Next James Bond favourite says he was 'never in the race' and confirms bosses are 'going younger'

Idris Elba has definitively ruled himself out of being the next James Bond as casting gets underway, adding that he was actually not "ever" in the running for the iconic role. Calls for the Luther ...
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Young James Bond author Charlie Higson addresses the death of 007: “If they’ve got any sense, they’ll simply ignore it and start again”

I was nine years old when You Only Live Twice came out, and going to see it at my local Odeon was the most exciting thing that had ever happened in my short life. I’d been waiting for this moment ever ...
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Darren Day talks 30 years of You Bet! and his fifth engagement: "I won’t be buying any more rings"

June 1996 wasn’t a bad month in the life of Darren Day. With the lead role in two hit West End musicals already under his belt, overnight he became a household name as the new host of ITV’s primetime ...
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BAFTA winner Adeel Akhtar: “In politically fraught times, we scapegoat the people who are foundational to society”

Adeel Akhtar has always been curious about his heritage. In the second episode of the new series of Who Do You Think You Are?, the BAFTA-winning star of Four Lions, Showtrial and Sherwood sets out to ...
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Jimpa star John Lithgow responds to Harry Potter controversy and argues franchise is about “winning out over cruelty, evil, intolerance”

In his career he’s been an alien, a cardinal, a serial killer and a Prime Minister. Next, he’s a wizard – but before 80-year-old The Crown star John Lithgow dons the hat of Professor Dumbledore for ...
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Rebekah Vardy explains her brand-new fly-on-the-wall TV series: "We had something new to talk about"

Is there still no such thing as bad publicity? There are probably a few names in recent history who would beg to differ, however, to her credit, Rebekah Vardy – one half of 2022’s “Wagatha Christie” ...
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John Travolta talks working with his daughter on his directorial debut: "Her presence in this movie… to me, it’s A Star Is Born"

John Travolta was already in love with planes before he'd turned five years old. Living in New Jersey, his family home was close to Newark, JFK and LaGuardia airports and, "by the time the planes took ...
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From Queer as Folk to Happy Valley, meet the TV producer behind some of Britain’s best dramas: “Every time I do something, I get nervous”

Nicola Shindler first met Russell T Davies in 1997 in New York "very glamorously, at the International Emmys". They were both nominees – her for Hillsborough, her first producer credit and the ...

Sam Mendes's Beatles movies have 'nothing to do with the truth', says Pattie Boyd – and no one's contacted her

Sam Mendes's upcoming four-film series about The Beatles hasn't reached out to George Harrison's ex-wife Pattie Boyd to hear her stories, the rock muse says.
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Alan Cumming: "Tip Toe shows how normalised violence and hatred have become"

Sat in the penthouse suite of a chi-chi London hotel on a sunny Saturday, Alan Cumming is halfway through explaining how hedonism and activism aren’t mutually exclusive when he suddenly stops ...
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Anna Maxwell Martin reveals how Motherland icon inspired her "terrible" Star City character

In preparing to play ruthless KGB handler Lyudmilla Raskova in new drama Star City, Anna Maxwell Martin looked for inspiration in a rather unexpected place: the suburbs of SoHa. Apple TV's alternative ...
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Classic Doctor Who legend Brian Hodgson reveals why he still thinks it’s “dangerous” for gay couples to hold hands on the street

When Brian Hodgson joined the BBC in 1960, he found it a progressive environment to work in, even if old-fashioned attitudes were not uncommon. “The head of Programme Operations – a man I respected ...