Leisha Santorelli

London, New York

Deputy Culture Editor and Team Manager at BBC News

BBC NEWS Deputy Culture Editor/Team Manager. @EmoryUniversity @KellettSchool alum. Fmr @Marketplace @BloombergTV @CNNi. Born Singapore, raised British Hong Kong

Articles

Eruption: James Patterson finishes Crichton passion project

Jun 3, 2024 | bbc.com | Leisha Santorelli

Image source, Penguin Random HouseImage caption, James Patterson is one of the world's best-selling authorsJurassic Park author Michael Crichton died from cancer over 15 years ago - now, his unfinished "passion project", about a humanity-threatening volcanic eruption, has been completed by fellow literary giant James Patterson and is already generating heated interest in Hollywood.
Eruption: James Patterson finishes Crichton passion project

Jun 3, 2024 | flipboard.com | Leisha Santorelli

Publishing10 hours agoBook Review: From Crichton and Patterson, ‘Eruption’ is poised to be seismic publishing eventthespec.com - Rob Merrill The Associated Press • 10hYou know you’ve got some juice in the publishing world when you get top billing on a book nearly 16 years after your death.
Trailblazing 'Queen of the Waves' resurfaces in new biopic

May 29, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Leisha Santorelli

Olympian Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel, is being reintroduced to audiences in a powerful new biopic starring Daisy Ridley, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Young Woman and the Sea follows Ederle's journey from surviving measles to breaking gender conventions of the time by getting in a pool.
International Booker Prize 2024: German win for Kairos

May 21, 2024 | bbc.com | Leisha Santorelli

International Booker Prize 2024: German win for KairosBy Leisha Chi-Santorelli,BBC News CultureGetty ImagesGerman author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofman at The International Booker Prize 2024 in LondonGerman writer Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann have won the International Booker Prize. Their novel Kairos follows the destructive love affair between a 19-year-old student and a married man in his 50s who meet on a bus in East Berlin around 1986.
Meghan Markle: 'We've forgotten our humanity'on social media

Mar 8, 2024 | yahoo.com | Leisha Santorelli

The Duchess of Sussex has criticised the "seemingly endless toxicity" of social media, revealing she was targeted with "bullying and abuse" while pregnant with Archie and Lilibet. Meghan was the keynote speaker on a high-profile panel marking International Women's Day at the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. She said she now keeps her distance from such comments for her wellbeing. Prince Harry was in the front row of the audience watching the speech.
Slave Play: No 10 criticises black-only audiences plan

Feb 29, 2024 | au.lifestyle.yahoo.com | Leisha Santorelli

Slave Play received 12 nominations at the 74th Tony Awards, breaking the previous record held by Angels in AmericaA West End production of Slave Play that plans to host some shows for black audiences only has been criticised by Downing Street as "wrong and divisive". The Noel Coward Theatre will hold two "Black Out" performances solely for an "all-black-identifying audience". Set on a plantation in the old American South, the controversial play explores "race, identity and sexuality".
Slave Play: No 10 criticises black-only audiences

Feb 29, 2024 | yahoo.com | Leisha Santorelli

A West End production of Slave Play that plans to host some shows for black audiences only has been criticised by Downing Street as "wrong and divisive". The Noel Coward Theatre will hold two "Black Out" performances solely for an "all-black-identifying audience". Set on a plantation in the old American South, the controversial play explores "race, identity and sexuality". Written by US actor and playwright Jeremy O Harris, it has received more Tony nominations than any other play.
Slave Play: No 10 criticises black-only audiences

Feb 29, 2024 | bbc.com | Leisha Santorelli

Slave Play: No 10 criticises black-only audiencesBy Leisha Chi-SantorelliBBC News CultureGetty ImagesSlave Play received 12 nominations at the 74th Tony Awards, breaking the record previously set by the revival of Angels in AmericaThe Noel Coward Theatre will hold two "Black Out" performances solely for an "all-black-identifying audience". Set on a plantation in the old American South, the controversial play explores "race, identity and sexuality".
Dune 2: Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Taylor-Joy bring futuristic fashion

Feb 15, 2024 | au.lifestyle.yahoo.com | Leisha Santorelli |Noor Nanji

Read full articleThe main cast of Dune: Part TwoHollywood's young A-listers Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler and Florence Pugh star in the highly anticipated Dune sequel by director Denis Villeneuve. Here are some of the stars' best red carpet looks from the red carpet and their global tour.
Dune 2: Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Taylor-Joy bring futuristic fashion

Feb 15, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Leisha Santorelli |Noor Nanji

Hollywood's young A-listers Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler and Florence Pugh star in the highly anticipated Dune sequel by director Denis Villeneuve. Here are some of the stars' best red carpet looks from the red carpet and their global tour. There were audible gasps from the crowd once Zendaya appeared clad in a full silver metallic suit. She did not do any interviews with the press.