1366.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - IAIN GLEN AWARDED HONORARY DEGREE

Scots Hollywood star Iain Glen will be awarded an degree by his alma mater. The Edinburgh-born actor will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of Aberdeen. The 43-year-old appeared opposite Nicole Kidman in the West End production of The Blue Room and his film credits include Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Gorillas in the Mist.

Last Updated: Jul 4, 2004  

1367.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - DECODING HOT GIRL ON GIRL ACTION

Hot chicks kicking celluloid ass are far from a new phenomenon. Varla, the outrageously busty, menacingly sexy antiheroine of Russ Meyer's seminal 1965 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, isn't even the first in a long line of killer babes that includes the original Charlie's Angels, Alien's Ripley, Terminator 2's Sarah Connor, The Long Kiss Goodnight's Charly Baltimore, Buffy of vampire-slaying fame, Out of Sight's Karen Sisco, any number of Pam Grier characters and, of course, Thelma and Louise.

Last Updated: Jul 4, 2004  

1368.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - JOLIE BATTLES TO SAVE CAMBODIAN FOREST

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has persuaded Cambodian ministers to cancel a planned hydroelectricity project in a huge forest near her home, Prime Minister Hun Sen said after meeting her. The Oscar-winning actress, who has an adopted Cambodian son Maddox and owns a residence in the Samlot district of northwestern Battambang province, often visits the war-torn kingdom and has been campaigning on environmental issues. Hun Sen told reporters that Jolie, who met him along with a team of ministers and diplomats, had asked him about conflicting plans to build hydroelectricity plants as well as to protect Samlot's forests.

Last Updated: Jul 4, 2004  

1369.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - IT'S A CAMBODIAN CELEBRITY INVASION

In the beginning was Angelina. Then came Minnie, Ashley, Jackie, Rupert, Roger and Cliff. After decades of war and the genocide of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, Cambodia is back on the tourist map and Hollywood is jumping on the plane - not to mention the bandwagon. With a well-founded reputation for eastern mystique and a less well-founded one for danger, as well as a litany of social woes from desperate poverty to the highest Aids infection rate in Asia, it has become a top destination for celebrities seeking heart-warming headlines.

Last Updated: Jul 4, 2004  

1370.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - NOAH TAYLOR ATTACHED TO NEW WORLD

Batman Begins star Christian Bale is boarding director Terrence Malick's 17th century American epic The New World. David Thewlis, Noah Taylor and Q'orianka Kilcher have also joined the cast, which already includes Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, August Schellenberg and Wes Studi. The New Line project is described as an epic adventure set amid the encounter of European and Native American cultures following the founding of the Jamestown settlement in 1607 and inspired by the legend of John Smithand Pocahontas.

Last Updated: Jul 1, 2004