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The trailer for the Dylan Thomas biopic Set Fire to the Stars shows a the enigmatic, yet dark side of the Welsh poet. Starring Elijah Wood and Celyn Jones, Set Fire to the Stars was filmed on location in Wales earlier this year, and documents the relationship between Thomas and John M. Brinnin, an American poet and critic. Brinnin was …

The first episode of Gotham did enough to ensure the want to stick with the series, but there were a few issues. It felt that the introduction of the well-known Batman characters were shoe-horned into this episode, when it would have been more fun to drip feed them throughout the rest of the season, or even into future seasons of …

VIEW GALLERY   How cute are these? Take a good look at these 10 adorable Halloween costumes for teeny tiny tots and babies. They are far more likely to have you cooing with delight than screaming with fear come October 31. There are vampires, pumpkins and unicorns, spiders, bats and even a cheeky pig! We think you won’t find anything …

I’ve seen a few boybands in my time so it’s little surprise to me that my 10-year-old has developed something of a penchant for them too. Having seen One Direction last year, and experiencing the noise a largely female, teenage audience can make, I was well prepared for plenty of shrieking and whooping and general over-excitement. And the expectant crowd …

Katherine Jenkins has revealed how constantly being depicted as a diva almost led her to quit showbusiness altogether. The Neath-born mezzo soprano, who recently married her New York film producer boyfriend Andrew Levitas following a whirlwind romance, admitted she might have turned her back on singing for good had it not be for her mother’s support. The 34-year-old added that …

Homeland is back and if you’ve never seen an episode it really doesn’t matter as season four marks a whole new beginning. At the end of season three one of the main protagonists was killed off, leaving the team behind the show with what’s effectively a clean slate. Claire Danes will now be carrying the show single-handily, with the series …

Losing something is, it has to be said, rather frustrating. Whether it’s your car keys when you’re running late or the vital last tenner you know you’ve stashed in one of your pockets on a night out, there are few things to match the momentary injustice of that loss. Along Cardiff’s snaking City Road it’s easy to lose track of …

Carmarthen funnyman Rhod Gilbert has said so long to another series of Work Experience after he sailed the high seas as a fisherman, worked as a Tenby hotelier, took to the skies as an RAF fighter pilot and tried his hand as a vet. The final episode of the fifth series aired on Wednesday, and since it first began Mr …

An Emmy Award-winning computer generated effects supervisor for hit film Avatar has won the world’s first accolade for digital art, which was founded in Wales. Andy Lomas was tonight named winner of the Lumen Prize for his animation Cellular Forms, which explores complex organic structures. It beat off competition from more than 800 works from 40 countries to take the …

How do you fancy a real spine-tingling, terror-inducing Halloween movie experience? Yes? Then you’re in luck as Cardiff’s Motley Movies, who have had success over the summer with their rooftop cinema at Jacob’s Market, are now unlocking the vaults to Grade II listed Portland House and showing a host of scary horror films. Amongst the movies being screened between October …