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Parky to meet Sir Paul
Chat show host Michael Parkinson will fulfill a 25-year-old ambition to interview Sir Paul McCartney when the pop legend appears on his programme this week.
The former Beatle will appear on a one-hour Parkinson special on Friday and will also perform songs from his album Run Devil Run.
The show will also be Sir Paul's first major TV interview since the death of his wife Linda in April last year.
Parkinson said Sir Paul's mother once asked him for his autograph when he was filming a show with the Beatles in the early 1960s.
"It was my only claim to fame back then. She said it was for someone else but I didn't believe her," he added.
Robbie named top youth icon
Pop superstar Robbie Williams has been named the most popular icon of British youth culture in a poll of young magazine readers.
The 25-year-old singer triumphed in the UK PlayStation Magazine survey, which asked readers to arrange 20 well-known figures according to the status and the importance they had on their lives.
England and Newcastle United star Alan Shearer was the runner up with Hollywood star and rapper Will Smith finishing in third place.
The survey placed Prime Minister Tony Blair in the top five - but he is ranked behind virtual character Lara Croft
Parents figured at number nine, a place lower than Oasis, while Jesus Christ came in at 15, behind musician Goldie.
New film role for Sixth Sense youngster
Haley Joel Osment, 11, who played the young boy in hit movie The Sixth Sense, is set to star alongside Kevin Spacey in the new film Pay It Forward.
He will play a boy who conceives a "pay it forward" system in which a person does a good deed for a stranger who then continues the cycle by doing a good deed for another stranger.
Kevin Spacey will plays his cynical schoolteacher, while Helen Hunt has been offered the role of his mother.
Winslet wants Dame Judi in her new film
Kate Winslet is hoping to persuade Dame Judi Dench to play the role of her mother in the film adaptation of Emile Zola's story, Therese Raquin.
"We sent her the script last week and we're waiting to hear back. She'd be just perfect for the part," says the actress, who is executive producing as well as starring in the film.
Winslet, who has just finished making Quills, is also hoping that Ralph Fiennes will take the lead male role in.
Horror star Lee may revive 'devil' role
British horror actor Christopher Lee could once again be playing the role of the Duc de Richleau in a remake of the 1968 film The Devil Rides Out.
But nothing will be decided until the 77-year-old Hammer horror star returns from New Zealand, where he will film his role of the white wizard Saruman in the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Lee told the newspaper USA Today that he read the trilogy back in the 60s and is very excited about the role. "It's a dream come true," he admitted.
Daredevil superhero set for big screen
Daredevil is the latest comic book superhero to head for the big screen.
Sony Pictures, which already owns the rights to Spiderman and Dr Strange, plans to begin filming the new live action picture as soon as possible.
Daredevil is a blind lawyer who uses his other heightened senses to overcome his handicap.
Fantastic Four, X-Men and Silver Surfer are among other comic book stars set to be given the Hollywood treatment.
Heart scandal for French actor Belmondo
French film star Jean Paul Belmondo was rushed to hospital after suffering heart problems on stage.
The 66-year-old was taken ill while appearing in the lead role in a play in Brest, western France.
Police sources said he was rushed to hospital, but there was no further word on his condition.
Belmondo found fame in the late 50s in the French new wave classic Breathless.
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