Sandra Oh reveals she is now ‘specifically interested in roles that explore a character’s race’

Sandra Oh reveals she is ‘specifically interested in roles that explore a character’s race’ after saying the secret to her success is only playing parts which are ‘essential’ By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline Published: 19:51 BST, 12 May 2020 | Updated: 19:55 BST, 12 May 2020 Sandra Oh has revealed that she is now ‘specifically … Read more

Virginia mom dresses up as different characters on her porch every day of quarantine

A Virginia woman has been keeping things light and fun during quarantine by dressing up as different characters every day and posing on her porch. Erin Kemble, 46, from Clifton, started the tradition on March 30 and has kept it up every day since, putting together costumes to look like everyone from E.T. to to … Read more

No genre of literature offers a more colourful cast of characters than history

On Saturday, Dominic Sandbrook — one of our most eminent historians — celebrated the joys of non-fiction by paying tribute to the authors of diaries. Today, he celebrates historians. Whether it’s Edward Gibbon’s magisterial dissection of the fall of the Roman Empire or Ian Kershaw’s devastating portrait of Hitler, these works show it is only … Read more

Coronation Street icons to reunite for spin-off episodes honouring the soap’s favourite characters 

Coronation Street are planning a series of spin-off episodes honouring the ITV soap’s icons. With filming halted amid the coronavirus lockdown, show bosses are said to be pulling together a new four-part series that will take a look back at some of the show’s favourite characters. Among the ‘icons’ set to appear are soap legend … Read more

Belgravia viewers blast its ‘unlikeable’ characters who are all ‘whiny and annoying’

Belgravia viewers blasts ‘unlikeable’ characters who are all ‘whiny and annoying’ – and claim that Agnes the Dachshund is the only thing to like about the period drama Belgravia, period drama by Julian Fellowes, follows life of Trenchard family  They’ve recently ascended to the aristocratic society of London’s Belgravia  But some ITV viewers have criticised … Read more

The route the Easy Rider characters rode still offers a unique insight into America’s soul

The donkey has a sticker on his forehead that reads ‘do not feed me anything’.  Oatman mules look harmless enough but this old Arizona mining town on America’s Route 66 is a rich seam of unlikely attractions for anyone on an epic road trip. I’ve just arrived at Fast Fanny’s store in Main Street where they … Read more

Supermarket Lidl announces it will remove cartoon characters on sugary cereal packaging

Lidl will remove cartoon characters from its sugary cereal packaging after mounting pressure from campaign groups. The budget supermarket will get rid of the child-friendly advertisement on eight of its own-brand versions of cereals.  Critics say using animated characters on food laden in sugar encourages children to pester parents into buying them.  The cereals affected … Read more