26 stories by "Manori Ravindran"
BAFTAs awards producer Nick Bullen believes Twitter criticism of Ariana DeBose's opening number at Sunday's awards show was "incredibly unfair." Speaking to Variety the morning after the tel…
A new stage adaptation of "A Little Life," one of the most heartrending stories of modern literature, is finally coming to the West End, with starring roles for James Norton and "It's a Sin"…
Ariana DeBose and Jennifer Jason Leigh have joined Chris Pine's directorial debut, "Poolman." Fully financed by Stuart Ford's AGC Studios, the actors join an existing cast of Annette Bening …
We'll have to wait a while longer for Timothée Chalamet's West End debut. "4000 Miles," the play that was to be headlined by the "Dune" star, has been canceled at the Old Vic two years afte…
Patrons of London's renowned subway system, the Underground, are used to seeing ubiquitous posters for the West End as they travel, but few can make heads or tails of an untitled poster feat…
In 2022, Jodie Comer will say goodbye to the TV role that made her a household name " Villanelle in BBC America's "Killing Eve" " and forge ahead with a promising film career and theater deb…
The stars of Cannes Film Festival opener "Annette" opened up on Wednesday about the demands of making Leos Carax's rock opera and the film's parallels with the real-life demands of fame. Lau…
Italian metal band MÃ¥neskin, winners of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, is under investigation after their off-stage antics went viral during the grand final. Footage shared widely on s…
Eurovision is back after two years, and the 65th edition of the world's biggest music competition doesn't stand to disappoint. There's more global interest than ever this year thanks to Netf…
Berlin Film Festival organizers have said that staging their planned "Summer Special" in-person event in June is proving to be a "bigger challenge" given a recent update to the country's Inf…
David Beckham is set to present a new Disney Plus series called "Save Our Squad." Co-produced by Twenty Twenty and Beckham's production outfit Studio 99, the series will find the football ic…
As writer Jakub Å»ulczyk faces charges for calling Poland president Andrzej Duda a "moron" on Facebook, and online event "Herstories for Women's Day" is suddenly pulled, Polish leadership …
"Everyone Is Doing Great," the comedy created by "One Tree Hill" alumni James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti, is heading to Paramount Plus outside the U.S. The ViacomCBS-backed SVOD has picke…
Exactly one year since U.K. theaters shuttered their doors, 95% report being worse off due to the COVID-19 crisis. A new survey by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and nationwide org UK …
A group of top British talent agents are convening to create a working group tackling issues of race faced by actors of color in the U.K. The collective of agents are part of the Personal Ma…
BBC Three, the U.K. public broadcaster's youth-skewing brand and the home of shows like "Fleabag" and "Normal People," is returning as a broadcast channel. The BBC on Tuesday confirmed that …
With this week's launch of streaming service BBC Select, one of the world's most recognizable media brands is joining North America's streaming ranks on its own terms for the very first time…
Founded by Oscar-winning "Man on Wire" producer Simon Chinn and Emmy winner Jonathan Chinn, high-end documentary producer Lightbox is navigating the next phase of its evolution, and exiting …
Kenneth Branagh will play U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a new Sky TV series detailing Britain's muddled response to the COVID-19 crisis. The five-part drama will be directed and writt…
"You are going to die in an hour and a half. You are going to die at the end of the play." This is the ominous warning uttered to King Berenger in the opening minutes of Eugène Ionesco's Ex…
For Brooklyn-born comic Colin Quinn, the Just for Laughs festival is the ultimate convention for comedians: "You see all your old friends and do a little shop talk," he explains. The SNL vet…
If you asked Colin Firth what his favourite piece of music was during his years studying acting in London, he would point out a Frederick Delius piece sung by the late Canadian contralto Mau…
The fourth annual Just For Laughs Comedy Conference announced Tuesday that it will honour actor and comedian Garry Shandling with a lifetime achievement award. Shandling has worked as a tele…
CBC/Radio-Canada is about to be dealt a 5% blow to its parliamentary allocation in the next budget, Heritage Minister James Moore said. The minister gave his first major interview since the …
James Taylor has never been one to shy away from telling stories in between songs. During his Saturday evening concert at Toronto's Rexall Centre " the first pop performance of the inaugural…