Vincent Cassel in La Haine, the film that made his name and which is as provocative today as it was in 1995.

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff is expected to plead guilty to 11 charges of fraud carrying a maximum sentence of 150 years, his lawyer said.

American film director Jules Dassin, whose Greek wife Melina Mercouri starred in his hit movie 'Never On Sunday' and six more of his films, has died in Athens at 96.