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Channel 4 to air 1953 documentary of Queen’s coronation during her state funeral

The technicolour programme, narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, was previously nominated for an Oscar.

The Independent UK

Hollywood star and blacklist victim Marsha Hunt dies at 104

Hunt was one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s. Her career was disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist.

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Marsha Hunt, 1940s star and Hollywood blacklist victim, dies at 104

A Chicago native, she arrived in Hollywood in 1935 and over the next 15 years appeared in dozens of films, from the Preston Sturges comedy “Easy Living” to the adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” that starred Olivier and Greer Garson.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Marsha Hunt, '40s star and blacklist victim, dies at 104

Actor Marsha Hunt, an elegant star of 1930s and 1940s films whose career was disrupted by Hollywood’s blacklist, has died

The Independent UK

The best of Marilyn Monroe's films from Some Like It Hot to Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Choosing favourites becomes a bit of an embarrassment of riches

Evening Standard

The Lost King at the Wallace Collection review: championing a curious part of this exquisite collection

Timed to coincide with the film of the same name, this small but fascinating display leads you into a treasure trove

Evening Standard

The 40 Greatest Murder Mystery Movies

Complete with more than a few twist endings.

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Philip Purser obituary

Novelist and dramatist who went on to become one of the most respected television critics of his generation

The Guardian - UK

Tom Courtenay: ‘I told Daniel Craig I turned down Bond because of the gym work’

The celebrated actor answers your questions about the train scene in Doctor Zhivago, the joy of working on The Royle Family, and his love of the ukulele

The Guardian - UK

Peter Brook dead: Legendary theatre director dies aged 97

Legendary theatre director Peter Brook has died at the age of 97.

Evening Standard

Peter Brook obituary

Revered and influential theatre director who took drama out of the auditorium to stages and spaces all over the world

The Guardian - UK

Peter Brook, influential theatre visionary, dies aged 97

The director’s landmark achievements include a nine-hour Mahabharata, putting Shakespeare on trapezes and directing Olivier, Gielgud and Scofield at the RSC

The Guardian - UK

‘I wish she could have seen the change happening right now’: trailblazing theatre star Pearl Prescod

The actor and campaigner came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago in 1954 and rose to join Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre company. Clint Dyer and others explain why we should remember her

The Guardian - UK

To buy or not to buy: Sir Laurence Olivier’s childhood home is for sale in Dorking

The legendary English actor spent the first three years of his life in the four-bedroom house.

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Jennifer Piercey obituary

Other lives: Actor who worked with Alan Ayckbourn and appeared on TV in The Two of Us

The Guardian - UK

National Theatre to stage The Odyssey in ‘epic’ retelling around England

Parts to be staged in Stoke, Doncaster, Trowbridge and Sunderland using local writers and amateur casts before finale in London

The Guardian - UK

‘I was in front of an audience but all I could think was, I could be dying’: Robert Lindsay on acting, ageing – and surviving cancer

The actor, who has starred in everything from sitcoms to Shakespeare, talks about his family rows over Brexit, having his phone hacked – and why he did not want to be like Laurence Olivier

The Guardian - UK

Truly Madly review – the deadly desire of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier

Biographer Stephen Galloway’s purple prose does its best to give a romantic sheen to a famously troubled relationship

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The Guardian - UK

Restaurateur Jeremy King ousted from fine dining group Corbin & King

King helped launch many of London’s top restaurants including the Ivy and Wolseley

Tribune News Service

Oscars 2022: Who could reach EGOT status and other fun facts

It's Oscar time Sunday, and for those of us afflicted with the seasonal disorder known as OOT (Obsession with Oscar Trivia), here are some fun facts and figures about this year's nominees.

Inverse

You need to watch the most iconic ‘70s thriller before it leaves HBO Max this month

In 1976, 'Marathon Man' left a lasting impression on moviegoers. Over 45 years later. its numbing effect is still palpable.

Daily Mirror

Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier were 'torn apart by infidelity and mental illness'

Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier were once the most glamorous couple in Hollywood, but their relationship is said to have been torn apart by infidelities and mental illness

Evening Standard

Kit Harington says Henry V was the part he always wanted to play

He takes the title role previously played by the likes of Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh

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