Sunset Boulevard has dominated the Olivier Awards, winning seven of its 11 nominations at a star-studded ceremony on Sunday night.
Among the musical’s triumphs were the Best Actor and Best Actress in a Musical awards for its leading duo Tom Francis and Nicole Scherzinger, the former Pussycat Doll and Britain’s Got Talent judge.
Best Actor went to former Sherlock and Game Of Thrones actor Mark Gatiss for his role in Jack Thorne’s The Motive And The Cue.
The drama, set in 1964, follows a Broadway production of Hamlet starring Richard Burton and the fiery backstage interactions between him and director John Gielgud.
Succession star Sarah Snook beat fellow nominee Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker to take home Best Actress for her West End debut performance in The Picture Of Dorian Gray.
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Parker was nominated for her role in comedy Plaza Suite opposite husband Matthew Broderick.
Fleabag actor Andrew Scott missed out on the Best Actor gong but the show he was nominated for, the Anton Chekhov adaptation of Vanya, took home the Cunard Best Revival.
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And last year’s Special Award winner Arlene Phillips returned to accept the Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer alongside James Cousins for Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre.
Emmy winner and multi-Olivier nominee Hannah Waddingham hosted the awards at The Royal Albert Hall in London and opened the show performing Anything Goes accompanied by singer songwriter Joe Stilgoe and the London Community Gospel Choir.
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Other winners were:
Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play
WINNER: Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry at the Phoenix Theatre
Best Family Show
WINNER: Dinosaur World Live by Derek Bond at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Mithridate Award for Best Costume Design
WINNER: Marg Horwell for The Picture Of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Best Musical Revival
WINNER: Sunset Boulevard, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics & book by Don Black & Christopher Hampton at the Savoy Theatre
d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design
WINNER: Adam Fisher for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Outstanding Musical Contribution
WINNER: Alan Williams for Musical Supervision & Musical Direction for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Will Close for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Haydn Gwynne for When Winston Went To War With The Wireless at the Donmar Warehouse
Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
WINNER: Miriam Buether for Set Design & 59 Productions for Video Design for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
WINNER: Jack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role In a Musical
WINNER: Amy Trigg for The Little Big Things at @sohoplace
Best Actor in a Supporting Role In a Musical
WINNER: Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre
TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production
WINNER: Innocence by the Royal Opera at the Royal Opera House
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
WINNER: Antonio Pappano for his role as Musical Director of the Royal Opera House
Best New Dance Production
WINNER: La Ruta by Gabriela Carrizo, part of Nederlands Dans Theater – NDT 1 at Sadler’s Wells
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
WINNER: Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means, part of Ballet Black: Pioneers at the Barbican Theatre
Unusual Rigging Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
WINNER: Sleepova by Matilda Feyişayo at the Bush Theatre
Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director
WINNER: Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
The Londoner Award for Best New Play
WINNER: Dear England by James Graham at the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
In an interview withThe Sun, his first since he underwent the lifesaving surgery, the 36-year-old described the moment when he thought he would die.
He said: “If I could go from being absolutely on top of the world to being told ‘the bottom part of your heart isn’t working’, I kept thinking in my head, ‘Well, what if the top half stops working overnight?'”
“That first night I wrote a will, I thought I was going to die,” the 36-year-old musician added.
On the night of 13 December, George said his heart rate and blood pressure dropped, “I felt like I was dying,” he said.
He had a pacemaker fitted by doctors during the surgery, but the former Strictly Come Dancing star said he made a will on his phone fearing the worst.
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Before the surgery, George said his thoughts turned to his partner, British actress Maisie Smith, and his family who he feared he’d leave behind.
He shared updates on social media throughout the process.
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Tom Parker, who also rose to fame in the 2010s with the boy band along with George, died at the age of 33 after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.
Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has announced she is pregnant with twins.
The singer, 33, said she was “eating for three now” on her Instagram alongside a polaroid picture of her with Zion Foster, with whom she was reported to have split up last year.
Nelson shared the touching post on Sunday, letting the world know she is set to become a mum for the first time – including two baby emojis next to her message.
The cosy picture shows the pair smiling in a kitchen.
Nelson rose to fame with the girl band Little Mix, which formed on The X Factor in 2011 and earned a string of UK number-one singles.
However, she left in December 2020 after nine years, saying the pressures of being in the group had taken a toll on her mental health.
Nelson has since performed as a solo artist but still had praise for her former bandmates, telling The Graham Norton Show in 2021: “To me they are still the sickest girl band in the world.”
Little Mix continued as a trio after Nelson’s departure in December 2020 before going on hiatus in 2022.
The Duchess of Sussex has delayed the release of her new Netflix series due to the devastation caused by the wildfires in LA, the streaming platform has announced.
Meghan’s eight-part series, With Love, will premiere on 4 March instead of 15 January.
“I’m thankful to my partners at Netflix for supporting me in delaying the launch, as we focus on the needs of those impacted by the wildfires in my home state of California,” Meghan said in a statement to Tudum, the official companion site to Netflix.
Harry and Meghan comforted volunteers and handed out food to evacuees during a visit to Pasadena on Friday, where they met with the city’s mayor Victor Gordo and emergency workers tackling the Eaton Fire.
Footage showed the duchess, wearing a blue “LA” baseball cap, and the prince hugging and consoling people who had fled to the Pasadena Convention Center.
They were also seen speaking Doug Goodwin, whose home was destroyed in the wildfires, and also to Jose Andres, founder of World Central Kitchen (WCK) which has been helping feed the public and emergency crews.
A description of the Netflix series on Tudum’s website said: “Produced by Meghan, ‘With Love, Meghan’ blends practical how-to’s and candid conversation with friends, new and old.
“Meghan shares personal tips and tricks, embracing playfulness over perfection, and highlights how easy it can be to create beauty, even in the unexpected.
“She and her guests roll up their sleeves in the kitchen, the garden, and beyond, and invite you to do the same.”