It's good news for all those old movie and Michael Caine lovers because the 1969 British caper film, The Italian Job has been voted the greatest British film of all time. Now that is some respect! Isn't it? The popularity of the film has tempted others to come up with parodies and allusions in other films and productions but the classic movie still remains in everyone's list of favorites.

London, Nov 6 : Brit actor Sir Michael Caine has doled out relationship advice to ‘Little Britain’ star David Walliams by telling him to give up his flings and to instead concentrate on finding a wife.

Caine, 76, who starred as a woman-chasing character in ‘Alfie’, had dated a number of glamorous actresses and models during his prime, including Bianca Jagger and Jill St. John, before tying the knot with wife Shakira.

London, November 03 : Sir Michael Caine has revealed that a ruffian struck him on the back of his head with a glass bottle when he was a teenager living in London.

The ‘Get Carter’ star, who visited the British capital for filming new movie ‘Harry Brown,’ still carries the scar caused by the unprovoked attack.

"I remember once when I was 16, someone hit me over the head with a bottle. I didn''t know he was behind me and I''ve still got the scar," the Daily Express quoted him as saying.

Washington, September 15 : Actor Michael Caine believes that the British Government should send young offenders to special schools instead of prison, in order to deal with the country’s rising youth crime.

"They need to be sent to school, not a prison where they will learn to be criminals," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

The ‘Get Carter’ star plays a widower in new movie ‘Harry Brown’, who seeks revenge for the death of a friend at the hands of young thugs.

Washington, Jun 3 : Brit actor Sir Michael Caine’s son-in-law has been sued by one of his former pals for failing to pay him a cut of a big-money property deal.

Businessman Michael Hall, who is the husband of Caine''s daughter Natasha, was issued the lawsuit by Edward Kay, an ex business associate, reports Contactmusic.

In the suit, Kay alleges that he is owed money for introducing Hall to rich investors. The investors helped finance a luxury gated-community which Hall’s company, Obsidian, built in Uruguay.

London, Apr 27 : Veteran actor Michael Caine's wife is so upset with his role of a dying man in his new film that she has banned their pregnant daughter from watching it.

In the film `Is Anybody There', the 73-year-old actor plays the role a retired magician, crumbling into the final stages of a long life.

His wife Shakira found the film so disturbing that she has banned their pregnant daughter, Natasha, from seeing it.

Washington, Apr 27 : Veteran actor Michael Caine has threatened to leave Britain if the government implements another tax rise.

The 73-year-old actor is enraged after U. K. politicians announced new plans to raise income tax to 50 per cent for those who earn more than 150,000 pounds a year.

Caine has pledged to move to America if British taxes are raised again.

London, April 21: Sir Michael Caine left his family stunned after confessing his acting ambitions because his relatives thought he was gay.

The elite ‘Miss Congeniality’ actor revealed he had expected a family backlash but never thought his sexuality would be questioned.

"That''s what we thought actors were - all poofs (gay). And sometimes we were right," the Daily Star quoted him as saying.

The 76-year-old was knighted in 2000 by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his contribution to cinema.

Washington, Apr 17: Hollywood actor Michael Caine revealed that his forthcoming flick's script managed to do the task that no script has been able to do - it made him cry.

The legendary actor revealed that he was bowled over by the script that reduced him to tears.

He said that he liked the role so much that he accepted it for a cheap fee.

Caine, who plays a magician in the flick called `Is Anybody There', revealed that though he had worked in multifarious flicks, he had never shed a single tear on his flick's scripts.

Washington, April 13 : Legendary actor Michael Caine has no plans to retire and would act as long as he is offered gritty roles.

The two-time Oscar winner has appeared in over 100 films throughout his lengthy career.

However, the 76-year-old star insists that he would keep on acting - as long as he is offered descent roles.

London, Apr 9 : Legendary actor Sir Michael Caine feels he's too old to appear on Broadway.

