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BRIAN VINER: If I compiled my list again today, I still wouldn't have space for The Italian Job, Forrest Gump, The Great Escape, or Titanic, which all of which encouraged readers to write in. By the way, that doesn't mean I don't like or even love those photos (although not Titanic), which makes me wish the iceberg would strike a bit sooner). Here is a list of the Top 20 movies you should have included in my Top 100 list, as well as your reasons for... The Shawshank Redemption (left), Mary Poppins (right), and Saving Private Ryan (inset).

Aspiring novelists are usually advised to 'write what you know'. Lesley Pearse (left) sat down to write her first book, but she wasn't worried about how much of her tumultuous life tale she should leave out. By the time she was in her early 20s, she had witnessed the death of her mother, life in an orphanage, a violent teen ­pregnancy, an unplanned teenage pregnancy, a divorced husband, and a hoodlum. Two more marriages and bankruptcy were supposed to follow before her triumphant reinvention as a best-selling author - amazingly, a Lesley Pearse book now sells every four minutes in the United Kingdom. Pearse (middle) with her father, stepmother Michael, brother Michael, and stepsister Selina in 1951. Bottom right: With brother Michael

David Berglas (left in 1974; right and inset after receiving his MBE from Prince William in 2019), one of the twentieth century's most influential magicians who even fooled fellow conjurers, has died at the age of 97. Berglas, the Magic Circle, who was dubbed the world's most popular magic society, died in London on Friday night. Meet David Berglas, also known as the International Man of Mystery, was the first magician to have his own show on British television.

On Sunday night, 40 motorists who became trapped in snowy East Sussex were forced to abandon their cars and seek refuge in a nearby inn. Two-thirds of councils admit to struggling to recruit drivers to grit streets, but instead had to convince bin men to do it. Jenni Murray (pictured) says that is 'not good enough' as vulnerable people are stuck at home and parents are unable to get to work, which the economy doesn't need

The audience at the Royal Command Performance at the Odeon Leicester Square was greeted with David Lean's triumphant labour of love, Lawrence Of Arabia, which had cost more than $100 and belonged to a dazzling cast including Peter O'Toole (far left), Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif (second from left), Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle, and Jose Ferrer. During filming, O'Toole developed an instant rapport with Sharif, his Egyptian co-star, who was terrified ahead of the rousing Aqaba raid scene in which their characters, on camels, were to lead 400 extras on a mile-and-a-half charge (pictured below). They both slid back several glasses of brandy and milk, with the result that Sharif, who was still on rope, slowly slid upside down as the charge was carried out. O'Toole stayed upright until the end, when he collapsed and was nearly killed by the extras' stampeding horses.

Lea Michele, a singer and actress, stood out on Thanksgiving Day on Thursday. When she performed the hit song Don't Rain On My Parade, the Glee vet wore a bright red costume and black hat with feather from her Funny Girl Broadway show. During the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, one of one's mother was a celebrity.

On Friday, August 26, Lea Michele was given a birthday by the cast and crew members of Broadway's Funny Girl. In a video posted to cast member Ephie Aardema's Instagram, the performer, who would officially ring in her 36th birthday on Monday, looked beyond ecstatic. Since it was announced that Beanie Feldstein will be replaced by Fanny Brice in the Broadway musical, the actress made news recently.

In an evocative behind-the-scenes montage from Lea Michele's Funny Girl auditions, she displayed her vocal chops. Beanie Feldstein, who received a rash of stinging reviews and has been replaced by Lea, began the new Broadway revival of Funny Girl in April. Now, ahead of Lea's show on September 6, the revival's Twitter has a glimpse of her interpretation of I'm The Greatest Star, a song inextricably linked to the show's original leading lady Barbra Streisand.

Lea Michele provided a first glance of herself performing in rehearsals for Broadway's revival Funny Girl. The 35-year-old actress sang Don't Rain on My Parade for the first time ever today.' Lea Lea took on the role of Fanny Brice from actress Beanie Feldstein.

Jane Lynch will be leaving the new Broadway revival of Funny Girl three weeks earlier than expected. Although she had intended to leave September 4, the actress told the Hollywood Reporter that she had already had a planned holiday from August 15-23. She would have been out of the show on September 1st, so she could have travelled all around the country to Los Angeles for the Creative Arts Emmys. As a result, the producers decided that rather than asking Jane to return for just one week, the 62-year-old could leave the company at the end of this week.