As Prince William moves into his royal duties in 2024, he leaves Kate Middleton behind. Here’s why the Prince of Wales will have a “depressingly solo” year according to a royal commentator.
Prince William must maintain a front-facing profile as a working royal, without Kate Middleton
After taking off some time to assist his wife, Kate Middleton, after her abdominal surgery and subsequent cancer diagnosis, Prince William has returned to a front-facing role as a senior royal. The Prince of Wales has begun to resume his aborted calendar of the past several months.
Daniela Elser of News.com.au writes that the Prince and Princess of Wales are a double duo during significant royal events. However, as the princess recovers from cancer, William will work alone for an undetermined amount of time.
She writes, “For the past 13 years, since the Waleses wedding, the prince has been able to generally depend...
Prince William must maintain a front-facing profile as a working royal, without Kate Middleton
After taking off some time to assist his wife, Kate Middleton, after her abdominal surgery and subsequent cancer diagnosis, Prince William has returned to a front-facing role as a senior royal. The Prince of Wales has begun to resume his aborted calendar of the past several months.
Daniela Elser of News.com.au writes that the Prince and Princess of Wales are a double duo during significant royal events. However, as the princess recovers from cancer, William will work alone for an undetermined amount of time.
She writes, “For the past 13 years, since the Waleses wedding, the prince has been able to generally depend...
- 4/2/2024
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Feature Alex Westthorp 28 Mar 2014 - 07:00
In a new series, Alex talks us through the film roles of the actors who've played the Doctor. First up, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee...
We know them best as the twelve very different incarnations of the Doctor. But all the actors who've been the star of Doctor Who, being such good all-rounders in the first place, have also had film careers. Admittedly, some CVs are more impressive than others, but this retrospective attempts to pick out some of the many worthwhile films which have starred, featured or seen a fleeting cameo by the actors who would become (or had been) the Doctor.
William Hartnell was, above all else, a film star. He is by far the most prolific film actor of the main twelve to play the Time Lord. With over 70 films to his name, summarising Hartnell's film career is difficult at best.
In a new series, Alex talks us through the film roles of the actors who've played the Doctor. First up, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee...
We know them best as the twelve very different incarnations of the Doctor. But all the actors who've been the star of Doctor Who, being such good all-rounders in the first place, have also had film careers. Admittedly, some CVs are more impressive than others, but this retrospective attempts to pick out some of the many worthwhile films which have starred, featured or seen a fleeting cameo by the actors who would become (or had been) the Doctor.
William Hartnell was, above all else, a film star. He is by far the most prolific film actor of the main twelve to play the Time Lord. With over 70 films to his name, summarising Hartnell's film career is difficult at best.
- 3/26/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Creative force in the British film industry whose work included The Stepford Wives and Whistle Down the Wind
The director, actor and writer Bryan Forbes, who has died aged 86, was one of the most creative forces in the British film industry of the 1960s, and the Hollywood films he directed included the original version of The Stepford Wives (1974). In later life he turned to the writing of books, both fiction and memoirs.
The turning point for him in cinema was the formation of the independent company Beaver Films with his friend Richard Attenborough in 1958. For the screenplay of their first production, The Angry Silence (1960), Forbes received an Oscar nomination and a Bafta award. Attenborough played a factory worker shunned and persecuted for not joining a strike. His colleagues are shown as being manipulated by skulking professional agitators and to some it seemed more like a political statement than a human...
The director, actor and writer Bryan Forbes, who has died aged 86, was one of the most creative forces in the British film industry of the 1960s, and the Hollywood films he directed included the original version of The Stepford Wives (1974). In later life he turned to the writing of books, both fiction and memoirs.
The turning point for him in cinema was the formation of the independent company Beaver Films with his friend Richard Attenborough in 1958. For the screenplay of their first production, The Angry Silence (1960), Forbes received an Oscar nomination and a Bafta award. Attenborough played a factory worker shunned and persecuted for not joining a strike. His colleagues are shown as being manipulated by skulking professional agitators and to some it seemed more like a political statement than a human...
