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Baz Bamigboye
Columnist/International Editor At Large
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Baz joined Deadline in 2022 after three decades as entertainment columnist for the U.K. Daily Mail, where he covered film, theatre and television in London, New York and Hollywood. Prior to that he was based in New York for three years for The Sun. He covered crime & entertainment for the London Evening Standard; before that he worked for local newspapers, and got his start at a London news agency covering general news, criminal courts and entertainment. He has won a U.K. Press Award for show business reporter of the year and received a special British Independent Film Award for services to indie film. He supports Arsenal FC. On occasion he is known to sing. Please don’t allow him to do this.
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Breaking Baz: Stage Version Of Maggie O’Farrell’s ‘Hamnet’ Has Become A Phenomenon Before It Opens; Transfer From Stratford-upon-Avon To London’s West End Revealed
The Royal Shakespeare Company's stage adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's best-selling novel Hamnet, a tale of love and heartbreak concerning Agnes Hathaway and her beloved one William Shakespeare, has taken the unheralded step of announcing its West End transfer before it has has even opened in the famous…
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‘Brokeback Mountain’ Adapted For West End Stage; Mike Faist And Lucas Hedges To Star
BAFTA-nominated Mike Faist and Oscar-nominated actor Lucas Hedges will star in a London stage adaptation of Annie Proulx's short story Brokeback Mountain.
The production is described as a play with music and will run at the Sohoplace Theatre in the West End for a 12-week season beginning May…
Breaking Baz: ‘House Of The Dragon’ Star Milly Alcock Stirs Up A Witches Brew For London Stage Debut In Arthur Miller Classic ‘The Crucible’
EXCLUSIVE: House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock tells me that she will make her professional theater debut for London's National Theatre playing the vengeful Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's powerful drama The Crucible.
The 22-year-old admits that she's "mortified” at the prospect of treading the…
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Breaking Baz: ‘Ted Lasso’ Star To Lead Hot London Production Of ‘Romeo And Juliet’ Alongside ‘Red Rose’ Actress Isis Hainsworth
EXCLUSIVE: Toheeb Jimoh, who plays AFC Richmond's goal-scoring Sam Obisanya on Ted Lasso will tackle rhyming couplets when he and Red Rose actress Isis Hainsworth play William Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers in what's expected to be a sizzler of a Romeo and Juliet production in London this…
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Breaking Baz: I Wanted ‘Top Gun’ And ‘All Quiet’ To Win – I Got Half My Wish; Why Paul Mescal Was Trying To Channel Humphrey Bogart
There's always a reckoning. There has to be. A studio chief tells me that next awards season they're going to recalibrate how they screen to voters “because there are a bunch of movies that people did not bother to see. Good movies that people did not watch because they were drawn to the noise. And the…
From Bezos To Billie Eilish: Who Was On The Guest List For Vanity Fair’s Oscar Party
Vanity Fair’s annual Oscar party took place Sunday at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. I have all the details from inside the event, which as usual attracted the most elite of the Hollywood set who poured in after watching Everything Everywhere All at Once score seven…
Breaking Baz: Hollywood Lets Its Hair Down & Does The Conga After Midnight At Vanity Fair Oscar Party – Check Out The Guest List
The All Quiet on the Western Front cast and crew began trooping into the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts as the clock was about to strike 1 a.m. Monday
They were brandishing gold statuettes. "This is the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. We were were curious about this place," the partner of…
Breaking Baz: Nicole Kidman & Ariana DeBose Reunite At Glittering Chanel/Charles Finch Pre-Oscar Soirée; ‘Creed III’ Team, Jerry Bruckheimer & More
Nicole Kidman arrives at the Chanel/Charles Finch Pre Oscars soirée and dinner at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills and makes clear that she's just stopping by to say hello. "I have two daughters at home, and they'll be up all night unless I put them to bed!"
Kidman was referring to Sunday Rose, 14…
Breaking Baz: Oscar Winner Sir Roger Deakins Says, “The Best Cinematography Hasn’t Been Nominated” This Year, Thinks Oscars Are “Snobby” About Cinematographers Of Popular Movies
Roger Deakins, legendary cinematographer and knight of the British realm, cut to the chase: In his view several of the best examples of cinematography are missing from this year's Oscars list.
"The best cinematography hasn't been nominated," he tells me at the British consul general's Oscars…
Breaking Baz: Tom Ford, Annie Lennox, Livia Firth And Jerry Hall Passionate About Saving Planet; Cate Blanchett Celebrates Aussie Movies; Baz Luhrmann Says It’s Time For A Woman To Win Cinematography Oscar
Baz Luhrmann says it would be "an amazing historical moment" if Elvis cinematographer Mandy Walker were to triumph at Sunday’s Academy Awards. To quote Lizzo, "It's been too long," the filmmaker tells me last night at the Australian Oscar nominees soirée held in the Chateau Marmont's penthouse…
Breaking Baz: ‘Ted Lasso’ Striker Phil Dunster Transfers To Season 2 Of Apple TV+ Thriller ‘Surface’; ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’s Edward Berger And Robert Pattinson Have A Coffee
It's transfer time for Phil Dunster, who has played AFC Richmond's star striker Jamie Tartt on the Emmy-winning comedy drama Ted Lasso for three seasons. The actor is joining Gugu Mbatha-Raw on Season 2 of her psychological thriller Surface, Breaking Baz can reveal.
Both Ted Lasso and Surface are…
Breaking Baz: ‘Ted Lasso’ Star Hannah Waddingham Becomes Hostess With The Mostess For The Olivier Awards; Why Her Bruises From ‘The Fall Guy’ Filming Are “Badge Of Honor”
Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham lifted up her arms and proudly showed off the bruises she received, not on the soccer field at AFC Richmond, but doing "kick-ass" stunts on David Leitch's action movie The Fall Guy.
The bruises "are a badge of honor" she boasts.
"You should see the other guy,"…
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