#olivier awards 2018

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nononono race totally has game. there’s poker, blackjack, texas hold ‘em, gin rummy….

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Uhhhhhhhhhh

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Simon Russell Beale

Physique: Chubby Build Height: 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)

Sir Simon Russell Beale CBE (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor. He has been described by The Independent as "the greatest stage actor of his generation". He has received two BAFTA Awards, three Olivier Awards, and a Tony Award. For his services to drama, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2019.

Beale made his film debut in Sally Potter's period drama Orlando (1992). He gained prominence for his roles in Persuasion (1995), Hamlet (1996), My Week with Marilyn (2011), The Deep Blue Sea (2011), Into the Woods (2014), and Mary Queen of Scots (2018). He has also appeared in the television projects The Young Visiters (2003), Dunkirk (2004), and as Falstaff in the BBC made-for-television films Henry IV, Part I and Part II (2012). He was part of the main cast of Showtime's Penny Dreadful.

A very cute and cuddly daddy, I first noticed him in the second season of House of the Dragon. Personally, I'd waste no time in trying to get him in bed. Seriously, that beard would just look great with a big load of jizz all over it wouldn't it? I know absolutely nothing of his personal life, so he is most likely straight. Wait… Beale is gay? He's a British actor who loves the theatre. Of course he's gay.

RECOMMENDATIONS: The Outfit (2022) Operation Finale (2018) The Death of Stalin (2017) A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)

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Marking Black History Month and recognising the incredible contributions of the black community, not just this month but every day of the year!

This year’s theme of ‘Reclaiming Narratives’ encourages us to shine a spotlight on the untold stories, the unsung heroes, and the everyday individuals making a big difference.

To celebrate we asked a number of our patronages to highlight some brilliant people whose work is having a lasting impact ����

Farah Saeed is the Lead Assessment and Resettlement Coordinator at @PassageCharity House. She helps recently homeless individuals transition off the streets into sustainable housing. Nearly 90% move into long-term accommodation with personalised care.

Dwayne Fields is an adventurer, TV presenter, and the UK’s Chief Scout. After seven years as a Scout Ambassador, he now encourages young people from all backgrounds to embrace the outdoors, helping them build self-belief and find role models. As a dedicated volunteer, he also inspires @scouts' 140,000 adult volunteers, motivating others to get involved.

Yasmin Liverpool is a former Great Britain 400m runner and previous beneficiary of @TeamSportsAid support. Since retiring, she has joined the charity’s National Awards Committee and also supports its work in creating more accessible and inclusive talent pathways.

Ama Agbeze MBE has been a trustee of @TeamSportsAid since 2020. The England netball legend, who captained her country to Commonwealth gold in 2018, mentors talented young athletes and supports the delivery of its mental health and wellbeing programme. She also helps guide SportsAid on enhancing its equity, diversity and inclusion work through her role on the Board.

Alero Omaghomi is a Sickle Cell Nurse who supports children with the disease through resources and equipment funded by @NHSCharities Together. She helps sick children stay engaged with their education when they have to spend long periods out of school.

Loveness Scott is the Positive Action Lead at North East Ambulance Service, engaging ethnic minorities to improve understanding of NHS services. She leads lifesaving workshops and supports the recruitment of community ambassadors. Her role is funded by @NHSCharities Together to address health inequalities and promote first aid.

Olivier Nsengimana is the Founder of the Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, which helps to protect the endangered Grey Crowned Crane in Rwanda. He trained as a vet and originally worked with gorillas, before founding the RWCA. Olivier was a @tusk_org Award for Conservation finalist in 2016.

Sandra Igwe is the founder and CEO of The Motherhood Group, a leading social enterprise focused on improving maternal health outcomes for Black women in the UK. Sandra also coordinates Black Maternal Mental Health Week UK and organises the annual Black Maternal Health Conference. @MMHAlliance

- The Prince and Princess of Wales

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Jonathan Bailey interview with the Evening Standard (2021)

There are worse places to conduct an interview than a park, and at least it’s only drizzling.

The only problem is that people won’t leave Jonathan Bailey alone. Which is to be expected, of course: he’s in Bridgerton, the most-watched original Netflix series in its history, viewed on 82 million accounts in a month since it dropped on Christmas Day. Wait. Did I say people? I meant dogs. They snaffle at his heels and rub against his legs while the humans remain impervious. This is because, devoid of his mutton chops and tailcoat, the 32-year-old actor looks a world away from Viscount Anthony Bridgerton, brother of Daphne; lover of Sienna; friend and foe of Simon, Duke of Hastings.

Today he’s dressed in a nylon jacket and sporting very different hair. ‘Bit of a spoiler for season two — I’ve had a light perm,’ he smiles.

And even if Bailey had spent the past two months in full regency costume, fame would have eluded him until lockdown eased and the usual signifiers — being hassled in restaurants, endless selfie requests — were back on the table. Until then it lies in wait, preserved in aspic.