The 76-year-old star, who has acted in more than 100 films throughout his career, is reluctant to take the notoriously rigorous New York stage at this age.

"No. My last (play) was maybe 40 years ago. Please, I''m 76. That''s too much like work," the Daily Star quoted him as telling New York Post.

Caine's wife Shakira was, recently, shaken during a preview screening of his latest film `Is There Anybody There?'

Washington, Apr 2 : Michael Caine immediately agreed to star in John Huston''s epic 1975 movie `The Man Who Would Be King' after learning his role was first offered to his hero Humphrey Bogart.

Huston met with Caine in Paris and offered him a role in his film, opposite Sir Sean Connery.

However, the director didn''t have to sell the movie hard - he simply explained his first choice was Bogart.

London, Mar 21 : Brit actor Michael Caine says that the culture of booze and fistfights has now been taken over by drugs and killings.

Caine, 76, who plays an ex-Marine pensioner living alone in an inner-city estate after the death of his wife in the upcoming movie Harry Brown, spoke to some of the kids who were signed up for the film.

London, Feb 13 : Michael Caine has said that he''s never been tempted by any of his on-screen lovers as his wife is more beautiful than any of them.

The 65-year-old has acted alongside some famous beauties - including Britt Ekland, Dame Helen Mirren, Sigourney Weaver, Jane Asher and Demi Moore.

However, he has eyes for his wife of 36 years, former model Shakira.

"I was always doing love scenes with very beautiful women. You can go on the set and there''ll be one of the most beautiful women in the world and the director will say, ''Take your clothes off and get into bed,''" the Daily Express quoted him, as saying.

London, Nov 29 : The ending to the movie ‘Italian Job’ is no longer a mystery, as English actor Michael Caine has revealed how it concluded.

The movie had been made in 1969, and as Sir Michael Caine spoke at the 2008 Visit London Awards, he revealed on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the film how producers had filmed the ending.

According to the 75-year-old actor, the movie ended with the gang of criminals escaping and the 4million-dollar cargo of gold tumbling into the ravine, and later being picked up by the rival Mafia gang.

LONDON, Nov. 28 -- British actor Michael Caine revealed the unfilmed ending of his classic heist flick "The Italian Job" to a crowd at the 2008 Visit London Awards Thursday.

The conclusion of the story told in the 1969 movie has been debated for years.

The film ends with the gang of thieves left hanging -- literally -- as their bus filled with gold dangles over a precipice and Caine's character Charlie Croker is heard saying: "Hang on a minute, lads. I've got a great idea."

London, Nov 18 : English actor Michael Caine has leapt in support of WAGs in the ongoing debate whether or not they distract footballers.

The debate started earlier this year after England boss Fabio Capello banned players'' partners under his new strict regime, saying that they were a distraction.

But Sir Michael Caine has showed that he is all in favour of the WAGs.

He is even said to have told his friends that they are good for the game.

“I love the WAGs,” the Sun quoted him as saying at the Variety Awards on November 16 night.

“They are brilliant. They do no harm,” he added. (ANI)

London, Nov 17 : English actor Michael Caine was honoured at the Variety Club’s 56th annual Showbusiness awards on November 16 for his five decades of famous film roles.

Caine, 75, who has starred in classic movies like Alfie, Get Carter and The Italian Job, was awarded the Outstanding Contribution prize, the Daily Express reported.

Besides the veteran actor, English television presenter Noel Edmonds, the cast of musical Hairspray, Kenneth Branagh and James McAvoy were awarded.

Scottish actor McAvoy, 29, was honoured with the Film Award for his performances in titles such as Atonement, The Last King of Scotland and Wanted.

Oslo - British actor Michael Caine is to co-host the upcoming Nobel Peace Prize Concert along with US actress Scarlett Johansson, organizers said Wednesday.

Caine, a two-time Academy Award-winning actor, appeared with Johansson in the 2006 movie The Prestige.

He was knighted in 2000, the same year he won an Oscar for best supporting actor for Cider House Rules.