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• This Morning's Holly Willoughby in talks to join BBC, says source

  04-06-2023 11:59 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  ITV This Morning host Holly Willougby is in talks to join the BBC after the Phillip Schofield scandal rocked show
  
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• Elvis' Blue Hawaii co-star Angela Lansbury thought King 'caring and sweet' on set

  03-06-2023 12:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Angela Lansbury, who dies last year at 96, starred opposite Elvis Presley as his mother in 1961's Blue Hawaii.
  
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• Spider-Man star Tom Holland breaks silence on comeback with bad news for fans

  03-06-2023 10:29 via express.co.uk
  
  Spider-Man fans recently learned he might be making a comeback with Zendaya, but Tom Holland has now confirmed what's happening behind the scenes.
  
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• Inside Buffers - the former bustling Ulverston nightclub

  03-06-2023 07:00 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  Buffers opened in 1983 after a lease was negotiated with Network Rail.
  
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• The Flash post-credits scene leaks – Another classic DC star cameo unveiled

  02-06-2023 17:52 via express.co.uk
  
  The Flash post-credits scene has leaked ahead of the DC movie's release and there's another huge cameo.
  
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• Paul McCartney celebrates 50th anniversary of his James Bond theme song Live and Let Die

  02-06-2023 16:19 via express.co.uk
  
  Sir Paul McCartney shared how he came up with his James Bond theme for Roger Moore's Live and Let Die in a new 50th anniversary interview. And did you know The Beatles' legend almost didn't sing it?
  
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• Crocodile Dundee's Linda Kozlowski 'banned' people from her wedding and quit Hollywood

  02-06-2023 14:47 via express.co.uk
  
  The actress later divorced the actor behind Crocodile Dundee, Paul Hogan - but he didn't condemn her decision to leave him.
  
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• Queen post epic Freddie Mercury Dragon Attack live performance from over 40 years ago

  02-06-2023 14:13 via express.co.uk
  
  Queen The Greatest Live's episode this week unveils an energetic live performance of Dragon Attack by Freddie Mercury and the band, which fans can watch below.
  
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• What Is a Woman? streaming free today only: Controversial doc 'flagged for hate speech'

  02-06-2023 12:15 via express.co.uk
  
  What Is a Woman?, an incredibly controversial documentary film, is available to stream for free today only on Twitter, with Elon Musk himself getting involved in the "mistaken" censoring of the movie that "may violate Twitter's rules against Hateful Conduct".
  
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• Love Island fans can vote for first couples of series 10

  02-06-2023 10:54 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  Love Island fans can now vote for the first couples of series 10 of the ITV dating show if they head over the to app ahead of Friday night ( May 2).
  
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• Peter Buckley performs set on the top of the Hoad

  02-06-2023 06:00 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  A BUSKER was invited by the senior lighthouse keeper to perform a thirty-minute set from the top of the Sir John Barrow Monument.
  
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• A 'tense but seemingly banal drama' - Reality review

  01-06-2023 23:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Sydney Sweeney stars in new film, Reality, based on a former American intelligence specialist.
  
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• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse review: 'Wickedly funny and gorgeously animated'

  01-06-2023 23:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse releases "wickedly funny" sequel.
  
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• Next James Bond upheaval - frontrunner and Tom Hardy quashed by BBC star

  01-06-2023 14:49 via express.co.uk
  
  Tom Hardy and Henry Cavill are continuing to stagnate in the Bond odds as newcomers to the Next James Bond list continue to move up the ladder.
  
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• Henry Cavill gave beautiful feedback to Supergirl star Sasha Calle

  01-06-2023 13:08 via express.co.uk
  
  Henry Cavill will no longer play Superman and has instead been replaced by Supergirl in the upcoming movie The Flash.
  
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• Spider-Man 4 confirmed with two major stars returning to Marvel Cinematic Universe

  01-06-2023 12:13 via express.co.uk
  
  Spider-Man fans have been left hanging since the third film, No Way Home, hit cinemas back in 2021. But things are already moving behind the scenes.
  
