Yesterday

Review of “Yesterday” by Penny Nair Price In this light hearted cosy film, Himesh Patel plays Jack Malik and Ellie – his manager is played by Lily James. Danny Boyle – the film’s producer says he just knew Himesh was the right person to play the lead role in the film as soon as he…

Legoland owner snaps up Merlin entertainment for £4.8bn

The Danish billionaire family that controls the Lego Toy firm, with other investors is paying £4.8bn for Merlin, by snapping up Legoland and Madame Tussauds owner Merlin Entertainments. Kirkbi Invest says it has the money and experience to “release the company’s potential to grow”. Merlin also owns the London Eye, Alton Towers and Chessington Adventures.…

Prinyanka’s wax statue revealed

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra Jona’s wax statue was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds in London on Tuesday titling “ Welcome to London, Priyanka Chopra” according to a Twitter post. Prinyanka has four wax separate statues at Madame Tussauds wax museums across the world. “Fans have been waiting to see the hotly-anticipated London arrival since the…

REVIEW OF PAVAROTTI – NEW DOCUDRAMA  IN  CINEMAS NOW

In many areas of The Arts, there seems to nearly always  be an artist who ultimately wears the crown for being the  most  superlatively gifted and talented of them all.  This applied to Pavarotti and he is sorely missed on the circuit worldwide.  With a personality as well as a talent that was larger than…

Rihanna is the world richest female musician with £471m fortune

According to Forbes’ annual Rich List, Rihanna is the richest female musician in the world with an estimated fortune of $600, ( £471m) with the majority of that coming from her Fenty Beauty range. She’s overtaken Madonna and Beyonce, who previously topped the list. The 31- year-old has been putting her efforts into her beauty,…

The singer and actress Doris Day dies aged 97

  The star of Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk, born as Mary Ann Von Kapplehoff in Cincinnati, her stage name was even derived from a song Helen Forrest’s Day After Day. Her father was a music teacher and church organist, while her mother loved popular music. It was only after a car accident that left…

Rihanna launching new Fenty fashion line LVMH

  Rihanna, one of the best-selling music artist worldwide, has teamed up with LVMH to create luxury clothing and footwear brand, making the largest luxury group by revenues. Luxury brands like Christian Dior, Dom Perignon Champagne and Sephora owner said the new brand of ready-to-wear shoes and accessories would be named Fenty ready for spring…

Tencent kills mobile game

Tencent suddenly pulled the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds mobile game in China, migrating gamers to the less catchy and more politically correct Heping Iingying, or Elite Force for Peace. Tencent is ditching its blockbuster PUBG, one of the money spinners, on the mainland, where it has failed to win commercial licences for many of its latest top…

LGBT superhero could be in Marvel’s next movie

Marvel introduced their first LGBT character in Avengers: Endgame. In an interview with Deadline magazine, director Joe Russo said “ It is a perfect time, because one of the things that is compelling about the Marvel Universe moving forward is its focus on diversity,”. Moviegoers were introduced to The Avengers in a series of movies…

Battle of fact and fiction

Review of Tolkein by Penny Nair Price. “Love, Adventure, Friendship,  War, Fiction.” The adult Tolkein is played by Nicholas Hoult and the youngster by Harry Gilbey. His everlasting love Edith Bratt is played by Lily Collins. Tolkein and Edith had a lifelong love affair that resulted in marriage and three children. Two very captivating elements…