Leafing through my dog-eared copy of Eleanor Coppola's Notes, chronicling the making of Apocalypse Now. How I devoured this book. Every page a stunner.

Leafing through my dog-eared copy of Eleanor Coppola's Notes, chronicling the making of Apocalypse Now. How I devoured this book. Every page a stunner.

Lana Del Rey and Billie Eilish just sang Ocean Eyes and Video Games together at Coachella. Their interactions are so cute. (“Get the f*** out of my face!”)

My review of Challengers, the greatest film of 2024, the reason I wake up in the mornings, is here.

My review of Challengers, the greatest film of 2024, the reason I wake up in the mornings, is here.

Thrilled to be in this month’s Empire moaning about how today’s screenwriters are too COWARDLY to pen proper cheesy speeches!!

There are witches. And there is evil closer to home.

Elixir of life

Immense issue. Ben Travis goes Jedi crazy, Olly Richards unpacks Challengers, iana murray Vs Daisy Ridley, Beth Webb talks Hit Man with Glen Powell(!) & Richard Linklater(!), boydhilton on Doctor Who, John Nugent revisits Human Traffic, Chris Hewitt quizzes Zack Snyder. Epic.

Brilliant chat it was too! Delighted to have Iana in Empire. An honest and reflective interview with Daisy, about some pretty raw experiences.

Challengers absolutely blew my lid off, so I'm stoked that we got to go big here with Luca, Zendaya, Josh, Mike and writer Justin Kuritzkes. Six pages of deep nitty-gritty as they talk sex and tennis. Brilliant work by Olly Richards.

Reminder that Chris Hewitt did the last major interview with Gene Hackman before he fully retired, back in 2009, and it’s a fantastic read. empireonline.com/movies/feature…

I adore the Doctor Who feature in our new issue - a rather moving and very warm-hearted conversation with Russell T Davies and Ncuti, by - of course - boydhilton. This bit on New Who lingo tickled me.

We were thrilled and honoured to welcome the legendary Matthew Corbett to watch our stage show in Crawley today. The audience erupted in cheers and applause when they knew he was there. And rightly so! Matthew - we love you and you will forever be loved by Sooty fans everywhere x

FYI this was from an Empire Magazine reunion piece on Rita, Sue and Bob Too in 2017. Interview by Terri White; photo by Tom Barnes.

For all the gaslighters who say ‘it’s not that bad now’ or ‘Britain isn’t racist’ or ‘black people get all the jobs’ or any other nonsense- the struggle & the fight remains, is real. To accept a career defining gig & know you’ll likely receive racist ABUSE for it, is abhorrent.

Prepare for the return of the Jedi. Empire’s world-exclusive #TheAcolyte issue dives into @StarWars’ bold new mystery series – speaking to creator Leslye Headland, stars Amandla Stenberg, Carrie-Anne Moss, Lee Jung-jae and more.

On sale Thurs 11 April.

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Full review to come soon but let it be known that I am obsessed, obsessed, OBSESSED with Challengers - a horny, hateful, hungry film that vibrates and throbs. It thrilled me so so much. Luca Guadagnino in full trickster mode. Film of 2024, for now at least.

My favourite thing about this (other than the use of the word 'audacity') is the outing of me at the end, huge 'It's......Rebekah Vardy's account' energy.

The Cinema For Gaza auction is now open for bidding! You can get a signed copy of my book but also a lot of VERY cool stuff, like a porridge lesson from Josh O'Connor or a bedtime story from Tilda Swinton. uk.givergy.com/cinemaforgaza/…