Shortly before he died Mark Duggan sent a message to his girlfriend: "The Feds are following me." This piece of urban slang presumably derives from the American FBI... more
Lord Mandelson is fully entitled to tout his services on the after-dinner circuit, but his obsequious praise for his hosts at a dinner held by Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund has raised a few eyebrows... more
Flying broomsticks, dragons and magic spells could soon come to London if Boris Johnson's wishes for a Harry Potter theme park in the capital are granted... more
Desperate Housewives star John Barrowman said he had a "humbling moment" the first time he walked down the street where the hit show is filmed.... more
The script for a new film about Robin Hood was such a hot property that it sparked a bidding war between three studios. Lee Marshall reports on an everyday Hollywood story.... more
Hollywood executives at Universal Pictures were fretting this morning as weekend box-office sales figures for Sacha Baron Cohen's movie Bruno disappointed expectations in the all-important US market ... more
It is the most unlikely of culinary partnerships, a stick-thin Spice Girl who loves edamame beans and a short-fused chef who hates 'food snobs'.... more
Slave that he is to his Celtic genes, Robbie Coltrane returned from his holidays this week with little evidence to show for three weeks in sun-soaked California.... more
He is most famous for playing the giant Hagrid in the Harry Potter films. But Robbie Coltrane has slipped into the role of another generously proportioned screen character.... more
Lindsay Lohan led the Young Hollywood charge on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards last night, only to collect the unofficial award for most embarrassing wardrobe malfunction after being caught off guard by a gust of wind.... more
World War II-era spy thriller Lust, Caution is exquisite on every level, St Trinian's is a surprisingly jolly comedy and Out Of The Blue lives up to the title.... more
This week's top releases include Oscar winner Andrea Arnold's first feature, a French and Saunders series, and a bonkers Japanese exploitation flick.... more
Hollywood star Russell Crowe is set to play the Sheriff of Nottingham in a new Robin Hood film.
The movie, called Nottingham, will be a "revisionist" take on the age-old story.... more
Gritty sc-fi Children of Men, audience-dividing fantasy Lady In The Water and the definitive version of Rocky are among the week's best DVD releases.... more
Al Gore uses his skills and clout to try to stop global warming in An Inconvenient Truth, Adrift proves to be one of 2006's finest psychological nail-biters and Crank is Speed without the bus.... more
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