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Scarlett Johansson - My London

2009-08-27T08:51:26Z

Scarlett Johansson loves Westwood and high tea

US Supreme Court gets first hispanic judge

2009-08-07T06:18:41Z

America's highest legal authority will have its first Hispanic voice following the confirmation of judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court

How women are ahead in recession jobs race

2009-08-03T09:11:57Z

Companies forced to make cuts are finding skills particular to women, such as good communication and empathy, are invaluable, says Philip Delves Broughton

Locations get star role in Pinewood�s �200m plan

2009-06-01T07:54:51Z

Pinewood Studios today submitted its planning application for a �200 million expansion to give film-makers access to one of the biggest selections of ready-made locations in the world

Obama choice for Supreme Court is slated

2009-05-27T09:38:34Z

Republicans criticised Barack Obama today for appointing a �liberal activist� to the Supreme Court

WORLD: Plot to blow up American jets and Jews

2009-05-21T06:06:12Z

Four Muslims have been arrested over a plot to shoot down US military aircraft and simultaneously blow up two synagogues in New York

All out! Cuts like this can't be fudged by private equity

2009-05-14T07:11:23Z

It is every private-equity firm's nightmare. You buy a boring little company hoping to do the usual, squeeze it for cash and flip it a few years later. And then it turns on you.

Meet the Apprentices MkV

2009-03-17T08:50:10Z

A Tanzanian beauty queen, an award-winning restaurateur and an ex-professional footballer are among the new batch of aspiring tycoons hoping to land a job with Sir Alan Sugar

Literary Life

2008-10-02T11:56:41Z

Celebrity sells at an astonishing rate, yet at its heart the UK still loves a book for itself and London is a great champion of literature. These are the people who keep us reading.

Britney goes for elegant sheikh

2008-10-03T11:51:49Z

Britney Spears chose an unusual form of headgear as she flew into LA from New York yesterday.

Britney kids around in the Bronx

2008-10-02T11:14:20Z

A happy and healthy-looking Britney Spears got in a playful mood with some fans as she paid a visit to their school in the Bronx.

Has Sarah Jessica Parker removed her famous mole?

2008-07-16T08:49:25Z

Sarah Jessica Parker's refusal to submit to the surgeon's scalpel marked her out in an industry where cosmetic surgery is the norm.

US 'king of class actions' jailed for kickbacks scam

2008-06-03T10:40:36Z

Lawyer Melvyn Weiss, the king of class actions with a string of high profile corporate scalps, has been jailed for 30 months in the US.

A crude way to get the message

2008-04-16T23:00:00Z

It is Satan, played by Douglas Henshall, as a Gucci-clad, all-knowing lounge lizard, who has the best lines in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, says Patrick Worthington.

Tyson v Holyfield: a freak show but we'd all watch it

2008-03-18T15:35:53Z

Onto this dark and gruesome world, shards of magic dust all too rarely descend to leaven the gloom and give us reason to do what Churchill knew as "keep buggering on". So it is that news emerges of preliminary discussions about the most gloriously demented bout in even boxing's history.

Not doubtful enough by half

2007-11-27T00:00:00Z

Arriving from New York garlanded with a Pulitzer Prize and dripping with acclaim, Fiona Mountford was disappointed by Nicolas Kent's lacklustre production of Doubt: A Parable.

Please don't call me J-Lo

2007-09-06T09:04:57Z

A disastrous relationship and over-exposure nearly killed Jennifer Lopez's career. Now she is reinventing herself as a Latin movie star.

DVDs of the week

2007-08-27T23:00:00Z

Some implausibly attractive scientists bid to relight the sun in Sunshine, and Mr Bean goes on holiday in the DVDs of the week.

First Lady

2007-08-28T10:55:30Z

From Grease to the West Wing, Stockard Channing has specialised in playing tough women. Here she explains why she jumped at the chance to perform at the Almeida.

Much more than a sporting drama

2007-08-15T23:00:00Z

This reissue of Martin Scorsese's most powerful film, Raging Bull, shows that it is less about boxing than about the downside of masculinity.

Coco's sentimentality is a drag

2007-08-15T23:00:00Z

Despite occasional flashes of ballsy bitterness, too many diversions into fluffy-brained sentimentality prove Miss Coco Peru's undoing.

Oh, what a drag

2007-08-12T23:00:00Z

As every gag-merchant in town has hot-footed it to Edinburgh, it falls to the talents of drag queen Miss Coco Peru to put bums on seats at the Soho Theatre.

Sex and death in Italy

2007-07-29T23:00:00Z

A breathless eroticism pounds through Montemezzi's L'Amore dei tre Re as violently and noisily as a stampede of horses over cobbles, says Fiona Maddocks.

Which hotel bar gets your vote?

2007-05-09T09:36:23Z

Help us find London's coolest hotel drinking venue and you could win a £500 tab at the victorious bar.

Does betrayal destroy humanity?

2007-02-12T00:00:00Z

Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd, his second feature as director, is arguably too long and sometimes repetitious, but it remains intriguing throughout, says Derek Malcolm.

Critic's choice: Top five gigs

2007-01-25T15:55:32Z

This week's number one star Mika makes a sure-to-be-messy appearance at the Popstarz, The Fleadh Tour 2007 moves indoors and Biffy Clyro top the Kerrang! Tour bill.

The day De Niro joined the CIA

2007-01-04T13:33:09Z

A provocative new film by Robert de Niro enters the murky world of espionage. He tells how he met the Taliban - and confronted the ethical dilemma of spying.

Giants stand out in noisy crowd

2006-12-20T00:00:00Z

Crowd-pleasing septet Ray Gelato's Giants are battling the office-party roar at Ronnie Scott's this year in the slot gamely filled by George Melly in Christmases past.

Diva Blige gets 8 Grammy nods

2006-12-08T09:43:55Z

Mary J Blige has been nominated for a staggering eight Grammy Awards, including best r'n'b album, record and song of the year.

Rap prophet is on a mission

2006-10-18T23:00:00Z

The tiny audience at the Spitz greeted the unassuming Emmanuel Jal like their very own rap prophet. But it wasn't the music they were there for, says Jane Cornwell.