Natalie Dormer was imperious as Anne Boleyn and is now playing a scheming Queen Mother for a real queen bee, Madonna. She talks to Sophie Gilbert about annoying Prince William and working with
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It's not easy finding something cheap to do with the kids during the credit crunch. For instance, a couple of weeks ago I finally gave in to my three-year-old son's demands to be taken on a "Duck Tour"... more
It was a spine tingling moment that capped an extraordinary evening for British Oscar winner Daniel-Day Lewis. Having just been announced as Best Actor in There Will Be Blood, the London-born actor was 'knighted' by last year's British success story, Dame Helen Mirren. Imitating the famous pose on stage at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, Day-Lewis joked about her performance as the Queen, saying: 'This is the closest I'll ever come to getting a knighthood, so thank you'
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British stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie move closer to Oscars glory after confirming predictions they would make the nominations list.... more
Javier Bardem is terrifying as the psychopath who loves blowing out people's brains in No Country for Old Men, a blood-splattered piece of classic cinema.... more
No Country for Old Men is one of the Coens' most violent films, but that won't stop it at the Oscars. It's about a man in an unforgiving world, say Joel and Ethan, it has to be brutal.... more
Both Paul Haggis's In the Valley of Elah and Brian De Palma's Redacted are hard-hitting American films at Venice tackling the debacle of the Iraq war.... more
A Prairie Home Companion is a warm and nostalgic tribute to the popular radio show of the title as well as a fittingly affectionate epitaph from film-maker Robert Altman.... more
Tommy Lee Jones makes his directorial debut with The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada while Clive Owen thinks he's planned the perfect bank robbery in Inside Man.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do