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Attractions: A Hogwarts and all day out
Friday 30 March 2012
Tomorrow, The Making of Harry Potter tour opens to the British public – and it's wizard, says 15-year-old Holly Hatfield, who's had a sneak peek
All the fun of the scare
Tuesday 30 August 2011
We can't get enough of frightening films, video games and theatre 'experiences'. But why do we find fear so thrilling? It's all down to our biology, discovers Luke Blackall
Casey Anthony freed from US jail early
Sunday 17 July 2011
Casey Anthony was freed from a Florida jail early today, 12 days after she was acquitted of murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in a verdict that drew furious responses and even threats from people across the US who had followed the case with rapt attention.
Casey Anthony to be freed next week after jail term for lying
Friday 08 July 2011
Casey Anthony, acquitted of killing her two-year-old daughter earlier this week, will be released from prison next Wednesday after being sentenced in Florida on charges she lied to investigators.
Anger as Casey Anthony set for freedom
Thursday 07 July 2011
US mother Casey Anthony, cleared of killing her two-year-old daughter in a trial that became a media sensation, will be released from prison in about a week after being sentenced on charges she lied to investigators.
Screen Talk: Eagle takes flight
Friday 27 May 2011
Modern-day movie moguls are generally money men in suits, playing with stock money and gambling with other people's fortunes.
Invisible Ink: No 66 - Frank Baker
Sunday 27 February 2011
Who wrote the story on which Alfred Hitchcock based his film The Birds?
Time to give a little credit to the credits
Friday 25 February 2011
From Vertigo to Blue Valentine, the finest film title sequences are works of art. There ought to be an Oscar, argues Tim Walker
Here's a holiday that will go to your head
Sunday 16 January 2011
Family entertainment, ancient and modern, is on hand near Cambrils holiday park on Spain's Costa Dorada, says Natalie Holmes
Universal joy as 'Potter World' bewitches public
Monday 10 January 2011
Florida's popular Universal Studios theme park is celebrating vast success for its new Harry Potter attraction since it opened a few months ago.
From director to DJ: Edgar Wright is taking to the airwaves
Thursday 30 December 2010
From Shaun of the Dead to Scott Pilgrim, Edgar Wright has brought outsider cinema into the mainstream. Now he is presenting a special New Year's Day show for BBC6 Music.
Stephen J Cannel: Writer and producer who created 'The Rockford Files' and 'The A-Team'
Friday 17 December 2010
For two decades, Stephen J Cannell was one of American television's most successful writers and producers. He claimed that his greatest successes, shows like The Rockford Files or The A-Team, came about "by mistake". Having created, or co-created, by his own count, 43 different series, and produced something like 1,500 episodes, he said he was bound to get the elements right occasionally and tap into something the audience liked.
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