Hungary’s theatre chief offered to resign after a balcony fall injured two actors in his Romeo and Juliet production. JĆŗlia SzĆ”sz played Juliet and Otto Lajos HorvĆ”th performed as her father Capulet during Friday’s accident. The pair are in a serious but stable condition in hospital. National Theatre director Attila VidnyĆ”nszky offered to quit on
Twenty years on from the release of Mean Girls, the much-quoted cult classic is coming back to cinemas in musical form. Tina Fey’s “new twist” on her 2004 hit is a screen adaptation of theĀ Mean Girls musicalĀ (whose Broadway run was cut short due to the pandemic), and is released on 12 January. Fans have been
Snoop Dogg, who has built a public persona around his copious marijuana intake, says he is giving up smoking. The hip-hop star, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, made the surprise announcement on social media. “After much consideration & conversation with my family, Iāve decided to give up smoke. Please respect my privacy at this
Italian fashion designer Davide Renne has died nine days after becoming the creative director of Moschino, aged 46. The cause of death is not known, but Moschino’s parent company Aeffe referred to “a sudden illness” and said that he died in Milan on Friday. Renne had previously been head of women’s wear at Gucci, where
Superhero film The Marvels made just $47m (Ā£38m) in its first weekend, in the US, making it the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s lowest opening. In contrast, Avengers: EndgameĀ made box office historyĀ in 2019 by taking a record-breaking $1.2bn (Ā£980m) in global ticket sales in its opening run. The Marvels, starring Brie Larson, Iman Vellani and Teyonah Parris,
Season 4 ofĀ The WitcherĀ may be far off on the horizon, but thereās still plenty more of Geralt of Rivia in store on Netflix. At itsĀ Geeked WeekĀ event today, the streamer announcedĀ The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep,Ā an animated movie that takes place right in the middle of season 1 of the live-action show and is based on
LokiĀ season 2Ā has often felt more like a whimsical staging ground forĀ Marvelās next big crossover eventĀ than an extradimensional character study of its eponymous trickster god. From its very first episode, though,Ā Lokiās made clear that forĀ all of its timeline-hoppingĀ andĀ timey-wimey-ness, it has always been a story about Loki finally discovering his true purpose after multiple lifetimes of not
US actors are expected to resume work after their union agreed on a tentative deal with Hollywood studios to end a four-month strike. Sag-Aftra reached agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers (AMPTP) in a unanimous vote. The shutdown – combined with a separate writers’ strike – paralysed the entertainment industry and
An iconic leather jacket worn by Michael Jackson in the 1980s has been bought for Ā£250,000 ($306,000). The black-and-white garment, worn by the late singer in a Pepsi advert, had been expected to sell for between Ā£200,000 and Ā£400,000 at the auction. The item was among more than 200 pieces of music memorabilia sold in
Taylor Swift has broken a Grammy record with her latest nomination for song of the year. The shortlisting of her hit Anti-Hero makes Swift the first songwriter to score seven nominations in the category – overtaking Sir Paul McCartney and Lionel Richie, who have six each. She is also nominated in the album and Record
