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Christopher Plummer: Star of The Sound of Music dies at 91. Dustin Diamond: Saved by the Bell star dies aged 44. Marion Ramsey: Police Academy and Broadway star dies at 73. Tanya Roberts: Bond girl and Charlie's Angel still alive, agent says. Tanya Roberts, Bond girl and Charlie's Angel, dies at 65. Emily in Paris, c'est un peu Sex in the City de le France. Darren Star envoie Liliy Collins faire un stage dans la capitale, sans dictionnaire en poche, pour un choc des cultures made in clichés.

Emily in Paris, c'est un peu Sex in the City de le France

Mais à l'image de son héroïne, la fraîcheur naïve l'emporte. On l'a connu plus novateur. Darren Star, le créateur de Beverly Hills en 1990 et de Sex and the City en 1998, sortira demain sa toute première série sur Netflix. Emily in Paris est une gentille petite comédie romantique, légère et sans le moindre sous-texte, qui s'appuie d'abord et avant tout sur les préjugés les plus énormes que les Américains ont sur les Français. Toute jeune active bossant dans le marketing à Chicago, Emily est une fille épanouie, heureuse avec son homme, qu'elle compte bien épouser. Disons-le franchement, il y a de quoi se sentir insulté en regardant Emily in Paris. Emily in Paris: Netflix hit's creator Darren Star 'not sorry' for 'clichés' Michael Lonsdale, who played James Bond villain in Moonraker, dies aged 89.

Image copyright Michael Ochs Archives Anglo-French actor Michael Lonsdale, who played the villain opposite Roger Moore's James Bond in the 1979 film Moonraker, has died at the age of 89.

Michael Lonsdale, who played James Bond villain in Moonraker, dies aged 89

In the film, he played Hugo Drax, an industrialist planning to poison all humans on Earth then repopulate the planet from his space station. It was one of more than 200 roles he played in both English and French over a career that spanned six decades. His other film credits included The Day of the Jackal, Ronin and Munich. Bond producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli called Lonsdale an "extraordinarily talented actor and a very dear friend". Image Copyright @007 @007. Chariots of Fire actor Ben Cross dies aged 72. Image copyright Stuart C.

Chariots of Fire actor Ben Cross dies aged 72

Wilson/Getty Images Actor Ben Cross, who was best known for playing athlete Harold Abrahams in the film Chariots of Fire, has died at the age of 72. His other roles included the leads in HBO's first ever mini-series, The Far Pavilions, in 1984, and the 1991 horror series Dark Shadows. His representatives said he died "suddenly" following a short illness.

His daughter Lauren wrote on Facebook that she was "utterly heartbroken" that her "darling father" had passed away. She said he had been "sick for a while" but there had been a "rapid decline over the past week". Virtual Disney World. Experience the Underwater World Through the Eyes of a Free Diver. Dubs or subs? Parasite renews debate on how to watch foreign films. Image copyright Getty Images The South Korean dark comedy film Parasite had a historic awards season sweep - and in the process, reignited the debate over whether subtitles or dubbing is the best way to watch a movie that isn't in your native language.

Dubs or subs? Parasite renews debate on how to watch foreign films

As director Bong Joon Ho accepted the first-ever best foreign language picture Golden Globe for a South Korean film, he said: "Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films. " Fast forward a month, and he was making history again, accepting the best picture award once more at the Oscars. Parasite's Oscar win introduced it to a broad US audience - but not everyone was in favour of watching the award winner in its original language.

Dubbing takes the stress out of enjoying a foreign film, some argued, and performances are meant to be heard, not read. Rise of Skywalker: How we brought Carrie Fisher back. News BBC News Navigation Sections Previous Next Media player Media playback is unsupported on your device.

Rise of Skywalker: How we brought Carrie Fisher back

The Irishman: How we made the actors decades younger. Blade Runner: How well did the film predict 2019's tech? It's November 2019 and Los Angeles is in a state of urban decay.

Blade Runner: How well did the film predict 2019's tech?

The population has dwindled, and humans face a new threat from manufactured biological robots gone rogue... Back in 1982, this is how Blade Runner director Ridley Scott imagined the world would be. Thirty-seven years after the film was released, how accurate were its predictions about how technology would play a bigger role in our lives? Here are some of the things the film got right, and others where it was way off the mark. 1.

Set in November 2019, the original film follows Rick Deckard, whose job as a police "blade runner" is to hunt and kill bio-engineered androids known as replicants. So-called Nexus 6 replicants are described as "virtually identical to a human" and "at least equal in intelligence to the genetic engineers who created them". Image copyright Ladd Company/Ridley Scott/Warner Bros When a group arrives on Earth to try to extend their four-year lifespan, Deckard is summoned to eliminate them. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Harry Potter: How one drag queen became 31 JK Rowling characters. Image copyright Jaremi Carey Some people might know Jaremi Carey as drag queen Phi Phi O'Hara.

Harry Potter: How one drag queen became 31 JK Rowling characters

Others might recognise him as Hermione Granger, Professor McGonagall, Dobby, Sirius Black or Rubeus Hagrid from the Harry Potter movies. Bruce Lee's Matrix [DeepFake] Terminator 2 starring Sylvester Stallone [DeepFake] 'Firefall' in Yosemite National Park stuns visitors. Avengers: Infinity War - how we made the visual effects. Alita: Battle Angel - how we made the film. Best Illusionists Around the World on Magicians Got Talent. The Matrix Escaping from Work Scene HD - 240.