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On Wednesday 11 December 2024, Sky Arts broadcasts Portrait Artist of the Year!

Andy Serkis And Lorraine Ashbourne Season 11 Episode 10 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Portrait Artist of the Year” titled “Andy Serkis And Lorraine Ashbourne” promises to be an exciting showcase of artistic talent. This popular show on Sky Arts features artists from across the UK and Ireland as they compete to create stunning portraits of well-known personalities.

In this episode, the spotlight will be on two famous sitters: actor Andy Serkis, known for his roles in films like “The Lord of the Rings” and “Planet of the Apes,” and actress Lorraine Ashbourne, who has appeared in various television series and films. Their presence will surely inspire the artists as they strive to capture their likenesses on canvas.

The competition is fierce, with each artist bringing their unique style and skill to the challenge. The stakes are high, as the...

The excitement builds for the upcoming episode of “Portrait Artist of the Year,” which is set to air on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 9:00 Pm on Sky Arts. In Season 11, Episode 10, titled “Andy Serkis And Lorraine Ashbourne,” talented artists from across the UK and Ireland will showcase their skills in a thrilling competition. This week, they will have the unique opportunity to create portraits of two well-known figures, Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne.

As the artists work against the clock, viewers can expect to see a range of styles and techniques on display. Each artist will strive to capture the essence of their famous sitters, hoping to impress the judges with their creativity and talent. The stakes are high, as the winner will not only take home a £10,000 prize but will also have their portrait exhibited in a prestigious cultural institution.

Fans of the show will be eager to see how...

“The Crown” could well bow out in style on home soil, with the final outing of the show leading the list of nominees for the 2024 BAFTA TV and TV Craft awards, announced Wednesday.

Netflix’s hit royal drama — which came to an end last year after six seasons — landed eight nominations in total, including for Dominic West, Elizabeth Debecki, Lesley Manville and Salim Daw in the performance categories. However, it missed out for drama series (an award it has been nominated for three times previously).

Just behind “The Crown” and also a Netflix production, the apocalyptic “Black Mirror” episode “Demon 79” earned seven nominations, including limited drama and leading actress for Anjana Vasan.

Further down in a tight group of frontrunners, BBC dramas “Happy Valley” and “The Sixth Commandment and Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses” each have six nominations. Sarah Lancashire’s leading actress nomination for “Happy Valley” could see...

Whether it may be being part of an insane psychologically-charged drama or a packed-to-the-walls action film with none other than Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson can be said to have developed an iron heart and mind to take on challenges that might look crazy to many. But contrary to even she may have believed, watching Austin Butler act may have proven too much even for her.

Rebecca Ferguson in a still from Mission: Impossible- Rogue Nation

In a recent interview, the actress was asked about all the on-set details of her upcoming film Dune: Part Two, including what other stars on set were like to witness while shooting for the film. Ferguson was quick to bring Butler into the conversation, claiming that she was downright scared of him when he was in character during the filming process.

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Actor George Clooney, who shares the screen with Callum Turner in ‘The Boys in the Boat’, felt that it was vital that the lip-locking was done in the old-school way. The film tells the story of the University of Washington’s rowing team and their quest for gold at the 1936 Olympics.

“The story felt like an old-fashioned film, the book did. We shot it to try to feel like old fashioned,” Clooney, 62, told ITV’s “Lorraine”.

His 33-year-old co-star was sitting next to him, and George said “There’s a big kiss at the train station and I had to talk to him…” Callum interrupted, “You had to teach me how to kiss!”

Clooney explained: “You had to kiss differently. Really like an old-fashioned movie, new movies, everyone’s got their tongues and this one had to be old-fashioned kissing,” reports aceshowbiz.com.

The movie has a shot of the...

Big Thief have shared a remastered reissue of their 2016 debut album Masterpiece, out now via 4Ad.

When Big Thief released Masterpiece in 2016, they seemingly became indie rock royalty overnight. The Brooklyn-based band recorded the album in July 2015 at a makeshift studio in an old lakehouse with producer Andrew Sarlo and engineer James Krivchenia, the latter of whom would go on to become Big Thief’s full-time drummer.

