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Radio Rock Star: Rhys Ifans plays a popular British DJ - and shameless Lothario - who arrives on a pirate-radio ship ready to rule the airwaves.

Tom Sturridge and Rhys Ifans star in Richard Curtis' rock and roll comedy "Pirate Radio." I can think of two things wrong with "Pirate Radio." One is the generic title, a switch from the original name, "The Boat That Rocked." The other is that, while the events depicted take place in the British rock scene of 1966 and 1967, one key scene is set to ...

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 12:33 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 12:33 p.m. No movie can be all bad when juiced up with a soundtrack of more than 50 classic rock tunes.

The new rock-saturated "Pirate Radio" proves life really is better when it's set to a '60s soundtrack.

Pirate Radio director, Richard Curtis , poses with the film's cast. Before filming began, Curtis put his cast through "boat camp" instead of boot camp.

The best thing to say about Richard Curtis ' "Pirate Radio" is that it's all about the music, man.

From left: Hoffman, Rhys Ifans and director Curtis share a laugh on the set of 'Pirate Radio.' Courtesy Focus Features Sure, it's only rock n' roll, but Richard Curtis likes it - " so much that he wrote and directed Pirate Radio , a joyous ode to the irrepressible spirit of rock, put to the severest of tests in the '60s by closed-minded British ...

PIRATE RADIO Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, and Kenneth Branagh Rock and roll will live forever - but can it float? Pirate Radio is the newest ensemble comedy from filmmaker Richard Curtis , spinning the irreverent yet fact-based tale of a seafaring band of rogue rock and roll deejays whose "pirate radio" captivated and ...

A company selling electronic cigarettes claim sales of the devices have rocketed by 200% month-on-month. The gadgets have become the latest fashionable alternative to smoking with Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles, Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding and Welsh actor Rhys Ifans have all been spotted puffing the a oee-cigs.a The e-cigarettes provide a dose of ...

Rhys Ifans caused a mid-air panic by appearing to smoke a cigarette on a plane. The 'Notting Hill' actor was jetting from London to Los Angeles when he began puffing on the white stick - smoking on planes is banned - causing furious passengers to complain to staff.

THIS is the moment Notting Hill star Rhys Ifans became involved in a vicious late-night brawl that left two men soaked in blood.

Rhys Ifans appears to lose the plot...and turns violent after a night out. We spotted the Notting Hill star leaving Gerrys private members club in Soho, London at 4am where he had spent the night with fellow actor Max Beesley and Actress Kimberley Stewart.

THIS is the moment Notting Hill star Rhys Ifans became involved in a vicious late-night brawl that left two men soaked in blood.

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TATTOOED lady Rie Gomita will prove a cheeky attraction today as Britain hosts one of the world's biggest body art festivals.

DATING KATE MOSS must be keeping JAMIE HINCE'S arms in good physical order. THE KILLS rocker was once again called upon to prop up his party-loving girlfriend last night after another heavy session on the sauce.

The view is great. Inside, though, it's another matter. Lower East positively aims at mid-Atlantic nowhereness.

Judy Marks used to be married to the drug smuggler Howard Marks. How does she feel about being played by ChloA Sevigny in a film about their life on the run? Judy Marks guardian.co.uk , Sunday 13 September 2009 22.00 BST This summer I went back to prison.

Variety runs down French pics at Venice. IN COMPETITION "Persecution," Patrice Chereau Daniel's relationship with Sonia veers from love to loathing, but he can't live without her.

STEPHEN Beckett well remembers his days holed up in a Welsh cottage with fellow actors Rhys Ifans and Jack Davenport, all just out of drama school and performing together in Hamlet while getting up to high jinks - none of which he's prepared to share with a journalist.