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Rocketman

December 2023

  • DO NOT USE. Kit Connor for Saturday 22 July 2023. No other usage before that date. Photographer: Nick Thompson Menswear editor: Helen Seamons Fashion Assistant: Roz Donoghue (not Rosalind) Groomer: Bradley Lea Photographers assistant: Phil Bradley Look 3 Basket ball Vest, calvinklein.co.uk Shorts, Rick Owen x Champion (mytheresa.com) Trainers, newbalance.co.uk

    Weekend
    Weekend podcast: best of 2023 – part 1

    For the next two weeks, we’re picking some of our favourite pieces from the last few months, just in case you missed them…

    Two tales of coming of age and finding out what matters most: in this episode, Heartstopper’s Kit Connor confronts the aftermath of being forced to come out under the gaze of millions; and how food helped the Guardian’s restaurant critic Grace Dent create small, meaningful moments amid immense loss

July 2023

  • DO NOT USE. Kit Connor for Saturday 22 July 2023. No other usage before that date. Photographer: Nick Thompson Menswear editor: Helen Seamons Fashion Assistant: Roz Donoghue (not Rosalind) Groomer: Bradley Lea Photographers assistant: Phil Bradley Look 3 Basket ball Vest, calvinklein.co.uk Shorts, Rick Owen x Champion (mytheresa.com) Trainers, newbalance.co.uk

    Heartstopper’s Kit Connor: ‘I wasn’t used to the idea of millions of people being interested in my private life’

  • Kit Connor portrait

    Weekend
    Heartstopper’s Kit Connor, Marina Hyde on the Post Office scandal, and the genesis of ‘boundaries’ in therapy – podcast

April 2023

  • Dexter Fletcher at the premiere of Ghosted in New York City this week.

    The reader interview
    Post your questions for Dexter Fletcher

    Whether you want to ask about directing films including Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody, being the Press Gang bad boy or effing and jeffing for Guy Ritchie, now is your chance

March 2021

  • Elton John and David Furnish, who married in 2005.

    Elton John criticises 'hypocritical' Vatican over same-sex stance

    Singer tweets that Holy See indirectly invested in his Rocketman biopic

January 2020

  • Peter Bradshaw

    Oscars 2020: shallow Joker squats on top of patchy and infuriating nominations

    Peter Bradshaw
    The supervillain origin story has again squeezed out a clutch of much better films, but this isn’t the shabbiest shortlist I’ve seen
  • Arrivals - 77th Golden Globe Awards<br>epa08106625 Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach arrive for the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, California, USA, 05 January 2020. EPA/NINA PROMMER *** Local Caption *** 52514391

    The biggest Golden Globes snubs on a night of surprises

    Netflix failed to impress as Scorsese’s mob epic went home with nothing and Noah Baumbach’s divorce drama picked up one minor award
  • Peter Bradshaw

    1917's Golden Globes glory fair reward for thrilling and distinguished work

    Peter Bradshaw
    Sam Mendes’s first world war film, not widely tipped beforehand, is a worthy winner for its immersive audacity and technical brilliance

November 2019

  • Actor Beanie Feldstein and director Olivia Wilde on the set of Booksmart.

    Delta airline will restore LGBTQ scenes to Booksmart and Rocketman

    Actor Olivia Wilde, who directed Booksmart, called out the airline on Twitter for showing edited versions of her film

June 2019

  • UK. Taron Egerton in the ©Paramount Pictures new movie: Rocketman (2019) . Plot: The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin. Ref: LMK110-J4861-070519 Supplied by LMKMEDIA. Editorial Only. Landmark Media is not the copyright owner of these Film or TV stills but provides a service only for recognised Media outlets. pictures@lmkmedia.com<br>T7RP4A UK. Taron Egerton in the ©Paramount Pictures new movie: Rocketman (2019) . Plot: The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin. Ref: LMK110-J4861-070519 Supplied by LMKMEDIA. Editorial Only. Landmark Media is not the copyright owner of these Film or TV stills but provides a service only for recognised Media outlets. pictures@lmkmedia.com

    Don't look now: in defence of trigger warnings at the movies

    Jemima Skala
  • Rocketman

    Punch-ups, overdoses and Riverdance: why Hollywood can’t resist an evil rock mogul

  • A still from Rocketman

    Backlash in Samoa over 'hypocritical' Rocketman ban

  • Rocketman, starring Taron Egerton as Elton John and Richard Madden as John Reid

    Samoa bans Elton John biopic Rocketman over gay scenes

  • Hollywood needs to stop letting stars author their own biopics

    Charles Bramesco

  • Taron Egerton speaks out against Rocketman scene cuts in Russia

May 2019

  • A scene from Rocketman.

    Russia cuts Rocketman scenes citing 'homosexual propaganda' law

    Elton John biopic’s gay sex and kissing footage edited out in effort to play down singer’s sexuality
  • 2018, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY<br>GWILYM LEE, BEN HARDY, RAMI MALEK &amp; JOSEPH MAZZELLO Character(s): Brian May, Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon Film 'BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY' (2018) Directed By BRYAN SINGER 24 October 2018 SAX92977 Allstar/NEW REGENCY PICTURES (USA/UK 2018) **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of NEW REGENCY PICTURES and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To NEW REGENCY PICTURES is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Live Aid to Sonic Death Monkey – the best gigs at the movies

    As the Queen and Elton John biopics prove, great concert performances are at the heart of the best films about music. Here are 15 of the finest

    • Elton John: 'They wanted to tone down the sex and drugs. But I haven’t led a PG-13 life'

    • Mark Kermode's film of the week
      Rocketman review – Elton's sparkliest spectacle yet

    • Rocketmen, raves and rhapsodies: how the music movie became a Hollywood hit

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