Though its title could be used to describe the quality of the record itself, vocalist Adrianne Lenker says Masterpiece refers to “the masterpiece of existence, which is always folding into itself, people attempting to connect, to both shake themselves awake and to shake off the numbness of certain points in their life. The interpretations might be impressionistic or surrealistic, but they’re grounded in simple things.”

In additional Big Thief news, the band has also unveiled an official karaoke YouTube channel so that...

Nick Rylance joins Organic from ITV Studios where he was head of film.

UK-based publicity agency Organic has hired Nick Rylance for the role of client partner.

Rylance will take up the newly created role in early 2024, where he will focus on client services and agency growth.

He joins from ITV Studios where he served as head of film for eight years. Prior to that position, Rylance was a producer and director on ITV Breakfast across programmes such as Good Morning Britain, Lorraine and This Morning.

Caragh Cook, Organic’s managing director, said: “The breadth of experience Nick brings, from...

There’s an interesting experiment going on over at Max in September, as from the first of the month you’ll be able to find seven AMC+ series streaming for 60 days on the service. If you’ve been dying to check out some of their best shows but just haven’t had access to them, now’s your chance! Max will be streaming Fear the Walking Dead seasons 1-7, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire season one, Dark Winds season one, Gangs of London seasons 1-2, Ride with Norman Reedus seasons 1-5, A Discovery of Witches seasons 1-3, and Killing Eve seasons 1-4.

Also on Max this September is the original animated series Young Love, a Matthew A. Cherry project which seeks to expand on the critically acclaimed short film, Hair Love. Sam Jay has a new stand-up special on HBO, too. Sam Jay: Salute or Shoot Me will...

Vanessa Kirby, who will be seen in Tom Cruise’s upcoming action-thriller movie ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’, after featuring in the 2018 film ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’, has said that no actress in the ‘Mission: Impossible’ franchise will be seen wearing a bikini.

According to FemaleFirst, the 35-year-old star has said that times have changed since the days of Bond girls who would often be seen donning various styles of bikini in the spy-thriller franchise films.

However, speaking of her own role or those of her fellow co-stars such as Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, and Pom Klementieff in ‘M:i 7’, audiences will “barely even see a wrist” of theirs in the movie, let alone a bikini.

As reported by FemaleFirst, while speaking to ITV’s ‘Lorraine’, the actress said: “The best journey of movies is when you have this really immersive, intense experience as a family, and obviously I...

We love a famous friendship, and there are few as adorable as the bond between Niall Horan and Lewis Capaldi. The duo are both incredibly talented musicians who've supported each other's careers for years. Most recently, Horan has spoken out in support of his friend after Capaldi announced he was taking a break from performing live following a difficult Glastonbury set.

"I speak to Lewis most days to be honest with you. So I'm really happy for Lewis that he's able to take the time that he obviously feels he needs right now," Horan told The Sun on June 27. "But performing never gets easy. I don't think you ever truly get used to singing in front of 100,000 people. If you have any sort of performance anxieties or anything like that then that stage can be a tough place."

Capaldi opened up about his Tourette's diagnosis and health concerns, including panic attacks,...

King Charles III’s historic Coronation on May 6 starts at 10 a.m. BST in the UK at 5 a.m. Et/2 a.m. Pt in the U.S. Every major British and American network will have live coverage of the event, which you can watch live in the player embedded below.

The Itinerary

The first Coronation for seven decades will see Charles and Queen Consort Camilla take a King’s Procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey. There will then be a service during which the official Coronation will take place, beginning around 10:20 a.m. GMT (2:20 a.m. Pt)

King Charles III will be officially crowned, and his wife Camilla will become Queen Camilla during the ceremony. King Charles technically became King upon his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s death in September, but the Coronation — the first in the UK since 1953 — will make it official. Camilla has been Queen...