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• Bleak Expectations has 'schoolboy surrealism and inoffensive silliness' - review

  01-06-2023 01:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Bleak Expectations is based on Mark Evans' Radio 4 parody of Charles Dickens.
  
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• 'A strange and unhealthy story' - Aspects of Love review

  01-06-2023 01:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Aspects of Love theatre performance is based on David Garnett's 1955 novella.
  
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• Comedian Hal Cruttenden comes to Kendal with new show

  31-05-2023 17:33 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  Hal Cruttenden is on his nationwide tour with his new show ‘It’s Best You Hear It From Me’. The comedian is coming to Kendal Brewery Arts Centre on June 16.
  
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• Star Wars Episode X: Luke Skywalker star talks 'returning as Force Ghost'

  31-05-2023 15:25 via express.co.uk
  
  Star Wars fans witnessed Luke Skywalker sacrificing himself back in The Last Jedi to save Rey and Princess Leia.
  
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• Next James Bond 'will be a person of colour' after Daniel Craig exit, says industry boss

  31-05-2023 14:29 via express.co.uk
  
  The Next James Bond race has continued to rage on, but some experts believe there is a big change coming to the franchise.
  
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• The Flash 2 'will star Ezra Miller' - but there's a catch

  31-05-2023 11:57 via express.co.uk
  
  The Flash hasn't even hit cinemas yet, but director Andy Muschietti is already looking at what could happen next for the DC Studios property.
  
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  31-05-2023 01:01 via express.co.uk
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• Henry Cavill 'delivers verdict' on being replaced in The Flash

  30-05-2023 12:21 via express.co.uk
  
  The Flash is due to hit cinemas in just a couple of weeks, and it promises to replace all of the previous DC Studios characters with new actors.
  
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• Showcase Cinemas offering free ticket for autumn of 2023

  30-05-2023 10:59 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  People can earn a free ticket for Showcase Cinemas during September and October 2023 for a film of their choice
  
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• Next James Bond update: Three-horse race for new 007 - Tom Hardy not included

  30-05-2023 10:57 via express.co.uk
  
  The race to become the next James Bond has been a hard journey for Tom Hardy, who has continued to slip behind in the ever-changing Bond odds, and now he has three massive stars to contend with.
  
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• Wozzeck review: A Grim Tale at the Royal Opera

  30-05-2023 08:29 via express.co.uk
  
  Some simply see Wozeck as a message that we should all be kinder to our fellow humans, but the deeper lesson is that personal ambition and self-importance are fertile breeding grounds for cruelty, writes William Hartston.
  
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• Eliza Harrison of Sedbergh releases book In Search of Truth

  30-05-2023 07:00 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  AN author from Sedbergh has released a book about an astonishing discovery she made about her family background.
  
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• Gregg Wallace 'quit Inside the Factory' after 'offending comments'

  29-05-2023 16:26 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  A source has claimed Gregg Wallace left BBC's Inside the Factory after making comments which offended staff members at the Nestlé UK factory in York
  
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• Little Mermaid lands surprising box office news after review-bombing

  29-05-2023 14:35 via express.co.uk
  
  The new and improved version of Disney's The Little Mermaid has received a lot of criticism over its casting of Halle Bailey as the fictional mermaid Ariel.
  
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• ITV crime drama The Bay will return for fifth series

  29-05-2023 12:10 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  ITV drama The Bay is set to return for a fifth series with filming to begin later this year.
  
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• BGT 2023: James Arthur and Diversity performing on live semi-finals

  29-05-2023 12:07 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  Special guests reported to be performing on the live semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent include James Arthur, Diversity and Les Misérables
  
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• ITV This Morning: Ranj Singh breaks silence on 'toxic' environment

  29-05-2023 12:05 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  Former employee at ITV’s Ranj Singh has released a statement to "clarify things" and has called out the "toxic" environment at This Morning.
  
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• Phillip Schofield denies 'toxicity' exists on This Morning

  29-05-2023 12:03 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  Phillip Schofield has released a statement, calling out those who have claimed there was "toxicity" on ITV's This Morning.
  
