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Shamed Michael Vick wins battle to keep £9m

11.11.09
The Atlanta Falcons have lost their battle to make Michael Vick pay back £9.6million in bonuses he received before he was jailed for 18 months for dog fighting... more

High school vampire teasing in Jennifer's Body

06.11.09
Jennifer's Body, starring Megan Fox, is no ordinary splatter movie but one written by Diablo Cody, who penned Juno... more

Parole officers attacked for not spotting clues to Jaycee kidnap

05.11.09
Parole officers in California were harshly criticised for repeatedly failing in their supervision of the man who allegedly held a girl captive for 18 years... more

Soundcheck: Musicians invading new genres

23.10.09
Pop can no longer contain Sufjan Stevens, whose latest album, The BQE, is a multi-format extravaganza. And now there is a fresh ambition among musicians... more

Terry Gilliam - My London

23.10.09
Terry Gilliam was born in Minnesota, but hasn't lived in the States for more than 40 years. He renounced his US citizenship in January 2006 in protest against George W Bush... more

Denver Broncos aim higher after perfect start

20.10.09
Denver Broncos' winning start to the season continued with a 34-23 victory over the San Diego Chargers last night, but coach Josh McDaniels insists his men can get even better... more

First out of the traps: On the Greyhound bus

16.09.09
The Greyhound bus service has just made its first run between Victoria and Southampton. Pausing only to grab his guitar, incurable road romantic Richard Godwin jumped aboard... more

US soccer clubs consider breakaway league

02.09.09
A new football championship could be created in the US as a potential alternative to the Major League Soccer (MLS)... more

Tiger Woods wants to tee up in the Olympics

12.08.09
Tiger Woods revealed he would go for gold if golf was part of the Olympics in 2016 and he was still competing regularly on tour... more

Tiger Woods sets sights on next Major target

10.08.09
Tiger Woods won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational for the seventh time in his career and promised to "celebrate quickly" before beginning his bid for a fifth US PGA Championship later this week... more

Confident Paul Casey is ready to go the distance in New York

17.06.09
Golf: Following wins in England, the United States and Abu Dhabi, Paul Csey is determined to leave a real mark on the game... 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

Renée comes a cropper in New In Town

26.02.09
Renée Zellweger does her best to move from nasty townie thruster to sympathetic would-be country bumpkin in New In Town. But it doesn't really work.... more

Robots on a slow march

13.02.09
A healthy chunk of the population here ended up working in technology thanks to a childhood fascination with all things robotic. So it's surprising to find how little robots have permeated what we like to think of as the Gadget Center of the Universe.... more

Complete sporting guide to 2009

02.01.09
England's Ashes clash with Australia will be the major event of the year ahead. Here are the big dates for your diary...... more

Lions claw way to unwanted record

29.12.08
Detroit Lions have become the worst team in NFL history after being beaten 31-21 by Green Bay Packers to end a winless season 0-16... more

Romo makes peace as he floors Giants

15.12.08
Quarterback Tony Romo put a row with team-mate Terrell Owens behind him to throw two touchdown passes as the Dallas Cowboys beat the New York Giants 20-8... more

Alaska recount a blow to Palin's 2012 ambitions

19.11.08
The defeat of Alaska's Republican senator in a recount has brought the Democrats nearer to control of the Senate - and represents a blow for Sarah Palin's White House ambitions... more

Democrats could miss their 'super-majority'

05.11.08
The Democrats made a series of gains in the Senate elections but seemed certain to fall short of the "super-majority" they were hoping for... more

Republicans jump ship as McCain's hopes sink

30.10.08
John McCain suffered a further blow to his presidential hopes when another senior Republican defected to Barack Obama... more

Tax breaks bring hope of success for bail-out

03.10.08
The addition of tax breaks for niche industries to the $700 billion US bank bail-out has raised hopes the rescue deal could be passed by Congress... more

Sweet Land doesn't have kick to it

04.09.08
Sweet Land is a love story that sometimes proves edgy but is more often blandly sweet, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more

Josh Hartnett: I’m really just a regular guy (but don’t ask me to chill out)

29.08.08
Josh Hartnett has been a Hollywood heart-throb for a decade but he hates his celebrity status. Now he is set to be the star of the West End version of Rain Man: how on earth will he cope?... more

Simon Cowell pays off family's £80,000 mortgage on Oprah...before enjoying a spin in his $1million supercar

18.03.08
Simon Cowell has paid off the $162,000 (£80,000) mortgage of a couple whose cancer-stricken three-year-old daughter has touched his heart. The man who revels in his image as TV's Mr Nasty showed his caring side by vowing to be a 'guardian angel' for little Madelaine Stoen... more

Renee Zellweger has a Bridget Jones moment as she breaks heel on her stilettos

05.03.08
It's the kind of thing that could have happened to Bridget Jones. And in what is every girl's worst nightmare, actress Renee Zellweger was left hobbling after she snapped one of her precious heels while filming in Miami... more

£5 toll plan for motorways to Heathrow and Gatwick

04.03.08
Motorists face being charged up to £5 to use a special toll lane to get from London to Heathrow or Gatwick... more

Return of the brothers grim

18.12.07
No Country for Old Men is one of the Coens' most violent films, but that won't stop it at the Oscars. It's about a man in an unforgiving world, say Joel and Ethan, it has to be brutal.... more

Sad clown is thriving on the margins

12.03.07
Panic attacks, despair and self-doubt helped inspire the songs on Richard Swift's new album, but thankfully they were nowhere to be found at the Arts Theatre.... more

I feel loved in London

16.02.07
As The Glass Menagerie opens to West End acclaim despite flopping on Broadway, Jessica Lange, now 57, confessses to first-night nerves and tells how she's still a rebel at heart.... more

Home, home on the stage

04.01.07
A Prairie Home Companion is a warm and nostalgic tribute to the popular radio show of the title as well as a fittingly affectionate epitaph from film-maker Robert Altman.... more

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