Tobi De Graaff Joins Sky Studios

Veteran UK exec Tobi de Graaff is joining Sky Studios as Senior VP of Commercial. The former BBC Studios Director of Commissioning and Co-Production has most recently been running his own business, Beiboot Representation, but is now stepping into an international role focused on commercial and co-production partnerships, including Sky’s distribution relationship with Comcast cousin NBCUniversal Global Distribution. He’ll work closely with Sky Studios’ editorial and commissioning teams across Europe. He’ll also take charge of the international scripted team, which is currently headed by Jason Simms in the UK and LA-based SVP Rebecca Segal, accorifn to an internal note from Sky Studios COO Caroline Cooper seen by Deadline. Both Simms and Segal will report to de Graaf, who has also worked for ITV Studios, when he joins in July.

Chris Kattan Joins Indie LA Drama ‘Angel City’

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Ed Sheeran and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, are relishing the little moments of everyday parenthood. The couple, who became engaged just before New Year's at the end of 2017, tied the knot quietly in 2018. And though they keep their personal lives pretty private, we've gotten a few glimpses of their adorable romance and the occasional news about their two children - Lyra, born in August 2020, and Jupiter, who was born in May 2022.

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The couple has really taken to motherhood and fatherhood, and admitted that it sometimes can take over their whole world. In an interview on "Heart" in June 2021, Sheeran said that on date nights, "When you're a parent, you just end up talking about being a parent 24/7."

Sheeran is also candid about the difference from one to two kids, and said in an interview with Good Morning America in...

A comment Fred Sirieix made about Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip has resurfaced in the wake of his co-star’s decision to quit.

On Sunday (19 March), Gino D’Acampo revealed he would no longer be a part of the series due to “problems” behind-the-scenes.

In a video shared with his social media followers, the celebrity chef said that “complications” with contracts had led to his decision, and said he would rather quit than damage his friendship with both Sirieix and Gordon Ramsay.

Just 10 days ago, during a chat with Lorraine Kelly on the ITV morning show Lorraine, Sirieix addressed these complications, stating: “We are talking about dates for the next one. It is difficult to juggle all of our diaries.”

He told MailOnline the previous week, while promoting his latest series, Fred’s Last Resort: “It is a bit difficult to juggle all our diaries, but we are getting there.

Ashton Kutcher is well aware he doesn’t look like he did when he was 20.

The actor has been busy promoting his new flick “Your Place or Mine” alongside co-star Reese Witherspoon, with the pair chatting about the rom-com on Friday’s “Lorraine”.

As Ross King mentioned they both look the same as they used to, Kutcher insisted, “Here’s the crazy thing, before we shot the sequence of when I was 20, I didn’t have this much chest hair when I was 20!

“I actually need to mow this thing down and clean it up – and I’m like doing sit-ups! I’m like, ‘God, I used to have abs when I was 20! What happened?'”

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Kutcher also spoke about the movie being a “snuggle-up and...

Shania Twain is loving life after being left petrified that she’d be unable to sing ever again.

The Canadian hitmaker appeared on U.K. morning show “Lorraine” to chat about her new album Queen of Me on Thursday, with host Lorraine Kelly asking about her Lyme disease battle.

She recalled of having to have open-throat surgery, “It was quite depressing, devastating to imagine that I would never sing again.

“Even speaking has been difficult with the Lyme disease. I’m just feeling so grateful I can finally sing and express myself.

“And this will be the first album since my operation on my voice.”

Shania Twain on “Lorraine”. — Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock

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Twain revealed she had to be awake for the whole op, telling the host: “You have to be awake for this operation.

Paul Burrell is a name many royal family fans are familiar with. He was Princess Diana’s butler from 1987 till her death in 1997. Over the years he has spoken about his time as a member of the royal household and revealed quite a bit about what went on behind palace walls when he worked for the princess.

Following the release of Prince Harry’s memoir Spare, in which he’s mentioned, Burrell has offered his opinion on what the Duke of Sussex wrote about him. And during one recent appearance, Diana’s former butler announced that he has cancer and doesn’t know if he’ll live to see another year.

