BambinO is a piece of music theatre aimed at an audience that often gets overlooked in the world of opera – babies. Following it’s premiere at the Manchester International Festival, director Phelim McDermott spoke about the aims of the piece. He said: “We wanted to make sure that in 25…
Cinemagoers in China are being obliged to watch propaganda videos featuring some of the country’s best-loved stars. Actors including Jackie Chan, Rogue One’s Donnie Yen and Transformers star Li Bingbing were filmed for the short clips, which launched this month. The four public-service ads promote President Xi Jinping’s vision of…
Stockard Channing is returning to the stage in London at the end of this month, playing the lead part in Apologia. The actor who rose to fame after playing Rizzo in Grease and Dr Abbey Bartlet in The West Wing talks to us about how close to life the US…
To coincide with the Pride parade in London, Channel 5 is to air a landmark moment in television – the first LGBT episode of Blind Date. Paul O’Grady, who now presents the programme, told The World Tonight “it’s about time”. Mr O’Grady, who has previously said it wouldn’t happen on…
Emma Stone has revealed some of her male co-stars have taken pay cuts to make sure they’re paid the same. Speaking to OUT magazine, the La La Land star said her male colleagues have reduced their fee so she can “have parity with them”. Emma is currently promoting her latest…
Kesha says she wasn’t sure that her new song would come out after years of legal battles with her former producer Dr Luke. The US singer says she finished Praying a year ago, but didn’t know if she’d legally be able to release it. Talking to Nick Grimshaw on the…