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This year’s ‘Children In Need’ has raised a record amount for charity with the total reaching £46,624,259 by the end of Friday night’s show.

Last night’s telethon was the first since the death of long time presenter Sir Terry Wogan earlier this year. Wogan had presented his last ‘Children In Need’ in 2014, before poor health forced him to step down as host.

Sir Terry Wogan was remembered during last night’s BBC ‘Children in Need’

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Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne still finds it difficult to believe that he's starring in a new series of five movies that are part of the Harry Potter universe, starting with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. But he loved diving into that world, especially since J.K. Rowling was able to describe everything in so much detail. 

Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

"When I was prepping," he says, "I met Jo Rowling, and what's so amazing is that her imagination is so full and thorough. It's so encyclopaedic of her world! We had an hour together and I sort of asked her about 800 questions. There was no small talk. I just said, 'Right, tell me about Newt.' I've played real people with historical information available about them, like Stephen Hawking [in The Theory of Everything] and Lili Elbe [in The Danish Girl], and there was a lot of intense research around those roles. But then came Newt, who is of course a fictional character. So Jo became my research!"

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne Learned To Live In The Wild For Fantastic Beasts

Eddie Redmayne has put to rest the old rumour that he once dated Taylor Swift.

Appearing on Andy Cohen’s ‘Watch What Happens Live’, Redmayne said he and the ‘Shake it Off’ singer never hooked-up, but they did once get to sing together.

Eddie Redmayne, not an ex of Taylor Swift

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Actor and new father Eddie Redmayne has revealed what he believes to be the most important thing about his new role as a dad: just keeping his young daughter alive. The Fantastic Beasts star opened up about his four month old, Iris Mary, that he welcomed with wife, Hannah Bagshawe in June.

Eddie Redmayne and wife Hannah Bagshawe are new parents to Iris Mary

The actor, who also played Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything, described his new baby girl as "heaven" but revealed the sleepless nights and constant tiredness are not a myth.

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne Opens Up About Parenthood

Ahead of its cinematic release in just over a week’s time, Eddie Redmayne has been talking about the stresses he’s faced while making his new film Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.

The 34 year old English actor, who won an Oscar for his role as Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything last year, was speaking to The Guardian in an interview published this week, and was asked whether he felt the weight of expectation.

Eddie Redmayne stars in 'Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them', out on Nov 18th

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne Speaks About The Pressure Of 'Fantastic Beasts' Role

Eddie Redmayne has revealed he auditioned to play the role of villain Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The actor had previously spoken about a “catastrophically bad” audition for a role in the movie, but now he’s confirmed he lost out on the part that eventually went to Adam Driver.

Eddie Redmayne auditioned to play Kylo Ren

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At a special event previewing the imminent release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Jk Rowling has revealed plans for at least four more films in the Harry Potter spin-off franchise.

Speaking at Cineworld’s Empire Imax in London’s Leicester Square on Thursday evening (October 13th), alongside the movie’s lead star Eddie Redmayne and director David Yates, the author admitted that she and Warner Bros. had always planned for at least one follow-up to Fantastic Beasts…

JK Rowling has revealed plans for as many as four more 'Fantastic Beasts' movies

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Jk Rowling has treated Harry Potter fans to a whole new story on her site Pottermore, introducing wizarding school Ilvermorny, the ‘American Hogwarts’. Ahead of the release of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, which is set in the US, Rowling explained the rich backstory behind the school, introducing us to its founder Isolt Sayre and its four houses.

Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.

Like Harry, Irish-born Isolt Sayre suffered the death of her parents at an early age. After their death she was forced to live with her aunt, Gormlaith Gaunt, an evil witch, who possessed a powerful wand.

Continue reading: Everything You Need To Know About The 'American Hogwarts' Ilvermorny

Congratulations to Eddie Redmayne and his wife of a year and a half Hannah Bagshawe, who have just announced that they welcomed their first child into the world last week; a daughter named Iris Mary Redmayne who was born on Wednesday (June 15th 2016) according to reports.

