Described as a “lovely, generous, unselfish person” by family, British actress Lucy Gordon, who is most known in the United States for her role in Spiderman 3, was found hanged in her Paris apartment Thursday. She was 28.
Multiple media reports, including Sky News, indicate the rising star appeared to commit suicide.
The young actress had 10 [...]

Explorers combing the depths of the English Channel have found the H.M.S. Victory, a ship that sank during a vicious 1744 storm, possibly carrying four tons of gold coins worth close to $1 billion, the New York Times reports.

With regard to “Antidotes,” the debut album from British indie outfit Foals, the sentiment “if you’ve heard one song, you’ve heard them all,” isn’t an entirely unfair assessment. Fortunately for the band, they’ve honed a winning formula of upbeat dance-rock, with a sound that invites comparison to groups like Bloc Party, The Rapture and occasionally [...]

The British Invasion: Millennium Edition continues with the arrival of Kate Nash’s debut album “Made of Bricks,” which hit shelves in January.
Nash, 20, is the latest in the assembly line of female singer-songwriters to hail from the U.K. Her style is more Lily Allen than Amy Winehouse, but unlike that pair, Nash’s personal life hasn’t [...]

Due out on DVD January 29, Chancer was the British television series that made Clive Owen (Children of Men, Inside Man, Closer, King Arthur) a star.
Chancer, Series 2 is the conclusion to the hit 90s series. Owen plays Derek “Dex” Love. He’s devious, dangerous—and even more determined. Dex, a.k.a. Stephen Crane, gets out of jail [...]