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A charming ode to the benefits of friends

A particularly timely, celebratory anthology on the meaning of true friends

Evening Standard

These Actors Weren’t Pretending, But Actually Having Intercourse While Shooting X-Rated Scenes

From Robert Pattinson’s real “orgasm face” to Aubrey Plaza engaging in some solo-pleasure, these are some movies where the stars didn’t fake the passion.

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Beginner’s Gluck: how the 18th-century composer and a castrato changed opera forever

Over 250 years after Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice presented opera in a new way, an acrobatic staging aims to do the same. Iestyn Davies, whose Orpheus will be amid the tumblers, dancers and acrobats, writes of pushing boundaries – and heart-stopping wonder

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Sir Ian McKellen and Sienna Miller among acting stars in Wimbledon Royal Box

Lord of the Rings actor Sir Ian used binoculars to get a better view of the action.

Evening Standard

Sienna Miller and Katherine Jenkins attend day nine of Wimbledon

Sir Mark Rylance was also among the famous faces to attend the ninth day of the championships.

Evening Standard

Elon Musk, Donald Trump Inspired These 'Squid Game' Characters: 'The Ones Running Everything… The Ones In Control'

In the third and final season of “Squid Game,” the masked elite known as the VIPs shed more than just their disguises — they echo the real-life personas of some of the world's most powerful men.

Benzinga

Fresh legal challenge over Brockwell Park festivals as campaigners accuse council of 'silencing residents'

Lambeth Council approved a Certificate of Lawfulness less than 24 hours before Wide Awake opened its gates to revellers

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Music festivals in park ‘have to be cancelled’ after court decision, lawyers say

But industry body says cancelling festivals would be a ‘devastating blow’ that would leave thousands of ticket holders ‘in limbo’

Evening Standard

Bafta viewers left surprised over shock Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light snub: ‘I have no words’

‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light’ was up against ‘Blue Lights’, ‘Supacell’ and ‘Sherwood’ for Best Drama at Sunday night’s event

The Independent UK

Brockwell Park festivals 'welcome scrutiny' amid £31k legal challenge

Festival organisers who run events in Brockwell Park have paid over £300,000 to help look after the green space

Evening Standard

Oscar winner Mark Rylance joins fight to stop music festivals turning London park into ‘prison camp’

Local campaigners argue summer festivals are causing long-term damage to Brockwell Park as they launch legal action against Lambeth Council

The Independent UK

Mark Rylance condemns music festivals for turning London park into ‘prison camp’

The Oscar-winner has backed a petition to stop Brockwell Live ‘destroying’ the south London park and its wildlife.

The Independent UK

Stalking saga Baby Reindeer leads 2025 TV Bafta nominations

Richard Gadd’s semi-autobiographical stalker thriller has eight nominations, with Mr Bates Vs the Post Office and the raunchy bonkbuster Rivals on six apiece

The Guardian - UK

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light sequel premieres on PBS tonight

A decade after the first installment, Wolf Hall: The Mirror returns with stars Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis

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In "Wolf Hall" sequel, death is a mirror

Thomas Cromwell dies as he has not lived, reflecting on sins that tarnish his soul

Evening Standard

ITV and BBC could not afford to make Adolescence, Wolf Hall director says

The four-part limited series, made in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, has received backing from the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

The Guardian - UK

BBC and ITV slash big-budget TV spend as US streamers pour money into UK

Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky also among UK broadcasters making cuts as Netflix, Disney and Amazon pile on pressure

Evening Standard

Mark Rylance took significant pay cut to get final Wolf Hall made – director

The BBC drama, based on Dame Hilary Mantel’s final novel in her epic Tudor trilogy, returned last year with Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light.

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The Independent UK

Wolf Hall director says Mark Rylance took ‘significant’ pay cut after streamers rejected series

Show was rejected by streamers as director outlined importance of British stories

The Guardian - UK

Claire van Kampen obituary

Composer, playwright and theatre director who often worked with her husband, the actor Mark Rylance

Evening Standard

Celebrity deaths of 2025: remembering influential figures

A host of big names have passed away already

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Sir Mark Rylance's wife, Claire van Kampen, dead at 71

Sir Mark Rylance's wife, composer Claire van Kampen, has died of cancer.

The Guardian - UK

Claire van Kampen, theatre director and composer, dies aged 71

Wife of actor Mark Rylance worked in various roles at Shakespeare’s Globe and had been diagnosed with cancer

Evening Standard

Director Claire van Kampen dies aged 71 on birthday of her husband Mark Rylance

She died in the German town of Kassel surrounded by her family on Saturday morning, a statement on behalf of Sir Mark and her daughter Juliet said.

The Guardian - UK

Mark Rylance joins criticism of police ban on pro-Palestine march in London

Police opposed to protesters gathering outside BBC HQ, which is near a synagogue, on the Jewish holy day

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