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Something for everyone: The 34 best movies streaming on Disney+ By Meg Walters, Kevin Jacobsen, and James Mercadante
21 Jan 2026 01:24 GMT
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona and Julia Stiles as Kat Stratford in '10 Things I Hate About You'.
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The whip-smart, late-20th-century retelling of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the …
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6 Movie Battles Better Than Helm's Deep in The Lord of the Rings
19 Jan 2026 01:24 GMT
The Battle of Helm's Deep (also known as the Battle of the Hornburg) from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) remains an epic conflict over 20 years later, although there are plenty of movie battles out there that arguably make a bigger impact …
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‘Supergirl’: Chronicle of the disaster that held back female superhero films for decades
17 Jan 2026 04:18 GMT
She’s only on screen for a few seconds, but Supergirl’s appearance in James Gunn’s Superman (2025) leaves a lasting impression because she is, or should be, responsible for Krypto the dog, a true scene-stealer in the film based on the DC comic. Kara Zor-El …
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WATCH: Peter O'Toole poignantly describes what being Irish means to him
05 Mar 2025 14:20 GMT
Peter O'Toole, regarded as one of the best actors of all time, described what being Irish meant to him in a poignant interview with Charlie Rose in 1994.
Born in Leeds to an Irish father, O'Toole always considered himself an Irish citizen and …
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Lawrence of Arabia portraits handed trigger warning over 'cultural appropriation' of Arab clothing
14 Jan 2026 12:00 GMT
Portraits of Lawrence of Arabia wearing traditional Arab clothing have been handed a trigger warning at one of London's most popular galleries.
The National Portrait Gallery has attached the warning to several pictures of the First World War legend …
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Peter O'Toole Is Pure Movie Star In the Unappreciated Gem 'Murphy's War' (1971)
14 Dec 2024 17:20 GMT
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Inside Barbara Taylor Bradford's life - rejecting Peter O'Toole to 'grand dame of blockbusters'
25 Nov 2024 16:13 GMT
After rejecting Peter O'Toole at her desk when her mother warned her "not to flirt at work", Barbara Taylor Bradford transformed from a local newspaper reporter into a global literary powerhouse. The author, whose saga A Woman of Substance …
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10 Greatest World War I Movies of the Last 100 Years, Ranked
08 Jan 2026 23:30 GMT
At its very best, war cinema achieves a stunning dichotomy, a precise and provocative balancing act between depicting the terrible scale of war, complete with the brutality of the battlefield and the trauma experienced by those combat touches, and the …
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Trans trailblazer who went from Liverpool lad to Vogue supermodel. Everyone from Elvis Presley to Peter O'Toole fell for April Ashley, who claimed… 'I could have slept with all four Beatles!'
23 May 2024 17:22 GMT
So, when would you like to transfer from monsieur to mademoiselle?’ asked Dr Georges Burou at his clinic in Casablanca.
‘Immediately,’ replied George Jamieson. The year was 1960. Aged 25, he was desperate. All his life, he’d known for certain he was a …
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Anthony Hopkins says 'I was nearly killed' in emotional message
30 Dec 2025 08:19 GMT
Anthony Hopkins has marked another year of sobriety (Image: Getty Images for The Red Sea Int)
Sir Anthony Hopkins has admitted that alcoholism nearly killed him in an emotional message to fans as he marked 50 years of sobriety. The 87-year-old acting …