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Peter Charlesworth obituary

Streetwise entertainment agent and producer who worked with stars such as Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland and Joan Collins

The Guardian - UK

Happy 90th birthday, Shirley MacLaine: her 20 best films – ranked!

Kooky kid sister, romantic lead, comic turn, cantankerous old dame … we pick out her greatest roles

The Guardian - UK

Shooting Marianne Faithfull and more secret stories behind the greatest rock 'n' roll photos

Gered Mankowitz is the man behind some of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest photos. He recalls shooting Marianne Faithfull, Jimi Hendrix and more

Evening Standard

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Dr Strangelove at 60: is this still the greatest big-screen satire?

Stanley Kubrick’s sharp and persuasive comedy about nuclear war remains a hilarious act of provocation

The Guardian - US

Steve Coogan to star in Armando Iannucci’s Dr Strangelove play

Coogan will follow in Peter Sellers’ footsteps to play multiple roles in stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 satirical war film

The Guardian - UK

Jim Parker obituary

Prolific Bafta-winning composer of music for Midsomer Murders, the BBC’s House of Cards and Victoria Wood’s TV dramas

The Guardian - UK

Britt Ekland: ‘I was the first naked female a lot of young lads ever saw’

The actor discusses marriage to Peter Sellers, getting semi-naked with John Hurt, Rod Stewart’s legs and why she is happier now than in the swinging 60s

The Guardian - UK

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Oscar winner Alan Arkin, seasoned trouper of ‘Little Miss Sunshine,’ dies

Oscar winner Alan Arkin, whose background in improvisation and knack for comic drama were cornerstones of his extensive genre-hopping career that yielded enduring characters from the 1960s comedy “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” to “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Argo,” has died.

Los Angeles Times

Eddie Murphy lined up to be Inspector Clouseau in Pink Panther reboot

The actor is set to reprise the role originally made famous by Peter Sellers in a ‘live action/CG hybrid’ version directed by Sonic the Hedgehog’s Jeff Fowler

The Guardian - UK

Eddie Murphy in talks to star as Inspector Clouseau in Pink Panther

Eddie Murphy could be taking on the iconic role in the new MGM film

Total Film

Fresh Off Returning For Beverly Hills Cop 4, Eddie Murphy's Reportedly Joining Another Beloved Comedy Franchise

After reprising Axel Foley for Beverly Hills Cop 4, now Eddie Murphy is getting ready to board another popular comedy franchise.

Cinemablend

King Charles will have his ‘dream fulfilled’ during coronation, says Britt Ekland

The film star said she has known the King since he was a teenager

The Independent UK

Britt Ekland says King Charles will have 'dream fulfilled' when he is crowned

The actress first met the monarch when she was 16 and was close friend with Princess Margaret

Wales Online

Charles will have his ‘dream fulfilled’ during coronation, says Britt Ekland

The film star said she has known the King since he was a teenager.

The Independent UK

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Daily Mirror

Secrets of Ealing Studios including the stunt that almost drowned Alec Guinness

New book The Secret Life of Ealing Films by Robert Sellers reveals the secrets from behind the scenes of classic movies, including a crevasse fall by John Mills and the stunt that nearly drowned Alec Guinness

The Guardian - UK

Piers Haggard obituary

Film and television director whose work included the BBC’s 1978 Dennis Potter series Pennies From Heaven

The Guardian - UK

The top 100 films… and what they say about our changing society

Offbeat British directors defying realist expectations fare well in poll, but Hitchcock dominates

Daily Mirror

Strange life of mystery Lord Lucan suspect who left UK after 'bad things happened'

The unknown man - suspected of being missing murderer Lord Lucan - attends open Buddhist prayer meetings, always carries his birth certificate and told a neighbour "I had to leave London"

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Daily Mirror

Britt Ekland on dyeing her hair until she dies as she lifts lid on James Bond

Britt Ekland – who played Mary Goodnight in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun – has discussed her involvement with the 007 franchise amid her birthday and its anniversary

The Independent UK

Radio 4 to broadcast long-lost episode of Hancock’s Half Hour featuring Peter Sellers

‘The Marriage Bureau’ has not been heard since 1955

The Guardian - UK

BBC to broadcast long-lost episode of Hancock’s Half Hour

The radio show, which has not been repeated since first airing in 1955, will be played on Radio 4 on 18 October

The Guardian - UK

Empire of Light review – Olivia Colman shines in Sam Mendes’ darkening hymn to cinema

The ‘love letter to the movies’ genre is revived in this poignant, wonderfully acted drama about love, life and films

Daily Mirror

Best black and white movies including Some Like It Hot and The One That Got Away

Paul Routledge picks his favourite black and white movies after a poll found that younger people are now falling for famous movies such as Casablanca and Brief Encounter

The Guardian - UK

Bernard Cribbins obituary

Character actor especially loved by young audiences for film and TV including Jackanory, The Wombles and The Railway Children

Los Angeles Times

An agent told this 'Stranger Things' star he wouldn't work until 50. 'She was wrong'

Brett Gelman is no stranger to characters. As in, "he's a real character."

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