Theresa May is set to become the second female prime minister of Great Britain - following in the footsteps of "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher a quarter of a century ago. May, 59, is certain to inherit the UK's top job following the surprise decision of leadership rival Andrea Leadsom to pull out of the two-way contest to become the Conservative Party chief on Monday. Leadsom's decision leaves May as the only candidate left standing to succeed David Cameron as British prime minister - arguably the most unwanted political office in the world right now. Since the British public voted to leave...
- 7/11/2016
- by Philip Boucher, @philipboucher
- PEOPLE.com
Theresa May is set to become the second female prime minister of Great Britain - following in the footsteps of "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher a quarter of a century ago. May, 59, is certain to inherit the UK's top job following the surprise decision of leadership rival Andrea Leadsom to pull out of the two-way contest to become the Conservative Party chief on Monday. Leadsom's decision leaves May as the only candidate left standing to succeed David Cameron as British prime minister - arguably the most unwanted political office in the world right now. Since the British public voted to leave...
- 7/11/2016
- by Philip Boucher, @philipboucher
- PEOPLE.com
Ryan Lambie Nov 25, 2016
Actress Lindsay Lohan raised the hopes of a UK town when she said she'd turn on their Christmas lights this year. Sadly, it wasn't to be...
Update: It says a great deal about 2016 that the news about Lindsay Lohan and a British town famous for producing Weetabix isn't the weirdest story to emerge this year.
The oddness began when Lohan wrote a string of tweets back in June, just as Britain was going to the polls over the EU referendum. "Sorry," Lohan wrote in one tweet, "but Kettering where are you."
Kettering MP Philip Hollobone then brought the tweet up in the House of Commons, stating in no uncertain terms that "everyone knows where Kettering is", before listing its achievements: Weetabix breakfast cereal, a football club and Cheaney's and Loakes shoes being among them. Hollobone then suggested that Lohan could make amends by turning on the town's Christmas lights this year.
Actress Lindsay Lohan raised the hopes of a UK town when she said she'd turn on their Christmas lights this year. Sadly, it wasn't to be...
Update: It says a great deal about 2016 that the news about Lindsay Lohan and a British town famous for producing Weetabix isn't the weirdest story to emerge this year.
The oddness began when Lohan wrote a string of tweets back in June, just as Britain was going to the polls over the EU referendum. "Sorry," Lohan wrote in one tweet, "but Kettering where are you."
Kettering MP Philip Hollobone then brought the tweet up in the House of Commons, stating in no uncertain terms that "everyone knows where Kettering is", before listing its achievements: Weetabix breakfast cereal, a football club and Cheaney's and Loakes shoes being among them. Hollobone then suggested that Lohan could make amends by turning on the town's Christmas lights this year.
- 7/1/2016
- Den of Geek
Film-maker joins union leaders demanding transparency in 1972 builders' strike case that saw Ricky Tomlinson imprisoned
Film-maker Ken Loach joined union leaders and actor Ricky Tomlinson today to step up the pressure on the government to release documents relating to the case of 24 building workers arrested four decades ago after taking part in a strike.
Loach said the case, which saw Tomlinson imprisoned in 1972, was one of the "great causes of our time".
"It is an absolutely clear case so see let's see the strength of the trade union movement mobilised in the way it can be mobilised," he told a packed meeting in Westminster on Wednesday.
Earlier this week it emerged that Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, had told surviving members of the "Shrewsbury 24" that documents relating to the case will be withheld for a further 10 years because of national security concerns. The ban will be reviewed again in 2021.
But...
Film-maker Ken Loach joined union leaders and actor Ricky Tomlinson today to step up the pressure on the government to release documents relating to the case of 24 building workers arrested four decades ago after taking part in a strike.
Loach said the case, which saw Tomlinson imprisoned in 1972, was one of the "great causes of our time".
"It is an absolutely clear case so see let's see the strength of the trade union movement mobilised in the way it can be mobilised," he told a packed meeting in Westminster on Wednesday.
Earlier this week it emerged that Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, had told surviving members of the "Shrewsbury 24" that documents relating to the case will be withheld for a further 10 years because of national security concerns. The ban will be reviewed again in 2021.
But...
- 1/23/2013
- by Matthew Taylor
- The Guardian - Film News
Gove referenced the 1950s Japanese classic when coming to ex-chief whip Andrew Mitchell's defence. Can the film's plot be applied elsewhere in politics?
Could it be another example of the Boris Johnson effect? If politicians are no longer afraid to scatter Latin tags, then surely it's just the next step to reference golden-age Japanese cinema in attempting to put your mark on a resignation crisis. Michael Gove, in his defence of the now-ex-chief whip Andrew Mitchell, suggested the old truth-is-relative concept by mentioning the Akira Kurosawa classic Rashômon.
