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Rob Leane Juliette Harrisson Mar 20, 2017

As the Supergirl/The Flash musical episode approaches, we revisit 10 great TV show forays into the world of musical theatre...

If you hadn’t already heard: The CW’s brightest and most jovial superhero shows, The Flash and Supergirl, are having a musical crossover episode. To mark the occasion, we look back at our ten favourite musical outings from geek TV gone by. Get your song sheets at the ready and prepare to sing along...

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Standout track: 'Drives Us Bats', an ode to Batman's ability to drive his own rogues' gallery (and fellow heroes) insane, sung mainly by Neil Patrick Harris.

Ice cool princesses on melodic voyages of self-discovery, are undeniably delightful. Yet sometimes one wants something a little more ferocious from a trip to the movies. With its roll call of eccentric characters and sweeping desert scapes, Khumba: A Zebra’s Tale provides an earnest and offbeat – if temporary - antidote to those sisters this Easter holiday. A wild and winsome tale of big courage!

Khumba (Jake T. Austin) is an outcast among his insular zebra herd. Born half-striped, raised as a veritable outsider and newly motherless, his instinct to offer a share of their dwindling water supplies to a stranger only elevate suspicions within the group. The superstitious elders of the herd – mulishly determined not to remember a time when things were different – keep the waterhole locked down by a wall of thorns and hoard the precious commodity.

Regardless, demand is outstripping supply and someone needs to act.

Scala Forever, London

For cineastes of a certain age, London's Scala cinema still symbolises a golden age of repertory, reaching its apex in the 80s when underground classics by Kenneth Anger, George Kuchar and Russ Meyer screened alongside imports from the likes of Paul Verhoeven, new films by Jim Jarmusch and silent milestones by Pabst and Murnau. This season scatters the Scala's legacy across the whole of London, beginning with the film that launched the cinema, King Kong, and ending with the film that, arguably, finished it – Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, finally shown legally under the Scala banner. The Scala's catholic mix of high art and low trash is represented by a wealth of titles, but few wave the flag as boldly as John Waters's Female Trouble (pictured) or Curt McDowell's Thundercrack, still shocking after 36 years.

Various venues, Sat to 2 Oct

Chichester Film Festival

The programme for...

Let’s Dance For Comic Relief is over for another year, though for the first time ever a man in drag did Not take the crown.

Last night saw five of the nation’s favourite stars (and Katie Price) return to the stage and give their take on some iconic dance routines.

Charlie Baker and James Thornton won with their tap dancing extravaganza and the old time performance reminded us of all those old movies we used to watch with our granny, while breaking our teeth on her incredibly brittle tray of toffee! Since they were the champions of the night, let’s have a look at their performance first

The Eightie’s Supergroup performed their Greased Lightening routine again and although they did make us giggle, it was clear that they had no chance of winning from the minute they took to the stage.

The winning performance of the night for us,...

Adrian Edmondson and an '80s supergroup have won the last two spots in the Let's Dance For Comic Relief final. The 54-year-old comedian topped the public vote in tonight's qualifier with an elegant rendition of ballet routine 'The Dying Swan', which ultimately descended into a slapstick fight with Bottom partner Rik Mayall. When asked by hosts Steve Jones and Alex Jones to sum up the prospect of performing in the Let's Dance final, Edmondson replied: "[It] makes me very nervous. I'm really just worried about whether Rik's gonna find out where I am next week or not." The '80s supergroup - consisting of Chesney Hawkes, Toyah Wilcox, Limahl and Clare Grogan - finished in the top three with their homage to classic musical Grease and faced off against I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here Now! (more)...

Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" and Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" received 15 selections each for this year's British Academy Film Awards longlist.

This announcement is prior to the official nominations. This is the result of the first round of voting by British Academy members. When they vote the second time, they will cut the number of films to five in each category. Then, Academy members will vote for the third time to pick the winners. The Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony will be held on Feb. 13.

Here's the complete list of nominees (Check our Awards Avenue for complete winners/nominees for all award-giving bodies):

Best Film

127 Hours

Another Year

Black Swan

The Fighter

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King.s Speech

Made In Dagenham

Shutter Island

The Social Network

The Town

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter.s Bone...

In 1998 the world was introduced to twisted mind of Darren Aronofsky with his film Pi. Since then we have been hit, movie after movie, with an emotional roller coaster ride that just never seems to let up. With the release of his latest film, Black Swan, Aronofsky does it again.

Black Swan is the story of Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman), who is a prima ballerina in the New York Ballet. For the new season, her troupe is doing Swan Lake. Nina’s dream is to get the lead in the show. Beth Macentire (Winona Ryder) is retiring as the current lead, and Nina sees this as her chance to shine. There is one major obstacle in her way, a new ballerina from Los Angeles, Lily (Mila Kunis). Lily is the complete opposite of Nina. Nina is obsessive and wants to be perfect, while Lily has a more loose style and...

Black Swan

Directed by: Darren Aronofksy

Cast: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder

Running Time: 1 hr 47 mins

Rating: R

Release Date: December 3, 2010 (limited)

Plot: A hard-working ballerina (Portman) suffers from mental and physical problems when she tries to play both white swan and black swan in a presentation of Tchaikovksy’s “Swan Lake.”

Who’S It For? For those who think that this is truly the most wonderful time of the year, Black Swan should definitely be at the top of your award season viewing list.

Expectations: After hearing some buzzing from this year’s fall festival circuit, I decided to ultimately avoid any trailers for this film. A few festival write-ups that I had read mentioned certain elements of this peculiar sounding movie. How would the director of The Wrestler present the world of ballet, and just how could Natalie Portman be in such a role?...

In "Black Swan," the battling ballerina drama garnering early Oscar buzz, Winona Ryder plays an aging dancer, pushed out of the spotlight by the emergence of a younger rising star, played by Natalie Portman, and it's something the 39-year-old actress said she can relate to.<br /><br />"It's parallel to a lot of things, you know -- getting older in Hollywood, getting older in the ballet world," Winona, who plays Beth Macintyre, aka "The Dying Swan" in the film, told Access Hollywood at "Black Swan's" New York City premiere on Tuesday night.<br /><br />Winona herself has dealt with Hollywood's reaction to ...<br /><br />Copyright 2010 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.<br>This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.