Les miserables 2012

Les Miserables actress Samantha Barks reveals how she lost weight to play Eponine (left), why she became a vegetarian and her experience with alternative medicine.

Arrested Development meets Les Miserables

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre has been adapted for the screen many times, but the 2011 film adaptation is perhaps the most successful in capturing the Gothic moodiness of the novel. Mia Wasikowska portrays the titular character, imbuing Jane with a sense of innocence despite her rough childhood. When Jane becomes the governess at Thornfield Hall, she is thrust into an environment of isolation and secrecy. The mysterious Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender) who owns the property is rarely…

At the barricade!

Eponine (Samantha Barks), On My Own, Les Miserables movie

The Wolverine star, 47, has spoken about the 2016 Oscar nominations - which controversially featured only white actors - saying the boycotts have started a 'great conversation' in Hollywood

If you've watched the recent movie Les Miserables, you have seen the French tri-color cockade. Red, white and blue rosettes were inaugurated in the French Revolution and have been linked with the history of France ever since. The traditional colors of Paris were red and blue - red for Saint Denis and blue for Saint Martin. These colors were paired with the white representing the French nation (or France's royalty, as some claim) to make the tri-color combination during the Revolution. This…