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What will Rupert Murdoch say, given his strong line on internet 'parasites'? F IRST P OSTED N E dgar Wright , the British director of cult films such as Shaun of the Dead and a long-time collaborator of actor Simon Pegg, is fuming after the Times reprinted chunks of his blogged tribute to the legendary British actor Edward Woodward who died this ...

Simon Pegg has been talking exclusively to the Mirror, in an interview in which he discusses his friendship with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.

Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica , the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Before they brought you Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright developed a short-lived TV series that would become one of the best sitcoms at the time.

Caption: Simon Pegg Los Angeles Premiere of 'Star Trek' held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre - Arrivals Hollywood, California .... Stars including SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE and SIMON PEGG have paid tribute to late British actor EDWARD WOODWARD, who died on Monday .

WHEN Edward Woodward looked up at the Criterion Theatre to see his name in lights for the first time, he discovered that all the Ds were missing from his name.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have paid tribute to their Hot Fuzz co-star Edward Woodward on Twitter.

Shaun of the Dead was good, Sex Lives of the Potato Men was bad. So how do you avoid a Britcom disaster? Spaced, but different a Shaun of the Dead.

Nick Frost will star in a BBC2 adaptation of Martin Amis's Money and Sophie Dahl will present a cookery show in the new season of programmes for early 2010.

The Sandford police department from the film Hot Fuzz would definitely appreciate this particular device.

This may night be the reunion you were looking for , but Dan Aykroyd 's most recent film gig is still pretty eventful.

You've got to hand it to a movie that can put Jeff Bridges, White Russians and the word "Lebowski" in close proximity to one another and make it seem mere coincidence.

If you've ever rented a grotty flat, done a rubbish job or watched a lot of 90s telly and films, you'll love Spaced Few sitcoms demonstrate how to escape a teenage mugging using the power of mime, how to use "sex noise" sound effects to fool your landlady, how to profess your sorrow through the medium of a tank, or how to liberate kidnapped pets ...

ComingSoon.net attended the UK press junket for Richard Curtis' Pirate Radio , at which we spoke with actor Nick Frost, who plays ultra-hip '60s DJ "Doctor Dave." During the roundtable interview, the subject of Frost's next film Paul came up.

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. You might not get a HOT FUZZ sequel, but now thanks to advent of a device called Twitter you can get a peek at the creative minds behind the film as they delve into the horrific world of slash fiction.

It's mid-October and already you're stuck in a Halloween DVD rut, resigned to "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and movies that star silent serial killer Michael Myers.

October 16, 2009 at 3:52 pm by Curt Holman in Comedy , Pop Culture , movies & tv , review During a tumultuous downer of a decade, it's been awfully decent of the British to deliver up so many great comedy teams to distract us from out troubles.

Simon Pegg's advice for Falcon: Escape! Escape! The Twitterspere absolutely exploded yesterday with commentary about accidental-whistle-blowing , Today -show-vomiting Balloon Boy Falcon Heene , with celebrities among the countless thousands exercising their fingers on the topic both before and after the lad tottered out of the attic and onto the ...

The dull production-line nature of current film ads has prompted a spate of pastiches that hark back to classier times a ' and the results are as stunning as they are disorientating A design classic a The original promotional poster for North By Northwest.

Most filmgoers of the past six years will recognize at least one of the gentlemen best known for the subversive comedies Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.