by admin | Apr 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Sometimes Ralph Fiennes finds it hard to let go. He loved playing Charles Dickens so much in The Invisible Woman that he was reluctant to shave his beard off at the end. ‘I kept telling myself we might have to reshoot some scenes. I lived with this beard for...
by admin | Apr 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Meet René Redzepi, Head Chef at Noma (three times voted Best Restaurant in the World). The next dish he cooks for you might involve ants The day I’m to meet René Redzepi, he cooks a disastrous omelette live on the BBC’s Saturday Kitchen. With...
by admin | Apr 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
This week the star of cult zombie drama The Walking Dead turns leading man in BBC One’s new drama The 7.39 It’s been some year for David Morrissey, who despite being as affable as they come off screen, excels on screen as brutal characters with a glimmer...
by admin | Apr 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
As we approach the 20th anniversary of his death, one writer recalls a memorable encounter with the doomed Nirvana frontman It’s nearly 2am on 24 July 1993 and Kurt Cobain is lying on my king-size bed in a tacky Manhattan hotel. His tiny frame takes up virtually...
by admin | Apr 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
As one of America’s great crime authors and a chief scriptwriter on The Wire and Treme, George Pelecanos is at home on the wrong side of the tracks George Pelecanos novels come with the same Stephen King quote emblazoned on their covers year after year:...
by admin | Apr 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
For years, directors wondered why British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor wasn’t a major star. His leading performance in 12 Years a Slave, the slavery epic directed by Steve McQueen, is about to change the script I am waiting in the lobby of central London’s...
