As BBC America is showing the ‘lost’ Doctor Who serial “Fury From the Deep” at the moment, it seems a good time to review the state of play with Doctor Who stories which have been lost over the years. It’s a problem that only affects the First and Second (Patrick Troughton) Doctors, with the latter […]
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It’s no exaggeration to call Jim Broadbent one of Britain’s most prolific and accomplished character actors. Since he began his career in the early ’70s, he’s racked up more than 160 TV and movie credits in everything from Game of Thrones to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and The Borrowers to […]
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Sir Elton John is one of the most legendary musicians ever – who doesn’t get a little emotional when they hear “Tiny Dancer,” or feel kind of defiant whenever “I’m Still Standing” comes on? He celebrated his 74th birthday this week on March 25, so we’re making him our British Icon of the Week with […]
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Spencer, the upcoming biopic of Princess Diana starring Kristen Stewart, has found its Prince Charles. British actor Jack Farthing (Poldark, The ABC Murders) will play the heir to the British throne in the movie directed by Pablo Larraín, who previously made the Natalie Portman-led Jackie Kennedy biopic Jackie. According to Deadline, the movie has also […]
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Mark Gatiss is a man of many talents. You probably admire him for co-creating Sherlock, writing and acting in Doctor Who, appearing in everything from Game of Thrones to Taboo to BBC America’s London Spy, and generally being one of the most intelligent and interesting people on Twitter. He has a supporting role opposite Sir […]
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(Photo: Getty Images) David Tennant and former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat are to reunite for a new BBC/Netflix limited series called Inside Man. According to Deadline, Stanley Tucci has been cast in the four-part series’ title role. It’s a Sin breakout star Lydia West and Blunt Talk‘s Dolly Wells — both of whom appeared […]
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Dame Helen Mirren is adding another string to her already highly impressive bow by signing up for her first ever superhero movie. According to Variety, she’s been cast as Hespera, the villainous daughter of the god Atlas, in Shazam! Fury of the Gods. The movie is a sequel to 2019’s Shazam!, the hit 2019 superhero […]
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Welcome to this week’s Doctor Who’s Day roundup, a seething petri dish of viral Whovian content culled from the past week on social media and the internet. And we begin this week with the Comic Relief telethon that took place on Friday 19 March, across BBC television. As usual, the stars came out to implore […]
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(Photo: Getty Images) Emerald Fennell‘s stellar year continues with news that she’s been tapped to write DC superhero movie Zatanna. According to Variety, the movie is being produced by JJ Abrams‘ Bad Robot Productions. It will mark the first big screen appearance for Zatanna, a superhero with incredible sorcery skills who made her DC Comics […]
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Sandra Oh delivered a powerful and galvanizing speech at a Stop Asian Hate rally in Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday (March 20). The rally was organized in the wake of last week’s Atlanta spa shootings. Eight people, six of whom were Asian women, were killed when a man opened fire in three spas or massage parlors […]
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