Princess Diana in London with her butler Paul Burrell (circa 1994) | Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images Princess Diana’s butler said he was very hurt by something in Prince Harry’s book

Burrell read Harry’s book and...

They've got a whole lot of history. During a Sept. 8 appearance on UK TV show Lorraine, Louis Tomlinson addressed the possibility of a One Direction reunion. When asked by host Lorraine Kelly about getting the band back together, the singer said, "One day, there's a lot of moving parts but it would be a shame if we didn't. I hope so."   Along with Louis, One Direction was originally made up of singers Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Liam Payne. The boy band originally found fame during the seventh season of the The X Factor, before eventually splitting up in 2016. While Zayn was the first to leave the group in 2015, the remaining four members put out one...

Spin the wheel and win some heating. This was the premise of a segment on ITV’s This Morning earlier this week. Hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby stood beside a spinwheel contraption, upon which were marked various monetary values and, on some spaces, the promise of four months’ energy bills, paid for by the programme.

The segment was using the impending energy crisis as a topical hook to spice up a routine prize giveaway, but there was something discomfortingly crass about it – made all the worse by the desperation in the phone-in contestant’s voice, his audible relief when the dial landed on “bills”. The clip was rightly condemned; words like “dystopian” have been thrown around without hyperbole. On Wednesday, the “household bills” prizes were removed from the Spin to Win competition. But while This Morning’s cost of living crisis carnival game may indeed have been a low-rent display of socio-political tone-deafness,...

Spin the wheel and win some heating. This was the premise of a segment on ITV’s This Morning earlier this week. Hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby stood astride a spinwheel contraption, upon which were marked various monetary values and, on some spaces, the promise of four months’ energy bills, paid for by the programme.

The segment was using the impending energy crisis as a topical hook to spice up a routine prize giveaway, but there was something discomfortingly crass about it – made all the worse by the desperation in the phone-in contestant’s voice, his audible relief when the dial landed on “bills”. The clip was rightly condemned; words like “dystopian” have been thrown around without hyperbole. On Wednesday, the “household bills” prizes were removed from the Spin to Win competition. But while This Morning’s cost-of-living-crisis carnival game may indeed have been a low-rent display of socio-political tone-deafness,...

Time’s Up U.K. has issued a statement regarding actor John Barrowman’s appearance on a British talk show, in which he claimed that repeatedly exposing his penis on set and in interviews “absolutely is not” sexual harassment.

There have been multiple reports of Barrowman, who has appeared in shows including “Doctor Who” and “Torchwood,” exposing himself publicly for over a decade. On Tuesday, the Scottish-born American actor appeared on ITV’s “Lorraine” to discuss the incidents, which he admitted to, albeit with various caveats.

“The assertion by John Barrowman that his well-documented actions do not constitute sexual harassment reveals yet again the need for the entertainment industry to underline and reassert expected standards of behaviour of which this is wholly unacceptable,” a spokesperson for Time’s Up U.K. told Variety. “Flashing people Is sexual harassment and it is never funny.”

In 2008, during an appearance on daytime talk show “Loose Women,...

Anti-vaccine protesters have tried to storm a building at the Television Centre complex in west London.

Videos shared online show a mob, believed to be protesting against vaccine passports, vaccines for children and media bias, trying to enter the complex in White City and scuffling with police, some of whom use batons to quell demonstrators.

Footage online shows protestors gathering at nearby Shepherds Bush before marching on the BBC Studioworks building and trying to break a police line protecting the building. BBC Studioworks is a commercial arm of the corporation which has operated several studios at the site since 2017.

Protesters in videos shout “shame on you, shame on you”, with one giving a speech, accusing the BBC of “not giving out the right information” and claiming “they are coming for our f****** children.”

The confused demonstrators seemingly didn’t get the memo that the BBC largely vacated the premises eight years ago.

For Camila Cabello, social media can be a powerful microphone—but sometimes she needs to lower the volume. "Yesterday, I had a day off and I was just like, 'I can't be on social media today,'" the Cinderella star told U.K. morning show Lorraine's Ross King on Aug. 3, "I just notice it just makes my brain go so fast and sometimes you just need to take a break." As a public figure, the 24-year-old Fifth Harmony alum knows all too well the ways in which the internet can be a double-edged sword: One minute it's connecting you with fans, the next it's an echo chamber of harsh criticism. She went on to talk about the...

