Two astronauts are preparing to test whether a puttylike sealant can be used to repair a damaged space shuttle during the third and final spacewalk of Discovery’s mission at the international space station today.

A key test of a daring yet wobbly spacewalking technique that could be used someday to repair space shuttle heat shields worked well yesterday and got good reviews from two astronauts from the shuttle Discovery, which probably won’t need quick fixes, Nasa officials said.

The US shuttle Discovery finally blasted off into space today, taking British-born astronaut Piers Sellers with it.

Sellers was a complex, and not very nice man, full of inner-turmoil and self-doubt; catching such a difficult subject for a screen bio was never going to be easy.

Britt Ekland has finally given her blessing to a new film about her former husband Peter Sellers.

Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush has begun filming a new HBO movie, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, in London.

The cast of a new film about comic genius Peter Sellers was unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival today.

The cast of a new film about comic genius Peter Sellers was unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival today.

An all-star cast of award winners and nominees is heading to London nextweek to begin filming The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers, the film biography of the late British actor-comedian.

The remains of all seven astronauts aboard the Columbia have been found, Nasa said today, as the investigation continued into what caused the shuttle to disintegrate.

Making her first small screen movie, actress Charlize Theron is to star opposite Geoffrey Rush in HBO Films’ The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.

Actress-producer Priscilla Presley is teaming up with Darren Star to remake MGM’s Peter Sellers comedy The Party.

A heating problem in a critical water drainage line loomed over today’s planned launch of the US space shuttle Atlantis, threatening again to delay a British born man’s bid to fly into space.

Michael Brodie’s decision to move up to featherweight looks like paying rich dividends after he made it three wins out of three in his new division in spectacular style at the Wythenshawe Forum last night.

Britt Ekland is looking for backers for a film based on her former husband Peter Sellers.