Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter are expecting their second child together.

The couple, who are currently on vacation in Italy with their three-year-old son Billy Raymond Burton, are said to be thrilled with the news.

Sacha Baron Cohen is set to play Freddie Mercury in a movie about the Queen singer's life, it has been reported.

The comic - who reportedly based his character Borat's look on the late music legend - is said to be the frontrunner to play Freddie seeing off stiff competition from Johnny Depp.

Helena Bonham Carter has banned her son from becoming an actor.

The eccentric British actress says three-year-old Billy Ray - her son with director lover Tim Burton - will not follow her career path.

Believe it or not, even though they've been together for more than six years, Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton live in separate houses. Helena recently said the couple cannot live together because they cannot agree on décor.

The couple - who have a three-year-old son Billy - have a house each in London's plush Hampstead region and are next door to each other, linked by a single corridor.