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Paul Mescal backed to win second BAFTA as Irish actor honoured at Newport Beach Film Festival

The Kildare star is up for Best Actor for his role in Aftersun

Irish Mirror · Feb 17, 2023

The One Show viewers believe Adrian Chiles 'wants old job back' after 'taking over' chat

Adrian Chiles appeared on The One Show on Tuesday to promote his new book and viewers noticed how he interviewed a fellow guest

Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023

BBC The One Show viewers have same response to Adrian Chiles' appearance

The TV star was on the programme to chat to Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas about his new book

Manchester Evening News · Jan 18, 2023

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody review – a fleeting glimpse of queer black joy

I Wanna Dance with Somebody charts the life of global superstar Whitney Houston in an epic narrative of talent and struggle. The film lays bare the complexities of her rise and life in the spotlight, including toxic relationships with her parents, substance use and her husband Bobby Brown.

The Conversation · Jan 5, 2023

I Wanna Dance With Somebody review – doggedly formulaic Whitney Houston biopic

The singer’s voice is mostly lip-synced, by British actor Naomi Ackie, but this by-numbers film falls well short of capturing Houston’s mega-watt appeal

The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2022

The anti-hibernation culture guide: something to enjoy for every day in January

You can spend the next few weeks under the duvet and in front of the telly, or enjoy world-class art, theatre, music, film and standup – here’s an event for each of the next 31 days

The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2022

Why a kiss was worth fighting for in the Whitney biopic 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'

Not long before Whitney Houston's career takes off in the Sony Pictures musical biopic "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody," the young singer shares a romantic kiss with her best friend, Robyn Crawford. It's sweet, intimate and relatively brief, but juxtaposed against the epic highs and lows of the…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 27, 2022

The music in I Wanna Dance With Somebody proves Whitney Houston's voice is incomparable

Described as "the greatest voice of her generation", it goes without saying that Whitney Houston's original vocals just had to be heard in newly opened biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

ABC News · Dec 27, 2022

What links Whitney Houston to Raiders of the Lost Ark – and Stanley Tucci’s recipes?

From a biopic of the singer to the adventures of the whip-cracking archaeologist, all via a galaxy far, far away

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2022

Whitney Houston reminds us we're human, says biopic director Kasi Lemmons

When news broke that a Whitney Houston biopic was in the works, many folks had the same question: Why?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 23, 2022