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Dirty Dancing to be remade
Read entertainment news as you browse for film fancy dress with Escapade Dirty Dancing is to get a 21st century remake, it has been revealed. The hit 1980s film will be brought to life for a new generation by Lionsgate, with High School Musical choreographer Kenny Ortega to organise all the dance moves. It is not yet known who will play lead characters Johnny Castle and Frances 'Baby' Houseman, who were portrayed so memorably by Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the 1987 original. "The opportunity to direct Dirty Dancing Read more...
Sushi chef creates Star Wars sculptures out of food
Read entertainment news as you browse for Star Wars fancy dress with Escapade One of Japan's top sushi chefs has been delighting his customers with Star Wars sculptures made out of food. Okitsugu Kado, who works at Minayoshi, originally trained as an ice sculptor and is also a member of the Japanese fan group Jedi Order. So, he decided to combine his two passions and create likenesses of Star Wars characters including Yoda and Han Solo out of everything from sweet potato to pumpkin. The finished creations often take more... Read more...
Producers of Downton Abbey make sure new series is realistic
Read entertainment news as you browse for historical fancy dress with Escapade The people behind hit period drama Downton Abbey have been working hard to ensure the new series is as realistic as possible. Autumn's eight episodes are set during the First World War and the Daily Mail reports that injured soldiers from modern conflicts have been used as extras to show the "harsh reality" of the devastating conflict. Simon Weston, the serviceman who was badly burnt during the Falklands conflict in 1982, was recruited as an advisor to ensure Read more...
Henry Cavill enjoys wearing Superman fancy dress
Read entertainment news as you browse for superhero fancy dress with Escapade Henry Cavill has revealed he is really enjoying wearing Superman fancy dress to shoot the new movie. The Brit told Total Film magazine the famous suit - which is more toned-down than the classic one we remember thanks to more modern-looking material - is "extremely cool". "They just put it on, I turned around and looked in the mirror and you can't play it cool - you sort of laugh," he commented. However, Cavill has had to really... Read more...
Kristen Stewart arrives in London for Snow White filming
Read entertainment news as you browse for fairytale fancy dress with Escapade. Kristen Stewart has now arrived in London to start shooting the new movie version of Snow White. The actress arrives at Heathrow Airport on Sunday (July 31st 2011) in dark sunglasses and a hoodie, perhaps covering up her tiredness after a busy time at California's ComiCon. She is to take on the lead role in the film, which is called Snow White and the Huntsman instead of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Chris Hemsworth of Home and... Read more...
Plans underway to turn house into Peter Pan-themed children's centre
Read lifestyle news as you browse for children's fancy dress with Escapade Plans are afoot to turn what was once a stately home into a centre for children's literature based on the Peter Pan story. JM Barrie's childhood pal Stuart Gordon lived at Mont Brae in Dumfries and the author regularly went there after school to play with his friends, something he wrote about later in life. It is thought the garden and their games of pirate battles inspired the story about a little boy who never grew up. The... Read more...
Harrison Ford fights with Chewbacca
Read entertainment news as you browse for Star Wars fancy dress with Escapade Harrison Ford may come across as gruff and awkward in interviews, but he has shown he has a great sense of humour by taking part in a sketch for a US TV show. A scene opened for the Jimmy Kimmel Live programme that showed the 69-year-old actor apparently getting his makeup done while talking on his mobile about a possible movie called Air Force One Two. However, his face turns stony as a familiar face appears in... Read more...
Police smash car window to rescue doll
Read lifestyle news as you browse for children's fancy dress with Escapade Police in Nottinghamshire were left red-faced recently, after smashing a car window to rescue a baby - only to find it was actually a doll. Chanel Cristofis, five, had received the Reborn toy for her birthday and would leave it in her dad's car while she went to school and he went to work at a local chippy. However, one particularly hot day, a passerby noticed the incredibly lifelike doll in the back of the Vauxhall and panicked,... Read more...
Comic fans vote to create ultimate superhero
Read entertainment news as you browse for superhero fancy dress with Escapade Comic book fans have taken part in a vote to create the ultimate superhero, made up of the best bits of other characters from over the years. LoveFilm asked 3,000 people to cast their votes to celebrate the release of the new Captain America film in cinemas. However, the results may surprise some people, as the superheroes that are usually the classics were a bit further down the list than perhaps could be expected. Some 38 per cent... Read more...
Star Wars prop designer wins legal battle with George Lucas' empire
Read entertainment news as you browse for Star Wars fancy dress with Escapade One of the prop designers for the first Star Wars movie in 1977 has won an epic David and Goliath battle against LucasFilm after taking his case to the Supreme Court. Briton Andrew Ainsworth made the white Stormtrooper helmets seen in the original movies from 2D drawings and sold two of them at auction in 2004. However, problems arose when he began making replicas himself and selling them on the internet. Although he insisted he had the... Read more...
National Trust lets Dennis the Menace loose
Read lifestyle news as you browse for children's fancy dress with Escapade The National Trust has let Dennis the Menace loose on its properties in order to raise their profile during the school holidays. A one-off special issue of the Beano this week sees the naughty schoolboy and his dog Gnasher head to Powys Castle in Wales, where they duly wreak havoc with a giant catapult. However, it is not just the devilish duo who leave Beanotown for the 'Gnashional Trust' special, as the other characters also make various trips... Read more...
American man wins world's best beard contest
Read lifestyle news as you browse for fun fancy dress with Escapade An American man has taken home the coveted title of world's best beard after taking part in the 2011 World Beard and Moustache Championships in Norway. Burke Kenny, 26, comes from Olympia in Washington state and has been growing his facial hair since he was about 20 years old. He entered the competition in the "full beard with styled moustache" category, but also won first place overall thanks to his impressively hairy face. It is not the first... Read more...