Monthly Archives: December 2023

How Ben Kingsley dealt with instant fame after ‘Gandhi’

Posted on December 31, 2023 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Ben Kingsley, who turns 80 today, had spent fifteen years on the English stage with occasional small screen roles when Richard Attenborough changed his life by casting him in the title role of his epic … Continue reading →

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Norman Lear told me, ‘I hate the word satire’

Posted on December 10, 2023 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – American TV producer Norman Lear was heralded as a leading light in political satire but he did not believe it. ‘I hate the word satire,’ he told me, ‘because I don’t know that the level … Continue reading →

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