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Patrick Stewart, best known for “Star Trek” and “X-Men,” dies at 86

Legendary actor Sir Patrick Stewart, best known for his work in the “Star Trek” and “X-Men” franchises and his prolific award-winning stage career, has died at 86 years old, his spokesperson confirmed. George Takei, who played Hikaru Sulu in the original “Star Trek” series, said on Threads that “Stewart took the starship Enterprise to places it had never gone before, and he inspired a whole next generation of star-gazers who looked longingly ahead to a brighter future for all humanity.

‘Daddy loves you specially,’ — D’banj remembers late son eight years after death

By Wasiu Rokibat Nigerian music star Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj, has paid an emotional tribute to his late son, Daniel Oyebanjo III, eight years after his tragic death. Daniel died on June 24, 2018, at the age of 13 months after reportedly drowning in a swimming pool at the family’s residence in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Ceilidh: A New Musical review – a joyous, riotous celebration of Scottish culture gets the audience on its feet

Shoreditch town hall, London Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie’s audience participation musical gets toes tapping and bodies spinning – even if its story lacks a little depth There’s only one thing you need to know before you dance in a ceilidh, we’re told at the start of this show: “In 2,000 years, no one has ever looked good doing it.” Staged in the round, with ample space for stripping the willow, Ceilidh is directed by Sam Pinkleton, whose Tony-winning Oh, Mary! proved what he can do with anarchic energy.

Rangaraju, Swamy Anand among Rajyothsava awardees from Mysuru

‘Love Always’ series review: A well-intentioned story and potent concept undone by juvenile treatment

In turning back the clock on an ageing couple, ‘Love Always’ stumbles upon a potent exploration of regret, desire and second chances, but Madhumitha’s series is too caught up in its own melodrama to make the most of its magical conceit

LSO/Pappano review – Kendall’s engaging new work has a tea kettle, tremolo and slam-dunks of timpani

But I’ve never before seen a tea kettle brought on and placed ceremoniously at the front of the stage, as occurred ahead of the world premiere of Hannah Kendall’s LSO commission I have discovered the secret of death. But then Kendall’s music is vibrantly unconventional, often incorporating noise-makers from beyond classical music’s usual lineup.

‘X-Men,’ ‘Star Trek’ Star Patrick Stewart Dies At 86

Patrick Stewart, the British Shakespearean actor who became a Hollywood megastar through roles in the “Star Trek” and “X-Men” franchises, has died at the age of 86, an official statement said Thursday. British actor Sir Patrick Stewart arrives to Paramount+ Star Trek Day held at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California, on September 8, 2022.

Game-breaking blunders, killer yawns … and a puddle of vomit: it’s the top 10 Celebrity Traitors moments

: it’s the top 10 Celebrity Traitors moments. This series might have lacked Alan Carr, but Jerry Hall’s incredible one-liners and Ross Kemp’s intense paranoia prove this is still one of the best shows on TV More than 15 million of us have been gripped by famous people backstabbing and blundering their way through the second series of smash BBC hit The Celebrity Traitors.

Carmen review – Costa-Jackson’s smouldering heroine blazes brightly

Royal Opera House, London Ginger Costa-Jackson is an elemental and powerful Carmen in this revival of Damiano Michieletto’s 2024 staging that relocates the drama to Franco’s Spain Damiano Michieletto’s Carmen has plenty going for it. With the action relocated to Franco’s Spain, the oppressive police presence and reactive societal lawlessness ring true, even if Michieletto glosses over the era’s darker elements.

‘Patrick Stewart brought virile star power to the stage, from clowns to kings to wounded lions’

Yet he was a great team player, capable of anything, as his double acts with Ian McKellen showed Patrick Stewart, who has died aged 86, was a classic example of the company actor who becomes a star: a natural Enobarbus who winds up playing Mark Antony. He seemed the perfect team player, capable of anything: Shakespearean clowns such as Touchstone in As You Like It and Launce in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, or more muscular figures such as Cornwall in King Lear and Hector in Troilus and Cressida.

‘Ceilidh renaissance’ lures gen Z offline in search of real-life joy

Young dancers at the Ivy House in south-east London join the older crowd amid a renewed appetite for authentic, community events The Ivy House pub in Nunhead, south-east London, has long been associated with raucous music, with the rock legends Ian Dury and Elvis Costello gracing its stage in the 70s, and indie favourites caroline and Kiran Leonard pulling in crowds today. But last Friday, it was a traditional Scottish ceilidh dance rather than a grassroots gig luring London’s cool kids to its sticky dancefloor.

Mother whose son lost sight named WA's Australian of the Year

Deeply personal experiences of adversity are behind some of the winners of the 2027 Australian of the Year awards for Western Australia.

To baldly go: Patrick Stewart was an icon for bald men everywhere

He didn’t go grey or recede – and he didn’t wear a wig like William Shatner as Captain Kirk Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor and acclaimed thespian, dies aged 86 Patrick Stewart managed to be lots of different things at once. Previously, Star Trek had been a kind of space-set action show, where the relentlessly virile Captain Kirk would beam down to new planets to either punch or get off with all the aliens there.

