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Wednesday 8 April 2009

Spock reduces Star Trek fans to tears

Wednesday, April 8. Veteran actor Leonard Nimoy (pictured) reduced Texan Trekkies to tears on Monday when he interrupted a screening of the classic Star Trek movie The Wrath of Khan to introduce a… [continued]

Leonard Nimoy

Depp begins filming of The Rum Diary

Wednesday, April 8. After eight years in the planning, filming on Johnny Depp's latest pet project - an adaptation of Hunter S Thompson's first novel The Rum Diary - has finally begun.… [continued]

Johnny Depp Rum Diary
Monday 6 April 2009

Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’ to premiere at Cannes

Monday, April 6: Director Quentin Tarantino marks his return to the big screen with a typically ultra-violent new film due to premiere at next month's Cannes Film Festival. How is the 46-year-old pushing the envelope… [continued]

Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds
Friday 3 April 2009

Hollywood A-listers hit by recession

Friday, April 3. Hollywood actors are starting to feel the pinch as struggling film studios cut costs by reigning in the excessive pay packets they offer to even the hottest stars. In a… [continued]

Steve Carrell
Thursday 2 April 2009

Final show as ‘ER’ heads for the mortuary

Thursday, April 2. It has been nominated for a record 122 Emmy awards, shown in 195 countries, subtitled in 22 languages and at its peak held the attention of almost 50m viewers. But tonight, after… [continued]

George Clooney in ER
Tuesday 31 March 2009

Liam Neeson finishes film after wife’s death

Tuesday, March 31. The film Liam Neeson was shooting in Toronto when the news came through that his wife Natasha Richardson (pictured with Neeson) had suffered a brain injury in a skiing accident… [continued]


Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson
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Rosamund Pike may play Charles’s assistant

Tuesday, March 31. Clarence House, the London headquarters of Prince Charles, had its nose put out of joint in 2006 by the publication of The Palace Diaries, the memoirs of the prince's former… [continued]

Rosamund Pike
Monday 30 March 2009

Record weekend for 3D ‘Monsters vs. Aliens’

Monday, March 30. DreamWorks Animation's new film, Monsters vs. Aliens, enjoyed a record-breaking opening weekend in the US, raking in $58.2m. That is the biggest opening weekend gross this year and the best ever for… [continued]

Monsters vs Aliens

The Wire finally gets a slot at the Beeb

Monday, March 30: The BBC has at last caught up with popular taste and tonight begins screening all 60 episodes of The Wire, the US cop show that those in the know have been claiming… [continued]

The Wire
Friday 27 March 2009

Freida Pinto tops Indian pay league

Friday, March 27: The real life rags-to-riches story of actress Freida Pinto (pictured) continues to unfold: she has just been unveiled as India’s highest paid actress. The 24-year-old, who was an unknown model… [continued]

Slumdog Millionaire star Frieda Pinto

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