Rocketman hits the cinema, Whitney Houston Holograms and the Game of Thrones finale, a round up of your top entertainment stories
Taron Egerton stars as Elton John in biopic Rocketman
The Knightsman actor said it was an “extraordinary privilege” to play the musician.
The new biopic, named after Sir Elton’s 1972 hit, follows the musician’s rise to fame and personal conflicts with his sexuality, drugs and alcohol.
Fans at the Premiere of Rocketman. Credit: Getty Images
On Sir Elton, Egerton said: “I adore him. I absolutely love him”
“Not only is he everything everyone knows him to be – which is a musical genius, and a great philanthropist – he is the most fun, naughty, irreverent, kind, brilliant man.”
The film is directed by Bohemian Rhapsody’s Dexter Fletcher and is expected to do very well at the box office.
Whitney Houston goes back on tour… as a hologram
The iconic star, that died in 2012, joins fellow performers Tupac, Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly who have been brought back to life on stage.
Houston’s estate is now partnering with BASE Hologram to put on An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour.
Game of Thrones: The finale to end all finales?
After eight years, 73 episodes and hours and hours spent in the company of the Starks, Lannisters and Targaryens with too many deaths to count, Game of Thrones as come to an end …. no spoilers here!
Not everyone is happy with the ending.
Over a million people have signed a petition to see Game of Thrones remade
The show’s ending alone caused more than 170,000 others to get involved overnight, in the hours after the final episode screened.
Fans say “this series deserves a final season that makes sense”.
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Rocketman hits the cinema, Whitney Houston Holograms and the Game of Thrones finale, a round up of your top entertainment stories
Taron Egerton stars as Elton John in biopic Rocketman
The Knightsman actor said it was an “extraordinary privilege” to play the musician.
The new biopic, named after Sir Elton’s 1972 hit, follows the musician’s rise to fame and personal conflicts with his sexuality, drugs and alcohol.
Fans at the Premiere of Rocketman. Credit: Getty Images
On Sir Elton, Egerton said: “I adore him. I absolutely love him”
“Not only is he everything everyone knows him to be – which is a musical genius, and a great philanthropist – he is the most fun, naughty, irreverent, kind, brilliant man.”
The film is directed by Bohemian Rhapsody’s Dexter Fletcher and is expected to do very well at the box office.
Whitney Houston goes back on tour… as a hologram
The iconic star, that died in 2012, joins fellow performers Tupac, Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly who have been brought back to life on stage.
Houston’s estate is now partnering with BASE Hologram to put on An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour.
Game of Thrones: The finale to end all finales?
After eight years, 73 episodes and hours and hours spent in the company of the Starks, Lannisters and Targaryens with too many deaths to count, Game of Thrones as come to an end …. no spoilers here!
Not everyone is happy with the ending.
Over a million people have signed a petition to see Game of Thrones remade
The show’s ending alone caused more than 170,000 others to get involved overnight, in the hours after the final episode screened.
Fans say “this series deserves a final season that makes sense”.
To mark the launch of HBO Max, iconic movie sets land in London for a two-day immersive experience, letting visitors wander through worlds from Friends, Harry Potter, The White Lotus and Superman.
