Dominic Sessa and Antonio Banderas to lead Anthony Bourdain biopic

The Holdovers breakout and Oscar nominee will head the cast of Tony, which will follow the food world legend in 1976

The Holdovers breakout Dominic Sessa has signed on to play Anthony Bourdain in a new biopic.

The casting had been initially rumoured last year, but the 22-year-old has now made it official, with the Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas also joining in a role that is being kept under wraps.

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Pedro Almodóvar’s films – ranked!

With his new film, Parallel Mothers, to be shown at Venice film festival, we take a look through the director’s ribald, pell-mell and beautifully colour co-ordinated output

Airline staff and passengers take drugs and act out their sexual fantasies as their plane prepares for an emergency landing. Not so much Airplane! as a sexed-up The High Life, but frothier. Best watched with tequila, poppers and the campest chums you can find.

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Antonio Banderas reveals he has coronavirus on 60th birthday

The actor has said he is celebrating in quarantine and otherwise relatively unaffected, other than being ‘a little bit more tired than usual’

The actor Antonio Banderas has confirmed on Twitter that he is suffering from coronavirus. In a message posted on 10 August, his 60th birthday, the actor said he was forced to celebrate in quarantine but reassured followers that his health was largely unaffected.

Quiero contaros lo siguiente... pic.twitter.com/u579iBVLM0

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