Kit Hesketh-Harvey, the musician, composer and screenwriter, died of natural causes, a coroner has ruled.
The artist died suddenly at the age of 65 from heart disease, the family told The Independent.
He was in the bath, listening to Radio 3 and preparing for one of his Kit & McConnel comedy cabaret shows at the time of his death on 1 February.
Hesketh-Harvey, who performed for King Charles, enjoyed a prolific career that included writing the screenplay for director James Ivory’s 1987 film Maurice. The film starred a young Hugh Grant in one of his first onscreen roles.
He was the brother of Sarah Sands, journalist and former editor of the Evening Standard. Sands – who is also coping with the loss of her actor ex-husband Julian Sands who went missing last month during a mountain hike in California – spoke of her shock at her brother’s death at the time, telling The Independent: “Kit was dazzling – clever,...
The artist died suddenly at the age of 65 from heart disease, the family told The Independent.
He was in the bath, listening to Radio 3 and preparing for one of his Kit & McConnel comedy cabaret shows at the time of his death on 1 February.
Hesketh-Harvey, who performed for King Charles, enjoyed a prolific career that included writing the screenplay for director James Ivory’s 1987 film Maurice. The film starred a young Hugh Grant in one of his first onscreen roles.
He was the brother of Sarah Sands, journalist and former editor of the Evening Standard. Sands – who is also coping with the loss of her actor ex-husband Julian Sands who went missing last month during a mountain hike in California – spoke of her shock at her brother’s death at the time, telling The Independent: “Kit was dazzling – clever,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - Music
Composer Burt Bacharach has died, aged 94.
The legendary musician was known for his orchestral pop style featured in hits including “I Say a Little Prayer”.
His publicist said the musician died on Wednesday (8 February) at his home in Los Angeles.
Bacharach died of natural causes.
The pianist was a six-time Grammy Award winner, and won three Oscars for his music in films Arthur and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
His other famous soundtracks include Michael Caine film Alfie and What’s New Pussycat.
Bacharach was a prolific composer who, alongside lyricist Hal David, wrote music artists ranging from Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield to Cilla Black and Tom Jones.
Their music was also perfromed by The Beatles, Elvis Presley and The Carpenters.
Some of Bacharach’s most recognisable songs include “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head“ (1969), “(They Long to Be) Close to You” (1970) and “That’s What Friends Are For...
The legendary musician was known for his orchestral pop style featured in hits including “I Say a Little Prayer”.
His publicist said the musician died on Wednesday (8 February) at his home in Los Angeles.
Bacharach died of natural causes.
The pianist was a six-time Grammy Award winner, and won three Oscars for his music in films Arthur and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
His other famous soundtracks include Michael Caine film Alfie and What’s New Pussycat.
Bacharach was a prolific composer who, alongside lyricist Hal David, wrote music artists ranging from Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield to Cilla Black and Tom Jones.
Their music was also perfromed by The Beatles, Elvis Presley and The Carpenters.
Some of Bacharach’s most recognisable songs include “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head“ (1969), “(They Long to Be) Close to You” (1970) and “That’s What Friends Are For...
- 2/9/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Music
Kate Hudson has shared her thoughts on whether there will eventually be a follow-up film to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.
The 2003 romcom stars Hudson and Matthew McConaughey as lovebirds who enter a relationship under false pretences.
Andie (Hudson) is a journalist writing an article on making a romantic interest disappear, while advertising executive Ben (McConaughey) dates her in order to help land a diamond campaign at work. However, sparks fly despite their professional agendas.
The Donald Petrie-directed film eventually made more than 105m (£85.8m) at the US box office and has since become a favourite of the romantic comedy genre.
To celebrate 20 years since its cinematic release, Hudson and some other cast and crew members gathered for a Vanity Fair feature to look back at its impact.
Despite fans being keen for them to pick up the story again, there are no plans for a second film,...