Eddie Redmayne becomes a father

The 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' star revealed to fans that he and Hannah were expecting a baby back in January this year and they officially announced her arrival with a report in UK newspaper The Times; the same publication in which they announced their engagement back in June 2014.

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne Blesses His Newborn Daughter With The Most Adorable Name

The Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne has been cast to provide a voiceover role in Aardman Animation’s new comedy adventure Early Man, in what is the studio’s first feature film project in over a decade.

Redmayne is to play the part of Dug, a plucky caveman character who works with his cheeky side warthog sidekick Hognob in a prehistoric caper as they unite their tribe against the mighty ‘Bronze Age’ “in a battle to beat them at their own game”. The movie is due to be released on January 26th, 2018.

Eddie Redmayne will be the star of Aardman's new animation 'Early Man' in 2018

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Eddie Redmayne gives us a better look at his character Newt Scamander in the new trailer for 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them', where we learn of his expulsion from Hogwarts and discover some of the secrets of his mysterious briefcase. 

Eddie Redmayne plays Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts

As you no doubt already know, 'Fantastic Beasts' is a spin-off tale from Jk Rowling's Harry Potter series and based on her book of the same name which is also a textbook used by Harry and his friends in their first year at Hogwarts, listing the various magical creatures of the wizarding world and the amount of risk they pose if encountered. Following his stint on the last four Harry Potter movies, David Yates returns as director, while this also marks Rowling's screenwriting debut. It's the first in a trilogy which will continue in 2018 and 2020.

Continue reading: Here's What We Know So Far About 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them'

This year is turning out to be an exciting year for the film industry. With all the award shows over and done with for 2015, we're keeping tabs on some of the major pictures of 2016 to see what's in store for next year's Oscars. Looks like there's some serious competition.

So far, among the major releases we've had are 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice', 'Deadpool', 'Hail, Caesar!', 'Zootopia' and '10 Cloverfield Lane'. That is literally the tip of a very large iceberg for what 2016 has to bring to screens this year.

Here are 20 more you need to watch out for:

Continue reading: From Finding Dory To Suicide Squad: 20 Blockbusters Still To Come In 2016

With awards season about to reach its peak at Sunday’s Oscars, Hollywood’s A-listers are probably feeling pretty good about themselves right now. But trust twitter to bring their self-esteem down a notch, with the latest edition of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’s’ Mean Tweets- Movie Edition.

George Clooney took part in the latest edition of ‘Mean Tweets’.

First up was two-time Oscar winner Christopher Waltz, who had to suffer the indignity of one twitter user having no idea who he was. ‘I have no idea who Christopher Waltz is,’ the tweeter wrote. ’But he is pretty f’n boring so I am probably not going to bother finding out’.

Continue reading: Watch George Clooney, Eddie Redmayne And Sean Penn Take On 'Mean Tweets: Movie Edition'

Eddie Redmayne has revealed he spent most of last year without a smartphone, instead preferring to use an old-fashioned analogue handset. The Oscar winning actor ditched his smartphone in an attempt to ‘live in the moment’, after finding that he spent too much time glued to his iPhone screen.

Eddie Redmayne tried to live without a smartphone for a year.

Speaking to The Independent, Redmayne said: “I tried switching back to a simple, old-fashioned handset in place of a smartphone. It was a reaction against being glued permanently to my iPhone during waking hours.”

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne Tried To 'Live In The Moment' By Giving Up His Smartphone

This year’s Golden Raspberry Award nominations have been released, with Fifty Shades of Grey and Jupiter Ascending leading the pack. The annual awards celebrate the very worst in movies over the past year and two films have picked up six nominations each, including Worst Picture and Worst Director.

Fifty Shades Of Grey has received six Golden Raspberry Award nominations.

