THOUSANDS of people fled their homes along the California coast yesterday as a tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake in Japan began hitting the US West Coast after rolling through Hawaii.

We are in Miss Jean Brodie territory with this simmering sexual drama set in a 1930s girls’ school where the object of lust is teacher Miss G (Green) who runs the swim team, more swooning than swimming.

Ireland’s film and television industry is still boosting the economy despite the recession, a business group said today.

Cross-dressing comic Eddie Izzard is making a film about his life.