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  • The White Queen – Rebecca Ferguson interview

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    Interview with Rebecca Ferguson, who plays Elizabeth Woodville in new BBC One drama, The White Queen. Tell us how you were cast as The White Queen It was an absolute emotional rollercoaster. It was my first casting in London, and I was sent straight into a chemistry test with Max Irons. I walked in with…

  • The Wolf of Wall Street – trailer

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    The Wolf of Wall Street is an upcoming biographical crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort, along with other cast members including Jonah Hill, Jean Dujardin, Rob Reiner, Kyle Chandler, and Matthew McConaughey. It’s the fifth collaboration…

  • Fans flock to play Game of Thrones: Ascent on Facebook

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    Hundreds of thousands of Game of Thrones have signed up to play a new Facebook game based on George R. R. Martin’s fantasy novels and the acclaimed HBO TV adaptation. In Game of Thrones: Ascent, players are cast on the role of a Westeros noble during the time of upheaval. They must claim their birthright…

  • New Star Wars: Battlefront trailer

    New Star Wars: Battlefront trailer

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    EA Games and studio Dice have confirmed that a new Star Wars: Battlefront title is heading to PC and consoles. Simply called Star Wars: Battlefront, the game is a soft of sequel to the original 2004 first and third person shooter and its 2005 sequel. The games allowed players to re-enact classic Star Wars battles…

  • The Americans – it’s no Homeland

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    I’m close to giving up on The Americans, ITV’s US import about two Russian agents living in 1980’s America. The series so clearly wants to be another Homeland but fatally lacks that show’s tension and atmosphere and is bereft of likeable and sympathetic characters. After three episodes it still seems anaemic and under-developed – the…

  • Apple takes iBooks to the Mac with new student tools

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    Apple has confirmed that iBooks, its ebook store and reading software, will be available on its laptop and desktop computers later this year. Earlier this week the company announced a new version of OS X, the operating system which runs its Mac computer range. Among the new features included in the software is iBooks, which…