Having spent lockdown thus far on the East Sussex coast staying home like the rest of us, Bailey admits the disconnect is confusing. ‘I feel like I’m being gaslit on a global scale,’ he laughs. ‘Even today, just meeting and talking to actual people who have seen the show feels weird. To me and all the British cast, it feels like Nasa. Netflix launched this spaceship, and you get launched into space. It’s a brilliantly traumatic thing to experience. The launch only happens once, and then it’s about tethering yourself and working it out. I think that might take a while.

‘The isolation of lockdown has been incredibly hard for everyone, but the isolation of feeling like you can’t inhabit the experience that other people are experiencing around you, while being locked down and not being able to see your friends…’ he tails off. ‘Presumably all it will take to shake it off is a big dinner, or even just having a few pints and going out.’

With a slew of TV parts under his belt (Broadchurch, Crashing, Chewing Gum, W1A) and an Olivier award for his role as Jamie in Company (2018), Bailey isn’t exactly an ingénue. But Bridgerton is one of those rare TV programmes that has bestowed fame on a global scale.

Produced by Shonda Rhimes and adapted from the historical novels of Julia Quinn, Netflix’s genre-busting costume drama reached the top 10 in 189 countries, thanks to a sharp script, lavish costumes and racially diverse cast that saw actors of colour inhabit the highest echelons of 19th-century society in a way that had never been seen on screen before. That this high society is presided over by a black woman, Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel), might be diversity divorced from any historical context, but the alternative — another costume drama inhabited by white people — has never felt more wrong.

Bailey auditioned for the part in 2018 while appearing in Company, sending off a tape to Rhimes’s production company, Shondaland. ‘I got offered the job on my 31st birthday, 25 April 2019,’ he recalls. Filming started in July 2019 and ended in March 2020, narrowly avoiding any impact from the pandemic. 

‘For me it feels like a lockdown anyway when I’m working, so it’s a long time since I can remember normal life.’ Has he been he a banana bread-baking stereotype over lockdowns? ‘I made more than banana bread,’ he laughs. ‘I started with banana bread but went on to cinnamon rolls, although they looked like turds — terrible. But I made amazing hot cross buns.’

The million dollar cliché: what did he learn about himself? ‘I feel more complicated than I thought I was,’ he says. ‘And then I’ve been affirmed by certain things. I did a lot of cycling between lockdowns, in Cornwall and around Italy last summer — pure recharge, pure perspective. Nature is so important. I know everyone’s saying that, and that some people can just keep going flat out, but I know I need to recharge. And I love a bath. I’ve had weeks where I’ve had a minimum of two a day.’ He suddenly looks horrified. ‘Actually, that’s awful. Don’t put that, ’cause it’s wasting water.’

Barely has ‘what did you miss the most?’ escaped from my lips and he exclaims, ‘Theatre! Not just theatre, but the possibility of theatre. But then, I’ve been watching really brilliant theatre creatives smashing it on TV instead.’ He points out that Bridgerton cast members Rosheuvel, Ruth Gemmell, Adjoa Andoh and Luke Thompson are all regulars on the stage. ‘We should be proud in Britain that there’s a massive crossover between theatre and TV. It’s not a semi-permeable membrane: it’s all one talent pool.’ 

Could the Government be doing more to support theatre? ‘Absolutely. It’s just the people who are making the decisions; if it had been someone who loves theatre, and understood the importance of it, this would never have happened. There are certain things in life where you go, “That’s a marker”, and the [2019] government campaign about Fatima having to retrain in cyber was one. That was a wound that will take a long time to heal. And the other marker of a moment is Ruth Sheen’s performance in It’s A Sin [the veteran actress had a cameo as a hospital visitor who took Keeley Hawes’ character to task in the final episode]. The last year hasn’t been about Christmas and Easter. It’s been about markers like those.’ 

Bailey has been described online as ‘openly gay’. I point out that no actors are ever described as ‘openly straight’, and he laughs. ‘I’d say I’m not openly gay. I’m just gay.’ Although he is wary of discussing his sexuality for the sake of it. ‘Then it becomes a commodity and a currency. I knew that I wanted to be visible about my sexuality, because in all the territories that Netflix goes out in, there might be a boy somewhere that goes, “Wait, what?” Which is what I didn’t have when I was young. All I know is that I’m happy to keep working really hard and if there are opportunities for representation, and to make that point, then that’s something I’ll always strive to do.’

Like just about everyone else, he loved It’s A Sin. ‘It was an incredible way to talk about an awful pandemic, and an absolute tragedy that so many people will be triggered by it. In Ruth Sheen’s character, you have a heterosexual woman who is mother to a gay son, challenging another mother. I found that rage incredible. The gay fantasy isn’t just hanging out in bars and meeting men. The gay fantasy is to have guardian angels of allyship.’

