After her breakthrough on The Archers and with two Hollywood films in the pipeline, Felicity Jones has cemented her place as Britain's hottest young actress by being named the new face of Burberry... more
Kara Tointon won last year's Strictly Come Dancing thanks to polished routines. She now brings some of the same hardworking assurance to her West End debut, in George Bernard Shaw's classic Pygmalion... more
Stage stars called for subsidised theatre to be protected from planned "brutal cuts" as they marked an "outstanding year" at the Olivier Awards... more
Threatening to leave the country is one of the popular pastimes of Britain’s most blessed - but the UK is really in danger of a flight of intelligent graduates... more
What a flair for playing gay roles male heterosexual film stars reveal these days - but if you are gay, you still need to hide your sexual orientation to make it... more
London businesses are predicting the demise of the pink pound, after the company behind some of the capital's most popular gay clubs went into administration... more
At the Electric Cinema, where Matthew Freud and Elisabeth Murdoch had invited le tout Notting Hill to watch Barack Obama's inauguration on the big screen, everyone started chattering when the poet came on... more
The time is right for a new set of film awards, and devoted readers of the Daily Mail have helped to make 2008 a golden year for movies at the British box office.... 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
The third Shrek film has its moments, but maker Dreamworks now seems more intent on getting every last dollar out of the franchise than telling a good story.... more
Richard E Grant makes his directorial debut with Wah-Wah, Paul Greengrass explores the horror of 9/11 in United 93 and coming out drama Imagine Me & You is just plain silly. ... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows