John Hurt News

John Hurt has been one of Britain's finest acting talents since his career began in the 60s, but it's his roles in films like Alien , Midnight Express and The Elephant Man -- to name a few -- which put him on the international map and for which he's best remembered.

According to Empire Online , who caught up with Ridley Scott at a premiere, the new Alien prequel will not revolve around the story of how the aliens found their way to LV-426, the infested planet that John Hurt and Sigourney Weaver discovered in the first film.

The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival is officially over. The theaters are back to their usual routine, press conference rooms filled with boring business people, and awards have been passed out to some of the finest new-comers and veteran filmmakers in the business.

Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway has fixed her gaze on the sky her whole life. When her SETI project is canceled by the US Government, she goes in search of private funding and receives it from a secretive multimillionaire, S.A. Hadden .

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Despite his appearance in the latest Indiana Jones film, John Hurt defies any suggestion that fame has made him cosy or complacent.

He could, one of his friends said, smell injustice. Sir Ludovic Kennedy, who has died aged 89, was a broadcaster and author whose relentless pursuit of miscarriages of justice ensured that his legacy would reach far beyond the transient fame of television.

The distinguished journalist, broadcaster, author and sometime Liberal Democrat politician Sir Ludovic Kennedy has died, his family told The Times today.

ONE of Grimsby's most celebrated performers returned to her roots as the town's concert society marked its anniversary with a special performance.

The 20th Anniversary of the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival kicked off on Thursday October 8th, 2009 with lights, cameras, and plenty of action! Red carpet host Sterling Powell welcomed stand-out supporters of equal rights and the GLBT community including the honorable Mayor Pam Iorio, former E! reporter Steve Kmetko, HSN's Forbes ...

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John Hurt as Quentin Crisp in 'An Englishman in New York.' 'An Englishman in New York' Quentin Crisp was a notorious gay British author.

ACTOR John Hurt was on fiery form at the reception for the Man Booker Prize, eschewing polite literary chit-chat for a chance to blast the bankers.

John Hurt is to be made a fellow of the British Film Institute at a new awards ceremony which will be part of this year's London Film Festival.

Daft Punk will make a cameo in Tron Legacy , the upcoming new Disney remake of 1982's classic Tron that's due in theatres in Dec.

John Hurt as Quentin Crisp in "An Englishman in New York," part of the 13 Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 1. "The 2009 Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival" Reliably one of the city's liveliest and best-curated movie events of the year, the PLGFF brings features and shorts and documentaries from around the world and addresses an impressive ...

Managers at an 11m centre for art and film in Derby say it has had a successful first year.

It used to be that actors showed off with parts that required obscure accents or distracting physical tics or pounds of aging makeup.

THE Grimsby Concert Society is celebrating its 50th anniversary in style, with a superb line-up for the forthcoming season.

THE John Hurt Moment is one of those memorable film scenes that enters the culture and goes on to have a life of its own.