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Pandemic epics or great escapes? What classic movies might tell us about post-Covid Hollywood

Should we expect hordes of allegorical aliens and zombies – or a soothing succession of romcoms and musicals? Cinema history offers some clues

No hiding place: Travolta and Willis get an unwelcome dose of limelight in the Covid era

With VOD now the way to watch new releases, Hollywood’s old-timey workhorses might be washed up, but they are suddenly getting plenty of attention

Peter Lamont obituary

Production designer who worked on James Bond films from Goldfinger to Casino Royale, and won an Oscar for TitanicThe production designer Peter Lamont, who has died aged 91, worked on every James Bond film between Goldfinger (1963), the third in the series, and Casino Royale (2006), the 21st official instalment.

Peter Lamont obituary

Production designer who worked on James Bond films from Goldfinger to Casino Royale, and won an Oscar for TitanicThe production designer Peter Lamont, who has died aged 91, worked on every James Bond film between Goldfinger (1963), the third in the series, and Casino Royale (2006), the 21st official instalment.

Space Dogs: Return to Earth review – Russian canine astronauts make feeble third go of it

Belka and Strelka, inspired by the first two animals to survive space travel, take on aliens to defend planet Earth in a confusingly weird adventure

Cocoon review – seductive coming-of-age story full of reveries

The acting in Leonie Krippendorff’s tale of sexual awakening is outstanding, as a girl comes out during a hot Berlin summer

SNL mocks Giuliani's Michigan hearing in latest cold open

In the latest episode's cold open, Saturday Night Live took aim at President Trump's legal challenges seeking to overturn the election. The skit parodied the witnesses Rudy Giuliani, portrayed by Kate McKinnon, brought forth during a hearing before Michigan state lawmakers last week.

Viggo Mortensen on Falling star Lance Henriksen: ‘He’s like a wolf who might gobble you up’

In the former’s directorial debut, the pair play a father and son facing up to the older man’s dementia. It offers 80-year-old Henriksen the meatiest role of his astonishing career

Justice Department Announces Rule to Bar Some Criminal Illegal Immigrants from Asylum

The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security on Tuesday announced new regulations barring illegal immigrants who have committed certain crimes from obtaining asylum in the U.

From Alien to Back to the Future: the films of Ron Cobb – in pictures

The storied career of the cartoonist turned conceptual and production designer took him to the stars and back, working on films such as Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien, Total Recall and Back to the Future.

From Alien to Back to the Future: the films of Ron Cobb – in pictures

The storied career of the cartoonist turned conceptual and production designer took him to the stars and back, working on films such as Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien, Total Recall and Back to the Future.

From Alien to Back to the Future: the films of Ron Cobb – in pictures

The storied career of the cartoonist turned conceptual and production designer took him to the stars and back, working on films such as Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien, Total Recall and Back to the Future.

Ron Cobb, ‘Back to the Future’ DeLorean Designer, Dies at 83

Cartoonist turned production designer Ron Cobb, best known for coming up the initial design of DeLorean time travel machine from “Back to the Future” has died, according to a report in the Hollywood Reporter.

The aliens have landed! The school that made its own feature film

It started as a vague dream in a secondary school teacher’s head, but now 7 Hours on Earth is on worldwide release. And everything, from the acting to the special effects, has been done by the pupils, staff and parents of Graveney

'People need to open their minds!' – Tom DeLonge on his new career as a UFO expert

The ex-Blink-182 singer now has his own UFO show. He talks about spooked moon-walkers, a mysterious 1940s crash – and what Donald Trump and Boris Johnson dare not reveal

A scan of 10.3 million stars turns up no sign of aliens - yet

Scientists have completed the broadest search to date for extraterrestrial civilizations by scanning roughly 10.3 million stars using a radio telescope in Australia, but have found nothing - not yet, at least.

US signals it will deport Colombian warlord to Italy

Attorneys for the Justice Department signaled the U.S. would deport a former Colombian paramilitary warlord to Italy within the next two weeks despite a last-minute challenge by the South American nation to seek his extradition.

The man who tried to contact aliens from his grandma's living room

A new documentary follows the 30-year cosmic quest by US space enthusiast John Shepherd. What drove him to beam messages and music, from Can to Coltrane, into space?

