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It is BBC anchorwoman Jackie Bird’s most famous interview and, even today, she finds the story of the man who almost got away with living his life over again utterly compelling.

Alan Cumming said the story of a schoolboy imposter “pushes all our buttons” for Scots as a film about the fake pupil received its European premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival. My Old School tells the story of Brian MacKinnon who, aged 32, posed as a 17-year-old called Brandon Lee in 1993 to re-enrol as a pupil and re-sit his Highers at his old school Bearsden Academy.

Mira Sorvino confessed she has 'always' harbored a 'wish' to star in a sequel of her beloved 1997 comedy Romy And Michele's High School Reunion.The 54-year-old actress co-starred with Lisa Kudrow in the romp about two failures who try to pass themselves off as successful businesswomen at their reunion.During an interview this Monday with Extra, Mira was asked a sequel was possible and replied: 'Look, for me that's always been a hope or a wish.' What if:Mira Sorvino confessed she has 'always' harbored a 'wish' to star in a sequel of her beloved 1997 comedy Romy And Michele's High School Reunion Throwback:The 54-year-old actress co-starred with Lisa Kudrow in the romp about two failures who try to pass themselves off as successful businesswomen at their reunionMira, who won an Oscar for the Woody Allen film Mighty Aphrodite shortly before Romy And Michele, added: 'People have a hunger for it and we'd love to do it.'The buzz about Romy And Michele came after Mira and Lisa reunited on the stage to present at the Screen Actors Guild Awards this Sunday.

A fledgling Lanarkshire filmmaker is "living the dream" after his first full-length feature was selected to premiere at next month's Glasgow Film Festival.

Most kids wouldn’t want to endure high school twice, although there are some who would no doubt prefer to remain there forever. Brandon Lee (no, not the late actor son of Bruce Lee) chose a third path by re-enrolling when he was 32 years old and getting away with it, at least for a while. How it all happened is whimsically recounted in My Old School, a clever, amusing and rather slight account of a Scottish misfit’s most irregular education. Or, as Woody Allen used to describe himself, it’s “thin but fun.”

debuted at Sundance this week, unravels Lee’s bizarre story with actor Alan Cumming sitting in for the man himself by lip-syncing to Lee’s narration (Lee agreed to tell his story, but didn’t want to appear on camera). Director Jono McLeod, who knew Lee as a fellow student, tells the tale via interviews with his now-50-something classmates, animated sequences and snippets of old video. Cumming, who was originally attached to star in a now-defunct feature adaptation of the story, remembers the saga as a news bombshell in Scotland.

Outlander fans will get a very exclusive preview of the first episode of season six of STARZPLAY’s worldwide smash-hit at Glasgow Film Festival.

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Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIn 1993, six years after Johnny Depp and company were deemed too old to keep up the charade on “21 Jump Street,” Brandon Lee went back to Bearsden Academy. At least he said his name was Brandon Lee.

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A hoaxer who posed as a 17-year-old schoolboy while in his 30s has had his bizarre story turned into a film featuring Aberfeldy -born actor Alan Cumming.

Scots are intrigued about the story of imposter schoolboy Brandon Lee from Bearsden as Alan Cumming has been announced to play him in a new film.

Alan Cumming has taken to social media to confirm he is not Bagpipes in The Masked Singer as fans speculate who is under the Scottish themed costume.

"I’m very proud of the original series – despite it being occasionally tone deaf on race and gender."In a seperate interview with Elle UK last week, Cynthia referred to the new spin-off as "breath-taking", due to its new non-white and gender diverse characters.She told the magazine: "It’s part of the reason we wanted to do the show – to go back and [undo] the things that we really got wrong."The actress' real life son Samuel, 23, who she revealed to be transgender back in 2018, was previously mentioned by Cynthia on the Homo Sapiens podcast.Speaking to Alan Cumming and Chris Sweeney, she said: "Before I ever had an inkling my kid might be trans I read a really extensive article… [about] all of these parents of pre-pubescent kids who were

Spice Girls love, getting the fun to come to him and why the world is wrong about age.The last one, Not My Father’s Son, dealt with a specific summer when s*** happened to me. [Just before filming Who Do You Think You Are? in 2010, he found out his father may not be his real father.] This one wasn’t about such a traumatic time.

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were left in stitches as they let slip what Miriam Margolyes did during an ad break.

Scots actor Alan Cumming opened up in his new book Baggage about his childhood and his violent father and how he dealt with his emotions after feeling suicidal during the filming of Goldeneye.

James Bond film, GoldenEye.The esteemed screen star opened up about his struggles with mental health in an interview with CBS Mornings on Tuesday.He described the audition, which he landed, as one of the "worst days of my life", before admitting that "Hollywood saved him".It comes as ahead of the release of his new memoir Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life.In the interview, Alan opened up his "darkest moments".He said: "It was one of the worst days of my life actually."I felt really, really, really low."I just now think, 'Oh you poor little thing, you could've said I am feeling suicidal today.'"That's something I realised when I was writing, like, 'Oh my God, Hollywood saved me.'"The bestselling author revealed he now lives by a mantra

James Bond saved Alan Cumming’s life.

Adele left Jeremy O. Harris devastated when she left his play before it started because it was too long.

We’ll be seeing Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose together on the red carpet many times throughout the next few months, so here’s a little sneak peek!