Gary Lineker announced at the conclusion of Netflix’s Beat Luke Littler on Friday night. Indeed, as a result of her historic run to the third round of the world championship at Alexandra Palace in late 2019, she may still be the second most famous darts player in the country, after Littler himself.
The Pulp Fiction director and Spinning Around singer caused a stir in a Welsh seaside town.
The song for an orphan recorded in an isolated Pacific community was used by a French band for a global hit adopted by corporate giants, but the singer and her family never saw a cent. Now a push is on to make amends.
When Kinnear was 10, his beloved father Roy died in an on-set accident. So here I am in his dressing room at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, face to face with the man I’ve just seen on stage, and whose films and TV shows I’ve pored over for the past week, failing to recognise him.
He explains how asking the near-impossible of dancers brings a shared joy Christos Papadopoulos is talking about how to spend £40,000. The Greek choreographer came out top of four finalists, picked by a judging panel including Arlene Phillips and PJ Harvey, for his piece Larsen C, a shadowy, trance-like and glacially paced crescendo of a dance named after an Antarctic ice shelf.
With the winner of one of the globe's most prestigious literary awards due to be announced next week, we take a look at the shortlist.
Alexander: God, King, Man by Edmund Richardson becomes the first ancient history title to win the prestigious nonfiction award • Alexander: God, King, Man by Edmund Richardson review – a dazzling, dizzying adventure Edmund Richardson has won the 2026 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction for Alexander: God, King, Man, his account of the life of Alexander the Great, becoming the first writer to win the prize for an ancient history book. Richardson was awarded the £50,000 prize at a ceremony in London on Wednesday evening, beating a six-strong shortlist that included former winner Patrick Radden
Dennis Quaid is wasted in a predictable drama with a cute basset hound and not much more US election results may still be trickling in, but Netflix has already made the call: ’tis the season! A Dog’s Perfect Christmas, from A Dog’s Purpose creator W Bruce Cameron, does at least have the decency to set the scene before Thanksgiving and acknowledge said ploy; if there is one thing a grumbling man named “Sander Goss” (a constipated-looking Dennis Quaid) and I can agree on, it’s that they keep starting Christmas too early.
By Adegboyega Adeleye Nigerian music star, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has announced November 27, 2026, as the release date for his forthcoming album, ‘Oldest Young Man’, his first studio project in six years. My new album, Oldest Young Man, soon come.”
Ghanaian singer Tofamba is set to release a new single, AsumDwe, on November 6, drawing on personal experiences to explore themes of inner peace, self-discovery, freedom and personal growth. Beyond its themes, AsumDwe represents a stage in Tofamba’s personal and artistic development.
It was meant to be Kim Kardashian’s triumphant debut as a leading actor – but last year’s legal drama All’s Fair was so universally panned by critics that it actually broke streaming records as audiences clambered to see what all the fuss was about. Kardashian’s co-stars Sarah Paulson and Naomi Watts have also returned for season two While she was promoting the legal drama last year, Kardashian was waiting to find out if she had passed exams to become a lawyer in real life, after six years of studying for an apprenticeship that negated the need for a university degree.
The story of an "ugly" fisherwoman and her irresistible basket husband has a huge heart at its woven core.
David Davidar, publisher of Aleph Book Company says Nirmala Lakshman brings erudition, insight and a deep personal engagement to this expansive portrait of the Tamil people
The cult Italian film-maker began as an assistant to Roberto Rossellini but moved into sex films, believing ‘eroticism to be a fundamental key to human expression’ Italian film director Tinto Brass, who was once hailed as the “Antonioni of the 70s” but came to be better known for bringing Italian erotic cinema to a wider audience with films such as Caligula and Salon Kitty, has died aged 93. His wife Caterina Varzi and children Bonifacio and Beatrice Brass announced the news of the director’s death to Italian press agency Ansa on Wednesday.
In 2001, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" hit cinemas and took the world by storm. Today, anticipation for the new series is high, but its creator, J.K. Rowling, remains a controversial figure.
Brahms’ first symphony was 21 years in the making. But it’s how long it took Brahms to complete his First Symphony.
From coaching youth community theatre to supporting Huddersfield football club and delighting sci-fi fans at graduation ceremonies, the actor is fondly remembered Patrick Stewart – a life in pictures On Star Trek, Patrick Stewart could make anyone feel hopeful for humanity Patrick Stewart brought gravitas and complexity to the screen ‘He stood for the best of us’: William Shatner and more pay tribute What I always loved about Patrick was that he genuinely seemed connected to where he came from despite his global success. I was lucky enough to see him at the Royal Shakespeare Company…
The Ejisu Traditional Area is set to celebrate the maiden Nana Yaa Asantewaa I festival from December 24 to 27, in honour of the legacy of the brave female warrior of the Asante kingdom. The festival, launched by the Paramount Queen Mother of Ejisu, Nana Yaa Asantewaa II, seeks to raise funds for the reconstruction of the museum built in commemoration of the legend.
Based on the ancient classical poem about Rama, the avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, this three-hour blockbuster is highly enjoyable Here is a thoroughly engaging, rousing and spectacular Indian epic melodrama from director Nitesh Tiwari, with music by Hans Zimmer and AR Rahman, based on the ancient classical poem about Rama, the avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. Ranbir Kapoor plays the mythical Rama, a noble warrior and statesman who has been brought into being in the city state of Ayodhya as a bodily representative of Vishnu, and from the first his sense of destiny is overwhelming.
Bookmakers’ odds have shortened to 8/13 for the British actor, seen sipping martinis with his wife Dua Lipa at the weekend Ten days after final screentests for the most coveted role in British cinema, one actor has emerged as a strong favourite to don the 007 tux for Denis Villeneuve’s forthcoming film. The bookmaker William Hill has cut the odds of Callum Turner being named as the next James Bond from 3/1 to 8/13, with previous favourite Jack Lowden now at 2/1.
Nigerian comedian and actor, Debo Adedayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, has announced that he has earned a Master of Arts degree with Distinction in Performance (Acting) from the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts is a performing arts institution in London, United Kingdom, known for its professional training in acting and theatre.
He reflects on its Trumpian parallels, the death of Spring Awakening’s Duncan Sheik and the horrific accident that led him to ancient classics Before Spring Awakening won eight Tony awards in 2007, its dramatist and lyricist Steven Sater had “been struggling financially and professionally for quite a while,” he remembers. Sater and composer Duncan Sheik thought their next success would be Nero, about the Roman emperor who murdered his mother among many others, which had been produced in San Francisco in 2006.
A witty creature feature set in a multi-occupancy building in Los Angeles that takes aim at unscrupulous landlords and finance bros For starters, there is a very contemporary anticapitalist undertow: it all takes place in a single multi-occupancy building (supposedly in Los Angeles, though the whole film was filmed in Portugal) owned by a slimy landlord (William Miller), who rails against the city’s “socialist” local council making it harder for him to rip off his tenants.