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Here's what to watch on the TV tonight.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney has led tributes to rock and blues singer Joe Cocker, who has died at the age of 70.

Soul’s James Brown is the latest singer to have his life story filmed, in a ‘rags to riches’ genre that began with the first ‘talkie’ in 1927.

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Christian Bale worried he "f***ed up" his Batman audition because of his voice.

Christian Bale auditioned for 'Batman Begins' wearing Val Kilmer's Batman costume.

Hollywood star Val Kilmer is take a guest role in a one-off special of TV comedy 'Life’s Too Short'.

Actor Val Kilmer owes nearly €374,000 in federal taxes, and an order has been placed on the Batman Forever actor’s property, including a New Mexico ranch he is trying to sell.

Cher is attracted to men with who have a “great sense of humour”.

Cher considered suicide because she was so unhappy in her marriage to Sonny Bono.

Val Kilmer is to play the lead role in Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Twixt Now and Sunrise’.

Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) is a Vicodin-addled cop, who prowls the streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, handing out his version of tough justice when he isn’t popping pills or taking drugs.

50 Cent is considering pushing back the release of his next album.

Tongue-in-cheek actioner with some passable laughs about, again, a re-activated government agent (Forte) who is callede back to form a crack squad to track down bad dude Kilmer (who was responsible for the wedding day murder of MacGruber's wife).

A day at actor Val Kilmer’s Pecos River Ranch in New Mexico will cost you, but organisers of the Santa Fe Film Festival say it is for a good cause.

'Batman and Robin' has been voted the worst film of all time.

Val Kilmer is "seriously considering" running for Governor of his homestate of New Mexico next year.

Special Operations Marine MacPherson (Val Kilmer) is badly wounded during a tour of duty in Iraq and returns home, where he descends into a morass of despair and self-loathing.

Actor Val Kilmer is turning to Hollywood pal Arnold Schwarzenegger for advice about politics - he wants to become a state governor.

Irish actor Colin Farrell has opened up about box-office blunder 'Alexander' four years after its release - insisting he is just getting over his disappointment at the movie flop.

Bill Murray missed out on the chance to play 'Batman' in the 1989 original superhero movie - when he was snubbed in favour of Michael Keaton.

Val Kilmer is tipped to become the next governor of his home state of New Mexico, by the politician currently in the hot seat.

Val Kilmer is struggling to shift all the weight he piled on for his latest film role.

Rapper 50 Cent has been forced to quit pumping iron so he can tone down for a new movie role.

Hollywood star Robert De Niro has reportedly pulled out of forthcoming film 'New Oreleans' - only to be replaced by his 'Heat' co-star Val Kilmer.

Hollywood star Robert De Niro has reportedly pulled out of forthcoming film 'New Orleans' - only to be replaced by his 'Heat' co-star Val Kilmer.

Actor Val Kilmer has replaced Will Arnett as the voice of talking car Kitt in the TV movie remake of 'Knight Rider'.

Johnny Cash drama 'Walk The Line' has been voted the greatest music biopic.

The Doors star Val Kilmer is set to take over a prison near his home in New Mexico to play a convicted killer in his new movie.

Films based on true stories sometimes have a made-for-TV quality, but ‘10th & Wolf’ (Metrodome, €24.99) is a step above that level.

Val Kilmer dreams of reinventing himself as comic actor, because he's fed up of just doing drama.

THE Irish accent’s sexual allure is known the world over. Foreigners love our accent for its soft vowels and the lyrical lilt of out voice.

Val Kilmer has found a new woman to whip him into shape, after snaps of him looking chubby were published in the press - fitness queen Suzan Hughes.

Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jnr team up in the brilliant Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Warner, €21.99), Shane Black’s compelling and wickedly funny work.

Whatever about his troubled past, it is good to see Downey back on screen, and in a film he looks like he enjoyed making. It is a joy which translates easily to the audience.

Angelina Jolie has become such a big target for the British press, she missed a recent meeting with pal Val Kilmer to avoid getting photographed.

Actor Val Kilmer was overjoyed to be given the opportunity to be a funnyman in film Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang - as he feared being typecast as a serious actor.

Hollywood hunk Val Kilmer refused to star in a string of successful films in the 1980s, because he was "naïve" and "shy".

Hollywood hunk Val Kilmer has criticised the media fascination with Paris Hilton, because he believes the socialite is "famous for nothing".

Val Kilmer feels sorry for the new breed of wannabes who come to Hollywood seeking fame and fortune - because many of them come from small towns where they were already big stars.

Colin Farrell has come clean about the accident that almost brought filming of Oliver Stone's flop epic Alexander to a halt - he drunkenly jumped out of a window.

Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp sent the crowd wild tonight at the premiere of his new film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Batman star Katie Holmes couldn’t stop gushing about new love Tom Cruise at the premiere of her new film.