Benedict Cumberbatch is hot property right not. His portrayal of Sherlock Holmes bought him a ticket to Hollywood, and now that he’s played Julian Assange – a celebrated turn in a disappointing film – every...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th October 2013
Woah, we didn’t see this one coming. The Crocodile man himself Paul Hogan is divorcing from his wife of 23 years Linda Hogan – and she wants the lot. Maybe. Linda Hogan – not the...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18th October 2013
It’s one of the most widely reported coming of age stories in the media today, Daniel Radcliffe’s. It was almost impossible to see him prevail in high-drama roles when he was prancing around Hogwarts in...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th October 2013
Without making the tired, systematic glee-filled statement that ‘it’s Friday’ and ‘it’s time for fun’ - because most people have to walk their dogs and tidy the house on the weekend instead of drinking coffee...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th October 2013
The sad news that Ed Lauter had passed away hit the mainstream media on Wednesday (October 16, 2013), as his characteristic and unique roles started flooding into the zeitgeist. During a career that spanned five...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th October 2013
For a man who rarely spoke; kept his business private and was always described as a warm, caring man, starring in a poignant, romantic comedy called Enough Said was the perfect way to end an...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th October 2013
The very last thing you want – apart from a death in the family or an alien abduction – on the day of your OBE award, is a random drugs test. Luckily for Andy Murray...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th October 2013
Michael Bay’s demeanour surrounding his attack befits that of a man used to such occurrences. The director was faced – alongside his crew and the Hong Kong Police - by "drugged up punks" using an...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th October 2013
Perhaps it’s testament to the timeless power of Steve Coogan’s character, Alan Partridge, that people can’t stop quoting his most famous catchphrase, but last night, when the actor was on the red carpet for his...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th October 2013
It might sound like the beginning of one of Michael Bay’s films, in which a pair of nondescript criminals convey the dilapidated nature of said futuristic dystopian city by way of a failed – yet...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th October 2013
Ben Foster will play the part of Lance Armstrong in Stephen Frear’s biopic, and he will be joined by Chris O’Dowd, who’ll play journalist David Walsh, who campaigned tirelessly to expose the biggest cheating scandal...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th October 2013
Everyone seems to be in agreement about Donald Glover: he’s an immensely talented man, who can pretty much do anything he puts his mind to. Hopefully, he’s just put his mind to freaking out his...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th October 2013
We can mince our words, right click and look for a fancy synonym and dress up symbolism with metaphor to give you an abstract endorsement, but that fact is: 12 Years a Slave is really...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th October 2013
If, and we mean if, David Brent makes his feature debut in a movie, then it won’t be anything to do with the 2-series BBC sitcom that thrust the character into the hallowed ground of...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th October 2013
Having delivered their show on a knife-edge for 13 years now, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have delivered their first late episode. South Park is usually left to the last minute to ensure the show...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th October 2013
Well this was always going to happen wasn’t it? Kendrick Lemar – or K.Dot as he was previously known – has been slowly swelling his stock until it exploded on the hip hop stock market...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 17th October 2013
Inside Llewyn Davis might not be out until January 2014 in the UK, but it debuted in the capital this week at the BFI film festival. Most of the stars – Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th October 2013
Charlotte Church seems willing to take on one of the biggest businesses in the world as she denounces the "culture of demeaning women" in the contemporary music industry. The 27-year-old singer made her comments as...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th October 2013
It appears as though there’s some tender beef cooking between Future and Drake. The former is apparently suing the Canadian rapper for kicking him off the 39-gig tour they were supposed to perform together, alongside...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 16th October 2013
Eminem probably isn’t a rap god, but he’s certainly part of the elite. Like his virulent, insightful lyrics – delivered with conviction, alacrity and more importantly, speed - or not, there’s a reason he’s one...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 16th October 2013
Ashton Kutcher tops a heady list of stars that earn – to be candid – loads and loads of money. The Two and a Half Men star was joined by his co-star on the hit...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th October 2013
Ironically, during Frieze – one of the biggest and most expensive weeks for art lovers – some bargains are there to be had. There were Banksys going for $60 a pop, and now you can...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th October 2013
Brad Pitt’s World War II epic, Fury, is turning into the most controversial film of the year, and it’s not even out until November 2014. It started with Pitt cutting his hair – a bit...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th October 2013
While David Brent and Andy Burrow’s musical union isn’t a joke in and of itself – the pair have known each other since Ricky Gervais met Burrow on Jonathon Ross in 2008 – there’s nothing...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th October 2013
Michael Fassbender was supposed to be nominated for an Oscar for Shame. He just was. He wasn’t. But now he’s back with two films that could bag him a golden Statuette: 12 Years a Slave...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th October 2013
Two of the biggest voices in modern comedy have landed another two slots at one of the biggest award ceremonies in the business. Having successfully helmed the Golden Globes, Tina Fey and are set to...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th October 2013
Who wants to be the Ant-Man more? That’s what it might come down to. Trouble is, being the Ant Man is pretty cool, so we’re guessing the two hopefuls, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Paul Rudd might...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th October 2013
The Walking Dead has always been a ratings winner for AMC. Seasons 1-3 have been a great success for the network, which has boasted Breaking Bad and Mad Men over the past fix years, but...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th October 2013
He took a risk. Or he has no idea who Banksy is. Or he thought $60 for a Banksy wasn’t that bad. Or he thought they were real. Or he knew about the whole thing...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th October 2013
Let’s get straight to it: did Paul McCartney watch Miley Cyrus’s ‘twerking’ “as an experiment to check”? We highly doubt it; but he’s seen it now, and felt compelled to defend it, somehow.McCartney doesn't see...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15th October 2013
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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