Katie RazzallCulture and Media Editor PA Media Self-evidently, the BBC has a big decision to make. If it hoped the President might not follow through on his threat to sue, the reality check has arrived. Now it’s about gaming out the options but current indications are it plans to fight. “We will be defending this…
On 19 December 1974, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz went round to her friend Peter Hujar’s apartment in New York, and asked the photographer to describe exactly what he had done the day before. He talked in great detail about taking Allen Ginsberg’s portrait for the New York Times (it didn’t go well – Ginsberg was…
A musical adaptation of the story will open at the Majestic Theater next spring. And yes, the score includes “Wind Beneath My Wings.” Source link
He played one of the most memorable sitcom roles of the ’70s before going on to direct a string of enduring movie classics. Here are some of his career highlights. Source link
On and on and on it goes. The planet-sized movie franchise of Avatar continues to spin massively in the cosmos – yet without affecting the tides in any other world. Maybe Avatar is the cosmos and its originator James Cameron is the new L Ron Hubbard; the creator, or rather prophet, of a new belief…
Ian YoungsCulture reporter Getty Images The English National Opera is gradually moving its main base from London to Manchester Cultural funding in England should be overhauled to give more power to the regions and scrap a controversial policy that critics say sidelined artistic excellence, according to a major review of Arts Council England. The government…
Stand by Me Obviously The Shining remains the greatest Stephen King adaptation ever made, but Stand By Me is the one I love beyond all measure. It’s the warmest, the saddest and the funniest, too: a lovely, grubby ode to the joys of misspent youth. “I never had any friends later on like the ones…
Katie RazzallCulture and Media Editor BBC The government has formally begun the process which will decide the future of the BBC. It has published a consultation document – or green paper – laying out plans to future-proof the BBC, put it on a sustainable financial footing and bolster trust. This begins the renewal of the…
His early career was defined by the Vietnam war with early roles in political films such as Hail, Hero! and Summertree. So it felt natural for Michael Douglas, just 31, to make his first foray into producing with One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a tale of one man raging against the system. Fifty years…
Welcome to our Regency Thunderdome, where we will endeavor to answer this question once and for all. Source link