‘Elsinore’ Review: Andrew Scott Is Shattering as British Actor Ian Charleson, Throwing Himself Into Playing Hamlet While Succumbing to AIDS

The late British stage and screen actor Ian Charleson, who died of AIDS-related causes in 1990 at age 40, is mostly remembered for his role in the 1981 Oscar winner Chariots of Fire. That inescapable attachment haunts Charleson, played with raw determination, grace and an almost overwhelming depth of feeling by Andrew Scott in Elsinore, a tremendously…

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Wheel Of Fortune Announcer Jim Thornton Suspended Amid Unsettling Airplane Investigation — New Details

Jim Thornton, the longtime announcer for the popular game show Wheel Of Fortune, has been suspended from his job for the time being — and its all because some very unsettling details are coming to light this week. So, this all started on Thursday, when TMZ published photos that supposedly showed the 61-year-old game show announced browsing…

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‘A Long Winter’ Review: Fred Hechinger and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Shine as Family Thrust Into Uneasy Isolation in Andrew Haigh’s Fine-Grained Drama

The many ways in which writer-director Andrew Haigh and fiction author Colm Tóibín share a kinship of sensibilities, notably in their impeccable gifts for intimate character observation, breathe warming embers into the sub-zero elemental severity of A Long Winter. A coming-of-age drama that touches delicately on grief and resilience, family and home, queer sexuality and liberating self-discovery, the…

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Lindsay Clancy Trial: Judge Declares Mistrial After Jury ‘Unable To Come To A Unanimous Decision’

UPDATE, 2:31 p.m. ET — A judge serving on Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court has just officially denied Clancy’s emergency bid to halt the mistrial ruling, per People and others. __________ Lindsay Clancy’s closely watched murder trial has ended without a verdict. On Friday, the jury told Judge William Sullivan that it remained deadlocked in the case…

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