All week this was jocularly referred to as the 5-0 game. The impossible task. Escape from the anacondine death grip Real Madrid curled around Spurs in the Bernabeu would have constituted the greatest act of daring and heroism since Jack Sheppard busted out of Newgate wearing a big floaty dress and leg manacles... more
Some City brokers still have issues about Barclays and the apparent ease with which it has escaped the fallout from the banking meltdown which engulfed its rivals... more
There's no doubt Britain's Got Talent, which returns tonight, can be very funny. It can also be humiliating and utterly ridiculous. Here, one of its judges describes how the contenders were chosen... more
She may be 38, but Catherine Zeta-Jones says she has yet to hit her peak when it comes to sex appeal. The actress, who showed off her car-crash curves in a series of stylish outfits while on a promotional visit to Australia, insists her best is yet to come ... more
She may think she's too old to play nude scenes, but actress Catherine Zeta-Jones can clearly show the young starlets a thing or too about style. The glamorous Welsh-born star showed off her classic Park Avenue princess style at the opening of Elizabeth Arden's new flagship store on ritzy Fifth Avenue, New York
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Catherine Zeta-Jones has cast her magic over a new film based on famous escape artist Harry Houdini. The actress, who dons a sheer, belly-baring outfit in one scene, plays a psychic who has an affair with the magician in the upcoming 1920s biopic Death Defying Acts... more