Those wonderful people at Pixar have done it again, just like we knew they would.

Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing Ben-Hur and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other figures in Hollywood epics of the 1950s and 60s, has died at 84, his family said today.

Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing Ben-Hur and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other figures in Hollywood epics of the 1950s and 60s, has died at 84, his family said today.

You have to suspend your critical faculties when considering Yuletide releases; they are seldom from the top drawer and the best you can hope for is that you won't end up leaning over your seat shouting "Hughie!"

An American television presenter will shimmy along the red carpet at this year’s Oscars ceremony wearing a €4m diamond-studded dress - and watched closely by an armed security guard.