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The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.The filmmaker said that he wished he could experience the films like a regular fan once they were released, and approached Derren Brown to potentially help him.“When we did The Lord Of The Rings movies, I always felt I was the unlucky person who never got to see [them] as a coming-out-of-the-blue film,” Jackson told The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast.“By the time they were screening, I was immersed in it for five or six years. It was such a loss for me not be able to see them like everyone else.”He added: “I actually did seriously consider going to some hypnotherapy guy to hypnotise me to make me forget about the films and the work I had done over the last six or seven years so I could sit and enjoy them.

The Royal Variety is one of the biggest nights in showbiz with comedians, singers, illusionists and more all set to dazzle us as they take to the stage.The Royal Variety Performance is now in its 95th year, and while Bradley Walsh has performed at the event many times, this will be his first time as its host. “Thirty years ago, that was my first time performing at The Royal Variety Performance,” says Bradley, 63. I was very, very nervous back then, but I’m so looking forward to hosting this year.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Sherlock producer Hartswood Films has won the rights to adapt Cold War magic thriller The Warlock Effect into a TV series.

Naman Ramachandran Psychological illusion specialist Derren Brown is returning to U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 for the first time in three years with “Showman,” his recent, interactive one-man live stage show. Brown, who has a long relationship with the broadcaster, was on Channel 4 in 2020 with the special “Derren Brown, 20 Years of Mind Control: Live.” “Showman” is billed as Brown’s most personal and emotional show to date, centering on themes of how life’s difficulties bring people together, and living life attentively. Half a million people were taken through the journey of the show in theaters across the U.K. It concluded a 14-week run at London’s Apollo Theatre earlier this month.

Director Benjamin Caron says that he was “yearning to flex a different muscle” and go from the “historical period drama” that is The Crown to the thrills and spills of Andor and on to the delicious deceit at the heart of his accomplished first feature film Sharper, starring Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, John Lithgow, Justice Smith and Briana Middleton, giving a star-in-the-making performance.

the Hollywood Reporter that he “seriously considered” using hypnosis to forget all his work on the film series.But his reasoning behind wanting to erase his memories wasn’t because of any poor experiences — he simply wanted to experience the movies as a regular fan.“When we did ‘The Lord of the Rings’ movies I always felt I was the unlucky person who never got to see as a coming-out-of-the-blue film,” Jackson, 60, said. “By the time there were screenings, I was immersed in it for five or six years.

TravelStay, the pub might be a honeypot for tourists during the day - but there is a significant shift in the clientele as the night draws in. After an evening show at the Globe Theatre (these start at 6.

Derren Brown had people blaming him for Covid. The mastermind illusionist has been keeping our mouths agape for more than two decades in TV shows like Apocalypse, The Heist, Pushed to the Edge and Russian Roulette.

Holly Willoughby has returned to the This Morning stage after taking a 4 day break last week due to a sickness bug. The star who presents the hit ITV show with fellow presenter Phillip Schofield certainly came back with a bang as she stunned in yet another gorgeous outfit for the show.

Graham Norton Book Club is returning to Audible, featuring a number of stars including Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes and The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood. The new series lineup will also feature bestselling authors such as Matt Haig, Walter Mosley, Lisa Taddeo, Yaa Gyasi and Val McDermid, plus special guests including Dave Grohl, Celia Imrie and Derren Brown.

BritBox, the BBC and ITV’s joint-venture streamer, has acquired ITV’s John Simm drama Grace for the U.S. and Canada. The service will premiere the drama on April 27.

Celebrity Snoop Dogs? Replaying all of Downton Abbey from the start? The Luminaries? Compared to some of what’s been served up lately, Derren Brown: 20 Years of Mind Control is a rich imaginative feast. The live trick at the start and the repeated vintage trick at the end weren’t available to previewers, but the clip show that makes up the meat of the evening was a 90-minute celebration of Britain’s preeminent mind control jockey.

An up-and-coming East Kilbride hypnotist is set to take the entertainment world by storm.