About 100 members of the Kennedy clan celebrated the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy's speech when he told Americans to "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."... more
The History Channel in the US will not air a controversial miniseries it produced about the Kennedy family starring Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear... more
American singer Erykah Badu has caused a stir with her new music video, in which she strips naked at the site where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated...... more
As Melanie in Gone With the Wind, the world fell in love with Olivia de Havilland. And Olivia's own life has been as tumultuous as her character's. Hermione Eyre meets the queen of the silver screen... more
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
Edward Kennedy, head of America’s most famous political dynasty ever since the assassination of his two brothers, dies at the age of 77 after suffering a brain tumour... more
Senator Edward Kennedy overcame his fight with brain cancer to tell the Democratic Party convention that his brother's dream "lives on" through Barack Obama... more
ENO's shiny new staging of Candide, Bernstein's 1956 operetta, has transformed this musical version of Voltaire's novella into a satire about post-war America.... more
Oasis front man Noel Gallagher says he would be "bigger than Elvis" if he became a solo artist and hit out at politicians, saying that there was "nothing left to vote for".... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do