BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Kate Fleetwood has scooped the role of Cruella de Vil in the new musical based on Dodie Smith's classic 101 Dalmatians. 'Puppies,' said Fleetwood down the phone from Prague.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The Shining is to be adapted for the stage by Belgian theatre artist Ivo van Hove in London. No theatre dates will be confirmed until the part of Jack Torrance has been cast.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been lured back to the stage to star in Martin McDonagh's pitch-black drama The Pillowman, last seen in London 17 years ago.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Singing legend Tom Jones is on the brink of joining the team of producers behind a new show featuring songs the hip-swivelling Welshman made famous, that's what.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Judi Dench (pictured) declared that we could all do with some 'levity' and 'cheering up'. The great dame enters that spirit with a deliciously comic masterclass in comedy Blithe Spirit.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Elton John (pictured) has accelerated plans for his latest musical by collaborating with one of the UK's top directors on a show about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The great dame, who herself pulled off a gender switch when she was cast as MI6 spymaster M in 1995's GoldenEye, told me she was strongly opposed to 007 swapping sex.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE has the latest on the new James Bond flick No Times to Die, THandie Newton's thoughts on Westworld season three and chats with Jacqueline Wilson about the new film Four Kids and It.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Michael Ball will be boasting a scene-stealing, 54EEE treasure chest in the hit musical Hairspray when it moves to a brand new date in the autumn.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Kristin Scott Thomas is delighted that people will still get to hear her sing in the Military Wives feature film, even though its cinema release was cut short by the coronavirus outbreak.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis have been toying with the idea of making their first West End appearance together.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The BAFTA and Olivier award-winning entertainer said when she and partner Jamie Horn attended musical shows, pre-lockdown, the baby would 'kick like mad'.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge are going to help Britain find its funny bone again by taking Noel Coward's classic Private Lives on the road in October, planning to open in Bath.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The big screen version of Take That musical The Band is being actively developed during the lockdown, with 'high calibre' film stars being sought to appear in it.

Sitting at the table, watching old sitcoms out of the corner of her eye while having tea with her family, helped Esther Smith develop her comic chops.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Matilda The Musical - starring Ralph Fiennes as bullying, hammer-throwing headmistress Agatha Trunchbull - has become a top priority film for Hollywood.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Flanigan, a singer-songwriter who plays the fiddle and acoustic guitar in a folk-punk band, had been working at a deli when she was offered an audition by Hittman.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The plot focuses on Washington, an intelligence operative who can anticipate events that haven't occurred yet. His number one task is to prevent World War III.

Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush entertained some of his wealthiest supporters with cocktails and lobster rolls at the Bush family home in Kennebunkport, Maine, as he tries to fill the coffers for his campaign.

The ex-Florida governor and his supporters are said to be looking upon Trump's rise with 'barely concealed delight.' Yeah, right, says the real estate mogul.

Fox News Channel and Facebook are hosting the event in Cleveland, Ohio, and chose the ten candidates with the best average scores in the five most recent national polls.

Prompted by debate moderator Megyn Kelly to comment on the claim, Bush said, 'it's not true' - but copped to criticizing Trump's language as 'divisive' in the past.

Bush pounced at the Iowa State Fair, insisting the scandal is a problematic issue for the Democratic front-runner – and taking pot-shots at the billionaire Trump's flashy entrances.

Bush found himself in the fryer during a speech from the fair's soap box, fending off hostile questions from audience members disillusioned by his older brother's domestic and foreign policies.

Several weeks ago, Bush may have ignored Trump's chest beating. Today, he tolled his 2016 rival right back and said his 'immigration plan is not conservative and does not reflect our nation's values.'

'This is ludicrous for the Clinton campaign and others to suggest that somehow, somehow I am using a derogatory term,' he said today after his visit to the United States' southern border.

Jeb Bush is facing new problems in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination after three of his top fundraisers abruptly left his campaign, with Donald Trump announcing on Twitter they quit.

'FORGET LOVE ... IT'S TIME TO GET TOUGH!' the new Trump ad blares after flashing mugshots of three illegal immigrant killers – just like Jeb's dad once did in a famous ad that sank Michael Dukakis' 1988 bid.

The new video features Trump praising Hillary Clinton as a 'terrific woman,' declaring himself 'very pro-choice' and saying his views as a New Yorker are 'different than if I lived in Iowa.'

In the vlash of the titans, Jeb is pressing ahead with a 'Which Candidate Are You?' quiz on Facebook warning Americans that Trump is a 'germophobe.'

Donald Trump told Jeb Bush to speak only English in the United States, but at the same time the billionaire's luxury hotel is seeking Spanish speakers in Florida.

Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush delivered parallel messages on Tuesday - one in Spanish, another in English - as he took a sharp swipe at frontrunner Donald Trump.

Jeb Bush became Stephen Colbert's first political guest on the 'Late Show' and used the appearance to promise civility — just hours after Donald Trump hit Bush again for being boring.

'Man did JEB throw his brother under the bus last night on Colbert,' tweeted Donald Trump, as the current GOP front-runner continues to troll the former GOP front-runner.

Bush paid $2,920,698 in federal income tax two years ago. The Democratic National Committee's calculations show that his plan would have reduced his own tax bill by a whopping $841,643.

'Choose a brighter path,' the ad says, as it pans to the sun rising over a pasture. The title of that footage on Shutterstock? 'A Field In Cornwall, England At Sunrise.'

Donald Trump and Jeb Bush didn't waste time locking horns at Wednesday's CNN presidential debate, as both tangled quickly in the debate's first hour.

This week Jeb Bush's Super PAC claimed the country's 'brightest days' are ahead should he be voted in. But there's one problem - the PAC have illustrated their point with idyllic scenes of Britain.

A mother, a wife, a daughter and plenty of women who've made history, round out the list of ladies that the Republican candidates would put on the $10, a change that's actually happening.

Jeb Bush found a surefire way to put himself a head above the other candidates during Wednesday night's Republican debate - by standing on his tiptoes.

Jeb Bush addressed a half-empty rec center whose capacity was just 200 people in Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon just one day after he was caught on his tiptoes at the Republican debate.

In their first campaign stops after Wednesday night's prime-time national GOP presidential debate, both Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton are seeing their turnouts dwindle with their poll numbers.

'Who is the real Jeb Bush?' 'One of us?' 'Or one of them?' the hecklers' signs read. The last sign featured a photo of Jeb low-fiving Donald Trump during last Wednesday's debate in California.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush used a national op-ed column on Tuesday for two tasks - praising Pope Francis and throwing a jab at President Obama.

The billionaire's new video mocks Jeb for saying illegal immigrants commit 'an act of love' and claiming the term 'anchor babies' refers mostly to Asian children.

'We should not have a multicultural society,' Bush said, before explaining what be believes American culture is based on. 'When you create pockets of isolation ... it limits people's aspirations.'

One-time Republican presidential front-runner Jeb Bush is getting a stern lecture from his top donors to reverse his slide in the polls or they will desert his bid for president in 2016.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush this week endorsed the Washington Redskins' team name, saying he doesn't think the controversial moniker should go.

Trump said people like gunman Christopher Harper-Mercer, who killed nine at Umpqua Community College and legally owned 13 firearms, can 'slip through the cracks'.

A reporter read an out-of-context portion of Jeb's words to Obama during a Friday press conference, and Obama pounced on his completely unrelated remarks.