'Absolutely Fabulous' to return, says Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley has revealed that she will film new episodes of Absolutely Fabulous later this year.

In November, Lumley revealed that she was keen to return to the sitcom.

The actress has now told Hello magazine that she will begin work on new instalments this summer.

"In late August I start filming on three episodes of Absolutely Fabulous, which we are all ecstatic about," she said.

A BBC spokesperson told The Guardian: "We're putting the finishing touches to the deal to bring it back and as soon as we're in a position to confirm it we will."

However, Lumley said that she has no idea what will happen when the show returns, saying: "Miss [Jennifer] Saunders has been so busy writing Uptown Downstairs Abbey for Comic Relief and also Spice Girls: The Musical, I don't think she's started [the script]!"

Lumley has previously said that she "adored" working on Absolutely Fabulous.

Witherspoon: 'Pattinson sex scene disgusting'

Reese Witherspoon has admitted that she was "disappointed" by her love scenes with Robert Pattinson in Water For Elephants.

The actress told In Touch that Pattinson was not well when they filmed their sex scenes together.

Witherspoon said: "Rob possibly had the most hideous horrible cold of any co-star I've ever had to do a love scene with ever in my entire life.

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"He was literally snorting and snotting through every second of it - and it was not appealing. I'm talking green, infectious, disgusting - I'm not kidding!"

She added: "I'm going to say it's a little bit of a downer. I was a little disappointed. It wasn't sexy."

Pattinson has claimed that Witherspoon is "a lot bawdier" and "a lot more raucous" than people might think.

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Henry Cavill: 'Superman will be re-imagined'

Henry Cavill has said that his Superman movie will be a "re-imagining" of the DC Comics character.

The British actor, who will play the Man of Steel in Sucker Punch director Zack Snyder's blockbuster, told MTV that the superhero franchise's latest instalment will still remain faithful to its comic book roots.

"It's true to the source material, but there's so little I can say about it," Cavill said. "It's basically a re-imagining and modernisation of an iconic character."

Asked if his portrayal of Clark Kent/Superman will differ from the Christopher Reeve incarnation, he replied: "That's tough to say, it's very early days yet. Superman is Superman, after all. There's only so much of a change you can make to that. It's going to be different, but not so different that it's unrecognisable."

Amy Adams, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane will also star in Superman: The Man Of Steel, due to open in cinemas in December 2012.