MoviesObituaryMark Blum obituaryActor known for his film roles in Desperately Seeking Susan and Crocodile DundeeThe actor Mark Blum, who has died aged 69 from complications of the coronavirus, gave a memorable performance in the screwball comedy Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) as a harried, unfaithful hot-tub salesman plunged into New York’s grungy bohemian underbelly when his wife goes missing. Searching for her, he teams up with the devil-may-care Susan, played by Madonna in her first major film role, and is exposed to her wayward, outrageous lifestyle.

Second world war This article is more than 14 years oldThis article is more than 14 years oldFor over three years in the second world war, he blew up trains, bridges and enemy soldiers in the jungles of Malaya – all the while studying birdlife and sending home seeds. Welcome to the extraordinary life of Freddie Spencer ChapmanOdd, really, that the name Freddie Spencer Chapman doesn't figure higher up the roll call of great British heroes.

Cocaine Bear director Elizabeth Banks breaks down the “scientific precision” of that mostly-improvised ambulance chase. This piece was first published in March. We are recirculating it timed to Cocaine Bear’s streaming debut on Peacock. Over its opening weekend in theaters, the low-concept animal-attack horror-comedy Cocaine Bear snorted up a surprisingly robust $23 million in ticket sales to become the second-highest-grossing movie in wide release (behind Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania).

While filming the third series of her hit Netflix show Emily in Paris, actress Lily Collins has debuted a new hair look: a fringe. And not just any old fringe, mind you – it’s one that somehow manages to look the epitome of Parisian elegance.  So just what is it that gives some Frenchiness to a fringe – or should that be a ‘Frenge’? I turned to celebrity hairstylist George Northwood for some insight.

Ugly Betty Million Dollar Smile Season 4 Episode 17 «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » What would TV look like had Ugly Betty never existed? Had it never brought us the nontraditional hero Betty Suarez, an unfashionable, unsophisticated young Mexican woman whose good intentions can overcome almost any obstacle? Had it never tackled a teen’s confusion over his sexuality with unprecedented honesty? Had it not found a mix of wry retorts and sincere moments that practically define the term dramedy?