- 5/9/2013
- by Dennis Barker
- The Guardian - Film News
Your report rightly characterises Judge Tugendhat's references to James Bond in the undercover police case (Judge: we all know spies sleep with targets, just like Bond, 18 January) as bizarre; but they also draw attention to an essential factor he seems to ignore. Bond's fictional contexts are life-and-death conflicts against international military or global criminal enemies: both situations in which the spy's or government's right to whatever knowledge or advantage is being sought is not in question, and extreme subterfuge (as well as violence) are justified. Hostile foreign powers, and murderous criminal organisations, don't in that sense (and certainly not in spy fiction) have much right to privacy.
But protest and pressure groups, being citizens of this country and subject to its laws, do have such a right. The government and its agencies could ask such groups and their individual members for the information they seek, but can't legally or openly demand it.
But protest and pressure groups, being citizens of this country and subject to its laws, do have such a right. The government and its agencies could ask such groups and their individual members for the information they seek, but can't legally or openly demand it.
- 1/22/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Maureen Lipman as Lord Leveson. Hugh Grant as himself. For Rebekah Brooks, who else but Mark Gatiss as Charles I? Help us regulate the cast of the Leveson inquiry
Whatever else the Leveson inquiry turns out to have been – we're doing a lot of speed reading as I type – it was fine theatre. A Hogarthian cast of characters, from Britain's lordliest media barons to subalterns on the yellowest of yellow rags. A decent smattering of celebs. The odd outburst of tears. A superlative solo performance from the capricious Robert Jay, who managed to make witness-questioning look (to twist a phrase) like reading the thesaurus by flashes of lightning.
Which only leaves one question: who's going to option the script? The Tricycle theatre in London made drama out of the Bloody Sunday and Stephen Lawrence inquiries, after all; Spielberg's studio has optioned the Wikileaks saga. Surely it's only a matter of time.
Whatever else the Leveson inquiry turns out to have been – we're doing a lot of speed reading as I type – it was fine theatre. A Hogarthian cast of characters, from Britain's lordliest media barons to subalterns on the yellowest of yellow rags. A decent smattering of celebs. The odd outburst of tears. A superlative solo performance from the capricious Robert Jay, who managed to make witness-questioning look (to twist a phrase) like reading the thesaurus by flashes of lightning.
Which only leaves one question: who's going to option the script? The Tricycle theatre in London made drama out of the Bloody Sunday and Stephen Lawrence inquiries, after all; Spielberg's studio has optioned the Wikileaks saga. Surely it's only a matter of time.
- 11/29/2012
- by Andrew Dickson
- The Guardian - Film News
Animated shows Peppa Pig and The Amazing World of Gumball were also awarded at the Bafta ceremony
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two was one of a host of double winners at the Bafta children's awards on Sunday night.
The movie adaptation of the boy wizard's final adventure scooped the feature film prize, beating the likes of Kung Fu Panda 2, Tangled and its own predecessor, Deathly Hallows Part 1.
The blockbusting release also triumphed in the film category of the Bafta kids' vote, chosen by more than 400,000 7- to 14-year-olds in an online poll.
"Harry Potter is part of popular culture," said Warwick Davis, who played the role of Professor Filius Flitwick in the films, and who accepted the award.
"The series is going to leave a legacy for generations of children to enjoy. Look at Star Wars; the original movies are 30 years old, but we talk about...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two was one of a host of double winners at the Bafta children's awards on Sunday night.
The movie adaptation of the boy wizard's final adventure scooped the feature film prize, beating the likes of Kung Fu Panda 2, Tangled and its own predecessor, Deathly Hallows Part 1.
The blockbusting release also triumphed in the film category of the Bafta kids' vote, chosen by more than 400,000 7- to 14-year-olds in an online poll.
"Harry Potter is part of popular culture," said Warwick Davis, who played the role of Professor Filius Flitwick in the films, and who accepted the award.
"The series is going to leave a legacy for generations of children to enjoy. Look at Star Wars; the original movies are 30 years old, but we talk about...
- 11/28/2011
- by Keith Stuart
- The Guardian - Film News
The series goes out with a bang as the legend gets its mojo back with a magical conclusion
The Potter saga could hardly have ended on a better note than this final movie, for which an extended version of this notice appeared last week. With one miraculous flourish of its wand, the franchise has restored the essential magic to the Potter legend, zapping us all with a cracking final chapter. It's dramatically satisfying, spectacular and terrifically exciting.
