British actor Alan Rickman almost turned down the role in which he made his first major film appearance.

Alan Rickman - he of the deep, brooding voice, and famous for playing Severus Snape, Hans Gruber, and even Eamon De Valera - brought helium to his interview on Jimmy Kimmel last night.

The best of what’s hitting the cinema this week.

Alan Rickman’s latest role as King Louis is another example of his penchant for playing real people, writes Ed Power.

A female landscape gardener is hired for a major project at Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV.

JUST 15 minutes could be all it takes to transform into a ’Supermum’ – 15 minutes of daily running that is, according to new research.

Spring is the perfect time to dust off the cobwebs, but our minds can benefit from a good de-clutter and polish too, says Abi Jackson.

POLITICS is rock ’n’ roll for the ugly, and the shucksters, bounders and bumpkins who hang about in Leinster House are a motley crew.

Michael Hoffman’s remake of the 1966 screwball caper about a cat burglar and showgirl who plan an elaborate heist has impeccable credentials.

Set in South Central, LA, End of Watch (16s) is a ‘ride-along’ with LAPD cops in one of America’s most notorious districts.

THE darkest and most adult of the Harry Potter movies, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (12A) brings to a close the epic saga of the teenage wizard’s battle against the forces of evil.

The chairman of The Open’s championship committee has dismissed as “absolute nonsense” the accusation that they showed favouritism in deciding when to stop play during the second round at St Andrews.

Actor Jude Law and jazz trumpeter and composer Guy Barker will introduce a screening of 'The Talented Mr Ripley' today as part of a weekend-long memorial event for Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella who died last year.

Johnny Depp fears British thespian Alan Rickman will never work with him again after terrifying his co-star with close shaves in new movie musical 'Sweeney Todd'.

The two-shot penalty which cost American Jeff Maggert so dearly when he was leading the 2003 Masters will no longer be imposed under new Rules of Golf coming into force next year.

A film with a strong character base rather than a plotline, but made memorable by the excellence of Rickman and, particularly, Weaver.

The wife of a minister found dead in his home has confessed to shooting him at their church parsonage in Selmer, Tennessee, then fleeing to Alabama, where she was found the following night with their three young daughters, authorities said today.

Having single-handedly kept the British film industry going in recent years by writing Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones's Diary, Curtis steps behind the camera for the first time to bring us this fluffy, star-packed ensemeble piece on the general theme of romance, finding and losing it.

Stars of the movie Love Actually said today they feared that the latest British romantic comedy was going to descend into a sickening sentimental “syrup” and “marshmallow”.

The return of young wizard Harry Potter is overwhelming ... alas, it is far too overwhelming.

Alan Rickman, Colin Firth and Rowan Atkinson are the latest names to be added to the cast of Love Actually.

Irish actor, Liam Neeson has been nominated for a prestigious Tony award in the best performance in a play category, it was announced today.