27 h. ago Who appeared in both film versions of West Side Story? The Saturday quiz

From Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers to rollers, tunnellers and dwellers, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which German state sent its own team to the 1952 Olympics?2 Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece is what story-telling genre’s all-time bestseller?3 Which halogen is widely used as an antiseptic?4 Which band was formed by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers?5 What type of beetles are categorised as rollers, tunnellers or dwellers?6 Who sits on the Woolsack?7 Nicknamed the “big hoose”, what is Scotland’s largest prison?8 Who appeared in both film versions of West Side Story?What links: 9 Australia; Canada; Eastern Caribbean; Jamaica; New Zealand; US?10 Northern; southern; Masai; reticulated?11 Dorothy Ashby; Alice Coltrane; Brandee Younger; Amanda Whiting?12 Korea, 1945; Vietnam, 1954; Aldi supermarket, 1960?13 John Hannah; Ken Stott; Richard Rankin?14 Castello; Cannaregio; Dorsoduro; San Marco; San Polo; Santa Croce?15 Awesome (Nile civilisation); Vicious (Norse raiders); Terr...

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39 h. ago Why isn't Matthew Goode in Downton Abbey 3? Actor confirms reason for absence

The final Downton Abbey film is set to be released this week, but one character will be missing from the action. Henry, played by Matthew Goode, will not appear in the film

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40 h. ago Beloved Willy Wonka child star is unrecognizable as he reflects on the film 54 years on

Paris Themmen was only 11 years old when he starred in the beloved 1971 film. But now, more than five decades after he appeared in the flick, he looks completely different.

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50 h. ago Matthew Goode shares 'real reason' he doesn't appear in final Downton Abbey film

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is set to hit cinemas this week, but one character who won't be returning is Henry Talbot, played by Matthew Goode. There's a reason why he doesn't feature in the film

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2 d. ago Rob Reiner reveals hilarious Spinal Tap line that Paul McCartney came up with

Beatles singers appears in film alongside fellow guest stars Elton John, Lars Ulrich, Questlove and Chad Smith

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4 d. ago James McAvoy 'punched by stranger' during Toronto Film Festival appearance

The Scottish actor had been socialising with producers of his new film at Charlotte’s Room when the incident occurred shortly before midnight on Monday

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4 d. ago Plastic surgeons weigh in on Jodie Foster's very youthful visage following appearance at film festival

Jodie Foster, 62, appeared more youthful than ever as she attended at the Toronto International Film Festival - and plastic surgeons are weighing in on the secrets behind her age-defying looks.

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4 d. ago Ian McKellen forced to cancel film premiere appearance after doctors' warning

The Lord of the Rings star was set to attend the premiere of Steven Soderbergh’s new film The Christophers

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9 d. ago Hugh Bonneville uses TV interview at Downton Abbey premiere to talk about the 'indefensible' situation in Gaza

The 61-year-old British actor was appearing live on ITV News to talk about the film when he surprised the presenters to wade into politics.

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1 week ago ‘Europe is the core – America joined as an offshoot’: the historian challenging what ‘the west’ means

Was the ‘western alliance’ dreamt up to further American and British interests? Georgios Varouxakis argues that the idea is older, quintessentially European, and even anti-imperialistFor your book The West: The History of an Idea, you spent 12 years researching what people mean when they talk about “the west”. At a time when America’s president shows more admiration for autocratic Russia than for Nato-allied countries in Europe, are we witnessing the end of the west as an idea?I certainly wouldn’t write off the west. What we are seeing is a challenge to a version of the west that had America as its leader. But it doesn’t have to signal the end. The west is crucial to Europeans, and they have been the core of it. America joined at some point as an offshoot; it has been isolationist before, and it may become isolationist again. So we may see a different version of the west for a while, with its core in Europe, as it historically has mostly been. But America will surely return sooner o...

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1 week ago 90 is the new 40! As Kim Novak steps back into the spotlight at 92 the nonagenarian legends who are proving that age is just a number

Kim Novak was back in the spotlight this week with her appearance at the Venice Film Festival. And she isn't the only nonagenarian still enjoying her decades in showbiz.

