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Given that he directed one of the most successful French films of all time, in the shape of 2001′s still-delightful “Amelie,” it’s surprising that director Jean-Pierre Jeunet hasn’t worked in Hollywood more. But then again, given that his only English-language picture to date was the woeful “Alien: Resurrection,” perhaps it’s not so surprising after all. [...]

More than 40 years before True Blood and Twilight made angst-ridden vampires the hot new thing, there was a wicked little afternoon soap called Dark Shadows. At its center was Barnabas Collins, a brooding bloodsucker played with equal parts torment and relish by Jonathan Frid, and if you were an offbeat kid in the late [...]

There are plenty of reasons not to tie the knot in Hollywood – just ask Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who spent seven years together before finally announcing their engagement in April. But for longtime partners Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton, the logic is simple: They’re too lazy to say “I do.” “We’re not [...]

In May issue Helena Bonham Carter is gonna feature, not sure if cover or just an article inside. Here is a preview of the shoot. My son, Billy, would ask, ‘Do you have to be the witch or the queen tomorrow?’ I thought, Well, that’s pretty much my life. In A Room with a View [...]

Helena Bonham Carter gets ”sent off” by partner Tim Burton if he disapproves of her behavior. The ‘Dark Shadows’ actress says the American filmmaker – with whom she has two children, Billy, eight, and four-year-old Nell – is obsessed with soccer and mimics the disciplinary process used in the game to reprimand her. She said: [...]

Her characters have spanned a vast range, from royalty to eccentric commoner, but Helena Bonham Carter had inspiration from close to home for her Dark Shadows role as a live-in psychologist. There’s a window of opportunity after an actor is nominated for an Oscar, says Helena Bonham Carter, who has been there twice, that provides [...]