'We’re all trying to make contact': the story of a moving new Netflix film

John Was Trying To Contact Aliens compresses a 30-year search for extraterrestrial life and the universal human drive for connection into 16 minutes

Top run: does Tom Cruise ban co-stars from sprinting alongside him on screen?

Is the gritted-jaw, arms-pumping greatest runner in film only impressive because he has a no-run rule for fellow actors?

Why Is Cinema So Reluctant To Let Leading Ladies Be Child-Free?

If there is one thing that Gemma Arterton’s Alice Lamb can’t abide in the new period comedy Summerland, it’s children.

As Dirty Dancing Gets A Sequel, 11 Times The Follow-Up Film Was Better Than The Original

The old saying goes that a sequel is never as good as the original, and over the years, plenty of films have proved this to be the case.

Trump Jr tells his father that Bin Laden endorsed Biden because it ‘would lead to the destruction of America’

Donald Trump claimed Osama Bin Laden backed Joe Biden’s presidential bid and said he was withholding “very interesting” information about aliens in a recorded interview with his eldest son.

My favourite film aged 12: Aliens

I’d been terrified by the first film in the franchise but needed to know what happened next.

Into our recent archive: here are 25 recommended long sport reads

From the dangers of eSports to the making of an All Black, via golf’s longest hole, 17 November 1993 and the rise of MMA

Release of Iranian scientist in doubt as US official 'calls BS'

Homeland security questions whether Tehran wants return of Sirous AsgariA potential deal to release a renowned Iranian scientist from a US jail and return him to Iran appears to be in danger of breaking down after a senior US official questioned whether Tehran really wanted him returned.

Mother of all sci-fi: which is the best Alien movie?

The series has delivered a horror masterwork, a seminal shoot-em-up and some auteurist gems ... but how do they rank?

Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Jimmy Kimmel unmask Mike Pence, note Trump's rush to 'save the meats'

"We're learning more about President Trump's unconventional strategy of completely ignoring the pandemic as it was brewing," Trevor Noah said on Tuesday's Daily Show.

Brian Dennehy obituary

Character actor known for the films First Blood and Cocoon, and in his stage work a genuine colossus

Could coronavirus spell the end for superhero movies?

From Wonder Woman to Superman, Black Widow to Black Panther, superheroes can vanquish aliens, androids and Nazis.

Most Americans will get coronavirus stimulus check in April. Here's how the program works

Most Americans will get coronavirus stimulus check in April. Here's how the program works

Alison Brie: ‘The effects of trauma spider-webbed through the whole family’

Even as a young girl, Alison Brie knew how to entertain a crowd. Now, the star of Mad Men and Glow is tackling the heartbreak of her grandmother’s struggles with mental illness

No to ‘FISA Reform’

Thanks to Senators Rand Paul (R.

‘It Was Like Pulling Teeth’: AOC Backed Away from Sanders Campaign after Joe Rogan Endorsement

‘It Was Like Pulling Teeth’: AOC Backed Away from Sanders Campaign after Joe Rogan Endorsement

Alison Brie: ‘The effects of trauma spider-webbed through the whole family’

Even as a little girl, Alison Brie knew how to entertain a crowd. Now, the star of Mad Men and Glow is tackling the heartbreak of her grandmother’s struggles with mental illness

In a recent interview with 60 Minutes, former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to describe the political scene:> A few years ago, there was a revolution against the intelligentsia.

Pete Buttigieg Is Not Intersectional Enough

Last Friday, a group of disgruntled “queer activists” interrupted Pete Buttigieg’s campaign event in San Francisco.

Former CBP commissioner says deployment of elite Border Patrol units to sanctuary cities is a 'significant mistake'

Former CBP commissioner says deployment of elite Border Patrol units to sanctuary cities is a 'significant mistake'

Trump Admin to Send Border Patrol Special Ops on Raids in Sanctuary Cities

The Trump administration is sending officers from a special operations unit of the Border Patrol to assist in raids by Immigration Customs and Enforcement in so-called sanctuary cities.

Blackburn Proposes Bill to Ban Funding for States that Give Drivers’ Licenses to Illegal Immigrants

Blackburn Proposes Bill to Ban Funding for States that Give Drivers’ Licenses to Illegal Immigrants

Barr Announces Sweeping Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities for ‘Getting in the Way’ of Federal Immigration Law

Attorney general William Barr announced Monday that the Trump administration was implementing a “significant escalation” against so-called “sanctuary cities” for “unconstitutionally interfering” with federal efforts to enforce immigration law.

