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‘She had to hide’: the secret history of the first Asian woman nominated for a best actress Oscar

Merle Oberon, a pick for best actress in 1936, was born in Bombay and spent her career passing for white

The Guardian - US

When are the Olivier awards, who is nominated, and how to watch the ceremony?

The nominations for the 2023 Olivier Awards were announced on Tuesday, February 28, taking place at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Evening Standard

A Streetcar Named Desire at 75: Blanche, Stanley, and the Tennessee Williams play that still haunts us

As Paul Mescal takes on the role first made famous by Marlon Brando, Holly Williams looks at the star-studded history of ‘Streetcar’, a play full of parts coveted by big name actors

The Independent UK

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Dame Beryl Grey obituary

One of the most celebrated British ballerinas of her generation who later dedicated herself to the training of dancers

The Guardian - UK

Derek Granger obituary

Producer whose sumptuous 1981 adaptation of Brideshead Revisited is regarded as one of the finest British TV dramas

The Guardian - UK

Brideshead Revisited and Coronation Street producer Derek Granger dies aged 101

The producer, who worked on a variety of popular dramas during his television career, died peacefully at his home.

The Independent UK

Ian Whittaker obituary

Set decorator who worked for Merchant Ivory productions, and with Ken Russell and Ridley Scott

The Guardian - UK

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‘I’ve got a feeling I won’t be on stage again’: Derek Jacobi on age, ego, Igglepiggle and unrequited love

Sixty-five years after his first rave reviews, the star of I, Claudius and Last Tango in Halifax is still drowning in work – and self-doubt. Can a man who won Ian McKellen’s heart really see himself as ‘bland and uninteresting’?

The Guardian - UK

Cucumber sandwiches, Cary Grant and pitch-side glamour: Remembering the Hollywood Cricket Club

Throughout the 1930s and 1940s Errol Flynn, Boris Karloff and David Niven could be found in LA sporting cricket whites. Leonie Cooper raises a gin and tonic to the movie industry’s most English sporting team

The Independent UK

The Queen's Funeral: Where to watch the service live on TV

ITV, Sky, BBC and Channel 4 have confirmed their broadcast schedules

Belfast Live

Channel 4 to air 1953 documentary of Queen’s coronation during her state funeral

The technicolour programme, narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, was previously nominated for an Oscar.

The Independent UK

Hollywood star and blacklist victim Marsha Hunt dies at 104

Hunt was one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s. Her career was disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist.

WEKU

Marsha Hunt, 1940s star and Hollywood blacklist victim, dies at 104

A Chicago native, she arrived in Hollywood in 1935 and over the next 15 years appeared in dozens of films, from the Preston Sturges comedy “Easy Living” to the adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” that starred Olivier and Greer Garson.

Chicago Sun-Times

Marsha Hunt, '40s star and blacklist victim, dies at 104

Actor Marsha Hunt, an elegant star of 1930s and 1940s films whose career was disrupted by Hollywood’s blacklist, has died

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

The best of Marilyn Monroe's films from Some Like It Hot to Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Choosing favourites becomes a bit of an embarrassment of riches

Evening Standard

The Lost King at the Wallace Collection review: championing a curious part of this exquisite collection

Timed to coincide with the film of the same name, this small but fascinating display leads you into a treasure trove

Marie Claire

The 40 Greatest Murder Mystery Movies

Complete with more than a few twist endings.

The Guardian - UK

Philip Purser obituary

Novelist and dramatist who went on to become one of the most respected television critics of his generation

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The Guardian - UK

Tom Courtenay: ‘I told Daniel Craig I turned down Bond because of the gym work’

The celebrated actor answers your questions about the train scene in Doctor Zhivago, the joy of working on The Royle Family, and his love of the ukulele

Evening Standard

Peter Brook dead: Legendary theatre director dies aged 97

Legendary theatre director Peter Brook has died at the age of 97.

The Guardian - UK

Peter Brook obituary

Revered and influential theatre director who took drama out of the auditorium to stages and spaces all over the world

The Guardian - UK

Peter Brook, influential theatre visionary, dies aged 97

The director’s landmark achievements include a nine-hour Mahabharata, putting Shakespeare on trapezes and directing Olivier, Gielgud and Scofield at the RSC

The Guardian - UK

‘I wish she could have seen the change happening right now’: trailblazing theatre star Pearl Prescod

The actor and campaigner came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago in 1954 and rose to join Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre company. Clint Dyer and others explain why we should remember her

Evening Standard

To buy or not to buy: Sir Laurence Olivier’s childhood home is for sale in Dorking

The legendary English actor spent the first three years of his life in the four-bedroom house.

The Guardian - UK

Jennifer Piercey obituary

Other lives: Actor who worked with Alan Ayckbourn and appeared on TV in The Two of Us

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