Here is where the Harry Potter series gets its groove back, with a final confrontation between Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and our young hero, and the sensational revelation of Harry's destiny. When stout-hearted young Neville Longbottom (a scene-stealer from Matthew Lewis) steps forward to denounce the dark lord in the final courtyard scene, I was on the edge of my seat.
The colossal achievement of this series really is something to wonder at. The...
The Potter saga could hardly have ended on a better note than this final movie, for which an extended version of this notice appeared last week. With one miraculous flourish of its wand, the franchise has restored the essential magic to the Potter legend, zapping us all with a cracking final chapter. It's dramatically satisfying, spectacular and terrifically exciting.
Here is where the Harry Potter series gets its groove back, with a final confrontation between Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and our young hero, and the sensational revelation of Harry's destiny. When stout-hearted young Neville Longbottom (a scene-stealer from Matthew Lewis) steps forward to denounce the dark lord in the final courtyard scene, I was on the edge of my seat.
The colossal achievement of this series really is something to wonder at. The...
- 7/14/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Sensational, satisfying, surreal ... an explosive final chapter puts the magic back into the Harry Potter franchise. Warning: Contains Spoilers
"It all ends," says the poster slogan. A potentially grim statement of the obvious, of course, yet the Potter saga could hardly have ended on a better note. With one miraculous flourish of its wand, the franchise has restored the essential magic to the Potter legend – which had been starting to sag and drift in recent movies – zapping us all with a cracking final chapter, which looks far superior to Cs Lewis's The Last Battle or Jrr Tolkien's The Return of the King. It's dramatically satisfying, spectacular and terrifically exciting, easily justifying the decision to split the last book into two.
Here is where the Harry Potter series gets its groove back, with a final confrontation between Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and our young hero, and with the sensational revelation of Harry's destiny,...
"It all ends," says the poster slogan. A potentially grim statement of the obvious, of course, yet the Potter saga could hardly have ended on a better note. With one miraculous flourish of its wand, the franchise has restored the essential magic to the Potter legend – which had been starting to sag and drift in recent movies – zapping us all with a cracking final chapter, which looks far superior to Cs Lewis's The Last Battle or Jrr Tolkien's The Return of the King. It's dramatically satisfying, spectacular and terrifically exciting, easily justifying the decision to split the last book into two.
Here is where the Harry Potter series gets its groove back, with a final confrontation between Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and our young hero, and with the sensational revelation of Harry's destiny,...
- 7/7/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Daniel Roche has suggested that Just William is "timeless". The Outnumbered star, who will play William in a new BBC series, admitted that he had "never wanted a role more". "I think it's timeless," he said. "Most of my friends were very excited when they found out I was to be William because they all love his stories. "I think a lot of children would love to have the freedom that William and the Outlaws have, being able to play in the woods, building dens, (more)...
- 11/30/2010
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
This Christmas, a season of autobiographical comic shorts, "Little Crackers", brings some of Britain's best-loved comedy stars to Sky 1 HD.
In a collection of comedic short films, a raft of A-list comedy names write, narrate and star in dramatisations of stories from their pasts. The all-star line-up includes Catherine Tate, Dawn French, Kathy Burke, David Baddiel, Meera Syal and Stephen Fry. Victoria Wood, Bill Bailey and Julia Davis will also pen and star in films that they will also direct.
Stephen Fry will play his former headmaster in a tale from his time at boarding school in "Bunce: A Christmas Tale". The young Stephen will be played by Outnumbered star Daniel Roche (also to be seen this Christmas starring in Just William).
Catherine Tate's film will chart a memory from her primary school when she was denied a part in the Nativity play. But some creative bargaining by her...
In a collection of comedic short films, a raft of A-list comedy names write, narrate and star in dramatisations of stories from their pasts. The all-star line-up includes Catherine Tate, Dawn French, Kathy Burke, David Baddiel, Meera Syal and Stephen Fry. Victoria Wood, Bill Bailey and Julia Davis will also pen and star in films that they will also direct.
