Hollywood heavyweights feature strongly in the race for Britain's 2010 Laurence Olivier theater awards, with Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, James Earl Jones and Keira Knightley among the nominees announced Monday. Jones is shortlisted for best actor for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," alongside Law ...

The British actress Jean Simmons, who has died aged 80, established her reputation with an unforgettable performance as Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's film "Hamlet" before becoming one of the Twentieth Century Fox studio's leading stars. Simmons, who died in Santa Monica, California Friday, after suffering lung cancer, was twice nominated for an Oscar and reached the height of ...

Today is Saturday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2009. There are 173 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 11, 1859, Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time. (The clock itself had been keeping time since May 31.) On this date: In ...

In a March 8 story about the Laurence Olivier theater awards, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the age of playwright Alan Ayckbourn. He is 69, not 79.