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July 18, 2019
A pre-virtual fur look at ‘Cats’ with Taylor Swift, Idris Elba and Dame Judi Dench!

Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl) has herded a pretty spectacular feline litter together for the forthcoming film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Cats. Taylor Swift (Bombalurina), Sir Ian McKellen (Gus the Theatre Cat), James Corden (Bustopher Jones), Jennifer Hudson (Grizabella), Idris Elba (Macavity) and Dame Judi Dench (Old Deuteronomy) have all attended “cat […]
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July 15, 2019
Talk of a Kinks reunion is alive and well after 20+ year hiatus!

The Kinks, considered by many as one of the most influential rock bands of the 60s, are literally ‘getting the band back together’ after over two decades of being apart. Having formed in 1964, the legendary punk rock group originally split up in 1996 when tensions hit an all-time high between Ray and his brother Dave Davies. […]
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May 2, 2019
‘The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin’ is set to rise again … in musical form

David Nobbs’ late ’70s sitcom, ‘The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin,’ is getting ready to have more lives than Reggie himself with word that a Perrin stage musical is in development.
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April 30, 2019
The day the British Invasion ‘invaded’ The Dick Van Dyke Show

By the mid-’60s, the British Invasion had taken America by storm. So much so that even popular TV sitcoms wanted to join in the fun. Often mistaken for another British singing duo, Peter & Gordon, Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde, aka Chad & Jeremy, made the leap to the small screen, appearing as characters on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Patty Duke Show, and as themselves on Batman.
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April 16, 2019
Lost footage of the Beatles on ‘Top of the Pops’ surfaces in Mexico

Sadly, the silent 11 second bit is all that exists of the Fab Four miming to “Paperback Writer” in June of 1966. The lost footage was shot by a family in Liverpool filming their TV set with an 8mm camera.
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April 10, 2019
Mr. Carson hosts ‘Music from Downton Abbey’ at Highclere Castle in June

Looking for that once-in-a-lifetime gift for the ‘Downton Abbey’ super fan in the family? If so, how about booking a magical summer evening on the stunning grounds of Highclere Castle, listening to beautiful music from the series performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London?
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March 17, 2019
In ‘Yesterday,’ Richard Curtis imagines a reality where no one has heard of the Beatles

Recognizing in 2019 that there are actual real-life individuals who have no idea that Paul McCartney was in another band before Wings, the mere thought of a world without the Beatles is enough to make this a horror movie.
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November 16, 2018
From the Vault: When Clive Swift was ‘Having a Wild Weekend’ with The Dave Clark Five

The film was the first movie role for Swift — aka Keeping Up Appearances’ Richard Bucket.
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October 19, 2018
Dame Judi Dench and Idris Elba join already-herded all-star cast for ‘Cats’ film re-boot

Director Tom Hooper had already herded Taylor Swift, Sir Ian McKellen, James Corden and Jennifer Hudson for the film adaptation, and now he’s added the greatness of Idris Elba and Judi Dench to the litter.
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October 10, 2018
‘Only Fools And Horses The Musical’ heads to London’s West End

Set in 1989, the musical will show Del Boy and Rodney finding love with Raquel and Cassandra in a rapidly changing Peckham.
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