Fifty Shades Of Grey’s stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson also both picked up nominations for Worst Actor and Worst Actress, respectively. The couple also jointly picked up a nomination for Worst Screen Combo.

Continue reading: 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' And 'Jupiter Ascending' Among 2016 Razzie Nominees

The Danish Girl tells the story of Einar Wegener, the first person to undergo gender-reassignment surgery, becoming Lili Elbe. Eddie Redmayne committed to the role several years ago, while he was making Les Miserables with director Tom Hooper. "The process of preparing for the film was a huge education for me," he says. "The whole story was new to me, and I found it to be a passionate and incredibly unique love story about the lives of two extraordinary women. It moved me profoundly."

The two women in the story are Lili and Gerda (played by Alicia Vikander), Einar's wife who supported Lili through various operations. "What was wonderful was there was so much source material," Redmayne says. "There were photographs of Lili and Gerda, but also the paintings by Gerda of Lili. Then you have Man Into Woman, a book that was published after Lili's death. And of course you also have contemporary trans experience and all the many women who I met in preparation."

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne Committed To Trans Role In The Danish Girl

Last year’s Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne has received his second BAFTA nod in as many years for his star turn in The Danish Girl, with Bridge of Spies and Carol leading the 2016 BAFTA nominations with appearances in nine categories each.

Todd Haynes’ 1950s-set lesbian romance Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, is jockeying with Steven Spielberg’s Cold War drama that features Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance in the most categories. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who missed out on the Best Film last year for Birdman, is back in contention with The Revenant which has eight nominations.

Mad Max: Fury Road, which saw director George Miller return after a lengthy absence, has seven nominations, while Ridley Scott’s The Martian and British film Brooklyn received six. All with five nods were The Big Short, The Danish Girl and Ex-Machina. Alicia Vikander, who features in both of the latter two movies, is up for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for her respective roles.

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne, 'Carol' And 'Bridge Of Spies' Lead 2016 BAFTA Nominations

Eddie Redmayne has revealed he occasionally pays the rent of struggling acting students because ‘it’s impossibly expensive to live in London’. The star of The Danish Girl said he realises how privileged he was to be able to live with his parents in London before his career took off and so he now helps out those who are trying to pay their rent while attending drama school.

Eddie Redmayne occasionally pays the rent of struggling acting students.

"The greatest privilege that I had was that my parents lived in London,” Redmayne told GQ magazine. “So when I was out of university and out of work for a year, working in a pub, I didn't pay rent.”

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne Occasionally Pays The Rent Of Struggling Student Actors

Jennifer Lawrence is one of the most in-demand and glamorous actors of our time, so it may surprise you to learn that she “hates” New Year’s Eve and that she always ends up “drunk and disappointed”.

The Oscar-winner and star of the Hunger Games might be expected to enjoy some of the most exclusive parties, but like the rest of us she’s endured plenty of disappointing December 31sts and isn’t expecting it to be any different this time around, she told Graham Norton in a new TV interview.

Jennifer Lawrence at the Chiltern Firehouse in London in December 2015

Continue reading: Jennifer Lawrence Hates New Year's Eve, Always Ends Up "Drunk And Disappointed"

As always, there are far too many sequels, spin-offs, remakes and reboots clogging the cinemas, but surely some will be worth the effort. (Release dates are subject to change.)

10. The Hateful Eight
Tarantino kicks off the year with an epic Western starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell (Jan). And there's more manly action with Charlie Hunnam in Knights of the Round Table: King Arthur (Jul), Jack Huston in Ben-Hur (Aug), Chris Pratt in The Magnificent Seven (Sep). 

Continue reading: 10 Most Anticipated Films Of 2016

'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' follows the adventures of a young Newt Scamander in New York, accompanied by a case of magical creatures - many of which are incredibly dangerous. The new trailer doesn't give us many clues as to what dangers lie ahead, but if the US' Department of Magic is involved, it must be serious.

Probably best not to open that suitcase...