Stephen Fry will play his former headmaster in a tale from his time at boarding school in "Bunce: A Christmas Tale". The young Stephen will be played by Outnumbered star Daniel Roche (also to be seen this Christmas starring in Just William).
Catherine Tate's film will chart a memory from her primary school when she was denied a part in the Nativity play. But some creative bargaining by her...
- 11/9/2010
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
A month's filming in Belgium is about to wrap on The Tamed Ones, directed by Vincent Lannoo and starring 17 year old Canadian actor Cameron Bright (Twilight) alongside British actors Hannah Murray and Isabella Blake-Thomas.
The film tells the story of a selfish young drop-out who tries to take care of his little sister after their parent's death — against all odds and everyone's advice.
Following the death of his father, Shawn (Bright) is faced with taking care of his 8 year old sister rather than living the life of someone his own age. Once a slacker and immature, this experience is going to force him to become an adult.
Young British rising star Isabella Blake-Thomas plays 8 year old Julie. Isabella will be seen on our screens this Christmas in the BBC production of Just William, as Violet Elizabeth Bott.
And Skins Series 1 and 2 star 21 year old Hannah Murray (represented by Troika) plays Jessica.
The film tells the story of a selfish young drop-out who tries to take care of his little sister after their parent's death — against all odds and everyone's advice.
Following the death of his father, Shawn (Bright) is faced with taking care of his 8 year old sister rather than living the life of someone his own age. Once a slacker and immature, this experience is going to force him to become an adult.
Young British rising star Isabella Blake-Thomas plays 8 year old Julie. Isabella will be seen on our screens this Christmas in the BBC production of Just William, as Violet Elizabeth Bott.
And Skins Series 1 and 2 star 21 year old Hannah Murray (represented by Troika) plays Jessica.
- 11/1/2010
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Wikio.co.uk looks at different genres of blogs and ranks them according to links from other websites, RSS feeds and various other technical bits and bobs.
Wikio have given us a sneak preview of this month’s results and I’m pleased to report that we’ve made the top spot for this month as the Wikio #1 Culture Blog.
I just wanted to thank all our readers and our writers for continuing to visit the site and writing content. We now have a bunch of different ways you can track our information ranging from Twitter to FaceBook to RSS feeds to the daily newsletter (on the right of this post).
We always want to push this website to the limit of what we can do so if there is anything that you want to see on here that we’re not already doing, please let us know in the...
Wikio have given us a sneak preview of this month’s results and I’m pleased to report that we’ve made the top spot for this month as the Wikio #1 Culture Blog.
I just wanted to thank all our readers and our writers for continuing to visit the site and writing content. We now have a bunch of different ways you can track our information ranging from Twitter to FaceBook to RSS feeds to the daily newsletter (on the right of this post).
We always want to push this website to the limit of what we can do so if there is anything that you want to see on here that we’re not already doing, please let us know in the...
- 9/3/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Simon Nye, creator of British comedy Men Behaving Badly, has stepped into the world of time-travelling sci-fi to pen an episode of Doctor Who.
In the past Simon has also written for such projects as Pollyanna, Beauty, Carrie and Barrie, Reggie Perrin and My Family and Other Animals.
His Doctor Who episode Amy's Choice airs on BBC1 on Saturday, May 15.
Here, Simon talks about how he came to be involved in the hit show, which stars Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gillan as his companion Amy Pond (pictured above).
Were You Surprised To Be Asked To Write For Doctor Who?
I'm always surprised to be asked to write anything, even after all these years to be honest! It's out of my comfort zone really, but I know Steven Moffat of old. Doctor Who isn't a comedy show of course, but I think it does have a bedrock of comedy,...
In the past Simon has also written for such projects as Pollyanna, Beauty, Carrie and Barrie, Reggie Perrin and My Family and Other Animals.
His Doctor Who episode Amy's Choice airs on BBC1 on Saturday, May 15.
Here, Simon talks about how he came to be involved in the hit show, which stars Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gillan as his companion Amy Pond (pictured above).
Were You Surprised To Be Asked To Write For Doctor Who?
I'm always surprised to be asked to write anything, even after all these years to be honest! It's out of my comfort zone really, but I know Steven Moffat of old. Doctor Who isn't a comedy show of course, but I think it does have a bedrock of comedy,...
- 5/14/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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