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Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Keira Knightley 'has reunited with Daniel Craig on the school run' after former co-stars enrol their children in the same private school
Keira Knightley and Daniel Craig, left, who appeared in 2005 film The Jacket together, have been reunited on the school run. I hear former James Bond star Daniel, 57, and Keira, 40, are sending their children to the same private school in north London. Keira's husband, musician James Righton is very involved in school activities, appearing in the Christmas show, and his enthusiasm is matched by Daniel and his Oscar-winning wife, Rachel Weisz. 'Keira and James are very into their children's school,' a source tells me. 'They always want to get involved and now it's rubbing off on Daniel and Rachel. Their kids are in the same year, which is handy.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Daniel has additional time on his hands after walking away from the James Bond franchise in 2021. The actor's fifth and final outing as 007 in No Time To Die effectively killed off the secret agent, but Amazon Prime are looking to breathe new life into the franchise following its surprise acquisition earlier this year. Speculation has therefore been rife about who could be the next actor to don the iconic tux of James Bond after Daniel Craig relinquished the role with the latest 007 film No Time To Die. A host of names have been touted for the part since Craig's announcement, from household names such as Luther star Idris Elba to lesser known actors like Scotsman Stuart Martin. But there's a new frontrunner in line to become the next Bond as the blockbuster movie looms ever closer. That favourite is none other than The Divergent Series star Theo James, 40, according to both Ladbrokes and Coral. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The British actor has previously impressed while playing rogue, morally ambiguous characters somewhat similar to Bond in both The White Lotus and and Guy Ritchie's the Gentlemen. Theo had been one of the frontrunners for the role a couple of years ago but was bumped down odds lists after an interview in The Guardian in 2024. He told the publication: 'Everyone's interested in playing Bond because it's a big part of British cultural identity, but that probably wouldn't be me. 'I do think there are better people for that job. And honestly it would be terrifiyng... you're opening Pandora's Box.' However speculation linking the 40-year-old to the famous tux seems to have reignited in recent weeks after a number of other actors had stints as favourites, including Henry Cavill and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Ladbrokes currently have Theo leading the race with odds of 6/4, putting him above Cavill (3/1), Taylor-Johnson (7/2) and Jack Lowden (8/1) in the running. While Coral's list of candidates comes in as Theo James at 6/4, Henry Cavill (3/1), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (7/2), James Norton (6/1) then Jack Lowden (12/1). Odds placing Theo as the favourite come just a week after Superman actor Henry, 42, soared to the top of the the bookies' lists. Ladbrokes representative Cal Gildart said: 'Henry Cavill's return to the head of the Bond betting didn't last long, with Theo James as short as anyone has been to pick up the world's most famous license to kill'. Barbara Broccoli's choice for Bond was thought to be Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who was once favourite for the role, but Heyman and Pascal are likely to want to choose their own 007. Amazon bosses are currently said to be considering locations in which to set the much-anticipated new film, which experts predicted is likely to be released at the end of next year or in 2027. Due to a filming ban being imposed in Central London next year, new locations are reportedly being considered - with Liverpool a frontrunner, according to The Sun. An insider told the publication: 'This will no doubt irk Bond purists who already fear Amazon taking over the 007 franchise may lead to them making big changes. 'But Liverpool is a well-known alternative to London for film-makers. 'It has appeared in everything from The Batman to Captain America and Harry Potter movies, doubling up as international cities.' The source added that it doesn't necessarily mean the story will be set in Liverpool - though eagle-eyed Merseysiders will no doubt spot their city centre in the background. MailOnline contacted Amazon for comment about the possibility of Liverpool being the setting for the next Bond.
Geek Tyrant
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Cool CONSTANTINE Poster Art Created By Artist Aurelio Lorenzo — GeekTyrant
Here's a cool poster art print for Keanu Reeve's classic 2005 DC movie Constantine . The art is a private commission created by artist Aurelio Lorenzo. It's a great peice for a great film! Constantine follows cynical exorcist and occult expert John Constantine, who has literally been to Hell and back. Born with the ability to see angels and demons on Earth, Constantine is damned to Hell for a past suicide attempt and spends his life banishing demons in hopes of earning redemption. When a skeptical LAPD detective, Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz), seeks his help to investigate her twin sister's mysterious suicide, they uncover a supernatural conspiracy involving a plot to unleash Hell on Earth led by the half-demon son of Satan, Mammon. As Constantine digs deeper, he faces off against demonic forces, corrupted angels, and his own impending death from terminal lung cancer. Constantine battles to stop Mammon's rise and Angela's possession while confronting the angel Gabriel ( Tilda Swinton ), who has allied with Hell in a twisted plan to punish humanity. Hopefully, DC Studios get that long awaited sequel off the ground!
