3 h. ago Meghan Markle is lampooned by Spitting Image in new skits taking aim at the Duchess of Sussex's acting career

The clips, posted by the show's producers on YouTube and TikTok, have her puppet performing various audition scenes based on the films Taxi Driver, Jaws and Taken.

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10 h. ago Memoirs, myths and Midnight’s Children: Salman Rushdie’s 10 best books – ranked!

As the author publishes a new story collection, we rate the work that made his name – from his dazzling Booker winner to an account of the 2022 attack that nearly killed him “It makes me want to hide behind the furniture,” Rushdie now says of his debut. It’s a science fiction story, more or less, but also indicative of the sort of writer Rushdie would become: garrulous, playful, energetic. The tale of an immortal Indian who travels to a mysterious island, it’s messy but charming, and the sense of writing as performance is already here. (Rushdie’s first choice of career was acting, and he honed his skill in snappy lines when working in an advertising agency.) Not a great book, but one that shows a great writer finding his voice, and a fascinating beginning to a stellar career. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Meghan Markle and Prince Harry 'targeted entire royal family' with 'spiteful' statement

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex took aim at the whole Royal Family in a sharp statement, according to a royal author, as a secret internal battle unfolded

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4 d. ago The year of Disney comebacks: As Hilary Duff becomes latest teen star to revive her career how the channel's beloved actors overcame addiction, arrests, bitter divorce and family feuds

They were the stars of our childhood, responsible for bringing to life the hit films, TV shows and catchy tunes of the Disney Channel during the mid 2000s. 

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4 d. ago I had no idea Traitors US would blow up – it’s bonkers, says host Alan Cumming

The Scottish actor has reflected on his career as he announces his inaugural season as artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

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5 d. ago Timothée Chalamet risks angering his legion of female fans with snide comment about childless women

As Vogue's cover star, the actor sat down with a reporter and talked about his booming career and social life. But for many readers, one moment stuck out more than others.

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6 d. ago Bruce Almighty actress and Golden Globe winner Sally Kirkland dies aged 84 just days after entering hospice care

GOLDEN Globe winner Sally Kirkland has died at the age of 84. The actress was in hospice care and had been battling dementia. She starred in hit movies such as Bruce Almighty, The Haunted and The Sting. Her death was confirmed by TMZ. Her acting career spanned more than 60 years. Kirkland won the Best...

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6 d. ago Gavin Henson and Charlotte Church's son turns up in BBC drama after ditching rugby to be an actor

The youngster appeared in BBC production 'Waiting for Burton' on Monday night and has spoken about his fledgling acting career

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7 d. ago 80s movie heartthrob, 79, is unrecognizable on dog walk in LA 42 years after acting career stalled – can you guess who?

A MOVIE star from a hit 80s box office smash looks so different from his hunky role. At 79 years of age, the actor headed out on a walk in Los Angeles last week while looking unrecognizable from his heyday when he wore his hair in brown curls. Sporting a full head of white hair...

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7 d. ago Tom Cullen's life including acting career and family as he stars in Channel 4's Trespasses

The Downton Abbey actor has been cast in new drama Trespasses - here's what we know about the Welsh star's famous partner, life off-screen and dazzling career

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7 d. ago ‘I can’t control how others perceive me’: Sydney Sweeney on boxing, weight gain and her flair for controversy

She ignited a culture war with a jeans advert. Now she has delivered a knockout performance as boxer Christy Martin. Sweeney talks about taking punches in the ring – and in the mediaThere was much blood and sweat – but few tears – involved in Sydney Sweeney’s transformation into Christy Martin. David Michôd’s biopic of the trailblazing fighter, who hauled women’s boxing into the US mainstream in the mid-1990s, spends much of its runtime recreating Martin’s real-life fights. And she doesn’t always win. I left the screening wondering if I had genuinely just seen Sweeney – whose acclaimed acting career, canny commercial ventures and unwitting contributions to the online outrage cycle have combined to make her one of the world’s most famous women – being mercilessly and repeatedly punched in the head. Turns out I had.“Oh yeah, they were all real. Every fight that you see, we’re hitting each other,” says the 28-year-old cheerily. “I had concussions, there were some bloody noses.” Were th...

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8 d. ago Peter Andre reveals how wife Emily copes with his romance scenes after he kickstarted an acting career

In his new Channel 5 show, Peter's character George strikes up a will they/won't they romance with a co-star, with viewers desperate to know if they'll finally bite the bullet and share their first kiss.

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9 d. ago ‘They’re not wolves – they’re sheep’: the psychiatrist who spent decades meeting and studying lone

From Port Arthur to Hoddle Street, Paul E Mullen has had a front-row seat to the men behind some of the worst public massacres. He says it’s possible to ‘disrupt the script’ for future violenceDr Paul E Mullen and his family were living near Dunedin, New Zealand when, one evening in November 1990, they heard gunfire. The shots continued into the night, followed by the distant sound of police and ambulances. At 9pm, a hospital colleague told him that a few kilometres away, in Aramoana, someone with a gun had started shooting.As it turned out, Mullen had heard of the perpetrator before; one of his long-term patients was the man’s nextdoor neighbour, and soon Mullen would learn that many other people he knew had been injured or killed.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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9 d. ago 'Masterpiece' Martin Scorsese epic with 'perfect' performance on Film4 tonight

The film is credited with redefining Martin Scorsese's career and brought together two actors who would go on to become some of the biggest names in Hollywood

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1 week ago Royal expert scathingly likens Meghan Markle to Sarah Ferguson after sparking shock with her new career move

A royal expert has compared Meghan Markle 's new career move to that of Sarah Ferguson - and even Kim Kardashian .

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1 week ago Patsy Palmer reveals 'rude' Hollywood agent brutally destroyed her career after she confronted him

Patsy Palmer has revealed her acting career was brutally derailed by a 'rude' Hollywood agent who sought revenge after she talked back to him in a meeting.

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1 week ago She was a cute redheaded kid before becoming a Hollywood blonde bombshell, can you guess who she is?

Her career began in Seattle when she scored commercial acting jobs. When she was 13 she talked her parents into moving to Los Angeles with her so her movie dreams could come true.

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1 week ago Helen Mirren announced as recipient of prestigious Golden Globes award

Actor was credited for being a ‘force of nature’ whose career has been ‘nothing short of extraordinary’

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1 week ago Helen Mirren announced as 2025 recipient of Golden Globes’ prestigious Cecil B DeMille award

Actor was credited for being a ‘force of nature’ whose career has been ‘nothing short of extraordinary’

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2 w. ago Anthony Hopkins, 87, suspects he may have a neurodivergence diagnosis but insists 'these labels are all nonsense it's fashion'

The Academy-Award winning Welsh actor, 87, has had a stage and screen career spanning an incredible seven decades.

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