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Darling, I�m not name-dropping I�m networking

16.10.09

Never mind the six degrees of Kevin Bacon. Nicky Haslam's forthcoming memoirs, Redeeming Features, has set a whole new benchmark for the small world phenomenon... more

More arrests on way over Madoff scandal

30.06.09

Ten or more people associated with fraudster extraordinaire Bernie Madoff could be arrested and charged over their role in the scandal... more

Pajama Men go bananas

19.03.09

Every now and again a comedy show comes along that casts things in a new light. Pajama Men's Versus Vs Versus is that kind of show. ... more

Jailed Bernard Madoff breaks his silence to say 'sorry'

12.03.09

Bernard Madoff has been jailed after pleading guilty to masterminding the biggest fraud in Wall Street history... more

Larry King loses $1m in Madoff swindle

23.01.09

US talk show host Larry King has emerged as the latest victim of Bernie Madoff, the Wall Street financier alleged to have carried out a multi-billion-dollar fraud... more

No lifeguards at this pool ... Madoff loses $10,000 statue

31.12.08

Disgraced financier Bernie Madoff has suffered a fresh setback - a $10,000 statue has been stolen from his Florida home... more

On the red carpet with Oliver Platt at the Frost/Nixon premiere

16.10.08

We were on the red carpet for the The BFI 52nd London Film Festival's opening gala. Listen to what Oliver Platt had to say to This is London.... more

Film festival begins with a premiere of Frost

15.10.08

The London Film Festival kicks off with the premiere of Frost/Nixon just yards from where it was originally staged as a play at the Donmar Warehouse... more

Losing the plot four times over

15.05.08

The Air I Breathe varies between hard-bitten realism and flashy melodrama. The whole is watchable but sometimes ridiculous. ... more

East meets West: Glamorous Natalie Portman dons traditional Indian dress for new film

14.03.08

Natalie Portman looked stunning as she adopted a traditional Indian look on the set of her new film, New York I love you. Adorned with lavish gold jewellery, the 26-year-old Star Wars actress wore ruby-coloured crystals along her forehead for scenes in which she attends an Indian wedding ceremony in Brooklyn. The film, an anthology joining several love stories set in the Big Apple, sees Portman playing a Jewish bride, a role she can easily identify with ... more

Shooting star: Scarlett Johansson makes her directorial debut

12.03.08

Scarlett Johansson's acting has won her many plaudits, but now the ambitious star has stepped behind the camera to maker her directorial debut... more

Over-the-top revenge

30.08.07

Taken from a novel by Brian Garfield, Death Sentence is an over-the-top revenge story that resembles a B-movie. ... more

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