London is calling! Stars like Lady Gaga, Angelina Jolie and Selena Gomez have all called The Langham London home when venturing across the pond — and it’s easy to see why.
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EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Timothy Hutton has headed to London to star in the world premiere of The Sex Party written and directed by Tony Award laureate Terry Johnson.
Rehearsals are now underway at the Menier Chocolate Factory, located in the shadow of London Bridge on the south side of the capital, where the raunchy drama, that starts off as a cheese and wine evening, will begin previews performances on November 4, with an opening night set for November 15.
“It’s a play about poking fun at all things woke, it will offend everybody,” said a gleeful David Babani, the Menier Chocolate Factory’s artistic director.
Babani explained that Hutton, who won a best supporting actor Academy Award for his role in Ordinary People over four decades ago, will play Jeff, described as a shady businessman, who hooks up with Magdalena, an equally shady Russian lady, played by Amanda Donohoe (Liar Liar). “They’re headed to a swingers sex bash in Islington ,as you do,” said Babani, adopting a matter of fact tone.
The party’s hosted by Alex and Hetty, the king and queen of the North London swingers. They’re played by Jason Merrells (Agatha Raisin) and Molly Osborne (Call the Midwife). ”What it explores,” said Babani, “is our sexual identity and our sexual assumptions.”
The show marks Hutton’s UK theater debut, though he has played on Broadway. Hutton appeared, for a handful of guest performances, in A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters in 1989.The following year he starred in Craig Lucas’s Prelude to a Kiss.More recently Hutton appeared in tv drama Women of the Movement.
Playwright Terry Johnson won an Olivier Award for his comedy Hysteria,and collected a best director of a musical Tony Award for a revival of La Cage Aux Folles that originated at the
London is calling! Stars like Lady Gaga, Angelina Jolie and Selena Gomez have all called The Langham London home when venturing across the pond — and it’s easy to see why.
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Rex Orange County, whose real name is Alexander O’Connor, has been charged with six counts of sexual assault. The English singer and songwriter denied the allegations after appearing at Southwark Crown Court in London.
Ethan Shanfeld English pop singer Rex Orange County, whose real name is Alexander O’Connor, has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman on six separate occasions in London. The 24-year-old artist appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday to deny the allegations. After pleading not guilty to all six charges, O’Connor was released on unconditional bail. A provisional trial date has been set for Jan. 3, 2023. O’Connor allegedly assaulted the woman twice in the West End on June 1 and four additional times the next day, once in a taxi and three times at his home in Notting Hill.
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Opening statements have begun today in Kevin Spacey’s trial over sex abuse claims by Star Trek Discovery’s Anthony Rapp. The proceedings in a New York federal courtroom come as Harvey Weinstein, Danny Masterson and Paul Haggis all face sex crimes trials of their own starting next week.
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Emma Mackey and Oliver Jackson-Cohen are stepping out to promote their new movie!
First Aid Kit have shared their new single ‘Turning Onto You’, the latest to be taken from their upcoming fifth studio album ‘Palomino’ – listen below.The Swedish sisters – Klara and Johanna Söderberg – returned in June with the single ‘Angel’, their first new music in three years.‘Angel’ was the first taster of ‘Palomino’, which is set to be released on November 4 via Columbia. The album was then previewed by another new track, ‘Out Of My Head’.
It's been announced that Phil Collins and his fellow members of the rock band Genesis have sold a portion of the group's songs - including their publishing rights and master recordings - in a deal valued at more than $300 million.
EXCLUSIVE: VFX outfit Outpost has bolstered UK operations with a new London studio now open for business.
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Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn star in the erotic thriller Stars at Noon, which has just released its trailer!
Sky has launched a deal on their Sky Glass TV, claiming it's their best price yet. Sky Glass launched last October and is the first TV that doesn't require a satellite dish or TV box.
Ian Brown fans have shared their anger after the Stone Roses singer played his sold out Leeds gig last night (September 25) with no band.Brown began his first UK headline tour in a decade at the city’s O2 Academy on Sunday night, with dates running through the next two weeks and ending with a Brixton Academy show in London on October 7.After the Leeds show, fans took to social media to share their disappointment at the set, with one describing it as Brown “[doing] karaoke and [butchering] his own tunes.”Alongside footage from the gig, the fan tweeted: “Gutted to see Ian Brown turn up to his £40 a ticket, sold out gig at leeds tonight WITH NO BAND.“I’m a life long fan but it was bad. Ian Brown does karaoke and butchers his own tunes.
David Bowie’s drummer has reflected on the late singer’s life following the unveiling of his stone on the Music Walk of Fame in London. Bowie died in January 2016, and has now been hailed as ‘one of the most amazing artists that has come out in history’ by Michael ‘Woody’ Woodmansey. The music legend’s stone was laid on the Walk of Fame this week in his memory at the Camden-based trail which recognises influential artists from around the world.