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Updated with more details: A magnitude 4.7 earthquake hit Malibu and nearby communities at 7:28 a.m. today, the U.S. Geological Survey said. A 2.8 aftershock arrived just minutes later, followed by four more ranging from 2.7-3.5 in the next hour-plus.

The first quake, originally reported as a 5.1 but later downgraded, was centered five miles north of Malibu and seven miles deep, Usgs said. There have been no reports of injuries or significant damage yet.

In a televised Q&a just after the temblor, Usgs seismologist Lucy Jones said: “We have had more than the average [number of] magnitude-4 quakes in Southern California this year — the average being about eight magnitude-4 sequences, that being sequences of at least one magniture-4 … So far we’ve had 14 in Southern California; the largest previous year was 13.

“Notice these numbers are small, however,” she added. “It’s not yet statistically significant.”

Indeed, there has been an usually large...

Miley Cyrus has reached a significant milestone in her career by being officially recognized as a Disney Legend, becoming the youngest person ever to receive this honor. The prestigious award was presented to her at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, where she was celebrated for her profound impact on Disney’s legacy, especially through her iconic role as Hannah Montana.

Cyrus was honored alongside esteemed figures such as Angela Bassett, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Harrison Ford, all of whom were recognized for their substantial contributions to the entertainment industry. Her role as Hannah Montana, a character that became a cultural phenomenon, was pivotal in her career. The Disney Channel series, which attracted an average of 4.4 million viewers per episode and set records for basic cable ratings, catapulted Cyrus to stardom.

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She’s got the best of both worlds: Miley Cyrus became a first-time Grammy winner this year, and now she’s been named a Disney Legend.

Lainey Wilson took the stage to introduce Cyrus, performing her own lively rendition of the “Hannah Montana” classic “The Best of Both Worlds.” After the song, she told the singer, “Miley, I want to thank you for never being afraid to step outside the box, always staying true to yourself, and most importantly, always kicking butt.”

“I’m gonna let everybody get on a little Disney Legend secret. I’m the one that tells you what you’re not supposed to know. And what I want to say, is that legends get scared, too. I’m scared right now, but the difference is we do it anyway, and all of you can do that every single day. It’s legendary to be afraid and do it anyway.

Have you ever wondered how many cameos there were in the first two Sharknado films? Or who the sharks haunted in Ghost Shark? Maybe you’d like to discuss what the best scene is in Killer Klowns From Outer Space? Would you like to know just how big the spider is in Big Ass Spider? Did you recently ask a friend which Japanese dish starts killing people in a film from 2012? Would you like to know if zombies can be vegan? And what exactly is a Stonado?

Nerdly’s very own Alain Elliott will answer most of these questions in his latest book Awfully Good Movies Volume One: Adventures in B-Movies! which features a rundown of 50 of the craziest, strangest, and Awfully Good collection of B-Movies. With each film, he discusses the Awfully Good scenes, characters, lines, and everything in between. You will want to seek out and watch every...

Anderson .Paak is set to perform his breakout 2016 album, Malibu, in its entirety on a fall 2024 US tour. He’ll be accompanied by his longtime band, the Free Nationals.

Kicking off in Bend, Oregon on September 18th, “The Malibu Tour” will also feature a previously announced concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, as well as stops in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. See the full list of dates below.

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A Live Nation pre-sale for the newly-announced shows begins on Thursday, June 27th (use access code Chord) at 9:00 a.m. local time and will be followed by the general on-sale on Friday, June 28th at 9:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

Once tickets go on sale, you can find deals and sold-out tickets at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices...

GMA co-host, Michael Strahan’s daughter, Isabella, has finally given an update amid a worrying absence. Fans were concerned when she was not around much so they had no idea if she was okay. Now, she is back but how is she doing? Keep reading for more details on the nineteen-year-old.

Michael Strahan’s Daughter Gives Update Amid Worrying Absence

As one of the fan favorites on GMA, Michael Strahan tries to always be around and present with his co-hosts. When he, Robin Roberts, or George Stephanopoulos goes missing for one episode, viewers immediately wonder where they are and if they are okay. This is even more prevalent for Michael now that his daughter, Isabella Strahan has been diagnosed with medulloblastoma or a brain tumor. She is one of his nineteen-year-old twins and this has been a heartbreaking and devastating time for the family. Her health has been so up...