He’s hesitant to say whether he agrees with director Russell T Davies’ assertion that gay people should play gay roles. ‘It’s a big old conversation and one I’ve spoken to Russell about, and many other actors. But it’s really hard to give a sound bite to sum up.’

I tell him I don’t want a sound bite. ‘It’s about redressing the balance of access to roles. There just aren’t that many gay roles, so when straight actors go to take that space up, it’s eliminating the chance for other [gay actors].

‘We know there has been a history of needing to be closeted to succeed and be famous, especially in acting. And the idea of not being able to believe heterosexual relations and narrative, if you know one of the actors is gay… everyone should be able to play absolutely everything. But let’s blow away all the cobwebs, and one of the hang-ups and shadows of the past is that we need to be a lot more open to the idea of sexes playing different sides. There have been amazing performances by straight people playing gay and by gay people playing straight. It’s a moment to think about that, and I think Russell’s point was that there’s a vitality and a joy to It’s A Sin because he cast gay people in gay roles. That’s completely true. It’s not a bad thing to own your narrative.”

He is glad not to have received any flack for playing a straight role such as Viscount Anthony. ‘Bearing in mind the internet is a place where anyone can say anything, there hasn’t been anyone who’s had any animosity, or challenged it, so that’s good. Yes, I’m looking forward to gay actors playing gay parts, but for me it’s so important that everyone at home can see a bit of themselves on screen, to allow them to feel heard and seen, and also allow them to have aspirations.

‘Good actors can do anything, and there’ll be amazing writers who are willing to write for everyone. If there are people who don’t have access to creating their own TV shows or telling the stories they want to tell, then absolutely, everyone has to make space for them. That’s not just to do with gender or sexuality. It’s to do with race, religion and everything else.’ He pauses. ‘The idea that someone could read that and go, “God, that’s just a woke viewpoint,” I find really funny. It’s just basic sense, isn’t it?’

Another dog — this time a cockapoo — launches itself on Bailey mid-flow. ‘We have a family cockapoo. I looked after him in Lockdown 1,’ he says. ‘That was a real baptism of fire. He ate a sock. A full sock. It was a Muji sock. Stripy. And then it came up again three days later.’ What’s he called? ‘Benson, after the village I grew up in.’

His sounds an idyllic childhood. Brought up in Oxfordshire, he eschewed drama school for an Open University degree. Neither his parents nor three older sisters have anything to do with acting, but his interest was sparked as a child after watching a production of Oliver in the village hall. He joined the local drama club and also pootled around at the back of the class while one sister did ballet. ‘I wasn’t really invited, but I remember having Velcro trainers and just squeaking in the back and trying to do some pliés. I stopped dancing aged 12 because of the inevitable narrative — peer pressure. Ballet became a euphemism for something else.’

Was he the sort of kid who always got the lead in the school play? ‘I did play Jolly Roger in Jolly Roger,’ he smiles. ‘But then I was taken down a peg or two when I played a raindrop in Noah’s Ark. You win some, you lose some.’

With Bridgerton likely to run for many more seasons, and Viscount Anthony’s storyline taking centre stage in season two (now that sister Daphne is married off, the plot will focus on his own romantic life), Bailey’s newfound fame isn’t going to dissipate any time soon. He has mixed feelings. ‘You work and strive to be an actor and you can get better at it and enjoy it. But you can’t be good at fame or enjoy it. Some people do, some people don’t. It’s a different cocktail for everyone. There are suddenly opportunities available, which is brilliant, and I’m incredibly lucky. But then I realise this is when people say it’s about saying no, because what you say no to keeps you on the path.’

What also keeps him on the right path is the role itself. ‘Bridgerton is actually delivering on changing the bar, and the standard, of representation. Because of that, I’ve had amazing messages from people who have been able to talk about their sexuality, or people who have seen themselves or their children in the Duke of Hastings [storyline]. For me that’s the thing that’s always going to ground [the experience]. It’s a candyfloss juggernaut theme park ride — like multiple sensory overload.

‘So thank God for family. Thank God for friends.’

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The late, great Marin Mazzie performs “Losing My Mind” from the Broadway musical Follies, at the Celebration Concert for Stephen Sondheim’s 80th Birthday on March 15, 2010.

Marin Joy Mazzie (October 9, 1960 – September 13, 2018) was was a three-time Tony Award nominee, for her performances as Clara in Passion (1994), Mother in Ragtime (1998), and Lilli Vanessi/Katherine in Kiss Me, Kate (1999). For her work in Kiss Me, Kate, Mazzie was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award and Olivier Award, and she won an Outer Critics Circle Award.

Mazzie died on the morning of September 13, 2018, following a three-year battle with ovarian cancer. She was survived by her husband, her mother, and her brother. In honor of Mazzie's work, the lights of every Broadway theatre dimmed for one minute at 6:45 p.m. on September 19, 2018.

