On my radar: Samantha Morton’s cultural highlights | Samantha Morton

A small girl on a bike stands next to a man working under a car

The actor Samantha Morton was born in Nottingham in 1977 and had a turbulent childhood, spending nine years in and out of foster care. At 13, she joined the Central Junior Television Workshop and in […]

Netflix Data, Berlin Film Festival, ‘The Crown’: International Insider – Deadline

The Glory

Hello, Insiders. It’s the penultimate international newsletter before the holiday season, but there’s no festive slowdown in TV and film news just yet. Jesse Whittock here taking you through. Read on and sign up here. […]

Meghan Was “Insulted” Queen Offered Her a Black Royal Assistant, Book Says

Queen Elizabeth II and Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah at Royal Ascot in 2018

As Meghan Markle transitioned into being a member of the British royal family, her grandmother-in-law reportedly made an offer that was received as an insult by the former actor. Royal expert Omid Scobie claims in […]

Oscars 2024: Early predictions for actor, supporting actor races

Oscars 2024: Early predictions for actor, supporting actor races

If you’ve seen Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” you may well still be sifting through some complicated feelings about Leonardo DiCaprio’s character — and perhaps even his performance in the film. Know this: […]

‘I was told not to make eye contact with Tom Cruise’: meet the world’s most prolific film extra | Movies

Jill Goldston

Jill Goldston has only recently moved into this airy flat, on the site of the old Teddington television studios in south-west London, but there are already two framed items on prominent display. One is her […]

I can’t go for that: the vexed business of artists selling off their songs | Music

Bruce Springsteen performing in Edinburgh in May – the singer sold his catalogue for a huge sum.

The “ultimate partnership betrayal” is what Daryl Hall has accused erstwhile musical partner John Oates of, in court documents that allege a breach of their business partnership. Oates was moving to sell half of their […]

Girls Aloud are back – and pop will be better and weirder for it | Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud celebrate their first ever number one.

It came late last week; the news every pop fan worth their salt had been waiting for. The news every pop fan who recognises that Biology is one of the greatest bangers of the 21st […]