Booker Prize-winning novelist John Banville has criticised the raft of violent crime dramas on TV.

Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren is to be honoured by Bafta with its highest award.

Shares in Marks & Spencer suffered another day of losses today as concerns grow that its star-studded clothing relaunch is failing to revive the British chain.

TWO-PIECE or not two-piece?

Dame Helen Mirren has won her first ever Olivier Award.

Audience members at the West End production of Billy Elliot were asked to decide whether a song anticipating Margaret Thatcher’s death should be performed hours after she died.

Dame Helen Mirren and Billie Piper will go head-to-head at this year’s Olivier Awards – while James McAvoy is in the running for Macbeth.

'Skyfall' and Sam Mendes were the big winners at the Jameson Empire Film Awards in London last night.

Dame Helen Mirren has revealed the inspiration behind her head-turning pink hairdo at the Baftas – US reality show America’s Next Top Model.

Skyfall picked up another accolade tonight, being named Outstanding British Film of the year at the Bafta awards.

Daniel Day-Lewis’s domination of the awards season is expected to continue at the Baftas tonight, where he is hot favourite to win the Best Actor award.

Daniel Day-Lewis's domination of the awards season is expected to continue at the Baftas tomorrow, where he is hot favourite to win the Best Actor award.

Scarlett Johansson worried about her shower scene in 'Hitchcock'.

We usually adore Naomi Watts’ red carpet choices. This one, however, does her no favours.

An idea about posing nude for charity led some ladies to create a calendar that outsold Pirelli’s that year, says Claire Droney

Dame Helen Mirren wants to play the Time Lord in 'Doctor Who'.

Dame Helen Mirren is set to play Alfred Hitchcock's wife in a new biopic.

Jessica Chastain will play Tom Cruise's love interest in a new sci-fi movie.

Emma Watson wants to work on a Shakespeare adaptation.

Dominic Cooper tried to seduce Dame Helen Mirren when they worked on a play together.

Leonardo DiCaprio bowed to Dame Helen Mirren and kissed her hand after she won an Oscar.

Russell Brand says he was on his best behaviour when he started working with Dame Helen Mirren – until she told him off for it.

Russell Brand and Dame Helen Mirren enjoyed sharing a bed in 'Arthur'.

Dame Helen Mirren is rumoured to be starring in upcoming mini-series 'Titanic'.

The 65-year-old actress Dame Helen Mirren – who stars opposite the British funnyman Russell Brand in ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Arthur’ – thinks they would make a good presenting pairing, although she would worry about the comic’s impulsiveness and controversial nature.

Russell Brand and Danny Boyle are teaming up for a soccer-based film.

SIXTIES film classic The Italian Job has been voted the greatest British film of all time in a survey of film fans.

Hirsute comic Russell Brand has clearly found a use for wax - after being immortalised by Madame Tussauds.

Russell Brand says that he was fulfilling a "masculine obligation" to protect Katy Pretty from the paparazzi when he pushed one of them at them last month.

Dame Helen Mirren has brought a touch of Hollywood glamour to an advertising campaign for computer games.

Three women who are old enough to claim their pensions appeared in a list of the 10 most beautiful women in the world, which was released today.

A “frightening” number of children who go missing end up being sexually exploited, a charity warned today.

Kathryn Bigelow today celebrated winning a place in Oscars history after becoming the first woman to be named best director while her Iraq war drama 'The Hurt Locker' landed best film.

The Oscars kicked off today with a string of gags from hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin at the expense of the cream of Hollywood.

HERE’S one for your next pub quiz: what do Archbishop Tutu, The Edge, Salman Rushdie, Al Pacino, Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Alex Ferguson have in common?

Dame Helen Mirren hates working with her director husband.

Actress Sienna Miller made her Broadway debut last night, in Patrick Marber's steamy play After Miss Julie.

Actress Dame Helen Mirren has vowed never to move to Hollywood - because she couldn't bear to leave her native Britain.

IT WAS a busy day in the Big Apple for Victoria Beckham — front row fashion, clothing line launch and new hairstyle.

It was a busy day in the Big Apple for Victoria Beckham – front row fashion, clothing line launch and new hairstyle.

The 65th Venice Film Festival gets under way today, with the premiere of a film starring heartthrobs George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

Helen Mirren is set to name and launch her first ship - a duty almost exclusively performed by British royalty.

Russell Crowe has been confirmed as Brad Pitt's replacement in political thriller 'State if Play' after Hollywood-strike related issues forced the 'Troy' star to pull out of the project.

Actress Dame Helen Mirren is calling on the British government to offer tax breaks to filmmakers in a bid to save London's booming film tourism industry.