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Knox, Derbyshire Receive MBE Honours

CORONATION STREET actresses Barbara Knox and Eileen Derbyshire collected their MBEs from the Queen on Wednesday, November 3. The two long-serving actresses, who play Rita Sullivan and Emily Bishop respectively, were included in the Queen’s birthday honours list and were rewarded for their services to acting. Speaking outside Buckingham Palace after the ceremony, Knox said: [...]

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[picappgallerysingle id="9672649"] Tilda Gives ‘Performance Of A Lifetime.’ LONDON-born actress Tilda Swinton, who just celebrated a milestone in her life – her 50th birthday (November 5), had added birthday joy on learning that her latest movie filmed in Italy, I Am Love, (Magnolia Pictures), is being submitted for Golden Globes nominations in the Best Actress [...]

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[picappgallerysingle id="10058849"] No Retirement For Angela VETERAN British star Angela Lansbury who just celebrated her 85th birthday, has no thoughts of retiring. She is adored by her peers and fans worldwide for her numerous roles over the years on stage, in films and television. Now she will costar with actor Jim Carrey in 20th Century [...]

November Highlights: HEROIC HEROES MONTH

BBC AMERICA honors Heroic Heroes this month with a two-day, four-movie display of bravery. The heroics begin on Saturday, with Robin Hood boldly stealing from the rich and giving to Nottingham’s poor in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.  After that, Clive Owen takes his turn as the title character in the BBC AMERICA premiere of [...]

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Off To India – To Live In Luxury? [picappgallerysingle id="3396853" align="left"]BRITISH actresses Judi Dench and Maggie Smith are off to India, where they will join Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy and Dev Patel, as costars in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. It will be directed by British director John Madden, of Shakespeare in Love fame, for [...]

Doctor Who To Film In The US For The First Time

THE BBC recently announced that season six of Doctor Who, which delivered record ratings for BBC AMERICA earlier this year, will open with a spectacular two-parter set in the US and penned by “Who supremo” Steven Moffat. In the special two-parter co-produced with BBC AMERICA, key scenes will be filmed in Utah for a story [...]

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‘Holmes Brother’ In Film Sequel [picappgallerysingle id="9675469"]LONDON-born actor Stephen Fry, 53, will costar opposite Robert Downey Jr in the Warner Bros film sequel Sherlock Holmes 2. Fry will portray the world famous sleuth’s older brother Mycroft Holmes, written about in four of the Holmes stories. Fry appears on the Fox TV series Bones, in a [...]

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King George V1  Film Wins Festival Award [picappgallerysingle id="9816206"]AUDIENCES at the Toronto Film Festival voted Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech,” the winner of the People’s Choice prize. Starring Geoffrey  Rush as a speech therapist to King George V1,  portrayed by Colin Firth, the true story brings a festival prize of $14,500.

LET’S HAVE SOME ‘PUN’

1. The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian. 3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still. 4. A [...]

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[picappgallerysingle id="8919974"] Duchess To Reveal Her Personal Problems With Her Life Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, will be the subject of a six-part documentary on talkshow host Oprah Winfrey’s new OWN channel when it’s launched at the beginning of January. The series Finding Sarah, wil be aired during the first quarter of 2011, and shares [...]

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