Lee’s Dragon co-star dies at 96
Veteran actor Shih Kien, who played Bruce Lee’s archrival in the movie Enter the Dragon, has died aged 96.Shih made his film debut in 1940 and went on(…)

Maybe marriage to Kate Winslet isn’t all that bad.
Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski star as a couple on the road in the comedy “Away We Go.”
After cruelly dissecting marital(…)

Fantasy author Eddings dies at 77
Best-selling US writer David Eddings, who wrote a number of heavyweight fantasy novels, has died aged 77.Inspired by the success of the Lord of the Rings, Eddings penned(…)

Reality stars win workers’ rights
By Alasdair Sandford
BBC News, Paris
Contestants in a French television reality show have won the right to be treated as employed workers entitled to overtime payments and other benefits.The Cour(…)

Sir Ian call for more women roles
Actor Sir Ian McKellen has made a plea for fresh stage roles to be created for older actresses.The 70-year-old told The Stage that “everybody wants to see(…)

LaBeouf joins Wall Street sequel
Transformers star Shia LaBeouf has confirmed he will appear in Oliver Stone’s follow up to the 1987 movie Wall Street.The 22-year-old will star opposite veteran actor Michael Douglas,who won(…)

Talent star Boyle out of Priory
Britain’s Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle has left The Priory and is “much happier”, her brother said today.Gerry Boyle told GMTV the 48-year-old left the clinic after five(…)

Whitney comeback set for release
Pop diva Whitney Houston’s first album in seven years is set for UK release on 31 August and in the US a day later, her record company has announced.The(…)

Hobbits, monsters and CSI vampires
Mexican director Guillermo del Toro is on a quest to catalogue things that go bump in the night.
Having tackled Hellboy and Blade, he is about to start filming(…)

Head-to-head: Apprentice finalists
By Fiona Pryor
Entertainment reporter, BBC News
Business tycoon Sir Alan Sugar has revealed his finalists for The Apprentice.On Wednesday’s episode of the BBC One show, Kate Walsh and Yasmina Siadatan were unveiled(…)

Pop Pixie has a whole Lotta love
By Mark Savage
Entertainment reporter, BBC News

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Take That begin record 50m tour
By Ian Youngs
Music reporter, BBC News
Take That are to embark on the biggest tour the UK and Ireland have ever seen, playing to more than a million people(…)

Oasis fans offered a full refund
Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher has promised 70,000 fans their money back after two major power cuts during their gig in Manchester.Technical problems plagued the band’s first homecoming gig(…)

Tributes paid to actor Carradine
Tributes have been paid to Kung Fu and Kill Bill star David Carradine who was found dead in a Bangkok hotel room on Thursday, aged 72.Director Martin Scorsese said(…)