Grown-ups and children alike can share a laugh together this Easter as the St James Cavalier Music Room is hosting two family comedy shows presented by More or Less Theatre, a new company that focuses on funny, interactive and educational...
Actress Judi Dench may be battling deteriorating eyesight and a failing memory but the veteran performer showed no sign of faltering when she teamed up with fellow James Bond star Ben Whishaw on a London stage this week. Dench, 78, one of Britain’s...
Lana and Andy Wachowski are embarking on their first TV project. Netflix is teaming up with the creative force behind The Matrix action movie franchise for a new science fiction series that will be available only to subscribers of the video streaming...
British chart-topping star Pixie Lott is joining the cast of BBC1 drama Inspector George Gently. The Mama Do singer will play a holiday camp entertainer in a feature-length film for the detective drama series, which stars Martin Shaw as the title...
King Kong wears a disapproving glare as he towers over the beach at Weston-super-Mare. Hollywood stars have taken over a beach as an annual sand sculpture event gets under way. Batman, King Kong, Yoda from Star Wars and troubled cabbie Travis Bickle...
Can lightning strike twice for Twilight Saga author Stephenie Meyer? Meyer trades vampires for alien beings in her latest book-to-film endeavour, The Host, opening in US movie theatres tomorrow. Film distributor Open Road hopes the film will attract...
A stage version of a novel about a boy with autism is the front-runner for Britain’s top theatre prizes with eight Olivier Award nominations, while actress Helen Mirren was shortlisted for reprising her role as Queen Elizabeth. The Curious Incident of...
Justin Timberlake’s first album since 2006 made a bumper US debut, selling 968,000 copies – nearly one million units – in the first week since its release, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The 20/20 Experience gave Timberlake, 32, the top...
TheatreIn-Nisa Maltin Jafu KifManoel Theatre Contemporary womanhood is a funny thing. Around the world, women are carving out niches for themselves in what was once a man’s world. While this is empowering and positive, they are also strained by the...
St James Cavalier is presenting a theatrical treat over the holidays for those who want to introduce their children to theatre and share a really fun experience with them – while learning quite a lot in the process. This comes in the form of a double...
Girl Who Got Away is her first studio album in five years
Next year’s Academy Awards ceremony – the highlight of the annual film awards season – will be held on March 2, a week later than normal, so as not to clash with the Winter Olympics in Russia in February, organisers said. The Academy of Motion Picture...
The Croods (2013)Certified: UDuration: 98 minutesDirected: Kirk DeMicco, Chris SandersVoices: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman, Chris Sanders, Randy ThomKRS release The Croods takes us to...
Remarkable musical meditation on the final hours of Jesus Christ
So Undercover (2012)Certified: UDuration: 94 minutesDirected: Tom VaughanStarring: Miley Cyrus, Jeremy Piven, Mike O’Malley, Lauren McKnight, Joshua Bowman, Kelly Osbourne, Eloise Mumford, Megan Park, Alexis Knapp, Autumn Reeser, Matthew SettleKRS...
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)Certified: PGDuration: 114 minutesDirected by: Bryan SingerStarring: Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy, John Kassir, Ewan McGregor, Eddie Marsan, Ewen BremnerKRS release Director Bryan...
List of final dishes served on board liner put on display
New musical The Book of Mormon has set a record for the biggest day of sales in West End and Broadway history. The award-winning show, by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, had its official opening at London’s Prince of Wales Theatre last...
Dame Helen Mirren won the Empire legend award. Skyfall director Sam Mendes finally had his moment of glory after scooping three gongs at the Jameson Empire Awards 2013 on Sunday. The latest James Bond film, though a box-office hit, was overlooked at...
The Croods makes solid debut with €34.3m in North America
New 3D animated film The Croods is about a family of cavemen fighting for survival. After mining the worlds of fairy tales, zoos, dragons and martial arts pandas, DreamWorks Animation is going back to the Stone Age with The Croods, in the hope of...
British Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has been cast in upcoming young adult film Divergent, boosting the profile of the latest adaptation from a bestselling novel to the big screen. Film studio Summit Entertainment said that Winslet, 37, will play...
No sooner have the Christmas decorations gone down, then Valentine’s hearts appear, and once everyone is loved out, the bunny, the egg and the hot cross bun enter the scene. Easter falls on March 31 this year and Helen Raine believes there is enough...
Wondering how to fill the holidays? Here are some of the events that are happening around our islands during Holy Week. The artistic road to salvation An exhibition depicting Easter and Lenten lore is being held in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund.
The Duke Shopping Mall offers all the requisites to make it stand out from other shopping centres in Gozo, being the only mall that boasts state-of-the-art residential, office and shopping outlets. Located within easy reach from the bus terminal and...
The definition of what constitutes a band seems to get harder and harder to determine these days. The advancement of technology makes it possible for one person to produce the sound of an entire orchestra, with even a basic home studio set-up. Then...
Having registered roaring successes with their Circus and Paris-themed events, Electroswing Malta are back with another event, and this time it’s all to do with Berlin. In fact, this time they’ll be teaming up exclusively with Electro Swing Revolution,...
It may no longer top the pop charts in this day and age, but there’s no denying that the sound of the 1970s – distant as that time may seem – remains a major and very relevant influence on the music produced in the decades that followed. Rock,...
A top 50 placing in DJ Mag’s prestigious annual poll, memorable performances at Tomorrowland, Godskitchen, Ministry of Sound, Privilege and Ultra Music Festival and the release of acclaimed album Memory of a Dream... there’s no doubt that Tenishia’s...
Although they’ve spent the larger part of the past few months within the confines of their studio writing new material, local rock band For Strings Inn didn’t quite lose touch of the various events that have been taking place in the outside world. In...
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