Indeed, Scamander hasn't been as careful as he should've been with his wild haul and several of the beasts inevitably escape. Those who have read JK Rowling's Comic Relief textbook of the same name will understand just how grave a situation New York finds itself in given some of the monsters that are listed. Nevermind dragons, hippogriffs and unicorns; the US could be facing a lot worse as this is a magical world that plays host to griffins, trolls, red caps and even dementor-lookalikes called Lethifolds.

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne Brings Newt Scamander To Life In 'Fantastic Beasts' Teaser Trailer

Is it just us, or has 2015 gone by really quickly? Either way, the year is coming to a close and it's been pretty eventful to say the least. Here's a break down on just a few of the things that have happened this year in the world of film, music and entertainment.

Eddie Redmayne wins big with 'The Theory Of Everything'

January: The biggest event of the beginning of the year was, of course, the Golden Globes; an event that this year saw success for 'Boyhood' and Eddie Redmayne following his part in 'The Theory Of Everything'. Julianne Moore won Best Actress for 'Still Alice'. The rest of the month was a bit of a low; record producer Suge Knight was arrested following a hit and run incident (and later jailed), Nick Cannon filed for divorce from Mariah Carey, and Bobbi Kristina Brown was found unresponsive in her bathtub.

Continue reading: From Hello Caitlyn Jenner To Goodbye Leonard Nimoy: The Best And Worst Of 2015

The second biggest film awards ceremony is due next month, and after weeks of speculation, we've finally received the full confirmed list of nominees for the 2016 Golden Globes with 'Carol' and 'The Big Short' leading the categories.

Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett are both up for Best Actress

'Carol' is among those in the Best Drama section, with director Todd Haynes also up for an award and stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara vying against each other for Best Actress. The visceral 'Mad Max: Fury Road' also joins the Best Drama list, with George Miller up for Best Director, and Leonardo Dicaprio is looking at a Best Actor award for his role in the third Best Drama contender 'The Revenant'; Alejandro Iñárritu is also among possible Best Directors.

Continue reading: 'Carol' And 'The Big Short' Land Most Nominations For 2016 Golden Globes

Daniel Radcliffe may have left his hugely famous role as Harry Potter behind a long time ago, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t feel envious of his wizarding successor Eddie Redmayne.

Radcliffe admitted to NME that he had a severe case of “costume envy” when he saw the first on-set shots of Redmayne’s character Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them last month, and couldn’t believe that his English colleague had such a great outfit already.

Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander in 'Fantastic Beasts...'

Continue reading: Why Is Daniel Radcliffe Jealous Of Eddie Redmayne?

Eddie Redmayne delivers his finest performance to date as Stephen Hawking in biopic The Theory of Everything and could find himself up against fellow Brit Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) at the Oscars in 2015. The new movie is directed by James Marsh - who has previous at the Academy Awards thanks to his stunning documentary Man on Wire.

Eddie Redmayne [R] is now the second favorite to win Best Actor at the Oscars

The movie tells the story of Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. At the age of 21, Hawking - an active young man - was diagnosed with motor neuron disease though threw himself into his most ambitious scientific work, studying the theory of time. Together, he and Wilde defied impossible odds to break new ground in medicine and science.

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne Could Be Oscars Bound For 'The Theory Of Everything'

Benedict Cumberbatch has spectacularly announced his engagement to theatre director and actress Sophie Hunter, and in a most sophisticated way for an upper-class Englishman - in the Forthcoming Marriages section of The Times.

Benedict Cumberbatch is engaged to Sophie Hunter

It's a heartbreaking day for those who undoubtedly fell in love with Benedict Cumberbatch after his startling portrayal of the mysterious Sherlock Holmes in 'Sherlock', but let's at least try to think of it as happy news. We're kidding - it's thrilling news! Really. In a most splendid declaration on its Forthcoming Marriage list, The Times read: 'Mr B.T. Cumberbatch and Miss S.I. Hunter: The engagement is announced between Benedict, son of Wanda and Timothy Cumberbatch of London, and Sophie, daughter of Katharine Hunter of Edinburgh and Charles Hunter of London.'

