BEST-selling novelist Philippa Gregory will today pick up a top award from Edinburgh University which was set up to recognise its former students. The author was due to be presented with the Alumnus of the Year Award this afternoon.

CULVER CITY, Calif., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the enthusiastic response to The Other Boleyn Girl Virtual Book Club Contest, celebrating the book by Philippa Gregory and the film from Columbia Pictures/Focus Features, now playing in theaters nationwide, the studio has named a winner.

By Nicholas Barber Film 2 The Other Boleyn Girl Justin Chadwick 115 mins, 12A Vantage Point Pete Travis 90 mins, 12A It was an easy life, being a Tudor noble.

By TOBY YOUNG Culture If I was Philippa Lowthorpe, I might feel a bit hard done by. In 2003, she wrote and directed an acclaimed TV serial based on Philippa Gregory's historical novel about Henry VIII, yet when it came to the big-screen version she didn't get a look in.

By Chris Tookey The Other Boleyn Girl (12A) Verdict: Insufficiently well executed BASED on a best-selling historical novel by Philippa Gregory, this is a bodice-ripper about the rivalry between bitchy Anne Boleyn (Natalie Portman) and her more sensitive sister Mary (Scarlett Johansson) for the fleeting, often fatal favours of King Henry VIII (Eric Bana).