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One of the largest exhibitions of original work to open as lockdown restrictions are eased is from artist Lucy Sparrow, who admits she is often referred to as ‘the felt lady’. After opening the doors to her corner shop, with contents and fixtures made entirely out of felt in 2014, Sparrow’s fabric fantasies have gathered

Actress Helen McCrory, known for her roles in Peaky Blinders and three Harry Potter films, has died of cancer at the age of 52. She played Aunt Polly, the matriarch of the Shelby clan, in all five series of the hit BBC period gang drama. McCrory shared two children with her husband, Homeland star Damian

Thomas Vinterberg, director of the Danish film Another Round, has said he is “over the moon” with winning the Bafta award for Best Film Not in the English Language, along with receiving nominations for Best Director and Best International Feature at the Oscars. He told BBC World News he made the film for his 19-year-old

Chloé Zhao became the second woman in Bafta history to win best director, at a socially-distanced ceremony. Her film, Nomadland, won four Baftas, including Best Film – more awards than any other film this year. Not all winners could make the event, and one only clocked he had won when he heard his neighbours cheering.

This year’s Baftas are being called the most diverse ever, with two-thirds of the nominees for acting awards coming from minority backgrounds. Among those is French actor Tahar Rahim, who is up for best leading actor for his role in The Mauritanian. Rahim will be familiar to many for his leading part in TV drama

An interactive live play which takes place on Zoom and uses augmented reality to help tell the story has been created. Kimeleon.TV’s CorpTopia sees actors taking the audience through the experience – allowing them to use their facial expressions and hand gestures to play some games. It was developed as part of CreativeXR’s acceleration programme

Kim Kardashian has been added to the Forbes billionaire list thanks to her businesses and investments. Her fortune mainly comes from her stakes in and ownership of two companies, KKW beauty cosmetics and her shapewear company Skims. Ms Kardashian West sold 20% of KKW Beauty to cosmetics giant Coty last year for $200m, in a

For the first time at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, actors from ethnic minorities won in all four individual film categories. Taylor Simone Ledward accepted her late husband Chadwick Boseman’s award for best actor in the 1920s drama Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Read more: Boseman triumphs in diverse night for SAG awards

The Museum of London have restored an historic ballet costume worn by Anna Pavlova at the height of her fame. The Russian dancer wore the dress in a solo piece called The Dying Swan, first performed in 1907. The museum said the item was “a truly incredible part” of its archive. The Dying Swan, choreographed

Sir Ian McKellen is set to play the role of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a role typically played by an actor around 50 years younger. Famous for his classical roles, as well as playing Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, McKellan is now set to star in a staging of the work that will be one

The stars of BBC One’s Line of Duty have taken time out from their duties tackling police corruption to help a Belfast football club go undercover. Three of the actors in the drama series have come together to buy new kits for two of the girls’ teams at Belfast Celtic.

When DC Films’ Justice League was in post-production back in 2017, its director, Zack Snyder, had to stand down from the project for personal reasons. The film was completed, but with significant changes from Snyder’s original version, and it received almost universally bad reviews. Fans launched a massive internet campaign for Snyder’s version of the

Oscar winning actress Kate Winslet’s latest role sees her as the 19th century fossil hunter Mary Anning. Anning was responsible for finding some of the earliest examples of dinosaur bones in the UK, giving the Jurassic coast in Dorset its namesake. Ammonite is being given a streaming premiere this week. Kate caught up with the

Theatres across the UK have been closed for a year due to lockdown restrictions. Not only have audiences not been able to access live performances but community work, such as workshops for those with mental health issues, have also had to stop. Louise Wrigglesford, community and outreach manager of Chichester Festival Theatre, said: “I know

Jed Mercurio is arguably one of the UK’s most bankable TV writers. With credits including Bodyguard and Line Of Duty, the author, director, producer and screenwriter has created some of the ‘must see’ TV moments of the last decade. But as Line of Duty returns to the small screen for a sixth season, he puts

It’s been quite a year for Haim, the Los Angeles based band of three sisters. Their latest album, Women in Music Part 3, topped the albums chart here, Barack Obama declared himself to be fan and they’ve traded guest appearances on tracks with Taylor Swift. Speaking from LA, Haim told Entertainment Correspondent Colin Paterson about