DHS Secretary Says New Yorkers Will Be Cut Off From Global Entry in Response to State’s Sanctuary Law

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf revealed to Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Wednesday night that the DHS was immediately suspending several Trusted Traveler Programs—including Global Entry—for all New York state residents, claiming the move was in response to the state’s recent passage of the so-called Green Light Law.

First British astronaut Helen Sharman believes aliens exist, and may be 'here right now'

Helen Sharman, who made history as the first Brit to go to space in May of 1991 when she went on the Soyuz spacecraft for eight days and visited the Soviet-operated Mir space station, told the Observer about her belief in extraterrestrial forces in an interview published Sunday.

Apocalypse now-ish: what can we learn from films set in 2020?

According to film-makers, the next 12 months is likely to resemble a fiery battleground populated by evil robots, aliens and monsters

I'm A Labour MP In A Sea Of Blue. Here's How We Win Back The Trust Of The Country

Winter elections are brutal, but none more so than the election of 2019. And it wasn’t just the howling winds or horizontal sleet, the dark nights or the rain soaked leaflets, the doorstep response was arctic.

Invasion Planet Earth review – ludicrously ambitious low-cost sci-fi

A suburban London psychiatrist and his patients are kidnapped by aliens in this delightfully clunky, on-a-budget adventure

Trump Admin Warns Sanctuary States against Barring ICE Courthouse Arrests in Letter

State supreme courts in Washington and Oregon received a letter from Attorney General William Barr and Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Friday warning them to reconsider “dangerous and unlawful” directives that prohibit immigration officials from detaining illegal immigrants in and around state courthouses.

Trump Administration Proposes Employment Restrictions for Asylum Seekers who Enter U.S. Illegally

Trump Administration Proposes Employment Restrictions for Asylum Seekers who Enter U.S. Illegally

Is It a Crime to Encourage Illegal Immigration? The Supreme Court Will Decide

WASHINGTON -- A 1986 federal law makes it a crime to "encourage" immigrants without authorization to come to or stay in the United States.

Handmade Wrapping Paper Is A Cute Idea – But Is It Actually Recyclable?

Our readers care about the environment, but making sustainable choices isn’t always as straightforward as we’d like.

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Biden tells world leaders 'the transatlantic alliance is back'

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Golden Globes overshadowed by ethics controversy and criticism over lack of diversity

Carey Mulligan and Chadwick Boseman are predicted to win big, but ceremony to air following damning investigation into voting membership

Lost in the multiverse: will Spider-Man ever find his way home?

The bizarre events in WandaVision are fuelling speculation that Tom Holland’s Spidey will be a long way from New York in his next big-screen outing

Golden Globes 2021: who will win and who should win the film awards?

Will Nomadland or Promising Young Woman scoop best drama? And will Viola Davis best Vanessa Kirby to best actress? Peter Bradshaw offers his predictions and preferences

Sienna Miller: 'I go in and negotiate as if I’m a man'

The actor talks about the struggle for pay parity, sympathising with Britney Spears, fond memories of Chadwick Boseman – and her frustration at tabloid headlines overshadowing her work

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Saudi crown prince approved killing of Jamal Khashoggi, US report says

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British Gymnastics faces group-claim lawsuit from 17 alleging abuse

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Jennifer Pinches, 2012 Olympian, spearheads the actionPinches says authorities ‘prioritise podiums over people’British Gymnastics is facing an unprecedented group-claim lawsuit from 17 former gymnasts, who allege there was widespread physical and psychological abuse deployed by coaches on children as young as six as part of a “win at all costs” mentality in the sport.

Liverpool's Jordan Henderson faces six to eight weeks out after groin surgery

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Liverpool captain will not return before AprilHe misses England matches as well as club gamesJordan Henderson is expected to miss the next six to eight weeks after the Liverpool captain underwent surgery on an adductor injury.

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New Zealand 192; England 194-3 – England win by seven wicketsSciver’s 63 helps England take 2-0 lead in three-match seriesNat Sciver starred with bat and ball as England secured a series victory with a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the second one-day international in Dunedin.

German officials bemoan 'non-transparency' of 2032 Olympics bid selection

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