The 2003 romcom stars Hudson and Matthew McConaughey as lovebirds who enter a relationship under false pretences.
Andie (Hudson) is a journalist writing an article on making a romantic interest disappear, while advertising executive Ben (McConaughey) dates her in order to help land a diamond campaign at work. However, sparks fly despite their professional agendas.
The Donald Petrie-directed film eventually made more than 105m (£85.8m) at the US box office and has since become a favourite of the romantic comedy genre.
To celebrate 20 years since its cinematic release, Hudson and some other cast and crew members gathered for a Vanity Fair feature to look back at its impact.
Despite fans being keen for them to pick up the story again, there are no plans for a second film,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - Film
Kit Hesketh-Harvey was one of those surprisingly rare performers whose personality was the same on stage as off. When I saw him in the many revues he would write and perform, the audience basked in his humour and genuine warmth.
You could say that Hesketh-Harvey was the last of the old-style Vaudevillians, keeping alive the spirit of Noël Coward, while unafraid to surprise his audience by stepping into the caustic territory of Barry Humphries. He always revelled in that quintessentially English humour, self-deprecating but biting, drawing on a world of shared references from British culture, while at the same time carving out its own originality.
His version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “A Policeman’s Lot Is Not a Happy One” turned the jolly jape of a song into a critique of modern-day policing. “They want evidence that can’t be circumvented. So, invent it.” Delivered with such a smile,...
You could say that Hesketh-Harvey was the last of the old-style Vaudevillians, keeping alive the spirit of Noël Coward, while unafraid to surprise his audience by stepping into the caustic territory of Barry Humphries. He always revelled in that quintessentially English humour, self-deprecating but biting, drawing on a world of shared references from British culture, while at the same time carving out its own originality.
His version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “A Policeman’s Lot Is Not a Happy One” turned the jolly jape of a song into a critique of modern-day policing. “They want evidence that can’t be circumvented. So, invent it.” Delivered with such a smile,...
- 2/2/2023
- by David Lister
- The Independent - Film
Priscilla Presley has spoken about the loss of her daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, on what would have been her 55th birthday.
Lisa Marie died unexpectedly on 12 January, shortly after being rushed to hospital.
Now, Elvis Presley’s former wife Priscilla said she is “having to learn to live without” her only daughter.
Speaking to Page Six on Wednesday (1 February), Priscilla said: “Today would have been Lisa’s 55th birthday.”
“My wish is to protect my three grandchildren and keep our family together,” said the 77-year-old.
She continued: “From the first moment I held Lisa in my arms, I’ve protected, loved and guided her, as I have my son.
“Our hearts are broken, and I am having to learn to live without my only daughter.
Her statement was made alongside the news that she is reportedly attempting to contest her daughter’s will, which she was removed from several years ago.
Lisa Marie died unexpectedly on 12 January, shortly after being rushed to hospital.
Now, Elvis Presley’s former wife Priscilla said she is “having to learn to live without” her only daughter.
Speaking to Page Six on Wednesday (1 February), Priscilla said: “Today would have been Lisa’s 55th birthday.”
“My wish is to protect my three grandchildren and keep our family together,” said the 77-year-old.
She continued: “From the first moment I held Lisa in my arms, I’ve protected, loved and guided her, as I have my son.
“Our hearts are broken, and I am having to learn to live without my only daughter.
Her statement was made alongside the news that she is reportedly attempting to contest her daughter’s will, which she was removed from several years ago.
- 2/2/2023
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Navarone Garibaldi Garcia has opened up about his famous family.
Garcia, a musician, is the son of Elvis Presley’s ex-wife Priscilla Presley and producer Marco Garibaldi.
The 35-year-old has mostly stayed out of the spotlight growing up, telling People: “A lot of people know about me. But they don’t know me.”
Garcia was recently in the public eye when he attended a memorial at Graceland for his half-sister Lisa Marie Presley on 22 January.
