City Comment: It is astonishing how we are all prisoners of conventional wisdom and lazily assume that the business models of today will be the business models of the future... more
London production company behind Who Wants to be a Millionaire? may sue Hollywood talent agency William Morris over the deal that brought the quiz show to US viewers in 1999... more
Jasper Carrott stands to land a second multi-million-pound windfall from his investment in the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? quiz show, following a landmark US legal case... more
Lord Ashcroft, the Tory party deputy chairman who is funding its bid to win marginal seats in the general election, has come to the aid of Welsh diva Katherine Jenkins... more
ITV makes such ropey shows these days. The First Election Debate was no exception. We were told we were seeing history in the making. What we got was more like a late heat of Take Me Out... more
We all have to feel rather sorry for Oxford chemistry graduate Sam Kay. First, he missed out on funding for the postgraduate work he wanted to do. Then, as a direct result of this initial misfortune, his winning team has been disqualified from University Challenge. ... more
The eight Oscars for British movie hit Slumdog Millionaire, the rags-to-riches tale set in Mumbai, caps an unstoppable run through award ceremonies this year... more
People were urged not to forget the children living in poverty in India after the hype surrounding the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" died down... more
Film critics have voted Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle's movie about an Indian boy on quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire, the best movie of the year... more
The 18-year-old award-winning star of Slumdog Millionaire told how he is still nagged by his mother despite being in one of the films of the year... more
With characteristic energy, Danny Boyle has created an entertaining story of a Mumbai slum boy who competes in the Indian Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.... more
Chris Tarrant and his legal assistant girlfriend Jane Bird made their first ever public appearance together last night at Sir David Frost's summer party.... more
Ingrid Tarrant has revealed her personal diet secret - divorce. The ex-wife of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? presenter Chris said she shed several pounds as she went through the acrimonious break-up with her husband of 15 years. Speaking at a launch party for the new Gaucho restaurant at The O2 arena last night, she said: "I've had a horrific time, it has been really tough
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Ingrid Tarrant may have spent almost two years in the grip of a bitter divorce, but while holidaying in the Caribbean yesterday, it appeared to be the last thing on her mind... more
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