Lauren Laverne and Roman Kemp left squirming by excruciating John Cleese comments The Fawlty Towers star asked Kemp his name, then made an awkward point of comparison Evening Standard · Aug 19
Awkward moment John Cleese asks The One Show hosts who they are John Cleese asked The One Show hosts Roman Kemp and Lauren Leverne who they were, in an awkward moment just minutes into the show. The Independent UK · Aug 19
‘I come from a murderer’: the woman who found out Charles Manson was her grandfather Difficult new Hulu documentary follows a 26-year-old woman’s startling discovery that she’s related to the notorious, murderous cult leader The Guardian - US · Jul 22
Meryl Streep’s Harsh Words About Melania Trump’s Fashion Spark Debate After Fans Dig Up Her Past “Remember when Meryl Streep praised and thanked Harvey Weinstein?” Bored Panda · Apr 8
Jack Lang’s daughter steps down from film post over Epstein revelations The daughter of former French culture minister Jack Lang has stepped down from her post as head of a film producers’ union following renewed scrutiny of the family’s past links to disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein. Radio France Internationale · Feb 3
Roman Polanski rape scandal movie to follow perspective of 13-year-old victim The Girl, based on Samantha Geimer’s memoir, will revisit ‘one of Hollywood’s most notorious scandals through the eyes of the person most misrepresented by it’ The Guardian - US · Feb 2
Why disgraced Rush Hour director Brett Ratner was the only man for the Melania documentary IN FOCUS: The director, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, lost a lucrative production deal during the #MeToo era. Now, as Kevin E G Perry reports, he is plotting a Hollywood comeback with an expensive documentary about the First Lady and Trump-backed plans to revive his… The Independent UK · Jan 29
French actress Adèle Haenel joins the Global Sumud flotilla to Gaza from Tunis The celebrated French actress, who announced two years ago that she was stepping away from the world of film for “political reasons”, has said she will set sail for the Gaza Strip from Tunis aboard the Global Sumud flotilla - the biggest attempt yet to break the Israeli blockade of… Euronews · Sep 5, 2025
“None Of Us Were Happy”: 23 Unpleasant BTS Stories From Movie And TV Show Sets “We finish the take. No one says anything to me." Bored Panda · Jun 10, 2025
“I Was Actually Drowning”: 49 Horrifying Behind-The-Scenes Facts From Movies And TV “We finish the take. No one says anything to me." Bored Panda · May 23, 2025
53 Problematic Celebs People Forgot Were Horrible Human Beings John Lennon. Musical talent aside, the way he treated his ex wife and Julian is appalling. And people let him off far too lightly for the break up of the band, blaming it all on Yoko Ono. He was a grown a*s man who could think for himself. Not that… Bored Panda · May 23, 2025
Depardieu convicted. Cannes reacts. But did #MeToo finally win in France? For powerful men in France’s film industry, this was a week of reckoning The Independent UK · May 16, 2025
Damien Thomas obituary Film character actor who also appeared in the 1980 US TV mini-series of Shogun and in Tenko and House of Cards in the UK The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2025
The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2025 Gerard Depardieu trial sees France grapple with response to sexual violence The case, beginning Monday, is the most prominent in the post-#MeToo era in France
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025 Adrien Brody wins best actor Oscar for The Brutalist Former youngest-ever winner of best actor Oscar wins award again for his portrayal of fictional architect in Brady Corbet’s epic drama
The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2025 ‘When the chips are down, Jack Nicholson is there’: Anjelica Huston on love, loss and legal drama From being told she couldn’t act to winning an Oscar, the Hollywood star has had a wild life. She talks old flames, being tucked up in bed for her new Agatha Christie mystery, and why she’s happiest when surrounded by donkeys
The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2025 Oscars 2025: best actor nominees – awards, interviews and what their chances are What to know about the actors nominated for the Academy Awards’ biggest acting prize, along with the Guardian’s reviews and interviews
The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2025 Film director found guilty of sexual assault in France’s first big #MeToo trial A Paris court has found a filmmaker guilty of sexual assault on French actor Adèle Haenel when she was between 12 and 15 in the early 2000s, in the country’s first big #MeToo trial
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2025 Behind the rise, fall and rise again of Adrien Brody INSIDE FILM: In 2003, the American actor became the youngest ever Best Actor Oscar winner for his role in Roman Polanski’s ‘The Pianist’. What followed were two decades of some of the most perplexing choices an A-list star could make. But, as Brody mounts a surprise comeback courtesy of the…
The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2025 Adrien Brody sidesteps question about The Pianist director Roman Polanski Actor won an Oscar for his collaboration with Polanski in the 2003 film ‘The Pianist’
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025 ‘People often don’t feel treated as equals’: Adrien Brody on complexity, comebacks and The Brutalist Twenty-two years after The Pianist, the actor is again Oscar frontrunner for a post-Holocaust epic. He talks about renovating a castle, unfulfilled yearnings and making his parents happy
International Business Times · Dec 9, 2024 French Director Accused Of Abusing Star Haenel Goes On Trial A French filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting actor Adele Haenel when she was 12 was to go on trial in Paris on Monday, five years after her allegations fired France's #MeToo movement.
International Business Times · Dec 6, 2024 Director Accused Of Abusing French Star Haenel Goes On Trial A filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting French actor Adele Haenel when she was a minor goes on trial in Paris Monday, five years after her allegations fired France's #MeToo movement.
Radio France Internationale · Dec 4, 2024 Paris court upholds Polanski acquittal in defamation case A French appeals court has confirmed the acquittal of Franco-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski in a defamation case, in which British actor Charlotte Lewis accused him of libel after she claimed he had raped her.