Lisa Marie, the only daughter of Elvis, died aged 54 on 12 January after being admitted to hospital after a cardiac episode.
Speaking about his half-sister’s death, Garcia said: “It’s still so surreal.”
The musician recalled that when growing up people would realise who his mum is and “want a reason to talk to her”.
“I got in trouble more than everybody else, because kids’ parents would find out who my mom was, and they...
Garcia, a musician, is the son of Elvis Presley’s ex-wife Priscilla Presley and producer Marco Garibaldi.
The 35-year-old has mostly stayed out of the spotlight growing up, telling People: “A lot of people know about me. But they don’t know me.”
Garcia was recently in the public eye when he attended a memorial at Graceland for his half-sister Lisa Marie Presley on 22 January.
Lisa Marie, the only daughter of Elvis, died aged 54 on 12 January after being admitted to hospital after a cardiac episode.
Speaking about his half-sister’s death, Garcia said: “It’s still so surreal.”
The musician recalled that when growing up people would realise who his mum is and “want a reason to talk to her”.
“I got in trouble more than everybody else, because kids’ parents would find out who my mom was, and they...
- 2/1/2023
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Music
Sally Field has said that she denied an offer to star in The First Wives Club.
The 1996 romantic-comedy starred Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Midler as former college friends who reunite 30 years later as middle-aged divorceés and together plan to get back at their exes.
In a new interview with People, Field shared that she could’ve led the cult classic alongside the iconic trio had she not turned down the opportunity.
“Goldie really wanted me to do it,” the Mrs Doubtfire star said. “Maybe it would have been fun, but they were all so musical, and I’m not.”
“And the movie wouldn’t have been the same,” Field added.
The 76-year-old further divulged that she also said no to a lead role in 1984’s romance-adventure Romancing the Stone opposite Michael Douglas.
“My instinct was there’s somebody else out there who’s better. And that somebody was Kathleen Turner,...
The 1996 romantic-comedy starred Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Midler as former college friends who reunite 30 years later as middle-aged divorceés and together plan to get back at their exes.
In a new interview with People, Field shared that she could’ve led the cult classic alongside the iconic trio had she not turned down the opportunity.
“Goldie really wanted me to do it,” the Mrs Doubtfire star said. “Maybe it would have been fun, but they were all so musical, and I’m not.”
“And the movie wouldn’t have been the same,” Field added.
The 76-year-old further divulged that she also said no to a lead role in 1984’s romance-adventure Romancing the Stone opposite Michael Douglas.
“My instinct was there’s somebody else out there who’s better. And that somebody was Kathleen Turner,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Film
Sarah Michelle Gellar has shared a “little-known fact”, which connects Buffy the Vampire Slayer and country music icon Dolly Parton.
During a Tuesday (31 January) appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the host raised a tidbit he had read that claimed Dolly Parton was “an uncredited producer” on the supernatural drama.
“Yes! Little-known fact, the legend Dolly Parton was a producer,” Gellar, the show’s titular lead, confirmed.
Although the actor said the cast “never saw [Parton]”, Gellar added: “We’d get Christmas presents in the beginning that would have her name and I would think, ‘She doesn’t know who I am.’
“And then one day somebody asked her about it, and she complimented the show and my performance and I was like, ‘Oh I can die now. Dolly Parton knows who I am and thinks I’m good.’”
“But I’m still here,” Gellar quipped.
Fallon admitted that...
During a Tuesday (31 January) appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the host raised a tidbit he had read that claimed Dolly Parton was “an uncredited producer” on the supernatural drama.
“Yes! Little-known fact, the legend Dolly Parton was a producer,” Gellar, the show’s titular lead, confirmed.
Although the actor said the cast “never saw [Parton]”, Gellar added: “We’d get Christmas presents in the beginning that would have her name and I would think, ‘She doesn’t know who I am.’
