James Moriarty “Chapter One” is the debut album from 18-year-old U.K. breakout Ella Henderson.
New York is about to look like a monarchy, thanks to all the kings and queens about to hit the city, big screen and TV. It’s all part of another British invasion that promises to be a royal treat.
- Outspoken British TV host Katie Hopkins has long argued that overweight people “bring it on themselves.” Then she decided to gain 40 pounds to see things from the other side. Her series “Katie Hopkins: Fat and Back” scored record ratings in the U.K. and comes to TLC Sunday at 10 p.m.
- “Let the Right One In” : There will be blood — and plenty of it — in this stage take on the Swedish vampire novel and screenplay that scored acclaim on the West End in London last year. The National Theatre of Scotland’s production, beginning Jan. 20 at St. Ann’s Warehouse, comes to Brooklyn direct from a hit West End run last year.
- Britain’s star DJ Mark Ronson — who currently has the No. 1 song in America with the Bruno Mars’ fronted “Uptown Funk” — will enjoy a huge debut for his new album, “Uptown Special,” when it hits the charts Wednesday.
Twentieth Century Fox Colin Firth stars as Harry, an impeccably suave spy, in “Kingsman: The Secret Service.”
- Also on Wednesday, 18-year-old Ella Henderson , from the U.K.’s “X Factor,” will make waves on the charts with her American debut album, “Chapter One.”
- Zuma , a scene-y London-based sushi restaurant, is coming to New York. The location at 261 Madison Ave. opens Wednesday, with a sushi bar overseen by Katzutoshi Endo, who studied under Japanese sushi master Jiro Ono.
- “Black Sea”: Jude Law (playing a Scotsman) is the captain of a submarine whose British crew commandeers a Russian sub to unearth a treasure-filled Nazi U-boat that’s been lost for 70 years. Opens Friday.
Alexei Hay “Uptown Special,” the fourth album by producer-songwriter-musician Mark Ronson, is a tale of several cities, a wide range of collaborators, and a road trip deep into the American South.
- “Mortdecai” : In this adaptation of the whimsical books about a London detective/art dealer (Johnny Depp), Paul Bettany is Mortdecai’s Jeeves-ish manservant Jock Strapp and Ewan McGregor is panicky, erudite Inspector Martland. Opens Friday.
- London soul sensation Sam Smith stands poised to scoop up as many as six awards on Grammy night (Feb. 8). He’s the only star this year with bids in all four top categories.
- “Kingsman: The Secret Service” : Action-spy thriller adapted from a comic series starring Colin Firth as a veteran secret agent guiding a young recruit (Taron Egerton) through the world of espionage. Opens Feb 13.
E! Entertainment/Tim Whitby Elizabeth Hurley as Queen Helena in “The Royals” Manuel Harlan “Let the Right One In,” from the National Theatre of Scotland, is coming to St. Ann’s Warehouse Jan. 20. Johan Persson “Wolf Hall Parts One and Two” is performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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- “The Audience” : Next stop, Buckingham Palace. Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar playing Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen,” plays Her Highness again in another work by Peter Morgan. The play, starting Feb. 14, imagines 60 years of conversations between QEII and her prime ministers.
- Academy Awards : As usual, Hollywood’s Anglo love will shine through as Brits Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Imitation Game”), Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”) and David Oyelowo (“Selma”) compete for Best Actor; Rosamund Pike (“Gone Girl”) heats up the Best Actress race; and Keira Knightley (“The Imitation Game”) and Felicity Jones (“The Theory of Everything”) vy for Best Supporting Actress. Airs live on ABC Feb. 22.
- For the last decade, CBS’s “The Late Late Show” has featured the crisp Scottish accent of Craig Ferguson. All that goes south starting March 9, when British actor/comedian James Corden takes over the 12:35 a.m. slot.
John Haynes Billy Nighy and Carey Mulligan in “Skylight,” by David Hare.
- The E! network will unveil its first scripted series, “The Royals,” on March 15. Elizabeth Hurley plays the fictional British Queen Helena, whose family is way harder to control than her nation. If you had any doubts what tone “The Royals” is after, consider that Joan Collins plays Queen Helena’s mum.
- “Skylight” : A flat in London sets the scene for a fraught reunion for a schoolteacher and her ex, a restaurateur whose wife has recently died. David Hare’s play, starting previews March 16, last lit up Broadway in 1996. Stephen Daldry directs this transfer from the West End.
- “Wolf Hall Parts One and Two” Henry VIII’ do-or-die quest for a male heir sets his court in 1527 England spinning — and heads rolling in these power plays drawn from Hilary Mantel’s best-sellers. This production, fresh from London and launching March 20, is presented and performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Audience,” by Peter Morgan.
- Hozier , the Irish singer behind the bluesy smash “Take Me to the Church,” plays the Beacon March 6, and Hammerstein Ballroom March 22.
- Damien Lewis, the bad-boy heartthrob from “Homeland,” comes back to life as Henry VIII — now there’s a bad boy — in “Wolf Hall,” a British TV show that premieres April 5 on PBS. Mark Rylance co-stars as Thomas Cromwell in a show PBS hopes will capture some of the sumptuous Brit romance of “Downton Abbey.”
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