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20 Years Later, The Best Sci-Fi TV Pilot Ever Still Holds Up

A 'Lost' fan and 'Lost' newbie sit down to revisit the show's iconic pilot, two decades after it first aired. Here's how it holds up.

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17 writers who despised adaptations of their work: ‘If you like my stuff, don’t watch that movie’

From Truman Capote’s problem with Audrey Hepburn in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ to Lois Duncan’s very personal offence over ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ and Quentin Tarantino’s public beef with Oliver Stone, Annabel Nugent counts down 17 times writers hated adaptations of their work

The Independent UK

‘I am devastated and furious’: 12 actors controversially recast in films

THE COUNTDOWN: From salary disputes and poor scripts to feuds and voiceovers that apparently sound ‘too old’, Hollywood is filled with stories of emergency recastings due to off-screen conflicts, writes Adam White

The Independent UK

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Tracing The Notebook through Charleston: The South Carolina filming locations you can still visit

Two decades since Allie and Noah’s love story was brought to cinema screens, Annabel Grossman visits the real-life locations where their romance unfolded

The Independent UK

The 15 scariest horror movies ranked, from Don’t Look Now to Possession

According to critics, Russell Crowe’s new horror film ‘The Exorcism’ is a lacklustre affair. Thankfully, Adam White has curated 15 of the all-time spookiest horror movies to watch instead

The Independent UK

Matthew McConaughey explains why he quit acting for two years after Jennifer Garner romcom

Actor left the profession temporarily after decade worth of romcoms

The Independent UK

Five thrilling football films to watch in the run up to the Euros

These handpicked movies about the beautiful game are the perfect way to kick off your Euros summer

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Russell Crowe explains why he is ‘slightly uncomfortable’ with new Gladiator sequel

‘We’ll see what it’s like,’ said the star of Ridley Scott’s 2000 original

The Independent UK

Carrie Fisher thought Star Wars would be a ‘disaster’ and hated her hair: ‘I’m wearing two bagels over my ears’

Late actor called up her friend Griffin Dunne and despaired over the ‘stupid’ script, he recalls in new memoir

The Independent UK

Friday Night Lights: the gentle show about high school football that launched Hollywood stars

This cult favourite drama, streaming on Binge, about a stoic coach and his misfit team in a small Texan town, is surprisingly wholesome and hopeful – and has an impressive cast

The Guardian - AU

School of Rock child stars say they were victims of ‘brutal’ bullying after film’s release

The film’s young stars, now in their thirties, have reflected on getting picked on, and even physically assaulted, in the wake of the movie’s success

The Independent UK

Suits becomes first ever show to cross huge viewership milestone following Netflix revival

Legal drama reached its conclusion in 2019 but has been revived by a successful return to Netflix

The Independent UK

Cocaine! Threesomes! Comic book addictions! It’s 20 years of The OC

It’s two decades since the iconic show about affluent Orange County teens debuted. From fashion to music, to wild romance, it was like nothing else – although not every aspect has aged well…

The Guardian - UK

Netflix viewers are struggling to sleep after watching 'terrifying' film Wounds

The 2019 movie stars Armie Hammer and Dakota Johnson and is written and directed by Babak Anvari, a filmmaker who mainly writes psychological horror films

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The 15 best food scenes in film, from Howl’s Moving Castle to Julie and Julia

Kate Ng plates up 15 of the most delicious food scenes ever seen on screen

Daily Mirror

Pirates of the Caribbean producer teases Johnny Depp's return as Captain Jack Sparrow

Johnny Depp's hugely popular Captain Jack Sparrow role 'can't be killed', according to a Pirates of the Caribbean producer who teased the star's return

Daily Mirror

How Muppets' Christmas Carol became festive classic as it returns to cinemas 30 years on

As The Muppet Christmas Carol returns to cinemas this month, Amanda Killelea explores the story behind how one of the best adaptations of a Charles Dickens novel overcame doubters to become a much-loved festive classic

Daily Mirror

The Holiday's picturesque village in Surrey ruined by tourists, annoyed locals say

The movie, starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet, was filmed partly in Shere in Surrey, and fans of the classic arrive every year to follow in the cast's footsteps

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The Independent UK

Elizabeth Taylor’s 1961 Oscar dress discovered in an old suitcase

Taylor called the dress her ‘lucky charm’

The Independent UK

Bruce MacVittie death: The Sopranos and Sex and the City star dies aged 65

Acclaimed character actor also appeared in ‘Oz’, ‘Law & Order’, and ‘When They See Us’

The Guardian - UK

Jacques Perrin obituary

‘Adorable charmer’ of 1960s French film who worked with Jacques Demy and Costa-Gavras and later appeared in the Oscar-winning Cinema Paradiso

Daily Mirror

Bend It Like Beckham cast now as football film celebrates 20th anniversary

Bend It Like Beckham was released in April 2002, with the sports comedy film having starred the likes of Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers among other actors

The Independent UK

Drew Barrymore would talk to ET puppet and thought it was real, on-screen mother says

‘I would go have lunch with ET a lot,’ Barrymore said

The Independent UK

Sarah Michelle Gellar says she and Buffy co-stars were ‘pitted against’ each other

The ‘Buffy’ actor said she ‘didn’t know how to handle the stress’ she was under

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