Alex Cox’s 1984 “Repo Man” was a Reagan-era satire about consumerism and the Atomic Age. Its punk rock soundtrack transformed it into a cult hit, but its funny and strange combination of sci-fi, workplace comedy, and the fear of nuclear annihilation made it an enduring classic.

Forty years later, Cox will revisit the repo man and the world of bland, generic grocery store clerks stocking and selling “Food” and “Beer” day in and day out. He has written and will direct a sequel, “Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer,” and he told IndieWire why this film will embody “the repo world of 2024.”

Cox said “The Wages of Beer” will take place in a world of self-driving cars and an even more pressing threat of global destruction. “The advent of incredible technology means, for the repo man, that everything has changed — and nothing has changed,” he said via email.

You never know where footage will be found; and this time around, it’s hitting Malibu, California – well, some spooky caves on the outskirts of town, at least. The upcoming Malibu Horror Story has gotten its first trailer, with a release date set for October 20th.

The trailer sets up some standard tropes such as mysterious markings on rocks and forbidden entryways that we all know will only bring about trouble (have these guys not seen The Descent?) before showing that Malibu Horror Story will try to play with the found footage subgenre by bouncing around in the timeline. As the vigils and searches continue, we’ll also find out exactly what happened to the high schoolers as their night wore on…

As per the movie’s official Instagram page, Malibu Horror Story is “a spine-tingling journey that plunges a group of novice paranormal investigators into the bone chilling journey...

Following an expansive film festival run around the globe, the found footage film Malibu Horror Story will hit select theaters on October 20, 2023, and the trailer has arrived.

Bloody Disgusting is exclusively debuting the trailer for Malibu Horror Story, which you’ll find below. The film will be available in limited theaters from Iconic Events Releasing.

Malibu Horror Story follows a team of amateur paranormal investigators as they delve into a 10 year old unresolved case, the disappearance of four popular high school boys on graduation night. While exploring a sacred cave in the hills of Malibu California, the team encounters chilling paranormal occurrences. As they analyze footage from the missing teens’ camera, they make a terrifying discovery involving an ancient curse which forces them to confront their own worst fears and unravel the sinister truth behind the boys’ vanishing.

Director/Writer/Producer Scott Slone shot Malibu Horror Story over the course...

Margo Price has readied a follow-up to her January album Strays, naturally dubbed Strays II. She’ll roll out the sequel project in three acts culminating in a double album due out October 13th, and also embark on a tour of the UK and US this fall. What’s more, the three songs comprising Act I: Topanga Canyon are out now.

Strays had a pretty mystical origin story involving a psychedelic trip to the South Carolina countryside, and Price wrote some of the music that would become Strays II during the same excursion. Before combining the two projects into a double LP, the nine songs on the second record will initially be shared as three acts known as Topanga Canyon, Mind Travel, and Burn Whatever’s Left.

Out today is Strays II’s Act I: Topanga Canyon, featuring the tracks “Strays,” “Closer I Get (ft. Ny Oh),” and “Malibu (ft.

Margo Price continues to embark on her own evolution with Strays II, an extension of her original 2023 opus with nine new songs that will arrive in the form of three distinct acts.

The Nashville singer-songwriter announced that the double album will arrive on Oct. 13, and shared Act I: Topanga Canyon on Monday at midnight. Each act is billed as “its own unique story of love, grief and acceptance.” On the first offering, a trio of songs, she’s joined by Strays producer Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Dawes), as well...

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Wrapped in pink walls, panoramic views, and probably a little plastic, Barbie’s Malibu DreamHouse on Airbnb is, truly, pretty fantastic.

Ahead of the theatrical release of Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie movie, out on July 21 and starring Margot Robbie (Barbie) and Ryan Gosling (Ken), Airbnb has opened up the doors of Ken’s guest bedroom in Barbie’s toy-like mansion overlooking the beach for one weekend this summer.

Dolly Parton is Miley Cyrus’ godmother, and she once explained why people want to “punish” the Hannah Montana star. Here’s what Parton said about Cyrus and why she compared her goddaughter to Shirley Temple.

Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton | NBC/NBCUniversal Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus have a special bond

Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton have been close ever since the former Disney star was born, thanks to the country music star’s friendship with Cyrus’ father, Billy Ray.

“I’m her honorary godmother. I’ve known her since she was a baby,” Parton told ABC in 2009. “Her father is a friend of mine. And when she was born, he said, ‘You just have to be her godmother,’ and I said, ‘I accept.’ We never did do a big ceremony, but I’m so proud of her, love her, and she’s just like one of my own.”

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Miley Cyrus released her latest album “Endless Summer Vacation” on March 10. It’s already her eighth studio album even though she’s still only 30-years-old, and that doesn’t even count the music she recorded as her fictional Disney channel character “Hannah Montana.” But what are her greatest hits? We’ve ranked the top 15 below.

SEEBillboard Hot 100: Every #1 song of 2023

15. “He Could Be the One” (2009)

14. “When I Look at You” (2010)

13. “Adore You” (2013)

12. “Midnight Sky” (2020)

11. “7 Things” (2008)

10. “The Best of Both Worlds” (2006)

9. “Slide Away” (2019)

8. “Younger Now” (2017)

7. “See You Again” (2007)

6. “Malibu” (2017)

5. “We Can’t Stop” (2013)

4. “Party in the U.S.A.” (2009)

3. “The Climb” (2009)

2. “Flowers” (2023)

1. “Wrecking Ball” (2013)

SEEBillboard charts: Number-one albums of 2023

Miley Cyrus rose to fame in the 2000s as the star of the Disney Channel series “Hannah Montana,” where she played Miley Stewart, an average teenager by day and the title pop star by night. That series ran for five years...

Jennifer Hudson is wishing Common a happy birthday.

On Monday, the Oscar-winning actress and singer shared a tribute to the rapper on her Instagram feed, celebrating him turning 51.

Read More: Jennifer Hudson & Common Restart Dating Rumours After Dinner In Malibu

“Team Jhud pls help me wish one of the brightest lights, a Chicago and hip hop legend, the one and only @common a very happy birthday on today !” she wrote of Common.

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The post comes amid speculation that Hudson and Common may be an item, after the two were spotted having dinner together in Malibu late last month.

Rumours had already been circulating that the pair had been secretly dating for months, since working together on the upcoming action-thriller “Breathe”, also starring Milla Jovovich, Sam Worthington and Quvenzhané Wallis.

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Liam Hemsworth spent a decade of his life romancing Miley Cyrus. The two fell in love while working together on their 2010 film, "The Last Song," and by December 2018, after some highly-publicized ups and downs, they were married. Unfortunately, however, their marital bliss didn't last: they broke up eight months later, finalizing the divorce in January 2020.

Throughout their tumultuous relationship, the most insight fans got into Hemsworth and Cyrus's romance was via the singer's discography. Her 2013 album, "Bangerz," which came out shortly after the pair called off their first engagement, was packed with breakup anthems like "Wrecking Ball." Meanwhile, Cyrus's 2017 album, "Younger Now," was full of love songs like "Malibu" following their 2016 reconcilliation. It's safe to say her 2023 album, "Endless Summer Vacation," is inspired, at least in part, but their 2020 divorce (those "Flowers" lyrics are brutal).

Beyond Cyrus's lyrics, the world knows very little about Hemsworth's relationship with her, and they...

Miley Cyrus isn't having any of it. In her new song "Muddy Feet," off her "Endless Summer Vacation" album, the singer seems to address a cheating partner, telling them to "get the f*ck out of my house with that sh*t" in the emotional pop ballad. Following speculation that her hit single "Flowers" was directed at her ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth, some fans are assuming these lyrics could be directed at him as well, although Cyrus never explicitly mentions anyone by name.

A few lines in particular are generating attention. "And you smell like perfume that I didn't purchase / Now I know why you've been closing the curtains," Cyrus sings in the pre-chorus, alluding to infidelity. "You've watered the weeds and you killed all the roses," she continues in a subtle nod to her "Flowers" lyrics. "Worthy arrives when the other door closes."

Cyrus and Hemsworth began dating after meeting...

Miley Cyrus is returning to Disney: The pop star will debut the original special event Miley Cyrus — Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions) on Disney+ on March 10.

