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NZ Herald
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Jamie Lee Curtis suffers backlash after interrupting awards show hosts
Jamie Lee Curtis appeared to be genuinely telling off the hosts of an awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Photo / Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech. Jamie Lee Curtis appeared to be genuinely telling off the hosts of an awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Photo / Hollywood actor Jamie Lee Curtis is copping a backlash online for her strange outburst on the red carpet at a recent awards show – seemingly unaware that she was dressing down her hosts for the evening. Curtis was a guest at the recent Las Culturistas Culture Awards at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. The tongue-in-cheek pop culture-themed awards (some sample categories: the Woman of a Certain Age Award and Best Title for the Next Bridget Jones) are the brainchild of comedians and podcasters Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers. The pair were on the red carpet outside the Orpheum, answering some questions for media outlet Vulture, which had asked them to recite some iconic movie lines into the camera. Saturday Night Live star Yang was giving it his best Julia Roberts as Erin Brokovich, delivering the line 'I'm not talkin' to you, b****!', when suddenly Curtis appeared beside them, interrupting the vox pop and looking agitated. 'We're quoting Julia Roberts,' Rogers explained, perhaps worried Curtis had thought that particular quote was directed at her.
Toronto Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
Pro-Palestinian protest prompts scuffle onstage at Royal Opera House in London
Published Jul 20, 2025 • 1 minute read A general view of the recently completed Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden, Wednesday November 24,1999. Photo by Bridget Jones / AP Photo LONDON (AP) — A performer holding a Palestinian flag touched off a brief scuffle on stage at the Royal Opera House in London as cast members were taking their bows following the season's final performance of 'Il Trovatore.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Images posted on social media show what appears to be a member of the chorus holding the unfurled flag in front of his chest while the lead singers bask in the audience's applause on Saturday night. After a few moments, someone backstage tries to grab the flag, but the performer holds onto it and snaps back into place. 'The display of the flag was an unauthorized action by the artist,' the opera company said in a statement on Sunday. 'It was not approved by the Royal Ballet and Opera and is a wholly inappropriate act.' The opera company declined to comment when asked whether the performer would face any disciplinary action. 'Il Trovatore,' which translates as 'The Troubadour,' is an 1853 opera by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. Director Adele Thomas' production reinterprets the story of desire and an all-consuming curse, the opera said. Editorial Cartoons Relationships World Tennis Toronto & GTA
Telegraph
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Bridget Jones producer bounces back from Hollywood strikes
The British production company behind the Bridget Jones films has enjoyed a rebound in profits after being hit by the Hollywood strikes. Working Title Films, which is behind a string of classics including Notting Hill, Love Actually and Shaun of the Dead, reported a 10pc increase in pre-tax profits to £584,000 in 2024. It marked the production company's most profitable year since 2016 and a rebound from 2023, when it was hit by an industry-wide shutdown in filming during the US actors' and writers' strikes. Revenues dipped slightly from £13m to £12.4m. Bosses said they had prioritised development during the strikes to ensure the company had a strong slate of films ready to go once the industry was back up and running. Working Title's successes last year included Blitz, a World War Two drama directed by Steve McQueen, and The Substance, a body horror featuring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley that was nominated for five Oscars. The company will be hoping for a major boost this year from Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, the fourth instalment in the popular series. The film smashed box office records on its release in February, securing the highest-ever opening weekend for a UK romcom. Working Title said it had 49 active projects in development at the end of last year. The company last month announced a new adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility starring Normal People actress Daisy Edgar-Jones. Working Title was founded in 1984 and gained its first commission from the newly-created Channel 4 to make My Beautiful Laundrette, a comedy drama featuring Daniel Day-Lewis that told the story of a gay romance between a Pakistani Briton and an English punk. Since 1992, the studio has been co-chaired by film industry stalwarts Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Its parent company is NBCUniversal, the Hollywood giant owned by US media conglomerate Comcast. Working Title, which is headquartered in London's Marylebone, has produced more than 100 films that have grossed at least $7.5bn (£5.6) worldwide. Its films have collected 14 Oscars and 40 Baftas, as well as a host of other awards. Mr Fellner is among a number of high-profile figures from the creative industry who have opposed the Government's plans to let tech firms train their AI models on British content without a creator's permission unless the rights holder explicitly opts out. He told the Financial Times earlier this year that the move posed an 'existential threat' to film studios. The AI bill finally passed last month after lengthy wrangling in the House of Lords. In addition to its studio operations, Working Title also backs the London Screen Academy, a sixth form college in Islington offering training to young people aiming to enter the film and TV industries. In 2023, Mr Bevan and Mr Fellner struck a deal alongside composer Hans Zimmer to buy the BBC's historic Maida Vale Studios and turn it into a school for musicians.
