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EdFringe lottery will continue as long as opportunities remain limited for early-career artists
With so many artists seeing the huge risk of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as being their only hope of being the next Fleabag or Baby Reindeer, it must be time to rethink the gatekeeping structure of ...
Where Are All the Palantíri in The Lord of the Rings — And What Happened to Them?
The palantíri are objects in The Lord of the Rings that always spark curiosity from fans of both the films and the wider lore ...
The Lord of the Ring Movies Quietly Changed This One Thing About Frodo — And It Makes a Massive Difference
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings is missing a 17-year time jump from Tolkien’s books, and it has an unfortunate impact on ...
Inside Sean Bean's life from injuries and accidents to multiple marriages
This City Is Ours is Sean Bean's latest role after a long career which includes Troy, The Martian, Time, Marriage and ...
First-timer has a fresh take on Shakespeare’s ‘badass’ king
This Richard III is part of an eight-and-a-half-hour cycle of Shakespeare’s eight history plays, which Ryan has dubbed The Player Kings. He points to the difference made by the play following the ...
Team GB swimmer Michael Gunning still sent death threats years after making history by coming out
Legendary swimmer Michael Gunning coming out as gay made history, and the star has now reflected on what drove his bravery, ...
There’s a Good Reason Gandalf Was the Only Wizard To Go to the Undying Lands
One of the biggest mysteries around them is what some may call the favoritism shown to Gandalf (Sir Ian McKellen) compared to ...
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Time for The Change
CHELSEA HANDLER: THE FEELING: In her third Netflix comedy special, Chelsea Handler takes the stage recounting her own birth, unexpected encounters, her adolescent business ventures and a frenzy of ill ...