40 h. ago Whatever happened to Billy Bibbit? The extraordinary life of actor Brad Dourif

He was Oscar-nominated for his unforgettable work alongside Jack Nicholson, in one of the greatest films of all time. It was the start of his career as the ultimate character actor. He discusses David Lynch, Ian McKellen and the joy of playing a murderous dollBrad Dourif knew it was time to retire from acting when he stopped feeling well, anything about the parts he was being offered. “I got to a place where if somebody offered me something, all I felt was an empty: oh.” It had started in 2013, after a production of Tennessee Williams’s The Two-Character Play. That had been an extraordinary experience, with his co-star Amanda Plummer “by far the best actor I’ve ever worked with”, but left him wondering if there was anything he still wanted to do professionally. Acting no longer got him excited; it just left him tired. “It became clear to me after a while that I just really didn’t want to work any more.”We speak over video call from his home in upstate New York, where he lives with C...

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4 d. ago 'I was Grange Hill legend Zammo now I'm a locksmith after horror crash ended my dream'

Zammo McGuire had one of the most infamous story lines on Grange Hill after becoming a heroin addicts, but life for the actor after leaving the show took a different turn

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5 d. ago EastEnders star Jill Halfpenny admits being out of work makes her feel 'pointless' as she opens up about the challenges of life as an actress

The Strictly Come Dancing winner, 49, who recently starred in Channel 5 drama The Feud, said as she gets older the lack of structure in an actor's life has gotten harder.

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1 week ago Kylie Jenner 'doesn't get laid' unless Timothee Chalamet gets one specific thing

Kylie Jenner recently shared a cheeky insight into her love life with actor Timothee Chalamet and hinted that she "doesn't get laid" unless one very particular thing happens...

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1 week ago Sonny Boy by Al Pacino audiobook review – from the South Bronx to Hollywood

The actor warmly narrates this intimate account of his rise to stardom, from the traumas that shaped his childhood to the epiphany that would lead to his glittering careerThe title of Al Pacino’s memoir comes from the nickname given to him by his mother when he was growing up. His parents divorced when he was two, after which he and his mother moved in with his grandparents in the South Bronx, where violence and drugs were rife. One day, six-year-old Pacino was playing outside with his friends when he saw an ambulance pull up outside his grandparents’ tenement. He ran towards the building “and there, coming out of the front doors, carried on a stretcher, was my mother. She had attempted suicide.”Pacino, now 85, is our gravel-voiced narrator and his performance here is wonderful: warm, fitfully jovial and more intimate than you might expect from an actor who has spent much of his life keeping the public at arm’s length. As well as detailing early traumas – Pacino’s mother died when h...

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1 week ago Inside EastEnders star Zack Hudson actor's life away from soap

Zack Hudson's fate in Walford has been revealed tonight, but what does actor James Farrar have going on in his personal life when he's not filming in Albert Square?

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1 week ago Adolescence star Ashley Walters says show changed the way he parents his children

Actor revealed extent of how the hit show affected his home life

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1 week ago Inside Emmerdale Robert Sugden actor's life including turning down ITV soap return

Emmerdale's Robert Sugden actor Karl Davies turned down the chance to return to the ITV soap opera and the role has since been taken over by Ryan Hawley

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2 w. ago Harry Potter fans just realising Filch actor's son is a telly star in real life

David Bradley has enjoyed a lengthy and successful career in showbusiness, with roles in the Harry Potter franchise and Game of Thrones, and his son has also followed him into the limelight

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2 w. ago This is how Stanley Tucci got into the ‘best shape of his life’ at 64

The actor says this workout regime has been ‘life-changing’

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2 w. ago Inside EastEnders' James Farrar's life from family to reason he quit modelling

James Farrar has played Zack Hudson in EastEnders since 2021, but what do we know about the actor's life away from Albert Square?

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2 w. ago Tom Cruise makes rare comment on being a parent after question about Father’s Day

Actor is famously discreet about his private life

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2 w. ago Tom Cruise makes rare comment on parenthood after being asked about Father’s Day

Actor is famously discreet about his private life

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2 w. ago Ralph Fiennes' hidden heartbreak: Nomadic youth as eldest of 6 shaped his life

The Suffolk-born actor's love life has been chequered - but fans' tongues have been set wagging as he's set to be reunited onstage with former flame Francesca Annis.

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3 w. ago Netflix quietly drop 'fantastic' real life drama starring 'superb' Happy Valley actor

James Norton has taken on a number of different roles over the years but the actor has certainly been in demand lately as yet another TV show of his hits Netflix

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3 w. ago Tragic fate of 'the world's most beautiful boy': Actor now looks VERY different after cult 70s film that turned him into a sex symbol at 15 ruined his life and plunged him into alcoholism

Swedish actor and musician Bjorn Andresen was only 15 when Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti handpicked him to play the sailor-suited adolescent Tadzio in Death in Venice.

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3 w. ago Leonardo DiCaprio 'screamed' at Robert De Niro as he praises actor for 'changing my life'

Leonardo DiCaprio has recalled 'screaming' in Hollywood icon Robert De Niro's face just minutes after they first met over three decades ago, praising the actor for 'changing his life'

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4 w. ago Emmerdale Billy and Dawn's downfall 'sealed' as soap issues update on Joe's fate

Emmerdale viewers saw Billy Fletcher and ex Dawn Taylor unite to cover up what happened to Joe Tate in the latest episode of the ITV soap, amid news of his condition

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4 w. ago Protests planned as Scottish parliament holds free vote on assisted dying bill

Opponents of proposals say it is ethically wrong to allow state to help someone take their own lifeOpponents of proposals to legalise assisted dying in Scotland have warned it is ethically wrong to allow the state to help someone take their own life.Campaigners against assisted dying, including the Silent Witness actor Liz Carr, are staging demonstrations outside the Scottish parliament on Tuesday, hours before MSPs hold a free vote on new legalisation proposals. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Danny Dyer is a Bafta winner: How Rivals woke audiences up to the TV hardman's acting talent

The Cockney actor has spent his life written off as a ‘geezer’ but with a Bafta award now under his belt, he’s showing how good he really is

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