Andrew Lloyd Webber Warns of ‘Point of No Return’ as Holiday Season Hangs in Balance

Francia Raisa had a plan in place to make sure she met Kim Cattrall.ET spoke to the  star, who said she wasn't supposed to be on set when Cattrall came to film for her role as the adult version of Hilary Duff's character, Sophie, who narrates the show.«I went down to test the day that she was filming,» Raisa shared. «She was filming for one day.»«She was like, a late edition,» she continued. «What had happened was that originally Hilary was going to do it, but she looks so young and so then, the idea came about, and Kim hadn't been mentioned, but then the producer told us, 'You guys, we booked Kim Cattrall,' and I was like, 'My Samantha? Are you serious?'»For Raisa, who considered herself a Samantha, of 's four original leading ladies, it was a must to meet the 65-year-old actress.«My first character...my first show,, Adrian was inspired by Samantha, so I was very excited,» Raisa gushed. «I wasn't supposed to work the day that she was there, and I asked wardrobe, I was like, 'Can you call me in for a fitting?' and they were like, 'What?' and I was like, 'Just call me in for a fitting.»The other girls on set had the same idea, with Raisa telling ET that they all showed up to set that day too.«I guess we all did that, because we all showed up,» she revealed.

James Gunn and his longtime girlfriend, actress Jennifer Holland, are engaged!Gunn — the writer/creator/director of the HBO series — shared the news to Instagram on Tuesday, with a picture and a simple caption: "

coronavirus crisis, is set to come to an end next month.The new petition arrives after claims from many in the live music industry that, despite socially distanced indoor gigs being allowed in the UK from mid-August, the vast majority of venues are not viably able to host events with restrictions in place.You can sign the petition on the UK Government and Parliament petitions website here.Despite the government’s £1.57billion bailout for venues and arts spaces, which was announced back in July, music industry figures warned that artists, musicians and crew remain in crisis, amid fears that they will not be protected by the scheme.Back in July, more than 1,500 artists and industry figures came together to call on the government to stop

Conor McGregor has been drug-tested onboard his £3m super-yacht despite retiring from mixed martial arts earlier this year.

Piet Boon is a starchitect, his signature monochrome interiors hidden behind the 17th-century façades of Amsterdam canal houses, paraded in landmark Rotterdam penthouses and bringing super-prime minimalism to some of Holland’s most decadently modern villas. Boon – pronounced Bone – is an architect and designer whose high profile at home and his Hollywood looks (think Dennis Quaid meets Morten Harket) see him regularly snapped by local paparazzi at launch events, or simply sitting at a pavement café with his wife, Charlotte, a Nike design director. His name has travelled far beyond the Netherlands, however.

Marilyn Manson "worries" about the Covid-19 pandemic's impact on people's mental health. The 'Tainted Love' singer has suffered with depression himself and knows how awful going undiagnosed can be as his late mother, Barbara Wyer, battled schizophrenia for years before getting a proper diagnosis.

staged a pilot concert featuring soul singer Beverley Knight at the London Palladium to test coronavirus-era safety measures like separating clusters of seats and mandatory mask wearing.

supports HTML5 videoAndrew Lloyd Webber has issued a stark warning about the future of theatre and the arts following the coronavirus pandemic putting everything on hold.The composer and musical theatre impresario, 72, has warned that the industry needs to get back on its feet as soon as possible.He told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee: ‘We simply have to get our arts sector back open and running. We are at the point of no return really.‘There comes a point now when we really can’t go on much more.

Naman Ramachandran French distributor Damned Films has closed a deal with sales outfit Dreamlab films for “Invasion,” director Shahram Mokri’s Iranian film “Careless Crime” that will have its world premiere Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section.Damned will distribute in France, overseas territories administered by France, Monaco and Andorra.Set 40 years ago, during the uprising to overthrow the Shah’s regime in Iran, the film follows protestors who set fire to movie theaters as a way of showing opposition to Western culture. In one tragic case, a theater was set on fire with 400 people inside, most of whom were burned alive.

