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Character actor, screenwriter, and director Lionel Jeffries died at the age 83 after a long illness. He appeared in films ranging from The Quatermass Xperiment to First Men in the Moon to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He directed such films as The Railway Children and Wombling Free.Lionel Jeffries was born in Forest Hill, London on 10 June, 1926. He attended Queen Elizabeth�s Grammar School inRead Full Story

Chris Evans has bought the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car. The Radio 2 DJ, who already owns an impressive collection of classic cars, bought the famous vehicle for nearly £500,000 from a friend. Evans jumped at the chance to buy the vehicle once his pal realised that the 17ft car wouldn't fit in his garage. The DJ reportedly paid the same amount for the car that his friend had paid at a Los Angeles auction last May. In an interview with The Daily Mirror , he said: "Chitty is now...Read Full Story

Chris Evans is a British television and radio presenter as well as a TV producer.  He's not exactly the sort of man I would think of as saying about Christmas, "I got the unwrappable present - the one that says my wife and I are meant to be together till hell freezes." But he did. Chris said of this - that it was because of  a "serendipitous exchange." Others might call it synchronicity or coincidence or just pure chance. Whatever, here's what happened. Chris, his wife and children have...Read Full Story

GOOD CHRISTMAS: Get a leg(o) up Lego is a Christmas staple. Anyone with kids aged between 5 and 15 will likely be purchasing some this year. There might even be a few mums and dads who treat themselves to a cheeky slice of Lego pie. However a standard box of Lego bricks can be an intimidating sight to many dads who are relatively rusty on their Lego skills. Such is the case, that helping a kid through a serious build can be a true Good Christmas experience. What better picture of...Read Full Story

Bonnie & Clyde’ has murderous leads, killer songs Bonnie and Clyde became famous when they teamed up, so it’s somewhat appropriate that the new Broadway musical based on their story has brought together two great couples, albeit with less actual bloodshed. Laura Osnes and Jeremy Jordan, two of theater’s rising stars, play the bank-robbing duo with sexy onstage chemistry and strong voices. The other couple is behind the scenes: Frank Wildhorn and Don Black, the composer and lyricist, who...Read Full Story