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British actor Alan Rickman has died from cancer at the age of 69, his family has said.

The star of stage and screen was among the most admired British actors of his generation, famous for roles in Harry Potter, Love Actually and Die Hard.

He won a BAFTA, Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild award during his career which began in the late 1970s.

This year's four hundredth anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare is not just an opportunity to commemorate one of the greatest playwrights of all time. It is a moment to celebrate the extraordinary ongoing influence of a man who - to borrow from his own description of Julius Caesar -"doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus."

Before the invention of the camera, people used to draw more than they do today. This was out of necessity. People would draw to record what they saw.

British audiences will be glued to BBC One on Sunday at 9 p.m. for the finals of the Apprentice where one candidate – Joseph Valente or Vana Koutsomitis – will walk away with Lord Sugar’s £250k investment in their business. These two  finalists are left to vy for the cash after beating another 16 candidates on the reality business show.

British model/actress Liz Hurley, aged 50, has been busy entertaining US audiences in The Royals, an American drama about a fictitious British Royal Family. She popped into Guinevere Antiques on the fashionable King’s Road in Chelsea, West London.

Jennifer Lawrence kissed her co-star Natalie Dormer on the lips at London premiere of Mockingjay – Part 2, on Thursday evening.

Lawerence wanted to say a quick hello to Dormer during red carpet interviews and she leaned in to kiss her cheek. But, Natalie turned her face and the two actresses kissed on the mouth instead.

Snooker stars from all over the world will gather in Sofia for participation in the fourth consecutive edition of the Victoria Bulgaria Open tournament, which is part of the Players Tour Championship.

The Bulgaria Open begins on Wednesday with the qualifications and lasts until Sunday when the final takes place.

Serbian and Hungarian interior ministers Nebojsa Stefanovic and Sandor Pinter on Thursday reopened the Horgos 2 border crossing to traffic.

They did so by "symbolically removal the barriers," Tanjug reported.

The meaning of the expression ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ originated in ancient Greece by philosopher Plato. The meaning is that the perception of beauty is subjective. A recent study released in the UK attempted to objectify what the English perceive as beautiful. 100 people were asked to identify facial features they thought of as beautiful.

“A great day for me, the faux queen sails with former King of Greece Konstantinos” Elizabeth Hurley posted on her account uploading a photo of her with former King Konstantinos.

The 50-year-old actress, who plays Elena at ‘The Royals’ TV series, posed with former king Konstantinos on a sail boat.

See also other posts of the beautiful actress from her stay in Greece.