Shia LaBeouf represents the best value for money in the film industry for the second year running, a new list compiled by Forbes magazine has revealed... more
This week sees the launch of the commendable Recycle Now campaign. The heartening news is that our recycling rates have risen from 17 per cent to an impressive 34 per cent in the past five years; not enough but getting better every day... more
Our homegrown stars partied into the early hours today but, at Hollywood’s biggest celebration, nothing was more intoxicating than success. Nick Curtis and John Arlidge report... more
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
Some of the film critics - outside our own life-enhancing Standard cast - have given Mamma Mia! a rather stingy clutch of ratings on its release this week: "Pulped to Hollywood blancmange," gripes one... more
Mamma Mia! is ultimately a triumph; an ironical, seriously camp musical that eschews showbiz polish and instead celebrates fallible human beings and their need for pleasure. ... more
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
The Cannes Film Festival hands out its prizes on Sunday and the top stars are preparing for an action-packed weekend. BAZ BAMIGBOYE has all the gossip from the French Riviera.... more
With 14 Oscar nominations under her belt, Meryl Streep is generally on the receiving end of gushing fan letters. But after watching the stage musical Mamma Mia! on Broadway she decided to fire one off herself – with remarkable consequences
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A Prairie Home Companion is a warm and nostalgic tribute to the popular radio show of the title as well as a fittingly affectionate epitaph from film-maker Robert Altman.... more
You have to love Meryl Streep's mean magazine editor in The Devil Wears Prada. Working for her may be murder but she gives you plenty to laugh about, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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