Literary! Readable! Literary! Readable! The row over the shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize - has it been dumbed down? - resembles the Lilliputian war in Gulliver's Travels between Big Endians and Little Endians over the opening of a soft-boiled egg... more
American Vogue editor Anna Wintour, former editor of French Vogue Carine Roitfeld and photgrapher Mario Testino hit the floor as black plastic benches buckled at the Balenciaga show... more
Middle age holds no fears for me: I have just seen the fabulous Catherine Deneuve in the equally fabulous French comedy film Potiche - a screen offering to make us all look forward to our early dotage... more
Potiche is one of those comedies everybody seems to like and gives us a shrewdly palatable view of our seemingly long-past social and sexual attitudes... more
Stern-jawed Capello's England would be guided by a clear moral programme, a footballing version of John Major's attempt to “get back to basics”... more
Model Petra Nemcova left little to the imagination when she arrived on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday night and showed Sean Penn what he has been missing
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For months it's been rather difficult to spot, but yesterday Nicole Kidman showed off her baby bump in all its glory. The Hollywood actress, who is now five months pregnant with her first biological child, flashed her growing stomach during a workout with her personal trainer. The fitness sessions have become routine for the 40-year-old expectant mother, who was again wearing her trademark work-out outfit... more
Belle de Jour was described as pornography when it was first released in 1967 and the film from great Spanish director Luis Buñuel has lost none of its provocative power.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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