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Shamshad Begum: One of the first playback singers
Friday 10 May 2013
When Shamshad Begum entered the British Raj-era film business as a playback singer, that term had not been coined. She was one of an uncredited band of behind-the-scenes vocalists who sang words through actors' lips as they mimed to pre-recorded songs.
The Great Gatsby review: Long, gaudy and flawed, but there is much to admire in Baz Luhrmann’s stonking lack of subtlety
Friday 10 May 2013
Leonardo DiCaprio segues with utter conviction in the title role, from the suave, semi-mythical party host to his neurotic, lovelorn alter ego and back again
24 again? Kiefer Sutherland 'in talks' to reprise Jack Bauer
Friday 10 May 2013
America's Fox network is reportedly looking to bring back its signature drama 24 for a limited series.
Film review: Star Trek Into Darkness - JJ Abrams' Starfleet return will underwhelm even the most committed Trekkies
Friday 10 May 2013
(12A) Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Benedict Cumberbatch
Alice Eve: Career set for lift-off after starring role in Star Trek Into Darkness
Friday 10 May 2013
The British actress found fame in the romcom She's Out of My League. But a starring role as a scientist in Star Trek Into Darkness will see her career really take off. James Mottram meets her
Directing Fifty Shades of Grey: If Joe Wright gets the job, does it mean Keira Knightley for Anastasia Steele?
Friday 10 May 2013
The British filmmaker, who seems to cast Keira Knighley in all his projects, looks set to take the most anticipated directing gig in Hollywood
Universal announces expansion of Harry Potter theme park
Friday 10 May 2013
Fans of Harry Potter and magic, rejoice: Universal Orlando is expanding its Wizarding World of Harry Potter with a new area based on the books' fictional scenes in Diagon Alley and London.
Theatre review: The Hothouse, Trafalgar Studios, London
Friday 10 May 2013
Simon Russell Beale has transformed himself into a manic version of Ronnie Barker in this merciless, very funny revival of Harold Pinter’s second major stage play, one he wrote and discarded between The Birthday Party and The Caretaker, before directing it himself in 1980.
50 years of Doctor Who to be celebrated at TV Bafta Awards
Friday 10 May 2013
Enduring sci-fi hit Doctor Who is to be celebrated at the TV Bafta Awards this weekend to mark the programme's 50th anniversary year.
Will this sports movie be a right old Messi? 'Rocky-style' Leo film in the pipeline
Thursday 09 May 2013
Lionel Messi isn’t a man of many words. Nor, beyond the story about Barcelona paying for growth treatment and flying him over from Argentina at 11, is his life story particularly captivating.
When Henderson’s first opened, meat-free meals were as radical as mini skirts. Fifty years on, the UK’s oldest veggie restaurant is an Edinburgh institution.
Thursday 09 May 2013
The other revolution that began in 1963
Universal delays release of Jurassic Park 4
Thursday 09 May 2013
The anticipated June 2014 release of the fourth installment of Jurassic Park, one of the highest-grossing film franchises, has been put on hold, Universal Pictures has confirmed.
Television soap star Jeanne Cooper dies aged 84
Thursday 09 May 2013
Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on The Young and the Restless, has died aged 84.
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- 4 Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
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