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Audible Teases Jonathan Bailey’s ”Seductive” Performance In ‘Dracula’ At Venice Preview Of Ambitious Multilingual Adaptation
Audible previewed its ambitious multilingual audio adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula at the Venice Film Festival, showcasing what it calls its biggest audio production to date. The English-language version stars Jonathan Bailey as Dracula, Ella Purnell as Mina, and Venice jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal as Professor Van Helsing, directed by Mary Lambert in her audio…
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William Fichtner has ‘never’ regretted turning down roles and refuses to cross ‘certain lines’ in Hollywood
Actor William Fichtner has said he has never regretted turning down film or television roles, even lucrative ones, if the material crossed personal boundaries he refuses to breach. Speaking to Fox News Digital, the 69-year-old explained that his decisions are guided by instinct and belief in a project rather than pay, and that he doesn’t…
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China prepares £40bn stimulus for financial sector amid fears over sluggish growth
China is injecting $54bn (£40bn) into its financial sector, as Beijing seeks to strengthen banks and insurers and encourage greater lending and stock market investment amid persistently weak economic growth. The move underlines official concern about the health of the world’s second-largest economy, with authorities relying on state institutions, including the finance ministry and the…
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Volcanic eruption halts flights at Jakarta and seven other Indonesian airports
Indonesia suspended operations at eight airports, including Jakarta’s main international hub, after an ash cloud from the Anak Krakatau volcano disrupted airspace over the weekend. The Saturday eruption produced lava and booming sounds heard up to 435 miles away, with two further eruptions recorded on Sunday, and the closures forced hundreds of flight cancellations affecting…
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Black-clad Dover vigilantes will return if police do not act, say campaigners
Masked, black-clad demonstrators from Patriot Platform, an anti-immigration group with links to the far right, blockaded roads near the Port of Dover on Saturday, and campaigners and MPs are warning further disruption is likely unless police act more decisively. Hope Not Hate’s founder, Nick Lowles, said the group’s ability to mobilise at scale was “clearly…
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Dozens feared trapped in collapsed building in Delhi
A five-storey hostel building called Hostel Daze collapsed in the Satya Niketan area of south-west Delhi on Sunday afternoon, killing at least three people and leaving three others in a critical condition. As many as 50 people, mostly students, are believed to have been inside at the time, with rescue teams working to free those…
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Arsenal v Chelsea: Premier League – live
The Guardian’s live coverage of Arsenal v Chelsea opens by framing the match through the lens of contrasting football philosophies, comparing Mikel Arteta and Xabi Alonso to the earlier Pep Guardiola-Jürgen Klopp rivalry of “control v chaos”. The piece notes both managers have moved from more rigid ideological positions towards less predictable, hybrid approaches, suggesting…
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Body-worn cameras given to school crossing wardens
Sheffield City Council has issued body-worn cameras to school crossing patrol staff, known as lollipop men and women, in response to abuse and aggressive driving directed at them by some motorists. The council said the initiative, introduced at several unspecified locations across the city, aims to make journeys to school safer and give reassurance to…
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Man left with fractured vertebrae after privately educated ex-girfriend forced him to jump from window during brutal domestic violence attack
A privately educated woman has avoided jail despite what a judge called a “serious” case of domestic violence, after she attacked her ex-partner with a knife, a saucepan and a pole, leaving him with fractured vertebrae after he jumped from a window to escape. Shannon Galligan, 28, a former pupil of the £25,000-a-year Norwich School,…
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‘The Gentlemen’s Giancarlo Esposito Confirms Mr. Johnston’s “End Game” After Season 2’s Darker Turn
Netflix’s crime drama The Gentlemen has returned for a second season, taking a notably darker turn as Eddie Horniman’s (Theo James) criminal empire expands and fractures under pressure. In interviews with Collider, cast members Ray Winstone, Giancarlo Esposito and Vinnie Jones discuss their characters’ arcs, including confirmation from Esposito that his mysterious figure Stanley “Mr.…