News about Chris Columbus

As Desdemona in Othello, Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter or the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey , her acerbic wit, perfect timing and the twinkle in her eye endeared her to millions. Dame Maggie Smith , who has died just three months away from her 90th birthday, could turn on a dime. In doing so, she could make an audience ache with laughter one moment and well up the next. Above: Dame Maggie in 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (left); as Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter (right); with second husband Beverley Cross.

The Goonies fans issued a desperate plea on Monday after following the sequel announcement of a sequel.  The 1985 adventure-comedy has reportedly been given the green light for a second instalment - almost 40 years after the original - with its original star-studded cast set to return.  But while some fans were delighted at the prospect, others couldn't help but feel they should have left the film alone. 

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: A source reports that next month's A Very Royal Scandal, on Amazon Prime, will mostly upset Prince Andrew because of its portrayal of Princess Beatrice 's wedding which took place eight months after Newsnight holed Andrew below the waterline. It was a low-key affair in All Saints ' Chapel at Windsor with attendance limited due to Covid. No details were announced in advance and Andrew appears in none of the official wedding photographs.

Former President Donald Trump ordered him to appear in the holiday film on Wednesday and boasted that he helped make it a hit. In an interview with Business Insider on Sunday, Home Alone 2's Director Chris Columbus said that Trump had made his cameo part of the deal in order to ensure that production could use the Plaza Hotel, which he did not own at the time.

Chris Columbus, a legendary film producer, recently announced that he spoke with Robin Williams to discuss a potential sequel to the beloved film prior to his death in 2014. After struggling with bipolar disorder and heroin for decades, Williams committed suicide in August 2014 by hanging himself with a belt. He was 63 years old. Columbus recalled his last meeting with the late actor and how they worked on a'solid' script together in Business Insider.

Robin Williams made such improv on Mrs. Doubtfire's set that 2 million feet of film had to be shot to accommodate him. The 1993 film stars Robin Doubtfire as a fumbling voice actor who gets divorced and loses custody of his children, based on the novel Madame Doubtfire. Daniel enters into a harebrained plan to see more of his children - including Miranda, who was hired by his ex-wife Miranda. Chris Columbus, the film's director, smugly told Business Insider that he kept 'four cameras' running at all times to keep up with' Robin, marking 30 years since the film's premiere. In fact, Robin was such a whirlwind of invention that Chris Stewart has '972 boxes of footage' from Mrs. Doubtfire and hopes to include them in a film.

Sir Sam Neill marveled at how 'inconsolably solitary and deeply distraught' his Bicentennial Man co-star Robin Williams was in 1999, despite being in the midst of his career new off his Oscar triumph for Good Will Hunting. 'He had fame, he was rich, people loved him, great kids - the world was his oyster,' the 75-year-old Irish-born Kiwi wrote in his new memoir Did I Ever Tell You This? And yet, I felt more sorry for him than I could articulate.' He was the loneliest man on a desert planet.'

It's been 30 years since Home Alone 2: Lost in New York went missing, so DailyMail.com has taken a look at what the cast has been up to since Kevin McCallister thwarted bumbling criminals Harry and Marv for the second time. Macaulay Culkin's fame as one of the most popular child actors premiered on November 20, 1992. It's the third highest-grossing Christmas film, grossing more than $359 million on a budget of $28 million. Kevin McCallister, who is estranged from his family at the airport and ends up on a plane heading to New York rather than Florida, is Culkin's teenage Kevin McCallister, who is separated from his family at the airport and ends up in New York rather than Florida. John Hughes and Chris Columbus joined forces again to produce and direct the film, which also featured then Plaza Hotel owner Donald Trump. We all know where he ended up, but where are the stars of Home Alone 2 now and how much have they changed in three decades?

Actor Tom Felton appeared in the adored Harry Potter film franchise for more than a decade. The actor reveals all in his latest book "Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard," the actor avoids all, raising the curtain on the joys and struggles of being a muggle while growing up in the spotlight as Draco Malfoy, the legendary Slytherin wizard fans love to hate. Felton's book "Beyond the Wand" (£15) goes into depth about his lifelong friendships with his Harry Potter costars — Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and, of course, Emma Watson — as well as his Hollywood misadventures trying to make a name for himself outside of Harry Potter, his struggle with alcoholism, and his triumphant discovery of what he really wants in life. Felton's book "The Potter Auditions or When Draco Met Hermione" describes what it was like to audition for a major studio production such as Harry Potter after getting modest gigs in classics such as "The Borrowers" and "Anna and the King" after landing modest gigs in classics such as "The Borrowers." Read more to find out how the essible audition brought him face-to-face with a young Watson for the first time and how their first encounter, which was fittingly Malfoy-esque, led to a special long-lasting friendship.

Ratray, 45, is now facing domestic violence charges after his ex-girlfriend accused him of strangling and punching her in a hotel room in Oklahoma last December. After learning about the assault case, for which he has signed a not guilty plea, a woman named Lisa Smith contacted prosecutors about a police report filed in 2017, in which she accused him of assaulting her. Buzz McCallister, the actor who is best known for his role in the beloved Christmas comedy, is not the first celebrity to face controversy in the years 32 years since the film debuted. Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara appeared in 1990, and since its debut, it has been regarded as a cult classic worldwide. Despite the film's adversities, heroin use, and run-ins with the law. FEMAIL has looked back at the numerous other scandals surrounding Home Alone's cast members, from a six-day marriage to childhood abuse.