Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre celebrated their second wedding anniversary with some sweet posts over the weekend.
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The BBC’s diversity chief Miranda Wayland says “Luther” — the broadcaster’s hit crime series starring Idris Elba — isn’t “authentic” when it comes to storytelling surrounding its Black lead.
Elba’s DCI John Luther “doesn’t have any Black friends, he doesn’t eat any Caribbean food, this doesn’t feel authentic,” she says.
“It’s great having those big landmark shows with those key characters, but it’s about making sure everything around them, their environment, their culture, the set is absolutely
Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre celebrated their second wedding anniversary with some sweet posts over the weekend.
Idris Elba has shared a touching tribute to his wife Sabrina Elba on his Instagram account, in honour of the couple’s wedding anniversary. The actor shared a photograph of the pair smiling and pretending to bite a gigantic heart-shaped cookie with the words “happy anniversary” piped across in icing.
© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Congratulations are in order for Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina, who have just celebrated their second wedding anniversary!RELATED: See more of Idris and Sabrina's wedding photosThey both shared tributes to one another on their respective Instagram pages, with Idris gushing: "I love you so much, the last year has been one of the toughest of my life and I only got through it because of you. @sabrinaelba my ride or die.
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Luther star Idris Elba has appeared to respond to the recent drama surrounding the diversity of the BBC show.Earlier this week, the BBC’s diversity chief Miranda Wayland criticised the crime drama, saying it didn’t provide an “authentic” Black lead character.Citing reasons including that Luther “doesn’t have any Black friends” and doesn’t eat any Caribbean food,” Wayland wrote: “When it first came out everybody loved the fact that Idris Elba was in there – a really strong, Black character
Idris Elba's portrayal of DCI John Luther in the hit BBC crime drama Luther "doesn't feel authentic" because has no Black friends and doesn't eat Caribbean food in the series, a diversity and representation manager at the public broadcaster said Wednesday. BBC's diversity manager Miranda Wayland discussed diversity in television and specificallyLuther in a prerecorded session for digital MIPTV.
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Idris Elba has opened up about continuing rumours that he will be the next James Bond.Speaking to Robert Bruce on Capital XTRA, Elba said the rumours have “chased” him for some time but that he’s just happy playing in hit BBC show, Luther.Elba said: “I know the rumours about Bond have always chased me.
Luther “doesn’t feel authentic” due to the lack of representation of Black culture.According to Metro, Wayland addressed the diversity on the BBC show in a recent MIPTV conference.“When it first came out everybody loved the fact that Idris Elba was in there — a really strong, Black character lead,” Wayland began.“We all fell in love with him.
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