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Spoilers for “The Duke” ahead.It’s the greatest heist you’ve never heard of.The year was 1961. The United Kingdom was filled with pride that one of its national treasures — a priceless portrait of the Duke of Wellington by famed Spanish artist Francisco de Goya — was to securely remain in England after government funds were raised to stave off an interested American buyer.

Netflix anthology series, written by TV veteran David E. Kelley and Melissa James Gibson and premiering April 15, is a standard “Did he or didn’t he?” tale involving British politician James Whitehouse (Rupert Friend), a high-level minister who’s accused by one of his staffers, Olivia Lytton (Naomi Scott), of raping her in a workplace elevator a week after breaking off their torrid five-month affair.

AJ Tracey has announced a huge outdoor show in London for this summer – tickets are available from here.The Brixton-born rapper, whose second album ‘Flu Game’ came out last year, will take to the stage for a headline performance at Crystal Palace Park on Saturday, July 9 as part of the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby X.“London never sleeps, I love it. I’m from here, I grew up here, it’s like performing in my back garden.

ongoing health issues. Collins was joined by Genesis bandmates Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks for their last show ever at London’s 02 Saturday evening. Collins, 71, performed the show sitting down and quipped to the crowd he will now need to find a real job, the Daily Mail reported. The band reunited for The Last Domino? Tour this year after postponing due to the coronavirus. The tour came after a 14-year live performance hiatus. Collins has suffered from numerous health issues in recent years, including dislocating vertebrae in his neck in 2007 that left nerve damage to his hands.

as the British Academy Film Awards returned Sunday with a live, black-tie ceremony after a pandemic-curtailed event in 2021.Jane Campion was named best director for “The Power of the Dog,” only the third woman to win the prize in the awards’ 75-year history.Lead acting trophies went to Hollywood star Will Smith and British performer Joanna Scanlan, as an event that has worked to overcome a historic lack of diversity recognized a wide range of talents — including the first deaf acting winner in Troy Kotsur for “CODA.”Last year’s awards ceremony was largely conducted online, with only the hosts and presenters appearing in person.

Scarborough, 53, told The Post.“I watched a lot of ‘Columbo’ as a child and always loved the quirkiness of Peter Falk. I thought he was brilliant,” he said.

Ticketless fans of Nigerian singer Wizkid broke into the performer’s London show Sunday night, charging past security barriers and into the concert venue.Videos showing the breach quickly went viral on social media, although spokespeople for the O2 Arena said the incident was rapidly resolved.“​​People are literally breaking in to see Wizkid at the London o2,” one clip was captioned. Other videos showed the madness from different angles.A “breach of the security cordon on the arena entrance

the historic house was used as the iconic band’s main practice spot in the late 1950s.Harrison and his family had initially moved into the home in 1949, when he was just 6 years old.

Nusret Gokce, also known as Salt Bae, is hiring a chef to whip up pricey menu items like Golden Giant Tomahawk steaks that cost $1,975 (£1,450) for a measly $16 an hour.The celeb chef is looking for a Chef de Partie for his famous London steakhouse, Nusr-Et, and offering the station chef role just $16 to $18 (£12 to £13.50) an hour, plus tips, for their service.

The Wood Green Crown Court heard that through the investigation into these two separate attacks, Goodey was also linked to a third attack.  This third attack took place in Lambeth in January 2020.

She came, she saw and she conquered. Cliched as it sounds, it could very well describe Dolly Diamond’s first show in Melbourne in 2004 as well as her reign for over a decade as one of the city’s iconic entertainers.In August, ‘Australia’s reigning queen of cabaret’ locked up her crown in a secure location, and bid adieu to Melbourne to head back home to the UK.

nervously approaches mass reopening in September, with casts and creatives terrified by the Delta variant, much of London’s West End has been happily chugging along since spring.Producers there have had to adapt to — or, in the case of Andrew Lloyd Webber, angrily shout about — constantly shifting rules, and bowed to the reality that it’s now or never. Sorry, Mary Poppins.

