The Notting Hill star has been a leading light in a campaign for a reform of the press in his native U.K., and in November he made a headline-grabbing appearance at a public hearing into newspaper standards.

He told the Leveson Inquiry in London that his privacy had been invaded by tabloids and he had been "chased at speed" by photographers.

On Tuesday, Grant appeared at an auction in aid of The Journalism Foundation - which promotes free and independent journalism throughout the world - and successfully bid $22,400 for a three-day golf holiday at Scotland's famous St Andrews links.

Other guests at the event, which raised a total of $240,000 (£150,000), included Sir Mick Jagger's ex-wife Jerry Hall and Grant's former lover Jemima Khan. »

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Rhys Ifans Camped Out While Shooting Notting Hill

23 May 2012 12:06 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Welsh movie star Rhys Ifans camped out in a tent near Shepperton Studios in England while filming Notting Hill - so he could avoid a long, complicated commute to work.

The actor couldn't be bothered getting up early and trekking to the set - to play Hugh Grant's slovenly flatmate, so be bought a tent and a sleeping bag and slept at a campsite minutes from the film mecca.

He tells Playboy magazine, "We were filming at Shepperton, a studio that can take several nightmarish hours to get to and from. I thought, 'How am I going to get around this torturous journey?'

"So I got a tent and a sleeping bag and camped near the studio, which sort of helped the whole unkemptness of the character."

And Ifans famously didn't shower or brush his teeth during filming - so he'd really become the unhygienic character he was playing opposite Grant and Julia Roberts.

He adds, "Julia never saw me as I normally look so she probably thought I was some guy they found in the street."

But he still arrived in style for work every day.

The Welshman explains, "Due to insurance and liability issues, a limo still had to show up to drive me to the studio. So every day this guy who owned the campsite would watch me walk across the field, get into a limo and be driven away." »

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The Latest Promo Image from The Amazing Spider-Man Is Killer

23 May 2012 4:55 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Marvel just released this new promo image featuring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone from the upcoming film “The Amazing Spider-Man” aka Spider-Man 4 from writers Steve Ditko and Stan Lee by director Marc Webb (The Office, (500) Days of Summer, Lone Star) stars Emma Stone (Zombieland, The Croods, Friends With Benefits), Andrew Garfield (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Social Network), Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, Neverland), Martin Sheen (Stella Days, The Double), Sally Field (Forrest Gump, Brothers & Sisters), C. Thomas Howell (Chupacabra, Red Dawn, The Outsiders), Denis Leary (Ice Age: Continental Drift) and Julianne Nicholson (Brief Interviews with Hideous Men). Synopsis: The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter [ Read More ] »

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Hyde Park On Hudson Trailer Hits And Bill Murray Looks Brilliant

22 May 2012 4:13 PM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »

We won’t be seeing it until December 7th, and it’s unlikely to be the kind of film that will ultimately bombard you with ads, so the trailer release for Hyde Park on Hudson better hope it stirs something deep if it’s going to be remembered. It looks a bit odd frankly, even among films with Presidents and Queens, but it stars many of my favorites, and I can imagine that director Roger Michell can make something interesting out of it.

Bill Murray in Hyde Park on Hudson p/c Nicola Dove Focus Features

It’s just my kind of wild actually, and I’m looking forward to it. This may not seem like your cup of tea, but give the trailer a look, and let me know what you think.

In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Academy Award nominee Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams »

- Marc Eastman

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Rhys Ifans Talks The Amazing Spider-Man's Humanity & Flaws

22 May 2012 1:07 PM, PDT | Access Hollywood | See recent Access Hollywood news »

Rhys Ifans might be best known for his hilarious role as Hugh Grant's quirky roommate in "Notting Hill," but this summer audiences will see a whole new side of the British actor when he stars as Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard in Marvel's "The Amazing Spider-Man."

The 44-year-old actor thinks the latest version of the friendly neighborhood web-slinger will connect with fans in a way other superhero stories don't.

"Whereas Superman is a godlike guy from another planet and Batman is this mysterious, unknowable billionaire, everyone in Spider-Man is human and flawed," the actor told Playboy in an interview ...

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- nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)

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Watch Bill Murray in the Hyde Park On The Hudson movie trailer

21 May 2012 11:07 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »

The trailer for Richard Mitchell's Hyde Park on the Hudson is in, featuring Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman and Samuel West. Mitchell, known for several great films including Notting Hill, Venus and Morning Glory, helms from the script by Etham Frome screenwriter Richard Nelson. Pic is sent out to theatres via Focus Features on December 7th, with Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson, Eleanor Bron and Olivia Williams forming the rest of the main cast. In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams) host the King and Queen of England (Samuel West and Olivia Colman) for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York – the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. With Britain facing imminent war with Germany, the Royals are desperately looking to Fdr for support. But international affairs must be juggled with »

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Exciting New Photos from The Amazing Spider-Man Set

20 May 2012 5:43 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Marvel released these really cool photos fromt he set of the upcoming film “The Amazing Spider-Man” aka Spider-Man 4 from writers Steve Ditko and Stan Lee by director Marc Webb (The Office, (500) Days of Summer, Lone Star) stars Emma Stone (Zombieland, The Croods, Friends With Benefits), Andrew Garfield (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Social Network), Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, Neverland), Martin Sheen (Stella Days, The Double), Sally Field (Forrest Gump, Brothers & Sisters), C. Thomas Howell (Chupacabra, Red Dawn, The Outsiders), Denis Leary (Ice Age: Continental Drift) and Julianne Nicholson (Brief Interviews with Hideous Men). Synopsis: The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast [ Read More ] »

- Brian Corder

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Peter Parker and Gwen Stacey Nearly Kiss In New Photo from The Amazing Spider-Man

19 May 2012 11:15 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Marvel just released this brand new movie still featuring Peter Parker and Gwen Stacey in the upcoming film “The Amazing Spider-Man” aka Spider-Man 4 from writers Steve Ditko and Stan Lee by director Marc Webb (The Office, (500) Days of Summer, Lone Star) stars Emma Stone (Zombieland, The Croods, Friends With Benefits), Andrew Garfield (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Social Network), Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, Neverland), Martin Sheen (Stella Days, The Double), Sally Field (Forrest Gump, Brothers & Sisters), C. Thomas Howell (Chupacabra, Red Dawn, The Outsiders), Denis Leary (Ice Age: Continental Drift) and Julianne Nicholson (Brief Interviews with Hideous Men). Synopsis: The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of [ Read More ] »

- Brian Corder

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