Bob Hoskins

Asteroids the movie - what HD was made for

Asteroids is coming to a big screen near you. That's no lie. The classic Atari title, originally released 30 years ago, is being made into a movie. I'm expecting it to be quite intense viewing - plenty of complicated dialogue,...

Bob Hoskins - Hoskins Height Dilemma

HOSKINS' HEIGHT DILEMMA Actor BOB HOSKINS had to risk his safety and turn stunt-man in his latest TV show - after blundering bosses hired a double who was a foot taller than him. The Mrs Henderson Presents star stands at just...

Panama swears in new president

Businessman Ricardo Martinelli has been sworn in as Panama's new president, promising to start the biggest job-creation push ever in the country. Mayor Johnson sexier than stars Boris Johnson is sexier than both Brad Pitt and...

London Town

A place full of rich people, fancy society balls, posh accents and general happiness. Expect Cockney and/or the rougher-sounding East London accent. Various areas of London (we're using the Greater London Authority area,...

Bob Hoskins double fails to measure up | Media Monkey

You have to hand it to Bob Hoskins , who appears doing his own stunts in a violent fight scene in drama The Street, which airs later this month on BBC1. But it wasn't part of the original plans. A stunt double was hired but...

Danny Dyer living dangerously in village

He’s the big-screen “geezer” that girls can’t resist – but Danny Dyer insists he’s just a big softie at heart. The star of a string of notorious Brit-flicks was in Codsall yesterday to film an episode of his cult TV programme...

Glasgow ban on Life of Brian lifted as shares in backers HandMade suspended

Day of mixed fortunes for film company founded by former Beatle George Harrison The film company founded by former Beatle George Harrison to finance Monty Python's Life of Brian in 1979 yesterday saw its shares suspended after...

Hoover factory welcomes movie stars

Jun 27 2009 by Andrew Dagnell, South Wales Echo THE Hoover factory may have closed down but yesterday it was given a new lease of life – as it was transformed into a film set. The iconic building in Pentrebach, Merthyr Tydfil,...

Some of Mojo's Lifelong Grudges.

or, in other words, Don't Get Mojo Mad At You. Because if you cheese her off badly enough, it will be FOR KEEPS. 1. Mojo will never forgive CBS for canceling Frank's Place . 2. Mojo will never forgive some "Mass Communications...

Lights, camera, action... extras wanted for new Bob Hoskins film

Thousands of unpaid wannabe film extras are being asked to turn up at a redundant factory in Merthyr Tydfil. The producers of Dagenham Girls, the story of 300 machinists who went on strike over equal pay, want the unpaid extras...

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