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PICTURE EXCLUSIVE A night on the Pistols! Louis Partridge, 17, embraces the spirit of Sid Vicious as he enjoys a raucous night on the town with punk biopic co-stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster, 31, and Anson Boon, 21
The 17-year old rising star plays hell-raising Sid Vicious in forthcoming Danny Boyle directed series Pistols, based on the legendary punk band s meteoric rise to to fame in the mid-70s
The six-episode series began principal photography in March, with Anson Boon playing Johnny Rotten and Thomas Brodie-Sangster stepping into the shoes of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren
Based on guitarist Steve Jones’ 2018 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, the supporting cast also includes Sydney Chandler as Chrissie Hynde and Emma Appleton as Nancy Spungen
The Underground Railroad : Slavery saga hits screens
Two influential Black creators combine as Moonlight director Barry Jenkins transforms Colson Whitehead s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel into a powerful TV series.
The novel and the TV series play on the fantasy that the Underground Railroad was an actual train network
The 19th-century network of secret routes and safe houses that was developed in the US to help enslaved African-Americans escape to free states or Canada was referred to as the Underground Railroad.
Those who guided the enslaved people were known as conductors, while hiding places such as private homes, churches and schoolhouses were stations, safe houses or depots. The people organizing these locations were stationmasters.
From Mount Holyoke College to the Oscars: Pioneering director Chloé Zhao first studied film in the Valley
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Frances McDormand won an Oscar for Best Actress in “Nomandland,” directed and written by Mount Holyoke College graduate Chloé Zhao. AP PHOTO VIA SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES
A scene from “Nomadland,” the award-winning film directed and written by Mount Holyoke College graduate Chloé Zhao. AP PHOTO
Frances McDormand and David Strathairn in a scene from “Nomadland,” the award-winning film directed and written by Mount Holyoke College graduate Chloé Zhao. AP PHOTO
Chloé Zhao majored in politics and minored in film studies while a student at Mount Holyoke College, from which she graduated in 2005. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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The thespian rounded off his appearance with chunky footwear while shielding himself from the rain under an umbrella.
Rising star Anson s leading role in the programme can potentially earn him worldwide recognition, after starring in 1917, Crawl and Blackbird.
In good company: Toby Wallace (second from left), Christian Lees (pictured centre), and Jacob Slater (pictured far right) were also seen in Folkestone
The real rockers: Sex Pistols consisted of Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock (the band L-R minus Glen Matlock pictured in 1978)
Wow: Anson, pictured left in character, and Johnny Rotten, pictured right, in 1976