Jon M. Chu reveals he regrets casting South Asian actors in stereotypical roles

Jon M. Chu reveals he regrets casting South Asian actors in stereotypical roles in his 2018 smash hit movie Crazy Rich Asians By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 02:57 BST, 9 June 2021 | Updated: 02:57 BST, 9 June 2021 Director Jon M. Chu is opening up about the controversy around his 2018 smash hit … Read more

Restaurant and pub bosses blame furlough for lack of staff as they struggle to fill 190,000 roles

Restaurant and pub bosses blame furlough for lack of staff as they struggle to fill 190,000 vacancies amid fears many people will lose the will to work Businesses say they are struggling to find staff needed while furlough continues  Fears are rising workers on the job retention scheme will lose their will to work  Across … Read more

Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos hold ‘almost old-fashioned’ roles in their relationship

Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos are opening up about their nearly 25-year marriage. And the longtime couple recently revealed that despite their ‘progressive’ views, they each hold ‘almost old-fashioned’ roles in their relationship. ‘What’s funny is I think of us as such a progressive as a couple. I always think of us as politically progressive … Read more

Amanda Seyfried says she gets offered more ‘interesting’ movie roles since she got older

Best Actor in a Leading Role Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins – The Father Gary Oldman – Mank Steven Yeun – Minari Best Actress in a Supporting Role Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy Olivia Colman – The Father Amanda … Read more

Figures show 190,000 retail roles have been axed on High Street since start of first lockdown

2020 Bonmarché, the value-oriented clothing retailer, went into administration for the second time in a year on December 2, 2020. There are 226 stores and more than 1200 employees. It is owned as a separate business by Philip Day, whose EWM is also in crisis (see below). Philip Day put this company into administration a … Read more

Palace officials will be watching Prince Harry’s new roles ‘very, very closely,’ royal expert claims

Palace officials will watch Prince Harry’s new roles ‘very, very closely’ to make sure they don’t go against his agreement with The Queen ‘not to trade off his Royal status,’ royal expert claims Palace officials will watch Prince Harry’s new roles ‘closely,’ royal expert claims Russell Myers says they’ll see if they go against the … Read more

Neil Morrissey claims working class actors lose out on big roles to their ‘Oxbridge’ educated peers

Neil Morrissey has claimed working class actors often lose out on big roles to their ‘Oxbridge’ educated peers. Speaking with the Radio Times on Tuesday, the actor, 58, told how working class stars such as himself barely land big Global roles as Americans see Brits as ‘fey James Bond-ish types.’ Discussing the difficulty in his field, Neil, who grew … Read more

Four women veterans tell of the secret roles they played in defeating Hitler in WWII

Britain’s collective fight against the Nazis in World War Two saw a third of the population involved in war work. That number included seven million women who performed crucial roles including top secret intelligence gathering, maintaining and flying aircraft and compiling weather reports. Four female veterans have spoken of their experiences in a new documentary, … Read more

Nicola Wheeler, Gabriella Leon, and Jaye Jacobs laud soaps for their central female roles

Emmerdale‘s Nicola Wheeler, Casualty’s Gabriella Leon and Holby City’s Jaye Jacobs have spoken about the challenges they’ve faced as actresses – and praised soaps for putting women front and centre.  Speaking to Digital Spy magazine, Nicola, who plays Nicola King in Emmerdale, weighed in on the matter, saying: ‘Soap definitely wasn’t afraid to say that females … Read more

Stanley Tucci reveals 20-year friendship with Colin Firth boosted their roles in Supernova

Stanley Tucci says he and Colin Firth were able to use their real-life friendship to help their on-screen relationship in new movie Supernova. The 60-year-old actor stars opposite Colin in the drama, in which he plays Tusker, a writer suffering from dementia who travels across England with partner Sam (Firth) to reunite with friends and … Read more