Comedy this month includes a new festive edition of the perennially popular Royle Family, duo Watson And Oliver get a full series after a successful pilot and Off Their Rockers imports the popular Belgian hidden camera show featuring a group of badly behaved pensioners. Funny Families will attempt to turn

Forbes magazine has reported today that Leonardo Dicaprio has topped their list of the highest paid actor in Hollywood, making 70 million in the year 2010 thanks to the commercial success of Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" and Chris Nolan's "Inception", in which he plays the lead.Johnny Depp, last year's

Following the government’s funding cuts across all sectors of culture and the arts, the Mayor of London has cut the annual funding Budget of Film London by 22 to £1.3 million for 2011/2012.In spite of the budget trimming, Film London will continue to offer the micro-budget filmmaking scheme Microwave, the

The double Oscar winner, Dame Elizebath Taylor, has died this morning in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. She was 79.Born in London in 1932 to American Parents, the legendry Hollywood actress moved to Los Angeles at the age of 9 and within three years she became a star, taking

Following the success of its expansion in American cities and several territories around the world, Sundance Institute is joining forces with AEG Europe to launch a Sundance London, a four-day, multi-disciplinary arts festival to be held at AEG’s O2 venue. The festival will be inaugurated in April 26-19, 2012.Like

The British film, Tom Hopper’s The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham-Carter and Geoffrey Rush, has garnered 7 Golden Globe nominations, including Best picture, screenplay, director, lead and supporting actor and actress. The film tells the story of stuttering of King George VI (Colin Firth) and his treatment by

The British Film “The King’s Speech”, has won the coveted people’s choice prize at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival. The award, which comes with 15000 Canadian Dollars, was announced this afternoon at the awards ceremony.The film, directed by Tom Hoope and starring Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth, tells the

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced today that the UK Film Council (UKFC) is to be abolished with all its assets and its remaining operations to be transferred out by April 2012.This move was triggered by the government’s drive to cut costs and increase transparency and accountability

The Berlinale Talent Campus, which runs during the Berlin Film Festival from 12 to 17 Feb, announced today that it’s now accepting new applicants for the available 350 slots. The deadline for applications is 6th Oct and the successful applicants will be announced on January 2011.Next year’s Talent Campus