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 Frazer Hines, 78, opened up about his time on Emmerdale ahead of the show’s 50th anniversary.The ITV soap icon suggested he doesn’t think that Jeff Hordley, 52, as Cain Dingle is “as hard as he makes out”. Frazer, who starred in the soap when it first began back in 1972, proudly revealed that he still tunes into Emmerdale and keeps tabs on the characters. The star left the Dales back in 1994 and later played Jamie McCrimmon in Doctor Who, appearing in 117 episodes of the series, more than any other companion.In a new interview, the actor revealed the Cain Dingle star Jeff is one of his favourite actors on Emmerdale. He then went on to provide an unusual reason for why he thinks Cain isn’t the tough guy he portrays himself to be.  "I like Jeff Hordley, Cain Dingle," said Frazer."I think he’s got a twinkle in his eye,” the actor said of the fan favourite, who recently came to blows with fellow resident Al Chapman (Michael Wildman).“I don't think he’s as hard as he makes out,” the actor suggested in an interview with The Daily Star. Back in May, Jeff told Express.co.uk about what it was like to play out the Cain versus Al rivalry.“It's been great fun,” he said in reference to his co-star.

EXCLUSIVE: Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s book The BFG, which Steven Spielberg turned into a 2016 movie starring Mark Rylance, now is being adapted into a stage spectacular by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Marta Balaga In Haugesund’s closing film “Enough,” a mother decides to break up with her grown-up daughter. “We had some test screenings before and someone said: ‘This woman is a psychopath!’ I don’t think so. What she does is extreme, but the film tries to explore this entire relationship.

While Danny Dyer is now best remembered as Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter, he had a long acting career before setting foot in Albert Square – and it wasn’t all cheesy gangster movies.The role of Mick gave his career a shot in the arm and turned Danny into a national treasure in many people’s eyes. Since leaving in 2022, he taken on new roles including Sky Comedy Mr Bigstuff and an upcoming screen adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s racy novel Rivals. But given his long acting pedigree, it’s not surprising he’s not struggled for work.

EXCLUSIVE: Danny Dyer‘s range is continuing to expand as the Football Factory star lands himself a Channel 4 documentary series exploring modern masculinity.

Les Miserables legend Martin McCallum has died at the age of 73.

Martin McCallum, a British theatrical producer whose work on more than 500 Broadway and West End shows saw his participation in some of the most successful stage productions in modern theater history, died January 14 in Sydney, Australia. He was 73.

Jon Burlingame Taking an old film score and dropping it into a new film is “like wearing somebody else’s underwear,” veteran composer Earle Hagenused to say. Hagen, the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning composer of such classic themes as “The Andy Griffith Show,” “The Dick VanDyke Show” and “The Mod Squad,” would have been appalled by the musical choices in Netflix’s “May December.” A scene from that film, with Julianne Moore opening her refrigerator door to a melodramatic piano cue, has gone viral. It’s a funny moment if you don’t recognize that music.

Kirsty Wark, the longest-serving presenter of Newsnight, is set to leave the show after 30 years.The BBC announced that she will step down as a lead presenter after the next general election.The corporation said the 68 year old will continue to present other BBC shows including The Reunion, Start The Week on Radio 4, and various documentaries. Kirsty shared her feelings about leaving, saying: "Today I am celebrating 30 years presenting Newsnight.

Kirsty Wark will step down as a lead presenter of Newsnight after the next election after 30 years at the helm of the BBC's flagship nightly current affairs show, as she spoke of the "enormous privilege" in being involved with the programme.

“Hi, I’m gonna kill myself,” an 11-year-old girl proclaims to her mom over a pay phone in what is clearly an attention-getting gesture. Alarming as this may sound, it’s just part of the oddly arresting dynamics of Janet Planet, the distinctive first produced screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker, making her cinematic directorial debut. This is an off-beat film to say the least, one rippling with modestly turbulent undercurrents that are presented in such a way that make parent-offspring relations at least as amusing as they are serious. Beyond that, there is an unusual dramatic approach at play that partly turns its back on normal verbal interchange, one that embraces out-of-the-blue remarks and sidelong comments at the partial expense of conventional exposition and character development. The result is both disarming and odd, a film both lovely for its observational aptitude and at times mildly annoying in its smarty-pants conversational cleverness. Whatever else you can say, it’s an absolute original.

