Luke Evans exchanges diet tips with Gwyneth Paltrow, is Gemma Arterton's best friend, and co-stars with Mickey Rourke. So what do his Jehovah's Witness parents back home in darkest Wales make of their starry son?... more
Holland’s sweetheart, Carice van Houten, is making a name for herself playing troubled sirens, acting opposite Tom Cruise and Jude Law and wowing the director Paul Verhoeven. Lydia Slater on why Hollywood is going Dutch ... more
The great Russian author is the inspiration for two new films in his centenary year - including Oscar-nominated The Last Station - yet his links with the cinema stretch much further back, says David Sexton... more
Harry Lloyd and Gemma Arterton are starring on the London stage in a satire about Hollywood fame. How ironic, as these two little stars are going all the way, says Lydia Slater
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Thousands of small investors could be left holding shares that are nearly impossible to trade if companies take up an offer to delist on the cheap... more
Writer of the moment David Peace should be celebrating after last night’s premiere of The Damned United, based on his controversial novel about the legendary manager. Instead, he tells us, he’s still trying to clear his name... more
The London Stock Exchange's junior market AIM was given a rocket by Sheffield United as the Championship football club said it is to quit the market... more
Cult sci-fi show Blake's 7 is returning to TV - 27 years after revolutionary Roj Blake was murdered by Kerr Avon. The original TV series ran for four years on BBC1 before the last episode screened in December 1981. Satellite channel Sky One announced they have commissioned two hour-long pilot episodes of a Blake's 7 remake, with potential for an 'event series'
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Sienna Miller has ditched her grungy style to make a return to the boho look which made her famous. The actress who is dating fellow actor Rhys Ifans was seen out in Los Angeles yesterday wearing a thigh-grazing ruffled mini-dress, and boots, hugely reminiscent of the boho-look which propelled her to style icon status
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When actor Sean Bean called off plans for his fourth wedding last month just 24 hours before the ceremony, many wondered if the actor's turbulent love life would ever find a happy ending.
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When actor Sean Bean cancelled what should have been his fourth wedding last month, it was just 24 hours before his fiancée, Georgina Sutcliffe, was due to say 'I will.' Now we can reveal the 48-year-old will marry Miss Sutcliffe, almost 20 years his junior, on Tuesday
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Rottentomatoes is the latest movie website to expand with a special UK version. You can find out everything you need to know about cinema on the internet - but where to look?... more
Outlaw, a violent and retrograde thriller from Nick Love, is dangerously reactionary and not very logical. Derek Malcolm was left with a nasty taste in his mouth.... more
A videogame adaptation of Silent Hill that's surprisingly good joins Luis Buñuel's 1961 Palme d'Or winner Viridiana and the story of Britain's last hangman in this week's DVD releases.... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports