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Thieves are getting nasty in recession

29.09.09

AS Lloyd�s of London warns of rising insurance claims because of the recession-induced increase in crime, City Spy contacts chums in the claims-handling world to find out the burglars� and blaggers� canniest scams... more

Matt Lucas' gay divorce

11.09.09

Matt Lucas may have slimmed down since separating from his husband, but his career�s ballooning, he tells Marianne Macdonald... more

Hollywood shout is 'cut' on pay for stars

02.04.09

Even Hollywood�s hottest stars are being hit by the credit crunch... more

Is this the year Brits sweep the Oscars?

06.01.09

All hopes are on Kate Winslet, Danny Boyle and Sally Hawkins doing at the Academy Awards what Team GB did at the Olympics, says Mike Goodridge.... more

High Street has half-price Super Thursday

11.12.08

Some of the country's biggest high street names cut prices by 50 per cent in a desperate attempt to lure shoppers... more

Paramount blocks two releases as crunch bites

20.10.08

Entertainment: Paramount Pictures has delayed two major movies as fears grow that even Hollywood may not be immune to the crisis gripping financial markets... more

No Money For Old Men: Tommy Lee Jones sues Oscar winning film-makers for $10m

08.09.08

Tommy Lee Jones is suing the studio which made No Country For Old Men for $10million of unpaid wages.... more

In your dreams, Russell Brand! Lothario tries his luck with Christina Aguilera

05.09.08

It seems Russell Brand is a man on a mission - to conquer Hollywood - and their leading ladies.... more

Harry Potter film delayed until next summer to cash in on blockbuster season

15.08.08

The release of the new Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been delayed to cash in on the summer blockbuster season.... more

Spielberg's DreamWorks set to split from Viacom

08.08.08

Indian billionaire Anil Ambani is going to put forward the funds for DreamWorks studio to split from Viacom... more

Divorce is up, personal trainers down

21.07.08

Last week, in the wake of the near-implosion of mortgage insurer Fannie Mae, and with rumours swirling about the fate of Lehman Brothers, where the stock has plummeted 70 per cent, I got an email from a friend... more

DVDs of the week

10.06.08

Juno is the teenager we'd all love to have been, The Kite Runner is thrillingly watchable and The Inbetweeners is old-shool comedy. ... more

DVDs of the week

03.06.08

You'll yearn to rewatch No Country for Old Men after the hauntingly enigmatic ending but don't expect the same from I think I Love My Wife.... more

Now showing: Indiana Jones and the London counterfeit DVDs

28.05.08

Thousands of pirated DVDs of Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, this summer's biggest blockbuster, are already on sale on the streets of London... more

Harrison keeps his hat on for Indiana IV

19.05.08

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull may not be the freshest or the best of the series but the formula still works.... more

Revealed: How shy Gwyneth Paltrow snubbed a lavish �60,000 party in her honour

26.04.08

Hollywood moguls spared no expense when they threw an extravagant party in honour of their hard-working star Gwyneth Paltrow last week. They lavished about �60,000 on the private celebration at an exclusive London restaurant, inviting 30 of her closest friends and family and providing the finest champagne and cocktails, just as she'd requested ... more

DVDs of the week

18.03.08

Catch the outstanding Into The Wild and a CGI Ray Winstone slaying beasts and bedding women in Beowulf, among this week's top DVDs.... more

The man who made a monster

01.02.08

It was the internet sensation that stormed the American box office. As Cloverfield opens in the UK, director Matt Reeves reveals how he made "Godzilla for the YouTube generation".... more

DVDs of the week

29.01.08

Pistol-packing performances in 3.10 To Yuma, gross-out comedy in The Heartbreak Kid, and super-charged action in The Kingdom.... more

DVDs of the week

04.12.07

The Simpsons hit the big screen, large-scale effects in Transformers, and a festive movie with a dark twist.... more

DVDs of the week

11.09.07

Outstanding horror sequel 28 Weeks Later and Sienna Miller's first real starring role in Factory Girl head up the week's best DVDs.... more

DVDs of the week

04.09.07

The week's top DVDs are led by an example of British film at its best in This Is England.... more

DVDs of the week

14.08.07

Mark Wahlberg plays a traumatised war veteran in Shooter and I Want Candy sees Carmen Electra become a famous porn star.... more

DVDs of the week

29.05.07

French release Cousin Cousine sparkles next to some overhyped razzle (Dreamgirls) and pretentious twaddle about the meaning of life (The Fountain).... more

Myers dreams of Walter Mitty

23.05.07

Jim Carrey, Owen Wilson and Eddie Murphy have all been linked with a Walter Mitty remake - but now Mike Myers seems set to get the fantasist's role.... more

DVDs of the week

22.05.07

This week's releases are led by the return of Rocky Balboa, the entertaining Rob Brydon and small-scale Chinese drama Little Red Flowers... more

Ecological with the truth

02.01.07

Al Gore uses his skills and clout to try to stop global warming in An Inconvenient Truth, Adrift proves to be one of 2006's finest psychological nail-biters and Crank is Speed without the bus.... more

DVDs of the week

05.12.06

Uma Thurman's comic turn in My Super Ex-Girlfriend beats the worthy soul-searching of Superman Returns, while Nacho Libre doesn't have enough laughs.... more

Cruise has his day in the Rising Sun

10.10.06

He may be have been dumped by studio Paramount, but Tom Cruise can rest easy in the knowledge that he is still big in Japan after having been given his own day on the country's calendar.... more

Beam me up, Christie's

02.08.06

Film news: Star Trek memorabilia worth millions of pounds is to go on sale at Christie's. As well as the captain's chair from the Enterprise, there are various phasers and uniforms - including Captain Picard's jumpsuit.... more