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Tom Hanks and Robin Wright look decades younger in first look for Here

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright look decades younger in first look for Here - Actors reunite with Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter Eric Roth

17 times stars took method acting way too far

17 times stars took method acting way too far - THE COUNTDOWN: Does making a movie really require recreating Al Pacino’s underwear, and sending Margot Robbie rats? Claudia Cox investigates

The Best 25 Red Carpet Moments of the '70s

There's a lot of Cher on here.

Robbie McIntosh on playing with the Pretenders – and the knock-off Strat he used on tour with Paul McCartney

In a lifetime of great gear and credits from Norah Jones to Celine Dion and Paul McCartney, the guitarist says he remains in love with his yellow Strat copy

20 antagonists who aren't really the bad guys

It’s no secret that Hollywood loves a villain; after all, they’re often the most exciting and interesting characters in a given movie or TV show. However, it is also true that if one scratches the surface, most antagonists are not nearly as villainous as they might initially seem to be.

Jamie Oliver’s son Buddy, 13, lands own BBC cookery show

Buddy Oliver, the 13-year-old son of Jamie Oliver, has landed his own BBC cookery show. Cooking Buddies will see the would-be chef sharing his passion for cooking and demonstrating how to make dishes including spicy tomato pasta, pizza and crispy chicken. The show will feature “surprise appearances from the Oliver family” and will be co-produced by...

Best travel games for adults, from UNO to Monopoly

Best travel games for adults, from UNO to Monopoly - Hours of fun, no batteries required

TV tonight: a powerful end to Suranne Jones’s witchcraft investigation

Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials 9pm, Channel 4 How does the legacy of the Salem witch trials affect the lives of women today? Suranne Jones concludes her surprisingly moving and at times infuriating deep dive into the history of witches. She leaves Pendle for the US, where she pays her respects to the victims of the infamous Salem trials and speaks to feminist activist Laura Bates about exactly how such horrifying persecution of women...

Sean Penn says he felt 'misery' making movies for years. Then Dakota Johnson knocked on his door

Sean Penn says he felt 'misery' making movies for years. Then Dakota Johnson knocked on his door - Sean Penn says he hadn’t felt joy making a movie in 15 years

20 Years Later, Spider-Man 2’s Opening Titles Remain Undefeated

Ditto Kirsten Dunst’s MJ

Barbie announces new Ken ‘Mojo Dojo Casa’ toy inspired by movie set

Barbie announces new Ken ‘Mojo Dojo Casa’ toy inspired by movie set - Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ premiered in July 2023

Alexa Chung, Saffron Hocking And More Descend On Glastonbury 2024

All the festival fashion inspiration you need.

Lara Croft redesign defended as fans hit out at sad trolling comments

Lara Croft's redesign by developer Crystal Dynamics has resurfaced after her inclusion as a playable character in Dead By Daylight - and trolling comments made by some have been heavily criticised by most online. Croft is playable as a character in a number of games, such as Fortnite, Call of Duty and loads more with online survival horror game Dea...

Bells, top hats and face paint: why this English tradition refuses to go extinct

'We’re still all dancing today.'

Robert Glenister interview: ‘Many men of a certain age feel let down by the system’

In the past few years, whenever a psychological thriller or a crime drama was shown on TV, Robert Glenister has found himself having a minor crisis. “I’d think: ‘Why am I not in this show? What’s the problem?’ And then I realise that everyone on screen is 45 or younger. And I go: ‘Oh of course! I’m 64!’.” The easygoing star of two of the BBC’s best...

David Beckham beats the Spice Girls to major Hollywood accolade

He'll officially become Hollywood royalty.

Taylor Swift asks concert venues to provide the most relatable items, including Diet Pepsi and Ben & Jerry's ice cream

Frankly, it just sounds like our latest Tesco haul

JK Rowling announces big names for new Harry Potter TV series that 'will more than live up to expectations'

JK Rowling announces big names for new Harry Potter TV series that 'will more than live up to expectations' - The show will see Game Of Thrones and Succession stars at the helm

Sugababes review, Glastonbury 2024: Shoving them on West Holts was misguided at best, irresponsible at worst

Sugababes review, Glastonbury 2024: Shoving them on West Holts was misguided at best, irresponsible at worst - 4/5 Extreme overcrowding was easily avoidable, but at least on stage, the band are able to have a blast

Dolly Parton scheme giving children free books attacked as ‘white saviourism’

Dolly Parton has been accused of “white saviourism” for giving millions of free books to poor children. The reading scheme, called Imagination Library, was launched by the country and western star in the US more than three decades ago. It now operates in the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia, and has been lauded for helping to drive up literacy rat...

The Bear’s Lionel Boyce on Marcus, Sydney and the Intensity of Season Three

The actor discusses where pastry chef Marcus is heading in season three

Dolly Parton recruited by Ryan Reynolds after learning about Welsh heritage

Dolly Parton has said she was "tickled" to learn about her Welsh heritage in an upcoming documentary.

Lewis Capaldi makes quiet return to Glastonbury after breaking down on stage

He's been pictured in the crowds.

The Notebook star living with Alzheimer’s disease for five years

Lesley-Anne Down made £175 an episode on Upstairs, Downstairs, but earned a fortune in LA

Lesley-Anne got $150,000 for Hanover Street and $200,000 for The First Great Train Robbery. But CBS paid her $250,000 to not go to another network for a year.

Iconic 00s band would ‘happily never hear hit song again'

'I'm very happy never to hear that song again...'

Patti Smith review – utterly transformed by the power of music

Four songs into her set, Patti Smith starts to cry: “First tears of the tour!” she sighs, wiping her eyes. They’re occasioned by the sound of the audience singing along to her 1978 track Ghost Dance, a sound you would assume she’s heard before in the years since she wrote it. Perhaps in Brighton they are even more reverential than those Smith usually faces, 60 years on from her debut single. The first but not the last loud scream of “I love you...