Mridangam maestro T.K. Murthy to receive Sree Guruvayurappan Chembai Award

103-year-old Padma awardee honoured for his extraordinary nine-decade contribution to Carnatic music; Minister K. Muraleedharan to inaugurate Chembai Music Festival on November 6

The week’s best new tracks and the act you need to know: Dutch squat-punks Bombstrap’s uncompromising racket

The Rotterdam band are a riot of sound, look and attitude led by Eva Kah, who is as much a living artwork as she is a phenomenal live performer From Rotterdam, the Netherlands Recommended if you like Gnod, Discharge, Gwar Up next Debut album Big Enemy out now via Tartarus, playing Le Guess Who festival Rotterdam’s Bombstrap are a riotous and theatrical fusion of sound, look and attitude. Based in and drawing succour from one of the most famous squatted centres in the city, Het Poortgebouw, Bombstrap are a noisy counterblast to the increasing and overwhelmingly witless “circuses-and-bread”…

Basketweavers get in a twist over Alexander Skarsgård’s Wicker Husband

World’s basket makers have questions about character’s authenticity Hollywood heart-throbs are known for their good looks and charisma. Alexander Skarsgård’s Wicker Husband character in the romcom Wicker has sent the internet into a frenzy.

The Mosquito Bowl review – Netflix mixes football, war and cliches in slick by-the-numbers saga

Peter Berg’s handsomely made second world war drama about a football game before the battle of Okinawa is stirring but filled with eye-rolling dialogue Forgive me, but it is difficult to not to be a little cynical about The Mosquito Bowl, Peter Berg’s grimly serious action feature situated (and marketed during many an NFL game) at the intersection of two predominant male interests: football and the second world war. So while The Mosquito Bowl, adapted for Netflix by Berg and Mark L Smith from a nonfiction book by Buzz Bissinger, fulfills its promise of American male pablum – there is many a…

Sir Patrick Stewart obituary

Distinguished stage and screen actor who became a global star in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises One way of looking at the extraordinary career of Patrick Stewart, who has died aged 86, is that it went full circle – from the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1960s and 70s, through global stardom in the twin movie franchises of Star Trek and X-Men, then back to the RSC and the West End stage. There was plenty more besides, but Stewart’s touching performance in 2005 in David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre, at the Apollo in London, expressed the actor’s adaptability to a dressing room mood of ge

Beijing Queer film festival cancelled after police harassment

Forums for discussion of feminist and LGBTQ+ views face growing intolerance from Chinese state, say experts Beijing’s annual independent queer film festival has been cancelled after what is understood to have been a campaign of sustained harassment from the authorities. Beijing Queer film festival, which was due to begin on Friday in China’s capital, is one of the country’s oldest independent film festivals.

Susan Saint James obituary

US TV star known for the sitcom Kate & Allie and for starring opposite Rock Hudson in McMillan & Wife Susan Saint James, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 80, was a major star on US television for two decades, shooting to worldwide fame alongside Rock Hudson in the police drama McMillan & Wife and playing one of two divorced single mums in the female “odd couple” sitcom Kate & Allie. The role of Stewart McMillan, or “Mac”, a debonair San Francisco police commissioner, was Hudson’s first in a TV series after more than two decades as a movie heart-throb in Hollywood’s so-called golden age,…

Share your tributes and memories of Patrick Stewart

We would like to hear your tributes and memories of celebrated actor Patrick Stewart – whether you met him, or appreciated his work Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor and acclaimed British actor, has died. The Yorkshire born actor was with the Royal Shakespeare Company for 16 years.

“A Man To Rely On”:Ian McKellen Leads Tributes To Patrick Stewart Following Death At 86

Sir Ian McKellen has led a wave of emotional tributes from across the global entertainment industry following the death of legendary screen and stage actor Sir Patrick Stewart at the age of 86. Best known internationally for portraying Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the Star Trek franchise and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series, Stewart built a six-decade career that seamlessly bridged classical Royal Shakespeare Company theatre with Hollywood blockbusters.

Vatsala Rajagopalan reminisces about her days with Rasika Ranga since 1979

Accomplished theatre and film actor Vatsala Rajagopalan passed away in Chennai today at 93. Here’s an interview that appeared in The Hindu’s Friday Review on June 11, 2004

Oh to Believe in Another World review – William Kentridge’s amazing animated ballet of black comic pain

Kentridge’s cine-musical creation, made to accompany Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony, is a marvel of puppetry, dance and humour, exploring humanity, grief and idealism The Baku international arts festival in Azerbaijan is showcasing an amazing cine-musical creation, perhaps the most amazing animation I have ever seen. It is shown with the live orchestral accompaniment of Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony, and this event is partly in honour of the 120th anniversary of Shostakovich’s birth this year, and partly to honour Shostakovich’s reportedly unrequited love (and lifelong friendship) for his…