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Exclusive Italian pen-maker Montegrappa says the limited edition fountain pen, and less expensive £2,965 ballpoint version, being sold via the 007 Store, are packed with surprises worthy of Q Branch. But with weaponised features, such as ink cartridges shaped like bullets for Bond’s Walther PPK, it has been blasted by …

Brendan Fraser may be winning awards for his performance in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, but DC Comics directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah believe he could have won an Oscar for his role in Batgirl. The American-Canadian actor starred in the superhero movie as Ted Carson – better known …

The Fast and the Furious hits ITV screens this evening at 10:15pm, showing off the first steps of Paul Walker and Vin Diesel as Brian O’Conner and Dominic Toretto. But long before Walker became an international star by playing the undercover cop, the franchise looked at an iconic rapper to …

Star Wars actor Daisy Ridley has broken her silence about the Disney franchise by offering some advice to the next generation of galactic freedom fighters. Rey was last seen in The Rise of Skywalker in a major cliffhanger ending, leaving her fate a complete mystery – but will Ridley be …

My Fair Lady – The Rain In Spain This week marks the thirtieth anniversary of the loss of one of Hollywood’s greatest icons. She will remain forever remembered as an incognito princess in Roman Holiday and charming opportunist Holly Golightly in Breakfast At Tiffany’s, among numerous other iconic roles. However, …

Speaking on The Tonight Show in 1997, The Godfather star said of Wayne: “If he could intimidate you, he’d stay on you forever until you just crumbled. He’d try you. So this one night I remember I was between he and Robert Mitchum and Howard Hawks was about 72 at …

Later today, Tom Cruise stars in Mission: Impossible 2 on Channel 4 at 6:35pm. Nowadays, the American star is renowned for delivering some incredibly extravagant stunts, but he was still very new to it back in 2000. However, his ambition was there. And he ended up falling out with his …

Daniel Craig brought his round of James Bond films to an end in 2021 after the release of No Time To Die. Since then, the hunt has been on for his replacement in the highly-coveted 007 role. In recent weeks, James Norton has become one of the favourites in the …

Dave Fishwick attends the world premiere of Netflix’s ‘Bank of Dave’ (Image: GETTY) A working-class lad who left school with no qualifications and became a multi-millionaire? “Bonkers”. A decade-long struggle to set up Britain’s first home-grown new bank for more than 120 years? “Bonkers”. A Hollywood film about his life, …

Newcastle-born actor Charlie Carrick uses his native accent to devastating effect in this smart debut feature from director Mary Nighy (daughter of Bill). Carrick doesn’t get especially terrifying lines as artist Simon but it’s his voice, or more often his WhatsApp messages, that fray the nerves of his girlfriend Alice …