Ten-week-old steals show at Annie Mac’s Glastonbury set

The parents of a 10-week-old baby who stole the show as Annie Mac opened the Other Stage at Glastonbury Festival have said he may still be raving at LCD Soundsystem in the penultimate set of the day. Baby Finlay was met with rapturous cheers as he appeared on the big screen multiple times while Irish DJ Mac opened Worthy Farm’s second biggest stage with an hour-long set of dance hits from 11.30am on Friday.

23 cameos you may have missed on 'Friends'

Everyone knows that Paul Rudd and Tom Selleck had cameos in Friends. While there's a core five that was the main focus of this show, many big-time actors popped up in various roles throughout the 10-season NBC hit sitcom.

18 of the funniest songs in music history

Whether unintentionally funny or raucous on purpose, there are plenty of songs across the genres that will inspire a chuckle or two. Considering that music tackles pretty much every human emotion, it's perhaps not a surprise that comedy also makes plenty of appearances. Flip through the slideshow below for 18 of music's funniest tunes.

Banksy launches inflatable migrant boat artwork during Idles’ Glastonbury set

It has been revealed that the street and performance artist Banksy was behind a stunt during Idles’ set at Glastonbury, when an inflatable life raft holding dummy migrants was launched across the crowd. Many in the crowd believed it to be part of Idles’ show, dovetailing with the Bristol punk band’s lyrics about immigration, criticism of rightwing governance and calls for empathy. But a representative for the band announced on Saturday that the...

Romeo & Juliet in Guildford town centre: Tom Holland eat your heart out

“Are you comfortable being an outlier on that Tom Holland Romeo and Juliet?” a friend of mine asked the other night, with a hint of waspish amusement, alluding to the five-star rave of mine that stood out from the pack. The answer to which is ‘yes’: for me, Jamie Lloyd’s dark, brooding production astutely has an accent on verbal richness rather tha...

“We used to boil all our strings”: Geezer Butler on how Black Sabbath made ends meet as emerging heavy metal pioneers

Before they made a name for themselves, Sabbath were forced to save cash any way they could – and Butler’s bass strings took the hit

54 Stars Who Landed Different Roles Than They Originally Auditioned For

Things could have been very different.

Cyndi Lauper faces mixed reactions at Glastonbury as crowd walk out

Cyndi Lauper took to the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on Saturday afternoon, but not everyone at Worthy Farm was impressed as many fans decided to walk out of her set

25 movies that will really mess with your head

These kinds of films are designed to mess with the mind, whether through the effective use of a plot twist, the narrative, or sometimes just the inventive use of the visual field. As thought-provoking as they are disturbing, these are the kinds of films that prove the enduring power of cinema.

Which James Bond theme song is the best Bond theme song?

Excluding any theme songs that aren't canon to the original series, here is a ranking of the Bond theme songs from weakest to best.

34 things that remind of how life used to be in 1990s Liverpool

From Woolworth's pick 'n' mix to nights at the Krazyhouse

20 iconic TV shows that almost didn’t get made

Imagine a world without your favorite television show. That was almost the reality for these 20 iconic series.

Watch Scarlett Johansson fake a moon landing in new 'Fly Me To The Moon' trailer (video)

A final trailer for Apple Original Films' comedy, "Fly Me To The Moon" which premiers in theaters on July 12.

28 Side-by-Side Photos of Real People and the Celebs Who Played Them On-Screen

Emma Stone or Billie Jean King? (We can't tell either.)

A release date has been confirmed for Downton Abbey 3

Here's everything we know so far

25 of the best-dressed musicians of all time

Whether it's how they dress in music videos or at red-carpet events, some artists know how to influence the fashion world, just as much as they've shaped the music world. These are some of the most fashionable artists in music history.

Welcome to Netflixland: the streamer’s plan to dominate Disney

In mid June, Netflix announced the locations of its first two Netflix Houses – “experiential entertainment venues” in vast shopping malls that are the exact opposite of the Netflix and Chill experience. Sited in former department stores at the King of Prussia Mall near Philadelphia and the Galleria Dallas mall, both occupy more than 100,000 square ...

GTA boss Dan Houser explains why a Grand Theft Auto movie never happened

Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser has revealed why a GTA movie never happened during his tenure, but admits that 'it's a different time now'.

I went to a little-known Paris street party that's even bigger than Notting Hill Carnival

'There's a DJ playing house music, but I can also hear a crowd chanting Gloria Gaynor's I will survive...'

Singing Katy Perry's Songs ... IN FRONT OF Katy Perry! | Idols Global

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Greatest theme park rides based on movies

These days, you can do a lot more than just watch movies. You can play the game based on them. You can read fan-fiction adventures inspired by them. You can even ride them.

The 16 hottest new plays and musicals to see this summer

Mnemonic The ice-man cometh again: Complicité’s 1999 marvel about memory, technology and identity, part-inspired by the 1991 discovery of Europe’s oldest known natural mummy (Ötzi), is resurrected by Simon McBurney with a few old faces (Complicité stalwart Tim McMullan) among the new (Khalid Abdalla, who was Dodi Fayed in The Crown). National’s Oli...

Drag queen Alexis Stone transforms into Devil Wears Prada’s Miranda Priestly for Paris Fashion Week

Drag queen Alexis Stone transforms into Devil Wears Prada’s Miranda Priestly for Paris Fashion Week - Makeup artist Alexis Stone fully embraced Paris Couture Week by attending the Balenciaga show as Meryl Streep’s iconic Miranda Preistly