“And then one day somebody asked her about it, and she complimented the show and my performance and I was like, ‘Oh I can die now. Dolly Parton knows who I am and thinks I’m good.’”
“But I’m still here,” Gellar quipped.
Fallon admitted that...
- 2/1/2023
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
Dr Dre is marking the 30th anniversary of his best-selling album, The Chronic, with a re-release to streaming platforms.
The seven-time Grammy winner’s debut record – released on 15 December 1992 – was previously unavailable on streaming platforms.
Dre – real name Andre Romelle Young – recently re-partnered with Interscope Records to finally bring fans his iconic debut 16-track studio record.
Listeners can now listen to The Chronic on all major DSPs, including Apple Music and Spotify.
“I am thrilled to bring the Chronic home to its original distribution partner, Interscope Records,” Dr Dre said in a statement.
“Working alongside my long-time colleagues, Steve Berman and John Janick, to re-release the album and make it available to fans all over the world is a full circle moment for me.”
Interscope Geffen A&m’s Vice Chairman Steve Berman said: “To have this album at Interscope once again is incredibly gratifying for me personally and all of us at Interscope.
The seven-time Grammy winner’s debut record – released on 15 December 1992 – was previously unavailable on streaming platforms.
Dre – real name Andre Romelle Young – recently re-partnered with Interscope Records to finally bring fans his iconic debut 16-track studio record.
Listeners can now listen to The Chronic on all major DSPs, including Apple Music and Spotify.
“I am thrilled to bring the Chronic home to its original distribution partner, Interscope Records,” Dr Dre said in a statement.
“Working alongside my long-time colleagues, Steve Berman and John Janick, to re-release the album and make it available to fans all over the world is a full circle moment for me.”
Interscope Geffen A&m’s Vice Chairman Steve Berman said: “To have this album at Interscope once again is incredibly gratifying for me personally and all of us at Interscope.
- 2/1/2023
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Music
Kit Hesketh-Harvey, the musician, composer and screenwriter, has died suddenly aged 65.
The multi-talented entertainer, who performed for King Charles, enjoyed a prolific career that included writing the screenplay for director James Ivory’s 1987 film Maurice, starring a young Hugh Grant in one of his first onscreen roles.
His agent told The Independent he died unexpectedly but peacefully, while listening to Radio 3 and preparing for a Kit & McConnel show.
He was the brother of Sarah Sands, journalist and former editor of the Evening Standard. His death comes as a double blow to the family during an ongoing search for Ms Sands’s former husband, British actor Julian Sands, who went missing two weeks ago while hiking in southern California.
Ms Sands spoke of the shock over her brother’s death. She told The Independent: “Kit was dazzling – clever, original, funny, kind. The last time I saw him he was busy mapping...
The multi-talented entertainer, who performed for King Charles, enjoyed a prolific career that included writing the screenplay for director James Ivory’s 1987 film Maurice, starring a young Hugh Grant in one of his first onscreen roles.
His agent told The Independent he died unexpectedly but peacefully, while listening to Radio 3 and preparing for a Kit & McConnel show.
He was the brother of Sarah Sands, journalist and former editor of the Evening Standard. His death comes as a double blow to the family during an ongoing search for Ms Sands’s former husband, British actor Julian Sands, who went missing two weeks ago while hiking in southern California.
Ms Sands spoke of the shock over her brother’s death. She told The Independent: “Kit was dazzling – clever, original, funny, kind. The last time I saw him he was busy mapping...
- 2/1/2023
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - Music
Kit Hesketh-Harvey, the musician, composer and screenwriter, has died suddenly aged 65.
The multi-talented entertainer, who performed for King Charles, enjoyed a prolific career that included writing the screenplay for director James Ivory’s 1987 film Maurice, starring a young Hugh Grant in one of his first onscreen roles.
His agent told The Independent he died unexpectedly but peacefully, while listening to Radio 3 and preparing for a Kit & McConnel show.
