FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 5 | History Defined

Former Take That star Jason Orange's 'new career venture revealed' a decade after leaving band

The Manchester native originally shot to fame as a teenager as part of the original line-up in the 1990s

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025

Jason Orange unveils 'surprising' new career change after leaving Take That

Singer quit the band in 2014 and remained largely out of the spotlight for the following decade

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025

Robbie Williams equals Beatles record with latest number one album

Robbie Williams has secured his 15th number one solo album with the 'Better Man' soundtrack, tying him with The Beatles.

BANG Premier · Jan 25, 2025

Better Man director Michael Gracey on making a monkey out of Robbie Williams for his new biopic

The Australian filmmaker on telling Williams’ lifestory with a CGI chimp, the toxic nature of fame and how the former Take That star saved his debut feature film The Greatest Showman

Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2024

Inside the wild Robbie Williams biopic: ‘It’s sad seeing the monkey do cocaine’

IN FOCUS: The unexpectedly brilliant ‘Better Man’ dives into the rise, fall and rise again of one of Britain’s greatest pop stars… who is depicted as an anthropomorphic chimpanzee. Adam White speaks to its director Michael Gracey about monkeys, mayhem and why Robbie was nervous about Gary Barlow seeing the…

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2024

The viral 'Rock DJ' clip from new musical Better Man is one of the year's best scenes – which is not what I was expecting from the Robbie Williams CGI monkey biopic

Big Screen Spotlight | This new biopic may at first seem baffling but it's an electrifying success, with this one scene alone being enough evidence to prove so

Total Film · Dec 20, 2024

Robbie Williams says new film script had to be tweaked after Gary Barlow read it

The film is based on the true story of the meteoric rise, fall and return of of British musician Williams.

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2024

The Robbie Williams chimpanzee biopic Better Man works far more than you might think

4/5 It’s not a gimmick to have the former Take That member embodied by a ‘performing monkey’ in his new movie – and this film doesn’t shy away from the star’s trauma, addictions or penchant for self-sabotage

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2024

Robbie Williams defends upsetting Gary Barlow in Better Man film: ‘I want to be authentic’

Robbie Williams has defended upsetting former Take That bandmate Gary Barlow in his new Better Man film, as the singer admitted: “I want to be authentic”.

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2024

‘Fame is a drug like LSD’: Robbie Williams on success, sexuality and his simian movie alter ego

The former Take That star has made a biopic, Better Man, in which he’s played by a CGI chimpanzee. He talks about sex, drugs and the traumatic madness of 90s pop

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2024