EXCLUSIVE: Tobias Menzies was hiding in plain sight at a rally held by UK actors union Equity in support of its sister union SAG-AFTRA.
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A grandfather-of-two has told how he underwent a mastectomy after being given a shock breast cancer diagnosis. Mike Burrows is now urging men to swallow their 'pride pill' and ask for help when it comes to their health as he 'might not be sitting here now' if he had not taken action.
Just weeks after retiring last year, Mike discovered what felt like a pea-sized lump in his chest while showering. Mike, now 69, didn't do anything about it at first as he thought it might be temporary swelling – but one week later, he realised the lump was still there and decided to call his GP.
After explaining everything 'very apologetically' to the receptionist, he was booked in for an appointment with his GP the following day, and he was then referred to hospital for further examinations and a biopsy. "Prior to me going in for the biopsy, I had no idea what was going to happen," Mike, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, said.
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"It suddenly dawned on me when I got to the door and it said 'Breast Clinic' and as I walked through the door, I was the only man there, and I thought 'I'm out of my depth here'."
Following the biopsy – where a small sample of tissue is taken for examination – Mike was informed on October 25, 2022 that he had breast cancer. According to Cancer Research UK, less than 1% of breast cancers in the UK are found in men, and Mike said he and his wife Jackie, a 62-year-old paramedic, were 'shellshocked' by the news.
"I was just staring at the floor in the consultation room," Mike explained. "I just didn’t know what to say, nothing would come out of my mouth.
"You’ve reached the age of 68, and you think that you’ve got through life
EXCLUSIVE: Tobias Menzies was hiding in plain sight at a rally held by UK actors union Equity in support of its sister union SAG-AFTRA.
Taylor Swift fans in Cardiff will get their chance to see the US pop megastar on Wednesday (July 19) when presale tickets for her shows in Wales go on general sale.
Jimmy Fallon and Robert Downey Jr.'s joint audition didn't go well. During an appearance on SiriusXM's , the 48-year-old late-night host and the 58-year-old actor recalled auditioning for .«We both got called in just as seat fillers and we saw each other,» Downey said.
Tickets for all three of Taylor Swift’s shows in Liverpool will be going on sale on Tuesday.
It's the week Taylor Swift fans have been waiting for as tickets for her UK Eras tour go on general sale.
The Streets have announced details of a new album and feature film, both titled ‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’, alongside details of a new tour.Mike Skinner will return under the name for his first full-length album as The Streets since 2011’s ‘Computers And Blues’. ‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’ will be released on October 20 via 679 Records/Warner Music UK.Skinner has shared a preview of the record in the new single ‘Troubled Waters’, which finds the artist lamenting modern society’s lack of accountability and the hedonism that takes place at night.
Peter Moffat is forging a TV adaptation of UK journalist Jonathan Freedland’s The Escape Artist with Mood production outfit Bonafide Films.
Former Coronation Street star Nicola Thorp has opened up about her two-year stalking ordeal and the moment she saw him for the first time.
K.J. Yossman The world’s best known fashion doll is bringing some of her trademark pink vibes to London ahead of the “Barbie” movie’s European premiere on Wednesday. Warner Bros. Pictures have “pinkified” London’s iconic buses and black cabs with full wraps advertising the film, which stars Margot Robbie as the eponymous doll and Ryan Gosling as her on-screen boyfriend Ken, as well as displaying posters on billboards and at subway stations. The cast of the film are also set to light up London’s landmarks in pink on Wednesday evening at 9.30pm local time following the film’s premiere in the city in what Warner and tourist body Visit London promise to be “Barbie’s best day ever.”
Sharareh Drury SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “A Most Uncomfortable Woman,” Season 7, Episode 4 of “Outlander,” now streaming on Starz. As the American Revolution revs up on “Outlander,” a battle over a new lass may also have begun for two of the series’ most handsome bachelors — Ian (John Bell) and William Ransom (Charles Vandervaart). In the fourth episode of Outlander’s seventh season, Ian discovers Ransom severely injured in the woods after being bucked off his horse while on a covert mission for the British army. The two come upon Quaker siblings Denzell Hunter (Joey Phillips) and Rachel Murray (Izzy Meikle-Small) while in search of medical aid for Ransom. Hunter is luckily medically skilled, planning to serve as a Continental Army surgeon.
