cumberbatch, Damon Albarn and Neneh Cherry take stage at galvanising and star

Scores of artists, speakers and activists appear at four-hour fundraiser curated by Brian Eno – but it’s Palestinian voices who make the biggest impressionThe sheer scale of it was boggling. A total of 69 artists, speakers and activists were to appear at Ovo Arena Wembley.There were stars of music: Damon Albarn, Bastille, PinkPantheress, Hot Chip and a festival’s worth of others. There were stars of stage and screen: Benedict Cumberbatch, Florence Pugh, Guy Pearce, Ramy Youssef and a huge supporting cast. There were the firebrands, the podcasters, the people you’re sure are important but you have no idea why. And there were the people who, well, you don’t really know what they’re bringing: the former footballer Eric Cantona, the Love Island host Laura Whitmore, the Chicken Shop Dates YouTuber Amelia Dimoldenberg. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago ‘Together for Palestine’ concert: Dozens of celebrities take stage in London for fundraiser

‘Together for Palestine’ concert: Dozens of celebrities take stage in London for fundraiser  CNN

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13 h. ago ‘Shame on Them’: Listen to Mehdi’s Powerful Speech at London’s ‘Together for Palestine’ Concert

‘Shame on Them’: Listen to Mehdi’s Powerful Speech at London’s ‘Together for Palestine’ Concert  Zeteo

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23 h. ago ‘Every year, everybody in comedy gets blanked’: Amy Poehler criticises Oscars for snubbing comedies

Speaking to Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch on her Good Hang podcast, the star criticised the lack of credit given to comedy actingAmy Poehler, the Saturday Night Live veteran and star of multiple films as well as Parks and Recreation, has spoken out about what she perceives as an anti-comedy bias at the Oscars.Speaking to Olivia Colman on her Good Hang podcast, Poehler first canvassed Colman’s The Roses co-star Benedict Cumberbatch for questions. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Why I’m hosting a concert for Palestine at Wembley Arena | Brian Eno

I hope tonight’s gig will have the same galvanising effect as the 1988 Nelson Mandela concert – and give people courage to speak out about GazaIn the summer of 1988 the music festival producer Tony Hollingsworth organised a concert at Wembley Stadium in London to celebrate the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela. He offered the BBC the rights to broadcast it live, but the corporation was nervous. Mandela had been in jail since 1962 and, to the extent that he was a well-known figure, he had been branded a “terrorist”. Hollingsworth met BBC executive Alan Yentob, who was wavering. “Alan,” Tony said, “you’ve got to bite the bullet.” Eventually Yentob agreed, replying: “I’ll give you five hours. If the bill improves, I’ll increase the time.”Conservative MPs were soon organising a parliamentary motion, deploring the BBC’s editorial decision. Opponents of Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC) were right to be worried about the concert. The event was broadcast to a global audience of 600 m...

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48 h. ago Florence Pugh, PinkPantheress and Laura Whitmore join lineup for Palestine benefit event

More star-studded names are announced for the final line-up for the Palestine benefit concert at Wembley Arena overseen by Brian Eno, as they raise funds for Palestinian-led charities

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67 h. ago Is a memory palace actually useful? It helped me memorize the first 20 digits of pi

It felt like a gargantuan achievement – I’m someone who regularly forgets the most important item on a shopping listTell us about your colorful wedding dressThere’s a scene from the 2010s series Sherlock that I think about a lot. Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) visits his “mind palace” to figure out how he and his friend/minion John Watson (Martin Freeman) got drugged. Words, phrases and images float around his head, and he moves them around with his hands.“It’s a memory technique,” Watson explains to a confused onlooker. “You plot a map of a location – it doesn’t have to be a real place – and then you deposit memories there.” Theoretically, he says, you can never forget anything, he says: “All you have to do is find your way back to it.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Rob Rinder's life from Benedict Cumberbatch friendship to legal career

Rob Rinder is a regular fixture on our TV screens, but what do we know about the star away from the cameras?

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4 d. ago Rob Rinder's life from Ibiza wedding to friendship with Benedict Cumberbatch

Rob Rinder has been a regular on our TV screens for over a decade, but what do we know about him away from the cameras?

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7 d. ago ‘Neutrality should not be an option’: why are so many artists now speaking out on Gaza?

Musician Brian Eno and artist Malak Mattar, key figures in next week’s Together for Palestine concert, explain why artists are putting fears of a backlash aside and uniting in the call for actionA red carpet event, especially one to promote the new Downton Abbey film, is not typically a place for radical political statements. But at the film’s premiere in London earlier this month, that movie’s star, Hugh Bonneville, spoke out about Gaza. “Before I talk about the fluff and loveliness of our wonderful film, what’s about to happen in Gaza City is absolutely indefensible,” he announced to a visibly shocked showbiz reporter. “The international community must do more to bring it to an end.”Bonneville’s words may have been surprising for some, but they’re actually part of a larger pattern of actors, musicians, artists and cultural figures who feel increasingly moved to speak out. This week hundreds of actors – including Olivia Colman, Aimee Lou Wood and Mark Ruffalo – signed a pledge prom...

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7 d. ago Riz Ahmed urges stars to speak out on Gaza and Sudan amid boycott of Israeli film companies

The Sound of Metal star said actors and artists have a responsibility to highlight global crises

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7 d. ago Naomi Ackie reveals how Riz Ahmed’s ‘freebie’ helped launch her acting career

The Thursday Murder Club actress told Elle Style Awards crowd that a simple gesture from the British actor gave her the break she needed as a teen

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8 d. ago Elle Style Awards winner Naomi Ackie reveals she often takes clothes from sets

Model Alexa Chung and actor Riz Ahmed were among the other attendees at this year’s awards who received prizes.

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8 d. ago Israeli film industry calls boycott pledge ‘deeply troubling’

Screenwriters’ guild of Israel says campaign that has now won backing from 1,800 film-makers will only ‘deepen the darkness’, while representatives of the country’s documentary and directors’ guild also voice concernRepresentatives of the Israeli film industry are redoubling efforts to caution against the wisdom of a pledge signed by some 1,800 significant professionals vowing not to work with Israeli film institutions they say are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”.The pledge, announced on Monday, was initially signed by 1,200 film-makers including Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay, Asif Kapadia, Boots Riley and Joshua Oppenheimer; and actors Olivia Colman, Mark Ruffalo, Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem, Ayo Edebiri, Riz Ahmed, Josh O’Connor, Cynthia Nixon, Julie Christie, Ilana Glazer, Rebecca Hall, Aimee Lou Wood and Debra Winger. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Florence Pugh parties til 4am at lavish Spanish wedding of Game of Thrones star brother

The Marvel star jetted off to Spain and danced the night away at her brother's sun-soaked wedding

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1 week ago Florence Pugh parties until 4am as she celebrates Game Of Thrones star brother Toby Sebastian tying the knot in lavish Spanish wedding: 'They got hitched!'

The Black Widow actress, 29, took to her Instagram Stories with sun-soaked snaps of the big day as the Games Of Thrones star, 29, tied the knot with long-term partner Scarlet Alexandra.

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