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LIFE on Mars star John Simm will make his Sheffield Crucible stage debut next September in one of Shakespeare's most challenging roles, Hamlet.

Actor John Simm, best known for TV dramas Life On Mars and State of Play, is to star as Hamlet in a new production of the Shakespearean play.

One must remember that Serkis isn't a stranger to rock bios; his performance as Joy Division 's multiply-addicted producer Martin Hannett was a stand-out feature of the movie 24 Hour Party People In that case, Tony Wilson suggested that Serkis' role as Hannett might have topped Gollum for weirdness.

Box office smash Slumdog Millionaire has continued to tickle film fans at home as the most popular rental choice this year, according to a survey released.

I was enjoying the funny Brit political satire In the Loop last night -- a lacerating take on how things like wars get started more out of infighting among agencies with bureaucrats jockeying for status, face-time, etc., than just cause, when up popped Steve Coogan, playing a disaffected constituent trying to get his MP to fix a crumbling wall next ...

Who'd be the 'punk Poet Laureate'? There's the heroin addiction, the gobbing hecklers, not to mention the cold shoulder from the literary establishment.

TIRED of 'sitting around' in Hollywood, actor Paddy Considine has thrown himself into a low-budget movie about a rock svengali a ' with some help from the Arctic Monkeys, he tells James Mottram THE day I meet Paddy Considine, there are rumours circulating that he will be doing interviews for his new film Le Donk & Scor-Zay-Zee in character.

While they remain a cult act in the United States, the rough-and-ready northern Brits of the Happy Mondays are hugely influential on today's indie/dance crossover acts.

Some of the current members of The Psychedelic Furs. Published Sept. 7, 2009 at 8:14 a.m. Tags: psychedelic furs , happy mondays , the pabst , turner hall , different drums of ireland , shank hall , bill helmers , junior brown , jayk , cactus club , on the limiter , 9mm solution , present music , gabriel kahane , gnarly buttons , the rave , now you ...

Mixing the psychedelic sensibilities of the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" period with a tuneful Byrds-like jangle, the first, self-titled album from the English quartet the Stone Roses was a spectacular work whose best moments laid a blueprint for scores of other British bands, namely Oasis.

Tickets are selling fast for the visit of without a doubt the funniest man in Wales - and no, I don't mean Griff Rhys Jones.

Tickets are selling fast for the visit of without a doubt the funniest man in Wales - and no, I don't mean Griff Rhys Jones.

For anybody cultish about director -Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People, this makes a great companion piece.

Posted in Film , Own This City by Joshua Rothkopf on July 22nd, 2009 at 12:14 pm If you love Joy Division, you most likely worship this 2002 film, a beautiful evocation of that band's rise and tragic interruption.

Joy Division a ' Atmosphere. Peter Hook despairs whenever anyone refers to Joy Division as a goth band, but what... Peter Hook and Clint Boon are both set to be at the unveiling Two new Blue Plaques are to be unveiled in Rochdale , celebrating the town's musical heritage.

Steve Coogan is terrific as the mogul Anthony Wilson in 24 Hour Party People. The film component of Harbourfront's Beats, Breaks & Culture festival is pretty small just three features, one of them barely an hour long but it's got a beat, you can dance to it, and admission is free.

Before his passing, Factory Records founder and British TV personality Tony Wilson was touting Enter Shikari as the next big U.K. band.

Simon Pegg is the breakaway star of Shaun of the Dead , a hilarious parody of the zombie movie genre.

The annual Brooklyn Bridge and McCarren Park series will be returning this July with plenty of music-related films.