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Lily James: ‘Every time I watch Alien, I go... my God, that’s my grandma!’

INTERVIEW: The star of ‘Baby Driver’, ‘The Iron Claw’ and ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ now plays a woman fleeing constant surveillance in the thriller ‘Relay’. She talks to Adam White about losing her privacy in the public eye, the time she boasted about her lineage to impress Edgar…

The Independent UK

I’m just Ken: why is Kenneth Branagh narrating Anthony Hopkins’s memoir?

You might think the audiobook of the acting legend’s autobiography should be read by the acting legend himself. But apparently he wasn’t right for the part

The Guardian - UK

What Have I Done? by Ben Elton review – a curious mixture of insight and rampaging ego

The Young Ones and Blackadder creator is sharp on the workings of the comedy industry – and not shy about listing his celebrity admirers

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25 Years Later, The Iconic Shakespeare Revenge Epic Gets A Visceral Remix

Riz Ahmed delivers a career-best performance in the visceral crime-thriller remix of Shakespeare's classic tragedy.

Inverse

Voices: Why Kenneth Branagh’s return to Stratford-upon-Avon is the best thing to happen to my hometown in years

COMMENT: Kenneth Branagh coming to the RSC for the first time in more than three decades could be just what my failing hometown needs to stop its decline, says Georgina Fuller

The Independent UK

Sir Kenneth Branagh: We have to work harder to earn the audience’s attention

The Oppenheimer star made his first appearance with the Royal Shakespeare Company aged 23 in the 1984 production of Henry V.

Evening Standard

Sir Kenneth Branagh hails arts as a 'British super-power'

Sir Kenneth Branagh wants more money to be invested into the arts.

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Kenneth Branagh returns to the RSC for The Tempest and The Cherry Orchard

Next summer, the star will appear in Stratford-upon-Avon first as Prospero and then alongside Helen Hunt in Chekhov’s classic

The Guardian - UK

Kenneth Branagh returns to Royal Shakespeare Company for first time in 30 years

Sir Kenneth, best known for Belfast and Hamlet, made his first appearance with the theatre company aged 23 in the 1984 production of Henry V.

Evening Standard

Channing Tatum’s failed Thor audition left him with invaluable acting advice

Actor said director Kenneth Branagh ‘nailed my crutch’

The Independent UK

Channing Tatum unsuccessfully auditioned to play Thor

In a frank chat about his failed attempt to land the role, actor Channing Tatum has admitted he once unsuccessfully auditioned to play Thor.

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Avengers: Doomsday actor Channing Tatum opens up on his failed Thor audition – and the main lesson he learned from the underwhelming experience

The Gambit star has a past with the MCU

Total Film

5 Years Ago, An Iconic Sci-Fi Director Made A Legendarily Divisive Movie

You have to give it to Christopher Nolan: even his duds are worth talking about.

Inverse

Emma Thompson jokes she could’ve ‘changed American history’ by saying yes to date with Donald Trump

The now-US President asked Emma Thompson out in 1998, following her divorce from Kenneth Branagh. The celebrated actress recalled the strange moment during a talk at Locarno Film Festival, and joked that she could have “changed the course of American history.”

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Dame Emma Thompson turned down date with Donald Trump

Dame Emma Thompson has revealed she got a phone call from US President Donald Trump asking her out on a date on the same day her divorce from Kenneth Branagh was finalised back in 1995.

The Guardian - UK

Love? Actually, no: Emma Thompson reveals Donald Trump asked her on a date

Actor said Trump phoned her to make the offer on the day her divorce from Kenneth Branagh was confirmed in 1998

Evening Standard

Emma Thompson says Donald Trump asked her out on day she divorced Kenneth Branagh

The actress says she was in her trailer when she received a bizarre proposition

TechRadar

The Devil Wears Prada 2: release date, full cast and everything we know so far about the Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep sequel

A sequel? For spring? Groundbreaking. Here's everything we know so far about The Devil Wears Prada 2, which has dropped its final official trailer.

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Will Meryl Streep be in The Devil Wears Prada 2? Plus all we know about the sequel

The sequel has finally been confirmed and we've done some digging to find out everything you need to know about The Devil Wears Prada 2, from its cast to the plot

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Greg Wise thought he was destined to marry Kate Winslet

Greg Wise has revealed a "witchy friend" predicted he would meet his "life partner" on the set of his 1995 movie Sense and Sensibility and he thought it meant he was destined to marry Kate Winslet because Dame Emma Thompson was married to someone else at the time.

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Lily Gladstone cast in The Thomas Crown Affair

Lily Gladstone has been added to the cast of Amazon MGM’s re-imagining of The Thomas Crown Affair.

International Business Times UK

The Devil Wears Prada 2: Who's Coming Back, Plot, and What We Know of the Sequel

After nearly twenty years, fans will see Miranda Priestly, Andy, and others return in a new film exploring fashion's evolving landscape.

The Independent UK

Kenneth Branagh to star in The Devil Wears Prada 2 as filming starts

The British actor will act alongside Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt

The Guardian - US

The Devil Wears Prada 2: Kenneth Branagh joins cast as sequel begins filming

British actor-director joins Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci for a long-awaited follow-up to the comedy hit

The Conversation

Who represents Britain on screen? UK film and TV culture still has a worrying class problem

The British media has a class problem, according to recent research by The Sutton Trust. In short, the privately educated are over-represented in the creative industries, especially in film and television. The trust’s report, A Class Act (2024), demonstrates that this area of British culture is disproportionately produced by the…

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