Ben Platt:
Us and our two collaborators, Nick Lieberman and Molly Gordon, we have grown up together. Theater is kind of what connects us in a sense.
And so I think when we mixed that with our shared comedic and improvisational sensibility. We were so surprised at how full of a story and how robust the short could feel with just the very small, small, small, small budget we had. And so, we're like, if this can really come across so well, just imagine if we kind of gave it more space, gave it a longer narrative, and gave it perhaps 19 days, instead of two. Read More...
By Davide Ghiglione & Sam HancockBBC News, Rome & London
Watch: Four memorable moments from Silvio Berlusconi's lifeSilvio Berlusconi, the Italian former PM who overcame various scandals to hold office four times, has died at 86.
He died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan. In April, he was treated for a lung infection linked to leukaemia. Berlusconi's death leaves a "huge void", Italy's defence minister said, with a national day of mourning due to take place on Wednesday. Read More...
When Bob Marley appeared at London’s Marylebone Magistrates Court in 1977, charged with possession of marijuana, the judge suggested the Rastafarian make an effort to ‘restrain’ himself now he was living in England.
At the time, the reggae superstar was staying in a large townhouse on Oakley Street in Chelsea. The interior had been transformed into what the DJ and film director Don Letts described as a ‘Rasta-ganja camp. Like a little Jamaica. Read More...
