Look out: the bearded sage of Tippo, Mississippi, is back for a six-night residency. Bashful but with a touch of inner steel, he remains the man to beat for a witty ditty that sounds real pretty... more
Abandoned as a baby, anorexic at 14 and now a plus-sized fashion phenomenon, Crystal Renn spills the beans to Gavanndra Hodge over a honeycomb parfait... more
The governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger scrapped plans for more coastal drilling after seeing pictures of the oil slick off Mississippi... more
A massive operation is under way to protect the Louisiana wetlands as the slick from the sunken oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico makes its first landfall... more
Marathon swimmer Martin Strel emerges from the Thames on his way to the London premiere of Big River Man, a documentary about his record breaking swim along the Amazon... more
Twenty-five years after two 12-year-old boys started filming their own version of Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark their touching remake has its UK premiere.... more
The family of a young British tennis star falsely accused of rape in America is facing debts of thousands of pounds after a legal battle to clear his name... more
The Oscar-winning star and a female passenger were cut free from the vehicle after it veered off the highway and flipped over several times before ending up in a ditch.... more
The World Music Awards was the most whole-hearted of the Proms' forays beyond the Western classical tradition; offering music from three continents.... more
Britney Spears' 17-year-old sister has given birth to a healthy girl. Jamie Lynn welcomed her first child via Caesarean section after an ultrasound revealed the baby might be in breech position, according to reports.... more
Josh "DJ Shadow" Davis makes music for the head and heart rather than the dancefloor: and his live shows have become revelatory multimedia extravaganzas.... more
Cassandra Wilson was in her element at her London Jazz Festival gig until a heckler broke the spell and hustled the concert to a premature and slightly edgy finish.... more
The snowy-bearded sage of Tippo, Mississippi, is maturing like a pint of charcoal-mellowed bourbon. And at the Pizza Express Jazz Club, he was as junty and upbeat as ever.... 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