He was the brother of Sarah Sands, journalist and former editor of the Evening Standard. His death comes as a double blow to the family during an ongoing search for Ms Sands’s former husband, British actor Julian Sands, who went missing two weeks ago while hiking in southern California.
Ms Sands spoke of the shock over her brother’s death. She told The Independent: “Kit was dazzling – clever, original, funny, kind. The last time I saw him he was busy mapping...
The multi-talented entertainer, who performed for King Charles, enjoyed a prolific career that included writing the screenplay for director James Ivory’s 1987 film Maurice, starring a young Hugh Grant in one of his first onscreen roles.
His agent told The Independent he died unexpectedly but peacefully, while listening to Radio 3 and preparing for a Kit & McConnel show.
He was the brother of Sarah Sands, journalist and former editor of the Evening Standard. His death comes as a double blow to the family during an ongoing search for Ms Sands’s former husband, British actor Julian Sands, who went missing two weeks ago while hiking in southern California.
Ms Sands spoke of the shock over her brother’s death. She told The Independent: “Kit was dazzling – clever, original, funny, kind. The last time I saw him he was busy mapping...
- 2/1/2023
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - Film
Hugh Grant and James Wilby star in this intensely poignant story of two young men forced to deny their love
Em Forster’s novel Maurice, unpublished in his own lifetime, often gets treated as an outlier in his work, and maybe the superlative 1987 film version, starring Hugh Grant and James Wilby, was first thought of as an outlier in the prestigious Merchant Ivory canon. This film was clearly capitalising on the 80s Varsity chic of Chariots of Fire and the TV Brideshead Revisited, but it is darker, less picturesque, more claustrophobically and even tragically male (though Judy Parfitt and Helena Bonham Carter do what they can with cameo roles). Now, Maurice, produced by Ismail Merchant and directed by James Ivory, who collaborated with Kit Hesketh-Harvey on the screenplay, is being rereleased as part of the Flare strand, showcasing Lgbt-themed films, at London’s BFI Southbank and in cinemas nationwide.
Related:...
Em Forster’s novel Maurice, unpublished in his own lifetime, often gets treated as an outlier in his work, and maybe the superlative 1987 film version, starring Hugh Grant and James Wilby, was first thought of as an outlier in the prestigious Merchant Ivory canon. This film was clearly capitalising on the 80s Varsity chic of Chariots of Fire and the TV Brideshead Revisited, but it is darker, less picturesque, more claustrophobically and even tragically male (though Judy Parfitt and Helena Bonham Carter do what they can with cameo roles). Now, Maurice, produced by Ismail Merchant and directed by James Ivory, who collaborated with Kit Hesketh-Harvey on the screenplay, is being rereleased as part of the Flare strand, showcasing Lgbt-themed films, at London’s BFI Southbank and in cinemas nationwide.
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- 7/26/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s been 30 years since we last saw James Wilby and Hugh Grant fall in love on the screen in James Ivory’s beautiful gay-themed film “Maurice.” Now, Cohen Media Group —which has acquired 30 titles from the Merchant Ivory Productions library— is releasing a brand new 4K restoration of the 1987 romantic drama, which will screen next month at New York City’s historic Quad Cinema, following the theater’s reopening this Friday, April 14.
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Based on E.M. Forster’s 1971 novel by the same name, “Maurice” followed the story of two undergraduate Cambridge students, Maurice (Wilby) and Clive (Grant), who fall in love at a time when any reference of homosexuality at the English university was omitted and same-sex relationships was punishable by the law.
The film also starred Rupert Graves and Ben Kingsleyco.
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Based on E.M. Forster’s 1971 novel by the same name, “Maurice” followed the story of two undergraduate Cambridge students, Maurice (Wilby) and Clive (Grant), who fall in love at a time when any reference of homosexuality at the English university was omitted and same-sex relationships was punishable by the law.
The film also starred Rupert Graves and Ben Kingsleyco.
- 4/14/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
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