Christobel Hastings

1 week ago | cosmopolitan.com | Christobel Hastings

If you’re a fan of shows about the undead, there are certain hallmarks you can always come to expect: vacant-eyed zombies lurching in unison, screaming figures down dark alleyways, gaping mouths full of bloody teeth. But when The Last Of Us landed in 2023, it seemed that no one was prepared for the body horror.

1 week ago | cosmopolitan.com | Christobel Hastings

If you’re a fan of shows about the undead, there are certain hallmarks you can always come to expect: vacant-eyed zombies lurching in unison, screaming figures down dark alleyways, gaping mouths full of bloody teeth. But when The Last Of Us landed in 2023, it seemed that no one was prepared for the body horror.

1 week ago | redonline.co.uk | Christobel Hastings

Eight years ago, David Oyelowo invited his ‘chosen family mother’, Oprah Winfrey, to see him perform Othello in New York. Unfortunately, the theatre was fitted with punishing wooden benches. ‘For eight years, she didn’t let it rest as to how uncomfortable she had been while watching that play,’ the 48-year-old says dryly. Upon returning to his roots on the London stage in Shakespeare’s Coriolanus recently, he seized the opportunity to capitalise on the National Theatre’s cushioned seating.

1 month ago | prima.co.uk | Christobel Hastings

The May 2025 issue of Prima has landed, starring award-winning comedian, author and host of The Great British Sewing Bee Sara Pascoe. In the new issue, the beloved stand-up, who has brought joy to audiences across the world with her trademark confessional humour, and has just embarked on a new international tour memorably titled I Am A Strange Gloop, looks back on her comedy roots. “I was a failed actor," Sara tells Prima. "I was trying to be an actor and I didn’t get into drama school.

1 month ago | redonline.co.uk | Christobel Hastings

Naomi Watts likes to take big risks. When she was a teenager, she walked away from a promising career as a fashion editor after attending a weekend acting course. ‘I definitely did things more blindly or less consciously when I was young, such as moving to America with nothing but a couple of thousand in my savings account,’ she says breezily, smiling at the memory. ‘And, yes, quitting what was considered to be a high-powered job at 19 to become an actor.