Film This article is more than 9 years oldObama-Satan lookalike cut from film version of hit mini-series The BibleThis article is more than 9 years old'The devil is on the cutting-room floor. This is now a movie about Jesus … the devil gets no more screen time,' says producer of The Son Of God Quiz: Name that Satan
Controversial scenes in which an actor with a startling resemblance to US President Barack Obama portrayed Satan have been cut from the big-screen version of a hit mini-series about Jesus' life.
Top 10sShort storiesIts fiction is best known to English readers through novels, but its short stories are better. From Jorge Luis Borges to Clarice Lispector, here are some of the best
Short stories: how not to despair with the unjust way they are treated in the world of British letters? From their frequent definition in terms of what they are not – a novel – to the reluctance of risk-averse publishers when it comes to releasing one of these not-novels into the world.
‘If there is not a corridor, he makes one’… Bruce Willis in Die Hard. Photograph: Moviestore Collection / Rex Feat‘If there is not a corridor, he makes one’… Bruce Willis in Die Hard. Photograph: Moviestore Collection / Rex FeatBooksReviewBurglars look at buildings in a different way, seeing lift shafts that can be shimmied up and plasterboard walls to cut through. This playful book is crammed with good anecdotesIn June 1986, strange mechanical sounds were heard coming from the ground around the vault of the First Interstate Bank in Hollywood.
Roman PolanskiBritish actor claims Roman Polanski sexually abused her at 16Charlotte Lewis makes allegations to support charges in USThe legal problems of the film director Roman Polanski, who is currently under house arrest in his Swiss chateau awaiting extradition to the US charged with raping a 13-year-old girl three decades ago, thickened yesterday when a British actor claimed he had sexually abused her in the 1980s when she was 16 years old.
Film recapMoviesKillers: Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher are victims of a bungled execution – film on TV recapThe characters are blank and the stars appear to exist in their own separate vacuums in this, the third worst film of 2010, which is showing on Channel 5 at 10pm on Sunday Read Jason Solomons' review of Killers
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"How weird is this going to get?" – JenKatherine Heigl has struck upon a novel strategy to promote her new TV show State of Affairs – she's basically apologising for her entire career.