Continue reading: Benedict Cumberbatch And Sophie Hunter's Classy Engagement Announcement

It was nothing short of a daunting prospect when Eddie Redmayne was faced with the task of recreating the most intelligent human being on the planet for the forthcoming Stephen Hawking biopic 'The Theory Of Everything', but he got there.

Eddie Redmayne stars as Stephen Hawking in his new biopic

Stephen Hawking, while widely known for his work on theoretical physics and penning the best-selling 'A Brief History Of Time', is probably also the most recognisable scientist on the face of the Earth. This is thanks to an over 50 year struggle with the debilitating motor neuron disease, contributing to his wheelchair confinement, almost total paralysis and lack of speech; though the latter is not strictly true. Anyone with half a brain would be able to identify his robotic speech-generating device which, contrary to his Oxford roots, possessed a certain nasal twang.

Continue reading: Becoming Stephen Hawking: Eddie Redmayne Explores His Transformation For 'The Theory Of Everything'

Eddie Redmayne has garnered critical acclaim for a towering performance as Stephen Hawking in James Marsh's new British drama The Theory of Everything. Inspired by the memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by his first wife Jane Hawking, the movie deals with their relationship, Hawking's diagnosis for motor neurone disease and his glittering successes in physics.

Eddie Redmayne [R] turns in a towering performance as Stephen Hawking

"But Redmayne towers: this is an astonishing, genuinely visceral performance which bears comparison with Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot, said Catherine Shoard of The Guardian, "His Hawking starts askew - the glasses, maybe the shoulders a touch - and over the course of two hours contorts and buckles into a figure at once instantly familiar and fresh." Even the most amateur of movie buffs will know that Day-Lewis won his first Oscar for playing artist Christy Brown, who suffered from cerebral palsy.

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne Joins Oscars Hunt In Stunning 'The Theory Of Everything'

The first still from the forthcoming British biopic, The Theory of Everything, based on the life of brilliant physicist Stephen Hawking, has been released ahead of the film’s trailer premiere due out tomorrow (6 August). Showing its two stars, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, the still captures a tender moment between Hawking and his first wife, Jane.

The first still has been released of the Stephen Hawking biopic, The Theory of Everything

Due to make its debut as Focus Features’ frontrunner at the Toronto International Film Festival in September this year, The Theory of Everything charts the life of a young Hawking as he begins his epic journey of discoveries within the world of physics. The film follows Hawking as a young man who enters into a relationship with Cambridge student Jane Wilde shortly before his heart-breaking motor neuron disease diagnosis at 21.

Continue reading: Picture Released For Stephen Hawking Biopic: The Theory Of Everything

So, the question on everybody’s lips is “who should play Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?” We’re seriously excited about the project and have pulled together a list of a few actors that we think would suit the role. Sorry Americans, like Harry Potter, this role has to be reserved for the Brits!

Would Jamie Campbell Bower make a good Newt Scamander?

Jamie Campbell Bower

Continue reading: 5 Actors Who Could Play Newt Scamander In 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them'

Eddie Redmayne has become engaged to his girlfriend Hannah Bagshawe after two years of dating. The My Week With Marilyn actor had reportedly been planning to pop the question for some time but needed to make sure conditions were perfect before he got down on one knee.

The 32 year-old actor and his partner of more than two years have been together since January 2012 and have reguilarly been snapped at high profile events, including the recent Met Gala. The Les Misérables star spied an opportunity to present his love with a ring last week whilst on a romantic holiday - but not before Eddie had asked Hannh's father, according to Us Weekly.

"He had been planning on it for a while," a source told the magazine, adding "They have a very relaxed and supportive relationship. They seemed to have always known they were going to spend the rest of their lives together."

