Michael Caine locked in dressing room overnight – falls asleep on movie set

Veteran actor Sir Michael Caine was locked in his dressing room overnight as he fell asleep on the set of his latest movie.

Sir Michael, 79,  star of numerous films including 'The Italian Job', was trapped when he went for a nap and staff, who thought he had left for the day, locked up a disused theatre in New Orleans – the set of a new thriller.

He spent the night in total darkness, until a carpenter heard his cries the next morning.

The story has produced the inevitable headline: 'Blow the bloody doors off'!


DAILY MIRROR STORY
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Beatles pictures found in family album after 50 years - now up for auction

Twenty unpublished black and white pictures of the Beatles are to go for auction after being found lying around in a family album for nearly 50 years.

They were taken behind the scenes during the filming of 'A hard Day's Night' in 1964.

Taking pictures on the set was banned to stop leaks of new material, but the props manager at Pinewood Studios, Peter Allchorne, was able to walk around with a Kodak Retinette camera.

He thought they were just another band larking about on set and didn't even like their music.

The photos go on sale in Stockport, Cheshire, on May 19.

GUARDIAN STORY


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007's new car – a double-decker bus on the streets of London for the new James Bond film

James Bond's car for his next film, Skyfall, will be a big, red London bus, according to the Sun. Scenes being filmed around London involve a new Routemaster, brought back to the streets of the capital by mayor Boris Johnson after the double-deckers were scrapped by previous mayor Ken Livingstone.

The plot of the 007 film, starring Daniel Craig, is a secret, but the bus involves action in Trafalgar Square.

Good publicity for Boris, who hopes to be re-elected on May 3.

SUN STORY


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Rare Charlie Chaplin movie bought on eBay for £3.20 could sell for thousands

Doesn't everyone who uses eBay dream that one day they will find a real bargain? Well, collector Morace Park got more than he bargained for when he bought a film reel on eBay for just £3.20 in 2009 because he liked the look of the tin.

It turned out to be a rare film, Charlie Chaplin in Zepped. Indeed, it is so rare that it could sell for a six-figure sum at auction this month.

The movie, thought to be the only surviving copy, shows Chaplin bringing down a German Zeppelin aircraft.

BBC STORY

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Time-lapse video of Royal Wedding - Nikon

Nikon has released a time-lapse video of the Royal Wedding, captured from the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, London, opposite Westminster Abbey.

Report in Amateur Photographer magazine

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Brilliant stop-motion film: the coin

Love this short film (RT @paul_steele: Coin, Stop-Motion Animation by Olly Newport http://t.co/9z7OMcw RT @piastrom)

Coin, Stop-Motion Animation by Olly Newport

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