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[Freema Agyeman. Photographer: Joseph Sinclair]

By Steven McIntosh

Entertainment reporter

Doctor Who star Freema Agyeman will appear in a new stage production of the Tony and Olivier-winning dark comedy God of Carnage.

The actress is best known for her role as the companion Martha Jones in Doctor Who and recently starred opposite Lily Allen in TV comedy Dreamland.

She will play Veronique Vallon in the revival of Yasmina Reza's play at the Lyric Hammersmith theatre in September.

Agyeman told BBC News she was "beyond thrilled" to be returning to the stage.

God of Carnage tells the story of two sets of parents, who meet up after one 11-year-old knocks out his classmate's two front teeth in a playground fight.

The boys' parents meet up to have a civil conversation about their children's altercation in a supposedly calm and rational way. But chaos ensues as the parents themselves descend into tantrums, name-calling and tears.

Agyeman said: "I'm happy to be staying in the genre of dark comedy post Dreamland - God of Carnage made me gasp and guffaw in equal measure.

"I look forward to performing in this play alongside the fantastic cast and am very excited to be working with director Nicholai La Barrie whose enthusiasm is infectious!"

Reza's play was translated for English-speaking audiences by Christopher Hampton, who won an Oscar in 2021 for best adapted screenplay for The Father.

God of Carnage premiered in the West End in 2008 before transferring to Broadway the following year.

The play went on to win both the Tony and Olivier Award for best comedy, as well as additional Tonys for best play and best actress for Marcia Gay Harden.

Agyeman's screen credits include Torchwood, Silent Witness, Law and Order and The Carrie Diaries, as well as the most recent film in the Matrix franchise, Resurrections.

She will appear alongside Ariyon Bakare, Dinita Gohil and Martin Hutson in the Hammersmith production of God of Carnage, which runs from 1 to 30 September.

Agyeman said the Lyric had an "incredible history and tradition" and praised its "consistently solid, inclusive and high-calibre work".

Director Nicholai La Barrie said: "God of Carnage pokes fun at wealth, power and money. It lifts the lid on civility which is immensely funny to watch. From the moment I read this play, I imagined it to be a reflection of the cosmopolitan cities that we live in."

In a review of a 2018 revival of the play in Bath, the Guardian's Arifa Akbar recalled how the show's 2009 run in the West End "put in just enough laughs, balanced with middle-class menace and marital rage, for the play to earn its reputation as a savage comedy that tears away the veneer of respectability in modern bourgeois lives to expose the bigotry, anger and predations that lie beneath".

Prior to God of Carnage, writer Reza made her name with the the 1994 play Art, which also won a string of Olivier and Tony Awards.

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April 8, 2018: London's National Theatre production of Follies wins two Olivier Awards (Best Musical Revival and Best Costume Design).

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PRE-DRINK from Midi La Nuit on Vimeo.

2017 | 23 min | French with English Subtitles | 4:3 | Couleur | 5.1 - ALEXE est une jeune femme trans, et CARL un homme gai. Meilleurs amis depuis toujours, une soirée passée ensemble déstabilise ALEXE, lorsque les deux décident de coucher ensemble pour la première fois. - ALEXE is a young trans woman, and CARL a gay man. Best friends since forever, an evening spent together destabilizes ALEXE, when both decide to have sex together for the first time. -

Un film de / A film by : Marc-Antoine Lemire Produit par / Produced by : Maria Gracia Turgeon (Midi La Nuit) Distribué par / Distributed by : H264 Distribution

CAST Pascale Drevillon - Alex Trahan

CREW Cinematographer: Léna Mill-Reuillard Editor: Anouk Deschênes Sound: Laurent Ouellette Sound Mixer & Editor: Theo Porcet - Jean-David Perron Key Gaffer & Grip: Olivier Racine 1st Assistant Camera: Ariane Aubin-Cloutier Art Director: Marc-Antoine Lemire Costumes: Alexandra Bégin- Laurie-Anne Viens - Renée Sawtelle Make-up: Andie Wisdom Dawson Hair: Tania Lacoste-Major - Andie Wisdom Dawson Executive Producers: Annick Blanc - Evren Boisjoli - Item 7 1st Assistant Director: Catherine Kirouac Coordinator: Kelyna N. Lauzier Production Intern: Gabrielle De Cevins Production Assistant: Lysandre Leduc Boudreau Catering: France Turgeon Traducer: Guylaine Jacob

Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival – Short Cuts, 2017 *Best Canadian Short Film Talent tout court/Not Short on Talent – Cannes Film Festival, 2017 Atlantic International Film Festival, 2017 Festival international du film francophone de Namur, 2017 Festival international du film de Bordeaux, 2017 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, 2017 Prends Ça Court Trouville, 2017 Festival international du film francophone d’Acadie, 2017 Whistler Film Festival, 2017 Thess International Short Film Festival, 2017 *Cinematic Achievement Award Southwest International Film Festival, 2018 Taos Shortz Film Fest, 2018 Flickerfest, 2018 Tampere Film Festival, 2018 Antitube, 2018 Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival, 2018 Canadian Screen Awards, 2018 *Nominated for Best Short Film 15e Gala Prends ça court *Audience Award, Post-Moderne Award Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, 2018 *Best Fiction Short Film Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2018 Nashville Film Festival, 2018 KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, 2018 On vous ment : Festival Documenteur, 2018 InsideOut LGBT Film Festival, 2018 Seoul International Women Film Festival, 2018 Gala Iris Québec Cinéma, 2018 *Best Fiction Short Film OutFilm : Connecticut LGBT Film Festival, 2018 Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, 2018 Festival 48 Images Seconde, 2018 – *Jury Prize Festival Longue Vue sur le court, 2018 – *Best Script Moscow International Film Festival, 2018 Sicilia Queer Film Fest, 2018 Mostra La Ploma, 2018 Kortfilmfestivale, 2018 fliQs: Queer Film Nights, 2018 Frameline, San Francisco, 2018 Festival MIX Milano, 2018 Korea Queer Film Festival, 2018 Outfest Los Angeles, 2018 Odense International Film Festival, 2018 Seattle International Film Festival, 2018 Transgender Film Festival Zurich, 2018 Lovers Film Festival – Torino Lgbtqi Visions, 2018 Festival Internacional de Cine IBAFF, 2018 Wicked Queer: Boston LGBT Film Festival, 2018 CinemaQuebecItalia, 2018 Vancouver Queer Film Festival, 2018 Meziprata Film Festival, 2018 *Best Short Film award Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia IBAFF, 2018 Norwegian Short Film Festival – Grimstad, 2018 Écrans Mixtes Lyon, 2018 Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, 2018 Reel Affirmations: Washington, DC’s LGBTQ Film Festival, 2018 Off-Courts Trouville 2018 Queergestreift Filmfestival, 2018 Zinegoak, International LGTB Film and Performing Arts Festival, 2018 Mardi Gras Film Festival, 2018 Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, 2018 Les Percéides, 2018 L’Espace Filmique, 2018 Cinéma Diverse, Palm Spring LGBT Film Festival, 2018 Q Cinema – Fort Worth, 2018 PROUD film festival, 2018 Louisville LGBT film festival, 2018 TWIST Seattle film festival, 2018 Durham film festival, 2018 Mix Copenhagen LGBTQ film festival, 2018 NewFest: The NYC LGBT film festival, 2018 Reel Affirmation film festival, 2018 Inside Out 2018 Ottawa LGBT Film Festival, 2018 Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, 2018 Iris Prize Festival, 2018 *Finalist – Iris Prize Encounters Bristol, 2018 BENT: the 27th annual Sacramento LGBTQ Film Festival, 2018 Out On Film/Atlanta, 2018 Trans Film Fest Stockholm, 2018 SPASM, 2018 *Audience Award Chéries-Chéris, Festival LGBT à Paris, 2018 *Grand Prize Nahia Film Fest: International Short Film Festival, 2018 *Special Jury Award Plein(s) Écran(s), 2018 26th MIX BRASIL FESTIVAL, 2018 Queer Screen – Sydney, 2019 ReelOut – Kingston’s Queer film + Video festival, 2019 Qflix Philadelphia, 2019 Go Short – Netherlands, 2019 Queen’s World film festival, 2019 Vues d’en Face – Grenoble, 2019 Académie des Césars – Nuits en Or, 2019 Prague Pride screening – Meziprata Film Festival, 2019

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Would risk it all for a man old enough to be my grandfather 😂

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Brian Cox

Physique: Husky Build Height: 5’ 6½" (1.69 m)

Brian Denis Cox CBE (born 1 June 1946-) is a Scottish actor. A classically trained Shakespearean actor, he is known for leading performances on stage and television, as well as supporting roles in film. His numerous accolades include two Laurence Olivier Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award as well as a nomination for a British Academy Television Award. Cox is known for appearing in Super Troopers, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, X2, Braveheart, Rushmore, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Troy.

A craggy, but handsome bear of a man that I first spotted back in the late 90s when I saw him in a tail end of a sex scene from the movie The Cloning of Joanna May. His weight seems to fluctuate between quite portly to more like merely husky, but trust me, I doubt we'll be seeing a thin Brian Cox anytime soon. And I think he's a bit of an exhibitionist. Because it seems like every time he attends the Dressed to Kilt Scottish fashion event (of which I have snagged some pics), he flashes that cute ass of his.

Cox is twice divorced with two children from his second marriage. Cox married his third wife, actress Nicole Ansari, in 2002, whose over 20 years his junior. They have two sons. I’m glad he’s banging some young thing. Though I wish he was banging some young thing 30 years his junior. Namely me.

