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Baftas 2022 as it happened
I live-blogged the Baftas 2022 for the Telegraph – read the article here
Posted in Film, Journalism
Tagged award, bafta, baftas, baftas 2022, belfast, benedict cumberbatch, blog, coda, dune, film, hollywood, james bond, movie, recap, review, shirley bassey, telegraph, the power of the dog, ukraine
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Strictly Come Dancing 2021, week 4
Greg Wise bows out after a Macarena samba, while Sara Davies tangos to the top. Read my full Telegraph talking points from the main show and results show
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged bbc, dance, dancing, emma thompson, greg wise, james bond, judi love, macarena, recap, review, samba, sara davies, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tv, week 4, westlife
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‘Diana was a cat – a pampered, domesticated cat’: how Emma Corrin learnt to move like a princess
Who links Freddie Mercury, Elvis, Princess Diana and Bond’s latest nemesis? The in-demand movement director Polly Bennett, who helped Rami Malek to an Oscar for Bohemian Rhapsody, and is a key member of The Crown’s creative team. Read my full Telegraph interview here
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged bohemian rhapsody, elvis, emma corrin, film, gillian anderson, interview, james bond, josh o'connor, margaret thatcher, movement director, movie, netflix, no time to die, polly bennett, prince charles, princess diana, queen, rami malek, telegraph, the crown, the queen, the royal family, tv
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Fleabag, Wyndham’s Theatre
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is big business. She’s a TV superstar, both comedy (Fleabag) and drama (Killing Eve); a Star Wars standout; and, in theory, the feminist saviour of James Bond. But never mind all that. Theatre needs her back. Read my full … Continue reading
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Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, comedy, find tickets, fleabag, get tickets, hot priest, james bond, killing eve, london, phoebe waller-bridge, play, review, star wars, theatre, west end, wyndhams theatre
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10 things to know about Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Ahead of the final live performance of her hit one-woman show Fleabag, find out more about breakout star Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Read my full TodayTix article here
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Strictly Speaking: Week 9
Well, this wasn’t exactly a vintage Blackpool Week. Alexandra was pretty much the only celebrity to rise to the heights of breathless “Mecca of Ballroom” hyperbole, and even then she had the ever-irritating Human Props to contend with. Read my … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandra burke, ballroom, bbc, blackpool, blog, celebrity, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, davood ghadami, debbie mcgee, eliminated, james bond, jk rowling, jonnie peacock, judges, latin, oti mabuse, paso doble, quickstep, recap, review, salsa, spice girls, strictly, strictly ballroom, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, susan calman, tango, tv, week 9
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BWW Interview: Vicky McClure
The actress talks This Is England, Line of Duty and making her professional stage debut in Touched at Nottingham Playhouse. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged actress, broadwayworld, doctor who, interview, james bond, line of duty, nottingham playhouse, shane meadows, stage, the doctor, theatre, this is england, touched, tv, vicky mcclure, world war two
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Strictly Speaking: the final
Never question the commitment of boyband voters. A final that zigzagged between possible winners (well, apart from Katie) ended up feeling somewhat redundant as Jay’s fans carried him over the finishing line regardless of his distinctly underwhelming performance. Aliona’s dubious … Continue reading
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Tagged anita rani, ballroom, bbc, blog, bruno tonioli, celebrity, charleston, chicago, claudia winkleman, craig revel-horwood, dance, dancing, darcey bussell, final, georgia may foote, james bond, jay mcguiness, judges, katie derham, kellie bright, latin, len goodman, paso doble, quickstep, recap, review, rumba, scd, showdance, star wars, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, tess daly, the wanted, tv, win, winner
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Strictly Speaking: Week 3
Ah, Strictly theme weeks. Regular readers will know I look forward to these about as much as emergency root canal surgery with a rusty saw. We reached a nadir last year with the addition of Donnie (Baby!) Osmond during Movie Week. On … Continue reading
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