11 h. ago Meryl Streep in talks to play Aslan in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia movie

Oscar-winner set to take on role as godlike lion usually perceived to be male in upcoming adaption of The Magician’s NephewMeryl Streep is in talks to play Aslan in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Narnia film, according to reports. According to Nexus Point News, and confirmed by Deadline Streep, 79, is being lined up to star in Netflix’s film, which will be adapted from The Magician’s Nephew – the sixth of CS Lewis Narnia series of novels, but the first in chronological terms.In the Narnia books, Aslan is a dignified and quasi-omniscient lion, generally seen to be male and usually interpreted as an allegory for Jesus. The Magician’s Nephew centres on two children, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer, who discover the magical world through Digory’s uncle Andrew. Daniel Craig is also in talks for the film, with speculation rising that he will play the uncle. Charli XCX is also in line for a role, rumoured to be Jadis, the White Witch. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Elijah Wood says fees for Lord of the Rings actors were ‘not massive’

Star says cast took a ‘gamble’ appearing in Peter Jackson’s hit trilogy and did not earn enough to ‘rest easy’ for lifeElijah Wood has said that his salary for The Lord of the Rings movies was “not massive” and that appearing in the films was “a real gamble”.According to a report in Business Insider, which carried quotes from the star at the Texas film awards in March, Wood said the fact that the actors had to sign up for all three films at the start meant that their fees were not related to the film’s financial success. “Because we weren’t making one movie and then renegotiating a contract for the next, it wasn’t the sort of lucrative scenario that you could sort of rest easy for the rest of your life.” Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Former Harry Potter star became a CAGE FIGHTER after appearing in the blockbuster film franchise

A former actor who starred in the Harry Potter film franchise has taken on an unlikely new career after appearing as a sidekick to the series' antagonist Draco Malfoy.

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18 h. ago Jamaican rapist avoids deportation on human rights grounds as criminal record in UK means he is not eligible for witness protection in Caribbean

A convicted sex attacker cannot be deported to Jamaica because his crimes in the UK mean he might not be eligible for the witness protection scheme in his homeland, an immigration judge ruled.

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37 h. ago Sydney Sweeney stars in true story of mummified bodies found on beach

Sydney Sweeney will star in a film about the true story of two German socialites who tried to flee civilisation - and what it had to do with two bodies found mummified on a beach

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47 h. ago Val Kilmer: an ethereally handsome actor who evolved into droll self

Kilmer, who has died aged 65, made his name with Top Gun and The Doors – but his exceptional talents were often under-appreciated by the mainstream film industryVal Kilmer, star of Top Gun and The Doors, dies aged 65A life in picturesWhy do some movie careers take off and others go a bit sideways? Val Kilmer was a smart actor, a looker, a terrific screen presence and in later years an under-appreciated comic performer. His finest hour as an actor came in Shane Black’s comedy action thriller Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005, when he was quite superb as the camp private investigator Gay Perry Shrike: a gloriously sleek, plump performance which was transparently – and outrageously – based on Tom Ford. If only Kilmer could have started his acting life with that bravura performance, and shown the world what he could do. Instead, and at a crucial stage in his career, he was trapped in the body and face of a staggeringly beautiful young man.He could somehow never quite persuade Hollywood to acc...

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49 h. ago BREAKING: Val Kilmer, iconic film star who played Batman, dies aged 65

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49 h. ago Val Kilmer, iconic film star who played Batman, dies aged 65

This is a breaking showbiz story and is being constantly updated. Please refresh the page regularly for the latest news, pictures and video.

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55 h. ago EastEnders' new Vicki Fowler actress Alice Haig has very famous film star dad

Alice Haig has taken up the reigns as Vicki Fowler on EastEnders, and acting runs in the family with her dad starring in Downton Abbey and Killing Eve among decades of accolades

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61 h. ago Convicted sex offender sat next to young girl at library computer had a 'sudden urge' to search for adult film star

Keith Smith, 72, was confronted by a member of the public about what he was viewing on the computer

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67 h. ago Dune star confirms he is returning in third film: ‘If you didn’t read the books, it’s not my fault’

Jason Momoa says he is reprising role as swordmaster Duncan Idaho in third part of sci-fi blockbuster

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3 d. ago Hollywood star 'quits British film amid claims production has run out of money leaving crew owed £600k in unpaid wages'

The Hollywood actress, 55, was set to star in upcoming drama Angels in the Asylum alongside an all-star cast, with the film being the directorial debut of British director Rob Sorrenti.

