
Stuart Heritage
TV and film writer at The Guardian
Journalist at Freelance
I write books for children and bald men
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Stuart Heritage
Regardless of the cloud he’s leaving under, Gary Lineker’s stint at the BBC has been historic. When he took over Match of the Day from Des Lynam in 1999, the consensus was that he had enormous shoes to fill, and yet he ended up filling them for two-and-a-half times longer than his predecessor. He departs the show as its longest-serving presenter, having managed 26 years, breaking Jimmy Hill’s record by 11 years. By Match of the Day’s dry standards, it has been a colourful time.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Radheyan Simonpillai |Joel Snape |Stuart Heritage |Benjamin Lee |Jesse Hassenger |Pamela Hutchinson | +1 more
Mission: ImpossibleMission: Impossible’s slick and sensuous surface bears no trace of the drama behind the scenes making it. During production, the screenwriters of Jurassic Park (David Koepp) and Chinatown (Robert Towne) sent in duelling script pages for director Brian De Palma and producer Tom Cruise to wrestle over.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Stuart Heritage
Much of the discourse around Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning revolves around that penultimate word. This, we’re told, is it. This is the last time that Tom Cruise will leap out of various modes of high-speed transport in pursuit of some nebulously defined MacGuffin. The last time he’ll grit his teeth and run across a major global landmark. The last time he’ll give Simon Pegg work. This is it. Except, not to spoil anything, but it probably isn’t.
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2 weeks ago |
airmail.news | Stuart Heritage
David Beckham’s 50th-birthday celebrations were as meticulously engineered as any royal engagement. There was a black-tie event in Florida with some of the world’s top athletes, a lavish party in the Cotswolds, a trip to Bordeaux on a rented $44.7 million private jet, and then dinner with Tom Cruise and Gordon Ramsay at a swanky Notting Hill restaurant.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Stuart Heritage
4 hours agoInside Cheryl's ex Ashley Cole's life now - from reclusive wife to unrecognisable jobAshely Cole is still a devoted football coach but has shunned the celebrity lifestyle he lived when married to Cheryl Tweedy, and now prefers to keep …10 hours agoThe Beckhams' staggering wealth revealed in Rich List amid 'feud' with their son BrooklynThe Spice Girls star, 51, and football legend, 50, have hit the headlines in recent weeks due to their rumoured feud with their eldest son Brooklyn, …
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