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‘Tough-guy’ actor Ben Gazzara dies, aged 81
17 hours ago (Sunday, February 5th, 2012 at 12:00 am)
The actor Ben Gazzara, who starred in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’s play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday. He was 81.
Grant will be at birth of Bridget Jones’s Baby
2 days ago (Saturday, February 4th, 2012 at 12:00 am)
The production company behind the Bridget Jones’s Diary movies was yesterday forced to deny reports that Hugh Grant had quit the third instalment because of issues with the script.
The Hunger Games: The new teen franchise with Twilight in its sights
2 days ago (Saturday, February 4th, 2012 at 12:00 am)
The trailer concludes with the ominous tagline: “The world will be watching.” Get ready for The Hunger Games, the new Hollywood blockbuster franchise which promises to trounce Twilight and replace Harry Potter in the box-office charts. Anticipation is mounting among millions of teenage fans ahead of the 23 March opening of the film, based on Suzanne Collins’s bestselling novels. The trilogy, which has sold 30 million copies, is set in a post-apocalyptic world where children are chosen by the government to fight each other to the death in gladiatorial battles.
From here to obscurity: the young star who found that fame is fickle
3 days ago (Friday, February 3rd, 2012 at 12:00 am)
James Howson was another figure in the unemployment statistics when casting agents came to Leeds seeking new talent to reignite the fire and passion of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.
British films prove box office hits
5 days ago (Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 3:00 pm)
The success of The King’s Speech and The Inbetweeners has helped independent British films to a greater share of box office receipts than ever before.
David Harewood: ‘Young black actors must go to US’
5 days ago (Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 2:59 pm)
David Harewood has criticised the lack of opportunities for young black actors in the UK and has advised them to consider heading to the US.
