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Metal boys are up to no good again

15.10.09
Many a sore head over the last couple of mornings in the world of metal trading. Why? Once again, it’s been the London Metal Exchange week of bunfights, parties and general burning of the company credit card ... more

Fans arrive at 4am to get hands on Dan Brown book

15.09.09
Fans of Da Vinci Code novelist Dan Brown queued up to buy a signed copy of his long-awaited new book outside a London store today... more

How Da Vinci Code became UK's biggest selling novel of all time

15.09.09
The Da Vinci Code became a worldwide phenomenon after its release in 2003, its success fuelling conspiracy theories and sparking two Hollywood movies - as well as some high-profile battling in court... more

Asbo chef who lived at Gatwick after losing £80,000 job is spared prison

04.06.09
A chef who lived at Gatwick Airport for three years has been spared jail despite breaching an Asbo which banned him from the site... more

Not enough guilty pleasures in Angels & Demons

15.05.09
Author Dan Brown and director Ron Howard have committed the sin of leaving out the guilty pleasures in Angels & Demons.... more

Tom Hanks no longer 'insecure' about acting

05.05.09
Five times Oscar-nominated Tom Hanks declared he no longer feels insecure about his acting.... more

400,000 fans join Barack and stars for a dream sing-along

19.01.09
Barack Obama claimed the mantle of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King as he told nearly half a million people gathered in Washington: "The dream of our founders will live on in our time."... more

A record treasure chest for Johnny

06.10.08
Johnny Depp is set to earn a record £32m to star in a fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean film. ... more

Hannah's looking a little bit haggard

30.09.08
Darryl Hannah turns up at Richard Branson's book launch looking a shadow of her former beautiful self. ... more

Hollywood sweetheart Meg Ryan gains ten stone... after donning a fat suit

24.07.08
Hollywood sweetheart Meg Ryan has taken drastic measures to shed her saccharine image. The still stunning actress, 50, has gained TEN STONE in a new movie comedy.... more

Summer blockbusters for the film-loving family

09.07.08
Janie Lawrence previews what's coming to a screen near you.... more

Mama Mia! Scarlet woman Meryl Streep turns the blue carpet red at film premiere

30.06.08
She may be nearing 60 but Meryl Streep showed that she still had that extra something as she arrived for the the UK premiere of her new movie Mamma Mia.... more

Tom Hanks stops filming on set of his new movie for big emergency injury... he hurt his finger

05.06.08
It’s a good job that Hollywood actors are insured or else what would Tom Hanks have done when he hurt himself on the set of his new movie?... more

Whatever happened to Butch in the Sundance Kid?

25.05.08
Their iconic film partnership made them lifelong friends. Now, are Paul Newman and Robert Redford finally going their separate ways?... more

DVDs of the week

06.05.08
The Golden Compass offers a roller-coaster ride, the Charlie Wilson's War script is brimming with punchy one-liners and raw, visceral performances in Silent Light are a triumph.... more

Is Meg Ryan turning into Leslie Ash?

11.03.08
It started with the lips and the unflattering 'trout pout' look - but now it seems Meg Ryan truly is morphing into British actress Leslie Ash. America's former sweetheart was attending a film soiree in New York on Monday night, where her uncanny resemblance to Ash was hard to miss. However besides their fondness for collagen implants and both being 47, their remarkable similarity is no doubt just a matter of coincidence ... more

Lack of material, girl: Madonna wears see-through skirt to her Hall of Fame induction

11.03.08
It's what you might expect from the woman who popularised the pointed-cone basque as outerwear earlier on in her stellar career. But despite this year reaching the landmark age of 50, mother-of-three Madonna is clearly in no hurry to give up her outrageous behaviour... more

Bloated Britney Spears fuels pregnancy rumours with a visit to a medical centre

04.03.08
Britney Spears has again ignited pregnancy rumours after she was spotted leaving a medical centre with her father Jamie in LA yesterday... more

Gatwick was chef's home

19.02.08
A homeless chef who made Gatwick Airport his home for more than three years is behind bars for breaching an Asbo banning him from the site... more

Amy Winehouse celebrates Grammys by visiting husband Blake in prison

11.02.08
Amy Winehouse celebrated cleaning up at the Grammys with a visit to Pentonville Jail. The 24-year-old troubled star went to see husband Blake Civil-Fielder today after winning five awards at last night's ceremony. Winehouse, wearing jeans and red high heels, looked healthier than ever as she appears to have put on weight since checking into a rehab clinic last month... more

Hanks reveals himself to be a Villan

10.01.08
Tom Hanks outed himself as an unlikely Aston Villa football fan at the London premiere of his new film Charlie Wilson's War.... more

Hanks the hellraiser

10.01.08
In Charlie Wilson's War, Hollywood's soft guy Tom Hanks toughens up to play the hard-drinking US congressman who armed the Afghans.... more

Hollywood strike hits Da Vinci movie at Pinewood

22.11.07
Pinewood Studios has become the first British casualty of the American screenwriters' strike which has crippled Hollywood.... more

It's just a boy thing, dude

26.07.07
Transformers have always been boy-toys and this may explain why, of all the summer blockbusters, this one feels the most macho. ... more

Londoners buy a quarter of all cinema tickets

23.04.07
A quarter of all cinema admissions in the Britain were in London last year with Casino Royale, the latest James Bond, the most popular film.... more

Hollywood's diamond geezer

18.01.07
From a lead role in the hard-hitting Blood Diamond to his enthusiasm for green issues, former wild boy Leonardo diCaprio is growing up. ... more

Smith and son play to the camera

11.01.07
Will and Jaden Smith are both fine in The Pursuit of Happyness's real-life tale of a small man triumphing. So why does Charlotte O'Sullivan want to scream?... more

Johnny Depp top of film website searches

28.12.06
His reprised role as a charismatic pirate with a rock star swagger and a penchant for rum and heavy eyeliner has made Johnny Depp the most talked-about star of this year.... more

Middle class boy with a dark side

07.11.06
Actor Tom Hardy, who stars in Scenes of a Sexual Nature and Marie Antoinette, tells Nick Curtis about the multiple addictions that ended his marriage and threatened his career.... more

Anty climax

03.08.06
Film review: In Ant Bully, a 10-year-old takes out his angst on a colony of ants. They fight back. More interesting is how on earth producer Tom Hanks persuade Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts to voice this below-average animation. ... more

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