Lenny Henry says he knows just how Othello must have felt. At school, there were only three black kids in the whole place. "There'd be a fight everyday over words. Coon, wog, nigger, OK…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:59PMShe was brilliant, she was versatile, she was Oscar-nominated for Secrets and Lies. So why couldn’t Marianne Jean-Baptiste make it in British movies? It’s something she really, really do…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:51PMHis Hollywood dream turned to dust, he's not won a Bafta, and Russell Crowe nabbed his role. So is John Simm bitter? Well, maybe a bit...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMShe found fame in The X-Files but is most proud of her roles in The Fall and A Streetcar Named Desire. She talks about turning from an obnoxious teenage punk into a control freak – and why…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMShe was a working-class kid who got her break in the revolutionary 1970s theatre scene. The grande dame of British acting sounds off about privilege, politics and her drinking daysJulie Walt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMActor adds voice to row over number of privileged artists in the arts, saying drama career wouldn’t be an option for her now Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:45AMOn the 30th anniversary of the miners' strike, Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall talks about Thatcher's death, being fired from War Horse – and finding the lead for his Elton John musicalI'm wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:49PMShe likes dark, difficult characters. She doesn't like questions about her faith, her pop star husband, pet pigs, politics…• The Coen brothers talk about the film• Free audio downloa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMIs there a Whitehall power struggle? And how did Jack's father take it when his son adopted a mockney accent?Jack Whitehall greets me with a warm smile, while his father offers a terse snort…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM'It sounds like it was a risible, weird topic to you': Nina and Tom Conti get to grips with her choice of careerTom Conti says he and Nina's mother Kara had a favourite expression in th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMHe was the boy who brought Harry Potter to life – and feared he'd killed his own career in the process. Daniel Radcliffe talks about hairy legs, growing up in the spotlight, and why he nev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMAs a young man Frank Langella worked with Laurence Olivier, partied with Noël Coward and seduced Rita Hayworth. Then his career fell apart. He tells Simon Hattenstone about losing ever…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMThe star of The Godfather and Scarface is a lovable, scary bad guy – but the audience didn't get a chance to see the real AlAl Pacino was safely ensconced on the stage of the London Pallad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08PMThe star of The Godfather and Scarface is a lovable, scary bad guy but the audience didn't get a chance to see the real Al Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08PMAs Coronation Street: the musical prepares to open, Simon Hattenstone goes behind the scenes and asks the cast – from Julie Goodyear to Bill Roache – how they plan to bring its bolshy ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15PMPut downs. Piss takes. Come backs. Simon Amstell can hand it out, but can he take it? Simon Hattenstone talks to the presenter-turned-standup about celebrity, upsetting his family and wheth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PMShe made her name playing reckless, feckless, funny women. As Sharon Horgan takes to the stage, she tells Simon Hattenstone why ageing is awful and selfishness is greatSharon Horgan walks in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PMLaura Hall is the only person to have been given an alcohol asbo. Now it's time to quit, she tells Simon HattenstoneLaura Hall looks nervously into the tape recorder. "I feel like I'm at the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMIn 1997, Simon Hattenstone went to the pub with Pete Postlethwaite while the actor, who died earlier this week, was starring in Macbeth. Read the interview againAct One: lunchtime, a pub in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMBaywatch babe, animal rights activist, hepatitis C sufferer, trailer park mum and now panto dame. Is there no end to the reinvention of Pamela Anderson?Something's not right. I'm sitting in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PMBaywatch babe, animal rights activist, hepatitis C sufferer, trailer park mum and now panto dame. Is there no end to the reinvention of Pamela Anderson? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PMThe author of The History Boys and The Habit of Art has written a sexy new short story. Alan Bennett tells Simon Hattenstone how he lost his literary inhibitionsAlan Bennett is finally losin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMartine McCutcheon was belting out Streisand songs as a toddler, became the nation's darling in EastEnders, and an exasperating on-off hit in My Fair Lady. Through it all, her goal has been …
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