Actor John Hurt has picked up the first of two lifetime achievement awards.

Actor John Hurt has picked up the first of two lifetime achievement awards.

FOR a long time David McSavage looked as if he didn’t have what it takes to make it in the comedy world.

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.

Veteran actor John Hurt will be presented with a lifetime achievement award at an international film festival today.

Veteran actor John Hurt was stunned to be offered a part in 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' - because he thought a call from Steven Spielberg was a hoax.

Kevin Costner may have disappeared off the cinema radar in the past few years, but he returns to form in ‘Mr Brooks’ (Fox, €24.99), playing a pillar of society who happens to have a secret — he’s a serial killer, known as the Thumbprint Killer.

John Hurt, star of Rwandan genocide film Shooting Dogs, has defended the movie at its UK premiere.

A British-German film about the 1994 Rwandan genocide premiered in the country’s capital tonight, where it was shot in its entirety.

A story supposed to be set in the near future, this tale of British government corruption and totalitarianism might just as easily be set today.

Academy Award nominee William Hurt is furious someone stole his Oscar while he was moving house last year.

Movie star William Hurt has revealed for the first time he was held captive and almost executed at gunpoint while filming Kiss of the Spider Woman in Brazil in the early 1980s.

It's the old something-sinister-in-the-secret-room plot … with just a couple of unusual twists and a strong cast trying, not always successfully, to do it full justice.

John Hurt only turned to the world of stage and screen after deciding to pack in his art course.

Veteran actor John Hurt was so drunkenly offensive in a London lap-dancing club he was ejected by the club’s bouncers.

VETERAN actor John Hurt told yesterday how he believed Enoch Powell’s views on immigration were misunderstood.

Veteran actor John Hurt told today how he believed former British politician Enoch Powell’s views on immigration were misunderstood.

A MILLION men’s fantasies came true after pop divas Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera both shared an open-mouthed kiss with Madonna at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Madonna made jaws drop and cheeks blush at the 20th MTV Video Music Awards – but this time she had help from the latest generation of video divas, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

Actor John Hurt is favourite to play Alan Clark in a drama based on the late Tory MP’s notorious, best-selling diaries, it was announced today.

Radiohead, Coldplay and Floetry are flying the flag for the UK as the shortlist for the MTV Music Video Awards were announced today.

John Hurt and Penelope Wilton will co-star in Afterplay in the West End from September 10.