News about Peter O'Toole

Some days I feel 16 again, brimming with life and enthusiasm. That was such a good age. Lots of hard work for the exams, but I've never been afraid of that. There was so much to look forward to. Always friends to sit and chat with about clothes, shoes, music and make-up. Parties to plan, decisions about which boys to invite and long discussions about how far one should go and with which one. On other days I wake up and a touch of arthritis has set in. I feel not 73 but 103, not wanting to get up, teeter stiffly down the stairs and get on with whatever job needs doing. I have found ageing incorporates this vast spectrum.

We are brainwashed into believing that Christmas must be perfect. It's rookie mistake. Christmas Day should be a bit hazy. A little wild and untethered. Also Christmas gifts are best when they are bonkers. Katharine Hepburn, the year after my father, film director Bryan Forbes, produced The Madwoman of Chaillot, she returned with a very unique Christmas gift for me: her own bicycle that she had been riding around London on while finishing another film. I adored her and adored her bicycle.

Audiences attending a performance about one of the country's most notorious drinkers, as if it didn't already appear that woke 'trigger warnings' had gone too far. Given that Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell's latest production is being staged inside a London pub, where the late writer and raconteur was often seen propping up the bar, the alert seems even more ridiculous. Those attending the show at the Coach & Horses in Soho were sent an email ahead of the performance, stating: 'Trigger warning: the play includes smoking, gambling, alcohol, and sex.' Despite many theatre enthusiasts' attention, Robert Bathurst, the play's actor, revealed that the warning had been tongue-in-cheek to reflect the show's comedic spirit. And Steve Bennett, editor of comedy website Chortle, joked: 'Thank heavens for the content warning!How else could anyone have possibly known that watching a show about an infamous alcoholic in one of Soho's most notorious drinking dens might have contained "references to alcohol"?

Jack Crossley, a veteran mailman, died at the age of 94, according to a family friend. In the 1970s, the journalist began working for the newspaper as a reporter, then rising to the position of Head of News. Peter O'Toole's 40-year association on Fleet Street began at the Yorkshire Evening Post, where he worked alongside him. He later worked with the Observer, the Daily Express, the Times, and the National Enquirer in Florida.

On Monday night, Cate Blanchett seemed to be able to walk down a runway. With her blouse billowing in the wind behind her, the 53-year-old entered Jimmy Kimmel Live in Los Angeles in her finest style. She opted for a designer top in a semi-sheer yellow fabric, with a high neckline and a flowing pussy bow.

Cate Blanchett has always made a fashionable appearance at red carpet functions. And Friday was no exception, with the Australian actress appearing at the 38th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at Arlington Theatre. At the Outstanding Performers of the Year Award ceremony, the 53-year-old was honoured.

Just two days ago, she received an Academy Award for her critically acclaimed film Tar. Cate Blanchett isn't contented with her laurels. On Thursday, the actress, 53, was seen shooting scenes for another new film, Borderlands.

In an uplifting new video, Sir Anthony Hopkins reflected on his sobriety in a uplifting new video in which he encourages others to "keep fighting" and remain strong. The 82-year-old Oscar winner sent an encouraging note to his nearly four million Instagram followers on Thursday in his latest Instagram post. The actor told his followers, 'I just want to wish you a happy new year and also that I'm celebrating 47 years of sobriety today.'

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.

Moving away from the big screen, the actor, who died on Monday, suffered a string of tragic events in his life, including the deaths of two of his wives and fighting shell shock when fighting in the Second World War. Penny Bartley, his first wife (left on their wedding day in 1948), was killed in a house fire in 1981. Even after their divorce in 1965, he kept in touch with her, describing her divorce as one of his life's biggest disappointments. Then in 2011, Angela Scoular, a former Bond girl, was shocked by his second wife's suicide (together right). She was suffering from bowel cancer and depression and took her own life. Phillips was too ill to attend the inquest into Scoular's death three months later. Zara Carr, a Turkish social worker who married in front of two witnesses in Mayfair, central London in 2013, finds love with him again (centre). Phillips joked that his new wife used the same name as the Queen's granddaughter, Zara Phillips. His acting career stretches back to 1938 in a career that spanned more than 70 years. Despite the fact that he appeared in only three of them, he was best known in the United Kingdom for his Carry on parts. After appearing in hits including voicing the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter (inset) and appearing in hit films including Empire of the Sun, The Jackal, Out of Africa, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Venus with Peter O'Toole, Phillips also enjoyed an international audience. His Hollywood fame – and the fortunes it brought – was a far cry from his humble roots in Tottenham, north London, where his life was changed by a gift for acting and elocution lessons that helped him win the parts that made him famous.