RECOMMENDATIONS: (2018) The Etruscan Smile - Rear nudity, shirtless (2016) The Carer - Shirtless bed scene (2012) The Straits (TV Series) - Shirtless bed scene (2008) The Escapist - Shirtless shower scene (1992) The Cloning of Joanna May - Rear nudity, shirtless, sex scene (1991) The Lost Language of Cranes - Shirtless, shirtless bed scene (1980) Thérèse Raquin - Rear nudity, shirtless

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Gladiator sequel starring May Calamawy, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi and others alongside Paul Mescal

The main actors for the highly anticipated sequel to Gladiator is taking shape following recent rounds of hiring by famed director Ridley Scott and his casting team.meeting reports that May Calamawy, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi, Peter Mensah and Matt Lucas are among the actors recently cast to star in the as yet untitled film, which stars Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix some 30 years after the original storyline should.Also, Fred Hechinger could be coming on board soon, as he and his team are currently in talks for the role of Emperor Geta after Barry Keoghan had to drop out of the race for the unspecified role due to scheduling conflicts.The new cast joins a cast that already included Irish actor Paul Mescal, 27, in the lead role of Lucius, son of Lucilla, who was played by Connie Nielsen in the original 2000 film.Like Jacobi, who is reprising his role as Gracchus, Nielson is believed to be one of the few veteran actors returning to the cast, alongside other previously announced actors such as Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal and Joseph Quinn.Considered one of the best films of the 2000s, Gladiator was a smash hit with fans. On a budget of $103 million, it grossed more than $503 million at the worldwide box office.Most critics praised the production, particularly the acting of Crowe and Phoenix, which led to twelve Oscar nominations and eventually won five, including the coveted Best Picture Oscar and Best Actress Oscar for Crowe.In the wake of the success of Gladiator, Crowe saw his star rise to the top of almost everyone's A-list in Hollywood and beyond.Last year, news broke of a sequel starring Ridley Scott, which in turn caught the attention of male actors around the world who fit the profile.Scott is producing and directing from a script by David Scarpa, who is credited with writing The Last Castle (2001), The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008) and All The Money In The World (2017) is known for the upcoming historical drama Napoleon (2023) produced and directed by Scott, due for release in November. Calamawy wanted to do a thorough search for the most important main characters and finally landed her role after several auditions.She got her big break last year in Marvel Studios' Moon Knight series, starring alongside Oscar Isaac in the Disney+ series.The Bahraini native, 36, is also known for her ongoing role in the Hulu comedy-drama series Ramy, which also stars Ramy Youssef, Hiam Abbass, Amr Waked, Dave Merheje and Mohammed Amer.

BACK ON BOARD: Ridley Scott, 85, returns as producer and director of the as yet untitled Gladiator sequel; He is pictured on the set of the original 1999 film

Starring: The new cast joins a cast that already includes Irish actor Paul Mescal, 27, in the lead role of Lucius, son of Lucilla, who was played by Connie Nielsen in the original 2000 filmAs for the other hires, 51-year-old Raz is better known to his fans in his native Israel for his roles in the political thriller series Fauda (since 2015) and Hit & Run (2021).Jacobi, 84, is an English actor with a long and distinguished career in film, television and theater dating back to 1959. He has received numerous awards over the decades including a BAFTA, two Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Tony Award.Mensah, 63, is a Ghanaian-English actor with films such as Tears Of The Sun (2003), Hildago (2004), 300 (2006) and The Incredible Hulk (2008). And Lucas, 49, has achieved acting fame with his roles in the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain (2003-2006) and Come Fly With Me (2010-2011) and the films Alice in Wonderland. (2010) and "Bridesmaids" (2010) fame as an actor. 2011).Best known for his breakthrough role in the first season of HBO's The White Lotus, 24-year-old Hechinger made his film debut in and starred in the coming-of-age dramedy Eighth Grade (2018). Drama “Human Capital” (2019) with.

Epic hit: In January, after Russell Crowe revealed he would not be appearing in the sequel, he revealed on a podcast that the storyline takes place some 30 years after the original film; Both Crowe and his co-star Joaquin Phoenix were praised for their performances in the hit 2000 film, which also included a Best Actor Oscar for CroweEarlier this year, Russell Crowe confirmed he wouldn't be appearing in the long-awaited Gladiator sequel, but offered a few plot pointers after chatting with Scott over dinner.Although he didn't reveal much, during an appearance on the series he revealed that the story revolves around Mescal's character, Lucius Fitzy and Wippa Podcast."If you remember, there was a little boy who wanted to defeat the gladiator, which leads to the 'My name is' speech," he said of the original film, adding, "So this little boy grew up, and that he is also now.' the Emperor.' He then summed things up by declaring: “So it's not a remake. And it's not a direct sequel. It's not like the day after, you know, 30 years later or something. And then the situation arises, you know? So far, there's no official word on when filming for the Gladiator sequel will begin. Read the full article