In today’s Global Bulletin the U.K. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport asks for an extension to the current furlough scheme, San Sebastian will close with Fernando Trueba’s “Forgotten We’ll Be,” ITV looks to invest, MediaWorks sells its TV business to Discovery, ZDF commissions a new WWII factual series and “The Eight Hundred” gets a U.K.

A Syrian man desirous to get to Europe accepts to become a canvas for a controversial contemporary artist in The Man Who Sold His Skin (L’homme qui a vendu sa peau). This is the second fiction feature from Tunisian female director Kaouther Ben Hania after Cannes 2017 Un Certain Regard title Beauty and the Dogs, and as in that smaller-scale but similarly ambitious project, she combines a sociopolitical hot potato — in this case the refugee crisis and underlying human rights issues — with a certain formalist verve.

A woman's body was found in an ornamental lake in front of Kensington Palace and police are accused of telling the wrong family that it was their loved one.

The 2020 Venice Film Festival is surprisingly political this year, with a slew of documentaries —environmental docI Am Greta,Luke Holland's Holocaust documentaryFinal Account — and features — Jasmila Zbanic'sQuo Vadis, Aida?about the Srebrenica massacre, and Regina King's civil rights drama One Night in Miami — taking center stage at an event often more famous for its red carpet glamor than its soap-box messaging. The ongoing civil war in Syria, the plight of war refugees, and the intersection of First World commerce with Third World suffering are in focus in The Man Who Sold His Skin, a new feature from Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, which premieres in Venice's Orizzonti section on Saturday.

Chadwick Boseman kept his cancer battle a secret as he didn't want people to "fuss over him". The 'Black Panther' star passed away last week at the age of 43 last week, after having secretly battled colon cancer for four years.

“The local garden centre provides the flowers and they look wonderful.”The artists and their work are: Shambellie house by Tracy Graham; The Corn Mill by Mary McCallen; Shambellie Wood by Kath Mayo; Shambelie House in photo emulsion by artist and photographer Ricky Nolan; Corn Mill Top Pond by Arona Allan; The Guild Hall by Tracy Adams; Sweetheart Cemetery by Susan Wilson; The Abbey Window by Rachel Hennessy; and Pilgrims by Janet Henry.

Ann-Marie Corvin Barcelona-based Filmax has acquired the world sales rights to “The Art of Return” – a Spanish production by first-time director Pedro Collantes nurtured through Venice’s renowned Biennale College film workshop initiative.The boutique distributor will also handle the Spanish distribution for this coming-of-age drama, which focuses on a young actress (“Holy Camp’s” Macarena García) returning home to Madrid after six years in New York.The action takes place over a 24-hour period in the protagonist’s home city, where she has a series of encounters that cause her to reassess her life.Set to make its debut Sept.

Gene Roddenberry envisioned a future that celebrated diversity and inclusion, and Star Trek: Discovery will continue to honor that ideal in Season 3, which premieres Thursday, Oct. 15 on CBS All Access.

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s recent joint single ‘WAP’ – you can watch the video below.The 72-year old composer took to his official TikTok account over the weekend to post the 10-second clip, which sees him dancing to the collaborative track at his home. In the following shot, he then plays the dramatic organ introduction to 1986’s Phantom of the Opera.“Phantom of the WAPera ft.

Hollywood power couple Sienna Miller and Lucas Zwirner have allegedly parted ways. The couple had been seeing each other for more than a year.The news about Sienna Miller and Lucas Zwirner's breakup was first reported by Page Six claiming that the report was confirmed to them by "sources exclusively." As per the publication, the sources revealed that the split was apparently initiated by a 38-year-old actress."The Loudest Voice" heroine reportedly called things off for reasons that remain unclear.

HOLLY Willoughby showed off her kids' art skills today as she unveiled a homemade psychedelic tie-dye T-shirt. The This Morning star, 39, has carried out a range of crafts with her three children Belle, Chester and Harry over the summer.

Holly Willoughby showed off her five-year-old son's handiwork on Instagram as she prepared to send her brood back to school this week.