Elvis made his ‘best’ film in 1957 but it broke his heart (Image: GETTY) Elvis loved movies. He had worked as an usher in his teenage years, idolising the likes of Tony Curtis and dreaming of being on the big screen himself one day. After he rocketed to fame in 1955, he was mobbed everywhere […]

Lulu has shared she has moderate hearing loss – as she embarks on her seventh decade of touring. The Scottish pop star, 75, had started to notice a change in her hearing and had it checked following her Glastonbury performance in June. She admitted to struggling with ‘ringing in her ears for years’ before learning […]

Back in 1959, critics were already asking if John Wayne was too old to be playing gunslinger leads. Rio Bravo was released that year and the romantic age gap between the 51-year-old and his 27-year-old co-star Angie Dickinson had received negative reactions in reviews. Nevertheless, the Hollywood star found ways to play older cowboys over […]

It’s twenty five years since Simon McBurney’s devised play first wowed audiences. His Complicité company has always trailed a reputation for inventive and unconventional work and its trailblazing techniques and visions were unique outside of the esoteric world of avant garde dance. But in the intervening period devised theatre has shifted into a new dimension […]

South Korean artists have taken global charts by storm, lead by BTS, who are currently on a two-year break for military service. Taylor Swift was the best-selling artist last year, but the next two were both K-Pop groups, Seventeen and Stray Kids. The latter also had 2023’s second and ninth-best selling albums in the world […]

Musicals based on Japanese manga are all the rage, it seems. Following closely on the heels of Death Note comes this musical adaptation of Naoshi Arakawa’s celebrated manga-turned-anime about teenage romance and the healing power of music. The English version with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics from Carly Robyn Green & Tracy Miller is […]

Bocelli shared: “It is one thing to cross paths fleetingly amidst spotlights and cameras, and quite another to be able to sit across from each other and savor the opportunity to chat and really get to know each other better. “We’re thrilled that Will Smith will join our extraordinary adventure of the Teatro del Silenzio. […]