Crushed

As we all know, one of Ewan McGregor's best performances is playing the young poet Christian in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge!. But did you know that Ethan Hawke could have been the one to show off his singing chops and star opposite Nicole Kidman? The Boyhood actor recalls the time he “crushed” his Moulin Rouge! audition before he lost out to Ewan McGregor.Released in 2001, Moulin Rouge! is the star-crossed love story between a young English poet and a cabaret actress. To think that Ethan Hawke could have been part of the…

This was supposed to be a secret. The name on the bill is Crushed Kid, described as a “brand sparkling new post-punk band”, but there’s a remarkable number of Suede T-shirts in the room and no audible gasps of surprise when the Britpop pioneers (who reunited to great effect in 2013) take to the stage. The grapevine must be very efficient.‘I’m nothing without you’ … Crushed Kid. Photograph: Paul KheraMoth Club, a 300-capacity ex-servicemen’s club backroom with a backdrop of chintzy tassels in which Simon Gilbert’s…

Image via Disney Black Widow is probably the worst MCU movie released in the last few years. That’s not a damning indictment as the competition is pretty stiff, but Natasha Romanoff’s long-awaited solo adventure opened to middling reviews, contains some very iffy visual effects, and ended up as the lowest-grossing MCU movie since 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger (though it did open during the pandemic). But it seems that it still has some fans. A poll on Twitter asked fans to “DELETE ONE”, giving them a…

Footloose will always be an important movie to watch to remind you about the power of dancing. It had the best soundtrack that’ll make anyone want to cut loose. Do you know who else thinks so? The leading man himself, Kevin Bacon. He recently hit the living room floor with his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, to get in on the viral Footloose trend.There are some songs that you can’t help but dance a jig to as soon as you turn it on. Kevin Bacon, who played Ren MacCormack in the 1984 dance flick, posted an Instagram video of him and…

Kamala takes her first steps to becoming the hero she wants to be.Image: Marvel StudiosWhen we left Kamala (Iman Vellani) last week, she discovered she has powers! She’s a hero for saving Zoe Zimmer (Laurel Marsden). But how will she further move forward as a hero?Having awakened her powers in episode one, “Crushed” opens as Kamala comes to school much more confident than before. She stands up to randos blocking her locker, plays a few hoops in the hallway, and even musters up the courage to correct the gym teacher on how…