‘Star Wars’ Veteran Boom Operator Ken Nightingall Dies at 92

Alison Hammond has shared her heartbreak after her biological dad tragically died in Jamaica last week and she won't be able to attend the funeral due to the UK coronavirus lockdown.The 45 year old took to her Instagram feed to announce the news as she shared a sweet photo of her dad Clifford Hammond, who could be seen smiling in the snap. She captioned it: "This is my real Dad Clifford Hammond who passed away last week in Jamaica," alongside a Jamaican flag.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Following the success of its debut interactive project The Complex, Cardiff-based producers Good Gate Media are heading into production on Five Dates, a fast-turnaround rom-com project that has been conceptualized and developed during lockdown.Mandip Gill, who played Doctor Who’s companion in the last two series of the long-running UK show, is joined by Georgia Hirst (Vikings), Marisa Abela (who is a lead in Lena Dunham’s upcoming BBC project

Andreas Wiseman International EditorBulletproof and Star Trek Into Darkness actor Noel Clarke has been among the most vocal UK actors on social media during the Black Lives Matter protests, noting that racism is “prevalent in the UK” and “isn’t just a U.S.

"Star Wars" actor John Boyega risked professional fallout and delivered a powerful speech at a Black Lives Matter protest in London's Hyde Park on Wednesday.

By Dominic Patten

Star Wars actor John Boyega has made an emotional speech during protests over the death of George Floyd.

British actor John Boyega sounded off on social media, apparently in response to the George Floyd death in Minnesota and the Central Park “Karen” incident in New York City. “F--- you racist white people,” the star of three “Star Wars” films says in a video that also includes a graphic sexual reference.

By Tom Grater

In a magical world where the characters on Friends still exist, Lisa Kudrow knows just how her beloved Phoebe Buffay would be handling the coronavirus lockdown. She and her character’s husband Mike Hannigan would have a bunch of kids and she’d be forcing them to make art projects all day long while in quarantine.

Emmerdale’s Claire King has said her Kim Tate character was not based on Dame Joan Collins’s “classic soap bitch” Alexis Carrington.

Gogglebox UK star June Bernicoff has died at the age of 82, Channel 4 has announced.