Daily Mail
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Historian who exposed Holocaust denier David Irving makes startling admission about landmark libel case dramatised in 2016 Rachel Weisz film Denial
He is the rampant anti-Semite obsessed with Adolf Hitler and 'proving' that the Nazis were not nearly as bad as right-thinking people would have you believe. She is the respected academic who was forced into defending historical truth itself - and won. But now, 25 years on from her victory in the landmark libel trial brought by Holocaust denier David Irving, Deborah Lipstadt has admitted that she almost threw in the towel. Professor Lipstadt, now 78, spoke to the Mail from the offices of law firm Mishcon de Reya with two of the star lawyers who plotted her original defence, Anthony Julius and James Libson. The drama of the trial was depicted in 2016 film Denial, in which Lipstadt was portrayed by Rachel Weisz and Irving by Timothy Spall. Irving, who dismissed the gas chambers at Auschwitz death camp as a 'fairytale', sued Professor Lipstadt after she referred to him as a 'Holocaust denier' in her 1994 book. But the judge ruled against the once-respected historian, branding him 'anti-Semitic and racist'. 'Early on in the trial I called James [my lawyer] and asked him, should I be doing this?' Professor Lipstadt admitted. 'But he told me I had no choice, that I had to fight this. 'Because if we didn't fight it then I would have had to acknowledge that I'd libelled [Irving] and he [and his followers] would have been emboldened. 'I don't think I would have been able to look any survivor in the eye ever again if that had happened.' Before the trial kicked off, Professor Lipstadt and her publishers, Penguin, were being pushed to settle the case rather than face Irving in court. Some British Jews were concerned that the case would just give Irving publicity. And the stakes involved were huge. Had the case gone Irving's way, Holocaust denial would have been legitimised. 'When people were pushing me to settle, I used to ask them what should I settle for - that three million Jews died during the Holocaust? Four million Jews? Two million Jews? That there was only one camp? Two camps? 'There are just some things you can't settle,' Professor Lipstadt said defiantly. Irving's demise as a reputable historian began in 1977 when he published his biography of Adolf Hitler. It referenced death camp Auschwitz just four times and barely touched on the Holocaust. He also claimed that Hitler had no intention to wipe out the Jewish people. Professor Lipstadt had labelled Irving a Holocaust denier in her book, Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory. Irving, who represented himself in the High Court and therefore spoke directly to Professor Lipstadt while cross-examining her, claimed it destroyed his livelihood and generated hatred towards him. After the verdict in April 2000, judge Mr Justice Charles Gray said Irving was 'an active Holocaust denier; that he is anti-Semitic and racist and that he associates with Right-wing extremists who promote neo-Nazism.' Irving had claimed that Jews deserve to be disliked and that they brought Nazi persecution on themselves. The judge added: 'A ditty composed by Irving for his daughter is undeniably racist in putting into her mouth the words "I am a baby Aryan... I have no plans to marry an ape or Rastafarian."' Irving was ordered to pay up to £2million in costs, his home and assets were seized and he was later jailed in Austria for denying the Holocaust. Professor Lipstadt was represented in court by leading libel barrister Richard Rampton, who died aged 81 just before Christmas in 2023. Rampton, portrayed by Tom Wilkinson in Denial, immersed himself in the facts of the case. As well as visiting Auschwitz, he went as far as teaching himself German to familarise himself with wartime papers. His opening line in the High Court proved damning. He said: 'Mr Irving calls himself a historian. 'The truth is, however, that he is not a historian at all, but a falsifier of history. To put it bluntly, he is a liar.' Rampton pointed out more than 30 examples of historical distortion in Irving's work. Irving became so flustered that he addressed the judge as 'Mein Führer' by mistake. Born in 1947 to Jewish parents Erwin and Miriam Lipstadt, Deborah grew up in Queens, New York. She studied political science and history at the City College of New York before gaining a PhD in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies in 1976 at Brandeis University. After graduating, she began working as a Professor of modern Jewish history and Holocaust studies at Emory University in Atlanta, where she founded the Institute of Jewish Studies. For Professor Lipstadt's return, a room in the offices of Mishcon de Reya was arranged to re-create how the space looked 25 years ago. Coffee stained court papers and newspaper clippings lay strewn on the floor and red folders were piled high on desks alongside bulky 90s-style computers displaying Irving's discredited research. 