News about Steven Berkoff

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Having taken on the patronage of the Royal College of Nursing, the King seems less inclined to resume his presidency of the British Medical Association, now controlled by strike-happy junior doctors. When he assumed the role in the 1980s, he quoted a letter from a doctor who warned him of the danger of his image being tarnished if he took an active interest in the association's affairs. Added Charles: 'He ended by reminding me that the initials BMA stand for BIGOTED MORIBUND and APATHETIC!... I shall watch my step as carefully as I can.'

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In the 1980s, actor Steven Berkoff earned just £20,000 for his villainous role as General Orlov in the James Bond film Octopussy. He realized his heart was in theatre and left Hollywood after being cast for a role in Rambo by Sylvester Stallone. Now, the 86-year-old says Donna Ferguson that the most expensive thing he owns is a £40,000 painting by Scottish artist Peter Howson. He lives in the East End of London, where he grew up in a three-bed apartment he purchased in 1985.

A German writer shared today how she was left in utter shock after a scandalous ballet director allegedly smeared his dog Gustav's faeces over her face after she described one of his performances as "boring" and "disjointed." Wiebke Hüster, 57, a journalist, said Marco Goecke, the opera house's ballet company's director, approached her during the interval of his performance on Saturday night and 'blocked her way' before accusing her of'writing poorly.' Goecke, 50, recovered a bag of dog faeces, who had been freshly made by his Dachshund Gustav just minutes before, removed the excrement from her face in front of'shocked' onlookers, according to Hüster, a dance critic for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). However, Hüster's occurrence isn't the first time an artist or their relative has come out at a critic. Here's how other creatives have retaliated on their critics, from a writer savaged in a £16,000 ad to Jeanette Winterson turning up on reviewers' doorsteps.

PATRICK MARMION: Hardship has never appeared so easily borne at the National Theatre this week, where a handful of plays play off the rigours of discrimination, poverty, and displacement. Pearl Cleage's enchanting Blues For An Alabama Sky, a tribute to Harlem's musical and cultural revival during the 1930s' Great Depression. The other is The Boy With Two Hearts, an oddly saccharine saga of an Afghan family fleeing the Taliban and seeking to assist their eldest son's heart disease in the United Kingdom.

Eddie Murphy is bringing one of his favorite film characters out of retirement for one of Beverly Hills' most thrilling ride. In the forthcoming film Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley, the actor and comedian's return to form is Axel Foley. Murphy was caught filming a car scene in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood on Wednesday with co-star Taylour Paige, and principal photography for the film only started days ago.