Christian Petzold’s Afire and Celine Song’s Past Lives are among the titles set to screen at this year’s scaled-down Edinburgh International Film Festival (Aug 18-23), which is being mounted as part of Edinburgh’s wider cultural Festival.
, Kate Middleton did a style 180, donning a bright royal blue ensemble for an official visit to Scotland.Known as the Duchess of Rothesay while in Scotland (the UK is one country and four countries; don’t worry about it), she and her husband were attending a National Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication for King Charles III and Queen Camilla, held at St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.
interview published Tuesday with British Vogue. “But I would say that I would have preferred to do it another way. I also don’t know if I would have ever done it.
Naman Ramachandran Julian Sands, the British actor who was confirmed dead last week after going missing during a mountain hike, once spoke about “dangerous” mountain climbing in an interview. In his last U.K. interview with the Radio Time, conducted six months before he was discovered, Sands described climbing as “solace and a sort of existentialist self-negation, but equally a self-affirmation,” adding “if you can deal with dangerous mountains, you can certainly deal with life as an actor — the two are quite complementary.” The interview is published in the latest issue of the Radio Times. Sands was reported missing near Mt. Baldy in Southern California on Jan. 13. He was 65. The actor, who pivoted from the romantic lead in “A Room With a View” to playing sinister characters in films like “Warlock,” had gone hiking in the snow-covered Baldy Bowl area, about 45 miles east of Los Angeles. He was an experienced mountaineer, but conditions in the mountains had been treacherous, with the potential of avalanches.
The Darkness have announced a new UK and Ireland tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Permission To Land’.The new string of tour dates come following the band’s support slot for Guns N’ Roses at London’s BST Hyde Park, and sees them schedule shows for Glasgow, Manchester, London, Dublin and more.Set to kick off with a show in Belfast on December 2, the tour will consist of nine shows and follows on from previously announced dates across Europe and North America. General on-sale for the newly-announced shows starts this Friday (July 7) at 9am BST — visit here to purchase tickets and find a full list of upcoming UK and Ireland tour dates below.The tour will mark 20 years since Justin Hawkins and co.
As tensions rise in Hollywood over an imminent update on SAG-AFTRA’s negotiations with the studios, thousands of miles east, the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary is gearing up for its annual influx of industry insiders, curious film fans, and stars.
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The Zombies are headed to the U.S. for a 20-concert fall 2023 tour from Oct.
Coronation Street star Samia Longchambon has shared why she took some time away from the cobbles to challenge herself in a new show. The actress, who plays Maria Windass in the ITV soap, revealed back in April that she is one of the celebrities taking part in the next series of Cooking With The Stars.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Welsh actor Alexander Vlahos, known for his roles in TV series such as “Merlin,” “Outlander” and “Versailles,” is set to play a British ornithologist who, during a field trip to Sicily, gets involved in more than mere birdwatching. Shooting is underway in Sicily on the indie drama “Hearts of Salt,” the first feature by London-based line producer Rosa Russo. The passion project is structured as a three-way co-production between Italy, the U.K. and Tunisia, with shooting also planned in the North African country. Tunisia will serve as a second location besides the Italian island. Though plot details are scarce, “Hearts of Salt” will see Vlahos — who will soon be seen opposite Lindsay Lohan in the Netflix rom-com “Irish Wish” — arrive in Sicily on a mission to study the effects of climate change on bird migrations. However, the ornithologist will soon have to abandon his role as a detached observer of flight patterns in the Sicilian skies after witnessing a series of dramatic events on the ground comprising cultural and generational clashes, a growing disconnect in family and human ties, and the broader ecological crisis which is the overall backdrop against which “Hearts of Salt” is set.