Cyrus announced Friday that she will executive produce the music special featuring performances of songs from her new album Endless Summer Vacation, to also be released March 10. Her eighth album will include collaborations with Sia and Brandi Carlile and includes the hit single “Flowers,” which is spending its sixth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “Flowers” broke several streaming records when it was released in January.

The 30-year-old former Hannah Montana star will also perform one of her classic hits and also share the stage with Rufus Wainwright during the special. Miley Cyrus — Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions) will also include an interview with Cyrus shot at the famed Los Angeles house where Frank Sinatra once lived; it’s also where the...

That’s Grammy Award-winning pop princess, to you. Kim Petras made history at the 2023 Grammys, becoming the first openly transgender woman to win the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Here’s why her “Unholy” win and performance is so important.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Kim Petras and Sam Smith accept the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award for ‘Unholy’ during the 65th Grammy Awards | Timothy Norris/FilmMagic via Getty Images

The 2023 Grammy Awards had historic moments and wins. Sam Smith and Kim Petras won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their original “Unholy.” After walking onstage, Petras spoke on behalf of both artists.

“Sam graciously wanted me to accept this award because I’m the first transgender woman to win this award,” Petras said. “I just want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before...

A piece of Mariah Carey history is about to get its due.

In a new interview with Rolling Stone the iconic pop star revealed that she will soon be releasing the original version of her 1995 alt-rock album Someone’s Ugly Daughter.

Read More: Mariah Carey Teams Up With Millie Bobby Brown To Recreate Her ‘Honey’ Music Video

Carey first talked about her involvement with the album, which she secretly wrote and produced under the band name Chick, in her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey.

Fun fact: I did an alternative album while I was making Daydream Just for laughs, but it got me through some dark days. Here's a little of what I wrote about it in #TheMeaningOfMariahCarey S/O to my friend Clarissa who performs the lead w/ me as a hidden layer #Chick #Tmomc pic.twitter.com/Re23t5whcd

— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) September 27, 2020

At the time,...

Malibu Barbie and Brooklyn Barbie are ready to party under the sea after transforming into mermaids in TheWrap’s exclusive sneak peek at the upcoming Netflix movie musical adventure “Barbie Mermaid Power,” from Mattel.

The film follows Barbie “Brooklyn” Roberts (who made her debut in the Barbie universe last fall), Barbie “Malibu” Roberts, and her sisters Skipper, Stacie, and Chelsea “on an underwater adventure as they transform into mermaids to help save the world of Pacifica,” per a logline from Mattel.

“In ‘Barbie Mermaid Power,’ Barbie and Barbie are summoned by Isla (from Dolphin Magic) to compete to be the underwater Power Keeper in a series of challenges designed to find their inner powers. Through these competitions they discover whether they are mermaids of Earth, Air, Water, or Fire, all while making new animal and mermaid friends. In this fish-tale of friendship, adventure, and bravery, Barbie, Barbie, and family experience...

Authenticity, fearlessness, and unapologetic attitudes—if these are the themes for the season, then these breakout artists are setting the tone. Pretenses and pleasantries fall away in favor of living out truth in lyrics of every language. While UK’s Cat Burns and Egypt’s Ali Loka go daringly direct, Korean pop group Nmixx and Italy’s Rhove draw out your confidence to keep it real.

That’s what Spotify’s Radar program is all about: showcasing artists that are here to elevate the game. And no matter what mood you’re in,...

A heroic police officer risked his life to save a woman from a burning car on Friday in Spokane, Washington.

Spokane Police Officer Tim Schwering was the first to arrive at the alarming scene and immediately tried to break the woman’s car window with a baton to get her out, the department told People.

“He was able to break through the drivers seat window and pulled her out,” says Michelle Anderson, the police departments public safety communications manager. “The entire car was filled with smoke.”

The woman, Kim Novak, was miraculously left unharmed, while Schwering was treated for smoke inhalation.

A few years ago the editors of Shadowlocked asked me to compile a list of what was initially to be, the ten greatest movie matte paintings of all time. A mere ten selections was too slim by a long shot, so my list stretched considerably to twenty, then thirty and finally a nice round fifty entries. Even with that number I found it wasn’t easy to narrow down a suitably wide ranging showcase of motion picture matte art that best represented the artform. So with that in mind, and due to the surprising popularity of that 2012 Shadowlocked list (which is well worth a visit, here Ed), I’ve assembled a further fifty wonderful examples of this vast, vital and more extensively utilised than you’d imagine – though now sadly ‘dead and buried’ – movie magic.

It would of course be so easy to simply concentrate on the well known, iconic,...

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They may not be General Zod or Darth Vader, but these characters are the kind of mundane villains you might encounter in everyday life...

The most memorable movie villains are often also the most outlandish. If you were to stop most strangers on the street and ask them to name screen villain, they’d probably either tell you to leave them alone and stop making them nervous, or they’d instead name one of cinema’s big hitters: heavy-breathing cloak-wearer Darth Vader, or flesh-eating aesthete Hannibal Lecter.

In reality, villains are more mundane. They seldom wear outlandish costumes, and they don’t necessarily even kill or injure people. Real-world villains can range from bullying and self-important bosses to aggressively opinionated news anchors, and from sadistic physical education teachers to heartless politicians.

So here are 10 or so screen antagonists who've stuck in the memory without wearing hockey masks,...

Mel Gibson, whom I interviewed for Venice Magazine in late 2000, was my first real childhood hero I sat down with. If you were a Gen-x male, Mel Gibson was the closest thing we had to Paul Newman, Steve McQueen and Sean Connery: a guy's guy whom guys wanted to emulate and women wanted to copulate. If you were a guy who liked girls, the math in the previous equation was pretty simple: be like Mel. Sadly, Gibson's life has taken a very public turn for the worse in the last decade, since his personal legal and troubles stemming from a 2006 DUI arrest in Malibu were made public, one from which his image has yet to fully recover. It was an unfortunate fall from grace for a guy who literally had Hollywood, and the world, in the palm of his hand after sweeping the 1995 Oscars with his box office smash "Braveheart.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will open the 2014 edition of the TCM Classic Film Festival with the world premiere of a brand new restoration of the beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! (1955). TCM’s own Robert Osborne, who serves as official host for the festival, will introduce Oklahoma!, with the film’s star, Academy Award®-winner Shirley Jones, in attendance. Vanity Fair will also return for the fifth year as a festival partner and co-presenter of the opening night after-party. Marking its fifth year, the TCM Classic Film Festival will take place April 10-13, 2014, in Hollywood. The gathering will coincide withTCM’s 20th anniversary as a leading authority in classic film.

In addition, the festival has added several high-profile guests to this year’s lineup, including Oscar®-winning director William Friedkin, who will attend for the screening of the U.S. premiere restoration of his suspenseful cult classic Sorcerer (1977); Kim Novak, who...

Back to the Sixties! continues at Trailers from Hell, with screenwriter Sam Hamm introducing 1960's "Strangers When He Meet"; he describes it as "the best story of adultery ever filmed by Hollywood."This ironic, Douglas Sirkian romantic time capsule about an extra marital affair was originally offered to Glenn Ford, who refused to work with star Kim Novak. Coproducer Kirk Douglas took the role only to turn on her when she gave him acting lessons in front of the crew. Nevertheless, the critical and boxoffice flop has aged quite well, especially if you live in Bel Air, Beverly Hills or Malibu. A fascinating rumination on this film by Peter Avellino can be found here.

All those who complain about the liberal domination of Hollywood have never come across John Milius. A film school pal of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Milius had tried to join the Marine Corp, but was turned away due to his asthma. Instead, he channeled his frustrations into both a life-long obsession with firearms (he was paid for "Jeremiah Johnson" in antique weaponry, and has served on the NRA Board of Directors) and making some of the most masculine, testosterone-filled movies of all time, both as an acclaimed writer and as a director. The basis for both Paul Le Mat's character in "American Graffiti" and Walter in "The Big Lebowski" -- the Coens are friends of Milius, and offered him the part of Jack Lipnick in "Barton Fink" -- he's one of film history's most singular, colorful characters.

He might not have had the overwhelming success of Lucas or Spielberg,...

The 'Beverly Hills, 90210' actress wed her fiance in a black-tie celebration at a private estate in Malibu, California, on Saturday (15.10.11), and the nuptials will be aired on the season finale of her series 'Shannen Says' on the WEtv network in January. 

Around 170 guests attended the event after receiving specially crafted invites featuring a photograph of the happy couple.

It is the third time 40-year-old Shannen has tied the knot. She was previously wed to Ashley Hamilton, son of George Hamilton, for six months until April 1994, and her seven-month marriage to Rick Salomon, best known for appearing in a sex tape with Paris Hilton, was annulled in 2003.

Shannen has previously said she would not enter into a marriage lightly following on from her past relationship troubles.

She said: "I would consider getting married again because I want kids. That's why I would do it.

"You have to be 100 per cent sure.

Hopefully third time's a charm for former " Charmed " and " Beverly Hills 90210 " star Shannen Doherty . The 40-year-old actress tied the knot Saturday to Kurt Iswarienko on Saturday evening in Malibu at a private estate in the hills. For now, all we've got are some blurry aerial shots of the ceremony -- which show it was one lavish affair. The ceremony was filmed as part of Doherty's upcoming WEtv reality show about planning for her third "I Dos." Doherty was previously married to George Hamilton 's son, Ashley Hamilton , and Rick Salomon , best known as Paris Hilton 's sex-tape co-star. Read more...

Washington, Oct 16: Former 'Beverly Hills 90210' star Shannen Doherty has married for the third time as she tied the knot with fiance Kirk Iswarienko in Malibu.

The 40-year-old actress married her photographer fiance in a stunning black tie ceremony at a private estate located in the hills, People magazine reported.

The wedding will be aired on the season finale of Doherty and her new hubby's upcoming WEtv reality series about planning for the big day.

Doherty was previously married to George Hamilton's son Ashley Hamilton and Paris Hilton sex-tape co-star Rick Salomon.

"Marriage to me is such a gigantic commitment that it's not something I'd ever go into lightly anymore," she had told People magazine nearly.

New York — President John F. Kennedy had just one critique when he saw photos of the actor set to play him in a World War II drama.

The year was 1963 and actor Cliff Robertson looked convincing in his costume for "Pt-109," the first film to portray a sitting president. Kennedy had favored Robertson for the role, but one detail was off.

Robertson's hair was parted on the wrong side.

The actor dutifully trained his locks to part on the left and won praise for a role he'd remain proud of throughout his life.

Robertson, who went on to win an Oscar for his portrayal of a mentally disabled man in "Charly", died of natural causes Saturday afternoon in Stony Brook, a day after his 88th birthday, according to Evelyn Christel, his secretary of 53 years.

Robertson never elevated into the top ranks of leading men, but he remained a popular actor...

Canadian actor who had a decade of Hollywood success playing anti-heroes

The Canadian-born actor Michael Sarrazin, who has died of cancer aged 70, was so visible in Hollywood movies from 1967 to 1977 that one may wonder what happened to his subsequent career. A facetious answer might be that he moved back to Canada and made Canadian movies. Another answer might be that his sensitive, gently rebellious, flower-child persona and his lanky, boyish looks, with his long hair and soulful eyes, were no longer appropriate to the roles he took as he got older.

However, during the decade of his stardom, Sarrazin seemed to fit the anti-hero ethos of the era, often playing rootless characters, typically in his most celebrated role as the ex-farmboy drifter in Sydney Pollack's They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). Sarrazin, idealistically willing to let fate take a hand, is paired with an embittered Jane Fonda in a dance...

Film director best known for the Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's and 10

The film-maker Blake Edwards, who has died aged 88, will be best remembered as the creator of the Pink Panther films, and as the husband of the entertainer Julie Andrews. But Edwards was a third-generation show-business figure whose complex and controversial career spanned more than 50 years, initially as an actor and writer and subsequently as one of America's most prolific producer-directors, primarily concerned with the popular genres of comedy and musicals and with creating television series.

Despite working in mainstream cinema, his maverick spirit and ego made him an uneasy partner with Hollywood studios. He famously savaged the hand that had fed him so well with S.O.B. (1981), a raucous, vitriolic attack on Tinseltown. His sophisticated work drew strongly on his love of early cinema (his stepgrandfather had directed silent films), and on his own life and psychological problems (he...