Australia’s deputy prime minister boasted that he had got into Johnny Depp’s head like fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter after the Hollywood actor quipped that the ruddy-faced lawmaker appeared to be “inbred with a tomato.”

As a 3D version is released to celebrate the 75th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, Ed Power looks at the ‘curses’ surrounding the iconic film

BUDDY EBSEN, the Broadway dancer who achieved stardom and riches in the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones, has died at the age of 95.