Showtime has been around for a few decades, but for some time it never quite managed real competition against its rival, HBO. Things have changed.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a long history of awarding actors who portray real people. For example: Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles (Ray),

LOS ANGELES (AP) - James Bond is still in a foul mood over that whole dead girlfriend thing from "Casino Royale." But the man who plays him is as happy as can be.

Pamela Anderson has written a stern letter to Aussie actress Cate Blanchett, urging the Oscar-winner to stop wearing Armani clothes.

Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth sequel has been savaged by the Catholic Church's leading bishops for the way the film portrays religious history. Meeting at the Italian Bishops Conference in Rome, church leaders have called Elizabeth: The Golden Age "divisive, distorted and an attack on Catholicism".

It is hard to know what to expect when coming into Elizabeth: The Golden Age, a delayed sequel of a film that 10 years prior had been a heavy player at the Oscars.

''Elizabeth: The Golden Age'' is essentially a Paris couture fashion show with some historical names and details tossed in as a feeble attempt at significance.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - When Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench co-starred in last year's drama ''Notes on a Scandal,'' their off-camera conversations naturally turned to Queen Elizabeth I, a role each has played.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - It seems no iconic figure is beyond Cate Blanchett, who shot to stardom as Queen Elizabeth I, won an Academy Award as Katharine Hepburn and enchanted audiences as the mythic elf Galadriel in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy.

Actress Cate Blanchett terrified her husband while filming Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There - because he was "repulsed" at the sight of her disguised as a man.