A young Irish director will get the chance of a lifetime to have a short film screened at an international movie festival if it scoops the top prize in a competition in Belfast next month.

Andrea Corr, lead singer in The Corrs, has won the Best Actress Award at the Colorado Film Festival for her role in The Boys from County Clare.

We are, you must understand, in the land of wild and unbelievable fantasy with this sporting film; it is, after all, about a no-hoper Brit, way down the professional lists, who conquers the famous tennis tournament.

The Daleks have been voted Britain’s most evil TV villains.

The trailer for the long-anticipated second Lord Of The Rings chapter, The Two Towers, will premiere on America Online next Monday.