Myles Burke

3 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Myles Burke

The Profumo affair led to a government minister's resignation on 5 June 1963. In 1983, Christine Keeler talked to the BBC about her part in a story of sex, lies and Cold War paranoia. "For 20 years, I think I've just been a newspaper clipping, I've never really had my say," Christine Keeler told the BBC's Sue Lawley on Nationwide in 1983. She was recalling the notorious political scandal that had engulfed her life and made her a household name: the Profumo Affair.

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Myles Burke

To reach Everest's summit Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had to climb sheer rock, while battling treacherous ice and a deadly lack of oxygen on the most dangerous part of the mountain. Seventy-one years ago, they shared their victory with the BBC. "I think my first reaction was definitely one of relief," New Zealander Edmund Hillary told the BBC on 3 July 1953, as he described how he and Nepalese sherpa Tenzing Norgay felt when they stood on the highest point on Earth.

1 week ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Myles Burke

Cuando Midnight Cowboy ("Cowboy de medianoche") se estrenó hace 56 años, revolucionó por completo la idea de un éxito masivo en Hollywood. Era una desgarradora historia de soledad, sexualidad y supervivencia en Nueva York, impulsada por las interpretaciones de sus actores principales, las cuales terminarían definiendo sus carreras.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Myles Burke

3 days agoRobert Benton, the Academy Award-winning director of such classic films as Kramer vs. Kramer, and Places in the Heart, has died. He was 92. Benton died in Manhattan on Sunday, May 11, according to Variety, with his death being confirmed by his manager, Marisa Forzano. After starting his career as an art …

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Myles Burke

When Midnight Cowboy came out 56 years ago this week, it instantly upended Hollywood's idea of a mainstream hit. A bleak tale of loneliness, sexuality and survival in New York, it was powered by career-defining performances from its lead actors. "I did have problems with it as I now see the movie," actor Dustin Hoffman confessed to the BBC in 1970 as he reflected on his performance as the sickly New York grifter Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy.