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The Spartans were not the only Hellenic soldiers present at Thermopylae, nor the bravest. History tells of the 700 Thespians, overlooked by popular culture.

As Jamie Foxx continues to fuel his "Blame It" tour from New Orleans to Los Angeles, the musician/actor said it all began with comedy.

Thespis was the first Gilbert & Sullivan opera. It was never published, and most of the music was destroyed in a fire. Only two numbers remain.

Actor Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, Hot Fuzz) will voice a character in Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 3. Lee Unkrich movie comes out June 18, 2010.

Days of fighting in the pass of Thermopylae had shown the Spartans seemingly unbeatable. But the historian Herodotus tells of the treachery that finally defeated them.

Fought from 17 - 19 September 480 BC, the Battle of Thermopylae has gone down in history as a shining example of courage and sacrifice in the face of overwhelming odds.

What really happened at Thermopylae is unfortunately not as full of romance and valiance on the part of the Spartans as what was portrayed in the movie 300.

Friday the 13th's Jason never seems to tire of killing teenagers. He's back in 12th remake of long-running horror franchise.

Aardman Animation, best known for Wallace & Gromit , has signed a licensing and distribution deal with HIT Entertainment, which will manage its licensing and DVD rights.

Apparently film star Nicolas Cage dislikes Shakespeare spoken with an American accent. So, should "Yankee" Shakespeare not even be attempted?

While it's not by any means a great film, it's more entertaining than most B-movie schlock from the era, as well as many of today's horror franchises.

After winning over theatre audiences with his hit one-man show Bigger Than Jesus, Rick Miller returns to his first hit show to celebrate 10 years of hilarity.

Now is a great time for Hollywood to make more films with older actors in lead roles.

An Homage to Fanny Mikey: From March 19 to April 4 Bogota's famed Latin American Theatre Festival brings Scottish Art Rockers Franz Ferdinand to the Colombian capital.

Al Pacino struggles alongside an equally bumbling cast of talented character actors in Jon Avnet's over bloated concept thriller 88 Minutes

Heath Ledger evolved his acting career from heartthrob for teens across America to strong leading man and eventual scene stealer between his first and last movies.

The razor blade fingernails emerge from the bathwater. The familiar outline is revealed, adorned with a striped shirt and fedora. He leans in, and viewers get a glimpse

Director of Grass, Comic Book Confidential, appears on The O'Regan Files to talk about the joys of fungus, marijuana, comic books, jazz, and Michael Moore

Scotland native, James McAvoy, recently captivated Hollywood, but he's delivered high caliber performances for several years.

Inspector Morse's former sidekick Lewis is back on the small screens for more new episodes in the third series of ITV1's top-rated drama of 2008.

BBC Films/Big Beach/Alliance Film's Is Anybody There? is a spectacularly moving meditation on finding hope amidst the dying of the light. 9/10.

Keanu Reeves gives a typically wooden performance in 20th Century Fox's pointless remake of sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. 3/10

Wanted, starring James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie, is the McDonald's of summer blockbusters: not much nutrition but a boatload of empty visual calories. 4/10.

As the Napoleonic Wars dragged on French prisoners of war arrived in the towns of Selkirk, Kelso and Hawick

City theatregoers love the Broadway hit performed in Vancouver this holiday season.

Ben 10: Race Against Time is a live-action movie that is part of the hit cartoon series, Ben 10, but the bad acting and poor special effects leave much to be desired.

Drew Barrymore's star quality is shown in her horoscope. Her astrological profile holds clues to her unique lineage, her indulgence, and her spark of originality.

Several fine actors in Oscar history never received an Oscar for acting, although many were eventually given Academy Honorary Awards for their overall contributions.

Timberlake Wertenbaker is a fascinating playwright and it begins with her name.

The game-plan of H.P. McGrath in the first Kentucky Derby held May 17, 1875 was to let his stable "rabbit" take the lead to set up his star, Chesapeake.

From the first few seconds of the action comedy "Tropic Thunder," the viewer understands that the film is going to be both brilliant and hilarious.

Bottle Shock is a lovely tale about a small vineyard in the Californian Napa Valley, which went on to be recognized in a publicized blind taste test in France, in 1976.

Perpetual pouter Owen Wilson stars as Bob "Drillbit" Taylor", an imaginative homeless man hired as a bodyguard by three young imperiled high school freshmen. 5/10

Theodore Thomas' 1995 documentary Frank and Ollie details the 60-year friendship of two of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men. 8/10.

In ancient Greece, drama developed out of the dithyramb which was an impassioned choral hymn and story originally performed to honor the wine and fertility god Dionysus.

Harry fitted no convention - whether as an intrepid naval commander or treading the boards with Laurence Olivier, life was simply a test. That he passed with honours!

With a career spanning over 20-years, Helena Bonham Carter is one of the most successful actresses of her generation.

Gifted teachers should hope that James L. Swanson will start an adaptation trend. His bestseller, Manhunt, is now available as a book for students.

What do Pablo Picasso, Erik Satie, and Edith Piaf all have in common? They played a part in the fantasy and reality of theatre's incorrigible child Jean Cocteau.

Oxford pubs where the visitor can imbibe ales and literary ambience at the same time.

A supposed true story about the ins and outs of a British Shakespearean troupe traveling through India, performing stage productions; leading to a dramatic love affair.

In the grand tradition of the buddy comedy comes The Hangover, a frat-tastic detective story that follows three men on a ridiculous quest to find their missing comrade.

Stage and screen actor Jonathan Pryce joins Dave Gorman in assessing the latest collection of bizarre ideas on this mediocre comedy gameshow.

The sacrifice of Leonidas, his valiant Spartans and their Greek allies, stopped the Persian invasion and their imperialistic intentions in Greece.

The Battle of Thermopylae sketches the celebrated stand of King Leonidas and his 300 Spartan warriors against the overwhelming might of King Xerxes I's Perisa Army.

From stock car racing in Pensacola to a gulf front marine park near Destin, Northwest Florida offers a variety of things to do that are both fun and inexpensive.

In a dream package for hardcore Trekkies, Paramount has remastered and re-released the first original Trek films, in crisp high definition Bluray, with great results.

Despite poor ratings and an unpopular season finale, Dollhouse is back for a second run and this time all is not right with the surviving actives or their superiors.

The Wolves of Kromer is a gay interest film on the alienation that gay people suffer and how their abusers often hide secrets themselves, presented as a modern fairytale.

There is no denying the fact that Jack Nicholson accomplished something special in 1989 when he portrayed The Joker. Yet, it may soon be forgotten.