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Outraged over comedy in five easy steps

2009-11-18T08:30:52Z

Stop! Stop what you are doing at once! A major breach in public decorum and decency has occurred and you owe it to Society In General to take a moment to be appalled

Introducing... Chris Sweeney, a new Spike Jonze

2009-10-22T14:42:21Z

Director Chris Sweeney, 27, has just got Will Young pregnant - in the video for Will's new single 'Hopes & Fears'

Oil passes $80 as US earnings cheer market

2009-10-20T06:52:00Z

Oil prices surged above $80 a barrel today for the first time this year after strong corporate earnings in the US boosted investor confidence

Hollywood studio MGM wins respite on payments

2009-10-02T07:07:48Z

Struggling Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has gained a short respite from making interest payments as it tries to reach a long-term solution to its mountain of debt

British grandmother loses death row appeal

2009-09-18T14:40:10Z

Death Row Briton pleads for her life by 'appearing' on the fourth plinth

2009-09-10T06:24:38Z

A British grandmother on Death Row in the US has "appeared" on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth in an appeal to Londoners to save her from lethal injection

Actors hang on for dear life in Stand By Your Van

2009-08-18T23:00:00Z

Edinburgh theatre: Classed as "man to van combat", Stand By Your Van is evidence that director Paul Bourne certainly knows how to work an audience

Caddie Lance Ten Broeck grabs his chance

2009-05-15T09:32:11Z

Golf: Lance Ten Broeck caddied for Jesper Parnevik at the Texas Open and then went out and shot 71, with borrowed clubs

New swine flu warning after young mother dies in hospital

2009-05-06T08:20:17Z

A new mother has become the second person to die after catching swine flu in America, triggering a new alert over the severity of the virus

Swine flu - around the world

2009-04-28T08:52:26Z

If we �kill the rich�, don�t we kill the dream?

2009-03-23T09:12:57Z

MY neighbour at dinner, a hedge-fund manager originally from Texas, was emphatic

Off the record: the buzz begins here

2009-02-27T10:29:06Z

Ever since The White Stripes were discovered at SXSW, the Texas festival has been the place to spot tomorrow's stars � this year there are plenty to tip.

Stanford's Virgin Islands assets not yet seized

2009-02-23T16:48:31Z

Scandal: Allen Stanford has millions of dollars worth of assets on the Caribbean island of St. Croix, but US regulators have not seized any in their probe of the Texas billionaire, a US Marshal said

UBS sign-up lures fuel bonuses anger

2009-02-03T15:19:26Z

Banking: Bankers� disillusionment over their bonuses deepened as it emerged that UBS, which has been slashing payouts for most staff, hired brokers in the US on bumper pay deals

Enjoy them, it's a blessing says mother of octuplets

2009-01-27T09:29:25Z

The world's first set of octuplets to survive more than a few hours were born in Houston in Texas just over a decade ago

Generation O hails Obama the hero

2009-01-21T09:14:28Z

More than a million people joined Barack Obama�s inauguration party in scenes that could have come straight out of Hollywood. But behind the razzmatazz America found a profound new hope

Dolly puts Gulf on storm watch

2008-07-22T10:48:29Z

Gulf of Mexico oil producers are keeping a close watch on Tropical Storm Dolly, which is growing in strength

CDs of the week

2008-07-18T11:25:15Z

CSS's stronger grasp of English means the lyrics are less entertaining and Primal Scream's record excites rage from its detractors.

Sharleen Spiteri: The lone star of Texas

2008-07-10T21:46:26Z

Sharleen Spiteri's decision to take an open-ended break from her job as the singer with Texas was not a particularly difficult one.

Singin' in the Rain Hollywood great Cyd Charisse dead at 87

2008-06-18T00:07:20Z

Cyd Charisse, a former co-star of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died last night in Los Angeles after suffering an apparent heart attack on Monday. She was 87.

Who's that serving up burgers at a fast food joint? Eva Longoria gets a taste of how the other half live

2008-05-28T00:52:36Z

Eva Longoria rolls up her sleeves to go back to go and work in a fast food restaurant for a charity campaign.

Angelina insists on French birth so her twins will follow her Gallic mother

2008-05-23T19:59:54Z

For the past three weeks, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been ensconced in luxurious surroundings on the French Riviera preparing for the birth of their twins.

Casualty of war

2008-04-23T23:00:00Z

Boys Don't Cry director Kimberly Peirce suggests that war affects even good soldiers badly on their return home in her latest film, Stop-Loss.

Banks hit back on radio buyout

2008-04-01T10:46:52Z

RBS and five other banks being sued over the buyout of a US radio operator are fighting back

Action woman: Heavily pregnant Angelina Jolie takes to the skies

2008-03-12T09:58:44Z

A fearless Angelina Jolie has clearly not left her Lara Croft action girl role behind her as the heavily pregnant star took to the skies in a light aircraft. Just 24 hours after revealing a not inconsiderable bump, brave Angelina was seen climbing aboard a tiny private plane at an airfield in Smallsville, Texas

Donnie Darko's follow-up torture

2007-12-06T00:00:00Z

To see Southland Tales again would be pure torture and made our critic wonder whether so much energy has ever been expended to so little effect.

Planet Terrible

2007-11-08T00:00:00Z

Planet Terror is, unlikely as it sounds, possibly an even worse film than Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof.

Date at the lane

2007-10-23T23:00:00Z

Critic Fay Maschler loved All-Star Lanes and could listen to the clunk of bowling balls all night.

Shut up and sing

2007-06-27T23:00:00Z

An affirmative documentary about how the Dixie Chicks stood up to be counted after they made anti-President Bush remarks apropos the Iraq war.

Masterful Coens cut to the chase

2007-05-20T23:00:00Z

A tense and blood-spattered thriller, No Country For Old Men ranks alongside the Coen Brothers best work, says Derek Malcolm