Film

I hate computers. Nothing in the world, not even football these days, makes me angrier. Last night I decided to treat myself to a new computer game (and by new ...

French actress and children's writer Cécile Aubry has died at the age of 81.Her best known creation was the book Belle et Sébastien, about a young boy and his mountain ...

I swear this has nothing to do with Sunday’s sorrowful event (an apt description coined by a non-footballing friend) but part of me really wishes this World Cup was over.It’s ...

Tributes have been flooding in to award-winning and prolific playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater who died from cancer on Friday.He had moved to the city of Hull as a youngster ...

Film legends Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson were among those who turned out to say goodbye to Dennis Hopper at his funeral yesterday.The Easy Rider star was buried in San ...

The screenwriting husband of Brittany Murphy has died of a heart attack, just five months after the movie star.Simon Monjack died at the couple’s home in Hollywood Hills aged 39.Brittany, ...

Pamela Green, who has died at the age of 81, rose to fame in the 1950s and ’60s in a series of publications and films that challenge British censorship laws.She ...

I can’t say I’m thrilled at the news that Mary J Blige is set to take on the role of Nina Simone in a new biopic. Has Ms Blige got ...

A service in New York was held yesterday in memory of actress Natasha Richardson.Richardson died in a skiing accident in March last year.The service, at the Roundabout Theatre, was attended ...

John Hurt could win a second BAFTA Award for portraying the international gay icon Quentin Crisp (pictured).Hurt reprised the role of the acerbic raconteur, for which he won his first ...

Lena Horne, perhaps one of the greatest stars Hollywood never had, has died at the age of 92.She was best known as a jazz singer, playing at the most prestigious ...

Actor Jimmy Gardner, who appeared in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, has died at the age of 85.Mr Gardner played Ernie Prang, bespectacled driver of the triple-decker ‘Knight ...

Elizabeth Taylor was reduced to tears at the unveiling of a bust of her former husband at Buckingham Palace.The bust of actor Richard Burton was commission to mark 60 years ...

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the great Italian film-maker Sergio Leone’s death.Coincidentally yesterday we lost one of Italy’s great screenwriters who co-wrote a Leone Western classic.Furio Scarpelli, along with long-time ...

An exhibition showcasing the wardrobe of film star Grace Kelly - Princess Grace of Monaco - is opening at London's V&A Museum on Saturday.She epitomised the elegance of the 1950s ...

One of the last surviving Munchkin actors from The Wizard of Oz has died aged 94.Meinhardt Raabe played the Munchkin coroner and was the last surviving cast member with ...

Peter Brook's 1963 adaptation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies was so shocking that none of the young cast could attend its premiere because of the X certificate.The young ...

British actor Corin Redgrave has died at the age of 70.A Tony and Olivier Award-winning stage performer, he was the son of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson and the brother ...

The portrayal of June Havoc on-stage in the musical Gypsy – about the life of her sister Louise, aka burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee – paints her as a sad ...

Roger Daltrey believes he is the right man to co-write a long-awaited biopic of Keith Moon.The Who singer is currently searching for a writer to collaborate with him on a ...