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The baffling rise of Tom Cruise’s ‘girlfriend’ Ana de Armas

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Marianka Swain

Ana de Armas at the Hollywood premiere of Ballerina - Axelle/Bauer-GriffinWhen the film industry was conquered by an unholy combination of the streaming services and the superhero machine, Hollywood stopped making movie stars. Studio publicists have been reduced to desperately, and unconvincingly, hyping up little-known Gen-Z performers as the next Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts.
The baffling rise of Tom Cruise's 'girlfriend' Ana de Armas

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Marianka Swain

Despite a string of flops, the Blonde and Ballerina star is forever being tipped as Hollywood's next big thing. What's behind her ascent? When the film industry was conquered by an unholy combination of the streaming services and the superhero machine, Hollywood stopped making movie stars. Studio publicists have been reduced to desperately, and unconvincingly, hyping up little-known Gen-Z performers as the next Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts.
The thank you letter is dying. Here’s how to write the perfect one

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Marianka Swain

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The thank you letter is dying. Here's how to write the perfect one

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Marianka Swain

Help children - but not too muchMy mother generally gave us free rein with thank you notes, which is why my eight-year-old brother described his gift of a Victorian kaleidoscope as "very useful" - to great amusement. Wyse says that if your child is writing to someone of the older generation, such as a grandparent, you might want to direct them a bit. "But they will inevitably deviate, and you should allow them to do that.
Say I do to these wedding-themed London theatre shows

3 weeks ago | londontheatre.co.uk | Marianka Swain

Till the Stars Come DownBeth Steel’s phenomenal family drama all takes place at a wedding. Sylvia is getting married to Marek, but when her sprawling working-class clan is brought together, tensions between them rise to the surface – including wider social concerns triggered by her choice of groom, a Polish immigrant.
The diva who went to war with Andrew Lloyd Webber is back – and tearing Broadway apart

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Marianka Swain

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The diva who went to war with Andrew Lloyd Webber is back

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Marianka Swain

Patti LuPone has never suffered fools gladly - and left a trail of feuds in her wake. So why is she now apologising? It might be a sign of the impending apocalypse. At the very least it's against all laws of nature. On May 31, veteran American actress Patti LuPone - the combative, unrepentant and famously grudge-holding Broadway diva who has picked fights with everyone from Andrew Lloyd Webber to Donald Trump - shocked the theatre community by actually apologising for her fiery comments.
How actress Gal Gadot became a lightning rod for anti-Israel hate

4 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Marianka Swain

Known for her leading roles in Wonder Woman and Snow White, the 40-year-old star is now a public target for pro-Palestine activistsHollywood actress Gal Gadot is currently dashing around the streets of London while filming her new movie The Runner. But the surrounding Metropolitan Police presence isn't part of this fictional action thriller: officers have been deployed to the set in response to demonstrators targeting Gadot due to her Israeli nationality.
In 1977 we set off on a bike ride to India, but parted ways in Greece - almost 50 years on we met up

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Marianka Swain

“The search is over – but why did you bother?” So chuckles Brian Parker as he embraces William Spencer – a friend with whom he cycled from Hemel Hempstead to Greece some 48 years ago, and who he hasn’t seen since. There are laughs, hugs and hearty pats on the back between the two men – now 69 and 70 respectively – who in their later years have come to bear more than a passing resemblance.
In 1977 we set off on a bike ride to India, but parted ways in Greece

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Marianka Swain |Charlotte Lytton

With nothing but a map, tent and bike, two friends achieved the impossible - years later they reflect how this journey changed their lives"The search is over - but why did you bother?" So chuckles Brian Parker as he embraces William Spencer - a friend with whom he cycled from Hemel Hempstead to Greece some 48 years ago, and who he hasn't seen since.