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Film show: George Miller conjures up 'Three Thousand Years of Longing'

Idris Elba is the genie in a bottle in this tale of tales, starring alongside Tilda Swinton in George Miller’s latest fantastical movie. Film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why despite its charms, “Three Thousand Years of Longing” failed to grant her cinematic wishes.

France 24

James BKS: Manu Dibango’s son releases debut album reflecting mixed cultural background

After years in the background as a beatmaker, James BKS is stepping into the light with a first album under his own name. “Wolves of Africa” features many high profile artists such as will.i.am, Idris Elba and the late Cameroonian legend Manu Dibango who James BKS, as a young adult,…

France 24

Idris Elba was ‘done with love’ before he met wife Sabrina

The couple married in 2019

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The hottest movies this summer from Brad Pitt's Bullet Train to Where the Crawdads Sing

There will be a hot summer of Hollywood action with Brad Pitt starring in the thriller Bullet Train and bestselling novel Where The Crawdads Sing coming to the big screen

Daily Mirror

Thor: Love and Thunder cameo list includes Hemsworth brother

We break down who's who in the new Thor movie, but beware — spoilers ahead.

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'Thor: Love and Thunder' credits scenes explained: Who are the new and familiar faces

Spoiler warning: This story discusses details of the credits scenes of "Thor: Love and Thunder." Unless you want Zeus to strike you down, it's meant to be read after you've seen the film.

Los Angeles Times

Idris Elba and 5000 music fans set to attend Nottingham festival

Jax Jones is also set to appear

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Moaning comics are just punching down - and that joke is not funny, says Jean Johansson

Frankie Boyle – who thinks jokes about disabled children are funny – claimed he’s now “afraid” to post controversial gags online.

Daily Record

Idris Elba ‘was not happy’ when Stringer Bell was written out of The Wire, claims David Simon

Actor left the seminal HBO series after its third season

The Independent UK

It’s been 20 years since ‘The Wire’ made lots of actors household names. Where are some of them now?

BALTIMORE — During the five seasons that “The Wire” was broadcast on HBO, co-creators David Simon and Ed Burns filled it with more complicated and nuanced characters than a Russian novel.

Tribune News Service

Idris Elba back among favourites to replace Daniel Craig as next star of James Bond

Idris Elba is back among the favourites to replace Daniel Craig as the new James Bond - with odds as short as 3/1 with some bookmakers

Daily Mirror

When is Soccer Aid 2022, how to watch the game and full line-up

The action-packed evening will see Line of Duty star Vicky McClure and Idris Elba take on roles of football managers

Nottingham Post

The Wire at 20: Every episode ranked, from serial killer shark jumps to Omar’s tragic end

Rarely has TV been bolder or more brutal than David Simon’s landmark drama series, which made stars of Idris Elba, Michael B Jordan and the late, great Michael K Williams. As the show celebrates 20 years since its debut, Greg Evans ranks all 60 of its episodes

The Independent UK

Up to 200 celebrities to sing national anthem to the Queen in pageant finale

The monarch’s 70-year reign is being celebrated during a special four-day bank holiday weekend, starting on Thursday.

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Summer movie guide: From 'Thor' to 'Lightyear' to 'Nope'

For the first time since 2019, we're getting an honest-to-goodness summer of movies.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Michael Jordan declined Idris Elba’s request to play him in a movie

On the latest episode of Complex's "Sneaker Shopping," Idris Elba revealed that he once floated the idea to Jordan of portraying him in a movie. Michael Jordan turned him down. "I even said to him one time, 'I want to play you,'" Elba told host Joe ...

Daily Mirror

Best Silent Witness moments from Sam's husband shot to Idris Elba cameo as show returns

As favourite BBC drama Silent Witness returns to our screens for it's 25th year, we've taken a look at some of the most well known guest stars and shocking episodes from the show

Los Angeles Times

A TikTok contretemps, and a delicious eat-the-rich satire, at Cannes

CANNES, France — The last time director George Miller brought a new movie to Cannes was in 2015, when his exhilarating "Mad Max: Fury Road" took the festival by (dust) storm. The movie played outside the main competition, as most Hollywood blockbusters at Cannes do. But as more than one…

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‘Eccentric fantasy’: Mad Max director George Miller takes bizarre turn with new movie

Three Thousand Years of Longing earned its director, cast and crew a six-minute standing ovation after its world premiere at Cannes on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tilda Swinton Says Stories are Vital as New Fantasy Film Hits Cannes

Tilda Swinton said Saturday that the world needs stories more than ever as her fantastical new fable "Three Thousand Years of Longing", from "Mad Max" creator George Miller, premiered at Cannes. Swinton plays an academic who releases a djinn (played by British star Idris Elba) from a bottle she finds…

Evening Standard

Cannes Film Festival: Three Thousand Years of Longing review - A fantastical, lurid fairytale

Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton weave lavish tales spanning millennia from the confines of a hotel room in George Miller’s latest offering

The Guardian - UK

Film about a genie starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton is partly true, says director at Cannes

George Miller reveals the inside story of his big-screen premiere, Three Thousand Years of Longing, based on an AS Byatt story

The Guardian - UK

Three Thousand Years of Longing review – Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba in Mad Max: fairy overload

George Miller’s belated followup to 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road is a consciously unfashionable fantasy about a wary academic and a chatty genie that may leave you wishing for more

Daily Mirror

Emmerdale star Emile John says new Doctor Who actor will be a 'hero' for young people

Emmerdale actor Emile John says he 'didn't see a Black Doctor Who coming', but the 25-year-old he is sure Ncuti Gatwa will be seen as a 'hero' by young people

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Sally Rooney’s much-hyped Conversations With Friends is here

Joe Alwyn and Jemima Kirke star in the long-awaited BBC adaptation of the celebrated novelist’s debut. Plus: Tom Cruise and Helen Mirren celebrate the Queen’s jubilee. Here’s everything to watch this evening

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