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K.J. Yossman The origin of one of Hollywood’s most iconic stars is a story stranger than fiction. Cary Grant, who appeared in movies including “To Catch a Thief” opposite Grace Kelly, was born Archibald Leach in 1904 to an abusive father in the sleepy city of Bristol, England.
While he was a child, Grant’s mother was secretly committed to a mental health hospital and publicly declared dead. The actor only found out she was still alive when he was 31 years old. Grant is now the subject of “Archie,” a four-part biopic from “Philomena” writer Jeff Pope, made with the cooperation of his ex-wife Dyan Cannon and daughter Jennifer Grant.
The series charts the actor’s rise to fame, his struggle with his demons and his relationships with the most important women in his life. “It was Dyan who told me in much greater detail than you can find anywhere about the whole thing with his mother,” Pope said during a press screening of the series in London earlier this month. “And I just couldn’t get it out of my head.
I thought what an incredible story to be told. It made me think of Dickens and ‘Great Expectations.’” The result is a tale of two timelines and, in some respects, two protagonists: young wannabe actor Archie Leach, played by Calam Lynch (“Dunkirk), and middle-aged superstar Cary Grant who is portrayed by Jason Isaacs (best known as the oleaginous Lucius Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” franchise.) Having swapped Malfoy’s long blonde wig for brown contact lenses and a prosthetic chin dimple, Isaacs bears more than a passing likeness to the actor. But when he was first approached for the role “I thought it was a fucking terrible idea,” he said during the press screening.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor In case you didn’t get enough of Elon Musk in “Elon Musk,” the 688-page authorized biography of the tech mogul penned by Walter Isaacson, here comes a new podcast from Isaacson talking about his experience spending two years shadowing the world’s richest person to research the book. The “On Musk” podcast, produced by iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope, premieres Dec. 12 on the iHeartPodcast Network (at this link) and all major podcast platforms, with all four episodes available at launch.
rumors that her father was gay. “I suppose the [misconception about my father] that comes to mind is the question of, ‘Was he straight? Was he gay?’” daughter Jennifer Grant, 57, told Fox News Digital on Sunday.
Fans will soon see Neil Patrick Harris back on-screen, as he’ll appear in the third and final Doctor Who 60th anniversary adventure. Airing on Saturday, December 9, he is set to play “the greatest enemy” that The Doctor (David Tennant) has ever faced. Neil, 50, has pretty much done it all, and has worked as an actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host.
Kurt Cobain has explained how the Nirvana frontman “made a huge difference to the LGBTQ+ community”, and how her work is a reflection on “depression, alienation and detachment”.Aberdeen opened at London’s Soho Theatre this week, receiving its press night last night (Thursday December 7) after receiving critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe. Penned and acted out by writer and comedian Cassie Workman, the one-woman poetry play is a homage to Cobain as she “traverses time and space in a bid to save the life of her hero, in his US hometown of Aberdeen, Washington”.“I’m transgender, and transgender people go through a second puberty,” Workman told NME.
“Harry Potter” films, “Black Hawk Down,” “Peter Pan,” “The Death of Stalin” and “Star Trek: Discovery” — he said he was apprehensive about this miniseries.“Because it’s Cary Grant,” he said. “If you ask people on the street about him, the same adjectives come to the surface: debonair, smart, ladykiller, the epitome of masculinity. I thought, ‘Why would anybody try and step into boots which are 100 feet long?’ And, you have that unusual voice.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Casey Wilson said on a recent episode of her “Bitch Sesh” podcast that working with Tim Allen on an episode of his Disney+ series “The Santa Clauses” was “the truly single worst experience I’ve ever had with a co-star ever.” Wilson, best known for her roles on “Saturday Night Live” and “Happy Endings,” guest starred in the show’s pilot episode, which debuted in November 2022. “The Santa Clauses,” which recently finished airing its second season on Disney+, serves as a sequel to Allen’s three movies “The Santa Clause” (1994), “The Santa Clause 2” (2002) and “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” (2006). “Tim Allen was such a bitch.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been left off the guestlist to the royal wedding of the Duke of Westminster, which is set to take place this summer. It is a fresh blow for the couple amid ongoing rows over Omid Scobie's bombshell book release.
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! fans were left puzzled after a star of the show went 'missing' during Friday's episode, 24 November. Medic Bob has been a familiar face in the jungle since the show started in 2002 and is well-loved by viewers.
When it comes to film franchises, the Harry Potter movies are among the most popular.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are reportedly in "panic mode" after realising that their "royal currency is dwindling".
We wondered when one of these two was going to say something!
Tuesday afternoon last week at Carrington. On one of the smaller pitches at Manchester United's training ground, coach Neil Harris is putting Matthew Olosunde, Oli Kilner and Eric Hanbury through their paces. On the side of the pitch, Tom Thorpe and Callum Gribbin are in conversation. Joe Thompson floats between groups, the glue holding it all together.
Former The Only Way Is Essex star Ferne McCann spared no expense in celebrating her daughter Sunday's sixth birthday with not one, but two, spectacular parties. The festivities kicked off with a pamper party, transforming the venue into a luxurious haven for the little ones.
Jason Momoa took the reins as the guest host of Saturday Night Live this week and mentioned his love of playing DC superhero Aquaman and how it has been a full-circle moment for him.
Todd Gilchrist editor Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” is a nesting doll of a film—a television broadcast of a documentary about a play, assembled with the same precision and detail as Anderson’s “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The French Dispatch” among others. Thematically, the connective tissue between its layers of reality, like many of those earlier films, is the notion and processing of loss.
The final installment of Yellowstone will begin filming in late spring, 2024. This is a logical start of production target given the fact that the popular series from Taylor Sheridan shoots largely outdoors in Utah and would need to wait for the winter to be over.
Hank Azaria, who recently went public with his thanks to his friend, the late Matthew Perry, for helping him get sober in 2006, has joined the producing team – along with Jason Biggs and Edie Falco – of The White Chip, an upcoming Off Broadway “recovery comedy” by Sean Daniels.
Alison Herman TV Critic For the actor Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter was the role of a lifetime. Over eight movies and a decade that spanned his entire adolescence, Radcliffe became the world-famous face of the bespectacled boy wizard.
Gladiator writer.The Oscar-winning actor will play the famed military leader who posed the greatest threat to the Roman Republic. In 218 BC during The Second Punic War, Hannibal led troops atop elephants over the Alps, attacking Rome from the north.Washington’s casting, first reported in Deadline, is met with news that John Logan, the writer of Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic Gladiator, is writing the script.