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Eddie Redmayne is set to become a married man.

The 'My Week With Marilyn' actor is engaged to his longtime girlfriend, and fellow Brit, Hannah Bagshawe, Us Weekly reports.

Redmayne popped the big question over Memorial Day Weekend, while the pair were vacating together.

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne Engaged To Longtime Girlfriend Hannah Bagshawe

The casting of Dr Doom in the new Fantastic Four movie has reached its final stages, with four actors in with a shot of playing the main villain. So who will be the one to terrorize the new line-up of superheroes, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell?

Will Sam Riley [L] and Eddie Redmayne [R] Score The 'Dr Doom' Role?

According to The Wrap, casting directors have singled out Sam Riley, Eddie Redmayne, Toby Kebbell and Domhnall Gleeson as the final four. A fifth actor, Jack Huston, was also in the mix a couple of weeks back though it's unclear whether it remains a possibility.

Continue reading: One Of These Four Actors Will Play 'Fantastic Four's' Dr Doom

The trailer has just been released for the the Wachowskis' 2014 futuristic sci-fi adventure Jupiter Ascending in which Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis star as two individuals whose lives become intertwined.

Mila Kunis Plays Cleaner Jupiter Jones In 'Jupiter Ascending.'

Kunis plays Jupiter Jones, a Russian toilet cleaner whose convinced her life will never amount to anything important on a grand scale. However, her humble existence is soon turned upside down when she encounters Channing Tatum's elf-like Caine, an interplanetary warrior, who tells Jupiter that she was born under a special night sky, with the stars pointing towards an extraordinary event and an incredible destiny.

Continue reading: 'Jupiter Ascending': What's The Wachowskis' New Sci-Fi All About? [Trailer + Pictures]

Chris Pratt, the 34-year-old actor who has bagged himself some pretty tasty roles in recent years, is bulking up for his role in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Pratt is the latest movie star to undergo a dramatic physical transformation and posted his progress in an Instragram photo this week.

It's not the first time the Parks and Recreation actor has changed weight for a movie role - he sported a hugely toned physique for his role as a member of Seal Team Six in Kathyn Bigelow's Osama Bin Laden movie 'Zero Dark Thirty' last year.

Continue reading: Guardians Of The Galaxy: Is Chris Pratt The Next Big Hollywood Star?

Magic Mike, the male stripper film which hit our screens last year, will have a sequel Channing Tatum revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. 

Tatum is unsure if director Steven Soderburgh, who directed the first Magic Mike film, will be returning for the sequel. He said Soderburgh "really wants to be done directing movies". This has raised the possibility that Tatum could step into the director's shoes as well as starring. He said he would "shoot the sequel" despite being nervous about doing so. 

Channing Tatum at the premiere of Magic Mike

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Les Misérables star, Eddie Redmayne is set to play Stephen Hawking in a new biopic Theory of Everything directed by James Marsh, according Deadline.com Redmayne is currently filming Jupiter Ascending starring alongside Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum. It is currently unknown who will play Hawking's first wife. Filming for Theory of Everything is scheduled to begin this autumn.

Stephen Hawking is the world's most famous and revered scientist. The brilliance and accessibility of his works - A Brief History of Time, Horizon and a collection of science books for children - have ensured Hawking has a place not only in academia but in popular culture. 

However, Hawking is as well known for his disability as he is for his work. The world famous physicist was diagnosed, aged 21, with motor neuron disease. The illness, progressively worsening since Hawking's diagnosis in 1962, has confined Hawking to a wheelchair. He is unable to speak without a voice simulator. Despite all the difficulties Hawking faces he continues to teach at the University of Cambridge. 

Continue reading: Eddie Redmayne To Play Stephen Hawking In New Biopic

'Poldark' is set to return to our screens in a brand new reboot almost four decades on from the first episode premiere of the original series.