cause of death for actor Julian Sands, 65, has been deemed “undetermined” five months after he went missing on a California hike. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department explained that the death was ruled “undetermined due to the condition of the body and this is common when dealing with cases of this type,” according to People. The British actor was reported missing by his wife Evgenia Citkowitz after going hiking on a Southern California mountain in January.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker are checking in across the pond. The two actors (a real-life married couple) are bringing their relationship comedy “Plaza Suite” to London following a sold-out Broadway run. The West End transfer of Neil Simon’s play is directed by Tony Awardwinner John Benjamin Hickey. It will play a strictly limited season at the Savoy Theatre from Jan. 15 to March 31 with tickets on sale in September. In an interesting twist, the play, which unfolds in one of the most famous hotels in the world, will be remounted in a theater that is part of an equally iconic hotel. The production marks Broderick’s return to the West End stage following his run in 2019’s “The Starry Messenger.” “Plaza Suite” is Parker’s West End debut. Both stars are known for their film and television work — he for “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “Glory,” she for “Sex and the City.” However, they also frequently appear on stage. Broderick won a Tony for “Brighton Beach Memoirs” and “How to Succeed in Business…” and appeared in “The Producers.” Parker made herBroadway debut in 1976 in “The Innocents”directed by Harold Pinter, and appeared in “Annie,” “How to Succeed in Business…” and“Once Upon a Mattress.”

The 2023 Olivier Awards are here!

Zawe Ashton made her first public appearance since secretly giving birth to her first child as she attended the press night after party for Gone Too Far on Tuesday evening. The Fresh Meat star, 38, who welcomed a baby with fiancé Tom Hiddleston, 42, last October, looked chic in a leather-look midi dress.  Zawe, who has yet to disclose the name or sex of her child, added a pair of chunky black heels to her look.

Succession star Jeremy Strong has revealed his 10 favourite books.The actor, who plays Kendall Roy in the HBO satirical drama, recently met with GQ to take part in their 10 Things I Can’t Live Without series.Far exceeding the 10-item limit, Strong brought along a wide selection of trinkets and memorabilia from his career, including props from Succession, Molly’s Game, The Big Short and a number of plays.Strong then unveiled a pile of 10 books, saying: “I mean this is like a five-house conversation right here. These are all books that have been really important to me.”The collection included My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard, which Strong described as “the most honest expression of life that I’ve ever read anywhere.” Harold Pinter’s play The Caretaker and Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment also featured.You can find the full list below:My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)The Caretaker (Harold Pinter)Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)The Man Who Owns The News (Michael Wolff)Four Quartets (T. S. Eliot)Swan’s Way: In Search of Lost Time – Volume 1 (Marcel Proust)Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)Alma Mahler-Werfel Diaries, 1898-1902 (Alma Mahler-Werfel)Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)One of the less surprising additions to his collection was The Man Who Own The News,  Michael Wolff’s biography of Rupert Murdoch, who is commonly believed to be the real-life inspiration for the Succession character Logan Roy (played by Brian Cox).Last month, Cox described Strong’s method acting as “fucking annoying”, saying that filming doesn’t have to be a “big fucking religious experience”.Cox noted that his co-star is gifted, but that that he won’t “lose” his talent if he stops method

Off Broadway’s historic, if long financially beleaguered, Cherry Lane Theatre has been purchased by The Whale and Everything Everywhere All at Once film studio A24.

Tom Hiddleston has been spotted for the first time since he became a father.  The Eton and Cambridge-educated actor, 42, welcomed a baby with Fresh Meat star Zawe Ashton last October. He and Ashton, 38, have yet to disclose the name or sex of their child.

After 30 years in TV film and theater, where she has performed in plays by Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and Shakespeare, Filipina actress Dolly De Leon made news stories all around the world during Cannes 2022 for playing a cleaner. But not just any cleaner; as the savvy Abigail, who turns the tables when a luxury cruise ship capsizes in Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning social satire Triangle of Sadness, De Leon gives a masterclass in skewering lazy clichés and assumptions about her home country. Proving the power of De Leon’s performance is the response from countries all around the world, notably the U.K., where she made the Bafta longlist, and the U.S., where she is in the running for a Golden Globe.

James Norton has been set to lead the West End stage adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestselling novel A Little Life. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2015, the emotional story follows four college friends in New York City. Ivo van Hove (Network, Hedda Gabler) is directing the 12-week run at the Harold Pinter Theatre which begins on March 25.

Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton have reportedly welcomed their first child. According to Us Weekly, the British actors, who are fiercely private about their relationship, have become parents. "Tom and Zawe are loving being new parents and are filled with joy," a source told the publication.

adaptation of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, in which she famously went toe-to-toe on screen with Harold Pinter who was playing her uncle Sir Thomas Bertram. Now she has made a really impressive debut as a writer and director with this study of Emily Brontë, intelligently played by the Franco-British star Emma Mackey. It’s beautifully acted, lovingly shot, fervently and speculatively imagined, although Mackey’s portrayal, excellent as it is, may be smoother around the edges and less windblown than the real thing.