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From tributes to homicide: the delayed burial

04.09.09
Michael Jackson, a source of fascination, adoration and criticism in equal measure, lived a life like no other... more

Raid 'reveals Michael Jackson doctor bought sedative'

12.08.09
Raid on pharmacy uncovers evidence that Jacko's personal doctor bought a powerful sedative of the type thought to have killed him... more

Mischa Barton expected back at work after hospital release

29.07.09
British-born actress Mischa Barton is expected to return to work after being released from a hospital in Los Angeles.... more

WORLD: 'Criminal aspects' raised in Michael Jackson memorial probe

22.07.09
Investigators in Los Angeles have uncovered possible criminal wrongdoing in the staging of the lavish Michael Jackson memorial... more

Michael Jackson’s brothers criticise doctor who tried to save him

20.07.09
Two of Michael Jackson’s brothers have spoken of their growing concern over the minutes leading up to his death.... more

Mischa Barton sectioned for own safety

17.07.09
Mischa Barton has been detained under “involuntary psychiatric hold” for her own safety at a Los Angeles hospital.... more

Fears for Mischa Barton's health as police are called to her home

16.07.09
Misch Barton has prompted fears she has fallen off the wagon after she had to call for police assistance for a “medical issue”.... more

LAPD search for doctor after Michael Jackson's death

26.06.09
Michael Jackson's doctor missing as family blame O2 concerts for death... more

Break-in? No, Lindsay Lohan's house is just a tip

13.05.09
The scene that met investigating officers at Lindsay Lohan's apartment was appalling, but closer forensic examination discovered that the mess was actually left by the actress herself... more

Seventies radical Olson to go free

17.03.09
A Seventies radical who assumed a new identity as a housewife and spent a quarter of a century as a fugitive is due to be released from prison... more

LA police probe leak of ‘beaten Rihanna’ photo

20.02.09
Los Angeles police are investigating how a photograph was leaked that appears to be of US singer Rihanna after she was allegedly beaten by her boyfriend Chris Brown.... more

LA police probe leak of 'beaten Rihanna' photo

20.02.09
Los Angeles police are investigating how a photograph was leaked that appears to be of US singer Rihanna after she was allegedly beaten by her boyfriend Chris Brown... more

Rihanna's lover in Grammy slammer

09.02.09
Rihanna's boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, handed himself over to police for an alleged "domestic violence felony".... more

Kelly Osbourne questioned over fracas in nightclub after ‘taunts at her boyfriend’

19.01.09
Kelly Osbourne has been arrested for allegedly slapping a woman in a Soho nightclub... more

Kelly Osbourne allegedly slaps clubber

19.01.09
Kelly Osbourne questioned over fracas in nightclub after 'taunts at her boyfriend'.... more

Everybody needs good neighbours in Lakeview Terrace

04.12.08
At last Samuel L Jackson has chosen a decent role, as a bigoted Los Angeles cop who takes his grudge out on the couple next door in Lakeview Terrace.... more

Changeling is the mother of all tragedies

27.11.08
A pouting Angelina Jolie sees her son kidnapped in Changeling; a Clint Eastwood drama too heavy on clichés.... more

Kate mixes work and play on streets of LA

10.11.08
Supermodel Kate Moss has just flown back to London after almost two weeks of work in Los Angeles.... more

Wanted: Outstanding Briton to be Met chief

06.11.08
The post of Metropolitan Police Commissioner is to be formally advertised tomorrow with the Home Secretary demanding a British citizen with an "outstanding record"... more

Malthouse: I pray every day there is not another teen killing

03.11.08
Boris’s deputy mayor for policing, Kit Malthouse, explains the thinking behind the Mayor’s new knife crime initiative – and who he believes is the best officer to succeed Sir Ian Blair... more

Attack on Sherlocks of the Met

28.10.08
United States police chief Bill Bratton has criticised the "Sherlock Holmes-style policing" of Scotland Yard in tackling London's knife crime... more

Financier kills his family after losing fortune

07.10.08
A businessman gunned down five members of his family then shot himself after seeing his family's fortune wiped out by the stock market collapse... more

Defiant Boris could look abroad for new Met chief

03.10.08
A foreign police officer could become the next Metropolitan Police Commissioner... more

Lindsay Lohan hits out at police chief who said she had 'gone gay'

02.08.08
Defensive Lindsay Lohan told the Los Angeles police to keep out of her personal life after he made remarks about her 'going gay'.... more

'Crime rates have gone down since Britney put her clothes on and Paris left town,' says LAPD chief

31.07.08
Los Angeles' police chief today insisted paparazzi-related crime had gone down in recent months due to the behaviour of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.... more

Pictured: The shocking car wreck which left Indiana Jones star Shia LaBeouf hospitalised

28.07.08
Indiana Jones star Shia LaBeouf is recovering from 'extensive hand surgery' after he flipped his car during an accident in the early hours of Sunday morning.... more

Mayor's first Cabinet signing is inspiring black youth worker

06.05.08
Boris Johnson today unveiled the first members of the team that will help him run London... more

DVDs of the week

01.05.07
Oscar nominated Little Children, Basic Instinct director's Black Book, DA Pennebaker's 1965 profile of Bob Dylan and the first series of The Two Ronnies are all out on DVD this week.... more

Trial with errors

19.04.07
With Anthony Hopkins returning to Hannibal Lecter mode, Fracture could have been a contemporary film noir of some note, but for some dross which leaves the movie limp.... more

It's tough in Tinseltown

23.11.06
An intriguing performance by Ben Affleck distinguishes Hollywoodland, a seedy portrait of Tinseltown in the Fifties, says Derek Malcolm.... more

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