'Well this is a trip down memory lane,' Professor Lipstadt announced as she entered the room. 'I think this would have been your desk, James' she joked as she pointed to the messier of two. Asked if she had any contact with Irving after the trial, Professor Lipstadt said: 'No, I mean we were hardly pen pals.' Irving, who was once a respected academic, remains unrepentant to this day. Last year it emerged that the now-87-year-old was gravely ill after becoming unwell in Florida. Following his release from prison in Austria, Irving made headlines for taking tourists on £2,000-a-time trips marketed towards Holocaust deniers to visit the sites of Nazi concentration camps in Latvia and Poland. And the Mail revealed in 2016 how Irving was making money giving talks in Britain. At an event in Gateshead attended by undercover reporters, he branded the word Holocaust a 'slogan' invented by 'marketing men'. Professor Lipstadt joked that people are usually 'disappointed' when they see that she does not look like Rachel Weisz. Becoming such a public anti-racism campaigner has not been without its consequences. 'I stop keeping track of all the anti-Semitism' she said. 'During the trial his supporters would say a lot of ugly things to me when I was walking in and out of the courtroom. 'The challenge with fighting these people is working out how you fight them without giving more oxygen.' She added: 'There is now a historical record - that proves the Holocaust categorically did happen - fully documented by a dream team of historians. 'I have to give credit to my lawyers Anthony and James that we stood up and we said this is going to be long and difficult but we're going to do it,' the academic continued. 'I think fighting is exceptionally important. 'Standing up for your beliefs is important. Because if you don't stand up, it just encourages them.' In 2022, Professor Lipstadt was appointed as the United States Special Envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism. The following year, Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7 took place. It marked the largest number of Jews killed on a single day since the Holocaust. Asked about comparisons between the Holocaust and the recent rise in anti-Semitic attacks amid Israel's ongoing military action against Hamas, Professor Lipstadt said: 'As a historian I get nervous with the easy comparisons because I think it's quite different. 'Anti-Semitism can be very bad and very troublesome and very worrisome without it having to be akin to the Holocaust. 'And if you always use the Holocaust as your measure then in essence you're saying well unless it's as bad as the Holocaust it's not important.
The Sun
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
James Foley dead: Director behind Fifty Shades & Netflix show dies aged 71 after cancer battle as family pay tribute
THE director of the Fifty Shades Of Grey franchise James Foley has died aged 71. The American filmmaker, known for his work on Glengarry Glen Ross and Netflix series House of Cards, died after he was diagnosed with bran cancer last year. 3 3 A representative confirmed that Foley died peacefully in his sleep earlier this week. The renowned director also worked on Fear and The Corrupter. Foley was born on December 28, 1953 in Brooklyn. His directorial debut was made in 1984 with Reckless, before the talented icon worked on a range of television shows, movies and pop music videos. In 1986 he directed music videos for Madonna - including for the hit songs Papa Don't Preach, Live To Tell and True Blue. But he is best known for his work on the erotic romance film series Fifty Shades. He directed two out of three of the romance thriller film trilogy - Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018). Foley directed 12 episodes of hit Netflix show House Of Cards. The filmmaker worked with Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz on the 2003 film Confidence. The film follows Jake Vig, played by Burns, a grifter whose plan to avenge his friend's murder goes wrong - leaving him indebted to a mob boss. He also directed the psychological thriller Perfect Stranger which stars Halle Berry as a journalist. Her character goes undercover to investigate businessman Harrison Hill, played by Bruce Willis. James Foley is survived by his brother, Kevin Foley, sisters Eileen and Jo Ann Foley, and his nephew Quinn Foley. .
