Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance are honoring their close friends Magic Johnson and his wife Cookie.
17.09.2023 - 12:23 / ok.co.uk
It’s a tale as old as time – and yet stranger than fiction. A young woman meets the love of her life in unexpected circumstances. Forced apart, they face battle after battle, defying adversity in order to be reunited.
Except in this story, a happy ending isn’t guaranteed. Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian, is measured and quiet, thinking hard before she speaks. Her pauses between questions are pregnant with a careful weighing of words.
She comes alive, though, when she talks about her husband, who is imprisoned in HMP Belmarsh, and about their two sons. "Gabriel is six and Max is four," she beams, a selection of the boys’ colourful artwork displayed on the kitchen wall behind her. "Gabriel is very like his dad around the eyes and Max is big for his age, just like Julian was when he was small." It could be a simple insight into any happy family – but this particular unit is unique.
Her husband has spent four years in the Category A London prison fighting extradition to the US, where he faces up to 175 years in jail on espionage charges for publishing classified military information about operations and alleged war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Before that, he had claimed asylum for seven years in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in an attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations, which have since been dropped. A decision about whether to hear a final appeal against extradition – his last throw of the UK judiciary’s dice – is due this month.
Julian is a divisive figure. Some see him as a poster boy for press freedom. Others say the release of the WikiLeaks intelligence poses a threat to US national security.
To Stella, however, he is simply the man she wants to grow old with and
Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance are honoring their close friends Magic Johnson and his wife Cookie.
Customers have been sharing their upset after the owners behind a craft beer shop in Ancoats announced they will be closing down at the end of the week.
Amid reports that Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift have hung out, the NFL star has seemingly confirmed that the two have been in contact, revealing something he told Swift.
Julian Lennon has opened up about his “love-hate” relationship with The Beatles‘ classic track ‘Hey Jude’.The musician and son of late Beatles icon John Lennon talked about the song – which remains one of the Fab Four’s biggest hits – during a recent appearance on the Club Random With Bill Maher podcast.“I have a love-hate [relationship] with it, I have to say,” Julian explained (via Loudwire).“I’ve probably heard that song and heard renditions of [it] more than most people alive. And even my dear friends send me babies in nappies playing guitars [and] singing ‘Hey Jude’, which I really don’t need.”He continued: “I’m thankful for the song without question.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore are splitting up their Oscar campaigns for awards season. Although Todd Haynes’ delicious drama “May December” is interpreted by many as a two-hander, Netflix confirms to Variety exclusively that Portman will be submitted for lead actress consideration, while Moore will vie for supporting actress. Co-leads from awards contenders are seldom campaigned alongside one another.
The much-anticipated revival of Australian soap Neighbours has launched with a host of familiar faces alongside a glamorous-yet-mysterious new character played by The OC’s Mischa Barton.The new chapter of Neighbours saw fan-favourites Guy Pearce and Annie Jones reprise their roles as Mike Young and Jane Harris after the former flames rekindled their relationship in the “final” episodes of the series last July. Meanwhile characters Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher) and his on-screen wife Susan (Jackie Woodburne), also returned for the first episode, alongside Harold Bishop (Ian Smith) who was intent on showing new character JJ Varga-Murphy (Riley Bryant) his book about the history of Ramsay Street.
Footage has emerged of the horrifying 999 call made by neighbours as they tried to save a dad-of-two who was mauled to death by two dogs.
The Wonder Years reboot has been cancelled at ABC after just two seasons.As confirmed via Variety, the show, which was a reboot of the 1988 original, will not return for a third season.Based on the 1988 series of the same name, the new, reimagined show focussed on the lives of a Black middle-class family in Alabama in the late 1960s, in contrast to the white family depicted in the original series that first aired on ABC in March 1988.Don Cheadle narrated the series as adult Dean Williams and was joined by Elisha “EJ” Williams (Dean Williams), Dulé Hill (Bill Williams), Saycon Sengbloh (Lillian Williams), Laura Kariuki (Kim Williams), Julian Lerner (Brad Hitman), Amari O’Neil (Cory Long) and Milan Ray (Keisa Clemmons).The reboot was written and produced by Lee Daniels (Monster’s Ball, Precious, The Butler) alongside comedy veteran Saladin K. Patterson (The Big Bang Theory, Frasier) and Marc Velez, who heads up Lee Daniels Entertainment.
BreAnna Bell “The Wonder Years” has been canceled at ABC after two seasons, Variety has confirmed. Based on the 1988 sitcom of the same name, the reimagined series followed a Black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama, through the point of view of imaginative 12-year-old Dean.
EXCLUSIVE: ABC has opted not to proceed with a third season of The Wonder Years. The news comes a month after the reboot of the classic coming-of-age comedy wrapped its Season 2 run on the network.
The much-anticipated reboot of Australian soap Neighbours will soon launch on Amazon Freevee.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic The first thing to say about Alex Gibney’s “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon” is that it’s three-and-a-half hours long. Normally I wouldn’t lead with that daunting fact, especially since the film is mostly marvelous: a documentary that every Paul Simon fan on earth should want to see and experience. But will they? I raise the issue only because “In Restless Dreams” has come into the Toronto Film Festival without a distributor, and let’s just be honest: The 209-minute running time, when you hear about it, doesn’t exactly sound…user-friendly.
EastEnders star Brian Conley has planned a "farewell tour" following the shock news that he is quitting his role as Rocky Cotton in the soap.The 62 year old actor is about to head off on his latest tour, which is called The 3rd Farewell Tour… To Date, and will see fans treated to an evening of comedy, music and entertainment. Brian has appeared in several musicals over the years, and this time he will kick off on 24 September in Peterborough.The show synopsis says: "Brian Conley is back on the road with a brand new tour.
Ellise Shafer Chappell Roan’s debut album, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” has been almost a decade in the making. Roan’s career had a fairy-tale beginning: After posting covers on YouTube, she was signed to Atlantic Records at just 17, which took her from small-town Missouri to Hollywood. She released an EP in 2017, “School Nights,” but in 2020, Roan was dropped by the label.
The Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann divorce saga got slightly more confusing.
Maci Bookout is opening up about Ryan Edwards’ overdose.
Adam Benzine Guest Contributor Controversial hacker and Wikileaks associate Jacob Appelbaum is the subject of a secretive new documentary screening Sept. 10 for buyers in Toronto. Appelbaum headlines “Nobody Wants to Talk About Jacob Appelbaum,” from Canadian filmmaker Jamie Kastner (“The Skyjacker’s Tale”).
Fox is bringing in some repeats of 9-1-1: Lone Star to its fall schedule as it tries to remind viewers that scripted drama still has a place on broadcast TV amid the writers and actors strikes.
Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore‘s new movie May December is set to introduce the 2023 New York Film Festival later this month!
Sure, we’re knee-deep in fall film festival time, as we transition from Venice to TIFF and plan ahead for Telluride, NYFF, and the rest, but we can’t forget about those standout films from the festivals earlier this year. One of those films is Todd Haynes’ upcoming “May/December.” READ MORE: ‘May December’ Review: An Actor Prepares In Todd Haynes’ Superlative Age-Gap Dramedy [Cannes] While the new teaser for “May/December” doesn’t really tell you much about the plot, it does show you how well received Todd Haynes’ film was when it debuted at this year’s Cannes.