the British press has dubbed “the pingdemic” — harsh, mandatory isolation rules in which any close contact of an infected person must stay home for 10 days regardless of their vaccination status or negative test result. It’s estimated that soon some 10 million Britons could be couch-bound. The business-crippling strictures, which are due to end Aug.

not making it a romcom…I wanted to look at relationships, and the romance of the show is the two sisters, and no one else,” she said, referring to Aine’s older sister Shona, played by Sharon Horgan. “Our relationship is the bedrock of the whole series.”Fans of “This Way Up,” back Friday (July 9) for Season 2 on Hulu, know how much Aine (pronounced “Anya”) and Shona rely on each other through thick and thin (it was Shona who checked Aine out of her “spa” stay).

fifth installment of the “Indiana Jones” series, “Indiana Jones and the Empire of Evil” in which Harrison Ford’s legendary adventuring archeologist once again takes on the Nazis.While the production paid one neighbor $75,000 to film in their home, the entire street has been blocked off for days, causing major headaches.While the compensated homeowner left town, no one else was paid a cent and they claim they’ve endured four days of “24/7 hell,” according to the Sun.During the filming, 100

Andrew Lloyd Webber is intent on opening up his six London theaters in less than two weeks, even if it means he’s arrested for violating social distancing protocols.

Disney’s 2019 live-action Dumbo film. The $28 million home spans 13,000 square feet over two wings, which are connected by an underground tunnel.

“Pieces of a Woman” star, who’s nominated for best actress at the 2021 Oscars, was seen viewing the $2.4 million (£1.75 million) house with her parents and a mystery man on Saturday, March 20.The property listing shows that the house is “under offer,” so it could be that the 32-year-old, who also plays Princess Margaret in Netflix’s “The Crown” alongside Claire Foy, plans to commit to the Victorian townhouse. The brick building with tall windows is surrounded by a low brick wall and hedges.

“Breeders” is back, with harried, 40-something parents Paul (Martin Freeman) and Ally (Daisy Haggard) still coping with their kids, their parents and their own evolving relationship. Season 2 of the edgy FX comedy, premiering Monday (March 22) at 10 p.m., jumps forward nearly six years.

30th birthday party amid London’s lockdown in November, she was willing to pay a hefty price.Police claim a rep for Ora called restaurant Casa Cruz and offered the boss, Scottie Bhattarai, £5,000 or $6,829 to provide “drinks and nibbles” for a party, The U.K. Sun reported.

Fantastic Four. Thereafter he rarely performed or made public appearances without his signature mask, preferring to let his work speak for itself.

Chris Brown has been spotted spray-painting a wall in Shoreditch, east London.

Eleven police officers were injured while trying to break up an unlicensed music event in west London, the latest in a series of illegal gatherings in the British capital over the past couple of weeks that have descended into violence.

coronavirus pandemic.Put on by powerful producer Bill Kenwright, the age-defying Shakespeare show will begin performances at the Theatre Royal Windsor — steps from where Queen Elizabeth II is quarantined — on a date to be announced.“I feel lucky to be working again, thanks to Bill Kenwright’s inspiring optimism and [director] Sean Mathias’ invitation to re-examine ‘Hamlet,’ 50 years on from my first go,” McKellen said in a statement. “So now we will meet again.

small-talk of the night.Andrew Lloyd Webber told BBC Radio 4 Friday that a government official bizarrely suggested that West End musicals come back “without any singing” to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.“I don’t know what’s going to be in the report on theater that’s coming out on Monday,” the Tony-winning composer, 72, said of next week’s announcement.

LONDON — Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular “Forces’ Sweetheart” who serenaded British troops abroad during World War II, has died at 103.During the war and long after, Lynn got crowds singing, smiling and crying with sentimental favorites such as “We’ll Meet Again,” and “The White Cliffs of Dover.”“The family are deeply saddened to announce the passing of one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers at the age of 103,″ her family said in a statement.

There’s no denying Oscar Isaac is one of the best actors working today.

Britain’s heir to the throne Prince Charles has been keeping busy while recovering from the coronavirus in self-isolation by enjoying virtual parties and silly videos.