Critics Choice Awards 2021: Olivia Colman and Vanessa Kirby nominated

BEST PICTURE Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Mank (Netflix) Minari (A24) News of the World (Universal Pictures) Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) BEST ACTOR Ben Affleck – The Way Back … Read more

Golden Globe Awards 2021: Lily Collins, Gillian Anderson and Andra Day react

The 78th Golden Globe Awards nominations were announced on Wednesday morning by Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P Henson while on the Today Show. And stars were quick to react to the good news. Lily Collins from Emily In Paris, Gillian Anderson from The Crown, Andra Day who starred in The United States Vs Billie Holiday and … Read more

Golden Globes 2021: Mank leads nominations for 78th Annual Awards

Herman Mankiewicz biopic Mank and royal drama The Crown have topped the nominations board at the 78th Golden Globe Awards, both receiving six nods a piece. Also scoring big were Aaron Sorkin’s film The Trial of the Chicago 7 and TV comedy Schitt’s Creek, following on with five nominations each.  Sacha Baron Cohen, Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia … Read more

The Crown: Cast dances to Lizzo in costume in break from filming

The Crown cast dance to Lizzo’s hit Good As Hell in break from filming Mountbatten funeral scenes – as Gillian Anderson reveals video was ‘never meant to see the light of day’ By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 12:01 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 13:35 GMT, 28 January 2021 A video has emerged of … Read more

The Crown bosses made up Princess Diana’s Phantom Of The Opera scene

Producers of The Crown have revealed they dramatised Princess Diana’s singing scene.  A poignant moment in the fourth series of the Netflix show is when the late Princess Of Wales sings All I Ask Of You from Phantom Of The Opera with an orchestra on a West End stage as a wedding anniversary present for … Read more

Queen’s former Press Secretary says Charles and Diana WERE in love

 The Crown’s claim: Prince Charles phoned Camilla Parker-Bowles to discuss Diana and confessed to Princess Anne he felt like he ‘didn’t know her’ (1980)  Confidante: Prince Charles phones Camilla (Emerald Fennell) even after his family say he should marry Lady Diana Heart-to-heart: Princess Anne urges Charles to marry ‘perfect’ Diana in a conversation that is … Read more

The Crown gets more viewers than Charles and Diana’s 1981 wedding

Netflix has scored a huge hit with its fourth series of The Crown. A new report claims that 29 million people logged onto the streaming service to watch the latest series of the royal family drama in its first week of release earlier this month. While official figures are yet to be released by Netflix, … Read more

Janet Street-Porter doesn’t care if The Crown twists royal facts

Thank God for the arrival of series four of The Crown, TV’s most over the top quality soap opera which has stopped millions of us going bonkers during these dreary days of lockdown. Stuck at home for these long winter nights – we can’t go out to eat or meet friends for a moan and … Read more

The Crown’s Erin Doherty picks up bargains at Lidl with girlfriend Sophie Melville

She’s won acclaim for her portrayal of Princess Anne in the two most recent seasons of hugely successful series Netflix series The Crown. And Erin Doherty looked a world away from her regal role over the weekend, when she was spotted shopping at budget supermarket Lidl with girlfriend Sophie Melville in south-east London. The 28-year-old … Read more

Is The Crown poisoning minds against our proudest institutions?

For the past five years, my life has been governed by a simple rule. No matter how often people told me how good it was, I was never, ever going to watch The Crown. Why? Not because I have anything against Netflix, the show’s creator Peter Morgan, or fine actors like Matt Smith and Claire … Read more