ERIC CANTONA (31) is to star with Mickey Rourke in a film about boxing. The former Manchester United player will take a leading role in the 20-minute black-and-white movie about three boxers fighting over the same girl.
The sale of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's wine collection has established a new world auction record for a wine sale. More than 18,000 bottles sold for a total of £3,692,821.
The atmosphere is reportedly less than cordial behind the scenes of the Broadway show Victor/Victoria, produced by Blake Edwards.
Star Julie Andrews, after several absences due to health problems, is to be back on stage despite plans to leave the show.
Andrews was to be replaced in June by Raquel Welch, but Welch is far from ready. According to the tabloid New York Post, "Blake and Raquel haven't come to physical blows, but there's been a ton of yelling and screaming."
Roman Polanski is planning to stage a musical out of his hit 1967 farce The Vampire Killers. The world premiere will take place in Vienna in October, he said yesterday.