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4 d. ago Sean Ono Lennon hits out at Rachel Zegler with scathing take down amid Snow White controversy

Sean Ono Lennon publicly criticized Snow White star Rachel Zegler amid backlash over the film. The Disney remake has faced controversy over it casting and political tensions.

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4 d. ago ‘Their voices had been overlooked for so long’: the shocking hunt for the Gilgo Beach killer

The long and often shocking journey to finding the alleged killer of young women in Long Island is brought to a wider audience in a damning new Netflix seriesThe film-maker Liz Garbus was on vacation in July 2023 when she got the call that an arrest had finally been made in the case of the Long Island serial killer. Since 2010, when the bodies of four women were found along an isolated stretch of highway near Gilgo Beach, authorities had looked for a presumed serial killer with little progress and plenty of consternation. Garbus was one of the most prominent chroniclers of the grassroots effort to force authorities into action; her 2020 feature film Lost Girls, an adaptation of Robert Kolker’s book of the same name, depicted the fight by a group of working-class women to figure out what happened to their loved ones – all women who participated in sex work on Craigslist – with or largely without police help.It was the star of that film, Amy Ryan, who alerted Garbus to the arrest of R...

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5 d. ago Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt reveals exciting new details for third film

Eager Downton Abbey fans have been treated to a reveal for the hotly anticipated grand finale of the beloved period drama as actress Joanne Froggatt spilled the beans

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5 d. ago ‘His genius is elusive’: Harry Lawtey and Toby Jones on bringing Richard Burton back to the screen

In new film Mr Burton, the Industry star plays a young Richard Burton, with Jones as the mentor who helped him find his acting chops. The duo discuss trying to understand a cultural icon – and how to nail that voiceSandringham Road lies in the east of Cardiff; a quiet run of Edwardian terrace houses overlooking Roath Mill Gardens. On a late July day, when the air is warm and the park spills out over its railings, Toby Jones and Harry Lawtey sit on the pavement, wearing matching striped pyjamas. The pair are some way into the filming of Mr Burton, an account of the early life of Richard Burton. Lawtey plays the actor in his younger years, when he was known as Richard Jenkins, and Jones is Philip Burton, the teacher who fostered his young student’s talent. So close would their bond grow that Jenkins would become Burton’s legal ward and take his surname. “Without Philip Burton there would never have been a Richard Burton,” Elizabeth Taylor once wrote. “That great rolling voice that cra...

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5 d. ago Gérard Depardieu trial finally gives France its #MeToo moment

Actor’s week in court seen as turning point as French film industry has been slow to take abuse claims seriouslyWhen the actor Gérard Depardieu took the stand at his sexual assault trial in Paris this week, it was seen as a turning point for the #MeToo movement in France.As a parliamentary commission examines why the French film industry has been slow – even resistant – to take women’s claims of abuse seriously, Depardieu, the nation’s biggest film star, faced accusations that he trapped a set decorator between his legs and sexually assaulted her while shooting the film Les Volets verts (The Green Shutters) in 2021. He is also accused of touching the breasts and buttocks of an assistant director on the same film on three separate occasions. Depardieu, 76, has denied all the charges, telling the court he had been “dragged through the mud by calumny and lies”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Explore The White Lotus star Parker Posey's life from film career to romances

The White Lotus star Parker Posey is a well-known actress in the US and has appeared in a string of films alongside some of Hollywood's biggest names - but what about her personal life?

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6 d. ago Barcelona star Dani Alves is sensationally CLEARED of raping a woman in a nightclub after appealing four

The footballer was handed the sentence in February last year after three judges convicted him of the sex attack following a three-day trial.

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6 d. ago Dani Alves CLEARED of raping woman in nightclub after appealing guilty verdict

Dani Alves was handed a four and half year prison sentence in February last year after three judges convicted him of the sex attack following a three-day trial - but he has now been cleared

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