Category: 5. Entertainment

Susie Figgis, who has died of cancer aged 77, was one of Britain’s most respected screen casting directors who set young actors such as Greta Scacchi, Cathy Tyson, Jodhi May and Emily Woof on the road to stardom.

Her inspired suggestions to film…

Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown got emotional recalling the impact of…

How did you get into comedy?
Slightly by accident. I had tried standup in my last year at university, then did three open mic gigs at the Edinburgh festival which offered strong evidence that I should give up. So I did. Eighteen months later,…

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Fresh artwork at London restaurant Sketch 

“I’ve always imagined Sketch as a living,…

On Dec. 4, Amy Poehler hosted a live recording of her less-than-a-year-old podcast, “Good Hang,” at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. The crowd wasn’t just packed, it was fully engaged and cheered for pretty much anything (even Poehler’s…

A Jonas family New Year’s Eve in Wyckoff, N.J., was always boisterous. Not only did the home that Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas grow up in have an “open-door policy,” meaning that friends and relatives piled in on the holiday, but the siblings…

As “Avatar: Fire and Ash” headed to the big screen this month, theater owners held their breath.

In an uneven year that saw two billion-dollar hits and a viral “chicken jockey” craze, but also a disastrous first quarter and a nearly…