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1 week ago My Tennis Maestro review – unforced errors keep Italian coming

Venice film festivalPierfrancesco Favino is a robust lead as a teenage tennis hopeful’s charming yet flawed new coach in a film that’s too long and too indecisive to stand up to recent big hittersWe have had some sparky tennis movies recently, such as Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers and Reinaldo Marcus Green’s King Richard, and it seemed at first as if this coming-of-age comedy from Italian actor turned director Andrea Di Stefano could be joining them. But despite a very robust lead performance from Pierfrancesco Favino, the enjoyably grizzled alpha male of Italian cinema, this completely runs aground in the third act, quite unable to decide if it should offer the traditional comeback story of an underdog sports movie, or if it should pursue its implied repudiation of the win-at-all-costs ethic. The other issue is whether its young hero should ignore what his dad has to say in favour of an attractive, if flawed, new mentor. The film does in fact appear finally to get off the fence on ...

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1 week ago Jude Law avoids red carpet snaps with his wife Phillipa Coan as she makes rare public appearance at his premiere during Venice International Film Festival

The actor, 52, who tied the knot with Phillipa, 38, in 2019, appeared on the red carpet for The Wizard Of The Kremlin premiere, however he and his wife avoided being snapped together.

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1 week ago Laura Harrier packs on the PDA with her new man during Venice Film Festival as she appears to move on after split from ex

The American actress and model, 35, and fashion consultant Sam reportedly separated earlier this year after more than four years together.

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2 w. ago Kylie Jenner flaunts major cleavage in skintight workout look after squashing pregnancy rumors

On Saturday, the reality TV personality, 28, took to her Instagram Story to share a photo and clips of herself displaying her hourglass body in an Alo Yoga workout set.

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2 w. ago George Clooney cancels Venice Film Festival appearances due to illness

Clooney was in Venice to promote Noah Baumbach’s new film, ‘Jay Kelly’

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2 w. ago ‘The most difficult word to say is “Cut!”’: an audience with Cannes conquerors Jean

They have won the Palme d’Or twice, and their latest offering about teen motherhood scooped the screenwriting prize. The brothers discuss their working methods, who inspires them, and what they disagree aboutEarlier this year, the Cannes film festival saw a triumphant new appearance from European cinema’s kings of social realism and social conscience. The Dardenne brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc, now 74 and 71, presented a movie that is one of their very best: Jeunes Mères or Young Mothers, a deeply compassionate, intelligent drama about a home for teen mothers or mothers-to-be in the directors’ home town of Liège in Belgium. These young women are faced with the existential question: is it sensible to give their infants up for adoption, or a fundamental loss of moral courage?The Dardennes have become known for intensely naturalist performances and handheld camerawork, radical simplicity and clarity. They have won the Cannes Palme d’Or twice, firstly for their drama Rosetta in 1999, ab...

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2 w. ago Woody Allen responds after Ukraine slams director for appearing at Russian film festival: ‘Disgrace and insult’

Filmmaker says he ‘always liked Russian cinema’ and would like to make a movie in the country

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2 w. ago Woody Allen rebuts Ukrainian condemnation over Moscow film festival appearance

The director said he did not ‘feel cutting off artistic conversations is ever a good way to help’ after Ukraine calls the film-maker’s participation a ‘disgrace’Woody Allen has denied claims that his participation in a Moscow film festival was “whitewashing” Russian atrocities, after condemnation of his appearance by Ukraine’s ministry of foreign affairs.Allen said in a statement to the Guardian: “When it comes to the conflict in Ukraine, I believe strongly that Vladimir Putin is totally in the wrong. The war he has caused is appalling. But, whatever politicians have done, I don’t feel cutting off artistic conversations is ever a good way to help.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Miriam Margolyes issues health update after fears she was 'at death's door'

Miriam Margolyes, who has appeared in the Harry Potter film series and Call the Midwife, has now shared an update on her health in an interview published this week

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