BBC's The Traitors is back with a bang for its second season and millions of us are once again hooked on the intense psychological reality show.
31.12.2023 - 22:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Graham Norton is bidding goodbye to 2023 alongside a star-studded line-up of guests ahead of the New Year. The presenter will be returning to BBC One with The Graham Norton Show New Year’s Eve on Sunday December 31.
Hollywood stars Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo, Strictly Come Dancing's Claudia Winkleman, chef Nadiya Hussain and comedian Rob Brydon will be joining the Irish TV star, 60, to welcome in 2024. Emma and Mark will be promoting their new blockbuster Poor Things.
Due for UK release in early January, the sci-fi dark comedy follows a young woman, Bella Baxter, who is brought back to life by unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. The actors have both previously appeared on the show. Mark, alongside Nicky Minaj and John Bishop, spoke about a hilarious phone call with a fan, while Emma, who had not long won an Oscar, discussed her love of the Spice Girls.
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Meanwhile Claudia will be discussing all things The Traitors, which returns to the BBC with a new season on January 12. Nadiya, who rose to fame after winning the sixth series of The Great British Bake Off, will also be joining them while promoting her new book, Nadiya's Simple Spices.
The impressive line-up also includes comedian Rob Brydon, who is heading off on a tour titled A Night of Songs and Laughter in the new year. Joined by a nine piece orchestra, the Gavin and Stacey star will be performing at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall in March.
The Graham Norton Show will feature music from London jazz quintet Ezra Collective, who will be performing their song
BBC's The Traitors is back with a bang for its second season and millions of us are once again hooked on the intense psychological reality show.
Naman Ramachandran Warner Bros.’ “Wonka” continued its reign over the U.K. and Ireland box office with £2.2 million ($2.8 million), according to numbers from Comscore. After six weekends at the box office, the Timothée Chalamet starrer has a sweet total of £56.1 million.
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TV presenter Claudia Winkleman has been tipped for a major new role as a potential replacement for Graham Norton on his BBC chat show. The Strictly presenter is said to have completed a successful pilot show last year but there's no talk of a full series yet as she is too busy, according to The Mirror. Claudia is the host of The Traitors and co-presents Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One, she is also working on Channel 4's music show The Piano, and has a Saturday morning radio show on BBC Radio 2.
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Mickey 17, has been delayed indefinitely, and excited fans are not happy about it.The director has written, directed and coproduced the sci-fi film, based on the 2022 novel titled Mickey7, by Edward Ashton.Set to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures, it will star Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Mark Ruffalo and Toni Collette.Despite production concluding in December 2022, the movie has been taken off the release schedule for 2024, reportedly due to the impacts of the SAG-AFTRA strike in summer 2023, causing delays in post-production.Fans are disappointed about the delay of the highly-anticipated movie, and are taking to social media to share their thoughts.As long as it’s not cancelled it’s fine.— joey (@Fan_FlickOn) January 10, 2024probably saving it for awards season later in the year, October-December maybe?— Cacio (@Roborosky15) January 10, 2024you have the newest English movie from the director/writer of the most well liked Best Picture winner in recent memory and you just…delay it completely with no new date in sight…— Kach_i (@Ochiagha_) January 10, 2024Some are not surprised, with one user posting on among many memes on X/Twitter: “Well we all saw this one coming” and others just dreading the movie not happening at all: “As long as it’s not cancelled it’s fine.”Others are predicting that Warner Bros.
Acclaimed Brit actor Toby Jones has been impressing viewers as activist and former sub-postmaster Alan Bates in the series Mr Bates vs the Post Office - and it has emerged that the 57-year-old father of two made a huge sacrifice just to get the show off the ground. Since its release on New Year’s Day, the gripping ITV drama has brought the shocking real-life Post Office scandal back into the spotlight, as well as the real-life people involved, with viewers outraged at the miscarriage of justice which took place, against hundreds of innocent postal workers.
As film fans around the world slowly begin to calm down from the hype of this year’s Golden Globes, many casual viewers have been left intrigued by one of this year’s winners, Poor Things. The sci-fi film, which stars Emma Stone won big at this year’s Golden Globe ceremony, when it took home the award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, as well as bagging Emma an award for Best Actress herself.
, we're twice as excited.And she didn't disappoint, wearing a delicate custom Louis Vuitton gown with a plunging neckline and high slit. Oh, and thanks to the floral embroidery, she blended in with the rose backdrop on the red carpet.As for her beauty look, Stone went for flipped-out bob, a.k.a.
The Hollywood awards season kicks into full gear this weekend with Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony, and actors are pondering how to enjoy the onslaught of attention and survive the ups and downs.Britain’s Carey Mulligan, a two-time Oscar nominee who is vying this year for a Best Actress Golden Globe for her role in “Maestro,” cuts to the chase: “Oh, just enjoy it and have fun and don’t take it too seriously.”Mulligan said she is delighted by what she calls “a lovely sisterhood” of actresses nominated this year, including Margot Robbie, Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone and Greta Lee.Oscar-winning Stone, nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe for “Poor Things,” acknowledged that the awards season is both “very nerve-wracking and very exciting.”On the arrivals line at the Palm Springs Film Festival this week, Golden Globe nominees shared their mix of elation, disorientation, and the need to take care of one’s mind, body, and spirit. The season runs through the Oscars on March 10 and includes several awards show stops and countless interviews.“It is a lot of attention on the project, that’s good, but at the same time I can understand how someone can get a little sideways with this runaway circus,” said Jeffrey Wright, nominated for best actor for “American Fiction,” adding, “I want our film to be seen.”Colman Domingo, vying for his first Golden Globe for best actor in “Rustin,” said the advice he gets from actors who have been through the awards season is to focus on self-care.“So don’t think about who is winning, don’t think about those things,” Domingo said.
Emma Stone has recalled a piece of “total garbage” advice that she once received from a Hollywood studio executive as she was starting her career.The actor, who won an Oscar for her role in La La Land, is starring in the upcoming film Poor Things, a darkly comic fantasy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite, The Lobster) that is released in UK cinemas on January 12.Stone, who also produces the film, was awarded for her performance at the Palm Springs International Film Awards last week (January 4), and it was during her acceptance speech that she shared the bogus advice.“I went to one of those general meetings that they sometimes send you to, and an executive told me that for male actors, it’s a marathon, not a sprint,” she said. “And in his eyes, for women, it was a sprint, not a marathon.
The National Society of Film Critics 58th annual awards has honored Celine Song’s directorial debut Past Lives for its top prize, beating out runners-up Oppenheimer and The Zone of Interest for Best Picture.
Graham Norton - the multi talented Irish comedian, actor, author, and television host - has been on our screens for years. Having presented his own chat show, The Graham Norton Show since 2007, plus offering his witty commentary on the Eurovision Song Contest year after year, the 60 year old has also starred in an array of films, TV productions, and presented on the radio.
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TV legend Graham Norton will be back on the small screen tonight (January 5) to host his chat show.
The Traitors is back on BBC One with its second series this week, and a new group of contestants are competing for a prize fund worth up to £120,000.The show, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, takes place at the Ardross Castle estate in Scotland. Among the contestants is Diane Carson, 63, who has already become a fan favourite on social media. Family life It's understood Diane, originally from Northern Ireland, lives in Lancashire with her husband, and she's a parent and grandparent.
Back with a bang, The Traitors returned for the BBC last night, watched by 3M viewers.
The ultimate game of deception, backstabbing and trust has returned as the second series of The Traitors has kicked off on the BBC.
Glasgow photographer Brian Davidson is hoping to snap up the big cash prize on The Traitors.