US thriller Revenge starts tonight. It's a return to the Eighties, says Sarah Hughes

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The Oscar-nominated director of Precious said today that there are not enough roles for African American actors in films.

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The actress Patricia Medina was a beautiful brunette whose striking features were ideally suited to costume melodrama. British-born, she had a modest career in the UK before moving to Hollywood with her first husband, the actor Richard Greene. Though she played leading lady to such stars as Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Alan Ladd, she never attained major-star status, though she was a spirited performer and voluptuous siren in several swashbucklers and occasionally revealed a latent flair for comedy. Her second husband was another actor, Joseph Cotten, whose prolific career included Citizen Kane, Shadow of a Doubt, Duel in the Sun and The Third Man, and theirs was considered one of Hollywood's happiest marriages, lasting until his death in 1995.

No explosive ending, but the fuse is lit for Homeland's second series

Two assistants have sold an action comedy they wrote between arranging lunch bookings for their bosses.

The Leveson inquiry could be heading to Hollywood after Robert Redford revealed that he has become fascinated with the proceedings.

Hollywood is mulling the impact of a small yet impactful number of job losses recently felt at DreamWorks, Steven Spielberg's studio.

When Daniel Craig moves to the suburbs with his wife, Rachel Weisz, his life seems to be perfect. But is it? Well, no, of course it's not.

William Boyd, the celebrated author and James Bond enthusiast, is to step into Ian Fleming’s shoes and send Britain’s most famous fictional spy out on a new mission.

Anne Heche already has a cult following but now she's got some on-screen members to go with her fan base.

Are you getting weary of forensic pathologists? Writers and TV producers have become pathologist-happy: the profession, on page and screen, has blossomed, and we encounter legions of clue-sifting medical examiners, mostly female.

Man-of-the-moment Ryan Gosling stars as an ambitious press officer who works for George Clooney's Obama-like governor during a Democratic primary.