Category: Arts
Post your questions for Billy Bob Thornton
What is Billy Bob Thornton’s most iconic role? Some may say the taciturn barber in the Coen brothers’ The Man Who Wasn’t There, others might [more…]
Daisy Ridley’s Rey is now Star Wars’ best big-screen bet – is this a saga without a plan?
When the Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk described modern consumer culture as “a copy of a copy of a copy”, he was probably thinking of [more…]
Snow White star Rachel Zegler apologises for angry Trump post
The West Side Story and Snow White actor Rachel Zegler has apologised after criticising Donald Trump and his supporters. The 23-year-old, currently starring in Broadway’s [more…]
Nicole Kidman: ‘I want to work with Scorsese – if he does a film with women’
Nicole Kidman has expressed the desire to work with director Martin Scorsese in a new interview – as well as her scepticism about whether it [more…]
Post your questions for Joan Armatrading
Amid the multiple conflicts and confusions of contemporary life – particularly in the wake of the US election – we can turn to one of [more…]
Conan O’Brien announced as 2025 Oscars host
Conan O’Brien has been announced as the host of next year’s Oscars. The former late-night host and comedian will host for the first time after [more…]
Shed Seven review – enduring Britpoppers are still going for gold
Shed Seven were plucky Britpop underdogs who notched up 15 Top 40 hits, though their success was certainly eclipsed by Blur, Oasis and Pulp. The [more…]
Laurie Anderson: Ark: United States V review – portrait of America is a multimedia mess
Ai Weiwei is God, Elon Musk is the devil, the Doomsday Clock is ticking, atomic bombs are exploding and the audience are screaming their lungs [more…]
Shel Talmy, producer for the Who, the Kinks and David Bowie, dies aged 87
Shel Talmy, the music producer behind classics such as the Kinks’ You Really Got Me and the Who’s My Generation, has died aged 87. His [more…]
‘We can’t all retire because someone died’: the new bands honouring the spirit of old ones, from Talk Talk to Thin Lizzy
Charlie Hollis – the son of the late Mark Hollis, the enigmatic creative force behind Talk Talk – is proceeding cautiously. “It’s so easy to [more…]