Jessie Cave is opening up about her family's health. During a Tuesday, Jan. 12 episode of the British talk show Lorraine, the Harry Potter star shared an update on her newborn since the news broke of the baby boy contracting Covid-19. "We're much better, we're doing well, thank you," said the 33-year-old. "Nothing's gone to plan, which I guess everyone can relate to this year, but it was a really, really scary start because he was in the neonatal unit after a really, really sudden quick labor. He came out within 45 minutes, so he was just a bit like, 'What's going on?'" "He's 11 weeks now," Jessie continued. "I just couldn't believe it...

Something that Doctor Who fans thought they’d never see is actually happening. Christopher Eccleston, who’s stood apart from the sci-fi franchise since he left after just one season back in 2005, is returning as the Ninth Doctor for a new series of official audio dramas. The news was revealed earlier this year and this week, Eccleston confirmed that he’s started recording the audio series by sharing a sneak peek at the script for the first episode on social media.

Obviously, this has got Whovians wondering if the next move for the Thor: The Dark World actor is for him to dust off his battered leather jacket and return to Doctor Who on TV, too. And that’s exactly the question that was posed to him while taking part in an interview on British morning talk show Lorraine.

The actor explained the following to host Lorraine Kelly via...

Public service broadcaster ITV has been found in breach of fairness rules around competitions involving members of the public, U.K. media regulator Ofcom has found.

An Ofcom investigation found that some 41,000 viewers who had entered competitions between 2016-2019 with postal votes were excluded from prize draws. The ITV competitions involved include “Good Morning Britain,” “Lorraine,” “This Morning,” “Loose Women,” “Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway,” “La Vuelta” and “X Factor: The Band.”

The breach was noticed by ITV, and after an internal process of examination, the broadcaster referred the matter to Ofcom, thus prompting the investigation.

“Our investigation found that people who entered these competitions by post were excluded from the draw, with no chance of winning,” an Ofcom spokesperson said. “ITV failed to follow proper procedures and this led to a clear breach of our rules, which require all broadcast competitions to be conducted fairly.”

In response,...

Mel C knows what the fans really, really want.  During a live Oct. 14 interview on British television show Lorraine, the former Spice Girl also known as Sporty Spice revealed there may be a reunion tour in the works for the iconic girl group. "Well you know we had the most incredible year last year playing stadiums all across the UK and islands and we have got to do it again," she told host Lorraine Kelly. "We talk about it all the time. Of course, this year has thrown everything into chaos." The "Fearless" singer continued, "I think a lot of the big artists that were planning to perform this year will move to next year, so sadly it probably will delay getting...

Will.i.am has confirmed he’s been making music with Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. The Black Eyed Peas star made the comments while chatting on U.K. morning show “Lorraine”, telling the talk-show host that the pair collaborated over some afternoon tea. Will.i.am explained, “So, a long time ago she was like, ‘You should come over...

Emma Stone is indisputably the biggest Olivia Colman fangirl, but Julia Roberts could give her a run for her money. The Oscar winner is longtime Colman admirer and was “absolutely thrilled” when she took home the Best Actress Oscar for “The Favourite.”

“She’s so fantastic,” Roberts gushed to the UK’s ITV show “Lorraine” while promoting “Ben Is Back,” revealing that she got tongue-tied when they met. “I actually had the good fortune of meeting her briefly, kind of getting a couple of words out of my mouth towards her at the Golden Globes. And I loved ‘The Favourite’ and I was just absolutely thrilled when she won.”

Roberts watched Colman’s surprise victory from backstage at the Oscars as she was preparing to present Best Picture. She even Instagrammed a shot of Colman mid-speech, writing, “I [heart] Olivia!” And this love affair is indeed pure. “Well, who doesn’t [love her]?” she quipped.

