[ad_1] Back in 1955, James Dean tragically died in a car crash at just 24 having only starred in three movies. Before getting his big break in East of Eden, the cultural icon acted in smaller roles in five movies and it turns out the last of these was a …
Read More »Jude Law stars as Captain Hook in Peter Pan and Wendy trailer | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] It’s been 70 years since Disney’s classic animated adaptation of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan first hit cinemas. And now the much-loved adventure is getting the live-action remake treatment. Following on from Pinocchio and Lady and the Tramp, this one’s headed straight for Disney+ at the end of the month. …
Read More »Super Mario movie smashes box office records as set for $1 billion | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Film fans will be very familiar with the video game movie curse; the belief that you can’t adapt one for the big screen without failing miserably. This was certainly the case with 1993’s Super Mario Bros, a live-action box office bomb considered to be one of the worst films …
Read More »Judy Garland’s husband was ‘blocked’ from directing Easter Parade after sage advice | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Today at 12pm, Easter Parade will hit BBC 2 screens, with the indefinable Judy Garland starring alongside the exceptional Fred Astaire. The MGM picture was released in 1948, just under ten years after Garland’s career-defining 1939 picture The Wizard of Oz – but she didn’t have an easy time …
Read More »James Bond No Time To Die leaves the door open for Daniel Craig comeback | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] WARNING: This article contains full spoilers for No Time To Die. Daniel Craig wanted to quit playing James Bond after his fourth 007 movie, Spectre, back in 2015. But Bond bosses Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson urged him to come back for one final film. He agreed, but …
Read More »Sean Connery went on strike after learning about Robert Redford’s role | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Legendary actor Sean Connery brought an end to his James Bond role in 1971 after appearing in Diamonds Are Forever. After that, the Scottish star began focusing on some other pictures that excited him. Six years later, he took on a main role in the 1977 picture A Bridge Too Far – …
Read More »Next James Bond Henry Cavill hopes shaken by two major blows | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] The race to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond didn’t just start when his incarnation of the British secret agent made the definitive exit (in many small pieces) on the receiving end of a missile. The frenzied speculation actually started back in 2015 when Craig gave the impression he …
Read More »John Wayne’s five favourite actors and five favourite films | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] John Wayne was fiercely proud and protective of his beloved Western and war movie genres. He vocally blasted films like Gary Cooper’s High Noon or Clint Eastwood’s High Plains Drifter that he believed degraded the ideals and values of the Old West – values which the conservative Duke believed …
Read More »Elvis and Beverly Hillbillies star Donna Douglas | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Donna Douglas was one of the biggest stars on American TV in the 1960s playing Elly May Clampett in the smash hit show The Beverly Hillbillies. It was the top-rated series in the country for two years and remained hugely popular for all nine seasons from 1962-1971. During all …
Read More »Yul Brynner refused to let Charlton Heston upstage him in The Ten Commandments | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Yul Brynner was a notoriously proud and prickly man, obsessed with always coming out on top, whether in billing or screen presence. He had infamously cried when his King and I Broadway co-star Gertrude Lawrence died – not out of grief but because it meant he would finally get …
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