Helena Bonham Carter is to play Elizabeth Taylor in a feature-length TV drama.

Tom Hooper, Oscar-winning director of The King’s Speech, dreamed a dream of immortalising Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil’s powerhouse musical without the conventional safety net of lip-synching.

Expectations were certainly great when Mike Newell announced this lavish retelling of Dickens to coincide with the bicentenary of the writer’s birth.

Actress Helena Bonham Carter and her film director partner Tim Burton are to be honoured by the British movie industry with a BFI Fellowship.

RORY MCILROY has ended a glorious year with another prize after being awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List.

Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp have pitched an idea to the UK version of 'Dragons' Den', for pram with a built-in umbrella, called a 'prambella'.

Helena Bonham Carter is in negotiations to star as Miss Havisham in a movie version of Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations'.

THESE were supposed to be the younger, hipper Academy Awards, the ones that shook up the ceremony’s conventions with popular, great-looking masters of ceremonies in actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway, who were unlike the middle-aged comedians and TV talk-show hosts of years past.

Colin Firth admitted there was “immense excitement” about the forthcoming Oscars ceremony where he will be hoping to repeat his Bafta triumph.

Colin Firth was crowned the country’s Leading Actor as The King’s Speech swept the board at the Orange British Academy Film Awards (Baftas).

Colin Firth was crowned the country’s Leading Actor as The King’s Speech swept the board at the Orange British Academy Film Awards (Baftas).

BRITISH movie The King’s Speech is expected to reign at the Baftas after topping the nominations list for the film awards.

Just send the Oscar to the brilliant Colin Firth - now!

Helena Bonham Carter said she no longer needs to pay for therapy sessions because she has discovered the power of housework.

Helena Bonham Carter collects false teeth.

Colin Firth’s new film, 'The King’s Speech', has scooped five gongs at the Moet British Independent Film Awards.

Simon Cowell has headed a list of British stars who won awards at the International Emmy Awards.

Julie Walters, John Hurt and Helena Bonham Carter will battle it out at the TV Baftas today after being nominated for their portrayals of real-life people.

Helena Bonham Carter is to star in new BBC One drama film 'Toast'.

Helena Bonham Carter takes charge at home - but hubby Tim Burton rules the roost at work.

'Alice In Wonderland' star Helena Bonham Carter revealed today the inspiration for her tyrannical character The Red Queen came from her two-year-old daughter, Nell.

Actress Helen Bonham Carter has revealed she does not watch her finished films - because she will learn nothing from them.

Actress Helena Bonham Carter is in mourning after four members of her family were killed in a horrific road accident.

Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter have finally revealed their seven-month-old daughter's name - Nell.

Israel’s Holocaust memorial has posthumously recognised a prominent Spanish diplomat – who was the grandfather of the Oscar-nominated British actress Helena Bonham Carter – for his role in saving hundreds of Jews during the Second World War.

British actress Keira Knightley is desperate to take her style cues from Bjork and Helena Bonham Carter - but doesn't yet have the confidence to emulate their outlandish tastes.

Helena Bonham-Carter was left red-faced on the set of 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' - because she had to kiss her boyfriend Tim Burton's best friend Johnny Depp.

Helena Bonham Carter was delighted when her director partner Tim Burton cast her in 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' - she had dreamed of starring in the musical for 28 years.

Helena Bonham Carter has hit back at accusations of favouritism regarding her role in upcoming musical 'Sweeney Todd' - as her relationship with the director played no part in her casting.

Helena Bonham Carter found solace with strangers online when she suffered a bad reaction to fertility treatment.

Actress Helena Bonham Carter is expecting her second child with her director boyfriend Tim Burton.

Helena Bonham Carter says she is proud when her flamboyant sense of style wins her a place on a “worst dressed” list.

Tim Burton may have a form of autism, according to his longterm partner Helena Bonham Carter.

Movie couple Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter posed together for the premiere of their new film Corpse Bride.

British actress Helena Bonham Carter's planned West End theatre performance has been pushed back to next year because of scheduling difficulties.

British stars Helena Bonham Carter, Christopher Lee and Joanna Lumley have landed roles as the voices in Tim Burton’s animated movie.

Actress Helena Bonham Carter was left baffled this morning when news spread across America that she'd given birth over the weekend - eight months after her first child actually arrived.

Actress Helena Bonham Carter put on a brave face when she attended the premiere of her new film Big Fish, a day after her father died.

Actress Helena Bonham Carter has given birth to a baby boy.

O'Sullivan, one of the leading Irish directors from way back, is back on well-trod ground with this eternal triangle tale.

Helena Bonham Carter’s breasts were digitally enhanced for a nude scene in 1930s romance The Heart of Me, according to a report.