The third film sired from author E.L. James’ original “Fifty Shades” trilogy arrives in theaters Friday, and critics are largely miffed that Universal Pictures opted for such a conventional closure. “Fifty Shades Freed” begins with the marriage of Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) and Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan), the billionaire who introduced her to Bdsm. IndieWire was kinder than most, giving chapter three a B.

“Because Ana and Christian have already reached their happy equilibrium together, returning director James Foley and screenwriter Niall Leonard must mine exterior sources of dramatic strain,” writes Screen Daily. Thus the narrative of their sexual power struggle is supplanted by thrown punches, racing sports cars, and even a kidnapping subplot. Still, reviewers were often disenchanted that the Greys have become just another procreating couple occupied with household concerns.

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Jamie Dornan insisted “Fifty Shades Freed” will be the final movie in the franchise during an appearance on UK talk show “Lorraine” on Monday. The 35-year-old, who stars as Christian Grey in the raunchy films, said that unless E.L. James, real name Erika Mitchell, writes another book, this is it. When asked by the host...

With Sherlock on indefinite hiatus and the pair moving away from Doctor Who, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss will next be devoting their energies into modernizing another British classic in their upcoming Dracula TV series.

Everything about the duo’s interpretation of the oft-adapted tale of the world’s most famous vampire is currently being kept tightly under wraps. For instance, we don’t know anything about the format, the cast or whether it will follow Sherlock and be set in contemporary times or if it will stick with the Victorian setting of Bram Stoker’s novel.

However, Mark Gatiss might have given us our first clue about the project in the form of who he might play in it. While talking on UK daytime talk show Lorraine, Gatiss explained that he’s not sure if he’s going to act in Dracula as well as write it. But, if he does,...

True to the old adage of one door opening just as another begins to close, this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special, “Twice Upon a Time,” will herald the beginning of a “whole new era.”

At least, that’s according to long-time screenwriter Mark Gatiss (Sherlock), who is poised to appear as a Wwi soldier known only as ‘The Captain’ in the imminent festive treat. While appearing on ITV chat show Lorraine (with a tip of the hat to Digital Spy), Gatiss previewed Jodie Whittaker’s first appearance as the Time Lord, before hinting that he has no involvement in season 11, which will see current showrunner Steven Moffat hand over the keys to Chris Chibnall.

It’s fantastic. What I love about this, I love the costume – I call it ‘Godspell chic’. It’s got a lovely early ’70s feel to it, which I really like. I think it’s a fantastic choice,...

Meghan sparkle is already working its magic!

Markle mania gripped an English town on Friday when Prince Harry and fiancée Meghan Markle embarked on their first official royal outing as a couple.

Four days after announcing their royal engagement, the pair visited Nottingham, about 125 miles north of London, where they started their day greeting enthusiastic fans in the town center.

The couple arrived to cheers from the crowds outside the National Justice Museum. Meghan, in an ankle-length navy coat, often put her arm on Harry’s back as they walked slowly down the barriers.

While the two were greeting the crowds,...

Fergie is back on the music scene with her new album, Double Dutchess. But like many working moms, she has dealt with her fair share of guilt while balancing parenthood and a career.

“It’s the worst,” admitted the 42-year-old pop singer of the guilt she feels during a Friday visit to ITV’s Lorraine.

Fergie shares 4-year-old son Axl Jack with Josh Duhamel, whom she split from earlier this year after eight years of marriage.

“I remember going to the studio the first couple of times and sobbing in the car. It was the weirdest thing ever,” she adds.

It’s going on 12 years since Christopher Eccleston bid farewell to Doctor Who, but it seems the English thesp still has a strong opinion on the BBC’s sci-fi flagship.

As reported by Digital Spy, Eccleston recently swung by ITV chat show Lorraine to discuss Doctor Who, a series that he believes was in dire need of a shakeup prior to the casting of Jodie Whittaker, the first female Time Lord. The actor also called out the BBC for playing it safe, given all other incarnations of the Doctor have been played by “skinny white men.”

