U2’s Bono and The Edge have secret London Wetherspoon’s curry

A new publicly-funded podcast series has launched as part of a campaign to tackle gender-based violence. The #IsThisOkay? podcast features men from Greater Manchester talking about unacceptable behaviours faced by women.

Oppenheimer story is set to debut in London this month.Operation Epsilon, written by playwright Alan Brody and directed by Andy Sandberg, is based on the true story of 10 German nuclear scientists who were captured by British and American authorities near the end of the Second World War.Based on transcripts of secretly recorded conversations from their captivity, it’s believed the scientists were working on nuclear weapons for Germany and were unaware of the progress made by American scientists, led by J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Manhattan Project.Speaking to Herald Tribune about the play, Sandberg said: “This is the other side of the Oppenheimer story, what was going on in Germany.

Voir Dire, the collaborative rap project between Earl Sweatshirt and veteran producer the Alchemist, was originally conceived as a needle in a digital haystack, a YouTube playlist buried under a fake name and burner account. The Alchemist first tweeted about the album in 2019; fast forward to 2021, and still no one had found it.

Lily Allen has told a theatre critic to “get in the bin” over their comments about her West End show The Pillowman.The play, which recently came to the end of its run at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London, saw Allen play Katurian, a writer who is questioned by the authorities about a spate of murders that bear similarities to her short stories.Written by The Banshees of Inisherin director Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman also starred Steve Pemberton and Paul Kaye.Following a string of mixed reviews for the show, Allen has found herself involved in an online spat with theatre critic Mark Shenton.It all started when Shenton took exception to a positive review quote from All That Dazzles, which read: “Undoubtedly one of the best plays of the year.”In a blog post, Shenton branded the review “utterly meaningless” as it came from a “blog that calls just about every show they see as ‘potentially’ or ‘undoubtedly’ one of the best of the year”.Shenton then took aim at the The Pillowman director Matthew Dunster on X (formerly Twitter), stating that he was “relieved” that he missed the show.In response, Allen fired back: “This is such a bizarre stance for a so called theatre enthusiast. 60000 people bought tickets to come and see this show and I’d say 90% of them were up on their feet at the curtain.“It’s insane that a quote on a poster is what stopped you from coming to see something that you profess to care so much about.

Prince Harry is back in the United Kingdom — but it looks like his return home won’t be an opportunity for any father-son time (or possible reconciliation) with his dad, King Charles III.

Mark Sutherland Money money money… As ABBA once pointed out, it’s a rich man’s world. But even after the runaway success of the “ABBA Voyage” digital live experience in London, producers say it has yet to recoup the extraordinary investment needed to put on the show. “No, we haven’t broken even,” says producer Svana Gisla.

Meghan Markle will not want to return to the UK in the future and face curtseying to the Princess of Wales, a royal biographer has suggested. Andrew Morton, who collaborated with Diana, Princess of Wales on his 1992 book Diana: Her True Story, ruled out a move back from the US for Meghan and the Duke of Sussex.

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield enjoyed a night out with some famous friends, and a photo of the group is breaking the internet!

Brent Lang Executive Editor The Drama League is expanding its artist development programs, which are collectively called The Directors Project, and include support for people working in film, television and on stage. Applications to the program are now open, the organization said.

Canadian filmmaker Director X is revealing how his new Global original series, “Robyn Hood”, came about.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for Episode 7 of “The Real Housewives of New York City” Season 14 now streaming on Peacock TV and airing on Bravo TV. Jessel Taank of “The Real Housewives of New York City” is calmly waiting in the reception area of PMC’s New York headquarters Accompanying her is her mother, Nilam, who is visiting from London, and Taank’s patience stands in contrast to how the internet has painted her. Through seven episodes of the new season, among the show’s ardent fandom, she’s the “Real Housewives” cast member audiences love to hate, and has been called both “entitled” and a “princess.” Dressed in an oversized, immaculately crisp white button-down that doubles as a dress by Jill Sander, daringly, Taank sips a hot coffee.

Ariana Grande paid a subtle tribute to her late ex-boyfriend, Mac Miller.

On July 2nd 2019 a call from a refugee camp in Greece was received by Greater Manchester Police. In broken English a man explained a woman was missing.

What To Watch. Today we recommend a mix of new releases and newly available titles, from movies and shows, all available to stream on the most popular platforms.What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week — August 11What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week — August 18Starring Sunny Sandler, Adam Sandler’s daughter, and based on the novel of the same name, follows two young best friends who’ve long dreamed about their bat mitzvah’s. Things of course don’t go as planned.

Billboard’s new tracking week initiation. By releasing songs or albums at midnight EST on Fridays, artists position themselves for a strong chart performance in the upcoming week. This Friday, in particular, witnessed a flurry of new releases from top-tier pop stars, sparking excitement among fans worldwide.Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez simultaneously unveiled new work on Friday, August 25.

The second season of “And Just Like That” has wrapped with fans finally getting to see Kim Cattrall’s Samantha Jones making her much-anticipated return to the world of “Sex and the City”.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent One of the most buzzed-about international movies of the fall festival circuit, Bertrand Bonello’s “The Beast,” has already lured several distributors ahead of its world premiere in competition at Venice. Represented by Kinology, the dystopian romance is headlined by Léa Seydoux (“Crimes of the Future”) and George MacKay (“1917”) as star-crossed lovers.

The morning after his MacTaggart, Louis Theroux has called out the “right-skewing press” and “vested interests” who want to defund the BBC.

Rebekah Staton has said that she'd "love" to bring back BBC Three's Pulling - the sitcom that launched the careers of Bad Sisters' Sharon Horgan and EastEnders' Tanya Franks.The comedy, which aired from 2006 until 2009, saw Rebekah, Sharon and Tanya play three friends navigating their messy love lives in London's Hackney. Rebekah - who now stars in BBC One fraud drama The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies - took on her first comedic role on the sitcom as Louise, a cafe waitress often unlucky in love. Speaking to OK! , Rebekah said that she would "hands down" return to Pulling if it were to be rebooted - and that it was meant to be a more realistic version of Sex and the City.

MUNA teamed up with Boygenius for two songs last night (August 20) during the latter’s headline concert in London.Both bands shared vocals on MUNA’s ‘Silk Chiffon’ at the end of their support set at Gunnersbury Park before they teamed up again for ‘Salt In The Wound’, which featured on Boygenius’ 2018 debut EP, at the close of the supergroup’s set. You can view footage of both tracks below.During the former, which featured on their self-titled 2022 album, MUNA kicked off the track before Phoebe Bridgers joined them to sing her vocal part on the song.