Why writer KATE WICKERS is dreaming of Port Douglas in Australia 

Upbeat for Down Under: Why writer KATE WICKERS is dreaming of Port Douglas in Australia The Daily Mail’s Kate Wickers recalls a wonderful family trip to Port Douglas in northern Queensland She remembers cycling along the broad white sands of Four Mile Beach and visiting Daintree National Park She also has happy memories of exploring the … Read more

Shailene Woodley signs on to star in new comedy Robots from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm writer

Shailene Woodley signs on to star in new comedy Robots from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm writer By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 04:05 BST, 22 June 2021 | Updated: 04:05 BST, 22 June 2021 She’s best known for starring in the Divergent movies and The Fault In Out Stars. But Shailene Woodley is changing up her … Read more

The next Superman will be black: New superhero movie will feature black lead, director and writer

The next Superman movie will feature a black actor in the lead role for the first time ever and a black director at the helm, according to a report Wednesday.       Ta-Nehisi Coates, the acclaimed novelist who expanded the world of Wakanda for Marvel comics, is also writing the script and is expected to turn it … Read more

Writer starts VERY honest exchange about the ‘little things that drive people crazy’

A woman initiated a very honest exchange about the ‘little things that drive people crazy’ after revealing her husband ‘leaves his marmalade knife poised over the sink like a diving board’ every morning. Writer Clare Pooley, from London, took to Twitter and shared a snap of a dirty knife dangling over the edge of the basin, … Read more

Band Of Gold writer Kay Mellor talks to ME AND MY MONEY

Winner: Kay Mellor’s TV hit The Syndicate begins its fourth series on Tuesday Screenwriter Kay Mellor OBE believes NHS frontline workers should be given a ‘big fat pay rise’ when the pandemic is over – and says she is willing to pay higher taxes to help fund it.  Mellor is the writer of hit TV … Read more

Hipgnosis snaps up rights to 007 theme tune writer Carole Bayer Sager 

Nobody does better for Hipgnosis than Bond: Music firm snaps up rights from 007 theme tune composer Carole Bayer Sager By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:00 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 18 March 2021 Hipgnosis has snapped up rights from Carole Bayer Sager, the songwriter behind the James Bond … Read more

Why writer CLIVE ASLET is dreaming of Honfleur in France during lockdown

I can’t wait to visit this loafer’s paradise: Why writer CLIVE ASLET is dreaming of Honfleur in France during lockdown Honfleur is located in the Calvados region of Normandy, France  Saunter along the quays of the old port, crowded with the masts of sailing yachts You can’t go for a dip – although the famous … Read more

Doctor Who and It’s A Sin writer Russell T Davies says the BBC ‘doomed’ and ‘heading for oblivion’

Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies says he has ‘given up’ fighting for the BBC and believes the broadcaster is ‘doomed’ if the government continues to slash funding. Davies, 57, has continually warned of the dangers facing the broadcaster if the government try to reform the licence fee funding model into an ‘opt-in’ service like … Read more

New York Magazine writer bemoans McCarthy-esque silences of conservatives after Gina Carano’s firing

New York Magazine writer Jonathan Chait has accused Hollywood of engaging in a McCarthy-esque crusade against conservatives after actress Gina Carano was fired from Disney.  Chait weighed in on the controversy in an essay for the Intelligencer in which he argued there was no ‘principled distinction’ between the Hollywood blacklist against communists in the 1950s and … Read more

Why writer SIMON BARNES is dreaming of Chikoko River in Zambia during lockdown 

Waking in the wilderness: Why writer SIMON BARNES is dreaming of Chikoko River in Zambia during lockdown The Daily Mail’s Simon Barnes recalls co-leading a safari tour in Zambia Highlights include getting ‘pleasingly near’ to a small group of giraffes He also heard four elephants cross the Chikoko River at night  By Simon Barnes for the … Read more