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Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To A Very Talented & Elegant & Intriguing English Actress Of The UK 🇬🇧 Today After her stage debut in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe Theatre (2007), She made her feature film debut in the comedy St Trinian's (2007). She portrayed Bond Girl Strawberry Fields in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008), a performance which won her an Empire Award for Best Newcomer. She has since appeared in a number of films, including The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009), Tamara Drewe (2010), Clash of the Titans (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), Their Finest (2016), The Escape (2017), and Vita and Virginia (2018). She received the Harper's Bazaar Woman of the Year Award for acting in and producing The Escape. Her theatrical highlights have included starring in The Duchess of Malfi (2014), Made in Dagenham (2014), Nell Gwynn (2016) and Saint Joan (2017). She was nominated for Olivier Awards for her work on both Nell Gwynn and Made in Dagenham, and she won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for the latter. Since 2016, She has run her own production company, Rebel Park Productions, which focuses on creating female-led content in front of and behind the camera. She has executive-produced four feature films and two short films. She is also on record as being a supporter of the Time's Up, ERA 50:50 and MeToo movements. She played an integral role in persuading actresses to wear black at the 2018 BAFTAs in support of Time'sUp, and has been involved with ERA 50:50, an equal pay campaign in the UK, since its inception. Please Wish This Very Intriguing Actress Of Grand Performances 🎭 A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 Ms. Gemma Arterton 🇬🇧  #GemmaArterton https://www.instagram.com/p/CoLhNS0vuYFizhUnZmqMDMkzfp5lIHIyD68nr80/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Colman Jason Domingo (November 28, 1969) is an actor, writer, and director. Known for his roles on stage and screen, Domingo has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for a Tony Award and Olivier Award.

His early Broadway roles include the 2005 play Well and the 2008 musical Passing Strange. He gained acclaim for his role as Mr. Bones in the Broadway musical The Scottsboro Boys (2011) for which he received a nomination for Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He reprised the role in the 2014 West End production, receiving a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical nomination. In 2018 he wrote the book for the Broadway musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.

After early roles in various incarnations of the Law & Order series and as part of the main cast for The Big Gay Sketch Show, he had his breakthrough playing Victor Strand in Fear the Walking Dead (2015–23). In 2022, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as the recovering drug addict Ali on Euphoria.

His film appearances include supporting roles in Lincoln (2012), Selma (2014), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020). For his role as a ruthless pimp in Zola (2021), he received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male nomination. He portrayed civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in Rustin (2023).

He was born in Philadelphia. His father is from Belize and his family is from Guatemala. He attended Overbrook High School and Temple University, where he majored in Journalism.

He has taught at the O’Neill National Theater Institute, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

He is openly gay and has been married to his husband, Raúl Domingo, since 2014. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Interview with Glamour Magazine UK (2020)

“Nothing says sex more than a montage,” Jonathan Bailey the new leading man on the costume drama scene jokes. We are approx. five minutes into our interview, and we have already covered the delights of mince pies, stilton and Nando’s but our attention has turned to the racy romance in Netflix’s new TV show, Bridgerton and its sex scenes.

Bridgerton, Shonda Rhimes’ (the producer behind Scandal and Grey's Anatomy) first foray into costume drama, is set in London during the Regency era and follows the trials and tribulations of the marriage market. Johnathan plays the troubled Anthony who after the death of his father is forced to assume the role of head of the Bridgerton family that contains eight close knit siblings of which Daphne - played by GLAMOUR UK cover star, Phoebe Dynevor - becomes the most celebrated catch on the scene. The resulting ‘romance’ will have your grandmother clutching her pearls, let’s just say that.

It’s certainly a career making role for Jonathan, who previously appeared in Broadchurch and Doctor Who, as well as sweeping a Laurence Olivier Award win for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his portrayal of Jamie in the 2018 West End revival of Company.

As Jonathan prepares to hit the big time – by appearing bottom first on Netflix - he talks how life is just like a boogie board - you just have to ride those waves - when it comes to dealing with your mental health and self-esteem… sounds poetic, no?

What do you think is so game changing about the way Bridgerton approaches sex and relationships?

I think romance as a genre exists on a beach holiday with a glass of rosé and it hasn't been given the respect that I think Shondaland and Netflix are now giving it on this wider platform. Inherently romance is about identity and about basic human interaction and sex is a massive part of that. With Bridgerton, you're following eight siblings, all with different wants and they'll meet people along the way, and they'll interact differently. It shows how you can exercise respect, have sex in different ways and how sex changes through relationships as they change. With the romance in this - with the amazing Sabrina Bartlett (who plays Anthony’s love interest)- one of the things that we talked about a lot was how power through sex can change. With Phoebe's character, I think the most extraordinary thing is about conversation and about how important it is for parents to talk to their children about sex so that they don't go into these situations which can be incredibly vulnerable.

I think it is a game changer. It's so important to see everything through every gaze and the female gaze in terms of sex is not something we have seen much of. Let's reassert that balance! Ultimately, we're telling it at a time where it's incredibly safe to do so because of the post #metoo era as there's intimacy coordination and because there's now a safety and there's an understanding you can tell a story through sex. Whereas before, I think it was just a white-knuckle ride, you had to just get through it, and it would be the day on the schedule that you'd be slightly terrified of.

