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Prince William looked dapper than ever at today's Order of the Thistle Ceremony in Scotland. The Duke of Cambridge arrived at the St. Giles' Cathedral in Edenburgh to take part in the Knights of the Thistle service sporting an emerald green robe with a matching hat (take a look at that feather, people!). William wasn't the only one to wear the ornate ensemble—Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Anne and Prince Philip were also in attendance. Thursday morning's ceremony honored Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games chairman Lord Smith of Kelvin and former Coutts bank chairman the Earl of Home, who were made Knights of Thistle. The title is Scotland's highest national honor. The award is...

Visual effects firm Framestore is behind the acclaimed space movie, but is UK film making a giant leap, or is funding falling?

After picking up a galaxy of awards, the space thriller Gravity is tipped for further glory at the Oscars on Sunday. The film might look like classic big budget Hollywood, but has a starring role in the British film industry. Almost everything on screen, from the gorgeous images of light bouncing off the earth, the constellations of stars, down to the astronauts' space boots, was conjured up on computers at a studio in Soho. Stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock filmed their space nightmare in deepest, darkest Buckinghamshire.

Tim Webber is the director of visual effects at Framestore, the studio behind Gravity's magical effects. Before he put Sandra Bullock in space, Webber created the rich worlds of Harry Potter and The Dark Knight. But Gravity was the...

Stiles is losing his V-card, Will Young works against homophobia in schools, Kellan Lutz is in love in Hercules The Legend Begins

Orlando Cruz lost his title fight on Saturday night in a knockout in the seventh round. He had a rough start to the evening, his gym bag misplaced, his entry music lost, and his hands not even taped fifteen minutes before the fight. Parts of the crowd were shouting “Puta, puta.” But his opponent, Orlando Salido, said Cruz being gay didn’t matter. “None of that stuff matters. He is a very strong, tough fighter.” As for Cruz, it’s time to relax, reflect. Oh – and get married to his fiancé on November 16th.

The Independent has put out their annual Pink List, this year topped by journalist Paris Lees. There’s been a lot of chatter on Twitter that basically boils down to “Who are these people?...

Exclusive: BFI proposes new Vpf framework ahead of Film Policy Review meeting.

Ahead of this autumn’s reconvening of the Film Policy Review panel, the British Film Institute has written to digital cinema integrators with a “formal request” for them to implement “changes to [Virtual Print Fee] agreements affecting smaller scale releases.”

In the letter acquired by ScreenDaily, written by BFI CEO Amanda Nevill on behalf of the UK’s lead body for film, sets out a “fairer,” “widest point of release mechanism,” to ensure that distributors of smaller scale releases (which they classify as less than 100 screens) would only pay the number of VPFs for the film at its widest point, without incurring repeat fees between integrators.

The total number of VPFs payable at this widest point of release would be split equally between the four integrators, or divided between integrators according to their market share.

The BFI said it recognised that “some individual measures have been developed” by integrators...