In 2019, a Fresh Prince of Bel-Air fan came up with an idea to reboot the sitcom as a gritty drama, even making a mock trailer to show how it could look. Three years on and the show’s star Will Smith has made it a reality – and the firstContinue Reading
An Indian actor has apologised to badminton star Saina Nehwal after his “sexist” tweet to her kicked up a social media storm. Siddharth, who uses only one name, said he was trying to make a “rude joke” in response to a tweet by Nehwal. But his “tone and words” couldn’tContinue Reading
The Walking Dead star Lennie James has said there needs to be much more of a “conversation” about the casting of roles. Amid a growing clamour for actors to have lived experience of the characters they are playing, he called for debate especially “in areas where the authenticity has beenContinue Reading
Netflix’s new Western, The Harder They Fall, opens with an intriguing disclaimer: “While the events in this film are fictionalised… These. People. Existed.” Without it, viewers might assume the movie is an imaginary tale, one of several cases of Hollywood re-casting historical periods and events with more ethnic minority charactersContinue Reading
Tributes are being paid to US actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black Panther in the hit Marvel superhero film, after he died on Friday aged 43. Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016 but had never spoken about it publicly. He died at his home in Los Angeles with hisContinue Reading