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Johnny Flynn and Mark Gatiss to play Richard Burton and John Gielgud in new play

Written by Jack Thorne and directed by Sam Mendes, The Motive and the Cue is about the famous 1964 production of Hamlet and will open at the National Theatre

The Guardian - UK

London theatre is officially back with a vengeance

And we’re back. Founded in 1955, the Evening Standard Theatre Awards are the UK’s oldest dramatic accolades, an annual recognition by London’s newspaper of the excellence of London’s theatre. Across seven decades, the awards honoured the great and the good both on and off stage in acting, writing, musical performance,…

Evening Standard

Industry season two, episode three recap – never go hunting with a banker!

It’s nail-biting stuff this week, with Harper ‘touching the face of God’ and happier than we’ve ever seen her. But then there are the guns on that disastrous hunting trip …

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The terraced house in the Valleys that hosted Hollywood royalty

Liz Taylor used to sleep in the spare room

Wales Online

Gabriel Byrne on making his West End debut at 72: ‘This means a huge amount to me emotionally’

‘I’m so unimpressed with stardom and mega-stardom... because I’ve seen it up close’

Evening Standard

All the behind-the-scenes drama of ‘Don’t Worry Darling,’ explained

Sometimes the story of a movie’s making is as compelling as the movie itself. Think of the days of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, “Apocalypse Now,” even the recent “Mad Max: Fury Road,” all of which have inspired countless behind-the-scenes tales.

Los Angeles Times

Building with 'historic local importance' threatened with demolition

Eagle House, built in the 1850s, has been a hotel, pub, coffee house and offices - and was even once the headquarters of an Air Training Corps squadron with notable members including actor Richard Burton

Wales Online

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‘He thought the world was bad and life was rubbish’ – Jared Harris’s shock at his dad Richard’s worldview

He topped the charts, dated a princess and was a screen star from the kitchen sink 60s to Harry Potter. Yet his achievements were eclipsed by his hell-raising image. As a new film searches for the real Richard Harris, his son Jared looks back

The Guardian - UK

Mark Drakeford has turned Wales into a testing ground for 'ridiculous ideas', says Telegraph writer

The columnist said that she was "proud" to be Welsh, but feared that the First Minister was turning Wales into a "laughing stock"

Wales Online

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have married after rekindling their relationship and they're not the only big names to do so

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have finally made it down the aisle, a moment that was 20 years in the making, however, their rekindled love story is not unique in Hollywood.

ABC News

Welsh family completely restore Richard Burton's overgrown and neglected grave in Switzerland

'We are Welsh and can't tolerate a situation where Richard Burton has been forgotten about his grave stone has been neglected'

Wales Online

Ron Galella obituary

Paparazzi photographer whose fame was built on his contentious relationship with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

The Guardian - UK

Celebs' bucking white bridal dress tradition after Kourtney Kardashian rocks lingerie

Kourtney Kardashian is the latest celeb to jump on this trend and ditch tradition for her star studded after party

Daily Mirror

When Elizabeth Taylor met Tiffany: Inside the star’s love affair with the jewelry brand

E izabeth Taylor’s love affair with diamonds — and not just the man who gave them to her — is the stuff of legend. Nicholas Foulkes tracks her journey with a Tiffany classic

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Gabriel Byrne says Richard Burton told him he’d done ‘the most appalling s*** for money’

Byrne said that the legendary actor’s ‘words stayed with me’

Wales Online

Incredible image shows moment stranded dad and dog rescued from rising water

Richard Burton and Lola were saved by the RNLI

Wales Online

A huge mural of Michael Sheen has appeared in Port Talbot

It's one of a number of murals of famous people from the town which have been created following the loss of Banksy's Season's Greetings

Birmingham Post

Black Country steel firm undergoes MBO

Servosteel has a new leadership team in place

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Daily Mirror

Abandoned hotel gutted by fire that killed owner's wife is like 'world without humans'

Bontddu Hall was used as one of the grandest hotels in Wales until 2004, with guests including Winston Churchill, Neville Chamberlain, Richard Burton and Sean Connery

Wales Online

Sir Anthony Hopkins not a true Welshman, according to Richard Burton

Burton inspired a young Hopkins to become a Hollywood star - despite the insults

The Guardian - UK

What links Pam & Tommy to The Elephant Man?

From a 90s sex tape to Bradley Cooper, via Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, we hop down the rabbit hole

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