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George Clooney: It's good fun to try and hypnotise a goat

16.10.09
Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney joked about putting goats in a trance.... more

Who won what at Standard Film Awards

03.02.09
Irish martyrdom, Indian poverty, American politics - the judges of the Evening Standard British Film Awards faced difficult choices.... more

Tilda goes on a bender in Julia

04.12.08
The magnificent Tilda Swinton is at her best as a reeling alcoholic involved in a plot to kidnap a young boy in Julia.... more

George Clooney snaps up film rights to story of Osama Bin Laden driver's detention

14.08.08
George Clooney has snapped up the film rights for a book based on the detention and trial of Osama bin Laden's driver, it has emerged. ... more

Catch me if you can: George Clooney in hysterics as he speeds away from fan on his motorbike

12.08.08
When one lone fan spotted the Oscar-winning actor riding his motorcycle in Italy, she couldn't contain her hysteria, much to the amusement of Clooney.... more

Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack dies aged 73

27.05.08
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. ... more

George Clooney's girl keeps her clothes on for the red carpet

31.03.08
She certainly has a raunchy past, but last night George Clooney’s girlfriend looked a picture of demure sophistication as she walked the red carpet at the Hollywood premier of Leatherheads. With her strapping man by her side, Sarah Larson, 28, worked her charm in an elegant little black dress, peep toe heels and a high-wattage angelic smile. She looked right at home among the A-list crowd, which included Clooney’s costar in the 1920s era film, Renee Zellweger, as well as supermodel Cindy Crawford... more

Love is in the air: Sienna and Rhys' sky high frolics

27.02.08
Sienna Miller and Rhys Ifans stunned fellow passengers on their flight from Los Angeles to London on Monday night with their high-spirited frolics. The loved-up pair, who have been dating since August, couldn't keep their hands off each other on the 12 hour Virgin Atlantic overnight flight ... more

Are the Oscars losing their golden touch? Academy Awards ratings hit record low

26.02.08
It appears this year's Oscars had a modest audience to match its toned-down ceremony after having its lowest ever TV ratings. The three-hour broadcast of the star-studded ceremony on U.S. TV channel ABC attracted an average of 32million viewers - a 21 per cent drop from 2007's 41million ... more

THE OSCARS: Arise, Sir Daniel: Helen Mirren knights victorious Day-Lewis and Tilda Swinton seals great night for Brits

25.02.08
It was a spine tingling moment that capped an extraordinary evening for British Oscar winner Daniel-Day Lewis. Having just been announced as Best Actor in There Will Be Blood, the London-born actor was 'knighted' by last year's British success story, Dame Helen Mirren. Imitating the famous pose on stage at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, Day-Lewis joked about her performance as the Queen, saying: 'This is the closest I'll ever come to getting a knighthood, so thank you' ... more

By George! Mr Clooney receives the airbrush touch

21.02.08
He's been named Sexiest Man Alive - twice - but even George Clooney has succumbed to Hollywood's airbrush. The 46-year-old actor appears to have been given a careful polish in new promotional images for his upcoming film Leatherheads, in which he stars alongside Renée Zellweger... more

DVDs of the week

19.02.08
Courtroom drama in Michael Clayton and substandard twaddle from Simon Pegg's Run, Fat Boy, Run, are among this week's DVD offerings.... more

Heartbreak for Keira Knightley and Julie Christie as the Brits are snubbed at the Baftas

11.02.08
British actresses were sensationally snubbed at the Baftas in favour of an unknown French starlet. Julie Christie and Keira Knightley both lost out in the best actress category to Marion Cotillard, the 32-year-old star of La Vie En Rose about the life of the Parisian singer Edith Piaf... more

Julia lacking in quality

11.02.08
At the Berlin Film Festival, Julia is an overblown, melodramatic film and too long at well over two hours.... more

Will it be Daniel's day as Brits lead Oscars line-up

22.01.08
British stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie move closer to Oscars glory after confirming predictions they would make the nominations list.... more

Why the Brits are lining up to storm Oscar night

17.01.08
Hollywood's showcase may be threatened by the writers' strike but that won't stop British talents bound for glory.... more

Clooney finds his conscience

27.09.07
George Clooney has seldom been better than he is as Michael Clayton, a man beginning to feel that his skill is not exactly being put to good use.... more

Cut-rate Clooney given a first-rate part

31.08.07
Moralistic thriller Michael Clayton stars George Clooney as an American star prepared to work for less than his going rate on intelligent films. ... more

Coming soon for autumn

24.08.07
After the silliness of the summer blockbusters, autumn brings a crop of films for grown-ups. See our preview here.... more


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