The BBC costume drama was first aired in 1975, based on the series of books by Winston Graham. It follows the trials and tribulations of Army Officer Ross Poldark's love life as he returns to Cornwall to find that the love of his life, Elizabeth, is set to marry his cousin. Embittered and unable to move on from his stolen love, he marries a simple servant girl named Demelza as the rest of his once idyllic life crashed around him. Filming for the new series is set to begin later this year in Cornwall, though producers are still searching for the right candidate to play the coveted lead role. So far, suggestions as to who might land the part include 'Les Miserables' actor Eddie Redmayne, Matt Smith of 'Doctor Who', 'Kick-Ass' star Aaron Johnson, Jonas Armstrong from 'Robin Hood', 'Merlin''s Colin Morgan, Rob James Collier from 'Downton Abbey' and 'Warm Bodies' actor Nicholas Holt.

BBC1 controller Danny Cohen announced the reboot, which will be adapted by Debbie Horsfield, saying: 'It has been a joy and privilege to commission programmes for BBC One. I hope audiences enjoy the range and creative ambitions of these new dramas for the channel.'

Continue reading: Who Will Play 'Poldark' In The BBC's Reboot Of The 70s Period Drama?

46-year-old English actor Toby Jones has appeared in film franchises like 'The Hunger Games' and 'Harry Potter', but recently revealed his daughters, Madeleine and Holly, are certainly less than impressed with his work.  

While speaking at the London Film Museum on 4th February, 2013, as part of the London Evening Standard British Film Awards, Jones said ''If you could see the indifference on my children's faces when I get something like 'Harry Potter', 'Captain America'... They just look at me with complete indifference! Hopefully in future years they'll realise.''

Related: London Critics Circle Film Awards Choose Unexpected Winners

Continue reading: Toby Jones' Children Are Not A Fan Of His Films

This year biggest musical event (after the series finale of Glee, of course), the film adaptation of Les Miserables, will continue its already impressive run during the Academy Awards ceremony next month when the stars of the film take to the stage to perform songs from the hit musical.

The film's stars Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman, who both have Oscar nominations for their roles in the film, will be making their second appearance at the annual awards ceremony together, having hosted the event together in 2009. Both stars won Golden Globes last Sunday for their performances in the movie, which has a total of eight nominations for the Oscars.

Hathaway and Jackman are expected to be joined by fellow stars Eddie Redmayne, who plays Marius, and Samantha Barks, who plays Eponine, however it has not yet been made clear what songs the ensemble will perform on the night.

Continue reading: Les Miserables Cast To Perform Live At The Oscars

After a more conservative look at the London premiere last week, Anne Hathaway set tongues wagging with this racey number

Props to the main stars of Les Miserables, they're putting in the effort on the film's run of premieres. Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and the rest of the cast were all out in force again at the New York City premiere of the novel adaptation less than a week after they'd ran the red carpet gamut in London. What a difference a continent makes, though; whilst across in the UK Hathaway and the rest of the female cast dressed prettily but conservatively, at the Ziegfield Theatre they held nothing back, both Hathaway and Seyfried causing jaws to drop with their outfits. 

Continue reading: Pictures: Anne Hathaway And Amanda Seyfried's Outfits The Talking Point Of The New York Les Miserables Premiere

Awards season kicked off in earnest this week with two major critical bodies - New York Critics and the National Board of Review - both naming the Osama bin Laden raid thriller Zero Dark Thirty as their film of the year. Jessica Chastain stars in the movie, which reunites director Kathryn Bigelow with The Hurt Locker writer Mark Boal. The new trailer promises another exciting, intense military action drama.

Another major awards contender is Tom Hooper's film of the epic musical Les Miserables, with a high-powered cast including Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne and Amanda Seyfried. All of them attended the glitzy red carpet world premiere in London this week. The film opens in America on Christmas Day, and in Britain in early January.

Continue reading: A Week In Movies Feat: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty, Tom Hooper, Les Miserables, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Martin Freeman And More!