Asked in a 5 Live radio interview whether he believed Mitchell, he said: "Yes I do. There's a Japanese film, I think it's called Rashômon, in which different participants who see the same event all have different recollections of it."
Rashômon famously upended the neatly packaged resolution of crime fiction by offering four different versions – none of them conclusive – of the same...
Could it be another example of the Boris Johnson effect? If politicians are no longer afraid to scatter Latin tags, then surely it's just the next step to reference golden-age Japanese cinema in attempting to put your mark on a resignation crisis. Michael Gove, in his defence of the now-ex-chief whip Andrew Mitchell, suggested the old truth-is-relative concept by mentioning the Akira Kurosawa classic Rashômon.
Asked in a 5 Live radio interview whether he believed Mitchell, he said: "Yes I do. There's a Japanese film, I think it's called Rashômon, in which different participants who see the same event all have different recollections of it."
Rashômon famously upended the neatly packaged resolution of crime fiction by offering four different versions – none of them conclusive – of the same...
- 10/22/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
There’s something to be said for the fact that a married lesbian (Jane Lynch) is going to be narrating TV’s Funniest Holiday Moments: A Paley Center for Media Special. It’s a clip show, but this is absolute family programming.
Bob Schreck, an out gay man, is heading up the new Legendary Comics brand. This on top of new Disney Studio head Rick Ross, and we’re having a decent year taking over media empires. The Gay Agenda advances! Bwahahahaha!
The It Gets Better Project has spawned a t-shirt line, and next a book of stories of inspiration. Maybe it can win the American Library Association’s Stonewall award next year.
Stephen Fry has written an extensive post about the comments attributed to him concerning the sex lives of women. I’m just going to admit I haven’t made it all the way through yet. I didn...
Bob Schreck, an out gay man, is heading up the new Legendary Comics brand. This on top of new Disney Studio head Rick Ross, and we’re having a decent year taking over media empires. The Gay Agenda advances! Bwahahahaha!
The It Gets Better Project has spawned a t-shirt line, and next a book of stories of inspiration. Maybe it can win the American Library Association’s Stonewall award next year.
Stephen Fry has written an extensive post about the comments attributed to him concerning the sex lives of women. I’m just going to admit I haven’t made it all the way through yet. I didn...
- 11/5/2010
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Welcome back friends! I’m a little hyper from sleep deprivation having stayed up all night watching the UK election coverage – more on that later. For now I’m keeping myself upbeat by bopping along to the new track from Scissor Sisters. Have you heard it? It’s ridiculous – in a good way. It features booming poetic vocals from Sir Ian McKellen. Yes, Gandalf goes disco-trance!
Lead singer Jake Shears and Sir Ian often party together, so Jake asked the veteran gay actor to contribute to new track “Invisible Light.” They actually took a bunch of recording equipment to McKellen’s dressing room when he was performing in the brilliant West End production of Waiting for Godot.
It looks as though the flamboyant pop group have their edge back, after a rather tame second album. They make quite a statement with their album cover – the taught buttocks of ballet dancer...
Lead singer Jake Shears and Sir Ian often party together, so Jake asked the veteran gay actor to contribute to new track “Invisible Light.” They actually took a bunch of recording equipment to McKellen’s dressing room when he was performing in the brilliant West End production of Waiting for Godot.
It looks as though the flamboyant pop group have their edge back, after a rather tame second album. They make quite a statement with their album cover – the taught buttocks of ballet dancer...
- 5/11/2010
- by Tim Macavoy
- The Backlot
Hello and welcome to my new biweekly column Tim Mcavoy's Brit Bits! You may remember me from such video blogs as Gay in the UK where myself and co-host Ryan vlogged about all things from the United Kingdom.
What? You missed Gay in the UK? Well, in that case allow me to introduce myself. I’m Tim Macavoy, a gay culture junkie from London, Ingerlaaaand. It will be my job to tell you what’s gay on our telly, who’s been queering up the news and relating other hijinks I generally find myself in. Coming up this week, new Who, an orange man, and are you a friend of Dorothy’s?
Oh, and in case you’re wondering about my choice of picture, that’s me trying to finish a book I was reviewing for another website, whilst simultaneously rehearsing for a Shakespeare tour I was acting in...
What? You missed Gay in the UK? Well, in that case allow me to introduce myself. I’m Tim Macavoy, a gay culture junkie from London, Ingerlaaaand. It will be my job to tell you what’s gay on our telly, who’s been queering up the news and relating other hijinks I generally find myself in. Coming up this week, new Who, an orange man, and are you a friend of Dorothy’s?
Oh, and in case you’re wondering about my choice of picture, that’s me trying to finish a book I was reviewing for another website, whilst simultaneously rehearsing for a Shakespeare tour I was acting in...
- 4/12/2010
- by Tim Macavoy
- The Backlot
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