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• Sir Patrick Stewart speaks of Brexit sorrow at Star Trek launch

  15-01-2020 23:27
  
  The 79-year-old said Brexit was the ‘grimmest thing’ in his political lifetimeAt 79, Sir Patrick Stewart is back in the role of Jean-Luc Picard, and boldly going somewhere no USS Enterprise captain has gone before – their own Star Trek spin-off show.But it was terrestrial matters that were concerning him more at the London premiere of the new series Star Trek: Picard on Wednesday night, where he described Brexit as “the grimmest thing” to have happened to him in his
  
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• Richard Hammond's BIG review – a HUGE hooray for the end of the world!

  15-01-2020 23:01
  
  In this grotesquely ill-advised series, Clarkson’s sidekick goggles at things that are larger than him, ie everything. First stop: the world’s biggest car factory‘I’m Richard Hammond and I’m on a mission to explore the really big,” says our host at the start of this new series on Discovery. “And yes I know everyone seems big to me.” Hammond is 1.68 metres tall, and has spent most of his career looking up to Jeremy Clarkson (1.96m) and James May (1.
  
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• Pete Davidson’s ‘King of Staten Island’ Will Open South by Southwest 2020

  15-01-2020 21:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Directed by Judd Apatow, the comedy will premiere at the Austin festival on March 13.
  
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• ‘Dolittle’ Review: Baa, Humbug

  15-01-2020 20:42 via nytimes.com
  
  Robert Downey Jr. plays the doctor turned animal whisperer in this dreary and misbegotten adventure.
  
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• Review: Staging a Movie Melodrama in ‘The Conversationalists’

  15-01-2020 19:37 via nytimes.com
  
  Music (and eventually emotion) cuts through the alienating layers of abstraction in this new work by the musician-storytellers James & Jerome.
  
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• The Five-Way Race for Best Picture Begins

  15-01-2020 19:25 via nytimes.com
  
  When it comes to Oscar’s top prize, this is the most wide-open competition in years. Which film has the right factors to go all the way?
  
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• David Attenborough warns that humans have 'overrun the world'

  15-01-2020 18:14
  
  In a new film, A Life on Our Planet, the broadcaster rails against the imminent, man-made dangers behind the climate emergencyDavid Attenborough has warned that humans have “overrun the world” in a trailer for A Life on Our Planet, a forthcoming documentary looking at the changes on Earth during his lifetime.The 93-year-old naturalist and broadcaster describes the project as a “witness statement” of the effects of the climate crisis, adding that the actions of humanity ar
  
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• Tom Hanks becomes honorary citizen of Greece

  15-01-2020 17:13
  
  Actor and family given honour for ‘exceptional services’ after helping wildfire victimsOf all the roles Tom Hanks has ever played, being himself and being Greek may be the easiest yet. Or at least that is how it would seem from the Hollywood star’s jubilant reaction to his becoming an honorary citizen of the country.“Starting 2020 as an honorary citizen of all of Greece!” the actor, a convert to Greek Orthodoxy, said on social media. “Kronia pola! (more or les
  
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• 'Daringly eclectic': Tilda Swinton to receive BFI fellowship

  15-01-2020 16:16
  
  Actor says she shares honour with ‘beloved film-making playmates, living and departed’Tilda Swinton, an actor whose eclectic career has included both Derek Jarman arthouse movies and Marvel universe blockbusters, is to receive one of British film’s highest honours.The British Film Institute on Wednesday announced that Swinton would be given a BFI fellowship at an event on 2 March. It will be accompanied by a Swinton season, which will include her first film role in Jarman&rsquo
  
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• Hugh Grant defends Prince Harry: 'The tabloids effectively murdered his mother'

  15-01-2020 13:08
  
  The actor and activist has backed up Harry’s desire to ‘protect his family’, while Stormzy has said there is no ‘credible’ reason to dislike MeghanHugh Grant has defended Prince Harry’s decision to “step back” from formal royal duties and seek a self-financed life based partly in Canada.Speaking on Andy Cohen’s Radio Andy show on Sirius XM, Grant said: “I’m rather on Harry’s side. The tabloid press effectively murdered his m
  
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• Mark Hamill, a ‘Star Wars’ Star, Gets His Record Back

  15-01-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  An Arizona bookstore found and returned an original vinyl record that had been inscribed by the composer John Williams and addressed to the actor.
  
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• TV tonight: David Tennant and Michael Sheen try to stop the apocalypse

  15-01-2020 07:20
  
  The end is nigh in this adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens. Plus: Eating With My Ex celebrity special. Here’s what to watch this eveningThe end is certainly nigh in this adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s book on the 11 years preceding the apocalypse. David Tennant and Michael Sheen are on excellent form as unlikely friends, the demon Crowley and angel Aziraphale, hell- (or heaven-) bent on saving the Earth they have grown to love in the 6,0
  
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• Sophie Cookson on playing Christine Keeler: 'Her vilification was incredible'

  15-01-2020 07:00
  
  She was the ‘floozie’ who brought down a minister. As The Trial of Christine Keeler retells the Profumo affair from the women’s point of view, its star talks sex, scandal and solidarityAny actor in regular paid employment could be described as having a charmed life, but it’s a particular kind of good luck to look exactly like Christine Keeler when the world is ready to have the Profumo affair retold from the perspective of Keeler herself. In fact, in the BBC’s flags
  
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• 'Dream of a banlieue kid': France hails Les Misérables's Oscar nod

  15-01-2020 06:00
  
  Nomination for Ladj Ly’s film about police violence is first time a black director is representing FranceThe nomination of the Paris banlieue movie Les Misérables for best foreign language feature at the Oscars has been hailed as a historic moment – the first time a black film director has represented France at the Academy Awards, and for a low-budget drama about the topical issue of police violence.The film – which won universal critical acclaim and box-office success i
  
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• 'Dream of a banlieue kid': first black director to represent France at Oscars

  15-01-2020 06:00
  
  Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables about police violence is nominated for best foreign language featureThe nomination of the Paris banlieue movie Les Misérables for best foreign language feature at the Oscars has been hailed as a historic moment – the first time a black film director has represented France at the Academy Awards, and for a low-budget drama about the topical issue of police violence.The film – which won universal critical acclaim and box-office success in Fra
  
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• This Is Our Family review – ordinary lives make for extraordinary TV

  15-01-2020 00:00
  
  Documented over three years, Tony and Emma’s story takes in everything from the death of a child to family feuds. It’s just one tale in this exceptional Boyhood-style time capsule seriesThe idea, I gather, was inspired by the film Boyhood: to make a factual strand that compressed the passing of years to produce a slice of life that wasn’t sliced too thinly. This Is Our Family (Sky Atlantic) gave film-makers three years to follow their subjects, and develop the kind of relations
  
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