The Guardian
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘I love England so much': From TV to pop, film to fashion, the UK is enjoying a cultural resurgence
In the opening episode of Lena Dunham's Netflix show Too Much, a heartbroken New Yorker moves to London to live out her fantasy of British life and love stories. Jess is quickly swept up in her feelings for an indie musician, dreamily referring to him as 'My Mr Darcy, my Rochester, my Alan Rickman'. Produced by the team behind Bridget Jones, Notting Hill and Love Actually, the show was inspired by Dunham's own move to London in 2021. But the wholehearted embrace of the UK by a quintessential New Yorker – 'I loved Jane Austen, I loved Charlotte Brontë … I was one of those little anglophile kids' – reflects a wider cultural pivot. Three decades on from Cool Britannia, cultural commentators say we are in the throes of a 'Brit-culture renaissance': British men are once again a romantic ideal, Oasis are back together, 'Britishcore' became a viral social media trend and Jane Austen is getting more reboots than Marvel comic books. 'Cool Britannia is back!' Tatler declared, as it dedicated its new August cover to the offspring of Britpop stars. 'Youth culture today is more visually and sonically proud of its Britishness than it's been in decades,' said Luke Hodson, the founder of Nerds Collective, a youth marketing agency. 'The UK's global output is hitting differently right now.' This summer, thousands watched Olivia Rodrigo profess her love for all things British during her headline set at Glastonbury. 'I love England so much. I love how nobody judges you for having a pint at noon. I love English sweets, all the sweets from M&S, Colin the Caterpillar specifically,' said the pop star, dressed in union flag shorts. 'I have had three sticky toffee puddings since coming to Glastonbury. And as luck would have it, I love English boys,' she added, referencing her beau Louis Partridge. Over the past year, Google searches for 'British men' have increased by 21%, while Americans have been writing of their preference for dating Britons. Even though Taylor Swift has traded Hampstead Heath for Americana (and wrote So Long, London to mark the end of years spent in the company of British people), other high-profile transatlantic relationships are spotlighting UK-US links: Tom Holland and Zendaya are regularly spotted in New Malden's Waitrose; Andrew Garfield took Monica Barbaro to Wimbledon. Are we Britons confirming our own bias? Maybe not. Fresh on the tail of Too Much, Netflix's My Oxford Year is yet another series about an American student falling in love among the city's dreaming spires. But there may be something more here than just a transatlantic love-in. The UK's resurgent pop culture moment has coincided with a 1990s renaissance that has swept across music, film and fashion. Call it Cool Britannia 25. Its potency, according to Hodson, lies in its blend of 90s national pride mixed with a celebration of a more inclusive and globally resonant British identity. 'This isn't a repeat of Cool Britannia as we knew it,' Hodson said. 'This is a redefined moment, powered by a more diverse and globally connected Britain. Back then, it was Blur, Oasis, the Spice Girls – iconic, sure, but also largely monocultural. Today's wave feels less like a marketing push and more like an organic reclamation of British identity by the communities who were historically left out of the narrative.' Hodson referenced Stormzy wearing a union flag bulletproof vest designed by Banksy at Glastonbury in 2019, AJ Tracey wrapped in the union flag for Dork magazine, Central Cee performing in British flag graphics and streetwear brands such as Lostboys and IDA incorporating the flag in their designs. Sign up to The Guide Get our weekly pop culture email, free in your inbox every Friday after newsletter promotion 'You've got kids in the US dressing like inner-city Londoners, using UK slang, mimicking Skepta. That used to be unimaginable,' he said. Analysis shows that British slang words such as 'bonkers' and 'cheeky' are increasingly being adopted in the US, thanks to music and gen Z's liking for television shows including Love Island. This has been expressed by megastars including Drake collaborating with British rappers and Charli xcx storming the world with her album Brat – a quintessentially London aesthetic that evoked turn of the century excess and rave culture. Are the original Cool Britannia generation happy to see their little bit of history repeating? Not all of them believe it is. Daniel Rachel, the bestselling author of Don't Look Back in Anger: The Rise & Fall of Cool Britannia, said 90s culture could not be easily separated from the sociopolitical circumstances of the time – including the after-effects of Thatcherism and a renewed national pride with the election of Tony Blair, who 'few people would measure Keir Starmer against'. 'The decade exploded because of the desperation and repression creative people felt and engineered into their work,' Rachel added. 'We may be living through a similar pattern of events, particularly with the troubling rise of rightwing rhetoric across the globe, but if Cool Britannia is to be repeated the seeds will not be found in glossy Netflix-commissioned sitcoms or attention-grabbing social media influencers. 'They will be bubbling in the underfunded, underpaid, backstreets of the UK where our country's greatest artists have always risen from.'