The advent of the 13th Time Lord changes all that (thank heavens!), and Christopher Eccleston believes the BBC could not have chosen someone better than the incoming Jodie Whittaker.

Hurrah! The BBC have gone as far as they can with skinny white men, I think. It’s time, isn’t it? It had to change,...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Stranger Things, The Gifted, Supernatural and Will & Grace!

1 | Regarding the Stranger Things 2 finale, did anyone else chuckle at the parallel between its climactic sequence — involving heroes descending into a cave on a small elevator — and that of Netflix’s own The Defenders? Also, Dustin’s penchant for Dig Dug (in which creatures are confronted in maze-line tunnels) turned out to be a bit of foreshadowing, eh?

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Gerard Butler is fast becoming a frequent flyer at emergency rooms around the country.

The Scottish actor, 47, was recently hospitalized after being injured in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles, but he told Lorraine Kelly on her U.K. talk show Lorraine this was actually the third time in the past year that he has been hospitalized.

Prior to his motorcycle crash, the star went to the hospital twice after he decided to try an unusual pain remedy – injecting bee venom.

Butler revealed that he was motivated to try the injections after five weeks of wearing a 65 lb. space suit for his new film Geostorm.

[[tmz:video id="0_0sjk1est"]] Stephen Belafonte just walked into an L.A. courtroom and nervously trained his eyes on a woman who now claims he brutalized her and threatened to destroy her life -- Mel B. It was a short, tense face-off as the estranged couple faced a judge in the case Mel B has against former nanny Lorraine Gilles. Mel B tried to avoid looking at Belafonte. As for him, he fidgeted around after arriving super late for the hearing.

Movies to see on the long Labour Day weekendMovies to see on the long Labour Day weekendJenny Bullough9/1/2017 11:51:00 Am

It's finally here! The Labour Day weekend isn't really the end of summer, but it certainly feels that way. Maybe it's the residual instinct ingrained in us after years of elementary and high school, when summertime meant freedom from school for a full two months and September meant the end of all that and the return to teachers, books, and (ugh) homework.

No matter how you feel about the holiday, there's still lots of ways to squeeze the most fun possible out of your extra day off! And what better way to while away an afternoon than with a movie at a Cineplex theatre. Without further ado, here's our recommendations for what to see in theatres this long weekend!

If you crave action Atomic Blonde

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Will & Grace is nothing if not a staunch proponent of using proper protection. Case in point: The revived NBC comedy has tapped sitcom vet Kyle Bornheimer (Casual, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) to guest-star in one episode as a security guard, TVLine has learned.

NBC confirms that Bornheimer will appear in the premiere as Lenny, a security officer who (presumably) crosses paths with one or more of the Fab Four. The network declined to provide further details about his role.

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Taylor Swift is about to become a publishing powerhouse. In celebration of her new album Reputation, the "Look What You Made Me Do" singer has teamed up with Target to release two collector's edition magazines, which will be out Nov. 10. The Reputation Vol. 1 cover was shot by Mert & Marcus and styled by Joseph Cassell; Swift hired hairstylist Paul Hanlon, makeup artist Isamaya Ffrench and manicurist Lorraine Griffin for the shoot. Reputation Vol. 2 was shot by Benny Horne and styled by Cassell, who put her in Marc Jacobs' $1,500 embellished camouflage-print, cotton-canvas jacket. For that cover, she retained hairstylist Jemma Muradian, makeup artist Lorrie Turk and manicurist Kimmie...

So much for on-set bonding!

Stanley Tucci was on British morning show Lorraine on Wednesday when the topic of conversation turned to his upcoming movie, The Children Act, with Emma Thompson and his excitement to work with her for the first time. After singing her praises, the actor hilariously realized he had in fact worked with the British actress before — and very recently.

“She’s incredible. I’d never worked with her before, we sort of knew each other slightly,” Tucci, 56, said before quickly backtracking. “Oh no, that’s not true! We did Beauty and the Beast together, forgive me.

