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Julian Clary tried on his new costume for the London Palladium Pantoland spectacular yesterday and declared: ‘The show will go on!’ Julian Clary tried on his new costume for the London Palladium Pantoland spectacular yesterday and declared: ‘The show will go on!’ When the second lockdown started there were fears that the pantomimes and festive … Read more
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu has gained legions of fans thanks to her scene-stealing performance as Sylvie Grateau, Lily Collins’s ultra-cool boss in the much-talked about Netflix show, Emily In Paris Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu has gained legions of fans thanks to her scene-stealing performance as Sylvie Grateau, Lily Collins’s ultra-cool boss in the much-talked about Netflix show, Emily In Paris. … Read more
Emma Corrin has come a long way since she made her debut, aged ten, playing Toad in a school production of The Wind In The Willows. Fourteen years later, the Cambridge graduate is on the brink of her own star-is-born moment. Because I can attest that the 24-year-old’s portrait of Princess Diana, in the fourth … Read more
At 86, Sophia Loren still exhibits the showstoping glamour she had in her golden movie-making heyday At 86, Sophia Loren still exhibits the showstoping glamour she had in her golden movie-making heyday. But she would like you to know she’s not now, and never has been, just a sexpot (or ‘sexy pot’, as she would … Read more
Acclaimed musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie will return to the West End next month with a full cast and orchestra — and Covid-19 secure in all areas — but the show’s producer is begging people not to come if they’re feeling unwell. The creative team of director Jonathan Butterell, plus Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae … Read more
Nicole Kidman shuddered at the thought that the man in her life might be keeping deep secrets from her Nicole Kidman shuddered at the thought that the man in her life might be keeping deep secrets from her. ‘It’s too frightening,’ the actress told me as we discussed her riveting new mini-series The Undoing, in … Read more
You can’t keep a good show down. And after my exclusive story last week, the London Palladium took £500,000 at the box office in a matter of hours for its Pantoland variety extravaganza. And now Elaine Paige, the first lady of British musicals, is joining the fun to bring us mirth over the Christmas holidays. … Read more
Cameron Mackintosh was in his element, sitting in the circle of the Prince Edward Theatre, surveying a 70-strong company rehearse an important lyric change to the Les Miz anthem One More Day, one which transformed it into a declarative One More Show! ‘One More Day has become a song of survival,’ the theatre-owner and impresario … Read more
Showman Michael Harrison told me exclusively that, because we’re all ‘going to need a laugh at the end of the year’, he’s signed up a cavalcade of stars led by Julian Clary (pictured above as The Man in the Mirror in Snow White at the London Palladium) Panto will be back at the London Palladium … Read more
Star Wars actor John Boyega is back with The Force. The police force. And Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen is delighted to have caught him at just the right moment. ‘He was ready to get back into acting, and not just reacting,’ he said, referring to the South-East London-born actor’s time spent in a galaxy far, … Read more