The Guardian
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘I love England so much': From TV to pop, film to fashion, the UK is enjoying a cultural resurgence
In the opening episode of Lena Dunham's Netflix show Too Much, a heartbroken New Yorker moves to London to live out her fantasy of British life and love stories. Jess is quickly swept up in her feelings for an indie musician, dreamily referring to him as 'My Mr Darcy, my Rochester, my Alan Rickman'. Produced by the team behind Bridget Jones, Notting Hill and Love Actually, the show was inspired by Dunham's own move to London in 2021. But the wholehearted embrace of the UK by a quintessential New Yorker – 'I loved Jane Austen, I loved Charlotte Brontë … I was one of those little anglophile kids' – reflects a wider cultural pivot. Three decades on from Cool Britannia, cultural commentators say we are in the throes of a 'Brit-culture renaissance': British men are once again a romantic ideal, Oasis are back together, 'Britishcore' became a viral social media trend and Jane Austen is getting more reboots than Marvel comic books. 'Cool Britannia is back!' Tatler declared, as it dedicated its new August cover to the offspring of Britpop stars. 'Youth culture today is more visually and sonically proud of its Britishness than it's been in decades,' said Luke Hodson, the founder of Nerds Collective, a youth marketing agency. 'The UK's global output is hitting differently right now.' This summer, thousands watched Olivia Rodrigo profess her love for all things British during her headline set at Glastonbury. 'I love England so much. I love how nobody judges you for having a pint at noon. I love English sweets, all the sweets from M&S, Colin the Caterpillar specifically,' said the pop star, dressed in union flag shorts. 'I have had three sticky toffee puddings since coming to Glastonbury. And as luck would have it, I love English boys,' she added, referencing her beau Louis Partridge. Over the past year, Google searches for 'British men' have increased by 21%, while Americans have been writing of their preference for dating Britons. Even though Taylor Swift has traded Hampstead Heath for Americana (and wrote So Long, London to mark the end of years spent in the company of British people), other high-profile transatlantic relationships are spotlighting UK-US links: Tom Holland and Zendaya are regularly spotted in New Malden's Waitrose; Andrew Garfield took Monica Barbaro to Wimbledon. Are we Britons confirming our own bias? Maybe not. Fresh on the tail of Too Much, Netflix's My Oxford Year is yet another series about an American student falling in love among the city's dreaming spires. But there may be something more here than just a transatlantic love-in. The UK's resurgent pop culture moment has coincided with a 1990s renaissance that has swept across music, film and fashion. Call it Cool Britannia 25. Its potency, according to Hodson, lies in its blend of 90s national pride mixed with a celebration of a more inclusive and globally resonant British identity. 'This isn't a repeat of Cool Britannia as we knew it,' Hodson said. 'This is a redefined moment, powered by a more diverse and globally connected Britain. Back then, it was Blur, Oasis, the Spice Girls – iconic, sure, but also largely monocultural. Today's wave feels less like a marketing push and more like an organic reclamation of British identity by the communities who were historically left out of the narrative.' Hodson referenced Stormzy wearing a union flag bulletproof vest designed by Banksy at Glastonbury in 2019, AJ Tracey wrapped in the union flag for Dork magazine, Central Cee performing in British flag graphics and streetwear brands such as Lostboys and IDA incorporating the flag in their designs. Sign up to The Guide Get our weekly pop culture email, free in your inbox every Friday after newsletter promotion 'You've got kids in the US dressing like inner-city Londoners, using UK slang, mimicking Skepta. That used to be unimaginable,' he said. Analysis shows that British slang words such as 'bonkers' and 'cheeky' are increasingly being adopted in the US, thanks to music and gen Z's liking for television shows including Love Island. This has been expressed by megastars including Drake collaborating with British rappers and Charli xcx storming the world with her album Brat – a quintessentially London aesthetic that evoked turn of the century excess and rave culture. Are the original Cool Britannia generation happy to see their little bit of history repeating? Not all of them believe it is. Daniel Rachel, the bestselling author of Don't Look Back in Anger: The Rise & Fall of Cool Britannia, said 90s culture could not be easily separated from the sociopolitical circumstances of the time – including the after-effects of Thatcherism and a renewed national pride with the election of Tony Blair, who 'few people would measure Keir Starmer against'. 'The decade exploded because of the desperation and repression creative people felt and engineered into their work,' Rachel added. 'We may be living through a similar pattern of events, particularly with the troubling rise of rightwing rhetoric across the globe, but if Cool Britannia is to be repeated the seeds will not be found in glossy Netflix-commissioned sitcoms or attention-grabbing social media influencers. 'They will be bubbling in the underfunded, underpaid, backstreets of the UK where our country's greatest artists have always risen from.'
