idris elba
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British Vogue’s Edward Enninful Threw Spike Lee a Blacktastic Party, and Our Invite Got Lost in the Mail
Clearly, we need to remind Edward Enninful of our address. On Saturday, Oct. 20, the editor-in-chief of British Vogue hosted a dinner for filmmaker Spike Lee in London, in honor of the BlacKkKlansman director “who has given so much to the creative industry over the three-and-a-half decades he has been working within it,” as written…
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Meeeooow: Idris Elba to Join Film Adaptation of Cats
What can we say? The man has range. Idris Elba is reportedly in final negotiations to join the star-studded film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, Cats. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Elba would play Macavity, “a master criminal” of a cat (having owned a cat, I can tell you they’re all potentially master criminals,…
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'All Is Love': Idris Elba Fronts New Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign for Designer Stella McCartney
He’s best known as a heartthrob, but in a new campaign film celebrating the launch of Stella McCartney Cares Pink, Idris Elba is showing some heart. The film, which stars a cast of breast cancer survivors, many of whom display their mastectomy scars, is titled “All is Love.” It aims at promoting breast cancer awareness,…
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No, Your Pretend Boyfriend of 10 Years Will Not Be the Next James Bond
It’s with the heaviest of hearts and the deepest regrets that we inform you that Idris Elba, the man with whom you’ve established a long, committed and meaningful, if completely one-sided relationship, will not be playing James Bond. Elba had teased the possibility last week on his social media accounts last week (you know how…
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Idris Elba Continues to Play With Our Emotions Amidst James Bond Rumors
Rumors have once again kicked up about everyone’s fave British bae, Idris Elba, possibly being tapped to play James Bond. I mean, literally, does any showcase the key points of a Bond better? Intrigue: Check Attractiveness: Check, check And on Sunday, Idris himself appeared to address those rumors, although he still said absolutely nothing, playing…
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Idris Elba Casted In 'Fast & Furious' Spinoff As A Villain
Finally, a villain I’d love to run into. Idris Elba will be playing a villain in The Fast and The Furious spinoff, Hobbs and Shaw, in which he’ll be acting alongside Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. Johnson and Statham will be reprising their roles as special agent Luke Hobbs and criminal mastermind Deckhard Shaw, according…
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Idris Elba to Score and Star in Netflix’s Hunchback of Notre Dame Adaptation
It may not be James Bond, but Idris Elba is about to take on the task of becoming Quasimodo in Netflix’s modern adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Forget the fact that a lot of us are still waiting for the Luther episodes we were promised a long time ago. But I digress. According…
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Fashion and Fascinators: The High Style of Britain’s Blackest Royal Wedding (to Date)
It was a day seemingly made for happily ever after. On Saturday, Meghan Markle’s fairy tale came true when, at last, she married her Prince Charming Harry. The traditionally drizzly English skies gave way to dazzling sunshine, and as many anticipated, the ceremony was as refreshingly unexpected as the pairing of the biracial American actress…
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Must-See TV: A Day in the Life of Naomi Campbell Is As Glamorous as You Think
We will never not love Naomi Campbell. She can throw a phone or a fantastic party, and we’ll just laugh it off and love her just the same. By turns, she’s a black Barbie come to life and also our fabulous play-cousin-in-our-head from across the pond whose impossibly glamorous life is the stuff fashion-obsessed dreams…
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Idris Elba Is Off the Market—He Popped the Question to Sabrina Dhowre in London Town
There are going to be more than a few tears shed today around the world (What? There’s nothing in my eye!) because Idris Elba is officially off the market. The 45-year-old actor popped the question to 29-year-old Sabrina Dhowre, the 2014 Miss Vancouver, on Saturday before a screening of his directorial debut, Yardie, a film…