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• Summer Love Island 2023 cast: ITV reveals new Islanders

  29-05-2023 12:01 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  ITV has revealed the new summer contestants for Love Island 2023 while Maya Jama revealed an exclusive on Good Morning Britain.
  
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• Sean Connery 'refused to act' on You Only Live Twice after James Bond disagreements

  28-05-2023 13:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Sean Connery was so fed up with playing James Bond that he bowed out of the role shortly thereafter.
  
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• New Great British Dog Walks with Phil Spencer filmed in Lake District

  28-05-2023 06:00 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  Property guru Phil Spencer is escaping to the country to enjoy a rural idyll with his four-legged friends, and some celebrity pals.
  
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• L'Elisir d'Amore: A Lovely Elixir at Glyndebourne

  27-05-2023 23:01 via express.co.uk
  
  If you have never been to an opera before, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore is the perfect way to start, as long as you like humour and musicals. Almost any comic opera is just a very good musical, with music all the way through instead of alternating speech and songs, though with better music and better singing.
  
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• 'Adorable' John Wayne 'so different in our Western’ claims Rio Bravo's Angie Dickinson

  27-05-2023 11:00 via express.co.uk
  
  John Wayne's Rio Bravo co-star Angie Dickinson, who was a much younger love interest leading lady, has shared in the years since her touching memories of working with Duke, who she felt had a side to him that you normally don't see on screen.
  
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• Nicolas Cage brands his films 'crummy' while trying to avoid multi-million dollar debt

  27-05-2023 10:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Nicolas Cage said he was spendings thousands of dollars a month while trying to "keep his mother out of a mental institution".
  
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• Westmorland Orchestra to perform Rachmaninoff concerto in Kendal

  27-05-2023 07:00 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  KENDAL concert-goers will soon have the opportunity to hear this year's number one piece of classical music.
  
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• Wordsworth will read Wordsworth at Rydal Mount

  27-05-2023 06:00 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
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• 'I’m even older than the Festival!' - Michael Douglas receives prestigious award at Cannes

  27-05-2023 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Who can forget the steamy scenes in Michael Douglas's 1992 film Basic Instinct? Celebrating his latest award at the Cannes Film Festival, the actor, 78, discusses Sharon Stone, growing up in his father Kirk's shadow, and the possibility of a joint screen role with his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones.
  
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• James Bond: Quentin Tarantino speaks out on almost directing Casino Royale

  27-05-2023 00:02 via express.co.uk
  
  James Bond's Casino Royale adventure was almost directed by Quentin Tarantino in a period setting of the 1960s.
  
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• Phillip Schofield admits affair with 'younger' male and quits ITV

  26-05-2023 20:18 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  Former This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield has admitted having an affair with an ITV 'younger male colleague' and quits ITV completely
  
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• Europe's oldest Lar Gibbon celebrates 60th birthday

  26-05-2023 13:00 via thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
  
  Brian is Europe's oldest Lar Gibbon, this year Lake District Wildlife Park are helping him celebrate his 60th birthday.
  
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• Next James Bond breaking: Idris Elba's odds cut in HALF after Apple TV news

  26-05-2023 12:44 via express.co.uk
  
  The Next James Bond actor has not yet been announced but Idris Elba's odds are better than ever - and now he's nearly level with the favourite for the 007 role.
  
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• Leaves of Glass at Park Theatre review: Superb actors round off searing domestic drama

  26-05-2023 12:13 via express.co.uk
  
  Philip Ridley's 2007 family drama is across between a brutal episode of EastEnders and Pinter's The Homecoming.
  
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• James Bond star breaks silence on 'considering' returning to 007 series

  26-05-2023 11:58 via express.co.uk
  
  The hunt for the next James Bond is on, but the actor behind Felix Leiter has opened up about making a comeback to the 007 franchise.
  
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• Brokeback Mountain at Soho Place review: Beautiful, compelling and infinitely sad

  26-05-2023 11:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Sidestepping Ang Lee's movie, writer Ashley Robinson has gone back to Annie Proulx's short story for the source of his play.
  
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