Literary! Readable! Literary! Readable! The row over the shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize - has it been dumbed down? - resembles the Lilliputian war in Gulliver's Travels between Big Endians and Little Endians over the opening of a soft-boiled egg... more
Hugh Grant made a heartfelt and philosophical defence of super-injunctions on Newsnight. He said it was in men's natures to be "naughty" and thus they required a greater veil over their private lives... more
Hollywood legend Jane Fonda has hit out at the "cult of perfection" after appearing on the front of a glossy magazine and insisting the pictures were not airbrushed... more
Models dressed as flowers, Gwyneth Paltrow lost in a maze and a gigantic lion make this a vintage season for haute couture. Gianluca Longo goes backstage in Paris... more
Writer and mother Viv Groskop found her post-baby weight hard to lose. Here she reveals how Rosemary Conley's common-sense approach restored her figure... more
He was almost as famous for his halo of blond curls as he was for his angelic voice. But while his dulcet tones are still going strong, Art Garfunkel appears to have lost a remarkable battle to keep hold of his second most famous feature... more
Hollywood director Sydney Pollack, who won a pair of Academy Awards for the epic romance Out Of Africa and acted in films such as Tootsie and Michael Clayton, died on Monday after a battle with cancer.
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Roy Scheider, the American actor best known for his role as the police chief in Jaws, has died aged 75. A one-time boxer famed for his pugnacious acting style in films such as The French Connection, he died on Sunday in hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas... more
Judging by her new film, Georgia Rule, if Lindsay Lohan can just keep the drama on the screen and out of her life she could turn out to be a first-class actress. She's trying, she says.... more
As Daniel Craig dons the famous tuxedo for the 21st film in the "official" 007 canon, Casino Royale, our experts pick their favourites Bond film so far.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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