It is as much a part of the Hollywood scene as champagne and plastic surgery. In a town where giant egos reign, fallings out between directors, actors and writers tend to take on epic proportions.

Six months after the Hymers left their 1940s house - the inquest. Freshly returned to the 21st century, Kirstie muses, 'I've learned to do so many different things, like sewing and making steamed ...