TAKE THAT, the teenyboppers' favourite, sang together for the last time last night at a lowkey recording in the Netherlands.
Group member Mark Owen said he did not feel guilty about making their final appearance abroad. Speaking before they appeared on the Dutch Ivo Niehe television show, he added: "We did say goodbye to England a while ago. It is a shame we are not doing it but it is just coincidence, that we have finished up here.
Actor Sidney Poitier is going to attempt the task of playing a living legend. In the process he is upsetting South African actors who say the film role belongs to them.
Poitier is to star as Nelson Mandela in a US backed film. South African actors are pinning their hopes on a rival, home made feature. Mandela (77), showed his support for the tiny local film industry by selling rights to his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, to South African director, Anant Singh.
Captain Kirk's to beam into Britain this weekend for the 30th anniversary Star Trek celebrations.
Kirk, played by William Shatner in the classic 1960s television series, will team up with Mr Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Scotty (James Doohan) at London's Albert Hall.
Ten Commandments star Charlton Heston has defended a beer commercial harshly criticised by religious groups for spoiling his "Moses" image.
"If it were Moses holding a staff in one hand and a beer in another, that would be different. But I'm an actor, for heaven's sake. You have to compartmentalise," he said.