The Guardian
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Chloe Elisabeth Wilson: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The funniest thing I have ever seen on the internet came to me in 2012. It was a notification from Instagram, letting me know that a user called jilly2bogpodcom had started following me. It turns out my mum, Jillian, had tried to sign up for Instagram but had entered her email in place of a username. After a couple of typos and a suggestion from Instagram, Mum accepted this hilarious moniker as her online persona. My friend Nick still calls her Jillybogpod to this day. In lieu of being able to show you that notification, here are a series of things that have made me smile, giggle, chuckle, snort and of course guffaw over the years. I only signed up for Twitter/X last year (I know, he ruined it), because a Rachel Weisz stan account had posted something about a movie she was making, and in order to scroll through the account's posts chronologically I had to log in. I followed two profiles, as was compulsory: Deadline and Variety. Somehow, by following these film news sites and checking the Rachel Weisz stan account regularly, I managed to curate the most pristine algorithm known to girls (32-year-old women) on the internet. For example, last night I opened the app and the first tweet in the queue read: 'You want me to do PILATES? The thing that killed JESUS?' Incredible. People are amazing. Anyway, here are the things. 1. Courtney Take Your Break One thing about me is I went to university to study musical theatre. Throughout my time at drama school, I did so many embarrassing things. Which is why I feel it's OK for me, personally, to laugh at this clip from a high school production of Legally Blonde: The Musical. Specifically, the role of Salesgirl #2. The account is titled Courtney Take Your Break for a reason, and you will understand that reason when you reach the 4:45 mark. 2. He roled he's eye View image in fullscreen Tweet by now-suspended X account @sapphicgrI. Photograph: One for the writers in the house! I have written so many versions of 'he roled he's eye' over the years – just yesterday I wrote 'a loaf of bred' in a sentence and was so tired I spent about four minutes trying to work out what was wrong with it. 3. Saturday Night Live: Super Showcase Spokesmodels I hate to be that person, but I miss this era of SNL. Kristen Wiig corpsing at least once a week? Incredible entertainment. I still use 'I think it could be beef' as a response to many of life's big questions. 4. 'You could stop at five or six stores' This audition compilation plays like something from the minds of Tim Robinson or Nathan Fielder, but as far as I'm aware it's 100% real. If you've ever auditioned for a commercial, this one's for you (I once had to pretend to watch my 18-year-old son graduate high school – I was 22 at the time – for a casting director who was so bored they looked at their phone from the minute I walked in to the minute I left). When Todd Field's psychological thriller Tár (starring our very own Cate B) hit theatres in 2022, many audience members were under the impression the film was a biopic. Spoiler alert: it isn't. Lydia Tár is not real, but whoever created this parody account was soooo real for choosing the handle @RealLydiaTar. Highbrow rec alert! Not really, but the fact this piece was published by the New Yorker makes me feel like a suave intellectual who would never laugh at a bird saying 'What the f–?'' It's Mario (yes, that Mario) at 40, wrestling with the challenges of approaching middle age – in particular, his rapidly deteriorating body after years of 'crushing Koopas, dodging hammers, and jumping through castle after castle'. I first found out about this piece on a long drive, when my partner decided to read it aloud to me in full, and actually? 10/10 road trip activity. 7. This bird saying 'What the fuck?' It does what it says on the tin. 8. Pwincess Allow TikTok content? This article includes content provided by TikTok. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. Allow and continue I can't claim to have discovered this video – I got it from my partner, who got it from our friend Stella. I think this woman should receive a Golden Globe. 9. Kim Cattrall scatting I'm sure this video has appeared multiple times in this column, but you know what? It's a classic. And I AM just like the other girls. People taking themselves extremely seriously will always be funny to me. I love ya, Kim. Sa-fah-sa-RAY! 10. This video of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban <3 This video should be the subject of academic studies. First of all, whose idea was it? Did it come from Keith himself, or did a record exec call him to say, 'Hey man, yeah I need you and Nicole to go out to the car and film yourselves singing along to the song. All good? OK, great.' I wouldn't say I find this video 'funny' as much as I absolutely adore it. They are so in love!!! Nicole Kidman has an Academy Award, and yet here she is squealing 'Oh my god, I love this song!' on the internet for free. That's amore, folks.
