It will be one "dark knight" this October as Spike TV presents the third annual "SCREAM," a celebration of the best in horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic genres.

Ralph Fiennes' Lord Voldemort character in the Harry Potter films has been named the best movie villain of all time - beating Heath Ledger's The Joker into sixth place.

Happy Birthday to Welsh singer Charlotte Church (1986), "Ghost Whisperer" actress Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979), actor William Baldwin (1963), "Blue Lagoon" actor Christopher Atkins (1961), country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter (1958), "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer (1955),

British tough guy Tim Roth refuses to regret not grabbing a lead role in the Harry Potter movie franchise - because countryman Alan Rickman is the perfect Professor Severus Snape. Roth was offered the dark role before Rickman but turned it down because he thought the character was "under-developed."

''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' is the quintessential Tim Burton movie, even though it springs from somebody else's celebrated mind.

Alan Rickman won't be using his singing skills in the Sweeney Todd movie musical as his inspiration to get back to Broadway because his last New York stage tune was a disaster.

British actor Tim Roth is desperate to appear in the final two Harry Potter films - despite turning down a role in the boy wizard franchise six years ago.

Judi Dench,Maggie Smith, Emma Thompson and Jeremy Irons are among a host of British stars who have joined forces to save one of the U.K's oldest theatres from closure.

Helena Bonham-Carter was shocked her three-line appearance in the forthcoming Harry Potter movie took six weeks to film. The star, who plays character Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix, admits the excessive waiting time was frustrating as she had such a small part.

Pop superstar Kylie Minogue was "charmed" by British Chancellor Gordon Brown last month at a dinner party /hosted by Australian author Kathy Lette. The Spinning Around singer was a guest at the meal in London, which was also attended by British film stars Stephen Fry, Alan Rickman and Ronnie Ancona.