It’s actually so shocking that we still talk about sex in 2020 and get really bashful about it…

No, I know! I was speaking to a friend the other day about sex in TV and film and we worked out it's more awkward to watch it on your own. Somehow it makes it better when you're watching it with a friend or you're in a group or you're in the cinema, because then at least it's a collective experience. I think there's an inherent curiosity about sexuality because it's linked to tribalism and knowing where you stand with people and how you interact. That's why it's always exciting. I think with period dramas - which is genre that I love - we always know that there'll be an unbuttoning of the corset and maybe a kiss at the end with a firework. But what better way to flip that genre like Shonda Rhimes has done. I think with Anthony you see his bottom first and then it pans up. There's no better way to say, ‘we see the genre and we raise you!’ Bottoms up!

For the role you worked out with a personal trainer didn’t you…

Yeah, I did. I just finished Company in the West End and then I just went on a really delicious traveling escapade, which involved just enjoying all the delicacies that I could find. When you're getting your kit off, you just want to feel confident. I also think getting into the discipline of exercise really helps when you have a long grueling schedule so exercising and getting ready for a role is more of a mental thing as well as a literal physical thing.

Having to get your body out there on screen is quite a conscious process. How does that affect your own relationship with your own body image, would you say?

Once upon a time there would always be a caveat with an audition saying there'll be nudity and you have to be okay with that. That would always sort of send a tremor up your spine, but I think actually everything I've done involves me getting my bum out, weirdly! It's something that I've become used to, but you've just got to be really careful that you're doing it for the right reasons. Of course, it does bleed into your everyday life and when you're trying to sustain something for nine months, you go through different barriers in terms of what is healthy and what isn't.

There's an element of control that comes with acting which you've just got to be really mindful of. When you start trying to control how you want to be seen or how you see yourself or how you feel on a certain day, you can get into habits. If you're self-aware enough, you can identify them as they're coming in and then continue. I can see how you can get into unhealthy thought patterns when it comes to body image, but that's why it has to be a constant conversation.

You play a new kind of costume drama leading man as he is an anti-hero is many ways isn’t he?

There's a real obsession around the ‘Darcy’ figures in literary history. Here you meet someone who is so vulnerable, susceptible to other people's opinions and society's opinions change his value system. The idea of masculinity is very important in Bridgerton, I really thought, ‘God, if you were a therapist, and you could time travel, you'd want to go to the Bridgerton’s straight away and it down with them because you'd make a fortune.’ They have literally just lost their father and Anthony becomes a viscount and head of the family within one night. This is the patriarchal system, that’s how that worked, and that has completely limited and shattered female existence. There is also a very modern sensibility of mental health in men. Hopefully he's not just a baddie and there's something quite human going on.

There are redeeming features…

Yeah, like his hair or mutton chops. I could write a thesis on how having facial hair like that can augment your sense of self within your social circles. Suddenly people are like, ‘Oh my God, are you in a band? Are you from Camden?’ It just changes the shape of everyone's face and makes it sharp.

The sideburns are like 19th century contouring!

Exactly! Your cheekbones are on fleek.

Bridgerton brings up how some men really do struggle behind the very public roles that they play. How do you look after your own mental wellbeing and what societal pressures that have put pressure on your mental health?

That's a really good question. I think there's just incredible amounts of labeling generally and as woman, as a man, as a gay man, as a mother, as a father, there's just a sense that there's opinions everywhere. And at this moment in time, that can come straight to your phone, but I know what the ‘balm’ is and for me it is having friends that you nurture you through and keeping transparency and openness. That’s not always easy and that requires work but when you get there and if you feel confident enough to be able to say how you're feeling moment to moment, you get a greater sense of your own identity.

If you do talk, sometimes you surprise yourself by how you're framing things in words, and it's completely different to how you think. My experience of any moments of real fear or trauma in certain ways is that you realize that other people have been through it. That's the power of storytelling as well as conversation. I am so lucky, and I escaped the Instagram teenage years!

I mean, MSN messenger was bad enough!

Yeah. I know – BRB and the wobbly nudge! I hated being nudged and I still hate being nudged. Who knows how self-image and self-esteem is really going to be affected going forward?

Existing authentically is the hardest battle of all really, isn't it?

Yeah! It's ebb and flow. I think it's like when you are in the sea, you've got your boogie board, if you're lucky you've got a wetsuit, and the waves are going to come, and you don't know how you're going to surf them. But as long as you know that that boogie board is yours and your pals are also down the road in the same sea then you're going to be all right because you know you're all experiencing similar waves and similar tides as them God, that was a real strong image, wasn't it?

‘Life is a boogie board,’ is truly a great way to look at life!

It’s a new mantra!

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