Amid the whirlwind of landing the role of a lifetime, something that reduced the former Broadchurch actress to tears, incoming Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker has taken a moment to give thanks to the show’s “loyal” and “wonderful” fan base.

While appearing on ITV chat show Lorraine (via DoctorWho.tv) to promote her new drama series, Trust Me, it wasn’t long before Whittaker began fielding questions on both Doctor Who‘s Christmas Special, “Twice Upon a Time,” and the upcoming season 11, which is expected to light up BBC One in the latter stages of 2018.

That festive treat will see Peter Capaldi’s Time Lord reluctantly join forces with the original Doctor, before the show’s iconic regeneration process leaves the Tardis open for Jodie Whittaker to enter the fray and make Doctor Who her own. That transitional period is something the actress touched on during her interview with Lorraine,...

Mark Harrison Aug 1, 2017

Bored with massive films and special effects? Then here are 10 smaller movies well worth your consideration...

It's that time of year when we usually give you a list of films playing in cinemas during August, as the summer blockbuster season winds down, that will help cleanse your palate after all the tentpoles and sequels that have proliferated throughout the year so far. But to be honest, this summer has been so good to us, we're more refreshed than usual.

Even aside from originals like Edgar Wright's Baby Driver and Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk, this year's blockbusters have been of an unusually high standard. Wonder Woman pulled the Dceu out of its critical nosedive, War For The Planet Of The Apes is a gorgeous and emotional conclusion to the reboot trilogy, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 and Spider-Man: Homecoming proved that Marvel's ever expanding continuity is still going strong.

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Charlize Theron is gonna kick some serious butt this weekend in the now highly anticipated Atomic Blonde!

The movie is a high-stakes, global action-thriller that takes place in the city of Berlin, on the eve of the Wall's collapse and the shifting of superpower alliances. Charlize (Mad Max: Fury Road) portrays Lorraine Broughton, a top-level spy for MI6, who is dispatched to Berlin to take down a ruthless espionage ring that has just killed an undercover agent for reasons unknown. The fight scenes in his are epic! A definitely must see on the big screen!

Now here's one for the entire family! The Emoji Movie is here and who thought this was gonna happen? I mean, a movie about Emojis? Well,...

Samantha Bee bid farewell to outgoing White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and introduced the administration's newest cast member, Communications Director Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci, on Full Frontal Wednesday.

Bee let Scaramucci speak for himself, showing clips from his first press conference where he threw out motivational platitudes and expressed his adoration for the other members of President Trump's administration. But as Bee noted, Scaramucci has already sewn discord in the White House, threatening a big staff purge and promising to fire any leakers (Bee's segment was taped before...

Taylor Swift was handed a minor setback in a lawsuit brought against her by a radio DJ who allegedly groped the singer’s rear-end during a concert meet-and-greet. In an order handed down Friday, federal judge William J. Martinez ruled that an expert witness of Swift’s would not be allowed to offer testimony on whether the DJ, David Mueller, fit the profile of a person who’s motivated to commit sexual harassment or assault.However, the witness will be allowed to testify on other matters. Swift has enlisted Dr. Lorraine Bayard de Volo, a professor of women and gender studies at the University of.

Oscar® winner Charlize Theron explodes into summer in Atomic Blonde, a breakneck action-thriller that follows MI6’s most lethal assassin through a ticking time bomb of a city simmering with revolution and double-crossing hives of traitors.

The crown jewel of Her Majesty’s Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies.

A blistering blend of sleek action, gritty sexuality and dazzling style, Atomic Blonde is directed by David Leitch (John Wick, upcoming Deadpool 2). Also starring John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie Marsan, Sofia Boutella and Toby Jones, the film is based on the Oni Press graphic novel series “The Coldest City,...

Miley Cyrus does not want to be defined by any specific label.

The 24-year-old singer -- who described herself as "pansexual" in a prior interview -- spoke with Ross King on ITV's U.K. show Lorraine about how she would categorize herself -- or rather how she wouldn't categorize herself.

"I'm weird for many reasons. I think I feel genderless, I feel ageless," she said. "I'm just a spirit soul, not divided by human being,...